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Mammalian gene PEG10 expresses two reading frames by high efficiency -1 frameshifting in embryonic-associated tissues 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
Clark MB Jänicke M Gottesbühren U Kleffmann T Legge M Poole ES Tate WP 《The Journal of biological chemistry》2007,282(52):37359-37369
Paternally expressed gene 10 (PEG10) is a mammalian gene that is essential for embryonic development in mice. The gene contains two overlapping open reading frames (ORF1 and ORF2) and is derived from a retroelement that acquired a cellular function. It is not known if both reading frames are required for PEG10 function. Synthesis of ORF2 would be possible only if programmed -1 frameshifting occurred during ORF1 translation. In this study the frameshifting activity of PEG10 was analyzed in vivo, and a potential role for ORF2 was investigated. Phylogenetic analysis demonstrated that PEG10 is highly conserved in therian mammals, with all species retaining the elements necessary for frameshifting as well as functional motifs in each ORF. The frameshift site of PEG10 was highly active in cultured cells and produced the ORF1-2 protein. In mice, endogenous ORF1 and an ORF1-2 frameshift protein were detected in the developing placenta and amniotic membrane from 9.5 days post-coitus through to term with a very high frameshift efficiency (>60%). Mutagenesis of the active site motif of a putative protease within ORF2 showed that this enzyme is active and participates in post-translational processing of PEG10 ORF1-2. Both PEG10 proteins were also detected in first trimester human placenta. By contrast, neither protein expression nor frameshifting was detected in adult mouse tissues. These studies imply that the ORF1-2 protein, synthesized utilizing the most efficient -1 frameshift mechanism yet documented in vivo, will have an essential function that is intrinsic to the importance of PEG10 in mammals. 相似文献
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Oligoribonuclease is the only RNase in Escherichia coli that is able to degrade RNA oligonucleotides five residues and shorter in length. Firmicutes including Bacillus subtilis do not have an Oligoribonuclease (Orn) homologous protein and it is not yet understood which proteins accomplish the equivalent function in these organisms. We had previously identified oligoribonucleases Orn from E. coli and its human homolog Sfn in a screen for proteins that are regulated by 3′-phosphoadenosine 5′-phosphate (pAp). Here, we identify YtqI as a potential functional analog of Orn through its interaction with pAp. YtqI degrades RNA oligonucleotides in vitro with preference for 3-mers. In addition, YtqI has pAp-phosphatase activity in vitro. In agreement with these data, YtqI is able to complement both orn and cysQ mutants in E. coli. An ytqI mutant in B. subtilis shows impairment of growth in the absence of cysteine, a phenotype resembling that of a cysQ mutant in E. coli. Phylogenetic distribution of YtqI, Orn and CysQ supports bifunctionality of YtqI. 相似文献
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The sucrose transporter SlSUT2 from tomato interacts with brassinosteroid functioning and affects arbuscular mycorrhiza formation 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Michael Bitterlich Undine Krügel Katja Boldt‐Burisch Philipp Franken Christina Kühn 《The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology》2014,78(5):877-889
Mycorrhizal plants benefit from the fungal partners by getting better access to soil nutrients. In exchange, the plant supplies carbohydrates to the fungus. The additional carbohydrate demand in mycorrhizal plants was shown to be balanced partially by higher CO2 assimilation and increased C metabolism in shoots and roots. In order to test the role of sucrose transport for fungal development in arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) tomato, transgenic plants with down‐regulated expression of three sucrose transporter genes were analysed. Plants that carried an antisense construct of SlSUT2 (SlSUT2as) repeatedly exhibited increased mycorrhizal colonization and the positive effect of plants to mycorrhiza was abolished. Grafting experiments between transgenic and wild‐type rootstocks and scions indicated that mainly the root‐specific function of SlSUT2 has an impact on colonization of tomato roots with the AM fungus. Localization of SISUT2 to the periarbuscular membrane indicates a role in back transport of sucrose from the periarbuscular matrix into the plant cell thereby affecting hyphal development. Screening of an expression library for SlSUT2‐interacting proteins revealed interactions with candidates involved in brassinosteroid (BR) signaling or biosynthesis. Interaction of these candidates with SlSUT2 was confirmed by bimolecular fluorescence complementation. Tomato mutants defective in BR biosynthesis were analysed with respect to mycorrhizal symbiosis and showed indeed decreased mycorrhization. This finding suggests that BRs affect mycorrhizal infection and colonization. If the inhibitory effect of SlSUT2 on mycorrhizal growth involves components of BR synthesis and of the BR signaling pathway is discussed. 相似文献
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The rhizosphere and phyllosphere microbial communities of transgenic potatoes producing fructan were studied in comparison with isogenic controls and conventional varieties in a field release experiment over a period of 3 years. Population densities and 16S rRNA gene-based terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP) analysis of the rhizosphere bacterial community only displayed the influence of annual and seasonal effects and the influence of field heterogeneity. In contrast, the T-RFLP analysis of the phyllosphere bacteria revealed in two of the 3 years significant differences in the community structure between the transgenic lines producing inulin and the other variants. This effect was studied in more detail through the analysis of bacterial isolates and a 16S rRNA gene clone library obtained from a transgenic line and the control. Both methods revealed a lower genetic diversity in the transgenic line and changes in the abundance of several bacterial groups. The isolates of the transgenic line were dominated by Bacilli, whereas most of the control isolates represented Actinobacteria. The clones were dominated by Proteobacteria, with main differences between both variants in Deltaproteobacteria, Bacilli and Bacteroidetes. However, all in all, the impact of the transgenic lines did not exceed the natural variability of the phyllosphere community structure on potato plants. 相似文献
