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Liu Q, Wang X, Zhao Y, Xiao F, Yang Y. Transcriptome and physiological analyses reveal new insights into delayed incompatibility formed by interspecific grafting. Sci Rep 2023; 13:4574. [PMID: 36941326 PMCID: PMC10027664 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-31804-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2022] [Accepted: 03/17/2023] [Indexed: 03/22/2023] Open
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Pinus elliottii used as rootstock instead of homologous rootstock, have been proved to accelerate early growth of the scion (Pinus massoniana), for cultivation of large diameter wood. However, the basal diameter of scions in heterologous grafts was significantly smaller than self-graft 10 years later, according to field investigation, which was opposed to cultivation objectives. Although advantage of heterologous grafts has been reported, less is known about the long term effect of heterologous rootstock on scions of P. massoniana. The aim of present study was to investigate the mechanism of the above difference. Toward this aim, the growth traits and physiological characteristics of scions in the two graft groups were studied, and the underlying mechanism was preliminarily explored through transcriptome sequencing technology. Results showed that scions of heterologous grafts had less TSCA compared to self-grafts, while no significant difference of plant height, number of branches and canopy volume between two graft groups. Besides, scion leaves of heterologous grafts displayed higher antioxidant enzyme activity and lower chlorophyll content. And interactions between rootstocks and scions had also changed the mineral element composition of scion leaves. Compared with homologous grafts, scion leaves of heterologous grafts accumulated more K+, Mg2+ and Zn2+, but less Ca2+,which have been proved to be conducive to the growth of stem diameter of P. massoniana. Moreover, a comparative transcriptome analysis of two graft groups showed that DEGs between them were mainly caused by the specificity of rootstock. GO and KEGG analysis found that heterologous rootstock had different gene expression preferences, and the gene expression level between rootstocks and scions were significantly different, such as auxin auxin-related genes and stress responsive genes. That may imply that auxin pathway played an important role not only in grafting healing process, but also in maintaining the growth between scion and stock. Summary of all above results, we concluded that the long term effect of heterologous rootstock on scions may be unsatisfactory with the later rapidly growth of scion, probably due to delayed graft incompatibility between scion and stock of heterologous grafts. This study may remind us that the long-term growth of the scion deserves attention as well as the healing process, which could also provide a basis for delayed graft incompatibility.
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- Qiao Liu
- College of Forestry, Guizhou University, Guiyang, 550025, Guizhou, China
- Institute for Forest Resources and Environment of Guizhou, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou, China
- Key Laboratory of Forest Cultivation in Plateau Mountain of Guizhou Province, Guiyang, Guizhou, China
- Key Laboratory of Plant Resource Conservation and Germplasm Innovation in Mountainous Region (Ministry of Education), Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou, China
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- College of Forestry, Guizhou University, Guiyang, 550025, Guizhou, China.
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- College of Forestry, Guizhou University, Guiyang, 550025, Guizhou, China
- Institute for Forest Resources and Environment of Guizhou, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou, China
- Key Laboratory of Forest Cultivation in Plateau Mountain of Guizhou Province, Guiyang, Guizhou, China
- Key Laboratory of Plant Resource Conservation and Germplasm Innovation in Mountainous Region (Ministry of Education), Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou, China
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- College of Forestry, Guizhou University, Guiyang, 550025, Guizhou, China
- Institute for Forest Resources and Environment of Guizhou, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou, China
- Key Laboratory of Forest Cultivation in Plateau Mountain of Guizhou Province, Guiyang, Guizhou, China
- Key Laboratory of Plant Resource Conservation and Germplasm Innovation in Mountainous Region (Ministry of Education), Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou, China
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- College of Forestry, Guizhou University, Guiyang, 550025, Guizhou, China
- Institute for Forest Resources and Environment of Guizhou, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou, China
- Key Laboratory of Forest Cultivation in Plateau Mountain of Guizhou Province, Guiyang, Guizhou, China
- Key Laboratory of Plant Resource Conservation and Germplasm Innovation in Mountainous Region (Ministry of Education), Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou, China
