... both BHs The type ofinhibition caused by cyclobrassinin was determined from the kinetics ofinhibitionof BHs, shown in the form of Lineweaver–Burk double reciprocal plots (Fig 8B,C) These results ... BHAb The temperature dependence ofthe activities ofthe BHs was tested in the range 5–56 °C; the apparent optimum temperatures of BHLmL2 were 25–30 °C FEBS Journal 276 (2009) 7412–7428 ª 2009 The ... and 85% inhibitionof BHLmL2 and BHAb, respectively, while mm 2-mer- captoethanol caused 85% and 97% inhibitionof BHLmL2 and BHAb, respectively The influence of pH on the activities ofthe BH...
... disease, the primary pathology is in the kidney [1], the major site of Gb3 synthesis in man [11], and in the heart, possibly due to the association of Gb3 synthesis with the microvasculature GSL synthesis ... synthesis in the Fabry mouse model Our studies have further delineated the abnormal Gb3 synthesis in this model and have shown that theinhibitionof MDR1 is a viable potential approach to the ... considered that the increased renal Gb3 ofthe Fabry mouse might extend to the glomerulus to provide a model ofthe human disease In the cortex of wild-type kidney, subpopulations of renal tubules...
... and inhibitionofthe Dlt system was already present after the heterologous expression ofthe protein in E coli Kinetic analysis ofthe carrier protein modification by DltA Kinetic studies ofthe ... and Km The concentration ofthe inhibitor was plotted against the ⁄ cpm from the ATP ⁄ PPi exchange assays in Dixon plots [38] (Fig 4) The intersect ofthe three straight lines yields a Ki of 232 ... shows the specificity expected of this inhibitor Also, comparison ofthe Ki with the Km of DltA with d-Ala (13.62 lm; Fig 3), shows that the Ki is 60-fold lower which corroborates the suitability of...
... characterizes the role of nuclear receptors NR4A1 and NR4A3 in drug C1 mediated apoptosis and has identified the functional relevance ofthe increase in the transcript level of NR4A1 and NR4A3 This thesis ... that the decrease in VDAC1 protein levels in the mitochondria upon NR4A3 silencing corresponds to abrogation of apoptosis, but only when thedrug dosage is low At higher doses ofthedrugthe ... Accordingly, the great and urgent need presently is to investigate the role of each ofthe plenitude of genes and proteins important in the progression of cancer NUCLEAR RECEPTORS The nuclear...
... [17] On the other hand, expression ofthe tomato SlPti1 cDNA in the rice Ospti1a mutant suppressed the mutant phenotype These results indicate that PTI1 acts as a negative regulator ofthe HR ... Because the purified GST-MPKs showed autophosphorylation activity, loss -of- function (kinase-inactive) forms ofthe MAPKs were produced as GST-lofMPK3 and GSTlofMPK6 However, when lofMPK3 and lofMPK6 ... pathogen attack The Arabidopsis genome encodes 39 AGC kinases, of which 23 are classified to the AGC VIII group [8,9] The AGC kinases were named on the basis of their homology to the mammalian cAMP-dependent...
... set of control data was obtained in the absence ofthe protein The data set obtained in the absence ofthe protein was then subtracted from the corresponding data set obtained in the presence of ... performed in the absence ofthe ligand The control data set obtained in the absence ofthe ligand was subtracted from the corresponding data set obtained in the presence ofthe ligand The Kd values ... cleavage ofthe bond between 1¢ and 2¢ carbons ofthe substrate The epimerization product is generated by the re-formation ofthe C–C bond after the reorientation of GA, which exposes the opposite...
... With respect to the studied enzymes ofthe POP family, POP seems to be the most conserved enzyme Ten conserved amino acids were found at the active site ofthe enzyme of each ofthe studied POP ... ACPH and DPP IV The whole bar and the lower part ofthe bar represent the similarity percentages ofthe catalytic domains and the complete sequences, respectively present in the last universal ... our analysis of subsite evolution, the specificity might be achieved by varying the structures of P2 and P3, but not the P1 subsite ofthe inhibitor The most interesting amino acid at the S3 subsite...
... bromide stained gels ofthe reaction products obtained using lL ofthe RT products after 30 cycles of PCR amplification The lower part of panel A, and panels B, C report the expression of c-myc mRNA ... cells, indicating the capability of both drugs to selectively inhibit the PMA-dependent signaling leading to the phosphorylation of ERK1/2 isoenzymes (Fig 2B) To verify the involvement of a PKC-dependent ... expression To establish whether the decrease in c-myc mRNA expression elicited by NAMI-A might have occurred at the transcriptional level, we assessed the rate of transcription ofthe c-myc gene by using...
... USA) DNA quanti®cation The DNA content ofthe cell layer at the end of incubation was quanti®ed by the method of West et al [31] After solubilization ofthe cell layer in M NaOH and subsequent ... implication of cAMP increase, the second messenger of FSH, in the bFGF regulation was evaluated by addition to the culture medium of either mM dbcAMP or 10 lgámL)1 cholera toxin Their addition ... testicular development, the physiology of Sertoli cells is modi®ed The cell proliferation decreases and ceases allowing the establishment ofthe hematotesticular barrier around the 20th day postpartum...
... wild-type ALP I On the other hand, the Tm of D266N/Y269A-ALP I increased by only °C The denaturation temperature indicates the stability ofthe structure ofthe protein The difference ofthe increments ... surrounding residues ofthe depression, and the side chain ofthe mutated residue might restrain the mobility ofthe N-terminal region on the surface by interaction with the main chain of Lys26 by van ... wildtype enzyme, the side chain of Asp266 interacted with the amino group ofthe main chain at Glu268 The oxygen ofthe main chain at Asp266 was bound to amino groups of main chain of Tyr269 and...
