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  • 1
    Digitale Medien
    Digitale Medien
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    Journal of molecular medicine 71 (1993), S. 452-460 
    ISSN: 1432-1440
    Schlagwort(e): Electron microscopy ; Alveolitis ; Pulmonary fibrosis
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: Summary Lung specimens of 21 patients with diffuse interstitial lung disease were examined. The present ultrastructural study outlines the topography and distribution of inflammatory changes in the interstitium, endothelium, and in pneumocytes and phagocytes. Alveolitis is characterized by marked regenerative activity of type II pneumocytes (cuboid metaplasia), intraluminal macrophage accumulation, endothelial swelling, multilamination of the endothelial basement membrane, pericapillary edema, and primarily by cellular infiltrates in the interstitial space. The most prominent feature of the interstitium in pulmonary fibrosis is the lack of immunoinflammatory cells. In some areas there is a marked absence of alveolar lumen while only a small number of macrophages are present in the remaining alveolar lumen. Most of the capillaries in the fibrous septum have been destroyed. Ultrastructural studies of lung biopsies in patients with diffuse interstitial lung disease allow the differentiation between alveolitis and pulmonary fibrosis and thus contribute to a therapeutic decision.
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  • 2
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    Child's nervous system 9 (1993), S. 246-249 
    ISSN: 1433-0350
    Schlagwort(e): Infantile myofibromatosis, solitary type ; Intracranial myofibromatosis ; Immunohistochemistry ; Electron microscopy
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: Abstract An unusual case of infantile myofibromatosis of the solitary type occurring in an intracranial location in a 48-day-old female infant is presented. To our knowledge, there are no other descriptions in the literature of infantile myofibromatosis with exclusively intracranial involvement. The immunohistochemical and electron microscopic findings confirm the myofibroblastic origin of the proliferation.
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  • 3
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    Digitale Medien
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    Trees 8 (1993), S. 75-84 
    ISSN: 1432-2285
    Schlagwort(e): Picea abies (L.) Karst ; Freezing injury ; Acid rain ; Carbohydrate histochemistry ; Electron microscopy
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Biologie , Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Gartenbau, Fischereiwirtschaft, Hauswirtschaft
    Notizen: Summary The cellular structures of acid rain-irrigated needles of several provenances of Norway spruce (Picea abies L. Karst) seedlings were studied after winter experimental freezing. Frost injuries and recovery were characterized by visual damage scoring and classification of mesophyll cell alterations, also using histochemical methods for carbohydrate fluorescent staining. The treatment with-30° C during the late dormancy period was sufficient to cause significant injuries and intracellular degradation in the tissues of the green needles. The most affected seedlings in terms of visual injury scoring were found among those treated with clean water or at pH 3, while freezing injury, defined as an occlusion of phenolic substances in the central vacuole of the mesophyll cells, was most abundant in the needles from spruces irrigated either with clean water or at pH 4 or pH 3. Electron microscopy revealed the details of the injury, e. g. thinning out of the cytoplasm and chloroplast stroma, darkening of the chloroplasts and eventually swelling of the chloroplasts and protoplast. PAS and ConA reactions in the needle tissue revealed intense starch accumulation in the mesophyll and transfusion tissues as early as in March, with a tendency to increase, especially in the untreated needles during the recovery period. Plasma membrane disturbances were indicated by histochemical identification of callose deposits in the mesophyll cell walls, these being most abundant in the acid rain-treated needles. All these findings suggest that freezing at −30° C was more deleterious to the seedlings pretreated with acid or clean water than to those not given additional irrigation.
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  • 4
    Digitale Medien
    Digitale Medien
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    Trees 8 (1993), S. 23-30 
    ISSN: 1432-2285
    Schlagwort(e): Wound responses ; Hardwoods ; Xylem parenchyma ; Suberization ; Electron microscopy
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Biologie , Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Gartenbau, Fischereiwirtschaft, Hauswirtschaft
    Notizen: Summary Wound responses of xylem parenchyma by suberization were investigated in some hardwoods by light and electron microscopy. Suberized ray and axial parenchyma cells form a distinct boundary around the wound in all investigated species. Vessels and fibres within and close behind the suberized area appeared more or less occluded; vessels in Fagus, Quercus, and Populus contained suberized tyloses, those in Betula and Tilia contained amorphous and fibrillar deposits. A common mechanism for suberin deposition in the parenchyma cells became evident. Cisternae of the endoplasmic reticulum were apparently involved in suberization. Suberin compounds are extruded by cytoplasmic vesicles, which fused with the plasma membrane, in order to release their content. The suberin layer exhibited the typical lamellated structure; cytoplasmic continuity between suberized cells by plasmodesmata was maintained through the suberin layer. Fagus revealed the most intense suberized area as compared with the other species. Within the reaction zone of Fagus and Quercus, some individual ray and axial parenchyma cells exhibited a subdivision into 2 or 3 compartments prior to suberization. Subdivision was achieved by the formation of a primary wall-like layer. Subsequently, the compartments became individually suberized. Wounding during winter did not induce suberization. Also, samples wounded and kept under water during the vegetation period showed no response. The role of suberization in the effectivity of wound-associated compartmentalization is discussed.
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  • 5
    ISSN: 1432-2307
    Schlagwort(e): Chromomycosis ; Skin ; Granuloma ; Immunohistochemistry ; Electron microscopy
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: Abstract The cell-mediated immune reaction was studied in the cutaneous lesion of chromomycosis, using monoclonal antibodies against polymorphonuclear neutrophils, macrophage and lymphocyte subsets, endothelial and fibroblast cells. In addition, immunostaining of the main degradative enzymes (neutrophil elastase and interstitial collagenase) and certain important cytokines (transforming growth factor-β, tumour necrosis factor-α and interferon-γ) suggested an explanation for the granulomatous reaction and the associated tissue remodelling. The distribution pattern of neutrophils and macrophage subsets, observed by computer-aided image analysis, suggests that the in situ persistence of fungi is the main pathological factor.
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  • 6
    ISSN: 1432-2307
    Schlagwort(e): Solitary fibrous tumour ; Mesenchymal tumour ; Thyroid ; Immunohistochemistry ; Electron microscopy
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: Abstract We describe three cases of solitary fibrous tumour (SFT) arising from thyroid stroma. Grossly, the tumours were clearly delimited but only partly encapsulated. The following histomorphological growth patterns were observed: bundles of cells in storiform configuration; non-structured bundles; prevalence of fibrous matrix; highly cellular, non-structured; prevalence of loose, non-structured extracellular substance; cellular proliferation and vascular spaces in a haemangiopericytic configuration and a lipomatous component. Immunohistochemical investigation demonstrated intense, diffuse vimentin positivity and focal, less intense actin positivity in all three cases. At electron microscopy we observed a primitive cell of mesenchymal type, with cytoplasm poor in organelles and rich in filaments; this cell sometimes presented differentiation characteristics. SFT is at present the most correct term for the lesions presented here despite some morphological characteristics which differ from cases reported in the literature.
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  • 7
    ISSN: 1432-2307
    Schlagwort(e): Multiple papillary adenomas ; Type II pneumocyte ; Von Recklinghausen's disease ; Immunohistochemistry ; Electron microscopy
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: Abstract A case of multiple papillary adenomas of type II pneumocytes is reported. A 13-year-old boy with von Recklinghausen's disease had small nodular lesions in both lungs without symptoms. The biopsied lung contained greyish-white nodules ranging in size from 0.5 to 2 mm. Light microscopic examination revealed cuboidal to low columnar cells arranged in a papillary pattern. Elastic fibres were present in the tumour stroma. Electron microscopically, the cells had osmiophilic lamellar bodies in the cytoplasm and short microvilli along the free border. The tumour cells expressed immunoreactivity for epithelial membrane antigen and surfactant apoprotein antibodies. More than 6 years after open lung biopsy, the patient is well but small nodular shadows can still be identified.
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  • 8
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    Digitale Medien
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    Virchows Archiv 423 (1993), S. 469-476 
    ISSN: 1432-2307
    Schlagwort(e): Ciliary regulation ; Cytoskeleton ; Bronchial epithelium ; Electron microscopy
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: Abstract Observations of explanted bronchial mucosa show that ciliary function is maintained for 7 days subsequent to explantation. This finding demonstrates that non-neural mechanisms exist which regulate ciliary function. Ultrastructural and immunohistochemical studies both for light and electron microscopy were performed on human bronchial biopsy material and lung resection specimens in order to recognize the morphological substrate of this regulatory mechanism. A complex system of cytokeratin filaments and microtubules radiate through the whole cytoplasm of ciliated cells with direct contact to the nucleus, cilia, microvilli, desmosomes and to the apical terminal adhesive complex. Between the basal bodies and the apical terminal adhesive complex microfilaments can be found. In the apical cytoplasm a dense filamentary network is seen in association with the adhesive complex. These morphological findings indicate that the cytoskeleton of the bronchial epithelium plays a key role in the co-ordination of ciliary function.
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  • 9
    Digitale Medien
    Digitale Medien
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    Virchows Archiv 423 (1993), S. 91-95 
    ISSN: 1432-2307
    Schlagwort(e): Muscle regeneration ; Myonuclei ; Electron microscopy
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: Abstract Muscle regeneration was studied by light and electron microscopy in a case of exercise-induced acute myoglobinuria in a young patient with carnitinepalmityl-transferase deficiency. Various stages of regeneration existed in the foci of necrosis scattered throughout apparently normal muscle. Activated satellite cells, myoblasts and myotubes were found, some of them containing myofibrils. Among the cells accumulating in the necrotic fibres, some apparently contained surviving myonuclei. In some fibres of normal size, developing myofibrils were abundant. Surviving myonuclei may be of significance in the reaction of muscle cells after injury.
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  • 10
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    Digitale Medien
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    Virchows Archiv 423 (1993), S. 39-43 
    ISSN: 1432-2307
    Schlagwort(e): Pseudomonas aeruginosa ; Bacterial adherence ; Bronchial mucosa ; Electron microscopy
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: Abstract The route of bacterial infection of the lower respiratory tract is generally one of descent subsequent to colonisation of the oral and oropharyngeal mucosa. The interaction betweenPseudomonas aeruginosa (wild type) and the bronchial epithelium was studied in bronchial mucosal probes cultured in tissue culture medium. It was possible to demonstrate that, even after loss of the mucus layer, adherence between the bacteria and the bronchial epithelium does not take place if ciliary function remains intact. Only after mechanical destruction of the bronchial epithelium, in proximity to squamous metaplasia or after loss or malfunction of the cilia of the bronchial epithelial cells was adhesion between bacteria and bronchial epithelial cells or basement membrane demonstrated by electron microscopy. After loss of the cilia following adenovirus-infection, adhesion betweenP. aeruginosa and the bronchial epithelial cells was visible. These results indicate that ciliary function must be of crucial significance in bacterial epithelial colonisation.
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  • 11
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    Digitale Medien
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    Virchows Archiv 422 (1993), S. 239-245 
    ISSN: 1432-2307
    Schlagwort(e): Parachordoma ; Extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma ; Chordoma ; Immunohistochemistry ; Electron microscopy
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: Abstract A case of parachordoma of the left calf in a 19-year-old Chinese female is reported. The tumour showed multinodular growth pattern and consisted of round or oval tumour cells with abundant eosinophilic cytoplasm and myxoid matrix. Tumour cells formed small nests and sometimes showed concentric arrangement. Physaliferous-like cells and undifferentiated spindle cells were occasionally observed among the cell nests. The myxoid matrix was positive for high-iron diamine stain, indicating the presence of chondroitin 4- and 6- sulphates and keratan sulphate. Ultrastructurally, well-developed rough endoplasmic reticulum, abundant intermediate filaments, microvillous cytoplasmic processes, pinocytic vesicles, and desmosome-like junctional structures were found. Tumour cells were positive for S-100 protein and vimentin, but negative for cytokeratin, epithelial membrane antigen, carcinoembryonic antigen, and desmin. These results are consistent with the definition of parachordoma as a soft tissue neoplasm consisting of cells with histology and ultrastructure similar to those of chordoma cells but with immunohistochemistry similar to that of chondroid tumour cells.
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  • 12
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    Urological research 21 (1993), S. 383-388 
    ISSN: 1434-0879
    Schlagwort(e): Bladder dysfunction ; Electron microscopy ; Histology ; X-irradiation
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: Summary The aim of this research was to establish a small animal model for the functional and morphological study of post-irradiation bladder dysfunction. Young adult female Wistar rats were X-irradiated with single doses of 10, 15, 20 or 25 Gy. Filling cystometry was performed to assess changes in reservoir function: the volume infused to produce a rise in intravesical pressure of 5 cmH2O was calculated as an index of compliance. A biphasic reduction in this index was noted in animals receiving 15–25 Gy; the first reduction developed at about 4 weeks, and the second started at 3–4 months and persisted at 6 months. Bladder tissue was taken at this time (6 months post-irradiation) for morphological study. Histological examination demonstrated an increased mast cell density in the irradiated bladders, but was otherwise non-specific; fibrosis was discernible in only half of the 18 animals studied. Electron microscopy showed focal degeneration of smooth muscle cells, and in some areas there was selective degeneration of unmyelinated axon profiles. The biphasic reduction in the compliance index is consistent with the timing of the symptoms of the acute and late irradiation reactions reported by radiotherapy patients. Changes in axon profiles and mast cell density may be of functional significance.
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  • 13
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    Digitale Medien
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    Mycopathologia 121 (1993), S. 143-147 
    ISSN: 1573-0832
    Schlagwort(e): Electron microscopy ; Farmer's lung ; Saccharopolyspora rectivirgula ; Thermoactinomyces vulgaris
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Biologie , Medizin
    Notizen: Abstract The fine structure ofThermoactinomyces vulgaris andSaccharopolyspora rectivirgula is described by transmission electron microscopy. These two bacteria are the most common microbes causing farmer's lung. The fine structure of hyphae, germination of endospores and the details of conidial wall layers ofT. vulgaris, as well as the fine structure of septate hypha and globose, polygonal conidia ofS. rectivirgula are described. The conidial wall ofT. vulgaris consisted of an inner multilayered spore coat, intermediate spore coat and outer spore coat. The findings are important for the investigations to find fragments of these bacteria in the lungs of exposed patients and experimental animals.
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  • 14
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    Anatomy and embryology 187 (1993), S. 131-138 
    ISSN: 1432-0568
    Schlagwort(e): Beak skin ; Quail ; Free nerve ending ; Merkel nerve ending ; Grandry corpuscle ; Herbst corpuscle ; Ruffini corpuscle ; Electron microscopy
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: Summary This study is concerned with the distribution and ultrastructure of sensory nerve endings in the beak skin of adult Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica). The following nerve endings were found: free nerve endings, clusters of dermal Merkel nerve endings, Herbst corpuscles and Ruffmi corpuscles. The latter were found only in the dermis of the tip of the upper beak. The remaining endings were present in the skin of all areas of upper and lower beak. Free nerve endings were supplied by either thin myelinated axons or unmyelinated C-fibers and were localized in the dermis close to the basal layer of the epidermis. Merkel cells formed clusters (up to 50) localized below and between the epidermal cones of the beak skin. Disc-shaped thickenings of nerve endings were squeezed between individual Merkel cells. Small Herbst corpuscles were found in the dermis close to the epidermal cones of the beak skin. Large Herbst corpuscles occurred in deep layers of the dermis. The Ruffmi corpuscles were cylindrical in shape (80 μm × 400 μm) and arranged in groups of up to ten corpuscles. Each corpuscle was surrounded by an incomplete fibrous capsule.
