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The production of erythritol and the erythritol yield from glucose by Torula sp. were improved, in increasing order, by supplementing with 10 mg MnSO44H2O l–1, 2 mg CuSO45H2O l–1, and both 10 mg MnSO44H2O l–1 and 2 mg CuSO45H2O l–1. Mn2+ decreased the intracellular concentration of erythritol, whereas Cu2+ increased the activity of erythrose reductase in cells. These results suggest that Mn2+ altered the permeability of cells, whereas Cu2+ increased the activity of erythrose reductase in cells. 相似文献
2.
A rapid procedure is described for the separation of CMP-sialic acid:lactosylceramide sialyltransferase reaction components using Sep Pak C18 cartridges. The quantitative separation of the more polar nucleotide sugar, CMP-sialic acid, and its free acid from the less polar GM3-ganglioside is simple and rapid relative to previously described methods. Recovery of GM3 is optimized by the addition of phosphatidylcholine to the reaction mixture prior to the chromatographic step. Using rat liver Golgi membranes as a source of CMP-sialic acid: lactosylceramide sialyltransferase activity (GM3 synthase; ST-1), the transfer of [14C] sialic acid from CMP-[14C] sialic acid to lactosylceramide can be quantified by this assay. The procedure is reliable and may be applicable to the isolation of ganglioside products in otherin vitro glycosyltransferase assays.Abbreviations GM3
GM3-ganglioside
- II3NeuAc-LacCer
NeuAc2-3Gal1-4Glc1-1Cer
- GD1a
GD1a-ganglioside, IV3NeuAc, II3NeuAc-GgOse4Cer, NeuAc2-3Gal1-3GalNac1-4(NeuAc2-3)Gal1-4Glc1-1Cer
- GD3
GD3-ganglioside, II3(NeuAc)2LacCer, NeuAc2-8NeuAc2-3Gal1-4Glc1-1Cer
- GgOse4Cer
asialo-GM1 Gal1-3GalNAc1-4Gal1-4Glc1-1Cer
- FucGMI
fucosyl-GMI-ganglioside, Fuc1-2Gal1-3GalNAc1-4Gal1-4 Glc1-1Cer
- ST-1
GM3 synthase, CMP-sialic acid:lactosylceramide sialyltransferase
- LacCer
lactosylceramide, Gal1-4Glc1-1Cer
- CMP-NeuAc
cytidine 5-monophospho-N-acetylneuraminic acid
- PC
phosphatidylcholine
- PMSF
phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride 相似文献
3.
In Gyu Kim Il Lae Jung Tae Jeong Oh Kug Chan Kim Hae Won Shim 《Biotechnology letters》2002,24(16):1299-1305
Reactive oxygen species (ROS)-related oxidative damages have been implicated in a wide variety of the pathological processes such as atherosclerosis, inflammation and carcinogenesis. A polysaccharide-enriched fraction (PEF) was isolated from Duchesnea chrysantha, a herbaceous plant, and its antioxidant activity was demonstrated using several assay systems in vitro. The PEF effectively inhibited Cu2+-stimulated low density lipoprotein oxidation in a concentration-dependent way and retarded the conjugated diene formation with the enhancement of the lag phase during oxidation. An assay for DNA strand breaks showed that PEF strongly protected DNA against damage caused by UV or by OH or O2
– generated in the metal-catalyzed oxidation system. PEF effectively inhibited Nitroblue Tetrazolium reduction mediated by O2
– in a dose-dependent manner. It also competed with 2-deoxy-d-ribose in absorbing OH generated by -irradiation (600 Gy) and thus inhibited the formation malondialdehyde. In conclusion, these evidences indicate that PEF may act as an antioxidant to scavenge O2
–, OH or LO2 directly. Our findings suggest the possibility that it may play a role as a potential therapeutic antioxidant in treatment of oxidative damage-derived diseases. 相似文献
4.
