... reported to be stable in a range of pHs, then the optimum pH is taken to be the middle ofthepH range The optimum pH in the numerical calculation is determined as pH at which the free energy of folding ... optimum pH (pH of optimal stability) is taken from BRENDA website [49] The calculated optimum pH (the pHofthe minimum of free energy of folding) is given in the forth column The difference is the ... provides a broad range of pHs to be compared The origin ofthe optimum pHThe position ofthe optimum pH depends on the amino acid composition and on the organization ofthe amino acids within the 3D...
... forward, but are held erect by the strong muscles ofthe back The trunk is nicely balanced on the head ofthe thigh bones The great muscles ofthe thigh acting over the kneepan tend to bend the body ... producing the motions ofthe body, the muscles use the bones as levers We see an illustration ofthe _first class_ of levers in the movements ofthe head The back or front ofthe head is the weight ... [Illustration: _The Spine; the seven vertebræ ofthe neck, cervical; the twelve ofthe back, dorsal; the five ofthe loins, lumbar;_ a, _the sacrum, and_ b, _the coccyx, coming the nine "false vertebræ."_...
... TKA the rehabilitation ofthe patient is delayed The earlier (according to the indications) this surgical technique is performed, the better for the rehabilitation schedule ofthe patient Mobilization ... adequate movement ofthe flaps without any tension at the periphery ofthe flap and the skin edges [24,25] In certain areas such as the frontal area ofthe knee where other types of skin or fasciocutaneous ... arteries supply blood to the skin on the anterior knee Although the skin blood feeding depends heavily on the terminal branches ofthe anterior anastomoses, there is a better blood supply originating...
... TKA the rehabilitation ofthe patient is delayed The earlier (according to the indications) this surgical technique is performed, the better for the rehabilitation schedule ofthe patient Mobilization ... adequate movement ofthe flaps without any tension at the periphery ofthe flap and the skin edges [24,25] In certain areas such as the frontal area ofthe knee where other types of skin or fasciocutaneous ... arteries supply blood to the skin on the anterior knee Although the skin blood feeding depends heavily on the terminal branches ofthe anterior anastomoses, there is a better blood supply originating...
... morphological controls of SBA-15-type mesoporous silica are available in the literature.10,11 It is reported that the ratio ofthe silica source to the surfactant ratio and thepHofthe synthesis ... layer The role of HCl in the synthesis process involves dehydrating the PEO segment and decreasing the solubility ofthe PEO block by the presence of Cl– ions in the aqueous solution.21 The increase ... from the data given in Table The samples were synthesised by varying the TEOS/TCP ratio but maintaining thepH value at 1.7 In each sample, the presence of micropores and mesopores was observed The...
... from pH 5.0 to 8.5 (50 mM citrate/phosphate buffer, pH 5.07.0; 50 mM phosphate buffer, pH 7.08.0; 50 mM Bicine buffer 7.08.5) ThepH stability of Sfbgly50 was checked by incubation in the same buffers ... the deletion ofthe hydrogen bond between R97 and E399 is probably a major cause ofthe shift in the pKa of E399 Therefore, R97 facilitates the ionization ofthe catalytic nucleophile by stabilizing ... point is the average of four Sfbgly50 activity determinations using mM MUbglc as substrate ThepH stability ofthe recombinant Sfbgly50 (n) was checked by incubating the enzyme in the same buers...
... Ab, supershift group by KLF4 antibody (B) Recruitment of KLF4 to the binding element ofthe SR-BI promoter region The ChIP assay was used to detect the binding of KLF4 to the SR-BI promoter The ... whether KLF4 can bind to the SR-BI promoter Figure 3B shows the PCR product after the immunoprecipitation ofthe cross-linked chromatin with the KLF4 antibody As a specific control, purified rabbit ... enhancement ofthe expression ofthe tumour suppressor gene p53 [5] Because ofthe important roles of KLF4 on the above three cell types, we postulated the novel effect of KLF4 in atherogenesis...
