... expression ofthe liver and muscle isoforms of ovine carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1: residues within the N-terminus ofthe muscle isoform influence the kinetic properties oftheenzyme Biochem ... sensitivity ofthe human enzyme, and showed thatthe variant, Glu17, in the pig enzymeisresponsiblefor its peculiar kinetic characteristics (low carnitne Km and high malonyl-CoA IC50) This isthe ... related to the low IC50 of this recombinant enzyme [26] As the pig N-terminal fragment is able to change the malonyl-CoA sensitivity ofthe human enzyme (Fig 2C), we propose thatthe pig enzyme can...
... novo synthesis, it might be involved in the stearic acid incorporation after the de novo synthesis of this lipid (i.e the second hypothesis) According to this hypothesis, previously raised for mammals ... in the de novo synthesis of a given phospholipid, including PI Hence, the rate of synthesis and the amount of CDP-DAG molecules that were used as substrate for PI synthesis appeared to be the ... yeast The first hypothesis, previously raised for plant cells [33], involves the synthesis of two kinds of CDP-DAG molecules: the first type containing stearic acid at the sn-1 position would be the...
... specicity ofthe substrate) [26] Consequently, substitution of Val371 to isoleucine might prevent the full development ofthe active conformation This hypothesis is further conrmed by the results of ... in this position most likely causes some degree of structural change; this is especially true in the case ofthe introduction of an isoleucine, a b-branched amino acid thatis not exible In the ... are consistent with the FXI:C and FXI:Ag measured in the patients plasma, further supporting the hypothesis thatthe Val371Ile mutation is a 6130 type II defect leading to the production of a defective...
... whether djmj is a functional homolog of mammalian jmj, we tested the chromosomal distribution of mJmj and its ability to rescue the phenotypes ofthe djmj mutants To this end, transgenic flies that ... strains that contain the P or piggyBac transposons in the djmj gene locus were identified The djmjEY02717 allele is an insertion ofthe EY element [28] in the 5¢-UTR of djmj However, this insertion ... bristles ofthe progeny were scored for Sb expression On the wild-type genetic background, 29.7% of bristles showed the Sb phenotype As a positive control, we confirmed that on the background of FEBS...
... of CIIIC on the proteolysis of r32 by HflB was also assayed in the presence of CIIIC (60 lm) instead of CIII (Fig 2B) It is clear that in this A B C Fig ATP-dependence of proteolysis of r32 by HflB ... proteolysis with GST–HflB (0.8 lM) for 40 in the presence of His6–CIII or CIIIC (up to 200 lM) are shown in the upper panels Numbers on the top of each lane indicate the concentration of His6-CIII ... itself is a substrate of HflB [12] CIIIC, the central region of CIII, is not a substrate of HflB, and acts as a better inhibitor for digestion of CII by HflB, than CIII [11] Is this mode of antiproteolytic...
... the formation of dopachrome Changes in the UV/Vis spectra of a mixture of compound and Dopa oxidized by tyrosinase indicated that this was indeed the case (Fig 3C) In the initial phase ofthe ... So, although both the steric and polar characteristics ofthe diphenolic substrate modulate the rate of oxidation [23,25], it appears thatthe size ofthe side substituent is not the primary factor ... mV for Dopa and 195 mV for compound 1), but indicate thatthe formation ofthe phosphonic o-quinone is not favored Thus, two other factors drive the reaction: much slower enzymatic oxidation of...
... activities, on the other hand, are not sufficient for chloroplast biogenesis and condition the formation of non-pigmented plastids Our working hypothesis isthatthe green sectors of var2 have ... and var2-5, again suggesting thatthe interaction between these alleles is complex The acquisition of this second allele of svr3 supports our conclusion that At5g13650 is SVR3 SVR3 encodes a putative ... though the svr7-1 single mutant is resistant to cold treatment, the svr3-1 svr7-1 double mutant is susceptible to it inasmuch thatthe double mutant shows a chlorosis phenotype similar to thatof the...
... was responsiblefor carrying out the experiments, for data analysis, and for drafted this manuscript; KYK was responsibleforthe analysis and design forthe histologic study; OS oversaw the ... quantitative analysis ofthe airway mucous secretion, all histological slides ofthe left lung were randomly sorted and masked before observation The quantity of mucin production in the airway was ... to determine the ΔΔCT The ΔΔCT was then used in the formula ΔΔCT to determine the fold change in mRNA expression The upper and lower limits of fold change were determined by taking the averaged...
... suggesting the existence of an abnormal degradation ofthe protein [22,24] The second isthe putative participation of local factors on the appearance ofthe disease The TGFBI protein, in addition to the ... degree of amyloid fibril formation Cysteine has the capacity to form disulfide bonds As disulfide bonding ofthe protein may participate in the appearance of aggregates and predispose to the formation ... higher for C110)131, and H110)131, compared to thatof S110)131 and R110)131 Therefore, the results of both The role of disulfide bonding was examined by comparing amyloid formation of C110)131 to that...
