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Liu Z, Chen X. Simple bioconjugate chemistry serves great clinical advances: albumin as a versatile platform for diagnosis and precision therapy. Chem Soc Rev 2016; 45:1432-56. [PMID: 26771036 PMCID: PMC5227548 DOI: 10.1039/c5cs00158g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 286] [Impact Index Per Article: 35.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Albumin is the most abundant circulating protein in plasma and has recently emerged as a versatile protein carrier for drug targeting and for improving the pharmacokinetic profile of peptide or protein based drugs. Three drug delivery technologies related to albumin have been developed, which include the coupling of low-molecular weight drugs to exogenous or endogenous albumin, conjugating bioactive proteins by albumin fusion technology (AFT), and encapsulation of drugs into albumin nanoparticles. This review article starts with a brief introduction of human serum albumin (HSA), and then summarizes the mainstream chemical strategies of developing HSA binding molecules for coupling with drug molecules. Moreover, we also concisely condense the recent progress of the most important clinical applications of HSA-binding platforms, and specify the current challenges that need to be met for a bright future of HSA-binding.
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- Zhibo Liu
- Laboratory of Molecular Imaging and Nanomedicine, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
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- Laboratory of Molecular Imaging and Nanomedicine, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
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Koniev O, Wagner A. Developments and recent advancements in the field of endogenous amino acid selective bond forming reactions for bioconjugation. Chem Soc Rev 2015; 44:5495-551. [PMID: 26000775 DOI: 10.1039/c5cs00048c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 391] [Impact Index Per Article: 43.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Bioconjugation methodologies have proven to play a central enabling role in the recent development of biotherapeutics and chemical biology approaches. Recent endeavours in these fields shed light on unprecedented chemical challenges to attain bioselectivity, biocompatibility, and biostability required by modern applications. In this review the current developments in various techniques of selective bond forming reactions of proteins and peptides were highlighted. The utility of each endogenous amino acid-selective conjugation methodology in the fields of biology and protein science has been surveyed with emphasis on the most relevant among reported transformations; selectivity and practical use have been discussed.
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- Oleksandr Koniev
- Laboratory of Functional Chemo-Systems (UMR 7199), Labex Medalis, University of Strasbourg, 74 Route du Rhin, 67401 Illkirch-Graffenstaden, France.
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Naider F, Becker JM, Wilchek M. The Use of Bromoacetyl Derivatives for the Affinity Labeling of Proteins. Isr J Chem 2013. [DOI: 10.1002/ijch.197400035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Kayushin A, Demekhina A, Korosteleva M, Miroshnikov A, Azhayev A. Synthesis of biotin-containing phosphoramidite linker with polyether spacer arm. NUCLEOSIDES NUCLEOTIDES & NUCLEIC ACIDS 2011; 30:490-502. [PMID: 21888541 DOI: 10.1080/15257770.2011.587702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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A phosphoramidite linker unit, based on glycerol backbone and containing a biotin residue attached through a tetraethylene glycol spacer arm, was synthesized. DMTr-Glycidol and tetraethylene glycol were used as starting materials. After conversion of one of hydroxy groups in tetraethylene glycol into an amino group, the epoxy cycle in DMTr-glycidol was opened by this amino alcohol, resulting in the corresponding ether and some quantity of secondary amine. After attaching of biotin residue to the ether followed by phosphitylation, the desirable linker was obtained. The structure of the linker was confirmed by (1)H-(1)H COSY, (1)H-(13)C HSQC, (1)H-(13)C HMBC, (1)H-(15)N HSQC, and (1)H-(15)N HMBC spectra. The resulted phosphoramidite linker unit is suitable for use in common DNA synthesizers. This approach can be used for preparation of various modifiers containing reporter groups attached to the primary amino function using conventional procedures.
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- Alexey Kayushin
- Shemyakin and Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia.
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Synthesis of a quinazoline derivative: a new α₁-adrenoceptor ligand for conjugation to quantum dots to study α₁-adrenoceptors in living cells. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2011; 21:5905-9. [PMID: 21875797 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2011.07.122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2011] [Revised: 07/04/2011] [Accepted: 07/23/2011] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Quantum dots (QDs) that are conjugated to small molecule derivatives of drugs and endogenous ligands may be useful tools to study the distribution and dynamic of membrane bound receptors, ion channels and transporters in live cells. In order to use these tools, it is necessary to functionalize QDs with bioactive ligands. In this paper, we successfully synthesized a ligand of α(1)-adrenoceptor that could be conjugated to QDs. In addition, the conjugation of the ligands to QDs and their biological activity were evaluated through binding assay with 30 nM QD conjugates in living human embryonic kidney 293 cells.
