... spectrophotometric methods. Because the enzymatic activity of PRTFDC1towards hypoxanthine and guanine is only 0.26% and 0.09%, respectively, ofthe activity of HPRT, the role of the PRTFDC1 in purine ... II. The hood domain is mainly builtup by residues from the C-terminus and consists of atwo-stranded anti-parallel b-sheet composed of b2 and b9 and an a-helix from the C-terminus (Fig. 1A). The two ... interacts with bothO6 and N7 (Fig. 1C). The 2¢OH ofthe ribose is hydro-gen bonded to the main chain andthe side chain of Asp142 (Fig. 1C). Both hydroxyl groups ofthe riboseare involved...
... fragments F and I. The number at the right of each RT-PCR product represents the length ofthe prod-uct. The scheme also shows the location ofthe reverse primerDN+89 used in another starting ... and quantitativereal-time RT-PCR, the locations ofthe primers DN)105 and DN)9used in ChIP assays, the locations ofthe primers DN+232 and DN+254 utilized in 5¢-RACE, andthe locations ofthe ... numbers over the diagrams indicate the position ofthe corresponding nucleotides relative to the translation start site, andthe numbersin parentheses below the diagram show the position ofthe corresponding...
... permonomer of poly(dT), showing that the changes weremainly due to the binding ofthe first DNA, while the binding ofthe second DNA had less influence(Fig. 5A). To ensure that the estimation ofthe ... fluorescence of tryptophan probes inserted in the L1 and L2 loop upon binding of nucleotides and DNA. The fluorescence of modified Rad51 was measured after the addition ofthe indicated element. The wavelength ... RecA [16], and the identification of these sites is important for under-standing the reaction mechanism andthe regulation of homologous recombination.So far, the crystal structures of bacterial...
... analysis ofthe topological modules ofthe Fig. 3(labelled A–G) shows that they include structural and ⁄or functional features. Table 3 summarizes the main structural and functional features of thesegroups. ... functions, and topologi-cal features retain functionality and phylogeny. How- ever, the nature ofthe connections between thesefactors needs to be understood at the level ofthe pro-tein domain. The ... compares the studied network withrandomized versions of it with the same size and degree dis-tribution. The so-called Z-score quantifies the differencebetween the studied network and an ensemble of...
... ofthe CD1d protein bands indicatedwas performed using a Kodak Digital Science DC40 camera and its associated software. Band intensities are shown on the right and areexpressed as the sum of ... proliferation of stelleatecells and synthesis of collagen [36,37], the in vitro datapresented here may be relevant for understand some of the complex mechanisms responsible for the develop-ment of fibrosis ... byHultcrantz and collaborators showed that iron accu-mulation in the liver of hemochromatosis patients isassociated with oxidative stress andincreased expres-sion of ICAM-1 [13]. On the other hand,...
... HEL (C and D; lane 1) and HEK293 (C and D; lane 2) cells. The positions ofthe molecular size markers (kDa) are indicated to the left and right ofthe (C) and (D),respectively, whilst the position ... Transcriptional activation ofthehuman hemato-poietic prostaglandin D synthase gene in megakaryo-blastic cells. Roles ofthe oct-1 element in the 5¢-flanking region andthe AP-2 element in the untranslated ... (Prm)3within thehuman TXA2receptor (TP) gene thatdirects expression of TPb in HEL92.1.7 and HEK293cells [25]. A schematic ofthehuman TP gene highlight-ing the positions ofthe previously...
... were often the same—readability/fluency of the sentence is important for understanding the sentence. Only after the assessor has understood the sentence can (s)he judge how it compares to the human ... indepen-dent of each other. Fluency was judged directly by the assessors, while adequacy was meant to assess the content ofthe sentence compared to a human gold-standard. Yet, the assessments ofthe ... production and a model in-volve the use of syntax, but even in these cases flu-ency is only indirectly assessed andthe main ad-vantage ofthe use of syntax is better estimation of the semantic...
... no.NM138736) as the most similar Ga in mammals. The amino acid sequence of GOA-1 is 82.2% identical tothat of Gao. Although the similarity ofthe aA–aEregion andthe region upstream of a4 was relativelylow, ... are the a2 helix, the b6 ⁄ a5 loop, the a5 helix and the N- and C- extreme termini [31]. In addition, the a4helix and a4 ⁄ b6 loop region of Gai1are important forspecific recognition of receptors ... elegans. However, gar-3 isexpressed only in the pharynx and controls pharyngealpumping [40], indicating that the side effect ofthe acti-vation of GAR-3 is limited. Furthermore, the pheno-type of...
... activation ofthe NF-jB1isoform of transcription factor NF-jB, the MAPKsERK1 ⁄ 2 and p38 and PI3K. Thus, extracellular nucle-otides need to be added to the class ofthe critical reg-ulators of cell ... per-centages ofthe cells in the G0 ⁄ G1, S and G2 ⁄ M phases ofthe cellcycle after treatment with 20 lM or 100 lM ATP for 24 h. The gat-ing used for the quantification ofthe cells in the G0 ⁄ ... translocation of ERK1 ⁄ 2 to the nucleus. The translocation of activa-ted ERK1 ⁄ 2 to the nucleus is a prerequisite for the control of cell cycle progression [39,40]. The significance of ERK and p38...
... both the ER and the perinuclear region (data not shown). Thesefindings suggest that the proteins may be sorted within the secretory pathway based on interactions betweentheir TMDs andthe surrounding ... residues or by extending the length of the cytoplasmic tail to relocate the dilysine from the crit-ical positions )3 and )5 to positions )14 and )16affected the ER localization ofthe recombinantCD4–TMD ... localization in the ER [19]. We found that the TMD of UGT1A pro-teins appended to the C-terminus ofthe ectodomain of CD4 plasma membrane glycoprotein was able to retain the chimeric protein in the ER...
... the C-termini of certain secretoryproteins and act as anchors to attach such proteins to the outer face ofthe plasma membrane [1,2]. Synthesis of GPIs is essential for cell wall formation and ... but one ofthe predicted reactions in the GPI pathway. The exception is the addition of the second mannose to the GPI core. We show here thatdepletion ofthe essential, multispanning membraneprotein ... [19], andthe PIG-B ⁄ Gpi10 proteinsfor addition of Man3 [20–22]. However, a candidateGPI-MT-II has not yet been identified from anyorganism andthe transfer of Man2 to GPI glycansremains the...
... further our knowledge withrespect to the mechanisms of action of these proteins,it is crucial that we define the precise boundaries of the STI1-homologous domain and compare the struc-tures of ... side chains of residues with orientations that differ between hHR23B and hHR23A are shown. Also, b-N and b-C are the N- and C-termini of XPCB–hHR23B; a-N and a-C are the N- and C-termini of hHR23A.B. ... valuescombined with the presence of internal motion and the exchange terms in N-terminal segment show that the N-H vectors of each residue of this region are correla-ted in motion on the axis of helix...
... affect the stereoselectivity of epoxidation. The presence ofthe anionic lipid PtdSer increased the formation of DE2 twice as much as that of DE1. Even the relatively small portion ofthe negativelycharged ... i.e.they do not alter the stereoselectivity of epoxidation.Obviously, there is no alteration ofthe active s ite confor-mation of P450. But the s triking parallelism ofthe curves in the Lineweaver–Burk ... the conformation ofthe 9 ,10-epoxy-group, anti in DE2 and synin DE1. The respective data in F ig. 1 B and Table 1 showFig. 1. Effect of phospholipids on the total epoxidation (A) andthe ratio of diolepoxide-2...
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