简介:Insulinsecretorygranules(ISGs),agroupofdistinguishingorganellesinpancreaticβcells,areresponsibleforthestorageandsecretionofinsulintomaintainbloodglucosehomeostasis.ThemolecularmechanismsofISGbiogenesis,maturation,transportation,andexocytosisarestilllargelyunknownbecausetheproteinsinvolvedinthesedistinctstepshavenotbeenfullyidentified.Subcellularfractionationbydensitygradientcentrifugationhasbeensuccessfullyemployedtoanalyzetheproteomesofnumerousorganelles.However,useofthismethodtoelucidatetheISGproteomeislimitedbyco-fractionatedcontaminantsbecause1SGsareverydynamicandhaveabundantexchangesorcontactswithotherorganelles,suchastheGolgiapparatus,lysosomes,andendosomes.Inthisstudy,wedevelopedanewstrategyforidentifyingISGproteinsbyproteincorrelationprofiling(PCP)-basedproteomics,whichincludedISGpurificationbyOptiPrepdensitygradientcentrifugation,label-freequantitativeproteome,andidentificationofISGproteinsbycorrelatingfractionationprofilesbetweencandidatesandknownISGmarkers.Usingthisapproach,wewereabletoidentify81ISGproteins.Amongthem,TM9SF3,anine-transmembraneprotein,wasconsideredahighconfidenceISGcandidateproteinhighlightedinthePCPnetwork.FurtherbiochemicalandimmunofluorescenceassaysindicatedthatTMgSF3localizedinISGs,suggestingthatitisapotentialnewISGmarker.
简介:Wereportacompletegenomicsequenceofrareisolates(minorgenotype)oftheSARS-CoVfromSARSpatientsinGuangdong,China,wherethefirstfewcasesemerged.Themoststrikingdiscoveryfromtheisolateisanextra29-nucleotidesequencelocatedatthenucleotidepositionsbetween27,863and27,864(referredtothecompletesequenceofBJ01)withinanoverlappedregioncomposedofBGI-PUP5(BGI-postulateduncharacterizedprotein5)andBGI-PUP6upstreamoftheN(nucleocapsid)protein.Thediscoveryofthisminorgenotype,GD-Ins29,suggestsasignificantgeneticeventanddifferentiatesitfromthepreviouslyre-portedgenotype,thedominantformamongallsequencedSARS-CoVisolates.A17-ntsegmentofthisextrasequenceisidenticaltoasegmentofthesamesizeintwohumanmRNAsequencesthatmayinterferewithviralgenomereplicationandtranscriptioninthecytosoloftheinfectedcells.Itprovidesanewavenuefortheexplorationofthevirus-hostinteractioninviralevolution,hostpathogenesis,andvaccinedevelopment.
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