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The lipase Lip2 of the edible basidiomycete, Pleurotus sapidus, is an extracellular enzyme capable of hydrolysing xanthophyll esters with high efficiency. The gene encoding Lip2 was expressed
in Escherichia coli TOP10 using the gene III signal sequence to accumulate proteins in the periplasmatic space. The heterologous expression under
control of the araBAD promoter led to the high level production of recombinant protein, mainly as inclusion bodies, but partially
in a soluble and active form. A fusion with a C-terminal His tag was used for purification and immunochemical detection of
the target protein. This is the first example of a heterologous expression and periplasmatic accumulation of a catalytically
active lipase from a basidiomycete fungus. 相似文献
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Matías Maggi Natalia Damiani Sergio Ruffinengo David De Jong Judith Principal Martín Eguaras 《Experimental & applied acarology》2010,50(3):269-279
We undertook a field study to determine whether comb cell size affects the reproductive behavior of Varroa destructor under natural conditions. We examined the effect of brood cell width on the reproductive behavior of V. destructor in honey bee colonies, under natural conditions. Drone and worker brood combs were sampled from 11 colonies of Apis mellifera. A Pearson correlation test and a Tukey test were used to determine whether mite reproduction rate varied with brood cell
width. Generalized additive model analysis showed that infestation rate increased positively and linearly with the width of
worker and drone cells. The reproduction rate for viable mother mites was 0.96 viable female descendants per original invading
female. No significant correlation was observed between brood cell width and number of offspring of V. destructor. Infertile mother mites were more frequent in narrower brood cells. 相似文献
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Root segments from seedlings of Panax ginseng produced adventitious roots directly when cultured on 1/2 MS solid medium lacking NH4NO3 and containing 3.0 mg l−1 IBA. Using this adventitious root formation, we developed rapid and efficient transgenic root formation directly from adventitious
root segments in P. ginseng. Root segments were co-cultivated with Agrobacterium tumefaciens (GV3101) caring β-glucuronidase (GUS) gene. Putative transgenic adventitious roots were formed directly from root segments on medium with 400 mg l−1 cefotaxime and 50 mg l−1 kanamycin. Kanamycin resistant adventitious roots were selected and proliferated as individual lines by subculturing on medium
with 300 mg l−1 cefotaxime and 50 mg l−1 kanamycin at two weeks subculture interval. Frequency of transient and stable expression of GUS gene was enhanced by acetosyringon (50 mg l−1) treatment. Integration of transgene into the plants was confirmed by the X-gluc reaction, PCR and Southern analysis. Production
of transgenic plants was achieved via somatic embryogenesis from the embryogenic callus derived from independent lines of
adventitious roots. The protocol for rapid induction of transgenic adventitious roots directly from adventitious roots can
be applied for a new Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated genetic transformation protocol in P. ginseng. 相似文献
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Abdul Ghaffar Sher Afzal Khan Zahid Mukhtar Muhammad Ibrahim Rajoka Farooq Latif 《Molecular biology reports》2011,38(5):3227-3233
We studied heterologous expression of xylanase 11A gene of Chaetomium thermophilum in Pichia pastoris and characterized the thermostable nature of the purified gene product. For this purpose, the xylanase 11A gene of C. thermophilum was cloned in P. pastoris GS115 under the control of AOX1 promoter. The maximum extracellular activity of recombinant xylanase (xyn698: gene with intron) was 15.6 U ml−1 while that of recombinant without intron (xyn669) was 1.26 U ml−1 after 96 h growth. The gene product was purified apparently to homogeneity level. The optimum temperature of pure recombinant
xylanase activity was 70°C and the enzyme retained its 40.57% activity after incubation at 80°C for 10 min. It exhibited quite
lower demand of activation energy, enthalpy, Gibbs free energy, entropy, and xylan binding energy during substrate hydrolysis
than that required by that of the donor, thus indicating its thermostable nature. pH-dependent catalysis showed that it was
quite stable in a pH range of 5.5–8.5. This revealed that gene was successfully processed in P. pastoris and remained heat stable and may qualify for its potential use in paper and pulp and animal feed applications. 相似文献
