... Protein targeting to the microsomes requires the cotranslational insertion ofthe newly synthesized protein into the microsomal membrane, where the N-terminal hydrophobic signal sequence ofthe ... 9A), confirming theroleof endogenous FDX + FDXR in supporting the activity To further confirm theroleof endogenous FDX + FDXR in supporting the catalytic activity, we transformed the FDX (Yah1)- ... was preincubated for The reaction was initiated by the addition of mm NADPH, and continued for 30 at 37 °C in a shaking water bath The reaction was terminated by the addition of 250 lL of ice-cold...
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... induce apoptosis in various cell lines [8–15,29], the inhibitory effect of TS on the cell growth at higher concentrations might prevent the increase inthe enhancing effect of TS on LPS/IFN-induced ... for 5min The amount of protein ofthe solubilized cells was determined with a bicinchoninic acid protein assay kit (PIERCE, Rockford, IL, USA) using bovine serum albumin as a standard The solubilized ... study, to obtain information about the mode of actions of TS, we examined the effect of TS on LPS/IFNinduced NO production in VSMC We found that TS activated LPS/IFN-induced NO production in VSMC through...
... Ala219 ofthe catalytic site and His135 ofthe Mg2+ binding site The most striking result was the loss ofthe psychrophilic character of mutant W260K/A219N (as reflected by a threefold increase ofthe ... value in this temperature range is considerably lowered On the basis ofthe model, the behavior ofthe G261A variant can be interpreted in terms of constraints introduced by the Ala side chain The ... with the aim of reducing the spatial constraints originating from the side-chain interactions between Tyr269 and Ala261 (Fig 2C) The main difference between the G261A and G261A/Y269A enzymes is the...
... evaluate the OS-fitness ofthe clone, the ratio ofthe specific absorbance inthe presence of 10 lgÆmL)1 HEL to that inthe absence of HEL was taken as an index To analyze the effect ofthe type of each ... antigen binding, this ‘increasing the affinity by increasing the VH ⁄ VL interaction’ might represent a mechanism of increasing Fv affinity This is also supported by the kinetic study of purified ... clarify the effect ofthe interface mutations on the antigenbinding affinity To investigate systematically this unsought relationship between the antigen-binding affinity of Fv and the VH ⁄ VL interaction...
... Cardie, Vincent Ng, David Pierce, Chris Buckley Examining theroleof statistical and linguistic knowledge sources in a general-knowledge que stion answering system In Proceedings ofthe 6th Applied ... hypernyms inthe answer semantic form Step 3: The assessment ofthe similarities of dependencies Inthe third step, two classes of similar dependencies are considered, generating unications ofthe ... example, inthe case of question Q209: Who invented the paper clip ?, the expected answer type is P ERSON and so is the subject ofthe verb invented , lexicalized as the nominalization inventor...
... change their brand attitude, may suggest an interesting implication for the new brand advertising strategy Instead of focusing on the content ofthe message which only emphasizes the benefits ofthe ... birthday This finding is just reverse ofthe finding of Belk (1973) Ruth, Brunel, Otnes (1999) classified categories of gift-giving into public occasion (i.e., Christmas, Chinese New Year), individual ... situational conditions of gift-giving may differ according to characteristics ofthe gift-giving occasion, whether the presentation ofthe gift is public, private, or anonymous, and whether the gift is...
... important for explaining wilt Inthe case of income, youth living in low-income households experience higher levels of wilt (45%) than youth living in either modest-income (35%) or high-income (23%) ... financing school Conley (2001) finds that a doubling of net worth results in an 8.3% increase inthe probability of attending college Further, when net worth is included inthe model, Black youth are ... youth Youth savings Youth were asked in 2002 whether they had a savings or bank account in their name If they had an account, they were also asked whether they were saving some of this money for...
... Harndahl et al ¨ levels through the interaction of glucokinase with binding proteins [5,6] The glucokinase regulatory protein (GKRP) is a specific inhibitor of glucokinase [5] and also a nuclear ... that the increase of Glc6P inthe presence of S4048 was caused by the inhibition of Glc6P hydrolysis inthe absence of detectable changes in glucose phosphorylation S4048 causes inactivation of ... significant role for glucokinase protein through macromolecular interactions in accounting for the greater glycogenic potency of glucokinase compared with hexokinase I overexpression Thus, other explanations...
... the short ones) have all zeroes in them In other words, none ofthe bigrams from the training set appears in these reviews This suggests that the main problem with the bigram model is likely to ... Following Pang et al (2002), we use frequency as presence In other words, the ith element ofthe document vector is if the corresponding unigram is present inthe document and otherwise The resulting ... relation is capturing two different situations, one in which the author himself likes the movie, and inthe other, the author’s cousin likes the movie The overgeneralization resulting from these “stemmed”...
