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Wanneng Wang Zongli Hu Jinzhe Li Xuqing Chen Guoping Chen 《Biochemistry. Biokhimii?a》2009,74(7):807-812
The peripheral light-harvesting complex II (LHII) is an important component of the photosynthetic apparatus of Rhodobacter sphaeroides. In this study, genetic, biochemical, and spectroscopic approaches were applied to investigate the spectral properties and
functions of LHII in which two amino acid residues Phe32 and Leu42 in the transmembrane helix domain of pucB-encoded β-apoprotein were replaced by Leu and Pro. The mutated LHII complex showed blue shift of absorbance peaks in the
near infrared region at ∼801–845 nm in R. sphaeroides. It should be noted that the B800 peak was much lower than that of the native LHII, and transfer energy was efficient from
the B800 to the B850 pigments in the LHII complex. The results suggest that the mutated pucB could be expressed in R. sphaeroides, and the functional LHII was assembled into the membrane of R. sphaeroides notwithstanding with the different spectral properties. These mutated residues were indeed critical for the modulation of
characteristics and function of LHII complex.
Published in Russian in Biokhimiya, 2009, Vol. 74, No. 7, pp. 993–999. 相似文献
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Konstantin V. Kiselev Anna V. Turlenko Galina K. Tchernoded Yuri N. Zhuravlev 《Plant cell reports》2009,28(8):1273-1278
It has been shown previously that the rolC gene from Agrobacterium tumefaciens gene was stably and highly expressed in 15-year-old Panax ginseng transgenic cell cultures. In the present report, we analyze in detail the nucleotide composition of the rolC and nptII (neomycin phosphotransferase) genes, which is the selective marker used for transgenic cell cultures of P.
ginseng. It has been established that the nucleotide sequences of the rolC and nptII genes underwent mutagenesis during cultivation. Particularly, 1–4 nucleotide substitutions were found per sequence in the
540 and 798 bp segments of the complete rolC and nptII genes, respectively. Approximately half of these nucleotide substitutions caused changes in the structure of the predicted
gene product. In addition, we attempted to determine the rate of accumulation of these changes by comparison of DNA extracted
from P.
ginseng cell cultures from 1995 to 2007. It was observed that the frequency of nucleotide substitutions for the rolC and nptII genes in 1995 was 1.21 ± 0.02 per 1,000 nucleotides analyzed, while in 2007, the nucleotide substitutions significantly increased
(1.37 ± 0.07 per 1,000 nucleotides analyzed). Analyzing the nucleotide substitutions, we found that substitution to G or to
C nucleotides significantly increased (in 1.9 times) in the rolC and nptII genes compared with P.
ginseng
actin gene. Finally, the level of nucleotide substitutions in the rolC gene was 1.1-fold higher when compared with the nptII gene. Thus, for the first time, we have experimentally demonstrated the level of nucleotide substitutions in transferred
genes in transgenic plant cell cultures. 相似文献
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Summary Seven new names at species rank are proposed in Memecylon sect. Afzeliana Jacq.-Fél., a group of forest shrubs and small trees confined to Guineo-Congolian Africa. The group is centred in Cameroon,
where 17 of the 20 species occur. A new flower type, the “star-flower” in Memecylon is revealed, and its taxonomic and ecological importance discussed. Three new, locally endemic species from the South West
Province of Cameroon are described, mapped and illustrated: M. kupeanum R. D. Stone, Ghogue & Cheek, M. bakossiense R. D. Stone, Ghogue & Cheek, and M. rheophyticum R. D. Stone, Ghogue & Cheek. Two new names, M. accedens R. D. Stone, Ghogue & Cheek and M. hyleastrum R. D. Stone & Ghogue and one new combination, M. mamfeanum (Jacq.-Fél.) R. D. Stone, Ghogue & Cheek are provided at species level for three taxa originally proposed as varieties of
M. afzelii G. Don. The taxon M. arcuatomarginatum var. simulans Jacq.-Fél. is also elevated to species status, as M. simulans (Jacq.-Fél.) R. D. Stone & Ghogue. Conservation assessments are provided for all the newly named taxa. A key is provided
to the species of Memecylon sect. Afzeliana. 相似文献
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A non-characterized gene, previously proposed as the d-tagatose-3-epimerase gene from Rhodobacter sphaeroides, was cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli. Its molecular mass was estimated to be 64 kDa with two identical subunits. The enzyme specificity was highest with d-fructose and decreased for other substrates in the order: d-tagatose, d-psicose, d-ribulose, d-xylulose and d-sorbose. Its activity was maximal at pH 9 and 40°C while being enhanced by Mn2+. At pH 9 and 40°C, 118 g d-psicose l−1 was produced from 700 g d-fructose l−1 after 3 h.
Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. 相似文献
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Summary Two new species of Rhynchospora, R. acanthoma and R. rupestris, are described and illustrated. Their geographical distributions are discussed. The status of R. exilis and its synonymy is clarified. 相似文献
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Stefanie Kimbacher Ingrid Gerstl Branko Velimirov Sylvia Hagemann 《Molecular genetics and genomics : MGG》2009,282(2):165-172
P transposons belong to the eukaryotic DNA transposons, which are transposed by a cut and paste mechanism using a P-element-coded transposase. They have been detected in Drosophila, and reside as single copies and stable homologous sequences in many vertebrate species. We present the P elements Pcin1, Pcin2 and Pcin3 from Ciona intestinalis, a species of the most primitive chordates, and compare them with those from Ciona savignyi. They showed typical DNA transposon structures, namely terminal inverted repeats and target site duplications. The coding
region of Pcin1 consisted of 13 small exons that could be translated into a P-transposon-homologous protein. C. intestinalis and C. savignyi displayed nearly the same phenotype. However, their P elements were highly divergent and the assumed P transposase from C. intestinalis was more closely related to the transposase from Drosophila melanogaster than to the transposase of C. savignyi. The present study showed that P elements with typical features of transposable DNA elements may be found already at the base of the chordate lineage.
Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. 相似文献
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D. J. Goyder 《Kew Bulletin》2008,63(2):331-333
Summary
Funastrum rupicola Goyder, a new species of Apocynaceae: Asclepiadoideae from Bolivia, is described and illustrated. The conservation status of this species is assessed. 相似文献
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Summary Coconut (Cocos nucifera L.) plantlets grown in vitro often grow slowly when transferred to the field possibly, due to a limited photosynthetic capacity of in vitro-cultured plantlets, apparently caused by the sucrose added to growth medium causing negative feedback for photosynthesis.
In this paper, we tested the hypothesis that high exogenous sucrose will decrease ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase (Rubisco)
activity and photosynthesis resulting in limited ex vitro growth. Plantlets grown with high exogenous sucrose (90 gl−1) had reduced photosynthetic activity that resulted in a poor photosynthetic response to high levels of light and CO2. These plantlets also had low amounts of Rubisco protein, low Rubisco activity, and reduced growth despite showing high survival
when transferred to the field. Decreasing the medium’s sucrose concentration from 90 to 22.5 gl−1 or 0 gl−1 resulted in increased photosynthetic response to light and CO2 along with increased Rubisco and phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPC) activities and proteins. However, plantlets grown
in vitro without exogenous sucrose died when transferred ex vitro, whereas those grown with intermediate exogenous sucrose showed intermediate photosynthetic response, high survival, fast
growth, and ex vitro photosynthesis. Thus, exogenous sucrose at moderate concentration decreased photosynthesis but increased survival, suggesting
that both in vitro photosynthesis and exogenous sucrose reserves contribute to field establisment and growth of coconut plantlets cultured in vitro. 相似文献
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Sarawood Sungkaew Atchara Teerawatananon John A. N. Parnell Chris M. A. Stapleton Trevor R. Hodkinson 《Kew Bulletin》2008,63(4):669-673
Summary A new monotypic bamboo genus Phuphanochloa (Poaceae: Bambusoideae) from north-eastern Thailand is described, together with a new species, P. speciosa. 相似文献
