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We studied the effect of comenic acid on transmembrane opioid signaling (in particular, on that mediated by -opioid receptors, with the use of an agonist of these receptors, [D-Ala2]-leucine enkephalin (DALE), and mediated by -opiate receptors, with the use of morphine). It was demonstrated that comenic acid modulates agonist-dependent binding of [35S]GTPS in plasma membranes from the rat brain. The effect of comenic acid on the activation of G proteins via -opioid receptors possessing high affinity for DALE depended on the ion composition of the medium: in the presence of K+ the activation decreased, while in the presence of Na+ it remained invariable. Under the influence of comenic acid, the agonist-dependent activation of G proteins mediated by receptors with low affinity for DALE was intensified in the presence of both Na+ and K+. Using morphine, we observed opposite effects: in the presence of Na+ or K+ comenic acid decreased or increased, respectively, the agonist-dependent activation of G proteins. We suggest that due to the comenic acid-induced modulation the relative intensity of activation of G proteins, which control signal pathways activated by opioid receptors of different types, can be significantly changed. 相似文献
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Carl C. Childers Raul Villanueva Hugo Aguilar Ryan Chewning John P. Michaud 《Experimental & applied acarology》2001,25(6):461-474
Residual toxicities of registered and selected experimental pesticides used on citrus against Agistemus industani Gonzalez (Acari: Stigmaeidae) were compared. Pesticides considered highly toxic to A. industani were: abamectin 0.15 EC at 731ml/ha+FC 435-66 petroleum oil at 46.8l/ha, pyridaben 75WP at 469g/ha, ethion 4EC at 7.01l/ha+FC 435-66 petroleum oil at 46.8l/ha, propargite 6.55 EC at 3.51l/ha, chlorfenapyr 2SC at 1.46l/ha applied alone or in combination with FC 435-66 petroleum oil at 46.8l/ha, sulphur 80DF at 16.81kg/ha, dicofol 4EC at 7.01l/ha, fenbutatin oxide 50WP at 2.24kg/ha, benomyl 50WP at 2.24kg/ha, benomyl 50WP at 1.68kg/ha+ferbam 76 GF at 5.60kg/ha, ferbam 76GF at 11.21kg/ha, neem oil 90EC at 46.8l/ha, and copper hydroxide DF (40% metallic copper) at 4.48kg metallic copper/ha+FC 435-66 petroleum oil at 46.8l/ha. Pesticides that were moderately to slightly toxic included: copper sulphate 98% at 4.48kg metallic copper/ha+FC 435-66 petroleum oil at 46.8l/ha, fenbuconazole 2F at 280ml/ha+FC 435-66 petroleum oil at 46.8l/ha, FC 435-66 petroleum oil applied alone at 46.8l/ha or 23.4l/ha, and diflubenzuron 25WP at 1.40kg/ha. Pesticides that were non-toxic included: fenbuconazole 2F at 585ml/ha, malathion 57EC at 5.85l/ha, FC 435-66 petroleum oil at 46.8l/ha, carbaryl 80S at 3.36kg/ha, chlorpyrifos 4EC at 4.68l/ha, and formetanate 92SP at 1.12kg/ha. Understanding the toxic effects of field weathered pesticides against key predacious mite species is important for effective IPM. The results of this study provide a comparison of direct and indirect toxic effects of various pesticides to A. industani under field conditions. 相似文献
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Boel Lanne Jeana Cîopraga Jörgen Bergström Cecilia Motas Karl-Anders Karlsson 《Glycoconjugate journal》1994,11(4):292-298
The carbohydrate-binding specificity ofPseudomonas aeruginosa lectin I (PA-I) in iodinated or biotinylated form was studied. A large number of glycosphingolipids, as well as some glycoproteins and neoglycoproteins were used as ligands. Also, inhibition by free saccharides of PA-I binding to glycosphingolipids was tested. It was found that the lectin binds most strongly to terminal and nonsubstituted Gal3Gal- or Gal4Gal-structures.Abbreviations PA-I
Pseudomonas aeruginosa lectin I
- Cer
ceramide
- lactosylceramide
Gal4GlcCer
- iso globotriaosylcerami
Gal3Gal4GlcCer
- globotriaosylceramide
Gal4Gal4GlcCer
- globoside or globotetraosylceramide
GalNAc3Gal4Gal4GlcCer
- Forssman glycolipid
GalNAc3GalNAc3Gal4Gal4GlcCer
- P1 glycolipid
Gal4Gal4GlcNAc3Gal4GlcCer
- lactoneotetraosylceramide
Gal4GlcNAc3Gal4GlcCer
- B5 glycolipid
Gal3Gal4GlcNAc3Gal4GlcCer
- gangliotetraosylceramide
Gal3GalNAc4Gal4GlcCer
- GM1
Gal3GalNAc4(NeuAc3)Gal4GlcCer
- RBC
red blood cells
- BSA
bovine serum albumin
- PBS
phosphate-buffered saline
- SDS
sodium dodecyl sulfate
- TLC
