... analyses included FN tests on the 20 wheat samples, andproteinand ash determinations on the flours MATERIALS AND METHODS Grain and Flour Samples and Subsequent Treatments Experiment Determination ... Falling Number, Protein, Ash, and Moisture Tests Standard methods were used for the analysis of samples for FN, protein (N × 5.7), and ash by Approved Methods 56-81B, 46-30, and 08-01, respectively ... Z., and Pomeranz, Y 1994 Role and contribution of starch andprotein contents and quality to texture profile analysis of oriental noodles Cereal Chem 71:315-320 Batey, I L., Curtin, B M., and...
... expands the boundaries of signalling mediators, and it is therefore not unlikely that Sky and Mer could be involved in Table Affinities of Gas6 andprotein S for Axl, Sky and Mer RTKs within and ... compilation ª 2006 FEBS S Hafizi and B Dahlback ¨ Function of protein S as ligand for Axl RTKs Surprisingly, only a handful of studies to date have reported functional effects of protein S that appear to ... between the type of protein S that is bound to apoptotic cells Specifically, both the free and C4b-binding protein- bound forms of protein S can bind to apoptotic cells via the protein S Gla region...
... specific for human Ras-GRF1 Primer pairs: lane 2, ON359 and ON360; lane 3, ON357 and ON358; and lane 4, ON361 and ON360 The PCR products and a DNA size marker, lane 1, were separated on agarose ... that the treatment of NIH3T3 and COS-7 cells with carbachol [9] and lysophosphatidic acid [11], activating both Gq- and Gi-coupled receptors, induces the activation and phosphorylation of Ras-GRF1 ... increase and show Ca2+ dependence of serotonininduced ERK1 ⁄ phosphorylation and a mandatory role of the Ca2+ ⁄ CaM-binding IQ domain in RasGRF1-stimulated ERK1 ⁄ phosphorylation Thus, both cAMP and...
... anti-a, -b, -c, -d, -e, and -f for immunoblotting were obtained from Gibco (Grand Island, NY, USA) Rabbit anti-PKCf for immunoprecipitation and activity determination, and the antiPKCf blocking ... 20 mM 2-mercaptoethanol) and centrifuged at 100 000 g for 30 Supernatant and membrane fraction were diluted with lysis buffer (without sucrose and EGTA) and 8–14 lg of protein from each fraction ... Determination of protein kinase C (PKC) activity in crude extracts (pmolÆmin-1Æmg-1 of protein) and PKCf immunoprecipitates (pmolÆmin-1Æmg-1 of lysate protein) Hepatocytes cultured for h and 48 h were...
... saturating concentration of ligand, P the total protein concentration, and L is referred to the ligand concentration The distribution of metal ion as [M2+]free, [ML] and of [L]free was calculated ... (MSI) and force eld CVFF and ESFF (MSI), that has all parameters needed for the octahedral Mn2+ coordination and amino acids (1AQ2) This program was also employed for energy minimization and molecular ... emission band centered at 393 nm at pH The absorption spectrum of the P-pyridoxyl adduct of PEP carboxykinase exhibits a band with a maximum at 326 nm due to pyridoxyl moiety and a band at 280...
... H2O2 and peptide andprotein peroxides after photo-oxidation with 1O2 generated by rose bengal in the presence of visible light and oxygen (a) RNase A (50 mgặmL)1); (b) N-Ac-TrpOMe (2.5 mM); and ... peptide andprotein peroxides investigated in the current study, with GAPDH being more sensitive than GR and LDH, and inactivation of GAPDH being metalion independent, whereas inhibition of GR and ... 1O2-generated peptide andprotein peroxides, presumably by acting as sacricial targets This is in accord with the known rapid depletion of GSH and other thiols (both low-molecularmass and protein- bound)...
... and was complete between and 10 of incubation In contrast, the inactivation of p70S6K by AICAr was slower and was half-maximal only at min, whereas the inactivation of ACC by AICAr was half-maximal ... that the process of activation of ACC and p70S6K by amino acids is inhibited by okadaic acid and calyculin A, two inhibitors of type and 2A protein phosphatase, and by incubation of liver cells with ... transient, being maximal at 10 before returning to basal or even lower values between 45 and 60 of incubation (Fig 1) Like anoxia, both AICAr and oligomycin activated AMPK (Fig 2) and this activation...
... 2005; Sernova and Gelfand, 2008; Wang and Sugden, 2005; Weinreich et al., 2004) In higher eukaryotes there are preferred sequences located in AT-rich islands that serve as origins (Bell and Dutta, ... called replication termini or Ter (Bastia and Mohanty, 1996; Kaplan and Bastia, 2009) The Ter sites bind to sequence-specific DNA binding proteins called replication terminator proteins that allow ... the terminator protein was cloned and sequenced and the gene was named TUS (Terminus Utilizing Substance) (Hill et al., 1989) Tus protein was purified from cell extract of E coli and shown to bind...
... misfolded proteins [5–8] and remove protein aggregation [9–12] Mechanisms of protein osmolyte interactions, the effect of osmolytes on protein stability, and how osmolytes correct protein misfolding ... effects that urea has on protein function [16–19] Despite significant advances in understanding the effect of osmolytes on protein stability, folding and the activity of proteins and enzymes, the relationship ... presence and absence of almost all naturally occurring osmolytes We report here that protein stability and activity are not largely coupled in the presence of osmolytes However, protein stability and...
