... simultaneouslyinteracts with the main phosphate ofthe substrate [32]. The closer positioning ofthe N-terminus to the mainprotein body is essential for the activity and, together with the 87–104 disulfide bridge, ... (Met1)-ONC(M23L) by the addition of AAP, as described in the Materials and methods. Completion ofthe hydrolysis wasconfirmed by the disappearance ofthe (Met1)-ONC(M23L) signal in the MALDI-TOF mass spectra ... analyzed by MALDI-TOF MS. The addition ofthe protease is considered the zero time point. The relative intensities ofthe peaks from the mass spectrawere used to calculate the fraction of Pyr-ONC (M23L),...
... imagine the old knight, onlyhalf aware ofthe sunshine ofthe evening, the noise ofthe streets, the looks ofthe crowd, the great minsterrising half-finished in the midst ofthe town by the Rhine, ... past by the force of ardent love and belief; the condition of mind of St. Francis, St. Catherine of Siena, Madame Guyon: it isthe revelation ofthe greattragedy of heaven to the soul ofthe mystic. ... Italy of the Renaissance something besides Florence; there is a school of poetry, disconnected with the realisms of Lorenzo and Pulci, with the Ovidian Petrarchisms of Politian. There is Ferrara....
... His6–LAP-A, as the quantity ofthe His6–LAP-A hexamer wasreduced in the strains expressing these His6–LAP-A forms.These data stress that documentation ofthe ability of mutant LAP protomers ... resolved [18–24,39]. These studies also identified the residues important for LAP catalysis and coordination of the two zinc io ns in the a ctive site. The i mpact of the mutations on the tomato LAP ... boxyl ox ygen of Glu334(Glu429). T he interact ions of Zn1 and the carboxyl oxygen of Asp332 (Asp427) are weak. The peptide is furtherstabilized at the active site by the interaction of t heN-terminal...
... birefringencestudies, and the conformation ofthe boundjunction is clearly seen in the structure of the Tth T4 RNP (Fig. 2C) and in the structure of the 30S subunit (1).Biochemical studies ofthe S15-rRNA ... regions ofthe central domainRNA are not involved in directing assembly of the domain but rather are displayed on the sur-face of a preassembled RNP core. Hence, for-mation ofthe core ofthe ... biophysicalcharacterization ofthe lower three- helix junc-tion indicates that the angle between these he-lices is ϳ120° in the absence of either proteinS15 or Mg2ϩions (12). Binding of S15 is accompanied...
... loop in the primed side ofthe binding sitegroove. Although the prodomains of cathepsins F andW share the same degree of similarity to the prodo-main of cruzipain, the similarity ofthe mature ... displacement of itshelix a3p and to allow the accommodation of anadditional residue (His81p) at the end of this helix,close to the active site, in comparison to the struc-tures of procathepsins ... regression ofthe substratehydrolysis curves, and the graph represents the percentage of inhi-bition, considering the peptidase activity of untreated lysates as100%. The graph is representative of three...
... activity ofthree independent experiments. Fold induction is shown to the right of each bar and represents the ratio of activities determined in the presence and absence of R1881. (C) Western analysis ... function is not well understood. Ligand-dependent AR N/C inter-action affects ligand dissociation [11,20,56]. Whether this is a direct or an indirect effect is unknown. Disruption of the N/C ... AR3)13deletion,whereas in the mammalian assay almost all reporter geneactivity was lost. The most obvious difference betweenboth assays isthe coupling of AR.NTD to GalAD in the yeast assay, and the absence of a...
... concentration ofthe FMN domain is increased indicatesthat the reaction rate is controlled by some process otherthan collision ofthe two flavin-binding domains.Discussion The ability to dissect CPR ... presence ofthe His-tag on the FAD/NADPH domain had no apparent effecton catalytic activity. The purified domains were yellow, indicating the presence of bound cofactor, and they displayed UV-visible ... (29). However, the domain mixture still recon-stituted only % 2% ofthe activity ofthe full length CPR. InthecaseofNR1,thekcatfor the full length enzyme is low(1.3 s)1) and is clearly gated...
