... Effect of I112P, D147E, K152N on CYP11B2 activity (Eur. J. Biochem. 269) 1127
The effect of amino-acid substitutions I112P, D147E and K152N
in CYP11B2 on the catalytic activities of the enzyme
Stephanie ... [17–19,41,42]. These stuc tures
are mainly located in the C-terminal regions of CYP11B1
and CYP11B2. So far, the role of distinct...
... test, interventricular dyssynchrony
Introduction
The introduction of cardiac resynchronization
therapy has recently renewed the clinical interest in the
analysis of specific phases of the cardiac ... reducing LV dyssynchrony and thereby liber-
ating a further segment of the RR interval for diastole
(24). Considering that direct evaluation of LV
dyssynchrony is sti...
... GDP-4-keto-6-deoxy-
D
-mannose
reductase and the stereoselectivity of the reduction deter-
mines the direction of synthesis of these two 6-deoxyhex-
oses. However, neither the gene encoding the biosynthesis of
GDP-6-deoxy-
D
-talose ... hydrolyse them; they
were then dried to remove the water and HCl. The pellets
were converted into the corresponding
D
-(+)-2-octyl...
... phosphorylation by any
of the kinases that were tested. In addition, a construct
containing Y6 41 alone was not phosphorylated by any of the
kinases, confirming that Y6 41 is probably not a site for
phosphorylation ... to the phosphorylation
of the wild-type siglec tail by Lck and Jak3 kinases. By
comparison, the mutation of the tyrosine at position 641 did
not signifi...
... concentration so the free concentration is
actually lower. Addition of ethanol alone had only a minor
effect on the enzyme activity while addition of dimethyl-
sulfoxide caused almost 20% reduction in ... 5299
DISCUSSION
The BNSEH1 was cloned and found to encode a protein of
318 amino acid residues. The recombinant enzyme was
functional and readily detected by assa...
...
play a role in neuropathic pain. Methodology/Principal Findings: In this study, we inves-
tigated the role of TLR4 in a rat chronic constriction injury (CCI) model and explored the
feasibility ... through inhibiting the activation of NF-κB p65 and production of
proinflammatory cytokines (e.g., TNF-α and IL-1β). Conclusions/Significance: These
findings suggest that...
... important role in the aetiology
of asthma and that these hormones are influenced by
obesity. Direct effects of regurgitation due to
abdominal obesity and inflammatory effects on the
bronchioles have ...
possibility of gender specificity in the BMI effect on the
development of asthma. They used longitudinal data
from the National Population Health Survey...
... 1. Values of K
i
for N-amidino-2-hydroxypyrrolidine, agmatine, and clonidine binding to NOS-I, NOS-II, and trypsin.
Enzyme
K
i
(
M
)
N-Amidino-2-
hydroxypyrrolidine Agmatine Clonidine
NOS-I (1.1 ... human enzyme was used instead. The confor-
mations of the N-amidino-2-hydroxypyrrolidine in the
enzyme: inhibitor complexes were obtained after 10 ps
molecular dynamics. Ene r...
...
cephalosporins (cefazolin, cefotaxime, and cefepime),
the fluoroquinolones (ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin), the
aminoglycosides (amikacin, gentamicin, and tobra-
mycin), meropenem, pipercillin/tazobactam ... serotype of K.
pneumoniae is the second most common type of strain
isolated from liver abscesses [8].
In conclusion, through culture methods and 16S
rRNA sequencing,...
... 2006.09.10
The purpose of this study was to determine the association between the level of salivary dehydroepiandroster-
one sulfate (DHEA-S) and the magnitude of adaptation to exercise training in insulin ... a role in functional recovery in hu-
mans [17]. To determine the association of DHEA-S
with exercise-training adaptation, the effect of 4
months of e...