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Colorimetric Detection of ATP by a Chlorophosphonazo III -based Mg 2+ Complex in Aqueous Solution via Indicator Displacement Approach. J Fluoresc 2023; 33:255-260. [PMID: 36401733 DOI: 10.1007/s10895-022-03063-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2022] [Accepted: 10/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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A simple and effective colorimetric detection of adenosine 5-triphosphate (ATP) in 100% aqueous media was developed based on an indicator displacement approach (IDA). A commercially available dye, Chlorophosphonazo III (CPA), was utilized as the indicator and the ATP detection was achieved using the complex of CPA with Mg2+ in a 2:1 stoichiometric ratio (CPA2-Mg2+) through the regeneration of CPA by the binding of ATP to Mg2+. Upon addition of a series of anions to the CPA2-Mg2+ complex, only the appearance of the solution of the complex with ATP exhibited a color change from blue to purple which can be detected by the naked eye. Moreover, the ATP recognition was not hampered by the presence of other anions. Hence, CPA2-Mg2+ is efficient in ATP highly selective and sensitive colorimetric detection in 100% aqueous media.
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Liu Y, Wang L, Xu X, Yuan Y, Zhang B, Li Z, Xie Y, Yan R, Zheng Z, Ji J, Murray JM, Carr AM, Kong D. The intra-S phase checkpoint directly regulates replication elongation to preserve the integrity of stalled replisomes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2021; 118:e2019183118. [PMID: 34108240 PMCID: PMC8214678 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2019183118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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DNA replication is dramatically slowed down under replication stress. The regulation of replication speed is a conserved response in eukaryotes and, in fission yeast, requires the checkpoint kinases Rad3ATR and Cds1Chk2 However, the underlying mechanism of this checkpoint regulation remains unresolved. Here, we report that the Rad3ATR-Cds1Chk2 checkpoint directly targets the Cdc45-MCM-GINS (CMG) replicative helicase under replication stress. When replication forks stall, the Cds1Chk2 kinase directly phosphorylates Cdc45 on the S275, S322, and S397 residues, which significantly reduces CMG helicase activity. Furthermore, in cds1Chk2 -mutated cells, the CMG helicase and DNA polymerases are physically separated, potentially disrupting replisomes and collapsing replication forks. This study demonstrates that the intra-S phase checkpoint directly regulates replication elongation, reduces CMG helicase processivity, prevents CMG helicase delinking from DNA polymerases, and therefore helps preserve the integrity of stalled replisomes and replication forks.
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- Yang Liu
- Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
- National Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, College of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
- National Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, College of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
- National Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, College of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
- National Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, College of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
- National Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, College of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- National Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, College of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
- National Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, College of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
- National Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, College of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
- National Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, College of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- National Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, College of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Genome Damage and Stability Center, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9RQ, United Kingdom
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- Genome Damage and Stability Center, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9RQ, United Kingdom
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- Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China;
- National Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, College of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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Finke A, Schneider A, Spreng A, Leist M, Niemeyer CM, Marx A. Functionalized DNA Hydrogels Produced by Polymerase-Catalyzed Incorporation of Non-Natural Nucleotides as a Surface Coating for Cell Culture Applications. Adv Healthc Mater 2019; 8:e1900080. [PMID: 30861332 DOI: 10.1002/adhm.201900080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Cells from most mammalian tissues require an extracellular matrix (ECM) for attachment and proper functioning. In vitro cell cultures therefore must be supplied with an ECM that satisfies both the biological needs of cells used and the technical demands of the experimental setup. The latter include matrix functionalization for cell attachment, favorable microscopic properties, and affordable production costs. Here, modified DNA materials are therefore developed as an ECM mimic. The material is prepared by chemical cross-linking of commonly available salmon sperm DNA. To render the material cell-compatible, it is enzymatically modified by DNA polymerase I to provide versatile attachment points for peptides, proteins, or antibodies via a modular strategy. Different cells specifically attach to the material, even from mixed populations. They can be mildly released for further cell studies by DNase I-mediated digestion of the DNA material. Additionally, neural stem cells not only attach and survive on the material but also differentiate to a neural lineage when prompted. Furthermore, the DNA material can be employed to capture and retain cells under flow conditions. The simple preparation of the DNA material and its wide scope of applications open new perspectives for various cell study challenges and medical applications.
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- Alexander Finke
- Departments of Chemistry and BiologyKonstanz Research School Chemical BiologyUniversity of Konstanz Universitätsstraße 10 78464 Konstanz Germany
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)Institute for Biological Interfaces (IBG 1) Hermann‐von‐Helmholtz‐Platz D‐76344 Eggenstein‐Leopoldshafen Germany
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- Departments of Chemistry and BiologyKonstanz Research School Chemical BiologyUniversity of Konstanz Universitätsstraße 10 78464 Konstanz Germany
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- Departments of Chemistry and BiologyKonstanz Research School Chemical BiologyUniversity of Konstanz Universitätsstraße 10 78464 Konstanz Germany
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)Institute for Biological Interfaces (IBG 1) Hermann‐von‐Helmholtz‐Platz D‐76344 Eggenstein‐Leopoldshafen Germany
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- Departments of Chemistry and BiologyKonstanz Research School Chemical BiologyUniversity of Konstanz Universitätsstraße 10 78464 Konstanz Germany
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Singh H, Sharma R, Bhargava G, Kumar S, Singh P. ESIPT‐Based Dual Chemosensor for Sequential Detection of Cd
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- Harminder Singh
- Department of ChemistryUGC Centre for advanced studies –IIGuru Nanak Dev University Amritsar 143005 India
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- Department of ChemistryTrinity College Jalandhar 144006 India
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- Department of Chemical SciencesIK Gujral Punjab Technical University Kapurthala 144601 India
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- Department of ChemistryUGC Centre for advanced studies –IIGuru Nanak Dev University Amritsar 143005 India
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- Department of ChemistryUGC Centre for advanced studies –IIGuru Nanak Dev University Amritsar 143005 India
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A fluorescent "on-off-on" probe for sensitive detection of ATP based on ATP displacing DNA from nanoceria. Talanta 2017; 179:285-291. [PMID: 29310233 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2017.09.091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2017] [Revised: 09/19/2017] [Accepted: 09/30/2017] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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A simple, rapid, and ultrasensitive fluorescence strategy for adenosine triphosphate (ATP) detection was developed by using a FAM (carboxyfluorescein) labeled DNA (FAM-DNA). In this strategy, highly fluorescent FAM-DNA was used as a probe, and nanoceria (CeO2 NPs) acted as an efficient quencher. FAM-DNA attached to the surface of nanoceria through the coordination between the phosphate group of DNA and NP surface, which induced complete quenching in the FAM-DNA fluorescence due to a photo induced electron transfer (PET) process. It was found that ATP can readily displace adsorbed DNA from nanoceria surface because of the stronger coordination ability of ATP with nanoceria, and the nanoceria-based competitive binding resulted in over 7-fold fluorescence enhancement. Over a wide range from 0.1nM to 1.5μM, a good linear relationship between the fluorescence intensity and the concentration of ATP was obtained and the detection limit was estimated to be as low as 54pM. This method was successfully used to analyze ATP in a single drop of blood and human urine.