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    Acta neuropathologica 85 (1993), S. 323-326 
    ISSN: 1432-0533
    Schlagwort(e): Creutzfeld-Jakob disease ; Electron microscopy ; Giant collagen plaques
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: Summary We report two cases of Creutzfeld-Jakob disease with clusters of giant collagen fibers. To our knowledge, these abnormally large collagen fibers have never been described in patients with degenerative diseases of the central nervous system. The significance of the formation of such plaque-like large collagen fibers has as yet not been elucidated. It is felt that these represent a product of the degenerative process.
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    Acta neuropathologica 86 (1993), S. 42-48 
    ISSN: 1432-0533
    Schlagwort(e): Streptozotocin diabetes ; Electron microscopy ; Giant axonopathy
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: Summary The ultrastructure of peripheral sensory nerves was investigated in adult Wistar rats suffering from experimental diabetes mellitus 6 and 10 weeks after the injection of streptozotocin. Giant axons were seen in sections from the nerves of streptozotocintreated rats; some contained masses of neurofilaments, others were predominantly filled with ill-defined vesicles. At the swollen axons, the myelin sheath was thinned or absent. In other regions, large intramyelinic vacuoles were observed. A number of nerve fibers broke down completely and underwent Wallerian degeneration. This was accompanied by Schwann cell proliferation and formation of Büngner bands. Concomitantly with axonal degeneration, nerve regeneration started from intact internodes. The pathomorphology of streptozotocin diabetic neuropathy closely resembles that of some toxic distal axonopathies. This points to a common metabolic basis of giant axonopathies of different etiology.
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    ISSN: 1432-0533
    Schlagwort(e): Pituitary adenoma ; Gigantism ; Electron microscopy ; Immunocytochemistry ; Cell culture
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: Summary A pituitary adenoma was transsphenoidally removed from a 4.5-year-old girl suffering from gigantism. Prior to the operation both the growth hormone (GH) and the prolactin (PRL) levels in the serum were elevated. By light microscopy the tumor appeared to be an acidophilic adenoma. Two distinct cell types, the densely granulated and the sparsely granulated cells, could be distinguished by electron microscopy. Double immunolabeling revealed the presence of GH alone in some densely granulated cells and PRL alone in some sparsely granulated cells, as well as GH and PRL co-localized in both of the morphologically distinguished cell types. Both cell types were identified in the monolayer and the suspension cultures by electron microscopy. GH and PRL concentrations in the culture media were measured by radioimmunoassay. The basal secretion of growth hormone was almost uniform during the 3-week cell culture period. GH and PRL release was significantly inhibited by bromocriptine. Our studies revealed a bimorphous and bihormonal mixed adenoma in childhood.
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  • 18
    ISSN: 1432-0533
    Schlagwort(e): Dialysis encephalopathy ; Aluminium ; Silver staining ; Laser microprobe ; Electron microscopy
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: Summary Recently we described silver-staining variants for the demonstration of β/A4 amyloid and neurofibrillary tangles in senile dementia of Alzheimer type (SDAT). The same methods allowed, for the first time, the visualization of characteristical patterns and distinct morphological changes in human dialysis-associated encephalopathy. Light and electron microscopy demonstrated typical silver-stained inclusions in the cytoplasm of choroidal epithelium, glia and neurons. Performing laser microprobe mass analysis on en-bloc silver-stained semithin sections, evidence for significant amounts of aluminum was obtained within the lesions. Prominent aluminum-signals were obtained additionally in adjacent structures and nuclei of sections which were stained with toluidin-blue exclusively. Silver-stained paraffin sections of ten patients with a history of long-term hemodialysis were evaluated. The choroidal epithelium-obviously the most sensitive structure-showed black inclusions ranging from a few dots to a complete black staining of cells. Glial cells presented massive silver-stained deposits, which were restricted to the gray matter. Finally, neurons revealed numerous fine-granular black inclusions, scattered throughout the cytoplasm. Brain stem nuclei were primarily affected, but neurons within cortex, subcortical gray matter and spinal cord were also involved to various degrees; inclusions were not evident in the nucleus dentatus and the oliva inferior. Vessel-related deposits were found frequently. By electron microscopy the cytoplasm of neurons was filled either with large amounts of small electron-dense granules, or with lipofuscin granules, containing numerous irregular, non-membrane-bound inclusions. Massive electron-dense depositions were seen in the cytoplasm of choroidal epithelia and in proximity to nuclei of cortical astro- and oligodendroglia. The described neuronal changes and, in particular, alterations of choroidal epithelium and glia are completely different from characteristic plaques and tangles in SDAT.
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    Archives of dermatological research 285 (1993), S. 255-260 
    ISSN: 1432-069X
    Schlagwort(e): Human papillomavirus ; In situ hybridization ; Electron microscopy
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: Abstract Electron microscopic in situ hybridization (EMISH) of common warts (verrucae vulgares) of the hands was performed using a biotinylated human papillomavirus type 2a (HPV-2a) DNA probe and immunogold labelling of ultrathin sections of 2% glutaraldehyde-fixed, Lowicryl K4M-embedded tissues. It was first established that the warts contained HPV-2a DNA by light microscopic in situ hybridization. The HPV-2a probe chiefly labelled cells in the horny, granular and upper spinous layers of the epidermis, and labelling decreased towards the basal cell layer. The gold particles were located precisely on the viral particles in the nuclei of granular cells. The lower limit of detection by EMISH was found to be the keratinocytes of the third cellular layer above the basal cells. These keratinocytes showed evidence of a viral cytopathic effect, suggesting that vegetative DNA replication in infected keratinocytes occurs at least as early as this level of the epidermis.
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    ISSN: 1432-0827
    Schlagwort(e): Chondrocytes ; High-density suspension culture ; Electron microscopy ; Matrix vesicle ; Apatite formation
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Biologie , Medizin , Physik
    Notizen: Summary Chondrocyte cultures grown in centrifuge tubes with intermittent centrifugation differentiate into hypertrophic chondrocytes and form calcification. We examined chondrocytes cultured in this system electron microscopically. Rat growth-plate chondrocytes were seeded in a plastic centrifuge tube and cultured in the presence of Eagle's minimum essential medium supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum and 50 μg of ascorbic acid per ml. Specimens were examined by using electron microscopy and selected-area electron-diffraction techniques. In the early stage of culture, a few chondrocytes were scattered and extracellular matrices were not observed. In the middle stage of the cultures, the chondrocytes resembled proliferative cells. Matrix vesicles appeared to be budding from the cell surfaces of chondrocytes and were observed sparsely in the extracellular matrices, which were well formed around the chondrocytes. Matrix vesicles increased substantially during the following cultures. In the mature stage of the cultures, crystal formation related to matrix vesicles was observed. In the 33-day cultures, several masses of calcified matrix were formed and it was confirmed to be apatite by selected-area electron diffraction analysis. The chondrocytes appeared hypertrophic during this same stage. The 56-day culture was similar to the 33-day culture. It was concluded that this culture system provides an extracellular-matrix mineralization which is produced by chondrocytes per se.
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    Archives of microbiology 160 (1993), S. 284-287 
    ISSN: 1432-072X
    Schlagwort(e): Bacterial glucoamylase ; Clostridium thermosacharolyticum ; Cellular location ; Activity states ; Macromolecular organization ; Electron microscopy
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Biologie
    Notizen: Abstract By application of immunocytochemical techniques at the electron microscope level, glucoamylase was localized to the cell periphery in Clostridium thermosaccharolyticum during and following growth on starch, sucrose or glucose. Levels of immunolabelling were found to be relatively independent of growth substrate and of phase of growth, whereas previous studies had demonstrated strong dependence of glucoamylase activity on growth conditions; previously high levels of glucoamylase activity had been detected after growth on starch (i.e. during the stationary phase after growth) and only very low activities detected during exponential growth and following growth on glucose. The results presented demonstrate that levels of the glucoamylase protein are independent of measurable enzyme activity, and imply that the protein is constitutive. This indicates that the protein can exist in active and inactive states in the cell. By analogy with similar systems, we consider it likely that “maturation” or “activation” of newly synthesized glucoamylase occurs during (or following) transport through the cytoplasmic membrane. Electron microscopy of individual protein molecules which had been subjected to negative staining revealed that the enzyme consists of two domains of approximately equal size which are linked by a “hinge” region.
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    ISSN: 1432-072X
    Schlagwort(e): Trichoderma reesei ; Xylanase ; Ultrastructural localization ; Immunogold labelling ; Electron microscopy
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Biologie
    Notizen: Abstract The intracellular location of the “low-molecular weight, alkaline” xylanase (XYN II) of Trichoderma reesei RUT C-30 was investigated during growth on xylan, using immunoelectron microscopy. A monoclonal antibody, produced against XYN II, was used for this purpose. The enzyme was found at the endoplasmic reticulum and in electron dense 0.2 to 0.8 μm vesicles, as well as in the vacuole, at the plasma membrane and in the fungal cell-wall. No staining occured in the cytoplasm, the mitochondria and the nucleus. No Golgi-like structures could be seen. Addition of the carboxylic ionophore monensin blocked xylanase as well as total protein secretion. The results are discussed with respect to XYN II being secreted by T. reesei via a pathway involving the endoplasmic reticulum and secretory vesicles and/or the vacuole.
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    ISSN: 1432-072X
    Schlagwort(e): Malonomonas rubra ; Propionigenium modestum ; Malonate decarboxylase ; Methylmalonyl-CoA decarboxylase ; Biotin ; Avidin ; Electron microscopy ; High pressure freezing ; Immunolabeling
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Biologie
    Notizen: Abstract Malonate decarboxylase of Malonomonas rubra is a complex enzyme system involving cytoplasmic and membrane-bound components. One of these is a biotin-containing protein of Mr 120'000, the location of which in the cytoplasm was deduced from the following criteria: (i) If the cytoplasm was incubated with avidin and the malonate decarboxylase subsequently completed with the membrane fraction the decarboxylase activity was abolished. The corresponding incubation of the membrane with avidin, however, was without effect. (ii) Western blot analysis identified the single biotin-containing polypeptide of Mr 120'000 within the cytoplasm. (iii) Transmission electron micrographs of immuno-gold labeled M. rubra cells clearly showed the location of the biotinyl protein within the cytoplasm, whereas the same procedure with Propionigenium modestum cells indicated the location of the biotin enzyme methylmalonyl-CoA decarboxylase in the cell membrane. The biotin-containing protein of the M. rubra malonate decarboxylase enzyme system was not retained by monomeric avidin-Sepharose columns but could be isolated with this column in a catalytically inactive form in the presence of detergents. If the high binding affinity of tetrameric avidin towards biotin was reduced by destructing part of the tryptophan residues by irradiation or oxidation with periodate, the inhibition of malonate decarboxylase by the modified avidin was partially reversed with an excess of biotin. Attempts to purify the biotin protein in its catalytically active state using modified avidin columns were without success.
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  • 24
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    Archives of microbiology 159 (1993), S. 114-118 
    ISSN: 1432-072X
    Schlagwort(e): Bacillus pulvifaciens ; Vegetative cells ; Spotes ; Ultrastructure ; Electron microscopy
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Biologie
    Notizen: Abstract The ultrastructure of vegetative cells and spores of Bacillus pulvifaciens was studied by CTEM and SEM methods. The vegetative cells are rods, 1.6–4.5 μm long and 0.4–0.6 μm wide, exhibiting typical ultrastructural features of Gram-positive bacteria. The spores are of ellipsoidal shape, 0.6×1.2 μm in size, with six longitudinal ribs reaching up to 130 nm in height. There are satelite ribs on both sides of the longitudinal ribs, reaching up to 20 nm in height. Between the longitudinal ribs, additional transversal ribs were observed in SEM. A special tubular layer, separating the outer and inner coat of the spores, was revealed in ultrathin sections. This layer seems to be a typical ultrastructural feature of Bacillus pulvifaciens spores.
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  • 25
    ISSN: 1432-072X
    Schlagwort(e): Lactobacillus ; Medium composition ; Metal cations ; Electron microscopy ; Protoplast-like forms
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Biologie
    Notizen: Abstract The growth of some locally isolated Lactobacillus strains forming D(-) or L(+) lactic acid, Lactobacillus helveticus ATCC 15009 and Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus ATCC 11842 was examined in different media. L. helveticus and Lactobacillus LBL strains formed atypical protoplast-like cells in LAPT medium, sensitive to SDS and proteinase. Specific morphological changes in the cell wall structure of these variants were revealed by transmission and scanning electron microscopy. The effect of glucose and various salts on their appearance was investigated. The prevalent role of metal cations, especially of Mg2+, was established.
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  • 26
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    Digitale Medien
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    Archives of microbiology 160 (1993), S. 206-213 
    ISSN: 1432-072X
    Schlagwort(e): Treponema denticola ; Spirochetes ; Ultrastructure ; Electron microscopy
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Biologie
    Notizen: Abstract The formation of quasi-multicellular bodies of Treponema denticola was analysed using different electron microscopical methods. These bacteria could develop four different conformations: (i) normal helical forms; (ii) twisted spirochetes, forming plaits; (iii) twisted spirochetes, forming club-like structures; (iv) spherical bodies in different size. Treponemes within spherical bodies, plaits, and clubs proved to be enclosed in a common outer sheath in which the normal arrangement of their axial flagella was lost. The development of the quasi-multicellular bodies starting from the monoforme spirochetes was elucidated and this morphogenetic process is illustrated by a schematic drawing. Factors which might be involved in the induction of the structures are discussed and their possible pathogenetic importance is considered.
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  • 27
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    Digitale Medien
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    Cell & tissue research 272 (1993), S. 59-70 
    ISSN: 1432-0878
    Schlagwort(e): Sensory cells ; Taste organ ; Electron microscopy ; Bombina orientalis, Rana pipiens (Anura)
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Biologie , Medizin
    Notizen: Abstract The taste disc of the red-bellied toad Bombina orientalis (Discoglossidae) has been investigated by light and electron microscopy and compared with that of Rana pipiens (Ranidae). Unlike the frog, B. orientalis possesses a disc-shaped tongue that cannot be ejected for capture of prey. The taste discs are located on the top of fungiform papillae. They are smaller than those in Ranidae, and are not surrounded by a ring of ciliated cells. Ultrastructurally, five types of cells can be identified (mucus cells, wing cells, sensory cells, and both Merkel cell-like basal cells and undifferentiated basal cells). Mucus cells are the main secretory cells of the taste disc and occupy most of the surface area. Their basal processes do not synapse on nerve fibers. Wing cells have sheet-like apical processes and envelop the mucus cells. They contain lysosomes and multivesicular bodies. Two types of sensory cells reach the surface of the taste disc; apically, they are distinguished by either a brush-like arrangement of microvilli or a rod-like protrusion. They are invaginated into lateral folds of mucus cells and wing cells. In contrast to the situation in R. pipiens, sensory cells of B. orientalis do not contain dark secretory granules in the perinuclear region. Synaptic connections occur between sensory cells (presynaptic sites) and nerve fibers. Merkel cell-like basal cells do not synapse onto sensory cells, but synapse-like connections exist between Merkel cell-like basal cells (presynaptic site) and nerve fibers.
