... that inthe future further subfamilies will be identified, owing to the appearance of new members or by subdivision ofthe existing subfamilies Indeed, there are several GH-57 candidates inthe ... domain (SLD2), a threonine-rich region and a putative transmembrane domain [22] Interestingly, the 3D structure of a protein domain, which is clearly homologous to SLD1 and -2 of Q9Y8I8_THEHY, ... the C-terminus ofthe first b-strand ofthe catalytic (b/a)7-barrel [16] Interestingly, the three shortest GH-57 members, which include the P furiosus a-galactosidase (Q9HHB5_PYRFU), exhibit the...
... C-terminal half ofthe first TM domain through the second intracellular loop of FPRL1 with the corresponding part of FPR (A) Chimera H contains the N-terminus and a segment between the fourth TM and ... pep inthe presence of increasing concentrations of unlabeled ligand After incubation cell pellets were collected and measured for c emission The binding data were analyzed with the program LIGAND ... that these regions of FPRL1 play an important role inthe FPRL1 response to MMK-1 Based on the deduced amino acid sequences of FPR and FPRL1, the segment spanning the C-terminal half ofthe first...
... articles indexed in MEDLINE at the end of 2004 (14,785,094 articles) The following sections explain in detail off-/on-line processing for the text retrieval system for MEDLINE 3.1 Off-line processing: ... original database andthe number of entries expanded by name variations Terms in MEDLINE were then identified by the longest matching of entries in this expanded list with words/phrases in MEDLINE ... GENA entry and examine theeffectsof using predicate argument structures and ontological identifiers The need for the discovery of relational concepts has been investigated intensively in Information...
... of CoA or acetyl-CoA The results are presented as the percentage of activity inthe presence ofthe effectors in relation to the activity measured inthe absence ofthe metabolites for each of ... change inthe pKa value ofthe amino acid residue(s) involved in malate inhibition may occur as a result of interaction with different amino acid residues inthe allosteric site The amino acid ... than the other compounds (Fig 6) In this way, amino acid residues of different segments of NADP-ME2 swapped inthe construction ofthe chimeras are involved inthe fumarate activation ofthe pyruvate...
... eluted with biotin (data not shown) Effect of point mutations inthe binding domain of a-2-C on the binding to c¢-2 To elucidate whether single amino acids inthe binding domain of a-2-C were particularly ... domain This part ofthe protein is upstream ofthe putative linker segment connecting the C-terminal biotin-binding domain with the residual parts of a-2 (Fig 5) For further analyses ofthe domain ... synthesized subunits ⁄ domains ofthe OAD-2 from V cholerae As shown in Fig the c-subunits ofthe OAD-2 and OAD-1 isoforms harbour the Zn2+-binding motif previously identified inthe c-subunit of...
... studies inthe same institute and obtained the Master of Engineering degree in July 2004 She then attended McMaster University pursuing further studies inthe Department of Electrical Engineering and ... in Datong, Shanxi Province, China She attended the Nanjing University of Science and Technology and was awarded the degree of Bachelor of Engineering (with distinction) in June 2001 She continued ... edges are the [MK − (K + L)] vectors {ηm } involved inthe principal minor Now, since the determinant ofthe rank deficient matrix P ⊥ Σr (P ⊥ )H H H represents the square ofthe volume of a collapsed...
... aspartyl aminopeptidase was inhibited by EDTA in this study This indicates that the surroundings ofthe zinc ion in yeast aspartyl aminopeptidase differ from those ofthe mammalian enzyme The yeast ... PAGE using 15% gels by the methods of Hirano [11] Yhr113wp was identified by peptide mass finger printing using MALDI-TOF MS In- gel digestion and peptide mass fingerprinting The protein band on ... salts The digested peptide substrate was analyzed using MALDI-TOF MS The amount of peptide generated was estimated from the ratio ofthe height ofthe product peptide peak versus the sum of the...
... between plasmin and antiplasmin is of great importance in regulating the fibrinolytic process and keeping the plasmin active inthe right place and at the correct time, as fibrin and antiplasmin compete ... lysine-binding-site-mediated interaction between plasmin and antiplasmin Molecular modelling ofthe C-terminal portion of antiplasmin The amino-acid sequence ofthe C-terminal 40 residues in antiplasmin ... plasmin In uence ofthe antiplasmin variants on the plasmin–antiplasmin reaction To study the reaction between the antiplasmin variants and plasmin inthe absence of 6-aminohexanoic acid, plasmin...
... inthe B¢ domain (SB2), inthe N-terminal domain (SB3), andinthe B domain (SB4); alternative oligosaccharide binding sites are found inthe B¢ domain (OB2), andinthe C domain (OB3) Bound ... the salt bridge andthe secondary sucrose-binding site SB2 Other regions are involved in specificity and thermostability, as the loop containing Glu227 inthe B domain These findings provide new ... helix and a b strand inthe B domain Unlike Asp226, none ofthe mutated residues in this loop interact with maltotheptaose bound inthe active site in (A) However, Asp231 has hydrogen bonding interactions...