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Kumar A, Pandey R, Kumar A, Gupta RK, Dubey M, Mohammed A, Mobin SM, Pandey DS. Self-assembled copper(II) metallacycles derived from asymmetric Schiff base ligands: efficient hosts for ADP/ATP in phosphate buffer. Dalton Trans 2015; 44:17152-65. [PMID: 26373609 DOI: 10.1039/c5dt01433f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Novel asymmetric Schiff base ligands 2-{[3-(3-hydroxy-1-methyl-but-2-enylideneamino)-2,4,6-trimethylphenylimino]-methyl}-phenol (H2L(1)) and 1-{[3-(3-hydroxy-1-methyl-but-2-enylideneamino)-2,4,6-trimethylphenylimino]-methyl}-naphthalen-2-ol (H2L(2)) possessing dissimilar N,O-chelating sites and copper(ii) metallacycles (CuL(1))4 (1) and (CuL(2))4 (2) based on these ligands have been described. The ligands and complexes have been thoroughly characterized by satisfactory elemental analyses, and spectral (IR, (1)H, (13)C NMR, ESI-MS, UV/vis) and electrochemical studies. Structures of H2L(2) and 1 have been unambiguously determined by X-ray single crystal analyses. The crystal structure of H2L(2) revealed the presence of two distinct N,O-chelating sites on dissimilar cores (naphthalene and β-ketoaminato groups) offering a diverse coordination environment. Metallacycles 1 and 2 having a cavity created by four Cu(ii) centres coordinated in a homo- and heteroleptic fashion with respective ligands act as efficient hosts for adenosine-5'-diphosphate (ADP) and adenosine-5'-triphosphate (ATP) respectively, over other nucleoside polyphosphates (NPPs). The disparate sensitivity of these metallacycles toward ADP and ATP has been attributed to the size of the ligands assuming diverse dimensions and spatial orientations. These are attuned for π-π stacking and electrostatic interactions suitable for different guest molecules under analogous conditions, metallacycle 1 offers better orientation for ADP, while 2 for ATP. The mechanism of the host-guest interaction has been investigated by spectral and electrochemical studies and supported by molecular docking studies.
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- Amit Kumar
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi-221 005, India.
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Greenough L, Schermerhorn KM, Mazzola L, Bybee J, Rivizzigno D, Cantin E, Slatko BE, Gardner AF. Adapting capillary gel electrophoresis as a sensitive, high-throughput method to accelerate characterization of nucleic acid metabolic enzymes. Nucleic Acids Res 2015; 44:e15. [PMID: 26365239 PMCID: PMC4737176 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkv899] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2015] [Accepted: 08/28/2015] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Detailed biochemical characterization of nucleic acid enzymes is fundamental to understanding nucleic acid metabolism, genome replication and repair. We report the development of a rapid, high-throughput fluorescence capillary gel electrophoresis method as an alternative to traditional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis to characterize nucleic acid metabolic enzymes. The principles of assay design described here can be applied to nearly any enzyme system that acts on a fluorescently labeled oligonucleotide substrate. Herein, we describe several assays using this core capillary gel electrophoresis methodology to accelerate study of nucleic acid enzymes. First, assays were designed to examine DNA polymerase activities including nucleotide incorporation kinetics, strand displacement synthesis and 3′-5′ exonuclease activity. Next, DNA repair activities of DNA ligase, flap endonuclease and RNase H2 were monitored. In addition, a multicolor assay that uses four different fluorescently labeled substrates in a single reaction was implemented to characterize GAN nuclease specificity. Finally, a dual-color fluorescence assay to monitor coupled enzyme reactions during Okazaki fragment maturation is described. These assays serve as a template to guide further technical development for enzyme characterization or nucleoside and non-nucleoside inhibitor screening in a high-throughput manner.
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- From New England Biolabs, Inc., Ipswich, MA 01938, USA
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Choi JS, Berdis AJ. Visualizing nucleic acid metabolism using non-natural nucleosides and nucleotide analogs. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2015; 1864:165-76. [PMID: 26004088 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2015.05.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2015] [Revised: 05/14/2015] [Accepted: 05/15/2015] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Nucleosides and their corresponding mono-, di-, and triphosphates play important roles in maintaining cellular homeostasis. In addition, perturbations in this homeostasis can result in dysfunctional cellular processes that cause pathological conditions such as cancer and autoimmune diseases. This review article discusses contemporary research areas applying nucleoside analogs to probe the mechanistic details underlying the complexities of nucleoside metabolism at the molecular and cellular levels. The first area describes classic and contemporary approaches used to quantify the activity of nucleoside transporters, an important class of membrane proteins that mediate the influx and efflux of nucleosides and nucleobases. A focal point of this section is describing how biophotonic nucleosides are replacing conventional assays employing radiolabeled substrates to study the mechanism of these proteins. The second section describes approaches to understand the utilization of nucleoside triphosphates by cellular DNA polymerases during DNA synthesis. Emphasis here is placed on describing how novel nucleoside analogs such as 5-ethynyl-2'-deoxyuridine are being used to quantify DNA synthesis during normal replication as well as during the replication of damaged DNA. In both sections, seminal research articles relevant to these areas are described to highlight how these novel probes are improving our understanding of these biological processes. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Physiological Enzymology and Protein Functions.
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- Jung-Suk Choi
- Department of Chemistry, Cleveland State University, 2351 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44115, USA; The Center for Gene Regulation in Health and Disease, Cleveland State University, 2351 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44115, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Cleveland State University, 2351 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44115, USA; The Center for Gene Regulation in Health and Disease, Cleveland State University, 2351 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44115, USA; Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, 11000 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA; Red5 Pharmaceuticals, LLC, 10000 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA.
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Guo Y, Sun X, Yang G, Liu J. Ultrasensitive detection of ATP based on ATP regeneration amplification and its application in cell homogenate and human serum. Chem Commun (Camb) 2015; 50:7659-62. [PMID: 24898261 DOI: 10.1039/c4cc01458h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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A conformation-switching aptamer molecule that could be circularized without ligation DNA was designed. Pyrophosphate (PPi) was converted to ATP, resulting in higher signals for ATP detection. Meanwhile, the method has significant implications for real applications.
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- Yingshu Guo
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Linyi University, Linyi 276005, China.
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- Hwan Myung Kim
- Department of Chemistry & Energy Systems Research, Ajou University, Suwon 443-749, Korea
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- Department
of Chemistry, Korea University, 145, Anam-ro, Seoul 136-713, Korea
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Greenough L, Kelman Z, Gardner AF. The roles of family B and D DNA polymerases in Thermococcus species 9°N Okazaki fragment maturation. J Biol Chem 2015; 290:12514-22. [PMID: 25814667 PMCID: PMC4432273 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m115.638130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2015] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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During replication, Okazaki fragment maturation is a fundamental process that joins discontinuously synthesized DNA fragments into a contiguous lagging strand. Efficient maturation prevents repeat sequence expansions, small duplications, and generation of double-stranded DNA breaks. To address the components required for the process in Thermococcus, Okazaki fragment maturation was reconstituted in vitro using purified proteins from Thermococcus species 9°N or cell extracts. A dual color fluorescence assay was developed to monitor reaction substrates, intermediates, and products. DNA polymerase D (polD) was proposed to function as the replicative polymerase in Thermococcus replicating both the leading and the lagging strands. It is shown here, however, that it stops before the previous Okazaki fragments, failing to rapidly process them. Instead, Family B DNA polymerase (polB) was observed to rapidly fill the gaps left by polD and displaces the downstream Okazaki fragment to create a flap structure. This flap structure was cleaved by flap endonuclease 1 (Fen1) and the resultant nick was ligated by DNA ligase to form a mature lagging strand. The similarities to both bacterial and eukaryotic systems and evolutionary implications of archaeal Okazaki fragment maturation are discussed.