thin-layer chromatography
- HPLC
high pressure liquid chromatography
- MS
mass spectrometry
- FAB
fast-atom bombardment
- EI
electron impact 相似文献
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Summary A mutant strain of Rhodococcus equi accumulates three metabolites from the androst-4-ene-3,17-dione or from its degradation intermediate, 3a-H-4(3'-propionic acid)-7a-methylhexahydro-1,5-indanedione (MEPHIP). These three metabolites are: 3a-H-4a(3'-propionic acid)-5-hydroxy-7a-methylhexahydro-1-indanone--lactone (HIL); 3a-H-4(3'-trans acrylic acid)-5-hydroxy-7a-methylhexahydro-1-indanone (2'-5-hydroxy-MEPHIP); and 3a-H-4(3'-hydroxy-3'-propionic acid)-5-hydroxy-7a-methylhexahydro-1-indanone (3'-hydroxy-HIL). The behaviour of this mutant allows us to propose a pathway for degradation of the intermediates, methylperhydroindanone propionates. However, during this degradation, the side-chain propionate was eliminated by a-oxidation mechanism.
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Summary The temporal muscles of the guinea pig show a sexual differentiation reflected in their histochemical enzyme pattern. Using histochemical methods for mitochondrial (SDH, -GPDH), and glycolytic enzymes (phosphorylase, LDH) it could be shown, that in adult animals the male muscle is a white muscle with marked activity of glycolytic enzymes, the female muscle a red muscle displaying high activity of mitochondrial enzymes. This differential enzyme pattern can be converted by the application of testosterone to the female type during the postnatal development. The male sex hormone thus affects the histochemical enzyme pattern of the muscle, converting the red, female into a white, male muscle in the female guinea pig. 相似文献
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K. Sankara Rao 《Plant cell reports》1988,7(7):546-549
Rapid multiplication of axillary meristems and direct shoot development occurred from nodal explants of mature Eucalyptus tereticornis Sm. with 5.3 M NAA, 1.1 M IAA and 4.4 M BA in Murashige-Skoog medium. Repeated subcultures of the second generation shoot cultures into low cytokinin-auxin containing media (0.44–0.88 M BA+0.1 M NAA) yielded axillary microshoots in large numbers. Half-strength MS liquid medium with 4.9 M IBA, 5.5 M IAA and 5.3 M NAA for four days, half-strength semi-solid hormonefree MS medium with charcoal, and MS liquid medium without charcoal and hormones, in sequence, induced rooting of shoots in the dark. This system is suitable for the mass propagation of this difficult-to-root eucalypt.Abbreviations BA
6-benzyladenine
- IAA
indole-3-acetic acid
- IBA
-indole-3-butyric acid
- 2-iP
isopentyl adenine
- Kn
kinetin
- MS
Murashige-Skoog
- NAA
-naphthalene acetic acid
- PVP
polyvinylpyrrolidone 相似文献
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A chimeric stilbene synthase (sts)gene was transferred into wheat. Stilbene synthases play a role in the defence against fungal diseases in some plant species (e.g. groundnut or grapevine) by producing stilbenetype phytoalexins like resveratrol. Resveratrol is also claimed to have positive effects to human health. Embryogenic scutellar calli derived from immature embryos of the two commercial German spring wheat cultivars Combi and Hanno were used as target tissue for cotransformation by microprojectile delivery. The selectable marker/reporter gene constructs contained the bargene either driven by the ubiquitinpromoter from maize (pAHC 25, also containing the uidAgene driven by the ubiquitinpromoter), or by the actinpromoter (pDM 302) from rice. The cotransferred plasmid pStil 2 consisted of a grapevine stscoding region driven by the ubiquitin promoter. Eight transgenic Combi and one Hanno TOplant were obtained and, except one Combi TOplant, found to be cotransformants due to the integration of both the stsgene and the selectable marker or reporter genes. Expression of the stsgene was proven by RTPCR, and, for the first time, by detection of the stilbene synthase product resveratrol by HPLC and mass spectrometry. The stsgene was expressed in four of the seven transgenic Combi T_oplants. Two of the respective T1progenies segregated in a Mendelian manner were still expressing the gene. Investigations into methylation of the stsgene showed that in three nonexpressing progenies inactivation was paralleled by methylation. 相似文献
