... bonds between NH of Thr5 and CO of Arg2, as well as NH of Arg2 and CO of Thr5 Structure of cyclic hexapeptides – cYT peptide The NMR data of the cYT peptide were indicative of its flexible nature ... percentage inhibition of peptide-treated cells and expressed as the mean of three independent experiments activityof 40% at 100 lM concentration Both linear and cyclic ER peptides (lER and cER) showed ... intensity of ROE cross-peaks, and were assigned as strong, medium and weak ˚ represent the family Based on ROE violation > 0.2 A and allowed values of /, w in the Ramachandran map, only one family of...
... specific 5¢ -and 3¢ primers selected on the basis of the published sequences for tomato b-fructofuranosidase (GenBank accession no D11350 and S70040) Primers for the short isoform of b-fructofuranosidase ... of 50 kDa would suggest that we had purified the truncated isoform Cloning of the cDNA of two isoforms of tomato b-fructofuranosidase and recombinant expression in E coli For protein expression ... reactivity of some sera to a 9- and a 15-kDa band We could show that the 9-kDa band in the tomato extracts reacts with a specific antibody against the LTP from cherry, Pru av and the 15-kDa band...
... presence of minute amounts of endotoxins The comparison of LPS and MfGl-II in the LAL assay shows, as expected, activityof LPS in the range of down to 10 pgỈmL)1, whereas MfGl-II has only activity ... respectively [23,30], and the bands at Fig Infrared spectrum in the spectral range 1800–900 cm)1 (A) and – in the range of the negatively charged phosphate band mas (PO2 ) 1300– )1 1190 cm (B) of hydrated ... water-binding capacity of lecithin headgroups [30] Finally, MfGl-II exhibits a main band at 1245 cm)1 and further weak bands at 1220 and 1260 cm)1 Thus, the phosphate groups of this glycolipid are...
... head domain of up to 4.3 A, andof exposed parts of the Rossmann domain of up to ˚ 2.7 A, are observed For the rest of the homotetrameric assembly, only smaller backbone displacements of ˚ up to ... 42.3 mm)1Ỉcm)1) One unit of P2Ox activity was defined as the amount of enzyme necessary for oxidation of lmolỈmin)1 of ABTS (which equals the consumption of lmolỈmin)1 of O2) under assay conditions ... Data processing and evaluation were performed using the origin 7.5 software Crystallization, data collection and refinement of the E542K and L537G mutants Crystals of the E542K, L537G and E542K ⁄...
... SalI double-digestions of the input linear construct yielded three restriction fragments of approximately 2100, 740 and 890 bp with the first enzyme pair, andof 2200, 630 and 890 bp with the latter ... when cloned as tandem repeats [29] and CAV requires either tandem-repeat cloning or excision of the viral genome from the plasmid before transfection [30] The rescue and replication of the viral ... cultures, the production of TTV is scanty and requires cell activation [18,19] Because TTV in vivo infects healthy individuals chronically, strict regulation of virus multiplicity andof cell damage is...
... protein kinase (DMPK) isoforms and truncation mutants Structural domain organization of DMPK splice isoforms A, C, E and F, and N-terminal and C-terminal truncation mutants of DMPK E used in this ... terminus and the coiled-coil domain [16,17] However, the consequences of multimerization and association with other proteins for in vivo activity regulation of DMPK are not clear Activation of Citron ... sequence and (b) the DMPK C terminus [15] In vitro study of one of the six major DMPK splice isoforms has revealed that a relationship must exist between kinase activityand the state of multimerization...
... anticancer and antibacterial activityof membrane active peptides, suggests that the anticancer activity is also due to penetration and disruption of the membranes of the cancer cells The selectivity of ... regular a-helix along its entire length (Fig 4A) Analysis of the angular order parameters (S, / and w) [66] of these structures indicated that, except for the N- and C-terminal residues (Gly1 and ... Replacement of the following residues with Ala show (a) little change in activity for Asp4 and Ser11, and (b) significant reduction in the activity for Phe3, Lys7, Lys8 and Leu16; replacement of the...
... P/ACE-SYSTEM MDQ software (Beckman Coulter, Fullerton, CA, USA), and were normalized to the area of the internal standard e-fluoresceinyl lysine in order to eliminate irregularities of injection and buffer ... influence of nociception on the beating rate of CM measured on day of culture without and with pretreatment with either 0.2 lM of I or II on day and after seeding The basal beating rate of the CM ... involvement of nonendocytic mechanisms (Fig 3) On the other hand, energy-dependent and -independent mechanisms contributed differently to the cellular uptake of the naked PNA andof the conjugate...
... analysis of the calculated structures revealed a short distances between NH of Leu7 and the side chain carboxyl group of the Asp6 residue (< 0.28 nm), and NH of Leu7 residue and C¼O of Leu5 (< ... of a potent endozepine antagonist (Eur J Biochem 268) 6049 Fig RP-HPLC monitoring of N- and C-terminal deprotections and on-resin cyclization of the linear precursor of cyclo128 OP Aliquots of ... the receptor affinity and selectivity of peptide ligands [13,14,27] The Ala-scan of OP has revealed that the side chain of each residue is required for the full activityof the peptide [12] These...
... lateral organization of GUVs prepared from surfactant-like lipids in the absence and presence of Ca2+ The yield of individual GUVs was very low in the presence of KL4, and the GUVs formed displayed ... of the structural and functional properties of the native proteins and thus may offer a useful basis for the design of agents for therapeutic intervention [7] Studies of different fragments and ... (DSC) and fluorescence confocal microscopy of giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs), (b) the effect of the lipid composition on KL4 structure, in the absence and presence of Ca2+, using CD and (c)...