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  • 28
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    Digitale Medien
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    Cell & tissue research 273 (1993), S. 487-497 
    ISSN: 1432-0878
    Schlagwort(e): Neurons ; Immunofluorescence ; Tubulin ; Electron microscopy ; Chemoreceptors ; Mechanoreceptors ; Aplysia californica (Mollusca)
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Biologie , Medizin
    Notizen: Abstract The peripheral processes of the mechanoafferents that, when stimulated, initiate the much-studied tail withdrawal reflex of Aplysia californica have not been characterized. We show that immunofluorescence staining for class III β-tubulin highlights neurons and reveals nerve tracts and fine neuronal processes in Aplysia tissue. Coupled with transmission and scanning electron microscopy, class III β-tubulin immunofluorescence is consistent with the possibility that mechanoafferents in the receptive field of pleural ganglion mechanosensory neurons penetrate the tail epidermis and terminate as ciliated endings. This view is reinforced by comparisons among neuronal processes in several mechanosensory epidermal regions and in a chemosensory epidermis.
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  • 29
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    Digitale Medien
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    Cell & tissue research 271 (1993), S. 47-57 
    ISSN: 1432-0878
    Schlagwort(e): Brush cells ; Cell isolation ; Stomach ; Polarity ; Light microscopy ; Electron microscopy ; Rat (Wistar)
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Biologie , Medizin
    Notizen: Summary The brush cells (BC) are highly polarized elements occurring in epithelia of endodermal origin. They have a preferential topographical distribution in the organs in which they reside. In the stomach of the rat, BC prevail near the transitional zone separating the forestomach from the glandular stomach. Thus, a method was developed to isolate and recover BC from this organ with the aim of investigating the changes they may undergo after dissociation. Strips of the rat stomach were severed from the very proximal border of the glandular region and incubated in Hanks' balanced salt solution containing pronase. After sedimentation of the dissociated cells (crude sediment containing all stomach epithelial cell types) two successive cell fractions were prepared on preformed Percoll gradient in an attempt to enrich BC in a defined layer. BC were recovered in a fraction at a density close to 1.03 g/ml where they represented about 2% of all cells. The isolated BC changed their form from columnar to pear-shaped; however, they maintained their structural polarity over 2 h as demonstrated by light microscopy, transmission-and scanning-electron microscopy. The fine structure of BC was always satisfactorily preserved. Maintenance of the structural polarity of isolated BC is contrary to the general rule according to which all conventional epithelial cells examined to date lose their polarity after isolation. This result is discussed in relation to morphological findings in isolated sensory cells (hair cells, photoreceptor cells) leading to the suggestion that BC are more similar to these than to conventional epithelial cells.
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  • 30
    ISSN: 1432-0878
    Schlagwort(e): Testis ; Electron microscopy ; Cathodoluminescence ; Lipid droplets ; Cholesterol esters ; Vitamin A esters ; Rat (Wistar)
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Biologie , Medizin
    Notizen: Abstract Cathodoluminescence (CL) from lipid droplets (LDs) in the rat testis was examined by analytical color fluorescence electron microscopy. The results show that (1) the Cl at wavelengths of 320 nm (CL320) and 450 nm (CL450) is derived from cholesterol esters and a mixture of lipids including vitamin A esters, respectively; (2) CL320 in the LDs of Leydig cells sharply decreases on postnatal day 21, while CL320 and CL450 in the LDs of Sertoli cells begin to be detectable; (3) the CL450-emitting LDs in seminiferous tubules, whose distributional patterns display cyclic changes during the spermatogenic cycle, are involved in spermatogenesis; and (4) the intensity of CL as well as the distributional patterns of CL-emitting LDs in testicular cells change after hypophysectomy, vitamin-A deficiency, and treatment with ethylene dimethane sulfonate and testosterone propionate. This study demonstrates that analytical color fluorescence electron microscopy is a useful tool for in-vivo observation of some specific compounds which cannot be visualized by other methods.
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  • 31
    ISSN: 1432-0878
    Schlagwort(e): Pituitary ; Galanin ; Neuromedin-U ; Corticotropes ; Immunocytochemistry ; Electron microscopy ; Plasticity ; Rat (Wistar)
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Biologie , Medizin
    Notizen: Abstract The localization of galanin in rat lactotropes and human corticotropes is well established. Neuromedin U immunoreactivity is present in rat corticotropes but radioimmunoassay of thyroid-manipulated rat pituitaries has also linked it to the thyroid axis. We found galanin immunoreactivity in some rat corticotropes, so we have re-examined rat anterior pituitary galanin- and neuromedin U-like immunoreactivity by use of immunocytochemistry and electron microscopy in rats in the normal state and after estrogen administration or adrenalectomy. In normal rats galanin immunoreactivity was present in a few corticotropes and lactotropes, females showing more than males; neuromedin U-like immunoreactivity was present in some thyrotropes and most corticotropes, in both sexes. Where galanin, neuromedin U and ACTH immunoreactivities were colocalized in corticotropes they were present in the same granules. Estrogen administration caused an increase in number of galanin immunoreactive lactotropes, as previously shown. The proportion of neuromedin U-positive corticotropes was not affected. After adrenalectomy, only females showed a significant increase in the proportion of galanin-positive corticotropes. Neuromedin U immunoreactivity was significantly increased in both sexes, as previously shown. Thus, in rat, as in man, galanin can be present in corticotropes and its expression appears to be sexrelated. This finding, and the demonstration of thyrotrope neuromedin U (only examined in normal females), provide correlation with previous experiments. The influence of endocrine status on the expression of these novel peptides underlines the inherent plasticity of pituitary endocrine cells.
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  • 32
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    Cell & tissue research 272 (1993), S. 211-219 
    ISSN: 1432-0878
    Schlagwort(e): Aorta ; Endothelium ; Anchoring filaments ; Microfibrils ; Elastin ; Electron microscopy ; Mouse (C57/BL)
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Biologie , Medizin
    Notizen: Abstract The ultrastructural association of endothelial cells with the subjacent elastic lamina was investigated in the developing mouse aorta by electron microscopy. In the 5-day postnatal aorta, extensive filament bundles extend along the subendothelial matrix connecting the endothelial cells to the underlying elastic lamina. The connecting filaments form lateral associations with the abluminal surface of the endothelial cells in regions of membrane occupied by membrane-associated dense plaques. On the intracellular face of each plaque, the termini of stress fibers penetrate and anchor to the cell membrane in alignment with the extracellular connecting filaments. Both the stress fibers and the connecting filaments are oriented parallel to the longitudinal axis of the vessel. High magnification electron micrographs of individual endothelial cell connecting filaments reveal features similar to those of elastin-associated microfibrils. Each connecting filament consists of a 9–10 nm linear core with an electron-lucent center and peripheral spike-like projections. From the filaments, small thread-like extensions span laterally, linking the filaments into a loose bundle and anchoring them to the endothelial cell membrane and the surface of the elastic lamina. The filaments also appear heavily coated with electron-dense material; often with some degree of periodicity along the filament length. During development, the number of endothelial cell connecting filaments decreases as the elastic lamina expands and the subendothelial matrix is reduced. In the aortic intima of mature mice, the elastic lamina is closely apposed to the abluminal surface of the endothelial cell and no connecting filaments are seen. These observations suggest that endothelial cell connecting filaments are developmental features of the aortic intima which, together with the intracellular stress fibers, aid to maintain the structural integrity of the endothelial cell layer during development by providing the cells with protection from intraluminal shear forces.
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  • 33
    ISSN: 1432-0878
    Schlagwort(e): Corpora allata ; Electron microscopy ; Morphometry ; Ovariectomy ; Juvenile hormone ; Cockroach, Diploptera punctata (Insecta)
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Biologie , Medizin
    Notizen: Abstract Morphometric studies were made on corpora allata of the cockroach Diploptera punctata from animals in which increasing gland size is not coupled to hormone synthesis (ovariectomized mated females; last-instar larvae) and in which gland size is coupled to hormone synthesis (normal mated and virgin females; penultimate-instar larvae). Cell number, gland volume, and juvenile hormone synthesis were measured. From electron micrographs, nuclear, cytoplasmic, and extracellular volumes; and cell membrane area were calculated; and fine structure described. Low-activity glands of ovariectomized mated females resembled high-activity glands from mated females in high cell number, large overall and cytoplasmic volume, and low nuclear-cytoplasmic ratio; they differed in having organelles typical of low-activity glands, mitochondria with dense matrices and large whorls of smooth endoplasmic reticulum. Inactive lastinstar larval glands resembled mated ovariectomized, female glands in increased cell number and organelles characteristic of inactive glands; however, their nuclearcytoplasmic volume ratio was much higher. Penultimate cytoplasmic volume ratio was much higher. Penultimate larval glands with high activity per cell resembled active glands of normal mated females. Ovariectomy did not change morphometric parameters of virgin female glands; thus mating results in increase in size of adult female glands whereas the growing ovary is needed for changes in mitochondria and endoplasmic reticulum associated with high juvenile hormone synthesis.
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  • 34
    ISSN: 1432-0878
    Schlagwort(e): Peripolar cells ; Juxtaglomerular apparatus ; Cytoplasmic granules ; Exocytosis ; Electron microscopy ; Sheep, newborn
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Biologie , Medizin
    Notizen: Abstract Scanning and transmission electron microscopy were used to study the ultrastructural characteristics and positions of granulated peripolar cells in newborn lamb kidney. Following tissue fixation by vascular perfusion in situ, the vascular pole region of the glomerulus was exposed for examination by scanning electron micoscopy following removal of the glomerular tuft. Peripolar cells were recognized by their surface morphology enabling their quantification and an assessment of the relationship of their position in the renal cortex. The prominent expression of peripolar cells in this species was confirmed. Almost every vascular pole examined revealed peripolar cells (405 out of 407; 99.5%) and thus, throughout the cortex, the distribution of peripolar cells was the same as the distribution of renal corpuscles. Larger, more protruding peripolar cells were observed in the outer cortical renal corpuscles. The numbers of peripolar cells encircling each vascular pole ranged from 1 to 10. There was no correlation between number of granulated peripolar cells at the vascular pole and the position of the renal corpuscle within the renal cortex. As viewed by transmission electron microscopy, organelles of protein synthesis were abundant in the cytoplasm of peripolar cells. Exocytosis of cytoplasmic granules was observed by both scanning and transmission electron microscopy implying that a process of regulative secretion occurs from these cells. The use of ultrastrural techniques has provided evidence supporting the concept that peripolar cells are prominent in the cuff region of each renal corpuscle of the newborn lamb and further-more that peripolar cells in this species most likely have a secretory function.
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  • 35
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    Cell & tissue research 273 (1993), S. 571-575 
    ISSN: 1432-0878
    Schlagwort(e): Collagen fibril ; Three dimensional cell culture ; Ascorbate ; Aminopropeptide, type I ; Aminopropeptide, type III ; Electron microscopy ; Immunoelectron microscopy
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Biologie , Medizin
    Notizen: Abstract The purpose of this study was to follow collagen fibril formation in a newly developed three dimensional cell culture system. Human neonatal foreskin fibroblasts were grown on a nylon mesh in Dulbecco's Modified Eagles Medium (DMEM) supplemented with 10% fetal calf serum and antibiotics. Fibrillogenesis was initiated by the addition of 50 micrograms/ml ascorbate to confluent cultures. Sample meshes were processed for electron microscopy or immuno-electron microscopy. Fibrils ≈20–30 nm in diameter, with 67 nm periodicity, were first detected five days after the addition of ascorbate. As cultures progressed, cells organized into parallel layers between which collagen fibers continued to form and increase in diameter. By day 50, fiber diameter ranged from 30 to 80 nm and large bundles were seen. No collagen fibril formation occurred in control cultures to which no ascorbate was added. However, large amounts of microfibrils were observed. Antibodies against the aminopropeptide of type I procollagen were found to bind to fibrils with diameters less than 34 nm while antibodies against the aminopropeptide of type III collagen bound primarily to fibers which ranged from 35–54 nm in diameter. We believe that this system, which morphologically resembles a normal dermis, will werve as an excellent model for the study of collagen fibrillogenesis.
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  • 36
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    Digitale Medien
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    Cell & tissue research 272 (1993), S. 447-457 
    ISSN: 1432-0878
    Schlagwort(e): Horizontal cells ; Calcium-binding protein ; Synaptie input ; Inner plexiform layer ; Immunoreactivity ; Electron microscopy ; Bovine
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Biologie , Medizin
    Notizen: Abstract Bovine retinae were stained immunocytochemically with antibodies against the calcium-binding protein, calbindin. Horizontal cells in the outer plexiform layer were heavily labelled. The processes of most horizontal cells were confined to the level of the outer plexiform layer, and the tips of their dendrites were positioned as the lateral elements of the cone triads, viz. the usual mammalian arrangement. However, some of the horizontal cells had additional thick processes descending to branch within the inner plexiform layer, where they were postsynaptic at bipolar cell dyads and where they also received input from amacrine cells. No output synapses of horizontal cells were observed in the inner plexiform layer.
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  • 37
    ISSN: 1432-0878
    Schlagwort(e): Basic fibroblast growth factor ; Trigeminal ganglion ; Immunohistochemistry ; Electron microscopy ; In situ hybridization histochemistry ; Vibrissae ; Hair ; Rat (Wistar)
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Biologie , Medizin
    Notizen: Abstract We have characterized an antiserum against basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) by immunoblot, investigated the location of bFGF-like immunoreactivity (bFGF-IR) in the trigeminal sensory system and perioral skin endowed with vibrissae, and demonstrated the site of bFGF mRNA expression in the vibrissae by in situ hybridization histochemistry. Light-microscopic immunohistochemistry has demonstrated that bFGF-IR is present not only in trigeminal ganglion neurons and their central and peripheral processes, but also in cells of the matrix, external root sheath and papillae of vibrissae and the stratum basale of the stratified squamous epithelium of the skin. Electron microscopy has revealed intense bFGF-IR mainly in cytoplasmic regions, other than the lumen of rough endoplasmic reticulum and the Golgi apparatus, in trigeminal ganglion neurons, in fibroblast-like cells in the papillae, and in capsules of vibrissae. In contrast, actively proliferating and/or differentiating cells in the matrix of vibrissae have intensely stained euchromatin and weakly labeled cytoplasm that, unlike that of the aforementioned cells, contain immunoreaction products in discrete spots less than 100 nm in diameter, implying the generation of different molecular forms of bFGF in cells of the matrix and papillae. Moreover, the accumulation of bFGF in the euchromatin appears to take place in cells at non-mitotic stages (possibly interphases), characterized by a conspicuous nucleolus and well-developed nuclear envelope. A digoxigenin-labeled cRNA probe for the demonstration of bFGF mRNA gives conspicuous hybridization signals mainly in the matrix of vibrissae. These findings suggest that bFGF is involved in the growth and differentiation of matrix cells during certain periods of the cell cycle and that it acts as a non-mitogenic mediator in the adult trigeminal sensory system.
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  • 38
    ISSN: 1432-0878
    Schlagwort(e): Adrenal growth ; CRH ; ACTH ; Hypophysectomy ; Electron microscopy ; Rat (Wistar)
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Biologie , Medizin
    Notizen: Abstract Within two weeks, hypophysectomy induced in rats a striking decrease in the level of circulating ACTH (the concentration of which was at the limit of sensitivity of our assay system), coupled with a net reduction in the plasma corticosterone concentration and an evident adrenal atrophy. Zona fasciculata, the main producer of glucocorticoids, was decreased in volume, due to a lowering in both the number and average volume of its parenchymal cells. Subcutaneous ACTH infusion (0.1 pmol·min-1), administered during the last week following hypophysectomy, restored the normal blood level of ACTH and completely reversed all effects of hypophysectomy on the adrenals. Subcutaneous infusion for one week with α-helical-CRH or corticotropin-inhibiting peptide (1 nmol·min-1), which are competitive inhibitors of CRH and ACTH, evoked a further significant lowering of plasma corticosterone concentration and markedly enhanced adrenal atrophy in hypophysectomized rats. These findings strongly suggest that an extrahypothalamic pituitary CRH/ACTH system may be involved in the maintenance of the growth and steroidogenic secretory activity of the rat adrenal cortex.