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Akhilesh Kumar Amrita Chakraborty Srijani Ghanta Sharmila Chattopadhyay 《Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture》2009,96(2):117-126
Morphologically identical transgenic mint (Mentha arvensis L.) with bacterial glutathione synthetase gene has been developed. Transformed plants were obtained by co-cultivation of
leaf disks with Agrobacterium tumefaciens strain LBA 4404 harbouring a binary vector pCAMBIA-CpGS that carried E. coli glutathione synthetase (GS), β-glucuronidase as reporter gene and nptII as selective marker gene for kanamycin resistance. Using a constitutive double CaMV 35S promoter and an rbcS transit peptide, we successfully addressed CpGS to the chloroplasts through pJIT 117 vector. Preculture and the presence of AS in the co-cultivation medium played a significant
role in enhancing transformation frequency. The highest transformation frequency was achieved with MS selection medium supplemented
with 25% coconut water, 1.12 mg l−1 BAP, 0.2 mg l−1 NAA, 50 mg l−1 kanamycin and 125 mg l−1 cefotaxime. Robust rooting of regenerated shoots was obtained in half-strength liquid MS medium containing 0.2 mg l−1 NAA and 50 mg l−1 kanamycin. The presence and expression of transgenes in transgenics (T0) was evidenced by GUS histoenzymatic assay, PCR and RT-PCR analysis of nptII and the gene of interest, i.e., GS of putative transgenic leaves. Chromosomal integration of GS gene was confirmed by Southern blot analysis. Transgenic plants were successfully acclimatized in the greenhouse. An overall
transformation frequency of 15% was achieved in approximately 3 months of time period. These results are discussed in relation
to heavy metal trafficking pathways in higher plants and to the interest of using plastid expression of PCS for biotechnological applications.
Akhilesh Kumar and Amrita Chakraborty contributed equally. 相似文献
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Heike Helmholz Blair D. Johnston Christiane Ruhnau Andreas Prange 《Hydrobiologia》2010,645(1):223-234
Scyphozoan medusae are very successful foragers which occasionally occur in high abundances in boreal waters and may impact
many different groups in the marine ecosystem by means of a variety of toxins. A rainbow trout gill cell line, RTgill-W1,
was tested for its suitability as quantitative indicator of the cytotoxicity of Cyanea capillata and Aurelia aurita; the major scyphozoan species in the North and Baltic seas. Cultures of rainbow trout gill cells were exposed to whole venoms
extracted from fishing tentacles and oral arms at increasing protein concentrations. The venom caused detachment, clumping
and lysis of cells, as well as a drop in vitality, in a dose-dependent manner. Morphological changes in the cells were evident
within 1 h after venom addition. The damage to gill cells was quantified by measuring the metabolic activity of the cells
by means of the fluorescence of resorufin derived from the nonfluorescent substrate, resazurin. In general, a decrease in
the metabolic activity of the cells was detected at a venom (protein) concentration above 2.0 μg ml−1 (corresponding to 0.2 μg 104 cells−1), and a total loss of activity was observed above 40.0 μg ml−1 (corresponding to 4.0 μg 104 cells−1). C. capillata venoms had increased cytotoxic activity as compared to A. aurita venoms at the same concentration. Cnidocyst extracts from oral arms of A. aurita induced an 85% loss of gill cell viability at concentrations of 0.2 μg 104 cells−1, whereas crude venoms from fishing tentacles reduced cell viability by 18% at the same concentration. Gel electrophoresis
of the venoms indicated that these consist of a large number of proteins in a fairly wide size range, from 6 to 200 kDa, including
some that are the same size as those found in cubomedusae. It also appears that larger (i.e., older) medusae have more complex
venoms and, in some cases, more potent venoms than smaller animals. 相似文献
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The reproductive characteristics and pollination system of Rhododendron semibarbatum were investigated at two sites in Honshu, Japan. This species is protandrous, partially self-incompatible at postzygotic
stages, and requires outcrossing via pollinator visitation for effective seed production. The effective pollinators were two
bumblebee species: males of Bombus ardens at Miyama, and workers of Bombus honshuensis at Agematsu. The flowers possess two staminodes ornamented with whitish hairs, which do not reflect UV light, on the filaments.
