... described in Fig. 6C. The black and white
arrowheads indicate Cardif and the cleaved Cardif, respectively. (B)
Cardif is cleaved by NS3-4A in the cured Oc cells. The Oc cells
were cotransfected with the ... FEBS
Limited suppression of the interferon-b production by
hepatitis C virus serine protease in cultured human
hepatocytes
Hiromichi Dansako...
... metal
cofactor, respectively. SODs are grouped into four
classes according to their metal cofactors: copper and
zinc-containing SOD (Cu,Zn-SOD), iron-containing
SOD (Fe-SOD), manganese-containing ... elucidated.
In the present study, for the first time, we describe the
crystal structure of ApeSOD. In particular, we focus
on the coordination of the metal cofactor in the ac...
... collected in the order: substrate (cytidine
coeluting with nonreacted CDP), product (deoxycytidine)
and by- product (cytosine) for analysis by liquid scintillation
counting (Wallac 1410; Pharmacia, ... & Auling G (1998) Clon-
ing and sequencing of the nrdF gene of Corynebacterium
ammoniagenes ATCC 6872 encoding the functional
metallo-cofactor of the manganese-ribonucleo...
... the ACT1 domain is inserted
into the ACT2 domain; and (c) two ACT domains,
each from a different chain, interact to form an effec-
tor-binding unit. The effector-binding unit of the
ACT domain ... dimers in the asymmetric
unit. A chain, magenta; B chain, yellow; C
chain, cyan; D chain, green; E chain, brown;
F chain, blue. (B) EF chain dimer.
Crystal structures of regulatory...
... self-
splicing with adenosine: evidence for a single nucleo-
side-binding site. Science 252, 434–437.
59 Golden BL & Cech TR (1996) Conformational switches
involved in orchestrating the successive ... Molecular recognition properties of IGS-medi-
ated reactions catalyzed by a Pneumocystis carinii
group I intron. Nucleic Acids Res 31, 1921–1934.
Kinetics of the trans excision-s...
... A
˚
. The electron density of the whole main
chain of the catalytic domain (B-chain) of DESC1 is well
defined. Only a few side chains on the surface of the mole-
cule are partially undefined in the ... the design of speci c inhibitors.
To the west, the pocket is limited by Lys224 side
chain. The flexibility of this side chain is reduced
Crystal structure o...
... solution which contains 100 mm CH
3
COOH ⁄
CH
3
COONa as buffer. This relatively high concentra-
tion justifies the presence of acetate in the crystal
structure. The binding of acetate in the active ... role in the enzymatic
reaction which will be discussed later.
The structure of the active site, the type of protein
ligands, the zinc-binding motif, the presen...
... PSII cen-
ters are inhibited for Q
B
reduction by binding of a
DCMU molecule in the Q
B
pocket; the remaining PSII
centers are unaffected. However, a saturating concen-
tration of DCMU would inhibit ... 4773
of Q
A
–
in PSII centers that are affected by the nonsatu-
rating concentration of inhibitor [7,8]. The E
m
of Q
A
is
raised in the presence of DCMU in...
... to restrict binding of a
branched Glc residue [14]. Docking experiments on
OXG-RCBH indicate that the shorter loop length in
Cel74A can be expected to increase access of an oligo-
saccharide to ... a circular plasmid carrying the cat-
alytic domain of Cel7A (carbohydrate-binding module I)
behind the cel7a promoter. The resultant strain was grown
at 25 C in a batch-fed proce...