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Wilchek M, Miron T. Mechanism of activation of hydroxyl-containing polymers with N-hydroxysuccinimide and carbodiimides: Reason for leakage. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011. [DOI: 10.1002/masy.19880170115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Wang W, Ackermann D, Mehlich AM, König S. False labelling due to quenching failure of N
-hydroxy-succinimide-ester-coupled dyes. Proteomics 2010; 10:1525-9. [DOI: 10.1002/pmic.200900679] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Chen J, Chen S, Zhao X, Kuznetsova LV, Wong SS, Ojima I. Functionalized single-walled carbon nanotubes as rationally designed vehicles for tumor-targeted drug delivery. J Am Chem Soc 2009; 130:16778-85. [PMID: 19554734 DOI: 10.1021/ja805570f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 294] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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A novel single-walled carbon nanotube (SWNT)-based tumor-targeted drug delivery system (DDS) has been developed, which consists of a functionalized SWNT linked to tumor-targeting modules as well as prodrug modules. There are three key features of this nanoscale DDS: (a) use of functionalized SWNTs as a biocompatible platform for the delivery of therapeutic drugs or diagnostics, (b) conjugation of prodrug modules of an anticancer agent (taxoid with a cleavable linker) that is activated to its cytotoxic form inside the tumor cells upon internalization and in situ drug release, and (c) attachment of tumor-recognition modules (biotin and a spacer) to the nanotube surface. To prove the efficacy of this DDS, three fluorescent and fluorogenic molecular probes were designed, synthesized, characterized, and subjected to the analysis of the receptor-mediated endocytosis and drug release inside the cancer cells (L1210FR leukemia cell line) by means of confocal fluorescence microscopy. The specificity and cytotoxicity of the conjugate have also been assessed and compared with L1210 and human noncancerous cell lines. Then, it has unambiguously been proven that this tumor-targeting DDS works exactly as designed and shows high potency toward specific cancer cell lines, thereby forming a solid foundation for further development.
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- Jingyi Chen
- Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- K. N. Parameswaran
- a Department of Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology , Northwestern University , Evanston, IL, 60208
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Abello N, Kerstjens HAM, Postma DS, Bischoff R. Selective Acylation of Primary Amines in Peptides and Proteins. J Proteome Res 2007; 6:4770-6. [DOI: 10.1021/pr070154e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Nicolas Abello
- Department of Analytical Biochemistry, Center for Pharmacy, University of Groningen, A. Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AV Groningen, The Netherlands, and Department of Pulmonary Diseases, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Hanzeplein 1, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Analytical Biochemistry, Center for Pharmacy, University of Groningen, A. Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AV Groningen, The Netherlands, and Department of Pulmonary Diseases, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Hanzeplein 1, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Analytical Biochemistry, Center for Pharmacy, University of Groningen, A. Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AV Groningen, The Netherlands, and Department of Pulmonary Diseases, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Hanzeplein 1, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Analytical Biochemistry, Center for Pharmacy, University of Groningen, A. Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AV Groningen, The Netherlands, and Department of Pulmonary Diseases, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Hanzeplein 1, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands
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Müller R, Hiller KA, Schmalz G, Ruhl S. Chemiluminescence-based detection and comparison of protein amounts adsorbed on differently modified silica surfaces. Anal Biochem 2006; 359:194-202. [PMID: 17087913 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2006.09.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2006] [Revised: 09/27/2006] [Accepted: 09/28/2006] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The biological consequences of protein adsorption on biomaterial surfaces are considered to be of utmost importance for their biocompatibility. A new method based on amino group-labeling coupled to a chemiluminescence reaction for direct determination of proteins adsorbed on material surfaces was employed. This method was used to explore the effects of surface chemistry and surface roughness on protein adsorption in a silicon oxide model system. Corundum sandblasting was applied to silicon wafers to create roughened surfaces while immobilization of fluorocarbon-, hydrocarbon-, and poly(ethylene glycol)-containing silanes produced surfaces of varying wettability. The adsorption behavior of two complex body fluids, human serum and saliva, and of two purified components, human serum albumin and fibronectin, was strongly influenced by the surface parameters. A general tendency to higher amounts of adsorbed protein was found on roughened surfaces and modification with poly(ethylene glycol) or with fluorocarbon moieties reduced protein adsorption. The values obtained with the new method could be confirmed by a colorimetric determination of protein amounts adsorbed on identically modified silica beads and were in accordance with those previously reported utilizing established methods for protein quantification. The presented method, which was methodically simple to perform and allowed the simultaneous measurement of a large number of samples, may be of future value for high-throughput surveying of the protein adsorption characteristics of biomaterials.