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Biotransformation of codeine to morphine in freely suspended cells and immobilized cultures of Spirulina platensis 总被引:3,自引:0,他引:3
Ramachandra Rao S. Tripathi Usha Ravishankar G.A. 《World journal of microbiology & biotechnology》1999,15(4):465-469
Both freely suspended cells and immobilized cultures of Spirulina platensis, a blue-green alga, biotransformed exogenously fed codeine, an opium alkaloid, to morphine. The external addition of codeine to the culture medium did not affect the growth of S. platensis. Immobilization of Spirulina in a calcium alginate gel matrix was optimized by using 2% (w/v) sodium alginate and reducing the concentration of nutrients of Zarrouk's medium, which caused destabilization of the calcium alginate gel. The accumulation of morphine increased gradually and reached maxima of 330g 100ml–1 culture at 105h in freely suspended and 351g 100ml–1 at 96h in immobilized Spirulina cultures. Accumulation of morphine was detected only in the medium, whereas cells did not show accumulation. The immobilized Spirulina cultures showed marginally higher conversion of codeine to morphine over freely suspended cultures. 相似文献
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Partial and total loss of function mutant alleles of a putative Drosophila homologue (DPhK-) of the vertebrate phosphorylase kinase -subunit gene have been isolated. DPhK- is required in early embryonic processes, such as gastrulation and mesoderm formation; however, defects in these processes are seen only when both the maternal and zygotic components of DPhK- expression are eliminated. Loss of zygotic expression alone does not appear to affect normal embryonic and larval development; some pupal lethality is observed but the majority of mutant animals eclose as adults. Many of these adults show defects in their leg musculature (e.g. missing and degenerating muscles), in addition to exhibiting melanised tumours on their leg joints. Loss of only the maternal component has no obvious phenotypic consequences. The DPhK gene has been cloned and sequenced. It has an open reading frame (ORF) of 1680 by encoding a 560 amino acid protein. The predicted amino acid sequence of DPhK- has two conserved domains, the catalytic kinase and calmodulin-binding domains, separated by a linker sequence. The amino acid sequence of DPhK- is homologous to that of mammalian PhK- proteins but differs in the length and amino acid composition of its linker sequence. The expression of DPhK- mRNA is developmentally regulated. We discuss the implications of these observations. 相似文献
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Guiyun Xu Takashi Suzuki Yasuhiro Maejima Tohru Mizoguchi Mamoru Tsuchiya Makoto Kiso Akira Hasegawa Yasuo Suzuki 《Glycoconjugate journal》1995,12(2):156-161
The sialidase of swine influenza A viruses of N1 and N2 subtypes, isolated from 1930 to 1992, was studied for substrate specificity with ganglio-series, lacto-series type II and GM3 gangliosides containing Neu5Ac2-3Gal, Neu5Gc2-3Gal and Neu5Ac2-6Gal linkages. All viral sialidases tested showed that the activity for hydrolysing substrates with Neu5Ac2-3Gal was higher than the activities with Neu5Gc2-3Gal and Neu5Ac2-6Gal linkages. When GM1b, GM3 and sialylparagloboside were used as substrates, the earliest strain (A/Wisconsin/15/30 H1N1, isolated in 1930) showed the activity ratio of Neu5Ac2-6Gal to Neu5Ac2-3Gal to be 0.13:0.2, and the ratio Neu5Gc2-3Gal/Neu5Ac2-3Gal to be 0.19:0.37, while those strains isolated from 1978 to 1992 exhibited ratios of 0.29:0.58 for Neu5Ac2-6Gal/Neu5Ac2-3Gal and 0.51:0.76 for Neu5Gc2-3Gal/Neu5Ac2-3Gal. The above results indicate that the substrate specificities of sialidases from swine influenza A viruses towards sialyl linkages and the molecular species of sialic acid are related to the year of isolation, i.e. strains isolated after 1978 exhibited higher activity towards Neu5Ac2-6Gal and Neu5Gc2-3Gal linkages when compared with strains isolated in an earlier year, 1930.Abbreviation Neu5Ac
5-N-acetylneuraminic acid
- Neu5Gc
5-N-glycolyneuraminic acid
- Gal
d-galactose
- Glc
d-glucose
- Cer
Ceramide
- II3(Neu5Ac)Lac
Neu5Ac2-3Gal1-4Glc
- GM3(Neu5Ac2-3Gal)
Neu5Ac2-3Gal1-4Glc1-Cer
- GM3(Neu5Gc2-3Gal)
Neu5Gc2-3Gal1-4Glc1-Cer
- GM1b(Neu5Ac2-3Gal)
Neu5Ac2-3Gal1-3GalNac1-4Gal1-4Glc1-Cer
