scholarly journals Glutathione S-transferase class Kappa: characterization by the cloning of rat mitochondrial GST and identification of a human homologue

1996 ◽  
Vol 319 (3) ◽  
pp. 749-754 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sally E PEMBLE ◽  
Anthony F WARDLE ◽  
John B TAYLOR
Keyword(s):  
Dna Sequences ◽  
Protein Sequence ◽  
Sequence Similarity ◽  
Open Reading Frame ◽  
Glutathione S Transferase ◽  
Reading Frame ◽  
Sequence Identity ◽  
Methionine Residue ◽  
N Terminus ◽  
Related Proteins

We have isolated a cDNA clone that encodes rat glutathione S-transferase (GST) subunit 13, a GST originally isolated from rat liver mitochondrial matrix by Harris, Meyer, Coles and Ketterer [(1991) Biochem. J. 278, 137–141]. The 896 bp cDNA contains an open reading frame of 678 bp encoding a deduced protein sequence of which the first 33 residues (excluding the initiation methionine residue) correspond to the N-terminal sequence reported by Harris et al. Hence like many other nuclear-encoded, mitochondrially located proteins, there is no cleavable mitochondrial presequence at the N-terminus. GST subunit 13 was originally placed into the Theta class of GSTs on the basis of sequence identity at the N-terminus; however, this is the only identity with the Theta class and in fact GST subunit 13 shows little sequence similarity to any of the known GST classes. Most importantly it lacks the SNAIL/TRAIL motif that has so far been a characteristic of soluble GSTs, although it does possess a second motif (FGXXXXVXXVDGXXXXXF) reported for GST-related proteins (Koonin, Mushegian, Tatusov, Altschul, Bryant, Bork and Valencia [(1994) Protein Sci. 3, 2045–2054]. Southern and Northern blot analyses of rat DNA and mRNA are consistent with GST subunit 13's being the product of a single hybridizing gene locus. Searches of EST databases identified numerous similar human DNA sequences and a single pig sequence. We have derived a human cDNA sequence from these EST sequences which shows a high nucleotide similarity (77%) to rat GST subunit 13. The largest open reading frame is identical in length with subunit 13 and yields a deduced protein sequence identity of 70%. Most unusually the 3´ non-coding nucleotide sequence identity is also 77%. We conclude that these cDNAs belong to a novel GST class hereby designated Kappa, with the rat GST subunit 13 gene designated rGSTK1 and the human gene being called hGSTK1.

HACRE1, a recently inserted copia-like retrotransposon of sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.)

Genome ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 52 (11) ◽  
pp. 904-911 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Buti ◽  
T. Giordani ◽  
M. Vukich ◽  
L. Gentzbittel ◽  
L. Pistelli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Helianthus Annuus ◽  
Sequence Similarity ◽  
Protein Domain ◽  
Long Terminal Repeats ◽  
High Sequence Identity ◽  
Nonsense Mutations ◽  
Reading Frame ◽  
Sequence Identity ◽  
Isolation And Characterization ◽  
Copia Retrotransposon

In this paper we report on the isolation and characterization, for the first time, of a complete 6511 bp retrotransposon of sunflower. Considering its protein domain order and sequence similarity to other copia elements of dicotyledons, this retrotransposon was assigned to the copia retrotransposon superfamily and named HACRE1 ( Helianthus annuus copia-like retroelement 1). HACRE1 carries 5′ and 3′ long terminal repeats (LTRs) flanking an internal region of 4661 bp. The LTRs are identical in their sequence except for two deletions of 7 and 5 nucleotides in the 5′ LTR. Based on the sequence identity of the LTRs, HACRE1 was estimated to have inserted within the last ∼84 000 years. The isolated sequence contains a complete open reading frame with only one complete reading frame. The absence of nonsense mutations agrees with the very high sequence identity between LTRs, confirming that HACRE1 insertion is recent. The haploid genome of sunflower (inbred line HCM) contains about 160 copies of HACRE1. This retrotransposon is expressed in leaflets from 7-day-old plantlets under different light conditions, probably in relation to the occurrence of many putative light-related regulatory cis-elements in the LTRs. However, sequenced cDNAs show less variability than HACRE1 genomic sequences, indicating that only a subset of this family is expressed under these conditions.

scholarly journals CTF4 (CHL15) mutants exhibit defective DNA metabolism in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

1992 ◽  
Vol 12 (12) ◽  
pp. 5736-5747 ◽  
Author(s):  
N Kouprina ◽  
E Kroll ◽  
V Bannikov ◽  
V Bliskovsky ◽  
R Gizatullin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cell Division ◽  
Protein Sequence ◽  
Function Analysis ◽  
Spontaneous Mutation ◽  
Terminal Region ◽  
Open Reading Frame ◽  
Nucleotide Sequence Analysis ◽  
Dna Metabolism ◽  
Reading Frame ◽  
Helix Loop Helix

