Báo cáo khoa học: Thermosynechoccus elongatus DpsA binds Zn(II) at a unique three histidine-containing ferroxidase center and utilizes O2 as iron oxidant with very high efficiency, unlike the typical Dps proteins ppt
... binding as
detected at A
405 nm
. The results represent the average of at least
three independent measurements, with the standard deviation indi-
cated by error bars (gray bar, native Z2 antibody; ... by the Animal Care Commission
of the Institute of Microbiology, in accordance with
National and European Regulations. The number of ani-
mals used was kept at the...
... intermediate. We also propose that the
seven-fold higher efficiency of RNA cleavage by RNase
Sa than by RNase Sa2 can be at least partly explained
by the Val43 (RNase Sa) to Arg45 (RNase Sa2)
substitution. ... nucleotide.
Discussion
The goal of the present work was to better understand
the catalytic mechanism of RNase Sa2 and to account
for the differences in catalytic activity...
... agreement with those
against thermal denaturation.
Stabilization of 4
·
-RNase HI with Arg97
fi
Gly
and Asp136
fi
His mutations
To examine whether the Arg97 fi Gly and Asp136 fi
His mutations stabilize ... into
So-RNase HI or 4·-RNase HI.
The stabilities of the 4·-RNase HI, 5·-RNase HI
and 6·-RNase HI proteins against thermal denatur-
ation were analysed as described for R97G-...
... Saitou
1
, Takehisa Atsumi
1
, Takashi Sato
1
, Ken Ando
1
, Shuntaro Hara
2
, Kiyomi
Kikugawa
1
and Makio Hayakawa
1
1 School of Pharmacy, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Science, Japan
2 ... mutagenesis by
PCR as follows. The pBluescript SK vector (Stratagene, La
Jolla, CA, USA) encompassing an HIF- 1a cDNA in which
Pro564 and Asn808 were replaced with alanines was used...
... the combined
effects of ALLN and TRAIL in canine chondrocytes,
western blot analysis was performed. It was shown
that cotreatment of cells with ALLN and TRAIL
increased caspase-8 activation and ... demonstrated that ALLN pretreatment
with TRAIL increased the activation of caspase-8
under normoxic conditions, but that caspase-8
activation was inhibited under hypoxic conditions. I...
... via two engineered
restriction sites (NdeI and EcoRI) introduced by PCR
with the primers 5¢-GCTATTGTGGTAGAATA
CATATG
AGACAC-3¢, sense, and 5¢-GGAGTTGTAAAAATTC
GAATTCTAAAGAGC-3¢, antisense (the ... culture and homogenate preparation
Sulfolobus solfataricus was isolated from an acidic hot
spring in Agnano (Naples, Italy) and grown at 87 °Cas
previously reported [51]. For the ho...
... receptor
protein-tyrosine phosphatases (RPTPs) have two intra-
cellular PTP domains. The membrane proximal
domain (D1) contains most catalytic activity, whereas
the membrane distal domain (D2) has a regulatory
function ... to their
ectodomains. To investigate the role of the cytoplasmic domain in dimer-
ization we generated RPTPa ectodomain (EDa) ⁄ RPTP chimeras and found
that – s...
... Colavita AR, FitzGerald GA & Violi F
(1997) Platelet activation by superoxide anion and
hydroxyl radicals intrinsically generated by platelets that
had undergone anoxia and then reoxygenated. ... cyto-
plasm to the plasma membrane, where it associates
with 5-LOX-activating protein (FLAP) and metaboli-
zes arachidonic acid to release ROS [28,29]. The phos-
phatidylinositol-3-ki...
... determined
at about 10-fold lower protein concentration than
the measurements of inactivation, show the same
trends with respect to the effects of NaCl, CaCl
2
and
EDTA as the inactivation constants. As ... plot of the data from (A) in the range 0–100 m
M Ca
2+
. (C) Modified Scatchard
plot of the data from (B). DA corresponds to the change in relative activity. The...