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Mol Biol Evol ; 39(3)2022 03 02.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35021222

RESUMO

Next-generation sequencing has resulted in an explosion of available data, much of which remains unstudied in terms of biochemical function; yet, experimental characterization of these sequences has the potential to provide unprecedented insight into the evolution of enzyme activity. One way to make inroads into the experimental study of the voluminous data available is to engage students by integrating teaching and research in a college classroom such that eventually hundreds or thousands of enzymes may be characterized. In this study, we capitalize on this potential to focus on SABATH methyltransferase enzymes that have been shown to methylate the important plant hormone, salicylic acid (SA), to form methyl salicylate. We analyze data from 76 enzymes of flowering plant species in 23 orders and 41 families to investigate how widely conserved substrate preference is for SA methyltransferase orthologs. We find a high degree of conservation of substrate preference for SA over the structurally similar metabolite, benzoic acid, with recent switches that appear to be associated with gene duplication and at least three cases of functional compensation by paralogous enzymes. The presence of Met in active site position 150 is a useful predictor of SA methylation preference in SABATH methyltransferases but enzymes with other residues in the homologous position show the same substrate preference. Although our dense and systematic sampling of SABATH enzymes across angiosperms has revealed novel insights, this is merely the "tip of the iceberg" since thousands of sequences remain uncharacterized in this enzyme family alone.


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Magnoliopsida , Metiltransferases , Proteínas de Plantas , Magnoliopsida/classificação , Magnoliopsida/enzimologia , Metilação , Metiltransferases/genética , Metiltransferases/metabolismo , Filogenia , Proteínas de Plantas/genética , Proteínas de Plantas/metabolismo , Ácido Salicílico/metabolismo , Especificidade por Substrato
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Int J Mol Sci ; 22(20)2021 Oct 16.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34681819

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Non-ionizing radiation is commonly used in the clinical setting, despite its known ability to trigger oxidative stress and apoptosis, which can lead to damage and cell death. Although induction of cell death is typically considered harmful, apoptosis can also be beneficial in the right context. For example, cell death can serve as the signal for new tissue growth, such as in apoptosis-induced proliferation. Recent data has shown that exposure to non-ionizing radiation (such as weak static magnetic fields, weak radiofrequency magnetic fields, and weak electromagnetic fields) is able to modulate proliferation, both in cell culture and in living organisms (for example during tissue regeneration). This occurs via in vivo changes in the levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS), which are canonical activators of apoptosis. This review will describe the literature that highlights the tantalizing possibility that non-ionizing radiation could be used to manipulate apoptosis-induced proliferation to either promote growth (for regenerative medicine) or inhibit it (for cancer therapies). However, as uncontrolled growth can lead to tumorigenesis, much more research into this exciting and developing area is needed in order to realize its promise.


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Apoptose/efeitos da radiação , Proliferação de Células/efeitos da radiação , Radiação não Ionizante , Espécies Reativas de Oxigênio/efeitos da radiação , Animais , Protocolos Antineoplásicos , Humanos , Medicina Regenerativa
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