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Query: EC:3.2.1.31 (beta-glucuronidase)
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The effect of methylnitrosourea (MNU) on cerebellar and cerebral DNA, RNA, protein, lysosomal enzymes (acid DNase, RNase, phosphatase, and beta-glucuronidase), and 2',3'-cyclic nucleotide 3'-phosphohydrolase (2',3'-CNPase) activities was studied in rats from birth through 12 days of age. Subcutaneous injection of MNU in a dose of 0.625 mmol/kg caused a suppression of increase in weights and content of DNA, RNA, and protein of cerebellum, but no changes in those of the cerebrum or in body weight. Ratios of protein and RNA to DNA were substantially elevated by MNU in the cerebellum but not in the cerebrum. Acid DNase and acid RNase activities of MNU-treated rats were significantly elevated beyond the increase of these activities in controls in the cerebellum, but no change in these activities by MNU was observed in the cerebrum. A slight elevation in acid phosphatase activity was observed in the cerebellum but not in the cerebrum after MNU pretreatment. Beta-glucuronidase and 2',3'-CNPase activities were not changed in the cerebellum or in the cerebrum. These results suggest that in the developing brain, especially in the cerebellum at the mitotic stage, MNU caused cell damage and inhibited cell mitosis.
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PMID:Cytotoxic effects of methylnitrosourea on developing brain. 619 99

Myxococcus coralloides D was found to produce a substance with a narrow range of antibacterial activity. This substance was produced during the exponential growth phase and was not inducible by ultraviolet light or mitomycin C treatment. The bacteriocin was precipitable by ammonium sulphate, and showed resistance to heat (100 degrees C for 10 min), trypsin, lysozyme, beta-glucuronidase, DNase, RNase, acetone, ethyl ether, urea and mercaptoethanol; it was partially destroyed by pronase and inactivated at extreme pH values. Electron microscopy did not reveal any phage-like particles associated with bacteriocin activity.
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PMID:Production and properties of a bacteriocin from Myxococcus coralloides D. 643 23

Some lysosomal enzymes (viz., acid DNase, acid RNase and beta-glucuronidase) were estimated in different parts of the rabbit Fallopian tube during different hours post coitum (p. c.). At estrus, alterations of acid RNase and beta-glucuronidase were observed in different anatomical segments of the Fallopian tube but acid DNase was undetectable. When these enzymes were compared at different hours p.c., it was noticed that when the ovum reaches ampullary (A), ampullary-isthmic junction (AIJ) and isthmic (I) segments of the Fallopian tube at the respective hours 14, 24 and 70, the acid DNase activity showed increased value in these parts when compared to their preceding groups. Acid RNase also showed similar type of pattern except that it was not altered at 14 hr p. c. At 144 hr p. c. both the enzymes had no significant alteration over 70 hr value, beta-glucuronidase, however, did not show this type of pattern in all the segments till 144 hr p. c. The increased activity of acid RNase and DNase in AIJ and I segments of the tube till 70 hr p. c. suggests the increased lysosomal activity in the tubal fluid produced by secretory cells. The possible involvement of these lysomal factors in the process of fertilization and preparation of ovum prior to implantation is suggested.
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PMID:Variations of lysosomal enzymes in different parts of rabbit Fallopian tube during ovum transport. 722 24

Glutamate synthase (GOGAT), a key enzyme in ammonia (NH+4) assimilation, occurs as two forms in plants: a ferredoxin-dependent form (Fd-GOGAT) and an NADH-dependent form (NADH-GOGAT). These enzymes are encoded by distinct genes as evidenced by their cDNA and deduced amino acid sequences. This paper reports the isolation and characterization of a NADH-GOGAT gene from alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.), the first GOGAT gene to be isolated from a eukaryote. RNase protection and primer extension experiments map the transcription start site of NADH-GOGAT to nearly identical positions. The transcribed region of this gene, 12,214 bp, is comprised of 22 exons separated by 21 introns. The 2.7 kbp region 5' from the translation initiation site confers nodule-specific reporter gene activity when used in a chimeric beta-glucuronidase (GUS) construct and transformed into Lotus corniculatus and Medicago sativa. Both infected and uninfected cells display GUS activity. The abundance of NADH-GOGAT transcripts increases substantially in developing nodules of plants infected with effective rhizobia. However, this increase is not observed when nodules are induced by a variety of ineffective rhizobial strains. Thus, unlike many other plant genes involved in root nodule NH+4 assimilation, high levels of NADH-GOGAT expression are strictly associated with effective nodules indicating that NADH-GOGAT plays a central role in the functioning of effective root nodules. An alfalfa Fd-GOGAT PCR product showing greater than 85% identity to maize Fd-GOGAT was isolated and used to investigate the contribution of this enzyme to NH+4 assimilation in nodules. Fd-GOGAT mRNA was abundant in leaves and cotyledons but was not detected in alfalfa root nodules. Fd-GOGAT in alfalfa does not appear to play a significant role in symbiotic N2 fixation.
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PMID:Alfalfa NADH-dependent glutamate synthase: structure of the gene and importance in symbiotic N2 fixation. 755 Mar 73

