... family.
Abbreviations
ATG, aminoacid transporter glycoprotein; CSR, conserved sequence regions; GH, glycoside hydrolase; HAT, heteromeric amino acid
transporter; hcHAT, heavy-chain subunits of heteromeric aminoacid ... subunit of
these aminoacid transporters from the enzymes
involved in the metabolism of starch and related
saccharides.
Results and Discussion
Evolutionary relationships and
sequence structural ... our
knowledge further.
Materials and methods
As a first step, all available sequences of hcHATs and
hcHAT-like proteins were collected (Table 1) using the
amino acid sequences of human 4F2hc (GenBank
accession...
... being
proline, aspartic acid, serine or alanine.
Simple and double FNR mutants of amino acids
C266 and L268 were obtained and characterized. It
was observed that alteration of the aminoacid volume
decreases ... effect is
probably caused byamino acids C266 and L268, which face the other side
of this tyrosine. Simple and double FNR mutants of these amino acids were
obtained and characterized. It was ... the R aminoacid groups introduced by
mutations was calculated following the standard radii and
volumes calculated by Tsai et al. [32], assuming a reduced
state of the cysteine. Aminoacid hydropathy...
... that
require tRNA for aminoacid activation, the potential
for misrecognition of related amino acids has been
investigated [9–13] and modulated byamino acid
replacements and active site redesign ... tRNA and
0.35 nmol unlabelled tRNA was aminoacylated in a 10 lL
total volume containing 50 mm Hepes pH 7.5, 10 mm
MgCl
2
and 2.5 mm ATP together with aminoacyl-tRNA
synthetase andamino acids ... on the fidelity with which aminoacyl-tRNA
synthetases (EC 6.1.1.x) recognize their cognate amino
acidand tRNA substrates [1]. The mechanism(s) by
which the family of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases
maintains...
... synthesized by solid-phase methods on an
ABI 433A peptide synthesizer using standard Fmoc chemis-
try and side-chain protection.
N-terminal sequencing and MS
N-terminal aminoacidsequenceanalysis ... striking feature
of conomarphin. The l -amino acid to d -amino acid
epimerization in a polypeptide chain is quite rare and
not well understood, although some d -amino acids
have been known for a long ... available
online:
Fig. S1. Natural and synthetic conomarphin with all
l -amino acids on HPLC.
Fig. S2. The fragments of natural conomarphin (A)
and the synthetic l-Phe13-conomarphin (B) cleaved by
trypsin on an...
... contamination from xylem, and vice
versa. Glx (glutamine and glutamate: five carbon
amide andamino acid) and Asx (asparagine and
aspartate: four carbon amide andamino acid) were
found to be the ... Light) and
24.6 ± 1.5 (xylem, Dark). The standard errors for individual amino
acid contents are of the same order of magnitude as those of the
total aminoacid contents.
Amino acid metabolism and ... Aminoacid composition in leaves, andaminoacid percentage ratio in the phloem exudates and leaves and xylem bleeding sap and
leaves in the light and dark. The aminoacid composition in leaves is...
... before as important step in the biosynthesis of the
lantibiotics epidermin and mersacidin catalyzed by the
LanD enzymes EpiD and MrsD, respectively [8–10]. Flavin-
dependent oxidative decarboxylation ... pQE12 andsequenceanalysis revealed a single point mutation
within the AAVAD motif of CoaB proteins, namely Ala275 is exchanged for Thr275. (B) Dfp and Dfp A275T (¼ Dfp-1) were enriched by anionic
exchange ... characterization of the dfp-1
mutation, the dfp-1 gene was cloned into pQE12, sequenced
and overexpressed. Sequenceanalysis revealed that dfp-1
has a point mutation in codon 275 of the dfp gene,
substituting...
... formed by amino
acids 1–141. In this study, we used site-directed muta-
genesis to generate point mutations and truncations
around this position to explore the above prediction.
As shown by Chen and ... trunca-
tions and point mutations to C-terminal residues on
SNase stability and conformation integrity was exam-
ined by subjecting these mutants and wild-type pro-
teins to CD [11,12] and differential ... unfolded by lowering its pH (for example, from
pH 7 to pH 2). About 2.5 protons are associated with
the key glutamic aminoacid residues at positions 75 and
129. This association between protons and...
... form, but could be reactivated by denaturation and
refolding, either by SDS and refolding by dilution into a
buffer with 1% BSA, or by guanidinium chloride and
refolding by dialysis against NaCl/P
i
. ... stressed and the relaxed confor-
mations [15]. The network involves the side chains of the
amino acids in positions 53 and 56 in a helix B, 186 in b
strand 3A, and position 334 in b strand 5A (Fig. ... a helices D and E forms a flexible joint, and
b strands 3A and 5A slide apart in a shutter-like manner over
the underlying a helix B [14]. The central part of b strands
3A and 5A and the N-terminal...
