| 1 | Hybrid Rubisco with Complete Replacement of Rice Rubisco Small Subunits by Sorghum Counterparts Confers C4 Plant-like High Catalytic Activity显示文摘Photosynthetic rate at the present atmospheric condition is limited by the CO2-fixing enzyme ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase(Rubisco)because of its extremely low catalytic rate(kcat)and poor affinity for C02(Kc)and specificity for CO2(Sc/O).Rubisco in C4 plants generally shows higher k cat than that in C3 plants.Rubisco consists of eight large subunits and eight small subunits(RbcS).Previously,the chimeric incorporation of sorghum C4-type RbcS significantly increased the k cat of Rubisco in a C3 plant,rice.In this study,we knocked out rice RbcS multigene family using the CRISPR-Cas9 technology and completely replaced rice RbcS with sorghum RbcS in rice Rubisco.Obtained hybrid Rubisco showed almost C4 plant-like catalytic properties,i.e.,higher kcai,higher Kc,and lower Sc/O.Transgenic lines expressing the hybrid Rubisco accumulated reduced levels of Rubisco,whereas they showed slightly but significantly higher photosynthetic capacity and similar biomass production under high C 02 condition compared with wild-type rice.High-resolution crystal structural analysis of the wild-type Rubisco and hybrid Rubisco revealed the structural differences around the central pore of Rubisco and the pC-pD hairpin in RbcS.We propose that such differences,particularly in the pC-pD hairpin,may impact the flexibility of Rubisco catalytic site and change its catalytic properties. | Hiroyoshi Matsumura Keita Shiomi Akito Yamamoto Yuri Taketani Noriyuki Kobayashi Takuya Yoshizawa Shun-ichi Tanaka Hiroki Yoshikawa Masaki Endo Hiroshi Fukayama | 2020 | Molecular Plant2020，13，11： | 8 |
| 5 | The liver-to-spleen ratio is a risk factor predicting oxygen demand in COVID-19 patients显示文摘Background:We aimed to investigate risk factors predicting oxygen demand in COVID-19 patients.Methods:Patients admitted to Shizuoka General Hospital with COVID-19 from August 2020 to August 2021 were included.First,we divided patients into groups with and without oxygen demand.Then,we compared patients’clinical characteristics and laboratory and radiological findings to determine factors predicting oxygen demand.Results:One hundred seventy patients with COVID-19(aged 58±15 years,57 females)were enrolled.Common comorbidities were cardiovascular diseases(47.6%),diabetes mellitus(28.8%),and dyslipidemia(26.5%).Elder age,higher body mass index,cardiovascular diseases,diabetes mellitus,lower lymphocyte count,albumin,hep-atic attenuation value,and the liver-to-spleen ratio(L/S),higher D-dimer,aspartate aminotransferase,lactate dehydrogenase,troponin-T,C-reactive protein,KL-6,chest and abdominal circumference,and visceral fat were found in patients with oxygen demand.According to the multivariate logistic regression analysis,L/S,lympho-cyte count,D-dimer,and abdominal circumference under the diaphragm were independent risk factors predicting oxygen demand in COVID-19 patients.Conclusions:On admission,L/S,lymphocyte count,D-dimer,and abdominal circumference were predictive factors for oxygen demand.These factors may help in the appropriate triage of COVID-19 patients in the decision to admit them to the hospital. | Hiromasa Nakayasu Shogo Sakurai Shuichi Sugiyama Kotaro Shiratori Kohei Okawa Yoshihiro Kitahara Shingo Takahashi Toshihiro Masuda Yutaro Kishimoto Mika Saigusa Akito Yamamoto Taisuke Akamatsu Satoru Morita Kazuhiro Asada Toshihiro Shirai | 2023 | Infectious Medicine2023，2，2： | 0 |
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