... GATA-binding factor GATA-binding factor GATA-binding factor GATA-binding factor Sox-5 Sox-5 Yin and Yang nuclear factor Y nuclear factor Y E2F, involved in cell cycle regulation E2F, involved in ... Toronto, Ontario, Canada) in both directions The deduced amino acid sequence of the FABP was determined using the algorithm in GENE RUNNER v 3.05 (Hastings Software, Inc.) Nucleotide and amino acid sequences ... Ontario, Canada), fixed in 4% paraformaldehyde for min, in NaCl/Pi twice for three min, and then washed in 1· NaCl/Cit for 20 The fixed tissue sections were immersed in a hybridization buffer containing...
... supplements The coding region of HPV16 E5, an E5 alpha type protein [32], containing a HA-tag at the 5-end terminus and was cloned into the pCI vector (Promega) devoid of the starting methionine Further, ... domain of HPV16 E5 Since the dimer calnexin-HLA is a natural step inthe antigen processing route, it can be hypothesized that HPV16 E5 binds to the calnexin-HLA-I complex and that this binding ... blocks further trafficking of the HLA-I complex to the plasma membrane, leading instead to its accumulation inthe ER/Golgi of the infected cell A direct binding of E5 to the heavy chain of HLA-I...
... supplements The coding region of HPV16 E5, an E5 alpha type protein [32], containing a HA-tag at the 5-end terminus and was cloned into the pCI vector (Promega) devoid of the starting methionine Further, ... domain of HPV16 E5 Since the dimer calnexin-HLA is a natural step inthe antigen processing route, it can be hypothesized that HPV16 E5 binds to the calnexin-HLA-I complex and that this binding ... blocks further trafficking of the HLA-I complex to the plasma membrane, leading instead to its accumulation inthe ER/Golgi of the infected cell A direct binding of E5 to the heavy chain of HLA-I...
... connected fromthe spin-system of the 1H-1H COSY and was further confirmed by the long-range correlations inthe HMBC spectrum as shown in table All the NMR data suggested the Protostane type of ... The rhizomes of Alisma plantago-aquatica L var orientalis Samuelsson were collected in Tam Dao Mountain, Vinh Phuc Province in January, 2006 and were identified by Dr Tran Huy Thai, Institute ... spectrum and by the spin-coupling of proton H-11 ( 3.88, ddd, J = 5.8, 10.7, 10.7 Hz) [6] The carbonyl group was assigned to C3 fromthe cross peaks of protons H-23/H-24 and carbon C-3 inthe HMBC spectrum...
... of the L-hOrn3 a-amino group onto l-haOrn4 Taking into account that the synthetases involved inthe biosynthesis of the DKP-inheriting toxins thaxtomin and fumitremorgin also contain a C-terminal ... domain A4 again is predicted to activate l-arginine, displaying 60% identity to the characterized A-domain of MycC Interestingly, A1 and A4 inherit a highly identical (90%) specificity-determining ... periplasmic-binding protein Putative non-ribosomal peptide synthetase MbtH protein Putative ABC transporter transmembrane component ABC transporter protein, ATP-binding component IclR -type transcriptional...
... plateau inthe spinal cord about 10 days after birth (Fig 5E) To determine the origin of AChE inthe spinal cord, the lumbar region of the spinal cord was sectioned and stained with the PRiMA ... expressed inthe spinal cord: the PRiMA I transcript decreased slightly after birth, but increased dramatically thereafter and was the predominant form inthe adult, the PRiMA II transcript first increased ... Schematic diagram showing the lumbar region of the spinal cord (left) The dorsal horn and ventral horn are indicated The right panel shows PRiMA staining inthe lumbar region on the same scale at...
... found either in wild -type strains and in mutant strains harboring mutations inthe genes encoding enzymes of the biosynthesis and/or the transfer of the O-specific polysaccharide [12,13] The core ... of G was inferred by taking into account thedown eld shift of the carbon signal C-6 (63.7 p.p.m., Table 1) indicating its involvement in a glycosydic linkage The HMBC spectrum confirmed the sequence ... contained the significant longrange correlations required for the determination of the sequence and of the attachment points In fact, together with intraresidual long-range cross-peaks, interresidual...
... the neighbor joining method (using PAUP software) fromthe amino acid sequences of the IL-10 family together with the carp IL-10 gene The numbers indicate the bootstrap confidence values obtained ... to the carp IL-10 sequence The most highly conserved stretch inthe IL-10 family is at the C-terminus inthe C-helix and at the Nterminus of the F-helix; a similar pattern was also found in carp ... harbored two instability motifs, in comparison to five in human IL-10, inthe 3¢-UTR Whether this difference inthe number of instability motifs affects translation needs to be investigated in future...
... chain due to the loss of the hydrogen-bonding interaction with the side chain amide nitrogen of Asn181 [39] This may cause less effective substrate binding inthe )1 subsite Interestingly, inthe ... of the high amount of arginine present inthe refolding buffer Even after repeated, extensive dialysis the recombinant hevamine was not retained on the Mono S column Nevertheless, the recombinant ... refold these inclusion bodies The procedure yielded pure protein as judged by SDS/ PAGE The activity of the pure recombinant protein was 80% of that of the wild -type protein in both the lysozyme...
... related to YRPW motif Ribosomal protein L30 Lysosomal-associated protein transmembrane 4b Fatty acid-binding protein 4, adipocyte Angiopoietin Serine ⁄ threonine kinase Metadherin mftc 19, 46.86 LN54 ... only inthe proximal region of the retina, whereas fabp3 transcripts were distributed in several structures, including the diencephalon, hindbrain, spinal cord, and somites (Fig 5A) At 24 hpf, the ... protein tyrosine kinase Mapping panel Gene symbol Chromosomal location Mapping information derived fromthe merged genetic map at the ZFIN website: http://www.shigen.nig.ac.jp:6070 b Mapping information...
