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Effect of a Precise pduP Deletion on the Growth of S. enterica on Minimal 1,2-Propanediol Medium ...............................................................................103 Propionaldehyde Dehydrogenase Activity in Wild-type S. enterica and a ∆pduP Mutant.......................................................................................105 High-level Production of the PduP Protein .......................................................105 Purification of Recombinant His8-PduP Protein ...............................................106 Propionyl-CoA is a Product of the PduP Reaction............................................107 Preparation and Specificity of the Anti-PduP Antiserum..................................108 Localization of PduP Immunoelectron Microscopy..........................................109 Propionaldehyde Dehydrogenase Activity is associated with Purified pdu Bodies ...............................................................................110 Discussion.................................................................................................................110 5 CONCLUSIONS ......................................................................................................119 Identification of the Bovine and Human Adenosyltransferase.................................119 Biochemical Characterization of the Human Adenosyltransferase..........................120 Methionine Synthase Reductase is a Cob(II)alamin Reductase for the Human Adenosyltransferase.....................................................................121 Future Experimentation ............................................................................................123 LIST OF REFERENCES.................................................................................................125 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH ...........................................................................................139 viii
LIST OF TABLES Table page 1-1. Adenosylcobalamin- and methylcobalamin-dependent reactions .............................30 2-1. Bacterial strains .........................................................................................................56 2-2. Specific activities of bovine and human ATP:cob(I)alamin ATRs...........................59 3-1. ATP:cob(I)alamin adenosyltransferase activity during ATR 239K and 239M purification ...............................................................................................................82 3-2. Use of alternative nucleotide donors by the human ATR .........................................84 3-3. The MSR-ATR system sequesters cob(I)alamin.......................................................85 4-1. Bacterial strains .......................................................................................................113 4-2. Propionaldehyde dehydrogenase activity in extracts from wild-type S. enterica and strain BE191 (∆pduP)......................................................................................114 4-3. Propionaldehyde dehydrogenase activity during polyhedral body purification......115 ix
Page 1 and 2: B12 METABOLISM IN HUMANS By NICOLE
Page 3 and 4: The work in this dissertation is de
Page 5 and 6: TABLE OF CONTENTS Page ACKNOWLEDGME
Page 7: General Molecular and Protein Metho
Page 11 and 12: 3-7. Stoichiometry of the MSR-ATR s
Page 13 and 14: DTT dithiothreitol E. coli Escheric
Page 15 and 16: Abstract of Dissertation Presented
Page 17 and 18: CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION History of C
Page 19 and 20: 3 (DMB). The DMB moiety is covalent
Page 21 and 22: 5 and deoxyadenosine. After hydroge
Page 23 and 24: 7 homocysteine recycling and methio
Page 25 and 26: methylmalonic acid. Methylmalonic a
Page 27 and 28: folate-dependent reactions includin
Page 29 and 30: tetanomorphum, P. shermanii, Euglen
Page 31 and 32: enzyme. This suggests that cob(II)a
Page 33 and 34: at the 5’-C of ATP by cob(I)alami
Page 35 and 36: iochemical studies and complementat
Page 37 and 38: 1997). Both cases of the cblD disor
Page 39 and 40: 23 The cblB complementation group i
Page 41 and 42: (Watkins et al. 2002). Some patient
Page 43 and 44: Chapter 2 of this dissertation repo
Page 45 and 46: Corrin Ring Dimethyl benzimidazole
Page 47 and 48: Classes Eliminases Dehydratases OH
Page 49 and 50: A) B) CH 3THF 33 MS-cob(I)alamin Me
Page 51 and 52: propanol dehydrogenase (PduQ) propa
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43 Growth of Adenosyltransferase Ex
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anti-rabbit IgG (γ-chain specific)
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sequence similarity to a known ATR
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ATRs were produced as fusion protei
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51 of the lacI repressor (not shown
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in which proteins bind B12, the "ba
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libraries may be particularly usefu
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57 Figure 2-1. Multiple sequence al
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Table 2-2. Specific activities of b
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61 1 2 3 4 5 25 kDa Figure 2-4. Wes
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63 (cyanocobalamin, CNCbl) and hydr
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65 5’- triphosphate (ATP), and di
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extracts of ATR 239K (160 mg protei
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Milford, MA). Samples (200 µl) wer
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Linearity of the ATR reaction 71 Th
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73 reactions was characteristic of
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75 MSR Produces little Cob(I)alamin
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Johnson et al. 2001, Saridakis et a
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AdoCbl by the MSR-ATR system. Exper
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propionyl-CoA PCC (2S)-methylmalony
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kDa 97 66 45 31 21 14 7 83 1 2 3 4
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85 Table 3-3. The MSR-ATR system se
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Absorbance 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.0
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Wavelength, (525 nm) 0.24 0.23 0.22
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Activity, (nmol min-1 Activity, (nm
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al. 1988). The aldehyde is then dis
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CoA-acylating propionaldehyde dehyd
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97 previously published DNA sequenc
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mM CHES (2-[N-cyclohexylamino]ethan
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101 For the conjugation step, strai
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103 from New England Biolabs (Bever
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105 Propionaldehyde Dehydrogenase A
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107 fraction. Following centrifugat
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109 antiserum obtained was specific
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111 biochemical evidence was presen
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113 Table 4-1. Bacterial strains Sp
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115 Table 4-3. Propionaldehyde dehy
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kDa 209 80 49 35 29 117 1 2 3 4 Fig
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CHAPTER 5 CONCLUSIONS In humans, co
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121 substitutions that are common p
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123 Studies also indicated that hum
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LIST OF REFERENCES Aberg, A., S. Ha
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127 Bradford, M. 1976. A rapid and
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129 Fenton, W. A. and L. E. Rosenbe
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131 Johnson, C. L. V. J., E. Pechon
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133 Mellman, I., H. F. Willard and
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135 Rossi, M., J. P. Glusker, L. Ra
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137 Vlasie, M., S. Chowdhury and R.
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH Nicole Aurora L
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