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Salmonella is a common cause of food poisoning. However, after ingestion the pathogen has to compete with resident microbes that already occupy the intestinal lumen (microbiota), which poses a challenge for Salmonella to successfully colonize this niche. Recent data show that Salmone...
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PMID: 21637020
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We have determined the oxidative stress and the mRNA content of four antioxidant enzymes (catalase, glutathione reductase, glutathione-S-transferase, and superoxide dismutase) during Japanese rice fish embryogenesis (from 0 day post-fertilization to hatching) and after exposing the embryos to ethano...
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PMID: 20965276
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We treat the changes in copper proteins in historically the same increasingly oxidising environmental conditions. The study is a bioinformatic analysis of the types and the numbers of copper domains of proteins from 435 DNA sequences of a wide range of organisms available in NCBI, using the method d...
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PMID: 21085721
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We hypothesized that alterations in kidney sphingolipids play a role in the declining kidney function that occurs during aging. To begin to address this, the sphingolipid profile was measured in young (3 mo), middle aged (9 mo) and old (17 mo) C57BL/6 male mice. Interestingly, while modest changes i...
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PMID: 21687659
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We show for the first time that both human isoforms of the newly identified mARC (mitochondrial amidoxime reducing component) enhance the rate of reduction of NOHA, in the presence of NADH cytochrome b₅ reductase and cytochrome b₅, by more than 500-fold. Consequently, these results provide the f...
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PMID: 21029045
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I glutaredoxins, GrxC1 and C4, CGYC and CPYC, respectively, were transformed into CCMC or CCMS. All the recombinant mutated proteins bind [2Fe-2S] centers into holodimers, whereas monomeric apoforms possess glutathione-dependent reductase activity. The functionally important, hydrophobic GALWL C-ter...
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PMID: 21094149
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We observed that mutation of the V225 position, apart from the processing sites, conferred an unusual property on PcyA; V225D mutant protein could bind BV and its analog BV13, but these complexes showed a distinct UV-vis absorption spectrum from that of the wild-type PcyA-BV complex. The crystal str...
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PMID: 20946883
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We assessed the capacity of POR variants to support the activities of human CYP2D6.
N-27 forms of wildtype (WT), Q153R, A287P, R457H and A503V POR, and WT CYP2D6 were expressed in Escherichia coli. POR proteins in bacterial membranes were reconstituted with purified CYP2D6. Support of CYP2D6 was mea...
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PMID: 20940534
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Streptomyces sp. GF3587 and 3546 were found to be imine-reducing strains with high R- and S-selectivity by screening using 2-methyl-1-pyrroline (2-MPN). Their whole-cell catalysts produced 91 mM R-2-methylpyrrolidine (R-2-MP) with 99.2%e.e. and 27.5 mM S-2-MP (92.3%e.e.) from 2-MPN at 91-92% convers...
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PMID: 20820664
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Sestrins (Sesns) are a family of highly conserved stress-responsive proteins, transcriptionally regulated by p53 and forkhead transcription factor that exhibit oxidoreductase activity in vitro and can protect cells from oxidative stress. However, their major biochemical and physiological function do...
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PMID: 20878915
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Nine Gram-negative, catalase- and oxidase-positive, coccus-shaped bacteria were isolated from pigs affected by different pathological processes. Phenotypic and genotypic methods were adopted to determine the relationships of these new isolates to recognized species of the genus Moraxella. Analysis o...
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PMID: 19946050
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A Gram-stain-positive, neutrophilic, rod-shaped bacterium, strain A1g(T), was isolated from activated sludge of a bioreactor and was subjected to a polyphasic taxonomic characterization. The isolate grew in the presence of 0-17.0 % (w/v) NaCl and at pH 6.0-9.0; optimum growth was observed in the p...
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PMID: 19946056
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We identified a new protein family that is named the 6 trans-membrane protein of prostate (STAMP) that appear to have important functions in prostate cancer. At least one member of the STAMP family is also implicated in metabolic homeostasis and nutrition response. Here, we review the current biolog...
