Features of structural organization and expression regulation of malate dehydrogenase isoforms from <Emphasis Type="Italic">Rhodobacter sphaeroides</Emphasis> strain 2R

Two isoforms of malate dehydrogenase (MDH), dimeric and tetrameric, have been found in the purple non-sulfur bacterium Rhodobacter sphaeroides strain 2R, devoid of the glyoxylate shunt, which assimilate acetate via the citramalate cycle. Inhibitory analysis showed that the 74-kDa protein is involved in tricarboxylic acid cycle, while the 148-kDa MDH takes part in the citramalate pathway. A single gene encoding synthesis of the isologous subunits of the MDH isoforms was found during molecular-biological investigations. The appearance in the studied bacterium of the tetrameric MDH isoform during growth in the presence of acetate is probably due to the increased level of mdh gene expression, revealed by the real-time PCR, the product of which in cooperation with the citramalate cycle enzymes plays an important role in acetate assimilation.     

转基因大麦中gfp基因的染色体位置及其表达

通过对大麦小孢子进行基因枪轰击获得4株转绿色荧光蛋白基因(gfp)的植株(A、C、D、E),以gfp基因为探针进行荧光原位杂交(FISH)研究转化植株中转基因插入位置和基因表达。4个株系在染色体7L(5HL)的不同位置都有一个插入点,而E株系在染色体5S(7HS)还有第2个插入点。所有的转基因T0代植株都是半合子并在T1、T2代发生分离。D株系GFP未表达,但FISH和PCR分析表明gfp基因已成功插入其染色体。各株系在根尖和花粉中的GFP表达水平不同：C株系在花粉表达强而在根尖表达中等;A株系在花粉中等表达而在根尖表达较淡;E株系则在根尖高表达,花粉中等表达。A和C株系在根尖和花粉的GFP分离都表现单位点特性,而E株系的根尖分离表现重叠作用(15：1)特征,但在花粉中表达GFP的频率低。PCR结果和3个分离株系的根尖表达结果一致。D和E株系的GFP表达不正常可能和加基因插入位置或基因的结构有关。     

脂肪细胞分化差异表达基因与其染色体所在遗传图位置的相关性分析

在脂肪细胞分化过程中,有约1／3表达的基因被诱导或抑制。通过分析3T3－L1脂肪细胞分化差异表达基因在染色体遗传图上的位置,对共同表达诱导或抑制的基因群体的调控与它们在染色体遗传图上的位置分布的关系进行分析。结果显示这些共同调控的基因除拥有共同的转录调控因子外,未发现在染色体的位置上和它们的共同调控有相关性。     

Induction of a Peroxisomal Malate Dehydrogenase Isoform in Liver of Starved Rats

The influence of starvation on malate dehydrogenase (MDH) in rat liver was investigated. Native electrophoresis revealed two MDH isoforms in non-starved rats and three isoenzymes in starved rats. After sucrose density gradient centrifugation of cell organelles from liver, MDH activity was detected in the mitochondrial and cytosolic fractions from non-starved rats. However, additional activity was found in the peroxisomal fraction from starved rats. The latter was identified as the electrophoretically new isoform in starved animals. The three isoforms of malate dehydrogenase from hepatocytes were separated and partially purified by chromatography on DEAE-Toyopearl. Several kinetic and regulatory properties of the three isoforms were rather similar. It is suggested that the newly expressed isoform of MDH operates in the glyoxylate cycle of liver peroxisomes of food-starved animals.     

Chromosomal Location of 46 New RAPD Markers in Rye (Secale Cereale L.)

The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was used to locate RAPD markers using disomic wheat–rye addition lines in order to develop a set of molecular markers distributed on the seven rye chromosomes. We carried out RAPD amplifications on genomic DNA of wheat Chinese Spring (CS), rye Imperial (I), the amphiploid wheat–rye and the seven disomic wheat–rye addition lines (1R–7R) using 140 different 10-mer oligonucleotides. Forty six new RAPD markers were located on the seven rye chromosomes and all the disomic wheat–rye addition lines were identified on the basis of their amplification patterns. The number of RAPD bands located on 1R, 2R, 3R, 4R, 5R, 6R and 7R chromosomes were 5, 8, 11, 8, 8, 10 and 6, respectively. The seven wheat–rye addition lines can be distinguished using only the following three 10-mer oligonucleotides: OPA16, OPF19 and GEN3-605, the other RAPD primers being useful for this purpose. The use of these RAPDs as a source of molecular markers that could be linked to interesting genes or other important agronomic traits is discussed.     