... strong indications for the involvement of a bacterial P450 inthe hydroxylation of octane in Rhodococcus rhodochrous, theroleof bacterial P450s in alkane degradation in addition to the well-established ... biological functions The proteins displaying the lowest similarity to the other P450s are those involved in oxylipin biosynthesis (2–6% amino acid identity) This can be explained in part by their bifunctional ... enzymes The FUM6 protein (CYP505B1) intervenes in one ofthe first steps in fumonisin synthesis by hydroxylation ofthe polyketide-amino acid at C-14 and C-15 (Fig 3) Fum6 deletion mutants of F verticilloides...
... the transaction from the vantage point of firm A, the floatingrate payer The cost of synthetic floating-rate financing is determined by the cost of servicing fixed-rate debt plus the net cost ofthe ... to the desire on the part of firms to hedge cash flows against the effects of interest rate volatility The timing ofthe appearance of interest rate swaps, coming as it did during a period of volatile ... account ofthe value of a prepayment option, they add the premium on a callable swap into the total cost of synthetic fixed-rate financing Finally, they also take account of transactions and administrative...
... unfolding of one ofthe I27 modules inthe chain Unfolding then extends the overall length ofthe protein, relaxing the pulling force to a low value As the slack inthe length is removed by further ... bridging the A’ and G b-strands ofthe I27 protein during the main unfolding barrier.[39] To further validate this view and gain insight into theroleof solvent hydrogen bonds in protein unfolding, ... variability of protein collapse 2.6 Identifying the Nature ofthe Underlying Interactions in Protein Folding Figure To compare all recordings from the force-ramp experiments, the protein length during the...
... explains some ofthe key concepts and outlines some ofthe basic IdM processes The range of conceptions of identity is very broad The examination ofthe following concepts is for the purposes of ... on the impact of identity theft on individuals.7 1.1 The importance and benefits of IdM Online transactions – and many other types of online interactions – have become mainstream activities in ... to take into account inthe assessment ofthe security risks to − and privacy impact on − the delivery of online services, and in determining appropriate levels of security Inthe case of sensitive...
... than those inthe lipids ofthe surrounding membrane In fact, this fatty acid composition favors a tighter packing of phospholipids and cholesterol, increasing the rigidity of these domains [32–35] ... extraction during lipid raft isolation Moreover, these studies have provided some insights into the significance ofthe localization ofthe P2X7 receptors in lipid rafts regarding the regulation of ... formulation ofthe ‘lipid raft’ hypothesis inthe context of membrane transport in polarized epithelial cells [27] It was postulated that domains rich in cholesterol and sphingolipids are preformed in the...
... contribute to the optimization of electrostatic charges balance of pfLamA inthe native state, independently of their interaction with calcium Theroleof electrostatic interactions in protein stability ... kinetics of non-native interactions in protein folding: a single point mutant signicantly stabilizes the N-terminal domain of L9 by modulating non-native interactions inthe denatured state J ... however, the integrity ofthe calcium binding site formed by Asp287 and Glu53 is essential for interaction with the cation in 7.9 m GdmCl An interesting nding ofthe present study is the signicant...
... Properties ofthe iron-binding site ofthe N-terminal lobe of human and bovine lactotransferrins Importance ofthe glycan moiety and ofthe non–covalent interactions between the N- and C-terminal lobes ... lactoferrin where the protein has to survive the harsh environment ofthe gastrointestinal tract Thus, on the basis of this study, rhLF may be preferred over bLF in oral applications of lactoferrins in ... trypsin and chymotrypsin on thein vitro antimicrobial and iron-binding properties of lactoferrin in human milk and bovine colostrum Unusual resistance of human apolactoferrin to proteolytic digestion...
... both ADAM10 and TACE are involved inthe shedding of APP, neither ADAM is involved inthe shedding of ACE Furthermore we show that APMA can distinguish between the shedding of ACE and APP Materials ... dose-dependent increase inthe shedding of ACE (Fig 3B,C), with a 12-fold increase inthe amount of soluble ACE inthe CHO cell medium observed with 500 lM APMA The effect of APMA on the shedding of ACE ... cells inthe absence or presence of APMA Following this second incubation, the level of sAPPa inthe medium was examined (Fig 4A,B) There was no significant difference inthe level of sAPPa in the...
... containing the same information, we conduct collinearity tests (VIF) when the regressions are run FINDINGS We now report the findings of a multivariate regression analysis to determine the community ... they not appear to contain the same information, since the clustering is generally made within a similar distance the main exception is the close connection between beauty of physical setting ... to the findings for individual characteristics Generally speaking, these individual characteristics explain far less variation inthe satisfaction levels than the community-related factors in...