... TnrAN (5¢-GCT CGA GGA TCC GAT GAC CAC AGA AGA TCA TTC TT-3¢) and TnrA6 (5¢-TTA ACG GGA TCC GTA CCG TTA GTG AGC ATT AAG3¢) The PCR products were purified, digested with BamHI, and ligated into the ... more clearly, ATP was titrated to the binding assays in the absence or presence of 2-oxolguatarate As shown in Fig 3A, 0.2 mm ATP was sufficient to inhibit 50% ofthe GlnK–TnrA interaction The inhibitory ... TnrA (TnrAwt), TnrA6, TnrA20, and TnrA35 The analyte (40 nM GlnK or GS oligomers) was injected in a volume of 30 lL onto the TnrA surface at a flow rate of 15 lLÆmin)1 His6-NAGK served asa control...
... DASA in dimer formation The DASA ofthe AB dimer is defined as [(ASA of A) + (ASA of B) ) (ASA of AB dimer)] ⁄ The number of water molecules in the dimer interface was detected with ASV CALCULATOR ... was calculated (Table 1) It is conceivable that a dimer with larger DASA is more plausible We found that the DASAs ofthe AB and DA dimers were comparable Although the DASA ofthe CD dimer was ... fungal xyloglucan-specific endo-b-1,4-glucanase (XEG), an enzyme classified asa member ofthe glycoside hydrolase (GH)12 family in the CAZy database [2] (http://www.cazy.org) Tomato XEGIP is a basic...
... from the Diptera Anopheles gambiae (ENSAN1_ANGA, XP_312118.1), (ENSAN5_ANGA, XP_312116.1) and (BACBP_ANGA, CAA04496.1), as well asthe GLUBP from the lobster Homarus gammarus (GLUBP_HOGAM, CAE47485.1) ... mosquito Anopheles gambiae to bacteria and malaria parasites Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 94, 11508–11513 19 Bachman, E.S & McClay, D.R (1996) Molecular cloning ofthe first metazoan beta-1,3 glucanase from ... Recombinant EGF precursor and production of antibodies The sponge SDEGFI-PREC sequence was isolated by PCR using the forward primer, f1 [5¢-CCATGGAGA AGATTCTAGCAACAGTCAATTCAAATGAC-3¢ (the NcoI...
... (Chatsworth, CA, USA) The target sequences were as follows: MNSFb siRNA-437, 5¢-CCACCCTGCCATGCTAATAAA-3¢ [3]; and endophilin II siRNA, 5¢-AAGGTGCTCTAGAAACACTAA-3¢ Scramble siRNA directed against ... conjugates to endophilin II M Nakamura and S Shimosaki mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAP kinase) pathway by inhibiting the activation of extracellular signalregulated kinase (ERK) [3] Several ... or antibody against endophilin II A rabbit IgG TrueBlot was employed asa second antibody Cell culture, the siRNAs, and transfection of cells Cells ofthe Raw264.7 macrophage-like cell line (ATCC...
... cDNA sequence of rat TLR4 (GenBank accession NM_019178) were: 5’-CUACCAACAGAGAGGAUAU-3” (siRNA1), 5’-GUCUCAGAUAUCUAGAUCU-3’ (siRNA2), 5’-GAGCCGGAAAGUUAUUGUG-3’ (siRNA3) All siRNAs were chemically ... USA) was administered intrathecally once daily for days, starting from day before CCI surgery Evaluation of tactile allodynia and thermal hyperalgesia The paw withdrawal latency (PWL) to radiant ... with a transparent plastic dome, and allowed to acclimate for 30 minutes before testing The filament was applied perpendicularly to the plantar surface ofthe hind paw (ipsilateral to the side of...
... (excluding water molecules and peptide atoms) and rj is the standard deviation of B factors The normalized B factors have a zero mean and unit variance All atoms that satisfy Bz ‡ are treated as outliers ... refinement After datasets had been initially processed and integrated in mosflm, the reflection data file was then passed through a suite of programs in the ccp4 crystallography package [36] Scaling of ... peptide B factor analysis In order to analyse changes in the conformational dynamics of importin -a residues, a comparison was made between the atomic B factors of apo importin -a and the importina:CLIC4...
... cardiovascular disease in an autocrine or paracrine manner Blocking ANGPTL2 signaling may also be beneficial also in preventing and treating cardiovascular disease (Fig 1) To date, integrins have ... that ANGPTL2 promotes vascular inflammation rather than angiogenesis in these tissues, although it has been shown to enhance endothelial cell migration in vitro and in avascular tissues, such as ... asa therapeutic strategy is more beneficial Because ANGPTL2 promotes vascular inflammation via the a5 b1 integrin ⁄ Rac1 ⁄ NF-jB pathway [15] and vascular injury accompanied by inflammation is considered...
