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Insertion of leader peptidase into the thylakoid membrane during synthesis in a chloroplast translation system
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The mechanisms of targeting and insertion of chloroplast-encoded thylakoid membrane proteins are poorly understood. In this study, we have used a translation system isolated from chloroplasts to begin to investigate these mechanisms. The bacterial membrane protein leader peptidase (Lep) was used as a model protein because its targeting and insertion mechanisms are well understood for Escherichia coli and for the endoplasmic reticulum. Lep could thus provide insight into the functional homologies between the different membrane systems. Lep was efficiently expressed in the chloroplast translation system, and the protein could be inserted into thylakoid membranes with the same topology as in E. coli cytoplasmic membranes, following the positive-inside rule. Insertion of Lep into the thylakoid membrane was stimulated by the trans-thylakoid proton gradient and was strongly inhibited by azide, suggesting a requirement for SecA activity. Insertion most likely occurred in a cotranslational manner, because insertion could only be observed if thylakoid membranes were present during translation reactions but not when thylakoid membranes were added after translation reactions were terminated. To halt the elongation process at different stages, we translated truncated Lep mRNAs without a stop codon, resulting in the formation of stable ribosome nascent chain complexes. These complexes showed a strong, salt-resistant affinity for the thylakoid membrane, implying a functional interaction of the ribosome with the membrane and supporting a cotranslational insertion mechanism for Lep. Our study supports a functional homology for the insertion of Lep into the thylakoid membrane and the E. coli cytoplasmic membrane. 相似文献
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JW Arntzen 《Frontiers in zoology》2006,3(1):1-11
Background
The two sympatric species of Tunisian desert ants, Cataglyphis bicolor and C. mauritanica, do not exhibit any differences in their foraging ecology, e.g. in food preferences and in their spatial and temporal activity patterns. Here we show that instead the two species markedly differ in their life histories.Results
We analysed mtDNA of specimens that were collected along a 250-km transect. C. bicolor exhibited a genetically unstructured population (with the genetic and geographic distances among colonies not being correlated). On the contrary the populations of the polygynous C. mauritanica were clearly structured, i.e. exhibited a strong correlation between genetic and geographic distances. This difference is in accordance with large queen dispersal distances due to far-reaching mating flights in C. bicolor and small queen dispersal distances due to colony foundation by budding in C. mauritanica. Furthermore, wherever we found populations of both species to coexist within the same habitat, the habitat was used agriculturally. Mapping nest positions over periods of several years showed that plowing dramatically decreased the nest densities of either species.Conclusion
We conclude that owing to its greater queen dispersal potential C. bicolor might be more successful in quickly re-colonizing disturbed areas, while the slowly dispersing C. mauritanica could later out-compete C. bicolor by adopting its effective nest-budding strategy. According to this scenario the observed sympatry of the two species might be an intermediate stage in which faster colonization by one species and more powerful exploitation of space by the other species have somehow balanced each other out. In conclusion, C. bicolor and C. mauritanica represent an example where environmental disturbances in combination with different life histories might beget sympatry in congeneric species with overlapping niches. 相似文献34.
Autophagy regulates cellular homeostasis through degradation of aged or damaged subcellular organelles and components. Interestingly, autophagy-deficient beta cells, for example Atg7-mutant mice, exhibited hypoinsulinemia and hyperglycemia. Also, autophagy response is diminished in heart of diabetic mice. These results implied that autophagy and diabetes are closely connected and affect each other. Although protein O-GlcNAcylation is up-regulated in hyperglycemia and diabetes, and O-GlcNAcylated proteins play an important role in metabolism and nutrient sensing, little is known whether autophagy affects O-GlcNAc modification and vice versa. In this study, we suppressed the action of mTOR by treatment of mTOR catalytic inhibitors (PP242 and Torin1) to induce autophagic flux. Results showed a decrease in global O-GlcNAcylation, which is due to decreased OGT protein and increased OGA protein. Interestingly, knockdown of ATG genes or blocking of lysosomal degradation enhanced protein stability of OGT. In addition, when proteasomal inhibitor was treated together with mTOR inhibitor, protein level of OGT almost recovered to control level. These data suggest that mTOR inhibition is a more efficient way to reduce protein level of OGT rather than that of CHX treatment. We also showed that not only proteasomal degradation regulated OGT stability but autophagic degradation also affected OGT stability in part. We concluded that mTOR signaling regulates protein O-GlcNAc modification through adjustment of OGT stability. 相似文献
