... incorporation of different kinds ofmetalcomplexesormetal chelates in linear or crosslinked organicor inorganic macromolecules The formation and stabilization ofmetal and semiconductor cluster ... necessary B BindingofMetalIonsorComplexesatOrganicPolymers Different polymer analogous reactions are applied for the functionalization ofpolymers by ligands ormetal ion /complexes/ chelates The ... dihydroxyquinoxalines or -quinolines [301–304] Coordination polymersof transition metalions with different tetrathiolates such as tetrathiooxalate [305], tetrathiosquarate [306], tetrathiofulvalene tetrathiolate...
... for gel-filtration chromatography was purchased from Bio-Rad Laboratories (Hercules, CA, USA) Biacore sensor chip CM5, was obtained from Biacore (Uppsala, Sweden) The restriction enzymes, EcoRI ... ratio of dissociation of the variant to that of the wild-type The amino acids mutated to alanine are designated by a single-letter code variants, 13 caused a significant impairment in bindingof ... activities, it is assumed that the function of the 4-kDa peptide also relates to the regulation of the 43-kDa protein kinase activity In this work, we performed gel-filtration chromatography to study the...
... obligatory for dimer stabilization but contribute to the overall stability of the dimers, particularly upon detergent solubilization It has been reported that inappropriate folding of proteins or ... functional roles including formation of a transmembrane pore, allowing for transport of cADPR into the cytosol [37] However, it is clear that stable homodimers are not obligate for enzyme activity as ... points of 7.7 and 7.2 and two minor points at 7.4 and 7.1 (Fig 1C) Analysis of p95 revealed isoelectric points of 7.7, 7.2 and 7.1 (Fig 1C) These points were located at similar positions to the corresponding...
... DPPC) chloroform solution at a concentration of 21.85 mg/ml was deposited on each side of a disc of white nylon filter paper with a pore diameter of 0.2 µm (Millipore Corporation, Bedford, MA, ... total percentage of all saturated fatty acids was about 39% and the majority of fatty acids were unsaturated fatty acids (61%) As two fatty acids are needed to form an intact SPC or USPC molecule, ... requires two saturated fatty acids, ie palmitic acid PLPC, POPC and SLPC require one saturated fatty acid, either palmitic or stearic acid, and one unsaturated fatty acid, either linoleic or oleic...
... discovery of a new quantum state of matter, topological insulator, has generated a lot of interest due to its great scientific and technological importance [1–5] In a topological insulator, spin–orbit ... investigate quantum tunneling through a single electric and /or magnetic barrier on the surface of a three-dimensional topological insulator We found that (1) the propagating behavior of electrons ... potential barriers which can be created by depositing a ferromagnetic metallic strip on the surface of a 3D topological insulator We find that the in-plane spin orientation of the transmitted and the...
... Tubular wax covering the stomata was more often flat and solid under ozone exposure with concentrations higher than 200 !g The change was observable at the edges of the stomata (P= 0.0346) The apparently ... could be observed in the material that was fumigated with higher ozone concentrations The surface structure of infected control samples was also more eroded than that of uninfected control needles ... nadein von Picea abies (L.) Karst Forstwiss CentratbG 105, 234-238 Sauter J.J & Voss J.U (1986) SEM observations on the struoturat degradation of epicuticular waxes of Picea abies (L.) Karst and its...
... denaturation step at 92°C for minutes, followed by 30 cycles of denaturation at 94°C for 30 seconds, annealing at 52°C for 30 seconds and extension at 72°C for minute Direct sequencing of bacterial ... cycles of denaturation at 94°C for minute, annealing at 58°C for minute and extension at 72°C for 1.5 minutes, and finally an extension step at 72°C for 10 minutes PCR quality control When performing ... inhibition of amplification by self-annealing of the most abundant templates in the late stages of amplification [50] or as a result of differences in the amplification efficiency of templates [51]...
... culture) for h at 37°C After washing steps, 100 μl of HRP-conjugated goat-anti mouse IgG (Invitrogen, USA) was added and the plates were allowed to incubate for h at 37°C Then, 100 μl of TMB substrate ... 100 μl of M H2SO4 The absorbance was measured at wavelength 450 nm The cutoff is defined as the mean value of absorption of serum samples from mice immunized with normal saline or that of fresh ... pre-incubated with equal volume of serially diluted MAb or sCD4 at 37°C for h After that, 75 μl of PHA-stimulated PBMCs (1.34 × 106 cells/ml) was added and allowed to incubate at 37°C, 5% CO2 for 18...
... µl of cells were incubated with µl of neat antibody for 30 minutes at 4˚C in the dark, washed and resuspended in 0.5 ml of PBS For intracellular measurement of HLA-DR the PBMC were fixed for ... 100µl of avidin peroxidase conjugate (1/1000) was added to each well and incubated for 30 minutes at room temperature Plates were washed thoroughly, then 50µl per well of chromogen/substrate (0.3mg/ml ... study indicates that GM-CSF is also able to regulate HLA-DR at the level of transcription To investigate whether a post-translational modification was a mechanism involved in the regulation of HLA-DR,...
... contamination This study shows that the sediments of streams that receive untreated wastewater contained higher concentrations of lead and zinc The data on the metal concentration of wastewater ... Juan River (Station SJ), which collects untreated wastewater and urban storm water runoff, contained high concentrations of lead and zinc Table summarizes the results of all the target metals in ... horizontal distribution of copper, nickel, lead and zinc concentrations in the sediments The distribution of copper and that of nickel made it difficult to simply correlate their concentrations...