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PMID: 20924965
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We found that non-bleached and cyclically bleached tissues of X. muta harbored a unique Crenarchaeota community closely related to those reported for other sponges. In contrast, bleached tissue from the most degraded sponge contained a Crenarchaeota community that was more similar to those found in...
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PMID: 20390264
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Carotene desaturation, an essential step in the carotenoid biosynthesis pathway, is catalyzed by two carotene desaturases, phytoene desaturase (PDS) and ζ-carotene desaturase (ζ-carotene desaturase, ZDS). Full-length cDNAs designated TaPDS and TaZDS were cloned from wheat (Triticum aestivum cv. Ch...
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PMID: 20013057
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We partially sequenced single copy nuclear genes encoding translation elongation factor 1-α (TEF), reductase (RED) and phosphate permease (PHO) in 100 F. culmorum isolates with 11 isolates of Fusarium crookwellense, Fusarium graminearum and Fusarium pseudograminearum. Phylogenetic analysis of multi...
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PMID: 20943185
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Ethyl (R, S)-4-chloro-3-hydroxybutanoate (ECHB) is a useful chiral building block for the synthesis of L-carnitine and hypercholesterolemia drugs. The yeast reductase, YOL151W (GenBank locus tag), exhibits an enantioselective reduction activity, converting ethyl-4-chlorooxobutanoate (ECOB) exclusive...
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PMID: 20890095
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We analyzed methylation profile by methylation-specific PCR and mutations and polymorphisms by DNA sequencing. Methylation analysis showed that promoter hypermethylation was present in 38 of 50 (76%) patients. In addition, promoter region of WWOX gene of younger patients was more frequently methylat...
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PMID: 20480411
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The flavoenzyme fructosyl amino acid oxidase (FAOD) catalyzes the oxidative deglycation of fructosyl amino acids, model compounds of glycated proteins. The high oxygen reactivity of FAODs limits their potential utility in amperometric enzyme sensors employing artificial electron mediators. To alter...
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PMID: 20383736
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We have found that the oxidase activity, due to H(2)O(2) treatment, can appear in different myoglobins, which presents no key residue, such as Tyr 103, for the oxidase activity previously described in the literature.
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PMID: 20430054
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I intermediate. The sterically restrictive distal pocket probably facilitates the rapid rebound of ClO(-) with compound I forming the Cl(-) and O(2) products. Common to other heme enzymes, Cld is inactivated after a finite number of turnovers, potentially via the observed formation of an off-pathway...
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PMID: 20386942
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Soluble ammonia monooxygenase (AMO) from Nitrosomonas europaea was purified to homogeneity and metals in the active sites of the enzyme (Cu, Fe) were analyzed by electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy. EPR spectra were obtained for a type 2 Cu(II) site with g(parallel) = 2.24, A(parallel...
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PMID: 20204476
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Soil cadmium (Cd) contamination has posed a serious problem for safe food production and become a potential agricultural and environmental hazard worldwide. Greenhouse hydroponic experiments were conducted to investigate the modulation of exogenous GSH (reduced glutathione) in antioxidant defense sy...
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PMID: 20605723
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We describe the discovery of an alkane biosynthesis pathway from cyanobacteria. The pathway consists of an acyl-acyl carrier protein reductase and an aldehyde decarbonylase, which together convert intermediates of fatty acid metabolism to alkanes and alkenes. The aldehyde decarbonylase is related to...
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PMID: 20671186
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We show that allelic variation in a fatty-acyl reductase gene essential for pheromone biosynthesis accounts for the phenotypic variation in female pheromone production, leading to race-specific signals. Both the cis and trans isomers of the pheromone precursors are produced by both races, but the pr...
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PMID: 20592730
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We found a significant increase in the risk of prostate cancer with increasing plasma chlordecone concentration (odds ratio [OR], 1.77; 95% CI, 1.21 to 2.58 for the highest tertile of values above the limit of detection [LD]; P trend = .002) and for cumulative exposure index (OR, 1.73; 95% CI, 1.04...
