The influence of changes in temperature or oxygen tension during growth of Rhodobacter capsulatus on the composition and activity of the degradosome, an RNA-processing protein complex, was investigated. Only minor differences in the amount of specific proteins of the complex were observed after a decrease or increase of the temperature, but dramatic variations were detectable during growth at different oxygen concentrations. In particular, the amount of the transcription factor Rho, which was previously shown to be associated with the R. capsulatus degradosome, was strongly increased under aerobic conditions. Remarkably, oxygen tension oppositely affected the levels of the two helicases associated with the degradosome. RNase E and the degradosome from aerobically grown cultures degraded a transcript which represents part of the puf operon encoding proteins of the photosynthetic apparatus faster than did the degradosome from semiaerobically grown cultures.
Download full-text PDF |
Source |
---|---|
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000078658 | DOI Listing |
J Bioenerg Biomembr
January 2025
Institute of Molecular Physiology and Genetics, Centre of Biosciences of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dubravska cesta 9, Bratislava, 840 05, Slovakia.
Lithium is used in the long-term treatment of bipolar disorder, exhibiting a beneficial effect on the neuronal cells. The concentration of lithium in the blood serum can vary and can easily approach a level that is related to cardiotoxic adverse effects. This is due to its narrow therapeutic index.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSci Rep
January 2025
Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, People's Republic of China.
The traditional Chinese medicine compound preparation known as Jinbei Oral Liquid (JBOL) consists of 12 herbs, including Astragalus membranaceus (Fisch.) Bge, Codonopsis pilosula (Franch.) Nannf, et al.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNat Methods
January 2025
Department of Computer Science, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA.
Spatially resolved transcriptomics technologies provide high-throughput measurements of gene expression in a tissue slice, but the sparsity of these data complicates analysis of spatial gene expression patterns. We address this issue by deriving a topographic map of a tissue slice-analogous to a map of elevation in a landscape-using a quantity called the isodepth. Contours of constant isodepths enclose domains with distinct cell type composition, while gradients of the isodepth indicate spatial directions of maximum change in expression.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSci Rep
January 2025
Biology School, University of Costa Rica, San Pedro, San José, 11501-20260, Costa Rica.
Plasmids play a crucial role in facilitating genetic exchange and enhancing the adaptability of microbial communities. Despite their importance, environmental plasmids remain understudied, particularly those in fragile and underexplored ecosystems such as the deep-sea. In this paper we implemented a bioinformatics pipeline to study the composition, diversity, and functional attributes of plasmid communities (plasmidome) in 81 deep-sea metagenomes from the Tara and Malaspina expeditions, sampled from the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans at depths ranging from 270 to 4005 m.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSci Rep
January 2025
Institute of High Pressure Physics, PAS, Warsaw, Poland.
This study addresses the issue of effective carrier injection to quantum wells in laser diode structures. The nitride light emitting structures used in this study were fabricated by Metal-Organic Vapor Phase Epitaxy (MOVPE). We developed three distinct sets of samples, with varying quantum barrier thickness, different QWs indium composition and different position relative to the p- and n-sides of the structure.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEnter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!