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In an 18 year old Japanese larch stand, leaf characteristics such as area, weight, gross photosynthetic rate and respiration
rate were studied in order to obtain basic information on estimating canopy photosynthesis and respiration. The leaf growth
courses in area and weight from bud opening were approximated by simple logistic curves. The growth coefficient for the area
growth curve was 0.155–0.175 day−1, while that for the weight growth was 0.112–0.117 day−1. The larger growth coefficient in area growth caused the seasonal change in specific leaf area (SLA) that increased after bud opening to its peak early in May at almost 300 cm2 g−1 and then decreased until it leveled off at about 140 cm2g−1. The change inSLA indicates the possibility that leaf area growth precedes leaf thickness growth. The relationship between the coefficientsa andb of the gross photosynthetic rate (p)-light flux density (1) curve (p=bI/(1+aI)) and the mean relative light flux density (I′/I
0) at each canopy height were approximated by hyperbolic formulae:a=A/(I′/I
0)+B andb=C/(I′/I
0)+D. Leaf respiration rate was also increased with increasingI′/I
0. Seasonal change of gross photosynthetic rate and leaf respiration rate were related to mean air temperature through linear
regression on semilogarithmic co-ordinates. 相似文献
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Seasonal changes and yearly gross canopy photosynthetic production were estimated for an 18 year old Japanese larch (Larix leptolepis) forest between 1982 and 1984. A canopy photosynthesis model was applied for the estimation, which took into account the
effect of light interception by the non-photosynthetic organs. Seasonal changes in photosynthetic ability, amount of canopy
leaf area and light environment within the canopy were also taken into account. Amount of leaf area was estimated by the leaf
area growth of a single leaf. The change of light environment within the canopy during the growing season was estimated with
a light penetration model and the leaf increment within the canopy. Canopy respiration and surplus production were calculated
as seasonal and yearly values for the three years studied. Mean yearly estimates of canopy photosynthesis, canopy respiration
and surplus production were 37, 13 and 23 tCO2 ha−1 year−1, respectively. Vertical trend, seasonal changes and yearly values of the estimates were analyzed in relation to environmental
and stand factors. 相似文献
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Hiromasa Miyaji Nahoko Harada Tamio Mizukami Seiji Sato Nobuo Fujiyoshi Seiga Itoh 《Cytotechnology》1990,4(1):39-43
A Namalwa cell line, KJM-1, which was adapted to serum-free medium is thought to be a good host cell line for recombinant DNA technology. We previously reported the expression of human -interferon (-IFN) in Namalwa KJM-1 (Miyaji, 1989a). The utility of Namalwa KJM-1 for expression of foreign genes was further examined. As a target gene to be expressed, human lymphotoxin (hLT) cDNA was used. It was engineered for expression in Namalwa KJM-1 using a simian virus 40 (SV40)-based expression vector pAGE107 (Miyaji, 1989a). It contains all components necessary for the expression of cDNA in mammalian cells. The expression vector was introduced into Namalwa KJM-1 by electroporation. Among the transformants, clone 7 was further examined for the expression of hLT in serum-free medium. The production level of hLT was augmented with the increase of the cell density. Thus it was further indicated that Namalwa KJM-1 is useful for production of foreign gene products.Abbreviation HEPES
4-(2-hydroxyethyl)-1-piperazineethanesulfonic acid 相似文献
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Alkaline phosphatase isozymes in the midgut of silkworm: purification of high pH-stable microvillus and labile cytosolic enzymes 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Nahoko Okada Masaaki Azuma Masaharu Eguchi 《Journal of comparative physiology. B, Biochemical, systemic, and environmental physiology》1989,159(2):123-130
Summary Genetically defined alkaline phosphatase (ALP) isozymes from the larval midgut tissues ofBombyx mori were purified and characterized. The membrane-bound form (m-ALP) was solubilized with 1% Triton X-100, then purified by DEAE-Sephacel, Con A-Sepharose 4B and Ultrogel AcA 34 column chromatography. The soluble form (s-ALP) was purified by DEAE-Sephacel, epoxy Toyopearl coupled with phosphonic acid and Ultrogel AcA 34 column chromatography. About 840- and 650-fold purification were achieved for m-ALP and s-ALP, respectively, and both ALPs were homogeneous as judged by poly-acrylamide gel electrophoresis. Both forms were found to be similar (MW=68 000 in gel permeation chromatography, and a single subunit as a monomer in denaturing SDS-polyacrylamide gels with MW=58 000 for m-ALP and MW=61 000 for s-ALP). The pH optima of ALPs were shown to lie at 10.9 (m-ALP) and 9.8 (s-ALP), the former being extremely stable even in pH 10–12 which accords with the physiological milieu inBombyx midgut lumen. The Km values of the m-ALP and s-ALP forp-nitrophenyl phosphate were 1.99 and 1.49 mM, respectively. Both ALPs had a similar substrate specificity.l-Cysteine strongly inhibited both ALPs, but inhibitory effects ofl-phenylalanine,l-homoarginine andl-leucine were undetectable for s-ALP and very weak for m-ALP. A comparison of enzymatic properties on two ALPs suggested that each isozyme plays different roles.Abbreviations
