... wall proteins, lipoproteins and secretion systems; 3, macrophage-interacting proteins; 4, protein kinases; 5, proteases; 6, metal-transporter proteins; 7, gene expression regulators including two ... roles in INH resistance remains unascertained in a large proportion of these genes (119) Approximately 10-25% of INHR strains not contain mutations in any of the known gene targets for INH resistance, ... actinobacteria, mycolic acids consisting of βhydroxyl fatty acids with long α-alkyl side chains line the inner layer of the mycomembrane, covalently linked to arabinogalactan in the standard inner...
... amino-terminal extracellular Wnt binding domain and the 18 19 carboxy-terminal PDZ-binding domain of the Fz protein are known to be essential for Fz function Deletion of the PDZ-binding domain ... GSK3β is a serine/threonine kinase involvedin insulin, growth factor and Wnt signalling In the absence of Wnt signalling, GSK3β is recruited to the APC complex via interaction with Axin, where it ... Lin, 2004) Recently, it was demonstrated that Axin also plays an important role in a JNK signalling pathway by utilizing discriminatory domains for its distinct roles in the both the β-catenin...
... Trottier S, Epelbaum J: The proprotein convertase PC2 is involvedin the maturation of prosomatostatin to somatostatin-14 but not in the somatostatin deficit in Alzheimer's disease Neuroscience ... located in module Plasminogen activator inhibitor type (PAI-1) proteins inhibit plasminogen activators [44] Therefore, if the level of PAI-1 is high in the AD affected samples, plasminogen activators ... are being inhibited, resulting in decreased levels of mature BDNF Interestingly, the expression levels of TrkB and PAI-1 were elevated in the AD samples However, TrkB is downregulated following...
... C domain is the DNA-binding domain, which consists of two zinc-finger-like motifs The D domain is a variable hinge The multifunctional C-terminal (domain E) is the ligand-dependent domain (LBD), ... Hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal Io Ionomycin IP3 Inositol 1,4,5 triphosphate JNK C-Jun NH2-terminal kinase LB Luria Bertani LH Luteinizing hormone LHR Luteinizing hormone receptor LHβ Luteinizing hormone β-subunit ... 115 4.3 Calcineurin is involvedin GnRH-stimulated human αGSU promoter activity 122 4.4 The role of calcineurin in GnRH-mediated derepression of the FSHβ gene in the immature...
... ethanol-induced mucosal injury in the upper gastrointestinal tract leading to increase in the permeability of the gut mucosa to endotoxins [43, 44] These factors are involvedin ethanol-induced ... Interestingly, HMGN3 has been found to be associated with resistance against anticancer drugs including vinblastine, topotecan, paclitaxel and doxorubincin inhuman hepatocellular carcinoma derived ... NM_014393 ▲ 1.52 regulation of transcription protein binding double-stranded RNA binding DNA binding ▼ 5.02 protein binding NM_001149 NM_004242 ▲- increased ▼- decreased Validation of microarray...
... kinetic folding intermediates of apomyoglobin J Mol Biol 355, 139–156 Jamin M & Baldwin RL (1996) Refolding and unfolding kinetics of the equilibrium folding intermediate of apomyoglobin Nat Struct ... binding inhuman neuroglobin and cytoglobin: molecularmechanisms and physiological significance J Biol Chem 279, 44417–44426 11 Burmester T & Hankeln T (2004) Neuroglobin: a respiratory protein ... binding affinity of human neuroglobin and cytoglobin J Biol Chem 278, 51713–51721 Trent JT III, Watts RA & Hargrove MS (2001) Human neuroglobin, a hexacoordinate hemoglobin that reversibly binds...
