... activepumping of the agents out of the cells and their pas-sive uptake [10,31] and (b) competition between theactive pumping of the agents out of the cells and theirintracellular binding to receptors ... (2001) Characterization ofbinding of leukotriene C4 by human multidrug resistance protein1. Evidence of differential interactions with NH2-andCOOH-proximal halves of the protein. J Biol Chem276, ... Subsequently, all of the upper phase, includingpart of the oil cushion, was removed, leaving a fraction of the oil above the cell pellets. The cell pellets were dissolvedby addition of 0.1 mL of guanidine...
... amount of precipitation inthe presence of high concentrations of Arg-HClin the absence of the chaperone precluded analysis of the effect of this concentration on the protectiveability of aB-crystallin.Reduction-induced ... most likelyemploys various methods ofbinding (or binding modes) in order to prevent the aggregation of stressedproteins. Some of these binding modes (or binding sites) are favoured by phosphorylation ... the amount of precipita-tion of catalase by 190 ± 5% (Fig. 3A). The presence of aB-crystallin at a 1.0 : 0.5 w ⁄ w ratio of cata-lase : aB-crystallin inhibited the precipitation of cata-lase...
... DiscussionAction of reversible effectors on AAA activity of BuChEThe investigation of the effects of the ligands(tyramine, serotonin and benzalkonium) on the AAAand esterase activities of BuChE was ... wild-type enzymereflects the bindingof benzalkonium to PAS.Effects of benzalkonium on ASCh hydrolysisUnder our experimental conditions, a study of theinhibition of ASCh hydrolysis was not possiblebecause ... higherconformational plasticity of the active site gorge of D70G compared with that of the wild-type enzyme foracylation with neutral ester.Effects of benzalkonium on ATMA hydrolysisHydrolysis of ATMA by wild-type...
... indicated.(B) The glycoforms of the protein bands were analyzed by calcula-tion of the percentages of the di- (d), mono- (j) and nonglycosy-lated (m) isoform as arithmetic means of separate gel runs. ... (B) Signal intensities of the di- (d), mono- (j)and nonglycosylated isoform (m) of PrPCwere quantified and calcu-lated as percentages of the total signal. The glycoforms of the pro-tein bands ... thedi-glycosylated isoform of PrPCthan did antibodies tothe structured core region. However, the glycoformpatterns of mouse PrPCalways showed the highest sig-nal intensity of the di-glycosylated isoform,...
... targets).Effects of DNA cis-platination on sequence-specific DNA bindingof p73 proteinsWe tested the influence of DNA modification withcisplatin on the bindingof two p73 isoforms, p73d andp73b, ... inhibitsp53 binding to a synthetic p53 DNA -binding site. Here we demonstratethat the effects of global DNA modification with cisplatin on binding of the p53 or p73 proteins to various p53 DNA -binding ... probe(Fig. 6A). Addition of either of the unmodified frag-ments (70 ng per sample) resulted in a partial decrease(by 35–45%) of the R53band intensities due to binding of a portion of the p53 molecule...
... phospholipid and membrane bindingof theother members of the PEBP family. Consequently, the binding characteristics of PEBP proteins, includingthose of the bindingof ICto phospholipid membranes,are ... PtdIns(3,4,5)P3.Involvement of the CPY -binding sites of ICin itsmembrane binding As IC–CPY has no affinity for phospholipid membranes,to obtain additional information on the involvement of the CPY -binding sites of ... membranes.ResultsMembrane -binding properties of ICIn an attempt to detect and characterize the membrane binding of IC, a member of the PEBP family, we firstperformed a liposome -binding assay of this inhibitorfor...
... regulation of actin dynamics in the cell.ResultsFluorescence measurements of the effect of Pion the rate of cofilin binding to TRC–F-actinA convenient way to study the bindingof cofilin toF-actin ... fluorescence intensity of TRC–F-actin isdecreased > 70% upon bindingof cofilin, while thefluorescence intensity of G-actin changes little uponaddition of cofilin [21]. The bindingof 5 lm cofilin ... our observations, the rate of cofilin binding to F-actin in the presence of 2–30 mm Pi is the same at pH 6.5 and 8.0. The influ-ence of Pi on the relative rates of cofilin binding atthese two pH...