... b- chitin was completely solubilized by LlChi18A, in both the absence and presence of LlCBP33A In the absence of LlCBP33A, the end-point ofthe reaction (i.e solubilization of all chitin) was reached ... that LlCBP33A has a preference for A B C Binding preferences for LlCBP33A Some family 33 CBPs bind to a broad selection of insoluble carbohydrates (e.g ChbB, which binds both a- and b- chitin ... the third demonstration ofthe accessory function of these proteins The effect of LlCBP33A on b- chitin degradation is ofthe same order of magnitude as the effect of CBP21 The effect on a-chitin...
... TFE, 10% TFE, 10% TFE, 10% TFE, 10% TFE, 10% TFE, pHpHpHpH Stefin B Y31 P79S mutant Stefin B E31 Stefin B Y31 pHpHpHpHpHpH 5 5 5 % of inhibition 63 80 41 66 58 62 32 ± ± ± ± ± ± ± 12 10 10 ... Analysis software, dichroweb [29,30] (http://www.cryst.bbk.ac.uk/cdweb/) Fibrillation assays The buffers used were 0.015 m acetate, 0.15 m NaCl, pH 5.0, NaCl ⁄ Pi pH 7.3 (or 0.01 m phosphate buffer pH ... corresponding peak from the Superdex 75 column, then, the monomer was incubated (see above) in the presence of Cu2+ and without Cu2+, at pH and pHThe mobile phase was 0.01 m phosphate buffer, containing...
... assembly ofthe multisubunit complex in the inner mitochondrial membrane The bc1 subunits that are imported but not assembled into the multisubunit complex or subcomplexes thereof are probably ... mitochondrial membranes were analyzed by SDS/PAGE and Western blotting with antibodies to the subunits ofthe yeast bc1 complex indicated on the left side ofthe blots Ó FEBS 2004 Assembly ofthe yeast ... while the absence ofthe cytochrome b subcomplex (formed by Ó FEBS 2004 Assembly ofthe yeast cytochrome bc1 complex (Eur J Biochem 271) 1217 cytochrome b, subunit and subunit 8) hinders the insertion...
... digestion ofthe genomic DNA with HindIII, homologous recombination and the excision of Bsr gene were confirmed by Southern hybridization using 0.9 kb DNA ()10.1 kb to )9.2 kb) as the probe (Fig 2) The ... kb and )6.5 kb); region II, promoter and upstream region of Ig -b gene ()2.7 kb to +0.05 kb; DHSs, )2.1 kb, )1.0 kb, and kb); region III, in the first intron ofthe Ig -b gene (+0.6 kb to +1.1 kb; ... size (given in kb) was determined by kHindIII Positions ofthe 1.3 kb, 2.7 kb, and 6.2 kb bands are shown in the right margin (C) Detection ofthe extra Ig -b mRNA by Northern hybridization Total...
... with this possibility [22] If Fab-7 is replaced by either of these boundaries, communication will be blocked between the proximal enhancers and Abd -B The simplest interpretation of this result ... formed within the BX-C Conceivably, the normal function ofthe PTS in iab-7 is to help enhancers bypass the enhancer-blocking activity ofthe Fab)8 boundary without compromising other functions, ... region defined by the promoters ofthe two reporter genes (3¢ to one of them, Fig 4, bottom), the PTS is able to overcome the enhancer blocking effect ofthe boundary, and restricts the enhancer activity...
... district (the said Susan B Anthony being then and there a person ofthe female sex,) as she, the said Susan B Anthony then and there well knew, contrary to the form ofthe statute ofthe United ... to the office of postmaster The case of Olive vs Ingraham (7 Modern Rep 263) was an action brought to try the title to an office On the death ofthe sexton ofthe parish of St Butolph, the place ... from the text of G & W "The verdict is to be the result ofthe deliberation ofthe jury upon all the evidence in the case The Court has no right to anticipate the verdict by an expression of opinion...
