... the horse, and thus they rode through the wood to the old town of Bordingborg, and that was a large and very lively town. High towers rose from the castle ofthe king, and the brightness of ... mother, as she looked out ofthe window. The poor woman can hardly drag herself along, and she must now drag the pail home from the fountain. Be a good boy, Tukey, and run across and help the ... yet as if he were not dreaming; however, somebody was close beside him. Little Tukey! Little Tukey!’ cried someone near. It was a seaman, quite a little personage, so little as if he were a...
... together the iden-tity ofthe whole of God’s people so that what is true of him is true of them and vice versa. Here we arrive at one ofthe great truths ofthe gospel, which is that the accomplishment ... celebration ofthe resur-rection ofthe Son of God, his vindication ofthe deity of Christ, his belief in the virgin birth of Jesus, his biblical disapproval of homosexual con-duct, and the consistent ... and of the knowledge ofthe Son of God” (Eph. 4:13, 16). “Grace and peace” 7He addresses the danger of boasting in leaders (1:10–3:23), the limits of sexual freedom (5:1–8), the extent of...
... identify the boundaries ofthe subject and its central issues. In wrestling with the problem of knowledge, the nature of good and evil, theories of governance, and the root question the sort of life ... Pavlovian theory. 5. Summarize the influence and some ofthe applications ofthe theory. Outline I. Perhaps the earliest reflex theory was offered by Rene Descartes. A. Statues in the Royal ... nine-part series, The Mind.” He is past president of two divisions ofthe American Psychological Association: the division ofthe history of psychology and the division of theoretical and philosophical...
... preferentially the phosphorylation ofthe p46 isoform of JNK,whereas sorbitol treatment induced phosphorylation of both the p46 and p55 isoforms. To confirm functionalactivation ofthe JNK signaling ... phosphorylation ofthe transcription factorc-JUN was attenuated. Upon expression of wild-type JSP1, a subpopula-tion of cells, with the highest levels ofthe phosphatase, was induced tofloat off the dish ... cells as the expression system, as the presence ofthe SV40 largeT antigen in these cells enhances their resistance toapoptosis.Apoptosis is a tightly regulated mechanism for the disposal of damaged...
... properties of trappin-2involve the cationic nature ofthe molecule, as assessedfrom the salt and heparin dependence ofthe antimicro-bial and antifungal effects.ResultsAntimicrobial effects of recombinant ... source of nitrogen [15], thereby competing with the antibacterialeffect of trappin-2. However, none ofthe bacteriatested destroyed trappin-2 in the incubation mixtures,suggesting that another, ... concentration of trappin-2.Figure 4 shows the dose–response curve for the fun-gicidal effect of trappin-2 towards C. albicans yeastcells. The fungicidal activity of trappin-2 was dose-dependent but the...
... A binding isothermwas fitted to the data, expressed in terms ofthe heat changeper mole of ligand against the ligand to macromoleculeratio. From the binding isotherm values for the reactionstoichiometry, ... B at pH 5 [5,6]. In the present series of experiments we compared fibrillation of stefin B wildtype (E31 isoform), of stefin B variant2 (Y31 isoform) and the mutant P79S ofthe variant,all at ... The Authors Journal compilation ª 2006 FEBS 4251from the 3D structures [12,14]. Therefore, the differ-ences in the far UV CD must be due to the contribution of tyrosines to this region of the...
... may enter the citric acidcycle completing the catabolism ofthe pyrrolidine moiety of nicotine.Expression ofthe genes of these enzymes was dependent on the presence of nicotine in the growth ... expression of these genesdepends on the presence of nicotine in the growthmedium and we have determined the enzyme activities of the proteins. Our results demonstrate the presence of two pathways of ... RT-PCR analysis of transcripts. (A) Schematic representation ofthe pAO1 gene and ORFcluster flanked by Tn554 and DTn. The cluster consists ofthe pmfR gene, encoding the regulator ofthe purU-mabO-folD...
