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M. Helanto K. Kiviharju T. Granström M. Leisola A. Nyyssölä 《Applied microbiology and biotechnology》2009,83(1):77-83
l-Ribose is a rare and expensive sugar that can be used as a precursor for the production of l-nucleoside analogues, which are used as antiviral drugs. In this work, we describe a novel way of producing l-ribose from the readily available raw material l-arabinose. This was achieved by introducing l-ribose isomerase activity into l-ribulokinase-deficient Escherichia coli UP1110 and Lactobacillus plantarum BPT197 strains. The process for l-ribose production by resting cells was investigated. The initial l-ribose production rates at 39°C and pH 8 were 0.46 ± 0.01 g g−1 h−1 (1.84 ± 0.03 g l−1 h−1) and 0.27 ± 0.01 g g−1 h−1 (1.91 ± 0.1 g l−1 h−1) for E. coli and for L. plantarum, respectively. Conversions were around 20% at their highest in the experiments. Also partially purified protein precipitates
having both l-arabinose isomerase and l-ribose isomerase activity were successfully used for converting l-arabinose to l-ribose. 相似文献
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Summary. Hydrogensquarates of dipeptide l-threonyl-l-serine (H-Thr-Ser-OH) and l-serine (HSq × Ser) have been synthesized, isolated and spectroscopic characterized by solid-state linear-polarized IR-spectroscopy, 1H- and 13C-NMR, ESI-MS and HPLC with tandem masspectrometry (MS-MS) methods. The structures of the salts and neutral dipeptide have
been predicted theoretically by ab initio calculations. In the case of H-Thr-Ser-OH the theoretical data are supported by IR-LD ones. The hydrogensquarates consist in positive charged dipeptide or amino acid
moiety and negative hydrogensquarate anion (HSq) stabilizing by strong intermolecular hydrogen bonds. The data about the l-serine hydrogensquarate are compared with known crystallographic data thus indicating a good correlation between the theoretical
predicted structures and experimentally obtained by single crystal X-ray diffraction. 相似文献
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Suenaga R Yamane H Tomonaga S Asechi M Adachi N Tsuneyoshi Y Kurauchi I Sato H Denbow DM Furuse M 《Amino acids》2008,35(1):107-113
Recently, we observed that central administration of L-arginine attenuated stress responses in neonatal chicks, but the contribution of nitric oxide (NO) to this response was minimal. The sedative and hypnotic effects of L-arginine may be due to L-arginine itself and/or its metabolites, excluding NO. To clarify the mechanism, the effect of intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.) injection of L-arginine metabolites on behavior under social separation stress was investigated. The i.c.v. injection of agmatine, a guanidino metabolite of L-arginine, had no effect during a 10 min behavioral test. In contrast, the i.c.v. injection of L-ornithine clearly attenuated the stress response in a dose-dependent manner, and induced sleep-like behavior. The L-ornithine concentration in the telencephalon and diencephalon increased following the i.c.v. injection of L-arginine. In addition, several free amino acids including L-alanine, glycine, L-proline and L-glutamic acid concentrations increased in the telencephalon. In conclusion, it appears that L-ornithine, produced by arginase from L-arginine in the brain, plays an important role in the sedative and hypnotic effects of L-arginine observed during a stress response. In addition, several other amino acids having a sedative effect might partly participate in the sedative and hypnotic effects of L-arginine. 相似文献
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Yoshinori Takagi Teruhide Sugisawa Tatsuo Hoshino 《Applied microbiology and biotechnology》2009,82(6):1049-1056
A single-stage continuous fermentation process for the production of 2-keto-l-gulonic acid (2KGA) from l-sorbose using Ketogulonigenium vulgare DSM 4025 was developed. The chemostat culture with the dilution rate that was calculated based on the relationship between
the 2KGA production rate and the 2KGA concentration was feasible for production with high concentration of 2KGA. In this system,
112.2 g/L of 2KGA on the average was continuously produced from 114 g/L of l-sorbose. A steady state of the fermentation was maintained for the duration of more than 110 h. The dilution rate was kept
in the range of 0.035 and 0.043 h−1, and the 2KGA productivity was 3.90 to 4.80 g/L/h. The average molar conversion yield of 2KGA from l-sorbose was 91.3%. Under the optimal conditions, l-sorbose concentration was kept at 0 g/L. Meanwhile, the dissolved oxygen level was changing in response to the dilution rate
and 2KGA concentration. In the dissolved oxygen (DO) range of 16% to 58%, it was revealed that the relationship between DO
and D possessed high degree of positive correlation under the l-sorbose limiting condition (complete consumption of l-sorbose). Increasing D closer to the critical value for washing out point of the continuous fermentation, DO value tended to be gradually increased
