... neither affects the photosynthetic capability ofthe bacteria nor the efficiency of exchange ofthe ubiquinol molecules between the RC and the bc1, as judged from the reduction kinetics of cytochrome ... ambiguous the attribution ofthe PufXD2)19 strain to the wild-type or the PufDX cluster Isolation ofthe photosynthetic complexes from the mutant strains As described previously [16], the photosynthetic ... suppose that the discrepancy is related to the presence ofthe LH2 which could influence the shortening processes ofthe assembled PufX protein The exchange of ubiquinone between the RC and the cyt...
... ofthe epitopes for the mAbs, where 45M1 recognizes an epitope located in the N-terminal region ofthe C-terminal cysteine-rich part of MUC5AC, presumably in the last CysD domain ofthemucinThe ... cysteine-rich part Further localization ofthe epitopes of 45M1, 2-12 M1 and 166M1 In order to further locate the epitopes ofthe hitherto unmapped 45M1, 2-12M1 and 166M1, these mAbs were screened ... to direct the protein synthesis into the secretory pathway L31 [21], the cDNA clone used in previous studies aimed at mapping the epitopes ofthe mAbs against M1 to the C-terminal part of MUC5AC...
... value ofthe mutant TNSALP was less than one-tenth ofthe Kcat ⁄ Km value ofthe soluble form ofthe wild-type enzyme, indicating that the replacement of valine with alanine at position 406 in the ... of TNSALP In support of our hypothesis, the cysteine residue at position 433 in one subunit of TNSALP (R433C) becomes crosslinked to the counterpart ofthe other subunit [29], implying that the ... containing the SV40 early promoter [11] Shortage of a precursor of GPI in the endoplasmic reticulum may be one ofthe reasons why a small but significant fraction ofthe wild-type TNSALP forms the aggregate...
... parameters, there is no relationship between S2 and the location ofstructural elements (Fig 4) Furthermore, the Rex terms are distributed throughout the 3D structure ofthe protein, and most of them ... Furthermore, the internal motions of each bond vector are independent of each other, but the rotational diffusion ofthe molecule affects each of those bond vectors identically [42,43] On the other ... responsible, from a thermodynamic point of view, for the binding ofthe monomeric species of CAC? We have previously discussed the variation in the free energy of binding as a function ofthe changes...
... Effect of mutations in the C-terminal region ofthe RmInt1 IEP on RNA splicing in vivo We constructed a series of mutants to identify the functional features ofthe C-terminal region ofthe RmInt1 ... DIVa ofthe intron, whereas other regions ofthe RT and domain X interact with conserved catalytic core regions [12] Domain X is located in the position corresponding to the ‘thumb’ and part ofthe ... residue at the N-terminus of a-helix a4, the domain X contains the conserved amino acid residues HKXRA (RmInt1 residues 388–392) carrying a stretch of basic amino acids Some ofthe residues ofthe HKXRA...
... fold of one monomer is positioned above the catalytic core ofthe other Interestingly, Arg267 from the beginning of helix in the HTH fold of one monomer is positioned towards the active site ofthe ... 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 ... that the positioning ofthe cognate tRNA in the active site of mMbSerRS would be facilitated upon the conformational change ofthe motif loop, which was the only proximal protein region in 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 ... with the neutral evolution theory, which states that the strong conservation of exons serves to maintain the function ofthe mature protein [26] The protein-coding regions ofthe PLA2 genes of ... and the 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...
... majority ofthe sulfated sugar In conclusion, the results obtained provide evidence ofthe nature ofthe glycans present in the unique N-glycosylation site present in the C-terminal domain of cruzipain ... Altogether, these data confirm the presence of sulfated high-mannose type oligosaccharides in cruzipain and in its C-terminal domain This is the first report ofthe use of nor-harmane as matrix for structural ... to characterize the N-linked glycans present in the protein In this paper we report, for the first time, the presence of sulfate in the N-linked oligosaccharides of cruzipain This structural feature...
... change ofthe PH domain at the membrane interface contributes to the change ofthe membrane binding affinity induced by PS The remarkable effect of low concentrations of MgCl2 on the formation ofthe ... affects the affinity for binding to the PC ⁄ PIP2 membrane in the absence of PS These suggest that the lowering effect of PS on the membrane binding affinity ofthe PH domain is mediated by the electrostatic ... Electrolytes suppress the effects of PS on the PH domain As shown in Fig 2B, the addition of 25 mm NaCl causes a decrease in the intensity ofthe Ala88 peak at 17.48 p.p.m in the spectrum ofthe PH domain...
... deciphering thestructural and functional organizationofthe synapse We have assembled leaders in the field of synapse biology to describe and distill the wonders and mysteries ofthe synapse ... (47) Only the frequency of spontaneous events declines as the expression of VGLUT drops below 10–20% ofthe wild type level The loss of miniature events presumably reflects the exocytosis of “empty” ... STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL ORGANIZATIONOFTHE SYNAPSE STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL ORGANIZATIONOFTHE SYNAPSE Edited by Johannes W Hell University of Iowa Iowa City, IA,...
