... at their 50 and 30 boundaries, respectively, and were inserted between the third letter of one codon andthe first letter ofthe following codon Molecular modeling ofthe C sepium b-amylase The ... the X-ray coordinates ofthe soybean b-amylase (Fig 4) According to the Ramachandran plot of this model the f and c angles of most ofthe residues are in the allowed regions of low energy, except ... Cys97, Cys208 and Cys343) On the analogy ofthe soybean b-amylase, the active site ofthe C sepium b-amylase most probably consists of a cleft located between the barrel core andthe smaller globular...
... sequence and sequence alignment of Cyn d 24 (A) Nucleotide and deduced amino acid sequences of Cyn d 24 The numbers on the right ofthe figure indicate the positions ofthe nucleotide sequence The ... in the pollen As a consequence, individuals allergic to BGP require individual diagnosis and therapy, and an understanding ofthe structure of these allergens is essential to the improvement of ... sequences ofthe peptides, the position in the complete sequence of Cyn d 24 is indicated the amino acids of number and number peptide sequences (Fig 2B), and an antisense primer, designed on the basis...
... component bands, determined by band fitting ofthe absorbance spectrum of Fig 4A, are shown in Fig and Table From Table 2, the sum of individual amide I¢ intensity andthe intensity percent of each ... indicated by the presence of a very strong negative band at 198 nm The negative band near 220 nm results from overlapping ofthe bands of b-sheet (215 nm) and a-helix Table Fractional composition of secondary ... studies ofthe catalytic subunit ofthe cAMP-dependent protein kinase Its ability to readily alter the PKI coding sequence could permit further studying of human PKIb and understanding ofthe function...
... on the effect of two variables, the reaction time andthe presence of chloride ions, on the stoichiometry, stereochemistry and degree of folding ofthe Hg(II)-MT species formed by either the ... of all the variables in the Hg-MT system required the performance and analysis of 18 Ó FEBS 2004 titrations andthe corresponding duplicates The detailed and comparative analysis ofthe set of ... Notwithstanding this, there is a minor effect of t and X at the beginning and end ofthe titration Thus, the addition ofthe first 4–6 of Hg(II) to apo-MT gives rise to Hg-MT species of comparable...
... cloning ofthe gene encoding the secreted CM from Yersinia pestis (*YpCM, y2828), purification ofthe protein, investigation ofthe properties ofthe enzyme, andthe crystal structure analysis ofthe ... form, andthe rest ofthe structure is in cartoon form In EcCM, one polypeptide chain is gray andthe other is rose In 90-MtCM, one polypeptide chain is blue andthe other is green The TSA from the ... performing the role of Gln88 in EcCM Ofthe other two structures, PfCM has the conserved Ser70 and Gln74, and TtCM has Ser81 and Glu85 There are two Protein Data Bank files for TtCM; in the file 2D8D,...
... et al ofthe ndh genes is much higher in BS chloroplasts, and elevated amounts ofthe Ndh complex have been found in these plastids [18] The function ofthe Ndh complex is still a matter of debate ... about the viability of ndh mutants [2,23,25] have clearly restarted the debate about the real function(s) ofthe Ndh complex To contribute to thestructuraland functional characterization of this ... characterize the Ndh complex, the MS and BS chloroplasts were separated on CN ⁄ PAGE (1D, based on the internal charge ofthe protein complexes) and BN ⁄ PAGE (2D, based on the external charge of the...
... (located at the C-terminus ofthe a2-helix) and Ala112 (located at the C-terminus ofthe b7-strand connected with the base ofthe b5 ⁄ b6 loop by hydrogen bonds) The conformational change of Ala112 ... the loss ofthe interaction ofthe a2-helix with membrane interface) is one ofthe factors that destabilize the membrane binding state ofthe PH domain As shown in Table and Fig 2, addition of ... heterogeneity of Ala112 in the PH domain bound to PC ⁄ PIP2 vesicles The chemical shift andthe line shape ofthe 18.44 p.p.m peak are similar to the chemical shift and line shape ofthe peak representing...
