Lam Sze Kwan. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 172-200). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Acknowledgements --- p.ii / Table of contents --- p.ii / Abstract --- p.xii / 撮要 --- p.xv / List of Abbreviations --- p.xvi / List of Tables --- p.xvii / List of Figures --- p.xix / TABLE OF CONTENTS / Chapter Chapter 1 --- General Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1. --- Overview of Chitinases --- p.3 / Chapter 1.1.1. --- Classification of Chitinases --- p.7 / Chapter 1.1.1.1. --- Family 19 Chitinases --- p.7 / Chapter 1.1.1.1.1. --- Class I Chitinases --- p.9 / Chapter 1.1.1.1.2. --- Class II Chitinases --- p.10 / Chapter 1.1.1.1.3. --- Class IV Chitinases --- p.10 / Chapter 1.1.1.1.4. --- Class V Chitinases --- p.11 / Chapter 1.1.1.1.5. --- Class VI Chitinases --- p.11 / Chapter 1.1.1.2. --- Family 18 Chitinases --- p.12 / Chapter 1.1.1.2.1. --- PR-8/Class III Chitinases --- p.12 / Chapter 1.1.1.2.2. --- PR-11 Chitinases --- p.15 / Chapter 1.1.1.3. --- The PR-4 Family --- p.16 / Chapter 1.1.2. --- Catalytic Mechanism of Chitinases --- p.19 / Chapter 1.1.2.1. --- Catalytic Mechanism of Family 18 Chitinases --- p.20 / Chapter 1.1.2.2. --- Catalytic Mechanism of Family 19 Chitinases --- p.21 / Chapter 1.1.3. --- Biological Properties of Chitinases --- p.22 / Chapter 1.1.3.1. --- Antifungal Activity of Chitinases in vitro --- p.22 / Chapter 1.1.3.2. --- Antifungal Activity of Chitinases in vivo --- p.23 / Chapter 1.1.3.3. --- Other Functions --- p.23 / Chapter 1.2. --- Overview of Ribonucleases --- p.25 / Chapter 1.2.1. --- Classification of Ribonucleases --- p.26 / Chapter 1.2.1.1. --- RNase T1 Family --- p.26 / Chapter 1.2.1.1.1. --- Action Mechanism of RNase T1 Family --- p.32 / Chapter 1.2.1.2. --- RNase T2 Family --- p.34 / Chapter 1.2.1.2.1. --- Action Mechanism of RNase T2 Family --- p.36 / Chapter 1.2.2. --- Biological Activities of Plant Ribonucleases --- p.38 / Chapter 1.2.2.1. --- Phosphate Remobilization --- p.38 / Chapter 1.2.2.2. --- Senescence --- p.39 / Chapter 1.2.2.3. --- Programmed Cell Death --- p.40 / Chapter 1.2.2.4. --- Plant Defense --- p.41 / Chapter 1.2.2.5. --- RNA Processing and Decay --- p.43 / Chapter 1.2.2.6. --- Antitumor Activities --- p.43 / Chapter 1.3. --- Overview of plant ribosome-inactivating proteins (RIPs) --- p.45 / Chapter 1.3.1. --- General properties of RIPs --- p.46 / Chapter 1.3.1.1. --- Classification of RIPs --- p.46 / Chapter 1.3.2. --- Activities of Ribosome-inactivating Proteins --- p.52 / Chapter 1.3.2.1. --- RNA N-glycosidase activity --- p.52 / Chapter 1.3.2.2. --- Protein synthesis inhibitory activity --- p.58 / Chapter 1.3.2.3. --- Abortifacient activity --- p.59 / Chapter 1.3.2.4. --- Immunosuppressive activity --- p.60 / Chapter 1.3.2.5. --- Antiviral activity --- p.61 / Chapter 1.3.3. --- Roles of RIPs in plants --- p.63 / Chapter 1.3.3.1. --- Defensive role of RIPs in plants --- p.63 / Chapter 1.3.3.2. --- Role of RIPs in stress adaptation in plants --- p.66 / Chapter 1.3.4. --- Possible application of RIPs --- p.67 / Chapter 1.3.4.1. --- Use of RIPs in therapies --- p.67 / Chapter 1.3.4.1.1. --- Antiviral agents --- p.67 / Chapter 1.3.4.1.2. --- Immunotoxins --- p.68 / Chapter 