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Crystallins are the major proteins of a mammalian eye lens. The topologically similar eye lens proteins, beta- and gamma-crystallins, are the prototype and founding members of the betagamma-crystallin superfamily. Betagamma-crystallins have until recently been regarded as structural proteins. However, the calcium-binding properties of a few members and the potential role of betagamma-crystallins in fertility are being investigated. Because the calcium-binding elements of other member proteins, such as spherulin 3a, are not present in betaB2-crystallin and other betagamma-crystallins from fish and mammalian genomes, it was argued that lens betagamma-crystallins should not bind calcium. In order to probe whether beta-crystallins can bind calcium, we selected one basic (betaB2) and one acidic (betaA3) beta-crystallin for calcium-binding studies. Using calcium-binding assays such as 45Ca overlay, terbium binding, Stains-All and isothermal titration calorimetry, we established that both betaB2- and betaA3-crystallin bind calcium with moderate affinity. There was no significant change in their conformation upon binding calcium as monitored by fluorescence and circular dichroism spectroscopy. However, 15N-1H heteronuclear single quantum correlation NMR spectroscopy revealed that amide environment of several residues underwent changes indicating calcium ligation. With the corroboration of calcium-binding to betaB2- and betaA3-crystallins, we suggest that all beta-crystallins bind calcium. Our results have important implications for understanding the calcium-related cataractogenesis and maintenance of ionic homeostasis in the lens. 相似文献
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The Wnt antagonist secreted frizzled-related protein-1 is a negative regulator of trabecular bone formation in adult mice 总被引:18,自引:0,他引:18
Bodine PV Zhao W Kharode YP Bex FJ Lambert AJ Goad MB Gaur T Stein GS Lian JB Komm BS 《Molecular endocrinology (Baltimore, Md.)》2004,18(5):1222-1237
Previous studies have associated activation of canonical Wnt signaling in osteoblasts with elevated bone formation. Here we report that deletion of the murine Wnt antagonist, secreted frizzled-related protein (sFRP)-1, prolongs and enhances trabecular bone accrual in adult animals. sFRP-1 mRNA was expressed in bones and other tissues of +/+ mice but was not observed in -/- animals. Despite its broad tissue distribution, ablation of sFRP-1 did not affect blood and urine chemistries, most nonskeletal organs, or cortical bone. However, sFRP-1-/- mice exhibited increased trabecular bone mineral density, volume, and mineral apposition rate when compared with +/+ controls. The heightened trabecular bone mass of sFRP-1-/- mice was observed in adult animals between the ages of 13-52 wk, occurred in multiple skeletal sites, and was seen in both sexes. Mechanistically, loss of sFRP-1 reduced osteoblast and osteocyte apoptosis in vivo. In addition, deletion of sFRP-1 inhibited osteoblast lineage cell apoptosis while enhancing the proliferation and differentiation of these cells in vitro. Ablation of sFRP-1 also increased osteoclastogenesis in vitro, although changes in bone resorption were not observed in intact animals in vivo. Our findings demonstrate that deletion of sFRP-1 preferentially activates Wnt signaling in osteoblasts, leading to enhanced trabecular bone formation in adults. 相似文献