... K8 and D72 are located near the crossing region ofthe helices, andthe Nx atom of K8 is found ˚ at a distance of 6.2 A from the nearest side-chain oxygen of D72 Taking the functionally and structurally ... neutralization ofthe effect ofthe mutation D72K on the protein’s global charge was not sufficient to fully reverse the negative effect on the stability of cyt c6 The apparent stability ofthe mutants ... the mutation of surface residues located far from the heme moiety Thus, the thermodynamic driving force for the reaction of cyt c6 with PS I was essentially unaltered by the introduction of the...
... II The hood domain is mainly built up by residues from the C-terminus and consists of a two-stranded anti-parallel b-sheet composed of b2 and b9 and an a-helix from the C-terminus (Fig 1A) The ... Lys173 interacts with both O6 and N7 (Fig 1C) The 2¢OH ofthe ribose is hydrogen bonded to the main chain andthe side chain of Asp142 (Fig 1C) Both hydroxyl groups ofthe ribose are involved in ... Asp142, 2¢ and 3¢OH ofthe ribose and three water molecules with ˚ coordination distances of approximately 2.4 A The phosphate ofthe GMP is hydrogen bonded to main chain and side chain atoms of amino...
... ofthestructural relationship of CP1/CP2 and TP1/TP2 with the remainder ofthe BLG structure It is evident that all these fragments include a generous portion ofthe b-barrel structure (strands ... amount of time At the end ofthe heat treatment the mixtures were placed in an ice/water bath, andthe enzymatic activity was stopped by lowering the pH ofthe reaction mixture to by addition of ... structure (strands B, C and part of strand D), along with part ofthe distant I strand in the C-terminus region that includes Cys160 and connects to the leftovers of strand D via a disulfide bridge...
... 2001 cleavages ofthe sites were in the order: Tyr146/Asn147 ! Phe114 ! other sites The weakness of bands of fragments I and IV andthe appearance of fragment II in the degradation ofthe Tyr146 ... 2) The cleavage ofthe interdomain and autolysis loops To follow the autolysis of D-chymotrypsin andthe mutants, the gel-electrophoretic patterns of their digests were compared As under the ... (Fig 3B), the order and speed of cleavages are as follows: the rapid cleavage ofthe Tyr146-Asn147 and/ or the Asn147-Ala148 bond(s) in the autolysis loop precedes the slower hydrolysis ofthe Phe114-Ser115...
... of Pex1p and Pex6p A B Fig Two-hybrid interaction of Pex1p and Pex6p harboring point mutations ofthe WalkerA and B motifs of their ATP-binding sites A schematic representation ofthe Pex1p and ... the binding sites of these two AAA-proteins to their different protein regions and elucidated the importance of ATP-binding to the two AAA-cassettes of Pex1p and Pex6p for their interaction The ... to the cytosol Here we confirm and extend earlier studies of these AAA-peroxins and give a further detailed functional analysis of their cassette structure and interaction The interaction of Pex1p...
... binding ofthe substrates The r.m.s.d of Ca atoms after superposition ofthe catalytic domains in complex with different substrates andthe catalytic domain ofthe apo-enzyme The binding ofthe small ... nucleophilic attack ofthe a-phosphate of ATP Thus, according to the crystal structure, the specificity of serine recognition depends on: (a) the zinc ion, (b) the size ofthe active site and (c) the hydrophilic ... cognate tRNA Because ofthe similar size ofthe motif loop in methanogenic-type SerRS and ThrRS andthe involvement of zinc ions in the recognition of amino acid substrates, the M barkeri loop...
