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Query: EC:3.2.1.17 (lysozyme)
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A technique has been elaborated for preparation of deuterated membranes from deuterated cells of Micrococcus lysodeikticus containing 85--90% of deuterium according to the data of IR and PMR spectroscopy. Normal lysis of the deuterated cells of M. lysodeikticus requires a concentration of lysozyme which is eight times higher than for usual cells (8 mg per 1 g of wet deuterated cells) and an addition of the lytic enzymes E-2 (2 mg per 1 g of wet deuterated cells). Preparations of deuterated membranes purified from ribosomes and proteins can be obtained by treating of the lysate with RNAase and washing in 0.5 M NaCl. The purity of the deuterated membranes was evaluated by the evidence of electron microscopy, IR spectra and enzyme activities. After hydrogen atoms were substituted by deuterium, the secondary structure of the total membrane protein, the ratio between the activities of the respiratory chain enzymes, and the relative content of the lipid and protein components of the deuterated membranes remain at the same level as in the protonated ones.
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PMID:[Deuterated membranes of Micrococcus lysodeikticus: production and several biochemical properties]. 74 57

Expression of the lysozyme gene is a marker for the differentiation of macrophages, lysozyme transcription being gradually increased during maturation. We have analyzed the fine structure and function of two macrophage-specific enhancer elements of the chicken lysozyme gene (E-2.7 kb and E-0.2 kb). Both increase their activities upon LPS induction, both contain multiple binding sites for similar or identical nuclear factors and both can be divided into two functional modules. For the E-0.2 kb enhancer we found a synergistic activity of the modules to be dependent on their distance. Binding sites for nuclear proteins within enhancer E-0.2 kb overlap substantially with the previously identified progesterone/glucocorticoid receptor binding site, which is required for steroid induction of lysozyme transcription in the oviduct.
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PMID:Cooperative interaction of chicken lysozyme enhancer sub-domains partially overlapping with a steroid receptor binding site. 276 16

The chicken lysozyme gene is constitutively active in macrophages and under the control of steroid hormones in the oviduct. To investigate which DNA elements are involved in the control of its expression in macrophages we performed transient DNA transfer experiments with two different types of plasmids: 5'-deletion mutants of the upstream region of the chicken lysozyme gene and different fragments from this area in front of the thymidine kinase promoter (herpes simplex virus), each placed in front of the CAT (chloramphenicol acetyl transferase) coding sequence. Two enhancers (E-2.7 kb and E-0.2 kb) were characterized. They are active in macrophages, but not in chicken fibroblasts. Furthermore a negative element (N-2.4 kb) was identified, which is active in fibroblasts and promyelocytes, but not in mature macrophages. The combined action of all three elements contributes to the observed lysozyme gene activities: no activity in fibroblasts, moderate activity in promyelocytes and high activity in mature macrophages.
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PMID:Lysozyme gene activity in chicken macrophages is controlled by positive and negative regulatory elements. 358 88

From saline extracts of Phytolacca esculenta (shoriku) roots, two phytomitogenes were isolated by salting out with (NH4),SO4 and chromatography on DEAE-cellulose and Sephadex G-100 columns. Both fractions were homogeneous on disc electrophoresis and on immunoelectrophoresis. One of these (Fraction E-2) was shown to be similar to pokeweed mitogen in respect to mol. wt (32,000) and amino acid composition. The other (Fraction E-3) was a protein of 18,000 mol. wt. Both fractions had similar biological activities to pokeweed mitogen in their ability to stimulate pig blood lymphocytes in vitro to incorporate tritiated thymidine, and to induce blastoid transformation. Both fractions contained an unusually large amount of cystine, i.e., 18 half-cystine residues % for Fraction E-2 and 22 residues % for Fraction E-3. Although these mitogens were resistant to deproteinizing procedures such as perchloric acid treatment and Sevag's procedure, the DNA synthesis-stimulating activity was inactivated by digestion with Pronase E and Nagarse, but resistant to trypsin, chymotrypsin, deoxyribonuclease, ribonuclease, lysozyme and neuraminidase. The activity was stable at acidic and neutral pH (4-7) but unstable at alkaline pH. The activity at pH 7.3 was stabilized by the addition of Ca2+ or Mg2+. On the addition of more than 2 mM of Ca2+, precipitation of mitogen occurred. From the above results the molecular basis of the mitogenic activity of shoriku mitogen is discussed.
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PMID:Isolation and characterization of pokeweed mitogen-like phytomitogens from Shoriku, Phytolacca esculenta. 1999 19