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Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. citri (Xac) causes citrus canker in plantations around the world and is of particular significance in Brazil where its incidence has risen exponentially over the past decade. Approximately one third of the predicted Xac open reading frames show no homology, or homology with very low score with that of known sequences. It is believed that Xac utilizes secretion systems to transfer virulence proteins into susceptible eukaryotic cells. This process is assisted by secretion chaperones that maintain virulence proteins partly or completely unfolded during translocation. We have cloned three of these hypothetical secretion chaperones: XAC0419 and XAC1346 from type III secretion system (TTSS) and XACb0033 from type IV secretion system (TFSS). All proteins were cloned in a pET23a vector (Novagen), expressed at 37 degrees C using a BL21(DE3)pLysS Escherichia coli strain and purified by ion exchange and gel-filtration chromatographic methods. Pure proteins were characterized using spectroscopic measurements: circular dichroism, and both static and lifetime emission fluorescence in the case of XACb0033. The analyzed proteins are stable at elevated temperatures (up to 65 degrees C) and exhibit alpha-helix content from approximately 30% (XACb003) to approximately 87% (XAC1346). XACb0033 exhibits lifetimes in the fluorescence experiments that indicate different neighborhoods for its tryptophan residues. These chaperones have the characteristics of TTSS and TFSS: all are small, with a high alpha-helix content, and without ATP-binding or ATP-hydrolyzing activity. 相似文献
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Zoran S. Gucev Velibor Tasic Aleksandra Jancevska Ilija Kirovski 《Journal of genetics》2009,88(2):239-243
Hypomethylation of the imprinting control region 1 (ICR1) at the IGF2/H19 locus on 11p15 is linked to Silver-Russell syndrome (SRS) and/or hemihypertrophy. This SRS patient was born in term with
weight of 3500 g (50 percentile) and length 48 cm (>1 SD below the mean). He was first noticed at the age of 10 years for
short stature (114.5 cm, −3.85 SD), relatively normal head circumference, a classic facial phenotype, hemihypertrophy (2.5
cm thinner left arm and leg in comparison to the right, asymmetric face), moderate clinodactyly and striking thinness (BMI
of 15.3). At the age of 30, the body asymmetry ameliorated (1 cm thinner left arm and leg than the right), and BMI normalized
(20.5 cm). Methylation analysis was performed by bisulphate treatment of DNA samples, radiolabelled PCR amplification, and
digestion of the PCR products using restriction enzymes. The patient had normomethylation, and in addition hypopituitarism,
with low levels of growth hormone (GH) (provocative testing before the start and after termination of GH treatment), thyroxin,
TSH, FSH, LH and testosterone. The GH was given for six years, growth response was satisfactory and he reached an adult height
of 166 cm. This is a first report of hypopituitarism in a patient with SRS without H19 hypomethylation. It seems that the
lack of hypomethylation in this hypopituitary SRS patient is responsible, at least partly, for the favourable final adult
height under GH treatment. 相似文献
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53BP1 nuclear bodies form around DNA lesions generated by mitotic transmission of chromosomes under replication stress 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
Lukas C Savic V Bekker-Jensen S Doil C Neumann B Pedersen RS Grøfte M Chan KL Hickson ID Bartek J Lukas J 《Nature cell biology》2011,13(3):243-253
Completion of genome duplication is challenged by structural and topological barriers that impede progression of replication forks. Although this can seriously undermine genome integrity, the fate of DNA with unresolved replication intermediates is not known. Here, we show that mild replication stress increases the frequency of chromosomal lesions that are transmitted to daughter cells. Throughout G1, these lesions are sequestered in nuclear compartments marked by p53-binding protein 1 (53BP1) and other chromatin-associated genome caretakers. We show that the number of such 53BP1 nuclear bodies increases after genetic ablation of BLM, a DNA helicase associated with dissolution of entangled DNA. Conversely, 53BP1 nuclear bodies are partially suppressed by knocking down SMC2, a condensin subunit required for mechanical stability of mitotic chromosomes. Finally, we provide evidence that 53BP1 nuclear bodies shield chromosomal fragile sites sequestered in these compartments against erosion. Together, these data indicate that restoration of DNA or chromatin integrity at loci prone to replication problems requires mitotic transmission to the next cell generations. 相似文献
