Project description:In previous work in our group, shotgun genome sequencing of Arthrobacter sp. revealed potential new P450 monooxygenases and many other oxidoreductases with putative hydroxylation activity. A targeted approach to identify enzymes involved in the degradation of certain molecules is proteomic analysis. In the case of growth on certain substances, enzymes like P450s, which are responsible for the observed organism’s capabilities, might be overexpressed or initially induced.
Project description:Arthrobacter sp. CGMCC 3584 are able to produce high yields of extracellular cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP), which plays a vital role in the field of treatment of disease and animal food, during aerobic fermentation. DNA array-based transcriptional analysis of Arthrobacter cells was conducted to elucidate the higher productivity of cAMP under high oxygen supply. Results showed that 14.1% and 19.3% of the whole genome genes were up-regulated and down-regulated notably, respectively. The largest group with altered transcriptional levels belonged to the group involved in carbohydrate transport and metabolism. Other large functional groups of differentially expressed genes changed significantly included amino acid transport and metabolism, inorganic ion transport and metabolism and transcription.
Project description:Arthrobacter sp. CGMCC 3584 are able to produce high yields of extracellular cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP), which plays a vital role in the field of treatment of disease and animal food, during aerobic fermentation. Comparative transcriptomic analysis revealed that arpde inactivation had two major effects on metabolism: inhibition of glycolysis, PP pathway, and amino acid metabolism; promotion of the purine metabolism and carbon flux from the precursor PRPP, which benefited cAMP production.
Project description:Homogenous staining regions (hsr) are cytogenetic representations of a gene amplification. They are found exclusively in tumour cells. We found a hsr in the human embryonic stem cell (hESC) line H14, this is the first report of a hsr in hESCs. FISH and CGH studies showed that the hsr was derived from chromosome 17p11.2. The gene expression analysis studies were performed to identify the genes upregulated due to the hsr by comparison the the hsr-contianing H14 cells with a karyotypically normal parent H14 cell line. Experiment Overall Design: H14 HSR positive embryonic stem cells and H14 HSR negative cells were hybridised to Affymetrix U133 Plus 2.0 expression arrays. Replicates were also run using H14 positive and H14 negative cells from different passages.
