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Jabbar A Rashid MH Javed MR Perveen R Malana MA 《Journal of industrial microbiology & biotechnology》2008,35(6):515-524
Gymnoascella citrina produced two isoforms of endoglucanases (CMCase-I and -capital I, Ukrainiancapital I, Ukrainian) under solid-state condition. Purified CMCase-I was novel because it was apparently holoenzyme in nature. The enzyme was monomeric as its native and subunit mass were almost the same, i.e., 43 and 42 kDa, respectively. Ea for carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) hydrolysis was 36.2 kJ mol(-1). The enzyme was stable over a pH range of 3.5-6.5, while temperature optimum was 55 degrees C. Vmax, Km and k (cat )for CMC hydrolysis were 39 U mg(-1) protein, 6.25 mg CMC mL(-1) and 27.5 s(-1), respectively. The pKa1 and pKa2 of ionizable groups of active site were 2.8 and 7.4, respectively. Thermodynamic parameters for CMC hydrolysis were as follows: DeltaH*=33.5 kJ mol(-1), DeltaG*=70.42 kJ mol(-1) and DeltaS*=-114.37 J mol(-1) K(-1). The removal of metals resulted into complete loss of enzymatic activity and was completely recovered in the presence of 1 mM Mn2+, whereas inhibition initiated at 5 mM. The other metals like Ca2+, Zn2+ and K1+ showed no inhibition up to 7 mM, Co2+ completely inhibited the activity, while Mg2+ could not recover the initial activity up to 7 mM. So we are reporting for the first time, kinetics and thermodynamics of CMCase-Iota from G. citrina. 相似文献
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Tavoulari S Rizwan AN Forrest LR Rudnick G 《The Journal of biological chemistry》2011,286(4):2834-2842
In ion-coupled transport proteins, occupation of selective ion-binding sites is required to trigger conformational changes that lead to substrate translocation. Neurotransmitter transporters, targets of abused and therapeutic drugs, require Na(+) and Cl(-) for function. We recently proposed a chloride-binding site in these proteins not present in Cl(-)-independent prokaryotic homologues. Here we describe conversion of the Cl(-)-independent prokaryotic tryptophan transporter TnaT to a fully functional Cl(-)-dependent form by a single point mutation, D268S. Mutations in TnaT-D268S, in wild type TnaT and in serotonin transporter provide direct evidence for the involvement of each of the proposed residues in Cl(-) coordination. In both SERT and TnaT-D268S, Cl(-) and Na(+) mutually increased each other's potency, consistent with electrostatic interaction through adjacent binding sites. These studies establish the site where Cl(-) binds to trigger conformational change during neurotransmitter transport. 相似文献
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Rizwan Rasheed A. Wahid M. Farooq Iqbal Hussain Shahzad M. A. Basra 《Plant Growth Regulation》2011,65(1):35-45
High temperature strongly hampers the plant growth particularly at early growth stages. In this study, changes in some physiological
and anatomical characteristics and possibility of mitigating the adversities of heat stress by soaking sugarcane nodal buds
in 20 mM proline and glycinebetaine (GB) solutions have been explored. Heat stress reduced the rate of bud sprouting nonetheless
soaking the setts in proline followed by GB was beneficial. In addition, heat stress reduced the bud fresh and dry weights,
generated H2O2, reduced the tissue levels of K+ and Ca2+, while increased the osmolytes synthesis in a time course manner. Heat stress also delayed the emergence and expansion of
new bud leaves, by restricting the number and area of mesophyll cells. It also caused poor and aberrant development and diffused
appearance of mesophyll cells and vascular bundles in the bud leaves. However, soaking of buds in proline and GB solutions
substantially reduced the H2O2 production, improved the accumulation of soluble sugars and protected the developing tissues from heat stress effects; although
proline was more effective than GB. Correlations of various attributes indicated that soaking in GB and proline restricted
the H2O2 generation, improved K+ and Ca2+ contents, and increased the concentrations of free proline, GB and soluble sugars eventually improving the heat tolerance
of buds. Cost-benefit analysis showed that, considering increase in sprouting of buds, soaking in 20 mM solution of both osmoprotectants
is economical. 相似文献
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Mishra A Tripathy SK Wahab R Jeong SH Hwang I Yang YB Kim YS Shin HS Yun SI 《Applied microbiology and biotechnology》2011,92(3):617-630
Microorganisms, their cell filtrates, and live biomass have been utilized for synthesizing various gold nanoparticles. The
shape, size, stability as well as the purity of the bio synthesized nanoparticles become very essential for application purpose.
