... degree of < /b> accordance, except for ThDP–acetyl CoA–EcODC The scattering patterns of < /b> the latter not match any of < /b> the crystal structures, indicating that binding of < /b> acetyl CoA may induce changes in the ... view of < /b> the crystal structure < /b> of < /b> EcODC (A) Schematic representation of < /b> the EcODC monomer Yellow arrows indicate b sheets, and cylinders indicate helices (green, PYR domain; blue, R domain; pink, ... Crystal structure < /b> of < /b> EcODC complexes Overall structure < /b> Holo-EcODC (ThDP-EcODC) was crystallized in the absence of < /b> additional ligands (PDB ID 2q27) andin complex with either ADP (2q28) or acetyl CoA...
... site of < /b> ScPDC and is decarboxylated Differences between the catalytic cleavage of < /b> indolepyruvate by ScPDC and EcIPDC can be found in the substrate affinity andin the reaction rate vs substrate concentration ... pyruvate decarboxylation Examination of < /b> the decarboxylation of < /b> indolepyruvate by ScPDC and ZmPDC The ability of < /b> ScPDC and ZmPDC to decarboxylate indolepyruvate was tested In the case of < /b> ZmPDC no catalytic ... enzymatic activity at a concentration of < /b> 0.5 mM [7] Below, results on fast kinetics, substrate specificity, and cofactor binding of < /b> EcIPDC are presented For the kinetic measurements a continuous optical...
... EphA4 and EphB2 receptors, which can also bind ephrin-Bs and ephrin-A5, respectively, and EphB4, which preferentially binds ephrin -B2 only (Elena, 2010) Multiple Ephrins and Eph receptors including ... -1cm-1), l =path length of < /b> cuvette (cm) and c= protein concentration (M)] 2.10 Circular Dichroism (CD) spectroscopy The secondary structure < /b> of < /b> all the recombinant proteins < /b> were determined with a Far ... protein A /B/ C VAPB-2 VAMP-associated protein B protein lacking exon VAPB-4, VAMP-associated protein B protein exons and VAPB-3 VAMP-associated protein B protein exon VAPB-3, VAMP-associated protein...
... heteronuclear NMR spectroscopy (PDB code: 2j2s) A cartoon of < /b> the protein backbone is shown with zinc ions represented as spheres The surfaces of < /b> amino acid residues perturbed by DNA binding in chemical ... Journal compilation ª 2010 FEBS M S Cosgrove and A Patel MLL1’s interaction to the KIX or CREB-binding domain of < /b> CBP [31] The KIX domain of < /b> CBP is a structural platform that is capable of < /b> binding ... ligands (Fig 1B) Structures that have been determined include the MLL1 CXXC domain [22], a portion of < /b> the MLL1 TAD bound to the KIX domain of < /b> the cAMP response element-binding (CREB) binding...
... role in modulating the stability of < /b> the metal–thiolate cluster and conformation of < /b> the b- domain by domain–domain interactions, thus altering zinc homeostasis in the brain andin uencing the bioactivity ... Journal compilation ª 2010 FEBS Z. -C Ding et al Structure< /b> reactivity function < /b> study of < /b> GIF A1 B1 A2 B2 Fig (A1) and (A2) Simulated structure < /b> of < /b> the b- domain of < /b> rlMT2 (B1 ) and (B2 ) Predicted structure < /b> ... Moreover, spectroscopic and biochemical studies Structure< /b> reactivity function < /b> study of < /b> GIF showed that the whole structure < /b> and dynamic properties of < /b> sGIF, as well as the solvent accessibility and stability...
... α-amino-β-carboxymuconateε-semialdehyde decarboxylase (ACMSD) COOH CHO N COOH Quinolinic acid COOH NH2 α-aminomuconic acidε-semialdehyde (AMS) non enzymatic Glutaryl CoA N COOH Picolinic acid NAD CO2 + ATP ... which may be considered a unique trait of < /b> ACMSDs The metal centre and the ligand binding site The hACMSD active site is located in a crevice on the protein surface at the C- terminal opening of < /b> ... residue for catalysis, not only because it contributes to Zn2+ coordination but also because of < /b> its direct involvement in substrate binding (Fig 3A ,B) Indeed, as detailed above, Asp291 stabilizes...