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- Rainer Müller
- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Regensburg, Universitätsstrasse 31, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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Eisenberg MA. Biotin: biogenesis, transport, and their regulation. ADVANCES IN ENZYMOLOGY AND RELATED AREAS OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2006; 38:317-72. [PMID: 4598072 DOI: 10.1002/9780470122839.ch7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Bayer EA, Wilchek M. The use of the avidin-biotin complex as a tool in molecular biology. METHODS OF BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS 2006; 26:1-45. [PMID: 7392958 DOI: 10.1002/9780470110461.ch1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 346] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Kortylewicz ZP, Baranowska-Kortylewicz J, Adelstein SJ, Carmel AD, Kassis AI. Radiolabeled biotin amides from triazenyl precursors: Synthesis, binding, and in-vivo properties. J Labelled Comp Radiopharm 2006. [DOI: 10.1002/jlcr.2580341203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Huberman T, Eisenberg-Domovich Y, Gitlin G, Kulik T, Bayer EA, Wilchek M, Livnah O. Chicken avidin exhibits pseudo-catalytic properties. Biochemical, structural, and electrostatic consequences. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:32031-9. [PMID: 11395489 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m102018200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Avidin and its bacterial analogue streptavidin exhibit similarly high affinities toward the vitamin biotin. The extremely high affinity of these two proteins has been utilized as a powerful tool in many biotechnological applications. Although avidin and streptavidin have similar tertiary and quaternary structures, they differ in many of their properties. Here we show that avidin enhances the alkaline hydrolysis of biotinyl p-nitrophenyl ester, whereas streptavidin protects this reaction even under extreme alkaline conditions (pH > 12). Unlike normal enzymatic catalysis, the hydrolysis reaction proceeds as a single cycle with no turnover because of the extremely high affinity of the protein for one of the reaction products (i.e. free biotin). The three-dimensional crystal structures of avidin (2 A) and streptavidin (2.4 A) complexed with the amide analogue, biotinyl p-nitroanilide, as a model for the p-nitrophenyl ester, revealed structural insights into the factors that enhance or protect the hydrolysis reaction. The data demonstrate that several molecular features of avidin are responsible for the enhanced hydrolysis of biotinyl p-nitrophenyl ester. These include the nature of a decisive flexible loop, the presence of an obtrusive arginine 114, and a newly formed critical interaction between lysine 111 and the nitro group of the substrate. The open conformation of the loop serves to expose the substrate to the solvent, and the arginine shifts the p-nitroanilide moiety toward the interacting lysine, which increases the electron withdrawing characteristics and consequent electrophilicity of the carbonyl group of the substrate. Streptavidin lacked such molecular properties, and analogous interactions with the substrate were consequently absent. The information derived from these structures may provide insight into the action of artificial protein catalysts and the evolution of catalytic sites in general.
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- T Huberman
- Department of Biological Chemistry, The Institute of Life Sciences, Wolfson Centre for Applied Structural Biology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Givat Ram, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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Hofstetter H, Morpurgo M, Hofstetter O, Bayer EA, Wilchek M. A labeling, detection, and purification system based on 4-hydroxyazobenzene-2-carboxylic acid: an extension of the avidin-biotin system. Anal Biochem 2000; 284:354-66. [PMID: 10964420 DOI: 10.1006/abio.2000.4617] [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: 11/22/2022]
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We introduce a new nonradioactive, chromogenic label based on 4-hydroxyazobenzene-2-carboxylic acid (HABA), which is suitable for bioanalytical application, e.g., detection, localization, isolation, and purification. The HABA label is superior to other systems where it is difficult to separate labeled from unlabeled molecules or to determine the amount of label. HABA is readily detected spectroscopically by its absorption at 350 nm or by its interaction with avidin that results in a red shift to 500 nm. The HABA reagents described can be conjugated to a variety of functional groups on biomolecules and purified thereafter by affinity chromatography on an avidin column. The interaction of the HABAylated biomolecules with their corresponding targets is detected with high-affinity anti-HABA antibodies or with avidin. The nonradioactive, chromogenic HABA-based reagents form a homogeneous system that can complement or replace systems where facile quantification of the label is desired.
