... aspects of proton-carboncarbon-proton three-dimensional correlation spectroscopy of 13C-labeled proteins J Magn Reson 87, 620– 627 Farrow NA, Zhang O, Forman-Kay JD & Kay LE (1994) A heteronuclear ... residues conserved among the STI1 homologs are marked in blue, and the Pro residues not conserved among the STI1 homologs are marked in cyan (B) Ribbon presentation of the XPCB–hHR23B three-dimensional ... excision repair J Biol Chem 276, 18665–18672 Wittekind MML (1993) HNCACB, a high-sensitivity 3D NMR experiment to correlate amide-proton and nitrogen resonances with the alpha- and beta-carbon resonances...
... AND THE KU80 CTERMINAL REGION IN THE REGULATION OF THE HUMAN DNAREPAIRPROTEIN KU DNA double strand breaks (DSB) are among the most lethal forms of DNA damage and can occur as a result of ionizing ... modifications wtKu and DNA- PK were analyzed for Ku80CTR interaction under native and PICUP conditions with or without the addition of DNA or ATP g wtKu were subjected to PICUP crosslinking conditions ... used and Ku protein preparations were titrated into the binding reactions Wild type and Ku70/80C under reduced conditions displayed identical binding and, upon oxidation with diamide, minimal DNA...
... plus cisplatin Spearman correlation analysis was further done to confirm the correlation between polh expressionand clinicopathologic features Pearson contingency coefficient shown that polhexpression ... POLh protein was detectable in the nucleus of gastric cancer cell (× 400) Table DNA polymerase h proteinexpressionand clinical treatment response Table Correlation between POL h expressionand ... cases (23 out of 80), and the expression was modest However, strong correlation was found between polh expressionand treatment response as well as survival All the results demonstrated that polh...
... actually model A) and DG, and based on these analyses we could draw the same conclusions concerning SEP and DG as we already had done Since the analysis was intended as exploratory, we consider the ... and parameter estimates are presented in Table We present two unconditional and two final models Because the SEP and DG predictors take on three and two discrete values, respectively, equations ... each septic category and over time The magnitude of this additional elevation in surgical patients therefore does not depend on septic condition Computing the model equations (Table 6), we can...
... in DNArepairand the DDR we sought to better understand the basic mechanism of DNA- PK activation The two primary components contributing to DNA- PK activation are protein/ proteinandprotein /DNA ... better understand how protein/ proteinandprotein /DNA interactions influence DNA- PK activation, we created and purified Ku80 C-terminal truncation mutants based on structural data and predicted ... Initiation of NHEJ requires the formation and activation of the DNA- dependent protein kinase (DNA- PK) Once activated, DNA- PK functions to regulate NHEJ pathway progression as well as initiates the DNA...
... the expression of DNArepair proteins and tumor platinum levels We show that NaAsO2 andhyperthermia either as single agents or in combination reverse key DNArepairprotein responses to cisplatin ... than with hyperthermia treatment (CPA/43) Arsenic decreased to similar levels at 24 h Effect of cisplatin, arsenicandhyperthermiaonDNArepairproteinexpressionCisplatin causes bulky DNA damage ... damage that is repaired mostly by the nucleotide excision repair system (NER) Cellular response to cisplatin- DNA damage involves the induction of DNArepair proteins to initiate DNArepair [10]...
... such as DNA replication, DNArepairand gene expression (reviewed in (Winkler and Luger, 2011)) Chromatin reconfiguration that occurs during embryonic DNA replication has a direct effect on reactivation ... located on the DNAand poised to carry both replication andrepair functions, depending on the local environment and cellular requirements for normal functioning and survival The existence of proteins ... processing: modulation of the strand displacement activity of DNA polymerase delta by the concerted action of 20 DNARepair − On the Pathways to Fixing DNA Damage and Errors replication protein A, proliferating...
... Interactions of Histone Proteins andDNA at Physiological Salt Concentrations Unlike the proteins which are negatively-charged, histone proteins have strong positive charges and thus it can bind to DNA ... stronger hysteresis (c-d) DNA- protein complexes respond to pH in 50 mM KCl and 100 nM protein concentrations Folding is much stronger at lower pH (6.5) and the DNA is hardly unfolded at this condition ... Histone chaperons are a group of proteins in eukaryotic cells to help chromatin assembly The binding mechanisms of histone chaperons to histone proteins and the functions of histone chaperones...
... Journal compilation ª 2008 FEBS 3785 Effect of ionic strength and oxidation on PhyAsr R J Gruninger et al Comparison of contacts to the P-loop in the unoxidized and oxidized conformations To accommodate ... based on the pKa values for InsP6 [30] The ionic strength P was calculated using the equation I = ½ ciZi2, where I is the ionic strength of the solution, and ci and Zi are the concentration and ... the general acid loop and active site arginine are sterically constrained; and (b) upon intramolecular bond formation Experimental procedures Purification and crystallization The S ruminantium...
... in one strand and two AG steps in the other The mdm2 target, whose interaction with p53 was most strongly affected by DNA cis-platination, contains GG, GGG and AG motifs in one strand and GG and ... bifunctional cisplatinDNA adducts slow down or block DNA or RNA polymerization and can hamper the initiation of DNA transcription [49] Strong differential inhibition of marker gene expression was ... Journal compilation ª 2006 FEBS 4695 ˇ ´ H Pivonkova et al Cisplatin effects on p53 ⁄ p73 DNA recognition and p73d proteins to the DNA targets caused the formation of analogous retarded bands (denoted...