We have analyzed the CTF4 (CHL15) gene, earlier identified in two screens for yeast mutants with increased rates of mitotic loss of chromosome III and artificial circular and linear chromosomes. Analysis of the segregation properties of circular minichromosomes and chromosome fragments indicated that sister chromatid loss (1:0 segregation) is the predominant mode of chromosome destabilization in ctf4 mutants, though nondisjunction events (2:0 segregation) also occur at an increased rate. Both inter- and intrachromosomal mitotic recombination levels are elevated in ctf4 mutants, whereas spontaneous mutation to canavanine resistance was not elevated. A genomic clone of CTF4 was isolated and used to map its physical and genetic positions on chromosome XVI. Nucleotide sequence analysis of CTF4 revealed a 2.8-kb open reading frame with a 105-kDa predicted protein sequence. The CTF4 DNA sequence is identical to that of POB1, characterized as a gene encoding a protein that associates in vitro with DNA polymerase alpha. At the N-terminal region of the protein sequence, zinc finger motifs which define potential DNA-binding domains were found. The C-terminal region of the predicted protein displayed similarity to sequences of regulatory proteins known as the helix-loop-helix proteins. Data on the effects of a frameshift mutation suggest that the helix-loop-helix domain is essential for CTF4 function. Analysis of sequences upstream of the CTF4 open reading frame revealed the presence of a hexamer element, ACGCGT, a sequence associated with many DNA metabolism genes in budding yeasts. Disruption of the coding sequence of CTF4 did not result in inviability, indicating that the CTF4 gene is nonessential for mitotic cell division. However, ctf4 mutants exhibit an accumulation of large budded cells with the nucleus in the neck. ctf4 rad52 double mutants grew very slowly and produced extremely high levels (50%) of inviable cell division products compared with either single mutant alone, which is consistent with a role for CTF4 in DNA metabolism.

scholarly journals Identification of a Pneumococcal Glycosidase That Modifies O-Linked Glycans

2009 ◽  
Vol 77 (4) ◽  
pp. 1389-1396 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carolyn Marion ◽  
Dominique H. Limoli ◽  
Gregory S. Bobulsky ◽  
Jessica L. Abraham ◽  
Amanda M. Burnaugh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sequence Similarity ◽  
Bifidobacterium Longum ◽  
Airway Epithelial Cells ◽  
Open Reading Frame ◽  
Glycan Structure ◽  
Dependent Manner ◽  
Upper Respiratory Tract ◽  
Reading Frame ◽  
Human Airway ◽  
Published Evidence

ABSTRACT Colonization of the airway by Streptococcus pneumoniae is typically asymptomatic; however, progression of bacteria beyond the oronasopharynx can cause diseases including otitis media and pneumonia. The mechanisms by which S. pneumoniae establishes and maintains colonization remain poorly understood. Both N-linked and O-linked glycans are abundant in the airway. Our previous research demonstrated that S. pneumoniae can sequentially deglycosylate N-linked glycans and suggested that this modification of sugar structures may aid in colonization. There is published evidence that S. pneumoniae expresses a secreted O-glycosidase that cleaves galactose β1-3 N-acetylgalactosamine (Galβ1-3GalNAc) from core-1 O-linked glycans; however, the biological function of this enzyme has not previously been determined. We established that the activity is not secreted but is instead surface associated in a sortase-dependent manner. Genome analysis revealed an open reading frame predicted to encode a sortase-dependent surface protein with sequence similarity to the O-glycosidase of Bifidobacterium longum. Deletion of this pneumococcal open reading frame confirmed that this gene encodes an O-glycosidase. Experiments using a model glycoconjugate demonstrated that this O-glycosidase, together with the neuraminidase NanA, is required for S. pneumoniae to cleave sialylated core-1 O-linked glycans. The ability of the O-glycosidase mutant to cleave this glycan structure was restored by both genetic complementation and the addition of O-glycosidase. The mutant showed a reduction in adherence to human airway epithelial cells and a significantly decreased ability to colonize the upper respiratory tract, suggesting that cleavage of core-1 O-linked glycans enhances the ability of S. pneumoniae to colonize the human airway.