... and an increase in
charged amino- acid residues (i.e. K, E, and R) in
hyperthermophilic proteins. As S and T can catalyze the
deamination and backbone cleavage of Q and N residues
[48,50], a reduction ... patterns in the amino- acid
composition of hyperthermophilic proteins is the bias
against thermally labile amino- acid residues. This pattern is
obvious on examination of the amino- acid compositions ... the divalent metal ion in sugar binding, ring opening, and
isomerization by
D-xylose isomerase: replacement of a catalytic
metal by an amino acid. Biochemistry 33, 1488–1494.
30. Hartley, B.S.,...
... eight genes
regulated byaminoacid starvation using quantitative
RT-PCR. We selected genes that were either repressed
(Hmgcs1) byaminoacid starvation or induced by
aminoacid starvation in a ... mammals:
(a) the target genes and biological processes regulated byaminoacid avail-
ability, and (b) the signaling pathways that mediate the amino acid
response. Using large-scale analysis of gene expression, ... gene by the amino
acid response and the endoplasmic reticulum stress
response pathways occurs by common genomic
elements. J Biol Chem 275, 26976–26985.
Regulation of gene expression byamino acid...
... and Psy2 genes and
also provide the deduced complete amino acid
sequences of the two enzymes, together with new
insights into the transcriptional regulation of Psy1 and
Psy2 in chloroplast- and ... deduced
amino acid sequences and the expression patterns
Giovanni Giorio, Adriana Lucia Stigliani and Caterina D’Ambrosio
Metapontum Agrobios, Metaponto, Italy
Fruits are the mechanism by which ... almost identical and six introns being much more vari-
able. For Psy1 and Psy2, respectively, the sequenced regions were 4527 and
3542 bp long, the coding sequences were 1239 bp and 1317 bp long,
whereas...
... lM ( ), 10 lM ( ) and 20 lM (·) OAB; and (F) NAT as indicated and 0 lM ( ), 5 lM ( ), 10 lM
( ) and 20 lM (·) OAB.
Inhibitor-binding sites of
L -amino acid oxidase S. Mandal and D. Bhattacharyya
2088 ... indicated and 0 lM ( ), 1 lM ( ), 2 lM ( ), 5 lM (·), 10 lM (h) and 20 lM (D) OAB;
(B) NATA as indicated and 0 l
M ( ), 5 lM ( ), 25 lM ( ) and 35 lM (·) OAB; and (C) NAT as indicated and 0 lM ... followed at 450 nm. Reference
FAD and eluted cofactor were collected and lyophilized for
ESI MS analysis.
Enzyme assay
l -Amino acid oxidase activity was followed by a coupled
assay [22]. Hydrogen...
... [1,2,4,7]. Moreover, PAT1 and
PAT2 mediated aminoacid i nflux leads to a pronounced
intracellular a cidification [2,9] by cotransport o f t he zwit-
terionic aminoacid substrates and protons with a ... the amino group as in sarcosine. Interestingly, all tested
prolines (
L
-Pro,
D
-Pro and
L
-OH-Pro) are recognized as
high affinity substrates by PAT2 with
D
-Pro as the only
D
-amino acid, and
L
-OH-Pro ... spectrum that
includes not only t he amino acids glycine, alanine, serine
and proline but also osmolytes such as sarcosine and
betaine, and the
D
-enantiomers of serine and alanine. The
apparent affinities...
... and K9, and of G129 with K110 and K133. Other charged
amino acids such as D73, D83 and E101 reinforce the interactions
of E75 and E129.
H M. Chen et al. Local stability and key acidic amino acids ... Calculation of protein
extinction coefficients from aminoacidsequence data.
Anal Biochem 181, 319–326.
Local stability and key acidic amino acids in staphylococcal nuclease H M. Chen et al.
3974 ... Privalov and Potekhin [6].
Local stability and key acidic amino acids in staphylococcal nuclease H M. Chen et al.
3970 FEBS Journal 272 (2005) 3967–3974 ª 2005 FEBS
nuclease studied by site-directed...
... cDNA of acidic DE25 encoded a 137 -amino acid
protein and a 22 -amino acid signal peptide
(AB201776). A partial cDNA of acidic DE29 lacked
the 5¢-region and its N-terminal sequence determined
by Edman ... Tyr
(10–15%), Gly (16–19%), and Asp (10–12%). Proteins
in the basic QH group were abundant in Glu (13–16%)
and His (7%) as determined byaminoacid analysis,
but their partial aminoacid sequences indicated ... Asp (14%) and Glu (10–14%).
N-Terminal aminoacidsequenceanalysis of
HMM chitin-binding proteins
Eleven of 37 spots observed on 2D SDS ⁄ PAGE were
resistant to sequenceanalysisby Edman degradation,
presumably...