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  • 39
    ISSN: 1432-0878
    Schlagwort(e): Serotonin ; Alimentary canal, insect ; Stomatogastric neryous system ; Immunohistochemistry ; Bioassay ; Electron microscopy ; Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Insecta)
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Biologie , Medizin
    Notizen: Abstract Immunohistochemical studies showed that the alimentary canal of Leptinotarsa decemlineata receives serotoninergic innervation from different neurons in the central and stomatogastric nervous system. The foregut is innervated by the frontal ganglion. Four of the 6–8 large neurons present in this ganglion have axons which run to the musculature of the oesophagus, crop, sphincter, and frontal area of the midgut. They are accompanied by axons from neurons in the suboesophageal ganglion, and by axons from as yet unidentified non-immunoreactive neurons in thebrain and/or the ventral nerve cord. The posterior part of the midgut is essentially devoid of serotoninergic innervation. The hindgut is innervated by two large neurons in the caudal tip of the last abdominal ganglion. The axons always run to the circular and longitudinal muscles of the crop, the circular muscles of the sphincter, and the longitudinal muscles of the hindgut. Immunohistochemical electron microscopy suggests that exocytosis of the immuno-labelled vesicles may occur at some distance from the muscle fibres, implying a neurohormonal release of this neurochemical. A bioassay used to demonstrate the type of effect of serotonin on isolated hindguts in vitro, indicated a clear inhibitory effect on spontaneous contractions at concentrations of 10-8–10-5 M. This effect was dose-dependent. Axons found in association with the cryptonephridial system on the hindgut might be involved in the control of diuresis although we have not tested this possibility experimentally.
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  • 40
    ISSN: 1432-0878
    Schlagwort(e): Serotonin (5-HT) ; Neurohemal systems ; Immunohistochemistry ; Electron microscopy ; Targeted release ; Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Insecta)
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Biologie , Medizin
    Notizen: Abstract We analyzed the anatomy of two diffuse neurohemal systems for serotonin in the head of the Colorado potato beetle Leptinotarsa decemlineata by means of immunohistochemistry. One system is formed by axons from two bilateral pairs of neurons in the frontal margin of the suboesophageal ganglion that enter the ipsilateral mandibular nerve, emerge from this nerve at some distance from the suboesophageal ganglion, and cover all branches of the mandibular nerve with a dense plexus of immunoreactive axon swellings. The other system is formed by axons from two large neurons in the frontal ganglion that enter the ipsilateral frontal connectives, emerge from these connectives, and form a network of axon swellings on the labroforntal, pharyngeal, and antennal nerves and on the surface of the frontal ganglion. Immunohistochemical electron microscopy demonstrated that the axon swellings are located outside the neural sheaths of the nerves and hence in close contact with the hemolymph. We therefore suggest that these plexuses represent extensive neurohemal systems for serotonin. Most immunoreactive terminals are in direct contact with the hemolymph, and other terminals are closely associated with the muscles of the mandibles, labrum, and anterior pharynx, as well as with the salivary glands, indicating that these organs are under serotoninergic control.
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  • 41
    ISSN: 1615-6102
    Schlagwort(e): Barley yellow mosaic virus ; Cytoplasmic inclusion bodies ; Electron microscopy ; Hordeum vulgare ; Immunogold labeling ; RNA 2-encoded proteins
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Biologie
    Notizen: Summary Antisera were raised against the RNA 2-encoded proteins of 28 kDa and 70 kDa of barley yellow mosaic virus (BaYMV) by using the corresponding cDNA sequences of a German isolate for protein overexpression inEscherichia coli BL 21 and subsequent purification. The proposed processing of a 98 kDa precursor polyprotein encoded by the long open reading frame of RNA 2 to two proteins of 28 kDa and 70 kDa could be confirmed by immunoprecipitation of the in vitro transcribed and translated cDNA-clone of RNA 2 and Western blot analysis of fragmentated protein extracts of BaYMV-infected winter barley plants. In situ localisation studies of infected leaf tissue using immunogold labeling techniques for electron microscopy revealed that both viral proteins of BaYMV (RNA 2) were associated with the crystal-like cytoplasmic inclusion bodies. No other parts of the cells and no other inclusions (pinwheelstructures or aggregated virus particles) showed any gold labeling when the 28 kDa and 70 kDa antisera were used. We suppose that both RNA 2-encoded proteins take part in the formation of the crystal-like cytoplasmic inclusion bodies which are the most dominant structures in the cytoplasm of BaYMV-infected tissue. Possible functions of the 28 kDa and 70 kDa protein of BaYMV (RNA 2) are discussed.
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    World journal of microbiology and biotechnology 9 (1993), S. 108-112 
    ISSN: 1573-0972
    Schlagwort(e): Electron microscopy ; celluloytic microorganisms ; termite gut
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Biologie , Werkstoffwissenschaften, Fertigungsverfahren, Fertigung
    Notizen: Abstract The major gut microflora colonizing the hind gut of a higher termite,Odontotermes obesus, included morphologically diverse bacteria, both coccoid and rod-shaped, along with spirochaetes, pseudomonads and actinomycetes. Flagellated protozoa were totally absent. When the gut extract was inoculated on plates containing carboxymethyl cellulose or cellobiose, higher numbers of bacteria grew than on plates without cellulosic sources. The gut homogenate exhibited strong hydrolytic activity when carboxymethyl cellulose,p-nitrophenyl-β-d-glucoside or xylan were used as substrate, indicating the role of gut microbiota in the process of cellulose and hemicellulose digestion. Activities were highest in the hind gut, and the paunch was probably the major site of polysaccharide digestion in this higher termite.In vitro cultivation of some of the isolates revealed both cellulase and xylanase activities. To our knowledge, this is the first report on ultrastructural studies of the higher termiteOdontotermes obesus.
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    Documenta ophthalmologica 84 (1993), S. 351-363 
    ISSN: 1573-2622
    Schlagwort(e): Cell culture ; Electron microscopy ; Human lens epithelium ; Morphology
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    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: Abstract A system for culturing human lens epithelial cells in the laboratory was developed. The morphological appearances of the cells was studied using phase contrast, scanning and transmission electron microscopy. Cell marker studies using monoclonal antibodies to cyto-keratin, vimentin and epithelial membrane antigen were also performed. There was a marked increase in cell size as a function of time in culture. After 3 to 4 weeks cells showed early signs of ageing. By 6 to 8 weeks the majority of the cells had become very irregular in shape and demonstrated irregularities of the plasma membrane and intra-cytoplasmic vacuole formation. The cells stained strongly for vimentin and epithelial membrane antigen. Staining with cytokeratin was somewhat weaker. This culture technique provides us with a suitable model for studying the growth behavior of these cells.
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    European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology and head & neck 249 (1993), S. 499-502 
    ISSN: 1434-4726
    Schlagwort(e): Hypopharynx-Synovial sarcoma ; Supraglottic laryngopharyngectomy ; Electron microscopy
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    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: Summary Synovial sarcoma in an extra-articular location is a very rare tumor, particularly in relation to childhood tumors. We report our experiences with an 11-year-old boy who suffered from swallowing difficulties caused by a polypoid tumor of the hypopharynx. Biopsy demonstrated a fusocellular carcinoma, while the epithelial components showed cytokeratin and neuron-specific enolase positivity. A correct final diagnosis could only be established by the histology of the surgical preparation following partial laryngopharyngectomy. The presence of spindle cells associated with glandular-like ones proved the synovial character of the tumor. The spindle cells were negative for epithelial marker but were positive for vimentin. S-100 protein positivity could only be demonstrated in the nerve elements encapsulated in the tumor. Ultrastructural examinations confirmed the presence of the different cell types. The spindle cells were rich in intermediate fibers, as demonstrated by electron microscopy.
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    European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology and head & neck 250 (1993), S. 44-50 
    ISSN: 1434-4726
    Schlagwort(e): Cochlear glomeruli ; Guinea pig ; Corrosion casting ; Electron microscopy
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    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: Summary The cochlear glomeruli were studied in guinea pigs using scanning electron microscopy of vascular corrosion casts and transmission electron microscopy of tissue sections. Two types of coiled vessels forming the cochlear glomeruli were found in the bony wall of the modiolus. First, upper glomeruli were seen situated in the bony wall next to the scala vestibuli; second, lower glomeruli were located in the osseous spiral lamina just above the spiral ganglion. Upper glomeruli gave rise to radiating arterioles which supplied capillaries of the stria vascularis, while lower glomeruli fed the capillaries of the spiral lamina and limbus. Unlike the main supplying arteries, smooth muscle cells were not present in the walls of the arterioles forming the glomeruli and a peculiar layer of lamellar pericytes was found. The arterioles were strikingly longer than their parent vessels and no autonomic nerves were found in close spatial relationship. Hence, these findings indicate that the cochlear glomeruli serve as efficient devices for reducing cochlear blood pressure.
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    European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology and head & neck 250 (1993), S. 401-407 
    ISSN: 1434-4726
    Schlagwort(e): Basement membrane ; Nasal concha ; Nasal mucosa ; Electron microscopy ; Immunofluorescence
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    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: Summary Light and electron microscopic as well as immunohistochemical investigations were performed on the basement membrane (BM) of the nasal mucosa from the inferior nasal conchae of 20 patients, aged 15–50 years. Two of the patients served as controls. Clinical disorders requiring the turbinectomies were hyperplastic nasal inferior conchae (17 patients) and immobile cilia syndrome (1 patient). In all cases light microscopy demonstrated a 10–15 μm thick homogeneous BM underneath an intact epithelium. Electron microscopic findings revealed a typical subepithelial basal lamina (BL). The remaining parts of the BM consisted of single, isolated 25-mm-thick collagenous fibrils. Only a few cells and small unmyelinated nerves occurred in this layer. Immunohistochemical investigations showed BL components (collagen type IV, laminin, nidogen and heparan sulfate proteoglycan) directly underneath the epithelium. Collagen types I, III, V, and VI could also be demonstrated immunohistochemically in the remaining parts of the BM. Collagen type VII was allocated to the anchor filaments beneath the BL. This special BM is presumed to contribute to mechanical stabilization of the epithelium. The significance of the BL and the subepithelial connective tissue for the behavior of the epithelium — e.g. direction of differentiation - are discussed.
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  • 47
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    European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology and head & neck 250 (1993), S. 412-417 
    ISSN: 1434-4726
    Schlagwort(e): Sugar-binding site ; Guinea pig ; Middle ear ; Lipopolysaccharide ; Electron microscopy
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    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: Summary Glucosamine-binding sites were detected in Lowicryl K4M-embedded guinea pig middle ear mucosa by electron microscopy, using glucosaminyl bovine serum albumin. Incubation of ultrathin tissue sections with gold-labeled glucosaminyl bovine serum albumin (GlcN/BSA/gold) resulted in binding mainly on cilia, microvilli, rough endoplasmic reticulum and nuclei. The sugar binding was not inhibited after ultrathin sections had been digested with trypsin or neuraminidase. Various carbohydrates and glycoconjugates were tested as competitive inhibitors of G1cN/BSA/gold labeling on the tissue sections. The sugar specificity range detected by the glucosamine-binding sites included glucosamine, N-acetylglucosamine, mannose and fucose, whereas N-acetylgalactosamine, galactose and glucose were not detectable. A series of endotoxic substances such as Salmonella minnesota Re595 lipid A complex with BSA and lipopolysaccharides (LPS) derived from Escherichia coli 055: B5 or S. minnesota Re595 also competed with GlcN/BSA/gold binding. This indicates that the lipid A backbone glucosamine or other carbohydrate portions of LPS is a part of the structure recognized by glucosamine binding sites.