... (S)-cheilanthifoline, not (S)-nandinine [7,30,31] If we assume that (S)-nandinine is produced in E californica, there may be no need for a catalyst from (S)-nandinine to (S)-stylopine However, nandinine could ... (S)-nandinine from (S)-scoulerine in vitro; indeed, CYP719A3 converted (S)-scoulerine to (S)-nandinine with high affinity (Km ¼ 0.54 lm) (Fig 6) Previous reports have shown that (S)-stylopine is ... nandinine based on its total m ⁄ z and fragment ion patterns (data not shown) Nandinine is a scoulerine derivative with the methylenedioxy bridge in ring A (2,3-position), whereas cheilanthifoline...
... A., Inoue, K., Hiraoka, N., Ikeshiro, Y., Kushiro, T., Shibuya, M & Ebizuka, Y (2001) Cloning and characterization of a cDNA encoding b-amyrin synthase involvedin glycyrrhizin and soyasaponin ... Ebizuka, Y (1998) Molecular cloning of cDNA from Panax ginseng The isogene that encodes b-amyrin synthase In Towards Natural Medicine Research in the 21st Century, Excerpta Medica International Congress ... were maintained in a 300-mL Erlenmeyer flask containing 60 mL Linsmaier and Skoog medium [23], supplemented with 100 nM 1-naphthaleneacetic acid in the dark at 25 8C, and subcultured at intervals...
... mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway is involvedin a number of cellular changes inducing growth and differentiation inhuman Schwann cells [7] In cardiac myocytes, protein kinase C generates ... cell cycling inhuman Schwann cells Receptor tyrosine kinases play a central role in transducing the external signals across cell membranes into the intracellular signaling systems, which in turn ... responses inhuman Schwann cells [7] Receptor tyrosine kinases transduce the signals via extracellular signal-regulated kinases (ERKs), the serine ⁄ threonine protein kinases belonging to the...
... protein kinase C, Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II, and tyrosine phosphorylation are involvedin carbachol-induced phospholipase D activation in Chinese hamster ovary cells expressing ... To determine whether PLC activity or G-protein-mediated signaling was involvedin EGCG-induced PLD activation in U87 cells, we examined the effects of pertussis toxin and the phosphoinositide-specific ... pathway in many cell types [36], and the inhibitor attenuated EGCG-induced increases in PLD activity, PLC probably regulates PLD through stimulation of this kinase Interestingly, the increase in PLD...
... particularly during embryonic and fetal life [3] Cell death-inducing DFF45-like effector (CIDE) proteins, including cell death-inducing DFF45-like effector A (CIDEA), cell death-inducing DFF45-like ... al molecules involvedin adipocyte differentiation and lipid droplet formation on day 14 after induction As lipid droplet-targeting proteins, perilipin and fatty acid-binding protein (FABP) are ... plasmid expressing enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP)-tagged adipophilin (also named perilipin-2) was co-transfected into COS-7 cells with a plasmid containing hemagglutinin (HA)-tagged...
... both being in dimer form in low protein concentrations and being reconstituted into tetramers in high protein concentrations In contrast to the E59Q enzyme, the E59D enzyme has a predominantly ... crystal structure of human m-NAD-ME in complex with fumarate has been determined, the binding network of fumarate in the enzyme has become clear In the fumarate-binding pocket, two arginyl residues, ... and polymers in the range of protein concentrations used (Fig 3GI), indicating that the quaternary stability in the dimer interface is greatly changed by shortening one carbon side chain of Glu59...
... [9,10] In previous studies, we attested that AhR cannot be involvedin TCDD-induced apoptosis in the human T-cell line, L-MAT, because AhR does not exist in L-MAT [7,8] In view of our previous findings ... of PKCh in the TCDD-induced AhR-independent signal transduction mechanism involvedin L-MAT cell apoptosis Results Inhibition of TCDD-induced L-MAT cell apoptosis by rottlerin, an nPKC inhibitor ... Biomedicals Inc., Irvine, CA, USA), pH 7.4, containing 5% fetal bovine serum, 100 IUÆmL)1 penicillin, and 0.1% (v ⁄ v) streptomycin at 37 °C in 95% air and 5% CO2 Jurkat T cells were maintained under...
