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2. Features of removal of coloring substances during bleaching vegetable oils
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Illarionova, V. V., primary, Kruglaya, O. S., additional, Lobanov, A. A., additional, Yusupova, Yu. Sh., additional, and Verbitskaya, E. A., additional
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- 2023
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3. Directed cultivation of acid-producing bacteria for obtaining food and feed additives with antimicrobial properties
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Galkina, G. V., Kuksova, E. V., Volkova, G. S., and Illarionova, V. I.
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- 2009
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4. IspC in complex with an N-methyl-substituted hydroxamic acid
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Behrendt, C.T., primary, Kunfermann, A., additional, Illarionova, V., additional, Matheeussen, A., additional, Pein, M.K., additional, Graewert, T., additional, Bacher, A., additional, Eisenreich, W., additional, Illarionov, B., additional, Fischer, M., additional, Maes, L., additional, Groll, M., additional, and Kurz, T., additional
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- 2011
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5. Structure of lumazine protein, an optical transponder of luminescent bacteria
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Chatwell, L., primary, Illarionova, V., additional, Illarionov, B., additional, Skerra, A., additional, Bacher, A., additional, and Fischer, M., additional
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- 2008
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6. WHERE DOES MANGANESE BIND WHEN IT TRIGGERS THE LUMINESCENCE OF CALCIUM-REGULATED PHOTOPROTEINS?
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ILLARIONOV, B. A., ILLARIONOVA, V. A., BONDAR, V. S., VYSOTSKI, E. S., and BLINKS, JOHN R.
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MANGANESE ,CALCIUM ,PROTEIN binding ,LUMINESCENCE ,AMINO acids ,BINDING sites - Published
- 2001
7. ALL THREE CALCIUM-BINDING SITES PARTICIPATE IN THE REGULATION OF OBELIN LUMINESCENCE.
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ILLARIONOV, B. A., ILLARIONOVA, V. A., BONDAR, V. S., VYSOTSKI, E. S., and BLINKS, JOHN R.
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CALCIUM ,BINDING sites ,LUMINESCENCE ,PROBABILITY theory ,CURVES - Published
- 2001
8. Expression and properties of the recombinant lumazine (riboflavin) protein from Photobacterium leiognathi☆
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ILLARIONOV, B, primary, ILLARIONOVA, V, additional, LEE, J, additional, VANDONGEN, W, additional, and VERVOORT, J, additional
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- 1994
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9. Organizational structure of agro-industrial complex: Formation and interaction of subjects
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Molchan, A. S., Francisco, O. Yu, Ternavshchenko, K. O., Illarionova, V. V., and Prokhorova Victoria Vladimirovna
10. Sequence of the cDNA encoding the Ca^2^+-activated photo-protein obelin from the hydroid polyp Obelia longissima
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Illarionov, B. A., Bondar, V. S., Illarionova, V. A., and Vysotski, E. S.
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- 1995
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11. Inapparent Tick-Borne Orthoflavivirus Infection in Macaca fascicularis : A Model for Antiviral Drug and Vaccine Research.
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Illarionova V, Rogova A, Tuchynskaya K, Volok V, Rogova Y, Baryshnikova V, Turchenko Y, Litov A, Kalyanova A, Siniugina A, Ishmukhametov A, and Karganova G
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Tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) and Powassan virus (POWV) are neurotropic tick-borne orthoflaviviruses. They cause mostly asymptomatic infections in hosts, but severe forms with CNS involvement can occur. Studying the early stages of viral infections in humans is challenging, and appropriate animal models are essential for understanding the factors determining the disease severity and for developing emergency prophylaxis and treatment options. In this work, we assessed the model of the early stages of TBEV and POWV mono- and co-infections in Macaca fascicularis . Serological, biochemical, and virological parameters were investigated to describe the infection, including its impact on animal behavior. Viremia, neutralizing antibody dynamics, and viral load in organs were chosen as the main parameters distinguishing early-stage orthoflavivirus infection. Levels of IFNα, monocyte count, and cognitive test scores were proposed as additional informative indicators. An assessment of a tick-borne encephalitis vaccine using this model showed that it provided partial protection against POWV infection in Macaca fascicularis without signs of antibody-dependent enhancement of infection.
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- 2023
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12. Experimental Assessment of Possible Factors Associated with Tick-Borne Encephalitis Vaccine Failure.
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Tuchynskaya K, Volok V, Illarionova V, Okhezin E, Polienko A, Belova O, Rogova A, Chernokhaeva L, and Karganova G
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Currently the only effective measure against tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) is vaccination. Despite the high efficacy of approved vaccines against TBE, rare cases of vaccine failures are well documented. Both host- and virus-related factors can account for such failures. In this work, we studied the influence of mouse strain and sex and the effects of cyclophosphamide-induced immunosuppression on the efficacy of an inactivated TBE vaccine. We also investigated how an increased proportion of non-infectious particles in the challenge TBE virus would affect the protectivity of the vaccine. The vaccine efficacy was assessed by mortality, morbidity, levels of viral RNA in the brain of surviving mice, and neutralizing antibody (NAb) titers against the vaccine strain and the challenge virus. Two-dose vaccination protected most animals against TBE symptoms and death, and protectivity depended on strain and sex of mice. Immunosuppression decreased the vaccine efficacy in a dose-dependent manner and changed the vaccine-induced NAb spectrum. The vaccination protected mice against TBE virus neuroinvasion and persistence. However, viral RNA was detected in the brain of some asymptomatic animals at 21 and 42 dpi. Challenge with TBE virus enriched with non-infectious particles led to lower NAb titers in vaccinated mice after the challenge but did not affect the protective efficacy.
