... live in a snake.14. My brother managed to kill the snake just at the time when I were almost exhausted. Supply the correct formofthe verbs1. Cats could fly if they (have) wings.2. If Peter ... (not,want) to live in a snake.14. My brother managed to kill the snake just at the time when I (be) almost exhausted. Ifhe (be) a little late, I (kill) by the snake.15. Had I know you were ill, ... snake.14. My brother managed to kill the snake just at the time when I (be) had been almost exhausted. If he (be) had been a little late, I (kill) would have been killed by the snake.15. Had...
... 4996–5007 ª 2005 FEBS the backbone and side chain of Asn34 and the sidechain of Lys24. This crystal contact stabilizes the structure ofthe leading side ofthe foot loop. The putative internal ... C-terminus,while Arg206 is on the top ofthe molecule, in the loopleaving helix 6 and it points in the opposite directionto the other basic residues (Fig. 2B). The structure of the NLS is almost identical ... to the side chain of Asn81. The intervening residues ofthe C-terminalextension interact with the neighboring monomer viahydrophobic contacts.Comparison with the structure ofthe solubleform...
... [43]. The present study further illustrates the importance ofthe eight-peptide sequence 57–64 in maintaining the inhibitory effect of the original 20-peptide aIIb49–68. The N-terminal region of ... wereperformed in the presence of PAC-1, a ligand-mimeticanti-aIIbb3that contains the RYD sequence (an RGDmimic) in the CDR3 region ofthe heavy chain. PAC-1binds to the activated formof aIIbb3and ... with this lig-and. The latter is further supported by the finding that the above peptides did not interfere with the binding of PAC-1to the activated formof aIIbb3. Furthermore, aIIb313–332was...
... proportion of the 125Ireleased (Fig. 7A) may be derived from the diffusion of low Mr125I from the cells. In contrast, the slower release of 125I-Tf (Fig. 7B) was consistent with the efflux of the Fig. ... examining the uptake of the 125I-sMTf or125I-Tf, the proteins were also saturated with59Fe by the proceduresdescribed above. These dual labelling experiments enabledexamination ofthe uptake of ... increased effi-cacy of conjugates compared to free agents [49,50]. It ispossible that the use ofthe conjugate may enable the delivery ofthe agent to the lysosomal compartment thatthen results in...
... biological function ofthe pro -form of bone morphogenetic protein-2 (BMP-2), a member ofthe transforminggrowth factor b (TGFb) ⁄ BLP superfamily. The role ofthe 263 amino acids of the pro-peptide ... Furthermore, the pro-peptide of GDF-8 impairs interaction ofthe mature part withits receptors [16]. In the case of BMP-9, the pro-pep-tide appears not to alter significantly the activity of the mature ... interested in the role ofthe 263amino acid pro-peptide of BMP-2, because evidenceaccumulated over recent years has shown that the pro-forms of growth factors can modulate the activities of the mature...
... rates) prior to and after the transition ofthe enzyme to amore active form, respectively, t is the time and s is the lag-time. The rate constant, k, for the activation ofthe enzyme isobtained ... rate is the initial turnover ofthe enzyme with amaximum of kcat, S0.5is the concentration of substrate S athalf-maximal saturation ofthe enzyme and n is the Hillcoefficient. Equation ... lip prevented binding ofthe C-terminalresidues over the active site, or the absence of the C-terminal residues caused the movement ofthe lip(Fig. 1B). In addition, the Cachain between aminoacid...
... the SH3 domain of Noxo1 participates inregulation of Nox3, the role ofthe PX domain in Nox3activity remains unknown.In the process of cloning of human Noxo1, somespliced transcripts ofthe ... To compare the amounts of the two variants expressed in the testis, we performed the PCR using the primers ‘d’ and ‘c’, where the cDNAs for both Noxo1b and Noxo1c are amplified as the insert region ... between the pair of primers(Fig. 2A). The lengths ofthe PCR products of Noxo1band Noxo1c were 225 and 240 bp, respectively. Todelineate the difference in the two products, we subjec-ted the...
... enzyme. The catalytic mechanism of hydrolysis The fructose present in the crystal structure of the complex is the result of hydrolysis of raffinose. The conformation ofthe sugar observed in the electrondensity ... attack on the anomeric carbon of fructose. The leaving group iscarboxylate of Asp54.Dimerization The asymmetric units ofthe crystals of both the apoand complexed formofthe enzyme consist of dimerswith ... blades in the axisarea are of polar character. The water channel in the apo formofthe enzyme runs along the axis of the b-propeller through the whole domain and is onlyblocked by Cys236 in the...
... between the hypophosphorylated initiation isoform IIA and the hyperphosphorylated elongating isoform IIO thatexhibits reduced electrophoretic mobility comparedwith the IIA isoform. Whereas the ... replicases in the eukary-otic cell [22]. Therefore, we tested the effect of the replicative state ofthe cell on the interaction betweenPol e and RNA pol II. A possible confinement of the interaction ... specifically in the G1phase of the cell cycle. This effect could be attributed to inhi-bition of transcription of cell cycle-regulated genes atthis phase ofthe cell cycle [51]. Nevertheless, it...
... regulation ofthe PKIand PKI isoforms ofthe inhibitor protein ofthe cAMP-dependentprotein kinase. J. Biol. Chem. 272, 20011–20020.20. Byler, D.M. & Susi, H. (1986) Examination ofthe secondarystructure ... showedasinglebandbySDS/PAGE(Fig. 2). The assay of its activity demonstrated that the purified PKIb inhibited the catalytic subunit of cAPK with the specific activity of 6.0 · 104unitÆmg)1(Fig. 3A) .The Kivalue determined ... mMsodium acetate buffer. The pooledfraction was stored at )20 °C for further study. The concentration ofthe proteins was determined by the method of Lowry et al. [14] and the purity was examinedby...
... effect on the thermalunfolding of proCPY. The Pmvalue for CPY was higher than that of itsunglycosylated form, though the DV and DGPvalues werealmost the same. The Pmvalue of proCPY was ... the corresponding values of proCPY and Dgly proCPY (Fig. 2B), indicating that the precursor form was less thermally stable than the mature form, regardless ofthe carbohydrate moiety.After the ... unfolding ofthe unglycosylated form. At high pressure, in the glycosylated forms the carbohy-drate moiety of CPY and proCPY would be hydrated tocompensate the volume contraction and the protein...
... iden-tified as the major and the minor forms ofthe holo-ACP structure, on the basis of their percentage contri-butions (65% and 35%, respectively) to the overallstructure ofthe protein. The structures ... both forms have the same amino acidsequence, and they have similar secondary structures, it was found that the – DG of unfolding ofthe holo form was lower than that ofthe apo form atall the ... unfoldingthermodynamic parameters ofthe two forms are givenin Tables 1–3. In the entire experimental regime, it isseen that the holo form presents better stability than the other form (Fig. 4C). The...
... true of unions of elements ofthe semilattice). These predicates are not only true ofthe conventional kinds but also of conventional servings such as the bottle of wine on the table or the ... speaking, the theories view the kinds of M as forming an upper semilattice of kinds with M at the top. This is a "formal" semilattiee in that the union of any two elements of it is ... for the two theories of mass terms. The p-rules are for the semantic occurrence approach while the s-rules are for the syntactic expression approach. The ontological underpinnings of these theories...