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High-temperature tolerant enzymes offer multiple advantages over enzymes from mesophilic organisms for the industrial production of sustainable chemicals due to high specific activities and stabilities towards fluctuations in pH, heat, and organic solvents. The production of molecular hydrogen (H2) is of particular interest because of the multiple uses of hydrogen in energy and chemicals applications, and the ability of hydrogenase enzymes to reduce protons to H2 at a cathode. We examined the activity of Hydrogen-Dependent CO2 Reductase (HDCR) from the thermophilic bacterium Thermoanaerobacter kivui when immobilized in a redox polymer, cobaltocene-functionalized polyallylamine (Cc-PAA), on a cathode for enzyme-mediated H2 formation from electricity. The presence of Cc-PAA increased reductive current density 340-fold when used on an electrode with HDCR at 40 °C, reaching unprecedented current densities of up to 3 mA·cm−2 with minimal overpotential and high faradaic efficiency. In contrast to other hydrogenases, T. kivui HDCR showed substantial reversibility of CO-dependent inactivation, revealing an opportunity for usage in gas mixtures containing CO, such as syngas. This study highlights the important potential of combining redox polymers with novel enzymes from thermophiles for enhanced electrosynthesis.
Biological and environmental factors as sources of variation in nocturnal behavior of giraffe
(2021)
Upon a drastic decline of the giraffe population in the wild, conservation efforts and therefore the role of zoos have become more important than ever. With their unique opportunities, zoos provide excellent conditions to study animal behavior, expanding the knowledge about the giraffe's behavior repertoire and their ability to adapt. This study therefore examined the nocturnal behavior of 63 giraffe living in 13 different EAZA zoos across Germany and the Netherlands. Giraffe were observed and videos recorded via infrared sensitive cameras during the winter seasons 2015–2018. The observation period spanned nightly from 17:00 to 7:00. Thus, 198 nights, with a total of 2772 h were recorded and analyzed. Linear mixed models were then used to assess potential biological and environmental factors influencing behavior during the dark phase. Results show that individual variables such as age, subspecies and motherhood determined nocturnal activity and sleep behavior most. Among the variables studied, husbandry conditions and environmental factors complying with EAZA standards had no influence on the giraffe's nocturnal behavior. By combining nocturnal activity analyses and an assessment of potential influencing factors, our findings present a holistic approach to a better understanding of captive giraffe behavior and allow for management implications.
1. Das Wachstum und die Fähigkeit zur Butyratproduktion von E. callanderi KIST612 wurde in geschlossenen Batch-Kulturen mit den Substraten Glukose, Methanol, Formiat, H2 + CO2 und CO untersucht. E. callanderi KIST612 zeigte sich nur bei Wachstum auf 20 mM Glukose oder 20 mM Methanol in der Lage, Butyrat in größeren Mengen (3,7 – 4,3 mM) zu produzieren. Das Hauptprodukt bei allen untersuchten Wachstumssubstraten war jedoch Acetat.
2. In bioinformatischen Analysen des Genoms von E. callanderi KIST612 konnte nur eine A1AO-ATP-Synthase gefunden werden, welche eine V-typ c-Untereinheit bestehend aus 4 TMH‘s mit nur einer Na+-Bindestelle aufweist. Diese konnte aus gewaschenen Membranen von E. callanderi durch Saccharose-Dichtegradientenzentrifugation, Anionenaustausch-Chromatographie (DEAE) sowie einer Größenausschluss-Chromatographie (Superose 6) bis zur apparenten Homogenität gereinigt werden. Nach Produktion einzelner Untereinheiten (A, B, C, D, E, F und H) in E. coli und Generierung von Antikörpern, konnten alle Untereinheiten (A, B, C, D, E, F, H, a sowie c) in der gereinigten Enzympräparation immunologisch oder mittels „Peptide-Mass-Fingerprinting“ nachgewiesen werden. Es konnte somit erstmals eine A1AO-ATP-Synthase aus einem mesophilen Organismus ohne Verlust von Untereinheiten gereinigt werden.