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- H Hofstetter
- Department of Biological Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, 76100, Israel
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Spura A, Riel RU, Freedman ND, Agrawal S, Seto C, Hawrot E. Biotinylation of substituted cysteines in the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor reveals distinct binding modes for alpha-bungarotoxin and erabutoxin a. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:22452-60. [PMID: 10791957 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m001283200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Although previous results indicate that alpha-subunit residues Trp(187), Val(188), Phe(189), Tyr(190), and Pro(194) of the mouse nicotinic acetylcholine receptor are solvent-accessible and are in a position to contribute to the alpha-bungarotoxin (alpha-Bgtx) binding site (Spura, A., Russin, T. S., Freedman, N. D., Grant, M., McLaughlin, J. T., and Hawrot, E. (1999) Biochemistry 38, 4912-4921), little is known about the accessibility of other residues within this region. By determining second-order rate constants for the reaction of cysteine mutants at alpha184-alpha197 with the thiol-specific biotin derivative (+)-biotinyl-3-maleimidopropionamidyl-3,6-dioxaoctanediamine , we now show that only very subtle differences in reactivity (approximately 10-fold) are detectable, arguing that the entire region is solvent-exposed. Importantly, biotinylation in the presence of saturating concentrations of the long neurotoxin alpha-Bgtx is significantly retarded for positions alphaW187C, alphaF189C, and reduced wild-type receptors (alphaCys(192) and alphaCys(193)), further emphasizing their major contribution to the alpha-Bgtx binding site. Interestingly, although biotinylation of position alphaV188C is not affected by the presence of alpha-Bgtx, erabutoxin a, which is a member of the short neurotoxin family, inhibits biotinylation at position alphaV188C, but not at alphaW187C or alphaF189C. Taken together, these results indicate that short and long neurotoxins establish interactions with distinct amino acids on the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor.
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- A Spura
- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Division of Biology and Medicine, Department of Chemistry, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
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Stolz J, Hoja U, Meier S, Sauer N, Schweizer E. Identification of the plasma membrane H+-biotin symporter of Saccharomyces cerevisiae by rescue of a fatty acid-auxotrophic mutant. J Biol Chem 1999; 274:18741-6. [PMID: 10373489 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.26.18741] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Bakers' yeast is auxotrophic for biotin (vitamin H) and depends on the efficient uptake of this compound from the environment. A mutant strain with strongly reduced biotin uptake and with reduced levels of protein biotinylation was identified. The strain was auxotrophic for long-chain fatty acids, and this auxotrophy could be suppressed with high levels of biotin in the medium. After transformation of this mutant with a yeast genomic library, the unassigned open reading frame YGR065C was identified to complement this mutation. This gene codes for a protein with 593 amino acids and 12 putative transmembrane helices. Northern blot analysis revealed that, in wild-type cells, the corresponding mRNA levels were increased at low biotin concentrations. Likewise, cellular biotin uptake was increased with decreasing biotin availability. Expression of YGR065C under the control of the constitutive ADH1 promoter resulted in very high biotin transport rates across the plasma membrane that were no longer regulated by the biotin concentration in the growth medium. We conclude that YGR065C encodes the first biotin transporter identified for a non-mammalian organism and designate this gene VHT1 for vitamin H transporter 1.
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- J Stolz
- Lehrstuhl Botanik II, Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Staudtstrasse 5, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany
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Morpurgo M, Bayer EA, Wilchek M. N-hydroxysuccinimide carbonates and carbamates are useful reactive reagents for coupling ligands to lysines on proteins. JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL METHODS 1999; 38:17-28. [PMID: 10078870 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-022x(98)00027-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Ligands containing amino or hydroxyl groups were converted to their corresponding activated N-hydroxysuccinimidyl carbamate and carbonate by reaction with disuccinimidyl carbonate (DSC). The latter reagents can be used for the group-specific modification of primary amines as an alternative to the widespread usage of N-hydroxysuccinimide esters. Biotin and 2,4-dinitrophenyl (DNP) derivatives were used as examples to demonstrate the approach. Biotin and DNP were each extended by attaching two different spacer arms, carrying either a hydroxyl group or a primary amine as terminal functions. The latter were then activated via their conversion to N-hydroxysuccinimide carbonates and carbamates, respectively. The usefulness of these reagents for protein modification was investigated. The modified proteins obtained exhibited similar stability and activity characteristics compared to those modified with active N-hydroxysuccinimdyl esters. The activation of hydroxy- or amino-terminating compounds with DSC represents a general method that can be applied to any ligand which contains these functional groups for its covalent coupling to amines.
