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Kirk?K?DurstonEmail author David?KY?Chiu Andrew?KC?Wong Gary?CL?Li 《EURASIP Journal on Bioinformatics and Systems Biology》2012,2012(1):8
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Much progress has been made in understanding the 3D structure of proteins using methods such as NMR and X-ray crystallography. The resulting 3D structures are extremely informative, but do not always reveal which sites and residues within the structure are of special importance. Recently, there are indications that multiple-residue, sub-domain structural relationships within the larger 3D consensus structure of a protein can be inferred from the analysis of the multiple sequence alignment data of a protein family. These intra-dependent clusters of associated sites are used to indicate hierarchical inter-residue relationships within the 3D structure. To reveal the patterns of associations among individual amino acids or sub-domain components within the structure, we apply a k-modes attribute (aligned site) clustering algorithm to the ubiquitin and transthyretin families in order to discover associations among groups of sites within the multiple sequence alignment. We then observe what these associations imply within the 3D structure of these two protein families.Results
The k-modes site clustering algorithm we developed maximizes the intra-group interdependencies based on a normalized mutual information measure. The clusters formed correspond to sub-structural components or binding and interface locations. Applying this data-directed method to the ubiquitin and transthyretin protein family multiple sequence alignments as a test bed, we located numerous interesting associations of interdependent sites. These clusters were then arranged into cluster tree diagrams which revealed four structural sub-domains within the single domain structure of ubiquitin and a single large sub-domain within transthyretin associated with the interface among transthyretin monomers. In addition, several clusters of mutually interdependent sites were discovered for each protein family, each of which appear to play an important role in the molecular structure and/or function.Conclusions
Our results demonstrate that the method we present here using a k- modes site clustering algorithm based on interdependency evaluation among sites obtained from a sequence alignment of homologous proteins can provide significant insights into the complex, hierarchical inter-residue structural relationships within the 3D structure of a protein family.42.
Changing concepts in plant hormone action 总被引:4,自引:0,他引:4
Th.?GasparEmail author C.?Kevers O.?Faivre-Rampant M.?Crèvecoeur CL.?Penel H.?Greppin J.?Dommes 《In vitro cellular & developmental biology. Plant》2003,39(2):85-106
Summary A plant hormone is not, in the classic animal sense, a chemical synthesized in one organ, transported to a second organ to
exert a chemical action to control a physiological event. Any phytohormone can be synthesized everywhere and can influence
different growth and development processes at different places. The concept of physiological activity under hormonal control
cannot be dissociated from changes in concentrations at the site of action, from spatial differences and changes in the tissue's
sensitivity to the compound, from its transport and its metabolism, from balances and interactions with the other phytohormones,
or in their metabolic relationships, and in their signaling pathways as well. Secondary messengers are also involved. Hormonal
involvement in physiological processes can appear through several distinct manifestations (as environmental sensors, homeostatic
regulators and spatio-temporal synchronizers, resource allocators, biotime adjusters, etc.), dependent on or integrated with
the primary biochemical pathways. The time has also passed for the hypothesized ‘specific’ developmental hormones, rhizocaline,
canlocaline, and florigen: root, stem, and flower formation result from a sequential control of specific events at the right
places through a coordinated control by electrical signals, the known phytohormones and nonspecific molecules of primary and
secondary metabolism, and involve both cytoplasmic and apoplastic compartments. These contemporary views are examined in this
review. 相似文献
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Cell suspension cultures are useful for a wide range of biochemical and physiological studies, yet their production can be
technically demanding and often unreliable. Here we describe a protocol for producing Arabidopsis cell suspension cultures
that is reliable and easy to use. 相似文献
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Sequence, organization, and evolution of the A+T region of Drosophila melanogaster mitochondrial DNA 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
The long (4.6-kb) A+T region of Drosophila melanogaster mitochondrial DNA
has been cloned and sequenced. The A+T region is organized in two large
arrays of tandemly repeated DNA sequence elements, with nonrepetitive
intervening and flanking sequences comprising only 22% of its length. The
first repeat array consists of five repeats of 338-373 bp. The second
consists of four intact 464-bp repeats and a fifth partial repeat of 137
bp. Three DNA sequence elements are found to be highly conserved in D.
melanogaster and in several Drosophila species with short A+T regions.
These include a 300-bp DNA sequence element that overlaps the DNA
replication origin and two thymidylate stretches identified on opposite DNA
strands. We conclude that the length heterogeneity observed in the A+T
regulatory region in mitochondrial DNAs from the genus Drosophila results
from the expansion (and contraction) of the number of repeated DNA sequence
elements. We also propose that the 300-bp conserved DNA sequence element,
in conjunction with another primary sequence determinant, perhaps the
adjacent thymidylate stretch, functions in the regulation of mitochondrial
DNA replication.
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CL Davidson 《BMJ (Clinical research ed.)》1998,316(7138):1163
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Survey of Malassezia sp and dermatophytes in the cutaneous microbiome of free‐ranging golden‐headed lion tamarins (Leontopithecus chrysomelas ‐ Kuhl, 1820) 下载免费PDF全文
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Structural and kinetic characterization of native laccases from Pleurotus ostreatus, Rigidoporus lignosus, and Trametes trogii 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
Garzillo AM Colao MC Buonocore V Oliva R Falcigno L Saviano M Santoro AM Zappala R Bonomo RP Bianco C Giardina P Palmieri G Sannia G 《Journal of Protein Chemistry》2001,20(3):191-201
A comparative study has been performed on five native laccases purified from the three basidiomycete fungi Pleurotus ostreatus, Rigidoporus lignosus, and Trametes trogii to relate their different catalytic capacities to their structural properties. Spectroscopic absorption features and EPR spectra at various pH values of the five enzymes are very similar and typical of the blue oxidases. The analysis of the dependence of kinetic parameters on pH suggested that a histidine residue is involved in the binding of nonphenolic substrates, whereas both a histidine and an acidic residue may be involved in the binding of phenolic compounds. His and an Asp residue are indeed found at the bottom of a cavity which may be regarded as a suitable substrate channel for approaching to type 1 copper in the 3D homology models of the two laccases from Pleuorotus ostreatus (POXC and POXA1b) whose sequences are known. 相似文献