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Planta ; 231(2): 233-44, 2010 Jan.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19898977

ABSTRACT

Sucrose phosphate synthase (SPS) catalyzes the first step in the synthesis of sucrose in photosynthetic tissues. We characterized the expression of three different isoforms of SPS belonging to two different SPS gene families in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.), a previously identified SPS (MsSPSA) and two novel isoforms belonging to class B (MsSPSB and MsSPSB3). While MsSPSA showed nodule-enhanced expression, both MsSPSB genes exhibited leaf-enhanced expression. Alfalfa leaf and nodule SPS enzymes showed differences in chromatographic and electrophoretic migration and differences in V (max) and allosteric regulation. The root nodules in legume plants are a strong sink for photosynthates with its need for ATP, reducing power and carbon skeletons for dinitrogen fixation and ammonia assimilation. The expression of genes encoding SPS and other key enzymes in sucrose metabolism, sucrose phosphate phosphatase and sucrose synthase, was analyzed in the leaves and nodules of plants inoculated with Sinorhizobium meliloti. Based on the expression pattern of these genes, the properties of the SPS isoforms and the concentration of starch and soluble sugars in nodules induced by a wild type and a nitrogen fixation deficient strain, we propose that SPS has an important role in the control of carbon flux into different metabolic pathways in the symbiotic nodules.


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Carbon/metabolism , Gene Expression Regulation, Plant , Glucosyltransferases/genetics , Medicago sativa/enzymology , Medicago sativa/genetics , Nitrogen/metabolism , Root Nodules, Plant/enzymology , Allosteric Regulation/genetics , Blotting, Western , Carbohydrate Metabolism/genetics , Chromatography, Ion Exchange , Gene Expression Profiling , Genes, Plant/genetics , Medicago sativa/microbiology , Multigene Family , Nitrogen Fixation/genetics , Plant Leaves/enzymology , Plant Leaves/genetics , Plant Proteins/genetics , Plant Proteins/metabolism , RNA, Messenger/genetics , RNA, Messenger/metabolism , Root Nodules, Plant/genetics , Root Nodules, Plant/microbiology , Sinorhizobium meliloti/physiology , Solubility , Starch/metabolism , Symbiosis/genetics
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Biotechniques ; 44(4): 559-62, 2008 Apr.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18476822

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Challenges such as the rapid development of detection reagents for emerging or engineered pathogens, the goal of identifying probes for every protein in the human proteome, and the development of therapeutic molecules require systems for development of epitope binding molecules that are faster and cheaper than conventional antibody development. To be practical and effective, antibody mimics must be small, stable molecules that contain exposed loops or surfaces that can be randomized and screened using selective combinatorial assays. The tenth human fibronectin type III domain (10Fn3) fits these requirements and has recently been developed as an antibody mimic for use in detection and therapeutic platforms. Previously described systems for working with 10Fn3 used PCR-based approaches to anneal multiple oligonucleotides to generate randomized 10Fn3 libraries. Here we describe a simplified approach for creating randomized 10Fn3 libraries and report the first use of a T7-based phage display system for screening these libraries.


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Combinatorial Chemistry Techniques , Fibronectins/chemistry , Peptide Library , Amino Acid Sequence , Bacteriophage T7/genetics , Humans , Molecular Mimicry , Molecular Sequence Data , Molecular Weight , Polymerase Chain Reaction
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