... on the presence or absence of a cytosine at position )5 in the RNA A likely explanation for the importance ofthe )5 cytosine mutation is offered by the observation that the amino group ofthe ... are located in a double-stranded region of RNA, and not interact with the protein [54], yet the disruption ofthe helix clearly affects the binding energy The effect of these changes in RNA conformation ... the 71 other protein–RNA complexes in our training set Figure shows the final example, a universally conserved component ofthe core ofthe signal recognition particle (SRP) The structure of the...
... Tyr These mutations may influence the shape and volume ofthe acyl binding pocket and thereby alter the binding mode and affinity ofthe enzyme for PAA and derivatives thereof, while maintaining the ... formation of semisynthetic b-lactam antibiotics The X-ray structure ofthe complex of PA with PAA shows that the acyl binding site of PA is made up of several hydrophobic residues from the a andthe ... The subscripts AD and P refer to the acyl donor and product, respectively The speci city (kcat/Km) of PA for the produced antibiotic is in general 10-fold higher than the speci city for the corresponding...
... present in the glucan binding domains of GTFA and GTFO [4,5]; black and white bars, predicted locations ofthe a-helices and b-strands, respectively, corresponding to the relative position of these ... precisely the role of these two different regions and their amino acid residues in glucosidic linkage speci cityThe ratio of glucosidic linkages in the oligosaccharide and polymer products of these ... catalytic domains ofthe GTFA and GTFO reuteransucrases are the main determinants for glucosidic linkage speci city Within these N-termini, the A1 ⁄ A2 and O1 ⁄ O2 parts ofthe reuteransucrase...
... Interestingly, the 600km waterway network links Ho Chi Minh City with Can Tho Cityand Ca Mau, the most southerly part of Vietnam, on the one hand, and Ho Chi Minh City with Can Tho Cityand Ha Tien, ... development of southern Vietnam, the importance ofthe emergence of knowledge clusters in these regions is evident Statistical data shows that the GDP of Ho Chi Minh City contributes one quarter ofthe ... City, home to the most important university in the Mekong Delta, attracts most ofthe students in the region, although it is the home province of only 20% ofthecity s university students; the...
... farmer ofthe Post Office, furnished to the Secretary of State "a perfect list" of all officers in the Post Office According to this list there were eight Clerks ofthe Roads, viz.:—Two ofthe Northern ... (Extension of Head Post Office).[Pg 15] Certain lands, houses, offices, buildings and premises situate in the parish of St Werburgh, in thecityand county of Bristol, in the county of Gloucester, and ... so cheap that the cost of conveyance was only a small item in the expenses ofthe Post Office The Mayor of Bath proposed the toast of "the Visitors," and said that they had amongst them two representatives...
... 72% and 85% inhibition of BHLmL2 and BHAb, respectively, while mm 2-mer- captoethanol caused 85% and 97% inhibition of BHLmL2 and BHAb, respectively The influence of pH on the activities ofthe ... resulted in 55% and 51% loss ofthe initial activities of BHLmL2 and BHAb, respectively These results strongly suggest that Ser is involved in the catalytic activity of BHLmL2 and BHAb and are consistent ... The substrate saturation curves of both BH enzymes were determined in the presence of increasing concentrations of brassinin (Fig 4), andthecorresponding kinetic parameters, calculated on the...
... investigation ofthe catalytic mechanism and substrate speci cityand to understand the differences therein for this class of enzymes In order to identify the subsites ofthe ervatamins and to understand ... [27,35] and other members ofthe papain family, and is made up of two domains, L and R, with a V-shaped active site cleft at the interface ofthe domains (Fig 1) Substrate speci cityand activity of ... backbone of residues 65–64 and is partly exposed to the solvent (Fig 2B) On the other hand, the P3 moiety of E-64 in each oftheofthe two ervatamin-C molecules in the asymmetric unit mainly...
... details about the role of different residues ofthe aglycone-binding site in the stabilization of ESà andthe interdependence between the binding of aglycone andthe positioning of glycone in ... and M453 are part ofthe aglycone-binding site of Sfbgly and interact with the initial pentyl moiety formed by methylene groups to ofthe alkyl-type aglycones On the other hand, the binding of ... purposes, the glucose unit forming the non-reducing end ofthe aglycone was called the ‘first glucose unit’ andthe other glucose units were sequentially named in the direction ofthe reducing end of the...
... consequence ofthe mutagenic replacements Effects ofthe His120Asn and His145Asn mutations on the affinity of metal binding to arginase II To further examine the effects ofthe His120fiAsn and His145fiAsn ... and His145, andthecorresponding His101 and His126 in arginase I, were described among the ligands for coordination of Mn2+A and Mn2+B, respectively [9,24] However, the volume ofthe active site ... Mn2+ for 10 at 60 °C and assay in the presence of added mm Mn2+, all ofthe enzymes were active and measured activities were essentially equal to the initial activity ofthecorresponding fully...