... silencing of TRAP1 expression (TRAP1-siRNA) was purchased from Shanghai GeneChem, Co Ltd The targeting sequence ofthe siRNA against rat TRAP1 was 5¢-CAACAGAGATTGATCAA AT-3¢ A negative control adenovirus ... cardiomyocytes, the role of that TRAP1 increase remains unclear The question remains as to whether the hypoxia-induced TRAP1 increase is a protective reaction in cardiomyocytes Because TRAP1 is a mitochondrial ... substrates (i.e cytochrome c) are released into the cytoplasm and activate caspase-dependent apoptotic pathways Because MPTP plays a critical role in cell necrosis and apoptosis, it is also involved...
... T Hiraga, K Ihashi, K Sato, N Komagata, H Majima, Y Namekawa, A Suzuki, A Kashimura, M Yamamuro, M Watanabe, K Ito, Y Murase and T Setoguchi for technical assistance We also thank Dr S Miyamoto ... contrast, when hLF was treated with endo-b-galactosidase, which is known to cleave the carbohydrate chains at the internal Galb1-4GlcNAc position, IKK activation and nuclear translocation of RelA ... obtained from Cell Signaling Technology (Danvers, MA, USA) The TNF -a Human Biotrak Easy ELISA kit was obtained from GE Healthcare BioSciences KK, Japan Actinase E was obtained from KakenSeiyaku...
... barbatus were collected from different locations along the Mediterranean Sea during the spawning season The extent of gonadal maturity was microscopically assessed, and mature sperm was obtained ... centrifuged as before to produce a supernatant SII and a pellet PII The A2 60 ofthe SI and SII fractions was measured, and the amount of DNA present in the samples was determined using an extinction ... (Brinkmann) The A2 60 ofthe supernatant was used to determine the percentage of PCA-soluble DNA [36] The second aliquot was added to tubes containing excess EDTA (so that the final EDTA concentration...
... Murakawa, M., Takahashi, S., Tsubuki, S., Kawashima, S., Sakamaki, K & Yonehara, S (1998) Purification, molecular cloning, and characterization of TRP32, a novel thioredoxin-related mammalian ... 1ERT) asa search model, then refined smoothly in alternating steps of automatic adjustment with CNS and manual adjustment with the program O [34] The final model has a final R-factor of 0.222 with a ... hTRXL-N may account for the formation ofa monomer, instead ofa dimer in the case of TRX Furthermore, the loss of intermolecular disulfide-bonds and the disbandment ofthe hydrophobic patch may also...
... in human malaria parasites is predominantly by a long-patch pathway Biochemistry 39, 763–772 Haltiwanger, B.M., Karpinich, N.O & Taraschi, T.F (2000) Characterization of class II apurinic/apyrimidinic ... Toxoplasma gondii Mol Biochem Parasitol 99, 223–235 Pang, Q., Hays, J.B & Rajagopal, I (1993) Two cDNAs from the plant Arabidopsis thaliana that partially restore recombination proficiency and DNA-damage ... from the related apicomplexa parasites, Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium yoelii (Fig 5) No similarity with other known DNA repair enzymes could be found in the databases, suggesting that these...
... (1989) The effect of tumor necrosis factor alpha and gamma-interferon on the resorption of human articular cartilage and on the production of prostaglandin E and of caseinase activity by human articular ... new target for anti-RA therapy Experimental procedures Preparation of articular cartilage and synovial tissue Human articular cartilage and synovial tissue were obtained from OA and RA patients ... that are dependent on the activation of ERK MAP kinase These data suggest that MCP-4 ⁄ CCL13 is a significant contributor to synovial hyperplasia in RA, and that MCP-4 ⁄ CCL13 may serve asa new...
... has a point mutation at amino acid 408, was created by PCR-based site-directed mutagenesis using pmGFP–Brox asa template and complementary primers (5¢-CAA AAG GAC ACT GGG TCC TAC ATC TCC TAA ... Peroxidase-conjugated goat anti-rabbit IgG and goat anti-mouse IgG were obtained from Wako (Osaka, Japan) Preparation of rabbit pAbs against Alix has been described previously [40] Cy3-labeled anti-mouse ... AAT TCA TGA CCC ATT GGT TTC ATA GGA ACC-3¢ and 5¢-GGG AAT TCT TAG GAG ATG TAG CAC CCA GTG TC-3¢ (nucleotides corresponding to a cDNA ofthe hypothetical protein C1orf58 are underlined), and an...
