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Inga Sandler Nitzan Zigdon Efrat Levy Amir Aharoni 《Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS》2014,71(4):673-682
Computational approaches for detecting co-evolution in proteins allow for the identification of protein–protein interaction networks in different organisms and the assignment of function to under-explored proteins. The detection of co-variation of amino acids within or between proteins, moreover, allows for the discovery of residue–residue contacts and highlights functional residues that can affect the binding affinity, catalytic activity, or substrate specificity of a protein. To explore the functional impact of co-evolutionary changes in proteins, a combined experimental and computational approach must be recruited. Here, we review recent studies that apply computational and experimental tools to obtain novel insight into the structure, function, and evolution of proteins. Specifically, we describe the application of co-evolutionary analysis for predicting high-resolution three-dimensional structures of proteins. In addition, we describe computational approaches followed by experimental analysis for identifying specificity-determining residues in proteins. Finally, we discuss studies addressing the importance of such residues in terms of the functional divergence of proteins, allowing proteins to evolve new functions while avoiding crosstalk with existing cellular pathways or forming reproductive barriers and hence promoting speciation. 相似文献
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Oxysterols direct immune cell migration via EBI2 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Hannedouche S Zhang J Yi T Shen W Nguyen D Pereira JP Guerini D Baumgarten BU Roggo S Wen B Knochenmuss R Noël S Gessier F Kelly LM Vanek M Laurent S Preuss I Miault C Christen I Karuna R Li W Koo DI Suply T Schmedt C Peters EC Falchetto R Katopodis A Spanka C Roy MO Detheux M Chen YA Schultz PG Cho CY Seuwen K Cyster JG Sailer AW 《Nature》2011,475(7357):524-527
Epstein-Barr virus-induced gene 2 (EBI2, also known as GPR183) is a G-protein-coupled receptor that is required for humoral immune responses; polymorphisms in the receptor have been associated with inflammatory autoimmune diseases. The natural ligand for EBI2 has been unknown. Here we describe the identification of 7α,25-dihydroxycholesterol (also called 7α,25-OHC or 5-cholesten-3β,7α,25-triol) as a potent and selective agonist of EBI2. Functional activation of human EBI2 by 7α,25-OHC and closely related oxysterols was verified by monitoring second messenger readouts and saturable, high-affinity radioligand binding. Furthermore, we find that 7α,25-OHC and closely related oxysterols act as chemoattractants for immune cells expressing EBI2 by directing cell migration in vitro and in vivo. A critical enzyme required for the generation of 7α,25-OHC is cholesterol 25-hydroxylase (CH25H). Similar to EBI2 receptor knockout mice, mice deficient in CH25H fail to position activated B cells within the spleen to the outer follicle and mount a reduced plasma cell response after an immune challenge. This demonstrates that CH25H generates EBI2 biological activity in vivo and indicates that the EBI2-oxysterol signalling pathway has an important role in the adaptive immune response. 相似文献
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Loos RJ Lindgren CM Li S Wheeler E Zhao JH Prokopenko I Inouye M Freathy RM Attwood AP Beckmann JS Berndt SI;Prostate Lung Colorectal Ovarian 《Nature genetics》2008,40(6):768-775
To identify common variants influencing body mass index (BMI), we analyzed genome-wide association data from 16,876 individuals of European descent. After previously reported variants in FTO, the strongest association signal (rs17782313, P = 2.9 x 10(-6)) mapped 188 kb downstream of MC4R (melanocortin-4 receptor), mutations of which are the leading cause of monogenic severe childhood-onset obesity. We confirmed the BMI association in 60,352 adults (per-allele effect = 0.05 Z-score units; P = 2.8 x 10(-15)) and 5,988 children aged 7-11 (0.13 Z-score units; P = 1.5 x 10(-8)). In case-control analyses (n = 10,583), the odds for severe childhood obesity reached 1.30 (P = 8.0 x 10(-11)). Furthermore, we observed overtransmission of the risk allele to obese offspring in 660 families (P (pedigree disequilibrium test average; PDT-avg) = 2.4 x 10(-4)). The SNP location and patterns of phenotypic associations are consistent with effects mediated through altered MC4R function. Our findings establish that common variants near MC4R influence fat mass, weight and obesity risk at the population level and reinforce the need for large-scale data integration to identify variants influencing continuous biomedical traits. 相似文献
