sterol esterification is unaffected by osh7p overexpression total lipids were extracted from cells grown in media containing 3h oleate and analyzed by thin layer chromatography wt osh7 padns osh7 transformed into a wild type strain y00000
... isunaffectedinosh7cells 97 29 Sterolesterificationis increased inosh7 mutants 98 30 SterolesterificationisunaffectedbyOsh7poverexpression 99 31 Total ergosterol level is not affected ... proteins (Osh1p, Osh2p and Osh3p) have a large N-terminal region that includes a PH domain, which might regulate protein targeting to membranes and thereby serve as membrane adaptors by interacting ... screening (unpublished data) Vps4p belongs to the protein family of AAA -type ATPase andis involved in vacuolar protein sorting (Babst et al., 1997) The coiled-coil domain of Osh7p alone showed a...
... Constant axial and torsional restoring forces, created by the unique contact and plastic housing, maintain a durable connection that allows up to 200 re-terminations The HIGHBAND module also far ... changes are handled at the software level In the instances when patching is required, changes can be administered simply and easily, without delay or hassle to the network manager This lateral ... efficient cable management system, and peace of mind Any changes required in between monthly calls can be easily administered by the IT Manager ina matter of seconds by using the patching facility If...
... TMPRSS13 mRNA is expressed ina variety of human adult tissues, and predominantly in lung, placenta, pancreas and prostate [12] HAI-1 mRNA is also highly expressed in placenta, pancreas and prostate ... template control A5 49 Protease TMPRSS13 is inhibited by HAI-1 TMPRSS13 HAI-1 HAI-1B HAI-1 GAPDH Fig RT-PCR analysis of TMPRSS13 and HAI-1 mRNA in human carcinoma cell lines Total RNA was isolated ... cultured carcinoma cells [14] Weaker inhibitory activity of HAI-1–NK1LK2 against HGFA and matriptase was also observed, and an idea that the second Kunitz domain may obstruct the protease-binding site...
... lysates wereanalyzedby WB analysis with mAb against GFP or polyclonal antibody (pAb) against calpain (raised against recombinant MIT domains [28]) In the case of WB analysis with mAb against GFP, ... mGFP–calpain 7C290S were subjected to immunoprecipitation with anti-GFP serum or pAb against calpain 7, followed by WB analysis with mAb against GFP and mAb against calpain (raised against calpain ... calpain inhibitor I (ALLNal) were obtained from Nacalai Tesque (Kyoto, Japan) Antipain and E-64 were obtained from the Peptide Institute (Osaka, Japan) Pefabloc and ovocystatin were obtained from...
... at )80 °C before use for kinetic and molecular mass analyses The activity at saturating conditions was similar before and after dilution, incubation and storage Native molecular size The apparent ... (Copenhagen, Denmark) Materials for cloning, PCR, DNA sequencing and assays were standard commercially available products Enzyme preparation Native human TK1 (hTK1) was purified from human lymphocytes ... deoxynucleoside kinases by ion-exchange chromatography on a DEAE column, and further purified by affinity chromatography on a 3¢-dTMP Sepharose column dThd from the affinity chromatography step was removed, and...
... 5¢-CAAAACGCTCTACAGGC TCC-3¢, 5¢-GAAGAGCTGGACAGAGGTGG-3¢ (ZO-1), 5¢-TTATGGGCCACCGGATATTA-3¢, 5¢-GGAGAGTCA CTGAAGGCTGG-3¢ (DLG-2), 5¢-AAGCTAAGAGGCA CGGAACA-3¢, 5¢-TCCTTATTGCCAGCGAGACT-3¢ (Patj), ... 5¢-TTGCAGACGGAAGAGGTTCT-3¢, 5¢-GGCCACTT TCAGCATCAAAT-3¢ (Erbin), 5¢-GCGGATCCGCAT GTTGGAAACCATAGAC-3¢ and 5¢-GCGAATTCGA CATTTTTAGTGAGTTCCAC-3¢ (MUPP1) Antibodies Primary antibodies used were: anti-adenylyl ... using Dynabeads (Invitrogen) and DynaMag (Invitrogen) Any interaction was detected using MUPP1 antibodies Immunohistochemistry Mice were raised and maintained according to governmental and institutional...