... processes and pathways in androstenone biosynthesis and metabolism in terms of individual QTLs, SNPs or candidate genes Two experiments were devised in thesis to demonstrate the use of data mining and ... representation are: breeding, swine, male, female and Sus scrofa The font size ofthe terms inthe figure directly reflects the frequency of occurrence of these MeSH terms inthe set of abstracts returned ... used inthe field of data compression, but index built using BWT allows indexing and searching of large texts in a memory efficient manner FM index is an indexing algorithm utilizing BWT and allows...
... received the first MQTL-allele ofits sire and therefore SQ2 = If there is a i one inthe first or second row ofthe first column of Qi the place of this allele in i is the number of that row containing ... [10] therefore combines a special case ofthe condensing algorithm with gamete identification by parental origin Assuming the QTL inthe middle of a certain marker interval and rounding the QTL-transition ... parts: the generation ofthe index matrix N, the determination of matrix L, the calculation ofthe condensed gametic relationship matrix G∗ , and finally, the computation ofits inverse It is independent...
... attributed to the physical proximity ofthe enzymes inthe mini-cellulosomes and to cellulose targeting ofthe complexes via the CBM ofthe mini-scaffoldin [21] The most active mini-cellulosome ... percentage of amino acid coverage inthe matched proteins; Mpep, the number of unique matched peptides; Upep, the number of unmatched peptides inthe MALDI-TOF experiments The function of new proteins ... based on the GH family ofthe catalytic module andthe modular organization ofthe protein, or on the identity ofthe catalytic domain with another characterized protein (see text) Protein F1 12...
... upregulated in gills but slightly less and later in mantle One inducible and two constitutive isoforms of HSP70 are synthesized inthe gills and mantle of C gigas [26] The expression level ofthe constitutive ... chaperones, the chaperonin-containing TCP1 (subunit 7, isoform b) presented the same expression pattern in response to heat stress in our study This complex, involved in folding actin, tubulin and cyclin ... expression of organisms subjected to thermal stress are known to involve major adjustments inthe expression of ribosomal genes and genes coding for proteins involved in RNA metabolism and protein synthesis...
... resulted in a decrease, of up to two-fold, inthe kp of plasmin Considering the recently described reversible nature ofthe plasmin inhibition by oleic acid [3] andthe changes ofthe kinetic parameters ... identify the site of action ofthe fatty acids inthe plasmin molecule, the amidolytic activity of two truncated plasmin variants was examined (Fig 8) Miniplasmin (des-kringle 1-4 plasmin) contains the ... plasmin inhibitors ofthe fatty acids, the turbidity effectsof which are smaller compared with the free acid and are not in uenced by the plasmin substrate Analytical modelsof plasmin inhibition...
... each other) The value (the sign) of a cycle is the product ofthe values (the signs) ofits steps The sign ofthe magnitude of a Ôminus combined autoinfluence path of order pÕ equal those ofthe ... linearize the system of Eqn (3) inthe vicinity ofthe steady state We this to investigate the stability of this state In this way we obtain thein uence a small change inthe concentration of substance ... autoinfluence) The absolute magnitude of a combined autoinfluence path is the product of all the rates divided by the product of all the concentrations ofits species Therewith the coefficient of...
... quantify the amount of recovered protein owing to the presence of a high molar excess of BSA remaining inthe buffer Therefore, a fixed aliquot ofthe protein was incubated with the indicated ... basic proteins it might be that either methylation ofthe lysine or specific substitutions inthe amino acid sequence, increasing the number of basic residues of lysine, arginine and histidine, could ... One hypothesis may be that these oligomers exert their action by blocking the binding of eEF1A to its ligand in cancer cells, perhaps to zinc finger proteins involved inthe modulation of cell...
... implicated inthe biosynthesis ofthe aminonucleoside moiety of A201A Here we report the sequencing of a total of 6946 bp, which include the ata genes most likely implicated inthe biosynthesis of this ... which lack this domain, is scant This domain promotes the binding ofthe acyl-CoA initiation unit to the ketosynthetase domain ofthe PKSs for polyketide biosynthesis [35] Therefore, AtaPKS1 could ... be implicated inthe biosynthesis ofthe aminonucleoside moiety of puromycin [6–8] Interestingly, their organization is identical to that ofthe pur cluster, with the exception of pur6, which...
... andinthe liver increases under hypoxic conditions inthe uterus, resulting in intrauterine growth retardation [15,16] Its mature polypeptide chain consists of 234 amino acids and, as all other ... together with identical aliquots ofthe untreated proteins (Fig 9A) The degradation process was evaluated on the basis ofthe ratio between the integrated areas ofthe intact protein inthe treated ... increasing the bioavailability of IGFs by enhancing the proteolytic cleavage as well as for producing the C-terminal domain We have examined the amino acid sequences ofthe other protein family...
... that the failure of these seven mutations to abolish protein phosphorylation was a result of other protein kinases masking the PKA-catalysed part Indeed, protein kinases other than PKA, including ... GIRK1 subunit was a prominent target for PKA in vitro, after thein vivo treatmentofthe oocytes with a PKA inhibitor and also in untreated oocytes On the other hand, thein vitro phosphorylation ... observed for the entire C-terminus of GIRK1, when the same mutations were introduced alone or in combination (Fig 2C) Mutation of S385C in combination with a deletion ofthe last 100 amino acids...