Disordered RNA chaperone proteins: from functions to disease

RNA chaperones are ubiquitous proteins that play pivotal roles in cellular RNA metabolism and RNA virus replication. Here we propose that they act by organizing complex and highly dynamic networks of RNA-RNA, RNA-protein and protein-protein interactions. How this is achieved and how their malfunction may lead to disease will be discussed through the examples of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 nucleocapsid protein (NCp7), the fragile X mental retardation protein and the prion protein.Received 9 March 2005; received after revision 6 April 2005; accepted 6 April 2005Dedicated to the memory of Dominique Dormont     

Purification and Characterization of an Antibacterial Protein from the Cultured Mycelia of Cordyceps sinensis

0 IntroductionAlnattie mdicfrroobmiala p wriodteei nvsar iheatdy boefe linv ifnogun odr gaanndis ismos--Bacteria[1], fungi[2 ,3], plants[4]and ani mals[5].Those proteins displayed a wide spectrumof anti mi-crobial activity against different species of viruses ,bacteria andfungi .Over the past few years ,several anti microbialpeptides and proteins were foundinfungus ,such asAFP fromAspergillus giganteus[6], Anafp fromAspergillus niger[7], Zygocin fromthe yeastZy-gosaccharomyces bailii[8],an…     

The orientational preferences of backbones of proteins

The orientation between the backbone residues of proteins is defined based on the local configurations and the corresponding preferences are analyzed by statistics.It is found that all the residue pairs have some specific preferences of orientations.The statistical analysis is mainly concen-trated in the orientational distributions for two kinds of groupings of residues based on the hydrophobicity and secondary structural features.The statistics for such two types of groupings shows different orienta-tional preferences.It is found that for the former grouping the orientational preference is rather weak, while for the later a kind of strong orientational pref-erences.This suggests that the formation of local structures and of secondary structures are highly related to the orientational preferences.     

维甲酸诱导人成骨肉瘤MG-63细胞分化过程中核基质构型及其蛋白质组成变化观察

应用选择性抽提、整装透射电镜观察和双向聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳技术，分析维甲酸诱导处理前后人成骨肉瘤MG-63细胞核基质-中间纤维系统的构型变化，以及核基质蛋白表达变化．实验结果显示MG-63细胞核基质和中间纤维数景较少、分布不均匀，核纤层为薄厚不一结构，与两类纤维联系不密切．经1μmol／L维甲酸处理后，细胞核基质纤维和中间纤维数量增多、结构层次丰富、单丝成分多，分布均匀并相互交织成规则网络，两类纤维通过薄层均一的核纤层发生密切联系，形成贯穿整个细胞核质区域的完整体系．此外，核基质蛋白表达也发生显著变化．表明经维甲酸诱导处理后MG-63的核基质-中间纤维系统产生了与正常细胞相似的恢复性改变，并且伴有核基质蛋白表达的差异．这些变化是癌细胞恶性表型逆转的重要特征和功能表现，对于揭示核基质构型及其蛋白组成与细胞癌变和逆转的关系和阐明细胞增殖分化的基因表达调控原理，均具有重要意义．     

Expression of the Stp1 LMW-PTP and inhibition of protein CK2 display a cooperative effect on immunophilin Fpr3 tyrosine phosphorylation and <Emphasis Type="Italic">Saccharomyces cerevisiae</Emphasis> growth

Although the yeast genome does not encode bona fide protein tyrosine kinases, tyrosine-phosphorylated proteins are numerous, suggesting that besides dual-specificity kinases, some Ser/Thr kinases are also committed to tyrosine phosphorylation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Here we show that blockage of the highly pleiotropic Ser/Thr kinase CK2 with a specific inhibitor synergizes with the overexpression of Stp1 low-molecular-weight protein tyrosine phosphatase (PTP) in inducing a severe growth-defective phenotype, consistent with a prominent role for CK2 in tyrosine phosphorylation in yeast. We also present in vivo evidence that immunophilin Fpr3, the only tyrosine-phosphorylated CK2 substrate recognized so far, interacts with and is dephosphorylated by Spt1. These data disclose a functional correlation between CK2 and LMW-PTPs, and suggest that reversible phosphorylation of Fpr3 plays a role in the regulation of growth rate and budding in S. cerevisiae.Received 15 January 2004; received after revision 20 February 2004; accepted 4 March 2004     

用多元分析方法研究温度对蜥蜴血红蛋白及血浆总量的影响

用多元分析的方法研究温度对蜥蜴血红蛋白浓度、血浆蛋白浓度的影响 全回归模型结果表明 :蜥蜴血红蛋白的总体浓度与温度存在二次线性关系 ,蜥蜴血浆总蛋白浓度与温度存在一次线性关系 ,各血液浓度与其他各量之间的关系均为线性的 蜥蜴平均最适温度为 2 0 8℃ ,此时蜥蜴血红蛋白的浓度最大 相关性分析表明 :蜥蜴血红蛋白的总体浓度与种类差异和性别差异的相关系数分别为 0 .632 71和 0 .784 31,血浆总蛋白浓度与种类间差异的相关系数为 0 .97533 .     

利用Benford定理分析固有无序蛋白

目的 利用Benford定理分析固有无序蛋白(Intrinsically Disordered Proteins,IDPs).方法 利用本福特定律在生物通路动力学速率常数的成功运用所受到的启发来分析固有无序蛋白.结果与结论 首次系统地调查固有无序蛋白,并发现所有固有无序蛋白及固有无序蛋白的结构域长度首位数的分布都很好地符合本福特定律.因此,固有无序蛋白能做为一个理想的组合来研究实际生活得到的数据的首位数分布,此外,这些观察值还能用来全局地约束固有无序蛋白的行为,这也许能够为固有无序蛋白更加精确的预测提供有用的信息,也将对很多疾病的治疗提供新的思路.     

细小病毒抑瘤活性研究的历史与现状

细小病毒（PV）（包括自主性的及依存性的）有抗肿瘤活性。本文在介绍PV绵结构及理化性质、病毒复制后，阐述了PV与肿瘤的关系，即其对自发肿瘤及诱发肿瘤的抑制作用，特别虽本实验室多年来利用离体细胞培养系统广泛地测试了PVH－1及MVM抑制转化细胞及癌细胞活性得到的结果，对33株细胞及人癌（肝、肾）与癌周组织原代培养的细胞测得的抑瘤效应亦列于表内。PV抑瘤机理仍在分子水平上研讨之中，文中强调了非结构蛋白NS／rep的细胞毒作用，它可部分地阐明了PV的抗肿瘤机制。