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Exposure of the outside of the isolated frog skin to a Ringer's solution, made hypertonic by the addition of mannitol, causes a rapid and sustained increase in transepithelial permeability through a structural distortion-a focal blistering-of the "tight" junctions of the outermost living cell layer. [(3)H]ouabain, used as an autoradiographic marker for the Na+-pump (Na+-K+-adenosine triphosphatase), is usually unable to penetrate the frog skin from the outside solution, but when added to a hypertonic mannitol- Ringer's solution in the outside bath it readily penetrates the epithelium, presumably through the opened shunt pathway. Radioautographic analysis of [(3)H]ouabain binding sites revealed that most of ouabain enters from the outside solution binds to the sites on the cell membranes of the stratum spinosum, as was the case when it was applied from the inside bath in an earlier study. The outer living cell layer, the first to be exposed to ouabain, does not appear to be the major site for the Na+-pump, and therefore, is not likely to be responsible for most of the active pumping of Na+. This result demonstrates that previous failure to show a high density of Na+-pump sites on the cells of the outermost layer, when [(3)H]ouabain was applied from the inside solution, was not due to the inability of the marker to reach these cells at a sufficient concentration to reveal all pump sites. These results provide further support for a model of Na+-transport across the frog skin which distributes the active pump step on the inward facing membranes of all living cells. 相似文献
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Tracking down the molecular substrates of stress: new roles for p38α MAPK and kappa-opioid receptors
In this issue, Bruchas et?al. (2011) uncover a novel stress-induced p38α MAPK signaling cascade within serotonergic neurons of the dorsal raphe nucleus that mediates depressive and drug-seeking behaviors. Their findings have potentially important implications for medication development. 相似文献
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MT Butcher JW Hermanson NG Ducharme LM Mitchell LV Soderholm JE Bertram 《Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part A, Molecular & integrative physiology》2009,152(1):100-114
The forelimb digital flexors of the horse display remarkable diversity in muscle architecture despite each muscle-tendon unit having a similar mechanical advantage across the fetlock joint. We focus on two distinct muscles of the digital flexor system: short compartment deep digital flexor (DDF(sc)) and the superficial digital flexor (SDF). The objectives were to investigate force-length behavior and work performance of these two muscles in vivo during locomotion, and to determine how muscle architecture contributes to in vivo function in this system. We directly recorded muscle force (via tendon strain gauges) and muscle fascicle length (via sonomicrometry crystals) as horses walked (1.7 m s(-1)), trotted (4.1 m s(-1)) and cantered (7.0 m s(-1)) on a motorized treadmill. Over the range of gaits and speeds, DDF(sc) fascicles shortened while producing relatively low force, generating modest positive net work. In contrast, SDF fascicles initially shortened, then lengthened while producing high force, resulting in substantial negative net work. These findings suggest the long fibered, unipennate DDF(sc) supplements mechanical work during running, whereas the short fibered, multipennate SDF is specialized for economical high force and enhanced elastic energy storage. Apparent in vivo functions match well with the distinct architectural features of each muscle. 相似文献
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This report describes a lysozyme expressed at high levels in the stomach of
the hoatzin, the only known foregut-fermenting bird. Evolutionary
comparison places it among the calcium-binding lysozymes rather than among
the conventional types. Conventional lysozymes were recruited as digestive
enzymes twice in the evolution of mammalian foregut fermenters, and these
independently recruited lysozymes share convergent structural changes
attributed to selective pressures in the stomach. Biochemical convergence
and parallel amino acid replacements are observed in the hoatzin stomach
lysozyme even though it has a different genetic origin from the mammalian
examples and has undergone more than 300 million years of independent
evolution.
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Molecular phylogeny of the major arthropod groups indicates polyphyly of crustaceans and a new hypothesis for the origin of hexapods 总被引:18,自引:6,他引:12
A phylogeny of the arthropods was inferred from analyses of amino acid
sequences derived from the nuclear genes encoding elongation factor-1 alpha
and the largest subunit of RNA polymerase II using maximum- parsimony,
neighbor-joining, and maximum-likelihood methods. Analyses of elongation
factor-1 alpha from 17 arthropods and 4 outgroup taxa recovered many
arthropod clades supported by previous morphological studies, including
Diplopoda, Myriapoda, Insecta, Hexapoda, Branchiopoda (Crustacea), Araneae,
Tetrapulmonata, Arachnida, Chelicerata, and Malacostraca (Crustacea).
However, counter to previous studies, elongation factor-1 alpha placed
Malacostraca as sister group to the other arthropods. Branchiopod
crustaceans were found to be more closely related to hexapods and myriapods
than to malacostracan crustaceans. Sequences for RNA polymerase II were
obtained from 11 arthropod taxa and were analyzed separately and in
combination with elongation factor-1 alpha. Results from these analyses
were concordant with those derived from elongation factor-1 alpha alone and
provided support for a Hexapoda/Branchiopoda clade, thus arguing against
the monophyly of the traditionally defined Atelocerata (Hexapoda +
Myriapoda).
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