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Taras K. Antal 《Biophysical journal》2009,96(11):4672-4680
The oxygen-evolving complex of Photosystem II cycles through five oxidation states (S0-S4), and dark incubation leads to 25% S0 and 75% S1. This distribution cannot be reached with charge recombination reactions between the higher S states and the electron acceptor QB−. We measured flash-induced oxygen evolution to understand how S3 and S2 are converted to lower S states when the electron required to reduce the manganese cluster does not come from QB−. Thylakoid samples preconditioned to make the concentration of the S1 state 100% and to oxidize tyrosine YD were illuminated by one or two laser preflashes, and flash-induced oxygen evolution sequences were recorded at various time intervals after the preflashes. The distribution of the S states was calculated from the flash-induced oxygen evolution pattern using an extended Kok model. The results suggest that S2 and S3 are converted to lower S states via recombination from S2QB− and S3QB− and by a slow change of the state of oxygen-evolving complex from S3 and S2 to S1 and S0 in reactions with unspecified electron donors. The slow pathway appears to contain two-electron routes, S2QB → S0QB, and S3QB → S1QB. The two-electron reactions dominate in intact thylakoid preparations in the absence of chemical additives. The two-electron reaction was replaced by a one-electron-per-step pathway, S3QB → S2QB → S1QB in PS II-enriched membrane fragments and in thylakoids measured in the presence of artificial electron acceptors. A catalase effect suggested that H2O2 acts as an electron donor for the reaction S2QB → S0QB but added H2O2 did not enhance this reaction. 相似文献
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Hubert L. Dulieu 《Mutation research》1974,25(3):289-304
A greenish-yellow mutant was obtained after treatment of seeds of Nicotiana tabacum L. var. Xanthi n.c. with ethyl methanesulfonate (EMS). Two genetically independent mutations (a1 and a2) were isolated. The first mutation (a1) antagonizes the function of its partially dominant a1+ allele. The second mutation (a2) is amorphous but strongly interacts with a1.Among the nine possible genotypes at the two loci, five varied in somatic cells. The heterozygous state a1+/a1 strongly increased the frequency of both spontaneous and induced variations. However, two homozygotes also showed variations.Variants were isolated from induced and spontaneous non-reciprocal and reciprocal variations within paliside tissues by bud induction in vitro. They were genetically tested. In this first paper, only non-reciprocal variations are reported.Green variants from the greenish-yellow (J1) dihybrid a1+/a1a2+/a2 clone had two genotypes: the first was due to true reversions of a1 to a1+, whereas the second was due to amorphous a10 mutations from a1. These a10 mutations may well be deletions.The lightest yellow variants from J1 were due to mutations either from a1+ into a1 or from a2+ into a2.Deletions at the a1+?a1 locus led to either yellow variations when a1+ was lost, or to false reversions when the antagonistic allele a1 was lost.Amorphous alleles at the a1+?a1 locus were also isolated from tissues other than J+. They gave zygotic lethality (s) that probably varied with the size of the deletions. Thus, true reversions and deletions at the a1+?a1 locus could be distinguished from one another by progeny tests.Other variants showed higher frequencies of spontaneous variations (instability). Somatic changes observed in these unstable systems were due to modifications at the marker loci. The genetic nature of this instability is not yet known.There is strong evidence that the genetic events involved in these non-reciprocal variations were deletions, conversions and point mutations. True reversions from a1 into a1+ and new mutations from a1+ into a1 were obtained only from a1+/a1. It was therefore supposed that the changes observed took place only in heterozygotes, and the conversion hypothesis was made. Attempts are being made to prove that conversions do exist in higher plants, and to find out if this process, as deletions, is induced by radiation. 相似文献
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Ana M.P. Melo Susana A.L. Lobo Andreia S. Fernandes Manuela M. Pereira Jacob K. Kristjansson Miguel Teixeira 《BBA》2005,1709(1):95-103
