... distortion ofthe coordination sphere ofthe active- site zincs Our results indicate that the binding ofthe glutarate part ofthe inhibitor in the S1¢ pocket contributes to the inhibition effect ofthe ... all of them are conserved in the GCPII homolog GCPIII and in the mammalian GCPII orthologs (Table 4) and that the ability of these enzymes to bind NAAG is highly similar to that of ˇ ´ ´ ´ GCPII ... above, the mutation Y552I leads to the decrease of both the Km and kcat values The mutation of Gly518 to Pro led to a slight increase ofthe Km value and one order of magnitude decrease ofthe kcat...
... tensile test specimens and mm in diameter and a lengthen of 50 mm for the samples used for compressive tests The compression and the tensile tests of bulk metallic glasses were conducted at different ... and fatigue tests ofthe pure Cu and Cu-Al single crystals, Cu bicrystals and ultrafine-grained Al-Cu polycrystals were performed on Shimadzu testing machine After fracture, all the specimens were ... thay b n riêng c a v t li u Ch HKV H phá h y d c theo m t ng su t pháp l n nh t, θT = 90o , ta m i có σ T = σ o [4]; Tuy v y, h u h t HKV H phá h y theo mode trư t v i góc trư t khác nhau, tương...
... included in the published alanine scanning mutagenesis study of FVIIa [13], and investigated the effects ofthe mutation on the enzymatic maturation of FVIIa and on the response of FVIIa to TF ... exposure ofthe N-terminus of FVIIa To the best of our knowledge, this is the rst time that this technique has been applied for this purpose As shown in Fig 4A, the free forms of G372A-FVIIa and FVIIa ... factor VIIa probably has no impact on the ability of sTF to bind FVIIa, based on the FVIIasTF crystal structure [9] Under all circumstances, the presence of sTF protected the N-terminus ofthe protease...
... detected by the PDH assay The interaction of E1 (a2b2) with the PSBD was unaffected by any ofthe mutations in E1a (Fig 4) Therefore, any effects ofthe mutations on the catalytic activities ofthe PDH ... the entrance to theactive site (Fig 1), as the main cleavage sites Cleavage ofthe E1a-subunit activated the enzyme, as determined by a decarboxylation assay ofthe free E1 in the presence of ... are located at the mouth ofthe funnel-shaped active site of E1, at the bottom of which lies ˚ the ThDP cofactor some 20–25 A from the protein ÔsurfaceÕ [14] Thus it may be that these mutations...
... bullet-proof fashion that will stand the test of time The second, and for the working mathematician the most important, aspect of proof is that the proof of a new theorem explains why the result ... the bulk of their time proving theorems, it is nevertheless the case that proof is the lingua franca of mathematics It is the web that holds the enterprise together It is what makes the subject ... What Does a Proof Consist Of? 0.5 The Purpose of Proof 0.6 The Logical Basis for Mathematics 0.7 The Experimental Natureof Mathematics 0.8 The Role of Conjectures ...
... indicated by the MD simulations ofthe modelled ternary hGK–Glc– ATP complex In the final structure ofthe simulations, the interactions ofthe adenosine moiety were similar to those observed in the binary ... closure ofthe interdomain active site cleft The modelled structure ofthe hGK–ATP binary complex shows the residue contacts involved in ATP binding at theactive site Our findings further support ... which is compatible with a direct interaction of these residues with the nucleotide at theactive site The catalytic mechanism of GK has been the subject of several detailed analyses, and is still...
... secure the services of eminent members of appropriate professions in the examination of policy matters pertaining to the health ofthe public The Institute acts under the responsibility given to the ... as the prospect of new ways of meeting the need, provides the back-drop for the discussions at the 37th Annual Meeting ofthe Institute of Medicine (IOM) Entitled Evidence-Based Medicine and the ... president ofthe National Academy of Sciences The National Academy of Engineering was established in 1964, under the charter ofthe National Academy of Sciences, as a parallel organization of outstanding...
... and the I2BS stereospecificities would be useful Interestingly, the lowest-energy orientation for each ofthe three ligands in the large active site of MAO-A put them in the middle oftheactive ... and the values for 2-BFI and idazoxan are given in Table Evidence for the proximity of these ligands to the flavin in MAO-A comes from the influence ofthe ligand on the redox properties ofthe ... observed The transfer of electrons from the amine to the flavin requires a catalytic interaction, so the nitro˚ genous group of agmatine must be within A of N5 ofthe isoalloxazine ring ofthe flavin...
... 50% of them clustered together in front ofthe rectus (re)-face ofthe isoalloxazine ring ofthe FAD cofactor This substrate location is shown in Fig 2A, which includes the 10 molecules of veratryl ... with the hydroxyl group in Ca, representative ofthe range of AAO substrates [9,19,33] Most of these alcohols docked in front ofthe re-side ofthe isoalloxazine ring of FAD [34], with the benzylic ... they are situated at similar distances from the hydroxyl ofthe docked substrate, they could cooperate in facilitating the hydride transfer from substrate to FAD The decrease of activity of the...