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Kandiah E, Watts NR, Cheng N, Cardone G, Stahl SJ, Heller T, Liang TJ, Wingfield PT, Steven AC. Cryo-EM study of Hepatitis B virus core antigen capsids decorated with antibodies from a human patient. J Struct Biol 2011; 177:145-51. [PMID: 22056468 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2011.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2011] [Revised: 10/15/2011] [Accepted: 10/18/2011] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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The capsid (core antigen, HBcAg) is one of three major antigens present in patients infected with Hepatitis B virus. The capsids are icosahedral particles, whose most prominent features are spikes that extend 25 Å out from the contiguous "floor". At the spike tip are two copies of the "immunodominant loop". Previously, the epitopes of seven murine monoclonal antibodies have been identified by cryo-EM analysis of Fab-labeled capsids. All but one are conformational and all but one map around the spike tip. The exception, which is also the tightest-binder, straddles an inter-molecular interface on the floor. Seeking to relate these observations to the immunological response of infected humans, we isolated anti-cAg antibodies from a patient, prepared Fabs, and analyzed their binding to capsids. A priori, one possibility was that many different Fabs would give an undifferentiated continuum of Fab-related density. In fact, the density observed was highly differentiated and could be reproduced by modeling with just five Fabs, three binding to the spike and two to the floor. These results show that epitopes on the floor, far (~30 Å) from the immunodominant loop, are clinically relevant and that murine anti-cAg antibodies afford a good model for the human system.
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- Eaazhisai Kandiah
- Laboratory of Structural Biology Research, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Kaba SA, Brando C, Guo Q, Mittelholzer C, Raman S, Tropel D, Aebi U, Burkhard P, Lanar DE. A nonadjuvanted polypeptide nanoparticle vaccine confers long-lasting protection against rodent malaria. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2009; 183:7268-77. [PMID: 19915055 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0901957] [Citation(s) in RCA: 130] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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We have designed and produced a prototypic malaria vaccine based on a highly versatile self-assembling polypeptide nanoparticle (SAPN) platform that can repetitively display antigenic epitopes. We used this platform to display a tandem repeat of the B cell immunodominant repeat epitope (DPPPPNPN)(2)D of the malaria parasite Plasmodium berghei circumsporozoite protein. Administered in saline, without the need for a heterologous adjuvant, the SAPN construct P4c-Mal conferred a long-lived, protective immune response to mice with a broad range of genetically distinct immune backgrounds including the H-2(b), H-2(d), and H-2(k) alleles. Immunized mice produced a CD4(+) T cell-dependent, high-titer, long-lasting, high-avidity Ab response against the B cell epitope. Mice were protected against an initial challenge of parasites up to 6 mo after the last immunization or for up to 15 mo against a second challenge after an initial challenge of parasites had successfully been cleared. Furthermore, we demonstrate that the SAPN platform not only functions to deliver an ordered repetitive array of B cell peptide epitopes but operates as a classical immunological carrier to provide cognate help to the P4c-Mal-specific B cells.
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- Stephen A Kaba
- Division of Malaria Vaccine Development, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD 20910, USA
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Wang H, Min G, Glockshuber R, Sun TT, Kong XP. Uropathogenic E. coli adhesin-induced host cell receptor conformational changes: implications in transmembrane signaling transduction. J Mol Biol 2009; 392:352-61. [PMID: 19577575 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2009.06.077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2009] [Revised: 06/22/2009] [Accepted: 06/29/2009] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Urinary tract infection is the second most common infectious disease and is caused predominantly by type 1-fimbriated uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC). UPEC initiates infection by attaching to uroplakin (UP) Ia, its urothelial surface receptor, via the FimH adhesins capping the distal end of its fimbriae. UP Ia, together with UP Ib, UP II, and UP IIIa, forms a 16-nm receptor complex that is assembled into hexagonally packed, two-dimensional crystals (urothelial plaques) covering >90% of the urothelial apical surface. Recent studies indicate that FimH is the invasin of UPEC as its attachment to the urothelial surface can induce cellular signaling events including calcium elevation and the phosphorylation of the UP IIIa cytoplasmic tail, leading to cytoskeletal rearrangements and bacterial invasion. However, it remains unknown how the binding of FimH to the UP receptor triggers a signal that can be transmitted through the highly impermeable urothelial apical membrane. We show here by cryo-electron microscopy that FimH binding to the extracellular domain of UP Ia induces global conformational changes in the entire UP receptor complex, including a coordinated movement of the tightly bundled transmembrane helices. This movement of the transmembrane helix bundles can cause a corresponding lateral translocation of the UP cytoplasmic tails, which can be sufficient to trigger downstream signaling events. Our results suggest a novel pathogen-induced transmembrane signal transduction mechanism that plays a key role in the initial stages of UPEC invasion and receptor-mediated bacterial invasion in general.
