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Jasminka Sterjovski Melissa J Churchill Anne Ellett Lachlan R Gray Michael J Roche Rebecca L Dunfee Damian FJ Purcell Nitin Saksena Bin Wang Secondo Sonza Steven L Wesselingh Ingrid Karlsson Eva-Maria Fenyo Dana Gabuzda Anthony L Cunningham Paul R Gorry 《Retrovirology》2007,4(1):1-21
Background
CCR5-restricted (R5) human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) variants cause CD4+ T-cell loss in the majority of individuals who progress to AIDS, but mechanisms underlying the pathogenicity of R5 strains are poorly understood. To better understand envelope glycoprotein (Env) determinants contributing to pathogenicity of R5 viruses, we characterized 37 full-length R5 Envs from cross-sectional and longitudinal R5 viruses isolated from blood of patients with asymptomatic infection or AIDS, referred to as pre-AIDS (PA) and AIDS (A) R5 Envs, respectively.Results
Compared to PA-R5 Envs, A-R5 Envs had enhanced fusogenicity in quantitative cell-cell fusion assays, and reduced sensitivity to inhibition by the fusion inhibitor T-20. Sequence analysis identified the presence of Asn 362 (N362), a potential N-linked glycosylation site immediately N-terminal to CD4-binding site (CD4bs) residues in the C3 region of gp120, more frequently in A-R5 Envs than PA-R5 Envs. N362 was associated with enhanced fusogenicity, faster entry kinetics, and increased sensitivity of Env-pseudotyped reporter viruses to neutralization by the CD4bs-directed Env mAb IgG1b12. Mutagenesis studies showed N362 contributes to enhanced fusogenicity of most A-R5 Envs. Molecular models indicate N362 is located adjacent to the CD4 binding loop of gp120, and suggest N362 may enhance fusogenicity by promoting greater exposure of the CD4bs and/or stabilizing the CD4-bound Env structure.Conclusion
Enhanced fusogenicity is a phenotype of the A-R5 Envs studied, which was associated with the presence of N362, enhanced HIV-1 entry kinetics and increased CD4bs exposure in gp120. N362 contributes to fusogenicity of R5 Envs in a strain dependent manner. Our studies suggest enhanced fusogenicity of A-R5 Envs may contribute to CD4+ T-cell loss in subjects who progress to AIDS whilst harbouring R5 HIV-1 variants. N362 may contribute to this effect in some individuals. 相似文献32.
Szklarczyk R Wanschers BF Cuypers TD Esseling JJ Riemersma M van den Brand MA Gloerich J Lasonder E van den Heuvel LP Nijtmans LG Huynen MA 《Genome biology》2012,13(2):R12-14
Background
Orthology is a central tenet of comparative genomics and ortholog identification is instrumental to protein function prediction. Major advances have been made to determine orthology relations among a set of homologous proteins. However, they depend on the comparison of individual sequences and do not take into account divergent orthologs.Results
We have developed an iterative orthology prediction method, Ortho-Profile, that uses reciprocal best hits at the level of sequence profiles to infer orthology. It increases ortholog detection by 20% compared to sequence-to-sequence comparisons. Ortho-Profile predicts 598 human orthologs of mitochondrial proteins from Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Schizosaccharomyces pombe with 94% accuracy. Of these, 181 were not known to localize to mitochondria in mammals. Among the predictions of the Ortho-Profile method are 11 human cytochrome c oxidase (COX) assembly proteins that are implicated in mitochondrial function and disease. Their co-expression patterns, experimentally verified subcellular localization, and co-purification with human COX-associated proteins support these predictions. For the human gene C12orf62, the ortholog of S. cerevisiae COX14, we specifically confirm its role in negative regulation of the translation of cytochrome c oxidase.Conclusions
Divergent homologs can often only be detected by comparing sequence profiles and profile-based hidden Markov models. The Ortho-Profile method takes advantage of these techniques in the quest for orthologs. 相似文献33.
Benjamin M Nitsche Jonathan Crabtree Gustavo C Cerqueira Vera Meyer Arthur FJ Ram Jennifer R Wortman 《BMC genomics》2011,12(1):486
Background
Detailed and comprehensive genome annotation can be considered a prerequisite for effective analysis and interpretation of omics data. As such, Gene Ontology (GO) annotation has become a well accepted framework for functional annotation. The genus Aspergillus comprises fungal species that are important model organisms, plant and human pathogens as well as industrial workhorses. However, GO annotation based on both computational predictions and extended manual curation has so far only been available for one of its species, namely A. nidulans.Results
Based on protein homology, we mapped 97% of the 3,498 GO annotated A. nidulans genes to at least one of seven other Aspergillus species: A. niger, A. fumigatus, A. flavus, A. clavatus, A. terreus, A. oryzae and Neosartorya fischeri. GO annotation files compatible with diverse publicly available tools have been generated and deposited online. To further improve their accessibility, we developed a web application for GO enrichment analysis named FetGOat and integrated GO annotations for all Aspergillus species with public genome sequences. Both the annotation files and the web application FetGOat are accessible via the Broad Institute's website (http://www.broadinstitute.org/fetgoat/index.html). To demonstrate the value of those new resources for functional analysis of omics data for the genus Aspergillus, we performed two case studies analyzing microarray data recently published for A. nidulans, A. niger and A. oryzae.Conclusions
We mapped A. nidulans GO annotation to seven other Aspergilli. By depositing the newly mapped GO annotation online as well as integrating it into the web tool FetGOat, we provide new, valuable and easily accessible resources for omics data analysis and interpretation for the genus Aspergillus. Furthermore, we have given a general example of how a well annotated genome can help improving GO annotation of related species to subsequently facilitate the interpretation of omics data.34.