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- 2021
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13. Identification of 1,3-diiminoisoindoline carbohydrazides as potential antimalarial candidates.
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Mombelli P, Witschel MC, van Zijl AW, Geist JG, Rottmann M, Freymond C, Röhl F, Kaiser M, Illarionova V, Fischer M, Siepe I, Schweizer WB, Brun R, and Diederich F
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- Cell Line, Cell Survival drug effects, Humans, Malaria, Falciparum drug therapy, Structure-Activity Relationship, Antimalarials chemistry, Antimalarials pharmacology, Hydrazines chemistry, Hydrazines pharmacology, Isoindoles chemistry, Isoindoles pharmacology, Plasmodium falciparum drug effects
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A series of inhibitors of plant enzymes of the non-mevalonate pathway from herbicide research efforts at BASF were screened for antimalarial activity in a cell-based assay. A 1,3-diiminoisoindoline carbohydrazide was found to inhibit the growth of Plasmodium falciparum with an IC(50) value <100 nM. Synthesis of a variety of derivatives allowed an improvement of the initial antimalarial activity down to IC(50) =18 nM for the most potent compound, the establishment of a structure-activity relationship, and the evaluation of the cytotoxic profile of the diiminoisoindolines. Furthermore, interesting configurational and conformational aspects for this class of compounds were studied by computational and X-ray crystal structure analysis. Some of the compounds can act as tridentate ligands, forming 2:1 ligand-iron(III) complexes, which also display antimalarial activity in the nanomolar IC(50) range, paired with low cytotoxicity., (Copyright © 2012 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.)
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- 2012
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14. Reverse fosmidomycin derivatives against the antimalarial drug target IspC (Dxr).
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Behrendt CT, Kunfermann A, Illarionova V, Matheeussen A, Pein MK, Gräwert T, Kaiser J, Bacher A, Eisenreich W, Illarionov B, Fischer M, Maes L, Groll M, and Kurz T
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- Aldose-Ketose Isomerases chemistry, Animals, Antimalarials chemistry, Antimalarials pharmacology, Crystallography, X-Ray, Erythrocytes drug effects, Erythrocytes parasitology, Fosfomycin chemical synthesis, Fosfomycin chemistry, Fosfomycin pharmacology, Humans, Malaria drug therapy, Mice, Models, Molecular, Molecular Structure, Multienzyme Complexes chemistry, Oxidoreductases chemistry, Parasitic Sensitivity Tests, Plasmodium berghei, Plasmodium falciparum enzymology, Structure-Activity Relationship, Aldose-Ketose Isomerases antagonists & inhibitors, Antimalarials chemical synthesis, Fosfomycin analogs & derivatives, Multienzyme Complexes antagonists & inhibitors, Oxidoreductases antagonists & inhibitors, Plasmodium falciparum drug effects
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Reverse hydroxamate-based inhibitors of IspC, a key enzyme of the non-mevalonate pathway of isoprenoid biosynthesis and a validated antimalarial target, were synthesized and biologically evaluated. The binding mode of one derivative in complex with EcIspC and a divalent metal ion was clarified by X-ray analysis. Pilot experiments have demonstrated in vivo potential.
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- 2011
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15. Synthesis and antiplasmodial activity of highly active reverse analogues of the antimalarial drug candidate fosmidomycin.
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Behrendt CT, Kunfermann A, Illarionova V, Matheeussen A, Gräwert T, Groll M, Rohdich F, Bacher A, Eisenreich W, Fischer M, Maes L, and Kurz T
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- Aldose-Ketose Isomerases genetics, Aldose-Ketose Isomerases metabolism, Antimalarials chemistry, Antimalarials pharmacology, Cell Line, Escherichia coli enzymology, Fosfomycin chemical synthesis, Fosfomycin chemistry, Fosfomycin pharmacology, Humans, Hydroxamic Acids chemistry, Multienzyme Complexes genetics, Multienzyme Complexes metabolism, Oxidoreductases genetics, Oxidoreductases metabolism, Plasmodium falciparum enzymology, Recombinant Proteins antagonists & inhibitors, Recombinant Proteins genetics, Recombinant Proteins metabolism, Aldose-Ketose Isomerases antagonists & inhibitors, Antimalarials chemical synthesis, Fosfomycin analogs & derivatives, Multienzyme Complexes antagonists & inhibitors, Oxidoreductases antagonists & inhibitors
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- 2010
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16. Thiazolopyrimidine inhibitors of 2-methylerythritol 2,4-cyclodiphosphate synthase (IspF) from Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Plasmodium falciparum.