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  • 48
    ISSN: 0887-3585
    Schlagwort(e): apolipoprotein A-I ; α-helix stabilization ; hexagonal phase ; LCAT activation ; peptide-lipid interactions ; synthetic peptides ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: In a recent classification of biologically active amphipathic α-helixes, the lipid-associating domains in exchangeable plasma apolipoproteins have been classified as class A amphipathic helixes (Segrest, J. P., De Loof, H., Dohlman, J. G., Brouillette, C. G., Anantharamaiah, G. M. Proteins 8:103-117, 1990). A model peptide analog with the sequence, Asp Trp Leu Lys Ala Phe Tyr Asp Lys Val Ala Glu Lys Leu Lys Glu Ala Phe (18A), possesses the characteristics of a class A amphipathic helix. The addition of an acetyl group at the α-amino terminus and an amide at the α-carboxyl terminus, to obtain Ac-18A-NH2, produces large increases in helicity for the peptide both in solution and when associated with lipid (for 18A vs Ac-18A-NH2, from 6 to 38% helix in buffer and from 49 to 92% helix when bound to dimyristoyl phosphatidylcholine in discoidal complexes). Blocking of the end-groups of 18A stabilizes the α-helix in the presence of lipid by approximately 1.3 kcal/mol. There is also an increase in the self-association of the blocked peptide in aqueous solution. The free energy of binding to the PC-water interface is increased only by about 3% (from -8.0 kcal/mol for 18A to -8.3 kcal/mol for Ac-18A-NH2). The Ac-18A-NH2 has a much greater potency in raising the bilayer to hexagonal phase transition temperature of dipalmitoleoyl phosphatidylethanolamine than does 18A. In this regard Ac-18A-NH2 more closely resembles the behavior of the apolipoprotein A-I, which is the major protein component of high-density lipoprotein and a potent inhibitor of lipid hexagonal phase formation. The activation of the plasma enzyme lecithin: cholesterol acyltransferase by the Ac-18A-NH2 peptide is greater than the 18A analog and comparable to that observed with the apo A-I. In the case of Ac-18A-NH2, the higher activating potency may be due, at least in part, to the ability of the peptide to micellize egg PC vesicles. © 1993 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 16 (1993), S. 311-326 
    ISSN: 0887-3585
    Schlagwort(e): triosephosphate isomerase ; TIM ; X-ray crystallography ; binding studies ; crystal packing ; conformational change ; reaction mechanism ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: The structure of trypanosomal triosephosphate isomerase (TIM)has been solved at a resolution of 2.1Å in a new crystal form grown at pH 8.8 from PEG6000. In this new crystal form (space group C2, cell dimensions 94.8 Å, 48.3 Å, 131.0 Å, 90.0°, 100.3°, 90.0°), TIM is present in a ligand-free state. The asymmetric unit consists of two TIM subunits. Each of these subunits is part of a dimer which is sitting on a crystallographic twofold axis, such that the crystal packing is formed from two TIM dimers in two distinct environments. The two constituent monomers of a given dimer are, therefore, crystallographically equivalent. In the ligand-free state of TIM in this crystal form, the two types of dimer are very similar in structure, with the flexible loops in the “Open” conformation. For one dimer (termed molecule-1), the flexible loop (loop-6) is involved in crystal contacts. Crystals of this type have been used in soaking experiments with 0.4 M ammonium sulphate (studied at 2.4 Å resolution), and with 40 μM phosphoglycolohydroxamate (studied at 2.5 Å resolution). It is found that transfer to 0.4 M ammonuum sulphate (equal to 80 times the Ki of sulphate for TIM), gives rise to significant sulphate binding at the active site of one dimer (termed molecule-2), and less significant binding at the active site of the other. In neither dimer does sulphate induce a “closed” conformation. In a mother liquor containing 40 μM phosphoglycolohydroxamate (equal to 10 times the Ki of phosphoglycolohydroxamate for TIM), an inhibitor molecule binds at the active site of only that dimer of which the flexible loop is free from crystal contacts (molecule-2). In this dimer, it induces a closed conformation. These three structures are compared and discussed with respect to the mode of binding of ligand in the active site as well as with respect to the conformational changes resulting from ligand binding. © 1993 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 16 (1993), S. 327-340 
    ISSN: 0887-3585
    Schlagwort(e): normal mode analysis ; elastic tetrahedron ; strain tensor analysis ; interhelix compressibility ; volume fluctuation ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: Pressure effect on the equilibrium conformation in sperm whale deoxymyoglobin and its volume fluctuation are studied by the normal mode analysis and strain tensor analysis. The pressure-induced deformation of interhelix regions are found to be remarkably more compressed than the other parts of the molecule. The intrahelix compressibility is shown to be relatively small. We also calculate the compressibility of the three hydrophobic clusters, located at the bottom, distal, and proximal side of the heme. Its value is found to decrease in the indicated order. The average compressibility of these hydrophobic clusters is less than the average interhelix compressibility, even though there are large cavities in these clusters. In order to study overall deformation, we define a linear compressibility and calculate it for all pairs of Cαatoms. The pressure-induced deformation is observed to be heterogeneous also in this analysis. The calculated root-mean-square displacement of the constituent atoms in the equilibrium conformation at 1,000 atm from those at 0 atm is 0.12 Å, which is much smaller in magnitude than the average value of the atomic fluctuations at room temperature. In the water solvent, the volume excluded by the protein molecule in the equilibrium conformation is reduced by 0.9%, when the pressure is raised from 0 to 1,000 atm. The calculated magnitude of the root-mean-square volume fluctuation is 0.3% of the excluded volume at room temperature. The square of the volume fluctuation is given as a sum of contributions from individual normal modes. Contributions from low frequency normal modes are found to dominate over those from higher frequency normal modes. The estimated value of the isothermal compressibility of deoxymyoglobin is 9.37 × 10-12 cm2/dyn. © 1993 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 16 (1993), S. 393-407 
    ISSN: 0887-3585
    Schlagwort(e): enzymatic reaction pathway ; theoretical simulation ; protein conformation ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notizen: Previous simulation studies have provided reaction pathways leading from the closed to the open form of citrate synthase. We now undertake a detailed analysis of these pathways using a variety of different tools including backbone dihedral angles, P-Curves helicoidal parameters, inter-helix geometrical parameters, and accessibility calculations. The results point to a relatively small number of residues, mostly in loop regions, which are responsible for the majority of the conformational changes observed. An important role is attributed to transient changes in the backbone which facilitate movement along the reaction coordinate. Comparisons between the two pathways show that they share many common features despite the different algorithms used to generate them. © 1993 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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  • 52
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 16 (1993), S. 384-392 
    ISSN: 0887-3585
    Schlagwort(e): molecular dynamics ; coiled coil ; leucine zipper ; conformational stability ; helix propensity ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notizen: This paper employs methods used earlier to study helix propensity in a model α-helix. The methods are extended to simulations of a motif structure of the α-helical coiled coil, i.e., a structure with a simple amino acid sequence, containing only alanine, leucine, and valine, with leucine and valine forming hydrophobic contacts in the helix interface (positions “d” and “a”). Dynamic simulations of the model coiled-coil structure reproduce characteristic features of the coiled-coil motif seen in experimental studies. Free energy simulations were used to assess the change in stability of the model when a leucine pair or a valine pair in the helix interface was replaced with an alanine pair. A leucine pair at position d was found to contribute 3.4 kcal/mol to the stability of the coiled coil relative to an alanine pair, and a valine pair at postion a was found to contribute 0.8 kcal/mol relative to an alanine pair. The value for the leucine pair agrees with reports in two experimental studies with molecules having different amino sequence. The value for the valine pair is reasonable given the smaller size of the valine side chain and the intrinsic low helix propensity of valine. No experimental value was available for comparison. © 1993 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 16 (1993), S. 423-436 
    ISSN: 0887-3585
    Schlagwort(e): conformational dynamics ; mitten model ; hinge bending motion ; Young's modulus ; low frequency mode ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notizen: Normal mode analysis of mouse epidermal growth factor (mEGF) has been carried out at room temperature. The value of the lowest frequency is 4.1 cm-1. This mode corresponds to hinge-bending motion between the N-terminal and C-terminal domains of mEGF. This hinge-bending motion corresponds to the “mitten mode.” In this motion, the N-terminal domain is almost rigid. However, the C-terminal domain is found to consist of three rigid segments. Two segments, C33-D46 and G51-R53, are observed moving in the same direction, but L47-W50 moves in the opposite direction. For this mode, the effective Young's modulus turned out to be 1.1 × 109 dyn·-2. This value is a little larger than that of the mode with the lowest frequency 4.4 cm-1 of BPTI. The difference may be related to the fraction of residues involved in β-sheets in the molecule. Similar analyses are carried out for other low frequency modes.
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 17 (1993), S. i 
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    Schlagwort(e): Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 17 (1993), S. ii 
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    Schlagwort(e): Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 17 (1993), S. 1-10 
    ISSN: 0887-3585
    Schlagwort(e): docking ; active site ; aconitase ; structure prediction ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notizen: Automated docking of substrates to proteins of known structure aids the process of crystallographic analysis in two ways. First, automated docking can be used to generate a small number of starting models for substrates using only protein coordinates from an early stage of refinement. Second, automated docking provides a method for exploring aspects of catalysis that are inaccessible to crystallography by postulating binding modes of catalytic intermediates. This paper describes the use of automated docking to explore the binding of substrates to aconitase. The technique starts with a substrate molecule in an arbitrary configuration and position and finds favorable docked configrations in a (static) protein active site based on a molecular mechanics type force field. Using protein coordinates from an early stage of refinement of an aconitase-isocitrate complex, we successfully predicted the binding configuration of isocitrate. Four configurations were found, the energetically most favorable of which fit the observed electron density well and was used as a starting model for further refinement. Two configurations were found in citrate docking experiments, the second of which approximates the mode of substrate binding in an aconitasenitrocitrate complex. We were also able to propose two binding modes of the catalytic intermediate cis-aconitate. These correspond closely to the isocitrate and the citrate binding modes. The relation of these new results to the proposed reaction mechanism is discussed. © 1993 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 17 (1993), S. 49-61 
    ISSN: 0887-3585
    Schlagwort(e): homology searching ; mutation data matrix ; amino acid sequence ; alignment algorithms ; database searching ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notizen: Several choices of amino acid substitution matrices are currently available for searching and alignment applications. These choices were evaluated using the BLAST searching program, which is extremely sensitive to differences among matrices, and the Prosite catalog, which lists members of hundreds of protein families. Matrices derived directly from either sequence-based or structurebased alignments of distantly related proteins performed much better overall than extrapolated matrices based on the Dayhoff evolutionary model. Similar results were obtained with the FASTA searching program. Improved performance appears to be general rather than family-specific, reflecting improved accuracy in scoring alignments. An implementation of a multiple matrix strategy was also tested. While no combination of three matrices performed as well as the single best matrix, BLOSUM 62, good results were obtained using a combination of sequence-based and structure-based matrices. This hybrid set of matrices is likely to be useful in certain situations. Our results illustrate the importance of matrix selection and value of a comprehensive approach to evaluation of protein comparison tools. © 1993 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 17 (1993), S. 62-74 
    ISSN: 0887-3585
    Schlagwort(e): α interferon ; β interferon ; homology modeling ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notizen: An atomic coordinate five α-helix three-dimensional model is presented for human interferon α-2 (HuIFNα2). The HuIFNα2 structure was constructed from murine interferon β (MuIFNβ) by homology modeling using the STEREO and IMPACT programs. The HuIFNα2 model is consistent with its known biochemical and biophysical properties including epitope mapping. Lysine residues predicted to be buried in the model were primarily unreactive with succinimidyl-7-amino-4-methylcoumarin-3-acetic acid (AMCA-NHS), a lysine modification agent, as shown by mass spectrometric analysis of tryptic digests. N-terminal sequence analysis of polypeptides generated by limited digestion of HuIFNα2 with endoproteinase Lys-C demonstrated rapid cleavage at K31, which is consistent with the presence of this residue in a loop in the proposed HuIFNα2 model. Based on this model structure potential receptor binding sites are identified. © 1993 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 17 (1993), S. 20-35 
    ISSN: 0887-3585
    Schlagwort(e): staphylococcal nuclease active site ; conformation of 3′,5′-pdTp ; lattice contacts ; metal-nucleus distances ; nuclear Overhauser effect ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notizen: In the X-ray structure of the ternary staphylococcal nuclease-Ca2+ -3′,5′-pdTp complex, the conformation of the bound inhibitor 3′,5′-pdTp is distorted by Lys-70* Abbreviations used: 3′,5′-pdTp, thymidine 3′,5′-di-phosphate; Tris-HCl, tris-(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane hydrochloride; NOE, nuclear Overhauser effect; EDTA, ethylene-diaminetetraacetic acid; TES, N-[tris(hydroxymethyl)-methyl]-2-aminoethane sulfonic acid; Lys-70*, 71*, lysine residues from a neighboring molecule of staphylococcal nuclease in the crystal lattice. and Lys-71* from an adjacent molecule of the enzyme in the crystal lattice (Loll, P.J. and Lattman, E.E. Proteins 5:183-201, 1989; Serpersu, E.H., Hibler, D.W., Gerlt, J.A., and Mildvan, A.S. Biochemistry 28:1539-1548, 1989). Since this interaction does not occur in solution, the NMR docking procedure has been used to correct this problem. Based on 8 Co2+ -nucleus distances measured by paramagnetic effects on T1, and 9 measured and 45 lower limit interproton distances determined by 1D and 2D NOE studies of the ternary Ca2+ complex, the conformation of enzyme-bound 3′,5′-pdTp is high-anti (χ = 58 = 10°) with a C2′ endo/O1′ endo sugar pucker (δ = 143 ± 2°), (-) synclinal about the C3′-O3′ bond (ε = 273 ± 4°), trans, gauche about the C4′-C5′ bond (γ = 301 ± 29°) and either (-) or (+) clinal about the C5′-O5′ bond (β = 92 ± 8° or 274 ± 3°). The structure of 3′,5′-pdTp in the crystalline complex differs due to rotations about the C4′-C5′ bond (γ = 186 ± 12°, gauche, trans) and the C5′-O5′ bond [β = 136 + 10°, (+) anticlinal]. The undistorted conformation of enzyme-bound metal-3′,5′-pdTp determined by NMR was docked into the X-ray structure of the enzyme, using 19 intermolecular NOEs from ring proton resonances of Tyr-85, Tyr-113, and Tyr-115 to proton resonances of the inhibitor. van der Waals overlaps were then removed by energy minimization. Subsequent molecular dynamics and energy minimization produced no significant changes, indicating the structure to be in a global rather than in a local minimum. While the metal-coordinated 5′-phosphate of the NMR-docked structure of 3′,5′-pdTp overlaps with that in the X-ray structure, and similarly receives bifunctional hydrogen bonds from both Arg-35 and Arg-87, the thymine, deoxyribose, and 3′-phosphate are significantly displaced from their positions in the X-ray structure, with the 3′-phosphate receiving hydrogen bonds from Lys-49 rather than from Lys-84 and Tyr-85. The repositioned thymine ring permits hydrogen bonding to the phenolic hydroxyl of Tyr-115. These new interactions, found in the NMR docked structure, are supported by reduced affinities for 3′,5′-pdTp by appropriate mutants of staphylococcal nuclease (Chuang, W.-J., Weber, D.J., Gittis, A.G., and Mildvan, A.S. (1993) accompanying paper, this issue). An inner sphere, rather than a second sphere water ligand of the metal, is optimally positioned to donate a hydrogen bond to Glu-43 and to attack the coordinated 5′-phosphate with inversion. It is concluded that the NMR docking procedure can be used to correct structural artifacts created by lattice contacts in crystals, when they occur at or near ligand binding sites, such as the active sites of enzymes. © 1993 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 17 (1993), S. 36-48 
    ISSN: 0887-3585
    Schlagwort(e): staphylococcal nuclease ; mutants of ; lattice artifactsd ; dissociation constants of 3′,5′-pdTp ; subdomains of ; Ca2+ binding to ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notizen: In the X-ray structure of the staphylococcal nuclease-Ca2+ -3′,5′-pdTp complex, the conformation of the inhibitor 3′,5′-pdTp is distroteed Lys-70* and Lys-71* from an adjacent molecule of staphylococcal nuclease (Loll, P.J., Lattman, E.E. Proteins 5 : 183-201, 1989). In order to correct this crystal packing problem, the solution conformation of enzyme-bound 3′,5′-pdTp in the staphylococcal nuclease-metal-pdTp Complex determined by NMR methods was docked into the X-ray structure of the enzyme [Weber, D. J., Serpersu, E. H., Gittis, A. G., Lattman, E. E., Mildvan, A. S. (preceding paper)]. In the NMR-docked structure, the 5′-phophate of 3′,5′-pdTp overlaps with that in the X-ray Structure. However the 3′-phosphate accepts a hydrogen bond from Lys-49 (2.89Å) rather than from Lys-84 (8.63 Å), and N3 of thymine donates a hydrogen bond to the OH of Tyr-115 (3.16 Å) which does not occur in the X-ray structure (5.28 Å). These interactions have been tested by binding studies of 3′,5′-pdTp, Ca2+, and Mn2+ to the K49A, K84A, and Y115A mutants of staphylococcal nuclease using water proton relaxation rate and EPR methods. Each mutant was fully active and structurally intact, as found by CD and two-dimensional NMR spectroscopy, but bound Ca2+ 9.1- to 9.9-fold more weakly than the wild-type enzyme. While thye K84A mutation did not significantly weaken 3′,5′-pdTp binding to the enzyme (1.5 ± 0.7 fold), the K49A mutation weakened 3′,5′-pdTp binding to the enzyme by the factor of 4.4 ± 1.8-fold. Similarly, the Y115A mutation weakened 3′,5′-pdTp binding to the enzyme 3.6 ± 1.6-fold. Comparable weakening effects of these mutations were found on the binding of Ca2+-3′,5′-pdTp. These results are more readily explained by the NMR-docked structure of staphylococcal nuclease-metal-3′,5′-pdTp than by the X-ray structure. © 1993 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 17 (1993), S. 75-86 
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    Schlagwort(e): hydrogen exchange ; side chain effects ; steric hindrance ; inductive effects ; protein structure ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notizen: The rate of exchange of peptide group NH hydrogens with the hydrogens of aqueous solvent is sensitive to neighboring side chains. To evaluate the effects of protein side chains, all 20 naturally occurring amino acids were studied using dipeptide models. Both inductive and steric blocking effects are apparent. The additivity of nearest-neighbor blocking and inductive effects was tested in oligo-and polypeptides and, suprisingly, confirmed. Reference rates for alanine-containing peptides were determined and effects of temperature considered. These results provide the information necessary to evaluate measured protein NH to ND exchange rates by comparing them with rates to be expected for the same amino acid sequence is unstructured aligo- and polypeptides. The application of this approach to protein studies is discussed. © 1993 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 17 (1993), S. 87-92 
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    Schlagwort(e): hydrogen exchange ; equilibrium isotope effects ; kinetic isotope effects ; protein structure ; poly-DL-alanine ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notizen: Kinetic and equilibrium isotope effects in peptide group hydrogen exchange reactions were evaluated. Unlike many other reactions, Kinetic isotope effects in amide hydrogen exchange are small because exchange pathways are not limited by bondbreaking steps. Rate constants for the acid-cat-alyzed exchange of peptide group NH, ND, and NT in H2O are essentially identical, but a solvent esotope effect doubles the rate in D2O. Rate constants for base-catalyzed exchange in H2O decrease slowly in the order NH 〉 ND 〉 NT. The alkaline rate constant in D2O is very close to that in H2O when account is taken of the glass electrode pH artifact and the difference in solvent ionization constant. Small equilibrium isotope effects lead to an excess equilibrium accumulation of the heavier isotopes by the peptide group. Results obtained are expressed in terms of rate constants for the random coil polypeptide, poly-DL-alanine, to provide reference rates for protein hydrogen exchange studies as described in Bai et al. [preceding paper in this issue]. © 1993 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 17 (1993) 
