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Seiji Ichida Tetsuyuki Wada Takafumi Akimoto Yasunari Kasamatsu Miki Tahara Kiyo Hasimoto 《Neurochemical research》1995,20(4):467-473
Characteristic of [125I]-conotoxin (-CgTX) labeling using bifunctional cross linker (dithio bis[succinimidyl propionate]: DSP) was systematically investigated in crude membranes from chick whole brain. [125I]-CgTX specifically labeled 216 kDa as a main and 236 kDa as a minor bands in the crude membranes under non-reduced condition, but not labeled under reduced condition. We investigated the effect of various Ca channel antagonists on [125I]-CgTX labeling with DSP in detail, and found that there is a strong correlation between the effects of Ca channel antagonists on [125I]-CgTX labeling of the 216 kDa band and specific [125I]-CgTX binding. These results suggest that labeling of the 216 kDa band under non-reduced condition with [125I]-CgTX using DSP involves the specific binding sites of [125I]-CgTX, perhaps including one of the neuronal N-type Ca channel subunits in the crude membranes. 相似文献
2.
Omega-conotoxin GVIA (-CTX), as a selective blocker for an N-type Ca2+ channel, has been conveniently used in many molecular biochemical and pharmacological experiments. There has been little elucidation of 125I--CTX binding sites (mainly the 135-kDa band) in the crude membranes from chick brain, although the characteristics of specific 125I--CTX binding and labeling sites in chick brain membranes have been investigated in our previous research. In this work, our goal is to further identify 125I--CTX labeling sites in chick brain membranes by using anti-B1Nt antibodies (against the N-terminal segment B1Nt of N- or P-type Ca2+ channel 1-subunits). The 125I--CTX–labeled sites in chick brain membranes could be solubilized and immunoprecipitated by using an anti B1Nt antibody. The molecular weight of the immunoprecipitated protein was determined as 135 kDa, which is inconsistent with that of the specific 125I--CTX binding protein reported previously. Moreover, the 125I--CTX–labeled protein could be purified by the method of preparative SDS-PAGE and recognized by anti-B1Nt antibodies in Western blotting analysis. These results indicated that anti-B1Nt antibodies could truly recognize 125I--CTX–labeled sites as the main band of 135 kDa from chick brain membranes, and the -CTX–labeled site (mainly the 135-kDa band) should be N-type Ca2+ channel 1-subunits. 相似文献
3.
Seiji Ichida Tetsuyuki Wada Masahiro Sekiguchi Hiroyuki Kishino Yuko Okazaki Takafumi Akimoto 《Neurochemical research》1993,18(11):1137-1144
Characteristics of specific125I-omega-conotoxin (-CgTX) binding were systematically investigated in crude membranes from rat whole brain. Kd and Bmax Values for the binding were 49.7 pM and 181.5 fmol/mg of protein, respectively. The effects of various types of Ca channel antagonists on the binding were investigated. Dynorphin A (1–13), in particular, specifically inhibited125I--CgTX binding, but not that of [3H](+)PN200-110. Spider venom fromPlectreurys tristes did not specifically inhibit specific binding of125I--CgTX, because the venom also inhibited the binding of [3H](+)PN200-110 to a similar degree. The amount of specific binding of125I--CgTX was less in the cerebellum than that in any other area of whole brain. The cross-linker disuccinimidyl suberate did not label with125I--CgTX and its binding sites in rat whole brain, although it did in chick whole brain, which was used as a positive control. These findings suggested that dynorphine A (1–13) was a selective blocker of -CgTX-sensitive Ca channels in crude membranes from rat whole brain and that -CgTX-sensitive Ca channels were mainly present a rat brain except cerebellum. 相似文献
