scholarly journals An Electrophoretically Cryptic Alcohol Dehydrogenase Variant in Drosophila Melanogaster. 11. Post-Electrophoresis Heat-Treatment Screening of Natural Populations

1980 ◽  
Vol 33 (5) ◽  
pp. 575 ◽  
Author(s):  
AV Wilks ◽  
JB Gibson ◽  
JG Oakeshott ◽  
GK Chambers
Keyword(s):  
Heat Treatment ◽  
Alcohol Dehydrogenase ◽  
Substrate Specificity ◽  
Electrophoretic Mobility ◽  
Genetic Variants ◽  
Partial Correlation ◽  
Natural Populations ◽  
Maximum Temperature ◽  
Common Genetic Variants ◽  
Temperature Variable

The two common genetic variants of alcohol dehydrogenase in D. melanogaster, ADH-F and ADH-S, differ in substrate specificity and electrophoretic mobility. A third inherited variant, ADH-FCh.D., has a substrate specificity like ADH-S, an electrophoretic mobility like ADH-F, but much greater thermostability than either of the others. ADH-FCh.D. can be identified after post-electrophoresis heat treatment (15 s at 43�C) on cellulose acetate sheets. The AdhFCh?D ? allele has been found in 19 of 34 natural populations in Australasia but its frequency in these populations does not exceed 0�06. The partial correlation between AdhFCh ?D ? frequency and a maximum temperature variable is significant and positive among the Australasian populations although different climatic associations are found for a thermostable form of ADH-F in North America.

Genetic Variation: Impact on Folate (and Choline) Bioefficacy

2010 ◽  
Vol 80 (45) ◽  
pp. 319-329 ◽  
Author(s):  
Allyson A. West ◽  
Marie A. Caudill
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Metabolism ◽  
Genetic Variants ◽  
Plasma Homocysteine ◽  
Water Soluble ◽  
Gene Interactions ◽  
Dietary Folate ◽  
Methyl Donors ◽  
Common Genetic Variants ◽  
One Carbon Metabolism ◽  
The Impact

Folate and choline are water-soluble micronutrients that serve as methyl donors in the conversion of homocysteine to methionine. Inadequacy of these nutrients can disturb one-carbon metabolism as evidenced by alterations in circulating folate and/or plasma homocysteine. Among common genetic variants that reside in genes regulating folate absorptive and metabolic processes, homozygosity for the MTHFR 677C > T variant has consistently been shown to have robust effects on status markers. This paper will review the impact of genetic variants in folate-metabolizing genes on folate and choline bioefficacy. Nutrient-gene and gene-gene interactions will be considered along with the need to account for these genetic variants when updating dietary folate and choline recommendations.

scholarly journals VARIATION IN BIOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF ALLOZYMES OF XANTHINE DEHYDROGENASE IN DROSOPHILA PSEUDOOBSCURA

Genetics ◽  
1980 ◽  
Vol 96 (4) ◽  
pp. 927-938
Author(s):  
David R Wilcox ◽  
Satya Prakash
Keyword(s):  
Substrate Specificity ◽  
Binding Affinity ◽  
Electrophoretic Mobility ◽  
Significant Variation ◽  
Xanthine Dehydrogenase ◽  
Biochemical Properties ◽  
Variant Allele ◽  
Drosophila Pseudoobscura ◽  
Mesa Verde

ABSTRACT Twenty-six D. pseudoobscura strains isogenic for xanthine dehydrogenase alleles from Mesa Verde, Colorado, were tested for differences in the biochemical properties of different allelic forms of xanthine dehydrogenase. No significant differences in binding affinity (Km) or substrate specificity of the enzyme were found. Significant variation among strains, in activity (V  max) and among electromorphs, as well as among strains, in thermolability was found. For the few strains tested, the activity and thermolability differences were shown to co-segregate with the electrophoretic mobility of the variant allele.

scholarly journals Common genetic variants and pathways in diabetes and associated complications and vulnerability of populations with different ethnic origins

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sabrina Samad Shoily ◽  
Tamim Ahsan ◽  
Kaniz Fatema ◽  
Abu Ashfaqur Sajib
Keyword(s):  
Diabetes Mellitus ◽  
Chronic Kidney Disease ◽  
Genetic Variants ◽  
Nucleotide Polymorphisms ◽  
Differential Distribution ◽  
East Asians ◽  
Single Nucleotide ◽  
Common Genetic Variants ◽  
Haplotype Frequencies ◽  
Variant Alleles