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Geist JG, Lauw S, Illarionova V, Illarionov B, Fischer M, Gräwert T, Rohdich F, Eisenreich W, Kaiser J, Groll M, Scheurer C, Wittlin S, Alonso-Gómez JL, Schweizer WB, Bacher A, and Diederich F
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- Anti-Bacterial Agents chemical synthesis, Anti-Bacterial Agents pharmacology, Antimalarials chemical synthesis, Antimalarials pharmacology, Arabidopsis enzymology, Bacterial Proteins antagonists & inhibitors, Bacterial Proteins genetics, Bacterial Proteins metabolism, Enzyme Inhibitors chemical synthesis, Enzyme Inhibitors pharmacology, Molecular Conformation, Phosphorus-Oxygen Lyases antagonists & inhibitors, Phosphorus-Oxygen Lyases genetics, Phosphorus-Oxygen Lyases metabolism, Protozoan Proteins antagonists & inhibitors, Protozoan Proteins genetics, Protozoan Proteins metabolism, Pyrimidines chemical synthesis, Pyrimidines pharmacology, Recombinant Proteins antagonists & inhibitors, Recombinant Proteins genetics, Recombinant Proteins metabolism, Small Molecule Libraries chemical synthesis, Small Molecule Libraries chemistry, Small Molecule Libraries pharmacology, Anti-Bacterial Agents chemistry, Antimalarials chemistry, Enzyme Inhibitors chemistry, Mycobacterium tuberculosis enzymology, Plasmodium falciparum enzymology, Pyrimidines chemistry
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A library of 40,000 compounds was screened for inhibitors of 2-methylerythritol 2,4-cyclodiphosphate synthase (IspF) protein from Arabidopsis thaliana using a photometric assay. A thiazolopyrimidine derivative resulting from the high-throughput screen was found to inhibit the IspF proteins of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Plasmodium falciparum, and A. thaliana with IC(50) values in the micromolar range. Synthetic efforts afforded derivatives that inhibit IspF protein from M. tuberculosis and P. falciparum with IC(50) values in the low micromolar range. Several compounds act as weak inhibitors in the P. falciparum red blood cell assay.
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- 2010
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17. Structure of lumazine protein, an optical transponder of luminescent bacteria.
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Chatwell L, Illarionova V, Illarionov B, Eisenreich W, Huber R, Skerra A, Bacher A, and Fischer M
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- Amino Acid Sequence, Binding Sites, Crystallography, X-Ray, Evolution, Molecular, Ligands, Models, Molecular, Molecular Sequence Data, Optics and Photonics, Protein Structure, Quaternary, Protein Structure, Secondary, Protein Structure, Tertiary, Protein Subunits chemistry, Protein Subunits metabolism, Riboflavin metabolism, Riboflavin Synthase chemistry, Riboflavin Synthase metabolism, Static Electricity, Bacterial Proteins chemistry, Luminescent Proteins chemistry, Photobacterium metabolism
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The intensely fluorescent lumazine protein is believed to be involved in the bioluminescence of certain marine bacteria. The sequence of the catalytically inactive protein resembles that of the enzyme riboflavin synthase. Its non-covalently bound fluorophore, 6,7-dimethyl-8-ribityllumazine, is the substrate of this enzyme and also the committed precursor of vitamin B(2). An extensive crystallization screen was performed using numerous single-site mutants of the lumazine protein from Photobacterium leiognathi in complex with its fluorophore and with riboflavin, respectively. Only the L49N mutant in complex with riboflavin yielded suitable crystals, allowing X-ray structure determination to a resolution of 2.5 A. The monomeric protein folds into two closely similar domains that are structurally related by pseudo-C(2) symmetry, whereby the entire domain topology resembles that of riboflavin synthase. Riboflavin is bound to a shallow cavity in the N-terminal domain of lumazine protein, whereas the C-terminal domain lacks a ligand.
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- 2008
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18. Biosynthesis of isoprenoids: studies on the mechanism of 2C-methyl-D-erythritol-4-phosphate synthase.
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Lauw S, Illarionova V, Bacher A, Rohdich F, and Eisenreich W
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- Aldose-Ketose Isomerases classification, Aldose-Ketose Isomerases metabolism, Arabidopsis enzymology, Catalysis, Multienzyme Complexes classification, Multienzyme Complexes metabolism, Mycobacterium tuberculosis enzymology, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular, Oxidoreductases classification, Oxidoreductases metabolism, Phylogeny, Stereoisomerism, Aldose-Ketose Isomerases chemistry, Multienzyme Complexes chemistry, Oxidoreductases chemistry, Terpenes metabolism
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2C-Methyl-D-erythritol-4-phosphate synthase, encoded by the ispC gene (also designated dxr), catalyzes the first committed step in the nonmevalonate isoprenoid biosynthetic pathway. The reaction involves the isomerization of 1-deoxy-D-xylulose 5-phosphate, giving a branched-chain aldose derivative that is subsequently reduced to 2C-methyl-D-erythritol 4-phosphate. The isomerization step has been proposed to proceed as an intramolecular rearrangement or a retroaldol-aldol sequence. We report the preparation of (13)C-labeled substrate isotopologs that were designed to optimize the detection of an exchange of putative cleavage products that might occur in the hypothetical retroaldol-aldol reaction sequence. In reaction mixtures containing large amounts of 2C-methyl-D-erythritol-4-phosphate synthase from Escherichia coli, Mycobacterium tuberculosis or Arabidopsis thaliana, and a mixture of [1-(13)C(1)]-2C-methyl-D-erythritol 4-phosphate and [3-(13)C(1)]2C-methyl-D-erythritol 4-phosphate, the reversible reaction could be followed over thousands of reaction cycles. No fragment exchange could be detected by NMR spectroscopy, and the frequency of exchange, if any, is less than 5 p.p.m. per catalytic cycle. Hydroxyacetone, the putative second fragment expected from the retroaldol cleavage, was not incorporated into the enzyme product. In contrast to other reports, IspC did not catalyze the isomerisation of 1-deoxy-D-xylulose 5-phosphate to give 1-deoxy-L-ribulose 5-phosphate under any conditions tested. However, we could show that the isomerization reaction proceeds at room temperature without a requirement for enzyme catalysis. Although a retroaldol-aldol mechanism cannot be ruled out conclusively, the data show that a retroldol-aldol reaction sequence would have to proceed with very stringent fragment containment that would apply to the enzymes from three genetically distant organisms.