Nectar was secreted continuously during the flowering period, and nectar production rate differed between the sites. Visitation
by B. ardens males was more frequent and varied among and within days, whereas that by B. honshuensis workers was less frequent and constant throughout the observation period. A single visit by a B. ardens male was more effective for seed production than visitation by a B. honshuensis worker, resulting in pollen limitation in the latter case. Differences in resource requirements between the two pollinators,
representing different castes, might affect their behavior, resulting in B. ardens males contributing to more effective seed production.
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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We investigated the spatial distribution and taxonomic identity of mycorrhizal fungi colonizing the root systems of two threatened
Cephalanthera species, C. falcata and C. erecta, in naturally regenerated forests. Peloton formation was observed in both plant species, confirming the existence of orchid
mycorrhizas. For C. falcata, mycorrhization was significantly different among individuals, ranging from 14 to 63%, and no significant difference among
C. erecta individuals was detected (57–68%). Mycorrhization among three growth directions of roots and between orchid species was not
significantly different. The spatial distribution of mycorrhizas in both orchids showed significant differences, being most
frequent at an apical position. Based on DNA sequencing and phylogenetic analyses, we inferred that the families Thelephoraceae
and Sebacinaceae were mycobionts for C. falcata and Thelephoraceae for C. erecta. Our findings indicated that mycorrhizal colonization occurs at a distal position from the base of these orchid root systems
and that mycorrhizal fungi are restricted to few ectomycorrhizal fungal families. 相似文献
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Transformation of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) by <Emphasis Type="Italic">Raoultella</Emphasis> <Emphasis Type="Italic">terrigena</Emphasis> 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Claus H Bausinger T Lehmler I Perret N Fels G Dehner U Preuss J König H 《Biodegradation》2007,18(1):27-35
Manufacture of nitroorganic explosives generates toxic wastes leading to contamination of soils and waters, especially groundwater.
For that reason bacteria living in environments highly contaminated with 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) and other nitroorganic
compounds were investigated for their capacity for TNT degradation. One isolate, Raoultella terrigena strain HB, removed TNT at concentrations between 10 and 100 mg l−1 completely from culture supernatants under optimum aerobic conditions within several hours. Only low concentrations of nutrient
supplements were needed for the cometabolic transformation process. Radioactivity measurements with ring-labelled 14C–TNT detected about 10–20% of the initial radioactivity in the culture supernatant and the residual 80–90% as water-insoluble
organic compounds in the cellular pellet. HPLC analysis identified aminodinitrotoluenes (2-ADNT, 4-ADNT) and diaminonitrotoluenes
(2,4-DANT) as the metabolites which remained soluble in the culture medium and azoxy-dimers as the main products in the cell
extracts. Hence, the new isolate could be useful for the removal of TNT from contaminated waters. 相似文献
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Nathaniel Liddy Peter E. Molloy Alan D. Bennett Jonathan M. Boulter Bent K. Jakobsen Yi Li 《Molecular biotechnology》2010,45(2):140-149
Previously, we have described the use of phage display to generate high affinity disulfide bond-linked T cell receptors (TCRs).