... complex [20]. Hence, themechanism ofbindingof fosfomycin by reinforcement of aninitial binding site (mainly K22 and R397) through recruit-ment of secondary binding partners located in a flexibleloop ... involved in fosfomycin binding, and in view of the multitude of interactions, it wasassumed that deletion of a single interaction would not leadto a complete loss of fosfomycin binding. Therefore ... evidence from studies of small angleX-ray scattering [14] and the protective effect of UDPNAGon proteolysis of MurA [15]. Here we report the thermo-dynamic profile of UDPNAG binding to two MurA...
... retarda-tion. Iron loading of HepG2 cells resulted in increased expression of Nor3.2-reactive CD1d molecules at the plasma membrane. Expression of classical MHC class I and II molecules, ICAM-1 and ... appearance of Nor3.2-reactive CD1d molecules at the cell surface of iron-loaded HepG2 cells could be a consequence of CD1d misfolding in intracellular compartments with asubsequent release of the ... of CD1d molecules at the cellsurface of iron-loaded HepG2 cells in a non-nativeform may have implications at two different levels; atthe level of the hepatic cell itself and at the level of...
... infavour of a specific bindingof phosphate to cyto-chrome c3[23] instead of a simple electrostatic effect of increased ionic strength at least up to 0.2 m concen-tration. The region of positively ... approximation of the redox centres of the donor and acceptor, and thatthe reduction potentials ensure a favourable drivingforce, which is one of the main determinants of therate of electron ... Experimental measure-ments of the reduction potentials of proteins involvedin complexes have been reported [5–7], but the effect of partner binding on the microscopic properties of theredox centres...
... theamplification of the 3¢ end of the b-gal gene. The presence of similar amounts of genomic DNA in the reactions wascontrolled by concomitant addition of primers that amplifya 200 bp region of the RNA ... isolation by FACS of living cells expressing lowlevels of antigen.DiscussionThe potential of scFvs for demonstrating the presence of targeted protein antigens in the cytoplasm of mam-malian ... intracellularforms of antigen.To analyze how these scFvs linked to EGFP ord1-EGFP behave in case of low and constant expres-sion of b-gal, we took advantage of the availability of two cell lines,...
... using deletion mutants of the 3¢ terminus of the minus-strand RNA but deletionswere made on the basis of the structure of the 5¢UTR of the plus-RNA, the structure of the 3¢-end of the minus-strand ... 3’domains of plus or minus-strand HCV RNA.(B) RNA products synthesized by HCV NS5Bin the presence of heparin with wild-type or5’ deleted (–)IRES RNA. Binding and replication of 3¢-end of HCV ... changingthe Not1-Age 1 fragment of the pCV-UTR4 with thecorresponding fragment deleted from all nucleotides of SLB1T. Astier-Gin et al. Binding and replication of 3¢-end of HCV minus RNAFEBS Journal...
... Therefore, HP1may not participate in the bindingof LBR to spermchromatin in eggs. In t he case of the bindingof LBR toFig. 7 . Suppression of the b inding of LBR fragments to chromatin byphosphorylation ... of thearginine-serine repeat-region in the N-terminal portion of LBR by an LBR kinase inhibits the bindingof p34 proteinCorrespondence to T. Horigome, Department of Biochemistry,Faculty of ... ofbindingof LBR tochromatin, beads bearing LBR fragments were preincu-bated with a DNA solution and then the binding tochromatin was examined (Fig. 3, h atched c olumn s). T he binding of...
... ?–1–10 No binding ND No binding [51]18–28 No binding ND 3 mMa84–103 No binding No binding 1–2 mMa112–125 No binding 50 mM 4 mM [51]119–132 2.9 mM 2.0 mM 12 mM [51]347–365 2 mM Binding ... Weeds, A.G. (1994)Characterization of the F-actin binding domains of villin:classification of F-actin binding proteins into two groups accordingto their binding sites on actin. FEBS Lett. 338, ... F-actin binding of domain 2 with respect to the F-actin severing and cappingactivity of the whole gelsolin molecule.Keywords: actin; actin -binding proteins; cofilin; gelsolin.The organization of...
... bound enzymeforms. Our study offers the first EPR description of important catalytic states of the dioxygenation process of flavonols and shows that the anaerobic bindingof flavonolsproduces clear ... alter the EPR spectra of the enzymeindicating the absence ofbinding to the copper centre. Fromthe chemical structures of the tested flavonoids we concludethat the presence of a free 3-OH group ... specificity of 2,3QD for flavonol binding has beentested by anaerobically incubating the enzyme with differentflavonoids. The addition of a flavone (apigenin), of aflavanonol (taxifolin) and of a flavan-3-ol...