3. Der Gesamtkomplex wies unter nativen Bedingungen eine molekulare Masse von ca. 670 kDa auf. In elektronenmikroskopischen Aufnahmen zeigte sich anhand der hantelförmigen Strukturen, dass die A1AO-ATP-Synthase als intakter Gesamtkomplex gereinigt werden konnte.
4. Die gereinigte A1AO-ATP-Synthase wurde zunächst anhand ihrer ATP-Hydrolyse-Aktivität biochemisch charakterisiert. Die ATP-Hydrolyse-Aktivität hatte ein pH-Optimum von 7 – 7,5 und ein Temperaturoptimum bei 37 °C. Durch Messung der ATPase-Aktivität in Abhängigkeit von verschiedenen Mengen an Na+ konnte die vorhergesagte Na+-Abhängigkeit des Enzyms nachgewiesen werden. Zudem zeigten Hemmstoffexperimente mit DCCD, dass dieser Inhibitor mit Na+ um die gemeinsame Bindestelle in der c-Untereinheit konkurriert. Dies bestätigte nochmals, dass das Enzym funktionell gekoppelt gereinigt werden konnte.
5. Zur weiteren Untersuchung der Ionenspezifität wurde der an die ATP-Hydrolyse gekoppelte Ionentransport durch Rekonstitution des Enzyms in Liposomen und anschließender Messung des Na+- oder H+-Transports gemessen. In den Proteoliposomen konnte mit Hilfe von 22Na+ gezeigt werden, dass das Enzym Natriumionen translozieren kann. Während in Anwesenheit des Natriumionophors ETH 2120 kein 22Na+-Transport beobachtet werden konnte, führte die Anwesenheit des Protonophors TCS zu einer geringfügigen Stimulation der 22Na+-Translokation. Insgesamt konnte ein primärer Na+-Transport nachgewiesen werden, welcher von der A1AO-ATP-Synthase aus E. callanderi katalysiert wird.
6. Durch Rekonstitution der A1AO-ATP-Synthase aus E. callanderi in Liposomen konnte erstmals biochemisch nachgewiesen werden, dass ein solches Enzym trotz seiner V-Typ c-Untereinheit in der Lage ist, ATP zu synthetisieren. Durch die Zugabe von Ionophoren (ETH 2120 und TCS) konnte der elektrochemische Ionengradient aufgehoben werden, wodurch keine ATP-Synthese beobachtet werden konnte. Der erstmalige Nachweis der ATP-Synthese wurde bei einem ΔµNa+ von 270 mV erbracht.
7. Die ATP-Synthese zeigte sich ebenfalls abhängig von der Na+-Konzentration. Der KM-Wert lag bei 1,1 ± 0,4 mM und war vergleichbar mit dem für die ATP-Hydrolyse ermittelten Wert. Ebenso konnte für die ATP-Synthese-Richtung gezeigt werden, dass DCCD mit Na+ um die gemeinsame Bindestelle in der c-Untereinheit konkurriert.
8. Um den biochemischen Nachweis zu erbringen, dass die A1AO-ATP-Synthase auch unter physiologisch relevanten Potentialen zur ATP-Synthese befähigt ist, wurde der energetische Schwellenwert der ATP-Synthese bestimmt. Dieser betrug 87 mV als Triebkraft für ΔpNa, 94 mV als Triebkraft für Δψ und 90 mV als Triebkraft für ΔµNa+. Erstaunlicherweise konnte die ATP-Synthese der A1AO-ATP-Synthase aus E. callanderi KIST612 sowohl durch Δψ als auch ΔpNa angetrieben werden. Unterschiedliche Kombinationen von Δψ und ΔpNa führten zu dem gleichen energetischen Schwellenwert; Δψ und ΔpNa waren im Enzym aus E. callanderi KIST612 äquivalente Triebkräfte.
