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Structure of a cupin protein Plu4264 from Photorhabdus luminescens subsp. laumondii TTO1 at 1.35 Å resolution
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R. Sophia Weerth Karolina Michalska Craig A. Bingman Ragothaman M. Yennamalli Hui Li Robert Jedrzejczak Fengbin Wang Gyorgy Babnigg Andrzej Joachimiak Michael G. Thomas George N. Phillips Jr. 《Proteins》2015,83(2):383-388
Proteins belonging to the cupin superfamily have a wide range of catalytic and noncatalytic functions. Cupin proteins commonly have the capacity to bind a metal ion with the metal frequently determining the function of the protein. We have been investigating the function of homologous cupin proteins that are conserved in more than 40 species of bacteria. To gain insights into the potential function of these proteins we have solved the structure of Plu4264 from Photorhabdus luminescens TTO1 at a resolution of 1.35 Å and identified manganese as the likely natural metal ligand of the protein. Proteins 2015; 83:383–388. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. 相似文献
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Kjellman BM Fredrikson M Glad-Mattsson G Sjöberg F Huss FR 《Annals of surgical innovation and research》2011,5(1):4-8
Background
Hypothermia in burns is common and increases morbidity and mortality. Several methods are available to reach and maintain normal core body temperature, but have not yet been evaluated in critical care for burned patients. Our unit's ordinary technique for controlling body temperature (Bair Hugger®+ radiator ceiling + bed warmer + Hotline®) has many drawbacks e.g.; slow and the working environment is hampered. The aim of this study was to compare our ordinary heating technique with newly-developed methods: the Allon?2001 Thermowrap (a temperature regulating water-mattress), and Warmcloud (a temperature regulating air-mattress).Methods
Ten consecutive burned patients (> 20% total burned surface area and a core temperature < 36.0°C) were included in this prospective, randomised, comparative study. Patients were randomly exposed to 3 heating methods. Each treatment/measuring-cycle lasted for 6 hours. Each heating method was assessed for 2 hours according to a randomised timetable. Core temperature was measured using an indwelling (bladder) thermistor. Paired t-tests were used to assess the significance of differences between the treatments within the patients. ANOVA was used to assess the differences in temperature from the first to the last measurement among all treatments. Three-way ANOVA with the Tukey HSD post hoc test and a repeated measures ANOVA was used in the same manner, but included information about patients and treatment/measuring-cycles to control for potential confounding. Data are presented as mean (SD) and (range). Probabilities of less than 0.05 were accepted as significant.Results
The mean increase, 1.4 (SD 0.6°C; range 0.6-2.6°C) in core temperature/treatment/measuring-cycle highly significantly favoured the Allon?2001 Thermowrap in contrast to the conventional method 0.2 (0.6)°C (range -1.2 to 1.5°C) and the Warmcloud 0.3 (0.4)°C (range -0.4 to 0.9°C). The procedures for using the Allon?2001 Thermowrap were experienced to be more comfortable and straightforward than the conventional method or the Warmcloud.Conclusions
The Allon?2001 Thermowrap was more effective than the Warmcloud or the conventional method in controlling patients' temperatures. 相似文献63.