We have isolated three HSP90-family genes from Arabidopsis: HSP81-1 which is heat-inducible, and HSP81-2 and -3 which are highly expressed under normal growth temperatures. Northern blot analysis and RNase protection analysis, using gene specific probes, showed that HSP81-2 and -3 mRNA were present in all tissues and abundant in roots, floral bud clusters, and flowers at 22 degrees C. A small amount of HSP81-1 mRNA was detected only in roots. In situ hybridization and histochemical analysis using transgenic plants carrying chimeric gene fusions, with an HSP81 promoter region fused to a beta-glucuronidase (GUS) gene, confirmed these results. At 22 degrees C, high GUS activity was observed in the root apical meristems, pollen and tapeta in HSP81-2::GUS and HSP81-3::GUS transgenic plants, while only branches of the root in HSP81-1::GUS transgenic plants expressed high GUS activity. After 2 hours of 35 degrees C treatment, extensively high GUS activity was observed in all tissues in HSP81-1::GUS transgenic plants, while elevated but tissue specific expression was observed in HSP81-2 and -3 transgenic plants. Exogenous application of various chemicals such as ABA, GA3, kinetin, IAA, NaCl, and mannitol revealed that 10 mM IAA and 0.1 M NaCl significantly enhanced the accumulation of HSP81-2 and -3 transcripts. Only a slight response to IAA was observed in HSP81-1 mRNA accumulation at 22 degrees C; the increase was possibly caused by a novel pathway other than heat-shock-response pathway.
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PMID:Analysis of tissue-specific expression of Arabidopsis thaliana HSP90-family gene HSP81. 769 94

Promoter analysis was performed on the Rhizopus niveus 3-phosphoglycerate kinase 2-encoding gene (pgk2), one of the two pgk genes (pgk1 and pgk2) from this filamentous fungus sequenced so far. Deletion mutants of the promoter region were fused to the Escherichia coli uidA gene (which codes for beta-glucuronidase; GUS), and introduced into R. niveus to measure the intracellular GUS activities of the transformants. Deletion of the sequence between nt -174 to -133 (numbers indicate the position from the putative translation start codon) caused a significant decrease in the ratio of the GUS activity of the transformant cultured in glucose medium compared to that in glycerol medium. In this region, a 21-nt sequence which is well conserved between pgk1 and pgk2 is present. When it was inserted into the promoter region of the uninducible gene encoding RNase Rh of R. niveus, ligated in front of uidA and introduced into R. niveus, the GUS activity of the transformant was greatly induced by glucose, but less by glycerol. We therefore suggest that the 21-nt sequence is a glucose-inducible transcriptional activator of R. niveus. This is the first report on a transcriptional activator in zygomycetes.
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PMID:Analysis of the 3-phosphoglycerate kinase 2 promoter in Rhizopus niveus. 782 18

T-DNA tagging with a promoterless beta-glucuronidase (GUS) gene generated a transgenic Nicotiana tabacum plant that expressed GUS activity only in developing seed coats. Cloning and deletion analysis of the GUS fusion revealed that the promoter responsible for seed coat specificity was located in the plant DNA proximal to the GUS gene. A 3.3 kb fragment corresponding to the insertion site was isolated from untransformed plants. No long open reading frames were detected in this region. Northern blots and RNase protection assays failed to detect transcripts from this region in untransformed plants. Furthermore, the insertion site was situated within the N. tomentosiformis genome of the allotetraploid species N. tabacum, in a region which is not conserved within the genus Nicotiana. It is concluded that seed coat-specific GUS expression in this transgenic plant resulted from T-DNA insertion next to a cryptic promoter. These results suggest that at least some of the fusions generated to marker genes in promoter trapping studies are not associated with conventional gene promoters. The possibility that similar insertion events play a role in gene evolution is discussed.
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PMID:T-DNA tagging of a seed coat-specific cryptic promoter in tobacco. 798 15

