scholarly journals RegA Plays a Key Role in Oxygen-Dependent Establishment of Persistence and in Isocitrate Lyase Activity, a Critical Determinant of In vivo Brucella suis Pathogenicity

Author(s):  
Elias Abdou ◽  
María P. Jiménez de Bagüés ◽  
Ignacio Martínez-Abadía ◽  
Safia Ouahrani-Bettache ◽  
Véronique Pantesco ◽  
...  
1989 ◽  
Vol 67 (2) ◽  
pp. 447-450 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Dehorter ◽  
L. Lacoste

The activity of two enzymes of the tricarboxylic acid cycle (NADP+-isocitrate dehydrogenase, EC 1.1.1.42) and the glyoxylate cycle (isocitrate lyase, EC 4.1.3.1) were assayed in vitro to determine the effects of darkness, light, and mycosporin (P310) on sexual morphogenesis in Nectria galligena Bres. In the absence of mycosporin, high isocitrate lyase activity was associated with vegetative growth of fungi kept in the dark. In contrast, light-induced perithecial development and mycosporin biosynthesis could be correlated with high ratios of isocitrate dehydrogenase to isocitrate lyase activity. This was confirmed by the fact that when mycosporin was added to the nutrient medium with incubation in darkness, the fertility of the fungus was partially expressed and the activity of isocitrate lyase was significantly reduced. Thus this enzyme would be repressed in vivo by mycosporin. Because of its photomimetic role in sexual differentiation and regulation of intermediate metabolism, mycosporin appears to be a biochemical transmitter of light energy required for the formation of ascocarps.


1977 ◽  
Vol 55 (16) ◽  
pp. 2178-2185 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel S. K. Foo ◽  
Samir S. Badour

Isocitrate lyase (EC 4.1.3.1) and isocitrate dehydrogenase (NADP+) (EC 1.1.1.42) activities were detected in cell-free extracts of Chlamydomonas segnis Ettl when the alga was grown photoautotrophically with 5% CO2 in air (v/v) at 11 klx. When the cultures were either bubbled with air (0.03% CO2), exposed to low light intensity (3 klx), or subjected to manganese or nitrogen deficiency, isocitrate lyase activity was undetectable. During growth in batch cultures provided with 5% CO2, the activity of the dehydrogenase was about 5–12 times greater than the lyase.Using partially purified (about 50-fold) enzyme preparations, isocitrate dehydrogenase (NADP+) showed greater affinity for isocitrate (Km = 0.008 mM) than did isocitrate lyase (Km = 0.1 mM). The dehydrogenase had Km values of 0.011 mM and 0.006 mM for NADP and Mn2+, respectively. Both enzymes were inhibited by α-ketoglutarate and oxalacetate at 1 mM, but the dehydrogenase was more sensitive to these two keto acids (68–79%) than the lyase (36%). Glycolate at 1 mM inhibited (36%) only the lyase, while glyoxylate had little effect. The dehydrogenase was subject to concerted inhibition by oxalacetate plus glyoxylate (Ki = 0.01 mM). This inhibition was competitive with respect to isocitrate, and preincubation of the enzyme with NADP in absence of isocitrate was necessary for effective inhibition. Each of NADPH (Ki = 0.06 mM) and ATP (Ki = 0.65 mM) was a non-competitive inhibitor (with respect to isocitrate) of isocitrate dehydrogenase (NADP+), and both nucleotides are suggested to be active in the in vivo regulation of isocitrate metabolism in C. segnis during photoautotrophy.


1970 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 94-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. P. Gerhardt ◽  
Harry Beevers

The development of glyoxysomes and their associated enzymes, isocitrate lyase and malate synthetase, was studied in the endosperm of castor bean seeds during germination and early growth in darkness. The protein content of the glyoxysome fraction, separated by sucrose density centrifugation, increased linearly from day 2 to day 4 and declined subsequently, while maximum enzyme activities were reached at day 5. The specific activities of the enzymes in the glyoxysomes increased until day 5 and remained constant thereafter. At all stages of germination the only organelle with isocitrate lyase activity was the glyoxysome, but at the earlier stages a greater portion of the total activity was recovered in the soluble form. Malate synthetase was found primarily in the glyoxysomes after day 4, but at earlier stages part of the activity appeared at regions of lower density on the sucrose gradient. It was shown that this particulate malate synthetase activity was due to glyoxysomes broken during preparation, and that, as a result of this breakage, isocitrate lyase was solubilized. We conclude that both enzymes are housed in the glyoxysome in vivo throughout the germination period, and that the rise and fall in enzyme activities in phase with fat breakdown correspond to the net production and destruction of this organelle.


1983 ◽  
Vol 66 (6) ◽  
pp. 1232-1236 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.C. Albizzatti de Rivadeneira ◽  
M.C. Manca de Nadra ◽  
A.A. Pesce de Ruiz Holgado ◽  
G. Oliver

2009 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi Li ◽  
Xiao-yan Liang ◽  
Li-na Wei ◽  
Yong-lao Xiong ◽  
Xing Yang ◽  
...  

Development ◽  
1973 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 159-174
Author(s):  
Nelly Bennett

The detection of a specific enzyme (cysteine lyase) of the yolk-sac endoderm by a very sensitive method is employed to characterize cell differentiation during the early stages of endoderm organogenesis in the chick. The first cells to contain active cysteine lyase are found in the germ wall at the primitive streak stage. In vivo observations establish a relation between the morphological specialization and organization of endodermal cells, their loss of mitotic activity and the increase in cysteine lyase activity. They suggest an influence of the mesoderm on endoderm differentiation. In vitro experiments confirm the existence in the yolk-sac endoderm of an incompatibility between cell proliferation and differentiation, as well as the action of the mesoderm on both the structural organization of the endoblast and the appearance of cysteine lyase; this last action seems to be due mainly to blood cells; chicken and rabbit blood cells are equally active. The problems of the origin of the endoderm and of the interactions occurring during the organogenesis of the yolk-sac endoderm are discussed.