- GMlb(Neu5Gc2-3Gal)
Neu5Gc2-3Gal1-3GalNAc1-4Gal1-4Glc1-Cer
- IV3(Neu5Ac)nLc4Cer
Neu5Ac2-3Gal1-3GlcNAc1-4Gal1-4Glc1-Cer
- IV3(Neu5Gc)nLc4Cer
Neu5Gc2-3Gal1-3GlcNAc1-4Gal1-4Glc1-Cer
- IV6(Neu5Ac)nLc4Cer
Neu5Ac2-6Gal1-3GlcNAc1-4Gal1-4Glc1-Cer
- TDC
taurodeoxycholate. 相似文献
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Since, linking of ovine luteinizing hormone (oLH) to ribosome inactivating protein gelonin (in oLH-gelonin conjugate) occur via the alpha-subunit, oLH, an attempt has been made to develop a universal hormonotoxin for selective targeting to specific cells in the gonads. Four different molar ratios of oLH and N-succinimidyl-3-(2-pyridyldithio) propionate (SPDP) were used to activate the epsilon amino (-NH2) groups of oLH. The oLH-SPDP derivatives recombine to native beta subunit of oLH (oLH) and the purified recombinants retained substantial receptor binding, steroidogenic activity and immunoreactivity to native oLH. The disulfide linked oLH-S-S-gelonin conjugates prepared by SPDP method were purified by gel filtration chromatography and analysed by reverse-phase high performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC). In order to obtain specificity and bioeffectivity, the oLH-S-S-gelonin conjugates were allowed to recombine to native oLH and the recombination mixture was further purified by gel-filtration chromatography. The RP-HPLC analysis of these recombinants indicated that oLH-S-S-gelonin did not recombine to oLH. The failure of recombination may be due to the reasons. (i) The site of -NH2 activation by SPDP may be different in the oLH than the native oLH. (ii) The activation site may be in close proximity to the annealing site which facilitates the recombination of -subunit but failured to reassociate to oLH-S-S-gelonin conjugate. (iii) The introduction of gelonin (30 kDa basic protein) might have induced some steric hinderence for oLH to recombine to the oLH site which might have been masked in oLH-S-S-gelonin conjugates. (Mol Cell Biochem120: 95–102, 1993)Abbreviations oLH
ovine Luteinizing Hormone
- oLH
alpha subunit of oLH
- oLH
beta subunit of oLH
- BSA
Bovine Serum Albumin
- DTT
Dithiothreitol
- RP-HPLC
Reverse Phase High Performance Liquid Chromatography
- TSH
Thyroid Stimulating Hormone
- FSH
Follicle Stimulating Hormone
- LH
Luteinizing Hormone
- eCG
equine Chorionic Gonadotropin
- DMEM
Dulbecco's Modified Eagles Medium
- HEPES
4-(2-Hydroxyethyl)-1 Piperazine Ethane Sulfonic acid
- PAP
Pokeweed Antiviral Protein
- RIA
Radioimmunoassay
- hCG
human Chorionic Gonadotropin
- TRH
Thyrotropin Releasing Hormone
- CRF
Corticotropin Releasing Factor
- hPL
human Placental Lactogen
- TFA
Trifluroacetic Acid
- oLH-SPDP
SPDP activated derivative of oLH 相似文献
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Avigdor Shafferman Yehuda Flashner Israel Hertman Menachem Lion 《Molecular & general genetics : MGG》1987,208(1-2):263-270
Summary The functional R6K origin is composed of two DNA elements, one of 580 bp carrying the origin sequences and the other of 277 bp containing the seven 22 bp direct repeats previosly identified as also required for and origin activity. These two genetic elements are separated by approximately 3,000 bp of R6K sequences which are dispensable for origin activity. The function of the origin depends on the presence in cis of the 580 bp and the 277 bp fragments and requires that they be oriented as in the intact R6K. Activation of the origin depends on the R6K replication initiation protein .Within the 580 bp of the origin, there is a sequence of 98 bp which appears as an inverted repeat of 96 bp in the replicon. Deletion of the 96 bp or 98 bp results in inactivation of the and the origins respectively. These long repeats are palindromic and it is suggested that these may serve as the recognition signals for initiation of DNA replication in the and the origins of R6K. DNA homology analysis performed on , and origin sequences, also reveals 10–23 bp sequences in the and the origins that are related to the family of 22 bp direct repeats in the origin which were shown previously to be binding sites for the protein. 相似文献