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Estimates of tag retention and tagging-related mortality are essential for mark-recapture experiments. Mortality and tag loss were estimated from 15 tigerfish Hydrocynus vittatus marked using Hallmark model PDL plastic-tipped dart tags released into a 1 730 m2 pond at Kamutjonga Inland Fisheries Institute, Namibia, and inspected bi-monthly for the presence or absence of tags. No mortality was observed during the experiment. All marked fish had lost their tags after 10 months and 50% tag loss was estimated at 3.9 months. The high tag loss rate indicates that PDL plastic-tipped dart tags are not suitable for long-term studies on this species. 相似文献
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Asensio JL; Canada FJ; Bruix M; Gonzalez C; Khiar N; Rodriguez-Romero A; Jimenez-Barbero J 《Glycobiology》1998,8(6):569-577
The specific interaction of hevein with GlcNAc-containing oligosaccharides
has been analyzed by1H-NMR spectroscopy. The association constants for the
binding of hevein to a variety of ligands have been estimated from1H-NMR
titration experiments. The association constants increase in the order
GlcNAc-alpha(1-->6)-Man < GlcNAc < benzyl-beta-GlcNAc <
p-nitrophenyl-beta-GlcNAc < chitobiose < p-
nitrophenyl-beta-chitobioside < methyl-beta-chitobioside <
chitotriose. Entropy and enthalpy of binding for different complexes have
been obtained from van't Hoff analysis. The driving force for the binding
process is provided by a negative DeltaH0which is partially compensated by
negative DeltaS0. These negative signs indicate that hydrogen bonding and
van der Waals forces are the major interactions stabilizing the complex.
NOESY NMR experiments in water solution provided 475 accurate protein
proton-proton distance constraints after employing the MARDIGRAS program.
In addition, 15 unambiguous protein/carbohydrate NOEs were detected. All
the experimental constraints were used in a refinement protocol including
restrained molecular dynamics in order to determine the highly refined
solution conformation of this protein- carbohydrate complex. With regard to
the NMR structure of the free protein, no important changes in the protein
nOe's were observed, indicating that carbohydrate-induced conformational
changes are small. The average backbone rmsd of the 20 refined structures
was 0.055 nm, while the heavy atom rmsd was 0.116 nm. It can be deduced
that both hydrogen bonds and van der Waals contacts confer stability to the
complex. A comparison of the three-dimensional structure of hevein in
solution to those reported for wheat germ agglutinin (WGA) and hevein
itself in the solid state has also been performed. The polypeptide
conformation has also been compared to the NMR-derived structure of a
smaller antifungical peptide, Ac-AMP2.
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IV Zlatkin M Schneider FJ de Bruijn LJ Forney PhD 《Journal of industrial microbiology & biotechnology》1996,17(3-4):219-227
Culturable bacteria from the deep subsurface (179 m) at Cerro Negro, New Mexico were isolated and characterized. The average number of viable aerobic bacteria was estimated to be 5×105g–1 of sediment, but only about 0.1% of these could be recovered on agar medium when incubated under aerobic conditions. Of 158 strains isolated from this depth, 92 were characterized by cellular fatty acid profiles (FAME), 36 by analysis of partial 16S rDNA sequences, and 44 by rep-PCR genome fingerprint analysis using three different sets of oligonucleotide primers (REP, BOX, or ERIC). These analyses showed the majority of isolates (67%) were Gram-positive bacteria and primarily members of genera with a high %G+C DNA. The remaining isolates were -subdivisionProteobacteria (19%) and members of the flavobacteria group (14%). The diversity indices based on these different methods of characterization were very high suggesting this subsurface habitat harbors a highly diverse microbial community. 相似文献
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The degree of adult-plant resistance conferred by the gene Lr37 in RL6081 (Thatcher*8/Lr37) to four avirulent leaf rust pathotypes was quantified by assessing histological components as well as latent period, uredinium density and uredinium size. Histological observations on the adaxial flag leaf surfaces revealed significant arrest of fungal structures in RL6081 at early infection stages. Furthermore, host cell necrosis typical of a posthaustorial host-resistance mechanism was conspicuous in sizeably reduced colonies on this genotype. Lr37 significantly decreased the rate of uredinial appearance of all four pathotypes. Compared with Thatcher, fewer uredinia of smaller dimensions developed on flag leaves of RL6081. Characterization of resistance indicated that disease development in genotypes with the gene Lr37 should be extremely limited. 相似文献
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Phylogenetic reconstruction of the Drosophila obscura group, on the basis of mitochondrial DNA 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
We have constructed restriction-site maps of the mtDNAs in 13 species and
one subspecies of the Drosophila obscura group. The traditional division of
this group into two subgroups (affinis and obscura) does not correspond to
the phylogeny of the group, which shows two well- defined clusters (the
Nearctic affinis and pseudoobscura subgroups) plus a very heterogeneous set
of anciently diverged species (the Palearctic obscura subgroup). The mtDNA
of Drosophila exhibits a tendency to evolve toward high A+T values. This
leads to a "saturation" effect that (1) begets an apparent decrease in the
rate of evolution as the time since the divergence of taxa increases and
(2) reduces the value that mtDNA restriction analysis has for the
phylogenetic reconstruction of Drosophila species that are not closely
related.
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