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J Exp Bot. 2005 Aug;56(418):2253-65
Authors: Terskikh VV, Feurtado JA, Borchardt S, Giblin M, Abrams SR, Kermode AR
High-resolution 13C MAS NMR spectroscopy was used to profile a range of primary and secondary metabolites in vivo in intact whole seeds of eight different conifer species native to North America, including six of the Pinaceae family and two of the Cupressaceae family. In vivo 13C NMR provided information on the total seed oil content and fatty acid composition of the major storage lipids in a non-destructive manner. In addition, a number of monoterpenes were identified in the 13C NMR spectra of conifer seeds containing oleoresin; these compounds showed marked variability in individual seeds of Pacific silver fir within the same seed lot. In imbibed conifer seeds, the 13C NMR spectra showed the presence of considerable amounts of dissolved sucrose presumed to play a protective role in the desiccation-tolerance of seeds. The free amino acids arginine and asparagine, generated as a result of storage protein mobilization, were detected in vivo during seed germination and early seedling growth. The potential for NMR to profile metabolites in a non-destructive manner in single conifer seeds and seed populations is discussed. It is a powerful tool to evaluate seed quality because of its ability to assess reserve accumulation during seed development or at seed maturity; it can also be used to monitor reserve mobilization, which is critical for seedling emergence.
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Methods Mol Biol. 2011;708:299-319
Authors: Lenz EM
The identification of drug metabolites in biofluids such as urine, plasma and bile is an important step in drug discovery and development. Proton nuclear magnetic resonance ((1)H-NMR) spectroscopy can provide detailed information regarding the structural transformation of a compound as a consequence of metabolism. However, successful identification of drug...
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Use of 1H NMR to measure intracellular metabolite levels during growth and asexual sporulation in Neurospora crassa.
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Comparison of serum metabolite compositions between obese and lean growing pigs using an NMR-based metabonomic approach.
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Authors: He Q, Ren P, Kong X, Wu Y, Wu G, Li P, Hao F, Tang H, Blachier F, Yin Y
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Biophys J. 2011 Jan 5;100(1):215-24
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Fabrea salina is a hypersaline ciliate that is known to be among the strongest ultraviolet (UV)-resistant microorganisms; however, the molecular mechanisms of this resistance are almost unknown. By means...
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Authors: Rico M, Bruix M, González C, Monsalve RI, RodrĂ*guez R
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Assessing precision and accuracy of protein structures derived from NMR data
David A. Snyder 1 2, Aneerban Bhattacharya 1 2, Yuanpeng J. Huang 1 2, Gaetano T. Montelione 1 2 *
1Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine, Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, and Northeast Structural Genomics Consortium, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854
2Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, NJ 08854
*Correspondence to Gaetano T. Montelione, CABM-Rutgers University, 679 Hoes Lane, Piscataway, NJ...