scholarly journals Biochemical Characterization of the DNA Substrate Specificity of Werner Syndrome Helicase

2002 ◽  
Vol 277 (26) ◽  
pp. 23236-23245 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert M. Brosh ◽  
Juwaria Waheed ◽  
Joshua A. Sommers
eLife ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Morten Egevang Jørgensen ◽  
Deyang Xu ◽  
Christoph Crocoll ◽  
Heidi Asschenfeldt Ernst ◽  
David Ramírez ◽  
...  

Despite vast diversity in metabolites and the matching substrate specificity of their transporters, little is known about how evolution of transporter substrate specificities is linked to emergence of substrates via evolution of biosynthetic pathways. Transporter specificity towards the recently evolved glucosinolates characteristic of Brassicales is shown to evolve prior to emergence of glucosinolate biosynthesis. Furthermore, we show that glucosinolate transporters belonging to the ubiquitous NRT1/PTR FAMILY (NPF) likely evolved from transporters of the ancestral cyanogenic glucosides found across more than 2500 species outside of the Brassicales. Biochemical characterization of orthologs along the phylogenetic lineage from cassava to A. thaliana, suggests that alterations in the electrogenicity of the transporters accompanied changes in substrate specificity. Linking the evolutionary path of transporter substrate specificities to that of the biosynthetic pathways, exemplify how transporter substrate specificities originate and evolve as new biosynthesis pathways emerge.


Biochemistry ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 46 (45) ◽  
pp. 13170-13178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Kontou ◽  
Spyros Pournaras ◽  
Ioulia Kristo ◽  
Alexandros Ikonomidis ◽  
Antonios N. Maniatis ◽  
...  

2014 ◽  
Vol 59 (3) ◽  
pp. 1755-1758 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luisa Borgianni ◽  
Filomena De Luca ◽  
Maria Cristina Thaller ◽  
Yunsop Chong ◽  
Gian Maria Rossolini ◽  
...  

ABSTRACTThe POM-1 metallo-β-lactamase is a subclass B3 resident enzyme produced byPseudomonas otitidis, a pathogen causing otic infections. The enzyme was overproduced inEscherichia coliBL21(DE3), purified by chromatography, and subjected to structural and functional analysis. The purified POM-1 is a tetrameric enzyme of broad substrate specificity with higher catalytic activities with penicillins and carbapenems than with cephalosporins.


FEBS Journal ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 282 (6) ◽  
pp. 1031-1042 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanna-Kirsti S. Leiros ◽  
Kine Susann Waade Edvardsen ◽  
Gro Elin Kjaereng Bjerga ◽  
Ørjan Samuelsen

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