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A number of neuropeptides were isolated from the ganglia and muscles of molluscs, and their actions were examined. Diverse neuropeptides, in addition to several classical neurotransmitters, were suggested to be involved in the regulation of the anterior byssus retractor muscle of Mytilus. A wide structural variety of members of the Mytilus inhibitory peptide family was observed in each of the genera Mytilus, Achatina and Helix. Gly-Trp-NH2, the C-terminal dipeptide fragment of the neuropeptide AGPWamide, showed a more potent action than the parent peptide in all of the muscles examined. Peptides related to some molluscan neuropeptides were found to be distributed interphyletically. Some neuropeptides containing a D-amino acid residue were found in Achatina and Mytilus. These aspects of molluscan neuropeptides are thought not to be exceptional. 相似文献
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The uptake ofL-arginine into purified rat brain synaptosomes was investigated with respect to time and various concentrations ofL-[3H] arginine. Specific uptake was found to be linear with time for up to 5 min of incubation at 37°C. Electrolytes, including sodium chloride, potassium chloride, magnesium chloride and calcium chloride, inhibited uptake of 3 ML-arginine, and the inhibitory effect increased with increased electrolyte concentration under constant osmolarity. It was found thatL-arginine was transported into synaptosomes by two uptake components — a high affinity component (3.5 M) and a low affinity component (100 M). These two components were similar to the Ly+ system because of their extreme sensitivity to inhibition byL-lysine andL-ornithine but were distinguishable from each other by kinetic analysis of the uptake data and by their relative sensitivity to inhibition by several amino acids. 相似文献
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Deamidation and isoaspartate formation in proteins:
unwanted alterations or surreptitious signals? 总被引:9,自引:0,他引:9
Formation of -linked Asp-Xaa peptide bonds – isoaspartyl (isoAsp) sites
– arise in proteins via succinimide–linked deamidation of asparagine or dehydration of
aspartate, reactions which represent a major source of spontaneous protein damage under physiological
conditions. Accumulation of atypical isoaspartyl sites is minimized in vivo by the activity of
protein L-isoaspartyl
O–methyltransferase (PIMT), which regenerates a normal
peptide bond. Loss of PIMT has harmful consequences, especially in neurons; thus, formation of
isoAsp sites and their subsequent correction by PIMT is widely believed to constitute an important
pathway of protein damage and repair. Recent evidence is mounting, however, that deamidation
and isoaspartate formation may, in some instances, constitute a novel mechanism for intentional
modification of protein structure. Herein we describe the mechanism of Asx rearrangement, summarize
the evidence that PIMT serves an important repair function, and then focus on emerging evidence
that deamidation and isoAsp formation may sometimes have a useful function.Received 16 October 2002; received after revision 11 December 2002; accepted 12 December 2002 相似文献
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The proton-dependent synthesis of ATP was demonstrated in representative members of the generaHalobacterium, Haloarcula, andHaloferax. In all cases, synthesis was not inhibited by nitrate or N-ethylmaleimide, inhibitors of the vacuolar-like ATPase found in Archaea, but was affected by azide, an inhibitor of F0F1-ATP syntheses. These observations extend the earlier observations withHalobacterium saccharovorum and suggest that ATP synthesis in these organisms is brought about by an F0F1-APT synthase. 相似文献
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T. Tameyasu 《Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS》1990,46(7):677-679
