Is yeast TCP1 a chaperonin?

Article Abstract:

The TCP1 gene is probably not a chaperonin because heat stress inhibits its transcription and because it is not always part of a multigene family. TCP1 has a similar nucleotide sequence in mice, humans, hamsters, the fly Drosophila melanogaster and the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. G. North's suggestion that TCP1 also resembles the thermophilic bacterium Sulfolobus shibatae's TF55 gene is unlikely to be accurate since TCP1 lacks the chaperonin characteristics of TF55.

Genetic transcription, Transcription (Genetics), Biochemical genetics

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Exposure to bisphenol A advances puberty

Article Abstract:

Experiments with mice and bisphenol A indicate that exposure of foetuses to oestrogenic endocrine-disrupting chemicals can have an impact on postnatal rate of growth and result in early puberty. The results indicate that there should be research to look at the connection between exposure by pregnant women to endocrine disrupters and the impact on the health of their babies.

Bisphenol-A

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Chaperonin turned insect toxin

Article Abstract:

Research into the paralysing toxin of the antlion larvae is described. The toxin, which is produced by bacterial endosymbionts in the larvae saliva, is shown to be a homologue of the molecular chaperone GroEL.

Larvae

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