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The Chemical Diversity of Lantana camara: Analyses of Essential Oil Samples from Cuba,Nepal, and Yemen
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Prabodh Satyal Rebecca A. Crouch Lianet Monzote Paul Cos Nasser A. Awadh Ali Mehdi A. Alhaj William N. Setzer 《化学与生物多样性》2016,13(3):336-342
The aerial parts of Lantana camara L. were collected from three different geographical locations: Artemisa (Cuba), Biratnagar (Nepal), and Sana'a (Yemen). The essential oils were obtained by hydrodistillation and analyzed by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. A cluster analysis of 39 L. camara essential oil compositions revealed eight major chemotypes: β‐caryophyllene, germacrene D, ar‐curcumene/zingiberene, γ‐curcumen‐15‐al/epi‐β‐bisabolol, (E)‐nerolidol, davanone, eugenol/alloaromadendrene, and carvone. The sample from Cuba falls into the group dominated by (E)‐nerolidol, the sample from Nepal is a davanone chemotype, and the sample from Yemen belongs to the β‐caryophyllene chemotype. The chemical composition of L. camara oil plays a role in the biological activity; the β‐caryophyllene and (E)‐nerolidol chemotypes showed antimicrobial and cytotoxic activities. 相似文献
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It has recently been proposed that in addition to Nomenclature, Classification and Identification, Comprehending Microbial
Diversity may be considered as the fourth tenet of microbial systematics [Staley JT (2010) The Bulletin of BISMiS, 1(1): 1–5]. As this fourth goal implies a fundamental understanding of microbial speciation, this
perspective article argues that translation of bacterial genome sequences into metabolic features may contribute to the development
of modern polyphasic taxonomic approaches. Genome-scale metabolic network reconstructions (GSMRs), which are the result of
computationally predicted and experimentally confirmed stoichiometric matrices incorporating all enzyme and metabolite components
encoded by a genome sequence, provide a platform that can illustrate bacterial speciation. As the topology and the composition
of GSMRs are expected to be the result of adaptive evolution, the features of these networks may provide the prokaryotic taxonomist
with novel tools for reaching the fourth tenet of microbial systematics. Through selected examples from the Actinobacteria, which have been inferred from GSMRs and experimentally confirmed after phenotypic characterisation, it will be shown that
this level of information can be incorporated into modern polyphasic taxonomic approaches. In conclusion, three specific examples
are illustrated to show how GSMRs will revolutionize prokaryotic systematics, as has previously occurred in many other fields
of microbiology. 相似文献
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Chemodiversity Associated with Cytotoxicity and Antimicrobial Activity of Piper aduncum var. ossanum
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Yamilet Gutiérrez Rodny Montes Ramón Scull Arturo Sánchez Paul Cos Lianet Monzote William N. Setzer 《化学与生物多样性》2016,13(12):1715-1719
Chemical analysis, antimicrobial activity and cytotoxic effects of essential oils (EOs) from leaves of Piper aduncum var. ossanum from two localities Bauta (EO‐B) and Ceiba (EO‐C), Artemisa Province, Cuba, were determined. EOs were obtained by hydrodistillation and analyzed by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. EO‐B demonstrated higher activity against S. aureus and L. amazonensis; while a lower cytotoxicity on mammalian cells was observed. Both EOs displayed the same activity against Plasmodium falciparum, Trypanosoma cruzi, Trypanosoma brucei, and Leishmania infantum. Both EOs were inactive against Escherichia coli and Candida albicans. 相似文献
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Vanja Stojkovi? Lianet Noda-Garcia Dan S. Tawfik Danica Galoni? Fujimori 《Nucleic acids research》2016,44(18):8897-8907
Modifications of the bacterial ribosome regulate the function of the ribosome and modulate its susceptibility to antibiotics. By modifying a highly conserved adenosine A2503 in 23S rRNA, methylating enzyme Cfr confers resistance to a range of ribosome-targeting antibiotics. The same adenosine is also methylated by RlmN, an enzyme widely distributed among bacteria. While RlmN modifies C2, Cfr modifies the C8 position of A2503. Shared nucleotide substrate and phylogenetic relationship between RlmN and Cfr prompted us to investigate evolutionary origin of antibiotic resistance in this enzyme family. Using directed evolution of RlmN under antibiotic selection, we obtained RlmN variants that mediate low-level resistance. Surprisingly, these variants confer resistance not through the Cfr-like C8 methylation, but via inhibition of the endogenous RlmN C2 methylation of A2503. Detection of RlmN inactivating mutations in clinical resistance isolates suggests that the mechanism used by the in vitro evolved variants is also relevant in a clinical setting. Additionally, as indicated by a phylogenetic analysis, it appears that Cfr did not diverge from the RlmN family but from another distinct family of predicted radical SAM methylating enzymes whose function remains unknown. 相似文献
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Lianet Noda‐García Aldo R. Camacho‐Zarco Karina Verdel‐Aranda Helena Wright Xavier Soberón Vilmos Fülöp Francisco Barona‐Gómez 《Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society》2010,19(3):535-543
