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Optically detected magnetic resonance (ODMR) methods were employed to study three single-stranded DNA binding (SSB) proteins encoded by plasmids of enteric bacteria: pIP71a, R64, and F. Equilibrium binding isotherms obtained by fluorescence titrations reveal that the complexes of the plasmid SSB proteins with heavy atom modified polynucleotides are readily disrupted by salt. Since all the plasmid SSB proteins show limited solubility at low ionic strength (pIP71a greater than R64 greater than F), we were able to bind only the pIP71a protein to mercurated poly(uridylic acid) [poly(5-HgU)] and brominated poly(uridylic acid) [poly(5-BrU)]. ODMR results reveal the existence of at least one heavy atom perturbed, red-shifted, stacked Trp residue in these complexes. Amplitude-modulated phosphorescence microwave double resonance spectra display selectively the phosphorescence associated with Hg-perturbed Trp residue(s) in the pIP71a SSB protein-poly(5-HgU) complex, which has a broad, red-shifted 0,0-band. Our results suggest that Trp-135 in Escherichia coli SSB, which is absent in the plasmid-encoded SSB proteins, is located in a polar environment and is not involved in stacking interactions with the nucleotide bases. Phosphorescence spectra and lifetime measurements of the pIP71a SSB protein-poly (5-BrU) complex show that at least one Trp residue in the complex does not undergo stacking. This sets a higher limit of two stacking interactions of Trp residues with nucleotide bases in complexes of pIP71a SSB with single-stranded polynucleotides. 相似文献
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Ceramide induces Bcl2 dephosphorylation via a mechanism involving mitochondrial PP2A. 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
P P Ruvolo X Deng T Ito B K Carr W S May 《The Journal of biological chemistry》1999,274(29):20296-20300
Phosphorylation of Bcl2 at serine 70 is required for its potent anti-apoptotic function. We have recently shown that Bcl2 phosphorylation is a dynamic process that involves the protein kinase C alpha and protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) (Ruvolo, P. P., Deng, X., Carr, B. K., and May, W. S. (1998) J. Biol. Chem. 273, 25436-25442; and Deng, X., Ito, T., Carr, B. K., Mumby, M. C., and May, W. S. (1998) J. Biol. Chem. 273, 34157-34163). The potent apoptotic agent ceramide can activate a PP2A, suggesting that one potential component of the ceramide-induced death signal may involve the inactivation of Bcl2. Results indicate that C2-ceramide but not inactive C2-dihydroceramide, was found to specifically activate a mitochondrial PP2A, which rapidly and completely induced Bcl2 dephosphorylation and correlated closely with ceramide-induced cell death. Using a genetic approach, the gain-of-function S70E Bcl2 mutation, which mimics phosphorylation, fails to undergo apoptosis even with the addition of high doses of ceramide (IC50 > 50 microM). In contrast, cells overexpressing exogenous wild-type Bcl2 were sensitive to ceramide at dosages where PP2A is fully active and Bcl2 would be expected to be dephosphorylated (IC50 = 14 microM). These findings indicate that in cells expressing functional Bcl2, the mechanism of death action for ceramide may involve, at least in part, a mitochondrial PP2A that dephosphorylates and inactivates Bcl2. 相似文献
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Identification of human telomeric repeat motifs at the genome termini of human herpesvirus 7: structural analysis and heterogeneity. 总被引:3,自引:4,他引:3 下载免费PDF全文
P Secchiero J Nicholas H Deng T Xiaopeng N van Loon V R Ruvolo Z N Berneman M S Reitz Jr S Dewhurst 《Journal of virology》1995,69(12):8041-8045
Human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) and HHV-7 are closely related T-lymphotropic betaherpesviruses which share a common genomic organization and are composed of a single unique component (U) that is bounded by direct repeats (DRL and DRR). In HHV-6, a sequences have been identified at each end of the DR motifs, resulting in the arrangement aDRLa-U-aDRRa. In order to determine whether determine whether HHV-7 contains similar a sequences, we have sequenced the DRL-U and U-DRR junctions of HHV-7 strain JI, together with the DRR.DRL junction from the head-to-tail concatamer that is generated during productive virus infection. In addition, we have sequenced the genomic termini of an independent isolate of HHV-7. As in HHV-6, a (GGGTTA)n motif identical to the human telomeric repeat sequence (TRS) was identified adjacent to, but not at, the genome termini of HHV-7. The left genome terminus and the U-DRR junction contained a homolog of the consensus herpesvirus packaging signal, pac-1, followed by short tandem arrays of TRSs separated by single copies of a second 6-bp repeat. This organization is similar to the arrangement found at U-DRR in HHV-6 but differs from it in that the TRS arrays are considerably shorter in HHV-7. The right genome terminus and the DRL-U junction contained a homolog of the consensus herpesvirus packaging signal, pac-2, followed by longer tandem arrays of TRSs separated by single copies of either a 6-bp or a 14-bp repeat. This arrangement is considerably more complex than the simple tandem array of TRSs that is present at the corresponding genomic location in HHV-6 and corresponds to a site of both inter- and intrastrain heterogeneity in HHV-7. The presence of TRSs in lymphotropic herpesviruses from humans (HHV-6 and HHV-7), horse (equine herpesvirus 2), and birds (Marek's disease virus) is striking and suggests that these sequences may have functional or structural significance. 相似文献
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G Naclerio G Cangiano A Coulson A Levitt V Ruvolo A La Volpe 《Journal of molecular biology》1992,226(1):159-168