... bindingpocket of trypsins isthe side-chain of Tyr151 [18]. The importance of this residue is underlined by the fact that in the case ofthe second Kunitz-domain of TFPI its complexwith trypsin is stabilized ... tryptase), raising the possibility that the inability of WFIKKN-KU2 to inhibitthese proteases is partly due to the lack of such a favorableinteraction ofthe PÂ2 Trp with the target enzymes. The factthat ... enzymatic hydrolysis ofthe substrate was alwayscorrected for spontaneous hydrolysis. The dissociation constant ofthe trypsin–inhibitor com-plex, Kiwas determined from the replot ofthe apparent...
... abuse their office andinfluence to the injury ofthe laws and peace ofthe country. The elimination ofthe Christian teachers of the Negro race, and the prevention ofthe immigration of workers ... subversive of the institutions ofthe aristocratic settlements.Their experience in the colony of Virginia is a good example of how this worked out. Seeing the unchristianattitude ofthe preachers ... despite the fact that the fear of servile insurrectioncaused the State to exercise due vigilance in the execution ofthe laws. The father of Richard De Baptiste of Fredericksburg made his own...
... happy"). Based on their distribu-tion in the sample, they were all further categorised into3-point scales for the analysis.Data analysis The analysis started with a baseline comparison of socio-demographic ... significant. While the low value of alpha is affected by the nature ofthe Child-OIDP index and the fact that it contains only 8 items, the lack of statistical sig-nificance ofthe validity testing ... versions ofthe Child-OIDPquestionnaire were administered on the same visit andwith the same order of administration (self-administeredfirst, interviewer-administered second). This may intro-duce...
... incisions were used. The distal entry ofthe tib-ial tunnel is positioned through the distal aspect of the incision near the tibial tubercle [28]. The femoral tunnelwas drilled through the ... test). Thesepatients were considered at high risk of further knee injurydue to the degree of laxity and the desired level of activity[27]. In order to minimise the development of arthrofi-brosis, ... haemarthrosis,and the occasional necessity for repeated operations, mayincrease the risk of developing OA. Another factor of pos-sible importance might be the required tension of the graft and the...
... 5 of 5 acetabulum and lobulated cyst in the soft tissue around the right hip region. Hydatid disease was considered as adiagnosis and Core biopsy ofthe abnormal region andaspiration ofthe ... loss of posterior column with discontinuity of ilium from pelvis.Curettage and excision of all the visible cysts was per-formed. A small Ice-cream cone prosthesis was carefullyinserted into the ... loosening is pres ented along with a review ofthe relevant literature. To our knowledgethere is no reported case of Total Hip replacement and revision for hydatid disease involving the bony pelvis.IntroductionHydatid...
... fracture ofthe distal radius isthe displacement tendency of the radial styloid process due to the tension ofthe brachioradialis tendon.Methods: Ten patients treated within one year for complex distal ... radiusfractures can be the proximal displacement and radialshift ofthe radial styloid process, due to the tension of the brachioradialis tendon (figure 1). This problem is often encountered in ... evidence of fracturehealing.Figure 1 Rad ial styloid dislocation and reduction. Dislocation of the radial styloid process is favored by the traction of the brachioradialis tendon. The radial...
... congestionattherelays,amongothers.Thisanalysisgoesbeyond the scope of this article and isthe subject of futureresearch. However, whatever the used sensors, it is pos-sible to derive the equivalent value of l and, therefore,rely ... adaptation ofthe sampling torate to patient’s condition [25], the MAC strategy used[26], etc. Since the impact of these parameters is not the focus ofthe this study, the interested reader is referred ... which is located at the middle axis ofthe torso.A. MeasurementsFirst, the diffraction mechanism is analyzed by graduallyshifting the transmitter around the body. The spatialvalues ofthe power...