Synthetic biology

The aim of this research was to investigate the formation of hydrogen sulphide for different sewage characteristics and flow rates. An experimental set-up was developed to simulate a section of a gravity sewer pipe, the set-up comprised of a pipe of 2 m long and 155 mm inside diameter, referred to in this thesis as a laboratory sewer pipe. The first stage of the experimental program involved developing a biological growth rich in sulphate-reducing bacteria inside the laboratory sewer pipe using synthetic sewage.

131p runthenight07 01-03-2023 7 3   Download

Early life exposure to adverse environments affects cardiovascular and metabolic systems in the offspring. These programmed effects are transmissible to a second generation through both male and female lines, suggesting germline transmission. We have previously shown that prenatal overexposure to the synthetic glucocorticoid dexamethasone (Dex) in rats reduces birth weight in the first generation (F1), a phenotype which is transmitted to a second generation (F2), particularly through the male line.

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The NMR spectra of 15 novel quinolines containing 11 - 34 carbon atoms and bearing substituents such as hydroxyl, sunfo, chloro, bromo, amino, azo and carboxymetoxy groups were recorded in DMSO at 298 - 300 K. For seven quinolines, the 13C-NMR signals were assigned on the basis of an analyzation of the cross peaks in the HSQC and HMBC spectra.

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In this paper, we have reviewed biological activities of natural and synthesized indolylimidazoles and their various synthetic methods.

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Tiểu luận Hóa sinh: Sơ lược về các bước tổng hợp protein có hoạt tính mong muốn trình bày các bước cơ bản để tổng hợp một protein theo phương pháp tổng hợp sinh học (synthetic biology) trên tế bào vi khuẩn nhờ plasmid tái tổ hợp.

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This study reports the identification and characterization of the regulatory subunit, TbRSU, of protein kinase A of the parasitic protozoon Trypanosoma brucei. TbRSU is coded for by a single copy gene. The protein contains an unusually long N-terminal domain, the pseudosubstrate site involved in binding and inactivation of the catalytic subunit, and two C-terminally located, closely spaced cyclic nucleotide binding domains.

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Wilson disease (WD), an inherited disorder affecting copper metabolism, is characterized by hepatic cirrhosis and neuronal degeneration, which result from toxic levels of copper that accumulate in the liver and brain, respectively. We reported previously that the  1.3-kb promoter of the WD gene contains four metal response elements (MREs). Among the four MREs, MREa plays the most important role in the transcriptional activation of the WD promoter.

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important regulators of biological processes in animals and plants. MiRNAs regulate gene expression at the posttranscriptional level by binding to mRNAs and either inhibit translation or modify the stability of the mRNA. Due to the important biological role of miRNAs it is of great interest to study their expression level in the cells. Furthermore, miRNAs have been associated with cancer and other diseases [1] and miRNA expression can help in the diagnosis and prognostic of human disease [2,3].

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The functional site ofÔphospholipase A2 inhibitor from pythonÕ (PIP) was predicted based on the hypothesis of proline brackets. Using di€erent sources of secretory phospholipase A2(sPLA2 s) as enzyme, and [ 3 H]arachido-nate-labelledEscherichia colias substrate, short synthetic peptides representing the proposed site were examined for their secretoryphospholipase A2(sPLA2 ) inhibitoryactivity.

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The structure–activity relations of a series of synthetic phenoxazone drugs with aminoalkyl side chains of variable length and different terminal groups were investigated by examining their biological activity and DNA complexation affinity. Biological activitywas determined fromtheir ability to induce apoptosis and cell cycle perturbations (activation of cell cycle checkpoints) using the human malignant MOLT-3 cell line. The thermodynamic parameters of drug– DNA complexation were determined by differential scan-ning calorimetry....

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The new antigen receptor (IgNAR) from sharks is a disul-phide bonded dimer of two protein chains,each containing one variable and five constant domains,and functions as an antibody. In order to assess the antigen-binding capabilities of isolated IgNAR variable domains (VNAR),we have con-structed anin vitro library incorporating synthetic CDR3 regions of 15–18 residues in length.