... wild-type enzyme, whereas the K22E mutant proteinfailed to form the covalent adduct. On the other hand, the K22V mutant protein requires the presence of UDPNAGfor the formation ofthe adduct indicating ... wall biosynthesis areattractive targets for the development of new drugs [1]. The biosynthesis ofthe cell wall component peptidoglycan (ormurein) commences with the transfer ofthe intact ... (MurA),catalyzes the first step in the biosynthesis of peptidoglycan,involving the transfer ofthe intact enolpyruvyl moiety fromphosphoenolpyruvate to the 3¢-hydroxyl group of UDP-N-acetylglucosamine...
... on, the addition of a smallamount of a QAE1 isoform, nfeAFP8 (Fig. 7). This issimilar to the case ofthe QAE2 isoform, nfeAFP13; the activity of its monomer was enhanced by the pres-ence of ... and lowers the energy barrier toallow adsorption ofthe ‘less active’ isoform; (b) the less active isoform (SP or QAE2) can then adsorb to the ‘open space’ between the prebound AFPs ofthe icecrystal ... sequence alignment of nfeAFPs The complete amino acid sequences ofthe 13 isoforms of nfeAFP were determined based on the cDNAABFig. 2. (A) HPLC purification ofthe isoforms of type III AFP from...
... Cl–[1]. The main physiological function ofthe transporter isbelieved to be the control ofthe concentration anddwell time of GABA in the synaptic cleft. Because the transport of one molecule of ... important for the GABA transport activity.1-Deoxymannojirimycin inhibits the GABA-uptake of GAT1In order to gain further insight into the role of the terminal structures ofthe N-glycans of GAT1, ... resultsindicate that the impaired plasma membrane traffick-ing and reduced stability ofthe N-glycosylationmutants of GAT1 must be a result of misfolding of these proteins. The deficiency of N-glycosylation...
... yet discovered the cause ofthe car's sudden loss of power. But even as he spoke, the mystery was solved. There wasa leak in the petrol-tank, near the bottom; the last drop of essencehad ... fired the diamonds in a tiara which crowned a head of waved grey hair.There were billows of violet satin and lace to keep off the ground; and as the groom helped the wearer to adjust them underher ... and passedon through the gate.I could have sung the song ofthe stars. She had not forgottenme since the afternoon. The look in my eyes then, had arrestedsome thought of hers, and set me apart...
... Figure 4B shows the theoretical curve calculated by non linear regressionanalysis ofthe data using Eqn (7) and using the bestestimate of kdissgoverning the dissociation ofthe HNE–rec-elafin ... evaluate the inhibitory properties of bound trappin-2, as this covalentlinking may increase significantly the bioavailability of such an inhibitor at the site of inflammation, e.g. in the case of therapeutic ... yeast protein and wasnot further characterized. To limit the appearance of the 13 kDa clipped form of trappin-2 for the large-scaleproduction of trappin-2, the duration of fermentation wasreduced...
... to40% ofthe parent enzyme activity.In a more in-depth evaluation ofthe function ofthe threeserine mutants, the kinetic properties ofthe mutant enzymeswere compared to those ofthe parent ... ends of the putative b-strands, lining the face ofthe predicted activesite cleft [15]. These proposed structural features ofthe GT1motif in GalNAc-T1 are similar to the UBD, raising the possibility ... scanning ofthe bands on the blotting membrane. The enzymatic activities were correlated with the concen-tration of recombinant proteins in the media. This was doneto evaluate the effects of the...
... with 72.5 lmin the non-mutated chimera. Therefore, as in PDE5,phosphorylation at the N-terminus ofthe PDE11A4GAF tandem may constitute a mechanism regulating the cGMP affinity ofthe PDE11A4 tandem ... allosterically affect PDE11 activity. The role ofthe N-terminus ofthe PDE11A4 GAFtandem domain The N-termini that precede the GAF domains inmammalian PDEs are of significant length, 221 aminoacids ... with the expression of PDE5 and PDE11in the transitional zone ofthe prostate, these PDE iso-forms might also have a role in regulating the prolifer-ation of glandular epithelial tissue; PDE5...