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An acyltransferase hydroxycinnamoyl-Coenzyme A: -hydroxypalmitic acid O-hydroxycinnamoyltransferase (HHT; EC 2.3.1.-), which transfers hydroxycinnamic acids from hydroxycinnamoyl-CoA thioesters to several hydroxylated fatty acid derivatives, was characterized from tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L. cv. Xanthi nc) cell-suspension cultures. It exhibited the same properties as the enzyme previously detected in wound-healing potato tuber discs (Lotfy et al., 1994, Phytochemistry 35: 1419–1424), and especially a marked specificity for -hydroxypalmitic acid and feruloyl-CoA. It was purified 300-fold to near homogeneity from late logarithmic-phase cell suspensions. The apparent molecular mass of the native protein was 55 kDa and its isoelectric point, estimated by electrofocusing, was 4.6. The purified enzyme conjugated ferulic acid to -hydroxypalmitic acid and to 1-tetradecanol, its main lipidic substrates, suggesting that the same enzyme probably synthesizes the different esters of 1-alkanols and of -hydroxy fatty acids which are formed in vitro.Abbreviations ABA
abscisic acid
- IEF
isoelectric focusing
- HHT
hydroxycinnamoyl-Coenzyme A: -hydroxypalmitic acid O-hydroxycinnamoyltransferase
- pI
isoelectric point 相似文献
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The structure, function, and evolutionary history of globin genes have been the subject of extensive investigation over a period of more than 40 years, yet new globin genes with highly specialized functions are still being discovered and much remains uncertain about their evolutionary history. Here we investigate the molecular evolution of the -globin gene family in a marsupial species, the tammar wallaby, Macropus eugenii. We report the complete DNA sequences of two -like globin genes and show by phylogenetic analyses that one of these genes is orthologous to embryonically expressed -globin genes of marsupials and eutherians and the other is orthologous to adult expressed -globin genes of marsupials and eutherians. We show that the tammar wallaby contains a third functional -like globin gene, -globin, which forms part of the -globin gene cluster. The position of -globin on the 3 side of the -globin cluster and its ancient phylogenetic history fit the criteria, originally proposed by Jeffreys et al. (1980), of a fossil -globin gene and suggest that an ancient chromosome or genome duplication preceded the evolution of unlinked clusters of - and -globin genes in mammals and avians. In eutherian mammals, such as humans and mice, -globin has been silenced or translocated away from the -globin locus, while in marsupials -globin is coordinately expressed with the adult -globin gene just prior to birth to produce a functional hemoglobin (2 2). 相似文献
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Summary The metabolic formation of either,-dodecanedioic acid or,-tridecanedioic acid from the individual n-alkane, n-alcohol, n-monoacid and,-diol with corresponding carbon chain length using K-carrageenan entrapped mutants S76 ofCandida tropicalis was studied. The immobilized cells of S76 could also directly produce-hydroxy acid and,-dioic acid from,-diol. With n-alcohol and n-monoacid as substrate, the amount of-hydroxy acid and,-dioic acid produced was also a function of the incubation time.The results demonstrated that in the immobilized cells of S76 the formation of,-dioic acid from n-alcohol can also run both via n-monoacid and via,-diol as well as in the normal cells of S76. 相似文献
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Saeree Jareonkitmongkol Eiji Sakuradani Sakayu Shimizu 《Archives of microbiology》1994,161(4):316-319
A mutant considered to be defective in the conversion of n-6 to n-3 fatty acids (3-desaturation) was derived from a 5-desaturation-defective mutant (Mut44) of Mortierella alpina 1S-4, after treating its spores with N-methyl-N-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine. This mutant cannot produce 8(Z),11(Z),14(Z),17(Z)-eicosatetraenoic acid or any other n-3 fatty acids, of which about 10% was found in its parental strain upon cultivation at 12°C. The mutant's growth rate was comparable to that of the parental strain when grown at 28°C, but it became much slower when the mutant grew at 12°C, at which the lag phase for Mut44 was about 2 d but 5 d for the mutant.Abbreviations 18:33
9(Z),12(Z),15(Z)-octadecatrienoic acid
- 18:43
6(Z),9(Z),12(Z),15(Z)-octadecatetraenoic acid
- 20:43
8(Z),11(Z),14(Z),17(Z)-eicosatetraenoic acid
- AA
arachidonic acid
- DHGA
dihomo--linolenic acid
- EPA
5(Z),8(Z),11(Z),14(Z),17(Z)-eicosapentaenoic acid
- GLC
gas-liquid chromatography
- MNNG
N-methyl-N-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine
- PC
