... structure of the enzyme, we propose that Ser16 and Ser127form part of a proton relay system among the isoalloxazine ring of FMN,histidine 106 and the phosphate group of EPSP thatis essential for ... product dissociation, this internal proton relaysystem can be reloaded, leading to protonation of His106, such that the enzyme is ready for the next sub-strate turnover.In this mechanism, His106 ... active site of the enzyme. Based onthis structural information we performed our firstmutagenesis study where we investigated the role of two conserved histidine residues (His17 and His106),revealing...
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... phosphorylation of the p46 isoform of JNK,whereas sorbitol treatment induced phosphorylation of both the p46 and p55 isoforms. To confirm functionalactivation of the JNK signaling pathway, we per-formed ... system, as the presence of the SV40 largeT antigen in these cells enhances their resistance toapoptosis.Apoptosis is a tightly regulated mechanism for thedisposal of damaged cells and to ... suggest that JSP1induces apoptosis when overexpressed in cells, and fur-ther demonstrate the importance of myristoylation for this functional activity of JSP1.It is reasonable to suggest that...
... treatment,indicating that the expression of MKP-1, but not that of MKP-2, is controlled by signals via EGFRs.Brondello et al. reported that activation of the ERKcascade is sufficient to promote the expression of MKP-1 ... FasL system may be one of the mechanismsresponsible for drug-induced apoptosis in a variety of cancer cells of different histotype [51]. Chang et al.recently reported that an increase in Fas ... inhibitors. Here, we demon-strate that JNK-phosphatase MKP-1 expression is con-trolled by a signal downstream of EGFR and that ifthis signal is abolished by an inhibitor of EGFR tyro-sine kinase,...
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... specificity.AcmA is the major autolysin of the Gram-positivebacterium Lactococcus lactis ssp. cremoris MG1363.AcmA is required for cell separation and is responsible for lysis in the stationary ... part of the putative active center of this peptidoglycan hydrolase thatis essential for flag-ellar rod formation [10]. In the sequence of the genome of L. lactis IL1403 genes putatively encoding ... concomitant lysis of the cell.A minimum of three repeats is needed for this tooccur: derivative A2, containing two LysM domains is not able to lyse cells in trans , whereras derivativeA4 is. Lysis does...
... responsible for the formation of the mature 5.8S rRNA, indicates that this novel pro-tein is important for proper exosome function.During the final preparation of this article a studywas published ... used for image acquisition and theconfocal software used for image analysis.AcknowledgementsWe would like to thank the following people for theirsupport during the development of this work: ... Ana-lysis of rRNA processing showed that depletion of Nop53p leads to an accumulation of the 27S and 7Spre-rRNAs, confirming a role for Nop53p on late steps of processing. Accumulation of unprocessed...
... surroundingArg252 isof importance for the formation of the oligomericenzyme complex, which is a prerequisite for obtaining afully active enzyme [8,15]. Upon removal of this entireregion (amino ... is demonstrated that the fo rmation of the active complex is profoundly influenced by a single amino acid difference, i.e.G252R, in a region within the catalytic domain. This is thefirst evidence that this ... the exact mechanism for complex formation and activation of the enzyme remainsto be determined, it can be concluded that the insertwithin the catalytic domain isof importance for oligome-rization.ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSThis...
... initiation.Translation of eukaryotic gene expression is controlled bothby global mechanisms that affect the overall rate of proteinsynthesis and by selective control mechanisms that affect thetranslation of subsets ... we showed that utilization of the weakIRES of platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF2) is activatedduring megakaryocytic differentiation. The establishment of permissive conditions for IRES-mediated ... whetherphosphorylation of eIF2a is involved in IRES activation.In this study we show that: (a) not only are differentiationconditions permissive for the recruitment of the PDGF2IRES, but also for the vascular...
... the accumulation of forms of the mutant proteins that were of lower apparentmolecular mass and of similar size to the unglycosy-lated form of the wild-type protein (see Fig. 2B for single mutants ... N-glycosylation is important for HFE regula-tion of transferrin uptake. To this end, transfectedHuTu80 cells expressing HA-tagged forms of wild-typeor mutant HFEs were analysed for their ability ... endoglycosi-dase H-resistant HFE isoforms can be detected by30 min post translation [10,13,18,23]. Although thesestudies demonstrate that HFE is glycosylated, thespecific role, if any, that glycosylation...