1.3.4.1.3. --- Anti-HIV drugs --- p.69 / Chapter 1.3.4.2. --- Use of RIPs in agriculture --- p.71 / Chapter 1.4. --- Overview of the PR-5 Family: Thaumatin-Like Proteins (TLPs) --- p.72 / Chapter 1.4.1. --- Occurrence of Thaumatin-Like Proteins --- p.76 / Chapter 1.4.2. --- Biological properties of TLPs --- p.77 / Chapter 1.4.2.1. --- Antifungal Activity --- p.77 / Chapter 1.4.2.2. --- TLPs as Anti-Freeze Protein --- p.78 / Chapter 1.4.3. --- Biotechnological Application ´ؤ Transgenic Plants --- p.79 / Chapter Chapter 2 --- Materials and Methods --- p.81 / Chapter 2.1. --- Materials --- p.81 / Chapter 2.2. --- Preparation of Crude Extract --- p.82 / Chapter 2.3. --- Purification --- p.83 / Chapter 2.4. --- Chromatography --- p.84 / Chapter 2.4.1. --- CM-Cellulose Chromatography --- p.84 / Chapter 2.4.2. --- Mono S® HR 5/5 and Mono Q® HR 5/5 --- p.85 / Chapter 2.4.3. --- Affi-gel Blue gel --- p.86 / Chapter 2.4.4. --- Superdex75 --- p.87 / Chapter 2.5. --- Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) --- p.88 / Chapter 2.6. --- Protein Concentration Determination --- p.89 / Chapter 2.7. --- Preparation of Rabbit Reticulocyte Lysate --- p.90 / Chapter 2.8. --- Determination of N-terminal Amino Acid Sequence --- p.91 / Chapter 2.9. --- Biological Activity Assays --- p.92 / Chapter 2.9.1. --- Assay for Antifungal Activity --- p.92 / Chapter 2.9.2. --- Assay for Cell-Free Translation Inhibitory Activity --- p.93 / Chapter 2.9.3. --- Assay of Cytotoxic Activity on Cancer Cell Lines --- p.94 / Chapter 2.9.4. --- Assay for HIV-1 Reverse Transcriptase (RT) Inhibitory Activity --- p.95 / Chapter 2.9.5. --- Assay of Mitogenic Activity --- p.97 / Chapter 2.9.6. --- Assay for N-Glycosidase Activity --- p.98 / Chapter 2.9.6.1. --- RNA Extraction --- p.98 / Chapter 2.9.6.2. --- Aniline Treatment --- p.99 / Chapter 2.9.6.3. --- Formaldehyde Gel Electrophoresis --- p.99 / Chapter 2.9.7. --- Assay of Ribonuclease Activity --- p.100 / Chapter 2.9.7.1. --- Assay for Yeast tRNA --- p.100 / Chapter 2.9.7.2. --- Activity toward Polyhomoribonucleotides --- p.100 / Chapter Chapter 3 --- Purification and Characterization of Pathogenesis-Related Proteins from their Respective Sources --- p.101 / Chapter 3.1. --- Purification and Characterization of Chitinase and Ribonuclease from the Roots of Panax notoginseng --- p.102 / Chapter 3.1.1. --- Introduction --- p.102 / Chapter 3.1.2. --- Results --- p.104 / Chapter 3.1.3. --- Purification --- p.107 / Chapter 3.1.3.1. --- Cation-Exchange Chromatography on CM-Cellulose --- p.108 / Chapter 3.1.3.2. --- Affinity Chromatography on Affi-gel Blue gel --- p.111 / Chapter 3.1.3.3. --- Cation-Exchange Chromatography on Mono S Column --- p.114 / Chapter 3.1.3.4. --- Gel Filtration on Superdex 75 Column --- p.115 / Chapter 3.1.4. --- Characterization of Chitinase --- p.117 / Chapter 3.1.4.1. --- N-terminal Amino Acid Sequence --- p.117 / Chapter 3.1.4.2. --- Assay for Antifungal Activity --- p.118 / Chapter 3.1.4.3. --- Assay for Cell-Free Translation-inhibitory Activity --- p.120 / Chapter 3.1.4.4. --- Assay for HIV-1 Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitory Activity --- p.120 / Chapter 3.1.5. --- Characterization of Ribonuclease --- p.121 / Chapter 