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Monika Piwowar Mateusz Banach Leszek Konieczny 《Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics》2013,31(7):1023-1032
The “fuzzy oil drop” model assumes that the idealized hydrophobic core in a protein body can be described by a 3D Gauss function. The structure of the 1ICF protein (cathepsin), which participates in the proteolysis process and has cysteine-type peptidase activity, has been analyzed on the basis of the “fuzzy oil drop” model. The authors have determined the contribution of individual exon fragments to the creation of a common hydrophobic core and assessed the involvement of each chain in this process, depending on the number of complexed chains. Quantitative assessment of exons, chains, dimers, and the whole complex suggest that each of these units plays a different role in shaping the protein’s hydrophobic core. 相似文献
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Agnieszka Pajdak‐Stós Edyta Fiałkowska Wioleta Kocerba‐Soroka Mateusz Sobczyk Janusz Fyda 《Invertebrate Biology》2014,133(2):128-135
The monogonont rotifer Lecane inermis is commonly known as a facultative parthenogen. Unexpectedly, among numerous lineages we isolated from wastewater treatment plants (WWTP), only one was capable of sexual reproduction. We investigated why sex was so rare among L. inermis in WWTP. The reproductive modes of lineages derived from the sexual lineage were examined. Among all lineages, the fraction of those reproducing only asexually for 14 d was 0.39. In the subsequent round, the fraction of asexual lineages reached 0.61. The population growth rate of the parthenogenetic lineages was significantly higher than that of the sexual lineages. We simulated the fate of rotifer populations in WWTP by removing 10% of the experimental cultures each day. After 10 d of these conditions, the mean number of females was greater in parthenogenetic than in sexual lineages. After 20 d, only solitary dormant eggs remained in the sexual lineages. It therefore appears that the loss of sex may be attributed to the specific conditions of the WWTP. When there is no risk of desiccation and no need for dormancy, the fast‐growing parthenogens outcompete lineages investing in costly sex. Furthermore, even if some resting eggs were deposited, they would be washed out from the system with the excess sludge. 相似文献
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Systemic changes in photosynthesis and reactive oxygen species homeostasis in shoots of Arabidopsis thaliana infected with the beet cyst nematode Heterodera schachtii
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Mateusz Labudda Elżbieta Różańska Weronika Czarnocka Mirosław Sobczak Jolanta Maria Dzik 《Molecular Plant Pathology》2018,19(7):1690-1704
Photosynthetic efficiency and redox homeostasis are important for plant physiological processes during regular development as well as defence responses. The second‐stage juveniles of Heterodera schachtii induce syncytial feeding sites in host roots. To ascertain whether the development of syncytia alters photosynthesis and the metabolism of reactive oxygen species (ROS), chlorophyll a fluorescence measurements and antioxidant responses were studied in Arabidopsis thaliana shoots on the day of inoculation and at 3, 7 and 15 days post‐inoculation (dpi). Nematode parasitism caused an accumulation of superoxide and hydrogen peroxide molecules in the shoots of infected plants at 3 dpi, probably as a result of the observed down‐regulation of antioxidant enzymes. These changes were accompanied by an increase in RNA and lipid oxidation markers. The activities of antioxidant enzymes were found to be enhanced on infection at 7 and 15 dpi, and the content of anthocyanins was elevated from 3 dpi. The fluorescence parameter Rfd, defining plant vitality and the photosynthetic capacity of leaves, decreased by 11% only at 7 dpi, and non‐photochemical quenching (NPQ), indicating the effectiveness of photoprotection mechanisms, was about 16% lower at 3 and 7 dpi. As a result of infection, the ultrastructure of chloroplasts was changed (large starch grains and plastoglobules), and more numerous and larger peroxisomes were observed in the mesophyll cells of leaves. We postulate that the joint action of antioxidant enzymes/molecules and photochemical mechanisms leading to the maintenance of photosynthetic efficiency promotes the fine‐tuning of the infected plants to oxidative stress induced by parasitic cyst nematodes. 相似文献
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Lucas J. Bailey Kimberly M. Sheehy Pawel K. Dominik Wenguang G. Liang Huan Rui Michael Clark Mateusz Jaskolowski Yejoon Kim Dawid Deneka Wei-Jen Tang Anthony A. Kossiakoff 《Journal of molecular biology》2018,430(3):337-347
Antibody Fab fragments have been exploited with significant success to facilitate the structure determination of challenging macromolecules as crystallization chaperones and as molecular fiducial marks for single particle cryo-electron microscopy approaches. However, the inherent flexibility of the “elbow” regions, which link the constant and variable domains of the Fab, can introduce disorder and thus diminish their effectiveness. We have developed a phage display engineering strategy to generate synthetic Fab variants that significantly reduces elbow flexibility, while maintaining their high affinity and stability. This strategy was validated using previously recalcitrant Fab–antigen complexes where introduction of an engineered elbow region enhanced crystallization and diffraction resolution. Furthermore, incorporation of the mutations appears to be generally portable to other synthetic antibodies and may serve as a universal strategy to enhance the success rates of Fabs as structure determination chaperones. 相似文献