... Sp1 and Sp3 is involvedin the PMA-mediated up-regulation of DNase II expression In addition to an increase in protein levels, Sp1 may regulate gene expression by changing DNA binding affinity or ... mediate the PMA-induced transcription of lysosomal acid lipase and acid sphingomyelinase in THP-1 cells In this study, we show that Sp1 is involvedin PMA-induced expression of DNase II in HL-60 cells ... anti-Sp3 IgG, indicating they contain proteins other than Sp1 or Sp3 It is not clear whether these unknown factors interact with Sp1 or Sp3, facilitating their binding to GC-I and enhancing their...
... factor binding sites clustered in the vicinity of the Inr might serve in transcription initiation (Fig 1) Analysis of the 1.5-kb 5¢ flanking region, attempting to get further insight into the ... the staining for these proteins could be detected in the cytosol (Fig 4A) In lipid-loaded cells, amounts of PP17a, PP17b and PP17c were increased in the cytosol fraction, and in parallel an intense ... transcription factor binding sites involvedin apoptosis and differentiation were localized in the PP17 gene promoter Using well-characterized apoptosis and differentiation models, induction of PP17...
... to amino acids in the L-domain (residues N204, D205, N231, E256 and E290) and the S-domain (residues T168 and K169) (Fig 1B) To identify the contact residues involvedin the initial binding of ... DS is in keeping with that an increase in protein dynamics plays a dominant role in the interaction, with large scale domain movement and cleft closure (desolvation) as well as changes in peptide ... fluorescence enhancement induced by Glc binding; (b) to identify the active site residues involvedin the binding of Glc to the super-open state (Fig 1C) of this two domain [large (L) and small...
... Repair of spinal cord injuries: where are we, where are we going? Spinal Cord 40, 615–623 Schwab ME (2002) Increasing plasticity and functional recovery of the lesioned spinal cord Prog Brain Res ... central axonal sprouting in the facial motor nucleus model [87], enhance functional recovery after spinal cord injury [106], but eliminate the conditional injury-induced spinal axon regeneration ... could indicate insufficient BDNF ⁄ GDNF-mediated support following chronic axotomy These findings are in keeping with 2631 Molecular mechanism in regeneration the strong, 50% reduction in the enduring...
... instructions provided by the manufacturer (Invitrogen) The strain harbouring the correct construction was incubated in selecting liquid medium according to Invitrogen recommendations, until the D600 ... in activity However, in the BEAT sequence, which encodes an enzyme involvedin scent production, glycine was substituted by methionine in the conserved triad H-x-x-x-DG In yeast AATs [15], only ... is probably not involvedin its expression Search for alcohol acyl-transferase activity of CM-AAT1 and CM-AAT2 recombinant proteins None of the recombinant proteins produced in Escherichia coli...
... are indicated in bold/underlined) from the template of a pUC19 plasmid DNA containing GH1 (Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, Henan Province, China) The 677-bp GH1 DNA fragment (including ... and molecularmechanisms of GH on AFLD Viral vectors can induce longerlasting effects than recombinant protein administration and thus avoid the inconvenience of repetitive subcutaneous injections ... least in part, by turning on the hepatic adiponectin-SIRT1-AMPK signaling system and related signaling pathways to ameliorate alcoholinduced impairments in the signaling pathways controlling lipid...
... The underlying mechanisms are, however, not fully understood Arsenic exerts its effect by inhibiting the activities of several enzymes, especially those involvedin cellular signaling pathways ... change into a pro-apoptotic phenotype following exposure to arsenic trioxide Also Bax activation was involvedin arsenic trioxide-induced conformational change of Bcl-2 by immunostaining SGC7901 ... trioxide-treated SGC7901 cells The cells were stained using DAPI staining B Untreated SGC7901 cells stained by anti-Bcl-2 N terminus antibody C SGC7901 cell stained by anti-Bcl-2 BH3 and anti-Bax(6A7)...