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PknH, a transmembrane Hank's type serine/threonine kinase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis is differentially expressed under stress conditions 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Sharma K Chandra H Gupta PK Pathak M Narayan A Meena LS D'Souza RC Chopra P Ramachandran S Singh Y 《FEMS microbiology letters》2004,238(1):107-113
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Tawar U Jain AK Chandra R Singh Y Dwarakanath BS Chaudhury NK Good L Tandon V 《Biochemistry》2003,42(45):13339-13346
DNA minor groove ligands provide a paradigm for double-stranded DNA recognition, where common structural motifs provide a crescent shape that matches the helix turn. Since minor groove ligands are useful in medicine, new ligands with improved binding properties based on the structural information about DNA-ligand complexes could be useful in developing new drugs. Here, two new synthetic analogues of AT specific Hoechst 33258 5-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)-2-[2'-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-5'-benzimidazolyl] benzimidazole (DMA) and 5-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)-2-[2'[2'-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)-5' '-benzimidazolyl]-5'-benzimidazolyl] benzimidazole (TBZ) were evaluated for their DNA binding properties. Both analogues are bisubstituted on the phenyl ring. DMA contains two ortho positioned methoxy groups, and TBZ contains a phenolic group at C-4 and a methoxy group at C-3. Fluorescence yield upon DNA binding increased 100-fold for TBZ and 16-fold for DMA. Like the parent compound, the new ligands showed low affinity to GC-rich (K approximately 4 x 10(7) M(-1)) relative to AT-rich sequences (K approximately 5 x 10(8) M(-1)), and fluorescence lifetime and anisotropy studies suggest two distinct DNA-ligand complexes. Binding studies indicate expanded sequence recognition for TBZ (8-10 AT base pairs) and tighter binding (DeltaT(m) of 23 degrees C for d (GA(5)T(5)C). Finally, EMSA and equilibrium binding titration studies indicate that TBZ preferentially binds highly hydrated duplex domains with altered A-tract conformations d (GA(4)T(4)C)(2) (K= 3.55 x 10(9) M(-1)) and alters its structure over d (GT(4)A(4)C)(2) (K = 3.3 x 10(8) M(-1)) sequences. Altered DNA structure and higher fluorescence output for the bound fluorophore are consistent with adaptive binding and a constrained final complex. Therefore, the new ligands provide increased sequence and structure selective recognition and enhanced fluorescence upon minor groove binding, features that can be useful for further development as probes for chromatin structure stability. 相似文献
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Agrawal R Chandrashekhar R Mishra AK Ramadevi J Sharma Y Aggarwal RK 《Journal of biosciences》2002,27(3):251-259
τ-Crystallin is a taxon-specific structural protein found in eye lenses. We present here the cloning and sequencing of complete
τ-crystallin cDNA from the embryonic lens ofCrocodylus palustris and establish it to be identical to the α-enolase gene from non-lenticular tissues. Quantitatively, the τ-crystallin was
found to be the least abundant crystallin of the crocodilian embryonic lenses. Crocodile τ-crystallin cDNA was isolated by
RT-PCR using primers designed from the only other reported sequence from duck and completed by 5′- and 3′-rapid amplification
of cDNA ends (RACE) using crocodile gene specific primers designed in the study. The complete τ-crystallin cDNA of crocodile
comprises 1305 bp long ORF and 92 and 409 bp long untranslated 5′- and 3′-ends respectively. Further, it was found to be identical
to its putative counterpart enzyme α-enolase, from brain, heart and gonad, suggesting both to be the product of the same gene.