Uptake kinetics of nitrogen derived from sewage–seawater mixtures (2.5–20% v/v effluent) were determined in the laboratory for Ulva rigida (Chlorophyceae) native from Bahía Nueva (Golfo Nuevo, Patagonia, Argentine). In terms of nitrogen concentration, experimental enrichment levels varied between 53.7 and 362.3M of ammonium and between 0.77 and 6.21M of nitrate+nitrite. Uptake rates were fitted to the Michaelis–Menten equation, with the following kinetic parameters: ammonium: Vmax = 591.2molg–1h–1,
K
s=262.3M, nitrate+nitrite: V
max=12.9molg–1h–1, K
s=3.5M). Both nutrients were taken up simultaneously, but ammonium incorporation was faster in all cases. The results show a high capability of Ulva rigida to remove sewage-derived nitrogen from culture media. In the field, most of the nitrogen provided by the effluent would be tied up in algal biomass, supporting low nitrogen levels found at a short distance away from the source. 相似文献
5.
The effects of eight microelements (I–, BO3
3–, MoO4
2–, Co2+, Cu2+, Mn2+, Fe2+, Zn2+) on the biosynthesis of camptothecin and the growth of suspension cultures of Camptotheca acuminata were studied. The increase of I– to 25 M l–1, Cu2+ to 1 M l–1, Co2+ to 2 M l–1 and MoO4
2– to 10 M l–1 in Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium resulted in 1.66, 2.84, 2.53 and 2.04 times higher of camptothecin yield than that in standard MS medium respectively. Combined treatment of I– (25 M l–1), Cu2+ (1 M l–1), Co2+ (2 M l–1) and MoO4
2– (10 M l–1) lead to improve cell dry weight, camptothecin content, and camptothecin yield to 30.56 g l–1, 0.0299%, and 9.15 mg l–1, respectively, which were 20.2, 208.9 and 273.8% increment respectively when compared with those of control. 相似文献
6.
S. Yanagihara S. R. McCouch K. Ishikawa Y. Ogi K. Maruyama H. Ikehashi 《TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik》1995,90(2):182-188
RFLP analysis was conducted on a population derived from a three-way cross to determine the location of the hybrid sterility locus, S-5, in relation to mapped molecular markers and to identify markers that would be useful for selection in breeding. S-5 is of interest to rice breeders because it is associated with spikelet sterility of F1 hybrids in Indica/Japonica crosses. Identification of an S-5 allele which confers fertility in Indica/Japonica hybrids when introgressed into either the Indica or the Japonica parent has been reported. Varieties carrying this S-5
n allele are known as wide compatibility varieties (WCV). Our data suggests that RFLP marker RG213 on chromosome 6 is closely linked to the S-5 locus and can be efficiently used to identify wide compatibility (WC) lines. RG213 is a single-copy genomic clone that detects three bands of different molecular weights in DNA from Japonica (Akihikari) and Indica (IR36) varieties and WC line (Nekken 2). We demonstrate that the three alleles detected by this marker could be used to trace the inheritance of the wide compatible phenotype in breeders' material. 相似文献
7.
Microbial transformation of ginsenoside Rb1 by Rhizopus stolonifer and Curvularia lunata 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
Of 49 microbial strains screened for their capabilities to transform ginsenoside Rb1, Rhizopus stolonifer and Curvularia lunata produced four key metabolites: 3-O-[-d-glucopyranosyl-(1,2)--d-glucopyranosyl]- 20-O-[-d-glucopyranosyl]-3,12, 20(S)-trihydroxydammar-24-ene (1), 3-O-[-d-glucopyranosyl-(1,2)--d- glucopyranosyl]-20-O-[-d-glucopyranosyl]-3,12, 20(S)-trihydroxydammar-24-ol (2), 3-O-[-d-gluco- pyranosyl-(1,2)--d-glucopyranosyl]-3, 12, 20(S)-trihydroxydammar-24-ene (3), and 3-O--d-glucopyranosyl-3, 12, 20(S)-trihydroxydammar-24-ene (4), identified by TOF-MS, 1H- and 13C-NMR spectral data. Metabolites 1, 3 and 4 were from the incubation with R. stolonifer, and 1 and 2 from the incubation with C. lunata. Compound 2 was identified as a new compound. 相似文献
8.