... C-YES was mutated from AAA (Lys) to AGA (Arg) with the forward primer: 3¢-GG AACCACGAAAGTAGCAATCAGAACACTAAAACCA GGTACAATGATGC-5¢ All vector inserts were sequenced prior to use CDK4 pY17 antibody ... deoxycholate and trichloroacetic acid, and the proteins were separated using SDS ⁄ PAGE A major protein band of approximately 60 kDa was detected by staining with coomassie (Fig 2D) This band tracked ... 200 gel filtration column was fractionated by hydroxyapatite chromatographyand the fractions were assayed for Y17 kinase activity and protein content Fractions from the gradient anda sample of...
... stainless cell of the system The area under the curve was calculated to obtain total chemiluminescence Statistical analysis The animals were maintained at an ambient temperature of 22 °C for at ... enterotoxins causes emesis and diarrhea [4] Staphylococcus aureus is also an important microorganism of bovine, ovine and caprine mastitis [5] Staphylococcal enterotoxins, especially staphylococcal ... NF-jB protein (Fig 3A, lanes and 6) and its DNAbinding activity (Fig 3B, lanes and 7) Similar findings were obtained by using 5-LOX inhibitor, 5,8,11,14-eicosatetraynoic acid (ETYA) or FLAP inhibitor...
... the protein kinase that is mutated in the human hereditary disease ataxia telangiectasia: induced chromatin alterations relay its intermolecular autophosphorylation and dimer dissociation [10] ... the aggregative nucleoproteins (A) Nucleoproteins in chromatographic fractions andin aggregates with DNA Proteins wereanalyzedby SDS ⁄ PAGE ina 10% gel and stained with Coomassie brilliant ... suggest that the DNA repair factor DNA-PKcs is an aggregation factor that responds to aberrant DNA structures ina manner similar to that of S ⁄ MAR-binding proteins, including nucleolin and SAF -A None...
... probe (lanes 1, 2) and binding was FEBS Journal 272 (2005) 5191–5205 ª 2005 FEBS A Parthasarthy and K P Gopinathan completely abolished when the TATATAA sequence was mutated to GATATCA (lanes 3, ... Regulation of pol III transcription A Parthasarthy and K P Gopinathan and making them unavailable for transcription The ‘TATATAA’ sequence present in the flanking regions Gly of tRNA1 -6,7 was responsible ... tRNA1Gly genes (A) Competition by DNA fragments containing TATATAA sequences Transcription of tRNA1Gly -1 was carried out in the presence of increasing concentrations of a 40 bp fragment containing...
... d(5¢-AACAACGCAGCTGGGCTCTG GAACCAT), ECF -A1 41Q d(5¢-TCAACCTCTAACCAG GCTACTCCGCTG) ECM-G77Q d(5¢-AACAACGCTGG CCAGCACGCTAACCAC) and ECM-Q14 6A d(5¢-TCT ACTGCTAACGCGGATTCTCCGCTG) following the manufacturer’s ... out using the CARA and ENCAD algorithms included in the GENEMINE program Bacterial strains and vectors The mutagenesis and expression phagemid, pGHX(–) was produced in our laboratory andis described ... DsodA, DsodB cells under paraquat-induced oxidative stress E coli OX32 6A (DsodA, DsodB) cells harbouring the appropriate plasmid weregrown to exponential phase and used to inoculate media containing...
... Materials Protein kinase inhibitors: A3 and K-252b were purchased from Calbiochem Apyrase, the catalytic subunit of protein kinase A, and protein kinase inhibitor (PKI) were obtained from Sigma Chemicals ... reaction, andis caused bya kinase(s) in the cytosol Then, authentic protein kinase A (PKA) and calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII) were applied instead of the cytosol fraction, as ... chromatinbinding assay involving soluble proteins GST–NK, GST– NM, GST–RS, GST–SK and GST ina soluble state were incubated with chromatin The chromatin bound and unbound fractions wereanalyzed by...
... U937 cell apoptosis by maintaining mitochondrial integrity and function [43], and ricin-induced apoptosis of U937 cellsby maintaining an intracellular reducing condition by acting as a thiol supplier ... of oxidative stress may play a role in the mechanism of apoptosis [25], and that oxidative stress and chronic in ammation are related, perhaps being an inseparable phenomenon [26] It is also well ... induced by Fe21, amyloid beta peptide and nitric oxidegenerating agents [34] ROS plays a critical role in activation of NF-kB, AP-1, c-Jun kinase and apoptosis induced by TNFa in MCF-7 cells, and...