AbstractDiabetes mellitus is a complex and heterogeneous metabolic disorder which is often pre- or post-existent with complications such as cardiovascular disease, hypertension, inflammation, chronic kidney disease, diabetic retino- and nephropathies. However, the frequencies of these co-morbidities vary among individuals and across populations. It is, therefore, not unlikely that certain genetic variants might commonly contribute to these conditions. Here, we identified four single nucleotide polymorphisms (rs5186, rs1800795, rs1799983 and rs1800629 in AGTR1, IL6, NOS3 and TNFA genes, respectively) to be commonly associated with each of these conditions. We explored their possible interplay in diabetes and associated complications. The variant allele and haplotype frequencies at these polymorphic loci vary among different super-populations (African, European, admixed Americans, South and East Asians). The variant alleles are particularly highly prevalent in different European and admixed American populations. Differential distribution of these variants in different ethnic groups suggests that certain drugs might be more effective in selective populations rather than all. Therefore, population specific genetic architectures should be considered before considering a drug for these conditions.

scholarly journals GENETIC AND BIOCHEMICAL BASIS OF ENZYME ACTIVITY VARIATION IN NATURAL POPULATIONS. I. ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE IN DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER

Genetics ◽  
1978 ◽  
Vol 89 (2) ◽  
pp. 371-388
Author(s):  
John F McDonald ◽  
Francisco J Ayala
Keyword(s):  
Gene Regulation ◽  
Drosophila Melanogaster ◽  
Alcohol Dehydrogenase ◽  
Natural Populations ◽  
Difficult Problem ◽  
Regulatory Genes ◽  
Biochemical Basis ◽  
Evolutionary Consequence ◽  
The Third ◽  
Adh Activity

ABSTRACT Recent studies by various authors suggest that variation in gene regulation may be common in nature, and might be of great evolutionary consequence; but the ascertainment of variation in gene regulation has proven to be a difficult problem. In this study, we explore this problem by measuring alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) activity in Drosophila melanogaster strains homozygous for various combinations of given second and third chromosomes sampled from a natural population. The structural locus (Adh) coding for ADH is on the second chromosome. The results show that: (1) there are genes, other than Adh, that affect the levels of ADH activity; (2) at least some of these "regulatory" genes are located on the third chromosome, and thus are not adjacent to the Adh locus; (3) variation exists in natural populations for such regulatory genes; (4) the effect of these regulatory genes varies as they interact with different second chromosomes; (5) third chromosomes with high-activity genes are either partially or completely dominant over chromosomes with low-activity genes; (6) the effects of the regulatory genes are pervasive throughout development; and (7) the third chromosome genes regulate the levels of ADH activity by affecting the number of ADH molecules in the flies. The results are consistent with the view that the evolution of regulatory genes may play an important role in adaptation.

scholarly journals Common genetic variants and modifiable risk factors underpin hypertrophic cardiomyopathy susceptibility and expressivity

2021 ◽  
Vol 53 (2) ◽  
pp. 135-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew R. Harper ◽  
◽  
Anuj Goel ◽  
Christopher Grace ◽  
Kate L. Thomson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy ◽  
Genetic Variants ◽  
Modifiable Risk Factors ◽  
Common Genetic Variants

Investigation of Structural Determinants for the Substrate Specificity in the Zinc-Dependent Alcohol Dehydrogenase CPCR2 fromCandida parapsilosis

ChemBioChem ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 16 (10) ◽  
pp. 1512-1519 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christoph Loderer ◽  
Gaurao V. Dhoke ◽  
Mehdi D. Davari ◽  
Wolfgang Kroutil ◽  
Ulrich Schwaneberg ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Dehydrogenase ◽  
Substrate Specificity ◽  
Structural Determinants

scholarly journals Replication of Established Common Genetic Variants for Adult BMI and Childhood Obesity in Greek Adolescents: The TEENAGE Study

2013 ◽  
Vol 77 (3) ◽  
pp. 268-274 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ioanna Ntalla ◽  
Kalliope Panoutsopoulou ◽  
Panagiota Vlachou ◽  
Lorraine Southam ◽  
Nigel William Rayner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Childhood Obesity ◽  
Genetic Variants ◽  
Common Genetic Variants
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