With the cancellation of fenamiphos in the near future, alternative nematode management tactics for plant-parasitic nematodes (PPN) on golf courses need to be identified. The use of entomopathogenic nematodes (EPN) has been suggested as one possible alternative. This paper presents the results of 10 experiments evaluating the efficacy of EPN at managing PPN on turfgrasses and improving turf performance. These experiments were conducted at various locations throughout Florida over the course of a decade. In different experiments, different EPN species were tested against different species of PPN. Separate experiments evaluated multiple rates and applications of EPN, compared different EPN species, and compared single EPN species against multiple species of PPN. In a few trials, EPN were associated with reductions in certain plant-parasite species, but in other trials were associated with increases. In most trials, EPN had no effect on plant parasites. Because EPN were so inconsistent in their results, we conclude that EPN are not acceptable alternatives to fenamiphos by most turf managers in Florida at this time. 相似文献
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Using inbreeding theory as applied to neutral alleles inherited maternally,
we generate expected probability distributions of times to identity by
descent for random pairs of mitochondrial genotypes within a population or
within an entire species characterized by high gene flow. For comparisons
with these expectations, empirical distributions of times to most recent
common ancestry were calculated (by conventional mtDNA clock calibrations)
from mtDNA haplotype distances observed within each of three vertebrate
species--American eels, hardhead catfish, and redwinged blackbirds. These
species were chosen for analysis because census population size in each is
currently large and because both genetic and life-history data are
consistent with the postulate that historical gene flow within these
species has been high. The observed molecular distances among mtDNA
lineages were two to three orders of magnitude lower than predicted from
census sizes of breeding females, suggesting that rate of mtDNA evolution
is decelerated in these species and/or that long-term effective population
size is vastly smaller than present-day population size. Several
considerations point to the latter possibility as most likely. The genetic
structure of any species is greatly influenced by historical demography;
even for species that are currently abundant, mtDNA gene lineages appear to
have been channeled through fairly small numbers of ancestors.
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Developmental and wound-, cold-, desiccation-, ultraviolet-B-stress-induced modulations in the expression of the petunia zinc finger transcription factor gene ZPT2-2
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van Der Krol AR van Poecke RM Vorst OF Voogt C van Leeuwen W Borst-Vrensen TW Takatsuji H van Der Plas LH 《Plant physiology》1999,121(4):1153-1162
The ZPT2-2 gene belongs to the EPF gene family in petunia (Petunia hybrida), which encodes proteins with TFIIIA-type zinc-finger DNA-binding motifs. To elucidate a possible function for ZPT2-2, we analyzed its pattern of expression in relation to different developmental and physiological stress signals. The activity of the ZPT2-2 promoter was analyzed using a firefly luciferase (LUC) reporter gene, allowing for continuous measurements of transgene activity in planta. We show that ZPT2-2::LUC is active in all plant tissues, but is strongly modulated in cotyledons upon germination, in leaves in response to desiccation, cold treatment, wounding, or ultraviolet-B light, and in petal tissue in response to pollination of the stigma. Analysis of mRNA levels indicated that the modulations in ZPT2-2::LUC expression reflect modulations in endogenous ZPT2-2 gene expression. The change in ZPT2-2::LUC activity by cold treatment, wounding, desiccation, and ultraviolet-B light suggest that the phytohormones ethylene and jasmonic acid are involved in regulating the expression of ZPT2-2. Although up-regulation of expression of ZPT2-2 can be blocked by inhibitors of ethylene perception, expression in plants is not induced by exogenously applied ethylene. The application of jasmonic acid does result in an up-regulation of gene activity and, thus, ZPT2-2 may play a role in the realization of the jasmonic acid hormonal responses in petunia. 相似文献
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Fredrik RM Huss Erika Nyman Carl-Johan Gustafson Katrin Gisself?lt Elisabeth Liljensten Gunnar Kratz 《Organogenesis》2008,4(3):195-200
Full thickness skin wounds in humans heal with scars, but without regeneration of the dermis. A degradable poly(urethane urea) scaffold (PUUR), Artelon® is already used to reinforce soft tissues in orthopaedics, and for treatment of osteoarthritis of the hand, wrist and foot. In this paper we have done in vitro experiments followed by in vivo studies to find out whether the PUUR is biocompatible and usable as a template for dermal regeneration. Human dermal fibroblasts were cultured on discs of PUUR, with different macrostructures (fibrous and porous). They adhered to and migrated into the scaffolds, and produced collagen. The porous scaffold was judged more suitable for clinical applications and 4 mm Ø, 2 mm-thick discs of porous scaffold (12% w/w or 9% w/w polymer solution) were inserted intradermally in four healthy human volunteers. The implants were well tolerated and increasing ingrowth of fibroblasts was seen over time in all subjects. The fibroblasts stained immunohistochemically for procollagen and von Willebrand factor, indicating neocollagenesis and angiogenesis within the scaffolds. The PUUR scaffold may be a suitable material to use as a template for dermal regeneration.Key words: dermal regeneration, tissue engineering, polymer scaffold, wound healing, in vitro, in vivo, guided tissue regeneration, human, burns 相似文献
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Andy?Pang Andrew?D?Smith Paulo?AS?Nuin Elisabeth?RM?TillierEmail author 《BMC bioinformatics》2005,6(1):236
Background
General protein evolution models help determine the baseline expectations for the evolution of sequences, and they have been extensively useful in sequence analysis and for the computer simulation of artificial sequence data sets. 相似文献68.