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- 2008
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19. Characterization of Aquifex aeolicus 4-diphosphocytidyl-2C-methyl-d-erythritol kinase - ligand recognition in a template for antimicrobial drug discovery.
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Sgraja T, Alphey MS, Ghilagaber S, Marquez R, Robertson MN, Hemmings JL, Lauw S, Rohdich F, Bacher A, Eisenreich W, Illarionova V, and Hunter WN
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- Adenosine Triphosphate chemistry, Amino Acid Sequence, Biochemistry methods, Chemistry, Pharmaceutical methods, Drug Design, Hydrogen-Ion Concentration, Kinetics, Ligands, Models, Molecular, Molecular Conformation, Molecular Sequence Data, Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor) physiology, Protein Binding, Bacteria enzymology, Bacterial Proteins chemistry, Escherichia coli Proteins chemistry, Escherichia coli Proteins physiology, Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor) chemistry
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4-Diphosphocytidyl-2C-methyl-D-erythritol kinase (IspE) catalyses the ATP-dependent conversion of 4-diphosphocytidyl-2C-methyl-D-erythritol (CDPME) to 4-diphosphocytidyl-2C-methyl-d-erythritol 2-phosphate with the release of ADP. This reaction occurs in the non-mevalonate pathway of isoprenoid precursor biosynthesis and because it is essential in important microbial pathogens and absent from mammals it represents a potential target for anti-infective drugs. We set out to characterize the biochemical properties, determinants of molecular recognition and reactivity of IspE and report the cloning and purification of recombinant Aquifex aeolicus IspE (AaIspE), kinetic data, metal ion, temperature and pH dependence, crystallization and structure determination of the enzyme in complex with CDP, CDPME and ADP. In addition, 4-fluoro-3,5-dihydroxy-4-methylpent-1-enylphosphonic acid (compound 1) was designed to mimic a fragment of the substrate, a synthetic route to 1 was elucidated and the complex structure determined. Surprisingly, this ligand occupies the binding site for the ATP alpha-phosphate not the binding site for the methyl-D-erythritol moiety of CDPME. Gel filtration and analytical ultracentrifugation indicate that AaIspE is a monomer in solution. The enzyme displays the characteristic alpha/beta galacto-homoserine-mevalonate-phosphomevalonate kinase fold, with the catalytic centre positioned in a deep cleft between the ATP- and CDPME-binding domains. Comparisons indicate a high degree of sequence conservation on the IspE active site across bacterial species, similarities in structure, specificity of substrate recognition and mechanism. The biochemical characterization, attainment of well-ordered and reproducible crystals and the models resulting from the analyses provide reagents and templates to support the structure-based design of broad-spectrum antimicrobial agents.
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- 2008
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20. Synthesis and characterization of cytidine derivatives that inhibit the kinase IspE of the non-mevalonate pathway for isoprenoid biosynthesis.
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Crane CM, Hirsch AK, Alphey MS, Sgraja T, Lauw S, Illarionova V, Rohdich F, Eisenreich W, Hunter WN, Bacher A, and Diederich F
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- Animals, Binding Sites, Crystallography, X-Ray, Cytidine analogs & derivatives, Cytidine chemical synthesis, Drug Design, Enzyme Inhibitors chemical synthesis, Humans, Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions, Mycobacterium tuberculosis growth & development, Phenylalanine chemistry, Phenylalanine metabolism, Plasmodium falciparum growth & development, Cytidine pharmacology, Enzyme Inhibitors pharmacology, Escherichia coli Proteins antagonists & inhibitors, Mevalonic Acid metabolism, Mycobacterium tuberculosis drug effects, Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor) antagonists & inhibitors, Plasmodium falciparum drug effects, Terpenes metabolism
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The enzymes of the non-mevalonate pathway for isoprenoid biosynthesis are attractive targets for the development of novel drugs against malaria and tuberculosis. This pathway is used exclusively by the corresponding pathogens, but not by humans. A series of water-soluble, cytidine-based inhibitors that were originally designed for the fourth enzyme in the pathway, IspD, were shown to inhibit the subsequent enzyme, the kinase IspE (from Escherichia coli). The binding mode of the inhibitors was verified by co-crystal structure analysis, using Aquifex aeolicus IspE. The crystal structures represent the first reported example of a co-crystal structure of IspE with a synthetic ligand and confirmed that ligand binding affinity originates mainly from the interactions of the nucleobase moiety in the cytidine binding pocket of the enzyme. In contrast, the appended benzimidazole moieties of the ligands adopt various orientations in the active site and establish only poor intermolecular contacts with the protein. Defined binding sites for sulfate ions and glycerol molecules, components in the crystallization buffer, near the well-conserved ATP-binding Gly-rich loop of IspE were observed. The crystal structures of A. aeolicus IspE nicely complement the one from E. coli IspE for use in structure-based design, namely by providing invaluable structural information for the design of inhibitors targeting IspE from Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Plasmodium falciparum. Similar to the enzymes from these pathogens, A. aeolicus IspE directs the OH group of a tyrosine residue into a pocket in the active site. In the E. coli enzyme, on the other hand, this pocket is lined by phenylalanine and has a more pronounced hydrophobic character.