... of product before the steady state is reached: the presence or absence of a burst provides information on the position ofthe ratelimiting step along the reaction pathway, andthe amplitude of ... analysis conrmed the identity ofthe contaminant Comparison with the spectrum of an authentic NAD+ sample revealed total similarity ofthe fragmentation pattern The negative portion ofthe spectrum ... contamination on these results Reassessment ofthe effects ofthe mutations on coenzyme specicity In view ofthe dramatically altered gure for the stringency of coenzyme specicity in clostridial...
... determinants ofthe presence of Zn(II), and therefore ofthe Zn- or Cu-thionein character ofthe polypeptides Hence, the two full-length peptides, CeMT1 and CeMT2, give rise to mixtures of complexes, ... stoichiometry andthe homogeneity of their preparations These differences are a result ofthe different coordination capacities ofthe respective C-terminal moieties and are attributable to the four ... reported for the native and recombinant Cd(II)–CeMT2 isoform [16,20] The slight blueshift ofthe spectrum of Cd6Zn1–CeMT1 in relation to that of Cd6–CeMT2 is attributable to the influence ofthe Zn(II)...
... transporter to the internal membrane side is the rate-limiting step and not – as proposed for most ofthe other electrogenic symporters – the return ofthe unloaded transporter to the outside ofthe membrane ... interpreted as the first evidence for a restricted velocity in the translocation step ofthe loaded transporter by the sterical conformation ofthe substrate The introduction of polar side groups in the ... includes not only the amino acids glycine, alanine, serine and proline but also osmolytes such as sarcosine and betaine, andthe D-enantiomers of serine and alanine The apparent affinities of PAT1 substrates...
... cluster of Bacillus and Thermoanaerobacter CGTases andthe remaining enzymes The positions ofthe two CGTases from K pneumoniae and Nostoc sp PCC-9229 are, however, in agreement with the values of ... domains A and B (Fig 3B) are similar to each other and in good agreement with the complete-sequence tree (Fig 3A) In the group of CGTases produced by the genera Bacillus and Thermoanaerobacter (the ... cluster of Bacillus and Thermoanaerobacter CGTases (Fig 3B) Thus for the SBD tree there is not an obvious border between the hydrolases and transglycosidases, but rather there may be one between the...
... in the triumphalist declarations ofthe birth ofthe ‘new’ and death ofthe ‘old’.14 THE BOOSTER CITY. Like that of many of its peers, the story of late twentiethcentury Glasgow is of a cityand ... that the official future scored low on coherence and fidelity People feel that the values and beliefs ofthe main official institutions ofthecity are not the same as the values that they hold themselves ... understanding ofthe everyday storymaking capacity of people and cities —64— PART THE POWER OF STORY —65— THE DREAMING CITY GLASGOW 2020 ANDTHE POWER OF MASS IMAGINATION ‘What, Glasgow? — The city, ...
... ofthe System of Implementing the MCH Services The Health workers assessed the implementation ofthe health services in terms ofthe adequacy of budget and supplies, adequacy ofthe workers and ... availing ofthe health services, the highest response was lack of medicines and health facilities This could be the wishes ofthe mothers who were not convinced ofthe adequacy ofthe MCH services and ... time to go to the health centers This may result to the lack of knowledge ofthe mothers ofthe potential dangers of not seeking professional health services during their pregnancy andthe detrimental...
... with the O atom ofthe main chain CO group ofthe TrpB240; Ng1 shares H bonding with O atom ofthe CO group of LeuB387 together with O atom of c-OH of SerB386; Ng2 is in H bonding with Od1 of AsnB241 ... COO– in the aminic part determines the position ofthe substrate within the S1¢-binding subsite O atoms ofthe main chain CO groups of LeuB387 and TrpB240, Od1 atom of AsnB241, and Oc atom of SerB386 ... presence of a single roughly conical groove, the hydrophobic part of which accommodates the phenylacetyl moiety ofthe ligands The more polar aminic moiety resides in the open part ofthe groove,...
... experiments The film was exposed for four days in the case of UGT2B4 and UGT2B4F33Y and for one week in the case of UGT2B4Y33L (Table 1) In the case of 4-hydroxyestrone and 17-epiestriol, the Km values of ... speci cityof UGTs 2B4 and 2B7 in order to better understand the molecular basis of substrate recognition and catalysis by these enzymes Attention was paid to amino acids at the N-terminal end of these ... in the substrate speci cityofthe isoform Importance of amino acid residue tyrosine 33 in the substrate speci cityof UGT2B7 The wild-type UGT2B7 efficiently glucuronidates 17-epiestriol and...
... demonstrated that the two hydroxyl groups ofthe catechol moiety bind to the catalytic iron [16–18] Despite the similarities between TH and PAH regarding the structure ofthe active site andthe catalytic ... atom may be placed between the ring ofthe amino acid substrates andthe active site iron, the maximal distance dTyr-Fe or dPhe-Fe between the center ofthe ring and ˚ the iron atom was defined ... monodentate and other binding modes to be included in further analysis Results Pterin binding to the catalytic domains of PAH and TH Docking ofthe native cosubstrate BH4 into the crystal structure of the...