... leading to formation of the M4a cluster prior to formation of the M3b cluster, demonstrating that the individual binding constants of divalent metal ions forthe a domain are larger than those forthe ... two metal ions tothe a domain in independent tetrathiolate sites, the choice forthe third incoming metal ion would be to form a bridging interaction in the a domain or to form another independent ... domain in efforts to elucidate the potentially cooperative nature of the metal -binding reaction within each of the domains Thus, the goal is to elucidate the metallation mechanisms of the individual...
... studies seem to indicate that cytochrome c551 could be the physiological electron donor tothe aforementioned Nir [11] The electrons donated by the donor tothe T1Cu center are transferred tothe catalytic ... that the deviation of the Sd(Met150) atom from the axial position of the NNS plane formed by two Nd(His95 and His145) atoms and one Sb(Cys136) atom causes the different colors in the enzymes The ... from the Asp98 residue tothe oxygen atom of the substrate, yielding an OẳNOH intermediate The NO bond in this oxygen atom is then broken, yielding the product NO, whose release re-establishes the...
... due tothe interaction of the virion-incorporated factors with their cognate receptors on HIV target cells, as exemplified by the up to 100-fold increased infectivity of ICAM-1-bearing viruses for ... prominent example for such a factor is ICAM-1 which was found to be incorporated into the viral membrane, and to facilitate HIV-1 infection by bindingto its ligand LFA-1 on T-cells [12] The potential ... decreased binding of CLEC-2 to rhodocytin in surface plasmon resonance binding studies [34] We addressed if these residues were also required forbindingto soluble podoplanin Flow cytometric...
... GST fusion protein forbindingtothe captured ICAM-4Fc strengthens the earlier results that thebinding sites forthe CD11a and CD11b I domains in ICAM-4 are different although they could be partially ... being a ligand binding area for a red cell receptor However, it is probable that other erythrocyte receptors forthe CD11a and CD11b I domains exist because of the residual binding of the ICAM-4 ... to 60% in the presence of the corresponding I domain compared to 20% forthe interaction between ICAM-4 and CD11a/CD18 This indicates differences in binding of ICAM-4 to these two integrins The...
... promoting bindingtothe target (e.g [13,16,17]) Bindingtothe target can increase the Ca2+ -binding affinity to CaM further [17,18] In addition, subsequent binding of Ca2+ tothe N-lobe then induces ... respect tothebindingto synthetic TMR-labeled peptides (see Fig 3A–C) coding forthe putative binding sites in hEAG1 In the presence of 25 lm free Ca2+, the aspartateto-alanine mutations in the ... of the CaM constructs bound tothe peptide in the absence of Ca2+ Forthe TMR-labeled peptide C2, EF-hand mutations and increased the KD by about a factor of seven (to 1560 ± 190 nm compared to...
... [10,21] To optimize conditions forthe assay, fulllength B56a was ®rst tested forbindingto GST-A B56a full-length protein bound well to GST-A, but not to GST alone (Fig 1A) To further con®rm the ... present in the reticulocyte lysate may contribute tothe formation of heterotrimers [27] To map the region(s) of B56a responsible forbindingtothe A subunit, multiple B56 fragments were generated ... independently bindingto GST-A (Fig 2) These regions were named A subunit binding domains (ASBD) and Given that the two distinct regions can bind tothe structural A subunit, an effort was undertaken to...
... bindingfor all three binding loops, RNA bindingto PyrR PyrR bindingto BcBL1 resembled thebinding observed forthe other two binding loops The apparent dissociation constant (Kd) values for RNA binding ... demonstrating the antagonism of the two effectors When the ratio of GTP to UTP was varied over the same range, the effects were similar tothe effects of GMP and UMP; the values forthe apparent Kd for ... 162 binding of PyrR to BcBL2 RNA with the total concentration of the two effectors held constant When the GMP to UMP ratio was increased from 0.11 to 19, the apparent dissociation constant for...
... Seatanypassengerson the bottomof the boat,near the center line • If the enginefails,trailaseaanchorfrom the bowof the boat to keepitheadedinto the waves (Abucketcanworkasasea the operator’ssideof the boat,alwaysinview ... waterplus the distancefrom the surfaceof the water to where the “footprint”in the waterwhenloaded to itsratedcapacity;catamarans, anchorwillattach to the bow For example,if the wateriseight ... actionwhenpeoplearein the waternearyourboatis to shut off your engines Weather Youshouldneverleave the dockwithoutfirstchecking the local weatherforecast Youcanget the weatherinformationfrom the TV,...
... strictly required forthe biosynthesis of Moco in bacteria [22] In addition to copper, various metals are known to bind tightly to sulfur-rich sites, leading tothe question of whether other metal ions ... MGD formation is catalysed by MobA only after the coordination of a molybdenum atom tothe dithiolene moiety of MPT [19] To determine whether molybdate can be replaced by other metals forthe ... activity of the MoeA protein Although the synthesis of the dioxo Moco found in hSO seems to be more susceptible to nonspecific metal insertion, the biosynthesis of the bisMGD cofactor present...