The NADH:menaquinone oxidoreductase (Nqo) is one of the enzymes present in the respiratory chain of the thermohalophilic bacterium Rhodothermus marinus. The genes coding for the R. marinus Nqo subunits were isolated and sequenced, clustering in two operons [nqo1 to nqo7 (nqoA) and nqo10 to nqo14 (nqoB)] and two independent genes (nqo8 and nqo9). Unexpectedly, two genes encoding homologues of a NhaD Na+/H+ antiporter (NhaD) and of a pterin-4α-carbinolamine dehydratase (PCD) were identified within nqoB, flanked by nqo13 and nqo14. Eight conserved motives to harbour iron-sulphur centres are identified in the deduced primary structures, as well as two consensus sequences to bind nucleotides, in this case NADH and FMN. Moreover, the open-reading-frames of the putative NhaD and PCD were shown to be co-transcribed with the other complex I genes encoded by nqoB. The possible role of these two genes in R. marinus complex I is discussed. 相似文献
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Aryna V. Lado Alexander V. Piskunov Georgy K. Fukin Vladimir N. Ikorskii Vladimir K. Cherkasov 《Inorganica chimica acta》2005,358(15):4443-4450
Addition of 3,6-di-tert-butyl-o-benzoquinone (3,6-DBBQ) to SnCl2 in THF leads to the oxidation of Sn(II) to Sn(IV) with formation of catecholate complex (3,6-DBCat)SnCl2 · 2THF (1), where 3,6-DBCat is 3,6-di-tert-butyl-catecholate dianion. The reaction of 4,6-di-tert-butyl-N-(2,6-di-iso-propylphenyl)-o-iminobenzoquinone (IBQ-Pri) also proceeds on the oxidative-addition mechanism yielding bis-iminosemiquinonato species (ISQ-Pri)2SnCl2(2), where ISQ-Pri is anion-radical 4,6-di-tert-butyl-N-(2,6-di-iso-propylphenyl)-o-iminobenzosemiquinolate. The complexes have been characterized by IR, X-band EPR, 1H NMR (for 1) spectroscopy and magnetochemistry (for 2). X-ray analysis data show the distorted octahedral environment of tin(IV) for both complexes. Complex 1 is diamagnetic (ground state S = 0), while 2 has triplet ground state (S = 1, biradical). Catecholate complex 1 is able to be a spin trap for different organic radicals. 相似文献
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Marvin D. Armstrong 《Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)/General Subjects》1979,587(4):638-642
Nδ-Acetylornithine and S-methylcysteine have been identified as minor components of deproteinized blood plasma of human and bovine blood. Human blood plasma contains a variable amount of acetylornithine, averaging 1.1 ± 0.4 μmol/l (range 0.8–0.2 μmol/l). Urine contains a very small amount of acetylornithine, approximately 1 nmol/mg creatinine (1 μmol/day). Human blood plasma contains 3.9 ± 1.9 μmol/l (range 1.4–6.5 μmol/l) of S-methylcysteine. Urine contains approximately 5 nmol/mg creatinine; after acid hydrolysis the amount is increased to 20 nmol/mg creatinine. 相似文献
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Marcia Ortega-Ramos Daniel P. Canniffe Matthew I. Radle C. Neil Hunter Donald A. Bryant John H. Golbeck 《BBA》2018,1859(7):501-509
Engineering photosynthetic bacteria to utilize a heterologous reaction center that contains a different (bacterio) chlorophyll could improve solar energy conversion efficiency by allowing cells to absorb a broader range of the solar spectrum. One promising candidate is the homodimeric type I reaction center from Heliobacterium modesticaldum. It is the simplest known reaction center and uses bacteriochlorophyll (BChl) g, which absorbs in the near-infrared region of the spectrum. Like the more common BChls a and b, BChl g is a true bacteriochlorin. It carries characteristic C3-vinyl and C8-ethylidene groups, the latter shared with BChl b. The purple phototrophic bacterium Rhodobacter (Rba.) sphaeroides was chosen as the platform into which the engineered production of BChl gF, where F is farnesyl, was attempted. Using a strain of Rba. sphaeroides that produces BChl bP, where P is phytyl, rather than the native BChl aP, we deleted bchF, a gene that encodes an enzyme responsible for the hydration of the C3-vinyl group of a precursor of BChls. This led to the production of BChl gP. Next, the crtE gene was deleted, thereby producing BChl g carrying a THF (tetrahydrofarnesol) moiety. Additionally, the bchGRs gene from Rba. sphaeroides was replaced with bchGHm from Hba. modesticaldum. To prevent reduction of the tail, bchP was deleted, which yielded BChl gF. The construction of a strain producing BChl gF validates the biosynthetic pathway established for its synthesis and satisfies a precondition for assembling the simplest reaction center in a heterologous organism, namely the biosynthesis of its native pigment, BChl gF. 相似文献
