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Facile labeling of oligosaccharides (acidic and neutral) in a nonselective
manner was achieved with highly fluorescent anthranilic acid (AA,
2-aminobenzoic acid) (more than twice the intensity of 2- aminobenzamide,
AB) for specific detection at very high sensitivity. Quantitative labeling
in acetate-borate buffered methanol (approximately pH 5.0) at 80 degreesC
for 60 min resulted in negligible or no desialylation of the
oligosaccharides. A high resolution high performance liquid chromatographic
method was developed for quantitative oligosaccharide mapping on a
polymeric-NH2bonded (Astec) column operating under normal phase and anion
exchange (NP-HPAEC) conditions. For isolation of oligosaccharides from the
map by simple evaporation, the chromatographic conditions developed use
volatile acetic acid-triethylamine buffer (approximately pH 4.0) systems.
The mapping and characterization technology was developed using well
characterized standard glycoproteins. The fluorescent oligosaccharide maps
were similar to the maps obtained by the high pH anion-exchange
chromatography with pulsed amperometric detection (HPAEC-PAD), except that
the fluorescent maps contained more defined peaks. In the map, the
oligosaccharides separated into groups based on charge, size, linkage, and
overall structure in a manner similar to HPAEC-PAD with contribution of
-COOH function from the label, anthranilic acid. However, selectivity of
the column for sialic acid linkages was different. A second dimension
normal phase HPLC (NP-HPLC) method was developed on an amide column (TSK
Gel amide-80) for separation of the AA labeled neutral complex type and
isomeric structures of high mannose type oligosaccharides. The
oligosaccharides labeled with AA are compatible with biochemical and
biophysical techniques, and use of matrix assisted laser desorption mass
spectrometry for rapid determination of oligosaccharide mass map of
glycoproteins is demonstrated. High resolution of NP-HPAEC and NP-HPLC
methods combined with mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF) can provide an
effective technology for analyzing a wide repertoire of oligosaccharide
structures and for determining the action of both transferases and
glycosidases.
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MOTIVATION: Molecular biology databases hold a large number of empirical
facts about many different aspects of biological entities. That data is
static in the sense that one cannot ask a database 'What effect has protein
A on gene B?' or 'Do gene A and gene B interact, and if so, how?'. Those
questions require an explicit model of the target organism. Traditionally,
biochemical systems are modelled using kinetics and differential equations
in a quantitative simulator. For many biological processes however,
detailed quantitative information is not available, only qualitative or
fuzzy statements about the nature of interactions. RESULTS: We designed and
implemented a qualitative simulation model of lambda phage growth control
in Escherichia coli based on the existing simulation environment QSim.
Qualitative reasoning can serve as the basis for automatic transformation
of contents of genomic databases into interactive modelling systems that
can reason about the relations and interactions of biological entities.
