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Genet. mol. biol ; 26(2): 203-211, Jun. 2003. ilus, tab
Article in English | LILACS | ID: lil-345972

ABSTRACT

The objective of this work was to assess the functionality of the glycolytic pathways in the bacterium Xylella fastidiosa. To this effect, the enzymes phosphoglucose isomerase, aldolase, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase and pyruvate kinase of the glycolytic pathway, and glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase of the Entner-Doudoroff pathway were studied, followed by cloning and expression studies of the enolase gene and determination of its activity. These studies showed that X. fastidiosa does not use the glycolytic pathway to metabolize carbohydrates, which explains the increased duplication time of this phytopatogen. Recombinant enolase was expressed as inclusion bodies and solubilized with urea (most efficient extractor), Triton X-100, and TCA. Enolase extracted from X. fastidiosa and from chicken muscle and liver is irreversibly inactivated by urea. The purification of enolase was partial and resulted in a low yield. No enzymatic activity was detected for either recombinant and native enolases, aldolase, and glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase, suggesting that X. fastidiosa uses the Entner-Doudoroff pathway to produce pyruvate. Evidence is presented supporting the idea that the regulation of genes and the presence of isoforms with regulation patterns might make it difficult to understand the metabolism of carbohydrates in X. fastidiosa


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Glycolysis , Plants , Enzymes , Plants
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Braz. j. vet. res. anim. sci ; 37(6): 453-456, dez. 2000. ilus
Article in Portuguese | LILACS | ID: lil-327447

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Neste trabalho, a técnica de PCR ("polymerase chain reaction") foi utilizada para a sexagem de 92 embriöes bovinos fertilizados in vitro. Os embriöes originaram-se de fertilizaçäo in vitro de oócitos aspirados de ovários de fêmeas bovinas, provenientes de abatedouros comerciais. Os oócitos foram maturados, fertilizados e cultivados até o estádio de blastocisto. Os embriöes foram lavados em soluçäo de PBS, transferidos para tubos de polipropileno contendo água ultrapura, e imediatamente congelados a -196§C. Os embriöes foram descongelados sobre isopor contendo gelo picado e tratados com proteinase K. Para a reaçäo de PCR, utilizaram-se alíquotas de 34 µl de cada tudo, onde foram acrescidos dois pares de primers, seqüência BC1.2 e seqüência satélite 1.715, desoxinucleotídeos, MgCl2, tampao PCR 10X, TaqDNA polimerase e água, em um volume final de 50 µl. As amostras foram amplificadas e a eletroforese realizada em gel de poliacrilamida a 8 por cento. Os géis foram corados com soluçäo de brometo de etídio e analisados em transiluminador de luz ultravioleta. Um índice de 93,47 por cento de amplificaçäo foi atingido, com 41 embriöes (47,67 por cento) machos e 45 (52,32 por cento) embriöes fêmeas. O uso de gel de poliacrilamida a 8 por cento foi eficaz na separaçäo de fragmentos de DNA muito próximos


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Animals , Cattle , Embryonic Structures , Fertilization in Vitro , Polymerase Chain Reaction
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