... HCl pH 7.5 Site- directedmutagenesis The His120Asn, His145Asn and Asn149Asp mutant forms of human arginase II were obtained by a two-step PCR [40], using the QuickChange site- directedmutagenesis ... by replacement of this residue with aspartate To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report in which the substrate specificity of arginase was altered by using sitedirected mutagenesis Experimental ... of human arginase II, was kindly supplied by S Cederbaum (University of California, Los Angeles) Synthetic nucleotide primers were obtained from Invitrogen and the QuickChange site- directed mutagenesis...
... group of l-aspartate forms hydrogen-bonding interactions with the side chains of Thr101, Asn142 and His188 [23] In the present study, we performed site- directedmutagenesis experiments on all of ... effect of this mutation is on the value of kcat The mutation of Thr101 to an alanine has a large effect on the catalytic efciency of AspB For the T101A mutant, a plot of various concentrations of ... prole of the T141A mutant of AspB that Thr141 is not the acidic group responsible for the descending limb of the pH-rate prole of wild-type AspB Therefore, we conclude that the protonation state of...
... Fig The 3D structures of PAI-1 and uPA The gure shows ribbon diagrams of the structure of the active conformation of PAI-1 [53] (pdb le 1B3K) and the structure of the SPD of uPA [27] (pdb le 1LMW) ... background For analyses of the binding of complexes of uPA with PAI-1 mutants, we rst mutated groups of three residues to Ala If a triple mutation resulted in more than a twofold reduction in binding of ... the use of the biaevaluation 3.0 software (global tting) resulted in a Kd value for binding of the wild-type uPAwild-type PAI-1 complex to either of the three receptors of % nm, while Kd for the...
... catalytic residues of IPU Also, Trp425 of Dex49A, which is the corresponding residue of Trp402 of IPU, is reportedly located in the vicinity of the active site and could form a binding sitefor a glucosyl ... subsite )1 (Fig 4B) Together with the observations from the site- directed mutagenesis, Trp402 of IPU appears to be a residue participating in subsite )1 The residues that form potential subsites ... a-(1fi4)-linked glucose units of pullulan (Fig 4A) IPU is an anomer-inverting enzyme Comparison of the active sites of the model of IPU and Dex49A The active site structures of the model of IPU (Fig 4A) and...
... provides the first investigation of the importance of key active -site residues of ACE2 through site- directed mutagenesis, with the aim of providing practical evidence for their role in substrate binding ... Fig Schematic view of the active siteof ACE2 and tACE Binding interactions of the inhibitor (A) MLN-4760 at the active siteof ACE2 and (B) lisinopril at the active siteof tACE Hydrogen bonds ... chain of Arg273 is therefore critical for binding of the substrate Maintaining the positive charge at this position (R273K) is not sufficient for docking of the peptide into the ACE2 active site...
... intact A detailed study of the limited proteolysis of the E1 component of B stearothermophilus PDH complex [20] identified Tyr281 (for chymotrypsin) and Arg282 (for trypsin) of the E1a subunit, two ... Biochem 270) the 2-oxo group of the substrate [for a detailed formulation of the mechanism to date, see [44]) The importance of this region is emphasized by the reports of clinically deleterious ... might not function properly as a lid for the active site, thereby granting easier access for the cofactor ThDP to its binding site The lower thermal stability of the mutant E1s and the increased...
... appropriate equations Site- directedmutagenesis The D153N mutant form of E coli agmatinase was obtained by a two-step PCR [20], using the plasmid pKA5 containing the speB gene of E coli agmatinase ... superposition matrix calculated for manganese ions, in order to conserve the ligand-manganese distances RESULTS AND DISCUSSION By site- directed mutagenesis, a D153N mutant form of E coli agmatinase was ... supporting the presence of a binuclear metal center in the active siteof fully activated agmatinase [9] The Km for agmatine (1.6 ± 0.1 mM) and the Ki for competitive Fig Effect of added Mn2+ and EDTA...