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- Huaibin Wang
- Department of Biochemistry, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA
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Baschong W, Hasler L, Häner M, Kistler J, Aebi U. Repetitive versus monomeric antigen presentation: direct visualization of antibody affinity and specificity. J Struct Biol 2004; 143:258-62. [PMID: 14572480 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2003.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The concept of presenting antigens in a repetitive array to obtain high titers of specific antibodies is increasingly applied by using surface-engineered viruses or bacterial envelopes as novel vaccines. A case for this concept was made 25 years ago, when producing high-titer antisera against ordered arrays of gp23, the major capsid protein of bacteriophage T4 (Aebi et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 74 (1977) 5514-5518). In view of the current interest in this concept we thought it useful to employ this system to directly visualize the dependence of antibody affinity and specificity on antigen presentation. We compared antibodies raised against T4 polyheads, a tubular variant of the bacteriophage T4 capsid, which have gp23 hexamers arranged in a crystalline lattice (gp23(repetitive)), with those raised against the hexameric gp23 subunits (gp23(monomeric)). The labeling patterns of Fab-fragments prepared from these antibodies when bound to polyheads were determined by electron microscopy and image enhancement. Anti-gp23(repetitive) bound in a monospecific, stoichiometric fashion to the gp23 units constituting the polyhead surface. In contrast, anti-gp23(monomeric) decorated the polyhead surface randomly and with a 40-fold lower occupancy. These results concur with the difference in titers established by ELISA for the antisera against the repetitively displayed form of antigen (anti-gp23(repetitive)) and the randomly presented antigen (gp23(monomeric)), and they constitute a compelling visual documentation of the concept of repetitive antigen presentation to elicite a serotype-like immune response.
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- Werner Baschong
- Biozentrum, M. E. Mueller Institute for Structural Biology, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 70, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland
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Min G, Stolz M, Zhou G, Liang F, Sebbel P, Stoffler D, Glockshuber R, Sun TT, Aebi U, Kong XP. Localization of uroplakin Ia, the urothelial receptor for bacterial adhesin FimH, on the six inner domains of the 16 nm urothelial plaque particle. J Mol Biol 2002; 317:697-706. [PMID: 11955018 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2002.5442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The binding of uropathogenic Escherichia coli to the urothelial surface is a critical initial event for establishing urinary tract infection, because it prevents the bacteria from being removed by micturition and it triggers bacterial invasion as well as host cell defense. This binding is mediated by the FimH adhesin located at the tip of the bacterial type 1-fimbrium and its urothelial receptor, uroplakin Ia (UPIa). To localize the UPIa receptor on the 16 nm particles that form two-dimensional crystals of asymmetric unit membrane (AUM) covering >90 % of the apical urothelial surface, we constructed a 15 A resolution 3-D model of the mouse 16 nm AUM particle by negative staining and electron crystallography. Similar to previous lower-resolution models of bovine and pig AUM particles, the mouse 16 nm AUM particle consists of six inner and six outer domains that are interconnected to form a twisted ribbon-like structure. Treatment of urothelial plaques with 0.02-0.1 % (v/v) Triton X-100 allowed the stain to penetrate into the membrane, revealing parts of the uroplakin transmembrane moiety with an overall diameter of 14 nm, which was much bigger than the 11 nm value determined earlier by quick-freeze deep-etch. Atomic force microscopy of native, unfixed mouse and bovine urothelial plaques confirmed the overall structure of the luminal 16 nm AUM particle that was raised by 6.5 nm above the luminal membrane surface and, in addition, revealed a circular, 0.5 nm high, cytoplasmic protrusion of approximately 14 nm diameter. Finally, a difference map calculated from the mouse urothelial plaque images collected in the presence and absence of recombinant bacterial FimH/FimC complex revealed the selective binding of FimH to the six inner domains of the 16 nm AUM particle. These results indicate that the 16 nm AUM particle is anchored by a approximately 14 nm diameter transmembrane stalk, and suggest that bacterial binding to UPIa that resides within the six inner domains of the 16 nm AUM particle may preferentially trigger transmembrane signaling involved in bacterial invasion and host cell defense.