3.1.5.1. --- N-terminal Amino Acid Sequence --- p.121 / Chapter 3.1.5.2. --- Assay for Ribonuclease Activity --- p.122 / Chapter 3.1.5.3. --- Assay for Cell-Free Translation-inhibitory Activity --- p.125 / Chapter 3.1.5.4. --- Assay for Antifungal Activity --- p.125 / Chapter 3.1.5.5. --- Assay for Antiproliferative Activity --- p.126 / Chapter 3.1.6. --- Discussion --- p.127 / Chapter 3.2. --- Purification and Characterization of Ribosome-Inactivating Protein and Antifungal Protein from the mushroom Lyophyllum shimeji --- p.131 / Chapter 3.2.1. --- Introduction --- p.131 / Chapter 3.2.2. --- Results --- p.132 / Chapter 3.2.3. --- Purification --- p.134 / Chapter 3.2.3.1. --- Cation-Exchange Chromatography on CM-Cellulose --- p.135 / Chapter 3.2.3.2. --- Affinity Chromatography on Affi-gel Blue Gel --- p.137 / Chapter 3.2.3.3. --- Cation-Exchange Chromatography on Mono S --- p.140 / Chapter 3.2.4. --- Characterization of Ribosome-Inactivating Protein and Antifungal Protein from Lyophyllum shimeji --- p.142 / Chapter 3.2.4.1. --- N-terminal Amino Acid Sequence --- p.142 / Chapter 3.2.4.2. --- Assay for Antifungal Activity --- p.144 / Chapter 3.2.4.3. --- Assay for N-glycosidase Activity --- p.147 / Chapter 3.2.4.4. --- Assay for Mitogenic Activity --- p.147 / Chapter 3.2.4.5. --- Assay for HIV-1 Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitory Activity --- p.148 / Chapter 3.2.5. --- Discussion --- p.150 / Chapter 3.3. --- Purification and Characterization of Ribosome-inactivating Protein from the Hypsizigus marmoreus --- p.153 / Chapter 3.3.1. --- Introduction --- p.153 / Chapter 3.3.2. --- Result --- p.154 / Chapter 3.3.3. --- Purification --- p.155 / Chapter 3.3.3.1. --- Cation-Exchange Chromatography on CM-Cellulose --- p.156 / Chapter 3.3.3.2. --- Affinity-Chromatography on Affi-gel Blue Gel --- p.158 / Chapter 3.3.3.3. --- Anion-Exchange Chromatography on Mono Q Column --- p.160 / Chapter 3.3.4. --- Characterization of Ribosome-inactivating Protein from Hypsizigus marmoreus --- p.162 / Chapter 3.3.4.1. --- N-terminal Amino Acid Sequence --- p.162 / Chapter 3.3.4.2. --- Assay for Cell-Free Translation-Inhibiting Activity --- p.163 / Chapter 3.3.4.3. --- Assay for Antifungal Activity --- p.164 / Chapter 3.3.4.4. --- Assay for N-glycosidase Activity --- p.166 / Chapter 3.3.4.5. --- Assay for HIV-1 Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitory Activity --- p.166 / Chapter 3.3.4.6. --- Assay for mitogenic Activity --- p.167 / Chapter 3.3.4.7. --- Assay for Antiproliferative Activity --- p.167 / Chapter 3.3.5. --- Discussion --- p.159 / Chapter Chapter 4 --- General Discussion --- p.170 / References --- p.172
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_323548 |
| Date | January 2001 |
| Contributors | Lam, Sze Kwan., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Biochemistry. |
| Source Sets | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Language | English, Chinese |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, bibliography |
| Format | print, xxiv, 200 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm. |
| Rights | Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
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