... 644–646 11 Bhat MK, Ashizawa K & Cheng SY (1977) Heterogeneity of < /b> chicken prealbumin and specificity in binding to chicken retinol-binding protein and L-thyroxine Indian J Biochem Biophys 14, ... structure < /b> and, as a consequence, infunction < /b> of < /b> the binding affinities to T3 and T4 of < /b> transthyretin Speci c residues on the external surface of < /b> transthyretin are involved in the binding to RBP ... [59,63,64] In the binding interaction, RBP and transthyretin each contribute 21 amino acids to the protein–protein recognition interface and most of < /b> these residues are in the C- terminal regions of < /b> the...
... regulated by mitogen-induced signal transduction pathways acting through TSC1–TSC2 and involving mTORC1, as suggested by the rapamycin effect Rapamycin, which inhibits mTORC1 by binding to mTOR in a complex ... regulation of < /b> RP mRNAs have remained more elusive In Xenopus, two proteins < /b> have been identified, La and cellular nucleic acid-binding protein (CNBP) ⁄ zinc finger protein (ZNF9), which bind the 5¢-UTRs of < /b> ... case, only in speci c cell types A role of < /b> p53 in mediating the effect of < /b> RP deficiency was also shown in a recent publication by McGowan et al [82] In a chemical mutagenesis screen in mice for pigmental...
... CD spectroscopy and fluorescence spectroscopy The CD spectrum of < /b> spinalin in NaCl ⁄ Tris showed a dichroic minimum centered at 205 nm (Fig 3) The spectrum did not show the presence of < /b> pronounced ... difference between the molecular masses of < /b> the reduced and nonreduced protein indi- A BC D Fig Expression of < /b> spinalin in HEK293 cells and purification of < /b> the recombinant protein Aliquots of < /b> serum-free ... NaCl Proteins < /b> were detected by Coomassie staining (A) or samples were analyzed by western blotting using spinalin antibody (B) Visualization of < /b> nonreduced aggregated spinalin (D) and reduced and...
... are not coincident; however, both structures feature a hydrophobic < /b> patch in the inner region of < /b> the bent, made up by a cluster of < /b> 4/5 aliphatic and/ or aromatic side-chains These findings lend ... Wuthrich, K (1983) Application of < /b> phase sensitive ¨ two-dimensional correlated spectroscopy (COSY) for measurements of < /b> 1H-1H spin-spin coupling costants inproteins < /b> Biochem Biophys Res Comm 113, ... C For estimation of < /b> secondary structure < /b> content, CD spectra were analyzed by a linear combination fit using the reference data of < /b> Greenfield and Fasman [21] NMR spectroscopy Samples for NMR spectroscopy...
... free aminoglycosides neomycin B, neamine and paromomycin, at concentrations Table Percent inhibition of < /b> 12G5 mAb binding to CXCR4 by R-peptide and their conjugates, and r-peptides and their conjugates, ... achieved by the reaction of < /b> benzylchloroformate (CbzCl) in the presence of < /b> sodium carbonate in high yield Then, the ‘Boc’ group was removed by a classical trifluoroacetic acid cleavage, affording ... step by interacting with CXCR4 Significant differences were found between the antiviral potency of < /b> APACs containing 6- and 9-mers d-arginine, and the two aminoglycosides; neamine and neomycin In...
... 2007 FEBS H Schuler and W Peti ¨ The actin binding domain of < /b> spinophilin A BC Fig Recombinant proteins < /b> containing N-terminal fragments of < /b> rat spinophilin are active in F-actin binding (A) Cosedimentation ... [23,25,26] Both spinophilin and neurabin contain N-terminal filamentous actin (F-actin) binding, PP1 binding, PDZ and C- terminal coiled-coil domains In addition, neurabin, but not spinophilin, contains ... compilation ª 2007 FEBS 63 The actin binding domain of < /b> spinophilin H Schuler and W Peti ¨ Fig Spinophilin F-actin binding domain constructs can crosslink and cap actin polymers Polymers of < /b> actin,...
