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Nicholas O. Fischer Craig D. Blanchette Brent W. Segelke Michele Corzett Brett A. Chromy Edward A. Kuhn Graham Bench Paul D. Hoeprich 《PloS one》2010,5(7)
Background
Nanolipoprotein particles (NLPs) are discoidal, nanometer-sized particles comprised of self-assembled phospholipid membranes and apolipoproteins. NLPs assembled with human apolipoproteins have been used for myriad biotechnology applications, including membrane protein solubilization, drug delivery, and diagnostic imaging. To expand the repertoire of lipoproteins for these applications, insect apolipophorin-III (apoLp-III) was evaluated for the ability to form discretely-sized, homogeneous, and stable NLPs.Methodology
Four NLP populations distinct with regards to particle diameters (ranging in size from 10 nm to >25 nm) and lipid-to-apoLp-III ratios were readily isolated to high purity by size exclusion chromatography. Remodeling of the purified NLP species over time at 4°C was monitored by native gel electrophoresis, size exclusion chromatography, and atomic force microscopy. Purified 20 nm NLPs displayed no remodeling and remained stable for over 1 year. Purified NLPs with 10 nm and 15 nm diameters ultimately remodeled into 20 nm NLPs over a period of months. Intra-particle chemical cross-linking of apoLp-III stabilized NLPs of all sizes.Conclusions
ApoLp-III-based NLPs can be readily prepared, purified, characterized, and stabilized, suggesting their utility for biotechnological applications. 相似文献2.
Isabell Küfner Christian Ottmann Claudia Oecking Thorsten Nürnberger 《Plant signaling & behavior》2009,4(10):977-979
NEP1-like proteins (NLPs) are secreted proteins from fungi, oomycetes and bacteria, triggering immune responses and cell death in dicotyledonous plants. It has been unclear for a long time, whether NLPs are toxins or triggers of plant immunity. In a recent study we report that NLPs are toxins that exert cytolytic activity on dicotyledonous plants. Mutational analysis revealed a causal link between membrane damaging, cell death inducing and virulence promoting properties of NLPs. Interestingly, also induction of immune responses by NLPs required the same protein fold, providing evidence for damage-induced immunity in plants. Structural similarity to pore forming toxins from marine invertebrates allows the proposal of a model for the mode of NLP interaction with the host''s membrane.Key words: toxin, immunity, virulence, crystal structure, plant immunity, pathogen 相似文献
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Hetty C van den Broeck Teun WJM van Herpen Cees Schuit Elma MJ Salentijn Liesbeth Dekking Dirk Bosch Rob J Hamer Marinus JM Smulders Ludovicus JWJ Gilissen Ingrid M van der Meer 《BMC plant biology》2009,9(1):41
Background
Gluten proteins can induce celiac disease (CD) in genetically susceptible individuals. In CD patients gluten-derived peptides are presented to the immune system, which leads to a CD4+ T-cell mediated immune response and inflammation of the small intestine. However, not all gluten proteins contain T-cell stimulatory epitopes. Gluten proteins are encoded by multigene loci present on chromosomes 1 and 6 of the three different genomes of hexaploid bread wheat (Triticum aestivum) (AABBDD). 相似文献4.
Gerrida M Uys Amsha Ramburan Benjamin Loos Craig J Kinnear Lundi J Korkie Jomien Mouton Johann Riedemann Johanna C Moolman-Smook 《BMC cell biology》2011,12(1):18
Background
Cardiac contractility is regulated by dynamic phosphorylation of sarcomeric proteins by kinases such as cAMP-activated protein kinase A (PKA). Efficient phosphorylation requires that PKA be anchored close to its targets by A-kinase anchoring proteins (AKAPs). Cardiac Myosin Binding Protein-C (cMyBPC) and cardiac troponin I (cTNI) are hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM)-causing sarcomeric proteins which regulate contractility in response to PKA phosphorylation. 相似文献5.
Marco Sardiello Stefano Cairo Bianca Fontanella Andrea Ballabio Germana Meroni 《BMC evolutionary biology》2008,8(1):225
Background
The TRIM family is composed of multi-domain proteins that display the Tripartite Motif (RING, B-box and Coiled-coil) that can be associated with a C-terminal domain. TRIM genes are involved in ubiquitylation and are implicated in a variety of human pathologies, from Mendelian inherited disorders to cancer, and are also involved in cellular response to viral infection. 相似文献6.
Evolution of the multifaceted eukaryotic akirin gene family 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
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Akirins are nuclear proteins that form part of an innate immune response pathway conserved in Drosophila and mice. This studies aim was to characterise the evolution of akirin gene structure and protein function in the eukaryotes. 相似文献7.
Yeng Chen Boon-Kiong Lim Suat-Cheng Peh Puteri Shafinaz Abdul-Rahman Onn Haji Hashim 《Proteome science》2008,6(1):20
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Acute-phase response involves the simultaneous altered expression of serum proteins in association to inflammation, infection, injury or malignancy. Studies of the acute-phase response usually involve determination of the levels of individual acute-phase serum proteins. In the present study, the acute-phase response of patients with epithelial (EOCa) and germ-line (GOCa) ovarian carcinoma was investigated using the gel-based proteomic approach, a technique which allowed the simultaneous assessment of the levels of the acute-phase serum high abundance proteins. Data obtained were validated using ELISA and immunostaining of biopsy samples. 相似文献8.
