... both binding sites inthe complexes formed by KNOX and Bell proteins Sequences outside the homeodomain may also in uence the binding properties oftheprotein Indeed, a stretch of 16 amino acids ... the right of each panel indicate the DNA sequence (5¢ end inthe upper part) ofthe corresponding strand in this region Below the footprints, the sequence ofthe corresponding binding site is shown ... calculate the position ofthe footprint Letters to the right of each panel indicate the DNA sequence (5¢ end inthe upper part) ofthe corresponding strand in this region Inthe lower part, the sequence...
... Trp402 of IPU, is reportedly located inthe vicinity ofthe active site and could form a binding site for a glucosyl unit in subsite )1 (Fig 4B) Together with the observations from the site- directed ... for binding of Glc +2 ofthe a-(1fi4)-linked glucose units of pullulan (Fig 4A) IPU is an anomer-inverting enzyme Comparison ofthe active sites ofthe model of IPU and Dex49A The active site ... (activating the nucleophilic water molecule) inthe first step ofthe reaction A carbonium ion intermediate subsequently forms, and is further attacked by the water molecule The study of site- directed...
... potentials The Y238 RgDAAO mutants were puried as holoenzymes (retaining their FAD prosthetic group) The mutants, in their oxidized state, show the typical spectrum ofthe FADcontaining avoproteins (line ... following the binding of anthranilate (Fig 3, inset) and the shoulder at % 500 nm following the binding of benzoate (De497nm of 7500ặM)1ặcm)1 vs a gure of 2000 4000ặM)1ặcm)1 observed with the other ... in binding were observed for Y238 mutants with the ligands tested (Table 2) These results indicate that the mode of ligand binding is retained inthe two mutants, and that the alteration of the...
... evolution of nucleotide-binding protein Nature 250, 194–199 Wierenga RK, Terpstra P & Hol WG (1986) Prediction ofthe occurrence ofthe ADP-binding bab-fold in proteins, using an amino acid sequence ... value inthe absence ofthe other substrate Inthe presence of oxoglutarate, however, coenzyme binding was tighter and therefore measurable and, in particular, gave measurable Kd values for binding ... However, in this latter case, the interaction of enzyme and coenzyme caused a very small change in fluorescence The measurements with NADH inthe absence of oxoglutarate show a weakening of binding...
... Subdomain I (N-terminal) contains the zinc-binding site, which faces into the deep cleft formed by the two subdomains connected at the base ofthe cleft The hinge-bending motion observed upon inhibitor ... critical for binding ofthe substrate Maintaining the positive charge at this position (R273K) is not sufficient for docking ofthe peptide into the ACE2 active siteIn fact, the distance of this positive ... inthe side chain at this position while maintaining most ofthe hydrophobic surface area For comparative purposes, the arginine residue was also replaced with a lysine in order to maintain the...
... residues known to be involved in binding and hydrolysis ofthe guanidino group of l-arginine by arginase are strictly conserved inthe active siteofthe agmatinases [19] Moreover, modeling studies have ... agmatine hydrolysis, in studying the inhibitory effect of agmatine on arginine hydrolysis, reactions were followed by measuring the formation of ornithine, determined by the method of Chinard ... Differences inthe binding ofthe a-carboxylate and a-amino groups of BEC were also ascribed to the larger volume ofthe active site cleft of arginase II, which allows more water-mediated enzyme–inhibitor...
... inactivated Binding of E1 to the peripheral subunit-binding domain of E2 The E1 component ofthe PDH complex of B stearothermophilus is bound to the E2 core mainly by interaction of its Table Kinetic ... properly as a lid for the active site, thereby granting easier access for the cofactor ThDP to its binding siteThe lower thermal stability ofthe mutant E1s and the increased Vmax inthe DCPIP assay, ... crystal structures in that the arginine residues corresponding to E1aR282 ofthe B stearothermophilus E1 are not pointing towards the active site, identified by the C2-carbon ofthe cofactor ThDP Although...
... deletions inthe agmatinase sequence were modelled using the DGLOOP set of options in WHATIF; the whole loops and the two connecting amino acids at the beginning and the end, were mutated to glycines ... liver arginase (yellow) and the modelled structure of E coli agmatinase (blue) Note the shorter extension, inthecaseof E coli agmatinase, ofthe loop indicated by the letter a differed in these ... coordination interaction with one ofthe manganese ions This, together with the fact that the positions of other Fig Scheme ofthe binuclear manganese cluster and the localization ofthe side-chains...
... localize the active site (substrate-binding pocket) of AAO by molecular docking The enzyme consists of two domains, the FAD-binding domain (bottom part) and the substratebinding domain (top part), ... 50% of them clustered together in front ofthe rectus (re)-face ofthe isoalloxazine ring ofthe FAD cofactor This substrate location is shown in Fig 2A, which includes the 10 molecules of veratryl ... clustering together after docking The putative substrate-binding pocket is connected to theprotein surface by a main channel providing direct access to the re-side ofthe isoalloxazine ring, near...
... contacts the DNA The objectives of this work were to identify critical motifs inthe binding site for HbpR and to examine the necessity ofthe sensing A-domain of HbpR for DNA binding The role of individual ... larger than the sequences ofthe palindromes [19,21], but the exact contribution of nucleotides inthe binding site contacted by the proteins is not known The current hypothesis of hexameric ... A-domain of HbpR is important in forming the oligomeric structure and for DNA binding, by cloning an hbpR gene devoid ofthe A-domain, purifying this protein, and analyzing its DNA-binding characteristics...