up to 58%. In conclusion, an efficient and reproducible continuous fermentation process for 2KGA production by K. vulgare DSM 4025 could be developed using a medium containing baker’s yeast without using a second helper microorganism. 相似文献
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Zhu L Tao R Wang Y Jiang Y Lin X Yang Y Zheng H Jiang W Yang S 《Applied microbiology and biotechnology》2011,90(3):903-910
l-2-Aminobutyric acid can be synthesized in a transamination reaction from l-threonine and l-aspartic acid as substrates by the action of threonine deaminase and aromatic aminotransferase, but the by-product l-alanine was produced simultaneously. A small amount of l-alanine increased the complexity of the l-2-aminobutyric acid recovery process because of their extreme similarity in physical and chemical properties. Acetolactate
synthase has been introduced to remove the pyruvate intermediate for reducing the l-alanine concentration partially. To eliminate the remnant l-alanine, alanine racemase of Bacillus subtilis in combination with d-amino acid oxidase of Rhodotorula gracilis or Trigonopsis variabilis respectively was introduced into the reaction system for the l-2-aminobutyric acid synthesis. l-Alanine could be completely removed by the action of alanine racemase of B. subtilis and d-amino acid oxidase of R. gracilis; thereby, high-purity l-2-aminobutyric acid was achieved. The results revealed that alanine racemase could discriminate effectively between l-alanine and l-2-aminobutyric acid, and selectively catalyzed l-alanine to d-alanine reversibly. d-Amino acid oxidase then catalyzed d-alanine to pyruvate stereoselectively. Furthermore, this method was also successfully used to remove the by-product l-alanine in the production of other neutral amino acids such as l-tertiary leucine and l-valine, suggesting that multienzymatic whole-cell catalysis can be employed to provide high purity products. 相似文献
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Bartira Ercília Pinheiro da Costa Priscilla Barcellos de Almeida Ioná Rosine Conceição Ivan Carlos Ferreira Antonello Domingos O. d’Avila Carlos Eduardo Poli-de-Figueiredo 《Cell biochemistry and biophysics》2010,58(2):69-73
Erythrocytes l-arginine uptake is conveyed by y+ and y+L membrane transport systems. Pre-incubation with N-ethylmaleimide for 10 min at
37°C inhibits the y+ system. The aim of this study was to determine the ideal pre-incubation temperature in evaluating y+
and y+L systems. Cells were pre-incubated with or without N-ethylmaleimide for 10 min at 4°C and 37°C. l-Arginine uptake was quantified by radioisotope and standard erythrocytes membrane flux methodology. Results demonstrate that
erythrocytes l-arginine content is depleted by pre-incubation at 37°C for 10 min, thus changing the V
max measurement. The inhibitory effect of N-ethylmaleimide pre-incubation was temperature independent and already complete after
1 min of incubation. No significant difference in kinetic parameters was detected between cells pre-incubated at 37°C or 4°C,
under zero-trans conditions. In conclusion, we suggest that measurement of erythrocytes l-arginine uptake by y+ and y+L systems could be carried out without N-ethylmaleimide pre-incubation at 37°C. 相似文献
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Using 3′-RACE and 5′-RACE, we have cloned and sequenced the genomic gene and complete cDNA encoding l-glutamine d-fructose 6-phosphate amidotransferase (GFAT) from the edible straw mushroom, Volvariella volvacea. Gfat contains five introns, and encodes a predicted protein of 697 amino acids that is homologous to other reported GFAT sequences.
Southern hybridization indicated that a single gfat gene locus exists in the V. volvacea genome. Recombinant native V. volvacea GFAT enzyme, over-expressed using Escherichia coli and partially purified, had an estimated molecular mass of 306 kDa and consisted of four equal-sized subunits of 77 kD. Reciprocal
plots revealed K
m values of 0.55 and 0.75 mM for fructose 6-phosphate and l-glutamine, respectively. V. volvacea GFAT activity was inhibited by the end-product of the hexosamine pathway, UDP-GlcNAc, and by the glutamine analogues N
3-(4-methoxyfumaroyl)-l-2,3-diaminopropanoic acid and 2-amino-2-deoxy-d-glucitol-6-phosphate. 相似文献
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Muñoz AJ Hernández-Chávez G de Anda R Martínez A Bolívar F Gosset G 《Journal of industrial microbiology & biotechnology》2011,38(11):1845-1852
l-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (l-DOPA) is an aromatic compound employed for the treatment of Parkinson's disease. Metabolic engineering was applied to generate
Escherichia coli strains for the production of l-DOPA from glucose by modifying the phosphoenolpyruvate:sugar phosphotransferase system (PTS) and aromatic biosynthetic pathways.