... positioned in the ÔupÕ position rows and shows that in the presence ofthe substrate, rotation of Asp142 towards Glu144 lowers the pKa ofthe latter by 0.8 pH units The calculated effects ofthe D140N ... for the position of residue 142 [34] The pKa calculations indicate that the only candidate for a residue determining the basic arm ofthe pH-activity profile ofthe D142N mutant is Glu144 The ... these residues are not described well and there is no example of mutational analysis of all of these residues in the same enzyme To obtain an insight into how the many conserved residues in the...
... Difference in the specificity for the adenosyl group among enzymes may reflect the difference ofthe adenosyl group-binding sites ofthe enzymes From simulation ofthe EPR spectra of reacting holoenzymes, ... with those of free counterparts The extents ofthe Co-C bond cleavage of these analogues were negligible although that of AdoCbl was estimated to be 85% from Fig 3E Upon denaturation ofthe enzyme-cobalamin ... structure ofthe adenine-binding pocket can reasonably explain the requirements ofthe structural components of AdoCbl for binding and catalysis, but can not predict the extents of their contributions...
... secure the services of eminent members of appropriate professions in the examination of policy matters pertaining to the health ofthe public The Institute acts under the responsibility given to the ... of electrons and positrons Together, the LHC and an ILC will enable physicists to explore the unification ofthe fundamental forces, probe the origins of mass, uncover the dynamic natureofthe ... be one ofthe first signals ofthe new physics expected in the years ahead, since the observed masses are in the range predicted by theoretical ideas that unify the forces ofnature In the future,...
... group in the proximity ofthe oxyanion can be found in the rest ofthe Ntn hydrolases [3] From another point of view, the hydrogen bond between the oxyanion and the aNH3+ of SerB1 resembles the one ... chain carbonyl group of AsnB241 The main chain carbonyl group of GlnB23 closely interacts with the oxygen atom in the locality ofthe nucleofuge in the structural analog ofthe TI These experimentally ... [15] On the other hand, the hydrolysis rate varies with the substituent on the amino moiety ofthe substrate, confirming that the formation of acyl enzyme (AE) is the rate-limiting step ofthe reaction...
... that the advent of quantum physics in the sciences and the rise of modernism in the arts in the early twentieth century represent two facets ofthe same profound shift in the cultural evolution of ... spots The lighter a particular area ofthe image is, the higher the density of random spots, or “events”, the algorithm generates in this area Fig shows the output ofthe program used to create the ... materials or in the mathematical concept ofthe Cartesian grid, but as something more organic The Universe (The Cellular Structure of Space-Time) imagines the smallest units of space-time as the bubbles...
... due to the proximity ofthe negative charge ofthe side chain of Glu706 from the neighboring subunit The mutation of these residues might interfere with the oligomerization required for the proteolytic ... identifiable analogs of E coli Lon and prompted a reanalysis oftheactive sites of this family of proteases The alignment ofthe proteolytic domains derived from the sequences of > 100 Lon proteases ... Successful determination ofthe crystal structure ofthe proteolytic domain of E coli Lon [30] allowed us to explain the loss of proteolytic activity ofthe mutants at these sites [25] These three residues...
... H4biopterin The sites were (a) a redox site, involved in the reduction oftheactive site iron [Fe(III) Fe (II) ], (b) a catalytic site, involved in the activation of dioxygen and hydroxylation of L-Phe, ... binding completely reverses these effects The coordinates for the structure ofthe binary and ternary complexes ofthe catalytic core domain hPAH(Gly103Gln428), i.e of hPAH-Fe(III)ặH2biopterin (PDB ... and hydrogen bonding network ofthe pterin cofactor in the three structures Superpositions ofthe binary and ternary complexes of hPAH onto the crystal structure ofthe ligand-free dimeric rPAH...
... construction of a CYP73A1 model, the identification of residues likely to form contacts with the substrate, and the confirmation by site-directed mutagenesis ofthe involvement of some of these residues ... model oftheactive site of CYP73A1 Construction of this first model was based on four bacterial crystallized structures Only part oftheactive site is shown Based on the 1H-NMR data [10], the ... hindrance to the binding ofthe substrate above the haem iron As expected, the I371A mutation substantially decreases CA affinity and the ability to desolvate theactive site Around 10% ofthe catalytic...
... release from the EredIP complex All of these results point to a role ofthe Y238 side chain in substrate/product exchange to theactive site of RgDAAO A superimposition oftheactive sites of yeast ... change [10] The higher stabilization ofthe semiquinone form observed for the Y238S mutant in the free form may be the result of a better interaction of R285 with the N(1)-C(2)ẳO locus ofthe reduced ... Y238S ( ) ) DAAOs The dierence spectra were obtained by subtraction ofthe absorbance spectrum ofthe free oxidized form of DAAOs to the spectrum ofthe same enzyme after addition of a saturating...
... facilitates the electrophilic attack at the methylene moiety of MIO by decreasing ofthe electron density in the p system ofthe C¼C double bond (Fig 5) Calculation ofthe UV spectra of MIO and the energy ... in these cases (Fig 8C) These results indicate the presence of a MIO at their active sites, but in a less reactive form Concomittant with the formation of a new chromophore the activity ofthe ... energy of putative intermediate states For estimating the degree of polarization ofthe MIO moiety in the substrate free state of HAL by partial protonation of Fig Mechanism for the formation of the...