... on the si-face ofthe flavin in FNRs [12]. The single point energies ofthe flavin–tyrosine system in different conformations were calculated. The arrange-ment of lumiflavin and phenol with the ... inter-action ofthe nicotinamide of substrate NADP+with the isoalloxazine is modulated by the terminal tyrosine(Y308 in pea FNR) [15,17,18]. During binding of NADP+, the terminal tyrosine should ... the aromatic interaction between the flavin, Y308 and the nicotinamide of NADP+is precisely tuned by selectingamino acids that face the other side ofthe tyrosinephenol ring. The specific volumes of the...
... notions of decline inthe study of the polis (Models of Decline inthe Study ofthe Polis), before outliningways in which this notion has influenced studies of ancient religious life in this ... origins and the his-tory of other religious groups inthe early Roman Empire. Inthe first chapter of the book, it was proposed that the category of mission be abandoned alto-gether. Neither ... of Decline inthe Study of Social-Religious Life). Ithen provide evidence for the continuing vitality of civic life by using the inscriptional evidence for small social-religious groups in the...
... total volume ofthe column(% 12 min). However, as previously found with otherdissociated capsid proteins, the lack of elution of the proteins can be explained by non-specific binding of the denatured ... resides on the surface ofthe protein and makes noobvious stabilizing interactions with other amino acid side-chains, this part ofthe protein interacts with genomic RNA[33,41,47]. Such interactions ... different from those of other simple icosahedralviruses [13]. The main chain ofthe protein subunit foldsinto a five stranded antiparallel b-sheet (strands bC–bG)facing the interior ofthe phage particle,...
... productive binding of steroid substrates: in the first, a (small) sub population of enzyme bindsdirectly the steroid inthe reactive conformation, with the remainder ofthe enzyme binding the unreactiveconformation. ... unusual in havingtwo histidine residues (rather than the His-Asn pairseen in OYE, MR and some ofthe other memberproteins; Fig. 1B) inthe active site for ligand andsubstrate binding. For ... role inthe binding of phenolic compounds in the active site [3,26]. Likewise, in MR the counter-part residues His186 and Asn189 form key interactionswith reducing nicotinamide coenzyme and the...
... đbronectin-binding protein [8], the brainprotein a-synuclein together with the related proteinsb-synuclein and c-synuclein [9±12], a nd the brain proteintau [13±16]. In addition to their role ... relies mainly on the evidence outlined above. In view ofthe c lose similarity ofthe ROA spectra of the casein, synuclein and tau proteins shown in t his paper, wehave reproduced in F ig. 1 ... aglobular protein c ontaining a similar number o f residues, asobserved inthe caseins [3], synucleins [10], tau [14],prothymosin a [7] and the đbronectin-binding protein [8],and also in typical...
... Thus, we wereinterested in isolating the cDNA of PO-CHH andidentifying the native CHH neuropeptide inthe ES,after the recent report of CHH cDNA from the ES[28]. Also, we examined the physiological ... decrease in CHH expres-sion inthe ES is in proportion to that of CCAPexpression inthe same tissue, as described in Chunget al. [47], but there is no change in CCAP of TG,indicating the tissue-specific ... targeted into the specific sites in which the nerve fibers ofthe PO innervate the anteriorramifications. On the other hand, as a neurohormone,PO-CHH may be released from the surface ofthe POand into...
... inthe case ofthe K137E mutant of HSP22 (Fig. 4B); however, in this case, the intensity of the band corresponding to the HSP22 dimer wasmore intense than inthe case ofthe wild-type protein.Thus, ... intact protein at the beginning of tryp-sinolysis and at the fixed time of trypsinolysis) against the time of incubation (Fig. 8D). The apparent rateconstants of trypsinolysis under these conditions ... shock proteins, each of which contains the so-called a-crystallin domain consisting of 80–100 residues and located inthe C-terminal part ofthe molecule. The a-crystallin domain consists of six...
... attitudes toward the intendedness of pregnancies based on their own reports (13). + Of all births inthe 5 years before interview, 55 percent were intended by both the mother and the father (as ... instead of the full phrase, ‘‘not Hispanic white, single race.’’ All characteristics of women reflect the time of interview unless otherwise indicated inthe tables. While most tables in ... 80. Number of women 15–44 years of age who were working during the week prior to the interview and have at least 1 child under 13 years of age inthe household and percentage using the specified...
... produced(Fig. 1D, lane 2). Inthe presence of lactacystin, a sig-nificant increase inthe amount of tBid–GFP present in the extract, both in control conditions and inthe pres-ence of FLAG–Itch, was ... protein ofthe Bcl-2family that is crucial for death receptor-mediatedapoptosis in many cell systems [16,17]. The BH3domain-only proteins are a subfamily ofthe Bcl-2family involved inthe initiation ... apoptosis is critical in the maintenance of a healthy organism, and tipping the equilibrium in one or another direction results in eitherKeywordsapoptosis; Bid; c-Jun N-terminal kinase;epidermal...
... ofthe P-loop main chain (starting at the residue prior to the catalytic cysteine and ending after the conserved arginine) resulted in rmsd values of < 0.75 A˚(supplementary Table S3). In ... upon substratebinding, due to the presence of a small b-barrel domainthat is unique to this protein and is involved in substrate binding [7,8]. No other residues inthe proteinwere found to ... [18]. Treatment of PhyAsr with100 lm H2O2resulted in 33% ofthe enzyme beinginactivated after 10 min of treatment and 65% beinginactivated after 30 min. Incubation ofthe enzyme forup...