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While carnitine has been reported to have an anti-oxidative role on the ocular surface,
there has been no report on the existence of a carnitine transporter (SLC22A5) in the
lens. Therefore, we investigated the carnitine transport activity of canine lens
epithelial cells (LEC) and determined the molecular structure of canine
SLC22A5. The carnitine transport activity was 7.16 ± 0.48 pmol/mg
protein/30 min. Butyrobetaine, the analogue of carnitine, reduced 30% of the activity at
50 µM. A coding sequence of canine carnitine transporter was 1694 bp
long and was predicted to encode 557 amino acid polypeptides. The deduced amino acid
sequence of canine carnitine transporter showed >80% similarity to that of mouse and
human. Western blot analysis detected the band at 60 kDa in the membrane of lens
epithelial cells. The high content of carnitine in the lens is possibly transported from
aqueous humor by SLC22A5. 相似文献
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Renata Studziska Renata Koodziejska Wojciech Paziski Daria Kupczyk Tomasz Kosmalski Katarzyna Jasieniecka Boena Modzelewska‐Banachiewicz 《化学与生物多样性》2019,16(6)
11β‐Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 (11β‐HSD1) is an enzyme that affects the body's cortisol levels. The inhibition of its activity can be used in the treatment of Cushing's syndrome, metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes. In this study, we synthesized new derivatives of 2‐(methylamino)thiazol‐4(5H)‐one and tested their activity towards inhibition of 11β‐HSD1 and its isoform – 11β‐HSD2. The results were compared with the previously tested allyl derivatives. We found out that methyl derivatives are weaker inhibitors of 11β‐HSD1 in comparison to their allyl analogs. Due to significant differences in the activity of the compounds, molecular modeling was performed, which was aimed at comparing the interactions between 11β‐HSD1 and ligands differing by substituent at the amine group (allyl vs. methyl). Modeling showed that the absence of the allyl group can lead to the rotation of whole ligand molecule which affects its interaction with the enzyme. 相似文献
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Binding Pockets and Permeation Channels for Dioxygen through Cofactorless 3‐Hydroxy‐2‐methylquinolin‐4‐one 2,4‐Dioxygenase in Association with Its Natural Substrate, 3‐Hydroxy‐2‐methylquinolin‐4(1H)‐one. A Perspective from Molecular Dynamics Simulations
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Francesco Pietra 《化学与生物多样性》2014,11(6):861-871
This work describes an investigation of pathways and binging pockets (BPs) for dioxygen (O2) through the cofactorless oxygenase 3‐hydroxy‐2‐methylquinolin‐4‐one 2,4‐dioxygenase in complex with its natural substrate, 3‐hydroxy‐2‐methylquinolin‐4(1H)‐one, in aqueous solution. The investigation tool was random‐acceleration molecular dynamics (RAMD), whereby a tiny, randomly oriented external force is applied to O2 in order to accelerate its movements. In doing that, care was taken that the external force only continues, if O2 moves along a direction for a given period of time, otherwise the force changed direction randomly. Gates for expulsion of O2 from the protein, which can also be taken as gates for O2 uptake, were found throughout almost the whole external surface of the protein, alongside a variety of BPs for O2. The most exploited gates and BPs were not found to correspond to the single gate and BP proposed previously from the examination of the static model from X‐ray diffraction analysis of this system. Therefore, experimental investigations of this system that go beyond the static model are urgently needed. 相似文献
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- 1. 1.|A kinetic study of the absolute specific activity (SA) of iodine in intrathyroidal iodotyrosines and iodothyronines, and in plasma PBI, was performed comparatively in adult male rats and quail kept at +25°C (controls) or exposed to +4°C (for 2 days or 30 days before the iodine measurements).
- 2. 2.|In both species, 2 days of cold exposure induced a rapid increase (20 to 50%) in the SA of intrathyroidal iodoaminoacids and plasma PBI, leading to a rapid equilibration between the SA measured. After 30 days an acceleration in iodine turnover was still measurable in rats, but the stimulation then appeared more important in quail. In addition, the acceleration of iodine turnover led to a characteristic bimodal pattern of this turnover which was apparent only in quail, and could reflect an important production of non-hormonal iodinated proteins. Although the bird thyroid has been claimed to be less reactive to cold than its mammalian homologues, the present study indicates that, at least in bird species whose thyroidal stores of iodine are not excessive, the thyroid is even more responsive to cold than the rat thyroid.
