Faculty Opinions recommendation of Ethylene receptors function as components of high-molecular-mass protein complexes in Arabidopsis.

Author(s):  
Seth J Davis
PLoS ONE ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. e8640 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi-Feng Chen ◽  
Zhiyong Gao ◽  
Robert J. Kerris ◽  
Wuyi Wang ◽  
Brad M. Binder ◽  
...  

1989 ◽  
Vol 259 (2) ◽  
pp. 549-553 ◽  
Author(s):  
J Szelei ◽  
E Duda

We modified the Ca/EDTA procedure for the production of liposomes [Papahadjopoulos, Vail, Jacobson & Poste (1975) Biochim. Biophys. Acta 394, 483-491] to entrap intact DNA molecules of very high molecular mass into large unilamellar phospholipid vesicles. The use of DNA-protein complexes and phage particles instead of naked linear DNA increases the efficiency of entrapment and protects the integrity of DNA molecules. We investigated the interaction of mammalian cells with liposome-encapsulated recombinant lambda bacteriophages carrying marker genes. The liposomes bind surprisingly fast to the cellular surface and are taken up by the cells. A significant proportion of the encapsulated DNA is transported to and soon located in or around the nuclei. Experiments prove that these liposomes can be used for the genetic transformation of mammalian cells.


2007 ◽  
Vol 145 (4) ◽  
pp. 1637-1646 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annemarie Matthes ◽  
Stephanie Schmidt-Gattung ◽  
Daniela Köhler ◽  
Joachim Forner ◽  
Steffen Wildum ◽  
...  

2005 ◽  
Vol 392 (1) ◽  
pp. 211-219 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heath Ecroyd ◽  
Maya Belghazi ◽  
Jean-Louis Dacheux ◽  
Jean-Luc Gatti

We have shown previously that a ‘soluble’ form of PrP (prion protein), not associated with membranous vesicles, exists in the male reproductive fluid [Ecroyd, Sarradin, Dacheux and Gatti (2004) Biol. Reprod. 71, 993–1001]. Attempts to purify this ‘soluble’ PrP indicated that it behaves like a high-molecular-mass complex of more than 350 kDa and always co-purified with the same set of proteins. The main associated proteins were sequenced by MS and were found to match to clusterin (apolipoprotein J), BPI (bacterial permeability-increasing protein), carboxylesterase-like urinary excreted protein (cauxin), β-mannosidase and β-galactosidase. Immunoblotting and enzymatic assay confirmed the presence of clusterin and a cauxin-like protein and showed that a 17 kDa hydrophobic epididymal protein was also associated with this complex. These associated proteins were not separated by a high ionic strength treatment but were by 2-mercaptoethanol, probably due to its action on reducing disulphide bonds that maintain the interaction of components of the complex. Our results suggest that the associated PrP retains its GPI (glycosylphosphatidylinositol) anchor, in contrast with brain-derived PrP, and that it is resistant to cleavage by phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C. Based on these results, the identity of the associated proteins and the overall biochemical properties of this protein ensemble, we suggest that ‘soluble’ PrP can form protein complexes that are maintained by hydrophobic interactions, in a similar manner to lipoprotein vesicles or micellar complexes.


2004 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 567-570 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.-D. Rochaix ◽  
K. Perron ◽  
D. Dauvillée ◽  
F. Laroche ◽  
Y. Takahashi ◽  
...  

Assembly of the PSI (photosystem I) complex in eukaryotic photosynthetic organisms depends on the concerted interactions of the nuclear and chloroplast genetic systems. We have identified several nucleus-encoded factors of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii that are specifically required for the synthesis of the two large chloroplast-encoded reaction-centre polypeptides, PsaA and PsaB, of photosystem I and that function at plastid post-transcriptional steps. Raa1, Raa2 and Raa3 are required for the splicing of the three discontinuous psaA precursor transcripts; they are part of large RNA–protein complexes that are reminiscent of spliceosomal particles. Tab1 and Tab2 are involved in the initiation of translation of the psaB mRNA and are localized in the membrane and stromal phases of the chloroplast, where they are associated with high-molecular-mass complexes. Moreover, two chloroplast-encoded proteins, Ycf3 and Ycf4, are required for the primary steps of assembling the photosystem I subunits into a functional complex.


PLoS ONE ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. e0213364 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Schäfer ◽  
Stefan Helm ◽  
Daniel Köhler ◽  
Birgit Agne ◽  
Sacha Baginsky

2001 ◽  
Vol 2 (6) ◽  
pp. 371-377 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tarek E Selim ◽  
Hayam R Ghoneim ◽  
Hassan A Abdel Ghaffar ◽  
Robert W Colman ◽  
Raul A Dela Cadena

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