• Molecules and Cells
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.112-118
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• 2005

It was previously shown that AtNAP1 is a plastidic SufB protein involved in Fe-S cluster assembly in Arabidopsis. In this study, we investigated the effects of depleting SufB protein from plant cells using virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS). VIGS of NbNAP1 encoding a Nicotiana benthamiana homolog of AtNAP1 resulted in a leaf yellowing phenotype. NbNAP1 was expressed ubiquitously in plant tissues with the highest level in roots. A GFP fusion protein of the N-terminal region (M1-V103) of NbNAP1 was targeted to chloroplasts. Depletion of NbNAP1 resulted in reduced numbers of chloroplasts of reduced size. Mitochondria also seemed to be affected. Despite the reduced number and size of the chloroplasts in the NbNAP1 VIGS lines, the expression of many nuclear genes encoding chloroplast-targeted proteins and chlorophyll biosynthesis genes remained unchanged.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제9권6호
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• pp.685-693
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• 1996

A total of 3,610 Ayrshire and 1,711 Jersey cows were phenotyped for the genetic variants of ${\alpha}_{s1}$-casein, ${\beta}$-casein, $\chi$-casein, ${\beta}$-lactoglobulin and ${\alpha}$-lactalbumin. Least squares analyses showed possible associations between milk protein phenotypes and lactational production traits. Depending on lactation number, ${\beta}$-casein phenotypes in Ayrshires were associated with milk production ($A^2A^2$ > $A^1A^2$ > $A^1A^1$), and with milk protein content. In the third lactation, Ayrshire cows with ${\beta}$-casein $A^1A^1$ produced milk with 3.43% fat compared to 3.37% fat for ${\beta}$-casein $A^2A^2$. In Ayrshire, $\chi$-casein phenotypes affected the protein content during the three lactations (BB > AB > AA) and ${\beta}$-lactoglobulin phenotypes significantly influenced the milk fat during the first lactation (4.06% for AA and 3.97% for BB). In Jerseys, protein content of milk was influenced by phenotypes of ${\alpha}_{s1}$-casein(3.98% for CC v/s 3.86% for BB in the first lactation). In the third lactation, $\chi$-casein AA of Jersey milk contained 5.35% fat compared to 4.82% for phenotype BB. The effects of ${\beta}$-lactoglobulin phenotypes on protein content were apparent in Jerseys during the second lactation with the A variant being superior to the B (4.00% for AA v/s 3.87% for BB).

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.279-283
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• 1992

식물성 식품중의 영양 저해 인자로 알려진 phytate를 제거한 분리 유채단백(low-phytate rapeseed protein isolate)을 제조하여 pH 및 phytate 첨가량이 이들 분리 유채단백의 용해성과 소화율에 미치는 영향을 살펴보았다. 분리 유채단백의 phytate 함량은 1.5%로서 탈지 유채분말보다 66%가 감소되었으며 protein : phytate ratio는 58 : 1이었다. 분리 유채단백의 용해도는 pH 2.0과 pH 11.5에서는 매우 높았으나 pH 5.0에서는 매우 낮았다. 그 용해도에 미치는 phytate 첨가량의 영향을 보면 pH 5.0과 pH 11.5에서는 별 차이가 없었으나 pH 2.0에서는 phytate 첨가량이 많을수록 그 용해도가 감소하였다. 분리 유채단백의 pepsin 소화율에 미치는 phytate의 저해적 영향은 phytate 함량이 증가할수록 더 커졌다. 소화기간 초기에는 그 영향이 매우 컸으나 소화시간이 길어짐에 따라 그 영향은 점점 감소되었으며 평균소화율은 24%가 감소하였다. 따라서 유채단백을 식품소재로 이용하기 위해서는 phytate 함량이 낮은 제품을 제조함으로써 그의 기능성과 영양가를 향상시킬 수 있을 것이다.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제22권12호
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• pp.1608-1613
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• 2012