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- Guangwei Min
- Structural Biology Program, Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA
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The atomic force microscope is a useful tool for imaging native biological structures at high resolution. In analogy to conventional immunolabeling techniques, we have used antibodies directed against the C-terminus of bacteriorhodopsin to distinguish the cytoplasmic and extracellular surface of purple membrane while imaging in buffer solution. At forces > or = 0.8 nN the antibodies were removed by the scanning stylus and the molecular topography of the cytoplasmic purple membrane surface was revealed. When the stylus was retracted, the scanned membrane area was relabeled with antibodies within 10 min. The extracellular surface of purple membrane was imaged at 0.7 nm resolution, exhibiting a major and a minor protrusion per bacteriorhodopsin monomer. As confirmed by immuno-dot blot analysis and sodium dodecyl sulfate-gel electrophoresis, labeling of the purple membrane was not observed if the C-terminus of bacteriorhodopsin was cleaved off by papain.
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- D J Müller
- M. E. Müller Institute for Microscopic Structural Biology, Biozentrum University of Basel, Switzerland
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Bremer A, Henn C, Engel A, Baumeister W, Aebi U. Has negative staining still a place in biomacromolecular electron microscopy? Ultramicroscopy 1992; 46:85-111. [PMID: 1481278 DOI: 10.1016/0304-3991(92)90008-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Transmission electron microscopy of proteins has provided molecular- and in a few cases near-atomic-resolution structural information. In this review, we critically evaluate the potential and the limitations in obtaining molecular resolution, particularly with negatively stained specimens, and put these into perspective with cryomicroscopy of unstained frozen-hydrated and sugar-embedded preparations.
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- A Bremer
- M.E. Müller Institute for High-Resolution Electron Microscopy, University of Basel, Switzerland
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The shape of the DNA-containing heads of many bacteriophages is not only determined by the properties of the protein subunits which build the shell (capsid) but also by the scaffolding core which is a transient structure of the prohead. The form-determining properties of the scaffolding proteins have been characterized by genetic methods based on conditional mutants and site-directed mutagenesis. The mechanism of form determination has been studied by in vitro assembly experiments. The theoretical background is discussed and different models for mechanisms of form determination are considered. Definitive decisions about the validity of a model is still limited by the difficulty of obtaining unambiguous answers on the stoichiometry and the fine structure of the scaffold because of their high instability.
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- E Kellenberger
- Department of Microbiology, University of Basel, Switzerland
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Baschong W, Wrigley NG. Small colloidal gold conjugated to Fab fragments or to immunoglobulin G as high-resolution labels for electron microscopy: a technical overview. JOURNAL OF ELECTRON MICROSCOPY TECHNIQUE 1990; 14:313-23. [PMID: 2332806 DOI: 10.1002/jemt.1060140405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Fab-colloidal gold labelling in conjunction with negative staining and high-resolution electron microscopy was used for targeting single protein units in regular arrays. These were bacteriophage T4 polyheads with Fab-Au2.5, and a specific antibody binding site on the haemagglutinin polypeptide of influenza virus with Fab-Au3, Fab-Au2.5, and Fab-Au1-2. For the latter, IgG-Au3 was also used. Experimental details are summarized to provide generally applicable methods for the preparation of small gold colloids Fab-Au and of labelling. The putative mechanism of protein-gold complex formation and adsorption to preferred sites on Fab and IgG, most probably to sulphur-rich regions, is discussed. The influence of pH during complex formation was found to be of minor importance in the samples investigated. Reported experimental details and our own experiences suggest that the importance of a protein's pI relative to its optimum gold complexing pH critically depends on the nature of the protein in question rather than being of general importance for protein-gold complex stability.