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Summary A taxonomic revision of the palm genus Podococcus (Arecaceae) is presented. Two species are recognised: P. barteri, a species relatively widespread in a coastal band from Nigeria to the D. R. Congo and P. acaulis, a species previously considered conspecific to P. barteri, almost exclusively confined to Gabon. The taxonomic history, morphology, distribution and conservation status of the genus
and each species are discussed 相似文献
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Wilson Thau Lym Yong Janna Ong Abdullah Maziah Mahmood 《Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture》2009,96(1):59-67
Genetic engineering of a wide variety of plant species has led to the improvement of plant traits. In this study, the genetic
transformation of two potentially important flowering ornamentals, Melastoma malabathricum and Tibouchina semidecandra, with sense and antisense dihydroflavonol-4-reductase (DFR) genes using the Agrobacterium-mediated method was carried out. Plasmids pBETD10 and pBETD11, each harbouring the DFR gene at different orientations (sense
and antisense) and selectable marker nptII for kanamycin resistance, were used to transform M. malabathricum and T. semidecandra under the optimized transformation protocol. Putative transformants were selected in the presence of kanamycin with their
respective optimized concentration. The results indicated that approximately 4.0% of shoots and 6.7% of nodes for M. malabathricum regenerated after transforming with pBETD10, whereas only 3.7% (shoots) and 5.3% (nodes) regenerated with pBETD11 transformation.
For the selection of T. semidecandra, 5.3% of shoots and 9.3% of nodes regenerated with pBETD10 transformation, while only 4.7% (shoots) and 8.3% (nodes) regenerated
after being transformed with pBETD11. The presence and integration of the sense and antisense DFR genes into the genome of
M. malabathricum and T. semidecandra were verified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and nucleotide sequence alignment and confirmed by southern analysis. The
regenerated putative transformants were acclimatized to glasshouse conditions. Approximately 31.0% pBETD10-transformed and
23.1% pBETD11-transformed M. malabathricum survived in the glasshouse, whereas 69.4% pBETD10-transformed and 57.4% pBETD11-transformed T. semidecandra survived. The colour changes caused by transformation were observed at the budding stage of putative T. semidecandra transformants where greenish buds were produced by both T. semidecandra harbouring the sense and antisense DFR transgenes. Besides that, the production of four-petal flowers also indicated another
morphological difference of putative T. semidecandra transformants from the wild type plants which produce five-petal flowers. 相似文献
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Xin Xu N. Hayashi C. T. Wang H. Kato T. Fujimura S. Kawasaki 《Molecular breeding : new strategies in plant improvement》2008,22(2):289-299
The Pik-h gene in rice confers resistance to several races of rice blast fungus (Magnaporthe oryzae), and has been classified as a member of the Pik cluster, one of the most resistance (R) gene-dense regions in the rice genome. However, the loss of a key mutant isolate has long made it difficult to differentiate
Pik-h from other Pik group genes especially from Pik-m. We identified new natural isolates enabling the differentiation between Pik-h and Pik-m genes, and first confirmed the authenticity of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) “monogenic” line IRBLkh-K3,
and then fine-mapped the Pik-h gene in the Pik cluster. Using 701 susceptible individuals among 3,060 siblings from a cross of IRBLkh-K3×CO39, the Pik-h region was delimited to 270 kb, the narrowest interval among the Pik group genes reported to date, in the cv. Nipponbare genome. Annotation of this genome region first revealed 6 NBS-LRR type
R-gene analogs (RGAs), clustered within the central 120 kb, as possible counterparts of Pik-h and 6 other Pik group R genes. Interestingly, the Pik-h region and the cluster of RGAs were shown to be located 130 kb and 230 kb apart from Xa4 and Xa2 bacterial blight resistance genes, respectively, once classified as belonging to the Pik cluster. The closest recombination events were limited to the margins of the Pik-h region, and recombination was suppressed in the core interval with the RGA cluster. This fine-mapping, performed in a short