Desana Li >sková José Ruiz Ordóñez Alexander Lux Alfredo Piñeyro López 《Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture》1994,36(3):339-343
Isolated embryos ofKarwinskia humboldtiana were cultured in vitro. The growth of embryos and development to plantlets on woody plant medium supplemented with indole-3-acetic acid 6.10-2 mol l–1, gibberellic acid (GA3) 3.10-2 mol l–1, and 6-benzylaminopurine (BA) 2 mol l–1 was obtained. Multiplication of shoots and rooting of excised shoots has been achieved. Callus formation on modified Murashige-Skoog medium supplemented with 1-naphthaleneacetic acid 10 mol l–1, GA3 14 mol l–1, and kinetin 5 mol l–1 on hypocotyls, or on root cultures on medium supplemented with 2.4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid 10 mol l–1 and BA 10 mol l–1 was induced.Abbreviations BA
6-benzylaminopurine
- 2,4-d
2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid
- GA3
gibberellic acid
- IAA
indole-3-acetic acid
- NAA
1-naphthaleneacetic acid
- TEM
transmission electron microscopy 相似文献
9.
Werner Dangel Ruth Brackmann Achim Lack Magdy Mohamed Jürgen Koch Brigitte Oswald Birgit Seyfried Andreas Tschech Georg Fuchs 《Archives of microbiology》1991,155(3):256-262
The regulation of the expression of enzyme activities catalyzing initial reactions in the anoxic metabolism of various aromatic compounds was studied at the whole cell level in the denitrifying Pseudomonas strain K 172. The specific enzyme activities were determined after growth on six different aromatic substrates (phenol, 4-hydroxybenzoate, benzoate, p-cresol, phenylacetate, 4-hydroxyphenylacetate) all being proposed to be metabolized anaerobically via benzoyl-CoA. As a control cells were grown on acetate, or aerobically on benzoate. The expression of the following enzyme activities was determined.Phenol carboxylase, as studied by the isotope exchange between 14CO2 and the carboxyl group of 4-hydroxybenzoate; 4-hydroxybenzoyl-CoA reductase (dehydroxylating); p-cresol methylhydroxylase; 4-hydroxybenzyl alcohol dehydrogenase; 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde dehydrogenase; coenzymeA ligases for the aromatic acids benzoate, 4-hydroxybenzoate, phenylacetate, and 4-hydroxyphenylacetate; phenylglyoxylate: acceptor oxidoreductase and 4-hydroxyphenylglyoxylate: acceptor oxidoreductase; aromatic alcohol and aldehyde dehydrogenases.The formation of most active enzymes is strictly regulated; they were only induced when required, the basic activities being almost zero. The observed whole cell regulation pattern supports the postulate that the enzyme activities play a role in anoxic aromatic metabolism and that the compounds are degraded via the following intermediates: Phenol 4-hydroxybenzoate 4-hydroxybenzoyl-CoA benzoyl-CoA; 4-hydroxybenzoate 4-hydroxybenzoyl-CoA benzoyl-CoA; benzoate benzoyl-CoA; p-cresol 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde 4-hydroxybenzoate 4-hydroxybenzoyl-CoA benzoyl-CoA; phenylacetate phenylacetyl-CoA phenylglyoxylate benzoyl-CoA plus CO2; 4-hydroxyphenylacetate 4-hydroxyphenylacetyl-CoA 4-hydroxyphenylglyoxylate 4-hydroxybenzoyl-CoA plus CO2 benzoyl-CoA. 相似文献
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The activities and kinetics of the enzymes G6PDH (glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase) and 6PGDH (6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase) from the mesophilic cyanobacterium Synechococcus 6307 and the thermophilic cyanobacterium Synechococcus 6716 are studied in relation to temperature. In Synechococcus 6307 the apparent K
m's are for G6PDH: 80M (substrate) and 20M (NADP+); for 6PGDH: 90M (substrate) and 25M (NADP+). In Synechococcus 6716 the apparent K
m's are for G6PDH: 550M (substrate) and 30M (NADP+); for 6PGDH: 40M (substrate) and 10M (NADP+). None of the K
m's is influenced by the growth temperature and only the K
m's of G6PDH for G6P are influenced by the assay temperature in both organisms. The idea that, in general, thermophilic enzymes possess a lower affinity for their substrates and co-enzymes than mesophilic enzymes is challenged.Although ATP, ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate, NADPH and pH can all influence the activities of G6PDH and 6PGDH to a certain extent (without any difference between the mesophilic and the thermophilic strain), they cannot be responsible for the total deactivation of the enzyme activities observed in the light, thus blocking the pentose phosphate pathway.Abbreviations G6PDH
glucose-6-phosphate, dehydrogenase
- 6PGDH
6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase
- G6P
glucose-6-phosphate
- 6PG
6-phosphogluconate
- RUDP
ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate
- Tricine
N-Tris (hydroxymethyl)-methylglycine 相似文献
11.