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M.A.S. Toledo C.A. Santos J.S. Mendes A.C. Pelloso L.L. Beloti A. Crucello M.T.P. Favaro A.S. Santiago D.R.S. Schneider A.M. Saraiva D.R. Stach-Machado A.A. Souza D.B.B. Trivella R. Aparicio L. Tasic A.R. Azzoni A.P. Souza 《Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Proteins and Proteomics》2013,1834(3):697-707
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T Gudjonsson M Altmeyer V Savic L Toledo C Dinant M Grøfte J Bartkova M Poulsen Y Oka S Bekker-Jensen N Mailand B Neumann JK Heriche R Shearer D Saunders J Bartek J Lukas C Lukas 《Cell》2012,150(4):697-709
Histone ubiquitylation is a prominent response to DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs), but how these modifications are confined to DNA lesions is not understood. Here, we show that TRIP12 and UBR5, two HECT domain ubiquitin E3 ligases, control accumulation of RNF168, a rate-limiting component of?a pathway that ubiquitylates histones after DNA breakage. We find that RNF168 can be saturated by increasing amounts of DSBs. Depletion of TRIP12 and UBR5 allows accumulation of RNF168 to supraphysiological levels, followed by massive spreading of ubiquitin conjugates and hyperaccumulation of ubiquitin-regulated genome caretakers such as 53BP1 and BRCA1. Thus, regulatory and proteolytic ubiquitylations are wired in a self-limiting circuit that promotes histone ubiquitylation near the DNA lesions but at the same time counteracts its excessive spreading to undamaged chromosomes. We provide evidence that this mechanism is vital for the homeostasis of ubiquitin-controlled events after DNA breakage and can be subverted during tumorigenesis. 相似文献
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Cagliari TC da Silva VC Borges JC Prando A Tasic L Ramos CH 《International journal of biological macromolecules》2011,49(5):1022-1030
The Clp/Hsp100 AAA+ chaperone family is involved in recovering aggregated proteins and little is known about other orthologs of the well studied ClpB from Escherichia coli and Hsp104 from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Plant Hsp101 is a good model for understanding the relationship between the structure and function of Hsp100 proteins and to investigate the role of these chaperones in disaggregation processes. Here, we present the cloning and purification of a sugarcane ortholog, SHsp101, which is expressed in sugarcane cells and is a folded hexamer that is capable of binding nucleotides. Thus SHsp101 has the structural and functional characteristics of the Clp/Hsp100 AAA+ family. 相似文献
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Gucev Z Slavevska N Tasic V Laban N Pop-Jordanova N Danilovski D Woolf J Cole D 《Indian journal of human genetics》2011,17(2):104-107
Congenital erythropoietic porphyria (CEP) is an autosomal recessive inborn error of metabolism that results from the markedly deficient activity of uroporphyrinogen III synthase (UROS). We describe a 14-year-old girl with red urine since infancy, progressive blistering and scarring of the skin, and moderate hemolytic anemia. After years of skin damage, her face is mutilated; she has a bald patch on the scalp, hypertrichosis of the neck, areas of skin darkening, and limited joint movements of the hands. Total urine excretion and fecal total porphyrin were both markedly raised above normal levels. Sequencing of the UROS gene identified two mutations causing CEP (Cys73Arg, Thr228Met). The patient lesions are progressing. Bone marrow transplantation and/or gene therapy are proposed as the next steps in her treatment. In brief, we describe a CEP with confirmed two pathogenic mutations, severe phenotype and discuss the various treatment options available. 相似文献