The study thus provides the first report on cDNA sequence of τ-crystallin from a reptilian species and also re-confirms it
to be an example of the phenomenon of gene sharing as was demonstrated earlier in the case of peking duck. Moreover, the gene
lineage reconstruction analysis helps our understanding of the evolution of crocodilians and avian species. 相似文献
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Delivery of nucleic acid into mammalian cells by anthrax toxin 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Gaur R Gupta PK Goyal A Wels W Singh Y 《Biochemical and biophysical research communications》2002,297(5):1121-1127
Gene delivery vehicles based on receptor-mediated endocytosis offer an attractive long-term solution as they might overcome the limitations of toxicity and cargo capacity inherent to many viral gene delivery systems. The protective antigen component of anthrax toxin bind to specific receptors and deliver lethal factor or edema factor into the cytosol of mammalian cells. The N-terminal 254 amino acids of LF (LF(1-254)) binds to PA and, when fused to heterologous proteins, delivers such proteins into the cytosol. However, so far no attempt has been made to use the anthrax toxin system for the intracellular delivery of DNA. In the present study, LF(1-254) of anthrax toxin was fused to the DNA-binding domain of GAL4 protein. The fusion protein (LF(254)-GAL4DBD) showed both PA binding as well as DNA-binding activity in solution. The complex of fusion protein with plasmid DNA containing a reporter gene (luciferase or green fluorescent protein) along with PA delivered plasmid DNA into the cytosol of COS-1 cells. These results suggest that anthrax toxin components can be used as a non-viral system for the efficient delivery of DNA into the cytosol of mammalian cells. 相似文献
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Meetu Gupta Andaleeb Sajid Kirti Sharma Soumitra Ghosh Gunjan Arora Ramandeep Singh Valakunja Nagaraja Vibha Tandon Yogendra Singh 《Journal of bacteriology》2014,196(14):2646-2657
HU, a widely conserved bacterial histone-like protein, regulates many genes, including those involved in stress response and virulence. Whereas ample data are available on HU-DNA communication, the knowledge on how HU perceives a signal and transmit it to DNA remains limited. In this study, we identify HupB, the HU homolog of the human pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis, as a component of serine/threonine protein kinase (STPK) signaling. HupB is extracted in its native state from the exponentially growing cells of M. tuberculosis H37Ra and is shown to be phosphorylated on both serine and threonine residues. The STPKs capable of modifying HupB are determined in vitro and the residues modified by the STPKs are identified for both in vivo and the in vitro proteins through mass spectrometry. Of the identified phosphosites, Thr65 and Thr74 in the DNA-embracing β-strand of the N-terminal domain of HupB (N-HupB) are shown to be crucial for its interaction with DNA. In addition, Arg55 is also identified as an important residue for N-HupB–DNA interaction. N-HupB is shown to have a diminished interaction with DNA after phosphorylation. Furthermore, hupB is shown to be maximally expressed during the stationary phase in M. tuberculosis H37Ra, while HupB kinases were found to be constitutively expressed (PknE and PknF) or most abundant during the exponential phase (PknB). In conclusion, HupB, a DNA-binding protein, with an ability to modulate chromatin structure is proposed to work in a growth-phase-dependent manner through its phosphorylation carried out by the mycobacterial STPKs. 相似文献
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Kousik?Chandra Venkatesh?Ramakrishnan Yogendra?Sharma K.?V.?R.?CharyEmail author 《Journal of biological inorganic chemistry》2011,16(1):81-95
Neuronal calcium sensor-1 (NCS-1) interacts with many membranes and cytosolic proteins, both in a Ca2+-dependent and in a Ca2+-independent manner, and its physiological role is governed by its N-terminal myristoylation. To understand the role of myristoylation
in altering Ca2+ response and other basic biophysical properties, we have characterized the Ca2+ filling pathways in both myristoylated (myr) and non-myristoylated (non-myr) forms of NCS-1. We have observed that Ca2+ binds simultaneously to all three active EF-hands in non-myr NCS-1, whereas in the case of myr NCS-1, the process is sequential,
where the second EF-hand is filled first, followed by the third and fourth EF-hands. In the case of myr NCS-1, the observed
sequential Ca2+ binding process becomes more prominent in the presence of Mg2+. Besides, the analysis of 15N-relaxation data reveals that non-myr NCS-1 is more dynamic than myr NCS-1. The overall molecular tumbling correlation time
increases by approximately 20% upon myristoylation. Comparing the apo forms of non-myr NCS-1 and myr NCS-1, we found the possibility
of existence of some substates, which are structurally closer to the holo form of the protein. There are more such substates
in the case of non-myr NCS-1 than in the case of the myr NCS-1, suggesting that the former accesses larger volumes of conformational
substates compared with the latter. Further, the study reveals that the possibility of Ca2+ binding simultaneously to different parts of the protein is more favourable in non-myr NCS-1 than in myr NCS-1. 相似文献