The affinities of the mutant TCRs were analysed after refolding of separately expressed α and β chains from Escherichia coli inclusion bodies. This approach is only suitable for the analysis of small numbers of TCR variants. An attractive alternative
would be soluble expression within the bacterial periplasm, but the generic production of TCRs within the E. coli periplasm has so far not proved successful. Here we show that functional, soluble TCR can be produced within the cytoplasm
of trxB gor mutant E. coli strains, with maximum yields of 3.4 mg/l. We also investigated the effect of coexpressing the folding modulators Skp and
DsbC finding that the TCR expression levels were largely unaffected by these chaperones. Importantly, we demonstrated that
the amount of protein purified from 50 ml starter cultures was sufficient to show functionality of the TCR by specific antigen
binding in both ELISA and surface plasmon resonance (SPR) assays. This TCR production method has the potential to allow rapid
and medium throughput analysis of affinity-matured TCRs selected from TCR phage display libraries. 相似文献
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Yali Xu Amrita Yasin Thomas Wucherpfennig C. Perry Chou 《World journal of microbiology & biotechnology》2008,24(12):2827-2835
Functional expression of heterologous Pseudozyma antarctica lipase B (PalB) in the periplasm of Escherichia coli was explored using four fusion tags, i.e. DsbC, DsbA, maltose-binding protein (MBP), and FLAG in the sequence of increasing
expression efficacy. Amongst these fusion tags, FLAG and MBP appear to be the most effective ones in terms of boosting enzyme
activity and enhancing solubility of PalB, respectively. Overexpression of these PalB fusions often resulted in concomitant
formation of insoluble inclusion bodies. Coexpression of a selection of periplasmic folding factors, including DegP (and its
mutant variant of DegPS210A), FkpA, DsbA, DsbC, and a cocktail of SurA, FkpA, DsbA, and DsbC, could improve the expression performance. Coexpression
of DsbA appeared to be the most effective in reducing the formation of inclusion bodies for all the four PalB fusions, implying
that functional expression of PalB could be limited by initial bridging of disulfide bonds. Culture performance was optimized
by overexpressing FLAG-PalB with DsbA coexpression, resulting in a high volumetric PalB activity of 360 U/L. 相似文献
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Despite the widespread distribution of Astyanax bockmanni in streams from Upper Paraná River system in central, southeastern, and southern Brazil, just recently, it has been identified
as a distinct Astyanax species. Cytogenetic studies were performed in two populations of this species, revealing conservative features. A. bockmanni shows 2n = 50 chromosomes, a karyotypic formula composed of 10 M + 12SM + 12ST + 16A and multiple Ag-NORs. Eight positive signals
in subtelocentric/acrocentric chromosomes were identified by fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) with 18S rDNA probes.
After FISH with 5S rDNA probes, four sites were detected, comprising the interstitial region of a metacentric pair and the
terminal region on long arms of another metracentric pair. Little amounts of constitutive heterochromatin were observed, mainly
distributed at distal region in two chromosomal pairs. Additionally, heterochromatin was also located close to the centromeres
in some chromosomes. No positive signals were detected in the chromosomes of A. bockmanni by FISH with the As-51 satellite DNA probe. The studied species combines a set of characteristics previously identified in
two different Astyanax groups. The chromosomal evolution in the genus Astyanax is discussed. 相似文献
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Young-Min Kim Byung-Hoon Kim Joon-Seob Ahn Go-Eun Kim Sheng-De Jin Thanh-Hanh Nguyen Doman Kim 《Biotechnology letters》2009,31(9):1433-1438
Alkyl glucosides were synthesized by the reaction of Leuconostoc mesenteroides dextransucrase with sucrose and various alcohols. Alkyl α-d-glucosides were obtained with a yield of 30% (mol/mol) with primary alcohols, but secondary alcohols or tertiary alcohols
gave yields below 5%. The optimal yield was 50% using 1-butyl α-d-glucoside with 0.9 M 1-butanol. The acceptor products of methanol or ethanol were confirmed as methyl α-d-glucopyranoside and ethyl α-d-glucopyranoside via MALDI-TOF MS and NMR analysis. Thus, methyl or ethyl α-d-glucoside constituted half the emulsification activities of Triton X-100 as commercially available surfactants.