Carbon flow was directed to the biosynthesis of l-tyrosine (l-Tyr), an l-DOPA precursor, by transforming strains with compatible plasmids carrying genes encoding a feedback-inhibition resistant
version of 3-deoxy-d-arabino-heptulosonate-7-phosphate synthase, transketolase, the chorismate mutase domain from chorismate mutase-prephenate dehydratase
from E. coli and cyclohexadienyl dehydrogenase from Zymomonas mobilis. The effects on l-Tyr production of PTS inactivation (PTS− gluc+ phenotype), as well as inactivation of the regulatory protein TyrR, were evaluated. PTS inactivation caused a threefold increase
in the specific rate of l-Tyr production (q
l-Tyr), whereas inactivation of TyrR caused 1.7- and 1.9-fold increases in q
l-Tyr in the PTS+ and the PTS− gluc+ strains, respectively. An 8.6-fold increase in l-Tyr yield from glucose was observed in the PTS− gluc+
tyrR
− strain. Expression of hpaBC genes encoding the enzyme 4-hydroxyphenylacetate 3-hydroxylase from E. coli W in the strains modified for l-Tyr production caused the synthesis of l-DOPA. One of such strains, having the PTS− gluc+
tyrR
− phenotype, displayed the best production parameters in minimal medium, with a specific rate of l-DOPA production of 13.6 mg/g/h, l-DOPA yield from glucose of 51.7 mg/g and a final l-DOPA titer of 320 mg/l. In a batch fermentor culture in rich medium this strain produced 1.51 g/l of l-DOPA in 50 h. 相似文献
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l-arabinose isomerase (EC5.3.1.4. AI) mediates the isomerization of d-galactose into d-tagatose as well as the conversion of l-arabinose into l-ribulose. The AI from Lactobacillus plantarum SK-2 was purified to an apparent homogeneity giving a single band on SDS–PAGE with a molecular mass of 59.6 kDa. Optimum
activity was observed at 50°C and pH 7.0. The enzyme was stable at 50°C for 2 h and held between pH 4.5 and 8.5 for 1 h. AI
activity was stimulated by Mn2+, Fe3+, Fe2+, Ca2+ and inhibited by Cu2+, Ag+, Hg2+, Pb2+. d-galactose and l-arabinose as substrates were isomerized with high activity. l-arabitol was the strongest competitive inhibitor of AI. The apparent Michaelis–Menten constant (K
m), for galactose, was 119 mM. The first ten N-terminal amino acids of the enzyme were determined as MLSVPDYEFW, which is identical to L. plantarum (Q88S84). Using the purified AI, 390 mg tagatose could be converted from 1,000 mg galactose in 96 h, and this production
corresponds to a 39% equilibrium. 相似文献
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In the skin of fire-bellied toads (Bombina species), an aminoacyl-l/d-isomerase activity is present which catalyses the post-translational isomerization of the l- to the d-form of the second residue of its substrate peptides. Previously, this new type of enzyme was studied in some detail and
genes potentially coding for similar polypeptides were found to exist in several vertebrate species including man. Here, we
present our studies to the substrate specificity of this isomerase using fluorescence-labeled variants of the natural substrate
bombinin H with different amino acids at positions 1, 2 or 3. Surprisingly, this enzyme has a rather low selectivity for residues
at position 2 where the change of chirality at the alpha-carbon takes place. In contrast, a hydrophobic amino acid at position
1 and a small one at position 3 of the substrate are essential. Interestingly, some peptides containing a Phe at position
3 also were substrates. Furthermore, we investigated the role of the amino-terminus for substrate recognition. In view of
the rather broad specificity of the frog isomerase, we made a databank search for potential substrates of such an enzyme.