SOME HINTS ON OPEN READING FRAME STATISTICS — HOW ORF LENGTH DEPENDS ON SELECTION

1999 ◽  
Vol 10 (04) ◽  
pp. 635-643 ◽  
Author(s):  
AGNIESZKA GIERLIK ◽  
PAWEŁ MACKIEWICZ ◽  
MARIA KOWALCZUK ◽  
STANISŁAW CEBRAT ◽  
MIROSŁAW R. DUDEK
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Code ◽  
Dna Sequences ◽  
Nucleotide Composition ◽  
Open Reading Frames ◽  
Open Reading Frame ◽  
Antisense Strand ◽  
Coding Sequences ◽  
Reading Frame ◽  
Intergenic Sequences ◽  
Reading Frames

Coding sequences of DNA generate Open Reading Frames (ORFs) inside them with much higher frequency than random DNA sequences do, especially in the antisense strand. This is a specific feature of the genetic code. Since coding sequences are selected for their length, the generated ORFs are indirect results of this selection and their length is also influenced by selection. That is why ORFs found in any genome, even much longer ones than those spontaneously generated in random DNA sequences, should be considered as two different sets of ORFs: The first one coding for proteins, the second one generated by the coding ORFs. Even intergenic sequences possess greater capacity for generating ORFs than random DNA sequences of the same nucleotide composition, which seems to be a premise that intergenic sequences were generated from coding sequences by recombinational mechanisms.

scholarly journals Gene Homologies Identified between Trypanosoma cruzi Antigen 36 and Mammalian TRIM21 Genes Using Bioinformatics Analysis

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin A Winkler ◽  
Alfred A Pan
Keyword(s):  
Dna Sequences ◽  
Protein Sequence ◽  
Mammalian Species ◽  
Type I ◽  
Reading Frame ◽  
Chagas Cardiomyopathy ◽  
Gene Homology ◽  
Partial Homology ◽  
Repetitive Motif ◽  
Rats And Mice

Abstract Background: We previously reported that a Human Ro52 gene sequence (TRIM21) produced a significant stretch of protein sequence homologous to T. cruzi Antigen 36 (Ag 36) protein sequence, when Ag 36 was translated in the second reading frame. Comparison of their respective DNA sequences demonstrated a 114 nucleotide region of both genes having ~70 percent partial homology. After Ro52 was shown to be an E3 Ubiquitin dependent Type I ligase for transcription factors for Interferon genes, we proposed that the Ag 36 gene, which contains a repetitive motif within it, may function to repress Ro52 in the human heart through RNA interference, or other unknown mechanism, giving rise to autoimmunity found in Chronic Chagas Cardiomyopathy (CCC).Results: To test that hypothesis, we compared various mammalian TRIM genes to the T. cruzi Ag 36 DNA sequence using the Needleman-Wunsch algorithm in the http:\\usegalaxy.eu bioinformatics tool base. In addition to human and chimpanzee, TRIM21 comparable gene regions from canine, shrew, ferret, bat, feline, and armadillo, and aardvark showed homology to the gene for Ag 36 ranging from 68 to 30 percent. However, mouse and eight other mammalian species showed no significant homology. Since mice have been shown to have severe cardiac cardiomyopathy after infection, but their TRIM21 was not homologous to Ag 36 in this study, we conclude that the gene homology has no causative link to CCC.Conclusions: In addition to human TRIM21, eight mammalian species showed partial gene homology to T. cruzi Ag 36, and some of these have been demonstrated to have CCC. However, rats and mice TRIM21 showed no partial homology to Ag 36. Since these species have been demonstrated to have CCC, the partial gene homology between Ag36 and TRIM 21 may not be causative or associated with CCC, as was originally hypothesized.

scholarly journals Structures of Homologous Composite Transposons Carrying cbaABC Genes from Europe and North America

1998 ◽  
Vol 64 (5) ◽  
pp. 1940-1946 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diana Di Gioia ◽  
Michelle Peel ◽  
Fabio Fava ◽  
R. Campbell Wyndham
Keyword(s):  
Coenzyme A ◽  
Sequence Similarity ◽  
Rhodopseudomonas Palustris ◽  
Direct Repeats ◽  
Catabolic Gene ◽  
Reading Frame ◽  
Niagara Falls ◽  
Sequence Identity ◽  
Coenzyme A Ligase ◽  
The Right

ABSTRACT IS1071 is a class II transposable element carrying atnpA gene related to the transposase genes of the Tn3 family. Copies of IS1071 that are conserved with more than 99% nucleotide sequence identity have been found as direct repeats flanking a remarkable variety of catabolic gene sequences worldwide. The sequences of chlorobenzoate catabolic transposons found on pBRC60 (Tn5271) in Niagara Falls, N.Y., and on pCPE3 in Bologna, Italy, show that these transposons were formed from highly homologous IS1071 and cbaABCcomponents (levels of identity, >99.5 and >99.3%, respectively). Nevertheless, the junction sequences between the IS1071Land IS1071R elements and the internal DNA differ by 41 and 927 bp, respectively, suggesting that these transposons were assembled independently on the two plasmids. The formation of the right junction in both transposons truncated an open reading frame for a putative aryl-coenzyme A ligase with sequence similarity to benzoate- andp-hydroxybenzoate-coenzyme A ligases ofRhodopseudomonas palustris.