U. Hanauer-Thieser W. Nachtigall 《Journal of comparative physiology. B, Biochemical, systemic, and environmental physiology》1995,165(6):471-483
To gain information on extended flight energetics, quasi-natural flight conditions imitating steady horizontal flight were set by combining the tetheredflight wind-tunnel method with the exhaustion-flight method. The bees were suspended from a two-component aerodynamic balance at different, near optimum body angle of attack and were allowed to choose their own speed: their body mass and body weight was determined before and after a flight; their speed, lift, wingbeat frequency and total flight time were measured throughout a flight. These values were used to determine thrust, resultant aerodynamic force (magnitude and tilting angle), Reynolds number, total flight distance and total flight impulse. Flights in which lift was body weight were mostly obtained. Bees, flown to complete exhausion, were refed with 5, 10, 15 or 20 l of a 1.28-mol·l-1 glucose solution (energy content w=18.5, 37.0, 55.5 or 74.0 J) and again flown to complete exhaustion at an ambient temperature of 25±1.5°C by a flight of known duration such that the calculation of absolute and relative metabolic power was possible. Mean body mass after exhaustion was 76.49±3.52 mg. During long term flights of 7.47–31.30 min similar changes in flight velocity, lift, thrust, aerodynamic force, wingbeat frequency and tilting angle took place, independent of the volume of feeding solution. After increasing rapidly within 15 s a more or less steady phase of 60–80% of total flight time, showing only a slight decrease, was followed by a steeper, more irregular decrease, finally reaching 0 within 20–30 s. In steady phases lift was nearly equal to resultant aerodynamic force; tilting angle was 79.8±4.0°, thrust to lift radio did not vary, thrust was 18.0±7.4% of lift, lift was somewhat higher/equal/lower than body mass in 61.3%, 16.1%, 22.6% of all totally analysable flights (n=31). The following parameters were varied as functions of volume of feeding solution (5–20 l in steps of 5 l) and energy content. (18.5–74.0 J in steps of 18.5 J): total flight time, velocity, total flight distance, mean lift, thrust, mean resultant aerodynamic force, tilting angle, total flight impulse, wingbeat frequency, metabolic power and metabolic power related to body mass, the latter related to empty, full and mean (=100 mg) body mass. The following positive correlations were found: L=1.069·10-9
f
2.538; R=1.629·10-9
f
2.464; P
m=7.079·10-8
f
2.456; P
m=0.008v+0.008; P
m=18.996L+0.022; P
m=19.782R+0.021; P
m=82.143T+0.028; P
m=1.245·bm
f
1.424
; P
mrel e=6.471·bm
f
1.040
; =83.248+0.385. The following negative correlations were found: V=3.939–0.032; T=1.324·10-4–0.038·10-4. Statistically significant correlations were not found in T(f), L(), R(), f(), P
m(bm
e), P
m rel e(bm
e), P
m rel f(bm
e), P
m rel f(bm
f).Abbreviations
A(m2)
frontal area
-
bl(m)
body length
-
bm(mg)
body mass
-
c(mol·1-1)
glucose concentration of feeding solution
-
c
D (dimensionless)
drag coefficient, related to A
-
D(N)
drag
-
F
w(N)
body weight
-
F
wp
weight of paper fragment lost at flight start
-
f
wingbeat frequency (s-1)
-
g(=9.81 m·s-2)
gravitational acceleration
-
I(Ns)=R(t)
dt total impulse of a flight
-
L(N) lift
vertical sustaining force component
-
P
m(J·s-1=W)
metabolic power
- Pm ret (W·g-1)
metabolic power, related to body mass
-
R(N)
resultant aerodynamic force
-
Re
v·bl·v
-1 (dimensionless) Reynolds number, related to body length
-
s(m)
v(t) dt virtual flight distance of a flight
-
s(km)
total virtual flight distance
-
T (N) thrust
horizontal force component of horizontal flight
-
T
a (°C)
ambient temperature
-
t(s)
time
-
t
tot (s or min)
total flight time
-
v(m·s-1)
flight velocity
-
v(l)
volume of feeding solution
-
W (J)
energy and energy content of V
- (
°)
body angle of attack between body longitudinal axis and flow direction
- (
°)
tilting angle ( 90°) between R and the horizont in horizontal flight v(=1.53·10-5m2·s-1 for air at 25°) kinematic viscosity
- (=1.2 kg·m-3 at 25°C)
air density 相似文献
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J A Van Kuik R A Hoffmann J H G M Mutsaers H Van Halbeek J P Kamerling J F G Vliegenthart 《Glycoconjugate journal》1986,3(1):27-34