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- 2008
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21. Nonmevalonate terpene biosynthesis enzymes as antiinfective drug targets: substrate synthesis and high-throughput screening methods.
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Illarionova V, Kaiser J, Ostrozhenkova E, Bacher A, Fischer M, Eisenreich W, and Rohdich F
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- Aldose-Ketose Isomerases biosynthesis, Anti-Infective Agents chemistry, Enzyme Inhibitors chemical synthesis, Enzyme Inhibitors chemistry, Enzyme Inhibitors pharmacology, Escherichia coli Proteins biosynthesis, Microbial Sensitivity Tests, Molecular Structure, Multienzyme Complexes biosynthesis, Oxidoreductases biosynthesis, Phosphorus-Oxygen Lyases biosynthesis, Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor) biosynthesis, Stereoisomerism, Structure-Activity Relationship, Time Factors, Aldose-Ketose Isomerases antagonists & inhibitors, Anti-Infective Agents chemical synthesis, Anti-Infective Agents pharmacology, Drug Evaluation, Preclinical methods, Escherichia coli Proteins antagonists & inhibitors, Multienzyme Complexes antagonists & inhibitors, Oxidoreductases antagonists & inhibitors, Phosphorus-Oxygen Lyases antagonists & inhibitors, Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor) antagonists & inhibitors
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The nonmevalonate isoprenoid pathway is an established target for antiinfective drug development. This paper describes high-throughput methods for the screening of 2C-methyl-D-erythritol synthase (IspC protein), 4-diphosphocytidyl-2C-methyl-D-erythritol synthase (IspD protein), 4-diphosphocytidyl-2C-methyl-D-erythritol kinase (IspE protein), and 2C-methyl-D-erythritol 2,4-cyclodiphosphate synthase (IspF protein) against large compound libraries. The assays use up to three auxiliary enzymes. They are all monitored photometrically at 340 nm and are robust as documented by Z-factors of >or=0.86. 13C NMR assays designed for hit verification via direct detection of the primary reaction product are also described. Enzyme-assisted methods for the preparation, on a multigram scale, of isoprenoid biosynthesis intermediates required as substrates for these assays are reported. Notably, these methods enable the introduction of single or multiple 13C labels as required for NMR-monitored assays. The preparation of 4-diphosphosphocytidyl-2C-methyl-D-erythritol 2-phosphate in multigram quantities is described for the first time.
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22. Light-induced reactions of Escherichia coli DNA photolyase monitored by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy.
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Schleicher E, Hessling B, Illarionova V, Bacher A, Weber S, Richter G, and Gerwert K
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- Bacillus subtilis genetics, Catalysis radiation effects, DNA Damage radiation effects, DNA Repair radiation effects, Deoxyribodipyrimidine Photo-Lyase genetics, Deoxyribodipyrimidine Photo-Lyase isolation & purification, Enzyme Activation radiation effects, Escherichia coli genetics, Flavin-Adenine Dinucleotide chemistry, Flavin-Adenine Dinucleotide metabolism, Folic Acid metabolism, Mutation genetics, Photochemistry, Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared, Thymine chemistry, Thymine metabolism, Thymine radiation effects, Uridine chemistry, Uridine metabolism, Uridine radiation effects, Deoxyribodipyrimidine Photo-Lyase chemistry, Deoxyribodipyrimidine Photo-Lyase metabolism, Escherichia coli enzymology, Flavin-Adenine Dinucleotide analogs & derivatives, Folic Acid analogs & derivatives, Light, Uridine analogs & derivatives
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Cyclobutane-type pyrimidine dimers generated by ultraviolet irradiation of DNA can be cleaved by DNA photolyase. The enzyme-catalysed reaction is believed to be initiated by the light-induced transfer of an electron from the anionic FADH- chromophore of the enzyme to the pyrimidine dimer. In this contribution, first infrared experiments using a novel E109A mutant of Escherichia coli DNA photolyase, which is catalytically active but unable to bind the second cofactor methenyltetrahydrofolate, are described. A stable blue-coloured form of the enzyme carrying a neutral FADH radical cofactor can be interpreted as an intermediate analogue of the light-driven DNA repair reaction and can be reduced to the enzymatically active FADH- form by red-light irradiation. Difference Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy was used to monitor vibronic bands of the blue radical form and of the fully reduced FADH- form of the enzyme. Preliminary band assignments are based on experiments with 15N-labelled enzyme and on experiments with D2O as solvent. Difference FT-IR measurements were also used to observe the formation of thymidine dimers by ultraviolet irradiation and their repair by light-driven photolyase catalysis. This study provides the basis for future time-resolved FT-IR studies which are aimed at an elucidation of a detailed molecular picture of the light-driven DNA repair process.