scholarly journals Filogenetik Human papillomavirus (HPV) tipe 6 dan tipe 11 pada penderita recurrent respiratory papillomatosis

2014 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 52
Author(s):  
Lenny Buana Wuriningtyas ◽  
Dwi Reno Pawarti ◽  
Achmad Chusnu Romdhoni
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Tree ◽  
Dna Sequences ◽  
Arithmetic Mean ◽  
Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis ◽  
Open Reading Frame ◽  
Group Method ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Reading Frame ◽  
Pair Group ◽  
Unweighted Pair Group Method

Latar belakang: Papiloma saluran pernapasan berulang (recurrent respiratory papillomatosis/RRP) merupakan neoplasma jinak laring terbanyak akibat infeksi HPV tipe 6 dan tipe 11. RRP merupakan masalah terkait agresivitas dan terapi. Analisis genetik digunakan untuk membedakan varian HPV tipe 6 dan tipe 11. Filogenetik mengevaluasi evolusi sequen DNA virus. Tujuan: Penelitian bertujuan mengidentifikasi sequen DNA dan menganalisis pohon filogenetik HPV tipe 6 dan tipe 11 pada papiloma saluran pernapasan berulang. Metode: Penelitian merupakan observasional deskriptif cross sectional. Analisis menggunakan data pembanding dari GenBank. Filogenetik disusun menggunakan metodeUPGMA (Unweighted Pair Group Method with Arithmetic Mean). Didapatkan 15 sampel jaringan papiloma. Dilakukan pemeriksaan PCR dan analisis sequen DNA. Hasil: Dari 15 sampel penelitian (12 laki-laki, 3 perempuan) didapatkan 9 isolat HPV tipe 6 (8 varian dan 1 subtipe) dan 4 isolat HPV tipe 11 (3 varian dan 1 subtipe). Terdapat mutasi titik yang mengakibatkan munculnya varian dan subtipe HPV tipe 6 maupun tipe 11. Kesimpulan: sequen DNA sampel berasal dari L1 ORF (Late 1 Open Reading Frame) yang merupakan kapsid mayor virus. Proses mutasi level gen berupa substitusi, insersi, dan delesi.Subtipe HPV tipe 6 dan tipe 11 yang ditemukan diperkirakan sebagai subtipe baru dan belum pernah dilaporkan sebelumnya. Lima varian HPV tipe 6 membentuk satu cabang tersendiri pada nomenklatur filogenetik yang sudah ada sehingga diajukan sebagai sublineage baru (sublineage C). Seluruh isolat HPV tipe 11 membentuk cabang pohon tersendiri dan diajukan sebagai sublineage baru (sublineage B).Kata kunci: HPV tipe 6 dan 11, variasi sequen DNA, pohon filogenetik HPV tipe 6 and 11. ABSTRACTBackground: Recurrent respiratory papillomatosis (RRP) is the most common laryngeal benign neoplasm caused by infection of HPV type 6 and 11. RRP is still a serious problem related to agresivity and therapy. Genetic analysis used to determine the variant of HPV type 6 or 11. Phylogenetic tree used to evaluate the evolution of viral DNA squence. Purpose: This study aimed to identify DNA squences and analyse the phylogenetic tree of HPV type 6 and 11 in RRP. Methods: this was a descriptive observational cross sectional study. Data analysis used GenBank database and phylogenetic tree was constructed usedUPGMA (Unweighted Pair Group Method with Arithmetic Mean). 15 papillomas biopsies from RRP patients subjected HPV typing using PCR dan DNA sequensing analysis. Result: From 15 patients with RRP (12 male, 3 female), there were 9 isolates HPV type 6 (8 variants, 1 subtype) and 4 isolates HPV type 11 (3 variants, 1 subtype). There was a point mutation in HPV type 6 and 11. Conclusion: L1 ORF (Late 1 Open Reading Frame) sequensials DNA samples was virus major capsid. There were mutational process at gene level (substitution, insertion, deletion). Subtype of HPV-6 and 11, might be new ones, and had not been reported yet. Five variants of HPV type 6 constructed a different lineage in phylogenetic and it is proposed to be C sublineage. All samples HPV type 11 proposed as B sublineage. Keywords: HPV type 6 and 11, DNA sequences variations, phylogenetic trees HPV type 6 and 11.

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