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  • 简介:TheroleplayedbyDNAinmolecularbiologyisclearlyrecognizedtobevitaltolifeonthisplanet.8-oxo-7,8-dihydro-2deoxyguanosine(=8-OHdG),isprobablythemostimportantproductof"oxidativestress”inDNA.ItsconcentrationinDNAis,infact.aquantitativeanalysisofthedegreeofDNAdamagethatanorganismhasundergone.Duetotheimportanceof8-OHdGofnucleicacidginmutagenesis,carcinogenesisandaging,numerouschemicalandbiologicalinvestigationshavebeenmadeonthissubjectinthepasttime.Kuchinoandco-workershavefoundthat8-OHdGresidueinDNAismisreadingduringtheprocessofDNAreplication.Recently,somereportshavebeenpresentedonhigh8-OHdGlevelsinpatientssufferingfromvariousdiseasessuchaschronichepatitis,Fanconisanemia,diabetesmellitusandHelicobacterpyloriinfections.Asaresult,8-OHdGisausefulmarkerforthestudyofDNAdamagearisingfromreactiveoxygenspeciesandisofgreatsignificanceforcancerresearch.The8-OHdGlevelsinDNAcanhelpunderstandthemechanismofcarcinogensandleadtomoreeffectivetreatmentsformanydifferenttypesofcancer.Forthesereasons,ananalysisof8-OHdGwithquickness,lowcostandhighaccuracyisrequired.

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  • 简介:Inordertoenhancetheglutathioneperoxidase(GPX)catalyticactivityoftheselenium-containingsingle-chainvariablefragments(Se-scFv),anovelhumanscFvwasdesignedonthebasisofthestructureofhumanantibodyandoptimizedviabioinformaticsmethodssuchashomologoussequenceanalysis,three-dimensional(3D)modelbuilding,binding-siteanalysisanddocking.TheDNAsequenceofthenewhumanscFvwassynthesizedandclonedintotheexpressionvectorpET22b(+),thenthescFvproteinwasexpressedinsolubleforminEscherichiacoliBL21(DE3)andpurifiedbyNi2+-immobilizedmetalaffinitychromatography(IMAC).TheserineresidueofscFvintheactivesitewasconvertedintoselenocysteine(Sec)withthechemicalmodificationmethod,thus,thehumanSe-scFvwithGPXactivitywasobtained.TheGPXactivityoftheSe-scFvproteinwascharacterized.ComparedwithotherSe-scFv,thenewhumanSe-scFvshowedsimilarefficiencyforcatalyzingthereductionofhydrogenperoxidebyglutathione.ItexhibitedpHandtemperaturedependentcatalyticactivityandatypicalping-pongkineticmechanism.

  • 标签: 谷胱甘肽过氧化物酶活性 计算机辅助分子设计 硒代半胱氨酸 人类抗体 单链抗体 可变