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Sarah A. Osmani Author VitaeAuthor Vitae Birger Lindberg Møller Author Vitae 《Phytochemistry》2009,70(3):325-1473
Plant family 1 UDP-dependent glycosyltransferases (UGTs) catalyze the glycosylation of a plethora of bioactive natural products. In Arabidopsis thaliana, 120 UGT encoding genes have been identified. The crystal-based 3D structures of four plant UGTs have recently been published. Despite low sequence conservation, the UGTs show a highly conserved secondary and tertiary structure. The sugar acceptor and sugar donor substrates of UGTs are accommodated in the cleft formed between the N- and C-terminal domains. Several regions of the primary sequence contribute to the formation of the substrate binding pocket including structurally conserved domains as well as loop regions differing both with respect to their amino acid sequence and sequence length. In this review we provide a detailed analysis of the available plant UGT crystal structures to reveal structural features determining substrate specificity. The high 3D structural conservation of the plant UGTs render homology modeling an attractive tool for structure elucidation. The accuracy and utility of UGT structures obtained by homology modeling are discussed and quantitative assessments of model quality are performed by modeling of a plant UGT for which the 3D crystal structure is known. We conclude that homology modeling offers a high degree of accuracy. Shortcomings in homology modeling are also apparent with modeling of loop regions remaining as a particularly difficult task. 相似文献
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Serap Günes Author Vitae Niyazi Serdar Sariciftci Author Vitae 《Inorganica chimica acta》2008,361(3):581-588
Historically, conventional solar cells were built from inorganic materials such as silicon. Although the efficiency of such conventional solar cells is high, very expensive materials and energy intensive processing techniques are required.Hybrid and photoelectrochemical (dye sensitized) solar cells have been the cheap alternatives for conventional silicon solar cells. A hybrid solar cell consists of a combination of both organic and inorganic materials therefore, combines the unique properties of inorganic semiconductors with the film forming properties of the conjugated polymers. Organic materials are inexpensive, easily processable and their functionality can be tailored by molecular design and chemical synthesis. On the other hand, inorganic semiconductors can be manufactured as nanoparticles and inorganic semiconductor nanoparticles offer the advantage of having high absorption coefficients and size tunability. By varying the size of the nanoparticles the bandgap can be tuned therefore the absorption range can be tailored.In this short review, we will focus on the concepts of organic/inorganic “hybrid” solar cells. 相似文献
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G. Paul Bolwell Author Vitae 《Phytochemistry》2004,65(11):1443-1447
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Anja T. Rovio Josef Abel Arja L. Ahola Aida M. Andres Jaume Bertranpetit Antoine Blancher Ronald E. Bontrop Leona G. Chemnick Howard J. Cooke James M. Cummins Heidi A. Davis David J. Elliott Ellen Fritsche Timothy B. Hargreave Susan M. G. Hoffman Anne M. Jequier Shu-Huei Kao Heui-Soo Kim David R. Marchington Denise Mehmet Nel Otting Joanna Poulton Oliver A. Ryder Hans-Christian Schuppe Osamu Takenaka Yau-Huei Wei Lars Wichmann Howard T. Jacobs 《Mammalian genome》2004,15(6):492-502
The human nuclear gene for the catalytic subunit of mitochondrial DNA polymerase (POLG) contains within its coding region a CAG microsatellite encoding a polyglutamine repeat. Previous studies demonstrated an association between length variation at this repeat and male infertility, suggesting a mechanism whereby the prevalent (CAG)10 allele, which occurs at a frequency of >80% in different populations, could be maintained by selection. Sequence analysis of the POLG CAG microsatellite region of more than 1000 human chromosomes reveals that virtually all allelic variation at the locus is accounted for by length variation of the CAG repeat. Analysis of POLG from African great apes shows that a prevalent length allele is present in each species, although its exact length is species-specific. In common chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) a number of different sequence variants contribute to the prevalent length allele, strongly supporting the idea that the length of the POLG microsatellite region, rather than its exact nucleotide or amino acid sequence, is what is maintained. Analysis of POLG in other primates indicates that the repeat has expanded from a shorter, glutamine-rich sequence, present in the common ancestor of Old and New World monkeys. 相似文献