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- Lucia Greenough
- From New England Biolabs, Inc., Ipswich, Massachusetts 01938 and
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- the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Rockville, Maryland 20850
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- From New England Biolabs, Inc., Ipswich, Massachusetts 01938 and
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Wang YW, Liu SB, Yang YL, Wang PZ, Zhang AJ, Peng Y. A terbium(III)-complex-based on-off fluorescent chemosensor for phosphate anions in aqueous solution and its application in molecular logic gates. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2015; 7:4415-22. [PMID: 25629534 DOI: 10.1021/am5089346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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A new Tb(III) complex based on a tripodal carboxylate ligand has been synthesized for the selective fluorescent recognition of phosphate anions, including inorganic phosphates and nucleoside phosphates (e.g., ATP), in Tris buffer solution. The resulting L · Tb complex shows the characteristic emission bands centered at about 495 and 550 nm from the Tb(III)-centered (5)D4 excited state to (7)FJ transitions with J = 6 and 5, where the chelating ligand acts only as an "antenna". Upon the addition of phosphate anions to the aqueous solution of Tb(III) complex, significant "on-off" fluorescence changes were observed, which were attributed to the inhibition of the "antenna" effect between the ligand and Tb(III) after the incorporation of phosphate anions. Furthermore, this unique Tb(III) complex has been successfully utilized to detect phosphate anions with filter papers and hydrogels. Notably, the Tb(III) complex also can be used for the construction of molecular logic gates with TRANSFER and INHIBIT logic functions by using the above fluorescence changes.
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- Ya-Wen Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, Lanzhou University , Lanzhou 730000, People's Republic of China
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Muthuraj B, Chowdhury SR, Mukherjee S, Patra CR, Iyer PK. Aggregation deaggregation influenced selective and sensitive detection of Cu2+ and ATP by histidine functionalized water-soluble fluorescent perylene diimide under physiological conditions and in living cells. RSC Adv 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c5ra00408j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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A novel PDI-HIS probe detects Cu2+ to form aggregated nonfluorescent complex. Addition of 0.58 ppm ATP to this complex causes its rapid disaggregation thereby recovering the fluorescence by ∼99% in vitro and in A549 living cells.
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- Department of Chemistry
- Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
- Guwahati-781039
- India
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- Biomaterials Group
- CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology
- Hyderabad-500007
- India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR)
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- Biomaterials Group
- CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology
- Hyderabad-500007
- India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR)
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- Department of Chemistry
- Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
- Guwahati-781039
- India
- Center for Nanotechnology
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Schmatko T, Muller P, Maaloum M. Surface charge effects on the 2D conformation of supercoiled DNA. SOFT MATTER 2014; 10:2520-2529. [PMID: 24647451 DOI: 10.1039/c3sm53071j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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We have adsorbed plasmid pUc19 DNA on a supported bilayer. By varying the fraction of cationic lipids in the membrane, we have tuned the surface charge. Plasmid conformations were imaged by Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM). We performed two sets of experiments: deposition from salt free solution on charged bilayers and deposition from salty solutions on neutral bilayers. Both sets show similar trends: at low surface charge density or low bulk salt concentration, the internal electrostatic repulsion forces plasmids to adopt completely opened structures, while at high surface charge density or higher bulk salt concentration, usual supercoiled plectonemes are observed. We experimentally demonstrate the equivalence of surface screening by mobile interfacial charges and bulk screening from salt ions. At low to medium screening, the electrostatic repulsion at plasmid crossings is predominant, leading to a number of crossovers decreasing linearly with the characteristic screening length. We compare our data with an analytical 2D-equilibrated model developed recently for the system and extract the DNA effective charge density when strands are adsorbed at the surface.
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- Tatiana Schmatko
- Institut Charles Sadron, CNRS UPR 22 et Université de Strasbourg, 23 rue du loess, BP 84047 67034 Strasbourg Cedex2, France.
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Colorimetric chemosensor for ATP based on phthalimide-appended poly(2,5-dimethoxyaniline). Polym Bull (Berl) 2013. [DOI: 10.1007/s00289-013-1037-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Tsay OG, Manjare ST, Kim H, Lee KM, Lee YS, Churchill DG. Novel reversible Zn2+-assisted biological phosphate "turn-on" probing through stable aryl-hydrazone salicylaldimine conjugation that attenuates ligand hydrolysis. Inorg Chem 2013; 52:10052-61. [PMID: 23944230 DOI: 10.1021/ic4013526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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A novel reversible zinc(II) chemosensing ensemble (2·Zn(2+)) allows for selective "turn-on" fluorescence sensing of ATP and PPi in aqueous media (detection limits: 2.4 and 1.0 μM, respectively) giving selective binding patterns: ATP ∼ PPi > ADP ≫ AMP > monophosphates ≈ remaining ions tested. The conjugated hydrazone [C═N-NH-R] resists hydrolysis considerably, compared to the imine [C═N-CH2-R, pyridin-2-ylmethanamine] functionality, and generalizes to other chemosensing efforts. Prerequisite Zn(2+)·[O(phenol)N(imine)N(pyr)] binding is selective, as determined by UV-vis and NMR spectroscopy; ATP or PPi extracts Zn(2+) to regenerate the ligand-fluorophore conjugate (PPi: turn-on, 512 nm; detection limit, 1.0 μM). Crystallography, 2-D NMR spectroscopy, and DFT determinations (B3LYP/631g*) support the nature of compound 2. 2-Hydrazinyl-pyridine-salicylaldehyde conjugation is unknown, as such; a paucity of chemosensing-Zn(2+) binding reports underscores the novelty of this modifiable dual cation/anion detection platform. A combined theoretical and experimental approach reported here allows us to determine both the potential uniqueness as well as drawbacks of this novel conjugation.
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- Olga G Tsay
- Department of Chemistry, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), 373-1 Guseong-dong, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 305-701, Republic of Korea
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Liu X, Xu J, Lv Y, Wu W, Liu W, Tang Y. An ATP-selective, lanthanide complex luminescent probe. Dalton Trans 2013; 42:9840-6. [PMID: 23689488 DOI: 10.1039/c3dt50986a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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A luminescent probe based on a europium complex is developed, which effectively distinguishes adenosine-5'-triphosphate (ATP) from adenosine diphosphate (ADP) and adenosine monophosphate (AMP) in pure water at pH 6.8. With a longer lifetime (in ms range), the probe is prospectively applied to biological systems to monitor ATP levels by completely removing the background fluorescence of other molecules.
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- Xiao Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, PR China
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Irvoas J, Noirot A, Chouini-Lalanne N, Reynes O, Sartor V. DNA three-way junction–ruthenium complex assemblies. NEW J CHEM 2013. [DOI: 10.1039/c3nj00288h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Ghosh K, Saha I. Ortho-phenylenediamine-based open and macrocyclic receptors in selective sensing of H2PO4(-), ATP and ADP under different conditions. Org Biomol Chem 2012; 10:9383-92. [PMID: 23108334 DOI: 10.1039/c2ob26995c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Ortho-phenylenediamine-based open and macrocyclic receptors have been designed and synthesized. The open receptor 1 and the macrocyclic receptor 2 fluorimetrically distinguish H(2)PO(4)(-) from the other anions examined in CH(3)CN with appreciable binding constant values. As practical applications, they are also sensible to nucleotides in aq. CH(3)CN (1 : 1, v/v). The receptor 1 shows significant emission change upon complexation of ATP and ADP. ADP is selectively distinguished by a ratiometric change in emission. In contrast, the macrocyclic receptor 2, under similar conditions, shows good binding with ATP over the others.
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- Kumaresh Ghosh
- Department of Chemistry, University of Kalyani, Kalyani-741235, India.