... activityof the LlA and EcAIII proteins With some of the substrates, no enzymatic activity could be detected, indicating lack or possibly very low level of the corresponding activity Enzyme activity ... wish to thank Prof Michal Dadlez, Jacek Oledzki, and Jacek Sikora (Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw) for their help and discussion of the mass spectrometry ... According to Parry and Clark [37], expression of the ybiK gene responded to the presence of cysteine and to defects in the cysB gene, and the ybiK knockout mutation impaired the use of glutathione...
... degradation offers a mechanism by which their activity, and hence the activityof the whole enzyme complex, could be controlled It also offers an explanation for the persistence of the regulatory ... characterization of the mechanism of cleavage, the roles of specific amino acids near to the N-terminus in catalytic activity, and the significance of the cleavage reaction in vivo MATERIALS AND METHODS ... using BamHI and EcoRI The plasmids for expression of the C-terminally 6-Histagged G13Q mutant of protein B and N-terminal truncations thereof were constructed by PCR amplification of the appropriate...
... hemolytic Ó FEBS 2002 Structure activity relationships of GGN4 analogues (Eur J Biochem 269) 4369 Table Antimicrobial activity (a) and hemolytic activity (b) of GGN4 analogue peptides Percent hemolysis ... activityof the peptide However, a remarkable increase of the hemolytic activity was observed concomitantly Conformational preferences of the GGN4 analogues Figure summarizes the CD results of ... its N- and C-terminal Ó FEBS 2002 Structure activity relationships of GGN4 analogues (Eur J Biochem 269) 4371 Fig Solution structures of GGN4 analogues Backbone atoms (N, Ca, and C¢) of the finally...
... region on chaperone activityof HspH and HspF Thermally induced aggregation of citrate synthase at 43 °C is depicted as a function of time in the presence of various amounts of a-Hsp proteins (A–D), ... chaperone activityof HspH and HspF Chaperone activityof purified a-Hsp proteins was determined by the CS aggregation assay as outlined in the legend of Fig (A–C) C-Terminally truncated variants of ... in detail, the contribution of their subregions to chaperone activityand oligomerization Tight coupling of chaperone activityand complex assembly B japonicum HspH and HspF oligomers contain...
... to better understand the mechanism of action of HRSV neutralizing antibodies and the impact of resistance to these antibodies upon the fusion activityof the F protein A summary of these results ... sitedirected mutagenesis of the HRSV F protein AD and RS participated in the design, oversight of the conduct of the experiments, and interpretation of the results All authors have read and approved the ... between subgroup A and B, as well as with bovine RSV Given this high degree of conservation, it was somewhat surprising that the functional analysis of the fusion activityof the panel of mutations...
... waveforms and kinematic profiles of control subjects with the profiles of each spinal cord injury subject with and without manual assistance [33-35] R= Σxi yi ( ) ( ) 1/ Σxi2 1/ Σyi2 , where xi and ... integrity of the data, and then rectified and low-pass filtered (25 Hz) Kinematic data were low pass filtered at Hz [32] Averaged EMG and kinematic profiles were time normalized to the percentage of ... two series of data, and i = 0, 1, 2, , N1 The first series of data was the averaged control subject Page of 14 (page number not for citation purposes) Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation...
... to better understand the mechanism of action of HRSV neutralizing antibodies and the impact of resistance to these antibodies upon the fusion activityof the F protein A summary of these results ... sitedirected mutagenesis of the HRSV F protein AD and RS participated in the design, oversight of the conduct of the experiments, and interpretation of the results All authors have read and approved the ... between subgroup A and B, as well as with bovine RSV Given this high degree of conservation, it was somewhat surprising that the functional analysis of the fusion activityof the panel of mutations...
... composition and antibacterial activityof the essential oils from Launaea resedifolia L Amar Zellagui1, Noureddine Gherraf*1, Segni Ladjel2 and Samir Hameurlaine2 Laboratory of Biomolecules and Plant ... essential oils of L resedifolia There no reports on the essential oils of the species of the genus launaea except that reported by Cheriti et al [6] In continuation of our phytochemical and antibacterial ... phytochemical and antibacterial studies of the Algerian Sahara medicinal plants [7–11], we report here the findings of our studies on the composition and antimicrobial activityof L resedifolia essential...
... composition and antibacterial activityof the essential oils from Launaea resedifolia L Amar Zellagui1, Noureddine Gherraf*1, Segni Ladjel2 and Samir Hameurlaine2 Laboratory of Biomolecules and Plant ... essential oils of L resedifolia There no reports on the essential oils of the species of the genus launaea except that reported by Cheriti et al [6] In continuation of our phytochemical and antibacterial ... phytochemical and antibacterial studies of the Algerian Sahara medicinal plants [7–11], we report here the findings of our studies on the composition and antimicrobial activityof L resedifolia essential...
... S, Zellagui A (2010) The antibacterial activityof water extracts of Traganum nudatum Del (Chenopodiaceae) growing in Algeria Der Pharmacia Lettre 2(6):142–145 Zellagui et al Organic and Medicinal ... necessity and in this regard, plant essential oils may offer a great potential and hope Several studies have reported the efficacy of antibacterials obtained from the essential oils of various ... Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Klebsielle pneumoniae In addition, the composition of volatile compounds was also determined 2.6 Antimicrobial activity The quantification of antibacterial activity for L resedifolia...