... strongly polarize the carbonyl ofthe substrate The carbonyl carbon becomes very electrophilic and as the bond between the serine c-oxygen and the carbonyl carbon forms, the pKa ofthe Oc proton falls ... dependence of A328W Fig pH dependence for the turnover number (kcat) in the absence of excess substrate and for the turnover number (bkcat) in the presence of excess substrate, ofthe human BuChE ... number (bkcat) in the presence of excess substrate, of wild-type human BuChE over thepH range 4–8.5 From pH to 8.5 the assays were performed in 0.1 M sodium phosphate buffers From pH to 4.75 the...
... performed by using the Blast programs [26] at the server ofthe National Center for Biotechnology Information (Bethesda, Md., USA) Purification of b- 1,4-endogalactanase Culture fluid was collected by ... were stopped by the addition of 650 lL ethanol The precipitated substrate was removed by centrifugation and the supernatant was used to measure absorbance at 590 nm ThepH optimum of GALA was ... degree of L-arabinose substitution by GALA results in different products Arabinogalactans with a low degree of L-arabinose substitution (potato, onion) as substrates result in the liberation of monomers,...
... study ofthe effect ofthe antimicrobial peptide gramicidin S on the thermotropic phase behavior of phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylethanolamine and phosphatidylglycerol lipid bilayer membranes Biochim ... However, the generally positive correlation between the effective hydrophobicity and amphiphilicity ofthe GS ring-size analogs and the magnitude of their perturbation of phospholipid bilayer membranes ... bilayer membranes and inhibit the growth of A laidlawii B These are the phospholipid bilayer/water partition coefficient, the localization and orientation ofthe peptide within the phospholipid bilayer,...
... disappeared below pH 6.0 due to the protonation of His57 Ne2 These results not contradict the pH- activity profile of API shown in Fig Ion strength dependence ofthe pH- activity curve of API The pH- activity ... is pH units higher than that of His57 is the buried charge interaction with Asp113 The shielding effect of Asp113-His210 by Trp169 was supported by the independency ofthe ionic strength ofthe ... may be related to the solvent accessibility ofthe side-chain of His210 (Fig 3C) When the accessibility ofthe side-chain of His210 increased, the electrostatic interaction between His210 and...
... the binding to lamin B [24] There has been no report about the effect of phosphorylation on the interaction of LBR and chromatin Therefore, a study on the cell cycle-dependent regulation ofthe ... Stimulation ofthe binding of LBR to chromatin by phosphorylation by a kinase(s) in a synthetic phase egg cytosol Chromatin binding of beads bearing GST–NK was increased by pretreatment with a synthetic ... indicate that LBR is indeed phosphorylated in the RS region by a synthetic phase cytosol, which stimulated the binding to chromatin Suppression ofthe binding of LBR to chromatin by phosphorylation...
... evidence ofthe reformation of organized PLB if thepHofthe low pH sample is returned to pH 7.5 by the addition of small amounts of KOH In contrast, the turbid PLB suspensions rapidly clarify and become ... the absorption maximum ofthe photoconverted enzyme occurring under these conditions to be inhibited by ATP and by the protein phosphatase inhibitor NaF On the basis of this study, and subsequent ... with the bA-aA-bB binding domain known as the Rossmann fold [29] The detailed organization ofthe NADPH-binding pocket has yet to be established for POR but it has been determined in other members...
... Chlamydomonas GBSSI in the same set of experiments Because of this high activity, we were able to double the amount of polysaccharide by a 24 h incubation of purified starch granules in the presence of 3.2 ... at the surface ofthe granule The apparent polarized growth ofthe granules is consistent with either an anisotropic distribution of GBSSI or a filling ofthe amorphous regions ofthe granule leading ... described by Sambrook et al [30] before hybridization with the specific nucleotide probe From a total of 16 positives clones, three were selected for further analysis because of their strong hybridization...