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B. Åstedt M. Pandolfi Inga Marie Nilsson 《Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS》1971,27(3):358-359
Zusammenfassung Es wird eine neue Methode zur Bestimmung der freigesetzten Menge fibrinolytisch wirksamer Stoffe in Gewebekulturen beschrieben. Das Gewebe wird in Leightonröhrchen mit einem standardisierten Fibringerinnsel gezüchtet. Die abgebaute Fibrinmenge — als Mass der fibrinolytischen Aktivität — wird durch immunologische Bestimmung der Spaltprodukte gemessen. 相似文献
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Senderek J Krieger M Stendel C Bergmann C Moser M Breitbach-Faller N Rudnik-Schöneborn S Blaschek A Wolf NI Harting I North K Smith J Muntoni F Brockington M Quijano-Roy S Renault F Herrmann R Hendershot LM Schröder JM Lochmüller H Topaloglu H Voit T Weis J Ebinger F Zerres K 《Nature genetics》2005,37(12):1312-1314
SIL1 (also called BAP) acts as a nucleotide exchange factor for the Hsp70 chaperone BiP (also called GRP78), which is a key regulator of the main functions of the endoplasmic reticulum. We found nine distinct mutations that would disrupt the SIL1 protein in individuals with Marinesco-Sj?gren syndrome, an autosomal recessive cerebellar ataxia complicated by cataracts, developmental delay and myopathy. Identification of SIL1 mutations implicates Marinesco-Sj?gren syndrome as a disease of endoplasmic reticulum dysfunction and suggests a role for this organelle in multisystem disorders. 相似文献
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Manning AK Hivert MF Scott RA Grimsby JL Bouatia-Naji N Chen H Rybin D Liu CT Bielak LF Prokopenko I Amin N Barnes D Cadby G Hottenga JJ Ingelsson E Jackson AU Johnson T Kanoni S Ladenvall C Lagou V Lahti J Lecoeur C Liu Y Martinez-Larrad MT Montasser ME Navarro P Perry JR Rasmussen-Torvik LJ Salo P Sattar N Shungin D Strawbridge RJ Tanaka T van Duijn CM An P de Andrade M Andrews JS Aspelund T Atalay M Aulchenko Y Balkau B Bandinelli S Beckmann JS Beilby JP Bellis C Bergman RN Blangero J 《Nature genetics》2012,44(6):659-669
Recent genome-wide association studies have described many loci implicated in type 2 diabetes (T2D) pathophysiology and β-cell dysfunction but have contributed little to the understanding of the genetic basis of insulin resistance. We hypothesized that genes implicated in insulin resistance pathways might be uncovered by accounting for differences in body mass index (BMI) and potential interactions between BMI and genetic variants. We applied a joint meta-analysis approach to test associations with fasting insulin and glucose on a genome-wide scale. We present six previously unknown loci associated with fasting insulin at P < 5 × 10(-8) in combined discovery and follow-up analyses of 52 studies comprising up to 96,496 non-diabetic individuals. Risk variants were associated with higher triglyceride and lower high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol levels, suggesting a role for these loci in insulin resistance pathways. The discovery of these loci will aid further characterization of the role of insulin resistance in T2D pathophysiology. 相似文献
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Nonlinear analyses of hydrostatic bearing systems are necessary to adequately model the fluid-solid interaction. The dynamic properties of linear and nonlinear analytical models of hydrostatic bearings are compared in this paper. The analyses were based on the determination of the aperiodic border of transient processes with external step loads. The results show that the dynamic properties can be most effectivelyimproved by increasing the hydrostatic bearing crosspiece width and additional pocket volume in a bearing can extend the load range for which the transient process is aperiodic, but an additional restrictor and capacitor (RC) chain must be introduced for increasing damping. The nonlinear analyses can also be used to predict typical design parameters for a hydrostatic bearing. 相似文献