... lipophilicity values [44] and a distance-dependent function [45] Site- directedmutagenesis This step was performed with the QuickChangeTM SiteDirected Mutagenesis method from Stratagene Briefly, this was based ... Binding characteristics of seven inhibitors of human aromatase: a site- directedmutagenesis study Cancer Res 56, 3451–3460 22 Chen, S & Zhou, D (1992) Functional domainsof aromatase cytochrome ... aromatase following site- directedmutagenesis Biochim Biophys Acta 1163, 195–200 52 Zhou, D.J., Korzekwa, K.R., Poulos, T & Chen, S.A (1992) A site- directedmutagenesis study of human placental...
... resulting vector (pALAAO) was used for site- directed mutagenesis, and transformation of E nidulans biA1, metG1, argB2 (IJFM A729), as described below [17] Site- directedmutagenesis AAO variants were ... substrate-binding siteof AAO were modified by site- directedmutagenesis Tyr78 did not seem to be involved in catalysis, as the kinetic propertiesof the Y78A variant were not very different from those of wild-type ... above A Site- directedmutagenesisof aryl-alcohol oxidase model, site- directedmutagenesis and kinetic studies were used to identify the enzyme active site and evaluate the role of some selected residues...
... binding sitefor HbpR and to examine the necessity of the sensing A-domain of HbpR for DNA binding The role of individual nucleotides and nucleotide motifs was characterized by site- directedmutagenesis ... figures Sequence numbers refer to the locations of the transcriptional start siteof hbpC (B) Alignments of the sequences of three HbpR-binding sites within the hbp gene region [19] The lane ‘cons-1’ ... of the hbpC promoter in Escherichia coli Results Mutagenesisof the HbpR-binding sites Sequence alignment of the UASs found in the HbpR operators in the hbpC and hbpD promoters defined a set of...
... expressed in lmặmg)1ặmin)1 Site- directed mutagenesis, protein expression and purication Presteady-state kinetic parameters for the acetylation of NAT Site- directedmutagenesisof the hamster NAT2 Tyr190 ... basis of the Ping Pong mechanism, the acetylation rate (k2) of NAT2 by the acetyl donor is independent of the transacetylation rate (k4) of the arylamine substrate Because the values of k4 for ... 0.6 0.1 for Y190F, bnuc = 0.4 0.1 for Y190I, bnuc = 0.5 0.1 for Y190A) for the Brứnsted plot for pKNH3+ (or pKH3O+) ranging from )1.7 to 5.34 (Fig 4) These results indicate that for the mutants,...
... Ca2+-binding sites of TG2 ´ly R Kira et al Fig Multiple sequence alignment of Ca2+-binding sites of transglutaminases Sequence alignments of Ca2+-binding sites of TG2 compared with the other members of ... binding siteof wild typeTG2 0.0 Weak binding sites of wild type TG2 Weak binding sites of S1 TG2 0.0 0.00 –0.1 –0.3 n = 0.52 ± 0.63 Kd = 0.1 ± 0.03 µM –0.4 kcal·mol–1 of injectant –0.2 kcal·mol–1 of ... serve as Ca2+-binding sites [19] The aim of the present study was to identify the exact Ca2+-binding sites of human TG2, by using sitedirected mutagenesis and targeting sites homologous to FXIIIa...
... projection of their side-chains into the location of this site Consequently, ACE2 only binds a chloride ion at one CL1 site [24] Previous mutagenesis studies of sACE have shown that the CL2 site residue ... changed by site- directed mutagenesis, and the effects on chloride sensitivity, substrate selectivity and inhibitor potency were observed Results PCR mutagenesisof CL1 and CL2 site residues of tACE ... cycle (50 °C for h); one cycle (94 °C for min); 30 cycles (94 °C for 30 s, 65 °C for 30 s, 68 °C for min); one cycle (68 °C for min) Amplicons were sequenced to confirm the integrity of the product,...