一类依赖于NAD的玉米胞质型苹果酸脱氢酶基因的克隆及其序列分析

苹果酸脱氢酶普遍存在于各种生物中,它负责催化草酰乙酸和苹果酸之间的相互转换.根据其辅酶的特异性和在细胞内的分布及其生理功能的不同,苹果酸脱氢酶在高等植物中可以区分出不同的类型,依赖于NAD的细胞质型苹果酸脱氢酶是其中研究较少的一类.根据已发表的其他高等植物的依赖于NAD的胞质型苹果酸脱氢酶基因的保守序列,运用SMART RACE RT-PCR技术,从玉米叶片中分离了cyMDH 的1 264 bp全长cDNA序列,通过生物信息学分析发现,该序列含有一个999 bp的完整的开放阅读框,其共编码332个氨基酸(GenBank登陆号 EU625276).序列联配与树状分析结果表明,该玉米cyMDH 序列与多个物种的cyMDH 基因具有高度的同源性.组织特异性表达分析显示MDH基因在玉米叶片中表达量最高,在茎、根中亦有低水平表达.本研究将为更深入的研究玉米cyMDH 基因的分子调控机理奠定基础.     

Effect of high light intensities on oxygen evolution and the light activation of NADP-malate dehydrogenase in intact spinach chloroplasts

The factors limiting the photosynthetic carbon metabolism of intact spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.) chloroplasts after a high-light pretreatment have been studied. Photosynthetic CO₂ fixation was decreased and became more sensitive to the inhibitory effect of the cyclic-electron-flow inhibitor, antimycin A. Depending on the extent of photoinhibition, changing the balance of linear to cyclic electron flow by adding oxaloacetate and antimycin A either did not relieve, or partially relieved the photoinhibitory effect. The decrease in CO₂ fixation appeared to be the consequence of either a limitation by photosystem-II activity (in the case of moderate inhibition) or, at least partially an unfavourable balance between the linear and cyclic electron flows (in the case of strong inhibition). The light activation of NADP-malate dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.82) was decreased only in the presence of CO₂, i.e. when there was strong competition for reducing power; otherwise, it was unaffected by photoinhibitory treatments, in accordance with its low energy requirement.Abbreviations Chl chlorophyll - NADP-MDH NADP-dependent malate dehydrogenase - PFD photon flux density - PSI, II photosystem I, II     

西方蜜蜂六个亚种苹果酸脱氢酶Ⅱ基因的遗传差异

研究了西方蜜蜂Apis mellifera 6亚种-浙农大1号意蜂（ZND A. m. ligustica）、东北黑蜂（A. m. ssp.）、卡尼鄂拉蜂（A. m. carnica）、喀尔巴阡蜂（A. m. carpatica）、高加索蜂（A. m. caucasica）和乌克兰蜂（A. m. acervorum）苹果酸脱氢酶Ⅱ的基因型频率、基因频率和杂合纯合度。浙农大1号意蜂、喀尔巴阡蜂和高加索蜂的纯合度较高,但浙农大1号意蜂等位基因c频率最高,喀尔巴阡蜂等位基因b频率最高, 高加索蜂等位基因a频率最高;东北黑蜂、卡尼鄂拉蜂和乌克兰蜂是高度杂合的亚种,但东北黑蜂等位基因a、b、c的频率差异较小,卡尼鄂拉蜂和乌克兰蜂主要存在a、c两个等位基因,b出现频率很小;6亚种的基因型频率、基因频率和杂合纯合度都有极显著差异。这些差异将从遗传和生化角度为西方蜜蜂6个亚种的鉴别提供依据。     

Study of markers of human erythroid differentiation in hybrid cells

Summary Somatic cell hybrids exhibiting co-expression of the globin genes of two species were generated by fusion of mouse erythroleukemia cells with Chinese hamster or human marrow erythroid cells. In contrast, extinction of the mouse globin genes occurred in hybrids formed between the erythroleukemia cells and human fibroblasts. Direct detection of the human globin genes in human X mouse fibroblast hybrids was achieved by annealing of DNA from these cells to human globin complementary DNA. This method was developed to permit the chromosomal assignment of the human globin genes. Presented in the formal symposium on Somatic Cell Genetics at the 27th Annual Meeting of the Tissue Culture Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, June 7–10, 1976. Some of this work was conducted during the tenure of a National Research Fellowship 1 F32 AM05080-01 held by A.D.     