... ofthe RAIP motif We therefore also tested the binding of raptor to full-length 4E-BP1 and to the RAIP ⁄ AAAA variant A marked and reproducible 2188 decrease was seen for the RAIP ⁄ AAAA mutant, ... position of GST itself (E) Binding of raptor to different amounts of wild-type 4E-BP1 or the AAAA mutant, assessed using the overlay (far-western) assay The graph shows the quantification ofthe data ... 2A, D) Proline is an imino, not an amino, acid: arguably the most closely related amino acid is valine Although the AAIP mutant showed substantial basal phosphorylation at Thr36 ⁄ 45 (which was...
... asthe absence ofthe exon encoding the KPI domain and the lack ofa second heparin-binding domain [3,4,13,26] Comparative analysis ofthe Xenopus and mammalian APLP2 proteins Comparing the amino ... protocol ofthe manufacturer (Clontech, MarathonTM cDNA amplification kit) 5¢-RACE was performed using adaptor primer 5¢-CCATCCTAATAC GACTCACTATAGGGC-3¢ and gene specific reverse primer 5¢-CAGCAAGTACGTGGTGGTAATGACGG-3¢ ... under the guidelines ofthe Dutch law concerning animal welfare Rapid amplification of 5¢ cDNA ends To generate a pool of adaptor-ligated double stranded cDNAs, total Xenopus brain RNA was isolated...
... Novel isoforms of NADPH-oxidase in cerebral vascular control Pharmacol Ther 111, 928–948 11 Csanyi G, Taylor WR & Pagano PJ (2009) NOX and inflammation in the vascular adventitia Free Radic Biol ... oxidase Mox1 Nature 401, 79–82 Rokutan K, Kawahara T, Kuwano Y, Tominaga K, Sekiyama A & Teshima-Kondo S (2006) NADPH oxidases in the gastrointestinal tract: a potential role of Nox1 in innate immune ... modification of target proteins [29] ROS are also considered important in macrophage activation, because this process is significantly related to the pathogenesis of inflammatory diseases such as atherosclerosis...
... AAAACCCAGGAGATAAACTCAAGACAACCCA AGAACCGTGGCAAAGAGCAGAACGAA AAGAGGAACACAACTCACTGCCCCAC GCTTGCCTTTGCCCAGAACTTTGTAG from SSH (a, b and c in Fig 1A) and used in a combination of RACE and standard PCR amplifications ... SaOP3-F03 SaOP2-R04 SaOPreal-FW SaOPreal-RV SaRPL2 7a- FW SaRPL2 7a- RV CGCTCCAGCCGCTGAACTCCTGAAGC CCACCCCTCAGCCCATCGACCCTACC GGCGGGACCTGACACCACCACTGACA GGTAGGGTCGATGGGCTGAGGGGTGG AAAACCCAGGAGATAAACTCAAGACAACCCA ... Selected features of osteopontin (mammals) and osteopontin-like (fish) proteins CKII, casein kinase II; MGCK, mammary 30 gland casein kinase Asn, asparginine; Asp, aspartic acid; Glu, glutamic acid;...
... (Kansas City, KS, USA) Plasmids and cloning procedures For heterologous expression in yeast, N crassa HEX1 was amplified from a N crassa cDNA library using PCR with primer pair RE951 (AAGAATTCATGGGCTACTACGA ... [22] Media for the cultivation of yeast and bacterial strains were prepared as described elsewhere [23,24] N crassa strain FGSC#987 (St Lawrence 74-OR23- 1A, mat A) was obtained from the Fungal Genetics ... Collinge AJ (1974) Occlusion ofthe septal pores of damaged hyphae of Neurospora crassa by hexagonal crystals Protoplasma 80, 57–67 19 Yuan P, Jedd G, Kumaran D, Swaminathan S, Shio H, Hewitt D, Chua...
... mixture containing all components ofthe CPase assay except for the substrate Ac2-KAA was then added to the assay Reactions were stopped by the addition of developing reagent containing AR and ampicillin ... Transpeptidase activity No transpeptidase product was observed for NG PBP catalyzed transpeptidation reactions with glycine asthe transpeptidase acceptor and Ac2-KAA asthe acyl group donor A constant ... two substrates, Ac2-KAA and Ac2-KA-D-Lac, the values for kcat and Km reported in Table are given asthe apparent values, and are the minimum values for these parameters ) the true values could...