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Emilsson V Thorleifsson G Zhang B Leonardson AS Zink F Zhu J Carlson S Helgason A Walters GB Gunnarsdottir S Mouy M Steinthorsdottir V Eiriksdottir GH Bjornsdottir G Reynisdottir I Gudbjartsson D Helgadottir A Jonasdottir A Jonasdottir A Styrkarsdottir U Gretarsdottir S Magnusson KP Stefansson H Fossdal R Kristjansson K Gislason HG Stefansson T Leifsson BG Thorsteinsdottir U Lamb JR Gulcher JR Reitman ML Kong A Schadt EE Stefansson K 《Nature》2008,452(7186):423-428
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Taal HR St Pourcain B Thiering E Das S Mook-Kanamori DO Warrington NM Kaakinen M Kreiner-Møller E Bradfield JP Freathy RM Geller F Guxens M Cousminer DL Kerkhof M Timpson NJ Ikram MA Beilin LJ Bønnelykke K Buxton JL Charoen P Chawes BL Eriksson J Evans DM Hofman A Kemp JP Kim CE Klopp N Lahti J Lye SJ McMahon G Mentch FD Müller-Nurasyid M O'Reilly PF Prokopenko I Rivadeneira F Steegers EA Sunyer J Tiesler C Yaghootkar H;Cohorts for Heart Aging Research in Genetic Epidemiology Consortium 《Nature genetics》2012,44(5):532-538
To identify genetic variants associated with head circumference in infancy, we performed a meta-analysis of seven genome-wide association studies (GWAS) (N = 10,768 individuals of European ancestry enrolled in pregnancy and/or birth cohorts) and followed up three lead signals in six replication studies (combined N = 19,089). rs7980687 on chromosome 12q24 (P = 8.1 × 10(-9)) and rs1042725 on chromosome 12q15 (P = 2.8 × 10(-10)) were robustly associated with head circumference in infancy. Although these loci have previously been associated with adult height, their effects on infant head circumference were largely independent of height (P = 3.8 × 10(-7) for rs7980687 and P = 1.3 × 10(-7) for rs1042725 after adjustment for infant height). A third signal, rs11655470 on chromosome 17q21, showed suggestive evidence of association with head circumference (P = 3.9 × 10(-6)). SNPs correlated to the 17q21 signal have shown genome-wide association with adult intracranial volume, Parkinson's disease and other neurodegenerative diseases, indicating that a common genetic variant in this region might link early brain growth with neurological disease in later life. 相似文献
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Weedon MN Lango H Lindgren CM Wallace C Evans DM Mangino M Freathy RM Perry JR Stevens S Hall AS Samani NJ Shields B Prokopenko I Farrall M Dominiczak A;Diabetes Genetics Initiative;Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium Johnson T Bergmann S Beckmann JS Vollenweider P Waterworth DM Mooser V Palmer CN Morris AD Ouwehand WH;Cambridge GEM Consortium Zhao JH Li S Loos RJ Barroso I Deloukas P Sandhu MS Wheeler E Soranzo N Inouye M Wareham NJ Caulfield M Munroe PB Hattersley AT McCarthy MI Frayling TM 《Nature genetics》2008,40(5):575-583
Adult height is a model polygenic trait, but there has been limited success in identifying the genes underlying its normal variation. To identify genetic variants influencing adult human height, we used genome-wide association data from 13,665 individuals and genotyped 39 variants in an additional 16,482 samples. We identified 20 variants associated with adult height (P < 5 x 10(-7), with 10 reaching P < 1 x 10(-10)). Combined, the 20 SNPs explain approximately 3% of height variation, with a approximately 5 cm difference between the 6.2% of people with 17 or fewer 'tall' alleles compared to the 5.5% with 27 or more 'tall' alleles. The loci we identified implicate genes in Hedgehog signaling (IHH, HHIP, PTCH1), extracellular matrix (EFEMP1, ADAMTSL3, ACAN) and cancer (CDK6, HMGA2, DLEU7) pathways, and provide new insights into human growth and developmental processes. Finally, our results provide insights into the genetic architecture of a classic quantitative trait. 相似文献