... assay the other clones in the BES cluster with 69F1 Each ofthe other clones in the cluster are indicated as lines below 69F1, with the end-points ofthe lines indicating the locations ofthe mapped ... score [29] ofthe SNP, the mean phred score ofthe five bases centered on the SNP, and the mean phred score ofthe entire BES containing the SNP all must exceed 30 Approximately 58% ofthe candidate ... if the locations ofthe variant overlapped the locations of an end sequence pair in the cluster, and the type of variant was consistent with the orientations ofthe mapped end sequences in the...
... with an advantage even under these conditions, such as the minimization ofthe risk of loss, the maximization ofthe chance of gain, or the minimization ofthe regret the decision maker may suffer ... implementation ofthe laws necessary for the reform ofthe economic system These include the National Assembly (NA), the country's legislature; the Standing Committee (SC) ofthe National Assembly, ... low that there were three commercial banks who offered loan to the JV company These banks might foresee the profitability ofthe project They therefore, did not hesitate to provide their quotations...
... available regarding the phospholipid and membrane binding ofthe other members ofthe PEBP family Consequently, the binding characteristics of PEBP proteins, including those ofthe binding of IC to phospholipid ... fluorescence of IC–GFP was observed at the FM4-64stained vacuolar membranes and also the vacuolar 5378 lumens in the majority of yeast cells (70% ofthe cells grown at 72 h; right panels of Fig 3A,B) Therefore, ... centrifugation ofthe samples, proteins bound to liposomes were analyzed by SDS ⁄ PAGE ofthe resulting pellets (C) The amounts of IC in the pellets The amounts of IC were quantitated with the UN-SCAN-IT...
... type of KLK11, isoform 2, despite the presence of exon 1c The secretory pathways of KLK11 isoforms appeared to differ, although both isoforms were secreted from cells Hence, the promoter use ofthe ... the isoform of translation products through the determination ofthe first exon in KLK11 mRNA (summarized in Fig 2A) Detection ofthe first exon in each KLK11 mRNA reflects the promoter use in the ... study the tissue-specific use of each promoter We show the translation initiation site of isoform and different intracellular distribution of isoforms and 2, and discuss the regulatory mechanism of...
... amount of time At the end ofthe heat treatment the mixtures were placed in an ice/water bath, and the enzymatic activity was stopped by lowering the pH ofthe reaction mixture to by addition of ... during the thermal treatment, hydrolysis of BLG was extensive, in spite of significant inactivation ofthe enzymes This indicates that the transient conformers originating in the course of thermal ... in these preparations could stem from the inability ofthe hydrolytic reaction to address all the sequential epitopes even in the denatured protein In fact, despite the apparent simplicity of the...
... sequence analysis ofthe carB mutant alleles To check if strain A486 was altered in the carB gene, and in order to get further insights into the nature ofthe mutations ofthe carB gene in strains ... membrane-bound enzymes In Phycomyces the analysis ofthe deduced amino-acid sequence encoded by the carB gene reveals the presence of a transmembrane region near the C-terminus ofthe protein [17] De®ciencies ... found in addition to colonies showing the colour of each ofthe two parental strains involved in the construction of each heterokaryon (data not shown) Therefore, the mutation in strain A486 complemented...
... 2001 cleavages ofthe sites were in the order: Tyr146/Asn147 ! Phe114 ! other sites The weakness of bands of fragments I and IV and the appearance of fragment II in the degradation ofthe Tyr146 ... in the rate of cleavage ofthe autolysis loop At the same time the amount of fragment III was similar to that observed in the degradation of D-chymotrypsinogen (panel a) showing that the rate of ... cleavage was the same as seen from their inactivation rates in the presence of equimolar amounts of trypsin (Table 2) The cleavage ofthe interdomain and autolysis loops To follow the autolysis of D-chymotrypsin...
... activity ofthe enzyme was determined using the Betamyl b-amylase test reagent (Megazyme, Wicklow, Ireland) To determine the pH stability ofthe b-amylase, aliquots of a solution ofthe purified ... for h at 25 8C Then 0.1 vol of a solution of 0.5 M sodium acetate (pH 5.0) was added and the activity ofthe enzyme was measured by the dinitrosalicylic acid method Inhibition ofthe enzyme activity ... at their 50 and 30 boundaries, respectively, and were inserted between the third letter of one codon and the first letter ofthe following codon Molecular modeling ofthe C sepium b-amylase The...
... 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 numbers on the left ofthe ... has been suggested to be the result of degradative reactions, rather than imperfect biosynthesis [13] Ofthe plant allergens listed in theof cial allergen database ofthe IUIS, about 25% belong ... to 230 proteins and about 65 of these are IgE binding proteins [20]; however, some of these are known to be either isoforms or the degraded products of allergens Furthermore, allergic patients...
... the total number of charges measured by electrospray MS Theoretical mass is the mass calculated on the basis ofthe protein amino-acid sequence The relative abundance refers to the ratio ofthe ... acetylation at one ofthe three residues, because the signal ofthe triacetylated species was less intense than that ofthe diacetylated species The MS/MS Ó FEBS 2003 Structural properties of SV-IV (Eur ... the mass increase of 42 mass units The relative level of acetylation of a peptide was estimated on the basis ofthe intensity ratio ofthe native and acetylated species From the data summarized...