Summary Changes in the profile of equatorial intensities of X-ray diffraction from an intact, anterior byssal retractor muscle (ABRM) ofMytilus were examined at rest, during contracture brought about by acetylcholine (ACh) and a subsequent rigor-like contraction caused by raising the tonicity of the external solution, and after returning the tonicity to normal. The results suggest that the cross-bridges formed between thick and thin actin filaments during the ACh-contracture were maintained in the hypertonic solution and broken on decreasing the tonicity before the recovery of spacing of the actin filament lattice. A similar rigor-like contraction was induced in glycerinated ABRM by increasing salt concentration during active contraction. The rigor-like force declined rapidly when Ca++ concentration decreased. The results suggest that the detachment of the cross-bridge from the actin filament is regulated by Ca++ at high ionic strength in the ABRM. 相似文献
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N. Ishii 《Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS》1986,42(7):810-812
Summary The maximal unloaded shortening velocity (Vmax) of smooth muscle cells isolated from the pedal retractor muscle ofMytilus was more than twice as large as that of the whole muscle, suggesting the presence of extracellular components which resist the contraction of the whole muscle. The Vmax of the isolated cells was almost constant at cell lengths ranging between 0.5 and 0.8310 (10, optimal length for tension generation) indicating that the intracellular resistance to contraction is negligible within this range of lengths. 相似文献
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Summary
Psophus stridulus L. andOedipoda coerulescens L. were fed or injected with solutions of Na
2
35
SO4 and35S-l-cystine. The radioactive radiation pattern of the wings was found to depend on the time of application. Differences in radiation intensity were found to correspond to the red, blue and dark areas. 相似文献
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Summary Concentrated normal urines were investigated by an immuno-electrophoretic technique using specific antiserum directed against uromucoid (=Tamm andHorsfall's urinary mucoprotein).A single precipitation line was observed, which, however, presented two distinct maxima. The faster antigen appeared to be situated between albumin and 1-globulin, while the slower antigen seemed to be ana
2-globulin. Both antigens were immunologically identical with uromucoid, although the latter had been eliminated by salt precipitation from the urines used in this experiment.The above findings can best be explained by assuming the occurrence of a polymer series of uromucoid, of which the lower members would be soluble in 0.58M NaCl, while the higher terms would representTamm andHorsfall's mucoproteinsensu stricto. It is suggested that cylindroids and nubecula represent visible forms of uromucoid. 相似文献
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The components of individual Dufours glands excised fromAnoplolepis custodiens workers were analysed by GC-MS. In addition to then-alkanes andn-alkenes previously reported2 in these glands, primary alcohols (C19-C22), secondary alcohols (C20-C23), 2-ketones (C20-C23) and possibly carboxylate ethyl esters (C19 and C21) were identified as components of these glands. It seems possible that these high-boiling compounds are used by the workers in laying trails on the hot sandy surfaces of their characteristic habitat and in lining of the inner walls of nests, but no standard compounds have been available to us for any behavioral studies. 相似文献
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G. M. Brazil C. L. Clayton T. Sekizaki K. N. Timmis 《Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS》1988,44(10):848-853
Summary DNA probes to identify the genes encoding toxins in enteric bacteria have been developed. Use of these probes reduces the number of animals required for toxicity testing, as suspect bacteria can be directly tested for the presence of toxin. We have augmented the gene probes available by developing probes against theEscherichia coli enterotoxin LTII and shiga toxin fromShigella dysenteriae 1.The LTII gene fromE. coli 357900 was identified and characterised and a suitable internal probe was obtained. The LTII gene was found not to be common among enterobacteriae from various geographical locations. Isolates predominately of animal origin from Nigeria and Thailand hybridized with the probe.The shiga toxin gene was isolated fromS. dysenteriae 1 by a combination of in vivo and in vitro methods. An internal probe was identified and used against different serogroups ofShigella andE. coli isolated. The probe was found to hybridize withS. dysenteriae 1 isolates and also someS. flexneri andS. sonnei strains. Representatives were tested for toxin production and found to produce toxin at low levels. 相似文献