Indeed, numerous peptides of amphibia and mammals were found which fulfill the requirements determined in this study. Expression
of isomerases with similar characteristics in other species can therefore be expected to catalyze the formation of peptides
containing d-amino acids. 相似文献
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Production of <Emphasis Type="SmallCaps">l</Emphasis>-alanine by metabolically engineered <Emphasis Type="Italic">Escherichia coli</Emphasis> 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
Zhang X Jantama K Moore JC Shanmugam KT Ingram LO 《Applied microbiology and biotechnology》2007,77(2):355-366
Escherichia coli W was genetically engineered to produce l-alanine as the primary fermentation product from sugars by replacing the native d-lactate dehydrogenase of E. coli SZ194 with alanine dehydrogenase from Geobacillus stearothermophilus. As a result, the heterologous alanine dehydrogenase gene was integrated under the regulation of the native d-lactate dehydrogenase (ldhA) promoter. This homologous promoter is growth-regulated and provides high levels of expression during anaerobic fermentation.
Strain XZ111 accumulated alanine as the primary product during glucose fermentation. The methylglyoxal synthase gene (mgsA) was deleted to eliminate low levels of lactate and improve growth, and the catabolic alanine racemase gene (dadX) was deleted to minimize conversion of l-alanine to d-alanine. In these strains, reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide oxidation during alanine biosynthesis is obligately
linked to adenosine triphosphate production and cell growth. This linkage provided a basis for metabolic evolution where selection
for improvements in growth coselected for increased glycolytic flux and alanine production. The resulting strain, XZ132, produced
1,279 mmol alanine from 120 g l−1 glucose within 48 h during batch fermentation in the mineral salts medium. The alanine yield was 95% on a weight basis (g
g−1 glucose) with a chiral purity greater than 99.5% l-alanine.
Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. 相似文献
12.
Doaa A. R. Mahmoud Magda A. El Bendary 《World journal of microbiology & biotechnology》2011,27(1):39-46
Production of 3,4-dihydroxy phenyl-l-alanine (l-DOPA) using an Egyptian isolate of halophilic black yeast was studied. Optimum aeration level and incubation period for high
yield production of l-DOPA were 50 ml medium/250 ml flask with 200 rpm and 36 h, respectively. Two new techniques (addition of aniline or NaCl
to the medium) have been investigated to enhance the monophenolase activity and inhibit or reduce diphenolase activity of
tyrosinase to form high yield of l-DOPA without more oxidation to melanin. Addition of aniline to tyrosine medium at 3 μl/ml medium enhanced l-DOPA production 2.9 fold, however, addition of NaCl at 20% showed the same amount of l-DOPA as the control. Peptone and ram horn hydrolysate were studied as nitrogen sources instead of tyrosine in the medium
and they showed good nitrogen sources for l-DOPA production as tyrosine. Finally, addition of aniline (3 μl/ml) to ram horn hydrolysate was economically feasible and
cost effective for l-DOPA production by Egyptian halophilic black yeast. 相似文献
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l-Aspartyl l-amino acid methyl ester was synthesized using a mutant of a thermostable leucine aminopeptidase from Streptomyces cinnamoneus, D198 K SSAP, obtained in previously. A peptide of high-intensity sweetener, l-aspartyl-l-phenylalanine methyl ester, was selected as a model for demonstrating the synthesis of l-aspartyl l-amino acid methyl ester. The hydrolytic activities of D198 K SSAP toward l-aspartyl-l-phenylalanine and its methyl ester were, respectively, 74-fold and fourfold higher than those of wild type. Similarly, the
initial rate of the enzyme for l-aspartyl-l-phenylalanine methyl ester synthesis was over fivefold higher than that of wild-type SSAP in 90% methanol (v/v) in a one-pot
reaction. Furthermore, other l-aspartyl l-amino acid methyl esters were synthesized efficiently using D198 K SSAP. Results show that the substitution of Asp198 of
SSAP with Lys is effective for synthesizing l-aspartyl l-amino acid methyl ester. 相似文献
14.