    ISSN: 0887-3585
    Schlagwort(e): Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 17 (1993), S. 93-106 
    ISSN: 0887-3585
    Schlagwort(e): catalytic mechanism ; protein engineering ; site-specific mutagenesis ; substrate binding ; X-ray crystallography ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notizen: The singnificance of the zinc hydroxide-Thr-199-Glu-106 hydrogen-bond network in the active site of human carbonic anhydrase II has been examined by X-ray crystallographic analyses of site-specific mutants. Mutants with Ala-199 and Ala-106 or Gln-106 have low catalytic activities, while a mutant with Asp-106 has almost full CO2 hydration activity. The structures of these four mutants, as well as that of the bicarbonate complex of the mutant with Ala-199, have been determined at 1.7 to 2.2 Å resolution. Removal of the γ atoms of residue 199 leads to distorted tetrahedral geometry at the zine ion, and a catalytically important zinc-bound water molecule has moved towards Glu-106. In the bicarbonate complex of the mutant with Ala-199 one oxygen atom from bicarbonate binds to zinc without displacing this water molecule. Tetrahedral coordination geometries are retained in the mutants at position 106. The mutants with Ala-106 and Gln-106 have a zinc-bound sulfate ion, whereas this sulfate site is only partially occupied in the mutant with Asp-106. The hydrogen-bond network seems to be “reversed” in the mutants with Ala-106 and Gln-106. The network is preserved as in native enzyme in the mutant with Asp-106 but the side chain of Asp-106 is more extended than that of Glu-106 in the native enzyme. These results illustrate the importance of Glu-106 and Thr-199 for controlling the precise coordination geometry of the zinc ion and its ligand preferences with results in an optimal orientation of a zine-bound hydroxide ion for an attack on the CO2 substrate. © 1993 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 17 (1993), S. 107-109 
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    Schlagwort(e): plant chitinase ; antifungal protein ; crystals ; X-ray diffraction ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notizen: Chitinase from barley seeds has been crystallized at room temperature using polyethylene glycol as precipitant. The crystal is monoclinic, belonging to the space group P21, with unit cell parameters of a = 69.43 Å, b = 44.55 Å, c = 81.41 Å, and β = 111.95 Å. The asymmetric unit seems to contain two molecules of chitinase with a corresponding crystal volume per protein mass (VM) of 2.25 Å3/Da and a solvent content of 45% by volume. The crystal diffracts to at least 2.0 Å with X-rays from a rotating anode source and is very stable in the X-ray beam. X-ray data have been collected to better than 2.2 Å Bragg spacing from a native crystal. © 1993 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 17 (1993), S. 124-137 
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    Schlagwort(e): tertiapin ; solution structure ; NMR ; circular dichroism ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notizen: The solution structure of tertiapin, a 21-residue bee venom peptide, has been characterized by circular dichroism (CD), two-dimensional nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, and distance geometry. A total of 21 lowest error structures were obtained from distance geometry calculations. Superimposition of these structures shows that the backbone of tertiapin is very well defined. One type-I reverse turn from residue 4 to 7 and an α-helix from residue 12 to 19 exist in the structure of tertiapin. The α-helical region is best defined from both conformational analysis and structural superimposition. The overall three-dimensional structure of tertiapin is highly compact resulting from side chain interactions. The structural information obtained from CD and NMR are compared for both tertiapin and apamin (ref. 3), another bee venom peptide. Tertiapin and apamin have some similar secondary structure, but display different tertiary structures. © 1993 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 17 (1993), S. 111-123 
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    Schlagwort(e): protein folding ; cooperativity ; folding intermediates ; protein thermodynamics ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notizen: The cooperative nature of the protein folding process is independent of the characteristic fold and the specific secondary structure attributes of a globular protein. A general folding/unfolding model should, therefore, be based upon structural features that transcend the peculiarities of α-helices, β-sheets, and other structural motifs found in proteins. The studies presented in this paper suggest that a single structural characteristic common to all globular proteins is essential for cooperative folding. The formation of a partly folded state from the native state results in the exposure to solvent of two distinct regions: (1) the portions of the protein that are unfolded; and (2) the “complementary surfaces,” located in the regions of the protein that remain folded. The cooperative character of the folding/unfolding transition is determined largely by the energetics of exposing complementary surface regions to the solvent. By definition, complementary regions are present only in partly folded states; they are absent from the native and unfolded states. An unfavorable free energy lowers the probability of partly folded states and increases the cooperativity of the transition. In this paper we present a mathematical formulation of this behavior and develop a general cooperative folding/unfolding model, termed the “complementary region” (CORE) model. This model successfully reproduces the main properties of folding/unfolding transitions without limiting the number of partly folded states accessible to the protein, thereby permitting a systematic examination of the structural and solvent conditions under which intermediates become populated. It is shown that the CORE model predicts two-state folding/unfolding behavior, even though the two-state character is not assumed in the model. © 1993 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 16 (1993), S. 92-112 
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    Schlagwort(e): protein folding ; residue contacts ; conformational energy ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notizen: In this paper we present a new residue contact potantial derived by statistical analysis of protein crystal structures. This gives mean hydrophobic and pairwise contact energies as a function of residue type and distance interval. To test the accuracy of this potential we generate model structures by “threading” different sequences through backbone folding motifs found in the structural data base. We find that conformational energies calculated by summing contact potentials show perfect specificity in matching the correct sequences with each globular folding motif in a 161-protcin data set. They also identify correct models with the core folding motifs of heme-rythrin and immunoglobulin McPC603 V1-do- main, among millions of alternatives possible when we align subsequences with α-helices and β-strands, and allow for variation in the lengths of intervening loops. We suggest that contact potentials reflect important constraints on nonbonded interaction in native proteins, and that “threading” may be useful for structure prediction by recognition of folding motif. © 1993 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 16 (1993), S. 155-171 
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    Schlagwort(e): parvovirus ; feline ; structure ; comparison with canine virus ; host range ; antigenicity ; hemagglutination ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notizen: Various crystal forms of the single-stranded DNA, feline panleukopenia virus (FPV), a parvovirus, have been grown of both full virions and empty particles. The structure of empty particles crystallized in an orthorhombic space group P212121, with unit cell dimensions a = 380.1 Å, b = 379.3 Å, and c = 350.9 Å, has been determined to 3.3 Å resolution. The data were collected using oscillation photography with synchrotron radiation. The orientations of the empty capsids in the unit cell were determined using a self-rotation function and their positions were obtained with an R-factor search using canine parvovirus (CPV) as a model. Phases were then calculated, based on the CPV model, to 6.0 Å resolution and gradually extended to 3.3 Å resolution by molecular replacement electron density averaging. The resultant electron density was readily interpreted in terms of the known amino acid sequence. The structure is contrasted to that of CPV in terms of host range, neutralization by antibodies, hemagglutination properties, and binding of genomic DNA. © Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 16 (1993), S. 141-154 
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    Schlagwort(e): protein dynamics ; myoglobin ; molecular dynamics ; rigid-body motions ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notizen: The contribution of rigidbody motions to the atomic trajectories in a 100 ps molecular dynamics simulation of deoxymyoglobin is examined. Two typesof rigid-body motions are considered: one in which the helices are rigid units and one in which the side-chains are rigid units. Using a quaternionbased algorithm, fits of the rigid reference structures are made to each time frame of the simulation to derive trajectories of the rigid-body motions. The fitted trajectories are analysed in terms of atomic position fluctuations, mean-square displacements as a function of time, velocity autocorrelation functions and densities of states. The results are compared with the corresponding quantities calculated from the full trajectory. The relative contribution of the rigid helix motions to the helix atom dynamics depends on which quantity is examined and on which subset of atoms is chosen: rigid-helix motions contribute 86% of the rms helix backbone atomic position fluctuations, but 30% of the helix,: atom (backbone and side-chain) mean square displacements and only 1.1% of total kinetic energy. Only very low-frequency motions contribute to the rigid-helix dynamics; the rigid-body analysis allows characteristic rigid-helix vibrations to be identified and described. Treating the side-chains as rigid bodies is foundto be an excellent approximation to both their diffusive and vibrationalmean-square displacements: 96% of side-chain atom mean-square displacements originate from rigid side-Chain motions. However, the errors in theside-chain atomic positional fits are not always small. An analysis is madeof factors contributing to the positional error for different types of side-chain. © Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 16 (1993), S. 115-140 
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    Schlagwort(e): molten globule state ; protein folding intermediates ; secondary structure ; cytochrome c ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notizen: Certain partly ordered protein conformations, commonly called “moltenglobule states,” are widely believed to represent protein folding intermediates. Recentstructural studies of molten globule states ofdifferent proteins have revealed features whichappear to be general in scope. The emergingconsensus is that these partly ordered forms exhibit a high content of secondary structure, considerable compactness, nonspecific tertiary structure, and significant structural flexibility. These characteristics may be used to define ageneral state of protein folding called “the molten globule state,” which is structurally andthermodynamically distinct from both the native state and the denatured state. Despite exaatensive knowledge of structural features of afew molten globule states, a cogent thermodynamic argument for their stability has not yetbeen advanced. The prevailing opinion of thelast decade was that there is little or no enthalpy difference or heat capacity differencebetween the molten globule state and the unfolded state. This view, however, appears to beat variance with the existing database of protein structural energetics and with recent estimates of the energetics of denaturation of α-lactalbumin, cytochrome c, apomyoglobin, and T4 lysozyme. We discuss these four proteins at length. The results of structural studies, together with the existing thermodynamic values for fundamental interactions in proteins, provide the foundation for a structural thermodynamic framework which can account for the observed behavior of molten globule states. Within this framework, we analyze the physical basis for both the high stability of several molten globule states and the low probability of other protential folding intermediates. Additionally, we consider, in terms of reduced enthalpy changes and disrupted cooperative interactions, the thermodynamic basis for the apparent absence of a thermally induced, cooperative unfolding transition for some molten globule states. © 1993 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 17 (1993), S. 11-19 
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    Schlagwort(e): cytokines ; homology modeling ; protein tertiary structure ; binding site ; IL4 ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notizen: Interleukin-4 is a member of the cytokine family, a group of related messenger proteins which collectively help to moderate and control the immune response. It is believed that the folding topology of the β-sheets of the interleukin-4 receptor (IL4R) is the same as that seen in the crystal structure of CD4. Although the sequence identity is low, homology modeling techniques have been used to model the IL4R structure from CD4. Refinement by molecular dynamics leads to a suggested structure which has been docked to interleukin-4 (IL4). Several residues of apparent importance for binding are identified. © 1993 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 15 (1993), S. 1-4 
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    Schlagwort(e): mutant hemoglobin ; allostery ; quaternary structure change ; docking ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notizen: We present a geometric analysis of the allosteric interface in the new Y state quaternary structure observed in liganded mutant hemoglobin Ypsilanti (β99 Asp → Tyr) by Smith, F.R., Lattman, E.E., Carter, C.W., Jr. (Proteins 10:81-91, 1991). The classical T to R quaternary structure change being a rotation of αβ dimers about an axis which is approximately parallel to the dimer axis of pseudosym-metry, the new quaternary structure is obtained by applying to R an additional rotation about an axis orthogonal to the first. This suggests that Y is a modified R state rather than an intermediate on the T to R pathway. Computer docking experiments designed to simulate the quaternary structure change support this suggestion. © 1993 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 15 (1993), S. 322-329 
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    Schlagwort(e): unfolded proteins ; mutations ; BPTI ; gel electrophoresis ; disulfide-formation kinetics ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notizen: The effects of amino acid replacements on the hydrodynamic volume of reduced and unfolded bovine pancreatic trypsin inhibitor (BPTI) have been examined by gel electrophoresis. The electrophoretic mobilities of the reduced forms of 46 BPTI variants were compared at room temperature in the absence of denaturants. The single substitutions examined include many different types of replacements at sites throughout the polypeptide, and, collectively, alter 22 of the 58 residues of the wild-type protein. The only substitutions found to alter the electrophoretic mobility of the reduced protein by more than ∼3% are those that change the net charge of the protein. For nine mutants, the rates of disulfide formation in the reduced protein were also examined and found to be very similar to that of the wild-type protein. These results suggest that any structure that may be present in the reduced protein is either relatively insensitive to amino acid replacements or does not greatly influence the averaged properties of the polypeptide chain. © 1993 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 15 (1993), S. 339-348 
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    Schlagwort(e): X-ray structure ; immunosuppressant ; immunoglobulin ; antigen ; recognition ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notizen: The structure of the complex between cyclosporin A and the Fab fragment of a monoclonal antibody has been established by Crystallographic analysis to 2.65 Åresolution. The structure has been solved by molecular replacement using a composite Fab model. The current R-factor after refinement is 0.179 between 8 and 2.65Åresolution. The antibody is one among three known structures with long H3 loops. This loop conformation is observed for the first tune in the presence of the antigen. Residues from all six hypervariable loops interact with cyclosporin A. However, the 17 residues long loop H3 is the main contributor to the buried combining site area and to the van der Waals contacts made with cyclosporin A, with 52 and 63%, respectively, of the total contribution. © 1993 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 15 (1993), S. 10-25 
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    Schlagwort(e): peptide chains ; lipid membranes ; Monte Carlo simulation techniques ; hydropathy scale method ; tripeptides ; phospholipid membranes ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notizen: A combination of dynamic Monte Carlo simulation techniques with a hydropathy scale method for the prediction of the location of transmembrane fragments in membrane proteins is described. The new hydropathy scale proposed here is based on experimental data for the interactions of tripeptides with phospholipid membranes (Jacobs, R.E., White, S.H. Biochemistry 26:6127-6134, 1987) and the self-solvation effect in protein systems (Roseman, M.A., J. Mol. Biol. 200:513-522, 1988). The simulations give good predictions both for the state of association and the orientation of the peptide relative to the membrane surface of a number of peptides including Magainin2, M2δ, and melittin. Furthermore, for Pf1 bacterio-phage coat protein, in accord with experiment, the simulations predict that the C-terminus forms a transmembrane helix and the N-terminus forms a helix which is adsorbed on the surface of the bilayer. Finally, the present series of simulations provide a number of insights into the mechanism of insertion of peptides into cell membranes. © 1993 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 15 (1993), S. 42-49 
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    Schlagwort(e): X-ray structure ; ATP-binding proteins ; glycine-rich loop ; enzyme kinetics ; induced-fit ; H-ras-p21 relationship ; crystal packing contacts ; noncrystallographic symmetry ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notizen: Two mutants of adenylate kinase from Escherichia coli have been crystallized and analyzed by X-ray diffraction at resolutions of 3.4 and 2.4 Å, respectively. These mutants are Pro-9→Leu and Gly-10→Val. They were selected for their positions in the highly conserved Gly-loop forming a giant anion hole for the β-phosphate of ATP (GTP) in adenylate kinases, H-ras-p21, and other nucleotide-binding proteins. Mutants at these positions of H-ras-p21 cause cancer. In adenylate kinase these mutations cause smallish changes at the active site. Relating the structural changes to the known changes in catalysis indicates that these mutants hinder the induced-fit movements. As a side result we find that mutant Pro-9→Leu and wild-type form one very similar crystal packing contact that is crystallographic in one case and noncrystallographic in the other, while all other packing contacts and the space groups are quite at variance. © 1993 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 15 (1993), S. 26-41 
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    Schlagwort(e): proline-containing α-helix ; backbone-bend parameters ; correlation between parameters ; side chain conformation ; helix F of bacteriorhodopsin ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notizen: Many of the bilayer spanning segments of membrane transport proteins contain proline residues, and most of them are believed to occur in α-helical form. A proline residue in the middle of an α-helix is known to produce a bend in the helix, and recent studies have focused on characterizing such a bend at atomic level. In the present case, molecular dynamics (MD) studies are carried out on helix F model of bacteriorhodopsin (BR) Ace-(Ala)7-Trp-(Ala)2-Tyr-Pro-(Ala)2-Trp-(Ala)8-NHMe and compared with Ace-(Ala)7-Trp-(Ala)2-Tyr-(Ala)3-Trp-(Ala)8-NHMe in which the proline is replaced by alanine. The bend in the helix is characterized by structural parameters such as kink angle (α), wobble angle (θ), virtual torsion angle (ρ), and the hydrogen bond distance d (Op-3 … Np+1). The average values and the flexibility involved in these parameters are evaluated. The correlation among the bend related parameters are estimated. The equilibrium side chain orientations of tryptophan and tyrosine residues are discussed and compared with those found in the recently proposed model of bacteriorhodopsin. Finally, a detailed characterization of the bend in terms of secondary structures such as αI, αII and goniometric helices are discussed, which can be useful in the interpretation of the experimental results on the secondary structures of membrane proteins involving the proline residue. © 1993 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 15 (1993), S. 62-70 
    ISSN: 0887-3585
    Schlagwort(e): β-sheet domain ; globular proteins ; three-dimensional structure ; twist ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