Fengbin Wang Maoquan Zhou Shanteri Singh Ragothaman M. Yennamalli Craig A. Bingman Jon S. Thorson George N. Phillips Jr. 《Proteins》2013,81(7):1277-1282
The molecule known as SF2575 from Streptomyces sp. is a tetracycline polyketide natural product that displays antitumor activity against murine leukemia P388 in vivo. In the SF2575 biosynthetic pathway, SsfS6 has been implicated as the crucial C‐glycosyltransferase (C‐GT) that forms the C‐C glycosidic bond between the sugar and the SF2575 tetracycline‐like scaffold. Here, we report the crystal structure of SsfS6 in the free form and in complex with TDP, both at 2.4 Å resolution. The structures reveal SsfS6 to adopt a GT‐B fold wherein the TDP and docked putative aglycon are consistent with the overall C‐glycosylation reaction. As one of only a few existing structures for C‐glycosyltransferases, the structures described herein may serve as a guide to better understand and engineer C‐glycosylation. Proteins 2013; 81:1277–1282. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. 相似文献
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Muslum Ilgu D. Bruce Fulton Ragothaman M. Yennamalli Monica H. Lamm Taner Z. Sen Marit Nilsen-Hamilton 《RNA (New York, N.Y.)》2014,20(6):815-824
Aptamers can be highly specific for their targets, which implies precise molecular recognition between aptamer and target. However, as small polymers, their structures are more subject to environmental conditions than the more constrained longer RNAs such as those that constitute the ribosome. To understand the balance between structural and environmental factors in establishing ligand specificity of aptamers, we examined the RNA aptamer (NEO1A) previously reported as specific for neomycin-B. We show that NEO1A can recognize other aminoglycosides with similar affinities as for neomycin-B and its aminoglycoside specificity is strongly influenced by ionic strength and buffer composition. NMR and 2-aminopurine (2AP) fluorescence studies of the aptamer identified a flexible pentaloop and a stable binding pocket. Consistent with a well-structured binding pocket, docking analysis results correlated with experimental measures of the binding energy for most ligands. Steady state fluorescence studies of 2AP-substituted aptamers confirmed that A16 moves to a more solvent accessible position upon ligand binding while A14 moves to a less solvent accessible position, which is most likely a base stack. Analysis of binding affinities of NEO1A sequence variants showed that the base in position 16 interacts differently with each ligand and the interaction is a function of the buffer constituents. Our results show that the pentaloop provides NEO1A with the ability to adapt to external influences on its structure, with the critical base at position 16 adjusting to incorporate each ligand into a stable pocket by hydrophobic interactions and/or hydrogen bonds depending on the ligand and the ionic environment. 相似文献
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Christopher Uhlig Pedro L Silva Débora Ornellas Raquel S Santos Paulo J Miranda Peter M Spieth Thomas Kiss Michael Kasper B?rbel Wiedemann Thea Koch Marcelo M Morales Paolo Pelosi Marcelo Gama de Abreu Patricia RM Rocco 《Respiratory research》2014,15(1):56