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Increase in mitochondrial mass in human fibroblasts under oxidative stress and during replicative cell senescence 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Hsin-Chen Lee Pen-Hui Yin Chin-Wen Chi Dr. Yau-Huei Wei 《Journal of biomedical science》2002,9(6):517-526
Abnormal proliferation of mitochondria generally occurs in muscle of aged individuals and patients with mitochondrial myopathy. An increase in the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) copy number has also been observed in aging human tissues. However, the molecular mechanism underlying the increase in mitochondrial mass and mtDNA is still unclear. In a previous study, we demonstrated that sublethal levels of oxidative stress caused an increase in mitochondrial mass in human lung cells. In this communication, we report our recent findings that the mitochondrial mass in human lung fibroblasts (MRC-5) in a later proliferation stage is significantly increased compared to that in the early stages of proliferation. The extent of the increase in mitochondrial mass in the senescent cells was similar to that in cells in the early stages of proliferation that had been treated with low concentrations ( 180 µM) of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2). Moreover, we found that the rate of reactive oxygen species (ROS) production was higher in cells in the later proliferation stage compared to cells in the early proliferation stages. A similar phenomenon was also observed in cells in the early proliferation stages under low levels of oxidative stress. On the other hand, the mRNA levels of many nuclear DNA-encoded proteins involved in mitochondrial biogenesis, particularly nuclear respiratory factor-1, were found to increase in cells in later proliferation stages and in cells in early proliferation stages that had been treated with 180 µM H2O2. Interestingly, the increase in mitochondrial mass in the cells under oxidative stress could be repressed by treatment with cycloheximide orm-chlorocarbonyl cyanide phenylhydrazone but not by chloramphenicol. Furthermore, the mitochondrial mass of mtDNA-less ° cells was also significantly increased by exposure to low concentrations (e.g. 180 µM) of H2O2. These results suggest that the increase in mitochondrial mass in replicative senescent cells may result from an increase in ROS production, and that it is dependent on both de novo synthesis of nuclear DNA-encoded proteins and their import into mitochondria, dictated by the membrane potential of mitochondria. 相似文献
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Yao-An Shen Chia-Yu Wang Yi-Tao Hsieh Yann-Jang Chen Yau-Huei Wei 《Cell cycle (Georgetown, Tex.)》2015,14(1):86-98
Cancer stem cells (CSCs) represent a subpopulation of tumor cells endowed with
self-renewal capacity and are considered as an underlying cause of tumor recurrence and
metastasis. The metabolic signatures of CSCs and the mechanisms involved in the regulation
of their stem cell-like properties still remain elusive. We utilized nasopharyngeal
carcinoma (NPC) CSCs as a model to dissect their metabolic signatures and found that CSCs
underwent metabolic shift and mitochondrial resetting distinguished from their
differentiated counterparts. In metabolic shift, CSCs showed a greater reliance on
glycolysis for energy supply compared with the parental cells. In mitochondrial resetting,
the quantity and function of mitochondria of CSCs were modulated by the biogenesis of the
organelles, and the round-shaped mitochondria were distributed in a peri-nuclear manner
similar to those seen in the stem cells. In addition, we blocked the glycolytic pathway,
increased the ROS levels, and depolarized mitochondrial membranes of CSCs, respectively,
and examined the effects of these metabolic factors on CSC properties. Intriguingly, the
properties of CSCs were curbed when we redirected the quintessential metabolic
reprogramming, which indicates that the plasticity of energy metabolism regulated the
balance between acquisition and loss of the stemness status. Taken together, we suggest
that metabolic reprogramming is critical for CSCs to sustain self-renewal, deter from
differentiation and enhance the antioxidant defense mechanism. Characterization of
metabolic reprogramming governing CSC properties is paramount to the design of novel
therapeutic strategies through metabolic intervention of CSCs. 相似文献