摘要:
There is disclosed a method for providing for the coexpression of N-myristoyltransferase and a protein substrate for said N-myristoyltransferase in E. coli comprising introducing into E. coli a dual plasmid system comprising (A) the isopropyl-.beta.-D-thiogalactopyranoside-inducible tac promoter, the g10-L ribosome binding site, a NMT gene, the kanamycin resistance gene and the p15A origin of replication in operable sequence and (B) the recA promoter, the g10-L ribosome binding site, a mammalian gene, the ampicillin resistance gene and the Col E1 origin of replication in operable sequence. This allows production of mammalian N-myristoylproteins or proteins containing covalently linked analogs of myristate with altered physical-chemical properties.
摘要:
Methods of modulating body fat or weight loss are presented Nucleic acid and protein microarrays that comprise biomolecules associated with an obese host microbiome or a lean host microbiome are utilized for analysis.
摘要:
A method of inhibiting parasitic activity is disclosed in which the biosynthesis, structure and/or function of the glycotyl phosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchor of said parasite may be affected by incorporating into said GPI anchor selected analogs of myristic acid containing various heteroatoms, substituents and unsaturated bonds, including ester-containing analogs, ketocarbonyl-containing analogs, sulfur-containing analogs, double bond- and triple bond-containing analogs, aromatic moiety-containing analogs, nitrated analogs and halogenated analogs.
摘要:
A method for acylating peptides and proteins with the CoA-ester of diheteroatom substituted C.sub.13 to C.sub.14 myristic acid analogs catalyzed by N-myristoyltransferase is presented. In the analogs, two non-adjacent methylene groups, which are normally at positions 3-13, are replaced with oxygen or sulfur atoms.
摘要:
A method of inhibiting parasitic activity is disclosed in which the biosynthesis of the glycosyl phosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchor of said parasite is inhibited by incorporating into said GPI anchor an oxy-substituted fatty acid analog in place of myristate. The inhibitory compounds ar C.sub.13 and C.sub.14 fatty acids or alkyl esters thereof in which a methylene group normally in carbon position 4 to 13 of said fatty acid is replaced with oxygen.
摘要:
A method of inhibiting parasitic activity is disclosed in which the biosynthesis, structure and/or function of the glycosyl phosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchor of said parasite may be affected by incorporating into said GPI anchor selected analogs of myristic acid containing various heteroatoms, substituents and unsaturated bonds, including ester-containing analogs, ketocarbonyl-containing analogs, sulfur-containing analogs, double bond- and triple bond-containing analogs, aromatic moiety-containing analogs, nitrated analogs and halogenated analogs.
摘要:
Transgenic non-human animals are described which serve as a model for H. pylori infection of epithelial cells of the stomach and small intestine. The gut epithelial cells of the transgenic animals express one or more surface carbohydrate antigens which act as receptors for the bacterium H. pylori, a known causative agent of acid peptic disease, such as gastritis, stomach ulcers, duodenal ulcers, and strongly correlated with the development of gastric neoplasia. Methods for making and using the transgenic animals are also disclosed. The transgenic animals can be used to screen for compounds and conditions which block binding of H. pylori to the gut epithelium and/or ameliorate the H. pylori-associated pathogenesis of acid peptic disease and gastric adenocarcinoma.
摘要:
Azido-substituted fatty acid analogs which are useful in the fatty acid acylation of peptides and proteins and as antiviral agents are disclosed having the following chemical structure:Z--(CH.sub.2).sub.x COORwhereinZ=azido, tetrazolyl or triazolylR=H or C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 alkyl, andx=8-12.
摘要:
An octapeptide inhibitor of myristoylating enzymes is disclosed having an amino acid sequence as follows or a physiologically acceptable amide or salt derivative thereof: ##STR1##
摘要:
The present invention relates to the gut microbiome as a biomarker and therapeutic target for energy harvesting, weight loss or gain, and/or obesity in a subject. In particular, the invention provides methods of altering and monitoring the relative abundance of Bacteroides and Firmicutes in the gut microbiome of a subject.