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Liu Xinbo Cui Xihong Guo Li Chen Jin Li Wentao Yang Dedi Cao Xin Chen Xuehong Liu Qixin Lin Henry 《Plant and Soil》2019,436(1-2):623-639
Plant and Soil - Root zone soil moisture is an important component in water cycling through the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum. However, its measurement in the field remains a challenge,... 相似文献
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Brown K Long JM Vial SC Dedi N Dunster NJ Renwick SB Tanner AJ Frantz JD Fleming MA Cheetham GM 《The Journal of biological chemistry》2004,279(18):18727-18732
Interleukin-2 tyrosine kinase, Itk, is an important member of the Tec family of non-receptor tyrosine kinases that play a central role in signaling through antigen receptors such as the T-cell receptor, B-cell receptor, and Fcepsilon. Selective inhibition of Itk may be an important way of modulating many diseases involving heightened or inappropriate activation of the immune system. In addition to an unliganded nonphophorylated Itk catalytic kinase domain, we determined the crystal structures of the phosphorylated and nonphosphorylated kinase domain bound to staurosporine, a potent broad-spectrum kinase inhibitor. These structures are useful for the design of novel, highly potent and selective Itk inhibitors and provide insight into the influence of inhibitor binding and phosphorylation on the conformation of Itk. 相似文献
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Hunter AC Mills PW Dedi C Dodd HT 《The Journal of steroid biochemistry and molecular biology》2008,108(1-2):155-163
This paper demonstrates for the first time transformation of a series of steroids (progesterone, androst-4-en-3,17-dione, testosterone, pregnenolone and dehydroepiandrosterone) by the thermophilic fungus Rhizomucor tauricus. All transformations were found to be oxidative (monohydroxylation and dihydroxylation) with allylic hydroxylation the predominant route of attack functionalizing the steroidal skeleta. Timed experiments demonstrated that dihydroxylation of progesterone, androst-4-en-3,17-dione and pregnenolone all initiated with hydroxylation on ring-B followed by attack on ring-C. Similar patterns of steroidal transformation to those observed with R. tauricus have been observed with some species of thermophilic Bacilli and mesophilic fungi. All metabolites were isolated by column chromatography and were identified by (1)H, (13)C NMR, DEPT analysis and other spectroscopic data. The application of thermophilic fungi to steroid transformation may represent a potentially rich source for the generation of new steroidal compounds as well as for uncovering inter and intraspecies similarities and differences in steroid metabolism. 相似文献
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Erik J.B. Landin Christopher Williams Sara A. Ryan Alice Bochel Nahida Akter Christina Redfield Richard B. Sessions Neesha Dedi Richard J. Taylor Matthew P. Crump 《The Journal of biological chemistry》2021,297(6)
The α1-acid glycoprotein (AGP) is an abundant blood plasma protein with important immunomodulatory functions coupled to endogenous and exogenous ligand-binding properties. Its affinity for many drug-like structures, however, means AGP can have a significant effect on the pharmokinetics and pharmacodynamics of numerous small molecule therapeutics. Staurosporine, and its hydroxylated forms UCN-01 and UCN-02, are kinase inhibitors that have been investigated at length as antitumour compounds. Despite their potency, these compounds display poor pharmokinetics due to binding to both AGP variants, AGP1 and AGP2. The recent renewed interest in UCN-01 as a cytostatic protective agent prompted us to solve the structure of the AGP2–UCN-01 complex by X-ray crystallography, revealing for the first time the precise binding mode of UCN-01. The solution NMR suggests AGP2 undergoes a significant conformational change upon ligand binding, but also that it uses a common set of sidechains with which it captures key groups of UCN-01 and other small molecule ligands. We anticipate that this structure and the supporting NMR data will facilitate rational redesign of small molecules that could evade AGP and therefore improve tissue distribution. 相似文献
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Brown K Vial SC Dedi N Long JM Dunster NJ Cheetham GM 《Journal of molecular biology》2005,354(5):1013-1020
Transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta)-activated kinase 1 (TAK1) is a member of the MAPKKK family of protein kinases, and is involved in intracellular signalling pathways stimulated by transforming growth factor beta, interleukin-1 and tumour necrosis factor-alpha. TAK1 is known to rely upon an additional protein, TAK1-binding protein 1 (TAB1), for complete activation. However, the molecular basis for this activation has yet to be elucidated. We have solved the crystal structure of a novel TAK1 chimeric protein and these data give insight into how TAK1 is activated by TAB1. Our results reveal a novel binding pocket on the TAK1 kinase domain whose shape complements that of a unique alpha-helix in the TAK1 binding domain of TAB1, providing the basis for an intimate hydrophobic association between the protein activator and its target. 相似文献
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Suwaree Kitikiew Jiann-Chu Chen Dedi Fazriansyah Putra Yong-Chin Lin Su-Tuen Yeh Chyng-Hwa Liou 《Fish & shellfish immunology》2013,34(1):280-290
In this study, we examined the effect of fucoidan on the immune response of white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei and its resistance against Vibrio alginolyticus infection. Fucoidan induced degranulation, caused changes in the cell morphology, and increased activation of prophenoloxidase (proPO) and the production of superoxide anions in vitro. Shrimp that received fucoidan via immersion at 100, 200, and 400 mg l?1 after 3 h showed haemocyte proliferation and a higher mitotic index of haematopoietic tissue. In another experiment, the haemocyte count, phenoloxidase (PO) activity, and respiratory bursts (RBs) were examined after the shrimp had been fed diets containing fucoidan at 0 (control), 0.5, 1.0, and 2.0 g kg?1 for 7–21 days. Results indicated that these parameters directly increased with time. The immune parameters of shrimp fed the 1.0 g kg?1 diet were significantly higher than those of shrimp fed the 2.0 g kg?1 diet after 14 and 21 days. Phagocytic activity and the clearance efficiency against V. alginolyticus were significantly higher in shrimp fed the 1.0 g kg?1 diet compared to those of shrimp fed the 0, 0.5 and 2.0 g kg?1 diets. In a separate experiment, shrimp that had been fed diets containing fucoidan for 21 days were challenged with V. alginolyticus at 106 colony-forming units shrimp?1. Survival rates of shrimp fed the 1.0 and 2.0 g kg?1 diets were significantly higher than those of shrimp fed the 0 and 0.5 g kg?1 diets for 96–120 h. We concluded that fucoidan provokes innate immunity of shrimp as evidenced by haemocyte degranulation, proPO activation, and the mitotic index of haematopoietic tissue, and that dietary administration of fucoidan at 1.0 g kg?1 enhanced the immune response of shrimp and their resistance against V. alginolyticus infection. 相似文献
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A. Christy Hunter Hedda Khuenl-Brady Patrice Barrett Howard T. Dodd Cinzia Dedi 《The Journal of steroid biochemistry and molecular biology》2010,118(3):171-176
Aspergillus tamarii contains an endogenous lactonization pathway which can transform progesterone to testololactone in high yield through a sequential four step enzymatic pathway. In this pathway testosterone is formed which primarily undergoes oxidation of the C-17β-alcohol to a C-17 ketone but, can also enter a minor hydroxylation pathway where 11β-hydroxytestosterone is produced. It was recently demonstrated that this hydroxylase could monohydroxylate 3β-hydroxy substituted saturated steroidal lactones in all four possible binding orientations (normal, reverse, inverted normal, inverted reverse) on rings B and C of the steroid nucleus. It was therefore of interest to determine the fate of a series of 3α-substituted steroidal analogues to determine stereochemical effect on transformation. Hydroxylation on the central rings was found to be restricted to the 11β-position (normal binding), indicating that the 3α-stereochemistry removes freedom of binding orientation within the hydroxylase. The only other hydroxylation observed was at the 1β-position. Interestingly the presence of this functional group did not prevent lactonization of the C-17 ketone. In contrast the presence of the 11β-hydroxyl completely inhibited Baeyer–Villiger oxidation, a result which again demonstrates that single functional groups can exert significant control over metabolic handling of steroids in this organism. This may also explain why lactonization of 11β-hydroxytestosterone does not occur. Lactonization of the C-17 ketone was not significantly affected by the 3α-alcohol with significant yields achieved (53%). Interestingly a time course experiment demonstrated that the presence of the 3α-acetate inhibited the Baeyer–Villiger monooxygenase with its activity being observed 24 h later than non-acetate containing analogues. Apart from oxidative transformations observed a minor reductive pathway was revealed with the C-17 ketone being reduced to a C-17β-alcohol for the first time in this organism. 相似文献