Human CASP5 (Caspase-5) ELISA Kit

This study proposes a simple methodology to construct the production curves of mycophenolic acid by Penicillium sp. (CASP5) and citrinin by Penicillium sp. (CATL1.1) in the crude extract, without any purification. The quantification of the compounds was done by H-1 nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) using the signal integration and an internal standard, N,N-dimethylformamide. Fungi were cultivated for a period of 20 days and quantification of the metabolites in the extracts was done starting from time zero, 2 days and after this period in an interval of 4 days. The maximum production of mycophenolic acid and citrinin was obtained at 12 and 8 days of fermentation, respectively. These results show that the H-1 NMR technique was efficient to define the production curves of mycophenolic acid and citrinin directly in the crude extracts. In addition, the technique made it possible to evaluate the purity degree of the substances obtained in the extraction process. Furthermore, this is the first study that uses the H-1 NMR technique to determine the production curves of secondary metabolites.

This report summarizes the Critical Assessment of Protein Structure Prediction (CASP5) target proteins, which included 67 experimental models submitted from various structural genomics efforts and independent research groups. Throughout this special issue, CASP5 targets are referred to with the identification numbers T0129-T0195. Several of these targets were excluded from the assessment for various reasons: T0164 and T0166 were cancelled by the organizers; T0131, T0144, T0158, T0163, T0171, T0175, and T0180 were not available in time; T0145 was "natively unfolded"; the T0139 structure became available before the target expired; and T0194 was solved for a different sequence than the one submitted. Table I outlines the sequence and structural information available for CASP5 proteins in the context of existing folds and evolutionary relationships. This information provided the basis for a domain-based classification of the target structures into three assessment categories: comparative modeling (CM), fold recognition (FR), and new fold (NF). The FR category was further subdivided into homologues [FR(H)] and analogs [FR(A)] based on evolutionary considerations, and the overlap between assessment categories was classified as CM/FR(H) and FR(A)/NF. CASP5 domains are illustrated in Figure 1. Examples of nontrivial links between CASP5 target domains and existing structures that support our classifications are provided. (C) 2003 Wiley-Liss, Inc.