... require the lysis ofthe cells harvested from theperipheral blood of patients in order to extract the mRNA used to assess the expression of target genes Besides CTC, other potential sources of PCR-detected ... aggressiveness ofthe tumor, and one of these, the Survivin, add independent prognostic power to the TMN staging system This might allow for a better stratification of patient's risk and thus a better therapeutic ... study, the so called "calibrator" is represented by the gene expression of a chosen sample by which the expression profile of each sample of interest is adjusted: this approach enables the investigator...
... donors The effects ofthe administration of different doses of IFNa, as well as of repeating the administration ofthe cytokine in successive treatment cycles, were evaluated The kinetics and the ... according to the percentage ofthe genes ofthe lists fitting each class (blue) in proportion to the global composition ofthe array (light purple) The p value ofthe modified Fisher test classes ... trend of increase ofthe expression of HLA-DR (Figure 6D) No significant increase of these molecules was detected by cytofluorimetric analysis in the CD14+ monocytes isolated from the group of subjects...
... the context forthe contributions reported in this thesis Chapter isthe core chapter of this thesis It details the mathematical formulation ofthe electrochemical reduction of CO2 in a microfluidic ... practical applicability ofthe system 1.5 Organization of Thesis In addition to this introductory chapter, which motivates the aim of this research, this thesis is comprised of another seven chapters ... situation, the inlet is closed, and the anode-side gaseous products exit at the other end Fortheconversionof CO2 to CO studied in this work, the feed gas is a mixture of N2 and CO2 The CO2 in the...
... digitization due to the restriction ofthe physical nature of their product Therefore, it is hypothesized that IT capital contributes more to the performance of digital dot coms than to thatof physical ... where q isthe output, xi isthe level of input I, α i isthe output elasticity of input I, A is a constant, and where N isthe number of inputs The Cobb-Douglas production function isthe most ... Ph.D The University of Texas at Austin, 2002 Supervisors: Andrew B Whinston & Anitesh Barua This dissertation consists of three essays that address the issue ofthe business value of Information...
... specificity ofthe interaction The lack of effect ofthe diphosphate nucleotide indicates that, following inorganic phosphate release, the ADP-bound ABCG2R482G isoform adopts a conformation capable of ... although the binding data cannot unequivocally inform on the orientation ofthe sites, only their affinity for interaction with drugs The data presented here suggest thatthe ABCG2R482G isoform undergoes ... coupled to the catalytic cycle within NBDs The best evidence for an interaction between the two domains isthe ability of numerous substrates and modulators of ABCG2 (and the R482G isoform) to...
... hallmark ofthe initial response to DSBs isthe rapid activation of ATM (product ofthe ataxia telangiectasia mutated gene), the protein kinase thatis mutated in the human hereditary disease ataxia ... In the course of this experiment, irrespective ofthe presence ofthe supernatant from the initial centrifugation, the yield of EJ products did not appreciably change (compare lanes and 2) The ... electrophoresis for size-based analysis of DNA Except forthe supercoiled form, all aberrant types were preferential targets for aggregation, which occurred depending on the concentration of protein...
... Enlargement ofthe original plots shown in (B) present in cell extracts of succinate/glucose-grown cells; therefore, the synthesis oftheenzyme was inducible Table shows a summary of a typical enzyme ... in a coupled enzyme assay, theenzyme reaction product identified by GC-MS analysis, and the determination of released ammonia The coupled enzyme assay revealed the mechanism ofthe deamination ... A peak at 527 nm was observed in the emission spectrum These results suggested thattheenzyme contains a flavin derivative The flavin cofactor ofthe purified enzyme was subsequently characterized...
... M/F at the as1-Cas locus Therefore, analysis of their transcripts could have been rather difficult because ofthe occurrence of at least nine different forms of messenger arising from the F allele ... hydrolysis), corresponding to that expected forthe F variant This result isthe first evidence forthe heterozygous status (M/F) ofthe individual goat milk analysed In addition to this, the HPLC ... 23 in the 9th exon ofthe A allele, which is deleted in the F allele, is mutated to T in the M allele, giving rise to a Ser fi Leu substitution Analysis ofthe intronic flanking sequences The flanking...
... Moreover, there is a strong endogeneity between the level ofthe policy rate the SELIC—and the level of public debt, given that about half ofthe domestic public debt is indexed to the SELIC This restricts ... system of equations: where isthe nominal short-run (90-day paper) interest rate, the neutral nominal interest rate, stands forthe rate of inflation, isthe inflation target ofthe central bank, is ... Analytics Forthe period prior to the publication of an official inflation target the average yearly inflation number was us ed as the target forthe year For 2012M6-13M12 the las t publis hed value...