Young-Min Kim and Byung-Hoon Kim contributed equally to this work. 相似文献
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Recently, the gene coding for a new beta-glucuronidase enzyme has been identified and cloned from Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus. This is another report of a beta-glucuronidase gene cloned from bacterial species. The ORF Finder analysis of a sequenced
DNA (EMBL, AJ890474) revealed a presence of 1,785 bp large ORF potentially coding for a 594 aa protein. Three protein families
in (Pfam) domains were identified using the Conserved Domain Database (CDD) analysis: Pfam 02836, glycosyl hydrolases family
2, triose phosphate isomerase (TIM) barrel domain; Pfam 02837, glycosyl hydrolases family 2, sugar binding domain; and Pfam
00703, glycosyl hydrolases family 2, immunoglobulin-like beta-sandwich domain. To gain more insight into the enzymatic activity,
the domains were used to generate a bootstrapped unrooted distance tree using ClustalX. The calculated distances for two domains,
TIM barrel domain, and sugar-binding domain were comparable and exhibited similarity pattern based on function and thus being
in accordance with recently published works confirming beta-glucuronidase activity of the enzyme. The calculated distances
and the tree arrangement in the case of centrally positioned immonoglobulin-like beta-sandwich domain were somewhat higher
when compared to other two domains but clustering with other beta-glucuronidases was rather clear. Nine proteins, including
beta-glucuronidases, beta-galactosidase, and mannosidase were selected for multiple alignment and subsequent distance tree
creation. 相似文献
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Nadiawati Alias Nor Muhammad Mahadi Abdul Munir Abdul Murad Farah Diba Abu Bakar Nik Azmi Nik Mahmood Rosli Md Illias 《World journal of microbiology & biotechnology》2009,25(4):561-572
A gene encoding endochitinase from Trichoderma virens UKM-1 was cloned and expressed in E. coli BL21 (DE3). Both the endochitinase gene and its cDNA sequences were obtained. The endochitinase gene encodes 430 amino acids
from an open reading frame comprising of 1,690 bp nucleotide sequence with three introns. The endochitinase was expressed
as soluble and active enzyme at 20°C when induced with 1 mM IPTG. Maximum activity was observed at 4 h of post-induction time.
SDS-PAGE showed that the purified endochitinase exhibited a single band with molecular weight of 42 kDa. Biochemical characterization
of the enzyme displayed a near neutral pH characteristic with an optimum pH at 6.0 and optimum temperature at 50°C. The enzyme
is stable between pH 3.0–7.0 and is able to retain its activity from 30 to 60°C. The presence of Mg2+ and Ca2+ ions increased the enzyme activity up to 20%. The purified enzyme has a strong affinity towards colloidal chitin and low
effect on ethyl cellulose and D-cellubiose which are non-chitin related substrates. HPLC analysis from the chitin hydrolysis
showed the release of (GlcNAc)3, (GlcNAc)2 and GlcNAc, in which (GlcNAc)2 was the main product. 相似文献
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The flatworms of the genus Cichlidogyrus Paperna, 1960 (Monogenea: Ancyrocephalidae) are gill parasites of freshwater fish, affecting predominantly the family Cichlidae. Cichlidogyrus tiberianus Paperna, 1960 and Cichlidogyrus dossoui Douëllou, 1993 are among the most widely distributed species of the genus, occurring in several African river basins and infecting many different host species, including the economically important Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus) and redbreast tilapia Coptodon rendalli (Boulenger). Despite their wide distribution, C. tiberianus and C. dossoui have so far been studied only by light microscopy. In this paper they are redescribed on the basis of scanning electron microscopy of newly-collected material. The new material was obtained from redbreast tilapia caught in the Luapula River (D. R. Congo). The haptoral sclerites and genitalia are redescribed and illustrated in detail. Special attention is given to the complex morphology of the male copulatory organ. 相似文献
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The European standard test EN 113 for fungal degradation of solid wood has been adapted for degradation of paper by white
rot fungus (Trametes versicolor). Fungal degradation of paper sheets may potentially be used for screening different wood preservatives on paper instead
of solid wood. The paper samples showed higher relative mass losses compared to wood, and samples pretreated with boric acid,
copper sulfate and polymerized linseed oil were successfully tested for biodegradation using the paper sheet method. The results
on paper degradation were compared with wood, both as wood blocks (according to standard test) and wood cut in sections forming
layered structures mimicking paper layers. 相似文献
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Ramularia collo-cygni causes leaf spots on barley (Hordeum vulgare), a disease of growing economical importance. Scanning electron microscopy was used to study the life cycle of the fungus
on barley during the vegetation period and in winter. The infectious stage started with conidium germination on the surface
and the penetration into the leaf via the stomatal pore where the hyphae grew within the cells that became necrotic. The conidiophores
emerged through the stomatal pore. On older leaves, however, they frequently emerged apart from it and the results suggested
a pushing apart of adjacent cell walls of the epidermal cells. An assessment of the amount of conidium formation of one heavily
infested barley plant resulted in 4.05 × 106 conidia per plant. For the first time, conidiophores, conidium production and germination of conidia were also observed in
winter on barley and on maize leaves. 相似文献