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Pro-tRNA synthetase from Phaseolus aureus was photoinactivated in the presence of methylene blue or rose bengal. Pro and several imino acid analogues protected the enzyme against dye-mediated photoinactivation but ATP was ineffective. Together with kinetic data, this evidence suggested that a His-residue near the Pro-binding site was involved in the enzyme reaction. In the absence of methylene blue, Phaseolus enzyme was stable to light whilst that from Delonix was rapidly and reversibly photoinactivated. ATP as well as Pro, protected the Delonix enzyme against dye-independent photoinactivation. In the presence of methylene blue, the Delonix enzyme was more rapidly photoinactivated than in the absence of the dye. p-Chloromercuribenzoate (pCMB)-inhibited enzyme from both Phaseolus and Delonix was reactivated by sulphydryl reducing reagents. Reactivation of Delonix enzyme was markedly temperature-dependent whilst Phaseolus enzyme was reactivated equally efficiently at all temperatures tested. ATP, tRNA, Pro and several analogues of Pro, protected both the Phaseolus and Delonix enzymes against pCMB inhibition. The possible roles of the His-residue and SH group are discussed in relation to the known differences in substrate specificity between the Phaseolus and Delonix enzymes. 相似文献
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Geoffrey R. Bedford Peter J. Sadler 《Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)/General Subjects》1974,343(3):656-662
NMR titration curves have been recorded for all the 13C resonances of cis and trans in 2H2O. the measured pK2H values are 3.4 ± 0.8 and 4.13 ± 0.08 respectively; the free energy of ionization for the trans isomer being (3.8 kJ/mole) greater than for the cis. The ionization shifts of the two isomers differ significantly only at the acetyl carbonyl and Cγ positions. It is suggested that these are related to conformational changes which stabilize the trans form at low p2H. 相似文献
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Mohammad A. Oshaghi Naseh Maleki Ravasan Ezat-Aldin Javadian Mohammad M. Sedaghat Homa Hajjaran 《Experimental parasitology》2009,122(1):61-1364
Discrimination of Leishmaniainfantum and L. donovani, the members of the L. (L.) donovani complex, is important for diagnosis and epidemiological studies of visceral leishmaniasis (VL). We have developed two molecular tools including a restriction fragment length polymorphisms of amplified DNA (PCR-RFLP) and a PCR that are capable to discriminate L. donovani from L. infantum. Typing of the complex was performed by a simple PCR of cysteineproteaseB (cpb) gene followed by digestion with DraIII. The enzyme cuts the 741-bp amplicon of L. donovani into 400 and 341 bp fragments whereas the 702 bp of L. infantum remains intact. The designed PCR species-specific primer pair is specific for L. donovani and is capable of amplifying a 317 bp of 3’ end of cpb gene of L. donovani whereas it does not generate an amplicon for L. infantum. The species-specific primers and the restriction enzyme were designed based on a 39 bp insertion/deletion (indel) in the middle of the cpb gene. Both assays could differentiate correctly the two species and are reliable and high-throughput alternatives for molecular diagnosis and epidemiological studies of VL in various foci. 相似文献
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Ørjan Bjorøy 《Phytochemistry》2009,70(2):278-287
Nine C-glycosyldeoxyanthocyanidins, 6-C-β-glucopyranosyl-7-O-methylapigeninidin, 6-C-β-glucopyranosyl-7-O-methylluteolinidin, 6-C-β-(2″-O-β-glucopyranosylglucopyranosyl)-7-O-methylapigeninidin, 6-C-β-(2″-O-β-glucopyranosylglucopyranosyl)-7,4′-di-O-methylapigeninidin, 8-C-β-glucopyranosylapigeninidin, 8-C-β-(2″-O-α-rhamnopyranosylglucopyranosyl)apigeninidin, 8-C-β-(2″-O-α-(4″′-O-acetylrhamnopyranosyl)glucopyranosyl)apigeninidin, 6,8-di-C-β-glucopyranosylapigeninidin (8), 6,8-di-C-β-glucopyranosyl-4′-O-methylluteolinidin (9), have been synthesized from their respective C-glycosylflavones (yields between 14% and 32%) by the Clemmensen reduction reaction using zinc-amalgam. The various precursors (C-glycosylflavones) of the C-glycosylanthocyanidins were isolated from either flowers of Iris sibirica L., leaves of Hawthorn ‘Crataegi Folium Cum Flore’, or lemons and oranges. This is the first time C-glycosylanthocyanidins have been synthesized. The structures of all flavonoids including the flavone rotamers were elucidated by 2D NMR techniques and high-resolution electrospray MS. The distribution of the various structural forms of 8 and 9 are different at pH 1.1, 4.5, and 7.0, however, the two pigments undergoes similar structural transformations at the various pH values. Pigments 8 and 9 with C-C linkages between the sugar moieties and the aglycone, were found to be far more stable towards acid hydrolysis than pelargonidin 3-O-glucoside, which has the typical anthocyanidin C-O linkage between the sugar and aglycone. This stability may extend the present use of anthocyanins as nutraceuticals, pharmaceuticals or colorants. 相似文献
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Abdollah Khadivi-Khub Zabihollah Zamani Reza Fattahi Ana Wünsch 《Biochemical Systematics and Ecology》2014
In this study, S-allele diversity of eight wild and two commercial species of the Cerasus subgenus in Iran was investigated using two primer pairs. A high level of S-allele polymorphism was detected among and within the species evaluated. Furthermore, most of wild species showed 2–4 alleles based on S-allele primers and may be considered as tetraploid. Sweet cherry cultivars, Siah-Mashhad, Siah-Shabestar, Takdaneh-Mashhad, Siah-Daneshkadeh and Protiva showed S3S12, S3S12, S3S12, S3S5 and S3S4 combinations, respectively, allele S3 showing the highest frequency. Three Iranian sweet cherry cultivars had the same allelic combination (S3S12) that the same ancestor in genealogy of these cultivars may explain the loss of diversity observed at the S-locus. Wild cherry (mazzard) accessions showed wide range of alleles such as S1, S2, S7, S14 and S20 and unknown alleles, while sour cherries showed S6, S9, S13 and S27 alleles. In conclusion, the conservation of these highly diverse native species of Iranian wild Cerasus germplasm is recommended for future breeding activity. 相似文献
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Owing to the complex nature of V1VO ATPases, identification of neighboring subunits is essential for mechanistic understanding of this enzyme. Here, we describe the links between the V1 headpiece and the VO-domain of the yeast V1VO ATPase via subunit A and d as well as the VO subunits a and d using surface plasmon resonance and fluorescence correlation spectroscopy. Binding constants of about 60 and 200 nM have been determined for the a-d and d-A assembly, respectively. The data are discussed in light of subunit a and d forming a peripheral stalk, connecting the catalytic A3B3 hexamer with VO.
Structured summary
MINT-7012054: d (uniprotkb:P32366) binds (MI:0407) to A (uniprotkb:P17255) by fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (MI:0052)MINT-7012041: d (uniprotkb:P32366) binds (MI:0407) to A (uniprotkb:P17255) by surface plasmon resonance (MI:0107)MINT-7012028: d (uniprotkb:P32366) binds (MI:0407) to a (uniprotkb:P32563) by surface plasmon resonance (MI:0107) 相似文献13.
S. Schaepe A. Kuprijanov C. Sieblist M. Jenzsch R. Simutis A. Lübbert 《Journal of biotechnology》2013
By means of improved feedback control kLa measurements become possible at a precision and reproducibility that now allow a closer look at the influences of power input and aeration rate on the oxygen mass transfer. These measurements are performed online during running fermentations without a notable impact on the biochemical conversion processes. A closer inspection of the mass transfer during cultivations showed that at least the number of impellers influences mass transfer and mixing: On the laboratory scale, two hollow blade impellers clearly showed a larger kLa than the usually employed three impeller versions when operated at the same agitation power and aeration rate. Hollow blade impellers are preferable under most operational conditions because of their perfect gas handling capacity. Mixing time studies showed that these two impeller systems are also preferable with respect to mixing. Furthermore the widths of the baffle bars depict a significant influence on the kLa. All this clearly supports the fact that it is not only the integral power density that finally determines kLa. 相似文献