A cDNA for the Arabidopsis STP4 gene (for sugar transport protein 4) was isolated, and the properties of the encoded protein were studied in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. The STP4 monosaccharide H+ symporter is composed of 514 amino acids and has a calculated molecular mass of 57.1 kD. RNA gel blot analyses revealed that STP4 is expressed primarily in roots and flowers of Arabidopsis. This was shown in more detail with STP4 promoter-beta-glucuronidase (GUS) plants yielding strong STP4-driven GUS activity in root tips and anthers. Wounding of plants transformed with STP4-GUS constructs resulted in a rapid increase in GUS activity in cells directly adjacent to the lesion. This was confirmed by RNase protection analyses in Arabidopsis wild-type plants showing a strong, wound-induced increase in STP4 mRNA levels. STP4 expression was induced rapidly in suspension-cultured Arabidopsis cells that were treated with the Pseudomonas syringae elicitor or with chitin or in Arabidopsis plants that were exposed to fungal attacks. Our data suggest that the role of STP4 is to catalyze monosaccharide import into classic sinks, such as root tips and anthers, and, most importantly, to meet the increased carbohydrate demand of cells responding to environmental stress.
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PMID:The sink-specific and stress-regulated Arabidopsis STP4 gene: enhanced expression of a gene encoding a monosaccharide transporter by wounding, elicitors, and pathogen challenge. 898 77

Activation of the cellular immune system and subsequent lysis of vector-transduced cells by adenovirus- or transgene-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes have been shown to limit transgene expression in animal models. The adenovirus gp19K gene product associates with major histocompatibility complex class I proteins and prevents their maturation by sequestering them in the endoplasmic reticulum. gp19K has been shown to block the ability of adenovirus-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes to recognize virus-infected cells in vitro. To determine if gp19K expression in an adenovirus vector would increase transgene persistence, a vector that replaces the E1 region of adenovirus with an expression cassette encoding both gp19K and beta-glucuronidase was constructed. This vector produced high levels of functional gp19K in infected cells. RNase protection analysis revealed efficient expression of the gp19K gene in the mouse lung. Enhanced persistence and increased beta-glucuronidase activity were observed in the lung and liver following delivery of the gp19K-expressing adenovirus vector in B10.HTG mice but not in BALB/c mice. Since gp19K binds to both class I alleles on B10.HTG mice but only one allele on BALB/c mice, these results suggest that the major histocompatibility complex class I haplotype of mice is important in determining the effectiveness of gp19K in vivo. Since gp19K has previously been shown to interact with every human major histocompatibility complex class I allele tested, the inclusion of gp19K in gene therapy vectors may increase vector persistence in human gene therapy trials.
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PMID:Expression of gp19K increases the persistence of transgene expression from an adenovirus vector in the mouse lung and liver. 931 44

The Arabidopsis AtSUC1 protein has previously been characterized as a plasma membrane H+-sucrose symporter. This paper describes the sites of AtSUC1 gene expression and AtSUC1 protein localization and assigns specific functions to this sucrose transporter in anther development and pollen tube growth. RNase protection assays revealed AtSUC1 expression exclusively in floral tissue, which was confirmed by analyses of AtSUC1 promoter-beta-glucuronidase (GUS) plants. In situ hybridizations identified AtSUC1 expression in anther connective tissue, in funiculi and in fully developed pollen grains. Indirect immuno-fluorescence analyses with anti-AtSUC1 antiserum confirmed AtSUC1 protein localization in the connective tissue and funiculi. In mature pollen grains, however, despite high AtSUC1 mRNA levels no AtSUC1 protein was found. Only after pollination of stylar papillae was AtSUC1 protein detected inside the pollen and later inside the growing pollen tubes, suggesting a translation of pre-existing AtSUC1 mRNA after pollination. Pollen germination analyses underlined the important role of sucrose for pollen tube growth. The data presented suggest a role of AtSUC1 in the controlled dehiscence of Arabidopsis anthers. It is postulated that an important function of AtSUC1 is the cell-specific modulation of water potentials.
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PMID:The AtSUC1 sucrose carrier may represent the osmotic driving force for anther dehiscence and pollen tube growth in Arabidopsis. 1047 74


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