Fenugreek

Serve for the identification of copper quinone-containing active sites in the enzyme Sebela et al., 1996 ; . In accordance with pea seedling amine oxidase, native fenugreek enzyme provided characteristic current signals of the reduction of the enzyme-bound copper ions at --1.2V and, as well, of the quinone cofactor at --0.6 V. The third distinct signal at --0.1 V ; is probably caused by free Cu II ; ions in the hydrated form which were liberated from the enzyme Sebela et al., 1996 ; . The enhancement of the signal of the enzyme cofactor after a short-time proteolysis by subtilisin and its similarity with the signal of free topa quinone allow confirmation of the identity of the cofactor as topa quinone. The EPR spectroscopic parameters of native fenugreek amine oxidase and its ?-nitrophenylhydrazine are consistent with the presence of Cu II ; tetragonal co-ordination with axial symmetry as published for other amine oxidases Dooley et al., 1991; Matsuzaki et al., 1995; Steinebach et al., 1996 ; . Estimation of the copper content of the native enzyme and the results of spectrophotometric titrations indicate the existence of one Cu II ; topa quinone site in each subunit of the dimeric enzyme. The c. 50% lower content of Cu II ; the enzyme 7-nitrophenylhydrazone is somewhat unexpected and could be attributed only to a release of Cu II ; from the active site of the derivatized enzyme. The observation of signals of Mn II ; ions in the EPR spectra of both enzyme and and its 7-nitrophenylhydrazone was, from the beginning, somewhat surprising and it was thought to be an impurity in the samples. However, the signal persisted even in enzyme samples that were repeatedly purified by FPLC using metal-free buffers. The explanation came with the recently published crystal structure of pea seedling amine oxidase which revealed the presence of a second metal site close to the protein surface which might be occupied by manganese Kumar et al., 1996 ; . This site is highly conserved among amine oxidases from various sources and it also exists in the E. coli amine oxidase where it is thought to be occupied by Ca II ; Parsons et al., 1995 ; . In the past, Mn II ; signals were found in the amine oxidase from human placenta, which was originally reported as a Cu metalloprotein Crabbe et al., 1976 ; . Considering the close sequence similarity of Fabaceae amine oxidases, the EPR data provide experimental evidence for the existence of another metal site in the fenugreek enzyme. From the results obtained by atomic absorption spectrometry, however, only about 10% of these sites is ocupied by Mn II ; the native enzyme. Remaining sites may be occupied by Ca II ; coli ; or other bivalent cationts. Therefore any role of manganese in the catalytic cycle of the amine oxidase is unlikely. Following from the above discussion, the recently found plant amine oxidase from fenugreek seedlings can be rapidly purified using the improved purification protocol. Ramon Torres, New York, NY; David Weinrib, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC; Jim Sampson, Research and Educational Group, Portland, Ore; Roger Anderson, Anderson Clinical Research, Inc, Pittsburgh, Stephen Hauptman, William Woodward, Khoury Ramez, and Mark Watkins, Anderson Clinical Research, Inc, Philadelphia, Pa; David Haas, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tenn; Joe Gathe, Montrose Clinic, Houston, Philip Keiser, University of Texas, Dallas, Naiel Nasser, Dallas Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Dallas, and Richard Pollard, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston; Andrew Pavia, University of Utah, Salt Lake City; Fred Gordin, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Princy Kumar, Georgetown University Medical Center, and Bruce Rashbaum, Anderson Clinical Research, Inc, Washington, DC; and Frank Graziano, University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics, Madison. Funding Support: Gilead Sciences Inc, Foster City, Calif, provided financial support for this study. Acknowledgment: Howard Jaffe, MD, and Jim Rooney, MD, from Gilead Sciences Inc, made substantial contributions to the study design, conduct, and review of the manuscript. Karen Betts from ICON Clinical Research Inc was responsible for most of the operational aspects in the study. Eration and Rutgers University's Center for Global Women's Leadership. She was the Malaysian coordinator for the seven-country research study of the International Research on Reproductive Rights and Action Group IRRRAG ; project. She also researched on violence against women, and her work helped to influence legislation on domestic violence in Malaysia, eventually creating the Domestic Violence Act of 1994. She was a director and past president of the Women's Aid Organisation, Malaysia's first refuge for battered women. Rita continued her interest in complementary health systems and sociocultural dimensions of reproductive health through her consultancies and volunteer work, both in the United States and internationally. Information adapted from the website: : arrow .my.

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And the nucleus were stained, indicating that the conserved Arg29 is primarily required for the specific localization of Ypt3 protein Cheng et al. 2002 ; . Using the same genetic screen, here we report the identification of another GTPase mutant its6-1 ryh1-i6, an allele of the ryh1 + gene encoding a homolog of mammalian Rab6 and budding yeast Ypt6 GTPase. In mammalian cells, Rab6 GTPase appears to function in intraGolgi transport Martinez et al. 1994, 1997 ; and COPI ARF1-independent retrograde transport from the Golgi to the ER Girod et al. 1999; White et al. 1999 ; . In budding yeast, Ypt6 has been implicated in having a role in retrograde membrane trafficking from endosomes to the trans-Golgi network Tsukada & Gallwitz 1996; Tsukada et al. 1999; Bensen et al. 2001; Siniossoglou & Pelham 2001 ; or in anterograde Li & Warner 1996, 1998 ; and retrograde Bensen et al. 2001 ; Golgi transport. In fission yeast, Ryh1 was first characterized by Hengst et al. 1990 ; whose study showed that the ryh1 null mutants were unable to grow at high temperature. In the same study, the invertase of ryh1 cells was properly secreted but had a faster electrophoretic mobility compared to that of wild-type cells, and that the temperature-sensitive phenotype of ryh1 cells was complemented by the expression of the human Rab6 cDNA. In another study by Aiba et al. 1998 ; a high-osmolaritysensitive mutant was isolated and the ryh1 mutant was shown to be severely sterile. Although the function of this member of the Rab6 Ypt6 Ryh1 subfamily protein has been well studied, still its exact role in the secretory pathway has not yet been completely defined. In the present study, we show that Ryh1 localized at the Golgi endosome and that the ryh1-i6 mutant exhibited phenotypes similar to ypt6 mutants, indicating that Ryh1 is implicated in retrograde traffic from endosome to the Golgi. Furthermore, we showed for the first time the genetic and functional interaction between two Rab GTPases Ryh1 and Ypt3. Firstly, ryh1 + gene deletion was synthetically lethal with ypt3-i5 mutation. Secondly, both the ryh1-i6 and ypt3-i5 mutants exhibited the phenotypes such as defective acid phosphatase secretion and cell wall integrity in addition to their its phenotypes. Thirdly, over-expression of GDP-conformational mutant, Ryh1T25 N inhibited the growth of ypt3-i5 mutant and exacerbated the phenotypes of ypt3-i5 mutant, while it had no effect on the wild-type cells. Fourthly, GFPRyh1 and GFP-Ypt3 both localized at the Golgi endosome. The localizations of Ryh1 and Ypt3 in the ypt3-i5 and ryh1-i6 mutant cells are distinct from those in the wild-type cells. Together, our results suggest Ryh1 plays a role in the secretory pathway and may have a potential overlapping function with Ypt3 and fenugreek.