... boxes similar tothe Sp1 consensus binding sequence (Fig 5A) The location of these putative Sp1 -binding sites within the P1 promoter sequence is shown in Fig 5A,B, together with the transcription ... extract to these boxes Binding of nuclear factors to GC-rich boxes of the AbH-J-J P1 promoter In order to study protein–DNA interactions and further characterize the transcription factors involved, ... transcription factors There is strong evidence demonstrating that transcription factors belonging tothe Sp1 family interact with other transcription factors, including some proteins bindingtothe P2...
... very similar to that of the wild-type protein, and the addition of heme tothe mutant polypeptide caused a similar shift in equilibrium towards the larger (hexameric) species Therefore, the process ... concentrations, to a single component model gave a mass of 96.6 ± kDa forthe heme-bound IrrRl sample (residuals forthe fits are shown in the inset to Fig 3C) The data thus indicate that the higher ... remained in the ferrous state in the reference cuvette, thereby imparting a different form on the difference spectrum form Therefore, it is clear that IrrRl does not contain a ferrous heme-binding...
... graphs in the field to have rather low values for rloc and a low to medium value for γ, while having low values for ρ The metric κ has been calculated for all the sample graphs, and the performance ... on the x-axis, the performance of the RRES algorithm is plotted The dotted lines show the ES performance For a window length of 20, the obtained values for RRES and ES naturally coincide The ... Ttotal − Tmin RA = Alimit , Atotal RS = Slimit Stotal (8) The totalised values for area Atotal , code size Stotal , and execution time Ttotal are simply built by the sum of the maximum gate counts...
... each of these has a positive effect on the estimates forthe height We refer to [22, Theorem 7.1] for a result of this form for Cm and to [51] for an application of it in this context, and to [26, ... [11] for a generalization) On the other hand, this formula is useful to decide which choice forthe subgroup H is ‘suitable’ and to highlight limitations of this form—strictly limiting tothe ... investigations on the inverse problem is twofold On the one hand, we obtain a full solution tothe inverse problem for groups of the form C2 ⊕ C2n for each n ∈ N The motivation for and relevance of these...
... appointment for an intake Page of interview by a therapist from the matching condition After this intake interview the patients receive study information and the informed consent form from the therapists ... random number generator The patients are randomly assigned for either intake or treatment to therapists who are trained in cultural competence (the intervention group) or to therapists who are ... control-group therapists In both clinics six therapists are selected forthe intervention group and six forthe control group of this study In both groups disciplines of the therapists, the average...
... all the groups in that family are distinct Acknowledgments The authors would like to express their gratitude tothe Vietnam Institute for Advanced Study in Mathematics for support during the ... APPLICATIONS OF THE ALEXANDER IDEALS TOTHE ISOMORPHISM PROBLEM The Alexander ideals not depend on the choices of the CW-complex X and the presentation (1) However we have a freedom in choosing the isomorphism ... We use the fact that B(m, n) ∼ = B(−m, −n) to reduce the computation tothe subcase c) So I = (−m + nt1 ) = (m − nt1 ) 6 DO VIET HUNG AND VU THE KHOI Theorem 2.2 (Moldavanskii [14]) The group...
... probes to monitor thebinding of nucleotides to UCK These assays were used to determine thebinding afnity of bisubstrates and new phosphonate analogs and to validate a uorescent approach for high-throughput ... experiments to determine thebinding of natural substrates tothe donor and the acceptor sites of human UCK The ATP -binding site (donor -binding site) of human UCK was probed with the uorescent ... indicating that their bindingtothe NMP -binding site is unproductive UCK has been identied in human liver as the enzyme that catalyzes the rst phosphorylation step for cidofovir [6] Thebinding of...
... the ER lumen [17] However, the protein is in fact not restricted tothe ER, but does exert important functions in other cellular compartments, such as the cytosol [29], the nucleus [30] and the ... is given in the bottom panels of Fig forthe two hydrophobic pockets Binding of Trp183 (dark blue) in hp1 induces a slight shift of helix a2 (blue), similar tothe effect of Trp11 in the K1 peptide ... red) Notably, the two complexes differ in both the position and conformation of these tryptophan side chains Specifically, Trp183 extends deeper into the pocket, and this is reflected by the side chain...
... 60 is used to determine the cell range of AP The formulas are necessary to calculate the values in the link budget which use basic mathematical functions and are very straightforward to implement ... driven by the need for NLOS operation Because residential applications are expected, rooftops may be too low for a clear sight line to an AP antenna, possibly due to obstruction by trees Therefore, ... and so forth The propagation of radio frequency depends on the physical environment, therefore, we have to define the service area and select appropriate radio propagation model to predict the path...