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- 2005
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23. Biosynthesis of tetrahydrofolate in plants: crystal structure of 7,8-dihydroneopterin aldolase from Arabidopsis thaliana reveals a novel adolase class.
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Bauer S, Schott AK, Illarionova V, Bacher A, Huber R, and Fischer M
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- Amino Acid Sequence, Arabidopsis enzymology, Arabidopsis Proteins chemistry, Binding Sites, Crystallography, X-Ray, Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel, Fructose-Bisphosphate Aldolase chemistry, Models, Molecular, Molecular Sequence Data, Protein Conformation, Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization, Arabidopsis metabolism, Arabidopsis Proteins metabolism, Fructose-Bisphosphate Aldolase metabolism, Tetrahydrofolates biosynthesis
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Dihydroneopterin aldolase (DHNA) catalyses a retroaldol reaction yielding 6-hydroxymethyl-7,8-dihydropterin, a biosynthetic precursor of the vitamin, tetrahydrofolate. The enzyme is a potential target for antimicrobial and anti-parasite chemotherapy. A gene specifying a dihydroneopterin aldolase from Arabidopsis thaliana was expressed in a recombinant Escherichia coli strain. The recombinant protein was purified to apparent homogeneity and crystallised using polyethylenglycol as the precipitating agent. The crystal structure was solved by X-ray diffraction analysis at 2.2A resolution. The enzyme forms a D(4)-symmetric homooctamer. Each polypeptide chain is folded into a single domain comprising an antiparallel four-stranded beta-sheet and two long alpha-helices. Four monomers are arranged in a tetrameric ring, and two of these rings form a hollow cylinder. Well defined purine derivatives are found at all eight topologically equivalent active sites. The subunit fold of the enzyme is related to substructures of dihydroneopterin triphosphate epimerase, GTP cyclohydrolase I, and pyruvoyltetrahydropterin synthase, which are all involved in the biosynthesis of pteridine type cofactors, and to urate oxidase, although some members of that superfamily have no detectable sequence similarity. Due to structural and mechanistical differences of DHNA in comparison with class I and class II aldolases, a new aldolase class is proposed.
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- 2004
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24. Folate biosynthesis in higher plants. cDNA cloning, heterologous expression, and characterization of dihydroneopterin aldolases.
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Goyer A, Illarionova V, Roje S, Fischer M, Bacher A, and Hanson AD
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- Aldehyde-Lyases metabolism, Amino Acid Sequence, Arabidopsis genetics, Arabidopsis metabolism, Arabidopsis Proteins genetics, Arabidopsis Proteins metabolism, Cloning, Molecular, DNA, Complementary chemistry, DNA, Complementary genetics, Folic Acid chemistry, Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic, Gene Expression Regulation, Plant, Solanum lycopersicum genetics, Solanum lycopersicum metabolism, Molecular Sequence Data, Molecular Structure, Phylogeny, Plant Proteins genetics, Plant Proteins metabolism, Racemases and Epimerases metabolism, Sequence Analysis, DNA, Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, Aldehyde-Lyases genetics, Arabidopsis enzymology, Folic Acid biosynthesis, Solanum lycopersicum enzymology
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Dihydroneopterin aldolase (EC 4.1.2.25) is one of the enzymes of folate synthesis that remains to be cloned and characterized from plants. This enzyme catalyzes conversion of 7,8-dihydroneopterin (DHN) to 6-hydroxymethyl-7,8-dihydropterin, and is encoded by the folB gene in Escherichia coli. The E. coli FolB protein also mediates epimerization of DHN to 7,8-dihydromonapterin. Searches of the Arabidopsis genome detected three genes encoding substantially diverged FolB homologs (AtFolB1-3, sharing 57%-73% identity), for which cDNAs were isolated. A fourth cDNA specifying a FolB-like protein (LeFolB1) was obtained from tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) by reverse transcription-PCR. When overproduced in E. coli, recombinant AtFolB1, AtFolB2, and LeFolB1 proteins all had both dihydroneopterin aldolase and epimerase activities, and carried out the aldol cleavage reaction on the epimerization product, 7,8-dihydromonapterin, as well as on DHN. AtFolB3, however, could not be expressed in active form. Size exclusion chromatography indicated that the plant enzyme is an octamer, like the bacterial enzyme. Quantifying expression of the Arabidopsis genes by real-time reverse transcription-PCR showed that AtFolB1 and AtFolB2 messages occur at low levels throughout the plant, whereas the AtFolB3 mRNA was detected only in siliques and only with an extremely low abundance. Sequence comparisons and phylogenetic analysis of FolB homologs from 16 plants indicated that their N-terminal regions are highly variable, and that most species have a small number of FolB genes that diverged after separation of the lineages leading to families. The substantial divergence of FolB homologs in Arabidopsis and other plants suggests that some of them may act on substrates other than DHN.
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- 2004
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25. Biosynthesis of tetrahydrofolate. Stereochemistry of dihydroneopterin aldolase.