... secondary structure ofthe catalytic domain of PKCf andthe effect of its substrate, MgATP, and also to study the effect of thermal unfolding in the presence andthe absence of MgATP We used 2D ... in the width ofthe amide I¢ band, although the main loss was observed in the 1657 cm)1 component It is of note that the widening ofthe amide I¢ band (Fig 3) is not so pronounced as in other ... subtracting the spectrum ofthe solvent from the spectrum ofthe protein in the same solvent, in the range 1800– 1500 cm)1, where the amide I and amide II regions can be observed (B) Second derivative of...
... 3, andthe 5¢ part of exon encode the mature protein; exon encodes the 5¢-UTR, and exon and part of exon encode the signal peptide The 110 nucleotides at the 3¢ end of exon encode the 3¢-UTR The ... Ib in the genome of this snake These findings provide clues to the evolutionary position ofthe neurotoxic V a aspis population with respect to the other snakes studied The genome of one of these ... indeed the case, then substitutions occurring in these areas may affect the neurotoxicity or anticoagulant effect ofthe PLA2 The substitutions in the A and B chains of vaspin, in the inhibitor and...
... by the ratio ofthe integral intensities ofthe signals in the major and minor series, the average degree of glycosylation with GlcII is 75% Comparison ofthe 13C NMR spectra ofthe initial and ... con®guration ofthe Gal residue [19] Signi®cant low-®eld displacements ofthe signals for C6 of Glc, C3 and C4 of Gal, and C3 of GalNAcI to d 66.8, 81.3, 77.1, and 81.6 in the 13C NMR spectrum ofthe ... and GalNAcII H1/Gal H3 at d 4.61/3.96 These data ®tted well with the substitution pattern ofthe sugar residues determined by the 13C NMR chemical shift data and de®ned the full sequence of the...
... with the native state ofthe protein We then carried out the characterization ofthe thermal properties ofthe mutant in comparison with those of PfPNP The results obtained indicate that the substitution ... oxidation-reduction to rescue the possible damage ofthe other two disulfide bonds The presence of a low percentage ofthe protein with Cys254 and Cys256 in the reduced form further supports this hypothesis It has ... arrangement of PfPNP The presence of three disulfide bonds justify the extreme stability features of PfPNP These covalent links, in fact, lowering the entropy ofthe unfolded polypeptide and introducing...
... stainless steel needle (27 g) was butted against the low dead volume tee and enabled the delivery ofthe sheath solution to the end ofthe capillary column The separations were obtained on 90-cm long ... comparison of its MS with that ofthe reference compound The absolute configuration of glycoses was established by capillary GLC of their acetylated (-)-2-butyl glycosides, according to the method of ... amount of 2-amino-2deoxy-D-galactose was identified in the hydrolysis products of both carboxyl-reduced CPS and LPS [19], confirming the presence of GalNAcA in the native CPS and LPS This was further...
... group ofthe ligand andthe NH2 of Asn470 (equivalent to Asn710 in DPP-IV) Another potential bond can be proposed between the OH atom of Tyr380 andthe carbonyl group ofthe ligand Finally, the ... lactis The results are presented in Table and Fig 4A For the cluster of lowest energy, both the position andthe conformation ofthe ligand are close to those observed in the 3D structure ofthe ... comparison ofthe active and specificity sites ofthe two X-PDAP enzymes, the bacterial PepX (green) andthe human DPP-IV (orange) (B) Superposition ofthe active and specificity sites ofthe S9 enzymes...
... excitation of H-1 H-resonance ofthe GlcNAc residue in the TOCSY step andof H-3/H-4 1H-resonance ofthe GlcNAc residue in the NOESY step (A) The assignments ofthe 1H-resonances ofthe Gal II ... unit is linked to the Hep I residue ofthe LPS inner core in the sialylated glycoform The structure ofthe sialylated glycoforms ofthe O-deacylated LPS of H influenzae strain RM118 and mutants causing ... shown) and establishing the structure ofthe tetrasaccharide to be, a-Neu5Ac-(2–3)-b-D-Gal-(1–4)-b-D-GlcNAc-(1–3)-b-DGal Due to the low intensity ofthe sialylated glycoforms and a high degree of...