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- M Morpurgo
- Department of Biological Chemistry, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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Tournier E, Wallach J, Blond P. Sulfosuccinimidyl 4-(N-maleimidomethyl)-1-cyclohexane carboxylate as a bifunctional immobilization agent. Optimization of the coupling conditions. Anal Chim Acta 1998. [DOI: 10.1016/s0003-2670(98)00008-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Sigal GB, Mammen M, Dahmann G, Whitesides GM. Polyacrylamides Bearing Pendant α-Sialoside Groups Strongly Inhibit Agglutination of Erythrocytes by Influenza Virus: The Strong Inhibition Reflects Enhanced Binding through Cooperative Polyvalent Interactions. J Am Chem Soc 1996. [DOI: 10.1021/ja953729u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 284] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Rivero-Lezcano OM, Robbins KC. Specificity of protein interactions with highly related SRC homology (SH) domains of FGR and FYN protein-tyrosine kinases. FEBS Lett 1994; 338:183-6. [PMID: 7508405 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(94)80361-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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As an approach toward identification and isolation of cellular proteins that may act as substrates or effectors of the SRC-family of protein-tyrosine kinases, fusion proteins containing noncatalytic elements of two highly related SRC-family members were tested for their ability to recognize distinct molecules present in lysates of cells known to normally express both enzymes. Our results demonstrate differences of protein binding between the SH2 elements of FYN and FGR kinases, but do not discriminate proteins binding to their SH3 domains.
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- O M Rivero-Lezcano
- Laboratory of Cellular Development and Oncology, National Institute of Dental Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
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Haralambidis J, Angus K, Pownall S, Duncan L, Chai M, Tregear GW. The preparation of polyamide-oligonucleotide probes containing multiple non-radioactive labels. Nucleic Acids Res 1990; 18:501-5. [PMID: 2106667 PMCID: PMC333454 DOI: 10.1093/nar/18.3.501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Oligonucleotide probes containing multiple non-radioactive labels have been prepared by utilising and extending the methods used to prepare polyamide-oligonucleotide conjugates. The probes were prepared by incorporating suitable amino acid residues, such as lysines, in the polyamide, which were then used as sites for the attachment of the non-radioactive labels. The procedures developed give control over the distance of the label from the oligonucleotide, and also the inter-label distance. The labels can be conveniently introduced while the substrate is still on the solid support. Even though fluorescent oligonucleotide probes prepared in this way carrying multiple carboxyfluorescein labels gave low levels of fluorescence due to quenching, the probes containing ten biotin labels gave a detection sensitivity of approximately 5 attomole (3 million molecules).
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- J Haralambidis
- Howard Florey Institute of Experimental Physiology and Medicine, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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Biotinylation of amines with the pentafluorophenyl ester of D-biotin. Chem Nat Compd 1989. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00597718] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Agrawal S, Christodoulou C, Gait MJ. Efficient methods for attaching non-radioactive labels to the 5' ends of synthetic oligodeoxyribonucleotides. Nucleic Acids Res 1986; 14:6227-45. [PMID: 3748808 PMCID: PMC311633 DOI: 10.1093/nar/14.15.6227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 198] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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The syntheses are described of two types of linker molecule useful for the specific attachment of non-radioactive labels such as biotin and fluorophores to the 5' terminus of synthetic oligodeoxyribonucleotides. The linkers are designed such that they can be coupled to the oligonucleotide as a final step in solid-phase synthesis using commercial DNA synthesis machines. Increased sensitivity of biotin detection was possible using an anti-biotin hybridoma/peroxidase detection system.
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BARTLETT KIM, GHNEIM HK, STIRK JH, WASTELL HJ, SHERRATT HSA, LEONARD JV. Enzyme Studies in Combined Carboxylase Deficiency. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1985; 447:235-51. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1985.tb18442.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Lavielle S, Chassaing G, Beaujouan JC, Torrens Y, Marquet A. Binding affinities to rat brain synaptosomes--synthesis of biotinylated analogues of Substance P. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PEPTIDE AND PROTEIN RESEARCH 1984; 24:480-7. [PMID: 6083984 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3011.1984.tb03148.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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The synthesis of four biotinylated analogues of Substance P is described. The affinities of these analogues and of their complexes with avidin for the 125I-Bolton Hunter Substance P binding sites on rat brain synaptosomes were determined. While these biotinylated peptides complexed to avidin retain a good biological activity on the guinea-pig ileum bioassay, we observe a net decrease in their binding affinities in the central nervous system. The present study confirms that in the central nervous system the higher affinity is related to the N-terminal tetrapeptide and establishes that the free amino group (N-alpha-Arg and N-epsilon-Lys) are not essential in the binding.
