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A massive phytoplankton bloom induced by an ecosystem-scale iron fertilization experiment in the equatorial Pacific Ocean 总被引:70,自引:0,他引:70
Coale KH Johnson KS Fitzwater SE Gordon RM Tanner S Chavez FP Ferioli L Sakamoto C Rogers P Millero F Steinberg P Nightingale P Cooper D Cochlan WP Landry MR Constantinou J Rollwagen G Trasvina A Kudela R 《Nature》1996,383(6600):495-501
The seeding of an expanse of surface waters in the equatorial Pacific Ocean with low concentrations of dissolved iron triggered a massive phytoplankton bloom which consumed large quantities of carbon dioxide and nitrate that these microscopic plants cannot fully utilize under natural conditions. These and other observations provide unequivocal support for the hypothesis that phytoplankton growth in this oceanic region is limited by iron bioavailability. 相似文献
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Wouters J Fonzé E Vermeire M Frère JM Charlier P 《Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS》2003,60(8):1764-1773
The structures of the class C -lactamase from Enterobacter cloacae 908R alone and in complex with a boronic acid transition-state analogue were determined by X-ray crystallography at 2.1 and 2.3 Å, respectively. The structure of the enzyme resembles those of other class C -lactamases. The structure of the complex with the transition-state analogue, iodo-acetamido-phenyl boronic acid, shows that the inhibitor is covalently bound to the active-site serine (Ser64). Binding of the inhibitor within the active site is compared with previously determined structures of complexes with other class C enzymes. The structure of the boronic acid adduct indicates ways to improve the affinity of this class of inhibitors. This structure of 908R class C -lactamase in complex with a transition-state analogue provides further insights into the mechanism of action of these hydrolases.Received 16 May 2003; accepted 4 June 2003 相似文献
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Meriem El Ghachi Nicole Howe Rodolphe Auger Alexandre Lambion Annick Guiseppi François Delbrassine Guillaume Manat Sophie Roure Sabine Peslier Eric Sauvage Lutz Vogeley Juan-Carlos Rengifo-Gonzalez Paulette Charlier Dominique Mengin-Lecreulx Maryline Foglino Thierry Touzé Martin Caffrey Frédéric Kerff 《Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS》2017,74(12):2319-2332
Type 2 phosphatidic acid phosphatases (PAP2s) can be either soluble or integral membrane enzymes. In bacteria, integral membrane PAP2s play major roles in the metabolisms of glycerophospholipids, undecaprenyl-phosphate (C55-P) lipid carrier and lipopolysaccharides. By in vivo functional experiments and biochemical characterization we show that the membrane PAP2 coded by the Bacillus subtilis yodM gene is the principal phosphatidylglycerol phosphate (PGP) phosphatase of B. subtilis. We also confirm that this enzyme, renamed bsPgpB, has a weaker activity on C55-PP. Moreover, we solved the crystal structure of bsPgpB at 2.25 Å resolution, with tungstate (a phosphate analog) in the active site. The structure reveals two lipid chains in the active site vicinity, allowing for PGP substrate modeling and molecular dynamic simulation. Site-directed mutagenesis confirmed the residues important for substrate specificity, providing a basis for predicting the lipids preferentially dephosphorylated by membrane PAP2s. 相似文献
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Charlier C Coppieters W Rollin F Desmecht D Agerholm JS Cambisano N Carta E Dardano S Dive M Fasquelle C Frennet JC Hanset R Hubin X Jorgensen C Karim L Kent M Harvey K Pearce BR Simon P Tama N Nie H Vandeputte S Lien S Longeri M Fredholm M Harvey RJ Georges M 《Nature genetics》2008,40(4):449-454
The widespread use of elite sires by means of artificial insemination in livestock breeding leads to the frequent emergence of recessive genetic defects, which cause significant economic and animal welfare concerns. Here we show that the availability of genome-wide, high-density SNP panels, combined with the typical structure of livestock populations, markedly accelerates the positional identification of genes and mutations that cause inherited defects. We report the fine-scale mapping of five recessive disorders in cattle and the molecular basis for three of these: congenital muscular dystony (CMD) types 1 and 2 in Belgian Blue cattle and ichthyosis fetalis in Italian Chianina cattle. Identification of these causative mutations has an immediate translation into breeding practice, allowing marker assisted selection against the defects through avoidance of at-risk matings. 相似文献
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A mutation creating a potential illegitimate microRNA target site in the myostatin gene affects muscularity in sheep 总被引:38,自引:0,他引:38
Clop A Marcq F Takeda H Pirottin D Tordoir X Bibé B Bouix J Caiment F Elsen JM Eychenne F Larzul C Laville E Meish F Milenkovic D Tobin J Charlier C Georges M 《Nature genetics》2006,38(7):813-818
Texel sheep are renowned for their exceptional meatiness. To identify the genes underlying this economically important feature, we performed a whole-genome scan in a Romanov x Texel F2 population. We mapped a quantitative trait locus with a major effect on muscle mass to chromosome 2 and subsequently fine-mapped it to a chromosome interval encompassing the myostatin (GDF8) gene. We herein demonstrate that the GDF8 allele of Texel sheep is characterized by a G to A transition in the 3' UTR that creates a target site for mir1 and mir206, microRNAs (miRNAs) that are highly expressed in skeletal muscle. This causes translational inhibition of the myostatin gene and hence contributes to the muscular hypertrophy of Texel sheep. Analysis of SNP databases for humans and mice demonstrates that mutations creating or destroying putative miRNA target sites are abundant and might be important effectors of phenotypic variation. 相似文献
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Sauvage E Kerff F Fonzé E Herman R Schoot B Marquette JP Taburet Y Prevost D Dumas J Leonard G Stefanic P Coyette J Charlier P 《Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS》2002,59(7):1223-1232
Penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs) are membrane proteins involved in the final stages of peptidoglycan synthesis and represent the targets of beta-lactam antibiotics. Enterococci are naturally resistant to these antibiotics because they produce a PBP, named PBP5fm in Enterococcus faecium, with low-level affinity for beta-lactams. We report here the crystal structure of the acyl-enzyme complex of PBP5fm with benzylpenicillin at a resolution of 2.4 A. A characteristic of the active site, which distinguishes PBP5fm from other PBPs of known structure, is the topology of the loop 451-465 defining the left edge of the cavity. The residue Arg464, involved in a salt bridge with the residue Asp481, confers a greater rigidity to the PBP5fm active site. In addition, the presence of the Val465 residue, which points into the active site, reducing its accessibility, could account for the low affinity of PBP5fm for beta-lactam. This loop is common to PBPs of low affinity, such as PBP2a from Staphylococcus aureus and PBP3 from Bacillus subtilis. Moreover, the insertion of a serine after residue 466 in the most resistant strains underlines even more the determining role of this loop in the recognition of the substrates. 相似文献
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A PHD finger of NURF couples histone H3 lysine 4 trimethylation with chromatin remodelling 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1