... dissected from Wistar-Kyoto or SpragueDawley rats and VSMC isolated by incubation in collagenase and elastase according to the method of Hadrava et al [39] VSMC were plated at a density of · 103 cells ... both in vivo [22] andin vitro [23,24] Several studies have shown that Ab disrupts calcium homeostasis and that increases in intracellular calcium cause cellular damage [25–27] Increases in oxidative ... Caspase-3 cleaves APP at caspase consensus sites and has been shown to increase Ab production [57] In addition, intracellular accumulation of APP can lead to neuronal caspase-3 activation that...
... experiments, increasing amounts (5, 10, 50, 100 and 200-fold excess) of unlabeled visfatin–PPREwt (5¢-CAAT ACAGGGCAAAGATCATGGAAG-3¢) or visfatin–PPREmut (5¢-CAATACAGGAAAAAGAAAATGGAAG-3¢) oligonucleotides ... TCC AGT TC-3¢), mouse visfatin (forward, 5¢-TCCGGCCCGAGATGAAT-3¢; and reverse, 5¢-GTGGGTATTGTTTATAGTGAGTAACCTTGT-3¢), human CD36 (forward, 5¢-TCAGCAAATGCAAAGAAG GGAGAC-3¢; and reverse, 5¢-GGTTGACCTGCAGCCGT ... of visfatin from adipocytes or macrophages cannot be evaluated and cell-specific PPARc regulation of visfatin may have a local effect Visfatin induction by PPARc in human macrophages Adipose tissue...
... It is possible that, at least initially, intermediate forms and intact zymogens are also cleaved by activated intact and partially processed zymogens This isin agreement with the findings of a ... substantial catalytic activity Glycosaminoglycans, which can facilitate autocatalytic activation of cysteine cathepsins, were shown to induce a conformational change in procathepsin B upon binding, ... FTED57AAAA mutant: R54N, F5 7A, T5 8A, E5 9A, D6 0A) ; 5¢-CCAGAACGTTATGGC TACCGAGGACCTGAAGC-3¢ (for the F5 7A mutant: R54N, F5 7A) ; 5¢-CCAGAACGTT(GC)CGTTTACCGA GG-3¢ (a degenerate primer for M5 6A and M56P...
... Brady et al degradation of the autophagosomes and cargo by lysosomal proteases [2,3] The autophagic pathway is crucial for maintaining cell homeostasis and disruption to the pathway can be a ... autophagy may protect against apoptosis activated by ischemic injury [7], and its chronic perturbation is causative ina genetic form of heart disease [8] Conversely, autophagy can also act as ... Beclin contains a Bcl-2-binding domain which may serve as a point of cross-talk between the autophagic and apoptotic pathways Recently, a BH3 domain in the Bcl-2-binding domain of Beclin was shown...
... melanogaster a- F1-ATPase gene and flanking regions, we screened a genomic library using this a- F1-ATPase cDNA as a probe Two overlapping clones containing the entire gene as well as 5¢ upstream and ... structure and activate transcription both in vitro andin vivo [38] To analyse the involvement of the potential GAF and Adf-1 binding sites in activating the a- F1-ATPase promoter, we eliminated the target ... downstream of transcriptional initiation sites in Drosophila promoters include ACGT, ACAA, ACAG, and AACA [32], and these were detected at )17, )18, )36 and )103 positions of the a- F1-ATPase gene...
... in its own right, depending on the promoter context and availability of cofactors AR45 may act as a dominant-negative inhibitor of AR function As intact ligand- and DNA-binding regions are mandatory ... following DHT and also adrenal androgen binding This might have implications in the progression of prostate carcinoma, a disease in which androgens and the AR play the main role [49–51] Enhanced ... (Stratagene) The following primers were used for AR45: 5¢-ACA GGGAACCAGGGAAACGAATGCAGAGTGCTCCTGA CATTGCCTGT-3¢ and 5¢-TCACTGGGTGTGGAAATA GATGGGCTTGA-3¢ Reaction conditions were: five cycles of s at...