phosphatidylcholine 相似文献
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A new metabolic pathway from n-dodecane to α, ω-dodecanedioic acid in a mutant of Candida tropicalis
Summary The metabolic formation of ,-dodecanedioic acid via ,-dodecanediol from n-dodecane using a mutant S76 of Candida tropicalis was studied.It was found that resting cells of S76 produce ,-dodecanediol from n-dodecane. This intermediate was identified by different analytical methods. With n-dodecanol as substrate the quantitative changes in the concentrations of ,-dodecanediol as well as other intermediates, e.g. monoacid, -hydroxy acid and ,-dioic acid produced by resting cells of S76 for different periods of time were determined. With ,-dodecanediol as the sole carbon source, quantitative changes of -hydroxy acid and ,-dioic acid produced by S76 were also recorded.The results confirm the existence of a new metabolic pathway via ,-diol in the course of ,-dioic acid formation from n-alkane in the mutant S76 of C. tropicalis. 相似文献
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A bacterial strain, Curtobacterium sp., isolated from a soil with zinc added possessed -cyclohexyl fatty acids. -Cyclohexyl undecanoic acid made up 47% of the total fatty acids; it was the most abundant fatty acid in the strain grown in tryptone medium. 12-Methyl tetradecanoic acid (23%) and 14-methyl hexadecanoic acid (22%) were also major fatty acids. The proportion of -cyclohexyl undecanoic acid increased as the pH of the medium decreased and as the culture temperature increased.The bacteria grew almost normally in zinc-enriched medium, and -cyclohexyl undecanoic acid increased with zinc concentration. Zinc added to the medium was not abundant in the cell fraction, and the ratio of increase of zinc in the cells was not so high as in the culture medium. These results suggested that -cyclohexyl fatty acids are related to the zinc tolerance of the isolated strain, and that this tolerance depends on low permeability of the membrane to zinc. 相似文献
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Trienoic fatty acids, namely -linolenic acid and hexadecatrienoic acid, present in leaf lipids are produced by -3 fatty acid desaturases located in the endoplasmic reticulum and plastid membranes. The changes in the level of trienoic fatty acids during leaf maturation were investigated in wild-type plants of Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh. and in the fad7 mutant deficient in the activity of a plastid -3 desaturase. The levels of trienoic fatty acids increased in 26 °C- and 15 °C-grown wild-type plants with maturation of leaves. The increase in trienoic fatty acids was mainly due to galactolipids enriched in plastid membranes. In addition, the relative levels of trienoic fatty acids in major glycerolipids, including phospholipids enriched in the endoplasmic reticulum membranes, also increased with leaf maturation. By contrast, when the fad7 mutant was grown at 26 °C, the relative levels of trienoic fatty acids in individual lipids decreased with leaf maturation. The decreases in the levels of trienoic fatty acids, however, were alleviated when the fad7 mutant was grown at 15 °C. These results suggest that the plastid -3 desaturase plays a major role in increasing the levels of trienoic fatty acids with leaf maturation.Abbreviations 163
hexadecatrienoic acid
- 183
-linolenic acid
- DGD
digalactosyldiacylglycerol
- MGD
monogalactosyldiacylglycerol
- PC
phosphatidylcholine
- PE
phosphatidylethanolamine
- TA
trienoic fatty acid
- WT
wild type
- -3
refers to the position of the double bond from the methyl end of a fatty acid
This research was supported in part by Grants-in-Aid for Scientific research (#07251214 and #06804050 to K.I.) from the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture, Japan, and by the research grant from Shorai Foundation. 相似文献
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DuPont FM Vensel W Encarnacao T Chan R Kasarda DD 《TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik》2004,108(7):1299-1308
