... extensions beyond the stop In particular, both RTs showed the highest levels of extension inthe minus-dCTP reaction, followed by those involving minus-dATP, minus-dTTP and minus-dGTP These results ... Under these conditions, the elongation of the primer past a template nucleotide complementary to the excluded dNTP requires the insertion of an incorrect nucleotide (misincorporation) and further ... This reinforces the need to conduct genotyping prior to commencement of antiretroviral therapyin newly infected individuals and/ or individuals about to undergo therapy for the first time The fact...
... misinsertion is apparent from the elongation of the primer inthe presence of the incorrect dNTP relative to that inthe presence of dTTP total 32P-labelled primer extended per minute inthe conditions ... elongation in one cycle of synthesis (before the polymerase disassociates from the growing strand) may depend on kinetic parameters that affect binding, single nucleotide addition, translocation, ... following the misincorporation of incorrect dNTPs opposite the template A nucleotide, which corresponds to position 23 inthe 50-nucleotide template used, in comparison with the incorporation of...
... p-ratio and yield tution at single bonds Onthe other hand, radical nitration of adamantane using N2O5 gives a mixture of several compounds arising from the N- and O-attacks at the secondary and ... conditions Under forced conditions, they undergo cleavage of the C-C bond to give a complex set of oxidation products and lower nitroalkanes The nitration inthe gas phase has been used in industry ... reactions discovered in recent years constitute important tools in organic synthesis They are discussed in more detail than the conventional reactions such as the Nef reaction, reduction to amines,...
... modeled afterthe theoretical work of Berg [13] Berg supposed that the simplest model for protein synthesis involved competition between mRNA degradation onthe one hand, and successful initiation ... Golding and Cox Second, theresults As well as being a technical tour de force, the work did indeed demonstrate a high degree of individuality inthe population, as Benzer foretold [1] That the ... to determine the number of molecules of enzyme in each cell, distinguishing one from two from three, and so on, by inspecting the slope of product accumulation versus time Broadly speaking, http://genomebiology.com/2006/7/6/221...
... Filled and open circles indicate the GTF activity of GSGB and GS, respectively Inthe initial phase ( 60 min), the concentration of fructose increased (open squares in Fig 3) andthe concentration ... bars inthe GBd indicate the ‘A’ repeat [6,7] using GTF-I¢ (Asp85–Ile1256), which contains the GSd andthe 246 N-terminal residues of the GBd (approximately 50% of the GBd) Theresults indicate ... simulation based onthe enzyme kinetic parameters is in good agreement with the time course of dextran-independent insoluble glucan formation These results suggest that the dextran-independent synthesis...
... decarboxylation of pyruvate (Fig 4), indicating that the HE-TPP radical was a common intermediate in both the oxidative and reductive reactions The HE-TPP radical was formed only afterthe reduction of the ... assay Inthe presence of the reduced Fd1 and acetylCoA, the HE-TPP radical intermediate was formed (Figs 3F and 4B), indicating the intermediacy of the HE-TPP radical in both the oxidative and ... reactions Theresults obtained also indicate that electron transfer from external ferredoxin to the enzyme is an indispensable step to form the radical inthe reductive reaction From the data obtained...
... However, thein uence of IFNs onthe regulation of translation by TRAIL has not previously been investigated We therefore examined the effect of increasing concentrations of TRAIL onthe incorporation ... (triangles) The arrows indicate the concentrations of TRAIL producing 50% inhibition of protein synthesis 3700 Fig Effects of zIETD.FMK on TRAIL-induced inhibition of protein synthesis and caspase-8 ... UÆmL)1) and then further treated with the indicated concentrations of TRAIL for the last h (A) or h (B) Protein synthesis was measured by the incorporation of [35S]methionine into acid-insoluble...
... using the corresponding reverse primers The template used to synthesize the 3¢rpsO RNA containing an insertion of 18 A residues between the two hairpins was obtained after two PCRs using first the ... which, in this case, has an inhibitory effect on binding of poly(A) by PNPase In contrast, an interaction between Hfq and PNPase would be expected to inhibit both initiation and elongation of the ... Numbers onthe secondary structures indicate the length of the single stranded regions Black rectangles locate Hfq binding sites determined by enzymatic and chemical probing and by mutational analysis...
... plates andthe rate of synthesis of poly(A) as a function of ATP concentration determined as in Fig Moreover, in these conditions less than 30% of the ATP was consumed inthe case of the reaction ... 0.050 mM) After 5, 10 and 20 incubation, aliquots of the reaction mixture were analyzed by TLC Theresults corresponding to the 5-min incubation are shown in Fig No appreciable synthesis of poly(A) ... was incubated with of 0.2 mM ATP andinthe absence or presence of Gp2G, Gp3G, Gp4G andthe reaction products analyzed by HPLC after 30, 60 and 120 incubation Inthe absence of dinucleotides, the...
... exogenous PtdIns De novo synthesis was measured inthe incubation conditions described above, inthe presence of CDP-DAG and myo-inositol (Table 1) The exchange reaction was assayed by incubating bacterial ... CMP -dependent exchange reaction, far greater in quantitative terms than the CMP-independent one; and, finally, a reaction which is the reverse of synthesis, dependenton higher concentrations ... under various conditions with different substrates The values indicated andin pmol PtdInsÆmin)1Æmg)1 protein Inthe upper phase they are given as pmol inositolÆmin)1Æmg)1 Each value is the mean ±...