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Bharti SK, Banerjee T, Brosh RM. Setting the stage for cohesion establishment by the replication fork. Cell Cycle 2012; 11:2228-9. [PMID: 22677705 PMCID: PMC3383582 DOI: 10.4161/cc.20962] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Comment on: Rudra S, et al. Cell Cycle 2012; 2114-21
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- Sanjay Kumar Bharti
- Laboratory of Molecular Gerontology; National Institute on Aging; National Institutes of Health; NIH Biomedical Research Center; Baltimore, MD USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Gerontology; National Institute on Aging; National Institutes of Health; NIH Biomedical Research Center; Baltimore, MD USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Gerontology; National Institute on Aging; National Institutes of Health; NIH Biomedical Research Center; Baltimore, MD USA
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Rao AS, Kim D, Nam H, Jo H, Kim KH, Ban C, Ahn KH. A turn-on two-photon fluorescent probe for ATP and ADP. Chem Commun (Camb) 2012; 48:3206-8. [PMID: 22331239 DOI: 10.1039/c2cc17629g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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An acedan derivative containing Zn(II)-DPA has been developed as a two-photon probe for nucleoside phosphates, which shows enhanced fluorescence toward ATP and ADP at physiological pH 7.4 among other competing anions including AMP; the probe is permeable to cell membranes and thus can be directly used for two-photon imaging of ATP and ADP in live cells.
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- Alla Sreenivasa Rao
- Department of Chemistry and the Center for Electro-Photo Behaviors in Advanced Molecular Systems, POSTECH, San 31, Hyoja-dong, Pohang, 790-784, Republic of Korea
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Xu Z, Spring DR, Yoon J. Fluorescent sensing and discrimination of ATP and ADP based on a unique sandwich assembly of pyrene-adenine-pyrene. Chem Asian J 2011; 6:2114-22. [PMID: 21506284 DOI: 10.1002/asia.201100120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2011] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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It is still a challenging task to discriminate adenosine-5'-triphosphate (ATP) from various nucleoside triphosphates, such as GTP, CTP, UTP, and TTP. The ability to distinguish ATP from adenosine diphosphate (ADP) by fluorescent signals is also urgently desired. Herein, we report two pyrene-based zinc complexes as nucleoside polyphosphate receptors with high selectivity for ATP and ADP based on fluorescence and NMR studies. A unique pyrene-adenine-pyrene sandwich assembly was observed in the case of compound 1 with ATP or ADP, resulting in the increase of monomer fluorescence intensity; whereas the other bases of nucleoside triphosphates, such as GTP, CTP, UTP, and TTP were not sandwiched, resulting in a switch in the monomer-excimer fluorescence of pyrene. The different binding patterns of various nucleobases with a pyrene-pyrene assembly make 1 a highly selective fluorescent sensor for ANP (N=di, tri). In the case of compound 2, the first 0.5 equivalents of ATP induced a strong excimer emission, whilst ADP induced a large enhancement in the monomeric fluorescent peak. This fluorescence change makes 2 an efficient sensor to discriminate ATP from ADP.
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- Zhaochao Xu
- Department of Chemistry and Nano Science, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, 120-750, Korea
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Vaccinia virus D4 mutants defective in processive DNA synthesis retain binding to A20 and DNA. J Virol 2010; 84:12325-35. [PMID: 20861259 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01435-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Genome replication is inefficient without processivity factors, which tether DNA polymerases to their templates. The vaccinia virus DNA polymerase E9 requires two viral proteins, A20 and D4, for processive DNA synthesis, yet the mechanism of how this tricomplex functions is unknown. This study confirms that these three proteins are necessary and sufficient for processivity, and it focuses on the role of D4, which also functions as a uracil DNA glycosylase (UDG) repair enzyme. A series of D4 mutants was generated to discover which sites are important for processivity. Three point mutants (K126V, K160V, and R187V) which did not function in processive DNA synthesis, though they retained UDG catalytic activity, were identified. The mutants were able to compete with wild-type D4 in processivity assays and retained binding to both A20 and DNA. The crystal structure of R187V was resolved and revealed that the local charge distribution around the substituted residue is altered. However, the mutant protein was shown to have no major structural distortions. This suggests that the positive charges of residues 126, 160, and 187 are required for D4 to function in processive DNA synthesis. Consistent with this is the ability of the conserved mutant K126R to function in processivity. These mutants may help unlock the mechanism by which D4 contributes to processive DNA synthesis.
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Xu Z, Singh NJ, Lim J, Pan J, Kim HN, Park S, Kim KS, Yoon J. Unique sandwich stacking of pyrene-adenine-pyrene for selective and ratiometric fluorescent sensing of ATP at physiological pH. J Am Chem Soc 2010; 131:15528-33. [PMID: 19919166 DOI: 10.1021/ja906855a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 455] [Impact Index Per Article: 32.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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A pincer-like benzene-bridged sensor 1 with a pyrene excimer as a signal source and imidazolium as a phosphate anion receptor was synthesized and investigated for ATP sensing. A unique switch of excimer vs monomer pyrene fluorescence of 1 is observed in the presence of ATP due to the charcteristic sandwich pi-pi stacking of pyrene-adenine-pyrene. On the other hand, four other bases of nucleoside triphosphates such as GTP, CTP, UTP, and TTP can interact only from the outside with the already stabilized stacked pyrene-pyrene dimer of 1, resulting in excimer fluorescence quenching. The fluorescent intensity ratio of monomer-to-excimer for 1 upon binding with ATP (I(375)/I(487)) is much larger than that upon binding with ADP and AMP. This difference is large enough to discriminate ATP from ADP and AMP. As one of the biological applications, sensor 1 is successfully applied to the ATP staining experiments. Sensor 1 is also applied to monitor the hydrolysis of ATP and ADP by apyrase. The results indicate that 1 is a useful fluorescent sensor for investigations of ATP-relevant biological processes.
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- Zhaochao Xu
- Department of Chemistry and Nano Science and Department of Bioinspired Science, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, 120-750, Korea
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A mitochondrial DNA primase is essential for cell growth and kinetoplast DNA replication in Trypanosoma brucei. Mol Cell Biol 2010; 30:1319-28. [PMID: 20065037 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.01231-09] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Kinetoplast DNA in African trypanosomes contains a novel form of mitochondrial DNA consisting of thousands of minicircles and dozens of maxicircles topologically interlocked to form a two-dimensional sheet. The replication of this unusual form of mitochondrial DNA has been studied for more than 30 years, and although a large number of kinetoplast replication genes and proteins have been identified, in vitro replication of these DNAs has not been possible since a kinetoplast DNA primase has not been available. We describe here a Trypanosoma brucei DNA primase gene, PRI1, that encodes a 70-kDa protein that localizes to the kinetoplast and is essential for both cell growth and kinetoplast DNA replication. The expression of PRI1 mRNA is cyclic and reaches maximum levels at a time corresponding to duplication of the kinetoplast DNA. A 3'-hydroxyl-terminated oligoriboadenylate is synthesized on a poly(dT) template by a recombinant form of the PRI1 protein and is subsequently elongated by DNA polymerase and added dATP. Poly(dA) synthesis is dependent on both PRI1 protein and ATP and is inhibited by RNase H treatment of the product of PRI1 synthesis.
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Sadownik J, Philp D. A Simple Synthetic Replicator Amplifies Itself from a Dynamic Reagent Pool. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2008; 47:9965-70. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.200804223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 131] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Sadownik J, Philp D. A Simple Synthetic Replicator Amplifies Itself from a Dynamic Reagent Pool. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2008. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.200804223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Garton S, Knight H, Knight MR, Thorlby GJ. Nucleotide depletion and chloroplast division. PLANT SIGNALING & BEHAVIOR 2007; 2:197-198. [PMID: 19704696 PMCID: PMC2634057 DOI: 10.4161/psb.2.3.4177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2007] [Accepted: 03/22/2007] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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We have described the identification of crinkled leaves 8 (cls8) which contains a mutation within the gene encoding the large subunit of ribonucleotide reductase (RNR), the enzyme that catalyses the rate limiting step in the synthesis of deoxyribonucleotide triphosphates (dNTPs) for DNA synthesis and repair. The mutation resulted in plants with altered leaf and flower morphology, reduced root growth, bleached leaf sectors and reduced levels of dNTPs. An interesting consequence of the mutation was its effect on chloroplast division. Mutant plants had fewer, larger chloroplasts and a reduced number of chloroplast genomes compared to wild type plants. The morphological phenotype may be a consequence of altered chloroplast replication.