Deutch CE 《Antonie van Leeuwenhoek》2011,99(4):781-793
Staphylococcus saprophyticus strains ATCC 15305, ATCC 35552, and ATCC 49907 were found to require l-proline but not l-arginine for growth in a defined culture medium. All three strains could utilize l-ornithine as a proline source and contained l-ornithine aminotransferase and Δ1-pyrroline-5-carboxylate reductase activities; strains ATCC 35552 and ATCC 49907 could use l-arginine as a proline source and had l-arginase activity. The proline requirement also could be met by l-prolinamide, l-proline methyl ester, and the dipeptides l-alanyl-l-proline and l-leucyl-l-proline. The bacteria exhibited l-proline degradative activity as measured by the formation of Δ1-pyrroline-5-carboxylate. The specific activity of proline degradation was not affected by addition of l-proline or NaCl but was highest in strain ATCC 49907 after growth in Mueller–Hinton broth. A membrane fraction from this
strain had l-proline dehydrogenase activity as detected both by reaction of Δ1-pyrroline-5-carboxylate with 2-aminobenzaldehyde (0.79 nmol min−1 mg−1) and by the proline-dependent reduction of p-iodonitrotetrazolium (20.1 nmol min−1 mg−1). A soluble fraction from this strain had Δ1-pyrroline-5-carboxylate dehydrogenase activity (88.8 nmol min−1 mg−1) as determined by the NAD+-dependent oxidation of dl-Δ1-pyrroline-5-carboxylate. Addition of l-proline to several culture media did not increase the growth rate or final yield of bacteria but did stimulate growth during
osmotic stress. When grown with l-ornithine as the proline source, S. saprophyticus was most susceptible to the proline analogues L-azetidine-2-carboylate, 3,4-dehydro-dl-proline, dl-thiazolidine-2-carboxylate, and l-thiazolidine-4-carboxylate. These results indicate that proline uptake and metabolism may be a potential target of antimicrobial
therapy for this organism. 相似文献
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Li Y Kawakami N Ogola HJ Ashida H Ishikawa T Shibata H Sawa Y 《Applied microbiology and biotechnology》2011,90(6):1953-1962
l-aspartate dehydrogenase (EC 1.4.1.21; l-AspDH) is a rare member of amino acid dehydrogenase superfamily and so far, two thermophilic enzymes have been reported.
In our study, an ORF PA3505 encoding for a putative l-AspDH in the mesophilic bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 was identified, cloned, and overexpressed in Escherichia coli. The homogeneously purified enzyme (PaeAspDH) was a dimeric protein with a molecular mass of about 28 kDa exhibiting a very
high specific activity for l-aspartate (l-Asp) and oxaloacetate (OAA) of 127 and 147 U mg−1, respectively. The enzyme was capable of utilizing both nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) and nicotinamide adenine
dinucleotide phosphate (NADP) as coenzyme. PaeAspDH showed a T
m value of 48°C for 20 min that was improved to approximately 60°C by the addition of 0.4 M NaCl or 30% glycerol. The apparent
K
m values for OAA, NADH, and ammonia were 2.12, 0.045, and 10.1 mM, respectively; comparable results were observed with NADPH.
The l-Asp production system B consisting of PaeAspDH, Bacillus subtilis malate dehydrogenase and E. coli fumarase, achieved a high level of l-Asp production (625 mM) from fumarate in fed-batch process with a molar conversion yield of 89.4%. Furthermore, the fermentative
production system C released 33 mM of l-Asp after 50 h by using succinate as carbon source. This study represented an extensive characterization of the mesophilic
AspDH and its potential applicability for efficient and attractive production of l-Asp. Our novel production systems are also hopeful for developing the new processes for other compounds production. 相似文献
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l-Arabinose is the second most abundant pentose beside d-xylose and is found in the plant polysaccharides, hemicellulose and pectin. The need to find renewable carbon and energy
sources has accelerated research to investigate the potential of l-arabinose for the development and production of biofuels and other bioproducts. Fungi produce a number of extracellular arabinanases,
including α-l-arabinofuranosidases and endo-arabinanases, to specifically release l-arabinose from the plant polymers. Following uptake of l-arabinose, its intracellular catabolism follows a four-step alternating reduction and oxidation path, which is concluded
by a phosphorylation, resulting in d-xylulose 5-phosphate, an intermediate of the pentose phosphate pathway. The genes and encoding enzymes l-arabinose reductase, l-arabinitol dehydrogenase, l-xylulose reductase, xylitol dehydrogenase, and xylulokinase of this pathway were mainly characterized in the two biotechnological
important fungi Aspergillus niger and Trichoderma reesei. Analysis of the components of the l-arabinose pathway revealed a number of specific adaptations in the enzymatic and regulatory machinery towards the utilization
