... N-linked oligosaccharide side-chains are important for theGABA transport activity 1-Deoxymannojirimycin inhibits the GABA- uptake of GAT1 In order to gain further insight into theroleofthe ... N-glycans, in particular their terminal structures, are involved in regulating theGABA translocation of GAT1, but not in binding of GAT1 to GABA Transport ofGABA by GAT1 across the cell membrane ... activity oftheGABA transporter Defective N-glycosylation results in reduction ofthe stability of GAT1 In order to study thein uence ofthe N-glycosylation and N-linked oligosaccharides on protein...
... primarily into the amide of glutamine by the activity of GS, and transferred to glutamate- amino by glutamate synthase activity Inhibition of GS andglutamate synthase blocked the synthesis of glutamine ... marked increase intheand glutamine pools after h inthe fresh medium (Fig 3a) Glutamate levels remained constant after h but the glutamine concentration continued to increase up to h indicating ... thus there was no incorporation of ammonia into glutamate by GDH After h the glutamine concentration peaked and remained stable, indicating feedback control of GS Inhibition of aminotransferases...
... http://www.jbiomedsci.com/content/18/1/5 by linear regression analysis by plotting the specific binding ofthe radioligand on the X-axis and bound/free on the Y-axis The maximal binding is a measure ofthe total number of receptors ... present inthe tissue andthe equilibrium dissociation constant is the measure ofthe affinity ofthe receptors for the radioligand The Kd is inversely related to receptor affinity Quantification of ... acid) was infused into the right Substantia nigra Pars compacta (SNpc) at a flow rate of 0.2 μl/min After stopping the infusion ofthe toxin, the probe was kept inthe same position for a further...
... profitability is declining The internalization of information within the same institution may thus enhance intra-circuit and inter-circuit stability by reducing the incentive to overfinancing The ... searching, inspecting, testing, evaluating, interpreting and judging are parts ofthe production process of information; disseminating information to the general public through reports or advertising ... placing money with investment financial institutions inthe capital market, and hold the remaining share in noninterest bearing, short-term bank deposits (eq 7) The share of savings going to the...
... The aims concentrate on co-operating, co-associating and helping members in developing professional skills, improving business efficiency and protecting the legal interest ofthe members inthe ... forwarding activities ofthe S.R of Vietnam, and on this basis to integrate with such professional colleagues on the world The Association has theroleof coordinating the activities ofthe members ... experts involving in Freight Forwarding and having high professional skills and abilities to contribute to the realization ofthe objectives and duties ofthe Association, may be invited to join the...
... Botswana maintains the hegemony andthe gap between the poor andthe rich, the major and minority groups In order to redress poverty the adult education program needs to be aware ofthe social ... knowledge ofthe minority and poor people and use them to mobilize the poor and minorities who are struggling for the betterment of their conditions It could mobilize the so called minorities ... oppose their status and challenge the hegemony ofthe majority communities in Botswana 31 In most parts ofthe world, education is for the most part the preserve ofthe few (elites) The choice of...
... useful in determining a) the efficacy of BCG vaccine in HCWs or b) the effects on efficacy ofthe vaccine strain administered Vol 45 / No RR-4 MMWR andthe vaccinee’s age at the time of vaccination ... Control and Prevention Theroleof BCG vaccine inthe prevention and control of tuberculosis inthe United States: a joint statement by the Advisory Council for the Elimination of Tuberculosis andthe ... resurgence inthe incidence of TB occurred inthe United States and included increases inthe number of TB cases among adults and children and outbreaks of multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) involving...
... chemical and microbiological properties of groundwater in Saint Katherine, South Sinai, Egypt and exploring the diversity, occurrence and distribution of fungal taxa in groundwater in South Sainai, ... to the natural protectorate law andthe decision ofthe Prime Minister regulating to activities inside the protectorates in addition to the inefficiency ofthe biological treatment project of ... Azeem was one of a few Media reported the progress in increasing interest.[19],[20].to investigate the amount and seriousness of pollution caused by factories dumping their waste inthe Egyptian...
... confirming theroleof endogenous FDX + FDXR in supporting the activity To further confirm theroleof endogenous FDX + FDXR in supporting the catalytic activity, we transformed the FDX (Yah1)- and ... mitochondria-targeting signal inthe yeast system Mitochondrial localization of intact CYP2E1 in yeast cells Because ofthe existing ambiguity inthe literature on the nature and extent of CYP2E1 import into ... Protein targeting to the microsomes requires the cotranslational insertion ofthe newly synthesized protein into the microsomal membrane, where the N-terminal hydrophobic signal sequence of the...