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D. Daloze M. Kaisin C. Detrain J. M. Pasteels 《Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS》1991,47(10):1082-1089
The composition of the Dufour gland of the antC. scutellaris has been reinvestigated by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. The major components of the gland are (2E,5E,12Z)-4-oxoheneicosa-2,5,12-trien-1-ol acetate (1a) its
14 and
16 double bond isomers (1b and1c), and the corresponding (Z,Z)-dienes5a and5b, all containing an acetylated C21 chain. The previously proposed structures1d, 1e, and5c, which are based on an homologous acetylated C23 chain, correspond to minor derivatives present in the gland. Traces of acetylated C19 homologs, tentatively identified as1g-1i, have also been found. The Dufour gland contents of the two other EuropeanCrematogaster species have also been studied.C. auberti is very similar toC. scutellaris in producing mainly1a, 1b and1c, together with the same higher and lower homologs, but it lacks the dienic derivatives5, whereasC. sordidula contains essentially the acetylated C19 compounds1g, 1h, and1i, accompanied by acetylated C17 homologs. 相似文献
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Summary It was found that some ciliates,Stentor, Spirostomum andBlepharisma, which can contract rapidly like the stalks of Vorticellidae, have Ca2+-binding proteins that are very similar to spasmins, in the immunological sense. The presence of spasmins in other Protozoa and in some Metazoa was also investigated. 相似文献
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Two classes of metabolites fromTheonella swinhoei are localized in distinct populations of bacterial symbionts 总被引:7,自引:0,他引:7
C. A. Bewley N. D. Holland D. J. Faulkner 《Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS》1996,52(7):716-722
The marine spongeTheonella swinhoei (lithistid Family Theonellidae, Order Astrophorida) has yielded many important, bioactive natural products, most of which share structural features with bacterial natural products. The presence of microbial symbionts inT. swinhoei has been reported, and it was originally suggested that the cytotoxic macrolide swinholide A and many of the bioactive cyclic peptides fromT. swinhoei were all produced by symbiotic cyanobacteria. By transmission electron microscopy, we found four distinct cell populations to be consistently present inT. swinhoei: eukaryotic sponge cells, unicellular heterotrophic bacteria, unicellular cyanobacteria and filamentous heterotrophic bacteria. Purification and chemical analyses of each cell type showed the macrolide swinholide A to be limited to the mixed population of unicellular heterotrophic bacteria, and an anti-fungal cyclic peptide occurred only in the filamentous heterotrophic bacteria. Contrary to prior speculation, no major metabolites were located in the cyanobacteria or sponge cells. 相似文献
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CAPA peptides have been isolated from a broad range of insect species as well as an arachnid, and can be grouped into the
periviscerokinin and pyrokinin peptide families. In insects, CAPA peptides are the characteristic and most abundant neuropeptides
in the abdominal neurohemal system. In many species, CAPA peptides exert potent myotropic effects on different muscles such
as the heart. In others, including blood-sucking insects able to transmit serious diseases, CAPA peptides have strong diuretic
or anti-diuretic effects and thus are potentially of medical importance. CAPA peptides undergo cell-type-specific sorting
and packaging, and are the first insect neuropeptides shown to be differentially processed. In this review, we discuss the
current knowledge on the structure, distribution, receptors and physiological actions of the CAPA peptides.