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PMID: 20566993
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We find that ectopic expression of STAMP1 significantly increased proliferation of DU145 prostate cancer cells as well as COS-7 cells in vitro; conversely, small interfering RNA-mediated knockdown of STAMP1 expression in LNCaP cells inhibited cell growth and, at least partially, induced cell cycle a...
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PMID: 20587517
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We investigated the effect of glyceollin produced to induce disease resistance responses of soybean to specific races of an incompatible pathogen, phytophthora sojae, on melanogenesis and discussed their mechanisms in melanin biosynthesis. We found that glyceollin inhibits melanin synthesis and tyro...
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PMID: 20663406
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We compared the denitrification activity of strain TR2 with those of various denitrifiers in an artificial medium that was derived from piggery wastewater. Strain TR2 exhibited strong denitrification activity and produced little N(2)O under all conditions tested. Its growth rate under denitrifying c...
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PMID: 20495048
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Vibrio fischeri is a bioluminescent bacterium that enters into a symbiosis with the bobtail squid Euprymna scolopes. The bacterium colonizes a specialized light organ, in which it generates light that might help the squid to hide its silhouette from animals beneath it. Previous studi...
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PMID: 20487269
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We explore the regulation of aox expression and AOX function. Using quantitative PCR and reporter assays, we demonstrate that aox expression is induced in the presence of nitric oxide (NO), and that the NO-responsive regulatory protein NsrR mediates the response. We have identified key amino acid re...
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PMID: 20487270
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Vibrio fischeri is a bioluminescent bacterium that enters into a symbiosis with the bobtail squid Euprymna scolopes. The bacterium colonizes a specialized light organ, in which it generates light that might help the squid to hide its silhouette from animals beneath it. Previous studi...
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PMID: 20487269
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We explore the regulation of aox expression and AOX function. Using quantitative PCR and reporter assays, we demonstrate that aox expression is induced in the presence of nitric oxide (NO), and that the NO-responsive regulatory protein NsrR mediates the response. We have identified key amino acid re...
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PMID: 20487270
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Vibrio fischeri is a bioluminescent bacterium that enters into a symbiosis with the bobtail squid Euprymna scolopes. The bacterium colonizes a specialized light organ, in which it generates light that might help the squid to hide its silhouette from animals beneath it. Previous studi...
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PMID: 20487269
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We explore the regulation of aox expression and AOX function. Using quantitative PCR and reporter assays, we demonstrate that aox expression is induced in the presence of nitric oxide (NO), and that the NO-responsive regulatory protein NsrR mediates the response. We have identified key amino acid re...
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PMID: 20487270
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Vibrio fischeri is a bioluminescent bacterium that enters into a symbiosis with the bobtail squid Euprymna scolopes. The bacterium colonizes a specialized light organ, in which it generates light that might help the squid to hide its silhouette from animals beneath it. Previous studi...
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PMID: 20487269
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We explore the regulation of aox expression and AOX function. Using quantitative PCR and reporter assays, we demonstrate that aox expression is induced in the presence of nitric oxide (NO), and that the NO-responsive regulatory protein NsrR mediates the response. We have identified key amino acid re...
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PMID: 20487270
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Vibrio fischeri is a bioluminescent bacterium that enters into a symbiosis with the bobtail squid Euprymna scolopes. The bacterium colonizes a specialized light organ, in which it generates light that might help the squid to hide its silhouette from animals beneath it. Previous studi...
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PMID: 20487269
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We explore the regulation of aox expression and AOX function. Using quantitative PCR and reporter assays, we demonstrate that aox expression is induced in the presence of nitric oxide (NO), and that the NO-responsive regulatory protein NsrR mediates the response. We have identified key amino acid re...
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PMID: 20487270
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Vibrio fischeri is a bioluminescent bacterium that enters into a symbiosis with the bobtail squid Euprymna scolopes. The bacterium colonizes a specialized light organ, in which it generates light that might help the squid to hide its silhouette from animals beneath it. Previous studi...
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PMID: 20487269
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