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组蛋白作为核小体的基本组分,是染色质的结构和功能必需的。组蛋白的变体和修饰共同参与染色质修饰及基因的表达调控。真核生物细胞中的5种组蛋白在进化中高度保守,然而纤毛虫的组蛋白H4与其他真核生物相比有较大的差异。本实验应用PCR技术从八肋游仆虫(Euplotes octocarinatus)中获得了2种组蛋白H4基因,分别为H4A和H4B,GenBank登录号为:JN715068和JN715069。序列分析表明,H4A基因开放阅读框324 bp,预测编码107个氨基酸,分子量为11.6 ku,等电点为10.99。而H4B基因编码框384 bp,编码127个氨基酸,分子量为14.4 ku,等电点为9.93。Blast结果显示,H4A序列与其他生物中H4的一致性相对较高,达81%~94%,而H4B的一致性为36%~70%。H4A和H4B的一致性仅为44.7%。实时荧光定量PCR表明,H4A的转录本高于H4B。结果提示:在进化过程中八肋游仆虫可能进化出特殊的组蛋白H4基因,不同的组蛋白H4可能发挥不同的功能。 相似文献
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cis-Phytoene and trans-phytofluene were identified in illuminated cultures of Verticillium agaricinum in addition to the other carotenoids 相似文献
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Xiaorui Liu Lei Zhang Yuexia Liu Jiuzeng Cui Sicheng Che Xiaopeng An Yuxuan Song Binyun Cao 《Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)/Molecular Cell Research》2018,1865(8):1130-1147
Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are a large class of endogenous non-coding RNAs that function as regulators in various cells and tissues. Here, the function and mechanism of circRNA8073 (Circ-8073) on endometrial epithelial cells (EECs) and the development of endometrial receptivity were investigated in dairy goats. Circ-8073 could bind to and inhibit miR-449a activity. Circ-8073 binding to the target site of miR-449a had a negative feedback relationship. Centrosomal protein55 (CEP55) was a direct target gene of miR-449a, and Circ-8073 could increase the expression levels of CEP55 by sponging miR-449a in EECs in vitro. Circ-8073/miR-449a/CEP55 could promote EECs proliferation via the PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway. In addition, CEP55 could regulate the expression levels of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and forkhead box M1 (FOXM1) in EECs, which contributed to the development of endometrial receptivity. These findings showed that Circ-8073 regulated CEP55 by sponging miR-449a to promote EEC proliferation via the PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway, suggesting that it could function as a regulator in the development of endometrial receptivity in dairy goats. 相似文献
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Elaine B. Vickers 《Inorganica chimica acta》2004,357(13):3889-3894
Magnetically ordered Ni[TCNE]2 · zCH2Cl2 (Tc = 13 K) is reported for the first time from the reaction of Ni(CO)4 with tetracyanoethylene (TCNE). A family of new solid solution room temperature magnets of VxNi1 − x[TCNE]y · zCH2Cl2 (0 ? x < 1; y ? 2) composition has been characterized by IR spectrometry, elemental analysis, and magnetic measurements (ac and dc susceptibility). Substitution of NiII for VII in V[TCNE]y · zCH2Cl2 does not alter the Tc significantly for x ? 0.05 and does not alter Hcr significantly for x > 0; however, the magnitude of M increases with x, as does the broadness of the peaks in the χ′(T) and χ″(T) ac susceptibilities. Hence, the magnetic properties of the room temperature V[TCNE]y · zCH2Cl2 magnet can be finely tuned via synthetic chemistry methodology, making this material more amenable in future technologies. 相似文献
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When trans, trans-farnesol [4,8,12-14C3,1-3H2] is isomerized to cis, trans-farnesol by soluble enzymes from Andrographis paniculata tissue cultures, 50% of the tritium label is lost. The same loss is observed when isomerization occurs in the opposite direction. This is in accordance with the proposed mechanism for isomerization via aldehydes. 相似文献
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In the course of a chemotaxonomic survey of New Zealand Podocarpus species, a number of new flavonoid glycosides have been isolated from P. nivalis. These are: luteolin 3′-O-β-D-xyloside, luteolin 7-O-β-D-glucoside-3′-O-β-D-xyloside, dihydroquercetin 7-O-β-D-glucoside, 7-O-methyl-(2R:3R)-dihydrokaempferol 5-O-β-D-glucopyranoside, 7-O-methyl-(2R:3R)-dihydroquercetin 5-O-β-D-glucopyranoside, 7-O-methylkaempferol 5-O-β-D-glucopyranoside and 7-O-methylquercetin 5-O-β-D-glucopyranoside. Diagnostically useful physical techniques for distinguishing substitution patterns in dihydroflavonols are discussed and summarized. Glucosylation of the 5-hydroxyl group in (+)-dihydroflavonols is shown to reverse the sign of rotation at 589 nm. 相似文献