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Zusammenfassung Es wird über Laboratoriums-Versuche mit 3 verschiedenen Typen von Bacillus thuringiensis-Präparaten an Honigbienen berichtet: (a) mit dem Sporen- Endotoxin-Komplex, (b) mit vegetativen Zellen und (c) mit von diesen produziertem wasserlöslichem thermostabilem Exotoxin. Während Sporen-Endotoxin-Präparate (geprüft an 5 Varietäten) in den für die Bekämpfung von Lepidopteren-Raupen benutzten Dosierungen ungefährlich sind, wirken hohe Dosen toxisch, wenn sie im Futtersaft adulten Bienen appliziert werden. Ein durch vegetative Zellen bedingter nachteiliger Einfluß auf Bienen wurde nicht beobachtet. Das Exotoxin welches von bestimmten Varietäten (z.B. var. thuringiensis) in die Kulturflüssigkeit abgegeben wird, wirkt auf Bienen giftig, wenn es im Futtersaft und als Konzentrat verfüttert wird.
Summary In laboratory trials the effects of three types of preparations of Bacillus thuringiensis were tested on adult honey bees (Apis mellifera L.): (a) the spore-endotoxin-complex, (b) vegetative cells, and (c) the exotoxin. Though spore-endotoxin-preparations (of 5 varieties) were harmless to bees in dosage used for biological control, higher dosages applied in sugar solution were toxic. By using a medium concentration of vegetative cells no disease symptoms could be observed on bees. But the water-soluble thermostable factor, the so-called exotoxin, which is produced by the vegetative cells of several varieties (for example var. thuringiensis), was toxic to bees after feeding. The consequences of these observations are discussed.相似文献
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Changes in levels of biogenic amines and metabolites were measured using high performance liquid chromatography fitted with an electrochemical detection in various rat brain regions after acute administration of and abrupt withdrawal from continuous intracerebroventricular infusion of butorphanol (a // mixed opioid receptor agonist) or morphine (a -opioid receptor agonist). A single dose of butorphanol (26 nmol/5 l) or morphine (26 nmol/5 l) increased levels of 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid in the striatum and limbic region and of homovanilic acid in the cortex, striatum, and limbic region. In animals which had been infused with butorphanol (26 nmol/l/hr) or morphine (26 nmol/l/hr) for 3 days, an increase in dopamine turnover was observed. The levels of 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid was decreased and that of homovanilic acid was increased in the striatum, limbic region, and midbrain immediately after termination of opioid infusion. Both dopamine metabolites (in these areas) were decreased at 2 and 6 hr after butorphanol or morphine withdrawal. Changes in norepinephrine, serotonin, and 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid levels in some brain regions were observed in the morphine-, but not in butorphanol-dependent rats. These data suggest that the increase and the decrease in dopaminergic activity, but not noradrenergic and serotonergic neurons, in the some brain regions are closely associated with the production of antinociception of and the expression of withdrawal syndrome from butorphanol and morphine, respectively. 相似文献
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Summary Genetic evidence for a dimeric structure of dihydropteridine reductase in man and in the fish species Cheirodon axelrodi and Salmo irideus is presented. A single locus in man and two loci in the fishes examined encode this enzyme. Zymograms revealed two alleles for the locus in man and two alleles for each locus in the fish Cheirodon axelrodi. The liver homogenate of a patient with dihydropteridine reductase deficiency showed no detectable activity in the gel, while his parents showed the normal electrophoretic phenotype. 相似文献
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We have compared carbonyl diimidazole (CDI) and 1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl) carbodiimide (EDAC) as activating agents for the oligomerization of negatively-charged - and -amino acids in homogeneous aqueous solution. -Amino acids can be oligomerized efficiently using CDI, but not by EDAC. -Amino acids can be oligomerized efficiently using EDAC, but not by CDI. Aspartic acid, an - and -dicarboxylic acid is oligomerized efficiently by both reagents. These results are explained in terms of the mechanisms of the reactions, and their relevance to prebiotic chemistry is discussed. 相似文献