The 500-MHz1H-NMR characteristics of theN-linked carbohydrate chain Man1-6[Xyl1-2]Man1-4GlcNAc1-4[Fuc1-3]GlcNAc1-NAsn of the proteolytic enzyme bromelain (EC 3.4.22.4) from pineapple stem were determined for the oligosaccharide-alditol and the glycopeptide, obtained by hydrazinolysis and Pronase digestion, respectively. The1H-NMR structural-reporter-groups of the (1–3)-linked fucose residue form unique sets of data for the alditol as well as for the glycopeptide. 相似文献
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The rate of CO2- and p-benzoquione-dependent photosynthetic O2 evolution by Anabaena variabilis cells remained unaltered and the rate of O2 uptake observed after switching off the light (endogenous respiration) was enhanced by a factor of 6–8 when the O2 concentration was increased from 200 to 400 M. Photosystem-I-linked O2 uptake and respiration of the cells incubated with ascorbate and N,N,NN-tetramethyl-p-phenylenediamine was not appreciable influenced by the O2 concentration. 2-Iodo-6-isopropyl-3-methyl-2,4,4-trinitrodiphenyl ether, blocking electron transfer at the plastoquinone level, suppressed O2 evolution and had no influence on endogenous respiration. 2-n-Heptyl-4-hydroxyquinoline-N-oxide, an inhibitor of electron transfer between photosystems II and I, as well as the cytochrome-oxidase inhibitors N
3
-
, CN- and NH2OH, caused a 35–50% retardation of endogenous respiration and blocked photosynthetic O2 evolution. The molar ratio of cytochromes b6, f, c-553, aa3 and photosystem-I reaction centers in the isolated membranes equalled approx. 2:1:2:0.7:2. It is inferred that endogenous respiration of A. variabilis cells is inhibited by the light-induced electron flow through both photosystems at the level of the plastoquinone-plastocyanin-oxidoreductase complex.Abbreviations DCMU
3-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-1,1-dimethylurea
- DNP-INT
2-iodo-6-isopropyl-3-methyl-2,4,4-trinitrodiphenyl ether
- Hepes
4-(2-hydroxyethyl)-1-piperazine ethansulfonic acid
- TMPD
N,N,NN-tetramethyl-p-phenylenediamine 相似文献
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Carbon and nitrogen stable isotopic data from the primary producers in mangrove ecosystems are needed to investigate trophic links and biogeochemical cycling. Compared with other mangrove species (e.g. Rhizophora mangle) very few measurements have been conducted on the white mangrove, Laguncularia racemosa. The carbon and nitrogen stable isotopic and elemental compositions of L. racemosa were analyzed and compared from Florida and Belize. 13C values of L. racemosa from Florida (mean = –26.4) were slightly higher than those from Twin Cays, Belize (mean = -27.4), which may be due to higher salinity in some parts of the Florida site. There was no difference between the 15N values from L. racemosa from these two sites (Florida mean = 0.6; Belize mean = 0.3), which are indicative of nitrogen derived from nitrogen fixation in a planktonic marine system. However, higher 15N values from L. racemosa at Man of War Cay in Belize (11.4 and 12.3), which is fertilized by roosting marine birds (14.0), illustrate that L. racemosa can sensitively reflect alternative nitrogen sources. Although the isotopic data could not distinguish between Avicennia germinans, R. mangle and L. racemosa in Belize the L. racemosa had considerably higher C/N ratios (46.5 – 116.1) compared with the Florida samples (42.2 – 76.0) or the other mangrove species. Unlike some previous findings from R. mangle, substrate characteristics (e.g. salinity, NH4
+, and H2S) were not related to the isotopic or elemental composition of L. racemosa. 13C, 15N and C/N were analyzed for ecosystem components from L. racemosa habitats at Twin Cays, including other plants (e.g. R. mangle, A. germinans and seagrass), detritus, microbial mats and sediments. Results from mass-balance calculations show that mangrove detritus composes very little of the sediment, which is principally composed of microbial biomass (80 – 90%). Detritus at some sites is also influenced by sources other than that from L. racemosa, including seagrass leaves. 相似文献
15.