Ruth Larreta Manuel Soto Luis Quijada Cristina Folgueira Daniel R Abanades Carlos Alonso Jose M Requena 《BMC molecular biology》2004,5(1):3-18
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Exposure of Leishmania promastigotes to the temperature of their mammalian hosts results in the induction of a typical heat shock response. It has been suggested that heat shock proteins play an important role in parasite survival and differentiation. 相似文献9.
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Zi-Wen Li Xue Li Quan-You Yu Zhong-Huai Xiang Hirohisa Kishino Ze Zhang 《BMC evolutionary biology》2009,9(1):215-14
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Small heat shock proteins (sHSPs) are products of heat shock response and of other stress responses, and ubiquitous in all three domains of life, archaea, bacteria, and eukarya. They mainly function as molecular chaperones to protect proteins from being denatured in extreme conditions. Study on insect sHSPs could provide some insights into evolution of insects that have adapted to diverse niches in the world. 相似文献11.
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Emilie Millerot-Serrurot Marie Guilbert Nicolas Fourré Wojciech Witkowski Georges Said Laurence Van Gulick Christine Terryn Jean-Marie Zahm Roselyne Garnotel Pierre Jeannesson 《Cancer cell international》2010,10(1):26
Background
The cell microenvironment, especially extracellular matrix proteins, plays an important role in tumor cell response to chemotherapeutic drugs. The present study was designed to investigate whether this microenvironment can influence the antimigratory effect of an anthracycline drug, doxorubicin, when tumor cells are grown in a matrix of type I collagen, a three-dimensional (3D) context which simulates a natural microenvironment. 相似文献13.
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Arentz G Chataway T Price TJ Izwan Z Hardi G Cummins AG Hardingham JE 《Clinical proteomics》2011,8(1):16
Introduction
Biomarkers that improve stratification of colorectal cancer patients for adjuvant therapy versus resection alone, or that are predictive of response to therapeutic agents, have the potential to greatly improve patient selection for such therapies. The aim was to determine proteins differentially expressed within the malignant epithelial glands and closely associated stromal elements compared to matched normal mucosa, and to characterise the over-expression of one such protein as a potential biomarker. 相似文献16.
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Photo- and chemotaxis of the archaeon Halobacterium salinarum is based on the control of flagellar motor switching through stimulus-specific methyl-accepting transducer proteins that relay the sensory input signal to a two-component system. Certain members of the transducer family function as receptor proteins by directly sensing specific chemical or physical stimuli. Others interact with specific receptor proteins like the phototaxis photoreceptors sensory rhodopsin I and II, or require specific binding proteins as for example some chemotaxis transducers. Receptor activation by light or a change in receptor occupancy by chemical stimuli results in reversible methylation of glutamate residues of the transducer proteins. Both, methylation and demethylation reactions are involved in sensory adaptation and are modulated by the response regulator CheY. 相似文献17.
Jakub Horák Christopher Grefen Kenneth W Berendzen Achim Hahn York-Dieter Stierhof Bettina Stadelhofer Mark Stahl Csaba Koncz Klaus Harter 《BMC plant biology》2008,8(1):77
Background
The Arabidopsis response regulator 22 (ARR22) is one of two members of a recently defined novel group of two-component system (TCS) elements. TCSs are stimulus perception and response modules of prokaryotic origin, which signal by a His-to-Asp phosphorelay mechanism. In plants, TCS regulators are involved in hormone response pathways, such as those for cytokinin and ethylene. While the functions of the other TCS elements in Arabidopsis, such as histidine kinases (AHKs), histidine-containing phosphotransfer proteins (AHPs) and A-type and B-type ARRs are becoming evident, the role of ARR22 is poorly understood. 相似文献18.
Michal Rurek 《BMC plant biology》2010,10(1):181
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Dehydrins represent hydrophilic proteins acting mainly during cell dehydration and stress response. Dehydrins are generally thermostable; however, the so-called dehydrin-like (dehydrin-related) proteins show variable thermolability. Both groups immunoreact with antibodies directed against the K-segment of dehydrins. Plant mitochondrial dehydrin-like proteins are poorly characterized. The purpose of this study was to extend previous reports on plant dehydrins by comparing the level of immunoprecipitated dehydrin-like proteins in cauliflower (Brassica oleracea var. botrytis), Arabidopsis thaliana and yellow lupin (Lupinus luteus) mitochondria under cold and heat stress. 相似文献19.
David M Patrick Amanda K Leone Jeffry J Shellenberger Kara A Dudowicz Jonathan M King 《BMC physiology》2006,6(1):2-15
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The tight junction is a dynamic structure that is regulated by a number of cellular signaling processes. Occludin, claudin-1, claudin-2 and claudin-3 are integral membrane proteins found in the tight junction of MDCK cells. These proteins are restricted to this region of the membrane by a complex array of intracellular proteins which are tethered to the cytoskeleton. Alteration of these tight junction protein complexes during pathological events leads to impaired epithelial barrier function that perturbs water and electrolyte homeostasis. We examined MDCK cell barrier function in response to challenge by the proinflammatory cytokines tumor necrosis factor-α (TNFα) and interferon-γ (IFNγ). 相似文献20.
Jin-Xiang Yuan Li-Juan Xiao Cui-Ling Lu Xue-Sen Zhang Tao Liu Min Chen Zhao-Yuan Hu Fei Gao Yi-Xun Liu 《Reproductive biology and endocrinology : RB&E》2009,7(1):23-10