In the present study, gold nanoparticles have been synthesized from the supernatant, live cell filtrate, and biomass of the
fungus Penicillium brevicompactum. The fungus has been grown in potato dextrose broth which is also found to synthesize gold nanoparticles. The size of the
particles has been investigated by Bio-TEM before purification, following purification and after storing the particles for
3 months under refrigerated condition. Different characterization techniques like X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared
spectroscopy, and UV–visible spectroscopy have been used for analysis of the particles. The effect of reaction parameters
such as pH and concentration of gold salt have also been monitored to optimize the morphology and dispersity of the synthesized
gold nanoparticles. A pH range of 5 to 8 has favored the synthesis process whereas increasing concentration of gold salt (beyond
2 mM) has resulted in the formation of bigger sized and aggregated nanoparticles. Additionally, the cytotoxic nature of prepared
nanoparticles has been analyzed using mouse mayo blast cancer C2C12 cells at different time intervals (24, 48, and 72 h) of incubation period. The cells are cultivated in Dulbecco’s modified
Eagle’s medium supplemented with fetal bovine serum with antibiotics (streptopenicillin) at 37°C in a 5% humidified environment
of CO2. The medium has been replenished every other day, and the cells are subcultured after reaching the confluence. The viability
of the cells is analyzed with 3-(4, 5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2, 5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide method. 相似文献
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Cardiovascular disorders and coronary artery disease (CAD) are significant contributors to morbidity and mortality in heart patients. As genes of the folate/homocysteine pathway have been linked with the vascular disease, we investigated association of these gene polymorphisms with CAD/myocardial infarction (MI) using the novel approach of tetraprimer ARMS-PCR. A total of 230 participants (129 MI cases, 101 normal subjects) were recruited. We genotyped rs1801133 and rs1801131 SNPs in 5'10' methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR), rs1805087 SNP in 5' methyltetrahydrofolate homocysteine methyltransferase (MTR), rs662 SNP in paroxanse1 (PON1), and rs5742905 polymorphism in cystathionine beta synthase (CBS). Angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) insertion/deletion polymorphism was detected through conventional PCR. Covariates included blood pressure, fasting blood sugar, serum cholesterol, and creatinine concentrations. Our results showed allele frequencies at rs1801133, rs1801131, rs1805087 and the ACE insertion/deletion (I/D) polymorphism varied between cases and controls. Logistic regression, after adjusting for covariates, demonstrated significant associations of rs1801133 and rs1805087 with CAD in the additive, dominant, and genotype model. In contrast, ACE I/D polymorphism was significantly related with CAD where recessive model was applied. Gene-gene interaction against the disease status revealed two polymorphism groups: rs1801133, rs662, and rs1805087; and rs1801131, rs662, and ACE I/D. Only the latter interaction maintained significance after adjusted for covariates. Our study concludes that folate pathway variants exert contributory influence on susceptibility to CAD. We further suggest that tetraprimer ARMS-PCR successfully resolves the genotypes in selected samples and might prove to be a superior technique compared to the conventional approach. 相似文献
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Hena Naqvi Syed Rizwan Hussain Mohammad Kaleem Ahmad Farzana Mahdi Shyam Pyari Jaiswar Satya Narayain Shankhwar Abbas Ali Mahdi 《Molecular biology reports》2014,41(2):573-579
Failure or severe difficulty in conceiving a child is surprisingly common, worldwide problem. Half of these cases are due to male factors with defects in sperm (1 in 15 men) being the single most common cause. Also about 60–75 % of male infertility cases are idiopathic, since the molecular mechanisms underlying the defects remain unknown. DNA methylation is crucial for spermatogenesis and high methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) activity in adult testis than other organs in mouse, signifies its critical role in spermatogenesis. According to recent findings there is a correlation of epigenetic regulation of several imprinted genes with disturbed spermatogenesis and fertility. Consequently any change in the MTHFR gene sequence can modify the spermatogenesis including transmission of infertility to the carriers. The aim of the study is to analyze the distribution of the single nucleotide polymorphism C677T in the MTHFR gene in 637 North Indian infertile patients and 364 fertile North Indian men as controls by using PCR–RFLP technique and Chi Square test for statistical analysis. The average MTHFR 677CC, 677CT, 677TT genotype frequencies of total infertile men were 70.17, 24.17, 5.65 % in infertile men and 75.27, 21.7, 2.74 % in controls, respectively. The average frequency of the MTHFR 677T allele was 17.73 % in infertile men as compared to 13.59 % in controls. The statistical difference was significant. Disease risk was found 2.27-folds increased in patients who were carrying T allele. We found an association of C677T polymorphism with male infertility and that it may be a genetic risk factor for male infertility in North Indian population. 相似文献
