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There is a growing interest in Jatropha curcas L. (jatropha) as a biodiesel feedstock plant. Variations in its morphology and seed productivity have been well documented. However, there is the lack of systematic comparative evaluation of distinct collections under same climate and agronomic practices. With the several reports on low genetic diversity in jatropha collections, there is uncertainty on genetic contribution to jatropha morphology. 相似文献12.
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Cloning, expression, purification, and characterization of the acid alpha-mannosidase from Trypanosoma cruzi 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Vandersall-Nairn AS; Merkle RK; O'Brien K; Oeltmann TN; Moremen KW 《Glycobiology》1998,8(12):1183-1194
The acid alpha-mannosidase of Trypanosoma cruzi is a broad-specificity
hydrolase involved in the catabolism of glycoconjugates, presumably in the
digestive vacuole. We have cloned the alpha-mannosidase gene from a T.cruzi
epimastigote genomic library. The alpha-mannosidase gene was determined to
be single copy by Southern analysis, and similar sequences were not
detected in genomic digests of either Trypanosoma brucei or Leishmania
donovani. The coding region was subcloned into the Pichia pastoris
expression vector pPICZ, and alpha-mannosidase activity was detected in the
medium of induced cultures. The recombinant alpha- mannosidase demonstrated
a pH optimum, inhibition by swainsonine, Km, and substrate specificity
consistent with the characteristics of the alpha-mannosidase previously
purified from T.cruzi epimastigotes. The recombinant enzyme was purified
103-fold from the culture medium of Pichia pastoris and had a native
molecular mass of 359 kDa by gel filtration. A combination of SDS-PAGE,
deglycosylation with endo H, and NH2-terminal sequencing indicates that the
enzyme is originally synthesized as a homodimeric polypeptide that is
subsequently cleaved to form a heterotetramer composed of 57 and 46 kDa
subunits. A polyclonal antibody raised to the recombinant enzyme was shown
to immunoprecipitate the alpha-mannosidase from T.cruzi cell extracts and
will be used in future immunolocalization studies.
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Nava Zaarur Xiaobin Xu Patrick Lestienne Anatoli B Meriin Mark McComb Catherine E Costello Gary P Newnam Rakhee Ganti Nina V Romanova Maruda Shanmugasundaram Sara TN Silva Tiago M Bandeiras Pedro M Matias Kirill S Lobachev Igor K Lednev Yury O Chernoff Michael Y Sherman 《The EMBO journal》2015,34(18):2363-2382
The aggresome is an organelle that recruits aggregated proteins for storage and degradation. We performed an siRNA screen for proteins involved in aggresome formation and identified novel mammalian AAA+ protein disaggregases RuvbL1 and RuvbL2. Depletion of RuvbL1 or RuvbL2 suppressed aggresome formation and caused buildup of multiple cytoplasmic aggregates. Similarly, downregulation of RuvbL orthologs in yeast suppressed the formation of an aggresome‐like body and enhanced the aggregate toxicity. In contrast, their overproduction enhanced the resistance to proteotoxic stress independently of chaperone Hsp104. Mammalian RuvbL associated with the aggresome, and the aggresome substrate synphilin‐1 interacted directly with the RuvbL1 barrel‐like structure near the opening of the central channel. Importantly, polypeptides with unfolded structures and amyloid fibrils stimulated the ATPase activity of RuvbL. Finally, disassembly of protein aggregates was promoted by RuvbL. These data indicate that RuvbL complexes serve as chaperones in protein disaggregation. 相似文献