9. Der energetische Schwellenwert der A1AO-ATP-Synthase aus E. callanderi KIST612 wurde mit dem der F1FO-ATP-Synthasen aus A. woodii, E. coli und P. modestum verglichen. Dazu wurden die Enzyme im ATP-Synthase-defizienten E. coli-Stamm DK8 produziert und anschließend durch Ni2+-NTA-Affinitätschromatographie gereinigt. Nach Einbau der Enzyme in Liposomen waren alle Enzyme in der Lage, ATP als Reaktion auf ΔµNa+ (A. woodii und P. modestum) oder ΔµH+ (E. coli) zu synthetisieren. Im Vergleich zum Enzym aus E. callanderi zeigten sich zwei auffällige Unterschiede. Erstens war keine der F1FO-ATP-Synthasen in der Lage, ΔpNa/ΔpH als alleinige Triebkraft zu nutzen. Während die ATP-Synthese in den Enzymen aus E. coli und P. modestum nur durch ΔµH+ bzw. ΔµNa+ angetrieben werden konnte, konnte das Enzym aus A. woodii zusätzlich auch durch Δψ als einzige Triebkraft angetrieben werden.
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Objectives: The four-dimensional ultrasound (4D-US) enables imaging of the aortic segment and simultaneous determination of the wall expansion. The method shows a high spatial and temporal resolution, but its in vivo reliability is so far unknown for low-measure values. The present study determines the intraobserver repeatability and interobserver reproducibility of 4D-US in the atherosclerotic and non-atherosclerotic infrarenal aorta. Methods: In all, 22 patients with non-aneurysmal aorta were examined by an experienced examiner and a medical student. After registration of 4D images, both the examiners marked the aortic wall manually before the commercially implemented speckle tracking algorithm was applied. The cyclic changes of the aortic diameter and circumferential strain were determined with the help of custom-made software. The reliability of 4D-US was tested by the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC). Results: The 4D-US measurements showed very good reliability for the maximum aortic diameter and the circumferential strain for all patients and for the non-atherosclerotic aortae (ICC >0.7), but low reliability for circumferential strain in calcified aortae (ICC = 0.29). The observer- and masking-related variances for both maximum diameter and circumferential strain were close to zero. Conclusions: Despite the low-measured values, the high spatial and temporal resolution of the 4D-US enables a reliable evaluation of cyclic diameter changes and circumferential strain in non-aneurysmal aortae independent from the observer experience but with some limitations for calcified aortae. The 4D-US opens up a new perspective with regard to noninvasive, in vivo assessment of kinematic properties of the vessel wall in the abdominal aorta.
The accumulation of functionally impaired mitochondria is a key event in aging. Previous works with the fungal aging model Podospora anserina demonstrated pronounced age-dependent changes of mitochondrial morphology and ultrastructure, as well as alterations of transcript and protein levels, including individual proteins of the oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS). The identified protein changes do not reflect the level of the whole protein complexes as they function in-vivo. In the present study, we investigated in detail the age-dependent changes of assembled mitochondrial protein complexes, using complexome profiling. We observed pronounced age-depen-dent alterations of the OXPHOS complexes, including the loss of mitochondrial respiratory supercomplexes (mtRSCs) and a reduction in the abundance of complex I and complex IV. Additionally, we identified a switch from the standard complex IV-dependent respiration to an alternative respiration during the aging of the P. anserina wild type. Interestingly, we identified proteasome components, as well as endoplasmic reticulum (ER) proteins, for which the recruitment to mitochondria appeared to be increased in the mitochondria of older cultures. Overall, our data demonstrate pronounced age-dependent alterations of the protein complexes involved in energy transduction and suggest the induction of different non-mitochondrial salvage pathways, to counteract the age-dependent mitochondrial impairments which occur during aging.
Biallelic pathogenic variants in CLPP, encoding mitochondrial matrix peptidase ClpP, cause a rare autosomal recessive condition, Perrault syndrome type 3 (PRLTS3). It is characterized by primary ovarian insufficiency and early sensorineural hearing loss, often associated with progressive neurological deficits. Mouse models showed that accumulations of (i) its main protein interactor, the substrate-selecting AAA+ ATPase ClpX, (ii) mitoribosomes, and (iii) mtDNA nucleoids are the main cellular consequences of ClpP absence. However, the sequence of these events and their validity in human remain unclear. Here, we studied global proteome profiles to define ClpP substrates among mitochondrial ClpX interactors, which accumulated consistently in ClpP-null mouse embryonal fibroblasts and brains. Validation work included novel ClpP-mutant patient fibroblast proteomics. ClpX co-accumulated in mitochondria with the nucleoid component POLDIP2, the mitochondrial poly(A) mRNA granule element LRPPRC, and tRNA processing factor GFM1 (in mouse, also GRSF1). Only in mouse did accumulated ClpX, GFM1, and GRSF1 appear in nuclear fractions. Mitoribosomal accumulation was minor. Consistent accumulations in murine and human fibroblasts also affected multimerizing factors not known as ClpX interactors, namely, OAT, ASS1, ACADVL, STOM, PRDX3, PC, MUT, ALDH2, PMPCB, UQCRC2, and ACADSB, but the impact on downstream metabolites was marginal. Our data demonstrate the primary impact of ClpXP on the assembly of proteins with nucleic acids and show nucleoid enlargement in human as a key consequence.