... isoleucine and threonine have one property in common, i.e branching at the b- carbon atom classically considered to destabilize a-helices because of < /b> steric clashes The side chain of < /b> leucine differs ... 5¢-CCATTTGGGGCCATCTAGAACCTGGTGC CGCTG(451–483)-3¢; antisense, 5¢-CAGCGGCACCAG GTTCTAGATGGCCCCAAATGG(483–451)-3¢ The underlined bases were changed in comparison with the original sequence; the stop codon ... template for PCR with a sense primer: 5¢- GGGGGATCCTGCA CACATGACCGGAACACC(247–273)-3¢ designed to contain a GGG overhang and an antisense primer: 5¢-CGGCACCGAATTCTAGATGGCCCCAAATGGC TTCCT(480–445)-3¢...
... recruiting speci c ligands [4] Structural characteristics of < /b> the PTP catalytic domain The catalytic domain contains 280 amino acids that determine a speci c PTP fold with several characteristic FEBS ... disordered in the crystal structures 1YGR and 1YGU) are shown schematically in red and blue, respectively In the RPTPa D1 crystal structure < /b> (PDB accession number 1YFO) the ‘inhibitory wedge’ blocks access ... Pleiotrophin signals increased tyrosine phosphorylation of < /b> beta beta-catenin through inactivation of < /b> the intrinsic catalytic activity of < /b> the receptor-type protein tyrosine phosphatase beta ⁄ zeta Proc...
... fluorescence of < /b> cells exposed to different concentrations of < /b> peptides, Facetic acid is the fluorescence of < /b> cells exposed to 0.01% acetic acid only, and Fbackground is the background fluorescence of < /b> ... are responsible for each of < /b> the antibacterial, LPS-binding and cytolytic activities of < /b> fowlicidin-1 (Fig 7) The C- terminal a-helix after the kink (residues 16–23), consisting of < /b> a stretch of < /b> eight ... 3271.1 instead highly concentrated at both ends To probe the impact of < /b> N- and C- terminal cationic regions and two short helical segments on antibacterial, LPS-binding, and cytolytic activities of...
... histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I and II, lymphotoxin, chemokine (C- C motif) ligand (CCL) 3, CCL4, CCL5, interleukin (IL)-12 and tumor necrosis factor (TNF) [51] Interaction of < /b> Tat with integrins ... Beclin-1 possesses a BH3 domain that interacts with the BH3 receptor domain of < /b> the anti-apoptotic proteins < /b> of < /b> the Bcl-2 family BH3-only proteins < /b> can induce autophagy by competitively disrupting ... then induce mitochondrial membrane permeabilization resulting in the release of < /b> critical pro-apoptotic intermembrane space effectors into the cytosol such as cytochrome c, apoptosis-inducing factor,...
... ANALYSIS OF < /b> CXXC FINGER PROTEIN This dissertation describes structure-< /b> function < /b> studies of < /b> CXXC finger protein (Cfp1), encoded by the CXXC1 gene, in order to determine the functional significance of < /b> Cfp1 ... at CpG dinucleotides These chromatin modifications in combination with polycomb group proteins < /b> all contribute to and ensure the maintenance of < /b> X inactivation by maintaining a heterochromatic configuration ... transcription factors, including Ap-2, c- Myc/Myn, Creb, E2F, and NF- B, recognize sequences that contain CpG dinucleotides, and binding to each has been shown to be inhibited by methylation (Singal...
... (UCU, UCC, UCA, UCG, AGU and AGC) and Alanine is encoded with four codons (GCU, GCC, GCA and GCG) Hence, the simple way for changing Serine into Alanine is by a single transition of < /b> amino acid, ... row contains the characters of < /b> V and the second the characters of < /b> W Matching characters, in V and W, are placed in the same column and different characters are placed as a mismatch in the same column ... location of < /b> the active and binding sites of < /b> the protein This is because active and binding sites are responsible for any chemical and or enzymatic reactions that happened in the protein molecules...