m-ALP
membrane-bound alkaline phosphatase
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s-ALP
soluble alkaline phosphatase 相似文献
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Jelena Baranovic Chandra S. Ramanujan Nahoko Kasai Charles R. Midgett Dean R. Madden Keiichi Torimitsu John F. Ryan 《The Journal of biological chemistry》2013,288(12):8647-8657
AMPA receptors (AMPARs) are glutamate-gated ion channels ubiquitous in the vertebrate central nervous system, where they mediate fast excitatory neurotransmission and act as molecular determinants of memory formation and learning. Together with detailed analyses of individual AMPAR domains, structural studies of full-length AMPARs by electron microscopy and x-ray crystallography have provided important insights into channel assembly and function. However, the correlation between the structure and functional states of the channel remains ambiguous particularly because these functional states can be assessed only with the receptor bound within an intact lipid bilayer. To provide a basis for investigating AMPAR structure in a membrane environment, we developed an optimized reconstitution protocol using a receptor whose structure has previously been characterized by electron microscopy. Single-channel recordings of reconstituted homomeric GluA2flop receptors recapitulate key electrophysiological parameters of the channels expressed in native cellular membranes. Atomic force microscopy studies of the reconstituted samples provide high-resolution images of membrane-embedded full-length AMPARs at densities comparable to those in postsynaptic membranes. The data demonstrate the effect of protein density on conformational flexibility and dimensions of the receptors and provide the first structural characterization of functional membrane-embedded AMPARs, thus laying the foundation for correlated structure-function analyses of the predominant mediators of excitatory synaptic signals in the brain. 相似文献
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Background
Synovial explants furnish an in-situ population of mesenchymal stem cells for the repair of articular cartilage. Although bone morphogenetic protein 2 (BMP-2) induces the chondrogenesis of bovine synovial explants, the cartilage formed is neither homogeneously distributed nor of an exclusively hyaline type. Furthermore, the downstream differentiation of chondrocytes proceeds to the stage of terminal hypertrophy, which is inextricably coupled with undesired matrix mineralization. With a view to optimizing BMP-2-induced chondrogenesis, the modulating influences of fibroblast growth factor 2 (FGF-2) and transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGF-ß1) were investigated.Methodology/Principal Findings
Explants of bovine calf metacarpal synovium were exposed to BMP-2 (200 ng/ml) for 4 (or 6) weeks. FGF-2 (10 ng/ml) or TGF-ß1 (10 ng/ml) was introduced at the onset of incubation and was present either during the first week of culturing alone or throughout its entire course. FGF-2 enhanced the BMP-2-induced increase in metachromatic staining for glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) only when it was present during the first week of culturing alone. TGF-ß1 enhanced not only the BMP-2-induced increase in metachromasia (to a greater degree than FGF-2), but also the biochemically-assayed accumulation of GAGs, when it was present throughout the entire culturing period; in addition, it arrested the downstream differentiation of cells at an early stage of hypertrophy. These findings were corroborated by an analysis of the gene- and protein-expression levels of key cartilaginous markers and by an estimation of individual cell volume.Conclusions/Significance
TGF-ß1 enhances the BMP-2-induced chondrogenesis of bovine synovial explants, improves the hyaline-like properties of the neocartilage, and arrests the downstream differentiation of cells at an early stage of hypertrophy. With the prospect of engineering a mature, truly articular type of cartilage in the context of clinical repair, our findings will be of importance in fine-tuning the stimulation protocol for the optimal chondrogenic differentiation of synovial explants. 相似文献7.