The -gliadins encoded on chromosome 1 of the A genome were purified from Triticum aestivum L. (2n=6x=42, AABBDD) cv. Butte86, nullisomic 1D-tetrasomic 1A of cv. Chinese Spring (CS N1DT1A), and the diploid T. urartu (2n=2x=14, AA). Reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatography combined with sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of gliadin extracts from CS nullisomic-tetrasomic (NT) lines confirmed the assignment to chromosome 1A. The purified -gliadins were characterized by mass spectrometry and N-terminal sequencing. The 1A-encoded -gliadins were smaller than 1B- or 1D-encoded -gliadins. The N-terminal amino acid sequences for 1A -gliadin mature peptides were nearly identical to those for the T. urartu -gliadins and were more similar to 1D -gliadin sequences than to sequences for T. monococum -gliadins, barley C-hordeins, or rye -secalins. They diverged greatly from the N-terminal sequences for the 1B -gliadins. The data suggest that T. urartu is the A-genome donor, and that post-translational cleavage by an asparaginyl endoprotease produces those -gliadins with N-terminal sequences beginning with KEL.Communicated by J. Dvorak 相似文献
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Sakayu Shimizu Saeree Jareonkitmongkol Hiroshi Kawashima Kengo Akimoto Hideaki Yamada 《Archives of microbiology》1991,156(3):163-166
An arachidonic-producing fungus, Mortierella alpina 1S-4, was found to accumulate -unsaturated fatty acids of C-20 chain length together with 1-hexadecenoic acid, 1-octadecenoic acid and so on, when grown on 1-alkenes, i.e., 1-hexadecene and 1-octadecene. The results of mass spectroscopy and proton NMR showed that a C20 polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) is a novel cis-5,8,11,14,19-eicosapentaenoic acid (20:51). This PUFA was obtained at a yield of 0.13 mg/ml culture broth (2.8% of the fungal total fatty acid content) on cultivation of the fungus in a medium containing 4% (v/v) 1-hexadecene and 1% yeast extract at 28°C for 1 week. Investigation of the distribution of fatty acids showed that about 90% (by mol.) of the PUFA was present in the triglycerides and 10% was in the phospholipid fraction. About 70% of that found in the phospholipids was phosphatidylcholine (PC) and the value accounted for ca. 10% of the total fatty acid content. The formation of these -unsaturated fatty acids was presumed to occur through the arachidonic acid biosynthetic pathway (n-6 route).Abbreviations PUFA
polyunsaturated fatty acid
- EPA
cis-5,8,11,14,17-eicosapentaenoic acid
- TG
triglycerides
- PS
phosphatidylserine
- PC
phosphatidylcholine
Present address: Laboratory of Microbial Science, Institute for Fundamental Research, Suntory Ltd., Mishima-gun, Osaka 618, Japan 相似文献
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An algorithm of learning in multilayer threshold nets without feedbacks is proposed. The net is. built of threshold elements with binary inputs. During a learning process each input vector x is accompanied by a teacher's decision ({1,...,M}). The pairs (x[n], [n]) appear in successive steps independently according to some unknown stationary distribution p(x,). The problem of learning of a threshold net has been decomposed to a series of problems of learning of the threshold elements. The proposed learning algorithm of the threshold elements has a perceptron-like form. It was proven that a decision rule of the threshold net stabilizes after a finite number of steps. For definite classes {p(x, )}
*
K
of distributions p(x,), an optimal decision rule stabilizes after a finite number of steps. These classes {p(x, )}
*
K
also contain distributions describing learning processes with perturbations. 相似文献
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N-nitro-l-arginine (NG-nitro-l-arginine) is a potent nitric oxide synthase inhibitor which crosses the blood brain barrier and does not undergo extensive metabolism in vivo. In this study, effect of chronic pretreatment of N-nitro-l-arginine (75 mg/kg, i.p., twice daily for 7 days) on the harmaline- (100 mg/kg, s.c.), picrotoxin- (4 mg/kg, s.c.), pentylenetetrazole- (50 mg/kg, i.p.), andl-glutamic acid- (400 g/10 l/mouse, i.c.v.) induced increase in cerebellar cGMP was assessed. All the four drugs produced significant increase in cerebellar cGMP in vehicle pretreated control animals. Cerebellar cGMP increase induced by harmaline, picrotoxin, andl-glutamic acid was attentuated in N-nitro-l-arginine pretreated animals. These results indicate that in vivo cerebellar cGMP levels are increased by the prototype excitatory amino acid receptor agonist,l-glutamic acid and also by the drugs which augment the excitatory amino acid transmission. Furthermore, parenteral chronic administration of N-nitro-l-arginine blocks NO synthase in the brain and hence cerebellar cGMP response in chronic N-nitro-l-arginine treated animals could be used as a tool to assess the physiological functions of nitric oxide in vivo.Part of this work was presented at the Experimental Biology 93 FASEB Meeting at New Orleans, March 1993. 相似文献