of l-arabinose. Further genetic and biochemical analysis provided evidence that l-arabinose and the interconnected d-xylose pathway are also involved in the oxidoreductive degradation of the hexose d-galactose. 相似文献
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The ability of Aspergillus fumigatus
l-amino acid oxidase (l-aao) to cause the resolution of racemic mixtures of dl-amino acids was investigated with dl-alanine, dl-phenylalanine, dl-tyrosine, and dl-aspartic acid. A chiral column, Crownpak CR+ was used for the analysis of the amino acids. The enzyme was able to cause the
resolution of the three dl-amino acids resulting in the production of optically pure d-alanine (100% resolution), d-phenylalanine (80.2%), and d-tyrosine (84.1%), respectively. The optically pure d-amino acids have many uses and thus can be exploited industrially. This is the first report of the use of A. fumigatus
l-amino acid oxidase for racemic resolution of dl-amino acids. 相似文献
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Ma C Gao C Qiu J Hao J Liu W Wang A Zhang Y Wang M Xu P 《Applied microbiology and biotechnology》2007,77(1):91-98
Pseudomonas stutzeri SDM was newly isolated from soil, and two stereospecific NAD-independent lactate dehydrogenase (iLDH) activities were detected
in membrane of the cells cultured in a medium containing dl-lactate as the sole carbon source. Neither enzyme activities was constitutive, but both of them might be induced by either
enantiomer of lactate. P. stutzeri SDM preferred to utilize lactate to growth, when both l-lactate and glucose were available, and the consumption of glucose was observed only after lactate had been exhausted. The
Michaelis–Menten constant for l-lactate was higher than that for d-lactate. The l-iLDH activity was more stable at 55°C, while the d-iLDH activity was lost. Both enzymes exhibited different solubilization with different detergents and different oxidation
rates with different electron acceptors. Combining activity staining and previous proteomic analysis, the results suggest
that there are two separate enzymes in P. stutzeri SDM, which play an important role in converting lactate to pyruvate.
Ma and Gao contributed equally to this work. 相似文献
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Ascorbate (AsA) plays a fundamental role in redox homeostasis in plants and animals, primarily by scavenging reactive oxygen
species. Three genes, representing diverse steps putatively involved in plant AsA biosynthesis pathways, were cloned and independently
expressed in Solanum lycopersicum (tomato) under the control of the CaMV 35S promoter. Yeast-derived GDP-mannose pyrophosphorylase (GMPase) and arabinono-1,4-lactone oxidase (ALO), as well as myo-inositol oxygenase 2 (MIOX2) from Arabidopsis thaliana, were targeted. Increases in GMPase activity were concomitant with increased AsA levels of up to 70% in leaves, 50% in green
fruit, and 35% in red fruit. Expression of ALO significantly pulled biosynthetic flux towards AsA in leaves and green fruit by up to 54 and 25%, respectively. Changes in
AsA content in plants transcribing the MIOX2 gene were inconsistent in different tissue. On the other hand, MIOX activity was strongly correlated with cell wall uronic
acid levels, suggesting that MIOX may be a useful tool for the manipulation of cell wall composition. In conclusion, the Smirnoff–Wheeler
pathway showed great promise as a target for biotechnological manipulation of ascorbate levels in tomato. 相似文献
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Rats subcutaneously implanted with AH109A hepatoma cells show hyperlipidemia with high concentrations of serum triglyceride
and nonesterified fatty acid, suppression of lipoprotein lipase (LPL), and elevation of hormone-sensitive lipase (HSL) activities
during the growth of the hepatoma. Supplementation of the diet with sulfur amino acids such as l-methionine (Met) and l-cystine (Cys) improved hyperlipidemia by restoring LPL and HSL activities. In the present study, we have attempted to examine
the effects of sulfur amino acids on the activity and mRNA level of LPL and the activity of HSL using 3T3-L1 cells, which
are known to differentiate to adipocytes. The adipocytes were incubated with various concentrations of Met, Cys or l-cysteine (CysH) in the absence or presence of tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α). LPL activity was suppressed by TNF-α. In the
absence of TNF-α, Met, Cys and CysH did not change the LPL activity. In the presence of TNF-α, Met and Cys significantly increased
the LPL activity, and Met also enhanced the LPL mRNA level. HSL activity was also suppressed by TNF-α. In the absence of TNF-α,
Met enhanced the HSL activity. In the presence of TNF-α, Met, Cys and CysH suppressed the HSL activity. Sulfur amino acids
such as Met, Cys and CysH affected the LPL activity, mRNA level, and HSL activity in 3T3-L1 adipocytes. Some of these effects
of sulfur amino acids were different between LPL and HSL, between the absence and the presence of TNF-α, and between 3T3-L1
adipocytes and the adipose tissue from rats. 相似文献