Author Keywords: Effect of cold; thyroidal metablism; iodine; SA of iodine in iodotyrosine; iodothyronine; iodinated proteins; rats; birds; quail; Coturix coturnix japonica 相似文献
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Bhrugu Yagnik Shivangi Patel Maitree Dave Drashya Sharma Harish Padh Priti Desai 《Indian journal of microbiology》2016,56(1):80-87
Potential use of Lactococcus lactis (L. lactis) as a heterologous protein expression host as well as for delivery of multiple therapeutic proteins has been investigated extensively using Nisin Inducible Controlled Expression (NICE) system. Optimum inducible expression of heterologous protein by NICE system in L. lactis depends on multiple factors. To study the unexplored role of factors affecting heterologous protein expression in L. lactis using NICE, the present study outlines the optimization of various key parameters such as inducer concentration, host’s proteases and precipitating agent using Outer membrane protein A (OmpA). For efficient expression and secretion of OmpA, pSEC:OmpA vector was successfully constructed. To circumvent the troubles encountered during detection of expressed OmpA, the precipitating agent was switched from TCA to methanol. Nevertheless, detection was achieved accompanied by degraded protein products. Speculating the accountability of observed degradation at higher inducer concentration, different nisin concentrations were evaluated. Lower nisin concentrations were found desirable for optimum expression of OmpA. Consistently observed degradation was eliminated by incorporation of protease inhibitor cocktail which inhibits intracellular proteases and expression in VEL1153 (NZ9000 ΔhtrA) strain which inhibits extracellular protease leading to optimum expression of OmpA. Versatility and complexity of NICE system in L. lactis requires fine-tuning of target protein specific parameters for optimum expression.
Electronic supplementary material
The online version of this article (doi:10.1007/s12088-015-0556-2) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. 相似文献8.
P. Loth A. Herschel K. Schrter H.-P. Liebert 《International Review of Hydrobiology》1995,80(4):535-561
The effects of a decreased sewage release from a cellulose mill on the hypertrophic Bleiloch reservoir were studied. The waste water treatment reduced the concentration of yellow substances in the reservoir and resulted in a more light-coloured waterbody. It is estimated that the changes in the light attenuation in the Bleiloch reservoir after 1989 can be described as eutrophication. Selected physical, chemical, and biological parameters from 1994 show the effect of changes. Three large pelagic enclosures (diameter 10 m, length 20 m) were installed in the reservoir to assess effects of artifical mixing on phytoplankton biomass and composition. Two circulation techniques have been used in the enclosures (relase of compressed air at the bottom of the enclosure and mechanical mixing, where water was pumped from the surface downward). The investigation demonstrate that the magnitude of seasonal peaks of chlorophyll were depressed in the mixed enclosures during circulation. The results were discussed in comparison with a reference enclosure without mixing and the waterbody of the reservoir. Cryptophytes and other flagellates achieved dominance during mixing in the “air”-enclosure, while diatoms were the most abundant species in the „pump”︁-enclosure. The development of filamentous cyanobacteria, which are significant indicators of eutrophication, was disturbed in the enclosures. They were outcompeted by cryptophytes, movable chlorophytes and diatoms. Both mechanical pump and compressed air can be used to control excessive algal growth. Further studies on the dynamics of phytoplankton to artifical mixing are suggested. The results of further studies should design an in situ experiment in the reservoir to reduce algal growth by light limitation. Further on a dense duckweed cover spreads over the surface of the Bleiloch reservoir, which influences the light regime in the waterbody. Therefore factors influencing the duckweed growth were analysed. Special attention was focused on the influence of the pH, consequences of the mixing in the waterbody and the role of resting stages. 相似文献
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A High‐Performance D–A Copolymer Based on Dithieno[3,2‐b:2′,3′‐d]Pyridin‐5(4H)‐One Unit Compatible with Fullerene and Nonfullerene Acceptors in Solar Cells
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Mingwei An Fangyuan Xie Xinjian Geng Jianqi Zhang Jiaxing Jiang Zhongli Lei Dan He Zuo Xiao Liming Ding 《Liver Transplantation》2017,7(14)
Development of high‐performance donor–acceptor (D–A) copolymers is vital in the research of polymer solar cells (PSCs). In this work, a low‐bandgap D–A copolymer based on dithieno[3,2‐b:2′,3′‐d]pyridin‐5(4H)‐one unit (DTP), PDTP4TFBT, is developed and used as the donor material for PSCs with PC71BM or ITIC as the acceptor. PDTP4TFBT:PC71BM and PDTP4TFBT:ITIC solar cells give power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) up to 8.75% and 7.58%, respectively. 1,8‐Diiodooctane affects film morphology and device performance for fullerene and nonfullerene solar cells. It inhibits the active materials from forming large domains and improves PCE for PDTP4TFBT:PC71BM cells, while it promotes the aggregation and deteriorates performance for PDTP4TFBT:ITIC cells. The ternary‐blend cells based on PDTP4TFBT:PC71BM:ITIC (1:1.2:0.3) give a decent PCE of 9.20%. 相似文献
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