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The inhibitory effect of 23N-alkyl-4-piperidylesters (alkyl = ethyl-butyl) (APEA) and 8N-ethyl-2-pyrrolidinylmethylesters (EPMEA) of 2- and 3-substituted alkoxyphenylcarbamic acids (alkoxy = butoxy-heptyloxy-) on photosynthetic Hill reaction activity of spinach chloroplasts and on chlorophyll (Chl) synthesis in green algaeChlorella vulgaris was investigated. Inhibitory activities of these compounds were strongly connected with the lipophilicity of the whole molecule. A lower inhibitory activity of 2-alkoxy-substituted derivatives in relation to the corresponding 3-substituted ones was confirmed. Electron spin resonance (ESR) spectra of spinach chloroplasts demonstrated that the studied compounds affected the structure of photosystem (PS) 2 with the release of Mn2+ ions into interior of thylakoid membranes. 相似文献
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LARA MODOLO ROBERT D. MARTIN CAREL P. VAN SCHAIK MARIA A. VAN NOORDWIJK MICHAEL KRÜTZEN 《Molecular ecology》2008,17(18):4027-4038
Barbary macaques (Macaca sylvanus), now restricted in the wild to a few isolated forested areas of Morocco and Algeria, are present in a free‐ranging colony on Gibraltar. For many decades, the Gibraltar colony was exposed to multiple bottlenecks due to highly nonrandom removal of animals, followed by repeated introductions of animals from North Africa. Moreover, because of complete isolation, Gibraltar's several social groups of macaques provide an ideal system to study the genetic consequences of dispersal in cercopithecines in situ. Predictions of genetic consequences due to male‐biased dispersal in cercopithecines will be different for autosomal and maternally inherited genetic markers, such as the control region of the mitochondrial DNA. We used a panel of 14 highly polymorphic microsatellite loci and part of the hypervariable region I of the mitochondrial control region to estimate genetic structure between five social groups in Gibraltar. Surprisingly, for autosomal markers, both classical summary statistics and an individual‐based method using a Bayesian framework detected significant genetic structure between social groups in Gibraltar, despite much closer proximity than wild Algerian and Moroccan populations. Mitochondrial data support this finding, as a very substantial portion of the total genetic variation (70.2%) was found between social groups. Using two Bayesian approaches, we likewise identified not only a small number of male first‐generation immigrants (albeit less than expected for cercopithecines) but also unexpectedly a few females. We hypothesize that the culling of males that are more likely to disperse might slow down genetic homogenization among neighbouring groups, but may also and more perversely produce selection on certain behavioural traits. This may have important repercussions for conservation, as it could lead to evolutionary changes that are not due to inbreeding or genetic drift. 相似文献
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ABSTRACT: Co-evolving positions within protein sequences have been used as spatial constraints to develop a computational approach for modeling membrane protein structures. 相似文献
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Vidar Beisvag Frode KR Jünge Hallgeir Bergum Lars Jølsum Stian Lydersen Clara-Cecilie Günther Heri Ramampiaro Mette Langaas Arne K Sandvik Astrid Lægreid 《BMC bioinformatics》2006,7(1):470-13
Background
Modern biology has shifted from "one gene" approaches to methods for genomic-scale analysis like microarray technology, which allow simultaneous measurement of thousands of genes. This has created a need for tools facilitating interpretation of biological data in "batch" mode. However, such tools often leave the investigator with large volumes of apparently unorganized information. To meet this interpretation challenge, gene-set, or cluster testing has become a popular analytical tool. Many gene-set testing methods and software packages are now available, most of which use a variety of statistical tests to assess the genes in a set for biological information. However, the field is still evolving, and there is a great need for "integrated" solutions. 相似文献27.
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EDC3 phosphorylation regulates growth and invasion through controlling P‐body formation and dynamics
Jeremiah J Bearss Sathish KR Padi Neha Singh Marina CardoVila Jin H Song Ghassan Mouneimne Nikita Fernandes Yang Li Matthew R Harter Jaime MC Gard Anne E Cress Wolfgang Peti Andrew DL Nelson J Ross Buchan Andrew S Kraft Koichi Okumura 《EMBO reports》2021,22(4)
Regulation of mRNA stability and translation plays a critical role in determining protein abundance within cells. Processing bodies (P‐bodies) are critical regulators of these processes. Here, we report that the Pim1 and 3 protein kinases bind to the P‐body protein enhancer of mRNA decapping 3 (EDC3) and phosphorylate EDC3 on serine (S)161, thereby modifying P‐body assembly. EDC3 phosphorylation is highly elevated in many tumor types, is reduced upon treatment of cells with kinase inhibitors, and blocks the localization of EDC3 to P‐bodies. Prostate cancer cells harboring an EDC3 S161A mutation show markedly decreased growth, migration, and invasion in tissue culture and in xenograft models. Consistent with these phenotypic changes, the expression of integrin β1 and α6 mRNA and protein is reduced in these mutated cells. These results demonstrate that EDC3 phosphorylation regulates multiple cancer‐relevant functions and suggest that modulation of P‐body activity may represent a new paradigm for cancer treatment. 相似文献