... Gly164 in (A) (C) The deduced amino acid sequence of LdUSP The DNA binding domain (DBD, C-region) is underlined The ligand binding domain (LBD, E ⁄ F-region) is underlined with dashes The sequence ... against L decemlineata, suggesting that the receptor-binding of DBHs in L decemlineata is different to those in C suppressalis and S exigua The aim of this study is to examine the SAR of ecdysone ... demonstrated the temporal expression pattern of LdEcR inthe integument of 4th instar larvae As shown in Fig 2A, the EcR message steeply increased at day 4, then remained at the high expression...
... ranges from 87.5 to 59, the latter value pertaining to human L chains The most similar to the T bernacchii constitutive chain are the H2 chain from S gairdneri (87.5%) and the M chains from S ... these findings, the fluorescence intensity decreases and the emission wavelength shows a modest shift towards the red, indicating further exposure of the W93 residue to solvent Interestingly, the ... within the four-helix bundle of the L chains between K62 and E107 and thought to play a special role in conferring thermal stability [20]; inthe T bernacchii M chain, just as inthe human H chains,...
... adaptation by causing dispersion of melanin pigment granules in skin melanophores resulting in darkening of the skin [23] POMC is the major cargo protein in this cell type and during adaptation ... panels), suggesting that theexpression of the GFP–PrPC fusion protein inthe intermediate pituitary is coregulated with these proteins The POMC and p24d1 ⁄ protein levels were similar inthe ALs of ... directing expression of the fusion protein specifically to the Xenopus melanotrope cells, leaving the integrity of the regulation by the hypothalamic neurons intact We studied for the first time in...
... curdlan or laminarin After binding of the carbohydrate to the receptor, theexpression of the gene coding for the binding protein increases In turn, the potential scavenger molecule, a fibrinogen-related ... localization, expression of the (1fi3)-b-Dglucan-binding protein inthe cells of the pinacoderm, can be expected for fibrinogen or the related molecules, e.g ficolins, which are involved in host defense ... against the highly conserved region within the (1fi3)-b-D-glucan-binding proteins; inthe b-1,3-glucanbinding protein fromthe black tiger shrimp, Penaeus monodon (accession number AF368168-1) the...
... depicting the phylogenetic relatedness of gcGLUT to the known GLUT1– GLUT4 proteins from fish, avian or mammalian sources The protein sequences obtained fromthe GenBank/EMBL/Swissprot databases include: ... encoding these domains and that there is a high selective pressure to maintain the arrangement of these exons In mammals, hypoxic stress is known to increase GLUT1 and GLUT3 expressionin specific ... (3) the serine/threonine residues at positions 298 and 299 in loop (Fig 2) that are involved in conformational change of the GLUT protein during transport [25] To date, cDNAs of five GLUT isotypes...
... NifL-protein are located inthe N-terminal domain [31] that binds the FAD-cofactor [17], one can speculate that the N-terminal domain of NifL might enter the lipid bilayer and contact the quinones dissolved ... tetracycline-resistance cassette (derived fromthe MiniTn5 [28]) was inserted and the resulting interrupted genes were cloned into the suicide vector, pKAS46 These constructs were then introduced into ... transduction into the parental strain After introducing nifLA and nifA into plasmids, the resulting strains were grown anaerobically under nitrogen-limitation with glutamine as the sole nitrogen source...
... for the major cross-linking reaction in P polycephalum Furthermore, the result of the Northern blotting indicates that a single species of transcript arises fromthe genomic locus corresponding ... around the GTPbinding region, catalytic site, and Ca2+-binding region are highly homologous to the corresponding regions of the human TGase and the other invertebrate TGases (Fig 3) The eight amino-acid ... terminus that is required for binding to the plasma membrane, thereby being involved inthe formation of the corneum [47] Additional amino-terminal residues of TGase include the sequences that are post-translationally...
... sieboldina agglutinin [21], the exception being the ricin B1 domain which has two sugar-binding sites inthe same molecule [22,23] Based on these structural features, R -type lectins generally contain ... obtain the Kd more precisely for the sugar-binding site inthe slow exchange regime However, the Kd of the a sugar-binding site could not be calculated using nonlinear regression fitting to the binding ... concentration to the binding isotherm describing the binding of one ligand molecule to a single protein site using the Solver function of 15 EXCEL 2002 The weighted average of the H and N chemical-shift...
... successfully used inthe studies of the respective proteins [34,35] Applying this approach for the production of the first recombinant protein of invertebrate origin, the 2-5A synthetase fromthe sponge ... synthesizing activity of the recombinant porcine 2-5A synthetase (A) and N-terminally His-tagged recombinant 2-5A synthetase from G cydonium (B) The products formed from ATP during a h synthesis ... of determining the absolute values of these parameters may be low, the data show an increasing trend inthe specific activity depending on the number of nucleotides per protein molecule In order...
... b-tubulin chains fromthe giant amoeba R filosa were shown to remain soluble when expressed in E coli following their interaction with the prokaryotic chaperonin GroEL/ES [29]; the resulting soluble ... to the difference inthe isoelectric point of b-T1 and human b5, calculated from their respective primary sequences (4.55 and 3.91, respectively, determined using the WINPEP software [39]) Finally, ... 4–5 °C [23] In contrast to other unicellular eukaryotes, in which the tubulin pool is generally represented by a single isotype, in E focardii, three distinct isotypes of b-tubulin have been...