Repetitive sequences in Caenorhabditis elegans are interspersed along the holocentric chromosomes. We have physically mapped some of these repetitive families and found that, although the distribution of members of each family is relatively even along the chromosomes, members of more than one family tend to cluster in some locations. We compared the sequence organization of 11 clusters located at known positions on different chromosomes in the N2 strain. These studies allow a comparison between repetitive elements belonging to the same family that are located on the same or on different chromosomes, providing an important tool in the study of genome turnover and evolution. 相似文献
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J R Casas-Finet M I Khamis A H Maki P P Ruvolo J W Chase 《The Journal of biological chemistry》1987,262(18):8574-8583
Optically detected magnetic resonance (ODMR) spectroscopy has been applied to several single-stranded DNA-binding (SSB) proteins encoded by conjugative plasmids of enteric bacteria. Fluorimetric equilibrium binding isotherms confirm their preferential binding to single-stranded DNA and polynucleotides and reveal a limited protein solubility at low ionic strength. The plasmid SSB-like proteins show the highest affinity for polydeoxythymidylic acid; these complexes are the least sensitive to disruption by salt. ODMR data on these complexes suggest the existence of stacking interactions between tryptophan residue(s) and thymine bases, as evidenced by spectral red shifts of the tryptophan phosphorescence 0,0 band, reduction of the magnitude of D zero field splitting parameter, and a dramatic reversal of the polarity of the ODMR signals. Wavelength-selected ODMR results point to the existence of two distinct tryptophan sites in these complexes. The triplet state properties of the red-shifted site are drastically altered by its interaction with the thymine bases. The chromosomal Escherichia coli SSB protein-poly(dT) complex shows an additional tryptophan site with zero field splitting parameters similar to those of the free protein. This site can be attributed to Trp-135, which is missing in each of the other plasmid SSB proteins, suggesting that this particular residue is not involved in the interaction with polynucleotides. 相似文献
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The geographic apportionment of mitochondrial genetic diversity in east African chimpanzees, Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii 总被引:3,自引:1,他引:2
This study is a geographically systematic genetic survey of the easternmost
subspecies of chimpanzee, Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii. DNA was
noninvasively collected in the form of shed hair from chimpanzees of known
origin in Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Zaire. Two hundred sixty-two DNA
sequences from hypervariable region 1 of which of the mitochondrial control
region were generated. Eastern chimpanzees display levels of mitochondrial
genetic variation which are low and which are similar to levels observed in
humans (Homo sapiens). Also like humans, between 80% and 90% of the genetic
variability within the eastern chimpanzees is apportioned within
populations. Spatial autocorrelation analysis shows that genetic similarity
between eastern chimpanzees decreases clinically with distance, in a
pattern remarkably similar to one seen for humans separated by equivalent
geographic distances. Eastern chimpanzee mismatch distributions (frequency
distributions of pairwise genetic differences between individuals) are
similar in shape to those for humans, implying similar population histories
of recent demographic expansion. The overall pattern of genetic variability
in eastern chimpanzees is consistent with the hypothesis that the subject
has responded demographically to paleoclimatically driven changes in the
distribution of eastern African forests during the recent Pleistocene.
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Molecular evolutionary dynamics of cytochrome b in strepsirrhine primates: the phylogenetic significance of third-position transversions 总被引:3,自引:2,他引:1
DNA sequences of the complete cytochrome b gene are shown to contain robust
phylogenetic signal for the strepsirrhine primates (i.e., lemurs and
lorises). The phylogeny derived from these data conforms to other molecular
studies of strepsirrhine relationships despite the fact that uncorrected
nucleotide distances are high for nearly all intrastrepsirrhine
comparisons, with most in the 15%-20% range. Cytochrome b sequences support
the hypothesis that Malagasy lemuriforms and Afro-Asian lorisiforms each
comprise clades that share a sister- group relationship. A study (Adkins
and Honeycutt 1994) of the cytochrome c oxidase subunit II (COII) gene
placed one Malagasy primate (Daubentonia) at the base of the strepsirrhine
clade, thereby suggesting a diphyletic Lemuriformes. The reanalysis of COII
third- position transversions, either alone or in combination with
cytochrome b third-position transversions, however, yields a tree that is
congruent with phylogenetic hypotheses derived from cytochrome b and other
genetic data sets.
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An adult male gorilla was donated from private ownership in 1994 to Zoo Atlanta and became part of the American Zoo and Aquarium Association's Gorilla Species Survival Plan. This animal, Ivan, was captured as an infant in Africa in 1964. Ambiguity regarding origin and concomitant sub‐species designation was resolved by analyzing the cytochrome oxidase II mitochondrial gene known to contain eight diagnostic sites for gorilla sub‐species. Ivan has the diagnostic profile that characterizes the western clade Gorilla gorilla gorilla. Zoo Biol 18:429–432, 1999. © 1999 Wiley‐Liss, Inc. 相似文献