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Inserted sequence in the mitochondrial 23S ribosomal RNA gene of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Gérard Faye Nicole Dennebouy Chantal Kujawa Claude Jacq 《Molecular & general genetics : MGG》1979,168(1):101-109
Summary The sequence organization of the yeast mit-DNA region carrying the large ribosomal RNA gene and the polar locus was examined. Hybridization studies using rho- deletion mutants and electron microscopy of the heteroduplexes formed between 23S rRNA and the appropriate restriction fragments, lead to the conclusion that the 23S rRNA1 gene of the + strains is split by an insertion sequence of 1,000–1,100 bp. In contrast, no detactable insertion was found in the 23S rRNA gene of the - strains. The size and the location of the insert found in the 23S rRNA gene of the + strains appear to be identical to those of the sequence which had previously been found to characterize the difference (at the locus) between the mitDNA of the wild type strains carrying the + or - alleles (Jacq et al., 1977). 相似文献
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Summary The metabolic formation of ,-tridecanedioic acid via n-tridecanoic acid and via ,-tridecanediol from n-tridecane in the mutant S 76 of Candida tropicalis was studied. It was found that resting cells of S 76 produced ,-tridecanediol from n-tridecane.With n-tridecanol as substrate, the ,-diol could also be detected. The mutant S 76 was able to produce ,-tridecanedioic acid using either n-tridecanol or n-tridecanoic acid as the sole carbon source. Quantitative changes in the concentration of -hydroxy tridecanoic acid and other intermediates were recorded during the formation of ,-dioic acid.The results confirm the existence of two metabolic pathways mentioned above in the course of ,-dioic acid formation from odd n-alkane in the mutant S 76 of C. tropicalis. 相似文献
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Michael D. Reily Venkataraman Thanabal Michael E. Adams 《Journal of biomolecular NMR》1995,5(2):122-132
Summary The 48 amino acid peptides -Aga-IVA and -Aga-IVB are the first agents known to specifically block P-type calcium channels in mammalian brain, thus complementing the existing suite of pharmacological tools used for characterizing calcium channels. These peptides provide a new set of probes for studies aimed at elucidating the structural basis underlying the subtype specificity of calcium channel antagonists. We used 288 NMR-derived constraints in a protocol combining distance geometry and molecular dynamics employing the program DGII, followed by energy minimization with Discover to derive the three-dimensional structure of -Aga-IVB. The toxin consists of a well-defined core region, comprising seven solvent-shielded residues and a well-defined triple-stranded -sheet. Four loop regions have average backbone rms deviations between 0.38 and 1.31 Å, two of which are well-defined type-II -turns. Other structural features include disordered C- and N-termini and several conserved basic amino acids that are clustered on one face of the molecule. The reported structure suggests a possible surface for interaction with the channel. This surface contains amino acids that are identical to those of another known P-type calcium channel antagonist, -Aga-IVA, and is rich in basic residues that may have a role in binding to the anionic sites in the extracellular regions of the calcium channel.Abbreviations TOCSY
total correlated spectroscopy
- NOESY
nuclear Overhauser enhancement spectroscopy
- COSY
correlated spectroscopy 相似文献