... binding and the catalysis K and P denote the free concentrations of kinase and phosphatase, respectively, and Ln and Qn are the respective dissociation constants for the kinase–target and phosphatase–target ... dephosphorylation (first panel), random phosphorylation and dephosphorylation (second panel), mixed scheme with random phosphorylation and sequential dephosphorylation (third panel), and cyclic mechanism ... link between the structural, kinetic and thermodynamic aspects of complex multisite phosphorylation on the one hand, and the specific and versatile regulation of protein activation required in signaling...
... confocal microscopy and for expert help Thanks go to S Dettwiler and C Hagedorn for excellent technical assistance E Haas (Zurich, Switzerland) and G Burkard (Berne, Switzerland) were very helpful ... threonine kinases Akt and PKCf, and was located on internal vesicles via its FYVE domain These two kinases preferentially bound to ProF after WD-FYVE protein interacts with VAMP2 and PKCf hormonal ... FYVEdomain containing protein that is also localized to intracellular vesicles [18,19], or with the vacuolar protein sorting-associating protein 4, Vps4 (Fig 1B, left, lane 7), a protein involved...
... scrambling and easier sample handling compared to in vivo protein production render cell-free protein synthesis particularly attractive for high-throughput production of proteins and selective ... interconversion between Ala and Glu, Glu and Asp, and Glu and Gln is efficient in wheat germ extract but can effectively be suppressed by inhibitors of transaminases and glutamine synthase [20] ... production and stable-isotope labeling of milligram quantities of proteins FEBS Lett 442, 15–19 Madin K, Sawasaki T, Ogasawara T & Endo Y (2000) A highly efficient and robust cell-free protein synthesis...
... structures, chemical modifications and cross-linking in protein mixtures, complexes, and assemblies Proteins A single protein, a list of proteins from a mixture or from a protein complex or a complete ... cross-linking and mass spectrometry for mapping three-dimensional structures of proteins andprotein complexes J Mass Spectrom 38, 1225–1237 Wong SS (1991) Chemistry of Protein Conjugation and Cross-Linking ... disulfide bonds, and artificially introduced cross-links in proteins Cross-links impose distance constraints on amino acid residues that can be used to model the 3-D structure of proteins andprotein complexes...
... selection marker protein bleomycin-binding protein (BLE), as well as other introduced proteins [9] However, only moderate numbers of transformants and relatively low levels of heterologous protein expression ... C fusiformis and analyzed CfNR levels in response to different nitrogen sources Using GFP as reporter protein, we have demonstrated that 3414 N Poulsen and N Kroger ¨ the 5¢-UTR and 3¢-UTR of ... image and two different fluorescence images The green color shows GFP fluorescence and the red color depicts chloroplast autofluorescence (bar, 10 lm) (B) Comparison of gfp mRNA expression and GFP protein...
... its particular protein? As in, people protein vs tree protein? The answer is DNA! The species-particular DNA sequences produce the species-particular proteins GENES code for proteins GENES ... a sugar, and a nitrogen base DNA is in a double strand The nitrogen bases have compliment partners Adenine-Thymine Cytosine-Guanine Just a note about RNARNA is single-stranded and acts ... GENES are long strands of DNA on chromosomes What is DNA? DNA is the genetic code, Instructions for heredity, Components of genes, Director of protein synthesis AND- DNA is also A...
... PAGE, and radioactive bands revealed by autoradiography Positions and molecular mass (kDa) of protein standards are indicated on the left The arrows indicate the position of phosphorylated rStkP and ... extract (lanes and 5), cytosolic fraction (lanes and 6) and membrane fraction (3 and 7) of S pneumoniae strains Purified recombinant StkP was used as a control (lane 4) Arrows indicate bands corresponding ... wild-type and DstkP strains The Coomassie blue-stained master gel of proteins between pI 4–7 contains approximately 470 protein spots After metabolic labeling and subsequent 2-DE, at least 23 protein...
... 2005; Sernova and Gelfand, 2008; Wang and Sugden, 2005; Weinreich et al., 2004) In higher eukaryotes there are preferred sequences located in AT-rich islands that serve as origins (Bell and Dutta, ... called replication termini or Ter (Bastia and Mohanty, 1996; Kaplan and Bastia, 2009) The Ter sites bind to sequence-specific DNA binding proteins called replication terminator proteins that allow ... the terminator protein was cloned and sequenced and the gene was named TUS (Terminus Utilizing Substance) (Hill et al., 1989) Tus protein was purified from cell extract of E coli and shown to bind...
... removed by centrifugation, and soluble proteins were resolved on a 15% SDS ⁄ PAGE gel fragments required metals to produce soluble protein The wild-type and AMPP#3-22 proteins responded in a similar ... purple acid phosphatases and methionyl aminopeptidases [6–8] In vitro refolding Wild-type AMPP and AMPP#3-22 were overexpressed and purified Subsequently, the purified proteins were denatured with ... guanidine hydrochloride and renatured by dialysis in the presence of EDTA or metals, as described in Experimental procedures Aggregated proteins were removed by centrifugation, and the proteins in the...
... Eqns (31) and (32)], whereas 3134 differences between R2 and R2 ext 0;ext are inferior or equal to 0.1 [R2 R2 ị=R2 ẳ for Eqns (29) and (30) ext 0;ext ext and 0.1 for Eqns (31) and (32)], and the ... (29) and (30); 0.96 and 1.03 for Eqns (31) and (32)] In Tables 11 and 12, we depict the observed, calculated [by using Eqns (29) to (32)] and residual values of tm for cases in both training and ... Tables and give the observed and calculated tm values by using models that use nonstochastic and stochastic bilinear indices as predictors [Eqns (27) and (28), respectively] for the training and...