... enthalpies of binding and stoichiometries were determined from the binding isotherm by fitting a : binding model to the data using the software provided by the manufacturer Results Reaction of fosfomycin ... replacement of R120 by lysine reduces the probability of forming the fully closed form ofthe protein The results obtained with the K22V/R120K double mutant protein point toward a central roleof arginine ... chain of K22 participates in fosfomycin binding, thus providing a rationale for the loss of fosfomycin binding to the K22V and K22E mutant proteins However, two other positively charged amino...
... supercomplexes andthe effect ofthe absence of intact complex I, but the results are too preliminary in this regard Heterologous expression ofthe ESSS-HA subunit The localization ofthe ESSS subunit inthe ... N-terminal domain is involved in protein–protein interactions with other hydrophilic domains of neighboring integral membrane subunits, and interspecies interactions are incompatible From the comparative ... to form a domain on the matrix side, and 36 form a domain extending into the intermembrane space Inthe third mutant (V79-G35) one might expect a protein to be inserted into the inner membrane,...
... iron-peroxo intermediate [11] The sum of these ndings points at the involvement of more than one active oxidant inthe diverse types of P450-catalyzed substrate processing [1215] The goal ofthe present ... alterations inthe environment can cause drastic changes inthe reactivity ofthe active species [76] Further support in favour ofthe idea ofthe involvement of a high-valent iron-oxene in P450 ... oxygen into the benzene ring of aniline to yield p-aminophenol [151] Formation ofthe oxygenating species has been recognized to be facilitated by the binding to HbO2 of aniline and some of its derivatives,...
... at the base ofthe loop and may interact with other residues inthe adjacent b2 and b3 strands, affecting conformation and tightness ofthe loop Next to this phenylalanine, the arginine residue ... domain inthe processing of membrane-tethered mucins The mechanism by which the heavily glycosylated portion of these molecules is released at epithelial surfaces within the airway, the intestine ... shown in bold PCR conditions were as described previously The fragments were then cloned into the SpeI ⁄ XhoI sites ofthe polylinker in MUC1FDTR The remaining portions ofthe polylinker introduced...
... both the wild-type protein and mutants E142O and K133A Thermal analysis of protein unfolding The DSC curves ofthe wild-type protein andthe mutants K133A, E142O, W140A and W140O are shown in Fig ... located inthe C-terminal loop of SNase plays an important rolein protein stability and conformational integrity During protein unfolding ⁄ refolding, the addition of 2.5 protons (both E75 and E129 ... been interested in demonstrating this concept by using N-terminal and C-terminal fragments of SNase as models for the study of folding and unfolding pathways For example, Choy & Kay [22] using...
... inthe process of DNA laddering (as is the case with EndoG) rather than inthe production of large-sized DNA fragments, considering the timing of uptake ofthe mitochondria inthe autophagosome, ... becomes acidic inthe final step of PND [22,23] DePsipher staining ofthe macronucleus appeared initially during the stage of autophagosome formation, and persisted until resorption ofthe parental ... which appear to be involved inthe final resorption ofthe parental macronucleus during PND in T thermophila, and suggested the involvement of mitochondria in this process [19] In mammalian apoptosis,...
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... et al 2008; Aning, Turkson, and Asuming-Brempong 2008; Obi, Oparinde, and Maina 2008; Omiti and Okuthe 2008) Therefore, information regarding theroleof poultry inthe livelihoods of small-scale ... culled No information is available on the costs of culling, diagnostic testing of samples, cleaning and disinfection, and other administrative costs (Obi, Oparinde, and Maina 2008) Regarding the impacts ... detail theroleof poultry (both as a source of income and as an asset) inthe entirety ofthe households’ income and asset portfolios Regarding the sources of data used in this study, for the West...
... expected contributions of binding and electron transfer to DHà and DSà and estimate their relative importance inthe light ofthe data in Table The contributions to DHà from binding are expected to ... between Cyt f and plastocyanin and/ or plastocyanin and photosystem I, and subsequently the nature ofthe interactions inthe two lineages (hydrophobic in cyanobacteria, electrostatic in chloroplasts) ... the reaction up, and neutralizing or inverting the charge on basic residues slowed it down (Fig in [1], Fig in this paper) This indicates that the interacting sites on plastocyanin used for the...
... activation on the basis ofthe kinetic constants in Table 1, and those obtained for the glutaminase reaction inthe presence of 0.1 mM each of UTP and ATP-cS (data not shown) Apparently, the value of Ka, ... 4C and Table 2) In another experiment similar to that in Fig 4C, the GTP activation ofthe glutaminase reaction and CTP synthesis was compared (Fig 5) Inthe absence of GTP, the rate of glutamine ... of enzyme activity prior to injection j, tj)1 is the time between injection j)1 and j, [S]syr is the concentration ofthe injectant inthe syringe Analysis of initial velocity data Analysis of...