1994 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Cloning and Structural Analysis of Na^+-Translocating NADH-Quinone Reductase of Marine Bacteria
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05671809
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Biological pharmacy
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| Research Institution | Chiba University |
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Principal Investigator |
UNEMOTO Tsutomu Chiba University, Faculty of Pharm. Sciences Professor, 薬学部, 教授 (30089601)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
HAYASHI Maki Chiba University, Faculty of Pharm. Sciences Associate Professor, 薬学部, 助教授 (50092086)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1993 – 1994
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| Keywords | Sodium ion transport / Sidium pump / NADH-quinone reductase / Cloning of NQR gene / Respiratory chain / Marine bacteria / Vibrio alginolyticus / Vibrio alginolyticus |
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| Research Abstract |
The Na^+-translocating NADH-quinone reductase purified from the marine bacterium Vibrio alginolyticus is composed of three subunits, alpha, beta, and gamma. Each subunit was purified by SDS-polyacryl-amide gel electrophoresis and each N-terminal amino acid sequence was determined. Each subunit was also partially digested with V8 protease, and the N-terminal amino acid sequence of the purified polypeptide fragment was determined. From these informations, oligonucleotides corresponding to forward and reverse primers for each gene (NQR A,B and C) encoding alpha, beta and gamma subunits, respectively, were synthesized. Using these primers, a part of each gene was amplified from the chromosomal DNA of V.alginolyticus by a PCR method, and the PCR products were used for the cloning of NQR gene in lambda phage. Among the subclones selected by the probe C,the expression beta-subunit as a gene product was detected in Escherichia coli membranes by the activity staining and by Western blotting analyzes.
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