1978 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 149-153 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. M. Lakshmi ◽  
Robert B. Helling

Levels of several intermediary metabolites were measured in cells grown in acetate medium in order to test the hypothesis that the glyoxylate cycle is repressed by phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP). Wild-type cells had less PEP than either isocitrate dehydrogenase – deficient cells (which had greater isocitrate lyase activity than the wild type) or isocitrate dehydrogenase – deficient, citrate synthase – deficient cells (which are poorly inducible). Thus induction of the glyoxylate cycle is more complicated than a simple function of PEP concentration. No correlation between enzyme activity and the level of oxaloacetate, pyruvate, or citrate was found either. Citrate was synthesized in citrate synthase – deficient mutants, possibly via citrate lyase.


2021 ◽  
Vol 478 (7) ◽  
pp. 1399-1412
Author(s):  
Evgeniy S. Shilkin ◽  
Anastasia S. Gromova ◽  
Margarita P. Smal ◽  
Alena V. Makarova

Y-family DNA polymerase iota (Pol ι) is involved in DNA damage response and tolerance. Mutations and altered expression level of POLI gene are linked to a higher incidence of cancer. We biochemically characterized five active site polymorphic variants of human Pol ι: R71G (rs3218778), P118L (rs554252419), I236M (rs3218784), E251K (rs3218783) and P365R (rs200852409). We analyzed fidelity of nucleotide incorporation on undamaged DNA, efficiency and accuracy of DNA damage bypass, as well as 5′-deoxyribophosphate lyase (dRP-lyase) activity. The I236M and P118L variants were indistinguishable from the wild-type Pol ι in activity. The E251K and P365R substitutions altered the spectrum of nucleotide incorporation opposite several undamaged DNA bases. The P365R variant also reduced the dRP-lyase activity and possessed the decreased TLS activity opposite 8-oxo-G. The R71G mutation dramatically affected the catalytic activities of Pol ι. The reduced DNA polymerase activity of the R71G variant correlated with an enhanced fidelity of nucleotide incorporation on undamaged DNA, altered lesion-bypass activity and reduced dRP-lyase activity. Therefore, this amino acid substitution likely alters Pol ι functions in vivo.


Weed Science ◽  
1970 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 565-571
Author(s):  
J. A. Mulliken ◽  
C. A. Kust ◽  
L. E. Schrader

Endosperm dry weight, protein, and fat losses accompanied rapid radicle growth of velvetleaf (Abutilon theophrasti Medic.) between 12 and 36 hr of germination at 31 C. Cotyledonary reserves were mobilized after 36 hr. Isocitrate lyase activity sedimented with a particulate fraction in varying degrees, but maximal activity developed at times coincident with fat mobilization. Respiration of excised endosperms reached maximal rates shortly after radicle emergence. The actions of hydrogen cyanide, carbon monoxide, and 2,4-dinitrolphenol indicated that respiration of endosperms excised from imbibed and germinated seed was due to cytochrome oxidase activity, and was coupled to phosphorylation.


2000 ◽  
Vol 182 (24) ◽  
pp. 7007-7013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marijke A. H. Luttik ◽  
Peter Kötter ◽  
Florian A. Salomons ◽  
Ida J. van der Klei ◽  
Johannes P. van Dijken ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT The Saccharomyces cerevisiae ICL1 gene encodes isocitrate lyase, an essential enzyme for growth on ethanol and acetate. Previous studies have demonstrated that the highly homologousICL2 gene (YPR006c) is transcribed during the growth of wild-type cells on ethanol. However, even when multiple copies are introduced, ICL2 cannot complement the growth defect oficl1 null mutants. It has therefore been suggested thatICL2 encodes a nonsense mRNA or nonfunctional protein. In the methylcitrate cycle of propionyl-coenzyme A metabolism, 2-methylisocitrate is converted to succinate and pyruvate, a reaction similar to that catalyzed by isocitrate lyase. To investigate whetherICL2 encodes a specific 2-methylisocitrate lyase, isocitrate lyase and 2-methylisocitrate lyase activities were assayed in cell extracts of wild-type S. cerevisiae and of isogenicicl1, icl2, and icl1 icl2 null mutants. Isocitrate lyase activity was absent in icl1 andicl1 icl2 null mutants, whereas in contrast, 2-methylisocitrate lyase activity was detected in the wild type and single icl mutants but not in the icl1 icl2mutant. This demonstrated that ICL2 encodes a specific 2-methylisocitrate lyase and that the ICL1-encoded isocitrate lyase exhibits a low but significant activity with 2-methylisocitrate. Subcellular fractionation studies and experiments with an ICL2-green fluorescent protein fusion demonstrated that theICL2-encoded 2-methylisocitrate lyase is located in the mitochondrial matrix. Similar to that of ICL1, transcription of ICL2 is subject to glucose catabolite repression. In glucose-limited cultures, growth with threonine as a nitrogen source resulted in a ca. threefold induction ofICL2 mRNA levels and of 2-methylisocitrate lyase activity in cell extracts relative to cultures grown with ammonia as the nitrogen source. This is consistent with an involvement of the 2-methylcitrate cycle in threonine catabolism.


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