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- Sarah Garton
- School of Biological Sciences; Royal Holloway; University of London; London, UK
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I am a member of what has been called, perhaps too grandiosely, "The Greatest Generation." I grew up during the Great Depression and served in the U.S. Army during World War II. Because of my military service and the benefits of the GI Bill, I was able to attend college and, later, graduate school. Early in my graduate studies, I became fascinated with enzymes and the biochemical reactions that they catalyze. This fascination has never left me during the 50 years I have been a "DNA enzymologist." I was fortunate to have had as a mentor Arthur Kornberg, one of the great biochemists of the twentieth century, and a splendid group of postdocs and graduate students. I have studied DNA polymerases, DNA nucleases, DNA ligases, and DNA recombinases, enzymes that are critical to our understanding of DNA replication, repair, and recombination. Most recently, I have been studying herpes virus replication and inadvertently wandered into an entirely new area-viral latency.
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- I Robert Lehman
- Department of Biochemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA.
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Ahmadian A, Ehn M, Hober S. Pyrosequencing: history, biochemistry and future. Clin Chim Acta 2005; 363:83-94. [PMID: 16165119 DOI: 10.1016/j.cccn.2005.04.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 243] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2005] [Accepted: 04/27/2005] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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BACKGROUND Pyrosequencing is a DNA sequencing technology based on the sequencing-by-synthesis principle. METHODS The technique is built on a 4-enzyme real-time monitoring of DNA synthesis by bioluminescence using a cascade that upon nucleotide incorporation ends in a detectable light signal (bioluminescence). The detection system is based on the pyrophosphate released when a nucleotide is introduced in the DNA-strand. Thereby, the signal can be quantitatively connected to the number of bases added. Currently, the technique is limited to analysis of short DNA sequences exemplified by single-nucleotide polymorphism analysis and genotyping. Mutation detection and single-nucleotide polymorphism genotyping require screening of large samples of materials and therefore the importance of high-throughput DNA analysis techniques is significant. In order to expand the field for pyrosequencing, the read length needs to be improved. CONCLUSIONS Th pyrosequencing system is based on an enzymatic system. There are different current and future applications of this technique.
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- Afshin Ahmadian
- Department of Biotechnology, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden
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Henneke G, Flament D, Hübscher U, Querellou J, Raffin JP. The hyperthermophilic euryarchaeota Pyrococcus abyssi likely requires the two DNA polymerases D and B for DNA replication. J Mol Biol 2005; 350:53-64. [PMID: 15922358 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2005.04.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2005] [Revised: 04/11/2005] [Accepted: 04/19/2005] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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DNA polymerases carry out DNA synthesis during DNA replication, DNA recombination and DNA repair. During the past five years, the number of DNA polymerases in both eukarya and bacteria has increased to at least 19 and multiple biological roles have been assigned to many DNA polymerases. Archaea, the third domain of life, on the other hand, have only a subset of the eukaryotic-like DNA polymerases. The diversity among the archaeal DNA polymerases poses the intriguing question of their functional tasks. Here, we focus on the two identified DNA polymerases, the family B DNA polymerase B (PabpolB) and the family D DNA polymerase D (PabpolD) from the hyperthermophilic euryarchaeota Pyrococcus abyssi. Our data can be summarized as follows: (i) both Pabpols are DNA polymerizing enzymes exclusively; (ii) their DNA binding properties as tested in gel shift competition assays indicated that PabpolD has a preference for a primed template; (iii) PabPolD is a primer-directed DNA polymerase independently of the primer composition whereas PabpolB behaves as an exclusively DNA primer-directed DNA polymerase; (iv) PabPCNA is required for PabpolD to perform efficient DNA synthesis but not PabpolB; (v) PabpolD, but not PabpolB, contains strand displacement activity; (vii) in the presence of PabPCNA, however, both Pabpols D and B show strand displacement activity; and (viii) we show that the direct interaction between PabpolD and PabPCNA is DNA-dependent. Our data imply that PabPolD might play an important role in DNA replication likely together with PabpolB, suggesting that archaea require two DNA polymerases at the replication fork.
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- Ghislaine Henneke
- IFREMER, UMR 6197, Laboratoire de Microbiologie et Environnements Extrêmes, DRV/VP/LM2E, BP 70, F-29280 Plouzané, France.
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Takemura M. Biochemical properties of the stimulatory activity of DNA polymerase alpha by the hyper-phosphorylated retinoblastoma protein. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2002; 1571:151-6. [PMID: 12049795 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-4165(02)00211-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Previously, my colleagues and I have reported that the immunopurified hyper-phosphorylated retinoblastoma protein (ppRb) stimulates the activity of DNA polymerase alpha. I describe here the biochemical characteristics of this stimulatory activity. DNA polymerase alpha-stimulatory activity of ppRb was most remarkable when using activated DNA as a template-primer, rather than using poly(dT)-(rA)(10), poly(dA)-(dT)(12-18), and so on. Kinetic analysis showed that there was no significant difference in K(m) value for deoxyribonucleotides of DNA polymerase alpha in the presence of ppRb. Adding ppRb resulted in the overcoming pause site on the template, but did not affect the rate of misincorporation of incorrect deoxyribonucleotides. By adding ppRb, the optimal concentration of template-primer was shifted to a higher region, but not using M13 singly primed DNA. The ppRb seemed to assist the process that DNA polymerase alpha changed its conformation resulting in appropriate enzyme activity. These results suggest that ppRb affects both template-primer and DNA polymerase alpha and makes appropriate circumstances for the enzyme reaction.
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- Masaharu Takemura
- Laboratory of Cancer Cell Biology, Research Institute for Disease Mechanism and Control, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsurumai-cho 65, Showa-ku, Japan.
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The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is a powerful molecular biologic technique for the analysis of very small amounts of DNA. This technique has found increasing use in the past 10 years for the detection of pathogenic organisms associated with many forms of ocular inflammatory and infectious disease. PCR has shown utility in the diagnosis of viral uveitis, infectious endophthalmitis, and parasitic eye disease. The strengths and weaknesses of this diagnostic technique are discussed. Additionally, uses of PCR in linking known pathogens to disease, and to discovering novel pathogens, are addressed.
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- R N Van Gelder
- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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Gao D, McHenry CS. tau binds and organizes Escherichia coli replication through distinct domains. Partial proteolysis of terminally tagged tau to determine candidate domains and to assign domain V as the alpha binding domain. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:4433-40. [PMID: 11078743 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m009828200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The tau subunit dimerizes Escherichia coli DNA polymerase III core through interactions with the alpha subunit. In addition to playing critical roles in the structural organization of the holoenzyme, tau mediates intersubunit communications required for efficient replication fork function. We identified potential structural domains of this multifunctional subunit by limited proteolysis of C-terminal biotin-tagged tau proteins. The cleavage sites of each of eight different proteases were found to be clustered within four regions of the tau subunit. The second susceptible region corresponds to the hinge between domain II and III of the highly homologous delta' subunit, and the third region is near the C-terminal end of the tau-delta' alignment (Guenther, B., Onrust, R., Sali, A., O'Donnell, M., and Kuriyan, J. (1997) Cell 91, 335-345). We propose a five-domain structure for the tau protein. Domains I and II are based on the crystallographic structure of delta' by Guenther and colleagues. Domains III-V are based on our protease cleavage results. Using this information, we expressed biotin-tagged tau proteins lacking specific protease-resistant domains and analyzed their binding to the alpha subunit by surface plasmon resonance. Results from these studies indicated that the alpha binding site of tau lies within its C-terminal 147 residues (domain V).
