In chronic kidney disease altered cardiac metabolism precedes cardiac hypertrophy.

Conduit arterial disease in chronic kidney disease (CKD) is an important cause of cardiac complications. Cardiac function in CKD has not been studied in the absence of arterial disease. In an Alport syndrome model bred not to have conduit arterial disease, mice at 225 days of life (dol) had CKD equivalent to humans with CKD stage 4-5.

Complete genome sequencing and comparative genome characterization of the lignocellulosic biomass degrading bacterium MP4687 from cattle rumen.

We report the complete genome sequencing of novel strain MP4687 isolated from cattle rumen. Various strains of have been reported from different environmental samples including oil-contaminated sites, crop roots, air, and human clinical samples, but not from rumen samples, which is being reported here for the first time. The genome of P.

Determination of bioethanol production potential from lignocellulosic biomass using novel Cel-5m isolated from cow rumen metagenome.

We are reporting the novel cellulase named Cel-5M from rumen metagenome. The deduced amino acid sequence and biochemical characterization suggested that Cel-5M is endoglucanase from the GH5 family with multifunctional potential. Cel-5M showed similarity to non-characterized proteins and the genus Prevotella as parental organism.

Cyanobacterial diversity in mat sample obtained from hypersaline desert, Rann of Kachchh.

Rann of Kachchh (RoK) is a unique geoformation, which is exposed to dynamic environmental changes such as salinity, temperature, and nutrients throughout the year. In this study, the pooled mat sample was examined for the cyanobacterial community structure using culture-dependent and culture-independent approaches. Taxonomic profiling was studied using amplicon sequencing that revealed the enrichment of Pseudanabaenales and Oscillatoriales by QIIME and MG-RAST, respectively.

Crystal structure of phycocyanin from heterocyst-forming filamentous cyanobacterium Nostoc sp. WR13.

Phycocyanin (PC) is the principal pigment protein in the light-harvesting antenna of cyanobacteria. Here the biochemical characterization and the 1.51 Å crystal structure of PC from cyanobacterium Nostoc sp.

Antioxidant activity and associated structural attributes of Halomicronema phycoerythrin.

In the present study, blue light absorbing pigment protein phycoerythrin (PE) is purified up to molecular grade purity from marine Halomicronema sp. R31DM. The purification method is based on the use of non-ionic detergent Triton-X 100 in ammonium sulphate precipitation.