In allen drei Domänen des Lebens ist in der Translation die Initiation der geschwindigkeits-bestimmende Schritt. Die Effizienz der Translationsinitiation und ihre unterschiedliche Regula-tion ist von Translationsinitiationsfaktoren (IFs) abhängig. Bakterien enthalten nur drei IFs, während die Anzahl bei Archaeen (aIFs) und Eukaryoten (eIFs) deutlich höher ist.
Das Archaeon Haloferax volcanii beispielsweise besitzt 14 Gene, die für aIFs bzw. deren Untereinheiten kodieren. Eine Deletionsanalyse ergab, dass fünf aIFs essenziell und neun aIFs nicht essenziell sind. Um einen Einblick in die Funktions- und Interaktionsbereiche der aIFs in H. volcanii zu erhalten, wurden die aIFs mit einem His-Tag versehen und überexpri-miert. Die Überexpression erfolgte in der jeweiligen Deletionsmutante. Für essenzielle aIFs fand sie im Wildtyp statt. Durch Affinitätsaufreinigungen wurden die aIFs und ihre Bindungs-partner isoliert und mittels Massenspektrometrie (MS) identifiziert. Für den Ausschluss unspe-zifischer Proteine dienten zwei stringente Kontrollen als Referenz, das Reportergen Dihydro-folatreduktase (HVO_1279) mit His-Tag und das Expressionsplasmid ohne Gen.
Die ersten Arbeiten konzentrierten sich auf den heterotrimeren Faktor aIF2. Er bindet die Ini-tiator-tRNA und ist damit für die Bildung des Präinitiationskomplexes von zentraler Bedeu-tung. Der Faktor aIF2 besteht aus jeweils einer α-, β- und γ-Untereinheit. In H. volcanii existie-ren zwei Orthologe für aIF2β. Die Überexpressionen der α-, β1-, β2- und γ-Untereinheiten führten zur Co-Isolation der jeweils anderen Untereinheiten des aIF2 (α, β1/ β2, γ).
Die Strategie der Co-Affinitätsaufreinigung und MS wurde auf alle weiteren annotierten aIFs ausgedehnt, um mögliche Funktionen zu identifizieren und ein potenzielles Interaktionsnetz-werk der aIFs zu erstellen. Für alle aIFs konnte ein unterschiedliches Muster an co-gereinigten Proteinen festgestellt werden. Mitgereinigte Proteine waren aIFs, Proteine der Translation, Transkription, Replikation und ribosomale Proteine. Auch RNA-Polymerase-Untereinheiten (RNAPUs) konnten co-isoliert werden. Mit 13 der 14 aIFs konnten andere Ini-tiationsfaktoren co-gereinigt werden. Sechs aIFs konnten zu Beginn bei keinem weiteren Initi-ationsfaktor mitgereinigt werden. Einer dieser Faktoren war aIF2β-1, der jedoch in den Affini-tätsaufreinigungen mit nachfolgender FPLC von aIF2β-2 identifiziert werden konnte. Der Fak-tor aIF1 konnte nur in der stationären Phase von aIF2α mitgereinigt werden.
Die am häufigsten co-gereinigten Proteine waren aIF2Bδ-1 und aIF5B. Für aIF2Bδ-1 kam dies überraschend, da er bereits als Translationsinitiationsfaktor ausgeschlossen wurde. Mit dem Faktor aIF2Bδ-1 selbst konnten fünf aIFs co-gereinigt werden.