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Biofilms were allowed to develop on wooden slides of the River Red Gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis Dehnh., Myrtaceae) submerged in two billabongs of south-eastern Australia. The slides were placed in the photic zone and the aphotic zone, and the biofilms sampled after eight week's growth over the summer of 1989–1990 and winter of 1990. Bacterial numbers, estimated with epifluorescence microscopy, ranged from 4–78 × 106 cells cm–2. Bacteria were more abundant in the photic zone than the aphotic zone, and more abundant in summer than winter. Fewer than 0.5% of the bacteria could be cultivated on nutrient agar plates. Concentrations of phospholipids ranged from 8–79 ng cm–2, which corresponded to bacterial abundances of 2–17 × 106 cells cm–2. Fifty five phospholipid fatty acids (PLFA) were identified, of which 16:0 (13–29% of total PFLA) was the most common. Other abundant PFLA included 16:17c (6–28%), 18:26 (3–16%), 18:33 (4–12%), 18:19c (3–5%), 18:l7c (5–11%) and 18:0 (2–8%). Minor PLFA included 14:0, i and a 15:0, 15:0, 16:l5c, 16:113c, 18:36, 18:43, 20:46 and 20:53. The PLFA profiles of the biofilms were quite different from those of the sediments and plankton. There was a clear distinction between the PLFA profiles of summer and winter biofilms, but less evidence for unequivocal site or light-regime effects. 相似文献
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The effect of -Aga IVA, a P-type Ca2+ channel blocker, on the release of the inhibitory neurotransmitter GABA and on the elevation of Cai induced by depolarization was investigated in [3H]GABA and fura-2 preloaded mouse brain synaptosomes, respectively. Two strategies (i.e. 20 mM external K+ and veratridine) that depolarize by different mechanisms the preparation were used. High K+ elevates Cai and induces [3H]GABA release in the absence of external Na+ and in the presence of TTX, conditions that abolish veratridine induced responses. The effect of -Aga IVA on the Ca2+ and Na+ dependent fractions of the depolarization evoked release of [3H]GABA were separately investigated in synaptosomes depolarized with high K+ in the absence of extermal Na+ and with veratridine in the absence of external Ca2+, respectively. The Ca2+ dependent fraction of the evoked release of [3H]GABA and the elevation of Ca2+ induced by high K+ are markedly inhibited (about 50%) in synaptosomes exposed to -Aga IVA (300 nM) for 3 min before depolarization, whereas the Na+ dependent, Ca2+ independent carrier mediated release of [3H]GABA induced by veratridine, which is sensitive to verapamil and amiloride, is not modified by -Aga IVA. Our results indicate that an -Aga IVA sensitive type of Ca2+ channel is highly involved in GABA exocytosis. 相似文献
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Summary Soluble lead salts and a number of lead-containing minerals catalyze the formation of oligonucleotides from nucleoside 5-phosphorimidazolides. The effectiveness of lead compounds correlates strongly with their solubility. Under optimal conditions we were able to obtain 18% of pentamer and higher oligomers from ImpA. Reactions involving ImpU gave smaller yields.Abbreviations A
adenosine
-
U
uridine
-
Im
imidazole
-
MeIm
1-methyl-imidazole
-
EDTA
ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid
-
pA
adenosine 5-phosphate
-
pU
uridine 5-phosphate
-
Ap
adenosine cyclic 2:3-phosphate
-
ATP
adenosine 5-triphosphate
-
AppA
P1,P2-diadenosine 5-diphosphate
-
pNp (N = A,U)
nucleotide 2(3), 5-diphosphate
-
ImpA
adenosine 5-phosphoreimidazolide
-
ImpU
uridine 5-phosphorimidazolide
-
A
2pA
adenylyl-[25]-adenosine
-
A
3pA
adenylyl-[35]-adenosine
-
pA
2pA
5-phospho-adenylyl-[25]-adenosine
-
pA
3pA
5-phospho-adenylyl-[35]-adenosine
-
pUpU
5-phospho-uridylyl-uridine
-
pApU
5-phospho-adenylyl-uridine
-
pUpA
5-phospho-uridylyladenine
-
(pA)n (n, 2,3,4,)
oligoadenylates with 5 terminal phosphate
-
ImpApA
5-phosphorimidazolide of adenylyl adenosine
-
(pA)
5+
pentamer and higher oligoadenylates with 5 terminal phosphate
-
(Ap)nA (n = 2,3,4)
oligoadenylates without terminal phosphates
In the following we do not specify the nature of the internucleotide linkageIn the following we do not specify the nature of the internucleotide linkage 相似文献