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- D Gao
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics and Program in Molecular Biology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado 80262
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Organization, Replication, Transposition, and Repair of DNA. Biochemistry 2001. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-012492543-4/50030-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Veilleux S, Caron N, Boissonneault G. Comparative study of the coupling between topoisomerase I activity and high-mobility group proteins in E. coli and mammalian cells. DNA Cell Biol 2000; 19:421-9. [PMID: 10945232 DOI: 10.1089/10445490050085915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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It is now well established that the HMG box DNA-binding motif can alter the topology of double-stranded DNA in several ways. Using the spermatid-specific tsHMG as a model protein of the HMG-1/-2 family, we have demonstrated that its expression in E. coli produces an increase in plasmid supercoiling density that is likely a consequence of its ability to constrain free supercoils in vivo. As demonstrated in vitro, stabilization of free DNA supercoils by tsHMG prevents topoisomerase I from gaining access to the template and could represent a mechanism for the apparent inhibition of topoisomerase I in bacteria. A similar modulation of eukaryotic topoisomerase I activity was not detected after expression of the tsHMG in mammalian cells. This differential response is discussed in terms of the marked difference in DNA packaging and accessibility of free supercoils in prokaryotic vs. eukaryotic cells.
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- S Veilleux
- Département de Biochimie, Faculté de Médicine, Université de Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
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Jakimowicz D, Majkadagger J, Konopa G, Wegrzyn G, Messer W, Schrempf H, Zakrzewska-Czerwińska J. Architecture of the Streptomyces lividans DnaA protein-replication origin complexes. J Mol Biol 2000; 298:351-64. [PMID: 10772855 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2000.3686] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The Streptomyces oriC region contains two clusters of 19 DnaA boxes separated by a spacer (134 bp). The Streptomyces DnaA protein consists, like all other DnaA proteins, of four domains: domain III and the carboxyterminal part (domain IV) are responsible for binding of ATP and DNA, respectively. Binding of the DnaA protein to the entire oriC region analysed by electron microscopy showed that the DnaA protein forms separate complexes at each of the clusters of DnaA boxes, but not at the spacer separating them. In vivo mutational analysis revealed that the number of DnaA boxes and the presence of the spacer linking both groups of DnaA boxes seem to be important for a functional Streptomyces origin. We suggest that the arrangement of DnaA boxes allows the DNA-bound DnaA protein to induce bending and looping of the oriC region. As it was shown by electrophoretic mobility shift assay and "one hybrid system", two domains, I and III, facilitate interactions between DnaA molecules. We postulate that domain I and domain III could be involved in cooperativity at distant and at closely spaced DnaA boxes, respectively. The long domain II extends the range over which N termini (domain I) of DNA-bound DnaA protein can form dimers. Thus, interactions between DnaA molecules may bring two clusters of DnaA boxes separated by the spacer into functional contact by loop formation. Removal of the spacer region or deletion of domains I and II resulted, respectively, in nucleoprotein complexes which are not fully developed, or huge nucleoprotein aggregates.
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MESH Headings
- Allosteric Site
- Bacterial Proteins/chemistry
- Bacterial Proteins/genetics
- Bacterial Proteins/metabolism
- Bacterial Proteins/ultrastructure
- Chromosomes, Bacterial/chemistry
- Chromosomes, Bacterial/genetics
- Chromosomes, Bacterial/metabolism
- Chromosomes, Bacterial/ultrastructure
- Computer Simulation
- DNA Ligases/metabolism
- DNA Replication/genetics
- DNA, Bacterial/chemistry
- DNA, Bacterial/genetics
- DNA, Bacterial/metabolism
- DNA, Bacterial/ultrastructure
- DNA, Circular/chemistry
- DNA, Circular/genetics
- DNA, Circular/metabolism
- DNA-Binding Proteins/chemistry
- DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics
- DNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism
- DNA-Binding Proteins/ultrastructure
- Dimerization
- Kinetics
- Microscopy, Electron
- Models, Biological
- Mutation/genetics
- Nucleic Acid Conformation
- Protein Binding
- Protein Structure, Tertiary
- Replication Origin/genetics
- Streptomyces/chemistry
- Streptomyces/genetics
- Transformation, Bacterial/genetics
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- D Jakimowicz
- Ludwik Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. Weigla 12, Wroclaw, 53-114, Poland
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Halmer L, Vestner B, Gruss C. Involvement of topoisomerases in the initiation of simian virus 40 minichromosome replication. J Biol Chem 1998; 273:34792-8. [PMID: 9857004 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.273.52.34792] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Topoisomerases provide the unlinking activity necessary for replication fork movement during DNA replication. It is uncertain, however, whether topoisomerases are also required for the initiation of replication. To investigate this point, we have performed pulse-chase experiments with SV40 minichromosomes as template to distinguish between the initiation and the elongation of replication. Using an unfractionated cytosolic extract as a source of replication functions, we found that the addition of topoisomerases at the initiation step significantly increased the number of active chromatin templates, whereas addition of topoisomerases at the elongation step had only minor effects. Minichromosomes with an extended chromatin structure as well as protein-free DNA required less topoisomerase for effective replication initiation. We could exclude the possibility that topoisomerases enhance the origin binding of T antigen, the SV40 replication initiator, and propose instead that the arrangement of nucleosomes influences the diffusion of supercoils during initial DNA unwinding. Efficient initiation therefore requires a high local concentration of topoisomerases to relax the torsional stress.
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- L Halmer
- University of Konstanz, Department of Biology, Universitätsstr. 10, 78457 Konstanz, Federal Republic of Germany
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- Scott R. Rajski
- Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523
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Phillips DR, Teng W, Arfsten A, Nannizzi-Alaimo L, White MM, Longhurst C, Shattil SJ, Randolph A, Jakubowski JA, Jennings LK, Scarborough RM. Effect of Ca2+ on GP IIb-IIIa interactions with integrilin: enhanced GP IIb-IIIa binding and inhibition of platelet aggregation by reductions in the concentration of ionized calcium in plasma anticoagulated with citrate. Circulation 1997; 96:1488-94. [PMID: 9315536 DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.96.5.1488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 184] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND Integrilin (eptifibatide), a potent inhibitor of the fibrinogen binding function of GP IIb-llla, has been shown to reduce the thrombotic complications of angioplasty and of acute coronary syndromes. The present study was designed to determine whether the reduced Ca2+ concentrations in plasma anticoagulated with citrate affect Integrilin binding to GP IIb-IIIa and the ex vivo pharmacodynamic measurements for this drug. METHODS AND RESULTS Lower concentrations of Integrilin were found to inhibit platelet aggregation in plasma anticoagulated with citrate (for ADP, mean+/-SD IC(50)=140+/-40 nmol/L, n=6; Ca2+ =40 to 50 micromol/L) than with PPACK (IC(50)=570+/-70 nmol/L, P<.0001, n=6; Ca2+ approximately 1 mmol/L). Chelation of Ca2+ with EDTA or citrate caused a similar degree of enhancement in the inhibitory activity of Integrilin. Measurements of D3 LIBS epitope expression showed that the enhanced inhibitory activity was caused by enhanced GP IIb-IIIa occupancy by Integrilin. Citrate anticoagulation decreased the amounts of Integrilin required to inhibit the binding of PAC1, a monoclonal antibody that mimics the GP IIb-IIIa binding activity of fibrinogen. Reduced Ca2+ also increased Integrilin inhibition of the binding of biotinylated fibrinogen to purified, immobilized GP IIb-IIIa. CONCLUSIONS These data suggest that citrate anticoagulation removes Ca2+ from GP IIb-IIIa and enhances the apparent inhibitory activity of Integrilin. This finding indicates that the inhibitory activity of Integrilin is overestimated in blood samples collected with citrate, suggesting that it may be possible to achieve greater antithrombotic efficacy beyond that observed in clinical trials to date with Integrilin.