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Guyden J, Godfrey W, Doe B, Ousley F, Wofsy L. Immunospecific vesicle targeting facilitates fusion with selected cell populations. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1984; 103:239-53. [PMID: 6561136 DOI: 10.1002/9780470720844.ch15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/05/2023]
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Antibody-directed targeting of vesicles to cells dramatically enhances polyethylene glycol-mediated fusion and microinjection. Sealed erythrocyte ghosts or liposomes, containing fluorescent bovine serum albumin, were targeted to murine spleen and thymus cells, and to lymphocyte and monocyte cell lines. In all cases, targeted cell populations showed substantial levels of microinjection, whereas populations treated with the fusogen in the absence of targeting were not significantly microinjected. Attachment of vesicles to selected cells was achieved by first labelling the cells with biotin-modified antibody and then treating them with avidin-coupled sealed ghosts or liposomes. Another approach to the promotion of selective fusion aims to alter the cell recognition properties of Sendai virus so that its fusogenic activity may be redirected to specific cellular targets. The agglutination and fusion of red cells by UV-inactivated Sendai virus were completely blocked by low concentrations of a Fab preparation of a monoclonal antibody against the viral haemagglutinin (HN) sites. Agglutination and fusion activity were restored in the presence of Fab-anti-HN by providing an alternative recognition system, namely, when the virus had been coupled with biotin and the red cells with avidin. Methods for facilitating microinjection by specifically directing vesicles to target cells may be particularly useful in overcoming barriers to the transfer of genes into lymphocytes by standard transfection techniques.
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Godfrey W, Doe B, Wofsy L. Immunospecific vesicle targeting facilitates microinjection into lymphocytes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1983; 80:2267-71. [PMID: 6572975 PMCID: PMC393800 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.80.8.2267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Antibody-directed targeting of vesicles to cells dramatically enhances polyethylene glycol-mediated fusion and microinjection. Sealed erythrocyte ghosts, containing fluorescent bovine serum albumin, were targeted to murine spleen and thymus cells, and to lymphocyte, monocyte, and fibroblast cell lines. In all cases, targeted cell populations showed substantial levels of microinjection, whereas populations treated with the fusogen in the absence of targeting were not significantly microinjected. To achieve attachment of vesicles to selected cells, the cells were first labeled with biotin-modified antibody then treated with sealed ghosts prepared from avidin-coupled erythrocytes. This procedure should prove useful when the injection of specific cell populations is desired, or with cell types such as lymphocytes that are difficult to fuse, or when the use of limited reagents necessitates high injection efficiencies.
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Yolken RH, Leister FJ, Whitcomb LS, Santosham M. Enzyme immunoassays for the detection of bacterial antigens utilizing biotin-labeled antibody and peroxidase biotin--avidin complex. J Immunol Methods 1983; 56:319-27. [PMID: 6339630 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-1759(83)80021-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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This report describes the use of biotin-labeled antibodies in sensitive enzyme immunoassay systems for the measurement of bacterial antigens. Biotinylated immunoglobulins could be reproducibly formulated using N-hydroxysuccinimide biotin ester to link biotin to the immunoglobulin. Binding of the biotinylated antibody to solid-phase antigen was efficiently measured by reaction with a complex consisting of biotinylated antibody and unlabeled avidin. This immunoassay system was at least as sensitive as ones which utilized enzyme-labeled or fluorescein-labeled antibodies for the detection of antigens from Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae type b. In the case of Streptococcus pneumoniae the assay system could detect antigen in the supernatants from broth cultures containing as few as 10(3) organisms/ml. Assay systems utilizing biotinylated antibody and avidin-biotin complex can provide for sensitive, specific assays for the measurement of microbial antigens.
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Jacobson EB, Baine Y, Chen YW, Flotte T, O'Neil MJ, Pernis B, Siskind GW, Thorbecke GJ, Tonda P. Physiology of IgD. I. Compensatory phenomena in B lymphocyte activation in mice treated with anti-IgD antibodies. J Exp Med 1981; 154:318-32. [PMID: 6973600 PMCID: PMC2186438 DOI: 10.1084/jem.154.2.318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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The role of delta-positive cells in the immune response was studied by comparing the effects of treatment with allotype-specific IgD hybridoma antibody on homozygous BALB/c or SJL/J and heterozygous (BALB x SJL)F1 mice. Homozygous mice, injected from birth with the relevant anti-delta antibody, made primary or secondary immune responses to intravenously injected trinitrophenyl (TNP)-Brucella abortus, TNP-Ficoll, and TNP-keyhole limpet hemocyanin, which did not differ significantly from those of control mice, despite the fact that IgD+ cells were depleted and Ig+ cells were markedly reduced in the spleens of treated mice. Responses in nodes draining a local injection of TNP-Brucella abortus were, however, significantly suppressed. Heterozygous mice, injected from birth with either anti-Ig-5a or anti-Ig-5b, showed a marked reduction in the number cells producing IgG antibody of linked allotype specificity in the secondary response to intravenously injected sheep erythrocytes. A corresponding decrease in the amount of serum IgG2a of that allotype specificity was also noted. However, in agreement with the results obtained in homozygotes, heterozygotes injected simultaneously with anti-IgD directed against each of the allotypes made normal, if not enhanced, plaque-forming cell responses of both allotype specificities. Similarly, serum IgG2a levels were normal in all but one mouse treated in this fashion. These results indicate that IgD+ cells are not essential for an immune response in vivo. Although the delta-positive cell is used preferentially under normal conditions, it appears that an alternative mechanism exists by which, in the absence of these cells, the animal is able to make a normal immune response.
