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Methods for increasing specificity of RNA-guided genome editing, e.g., editing using CRISPR/Cas9 systems, using truncated guide RNAs (tru-gRNAs).
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Provided herein are compositions and methods related to the production and detection of a histone H1.0 protein dimethylated at lysine residue 180 (K180) (H1.0K180me2 protein) or a histone H1.0 peptide dimethylated at a lysine residue corresponding to K180 (H1.0K180me2 peptides). The H1.0K180me2 protein and H1.0K180me2 peptides are useful for applications including, but not limited to, molecular diagnostics of DNA damage, genotoxic stress, radiation exposure, and Alzheimer's disease, therapeutics, monitoring of therapeutic regimens, patient stratification, and drug screening. Also provided herein are antibodies specific for the H1.0K180me2 protein and H1.0K180me2 peptides.
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The present invention provides a method of determining whether cytosine residues present at a predetermined positions within a single strand of a double stranded DNA of known sequence are methylated as well as compounds for carrying out this method.
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This disclosure relates to the isolation and sequencing of nucleic acid molecules that encode methyltransferase polypeptides from a Papaver somniferum cultivar; and uses in the production of noscapine and identification of poppy cultivars that include the genes that include these nucleic acid molecules.
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The invention relates to providing both fermentative and biotechnological methods for producing 3,4-methylized cinnamic acids, 3,4-methylized cinnamic acid esters, 3,4-dimethoxyphenethylamine, and 4-methylized cinnamic acid amides using a 4′-O-methyltransferase, optionally in combination with further enzymes, wherein the enzymes are selected by means of metabolic engineering and operation have been adapted by targeted optimization, and compositions obtained by means of the method.The invention further relates to vector systems, recombinant microorganisms or fungi, and specific nucleic acid segments and polypeptides.
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The present invention provides novel protein and gene related to flavonoid O-methyltransferase (FOMT) and their uses therefore. The said protein having an amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 3, or an amino acid sequence having deletion, substitution or insertion of one or plural amino acids in said amino acid sequence. The said gene comprising the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1, or a gene which hybridizes with said gene under stringent conditions and encodes a protein, which has anthocyanin 3′-O-methyltransferase or 3′,5′-O-methyltransferase activity. The present invention also provides a method for obtaining the transgenic plant used the above-mentioned gene.
Abstract translation:本发明提供与类黄酮O-甲基转移酶(FOMT)相关的新型蛋白质和基因及其用途。 所述蛋白质具有SEQ ID NO:3所示的氨基酸序列,或在所述氨基酸序列中具有一个或多个氨基酸的缺失,取代或插入的氨基酸序列。 所述基因包含SEQ ID NO:1所示的核苷酸序列,或在严格条件下与所述基因杂交并编码具有花青素3'-O-甲基转移酶或3',5'-O-甲基转移酶 活动。 本发明还提供了获得使用上述基因的转基因植物的方法。
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The invention provides compositions and methods for clostridial bacteria that have been engineered to produce and/or to improve efficiency of production of industrial bioproducts.
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Provided herein is a non-naturally occurring microbial organism having a methanol metabolic pathway (MMP) that can enhance the availability of reducing equivalents in the presence of methanol. Such reducing equivalents can be used to increase the product yield of organic compounds produced by the microbial organism, such as 1,4-butanediol (BDO). Also provided herein are methods for using such an organism to produce BDO.
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Provided is an isolated polypeptide having triterpene methyltransferase activity. Also provided is an isolated nucleic acid molecule that encodes the triterpene methyltransferase polypeptides; a vector comprising the nucleic acid molecules that encode the triterpene methyltransferase polypeptides; and a host cell(s) transfected with the aforementioned nucleic acid molecule or vector. In another aspect, a method of producing a methylated triterpene is provided. The method comprises providing a metabolizable carbon source to a host cell transfected with a nucleic acid molecule that encodes a triterpene methyltransferase under conditions sufficient for production of a methylated triterpene. The method optionally further comprises isolating the methylated triterpene produced by the host cell.