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Muhammad Muzammal Adeel Muhammad Qasim Usman Ali Ashfaq Muhammad Shareef Masoud Mahmood ur Rehman Muhammad Tahir ul Qamar Muhammad Rizwan Javed 《Bioinformation》2014,10(7):454-459
Computational tools occupy the prime position in the analysis of large volume of post-genomic data. These tools have advantage
over the wet lab experiments in terms of high coverage, cost and time. Breast cancer is the most common cancer in females
worldwide. It is a genetically heterogeneous disorder and many genes are involved in the pathway of the disease. Mutations in
metastasis suppressor gene are the major cause of the disease. In this study, the effects of mutations in breast cancer metastasis
suppressor 1gene upon protein structure and function were examined by means of computational tools and information from
databases.This study can be useful to predict the potential effect of every allelic variant, devise new biological experiments and to
interpret and predict the patho-physiological impact of new mutations or non-synonymous polymorphisms. 相似文献
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S. A. Rizwan Rakesh Kumar Arvind Kumar Singh Y. S. Kusuma Kapil Yadav Chandrakant S. Pandav 《PloS one》2014,9(5)
Introduction
In India there is an increasing trend in hypertension prevalence among the general population. Studies have shown that tribal populations in India are also experiencing this burden.Objective
The aim was to estimate the pooled prevalence of primary hypertension among adult tribal populations of India.Methods
A systematic search was conducted in MEDLINE, IndMed, Web of Science, Google Scholar and major journals for studies published between 1981 and 2011. Two authors independently reviewed the studies, did quality assessment and extracted data in pre-coded spread-sheets. Pooled estimates of prevalence of hypertension were calculated using DerSimonian-Laird random effects model. Subgroup and sensitivity analyses and meta-regression were performed.Results
Twenty studies or 53 subpopulations with 64 674 subjects were included in final review. The pooled estimate of hypertension prevalence was 16.1% (95% CI: 13.5, 19.2). There was significant heterogeneity among the studies (I2 = 99% and Q = 4624.0, df = 53, p<0.001). Subgroup analyses showed that year of study, acculturation status, special features, and BP measurement techniques significantly influenced prevalence, but after meta-regression analyses, ‘decade of study’ remained the only covariate that significantly and independently influenced prevalence (R2 = 0.57, Q = 119.2, df = 49, p value <0.001).Conclusion
An increasing trend was found in the prevalence of hypertension in adult tribal populations across three decades. Although acculturation was probably the underlying agent that caused this increase, other unmeasured factors that need further research were also important. Concerned policy makers should focus on the changing health needs of tribal communities. 相似文献70.
Inhibition of tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha with biological molecules has proven an effective treatment for rheumatoid
arthritis, achieving a 20% improvement in American College of Rheumatology score in up to 65% of patients. The main drawback
to these and many other biological treatments has been their expense, which has precluded their widespread application. Biological
molecules could alternatively be delivered by gene therapy as the encoding DNA. We have developed novel plasmid vectors termed
pGTLMIK and pGTTMIK, from which luciferase and a dimeric TNF receptor II (dTNFR) are respectively expressed in a doxycycline
(Dox)-regulated manner. Regulated expression of luciferase from the self-contained plasmid pGTLMIK was examined in vitro in a variety of cell lines and in vivo following intramuscular delivery with electroporation in DBA/1 mice. Dox-regulated expression of luciferase from pGTLMIK
of approximately 1,000-fold was demonstrated in vitro, and efficient regulation was observed in vivo. The vector pGTTMIK encoding dTNFR was delivered by the same route with and without administration of Dox to mice with collagen-induced
arthritis. When pGTTMIK was delivered after the onset of arthritis, progression of the disease in terms of both paw thickness
and clinical score was inhibited when Dox was also administered. Vectors with similar regulation characteristics may be suitable
for clinical application. 相似文献