Evolution of Cryptosporidium parvum lactate dehydrogenase from malate dehydrogenase by a very recent event of gene duplication

We have expressed the L-lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and L-malate dehydrogenase (malDH) genes from the apicomplexan Cryptosporidium parvum (CpLDH1 and CpMalDH1) as maltose-binding protein (MBP) fusion proteins in Escherichia coli. The substrate specificities, enzymatic kinetics, and oligomeric states of these two parasite enzymes have been characterized. By taking advantage of recently completed and ongoing apicomplexan genome sequencing projects, we identified additional MalDH genes from Plasmodium spp., Toxoplasma gondii, and Eimeria tenella that were previously unavailable. All apicomplexan MalDHs appeared to be cytosolic and no organellar homologs were identified from the completely sequenced P. falciparum genome and other ongoing apicomplexan genome-sequencing projects. Using these expanded apicomplexan LDH and MalDH sequence databases, we reexamined their phylogenetic relationships and reconfirmed their relationship to alpha-proteobacterial MalDHs. All LDH and MalDH enzymes from apicomplexans were monophyletic within the LDH-like MalDH group (i.e., MalDH resembling LDH) as a sister to alpha-proteobacterial MalDHs. All apicomplexan LDHs, with the exception of CpLDH1, formed a separate clade from their MalDH counterparts, indicating that these LDHs were evolved from an ancestral apicomplexan MalDH by a gene duplication coupled with functional conversion before the expansion of apicomplexans. Finally, CpLDH1 was consistently placed together with CpMalDH1 within the apicomplexan MalDH cluster, confirming an early working hypothesis that CpLDH1 was probably evolved from the same ancestor of CpMalDH1 by a very recent gene duplication that occurred after C. parvum diverged from other apicomplexans.     

Karyotypes of three somaclonal variants and wild plants ofAllium tuberosum by bicolor FISH

Using the fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) technique, we conducted karyotype analyses to identify the lost chromosomes in three somaclonal variants obtained from tissue culture of wildAllium tuberosum (2n = 4X = 32). The three lost chromosomes of the At29 variant (2n = 29) were all chromosome 2, the two for At30 (2n = 30) were chromosomes 7 and 8, and At31 was missing chromosome 2. Chromosome compositions of these variants were confirmed as being fixed lines during two years of greenhouse cultivation. The bicolor FISH technique, involving both 5S and 18S–5.8S–26S ribosomal RNA genes as probes, was used to assign chromosomal locations and to confirm whether the lost chromosomes contained any rRNA markers. The 5S rRNA gene signals in all variants as well as the wild type were detected as two sets, one on the intercalary region of the short arm of chromosome 3, the other on the intercalary region of the long arm of chromosome 6. One 18S–5.8S–26S rRNA gene site on the secondary constriction included a flanking satellite and terminal region on the short arm of chromosome 8. Signals of the 18S–5.8S–26S rRNA gene in At30 showpd in only three chromosomes, indicating that one of the lost chromosomes was chromosome 8. Overall, three marker chromosomes were established by FISH, using rRNA multigene families.     

Electrophoretic variation of supernatant malate dehydrogenase in marsupials

Starch gel electrophoresis of supernatant malate dehydrogenase (MDH A₂) was performed on erythrocyte samples from 505 individual animals representative of 33 marsupial species. Most species exhibited electrophoretically identical forms of MDH A₂ activity with the exception of the grey kangaroos, Trichosurus possums, and bandicoots, thus confirming the phylogenetic relatedness of animals within each group and the conservative nature of this enzyme. Polymorphisms were observed in two of the six species analyzed whose mobilities were non-standard. Allelic isozyme patterns and those from interspecies F₁ hybrids between grey kangaroos and other macropods were consistent with a dimeric subunit structure and an autosomal locus (MDH-A) encoding the enzyme.Supported in part by grants from the Australian Research Grants Committee.     