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Illarionova V, Eisenreich W, Fischer M, Haussmann C, Romisch W, Richter G, and Bacher A
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- Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid, Dihydropteroate Synthase chemistry, Dihydropteroate Synthase isolation & purification, Diphosphotransferases chemistry, Diphosphotransferases isolation & purification, Fructose-Bisphosphate Aldolase pharmacology, Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, Models, Chemical, Plasmids metabolism, Pterins chemistry, Recombinant Proteins chemistry, Recombinant Proteins isolation & purification, Stereoisomerism, Aldehyde-Lyases chemistry, Tetrahydrofolates biosynthesis, Tetrahydrofolates chemistry
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7,8-Dihydroneopterin aldolase catalyzes the formation of the tetrahydrofolate precursor, 6-hydroxymethyl-7,8-dihydropterin, and is a potential target for antimicrobial and anti-parasite chemotherapy. The last step of the enzyme-catalyzed reaction is believed to involve the protonation of an enol type intermediate. In order to study the stereochemical course of that reaction step, [1',2',3',6,7-13C5]dihydroneopterin was treated with aldolase in deuterated buffer. The resulting, partially deuterated [6alpha,6,7-13C3]6-hydroxymethyl-7,8-dihydropterin was converted to partially deuterated 6-(R)-[6,7,9,11-13C4]5,10-methylenetetrahydropteroate by a sequence of three enzyme-catalyzed reactions followed by treatment with [13C]formaldehyde. The product was analyzed by multinuclear NMR spectroscopy. The data show that the carbinol group of enzymatically formed 6-hydroxymethyl-dihydropterin contained 2H predominantly in the pro-S position.
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- 2002
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26. Recombinant obelin: cloning and expression of cDNA purification, and characterization as a calcium indicator.
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Illarionov BA, Frank LA, Illarionova VA, Bondar VS, Vysotski ES, and Blinks JR
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- Base Sequence, Cloning, Molecular, DNA, Complementary, Luminescent Measurements, Luminescent Proteins chemistry, Luminescent Proteins isolation & purification, Recombinant Proteins chemistry, Recombinant Proteins genetics, Recombinant Proteins isolation & purification, Calcium analysis, Luminescent Proteins genetics
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- 2000
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27. Use of proZZ-obelin fusion protein in bioluminescent immunoassay.
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Frank LA, Illarionova VA, and Vysotski ES
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- Animals, Escherichia coli, Humans, Kinetics, Luminescent Measurements, Mice, Plasmids, Rabbits, Recombinant Fusion Proteins isolation & purification, Recombinant Fusion Proteins metabolism, Restriction Mapping, Antibodies, Bacterial analysis, Calcium metabolism, Immunoglobulin G analysis, Immunoglobulins analysis, Luminescent Proteins isolation & purification, Luminescent Proteins metabolism, Tuberculosis immunology
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Obelin is a photoprotein that emits light by Ca2+-binding. To develop a bioluminescent immunoassay based on the light emission property of obelin, we have expressed the apoobelin fusion protein with ZZ-domain of S. aureus protein A in E. coli by recombinant DNA techniques. The proZZ-obelin expressed was purified by one-step affinity chromatography on IgG-Agarose. The purified proZZ-obelin has both the luminescent activity of obelin and the IgG-binding ability of ZZ-domain. The specific activity of fusion protein was 8.5 X 10(15) photons per mg of protein.
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- 1996
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28. Sequence of the cDNA encoding the Ca(2+)-activated photoprotein obelin from the hydroid polyp Obelia longissima.
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Illarionov BA, Bondar VS, Illarionova VA, and Vysotski ES
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- Aequorin genetics, Animals, Apoproteins chemistry, Apoproteins genetics, Calcium-Binding Proteins chemistry, Cloning, Molecular, DNA, Complementary genetics, Luminescent Proteins chemistry, Molecular Sequence Data, Open Reading Frames genetics, Recombinant Proteins genetics, Sequence Alignment, Sequence Analysis, DNA, Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, Calcium-Binding Proteins genetics, Hydra genetics, Luminescent Proteins genetics
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A cDNA clone encoding the Ca(2+)-activated photoprotein, obelin (Obl), from Obelia longissima was sequenced. The nucleotide (nt) sequence contained two long overlapping open reading frames (ORFs), one of which encoded apoobelin (apoObl). The deduced amino acid (aa) sequence of apoObl revealed that this 195-aa protein has three EF-hand structures that are characteristic for Ca(2+)-binding domains. Strong aa homology was shown among apoObl, apoaequorin and apoclytin. The second ORF present in the obl cDNA consists of 139 codons and encodes a very basic protein with a calculated pI of 10.56 and a molecular mass of 16,153 Da.
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- 1995
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29. [A study of native streptokinase and its polymeric derivative by means of small angle x-ray scattering].
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Illarionova VE, Taratina TM, Volkova LA, Bartoshevich SF, and Moskvichev BV
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- X-Ray Diffraction, Polymers, Streptokinase
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The gyration radius (R0) of native streptokinase (SK) was found to be R0 = (40 +/- ) A by small-angle X-ray scattering. Experimental hydrodynamic characteristics of SK were S0(20),W = (2.8 +/- 0.1)S; D0(20),W = (6.0 +/- 0.5) x 10(-7) cm2/s; [n] = 0.12 dl/g. The molecular weight of the enzyme was found to be 44,000. The values of the form factor R0/Rsphere = 2.1 and the frictional ratio f/f0 = 1.5 indicate considerable anisometry of the SK molecule. Basing on the curves of small-angle X-ray scattering of SK modified with a synthetic linear copolymer of N-vinylpyrrolidone (P) at a molar ratio SK less than P, a structural model of the conjugate was proposed. The modified form consisted of a dense nucleus covered with a diffuse polymeric membrane. In accordance with the model, R0 of modified SK and of the whole conjugate were found to be R0nucleus = (34 +/- 2) A and R0conjugate = (114 +/- 5)A.