    Quelle: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: An analysis of the tendency of hydrophobic groups to tight packing on the surface of β-sheets based on well-known parameters of β-sheets and hydrophobic groups was conducted. This analysis shows the existence of very limited numbers and clearly outlined architecture families of regular parts for the majority of β-structure-containing domains. Each family of architecture strongly depends on the number of β-strands in the pure β-domains and on the existence and number of additional α-helixes and on the mutual arrangements β-strands and α-helixes along the chain in mixed α/β-domains. This paper demonstrates that the tendency of hydrophobic groups to the local tight packing on the surface of β-sheets is probably the main reason for the twist of β-sheets. © 1993 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Digitale Medien
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 15 (1993), S. 50-61 
    ISSN: 0887-3585
    Schlagwort(e): structure ; protein conformation ; accessible surface ; recognition ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: We introduce a new method for assessing the extent of residue exposure in proteins. For each atom of every residue a Gaussian-weighted atomic surroundings value (the G-neighborhood) is calculated. A normalized sum of G-neighborhood values over all the atoms of a residue is complementary to conventional surface accessibility characteristics. The G-0neighborhood value of a residue is a sensitive indicator of its location, strongly dependent on the 3D structure of a the protein. Correlations between secondary structures and patterns of G-neighborhood values for six different protein molecules are discussed. Comparison of the distribution of hydrophobic and charged residues in the 3D structure for the alcohol-soluble protein crambin and that of five water-soluble proteins (cytochrome c, flavodoxin, myoglobin, rhodanese, and Bence-Jones protein) shows striking differences in their G-neighborhood patterns. Contacts between the prosthetic group and the peptide portion of a protein as well as protein interdomain contacts and monomer-monomer contacts are characterized. © 1993 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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  • 81
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    Digitale Medien
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 15 (1993), S. 71-79 
    ISSN: 0887-3585
    Schlagwort(e): disulfide bonds ; protein stability ; entropy of proteins ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: The vibrational entropy of native BPTI, with three disulfide bonds, was determined by use of normal mode calculations and compared with that of folded variants having either one less disulfide bond or lacking a peptide bond at the trypsin-reactive site. Favorable contributions to the free energy of 2.5-5.1 kcal/mol at 300 K were calculated for the reduction of disulfide bonds in the folded state, whereas no favorable contribution was found for the hydrolysis of the peptide bond cleaved by trypsin. This is on the order of the effect of disulfides in the unfolded state. The implications of these results for the stabilization of a folded protein by the introduction of crosslinks are discussed. © 1993 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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  • 82
    ISSN: 0887-3585
    Schlagwort(e): free energy perturbation ; molecular dynamics simulation ; molecular modeling ; substrate binding ; site-specific point mutations ; ribonuclease T1 ; 2-aminopurine ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: We have theoretically and experimentally studied the binding of two different ligands to wild-type ribonuclease T1 (RNT1) and to a mutant of RNT1 with Glu-46 replaced by Gln. The binding of the natural substrate 3′-GMP has been compared with the binding of a fluorescent probe, 2-aminopurine 3′-monophosphate (2AP), and relative free energies of binding of these ligands to the mutant and the wild-type (wt) enzyme have been calculated by free energy perturbation methods. The free energy perturbations predict that the mutant RNT1-Gln-46 binds 2AP better than 3′GMP, in agreement with experiments on dinucleotides. Four free energy perturbations, forming a closed loop, have been performed to allow the detection of systematic errors in the simulation procedure. Because of the larger number of atoms involved, it was necessary to use a much longer simulation time for the change in the protein, i.e., the perturbation from Glu to Gln, than in the perturbation from 3′-GMP to 2AP. Finally the structure of the binding site is analyzed for understanding differences in catalytic speed and binding strength. © 1993 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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  • 83
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    Digitale Medien
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 15 (1993), S. 177-182 
    ISSN: 0887-3585
    Schlagwort(e): X-ray crystallography ; carbonic anhydrase ; cyanide ; cyanate ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: Carbonic anhydrase is inhibited by the “metal poison” cyanide. Several spectroscopic investigations of carbonic anhydrase where the natural zinc ion has been replaced by cobalt have further strengthened the view that cyanide and cyanate bind directly to the metal. We have determined the structure of human carbonic anhydrase II inhibited by cyanide and cyanate, respectively, by X-ray crystallography. It is shown that the inhibitors replace a molecule of water, which forms a hydrogen bond to the peptide nitrogen of Thr-199 in the native structure. The coordination of the zinc ion is hereby left unaltered compared to the native crystal structure, so that the zinc coordinates three histidines and one molecule of water or hydroxyl ion in a tetrahedral fashion. The binding site of the two inhibitors is identical to what earlier has been suggested to be the position of the substrate (CO2) when attacked by the zinc bound hydroxyl ion. The peptide chain undergoes no significant alterations upon binding of either inhibitor. © 1993 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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  • 84
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    Digitale Medien
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 15 (1993), S. 147-176 
    ISSN: 0887-3585
    Schlagwort(e): X-ray crystallography ; pAR5 mutant ; allosteric enzyme ; ligand-induced negative cooperativity ; alternative amino acid conformations ; coordinate error ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: The X-ray crystal structure of CTP-ligated T state aspartate transcarbamoylase has been refined to an R factor of 0.182 at 2.5 Å resolution using the computer program X-PLOR. The structure contains 81 sites for solvent and has rms deviations from ideality in bond lengths and bond angles of 0.018 Å and 3.722°, respectively. The cytosine base of CTP interacts with the main chain carbonyl oxygens of rTyr-89 and rIle-12, the main chain NH of rIle-12, and the amino group of rLys-60. The ribose hydroxyls form polar contacts with the amino group of rLys-60, a carboxylate oxygen of rAsp-19, and the main chain carbonyl oxygen of rVal-9. The phosphate oxygens of CTP interact with the amino group of rLys-94, the hydroxyl of rThr-82, and an imidazole nitrogen of rHis-20. Recent mutagenesis experiments evaluated in parallel with the structure reported here indicate that alterations in the hydrogen bonding environment of the side chain of rAsn-111 may be responsible for the homotropic behavior of the pAR5 mutant of ATCase. The location of the first seven residues of the regulatory chain has been identified for the first time in a refined ATCase crystal structure, and the proximity of this portion of the regulatory chain to the allosteric site suggests a potential role for these residues in nucleotide binding to the enzyme. Finally, a series of amino acid side chain rearrangements leading from the R1 CTP allosteric to the R6 CTP allosteric site has been identified which may constitute the molecular mechanism of distinct CTP binding sites on ATCase. © 1993 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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  • 85
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    Digitale Medien
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 15 (1993), S. 191-204 
    ISSN: 0887-3585
    Schlagwort(e): contact map ; distance geometry ; prediction ; one-dimensional constraint ; X-ray structure ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: It is known that the backbone conformation of a protein can be reproduced with precision once a correct contact map (two-dimensional representation showing residue pairs in contact) is given as geometrical constraints. There is, however, no way to infer the correct contact map for a protein of unknown structure. We started with one-dimensional constraints using the quantity N14 (the number of neighboring residues within the radius of 14 Å). Since the plot of N14 along a chain shows a good correlation with the corresponding amino acid sequence, the N14 profile obtained from the X-ray structure is predictable from the sequence. Construction of backbone conformations under a given N14 profile was carried out in the following two steps: (1) a contact map from the N14 profile was produced by taking the product of N14 values of every two residues; (2) backbone conformations were generated by applying the distance geometry technique to distance constraints given by the contact map. If present, disulfide bonds in a protein, as well as the secondary structure, were treated as additional constraints, and both cases with or without the additional information were examined. The method was tested for 11 proteins of known structure, and the results indicated that the reproduced conformation was fairly good, using an X-ray structure for comparison, for small proteins of less than 80 residues long. The basic assumption and effectiveness of the present method were compared with those of previous studies employing the geometrical constraint approach. It has become clear that the specific, one-dimensional information (e.g., N14 profile) is more effective than nonspecific, two-dimensional constraints, such as average interresidue distances between particular types of amino acids. © 1993 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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  • 86
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    Digitale Medien
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 15 (1993), S. 183-190 
    ISSN: 0887-3585
    Schlagwort(e): protein structure ; homology modeling ; sequence homology ; simulated annealing ; energy minimization ; molecular modeling ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: A novel scheme for the parameterization of a type of “potential energy” function for protein molecules is introduced. The function is parameterized based on the known conformations of previously determined protein structures and their sequence similarity to a molecule whose conformation is to be calculated. Once parameterized, minima of the potential energy function can be located using a version of simulated annealing which has been previously shown to locate global and near-global minima with the given functional form. As a test problem, the potential was parameterized based on the known structures of the rubredoxins from Desulfovibrio vulgaris, Desulfovibrio desulfuricans, and Clostridium pasteurianum, which vary from 45 to 54 amino acids in length, and the sequence alignments of these molecules with the rubredoxin sequence from Desulfovibrio gigas. Since the Desulfovibrio gigas rubredeoxin conformation has also been determined, it is possible to check the accuracy of the results. Ten simulated-annealing runs from random starting conformations were performed. Seven of the 10 resultant conformations have an all-Cα rms deviation from the crystallographically determined conformation of less than 1.7 Å. For five of the structures, the rms deviation is less than 0.8 Å. Four of the structures have conformations which are virtually identical to each other except for the position of the carboxy-terminal residue. This is also the conformation which is achieved if the determined crystal structure is minimized with the same potential. The all-Cα rms difference between the crystal and minimized crystal structures is 0.6 Å. It is further observed that the “energies” of the structures according to the potential function exhibit a strong correlation with rms deviation from the native structure. The conformations of the individual model structures and the computational aspects of the modeling procedure are discussed. © 1993 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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  • 87
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    Schlagwort(e): tryptophan ; fluorescence ; phosphorescence ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: In order to correlate between spectroscopic and structural changes in a protein, the environment of Trp 135 in T4 lysozyme was deliberately perturbed by the replacement of Gln 105 with alanine (Q105A), glycine (Q105G), and glutamic acid (Q105E). In wild-type lysozyme, Trp 135 is buried, but the indole nitrogen is hydrogen-bonded to the side-chain of Gln 105. In the Q105G and Q105A mutant structures, the indole nitrogen becomes accessible to solvent. Crystallographic analysis shows that the structures of all of the mutants are similar to wild-type. There are, however, distinct rearrangements of the local solvent structure in response to the new side-chains. There are also small but significant changes in the relative orientations of the two domains of the protein that appear to result from a series of small, concerted movements of side-chains adjacent to residue 105. Evaluation of the fluorescence and phosphorescence of the mutant proteins in terms of their observed three-dimensional structures shows that large spectral changes do not necessarily imply large changes in structure or in static solvent accessibility. Increases in polar relaxation about the excited state of tryptophan may be the result of only small increases in local dynamics or solvent exposure. 1H-NMR was also used to monitor the effects of the substitutions on Trp 138. In Q105E, but not in Q105G, Q105A and WT, the Hε1 chemical shift of Trp 138 is very pH-dependent, apparently reflecting the titration of Glu 105 which has a spectroscopically determined pKa of 6.0. The elevation of the pKa of Glu 105 in Q105E is also reflected in the pH dependence of the stability of this mutant. © 1993 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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  • 88
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    Digitale Medien
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 15 (1993), S. 413-425 
    ISSN: 0887-3585
    Schlagwort(e): computer simulation ; side chain conformations ; optimization ; α-helices ; tertiary structure ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: We present a novel search strategy for determining the optimal packing of protein secondary structure elements. The approach is based on conformational energy optimization using a predetermined set of side chain rotamers and appropriate methods for sampling the conformational space of peptide fragments having fixed backbone geometries. An application to the 4-helix bundle of myohemerythrin is presented. It is shown that the conformations of the amino acid side chains are largely determined at the level of helix pairs and that superposition of these results can be used to construct the full bundle. The final solution obtained, taking into account restrictions due to the lateral amphiphilicity of the helices, differs from the native structure by only a 20° rotation of a single helix. © 1993 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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  • 89
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    Schlagwort(e): AIDS ; energy minimization ; enzyme inhibition ; molecular modeling ; protein conformation ; crosscorrelation map ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: The dynamic behavior of one 99-residue subunit of the dimeric aspartyl protease of HIV-1 was studied in a 160 psec molecular dynamics simulation at 300 K in water. The crystal structure of one of the identical subunits of the dimer was the starting point, with the aqueous phase modeled by 4,331 explicit waters in a restrained spherical droplet Analysis of the simulations showed that the monomer displayed considerable flexibility in the interfacial portions of the flap (the region which folds over the substrate), the N- and C-0termini, and, to a lesser extent, the active site. The flap undergoes significant motion as an independent rigid finger, but without the cantilever previously reported hi a simulation of the dimer. The N-terminus displayed the greatest fluctuational disorder whereas the C-terminus exhibited the greatest root mean square movement from the crystal structure. The central core of the monomer had a heavy-atom root mean square deviation from the initial structure of about 3.0 Å during the latter half of the simulation. Although this is larger than the 1.6 Å found for comparable simulations of typical globular proteins, the general features of the tertiary structure were preserved over the course of the simulation. Overall, these results indicate that the relaxed structure obtained in these simulations may provide a better model for the tertiary structure of the solvated HIV-1 protease monomer than the subunit conformation seen in the X-ray crystallographic structure of the dimer. Except in the flap region, the design of compounds intended to interfere with dimerization should take this relaxation and the flexibility of the solvated monomer, especially at the termini, into account. © 1993 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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  • 90
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    Digitale Medien
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 16 (1993) 
    ISSN: 0887-3585
    Schlagwort(e): Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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  • 91
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    Digitale Medien
    New York, NY : Wiley-Blackwell
    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 15 (1993), S. 436-444 
    ISSN: 0887-3585
    Schlagwort(e): antigen-antibody recognition ; docking algorithm ; distance-dependent dielectric ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: A Monte Carlo algorithm that searches for the optimal docking configuration of hen egg white lysozyme to an antibody is developed. Both the lysozyme and the antibody are kept rigid. Unlike the work of other authors, our algorithm does not attempt to explicitly maximize surface contact, but minimizes the energy computed using coarse-grained pair potentials. The final refinement of our best solutions using all-atom OPLS potentials (Jorgensen and Tirado-Rives8) consistently yields the native conformation as the preferred solution for three different antibodies. We find that the use of an exponential distance-dependent dielectric function is an improvement over the more commonly used linear form. © 1993 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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  • 92
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    Digitale Medien
    New York, NY : Wiley-Blackwell
    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 15 (1993), S. 426-435 
    ISSN: 0887-3585
    Schlagwort(e): molecular dynamics ; free energy ; perturbation theory ; kinetic mechanism ; dissociation constants ; dihydrofolate reductase ; 8-methyl-pterins ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: Molecular dynamics simulation and free energy perturbation techniques have been used to study the relative binding free energies of the designed mechanism-based pterins, 8-methylpterin and 6,8-dimethylpterin, to dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR), with co-factor nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH). The calculated free energy differences suggest that DHFR.NADPH.6,8-dimethylpterin is thermodynamically more stable than DHFR.NADPH.8-methylpterin by 2.4 kcal/mol when the substrates are protonated and by 1.3 kcal/mol when neutral. The greater binding strength of 6,8-dimethylpterin may be attributed largely to hydration effects. In terms of an appropriate model for the pH-dependent kinetic mechanism, these differences can be interpreted consistently with experimental data obtained from previous kinetic studies, i.e., 6,8-dimethylpterin is a more efficient substrate of vertebrate DHFRs than 8-methylpterin. The kinetic data suggest a value of 6.6 ± 0.2 for the pKa of the active site Glu-30 in DHFR.NADPH. We have also used experimental data to estimate absolute values for thermodynamic dissociation constants of the active (i.e., protonated) forms of the substrates: these are of the same order as for the binding of folate (0.1-10 μM). The relative binding free energy calculated from the empirically derived dissociation constants for the protonated forms of 8-methylpterin and 6,8-dimethylpterin is 1.4 kcal/mol, a value which compares reasonably well with the theoretical value of 2.4 kcal/mol. © 1993 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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  • 93
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    Digitale Medien
    New York, NY : Wiley-Blackwell
    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 16 (1993), S. 1-7 
    ISSN: 0887-3585
    Schlagwort(e): heavy chains ; complementarity determining region ; antibody specificity ; amino acid loops ; V-(D)-J joining ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: Sequences of the third complementarity determining region of antibody heavy chains (CDRH3s) are listed according to their length. Human sequences vary from 2 to 26 amino acids residues, but less extensively in other species. When combined with the other five complementarity determining regions, this enormous length variation of CDRH3, together with amino acid substitutions in their sequences, can provide a very large number of antibody specificities and can influence the shape of antibody combining sites.©1993 Wiley-Liss,Inc.