... with 6-OH [7] The purpose of the present study was to substitute residues Q39 and E451 of Sfbgly50, through site- directed mutagenesis, for residues presenting hydrogen bond-forming side-chains Steady-state ... from Sigma or Merck Site- directedmutagenesis Site- directedmutagenesis was performed using a plasmid pT7-7 [13] containing an inserted DNA fragment coding for the mature Sfbgly50 (pT7b50) [14] ... are a sum of DGà Each DGà value represents the disruption of a noncovalent interaction owing to the substitution of residues 39 or 451 for an alanine residue or because of the lack of a glycone...
... Madison, WI, USA) for the gift of the plasmid pBXR, to Professor G Vriend (University of Nijmegen, the Netherlands) for molecular modeling, and to Y Markert for providing the plasmids for the variants ... at room temperature for 24 h], it was puried on a Mono S column (50 mM Tris/HCl, pH 7.5, with a linear gradient of 0500 mM NaCl) Table Oligonucleotides for site- directedmutagenesis The replaced ... is the signal of the substrate before the addition of enzyme, Fend is the signal after cleavage of all substrate, and [E] is the concentration of RNase A CD spectroscopy CD spectra of RNase A and...
... apparent Kd for [Mg2+] of 2.06 ± 0.38 mM 597 Mutagenesisof the active siteof E coli KARI residues in the E coli enzyme reacting within a few seconds, a further three reacting over a period of several ... attempted to understand these roles by mutagenesisof E coli KARI FEBS Journal 272 (2005) 593–602 ª 2005 FEBS Mutagenesisof the active siteof E coli KARI Most of the mutations abolish the overall ... HE (1969) Purification and propertiesof the acetohydroxy acid isomeroreductase of Salmonella typhimurium J Biol Chem 244, 1118–1127 601 Mutagenesisof the active siteof E coli KARI Primerano...
... of the site- directedmutagenesis experiments presented here The question concerning the mechanism of one of the basic reactions in cells, the transfer of a sugar moiety during the formation of ... Probing catalytic domainsof NRD glycosyltransferases (Eur J Biochem 270) 537 the nucleophile We were able to prove for the first time the suggested model by site- directedmutagenesisof arbutin synthase ... Cleavage of structural proteins during the assembly of the head of bacteriophage T4 Nature 227, 680–685 Bradford, M.M (1976) A rapid and sensitive method for quantitation of microgram quantities of...
... role of the Y238 side chain in substrate/product exchange to the active siteof RgDAAO A superimposition of the active sites of yeast and mammalian DAAO [24] shows that the side chain of Y223 of ... obtained by subtraction of the absorbance spectrum of the free oxidized form of DAAOs to the spectrum of the same enzyme after addition of a saturating concentration (% 20 mM) of sodium anthranilate ... has been associated with formation of the EFlox D-alanine complex in the reductive half-reaction of any of the Y238 mutants As shown for Y238F in Fig 5A, the formation of the spectral intermediate,...
... obtained from Perkin-Elmer (Boston, MA, USA) Site- directedmutagenesis Site- directedmutagenesis was carried out using the QuikChange Site- DirectedMutagenesis Kit (Stratagene, La Jolla, CA, USA) ... concentrations used for individual mutants were: 12 nm for K699S, 10 nm for N257D, 150 nm for R210A, 38 nm for Y700F, 67 nm for N519D, 20 nm for N519V, nm for R534L, and 32 nm for wt rhGCPII Enzyme ... of all mutant forms of rhGCPII were performed essentially as previously described [19] only the induction conditions were altered (to mm CuSO4) Purification of mutant forms of rhGCPII Mutant forms...
... the interaction of the homeodomain of HAKN1, a sunflower class I KNOX protein [28], with DNA Based on studies of wild-type and mutant forms of the homeodomain, we propose a model for the complex ... critical for binding (Fig 1A, lanes 4, 6A and 5) Regarding position 7, the change of A for T does not seem to affect binding, while the introduction of C partially reduces the amount of complex formed ... part of the binding sites of the barley KNOX protein Hooded [23] and of maize Knotted1 [26] This element is also present in the sequence GTNAC, postulated to be important for the binding of the...