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An efficient bacterial expression system of cyanobacterium Synechocystissp. PCC 6803 heme oxygenase gene, ho-1, has been constructed, using a synthetic gene. A soluble protein was expressedat high levels and was highly purified, for the first time. The protein binds equimolar free hemin to catabolize the boundhemin to ferric-bili-verdin IXa in the presence of oxygen andreducing equivalents, showing the heme oxygenase activity. During the reaction, verdoheme intermediate is formed with the evolution of carbon monoxide. ...

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We report experiments to investigate the role of the physio-logically relevant protein tyrosine kinase Lck in the ordered phosphorylation of the T-cell receptorfchain. Six synthetic peptides were designed based on the sequences of the immunoreceptor tyrosine-based activation motifs (ITAMs) of thefchain. Preliminary 1 H-NMRstudies of recombinant f chain suggested that it is essentially unstructured and therefore that peptide mimics would serve as useful models for investigating individual ITAM tyrosines....

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Fibrillization ofa-synuclein (a-Syn) is closely associated with the formation of Lewy bodies in neurons and dopamine (DA) is a potent inhibitor for the process, which is implicated in the causative pathogenesis of Parkin-son’s disease (PD). To elucidate any molecular mechanism that may have biological relevance, we tested the inhibitory abilities of DA and several analogs including chemically synthetic and natural polyphenols in vitro.

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The biological ion channel gramicidin A (gA) was modified by synthetic means to obtain the tail-to-tail linked asymmetric gA-derived dimer com-pound3. Single-channel current measurements for 3in planar lipid bilayers exhibit an Eisenman I ion selectivity for alkali cations. The structural asymmetry does not lead to an observable functional asymmetry. The structure of 3in solution without and with Cs cations was investigated by 1 H-NMR spectroscopy. In CDCl3 ⁄CD3OH (1 : 1, v⁄v),3forms a mixture of double-strandedb-helices....

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Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) from the outer membrane of Gram-negative bac-teria belongs to the most potent activators of the mammalian immune sys-tem. Its lipid moiety, lipid A, the ‘endotoxic principle’ of LPS, carries two negatively charged phosphate groups and six acyl chain residues in a defined asymmetric distribution (corresponding to synthetic compound 506). Tetraacyl lipid A (precursor IVa or synthetic 406), which lacks the two hydroxylated acyl chains, is agonistically completely inactive, but is a strong antagonist to bioactive LPS when administered to the cells before LPS addition. .

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Cell-free protein synthesis offers rapidaccess toproteins that are selectively labelledwith [ 15 N]aminoacids andsuitable for analysis by NMR spectroscopy without chromatographic purification. A system based on anEscherichia colicell ex-tractwas optimizedwith regard toproteinyieldandminimal usage of 15 N-labelled amino acid, and examined for the presence of metabolic by-products which could interfere with the NMR analysis. Yields of up to 1.8 mg of human cyclophilin A per mL of reactionmedium were obtained by expression of a synthetic gene. ...

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In order to evaluate the ability of the cell-penetrating a-helical amphipathic model peptide KLALKLALKALK AALKLA-NH2 (MAP) to deliver peptide nucleic acids (PNAs) into mammalian cells, MAP was covalently linked to the 12-mer PNA 5¢-GGAGCAGGAAAG-3¢ directed against themRNAof the nociceptin/orphaninFQ receptor. The cellular uptake of both the naked PNA and its MAP-conjugate was studied by means of capillary electrophoresis combined with laser-induced fluorescence detection, confo-cal laser scanningmicroscopyandfluorescence-activatedcell sorting. ...

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The interaction between cell-adhesion molecules CD2 and CD58 is critical for an immune response. Modulation or inhibition of these interactions has been shown to be thera-peuticallyuseful. Synthetic 12-mer linear and cyclic peptides, and cyclic hexapeptides based on rat CD2 protein, were designed tomodulateCD2–CD58 interaction. The synthetic peptides effectively blocked the interaction between CD2– CD58 proteins as demonstrated by antibody binding, E-rosetting and heterotypic adhesion assays. ...

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We have used footprinting techniques on a wide range of natural and synthetic footprinting substrates to examine the sequence-selective interaction of the bis-daunorubicin anti-biotic WP631 with DNA. The ligand produces clear DNase I footprints that are very different from those seen with other anthracycline antibiotics such as daunorubicin and nogalamycin. Footprints are found in a diverse range of sequences, many of which are rich inGT (AC) or GA (TC) residues.

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