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Yasuda K, Yamamoto N, Yamashita S. Use of peroxidase-avidin conjugate for the demonstration of intracellular antigen. EXPERIENTIA 1981; 37:306-8. [PMID: 7016576 DOI: 10.1007/bf01991671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Henderson G, Zevely E, Huennekens F. Irreversible inactivation of the methotrexate transport system of L1210 cells by carbodiimide-activated substrates. J Biol Chem 1980. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)85572-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Bayer EA, Skutelsky E, Viswanatha T, Wilchek M. Specific localization and quantification of biotin transport components in yeast by use of a biotin-conjugated, impermeant, electron-dense label. Mol Cell Biochem 1978; 19:23-9. [PMID: 347252 DOI: 10.1007/bf00231231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Two approaches are described for the localization and quantification of biotin transport components in yeast cells. One approach is based on tracing the fate of a radioactive affinity label for the biotin transport system, [14C]biotinyl-p-nitrophenyl ester (pBNP), through various stages of subcellular fractionations. A complementary method involves the use of a biotin-derivatized, impermeant, electron-dense, affinity-cytochemical label (ferritin-biotin conjugates) for subsequent visualization by electron microscopy. Values of approximately 8,000 and 4,000 sites/cell, respectively, were achieved by the two methods. Complicating factors, future perspectives and the relevance of the two methods to the isolation of transport components are discussed.
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Broker TR, Angerer LM, Yen PH, Hershey ND, Davidson N. Electron microscopic visualization of tRNA genes with ferritin-avidin: biotin labels. Nucleic Acids Res 1978; 5:363-84. [PMID: 345243 PMCID: PMC341989 DOI: 10.1093/nar/5.2.363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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A method is described for indirect electron microscopic visualization and mapping of tRNA and other short transcripts hybridized to DNA. This method depends upon the attachment of the electron-dense protein ferritin to the RNA, the binding being mediated by the remarkably strong association of the egg white protein avidin with biotin. Biotin is covalently attached to the 3' end of tRNA using an NH2(CH2)5NH2 bridge. The tRNA-biotin adduct is hybridized to complementary DNA sequences present in a single stranded non-homology loop of a DNA:DNA heteroduplex. Avidin, covalently crosslinked to ferritin, is mixed with the heteroduplex and becomes bound to the hybridized tRNA-biotin. Observation of the DNA:RNA-biotin:avidin-ferritin complex by electron microscopy specifically and accurately reveals the position of the tRNA gene, with a frequency of labeling of approximately 50%.
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May J, Williams R, de Haën C. N epsilonB29-(+)-biotinylinsulin and its complexes with avidin. Synthesis and biological activity. J Biol Chem 1978. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)38157-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Iwashima A, Wakabayashi Y, Nose Y. Inhibition of thiamine transport in Saccharomyces cerevisiae by thiamine disulfides. J Bacteriol 1977; 131:1013-5. [PMID: 330492 PMCID: PMC235561 DOI: 10.1128/jb.131.3.1013-1015.1977] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Both thiamine disulfide and O-benzoyl thiamine disulfide, which are thiolfrom derivatives of thiamine, strongly inhibited thiamine transport in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The inhibition appeared to be due to a high affinity of the analogs for yeast cell membranes, in which thiamine transport component(s) may be integrated.
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Bayer EA, Viswanatha T, Wilchek M. The use of a homologous series of affinity labeling reagents in the study of the biotin transport system in yeast cells. FEBS Lett 1975; 60:309-12. [PMID: 776678 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(75)80737-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Manning JE, Hershey ND, Broker TR, Pellegrini M, Mitchell HK, Davidson N. A new method of in situ hybridization. Chromosoma 1975; 53:107-17. [PMID: 172297 DOI: 10.1007/bf00333039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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A new method for gene mapping at the chromosome level using in situ hybridization and scanning electron microscopy is described and has been applied to mapping the rRNA genes of Drosophila melanogaster. Biotin is covalently attached to Drosophila rRNA via a cytochrome c bridge at a ratio of one cytochrome-biotin per 130 nucleotides by a chemical procedure. Polymethacrylate spheres with a diameter of ca. 60 nm are prepared by emulsion polymerization and are covalently attached to the protein avidin at a ratio of 5-20 avidins per sphere. The biotin-labeled rRNA is hybridized to denatured DNA in a chromosome squash. Upon incubation with a sphere solution, some of the biotin sites become labeled with spheres because of the strong non-covalent interaction between biotin and avidin. The chromosome squash is examined in the scanning electron microscope (SEM). Polymer spheres, which are visible in the SEM, are observed to label the nucleolus, where the rRNA genes are located.
