... TotalTime. The number of inter- vals present during the total time period is calculated by dividing the total time period by the sum ofthe length of one incident ofthe action and the length of a ... duration of each of these actions. 65 Defining the Semantics of Verbal Modifiers in theDomainofCookingTasks Robin F. Karlin Department of Computer and Information Science University of Pennsylvania ... is part ofthe representation ofthe primitive actions. The number of stirring events which fit in the total time period is calculated. The output consists of repetitions of pairs ofthe following...
... not yet been addressed. The first question is whether the expression level for RIZ1 varies over the progression of cancer; and the second question is whether the PR domain alone possesses ... described below; and the cell death rate was exam-ined by the trypan blue method after 24 and 48 hr of transfections, respectively. Western blot of PR domain The expression ofthe PR domain was examined ... suggested that the PR domain alone pos-sesses anticancer activity. However, it is still unclear whether the anticancer activity ofthe PR domain is due to its methyltransferase activity or the interaction...
... independently of Pbx, and does notpossess the autoinhibitory function ofthe Hth domain. In summary, our data suggest that one function of the conserved Hth domain is to inhibit the activity of the transcriptional ... significantlyderepressed by deletion ofthe Hth domain, suggestingthat the inhibitory effect of this domain is notspecific to the Meis2d AD. Comparison ofthe relativeexpression levels of these GBD fusion proteins ... region 2 (hr2) ofthe Hth domain, derepressed it to a similar degree as the fullHth deletion (Fig. 4A). To test whether the inhibitoryactivity ofthe Hth domain was specific to the Meis2AD,...
... tertiary fold in the cytoplasmicregion of VpU, as indicated by a small number of observed long-range NOEs [24].Another important aspect is the topology of the cytoplasmic domainof VpU on a membrane. ... most studied activities of VpU is the induc-tion of CD4 degradation in the endoplasmatic reticu-lum of infected CD4+cells. Only the cytoplasmic domain of VpU, together with any membrane anchor,is ... undetectable in the presence of Mn2+. The sol-vent-exposed C-terminus of VpUcyt probably pointedaway from the surface ofthe micelle. The three amidecross-peaks originating from the hydrophobic...
... fix the SEA domain in a loca-tion on the opposite side ofthe proteinase domain from the active site cleft. It seems very unlikely, there-fore, that the SEA domain would directly influence the binding ... cystein-rich(SRCR) domain, which was rigidly bound to the back of the proteinase domain in the crevice between the C-terminal helix, the 204-loop and the 126-loop [7]. The C-terminus of hepsin is elongated ... Lys224–Tyr228 (the back ofthe pocket) and the disulfide bridgeCys191–Cys220 (the front ofthe pocket) (Fig. 4A). The backbones of these segments form a deep hydrophobicpocket with the negatively...
... domainsdiffer with respect to the lability ofthe zinc ions andthat, despite the increased thermodynamic stability of the a domain with Zn2+over the b domain, the Zn2+sites in the a domain were shown ... siteswithin the two domains. This was followed by coordi-nation ofthe fourth and fifth metal ions to the a domain for completion ofthe metallation of this domain prior to filling ofthe b domain. ... example of the complexity introduced by the presence ofthe b domain in efforts to elucidate the potentially cooper-ative nature ofthe metal-binding reaction within each of the domains. Thus, the...
... within a cutoff distance (rc¼ 6.0 A˚). The dynamics of the resulting network are then defined by the Ni · Nj Kir-chhoff connectivity matrix of interresidue contacts (G)where the off diagonal ... (nucleophilicity) for the in silico creation ofthe various glycoconjugates wasdetermined by calculating the electrostatic potentials (EP)for the Ne of the lysine residues of a-CT at pH 9 were the chemical ... some of these phenomena maybe interconnected within the catalytic mechanism of the enzyme.Structural insights into the mechanochemicalnature of a-CT catalysisA more detailed analysis of the...
... binding of the polyadenylated rpsO RNA.We have shown that the presence ofthe remainder of the acidic tail results in the thermodynamic stabilization of Hfqby 1.8 kcalÆmol)1. A comparison ofthe ... destabilize the network of hydrogen bonds. The crystal structure ofthe first 71 amino acids of E. coliHfq indicates that the C-terminal domain is probablylocated at the top ofthe ring, because the ... another. The differencebetween the Hfqs results from the insertion of a fragment of variable length between the first 67 amino acids and the end of the acidic C-terminal domain. Determining the...
... to the Grb4 SH2 domain. The 1H-15N HSQC spectrum ofthe Grb4 SH2 domain (Fig. 2A)Fig. 2. Characterization ofthe Grb4 SH2 by heteronuclear NMR. (A) The 1H-15N HSQC spectrum ofthe SH2 domain ... step ofthe expressed SH2 domainof Grb4. Lane 1: the soluble part of the cell lysate; Lane 2: the insoluble part ofthe cell lysate; Lane 3: the Ni-nitiloacetic acid agarose beads bound with the ... conditions. The quality of the expressed SH2 domain is improved at each step of the purification procedure (Fig. 1B). A synthetic DNAfragment encoding the PDZ domainof PDZ-RGS3 wasprepared in the same...
... later than in the case of the histone gene cluster [10]. This difference in the tim-ing of somatic pairing perhaps reflects the differencebetween the complexities ofthe regulation ofthe twosystems: ... approach theirproper target promoter in the viscous environment of the nucleus.Somatic pairing of chromosomes and the regulation of Abd-BA peculiarity of Drosophila is the fact that the homo-logous ... required for the formation of the complex looping structure in the case of BX-C,while a shorter time is sufficient for the establishment of the much simpler regulatory interactions ofthe his-tone...
... cluster in these two regions. Know-ledge ofthe structure of a larger portion of MeCP2including the transcriptional repression domain wouldresolve these speculations and clarify the role of the helical ... [18]. The structure ofthe helicalcoil a2/a3allows us to interpret the consequences of the six mutations. As P153(152) and G162(161) are buried in the protein core, replacement of each of these ... one-turn helix on the other face. It is thoughtthat the two inner strands ofthe b-sheet lie within the majorgroove ofthe DNA and that a hydrophobic pocket formedby the side chains of Y123 and...
... PrP.Production of deletion mutants of PrPOn the basis ofthe results with antibodies, a series of PrPmutants were made to assess whether deletions of certaindomains ofthe protein decrease the SOD-like ... for the SOD activity.We determined that the active site consists of two domains. The first includes the Cu-binding domain and the secondincludes the conserved hydrophobic domain in the middle of ... activity of the protein. The domains deleted were based on the epitopes of the antibodies that had a clear effect on SOD-like activity of PrP. The mutants used in the study include the completeN-...
... possesses the samecharacteristics ofthe interior ofthe protein matrix. The script a is the peak–peak distance between the maximumat %287 nm and the minimum at %283 nm, and the script b is the peak–peak ... alignment ofthe N-terminal domain of PsbQ from spinach and Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, where the charged residues are indicated. (C) View ofthe 3D model for PsbQ, where the non-modelled N-terminal domain ... Cl–[32] and (c) to tune up the magnetic properties of the Mn cluster [33].It will be very useful to address the analysis of the complex with information about the structure of the individual complexes....