产L-苹果酸重组大肠杆菌的构建

基于产琥珀酸重组大肠杆菌E.coli B0013-1050的琥珀酸合成途径,利用Red同源重组技术结合Xer/dif重组系统敲除富马酸酶基因fumB、fumC,苹果酸酶基因maeB,构建L-苹果酸合成途径,最终得到重组大肠杆菌E.coli2030,该菌株在15 L发酵罐中,产L-苹果酸12.5 g/L,葡萄糖-苹果酸转化率为52.1%,同时对发酵产物中主要杂酸丙酮酸和琥珀酸的生产原因进行了初步的探讨与分析。为进一步提高L-苹果酸的转化率,整合表达来源于黄曲霉的苹果酸脱氢酶基因,构建重组菌E.coli 2040,在15 L发酵罐中产L-苹果酸14 g/L,葡萄糖-苹果酸转化率提高到60.3%。     

植物支链淀粉合成的关键酶——淀粉分支酶

支链淀粉是植物淀粉的主要成分,而淀粉分支酶是其合成的关键酶。淀粉分支酶可分为两同形体家族,本文从酶学特性、染色体定位、基因及基因表达方面阐明了它们之间的联系和区别,并证实不同同形体在植物支链淀粉合成和结构决定上所起作用不同。开展对该酶的深入研究不论是在基础理论研究领域还是在现实应用方面都具重要意义。     

Malate dehydrogenase isozymes in the longnose dace,Rhinichthys cataractae

The interspecies homology of dace supernatant (A₂, AB, B₂) and mitochondrial (C₂) malate dehydrogenase isozymes has been established through cell fractionation and tissue distribution studies. Isolated supernatant malate dehydrogenase (s-MDH) isozymes show significant differences in Michaelis constants for oxaloacetate and in pH optima. Shifts in s-MDH isozyme pH optima with temperature may result in immediate compensation for increase in ectotherm body pH with decrease in temperature, but duplicate s-MDH isozymes are probably maintained through selection for tissue specific regulation of metabolism.This research was supported in part by NSF Grant SM176-83974 and a grant from the Blakeslee Fund.     

Regulation of malate dehydrogenases from neonatal,adolescent, and mature rat brain

Since the malate-aspartate shuttle in brain has been shown to be closely linked to brain energy metabolism and neurotransmitter synthesis, the activity of MDH, one of the enzymes of the malateaspartate shuttle, was studied in cortical non-synaptic mitochondria (mMDH) and cytosol (cMDH) in 1–4 day, 18–20 day and 7–8 week old rats. The mean mMDH activity (nmol/min/mg protein) was 10,517±734 (mean±SEM), 8,882±241 and 10,323±561 and cMDH activity was 2,453±99, 4,673±152 and 6,821±205 in 1–4 day, 18–20 day and 7–8 week old rats, respectively. While cMDH activity increased with age (p<0.0001), mMDH activity showed no change. This study also determined if endogenous compounds, previously shown to alter malate metabolism, affected MDH activities. Lactate inhibited only cMDH activity, by a competitive mechanism. Oxaloacetate inhibited mMDH by partial non-competitive inhibition and cMDH by competitive inhibition. Alpha-ketoglutarate competitively inhibited both enzymes; however, the inhibition of mMDH activity was more pronounced than that of cMDH activity. Citrate inhibited mMDH via an uncompetitive mechanism and cMDH via a noncompetitive mechanism. The mechanisms of inhibition of mMDH and cMDH by each of the effectors were the same over the three ages. The results suggest mMDH and cMDH activities show a dissimilar developmental pattern and may be regulated differently by endogenous effectors. The greater sensitivity of mMDH, compared to cMDH, to certain effectors may be related to the dual role of mMDH in the tricarboxylic acid cycle and the malate-aspartate shuttle.These data were presented in part at the meeting of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology in Atlanta, Georgia, April 1991. This work was performed in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the M.S. Degree in Nutritional Sciences (P.M.)