Streshinskaya GM Shashkov AS Usov AI Evtushenko LI Naumova IB 《Biochemistry. Biokhimii?a》2002,67(7):778-785
The structures of cell wall teichoic acids of the members of newly recognized genera of the order Actinomycetales were studied. Planotetraspora mira VKM Ac-2000T contains two types of teichoic acids: 2,3-poly(glycerol phosphate) substituted with -D-Galp at C-1 of glycerol and 1,3-poly(glycerol phosphate) substituted with -L-Rhap at OH-2 of glycerol (60%). Herbidospora cretacea VKM Ac-1997T contains the chains of 1,3-poly(glycerol phosphate) partially substituted with -D-Galp and -D-GalpNAc at C-2 of glycerol. The majority of -D-galactopyranosyl residues are substituted at OH-3 with a sulfate. The aforementioned teichoic acids have not been found in bacteria thus far. Actinocorallia herbida VKM Ac-1994T contains poly(galactosylglycerol phosphate), with the -Galp-(12)-Gro-P repeating units being linked via the phosphodiester bonds between the OH-3 of glycerol and OH-6 of galactose. Earlier, this structure was found in the cell wall of Actinomadura madura. The polymer structures were determined by chemical analysis and using 13C-NMR spectroscopy. The results show that teichoic acids are widespread in the order Actinomycetales. 相似文献
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Purification and properties of the ATP: adenylylsulphate 3′-phosphotransferase from Chlamydomonas reinhardii 总被引:3,自引:0,他引:3
APS-kinase (ATP: adenylylsulphate 3-phosphotransferase, EC 2.7.1.25) has been purified from the alga Chlamydomonas reinhardii, strain CW 15 by means of chromatofocussing and affinity chromatography. The isolated protein showed an apparent molecular mass of 44,000 upon sodium dodecylsulphate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The transfer of phosphate groups from ATP onto APS required a pH of 6.8, the presence of Mg2+ ions and a reducing thiol. Its catalytical activity was destroyed by sulphhydryl group inhibitors (phenyl-mercuri compounds, dithiopyridine) and alkylating reagents.The purified enzyme attained a V
max of 360 pkat under optimal reaction conditions declining to v
limit of 260 pkat in the presence of excess substrate APS. This sensitivity towards changes in substrate concentrations was parallelled by a high affinity and specificity: apparent K
m APS: 2 · 10-6 mol · l-1, and K
m ATP: 7 · 10-6 mol · l-1. The enzyme was found specific for ATP, d-ATP and CTP, while UTP, ITP and GTP showed marginal activity. The Hill coefficients suggested 4 binding sites for APS and 1 for ATP. Excessive APS resulted in a negative slope indicating 3 inhibiting sites of the substrate.Abbreviations APS
Adenosine 5-phosphosulphate
- dATP
2-deoxyadenosine 5-triphosphate
- p-CMB
p-chloromercuribenzoate
- DTE
dithioerythritol
- DTT
dithiothreitol
- -MSH
-mercaptoethanol
- PAPS
3-phosphoadenosine 5-phosphosulphate
- PAP
3-phosphoadenosine 5-phosphate
- SDS
sodium dodecyl sulphate
This work is part of a dissertation submitted by H. G. J., Bochum 1982 相似文献
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Shcheglovitov A. K. Zhelay T. I. Kondratskii A. P. Naidenov V. G. Shuba Ya. M. 《Neurophysiology》2004,36(2):93-101
We analyzed the effects of nifedipine on a family of recombinant low-threshold Ca2+ channels functionally expressed in Xenopus oocytes and formed by three different subunits (1G, 1H, and 1I). The 1G and 1I channels demonstrated a low sensitivity to nifedipine even in high concentrations (IC50 = 98 and 243 M, maximum blocking intensity Amax = 25 and 47%, respectively). At the same time, the above agent effectively blocked channels formed by the 1H-subunit (IC50 = 5 M and Amax = 41%). The nifedipine-caused effects were voltage-dependent, and their changes depended on the initial state of the channel. In the case of 1G-subunits, the blockade was determined mostly by binding of nifedipine with closed channels, whereas in the cases of 1H- and 1I-subunits this resulted from binding of nifedipine with channels in the activated and inactivated states. The obtained data allow us to obtain estimates of the pharmacological properties of the above three subtypes of recombinant channels and, in the future, to compare these characteristics with the properties of low-threshold Ca2+ channels in native cells. 相似文献
18.
