Chemiluminescent microplate-based assay of DNA based on isothermal circular strand-displacement polymerization reaction (ICSDPR).

Sensitive microplate-based chemiluminescent assay coupled with isothermal circular strand-displacement polymerization reaction (ICSDPR) for DNA detection was developed. The assay sensitivity was improved using a triple amplification strategy based on employment of ICSDPR, streptavidin-polyperoxidase conjugate and an enhanced chemiluminescent reaction. To increase the accuracy all stages of the assay (one-pot format) were carried out in the same microplate well.

Structure-function study of two new middle-redox potential laccases from basidiomycetes Antrodiella faginea and Steccherinum murashkinskyi.

Laccases are multicopper oxidases that catalyze oxidation of a wide range of organic and inorganic substrates accompanied by the reduction of dioxygen to water. The physicochemical and catalytic properties of two new fungal laccases from basidiomycetes Antrodiella faginea (AfL) and Steccherinum murashkinskyi (SmL) with middle redox potential of the T1 copper site were studied. The X-ray structures of AfL and SmL were solved at 1.

Enzymological properties of endo-(1-4)-beta-glucanase Eg12p of Penicillium canescens and characteristics of structural gene egl2.

Gene egl2 of secreted endo-(1-4)-beta-glucanase of glycosyl hydrolase family 5 of the mycelial fungus Penicillium canescens was cloned. The gene was expressed in P. canescens under control of a strong promoter of the bgaS gene encoding beta-galactosidase of P.

Structure of native laccase from Trametes hirsuta at 1.8 A resolution.

This paper describes the structural analysis of the native form of laccase from Trametes hirsuta at 1.8 A resolution. This structure provides a basis for the elucidation of the mechanism of catalytic action of these ubiquitous proteins.