... representation of a dRP lyase reaction A 21-mer double-strand oligonucleotide containing an abasic site at position 10 in one strand is treated with human AP endonuclease to release a dRP-containing ... proliferation Effects of DNA- damaging treatments on the levels of OsPol k expression In addition, we investigated the effects of DNA- damaging treatments, such as UV and methylmethanesulfonate (MMS), on ... not only in BER but also in DNA doublestrand break repairand meiosis, and Pol b and TdT may be evolved for differentiation and development of specific organs in vertebrates such as the nervous and...
... exons, which was confirmed by the isolation and sequencing of the fulllength TgDRE cDNA The comparison of cDNA and genomic DNA nucleotide sequences allowed the determination of the exact position ... functions in the nuclear spliceosome and thus in RNA metabolism DISCUSSION In the present study, we report the isolation andexpression of a cDNA encoding a novel DNArepair enzyme in T gondii ... DNArepair enzyme (DRT111) of Arabidopsis thaliana [9,10] Here, we report on the isolation of the gene locus, full-length cDNA and the functional analysis of the corresponding protein of T gondii...
... media, at low and high salt concentrations The effect on the melting temperature (tm) is dependent on the salt concentration At high salt concentration (0.05 m), modification of DNA by trans-PtHMP ... (2003) DNA binding by antitumor trans-[PtCl2(NH3)(thiazole)]: protein recognition and nucleotide excision repair of monofunctional adducts Biochemistry 42, 792–800 DNA recognition by p53 protein ... efficiency of the bifunctional mononuclear platinum(II) complex containing the leaving ligands in the trans configuration to inhibit binding of the p53 protein to its consensus DNA sequence Thus, in...
... fraction contains RNA, and not DNAOn native agarose gel, a smeared band was visualized in the nucleic acid-containing UDE fraction (Fig 1C) Test digestions of this UDE preparation by DNase as ... RNAUDE and UDE conformational states (Figs 3, 5, and S1) Under our experimental conditions, the distinct conformations RNA-dependent conformational states of UDE Fig Binding afnity of UDE for RNA and ... thermostatted at 25 C, with excitation and emission wavelengths of 295 and 340 nm, respectively, and excitation and emission slits set to and nm, respectively Protein (3 lm) in Tris buffer (the...
... transcriptional activator (rtTA) [8] A third system [11] is based on concomitant expression of two fusion proteins, i.e rtTA2S-M2, which contains three tandem repeat VP16 minimal activation domains, and ... Plasmid constructs Fig Validation of pEBTet and pEBTetD vectors on the level of protein function (A) Regulation of expression ETTh, which resides in the plasma membrane Ergothioneine (ET) content ... Thus, relocation of TetR fusion proteins upon binding of inducer can be expected to cause secondary background differences Pronounced alteration of rtTA expression levels after addition of inducer...
... various pH andprotein concentrations) to the two-state model (Eqn 1) The Tm and DHU,m-values refer to the transition midpoint at the monomer concentration of 120 lM DGU,25 and DDGU,25 stand for ... aN, bN and aU, were adjustable According to Eqn (1) protein concentration will only affect the Tm values, whereas other parameters and thermodynamic functions of temperature are common and remain ... wild-type and the E34D mutant proteins were recorded at pH 4.00, 3.75 and 3.50 at monomer concentrations of 15, 30 and 60 lM (Fig 5B) It should be emphasized that the two latter concentrations were...
... replication, repairand recombination is single-stranded DNA binding protein (SSB) [16,17] The N-terminal domain of SSB is highly conserved and forms an oligonucleotide binding fold, and this region ... also responsible for oligomerization, typically homotetramerization in eubacteria The C-terminal region is less conserved and is responsible for proteinprotein interaction [18,19] The proteins ... phenylmethanesulfonyl fluoride and 10% glycerol For helicase and ATPase assays, HpSSB (Wt) and DC20SSB were dialysed against MonoQ and MonoS buffers and subjected to ion exchange chromatography using MonoQ and...
... structured single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) and hairpin DNA ends resembling replication and recombination intermediates [30,35] Preliminary studies indicated the phosphorylation of p53 by DNA- PK was dramatically ... of ssM13 and linearized double-stranded plasmid DNA (Fig 1) In the presence of ssDNA, substrate phosphorylation occurs in competition with DNA- PK autophosphorylation and autoinactivation [30] ... phosphorylation at Ser9 and Thr18 showed a strong preference for the colocalization of p53 and DNAPK on ssDNA This may explain why these sites have not been previously recognized as bona fide DNA- PK...
... combed DNA molecules The PADI (protein- assisted DNA immobilization) technique utilizes specific and non-specific interaction between DNAand DNA- binding proteins to stretch and immobilize DNA molecules ... immobilized DNA than on a coiled DNA, since along the former the protein follows a straight 1D path along the DNA Stretching DNA is also useful if one wishes to monitor its interactions with proteins ... of DNA attachment is demonstrated in Fig 16B and C At high -protein concentration, the DNA is firmly attached to the surface (Fig 16B), while lowering the protein concentration leads to fewer proteins...