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    Functional analysis of a gene encoding threonine synthase from rice

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    Threonine synthase (TS) is a pyridoxal phosphate dependent enzyme that catalyzes the formation of threonine (Thr) through O-phosphohomoserine (OPH) from the aspartate family pathway in plants. The properties of the TS enzyme have been evaluated in many bacteria and few plants. Sequence analysis of the cDNA from rice revealed that it harbors a full-length open reading frame for OsTS encoding for 521 amino acids, corresponding to a protein of approximately 57.2 kD. The predicted amino acid sequence of OsTS is highly homologous to that of Arabidopsis TS and many bacterial TS encoded by thrC gene. The OsTS protein harbors a signature binding motif for pyridoxal- 5’ -phosphate at the amino terminus. A thrC mutant strain of Escherichia coli was complemented by OsTS expression. OsTS expression was correlated with the survival of the thrC mutant, which is affected by thesupplementation of an aspartate pathway metabolite, methionine

    Expression of a natural fusion gene for uracil phosphoribosyltransferase and uridine kinase from rice shows growth retardation by 5-fluorouridine or 5- fluorouracil in Escherichia coli

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    Uridine kinase (UK) and uracil phosphoribosyltransferase (UPRT) are enzymes in pyrimidine salvage pathway. UK or UPRT were reported as separate genes in bacteria. Amino acid sequence of OsUK/UPRT1 from rice shows homology to bacterial enzymes. Amino-terminal region is similar to UDK with an ATP/GTP-binding motif, whereas the carboxyl-terminal similar to UPP with two binding motifs for a uracil and a PRPP, respectively. Expression of  OsUK/UPRT1 in an udk and/or upp mutant of Escherichia coli led to growth inhibition with 5-fluorouridine or 5-fluorouracil. These results suggestthat the OsUK/UPRT1 product would be a natural fusion protein of two enzymes

    Constraints on the χ_(c1) versus χ_(c2) polarizations in proton-proton collisions at √s = 8 TeV

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    The polarizations of promptly produced χ_(c1) and χ_(c2) mesons are studied using data collected by the CMS experiment at the LHC, in proton-proton collisions at √s=8  TeV. The χ_c states are reconstructed via their radiative decays χ_c → J/ψγ, with the photons being measured through conversions to e⁺e⁻, which allows the two states to be well resolved. The polarizations are measured in the helicity frame, through the analysis of the χ_(c2) to χ_(c1) yield ratio as a function of the polar or azimuthal angle of the positive muon emitted in the J/ψ → μ⁺μ⁻ decay, in three bins of J/ψ transverse momentum. While no differences are seen between the two states in terms of azimuthal decay angle distributions, they are observed to have significantly different polar anisotropies. The measurement favors a scenario where at least one of the two states is strongly polarized along the helicity quantization axis, in agreement with nonrelativistic quantum chromodynamics predictions. This is the first measurement of significantly polarized quarkonia produced at high transverse momentum
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