Received 28 April 2006; received after revision 5 June 2006; accepted 4 July 2006 相似文献
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Isolated snail gonadal cells were cultured in the presence of synthetic neuropeptides in order to determine the subsequent effect of these substances on gonadal synthetic activities. Gonadal cells were incubated for 24 h in concentrations of methionine-enkephalin, somatostatin and insulin ranging from 10–4 M to 10–9 M, in medium 199 supplemented with 6% Ultroser G. Synthesis of DNA and protein by the cultured cells were simultaneously estimated by measuring incorporation of3H thymidine and35S methionine. The rate of labelled precursor incorporation was measured using the liquid scintillation technique. All substances tested exerted a dose-dependent effect. The synthetic activity of the cultured cells was highest when the concentration of the peptides added to the medium approximated the physiological levels. Methionine-enkephalin, somatostatin and insulin at 2×10–8 M significantly increased3H thymidine incorporation, by 62%, 69% and 69% respectively, and protein synthesis by 42%, 57% and 57%, respectively. In the case of juvenile gonadal cultured cells, a similar increase in3H and35S incorporation was registered for a 10–7 M peptide concentration. Both lower and higher peptide concentrations inhibited3H thymidine and35S methionine incorporation. Pharmacological studies suggest the existence of methionine-enkephalin and somatostatin-like receptors on snail gonadal cells. These results indicate that our gonadal cell culture model provides a useful tool for the study of the neuroendocrinological control of the activity of snail gonadal cells. 相似文献
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Summary Survival time ofDrosophila buzzatii adults on anOpuntia (prickly pear) medium was significantly longer than that of its nearest relativeD. serido. A significant difference was also found betweenD. buzzatii adults from two experimental populations, one of them fed onOpuntia rots for more than two years and another one kept on standardDrosophila medium for the same period of time. These results suggest that adult selection may be taking place in cactiphilicDrosophila in their natural habitats and could be responsible for the niche differentiation betweenD. buzzatii andD. serido.This work has been supported by the Comisión Asesora de investigación Científica y Técnica, Spain, by funds to project 4514/79 awarded to the third author. 相似文献
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K. R. Weiss V. Březina E. C. Cropper S. L. Hooper M. W. Miller W. C. Probst F. S. Vilim I. Kupfermann 《Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS》1992,48(5):456-463
Despite their ubiquitous presence in the central and peripheral nervous systems, the behavioral functions of peptide co-transmitters remain to be elucidated. The marine molluscAplysia, whose simple nervous system facilitates the study of the neural basis of behavior, was used to investigate the role of peptidergic co-transmission in feeding behavior. Several novel modulatory neuropeptides were purified, and localized to identified cholinergic motorneurons. Physiological and biochemical studies demonstrated that these peptides are released when the motorneourons fire at frequencies that occur during normal behavior, and that the peptides modify the relationship between muscle contraction amplitude and relaxation rate so as to maintain optimal motor output when the intensity and frequency of feeding behavior change. 相似文献
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D. Jording C. Uhde R. Schmidt A. Pühler 《Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS》1994,50(10):874-883
TheRhizobium meliloti C4-dicarboxylate transport (Dct) system is essential for an effective symbiosis with alfalfa plants. C4-dicarboxylates are the major carbon source taken up by bacteroids. Genetic analysis of Dct– mutant strains led to the isolation of thedct carrier genedctA and the regulatory genesdctB anddctD. The carrier genedctA is regulated in free-living cells by the alternative sigma factor RpoN and the two-component regulatory system DctB/D. In addition, DctA is involved in its own regulation, possibly by interacting with DctB. In bacteroids, besides the DctB/DctD system an additional symbiotic activator is thought to be involved indctA expression. Further regulation ofdctA in the free-living state is reflected by diauxic growth of rhizobia, with succinate being the preferred carbon source. The tight coupling of C4-dicarboxylate transport and nitrogen fixation is revealed by a reduced level of C4-dicarboxylate transport in nitrogenase negative bacteroids. 相似文献
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A part of the gene coding for a halophilic serine protease from a halophilic archaeumHaloferax mediterranei R4 was amplified by PCR and its 672 nucleotide sequence was determined. Tentative translation to the amino acid sequence suggested that the enzyme was quite similar to halolysin produced by another halophilic archaeum strain 172P1. Nucleotide sequences of 16S rRNA encoding genes from 9 halophilic archaea were determined. Alignment of 19 sequences known so far showed that there are more than 20 positions carrying bases or deletions specific for each halobacterial genus:Halobacterium, Haloarcula, Haloferax, andHalococcus. 相似文献
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Summary
l-Valyl-l-leucine-U-14C,l-valyl-l-proline-U-14C-lactam andl-leucyl-l-proline-U-14C-lactam were administered to submerged cultures of an ergotoxine-mixture-producing strain ofClaviceps purpurea. The added dipeptides were split by the fungus into the corresponding amino acids prior to incorporation. Apparently dipeptides are no immediate precursors for the peptide side-chain of ergotoxinealkaloids. 相似文献