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- W Baschong
- Maurice E Müller Institute for High-Resolution Electron Microscopy, Biocenter, Basel, Switzerland
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Baschong W, Aebi U, Baschong-Prescianotto C, Dubochet J, Landmann L, Kellenberger E, Wurtz M. Head structure of bacteriophages T2 and T4. JOURNAL OF ULTRASTRUCTURE AND MOLECULAR STRUCTURE RESEARCH 1988; 99:189-202. [PMID: 3198952 DOI: 10.1016/0889-1605(88)90063-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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The length-to-width ratios of bacteriophage T2 and T4 heads and stereometric angles specifying the prolate icosahedral T2 capsid were evaluated on electron micrographs recorded from samples prepared by a variety of methods. The copy numbers of the major capsid protein, gp23*, of T2 and T4 phages were compared by quantitative gel electrophoresis. Taken together, the resulting values are most compatible with triangulation numbers T = 13 and Q = 21 for both T2 and T4, thus confirming the previously proposed capsid architecture of T4 revealed by indirect measurements and thereby eliminating the repeatedly reported discrepancy between T2 and T4 in favor of a common Q number of 21 corresponding to 960 copies of gp23*.
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- W Baschong
- M. E. Müller-Institute for High Resolution Electron Microscopy at the Biocenter, University of Basel, Switzerland
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- J L Carrascosa
- Centro de Biología Molecular (CSIC-UAM), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
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Brink J, Hovmöller S, Ragan CI, Cleeter MW, Boekema EJ, van Bruggen EF. The structure of NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase from beef-heart mitochondria. Crystals containing an octameric arrangement of iron-sulphur protein fragments. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1987; 166:287-94. [PMID: 3111848 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1987.tb13513.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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We have investigated the structure of two-dimensional crystals from preparations of NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase from beef-heart mitochondria. The crystal structure of these crystals was previously determined to be equivalent with two native enzyme molecules per unit cell, i.e. a p2 symmetry [Boekema, E. J., Van Heel, M. G. & Van Bruggen, E. F. J. (1984) Biochim. Biophys. Acta 787, 19-26]. However, the optical diffraction patterns of the crystals displayed a clear fourfold symmetry. A Fourier analysis carried out on the calculated diffraction pattern proved unambiguously that the crystal symmetry was p42(1)2. Following crystallographic rules the unit cell therefore contained eight identical molecules. As a consequence, only a subcomplex of the enzyme rather than the intact enzyme formed the crystal. Electron microscopy of isolated, single molecules of the iron-sulphur protein, a dissociation product of complex I, revealed the presence of square complexes with sides of approximately 15 nm. Since these complexes were indistinguishable from the building blocks (unit cells) of the two-dimensional crystals, the crystals could be composed of Fe-S protein fragments only. The nature of the fragments in the unit cell was probed by immuno-labelling with monovalent antibodies (Fab's), raised against the 75-kDa subunit from the Fe-S protein, followed by image analysis. We found at least four binding sites for the anti-(75-kDa subunit) Fab per unit cell, indicating the presence of at least four copies of the antigen. In order to account for these observations we postulate the hypothesis that the two-dimensional crystals obtained from complex I are composed of iron-sulphur protein molecules in an octameric arrangement.
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Palmari J, Rasigni M, Rasigni G, Palmari J, Llebaria A, Marty F. Quantitative analysis of freeze-fracture electron micrographs from red beetroot cells by microdensitometer-based technique. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1986. [DOI: 10.1016/s0889-1605(86)80021-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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