... dramatic difference in size, and in agreement with previous comparative work ofbinding inorganic and protein partners to cytochromes c3 [6] Table shows that as for the case of phosphate binding, ... (methyl nomenclature according to IUPAC-IUB recommendations [27] and Roman numerals designate the order of attachment of the haem to the polypeptide chain), which confirms the extensive work of molecular ... Experimental data reported in the literature argue in favour of a specific bindingof phosphate to cytochrome c3 [23] instead of a simple electrostatic effect of increased ionic strength at least up...
... 13G10-a,b-1,2-Fe(DoCPP) a plateau value of 0.72 lM ABTS oxidized per for a concentration of imidazole of 50 mM (Fig 6) For concentrations of imidazole higher than 100 mM the rate of oxidation of ABTS started ... initial rates of oxidation were determined from the slope at the origin of the curve representing the variations of the absorbance at 414 nm as a function of time, using an e value of 28 000 ... for concentrations of imidazole higher than 50 mM, as shown by the curves representing the variations of the rates of oxidation of ABTS by H2O2 observed, respectively, for those two catalysts (Fig...
... activator with affinity for fibrin, the new plasminogen activator had comparable affinity for integrin to that of Fab 9, with no loss of fibrin -binding function Although peptide fragments have often ... investigated deviations in the amino acid sequences of the CDRs of 1330 human light chains to identify the candidate residues important in the light chain conformation Peptide grafting into locations ... structure of TOP that was identified by molecular dynamics simulation as a suitable location without denaturation (Fig 2B) CDR-grafted TOP had affinity for CD4 receptor, and was not denatured even at...
... subdomain conformations to the catalytic mechanism are discussed below The role of the third metal in catalysis In MtSTP [9], Ser160 takes part in binding M3 metal by forming two of the coordinating ... for 20 cycles with REFMAC5 Coordinations for the metalions and for Asn160 are indicated by dashed lines (B) Superimposition of monomers A and C of SaSTP, and MtSTP monomer A [9] Monomer C of ... bindingof the third metal ion suggesting, like Pullen et al [9], that rearrangement of the flap domain in HsSTP might lead to bindingof a third metal ion The implications of the M3 binding and...
... volume of air-saturated NaCl ⁄ Pi (pH 7.5), and incubated at room temperature for h to ensure oxidation of the outer membrane cytochromes Absorption spectra of mL fractions were recorded at 554 ... CACACTGCAACCTCTGGT ACTGTCAATAGTGAAGGT CCCCATGTCGCCTTTAGT TCGCTAGAACACATTGAC ATGATGAAACGGTTCAAT TTAGTTACCGTGTGCTTC CTGCTGCTCGCAGCAAGT GTGTGATCTGCAACTGTT CACCGAGGAATAATAAATGATG AAACGGTTCAATTTC TTAGTTACCGTGTGCTTC ... reduction [6,8] Although the importance of bacterial dissimilatory metal reduction in controlling the fate and transport of metals and their potential for remediation purposes are well recognized,...
... Accuracy of models As expected, the accuracy of the structure Glu1.1 at atomic resolution is higher than that of Glu-A or Glu The overall coordinate error for Glu1.1 and Glu-A estimated from ... R15A forward (5¢-ATTCAAACTATAAAGTTGACGCAA CTGACTTGGAAACCTTC-3¢), GLU R15A reverse (5¢GAAGGTTTCCAAGTCAGTTGCGTCAACTTTATAGTT TGAAT-3¢); GLU H447A forward (5¢- GCAAGTCATTT TGGATGCTATTAATGATGATGGCTC-3¢), ... reverse (5¢- GAGCCATCATCATTAATAGCATCCAAAA TGACTTGC-3¢); GLU T462A forward (5¢- GAACAACTT AACAGATATGCCGGTTATTCCACCGGTGCC-3¢), GLU T462A reverse (5¢- GGCACCGGTGGAATAACCGGCA TATCTGTTAAGTTGTTC-3¢);...
... excitation wavelength of 342 nm The excitation and emission monochromator slit widths were set at nm For titration of uorescence yield with different quencher concentrations, samples were incubated ... glutamate or aspartate in the c ring of F1F0 ATP synthases Labelling of these sites with the uorescent derivative N-PCD provides unique options to monitor by uorescence Parallax method of depth ... cGlu65 of the ATP synthase of I tartaricus or cAsp61 of the ATP synthase of E coli and is therefore suitable for uorescence investigations Reconstitution of the E coli ATP synthase into POPC-liposomes...
... A] and incubated at 37 °C for h Cell lysates were then treated with protease K (0.2 mgÆmL)1) at 54 °C for 30 The genomic DNA was isolated by two with two rounds of phenol–chloroform extraction ... Furthermore, the ATP -binding domain of HSP70 is critical for sequestering AIF in the cytosol [29] In the present study, we demonstrated that the ATP -binding domain of HSP70 was indispensable for inhibition ... time, this cDNA was used as the template for PCR amplification of two HSP70 truncated mutants with deletion of the ATP -binding domain (HSP70DATP-BD) or the peptide -binding domain (HSP70DPBD) using...