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Bettina Reichenbacher Undine Uhlig Thorsten Kowalke Barbara Bassler Renate Matzke-Karasz & Bettina Schenk 《Palaeontology》2004,47(3):639-677
Six charophyte, 13 mollusc, four ostracod and nine fish otolith taxa are taxonomically described, and one fruit, one seed and two foraminiferal taxa are briefly noted from the Lower Cyrena Beds and the Lower Coloured Molasse of the Sindelsdorf section near Penzberg (approximately 50 km south of Munich). Our palaeoecological and lithological data from the Lower Cyrena Beds suggest a delta plain with lagoons, estuaries, slowly flowing rivers, lakes and swamps. Faunal and floral elements of the Lower Coloured Molasse indicate lacustrine environments. The gastropod Tympanotonos and the tropical to subtropical fish fauna (Eleotridae, Ambassidae and Cyprinodontidae) suggest a warm, at least subtropical climate. Furthermore, Tympanotonos suggests comparisons with Recent molluscan faunas of the mangrove swamps of the West African coast, and thus hints at mangrove vegetation bordering the coasts of the Upper Bavarian Molasse Sea. A biostratigraphical classification for the Oligocene Molasse deposits of the Penzberg Syncline is established for the first time based on otoliths and charophytes. The Lower Cyrena Beds are attributed to the newly defined otolith zone OT-O1/2 and probably correspond to the oldest part of the Chara microcera Zone. The lowermost part of the Lower Coloured Molasse can be correlated both with otolith zone OT-O2 and the Chara microcera Zone. The Sindelsdorf section lies within the Rupelian–Chattian transition zone and thus the chronostratigraphic age is approximately 29–28 Ma. 相似文献
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Karl-Jürgen Halbhuber Christian Scheven Gustav Jirikowski Herwart Feuerstein Undine Ott 《Histochemistry and cell biology》1996,105(3):239-249
In the present study the reflectance mode of confocal laser scanning microscopy was adapted to detect and to assess semiquantitatively cerium-based primary reaction products of oxidases [Ce(IV) perhydroxide] and phosphatases [Ce(III) hydroxyphosphate converted into Ce(IV) perhydroxyphosphate] as well as of the 3,3-diaminobenzidine (DAB)-based primary reaction product of cytochromec oxidase in cryostat sections. Confocal laser scanning microscopy offers a unique way of making visible histochemical reaction products which are weakly absorbant but sufficiently reflective. It was easily possible to record simultaneously the reflectance signals at the wavelength of the exciting laser (preferentially 488 nm) and the autofluorescence signals (>580 nm in our set-up) of glutaraldehyde-fixed tissue. The results of an imbibition study of cerium-containing model precipitates indicate that the cerium, generally, should be oxidized prior to observation because the index of refraction of Ce(IV) compounds is considerably higher than that of the corresponding Ce(III) compounds. An attempt at comparative numerical assessment of reflection intensities from reflectant parts in morphologically similar sections is presented. The proposed technique may open new possibilities in enzyme- and immunohistochemistry. 相似文献
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Amalia Barone Enrique Ritter Undine Schachtschabel Thomas Debener Francesco Salamini Christiane Gebhardt 《Molecular & general genetics : MGG》1990,224(2):177-182
Summary A major dominant locus conferring resistance against several pathotypes of the root cyst nematode Globodera rostochiensis was mapped on the linkage map of potato using restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) markers. The assessment of resistance versus susceptibility of the plants in the experimental population considered was based on an in vivo (pot) and an in vitro (petri dish) test. By linkage to nine RFLP markers the resistance locus Gro1 was assigned to the potato linkage group IX which is homologous to the tomato linkage group 7. Deviations from the additivity of recombination frequencies between Gro1 and its neighbouring markers in the pot test led to the detection of a few phenotypic misclassifications of small plants with poor root systems that limited the observation of cysts on susceptible roots. Pooled data from both tests provided better estimates of recombination frequencies in the linkage interval defined by the markers flanking the resistance locus. 相似文献
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Analysis of human histone H2AZ deposition in vivo argues against its direct role in epigenetic templating mechanisms
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Viens A Mechold U Brouillard F Gilbert C Leclerc P Ogryzko V 《Molecular and cellular biology》2006,26(14):5325-5335
Chromatin is considered to be a principal carrier of epigenetic information due to the ability of alternative chromatin states to persist through generations of cell divisions and to spread on DNA. Replacement histone variants are novel candidates for epigenetic marking of chromatin. We developed a novel approach to analyze the chromatin environment of nucleosomes containing a particular replacement histone. We applied it to human H2AZ, one of the most studied alternative histones. We find that neither H2AZ itself nor other features of the H2AZ-containing nucleosome spread to the neighboring nucleosomes in vivo, arguing against a role for H2AZ as a self-perpetuating epigenetic mark. 相似文献
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Undine Meusch Maria Klingner Christoph Baerwald Manuela Rossol Ulf Wagner 《Arthritis research & therapy》2013,15(6):R219