Da mit den aIFs auch RNAPUs co-gereinigt werden konnten, wurden sieben RNAPUs ebenfalls mit einem His-Tag versehen und überexprimiert. Auch mit den RNAPUs konnten aIFs, sowie weitere Proteine der Translation mitgereinigt werden.
Diese Umstände legen nahe, dass es möglicherweise eine engere Verbindung der Tran-skription und Translation in H. volcanii geben könnte, als bisher angenommen.
Translation is an important step in gene expression. Initiation of translation is rate-limiting, and it is phylogenetically more diverse than elongation or termination. Bacteria contain only three initiation factors. In stark contrast, eukaryotes contain more than 10 (subunits of) initiation factors (eIFs). The genomes of archaea contain many genes that are annotated to encode archaeal homologs of eukaryotic initiation factors (aIFs). However, experimental characterization of aIFs is scarce and mostly restricted to very few species. To broaden the view, the protein–protein interaction network of aIFs in the halophilic archaeon Haloferax volcanii has been characterized. To this end, tagged versions of 14 aIFs were overproduced, affinity isolated, and the co-isolated binding partners were identified by peptide mass fingerprinting and MS/MS analyses. The aIF–aIF interaction network was resolved, and it was found to contain two interaction hubs, (1) the universally conserved factor aIF5B, and (2) a protein that has been annotated as the enzyme ribose-1,5-bisphosphate isomerase, which we propose to rename to aIF2Bα. Affinity isolation of aIFs also led to the co-isolation of many ribosomal proteins, but also transcription factors and subunits of the RNA polymerase (Rpo). To analyze a possible coupling of transcription and translation, seven tagged Rpo subunits were overproduced, affinity isolated, and co-isolated proteins were identified. The Rpo interaction network contained many transcription factors, but also many ribosomal proteins as well as the initiation factors aIF5B and aIF2Bα. These results showed that transcription and translation are coupled in haloarchaea, like in Escherichia coli. It seems that aIF5B and aIF2Bα are not only interaction hubs in the translation initiation network, but also key players in the transcription-translation coupling.
Interest is an important factor for successful learning that has been the subject of intensive research for decades. Although interest in nature is of great importance for environmental education, to date there is no valid and reliable measurement tool. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to develop and test a scale for interest in nature, the Nature Interest Scale (NIS). In study 1, nine items were selected based on the three dimensions of the psychological interest construct to represent interest in nature. The factor structure of this new measurement instrument, was tested using confirmatory factor analyses. The results show that the instrument represents the three dimensions of the interest construct well. In study 2 the validity (discriminant and convergent validity) as well as the reliability (internal consistency, composite reliability, test-retest reliability) of the NIS were demonstrated. In study 3, the applicability of the NIS was tested with a different target group, students with learning disabilities. The results of this factor analysis also confirm the factor structure of the scale. Thus, this study provides a valid and reliable measurement tool for individual interest in nature that can be used for future research.
Animals living in human care for several generations face the risk of losing natural behaviors, which can lead to reduced animal welfare. The goal of this study is to demonstrate that meerkats (Suricata suricatta) living in zoos can assess potential danger and respond naturally based on acoustic signals only. This includes that the graded information of urgency in alarm calls as well as a response to those alarm calls is retained in captivity. To test the response to acoustic signals with different threat potential, meerkats were played calls of various animals differing in size and threat (e.g., robin, raven, buzzard, jackal) while their behavior was observed. The emitted alarm calls were recorded and examined for their graded structure on the one hand and played back to them on the other hand by means of a playback experiment to see whether the animals react to their own alarm calls even in the absence of danger. A fuzzy clustering algorithm was used to analyze and classify the alarm calls. Subsequently, the features that best described the graded structure were isolated using the LASSO algorithm and compared to features already known from wild meerkats. The results show that the graded structure is maintained in captivity and can be described by features such as noise and duration. The animals respond to new threats and can distinguish animal calls that are dangerous to them from those that are not, indicating the preservation of natural cooperative behavior. In addition, the playback experiments show that the meerkats respond to their own alarm calls with vigilance and escape behavior. The findings can be used to draw conclusions about the intensity of alertness in captive meerkats and to adapt husbandry conditions to appropriate welfare.