Rajkhowa R.C. Goswami Pranab Singh H.D. 《World journal of microbiology & biotechnology》2000,16(1):63-68
The mechanism of uptake of water-insoluble -sitosterol by a newly isolated strain of Arthrobacter
simplex SS-7 was studied. The production of an extracellular sterol-pseudosolubilizing protein during growth of A. simplex on -sitosterol was demonstrated by isolating the factor from the cell-free supernatant and its subsequent purification by Sephadex G-150 column chromatography. The M
r of the purified sterol-pseudosolubilizing protein determined by SDS–PAGE was 19kDa. The rate of sterol pseudosolubilization (5.2×10–3g l–1h–1) could not adequately account for the rate of sterol uptake (72×10–3g l–1h–1) and the specific growth rate (56×10–3 h–1). However in the unfavourable growth condition, when the cells were treated with sodium azide at the level of 30–60% of MIC, the sterol pseudosolubilization accounted for nearly 74% of the total growth containing 96% free cells. Cellular adherence to substrate particles was found to play an active role in the normal growth of the strain on -sitosterol. Unlike sodium acetate-grown cells, whose surface activity was negligible (60mNm–1), the sterol-grown cells had strong surface activity (40mNm–1). The high lipid content and long chain fatty acids in the cell-wall of -sitosterol-grown cells probably contribute to the high sterol adherence activity of the cells. 相似文献
19.
Clostridium sporogenes MD1 grew rapidly with peptides and amino acids as an energy source at pH 6.7. However, the proton motive force (p) was only –25 mV, and protonophores did not inhibit growth. When extracellular pH was decreased with HCl, the chemical gradient of protons (ZpH) and the electrical membrane potential () increased. The p was –125 mV at pH 4.7, even though growth was not observed. At pH 6.7, glucose addition did not cause an increase in growth rate, but increased to –70 mV. Protein synthesis inhibitors also significantly increased . Non-growing, arginine-energized cells had a of –80 mV at pH 6.7 or pH 4.7, but was not detected if the F1F0 ATPase was inhibited. Arginine-energized cells initiated growth if other amino acids were added at pH 6.7, and and ATP declined. At pH 4.7, ATP production remained high. However, growth could not be initiated, and neither nor the intracellular ATP concentration declined. Based on these results, it appears that C. sporogenes MD1 does not need a large p to grow, and p appears to serve as a mechanism of ATP dissipation or energy spilling.Mandatory disclaimer: Proprietary or brand names are necessary to report factually on available data; however, the USDA neither guarantees nor warrants the standard of the product, and the use of the name by the USDA implies no approval of the product, and exclusion of others that may be suitable. 相似文献
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3-Å crystal structures of the cytochrome b6f complex have provided a structural framework for the photosynthetic electron transport chain. The structures of the 220,000 molecular weight dimeric cytochrome b6f complex from the thermophilic cyanobacterium, Mastigocladis laminosus (Kurisu et al. 2003, Science 302: 1009–1014), and the green alga, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii (Stroebel et al. 2003, Nature 426: 413–418), are very similar. The latter is the first structure of a integral membrane photosynthetic electron transport complex from a eukaryotic source. The M. laminosus and C. reinhardtii structures have provided structural information and experimental insights to the properties and functions of three native and novel prosthetic groups, a chlorophyll a, a -carotene, and a unique heme x, one copy of which is found in each monomer of the cytochrome b6f complex, but not the cytochrome bc1 complex from the mitochondrial respiratory chain of animals and yeast. Several functional insights have emerged from the structures including the function of the dimer; the properties of heme x; the function of the inter-monomer quinone-exchange cavity; a quinone diffusion pathway through relatively narrow crevices or portals; a modified reaction scheme for n-side quinone redox reactions; a necessarily novel mechanism for quenching of the bound chlorophyll triplet state; a possible role for the bound chlorophyll a in activation of the LHC kinase; and a structural and assembly role for the four small PetG, L, M, and N subunits. An hors doeuvres hypothesis for assembly of the complex is proposed for the small hydrophobic stick or picket fence polypeptides at the periphery of the complex, based on the cis-positive orientation of the small hydrophobic subunits and the toothpick binding mode of the -carotene. 相似文献