The Restriction Activity Investigation of Rv2528c, an Mrr-like Modification-Dependent Restriction Endonuclease from .

(), as a typical intracellular pathogen, possesses several putative restriction-modification (R-M) systems, which restrict exogenous DNA's entry, such as bacterial phage infection. Here, we investigate Rv2528c, a putative Mrr-like type IV restriction endonuclease (REase) from H37Rv, which is predicted to degrade methylated DNA that contains m6A, m5C, etc. Rv2528c shows significant cytotoxicity after being expressed in BL21(DE3)pLysS strain.

HigA2 (Rv2021c) Is a Transcriptional Regulator with Multiple Regulatory Targets in .

Toxin-antitoxin (TA) systems are the major mechanism for persister formation in (). Previous studies found that HigBA2 (Rv2022c-Rv2021c), a predicted type II TA system of , could be activated for transcription in response to multiple stresses such as anti-tuberculosis drugs, nutrient starvation, endure hypoxia, acidic pH, etc. In this study, we determined the binding site of HigA2 (Rv2021c), which is located in the coding region of the upstream gene (), and the conserved recognition motif of HigA2 was characterized via oligonucleotide mutation.

[Determination of three benzodiazepines in human urine by solid-phase extraction with poly [2-(acryloyloxy) ethyl] trimethyl ammonium chloride-co-ethylene glycol dimethacrylate monolithic column coupled with high performance liquid chromatography].

A polymer monolithic column was prepared in a syringe by using [2-(acryloyloxy) ethyl] trimethyl ammonium chloride (DAC) as a monomer and ethylene glycol dimethacrylate (EDMA) as a crosslinker. The obtained monolith was developed as a solid-phase extraction sorbent and used with high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) for the analysis of three benzodiazepines (BZDs) including bromazepam (BRZ), lorazepam (LRZ) and diazepam (DZP) in urine. The effects of reaction time and the solid-phase extraction conditions (washing solution, elution solvent and volume) on the extraction efficiencies of the three BZDs were investigated.