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- 1989
30. [Emulsifying activity of yeasts growing on normal alkanes].
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Illarionova VI, Shishkanova NV, Haferburg D, and Finogenova TV
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- Candida growth & development, Culture Media metabolism, Emulsions, Excipients isolation & purification, Time Factors, Alkanes metabolism, Candida metabolism
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The ability to emulsify n-hexadecane was compared among ten strains of Candida lipolytica. The cultures were shown to differ in the activity of emulsification. The highest activity was recorded in the phase of growth deceleration. Substances involved in n-alkane emulsification were isolated.
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- 1984
31. [Effect of cultivation conditions on the synthesis of citric and isocitric acids in Candida lipolytica on hexadecane medium].
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Illarionova VI, Finogenova TV, and Glazunova LM
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- Aerobiosis, Alkanes pharmacology, Candida drug effects, Hydrogen-Ion Concentration, Iron pharmacology, Alkanes metabolism, Candida metabolism, Citrates biosynthesis, Isocitrates biosynthesis
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The influence of aeration, pH and iron concentration on the growth of yeast C. lipolytica 704 on the hexadecane medium and on the synthesis of citric and isocitric acids was investigated. The yeast synthesized citric acids actively during intensive aeration. The acid formation was strongly dependent on the medium acidity: pH 6.0 was most favourable for the synthesis of citric acids. The Fe concentration influenced significantly the ratio of the acids synthesized. At a low concentration of iron (0.005 mg Fe/l) equal amounts of citrate and isocitrate were formed; at an increased concentration isocitrate was in predominant formation.
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- 1975
32. [Effect of emulsifiers released by yeasts multiplying on n-alkane media on their growth and microscopic organization].
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Shishkanova NV, Illarionova VI, Gulevskaia SA, and Finogenova TV
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- Candida growth & development, Candida ultrastructure, Culture Media metabolism, Excipients biosynthesis, Alkanes metabolism, Candida drug effects, Excipients pharmacology
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Bioemulsifiers and ether extracts from the cultural broth of yeast cells were used to study their effect of Candida lipolytica growth and ultrastructural organisation. When the emulsifiers and ether extracts were added to the growth medium, the lag phase was reduced but the growth rate did not change. The ether extracts increased the growth rate of C. lipolytica 374/2 and the final biomass yield of C. lipolytica 704. The ultrastructural organisation of C. lipolytica 374/2 cells changed under the action of the bioemulsifier added to the growth medium.
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- 1984
33. [Growth limitation in Candida lipolytica cultures and supersynthesis of metabolites].
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Lozinov AB, Finogenova TV, Glazunova LM, and Illarionova VI
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- Alkanes metabolism, Candida metabolism, Citrates metabolism, Culture Media, Glucose metabolism, Isocitrates metabolism, Keto Acids metabolism, Ketoglutaric Acids metabolism, Magnesium metabolism, Nitrogen deficiency, Phosphorus deficiency, Pyruvates metabolism, Sulfur deficiency, Thiamine metabolism, Candida growth & development
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- 1974
34. [Biosynthesis of citric and isocitric acids by the wild-type and mutant strains of Candida lipolytica in media containing different carbon sources].
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Finogenova TV, Grinchak AV, Illarionova VI, and Shishkanova NV
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- Candida growth & development, Carbohydrate Metabolism, Kinetics, Mutation, Species Specificity, Candida metabolism, Citrates biosynthesis, Isocitrates metabolism
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Experiments were carried out to examine the capacity of two strains of Candida lipolytica, producing citric and isocitric acids in the alkane and glucose containing media, to grow on different two- and three-carbon compounds. The strains did not grow on oxalate, glyoxalate, glycolate, malonate or propionate. When cultivated in the media containing acetate, ethanol, glycerol, glucose or hexadecane, supersynthesis of the acids started after complete consumption of the nitrogen source and resultant delay of the culture growth. Either strain discharged the two acids in a proportion that depended on the strain nature and the type of the carbon source. The mutant strain produced only citrate while the wild-type synthesized both citrate and isocitrate, the ratio of which was related to the nature of the carbon source utilized.
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- 1979
35. [Quantitative determination of citric and isocitric acids in the culture fluid of microorganisms by the gas chromatography method].
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Andreev LV, Finkel'shteĭn ZI, Illarionova VI, Sapozhnikova GP, and Finogenova TV
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- Chromatography, Gas methods, Culture Media analysis, Citrates analysis, Isocitrates analysis
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- 1974
36. [Formation of citric acids by Candida lipolytica yeasts growing on n-alkanes].
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Finogenova TV, Illarionova VI, and Lozinov AB
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- Candida growth & development, Chromatography, Paper, Citrates analysis, Culture Media, Free Radicals, Isocitrates analysis, Lactones analysis, Stereoisomerism, Alkanes metabolism, Candida metabolism, Citrates biosynthesis
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- 1973
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