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- D R Phillips
- COR Therapeutics, South San Francisco, Calif 94080, USA.
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Several examples of direct interactions between helicases and topoisomerases have recently been described. The data suggest a possible cooperation between these enzymes in major DNA events such as the progression of a replication fork, segregation of newly replicated chromosomes, disruption of nucleosomal structure, DNA supercoiling, and finally recombination, repair, and genomic stability. A first example is the finding of a strong interaction between T antigen and topoisomerase I in mammalian cells, that may trigger unwinding of the parental DNA strands at the replication forks of Simian Virus 40. A second example is the reverse gyrase from thermophilic prokaryotes, composed of a putative helicase domain, and a topoisomerase domain in the same polypeptide. This enzyme may be required to maintain genomic stability at high temperature. A third example is the finding of an interaction between type II topoisomerase and the helicase Sgs1 in yeast. This interaction possibly allows the faithful segregation of newly replicated chromosomes in eukaryotic cells. A fourth example is the interaction between the same helicase Sgs1 and topoisomerase III in yeast, that may control recombination level and genetic stability of repetitive sequences. Recently, in humans, mutations in genes similar to Sgs1 have been found to be responsible for Bloom's and Werner's syndromes. The cooperation between helicases and topoisomerases is likely to be extended to many aspects of DNA mechanisms including chromatin condensation/decondensation.
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- M Duguet
- Laboratoire d'Enzymologie des Acides Nucléiques, Institut de Génétique et Microbiologie, URA 2225 CNRS, Université Paris-Sud, Orsay, France.
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Kim DR, McHenry CS. Biotin tagging deletion analysis of domain limits involved in protein-macromolecular interactions. Mapping the tau binding domain of the DNA polymerase III alpha subunit. J Biol Chem 1996; 271:20690-8. [PMID: 8702819 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.271.34.20690] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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The tau subunit dimerizes DNA polymerase III via interaction with the alpha subunit, allowing DNA polymerase III holoenzyme to synthesize both leading and lagging strands simultaneously at the DNA replication fork. Here, we report a general method to map the limits of domains required for heterologous protein-protein interactions using surface plasmon resonance. The method employs fusion of a short biotinylation sequence at either the NH2 or COOH terminus of the protein to be immobilized on streptavidin-derivatized biosensor chips. Inclusion of a hexahistidine sequence permits rapid purification and separation of the fusion protein from the endogenous Escherichia coli biotin carboxyl carrier protein. Ten deletions of the alpha subunit were constructed and purified by Ni2+-nitrilotriacetic acid chromatography and, when required, monomeric avidin chromatography. Each alpha deletion protein was captured by streptavidin immobilized on a Pharmacia Biosensor BIAcore chip, and the tau binding activity of each alpha deletion was analyzed using surface plasmon resonance. The tau subunit bound very tightly to a full-length amino-terminal fusion of the biotinylation sequence with alpha (KD approximately 70 pm). Four additional NH2-terminal alpha deletion proteins (60, 240, 360, and 542 residues deleted) retained strong binding activity to the tau subunit (KD = 0.19-0.39 nM), whereas deletion of 705 residues or more from the NH2 terminus of the alpha subunit abolished tau binding activity. Full-length alpha that contained a carboxyl-terminal fusion with the biotinylation sequence bound tau strongly (KD = 0.37 nM). However, deletion of 48 amino acids from the COOH terminus totally eliminated tau binding. These results indicate that the COOH-terminal half of the alpha subunit is involved in tau interaction.
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- D R Kim
- Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Genetics, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado 80262, USA
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De Gasperi R, Gama Sosa MA, Battistini S, Yeretsian J, Raghavan S, Zelnik N, Leshinsky E, Kolodny EH. Late-onset GM2 gangliosidosis: Ashkenazi Jewish family with an exon 5 mutation (Tyr180-->His) in the Hex A alpha-chain gene. Neurology 1996; 47:547-52. [PMID: 8757036 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.47.2.547] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Late-onset GM2 gangliosidosis is a variant form of Tay-Sachs disease characterized by onset of symptoms and signs in adolescence or in early adult life. The deficiency of beta-hexosaminidase A (Hex A) in this form of GM2 gangliosidosis has been invariably associated with the presence of the Gly269-->Ser substitution in the alpha-chain. We found two siblings of Ashkenazi Jewish descent diagnosed with late-onset GM2 gangliosidosis who were negative for the Gly269-->Ser mutation. Analysis of the HEXA gene showed that they were compound heterozygotes for the functionally silent 4-bp insertion in exon 11, typical of the infantile form of the disease and for a novel mutation, T538-->C, resulting in the missense Tyr180-->His. Expression studies in COS-7 cells suggested that the effect of this mutation was to decrease the stability of the alpha-chain at physiologic temperatures and therefore to indirectly affect the formation of mature Hex A.
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- R De Gasperi
- Department of Neurology, New York University School of Medicine, NY 10016, USA
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Mui S, Briggs M, Chung H, Wallace RB, Gomez-Isla T, Rebeck GW, Hyman BT. A newly identified polymorphism in the apolipoprotein E enhancer gene region is associated with Alzheimer's disease and strongly with the epsilon 4 allele. Neurology 1996; 47:196-201. [PMID: 8710077 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.47.1.196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Apolipoprotein E allele 4 (apoE epsilon 4) is a major risk factor for late-onset AD. Inheritance of this allele is associated with an earlier age of onset of dementia in individuals with AD. It is unknown whether other polymorphisms in the apoE gene may influence the effect of apoE epsilon 4 on AD. We screened portions of the promoter enhancer element and of the apoE receptor binding domain for other polymorphisms that could affect risk of AD. In particular, a C/G polymorphism at position +113 of the apoE mRNA in the apoE intron 1 enhancer element (IE1) has been recently identified. We found no other polymorphisms. We studied the relationship of the two alleles of the IE1 polymorphism with AD and found an apparent association between IE1 G and AD (n = 94; p = 0.0515). However, the IE1 G allele is also closely associated with apoE epsilon 4 (p < 0.0001). When the presence of apoE epsilon 4 is covaried, the association between the IE1 G allele and AD is no longer statistically significant (odds ratio = 1.29, 95% confidence interval: 0.44, 3.78). In contrast, epsilon 4 is still highly associated with AD when IE1 G is controlled for (odds ratio = 5.91, 95% confidence interval: 3.29, 10.63). Furthermore, there is no significant association between the age of onset of dementia and the inheritance of the G allele. We believe that the apparent association between IE1 G and AD is a consequence of the association between the epsilon 4 and IE1 G alleles.