time using an HEGS system, will facilitate utilization of the cluster’s genetic resources and help to elucidate the mechanism
of evolution of R-genes. The presence of natural isolates also confirmed that evolution of Pik-h corresponds to pathogen evolution. 相似文献
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Katarina Stefanidesova Elena Kocianova Vojtech Boldis Zina Kostanova Pavel Kanka Danka Nemethova Eva Spitalska 《European Journal of Wildlife Research》2008,54(3):519-524
The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of wild animals for Anaplasma phagocytophilum, other ehrlichiae/anaplasmae, Rickettsia helvetica and other rickettsiae and whether different genetic variants of A. phagocytophilum in central Slovakia exist. A total of 109 spleen samples from 49 red deer (Cervus elaphus), 30 roe deer (Capreolus capreolus), 28 wild boar (Sus scrofa) and two mouflon (Ovis musimon) were collected from June 2005 to December 2006. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification of the16S rRNA gene was used
for detection of ehrlichiae/anaplasmae. A nested PCR targeting part (392 bp) of groESL gene was applied for the specific detection of A. phagocytophilum. Fragments of the gltA and ompA genes (381 bp and 632 bp, respectively) were amplified to detect rickettsiae, followed by sequencing. A. phagocytophilum and R. helvetica were detected in wild animals. The prevalence of A. phagocytophilum was 50.0 ± 18.2% in roe deer and 53.1 ± 14.1% in red deer. None of the 28 wild boar was PCR positive for ehrlichiae/anaplasmae.
A. phagocytophilum was detected in one mouflon. R. helvetica was found in one roe deer. Our study suggests a role of cervids as a natural reservoir of A. phagocytophilum in Slovakia. However, the role of cervids and wild boars in the circulation of R. helvetica remains unknown. The analysis of sequence variation in the msp4 coding region of A. phagocytophilum showed the presence of different variants previously described in ruminants. 相似文献
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Brian Schrire 《Kew Bulletin》2008,63(3):477-479
Summary Eleven species comprising the Madagascan genus Vaughania are subsumed within the large pantropical genus Indigofera. Six new combinations are made; the remaining species were originally described in Indigofera. 相似文献
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Avidan O Kaltageser E Pechatnikov I Wexler HM Shainskaya A Nitzan Y 《Archives of microbiology》2008,190(6):641-650
The outer membrane proteins of Desulfovibrio piger and Bilophila wadsworthia (Omp-DP and Omp-BW, respectively) and the genes encoding them (omp-DP and omp-BW) were isolated and characterized. Native Omp-DP and Omp-BW form a trimeric structure of approximately 120 kDa. These proteins
disaggregated into monomers with a molecular weight of approximately 53 kDa after heating at 95°C for 10 min. The pore-forming
abilities of these oligomeric proteins demonstrated that they form small nonspecific channels with an exclusion limit of 260–300 Da.
The omp-DP and omp-BW genes were cloned and sequenced. Sequence analyses revealed an open reading frame of 1,512 bp for omp-DP and 1,440 bp for omp-BW. The mature Omp-DP protein consisted of 480 amino acids and had a calculated MW of 53,290 Da. The mature Omp-BW protein consisted
of 456 amino acids and had a calculated MW of 50.050 Da. Alignment of Omp-DP with Omp-BW revealed 54% homology, whereas alignment
with other known porins showed a low level of homology. Analysis of the secondary structures indicated that both proteins
span the outer membrane 18 times with amphipathic β-strands. This research presents porins which were isolated and characterized
for the first time from bacteria belonging to the Desulfovibrionaceae family.
O. Avidan and E. Kaltageser have contributed equally to this work. 相似文献