The p53 tumor suppressor is widely found to be mutated in human cancer. This protein is regarded as a molecular hub regulating different cell responses, namely cell death. Compelling data have ...demonstrated that the impairment of p53 activity correlates with tumor development and maintenance. For these reasons, the reactivation of p53 function is regarded as a promising strategy to halt cancer. In the present work, the recombinant mutant p53R280K DNA binding domain (DBD) was produced for the first time, and its crystal structure was determined in the absence of DNA to a resolution of 2.0 Å. The solved structure contains four molecules in the asymmetric unit, four zinc(II) ions, and 336 water molecules. The structure was compared with the wild-type p53 DBD structure, isolated and in complex with DNA. These comparisons contributed to a deeper understanding of the mutant p53R280K structure, as well as the loss of DNA binding related to halted transcriptional activity. The structural information derived may also contribute to the rational design of mutant p53 reactivating molecules with potential application in cancer treatment.
Cellulosomes are highly elaborate multi-enzyme complexes of Carbohydrate Active enZYmes (CAZYmes) secreted by cellulolytic microorganisms, which very effectively degrade the most abundant polymers on ...Earth, cellulose and hemicelluloses. Cellulosome assembly requires that a non-catalytic dockerin module found in cellulosomal enzymes binds to one of the various cohesin domains located in a large molecular scaffold called Scaffoldin. A diversity of cohesin-dockerin binding specificities have been described, the combination of which may result in complex plant cell wall degrading systems, maximising the synergy between enzymes in order to improve catalytic efficiency. Structural studies have allowed the spatial flexibility inherent to the cellulosomal system to be determined. Recent progress achieved from the study of the fundamental cohesin and dockerin units involved in cellulosome assembly will be reviewed.
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BFBNIB, DOBA, GIS, IJS, IZUM, KILJ, KISLJ, NUK, PILJ, PNG, SAZU, UILJ, UKNU, UL, UM, UPUK
Cellulosomes are one of nature’s most elaborate and highly efficient nanomachines. These cell bound multi-enzyme complexes orchestrate the deconstruction of cellulose and hemicellulose, two of the ...most abundant polymers on earth, thus playing a major role in carbon turnover. Integration of cellulosomal components occurs via highly ordered protein:protein interactions between cohesins and dockerins, whose specificities allow the precise incorporation of cellulases and hemicellulases onto a molecular scaffold. Clostridium thermocellum and C. cellulolyticum cellulosomes have been extensively characterized and constitute the paradigm for the organization of cellulases and hemicellulases in multi-enzyme complexes by thermophilic and mesophilic anaerobic bacteria, respectively. The recent sequencing of C. thermocellum and C. cellulolyticum genomes allowed the identification of the complete set of cohesins, dockerins and cellulosomal domains encoded by these bacteria. Here, several unresolved issues concerning cohesin-dockerin specificity, cellulosome assembly and the role of cellulosomal catalytic components in plant cell wall hydrolysis will be explored. The ligand specificities of some newly identified C. thermocellum cohesin and dockerin domains were described (Chapter 2). A novel cell-bound protein, termed OlpC, which contains a type I cohesin domain was discovered in C. thermocellum. A restricted set of dockerins were shown to interact, primarily, with OlpC. All the remaining dockerin containing polypeptides expressed by C. thermocellum are directed to cellulosomes. Significantly, the structure of two C. cellulolyticum cohesin-dockerin complexes revealed that, as it was previously reported for C. thermocellum, mesophilic dockerins also express a dual binding mode for cohesins (Chapter 3). Initial crystallization studies with the two N-terminal domains of C. thermocellum cellulosomal xylanase Xyn10B anticipate the elucidation of its 3D structure, which may provide insightful data concerning the function of this enzyme in plant cell wall hydrolysis (Chapter 4). Finally, a cellulosomal family 2 CE (CtCE2), which grafts a second discrete non-catalytic binding functionality into its active site, was characterized (Chapter 5). CtCE2 provides a rare example of “gene sharing” where the introduction of a second functionality into the active site of an enzyme does not compromise the original activity of the biocatalyst.
O estudo teve como objetivo avaliar a educação em saúde ao paciente com diagnóstico de câncer de pele fornecida pela atenção primária. Trata-se de um estudo qualitativo realizado em um centro ...oncológico da cidade de Teresina/PI. A população doestudo foi formada por pacientes com CID (Código Internacional de Doenças) utilizou-se a técnica da análise de conteúdo categorial temática de Bardin. O estudo constatou que os pacientes entrevistados são pertencentes a um grupo de risco por altas exposições aos raios ultravioletas e mantêm comportamento de vida que precisam ser mudados. Porém, apresentam cognição em compreender a gravidade do câncer da pele e dos meios de se evitar a doença. Dessa forma, precisam da educação em saúde das equipes de Estratégia Saúde da Família (ESF) para conseguirem um bom desenvolvimento quanto í proteção contra os raios solares. A Educação em Saúde do paciente com diagnóstico de câncer de pele na ESF é deficiente e de baixa qualidade, tanto na prevenção primária, quanto na fase de tratamento imediato.
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