KIF5/Kinesin-I는 경쇄(light chain)를 통하여 결합함으로써 다양한 운반체들을 미세소관을 따라 운반한다. Kinesin light chains (KLCs)은 tetratricopeptide repeat (TPR) 영역을 매개로 운반체와 결합한다. 현재까지 KLCs와 결합하는 많은 운반체들이 확인되었으나 KLCs가 어떻게 특정운반체를 인식하여 결합하는지는 아직 확실히 밝혀지지 않았다. 본 연구에서 KLC1의 TPR 영역과 결합하는 단백질을 분리하기 위하여 효모 two-hybrid system을 이용하여 탐색한 결과 amyloid precursor protein (APP)과 결합하는 것으로 보고된 protein interacting with APP tail 1 (PAT1)을 분리하였다. KLC1은 PAT1의 C-말단 부위와 결합하며, PAT1은 KLC1의 TPR 영역을 포함한 부위와 결합함을 효모 two-hybrid assay로 확인하였다. 또한 PAT1는 KLC2와도 결합하였지만 kinesin heavy chains (KHCs)인 KIF5A, KIF5B, KIF5C와는 결합하지 않았다. 단백질간 결합은 glutathione S-transferase (GST) pull-down assay와 공동면역침강으로도 확인하였다. 생쥐의 뇌 파쇄액을 PAT1 항체와 APP 항체로 면역침강을 행한 결과 KLC와 KHCs가 같이 침강하였다. 이러한 결과들은 PAT1이 Kinesin-I와 APP 포함 소포간의 상호작용을 매개한다는 것을 시사한다.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.193-196
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• 1987

Protein methylation occurs ubiquitously in nature and involves N-methylation of lysine, arginine, histidine, alanine, proline and glutamine, O-methylesterfication o dicarboxylic acids, and S-methylation of cysteine and methionine. In nature, methylated amino acids accur in highly specialized proteins such as histones, flagella proteins, myosin, actin, ribosomal proteins. hn RNA-bound protein, HMG-1 and HMG-2 protein, opsin, EF-Tu, EF-$1\alpha$, porcine heart citrate synthase, calmodulin, ferredoxin, $1\alpha$-amylase, heat shock protein, scleroderma antigen, nucleolar protein C23 and IF-3l.

• 약학회지
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• 제31권5호
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• pp.266-272
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• 1987

It is reasonably well known that there is a relationship between myelin formation and methylation of myelin basic protein in nerve cells. One of the suggestions is that arginine methylation of myelin basic protein could be of aid in the conjugation of myelin protein with the nonpolar lipid to form myelin. Abnormality in methylation of myclin basic protein might induce the neurological diseases in experimental animals as well as in human being. In the biological system, the methylation reaction is catalyzed by protein methaylse I using S-adenosyl-L-methionine as methyl donor. In this study, we examined the changes of S-adenosyl-L-methionine concentration and protein methylase I activity in developing rat brain tissues. The results are sumraerized as followings: (1) In brain tissues of fetus rat, the concentration of S-adenosyl-L-methionine was gradually decreased until to birth. However, the concentration in brain tissues of infant rat was suddenly increased at 7th day(just before myelination occur) birth. (2) Protein methylase I activity was decreased until to birth in brain of fetus rat and increased temporally just after birth, However, the enzyme activity showed no changes around 7th day after birth.

• BMB Reports
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• 제56권5호
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• pp.302-307
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• 2023

Lyn, a tyrosine kinase that is activated by double-stranded DNA-damaging agents, is involved in various signaling pathways, such as proliferation, apoptosis, and DNA repair. Ribosomal protein S3 (RpS3) is involved in protein biosynthesis as a component of the ribosome complex and possesses endonuclease activity to repair damaged DNA. Herein, we demonstrated that rpS3 and Lyn interact with each other, and the phosphorylation of rpS3 by Lyn, causing ribosome heterogeneity, upregulates the translation of p-glycoprotein, which is a gene product of multidrug resistance gene 1. In addition, we found that two different regions of the rpS3 protein are associated with the SH1 and SH3 domains of Lyn. An in vitro immunocomplex kinase assay indicated that the rpS3 protein acts as a substrate for Lyn, which phosphorylates the Y167 residue of rpS3. Furthermore, by adding various kinase inhibitors, we confirmed that the phosphorylation status of rpS3 was regulated by both Lyn and doxorubicin, and the phosphorylation of rpS3 by Lyn increased drug resistance in cells by upregulating p-glycoprotein translation.