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- S Mui
- Neurology Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston 02114, USA
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Althaus IW, Kézdy FJ, Peterson T, Spilman CH, Reusser F. Novenamines as inhibitors of two independent enzymes during DNA replication in a toluenized Escherichia coli cell system. Biochem Pharmacol 1996; 51:1373-8. [PMID: 8787554 DOI: 10.1016/0006-2952(96)00061-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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The amphiphilic novenamines described in this report have been shown previously to be specific inhibitors of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 reverse transcriptase-associated ribonuclease, which they inhibit when they are in the micellar state but not when they are monomeric. These compounds also inhibit the bacterial enzyme DNA gyrase, which is essential for DNA replication. Hence, the present studies were initiated to determine whether the molecular species inhibiting the gyrase reaction was the monomeric or the micellar form. For this purpose, the rate of DNA replication was measured in a toluenized Escherichia coli cell system in the presence of increasing concentrations of novenamines. The resulting concentration-response curves proved anomalous, suggesting the involvement of micelles or some other, noncovalently aggregated forms of the inhibitors. The results were analyzed in terms of a variety of kinetic schemes and were found to be most consistent with the model where novenamines inhibit replicative DNA synthesis predominantly as cooperative dimers and, to a lesser extent, as monomers, but not as highly aggregated micelles. Based on this analysis and the knowledge that novobiocin and all novenamine-containing analogs are powerful gyrase inhibitors, we conclude that the target of the cooperative, dimeric inhibition is the gyrase, whereas the monomers of the novenamines inhibit another enzyme species involved in the bacterial DNA replication process.
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- I W Althaus
- The Upjohn Company, Kalamazoo, MI 49001, USA
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Rudolph U, Finegold MJ, Rich SS, Harriman GR, Srinivasan Y, Brabet P, Bradley A, Birnbaumer L. Gi2 alpha protein deficiency: a model of inflammatory bowel disease. J Clin Immunol 1995; 15:101S-105S. [PMID: 8613481 DOI: 10.1007/bf01540899] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Mice deficient for the G protein subunit Gi2 alpha were obtained by gene targeting. They displayed a growth retardation that was apparent at 6 weeks of age. They subsequently developed diffuse colitis with clinical and histopathological features closely resembling those of ulcerative colitis in humans. Seven of 20 Gi2 alpha-deficient mice with colitis also developed adenocarcinomas of the colon. Gi2 alpha-deficient thymocytes displayed two- to fourfold increases in mature CD4+8- and CD4-8+ phenotypes, an approximately threefold increase in high-intensity CD3 staining and enhanced proliferative responses to T-cell receptor stimuli. Stimulation of Gi 2 alpha-deficient peripheral T cells induced a hyperresponsive profile of interleukin-2, tumour necrosis factor, and interferon-gamma production, which may reflect a heightened response of primed cells or a defective negative regulation. We suggest that Gi 2 alpha-deficient mice may represent a useful animal model for dissecting the pathomechanisms of inflammatory bowel disease and also for the development of novel therapeutic strategies.
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- U Rudolph
- Department of Cell Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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In Caulobacter crescentus, asymmetry is generated in the predivisional cell, resulting in the formation of two distinct cell types upon cell division: a motile swarmer cell and a sessile stalked cell. These progeny cell types differ in their relative programs of gene expression and DNA replication. In progeny swarmer cells, DNA replication is silenced for a defined period, but stalked cells reinitiate chromosomal DNA replication immediately following cell division. The establishment of these differential programs of DNA replication may be due to the polar localization of DNA replication proteins, differences in chromosome higher-order structure, or pole-specific transcription. The best-understood aspect of Caulobacter development is biogenesis of the polar flagellum. The genes encoding the flagellum are expressed under cell cycle control predominantly in the predivisional cell type. Transcription of flagellar genes is regulated by a trans-acting hierarchy that responds to both flagellar assembly and cell cycle cues. As the flagellar genes are expressed, their products are targeted to the swarmer pole of the predivisional cell, where assembly occurs. Specific protein targeting and compartmentalized transcription are two mechanisms that contribute to the positioning of flagellar gene products at the swarmer pole of the predivisional cell.
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- J W Gober
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles 90024-1569
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Lhernould S, Karamanos Y, Lerouge P, Morvan H. Characterization of the peptide-N4-(N-acetylglucosaminyl) asparagine amidase (PNGase Se) from Silene alba cells. Glycoconj J 1995; 12:94-8. [PMID: 7795418 DOI: 10.1007/bf00731874] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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The peptide-N4-(N-acetylglucosaminyl) asparagine amidase (PNGase Se) earlier described [Lhernould S., Karamanos Y., Bourgerie S., Strecker G., Julien R., Morvan H. (1992) Glycoconjugate J 9:191-97] was partially purified from cultured Silene alba cells using affinity chromatography. The enzyme is active between pH 3.0 and 6.5, and is stable in the presence of moderate concentrations of several other protein unfolding chemicals, but is readily inactivated by SDS. Although the enzyme cleaves the carbohydrate from a variety of animal and plant glycopeptides, it does not hydrolyse the carbohydrate from most of the corresponding unfolded glycoproteins in otherwise comparable conditions. The substrate specificity of this plant PNGase supports the hypothesis that this enzyme could be at the origin of the production of 'unconjugated N-glycans' in a suspension medium of cultured Silene alba cells.
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- S Lhernould
- Laboratoire de Biologie Cellulaire Végétale et Valorisation des Espéces Ligneuses, Université de Limoges, France
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Istfan NW, Wan J, Chen ZY. Fish oil and cell proliferation kinetics in a mammary carcinoma tumor model. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 1995; 375:149-56. [PMID: 7645425 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4899-0949-7_13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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In vivo bromodeoxyuridine (BrdUrd) labelling and bivariate BrdUrd/DNA analysis was used to evaluate cell cycle kinetics in a rat tumor model known to be sensitive to dietary fatty acid manipulation. Fish oil supplementation significantly reduced the rate of BrdUrd movement relative to DNA content, indicating prolongation of the DNA replication time. This finding, which accounted for most of the decrease in tumor growth rate in the fish oil-fed group, represents the first description of an alteration in S phase duration by an extrinsic factor. The significance of this finding is discussed in relation to current understanding of cell cycle regulation. Fish oil feeding is associated with slower growth rate in certain tumors (1,2). According to current concepts of cellular proliferation (3), regulation of growth by extrinsic factors is thought to precede the S phase. This statement is based on the notion that, within a given cell type, DNA replication time (S phase duration) is constant (4-6). Extensive evidence also supports an on/off mechanism of cell cycle regulation at the level of entry into the S phase (3). In this report, we present evidence showing, for the first time, that the S phase duration of fat-responsive tumor cells can be altered by dietary manipulation of fatty acids. Furthermore, these differences in S phase duration appear to account for all the in vivo variation in tumor growth resulting from fish oil feeding. Although the mechanism of this phenomenon remains unclear, our observations support increasing evidence for a regulatory step at the level of the nucleus. They are also important for understanding the relationship between dietary fat and tumor growth.
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- N W Istfan
- Clinical Nutrition Unit, Boston University Medical Center Hospital, Massachusetts 02118, USA
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Istfan NW, Wan JM, Bistrian BR, Chen ZY. DNA replication time accounts for tumor growth variation induced by dietary fat in a breast carcinoma model. Cancer Lett 1994; 86:177-86. [PMID: 7982205 DOI: 10.1016/0304-3835(94)90076-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Female Fischer rats were pair-fed on diets containing either safflower oil (SO) or fish oil (FO) for 6 weeks. Implanted breast 13762 MAT tumors had a doubling times of 35.4 and 55.5 h in SO and FO rats, respectively (P < 0.001). Proliferation kinetics were measured in vivo by bromedeoxyuridine (BrdUrd) labeling and bivariate DNA/BrdUrd analysis by flow cytometry. After 1 h of pulsing, the labeling index was similar in both groups. However, 6 h later, tumor cells from FO rats had significantly lower relative movement of BrdUrd-labeled cells (0.78 vs. 0.91, P < 0.001). These results reflected a significantly longer S phase duration (15.0 vs. 9.1 h, P < 0.001) in FO rats and accounted for all the difference in tumor growth rates. This mechanism, which has not previously been reported, implies a significant role for fatty acids in DNA replication.
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- N W Istfan
- Department of Medicine, New England Deaconess Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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