Martin Surbeck Christophe Boesch Catherine Crockford Melissa Emery Thompson Takeshi Furuichi Barbara Fruth Gottfried Hohmann Shintaro Ishizuka Zarin Machanda Martin N. Muller Anne Pusey Tetsuya Sakamaki Nahoko Tokuyama Kara Walker Richard Wrangham Emily Wroblewski Klaus Zuberbühler Linda Vigilant Kevin Langergraber 《Current biology : CB》2019,29(10):R354-R355
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Yamaji N Sugase K Nakajima T Miki T Wakamori M Mori Y Iwashita T 《FEBS letters》2007,581(20):3789-3794
Agelenin, isolated from the Agelenidae spider Agelena opulenta, is a peptide composed of 35 amino acids. We determined the three-dimensional structure of agelenin using two-dimensional NMR spectroscopy. The structure is composed of a short antiparallel beta-sheet and four beta-turns, which are stabilized by three disulfide bonds. Agelenin has characteristic residues, Phe9, Ser28 and Arg33, which are arranged similarly to the pharmacophore of the insect channel inhibitor, omega-atracotoxin-Hv1a. These observations suggest that agelenin and omega-atracotoxin-Hv1a bind to insect calcium channels in a similar manner. We also suggest that another mode of action may operate in the channel inhibition by omega-agatoxin-IVA and omega-atracotoxin-Hv2a. 相似文献
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Shoichiro Horita Michihiko Kataoka Nahoko Kitamura Takuya Miyakawa Jun Ohtsuka Yuko Maejima 《Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry》2019,83(3):456-462
Old yellow enzymes (OYEs) are potential targets of protein engineering for useful biocatalysts because of their excellent asymmetric reductions of enone compounds. Two OYEs from different yeast strains, Candida macedoniensis AKU4588 OYE (CmOYE) and Pichia sp. AKU4542 OYE (PsOYE), have a sequence identity of 46%, but show different substrate preferences; PsOYE shows 3.4-fold and 39-fold higher catalytic activities than CmOYE toward ketoisophorone and (4S)-phorenol, respectively. To gain insights into structural basis of their different substrate preferences, we have solved a crystal structure of PsOYE, and compared its catalytic site structure with that of CmOYE, revealing the catalytic pocket of PsOYE is wider than that of CmOYE due to different positions of Phe246 (PsOYE)/Phe250 (CmOYE) in static Loop 5. This study shows a significance of 3D structural information to explain the different substrate preferences of yeast OYEs which cannot be understood from their amino acid sequences.
Abbreviations: OYE: Old yellow enzymes, CmOYE: Candida macedoniensis AKU4588 OYE, PsOYE: Pichia sp. AKU4542 OYE 相似文献
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Yoshi Kawamoto Hiroyuki Takemoto Shoko Higuchi Tetsuya Sakamaki John A. Hart Terese B. Hart Nahoko Tokuyama Gay E. Reinartz Patrick Guislain Jef Dupain Amy K. Cobden Mbangi N. Mulavwa Kumugo Yangozene Serge Darroze Céline Devos Takeshi Furuichi 《PloS one》2013,8(3)
Bonobos (Pan paniscus) inhabit regions south of the Congo River including all areas between its southerly tributaries. To investigate the genetic diversity and evolutionary relationship among bonobo populations, we sequenced mitochondrial DNA from 376 fecal samples collected in seven study populations located within the eastern and western limits of the species’ range. In 136 effective samples from different individuals (range: 7–37 per population), we distinguished 54 haplotypes in six clades (A1, A2, B1, B2, C, D), which included a newly identified clade (D). MtDNA haplotypes were regionally clustered; 83 percent of haplotypes were locality-specific. The distribution of haplotypes across populations and the genetic diversity within populations thus showed highly geographical patterns. Using population distance measures, seven populations were categorized in three clusters: the east, central, and west cohorts. Although further elucidation of historical changes in the geological setting is required, the geographical patterns of genetic diversity seem to be shaped by paleoenvironmental changes during the Pleistocene. The present day riverine barriers appeared to have a weak effect on gene flow among populations, except for the Lomami River, which separates the TL2 population from the others. The central cohort preserves a high genetic diversity, and two unique clades of haplotypes were found in the Wamba/Iyondji populations in the central cohort and in the TL2 population in the eastern cohort respectively. This knowledge may contribute to the planning of bonobo conservation. 相似文献