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Marta Kierzkowska Piotr Pędzisz Ireneusz Babiak Jakub Janowicz Mateusz Kulig Anna Majewska Anna Sawicka-Grzelak Grażyna Młynarczyk 《Folia microbiologica》2018,63(5):533-536
Most Clostridium species are part of saprophytic microflora in humans and animals; however, some are well-known human pathogens. We presented the challenges in identifying the Clostridium species isolated from a patient with an infected open dislocation of the proximal interphalangeal joint of the fourth digit of the right hand. The clinical materials were intraoperative samples collected from a patient diagnosed with an injury-related infection, with soft tissue loss and tendon sheath involvement. The available biochemical, molecular, and genetic techniques were used in identifying the isolated bacteria. The isolated bacterium was shown to have low biochemical activity; hence, it was not definitively identified via biochemical tests Api 20A or Rapid 32A. Vitek 2 and mass spectrometry methods were equally inconclusive. Clostridium tetani infection was strongly suspected based on the bacterium’s morphology and the appearance of its colonies on solid media. It was only via the 16S rRNA sequencing method, which is non-routine and unavailable in most clinical laboratories, that this pathogen was excluded. Despite appropriate pre-laboratory procedures, which are critical for obtaining reliable test results, the routine methods of anaerobic bacterium identification are not always useful in diagnostics. Diagnostic difficulties occur in the case of environment-derived bacteria of low or not fully understood biological activity, which are absent from databases of automatic bacterial identification systems. 相似文献
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Adam Mieczkowski Mateusz Psurski Maciej Bagiński Bartosz Bieszczad Magdalena Mroczkowska Marcin Wilczek Joanna Czajkowska Damian Trzybiński Krzysztof Woźniak Joanna Wietrzyk 《Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters》2018,28(4):618-625
A series of optically pure (R)- and (S)-1,3,4,12a-tetrahydropyrazino[2,1-c][1,4]benzodiazepine-6,12(2H,11H)-dione derivatives was designed and synthesized as novel anthramycin analogues in a three-step, one-pot procedure, and tested for their antiproliferative activity on nine following cell lines: MV-4-11, UMUC-3, MDA-MB-231, MCF7, LoVo, HT-29, A-549, A2780 and BALB/3T3. The key structural features responsible for exhibition of cytotoxic effect were determined: the (S)-configuration of chiral center and the presence of hydrophobic 4-biphenyl substituent in the side chain. Introduction of bromine atom into the 8 position (8g) or substitution of dilactam ring with benzyl group (8m) further improved the activity and selectivity of investigated compounds. Among others, compound 8g exhibited selective cytotoxic effect against MV-4-11 (IC50?=?8.7?μM) and HT-29 (IC50?=?17.8?μM) cell lines, while 8m showed noticeable anticancer activity against MV-4-11 (IC50?=?10.8?μM) and LoVo (IC50?=?11.0?μM) cell lines. The cell cycle arrest in G1/S checkpoint and apoptosis associated with overproduction of reactive oxygen species was also observed for 8e and 8m. 相似文献
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Dorota Weigt Angelika Kiel Jerzy Nawracała Mateusz Pluta Agnieszka Łacka 《In vitro cellular & developmental biology. Plant》2016,52(6):619-625
Solid-stemmed spring wheat cultivars (Triticum aestivum L.) are resistant to the stem sawfly (Cephus cinctus Nort.) and lodging. Anthers of 24 spring wheat cultivars with varying content of pith in the stem were used in the experiment. All were classified into three groups: solid, medium–solid and hollow stems. There was considerable influence of the cultivar on callus formation and green plant regeneration. The highest efficiency of green plant regeneration (24%) was observed for the solid-stemmed AC Abbey cultivar. There was no regeneration from the explants of four cultivars: CLTR 7027, Alentejano, Marquis and Bombona. Principal component analysis showed no differences between the cases under observation (callus induction and green plant regeneration) in their response to pre-treatment temperatures (4 and 8°C). The examination of the effects of various auxin types in the induction medium on callus formation and green plant regeneration revealed that the strongest stimulation of these processes was observed in the C17 medium with 2,4-D and dicamba. The efficiency of callus formation and green plant regeneration was greater in solid-stemmed cultivars than in hollow-stemmed cultivars. 相似文献
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Krzysztof Kaliszewski Dorota Diakowska Beata Wojtczak Marta Strutyńska-Karpińska Pawe? Domos?awski Krzysztof Sutkowski Mateusz G?ód Waldemar Balcerzak Zdzis?aw Forkasiewicz Tadeusz ?ukieńczuk 《PloS one》2016,11(1)