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The transport of [(14)C]biotin into cells of a biotin prototroph, Escherichia coli K-12 strain Y10-1, was investigated. The vitamin taken up by the cells in this strain existed primarily in the free form. Addition of glucose enhanced the rate of uptake six- to eightfold and the steady level was reached in 2 to 3 min resulting in accumulation of biotin against a concentration gradient. The uptake showed marked dependence on temperature (Q(10), 2.3; optimum, 37 C) and pH (optimum 6.6) and was inhibited by iodoacetate. Energy of activation for glucose-dependent uptake was calculated to be 16,200 cal per mol. The rate of biotin uptake with increasing biotin concentrations showed saturation kinetics with an apparent K(m) and V(max) values of 1.4 x 10(-7) M and 6.6 pmol per mg of dry cells per min respectively. The cells also accumulated biotin against a concentration gradient in the absence of added glucose, although at a much lower rate. This accumulation was much more susceptible to inhibition by azide and uncouplers of oxidative phosphorylation suggesting that the energy source was supplied through the electron-transport chain. Inhibition studies with a number of biotin analogues indicated the requirement for an intact ureido ring. The biotin uptake was inhibited in cells grown in biotin-containing medium and was shown to be the result of repression of the transport system, suggesting the control of the biotin transport.
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Heitzmann H, Richards FM. Use of the avidin-biotin complex for specific staining of biological membranes in electron microscopy. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1974; 71:3537-41. [PMID: 4139715 PMCID: PMC433809 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.71.9.3537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 158] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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To expand the electron microscopist's options in localization and visualization, a new and general staining technique has been tested. The avidin-biotin complex serves as a coupling between the electron-dense marker, ferritin, and points of interest in biological samples. When specific cellular components are tagged with biotin, those components may be visualized with ferritin-linked avidin. Because of the remarkably strong affinity of avidin and biotin (characterized by an association constant of 10(15) M(-1)), the staining is rapid and stable. The preparation of ferritin-avidin conjugate is described, and examples are presented of the application of this complex to biotin-tagged membranes. The ghosts of Acholeplasma laidlawii have been treated with biotinyl-N-hydroxysuccinimide ester to label protein amino groups. Erythrocyte membrane oligosaccharides have been oxidized by periodate or by galactose oxidase, and the resulting aldehydes labeled with biotin hydrazide. The avidin-biotin complex in electron microscopy seems especially appropriate for seqential staining procedures, as well as for visualization of reaction sites of biotin-labeled, low-molecular-weight reagents.
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D'Ambrosio SM, Glover GI, Nelson SO, Jensen RA. Specificity of the tyrosine-phenylalanine transport system in Bacillus subtilis. J Bacteriol 1973; 115:673-81. [PMID: 4199137 PMCID: PMC246299 DOI: 10.1128/jb.115.2.673-681.1973] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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l-Tyrosine and l-phenylalanine enter cells of Bacillus subtilis via a system of active transport that exhibits complex kinetic behavior. The specificity of the transport system was characterized both at low concentrations of transport substrate (where affinity for l-tyrosine or l-phenylalanine is high but capacity is low) and at high concentrations (where affinity is low but capacity is high). Specificity was not found to differ significantly as a function of either l-tyrosine or l-phenylalanine concentration. Kinetic analysis showed that the relationship between the uptake of l-phenylalanine and l-tyrosine is strictly competitive. Neither l-tyrosine nor l-phenylalanine uptake was competitively inhibited by other naturally occurring l-amino acids, indicating the importance of the phenyl side chain to uptake specificity. Hence, it is concluded that l-tyrosine and l-phenylalanine are transported by a common system that is specific for these two amino acids. The abilities of analogue derivatives of l-tyrosine and l-phenylalanine to inhibit the uptake of l-[(14)C]tyrosine and l-[(14)C]phenylalanine competitively were determined throughout a wide range of substrate and inhibitor concentrations. In this manner, the contributions of the side chain, the alpha-amino group and the carboxyl group to uptake specificity were established. It is concluded that the positively charged alpha-amino group contributes more significantly to uptake specificity than does the negatively charged carboxyl group. The recognition of a phenyl ring is an essential feature of specificity; other amino acids with aromatic side chains, such as the indole and imidazole rings of l-tryptophan and l-histidine, do not compete with l-tyrosine and l-phenylalanine for uptake. The presence of the p-hydroxy substitutent in the side chain (as in l-tyrosine) enhances the uptake of the aryl amino acid analogues investigated.
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