• 한국작물학회지
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• 제51권6호
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• pp.519-522
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• 2006

Randomized field experiments were conducted to study the interactive effect of sulphur (S) and nitrogen (N) on seed, oil and protein yield of two cultivars of groundnut {Arachis hypogea: cv Amber $(V_{1})$: cv Kaushal, $(V_{2})$.} Two dosage levels of sulphur ($0\;and\;20kg\;ha^{-1}$) and two dosage levels of N ($23.5\;and\;43.5kg\;ha^{-1}$) in various combinations were tested as micronutrient treatments, $T_{1},\;T_{2},\;and\;T_{3}$. Results indicated significant enhancement of the yield components namely seed and oil yield as well as seed protein. Maximum response was observed with treatment $T_{3}$(having 20kg S and 43.5kg N $ha^{-1})$. Increase in seed and oil yields of 90% and 103% in $V_{1}$, and 79 and 90% in $V_{2}$, respectively were recorded as compared to the control treatment $T_{1}$(having 0kg S and 23.5kg N $ha^{-1}$). Effect of S and N interaction was observed on protein, N and S content in seeds. The results obtained by these experiments clearly suggest that judicious balanced application of N and S could improve the yield.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제19권8호
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• pp.1055-1061
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• 2009

${\alpha}$-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole propionate (AMPA) 수용체는 중추신경계에 널리 발현하며, 연접부위에서 글루타메이트에 의한 흥분성 신경전달의 역할을 행한다. 이러한 수용체의 조절은 학습과 기억에 관여한다. 본 연구에서는 AMPA receptor subunit glutamate receptor-interacting protein 1 (GRIP1)과 결합하는 단백질로 armadillo family인 p0071/plakophilin-4을 분리하였다. GRIPl 단백질은 p0071/plakophilin-4 단백질의 C-말단과 결합하며, armadillo family 단백질 중 p0071/plakophilin-4 과만 결합한다. 효모 two-hybrid assay에서 GRIPl의 Postsynaptic density-95/Discs large/Zona occludens-1 (PDZ) 영역이 p0071/plakophilin-4 단백질과의 결합에 관여하며, p0071/plakophilin-4 단백질의 C-말단 아미노산인 "S-X-V" 배열이 결합에 필수적이었다. 이러한 결합은 뇌 균질액에서 Glutathione S-transferase (GST) pull-down assay와 공면역침강법으로 확인하였다. 이러한 결과들은 AMPA 수용체가 연접후막에 안정적으로 위치하는 새로운 역할을 시사한다.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제33권10호
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• pp.1668-1675
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• 2004

근원섬유단백질과 알칼리 용액으로 처리하여 회수한 단백질의 가열 중 ANS 소수성의 변화, IR스펙트럼의 변화, SH기의 변화, 전기영동상의 변화 및 엔탈피의 변화로 비교하여 회수 단백질의 가열 변성기구를 조사하였다. 갈고등어와 냉동 꼬마민어의 근원섬유단백질은 가열 온도의 상승과 더불어 소수성 잔기가 외부로 노출되고 소수성 상호작용은 6$0^{\circ}C$ 부근에서 최대로 일어나지만, 근형질 단백질을 포함하는 회수단백질은 근원섬유 단백질과 ANS 소수성에서 차이를 보였다. pH가 증가함에 따라 1636 $cm^{-1}$ /에 해당하는 peak가 증가하였다. 반응성 SH기와 총 SH기 수의 차이는 pH 7.0과 pH 10에서 비교적 큰 것으로 나타났다. SDS-PAGE 상에서 pH가 상승함에 따라 myosin heavy chain의 중합체가 확인되었다. 알칼리 공정으로 제조한 회수 단백질을 시차주사열량계로 분석한 결과, 회수 단백질은 33.1,44.3 및 65.5$^{\circ}C$에서 전이 온도가 나타나며, myosin의 변성 에 해당하는 온도인 51.7$^{\circ}C$의 peak는 보이지 않았다. 회수 단백질의 가열 젤은 극단적 인 pH 처리에 의한 $\alpha$-helix 구조의 $\beta$-sheet 구조 전환, 가열에 의한 S-S 결합의 형성과, myosin heavy chain 중합체 형성에 의한 것으로 보인다.