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The effects of physiological and excessive levels of growth hormone (GH) on reproductive functions are poorly understood, and impairment of fertility is frequently observed in transgenic animals overexpressing GH genes. The present study was undertaken to determine the effects of chronic exposure to heterologous bovine GH (bGH) on the testes and accessory reproductive glands in transgenic mice. Endocrine function of the testes was evaluated by measuring the activities of two steroidogenic enzymes, 5-3-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (5-3-HSD) and 17-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (17-HSD). The activities of acid phosphatase, alkaline phosphatase and -glucuronidase, important hydrolytic enzymes of lysosomal origin, were measured in testes, seminal vesicles and ventral prostates in normal and transgenic mice. Testicular 5-3-HSD activity was higher in transgenic than in normal mice, while testicular 17-HSD activity in transgenic mice was not altered. Acid phosphatase activity was elevated in both seminal vesicles and ventral prostates of transgenic mice, while alkaline phosphatase activity was increased only in the prostate. The activity of -glucuronidase was elevated in the testes, seminal vesicles and ventral prostate gland of transgenic mice. These results suggest that chronic exposure to bGH is associated with significant stimulation of some hydrolytic enzymes in the testes and in the accessory reproductive glands of transgenic mice. 相似文献
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A. Seetharama Acharya K. Subramonia Iyer Girish Sahni Kiran M. Khandke Belur N. Manjula 《Journal of Protein Chemistry》1992,11(5):527-538
The influence of n-propanol on the overall -helical conformation of -globin, apocytochrome C, and the functional domain of streptococcal M49 protein (pepM49) and its consequence on the proteolysis of the respective proteins has been investigated. A significant amount of -helical conformation is induced into these proteins atpH 6.0 and 4°C in the presence of relatively low concentrations of n-propanol. The induction of -helical conformation into the proteins increased as a function of the propanol concentration, the maximum induction occurring around 30% n-propanol. In the case of -globin, the fluorescence of its tryptophyl residues also increased as a function of n-propanol concentration, the midpoint of this transition being around 20% n-propanol. Furthermore, concomitant with the induction of helical conformation into these proteins, the proteolysis of their polypeptide chain by V8 protease also gets restricted. The -helical conformation induced into - and -globin by n-propanol decreased as the temperature is raised from 4 to 24°C. In contrast, the -helical conformation of both - and -chain (i.e., globin with noncovalently bound heme) did not exhibit such a sensitivity to this change in temperature. However, distinct differences exist between the n-propanol induced -helical conformation of globins and the -helical conformation of - and -chains. A cross-correlation of the n-propanol induced increase in the fluorescence of -globin with the corresponding increase in the -helical conformation of the polypeptide chain suggested that the fluorescence increase represents a structural change of the protein that is secondary to the induction of the -helical conformation into the protein (i.e., an integration of the helical conformation induced to the segments of the polypeptide chain to influence the microenvironment of the tryptophyl residues). Presumably, the fluorescence increase is a consequence of the packing of the helical segments of globin to generate a native-like structure. The induction of -helical conformation into these proteins in the presence of n-propanol and the consequent generation of native-like conformation is not unique to n-propanol. Trifluoroethanol, another helix-inducing organic solvent, also behaves in the same fashion as n-propanol. However, in contrast to the proteins described above, n-propanol could neither induce an -helical conformation into performic acid oxidized RNAse-A nor restrict its proteolysis by proteases. Thus, the high sensitivity of apoproteins and the protein domains to assume -helical conformation in the presence of low concentration of n-propanol with a concomitant restriction of the proteolytic susceptibility