... [106], these cases are relatively easy to explain as above But if one considers the evolution of all ofthe enzymes ofthe pathway (Fig 4), it is clear that only about half ofthe enzymes ofthe ... obtain an overview ofthe patterns of similarity for the enzymes of these pathways in plants and the relationships of their differentially compartmentalized isoenzymes Condensing the information ... to the cytosol ofthe host [3,83] For the tricarboxylic acid cycle, a complete transfer ofthe pathway to the cytosol would not work, because some of its enzymes are intergral components of the...
... translocation of UDPglucose pyrophosphorylase to the plasma membrane, where it increases cell wall glucan synthesis at the expense of glycogen storage In the absence of PSKs, glycogen rather than ... MEFs (data not shown) On the basis ofthe known functions ofthe PASKIN-related FixL oxygen sensor in bacteria and the PASKIN orthologues in yeast, and considering the lack of any obvious phenotype ... example ofthe results obtained after detection by phosphorimaging (B) Peptide sequences ofthe 30 most phosphorylated targets and their similarities to PKA and PKC consensus motifs (C) Target...
... respectively [29] The overall analysis, examining the topology ofthe phylogenetic tree and the position of each gene inside the cluster, was informative regarding the orthology relationships ofthe distinct ... vertebrate enzymes The most significant difference between the amphioxus and the other retinal reductases was, nevertheless, their preference for the NADH cofactor To our knowledge, these are the first SDR ... that the N-terminal segment would be sufficient to target and anchor the protein to the ER membranes Furthermore, we analyzed the contribution ofthe C-terminal end to ER localization We fused the...
... subunit of Pph3p required for the binding of Psy2p, we examined the sensitivity ofthe YBL046w ⁄ Psy4p deletion strain to cisplatin The comparable increased sensitivities to cisplatin ofthe homozygous ... identical to those ofthe wild-type cells Examination ofthe phenotype of S cerevisiae carrying deletions for both the YBL046w gene and the TUB2 gene Since decreased expression of Ppp4c in D melanogaster ... outside this region, the proteins are difficult to align because identity between the two proteins is low Nevertheless, the alignment in Fig shows that the overall similarity ofthe protein encoded...
... inhibited the binding of HB-19-fluo to CHO 618 cells to an extent similar to that ofthe native hLf The noninvolvement of sequence 28RKVR31 of hLf was further confirmed by the lack ofinhibitionof HB-19 ... suggest that the C-terminal tail of nucleolin should be implicated in the mechanism of binding of Lf to nucleolin In general, the crosslinking of a ligand leads to the clustering or capping of its ... calculated from an overlay ofthe sensorgrams of all Lf concentrations using a method based on the Langmuir’s : binding model (BIAEVALUATION 3.1 software) Analysis oftheinhibitionof HB-19 binding to...
... help determine the structural basis oftheinhibitionofthe antimicrobial activity of CbnB2 by the leader and to assist future analysis ofthe interaction of preCbnB2 with its ABC transporter ... for cleavage ofthe leader peptide after the double glycine motif [16,17] This cleavage occurs on the cytoplasmic side ofthe membrane during export ofthe bioactive peptide [18] The leader peptide ... establish the preferred geometry ofthe precursor We now report the chemical synthesis, biochemical production, and solution structure of preCbnB2, and compare it with the structure ofthe mature...
... further characterized To limit the appearance ofthe 13 kDa clipped form of trappin-2 for the large-scale production of trappin-2, the duration of fermentation was reduced to three days Under these ... 0.02 s)1 for theinhibitionof PR3 by 1.6 lM rectrappin-2 Accurate values of kdiss could not be calculated using Eqn (4) because ofthe almost complete inhibitionof HNE and PR3 once the steady ... regression analysis ofthe data using Eqn (7) and using the best estimate of kdiss governing the dissociation ofthe HNErecelan complex Good ts were also obtained for the three other enzymeinhibitor...
... vitro In these authors’ opinions, such studies obviously represent the next logical step in the unfolding story ofthe modulation ofthe oligomeric structures of HIV-1 viral enzymes by synthetic ... aminoacid residues at the N- and C-termini of PR contribute close to 75% ofthe total Gibbs energy [15] The importance of this four-stranded b sheet is further emphasized by the fact that all PR ... N-terminus ofthe peptide [20] The development of these Ômore potentÕ peptide inhibitors firmly established that PR dimerization was a rational target for the development of AIDS therapeutics,...
... [3,4] The dual activity of CYP17 and the differential regulation thereof have been the subject of many studies It is apparent that the normal expression and dual hydroxylase and lyase activities of ... Before the addition and (B) after the addition of NADH to the reference cuvette The reduction in the peak at 425 nm after addition of NADH is indicative ofthe presence of cytochrome b5 (C) NADH reduced ... respect to the interaction ofthe enzyme with the 17-hydroxylated intermediate Baboon CYP17 initially converted most ofthe PREG to 17-OHPREG and during the entire experiment, the ratio of DHEA/17-OHPREG...
... abolish the inhibitory effect of PKA on NF-jB (Fig 5B) In this study, we have demonstrated the evidence that the C-terminal transactivation domain of p65 is responsible for theinhibitionof NF-jB ... conflicting evidences regarding the action of PKA on the NF-jB activity Although the majority of reports [10–14] including this study, demonstrated the inhibitory actions of PKA on the NF-jB dependent gene ... inhibit TNFa-induced DNA-binding of NF-jB (Fig 3D) Thus, it is likely that the inhibitory effect of PKA on NF-jB is not due to theinhibitionof DNA-binding activity of NF-jB PKA activation does...