... positions of the PHCP and PH c552 proteins, respectively The band denoted by the asterisk onthe right-hand side is the result of nonspecific staining of the extracts containing the PH c552 protein ... c¢ [14] In addition, the a-band inthe pyridine hemochrome spectrum of reduced PHCP corresponded to 550 nm, which is indicative of the covalent bonding of heme vinyl groups to the protein via ... environment inthe protein interior The spectra of the oxidized and reduced PHCP were essentially the same as those reported for other cytochromes c¢ (Fig 3A), indicating that the heme environment in the...
... similar iron regulatory proteins and (IRP1 and 2) function as iron sensors [4–7] In iron-depleted conditions, IRPs are active and consequently bind specific nucleotide sequences, iron-responsive ... located inthe 5¢-UTR of ferritin mRNA andthe 3¢-UTR of transferrin receptor (TfR) mRNA Such binding leads to translational repression of ferritin mRNA and stabilization of the TfR message Conversely, ... complexed iron, contributes to IRP2 degradation by supplying iron to cells In this study, we show that the iron component of SNP is not involved inthe stimulation of ferritin synthesis More3...
... al (e) The reaction mixture is accessible This allows the synthesis of proteins inthe presence of other proteins provided in excess at the start of or during the reaction, e.g., for the purpose ... acid type of the residue preceding it inthe amino acid sequence Sequence specific resonance assignments of the [15N]-HSQC peaks are obtained in this way so long as the corresponding amino acid pairs ... cross-peaks so that they can no longer be distinguished from one another Notably, cross -peak overlap is less likely to occur in these spectra, because each contains only about one third of the...
... (PhosphorImager) In this system, the synthetic PPARb agonist GW501516 gave a 30-fold induction with a fusion protein consisting of the PPARb ligand binding domain LBD andthe LexA DBD (Fig 4) In contrast, ... activation onthe transcriptional activity of PPARb The simultaneous upregulation of PGI2 synthesis and PPARb expression suggested the induction of an autocrine ⁄ intracrine signaling loop upon activation ... modest increase in mPGES-1 and PGIS mRNA expression (Fig 2) Induction of Cox-2 by Ras -dependent signaling, inclu- Raf induction of PGI2 synthesis inthe absence of PPARb activation ding the ERK...
... at the indicated concentrations, and incubation continued for 10 at 37 °C SF was added at two different concentrations (0.13 lM, ; or 0.67 lM, m) together with tRNAPhe (C) andthe incubation continued ... filter-binding assays In vitro, it is easy to manipulate binding of unacylated tRNA to the ribosome by increasing the magnesium concentration [14] The magnesium concentration also affects the binding ... added to the reaction mixtures (total volume 15 lL) and incubation was continued for the indicated times at 37 °C T4-mRNA, tRNAMet and tRNAPhe were f used at the concentrations indicated inthe figures...
... media, while inthe cells they decreased at the end of the incubations Figure shows TLC analyses of supernatants and cell extracts obtained following the incubation of resting F succinogenes with ... dramatically increased following incubation with cellulose compared to incubation with glucose or cellobiose All the metabolite concentrations increased with time inthe supernatant; the concentration ... metabolite X increased by sevenfold between and h of incubation and reached its maximum after h of incubation TLC experiments confirmed the presence of spot and spot in these incubations with cellulose...
... reconstitute a membrane-like environment in which the enzyme is intrinsically more active For example, the HA translocation function, in which the growing HA chain traverses the bilayer in an intact ... concentration of MU inthe 22 h cultures (data not shown) Onthe other hand, release of HA into the culture medium, as assessed by HPLC analysis, was observed after h, and increased with continued incubation ... various concentrations of MU (0.2, 0.5, 1.0 and 2.0 mM) At the various time points (0, 3, 5.5, and 22 h), HA released into the culture medium was measured by the sandwich binding protein assay using...
... recommendations The His-tag domain adjacent to the cloning site borne by the pET22b(+) vector, allowed purification of the expressed fusion proteins using a Ni2+ chelation resin Purification of the recombinant ... Fig Combined effect of triacsin C and NDGA on steroid hormone synthesis Y1 cells were preincubated inthe presence or the absence of increasing concentrations of triacsin C (4 h, 37 °C) and of ... previous results showing that antibodies raised against a synthetic peptide matching a sequence that contains the serine included inthe catalytic triad inhibit steroid synthesis in a recombinant...
... suggesting that theeffects were distinct and not related to general ionic conditions inthe assay This conclusion was further strengthened when the protein aggregation was tested as a function of ... conditions, the hRad52 protein by itself showed only marginal binding (lanes 10 and 11) Inthe set containing hRad51 protein, addition of hRad52 protein converted free DNA as well as ‘small protein–DNA ... arise either due to steric hindrance imparted by ssDNA binding or to changes in protein configuration ⁄ conformation following ssDNA binding or a combination of both ATP has been shown to induce...
... within the substrate-binding sites seen inthe recently established three-dimensional structures of the lupin Ap4A hydrolase [55] andthe human enzyme [56] The stronger inhibition of the human ... details onthe synthesis of andtheresults of enzymatic studies on a series of novel p4A analogues that have a single methylene bridge substituting one of the three bridging oxygens inthe tetraphosphate ... Dixon and Webb [46] from the slopes of plots v ⁄ vi against [I] (where v and vi are velocities inthe absence and presence of inhibitor, respectively, and [I] is the inhibitor concentration),...