of their polypeptide chain appears to be unique to those proteins that exhibit high -helical propensities. Apparently, this phenomenon of helix induction and the restriction of proteolysis reflects the formation of rudimentary tertiary interaction of the native protein and is unique to apoproteins or structural domains of -helical proteins. Consistent with this concept, the induction of -helical conformation into shorter polypeptide fragments of 30 residues, (e.g., 1-30, which exists in an -helical conformation in hemoglobin) is very low. Besides, this peptide exhibited neither the high sensitivity to the low concentrations of n-propanol seen with the apoproteins/protein domains nor the resistance toward proteolysis. The results suggest that the organic cosolvent induced decrease in the conformational flexibility of the apoprotein, and the consequent restriction of their proteolytic cleavage provides an opportunity to develop new strategies for protease catalyzed segment condensation reactions. 相似文献
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Bellizzi Mary C. Dutta-Roy Asim K. James W. Philip T. 《Molecular and cellular biochemistry》1997,170(1-2):187-193
The role of -tocopherol uptake system in human erythrocyte in the uptake of plasma -tocopherol has been suggested. However no information is available on -tocopherol uptake activity of human erythrocytes in the presence of high levels of D-glucose which is known to lead to pathological alterations in different cells including human erythrocytes. Therefore, in order to examine the effect of D-glucose on the binding of -tocopherol to human erythrocytes, the binding characteristics of -tocopherol to these cells were established first. Binding of [3H]-tocopherol to human erythrocytes was both saturable and specific. Scatchard analysis of -tocopherol binding to these cells showed the presence of two independent classes of binding sites with widely different affinities. The high affinity binding sites had a dissociation constant (Kd1) of 90 nM with a binding capacity (n1) of 900 sites per cell, whereas the low affinity binding sites had a dissociation constant (Kd2) of 5.2 M and a binding capacity (n2) of 105,400 sites per cell. Trypsin treatment abolished all the -tocopherol binding activity. Competition for the binding of -tocopherol to human erythrocytes was effective with other homologues of -tocopherol (-tocopherol, -tocopherol and -tocopherol) and their potency was almost equal to -tocopherol itself. The order of preference was -tocopherol > -tocopherol -tocopherol -tocopherol. Incubation of human erythrocytes with various concentrations of D-glucose did not affect -tocopherol uptake activity. Our data demonstrate the presence of an -tocopherol uptake system in human erythrocytes and that the -tocopherol uptake activity is not modulated by the presence of D-glucose. 相似文献
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Summary The non-tandem inverted duplication in the 2-m DNA of Saccharomyces cerevisiae has a length of 0.19 m and is located asymmetrically along the molecule. The majority of the dumb-bell structures that are formed upon denaturation and selfannealing of the 2-m monomer consists of the renatured inverted duplication sequences as double stranded stem and two single stranded loops of 0.67 m±0.06 m (S-loop) and 0.86 m±0.05 m (L-loop) length. Two additional size classes which comprised 5–10% of the measured molecules had contour lengths of around 1.7 m and 2.1 m. The smaller dumb-bells contained two S-loops and the larger dumb-bells contained two L-loops as was shown by heteroduplex mapping with an HindIII fragment from the L-loop. Two models which assume illegitimate or site specific recombination, are presented to explain the generation of double S-loop and double L-loop molecules. At least part of the 4-m and 6- circular molecules present in the yeast supercoiled DNA fraction are shown to be dimers and trimers of 2-m monomers, but often with inverted loop segments most probably due to intramolecular recombination between sequences of the inverted duplication.2-m DNA is used to indicate the supercoiled DNA fraction although in our measurements the average monomeric length is 1.9 mPart of this work has been presented at the Conference: The Genetics and Biogenesis of Chloroplasts and Mitochondria, Munich, August, 1976 相似文献