... the imidazole ofthe catalytic triad His159 inthe papain-like Cys proteinase [44] Mutations ofthe Trp to either Tyr, Phe, Ile or Ala (the strength ofthe Hisaromatic interaction decreases in ... The reaction rate was determined at 25 C by measuring the linear increase in absorbance at 400 nm during the initial Control experiments were carried out inthe absence of NAT2 The slope ofthe ... On the basis ofthe Ping Pong mechanism, the acetylation rate (k2) of NAT2 by the acetyl donor is independent ofthe transacetylation rate (k4) ofthe arylamine substrate Because the values of...
... for each ofthe mutant variants Protein determination Protein concentrations were determined using the bicinchoninic acid assay with bovine serum albumin as standard [32] Site- directedmutagenesis ... stabilizing complex formation for the residues in subdomain II involved directly in substrate binding [20] The CL2 siteof ACE has previously been suggested to contain the mechanistically binding ... R514 that has the greatest in uence on the chloride regulation of activity, and that the CL2 siteof ACE does indeed contain the mechanistically binding chloride ion The ACE2 CL2 site residue...
... Bioscience) The nonretained proteins were washed out inthe dialysis buffer, while the retained proteins were eluted from the column using an NaCl gradient prepared inthe same buffer The presence ofthe ... calculated, strengthening the importance of E451 in determining Sfbgly50 specificity The large length of /6 interaction is incompatible with a hydrogen bond In addition, the replacement of Q39 with ... fine tuning ofthe active site structure, in order to increase the catalytic activity ofthe mutant b-glycosidases However, the identification of these residues is not an easy task owing to the large...
... to the thermodynamic stability ofthe entire RNase A molecule The coincidence ofthe degree of destabilization in these variants points to an effect on the stability ofthe entire region rather ... to the transition state, underlining the predominant importance of this region for maintaining the natively folded structure ofthe RNase A molecule Interestingly, the hydrophobic nature of residues ... accessibility of amino acid residues of wild-type RNase A The relative accessibility was calculated using the program WHAT IF [32] and relates the accessibility ofthe side chain ofthe residue inthe protein...
... when the crystal structure ofthe spinach enzyme was determined, first inthe presence ofthe inhibitor IpOHA [8] and later with product bound inthe active site [9] There are several interesting ... a single active site [1] One ofthe main purposes of this study was to try to dissect the two reactions by mutagenesisof active site residues, expecting to find mutants ofthe E coli enzyme in ... followed the published procedure [14] for performing and analyzing NADPH binding experiments In addition, we examined the use of fluorescence resonance energy transfer to monitor NADPH binding In these...
... distortion ofthe coordination sphere ofthe active -site zincs Our results indicate that the binding ofthe glutarate part ofthe inhibitor inthe S1¢ pocket contributes to the inhibition effect ofthe ... maintaining productive architecture ofthe S1¢ siteof GCPII, including the positioning ofthe Tyr552 side chain Despite similarities between lysine and arginine residues, the lysine side chain ... acids delineating the substrate binding cavity of GCPII were designed and introduced into the GCPII ectodomain (rhGCPII; amino acids 44–750) using site- directedmutagenesis Individual amino acid...
... cluster of SdhB [1,6] Inthecaseof FrdABCD, the membrane-intrinsic domain does not contain heme, but instead contains two menaquinones at discreet sites inthe crystallized form ofthe enzyme ... Q -site) , is located inthe interface region between the FrdCD subunits and the [3Fe-4S] cluster coordinating region of FrdB on the cytoplasmic side ofthe membrane The other site, the ˚ QD site ... would therefore be of interest to examine the effects of a range of sitedirected mutants on the HOQNO binding properties and enzymology ofthe enzyme In this paper, we evaluate the effects of mutation...
... ofthe wild-type, indicating that these cysteines might not have a big in uence on the binding ofthe substrate In conclusion, we have identified by site- directedmutagenesisthe residues ofthe ... serine protease inhibitors The next clear information obtained was the necessity of histidine groups which proved the active role of at least one histidine in substrate binding The following site- directed ... Nevertheless, the specific activities of each ofthe muteins decreased With the exchange of Cys132, there was a dramatic decrease (fourfold) inthe specific activity, and inthecaseof Cys170, the...
... experiments, in which a small molecule compensates for the missing side chain of a relevant site- directed mutant, often provide valuable insights into the role of active -site arginine [3236] and lysine ... However, even inthe absence of correction for the inuence of molecular volume and hydrophobicity ofthe rescue reagent, Table shows clearly that the effect ofthe pKa ofthe amine and guanidine derivatives ... concentration of G1P released against the incubation time was linear in all cases, indicating that enzyme inactivation did not interfere with determination ofthe initial rate under the conditions used Enzymatic...
... proteaseserpin complexes and for the rst time implicate the SPD of uPA inthe binding The residues that mediate the binding afnity ofthe A-chain of uPA remain to be established Inthe long term, ... numbering from the N-terminus ofthe native protein [27]) The presence ofthe antibody reduced the binding signicantly (Fig 3) We therefore studied the effect of Ala substitution of clusters of ... domain and the kringle contribute to the binding, but putative endocytosis receptor-binding residues inthe kringle remain unknown The involvement ofthe growth factor domain readily explains the previously...