A good model to experimentally explore evolutionary hypothesis related to enzyme function is the ancient‐like dual‐substrate (βα)8 phosphoribosyl isomerase A (PriA), which takes part in both histidine and tryptophan biosynthesis in Streptomyces coelicolor and related organisms. In this study, we determined the Michaelis–Menten enzyme kinetics for both isomerase activities in wild‐type PriA from S. coelicolor and in selected single‐residue monofunctional mutants, identified after Escherichia coli in vivo complementation experiments. Structural and functional analyses of a hitherto unnoticed residue contained on the functionally important β → α loop 5, namely, Arg139, which was postulated on structural grounds to be important for the dual‐substrate specificity of PriA, is presented for the first time. Indeed, enzyme kinetics analyses done on the mutant variants PriA_Ser81Thr and PriA_Arg139Asn showed that these residues, which are contained on β → α loops and in close proximity to the N‐terminal phosphate‐binding site, are essential solely for the phosphoribosyl anthranilate isomerase activity of PriA. Moreover, analysis of the X‐ray crystallographic structure of PriA_Arg139Asn elucidated at 1.95 Å herein strongly implicates the occurrence of conformational changes in this β → α loop as a major structural feature related to the evolution of the dual‐substrate specificity of PriA. It is suggested that PriA has evolved by tuning a fine energetic balance that allows the sufficient degree of structural flexibility needed for accommodating two topologically dissimilar substrates—within a bifunctional and thus highly constrained active site—without compromising its structural stability. 相似文献
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Wright H Noda-García L Ochoa-Leyva A Hodgson DA Fülöp V Barona-Gómez F 《Biochemical and biophysical research communications》2008,365(1):16-21
Two structures of phosphoribosyl isomerase A (PriA) from Streptomyces coelicolor, involved in both histidine and tryptophan biosynthesis, were solved at 1.8 Å resolution. A closed conformer was obtained, which represents the first complete structure of PriA, revealing hitherto unnoticed molecular interactions and the occurrence of conformational changes. Inspection of these conformers, including ligand-docking simulations, allowed identification of residues involved in substrate recognition, chemical catalysis and conformational changes. These predictions were validated by mutagenesis and functional analysis. Arg19 and Ser81 were shown to play critical roles within the carboxyl and amino phosphate-binding sites, respectively; the catalytic residues Asp11 and Asp130 are responsible for both activities; and Thr166 and Asp171, which make an unusual contact, are likely to elicit the conformational changes needed for adopting the active site architectures. This represents the first report of the structure/function relationship of this (βα)8-isomerase. 相似文献
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Sergio Sifontes-Rodríguez Lianet Monzote-Fidalgo Nilo Casta?edo-Cancio Ana Margarita Montalvo-álvarez Yamilé López-Hernández Niurka Mollineda Diogo Juan Francisco Infante-Bourzac Oliver Pérez-Martín Alfredo Meneses-Marcel José Antonio Escario García-Trevijano Miguel ángel Cabrera-Pérez 《Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz》2015,110(2):166-173
Despite recent advances in the treatment of some forms of leishmaniasis, the
available drugs are still far from ideal due to inefficacy, parasite resistance,
toxicity and cost. The wide-spectrum antimicrobial activity of 2-nitrovinylfuran
compounds has been described, as has their activity against Trichomonas vaginalis and
other protozoa. Thus, the aim of this study was to test the antileishmanial
activities of six 2-nitrovinylfurans in vitro and in a murine model of leishmaniasis.
Minimum parasiticide concentration (MPC) and 50% inhibitory concentration
(IC50) values for these compounds against the promastigotes of
Leishmania amazonensis, Leishmania infantum and Leishmania braziliensis were
determined, as were the efficacies of two selected compounds in an experimental model
of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) caused by L. amazonensis in BALB/c mice. All of the
compounds were active against the promastigotes of the three Leishmania species
tested. IC50 and MPC values were in the ranges of 0.8-4.7 µM and 1.7-32
µM, respectively. The compounds 2-bromo-5-(2-bromo-2-nitrovinyl)-furan (furvina) and
2-bromo-5-(2-methyl-2-nitrovinyl)-furan (UC245) also reduced lesion growth in vivo at
a magnitude comparable to or higher than that achieved by amphotericin B treatment.
The results demonstrate the potential of this class of compounds as antileishmanial
agents and support the clinical testing of Dermofural(r) (a
furvina-containing antifungal ointment) for the treatment of CL. 相似文献
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Irene Jiménez-Guerrero Monica Sonawane Noam Eckshtain-Levi Za Khai Tuang Gustavo Mateus da Silva Francisco Pérez-Montaño Meirav Leibman-Markus Rupali Gupta Lianet Noda-Garcia Maya Bar Saul Burdman 《The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology》2024,117(2):516-540
Bacterial fruit blotch, caused by Acidovorax citrulli, is a serious disease of melon and watermelon. The strains of the pathogen belong to two major genetic groups: group I strains are strongly associated with melon, while group II strains are more aggressive on watermelon. A. citrulli secretes many protein effectors to the host cell via the type III secretion system. Here we characterized AopW1, an effector that shares similarity to the actin cytoskeleton-disrupting effector HopW1 of Pseudomonas syringae and with effectors from other plant-pathogenic bacterial species. AopW1 has a highly variable region (HVR) within amino acid positions 147 to 192, showing 14 amino acid differences between group I and II variants. We show that group I AopW1 is more toxic to yeast and Nicotiana benthamiana cells than group II AopW1, having stronger actin filament disruption activity, and increased ability to induce cell death and reduce callose deposition. We further demonstrated the importance of some amino acid positions within the HVR for AopW1 cytotoxicity. Cellular analyses revealed that AopW1 also localizes to the endoplasmic reticulum, chloroplasts, and plant endosomes. We also show that overexpression of the endosome-associated protein EHD1 attenuates AopW1-induced cell death and increases defense responses. Finally, we show that sequence variation in AopW1 plays a significant role in the adaptation of group I and II strains to their preferred hosts, melon and watermelon, respectively. This study provides new insights into the HopW1 family of bacterial effectors and provides first evidence on the involvement of EHD1 in response to biotic stress. 相似文献