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  • 94
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    Digitale Medien
    New York, NY : Wiley-Blackwell
    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 16 (1993), S. 8-28 
    ISSN: 0887-3585
    Schlagwort(e): protein folding ; four-helix bundles ; sequence design ; side-chain packing ; folding pathways ; computer simulation ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: In the context of simplified models of globular proteins, the requirements for the unique folding to a four-helix bundle have been addressed through a new Monte Carlo procedure. In particular, the relative importance of secondary versus tertiary interactions in determining the nature of the folded structure is examined. Various cases spanning the extremes where tertiary interactions completely dominate to that where tertiary interactions are negligible have been explored. Not surprisingly, the folding to unique four-helix bundles is found to depend on an adequate balance of the secondary and tertiary interactions. Moreover, because the simplified model is composed of spheres representing α-carbons and side chains, the geometry of the latter being based on small real amino acids, the role played by the side chains, and the problems associated with packing and hard-core repulsions, are considered. Also, possible folding intermediates and their relationship with the experimentally observed molten globule state are explored. From these studies, a general set of rules is extracted which should aid in the further design of more detailed protein models adequate to more fully investigate the protein folding problem. Finally, the relationship between our conclusions and experimental work with specifically designed sequences is briefly discussed. © 1993 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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  • 95
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    Digitale Medien
    New York, NY : Wiley-Blackwell
    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 16 (1993), S. 43-47 
    ISSN: 0887-3585
    Schlagwort(e): fibronectin ; heparin-binding region ; heparin ; X-ray crystallography ; crystallization ; hep-2A ; hep-2B ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: Two different heparin-binding fragments of human fibronectin have been crystallized in forms which are suitable for crystal structure analyses. The 30 kDa hep-2A fragment, consisting of type III domains 12-14, was crystallized from solutions containing ammonium sulfate or polyethylene glycol 6000. The crystals grown in ammonium sulfate solutions were orthorhombic with space group I222 or I212121 with a = 68.1 Å, b = 88.6 Å, and c = 144.9 Å. The crystals grown in polyethylene glycol solutions are hexagonal with space group P6122 or P6522 witha a = b = 66.7 Å and c = 245.7 Å. The 40 kDa hep-2B fragment, consisting of type III domains 12-15, was also crystallized from solutions containing ammonium sulfate with the addition of glycerol. Glycerol proved an effective agent for reducing the number of crystals in the crystallization experiments, and thus, increasing the size of the crystals in these experiments. This crystal form is nearly isomorphous to the orthorhombic form of the hep-2A fragment with space group I222 or I212121 and a = 67.5 Å, b = 87.0 Å, and c = 144.3 Å. All crystal forms diffract to at least 3.5 Å resolution and contain a single molecule in the asymmetric unit. © 1993 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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  • 96
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    Digitale Medien
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 16 (1993), S. 219-225 
    ISSN: 0887-3585
    Schlagwort(e): enolase ; fluoride ; X-ray diffraction ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: Enolase in the presence of its physiological cofactor Mg2+ is inhibited by fluoride and phosphate ions in a strongly cooperative manner (Nowak, T, Maurer, P. Biochemistry 20:6901, 1981). The structure of the quaternary complex yeast enolase-Mg2+-F--Pi has been determined by X-ray diffraction and refined to an R = 16.9% for those data with F/σ(F) ≥ 3 to 2.6 Å resolution with a good geometry of the model. The movable loops of Pro-35-Ala-45, Val-153-Phe-lo9, and Asp-255-Asn-266 are in the closed conformation found previously in the precatalytic substrate-enzyme complex. Calculations of molecular electrostatic potential show that this conformation stabilizes binding of negatively charged ligands at the Mg2+ ion more strongly than the open conformation observed in the native enolase. This closed conformation is complementary to the transition state, which also has a negatively charged ion, hydroxide, at Mg2+. The synergism of inhibition by F- and Pi most probably is due to the requirement of Pi, for the closed conformation. It is possible that other Mg2+-dependent enzymes that have OH- ions bound to the metalion in the transition state also will be inhibited by fluoride ions. © Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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  • 97
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    Digitale Medien
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 16 (1993), S. 268-277 
    ISSN: 0887-3585
    Schlagwort(e): trp-repressor ; TIP3P water ; hydrophobic shell ; hydrogen bond ; AMBER ; diffusion coefficient ; radial distribution ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: The solvent structure and behavior around a protein were examined by analyzing a trajectory of molecular dynamics simulation of thetrp-holorepressor in a periodic box of water. The calculated selfdiffusion coefficient indicated that the solvent within 10 Å of the protein had lower mobility. Examination of the solvent diffusion around different atoms of different kinds of residues showed no general tendency. Thisfact suggested that the solvent mobility is not influenced significantly bythe kind of the atom or residue they solvated. Distribution analysis aroundthe protein revealed two peaks of water oxygen: a sharp one at 2.8 Å around polar and charged atoms and a broad one at ∼3.4 Å aroundapolar atoms. The former was stabilized by water-protein hydrogen bonds, and the latter was stabilized by water-lwater hydrogen bonds, suggesting the existence of a hydrophobic shell. An analysis of protein atom-water radial distribution functions confirmed these shell structures around polar or charged atoms and apolar ones. © 1993 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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  • 98
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    Digitale Medien
    New York, NY : Wiley-Blackwell
    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 16 (1993), S. 226-245 
    ISSN: 0887-3585
    Schlagwort(e): molecular dynamics ; biotin ; avidin ; free energy calculations ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
    Quelle: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: We present calculations of the absolute and relative binding free energies of complexation of streptavidin with biotin and its analogsby means of a thermodynamic free energy perturbation method implemented with molecular dynamics. Using the recently solved crystal structure of the streptavidin-biotin complex, biotin was mutated into a dummy molecule as well as thiobiotin and iminobiotin both in the protein and insolution. The calculated absolute binding free energy was dependent on the simulation model used. Encouragingly, the “best models” provided a reasonable semiquantitative reproduction (-20 to -22 kcal/mol) of the experimental free energy (-18.3 kcal/ mol). Furthermore, the calculated results give clear insights into the binding nature of the protein-ligand complex, showing that the van der Waals energy dominates the electrostatic and hydrogen bonding energies in thebinding of biotin by streptavidin. Specifically, the mutation of biotin into a dummy molecule in solution has a ΔG (van der Waals) ∼ -4 kcal/mol, due to the cancellation of dispersion and repulsion “cavity” effects. On the other hand, in the protein, a very small free energy price must be paid to create a cavity since one already exists and the mutation of biotin into a dummy molecule has a ΔG (van der Waals) ∼ 15 kcal/mol. These results are also consistent with the interpretation that the entropy increase to be expected from hydrophobic interactions from desolvation of biotin is counterbalanced by a decrease in entropy accompanying the formationof buried hydrogen bonds, which have been derived from the apparentlyconflicting experimental data. They provide an alternative interpretationofthe reason for the extremely high affinity of the biotin-streptavidin interaction than that recently proposed by Weber et al. (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 114:3197, 1992). In the case of the relative binding freeenergies, the calculated values of 3.8 ± 0.6 and 7.2 ± 0.6 kcal/mol compare well with the experimental values of 3.6 and 6.2 kcal/mol for the perturbation of biotin to thiobiotin and iminobiotin, respectively in the related protein avidin. The calculations indicate that desolvation of the ligand is important in understanding the relative affinity of the ligands with the protein. The above successful simulations suggestthat the molecular dynamics/free energy perturbation method is useful for understanding the energetic features affecting the binding between proteins and ligands, since it is generally difficult to determine these factors unambiguously by experiment. This set of studies provide a textbook example of the key elements of protein-ligand recognition: the electrostatic free energy dominates the relative affinities, the van der Waals free energy dominates the absolute free energy; the free energy of desolvation is a key to why iminobiotin is so much more weakly bound than biotin and the free energy of binding explains why thiobiotin is so weakly bound relative to biotin. © 1993 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
    Zusätzliches Material: 11 Ill.
    Materialart: Digitale Medien
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    Digitale Medien
    Digitale Medien
    New York, NY : Wiley-Blackwell
    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 16 (1993), S. 246-267 
    ISSN: 0887-3585
    Schlagwort(e): generic binding cavity ; ligand design ; site-filling peptides ; effects of pH on binding D- and L-enantiomers ; immunoglobulin light chain dimer ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
    Quelle: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: An immunoglobulin light chain dimer with a large generic binding cavity was used as a host molecule for designing a series of peptide guest ligands. In a screening procedure peptides coupled to solid supports were systematically tested for binding activity by enzyme linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA). Key members of the binding series were synthesized in milligram quantities and diffused into crystals of the host molecule for X-ray analyses. These peptides were incrementally increased in size and affinity until they nearly filled the cavity. Progressive changes in binding patterns were mapped by comparisons of crystallo-graphically refined structures of 14 peptide-protein complexes at 2.7 Å resolution. These comparisons led to guidelines for ligand design and also suggested ways to modify previously established binding patterns. By manipulating equilibria involving histidine, for example, it was possible to abolish one important intramolecular interaction of the bound ligand and substitute another. These events triggered a change inconformation of the ligand from a compact to an extended form and a comprehensive change in the mode of binding to the protein. In dipeptides of histidine and proline, protonation of both imidazolium nitrogen atoms was used to program anend-to-end reversal of the direction in which the ligand was inserted into the binding cavity. Peptides cocrystallized with proteins produced complexes somewhat different in structure from those in which ligandswere diffused into preexisting crystals. In sucha large and malleable cavity, space utilization was thus different when a ligand was introduced before the imposition of crystal packing restraints. © 1993 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
    Zusätzliches Material: 11 Ill.
    Materialart: Digitale Medien
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    Digitale Medien
    Digitale Medien
    New York, NY : Wiley-Blackwell
    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 16 (1993), S. 278-292 
    ISSN: 0887-3585
    Schlagwort(e): protein structural comparison ; 3-D protein motifs ; surface motifs ; docking ; computer vision ; geometric hashing ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
    Quelle: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: We describe the application of a method geared toward structural and surface comparison of proteins. The method is based on the Geometric Hashing Paradigm adapted from Computer Vision. It allows for comparison of any two sets of 3-D coordinates, such as protein backbones, protein core or protein surface motifs, and small molecules such as drugs. Here we apply our method to 4 types of comparisons between pairs of molecules: (1) comparison of the backbones of two protein domains; (2) search for a predefined 3-D Cα motif within the full backbone of a domain; and in particular, (3) comparison of the surfaces of two receptor proteins; and (4) comparison of the surface of a receptor to the surface of a ligand. These aspects complement each other and can contribute toward a better understandingof protein structure and biomolecular recognition. Searches for 3-D surface motifs can be carried out on either receptors or on ligands. The latter may result in the detection of pharmacophoric patterns. If the surfaces of the binding sites of either the receptors or of the ligands are relatively similar, surface superpositioning may aid significantly in the docking problem. Currently, only distance invariants are used in the matching, although additional geometric surface invariants are considered. The speed of our Geometric Hashing algorithm is encouraging, with a typical surface comparison taking only seconds or minutes of CPU time on a SUN 4 SPARC workstation. The direct application of this method to the docking problem is also discussed. We demonstrate the success of this methodin its application to two members of the globin family and to two dehydrogenases. © 1993 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
    Zusätzliches Material: 1 Ill.
    Materialart: Digitale Medien
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