A molecular level mechanism for uranium (VI) toxicity through Ca2+ displacement in pyrroloquinoline quinone-dependent bacterial dehydrogenase
摘要:
Dipicolinic acid (DPA), a small molecule analogue for the pyrroloquinoline quinone (PQQ) bacterial dehydrogenase cofactor, was used to model displacement of the complexing ion, Ca2+, by a uranium (VI) dioxo-cation, UO22+. Complexation of UO22+ with DPA through the displacement of Ca2+ was examined with UV/visible spectroscopy, ESI (electrospray ionization)-Mass spectrometry, and density functional theory based-modeling. The UO22+ displacement of other biologically important metal cations (Zn2+, Cu2+, Ni2+, and Fe3+) from DPA was also examined. Results show that UO22+ has a distinctly higher binding affinity (log beta = 102 +/- 0.1) for DPA compared to that of Ca2+ (log beta = 4.6 +/- 0.1), and provide molecular level insight into the mechanism of uranium toxicity associated with the {ONO} site. These results support those of VanEngelen et al. (2011) where a key interaction between PQQ and UO22+ produced significant uranium toxicity in bacteria. The observed toxicity mechanism was determined to be the displacement of a Ca2+ cation bound to the {ONO} site on PQQ and was observed even at submicromolar UO22+ concentrations. Here we couple experimental findings with density functional theory (DFT) calculations to investigate the electronic and structural properties that make the {ONO} site so distinctively favorable for UO22+ binding. This novel approach using integrated experimental and fundamental atomic based models opens the path to identify a library of potential uranium interactions with critical biological molecules. (C) 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Method and apparatus for detecting the presence of microbes and determining their physiological status
申请人:MicroBioSystems Limited Partnership
公开号:EP1329514A2
公开(公告)日:2003-07-23
Method and apparatus for the detection of microbes in liquids, in air and on non-living surfaces in which samples are exposed to electromagnetic radiation of specific energies capable of exciting various metabolites, cofactors and cellular and spore components, with the microbial cells to be sampled (and more specifically the excited metabolites, cofactors and/or other cellular components) contained therein emit fluorescence that can be measured. The signal from the background and scattered excitation signals is removed from the fluorescence signals of the microbial components, the relative fluorescent signals of the intrinsic microbial components are required to lie within physiological ranges, and the amplitude of the background-corrected fluorescence signals used to enumerate the microbe content in the sample.
Method for detecting the presence of dormant cryptobiotic microorganisms
申请人:MicroBioSystems Limited Partnership
公开号:EP1582859A1
公开(公告)日:2005-10-05
Method for the detection of dormant cryptobiotic microbes by detection of electromagnetic radiation emitted from intrinsic alkali earth metal pyridine dicarboxylic acid salts in the 710 nm to 860 nm region when excited with electromagnetic energy in the 610 nm to 680 nm region. Utilizing the novel lower energy emission of intrinsic calcium dipicolinic acid salts makes it possible to quickly detect bacterial spores, fungal spores and oocysts without the need for any added reagents, sample processing, or contact with the sample.
申请人:NEDERLANDSE ORGANISATIE VOOR
TOEGEPAST-NATUURWETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK
TNO
公开号:EP1772522A1
公开(公告)日:2007-04-11
The invention lies in the field of microbiology, more particularly in the field of (food) preservation and testing of viability of microbiological spores. It is shown that measurement of the integrity of both rRNA and mRNA in spores is an accurate indicator of viability. Nucleotide assays then form a significant improvement over the state of the art assays for viability.
[EN] PREPARATION METHOD FOR AND APPLICATION OF BACILLUS PUMILUS ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVE SUBSTANCE<br/>[FR] PROCÉDÉ DE PRÉPARATION ET APPLICATION D'UNE SUBSTANCE ACTIVE ANTIBACTÉRIENNE DE BACILLUS PUMILUS<br/>[ZH] 一种短小芽孢杆菌抗菌活性物质的制备方法及应用