... Fluorescence analysis of the
Hansenula polymorpha
peroxisomal
targeting signal-1 receptor, Pex5p
Raina Boteva
1
, Anne Koek
2
, Nina V. Visser
2
, ... investigate the binding of the dansylated PTS1 peptide
L2 to HpPex5p and correlate the fluorescence data with
structural data, a molecular model of the HpPex5p was
built based on the known structure of the...
... amplitudes and rate constants
of the two other phases. The above should be gov-
erned by the balance between the rate of reduction
and oxidation of the acceptor side of PSII by the avail-
able electron ... half-time of the J–I phase were both
decreased with DCMU, demonstrating that the J–I rise
is not directly related to the reduction of the PQ pool.
A further...
... with BMAL1 and the bin ding to the E-box.
Substitution of Arg65 for Ala abolished the interaction of
DEC1 with BMAL1 and the binding of DEC1 to the E-box.
However, substitution of His57 for Ala ... increase in the mutant
mice, the disruption of DEC1 might be compensated by
DEC2. Further investigation is required to clarify the
functions of DEC1 and DEC2.
The supp...
... mitochondrial proteins, on the other
hand, are specifically linked to one of the major patho-
genetic mechanisms of PD [5]. Worthy of note is the
complete disappearance of the VDAC-2 upon dopa-
mine ... quanti-
fied on the basis of their relative volume (spot volume nor-
malized to the sum of the volumes of all the representative
spots) and those that consistently...
... found between the effects of these
compounds on the AAA and esterase activities of
human BuChE.
The concentrations of tyramine and serotonin that
activate or inhibit the AAA activity of BuChE (and
also ... the titrant. The active site
concentration of wild-type BuChE was 0.16 ± 0.01 lm,
and that of the D70G mutant was 0.196 ± 0.02 lm.
Effects of ligands on steady-s...
... investigated the
interaction of several water-soluble porphyrins with MCL.
The thermodynamic forces governing the interaction of
some of the porphyrins have been delineated from an
analysis of the temperature ... investigate the effect of
porphyrin b inding on the protein conformation. For these
spectra, a spectrum of the buffer containing the same
concentratio...
... ÔStains-
AllÕ analysis of Fig. 3 and the 1D i mmunoblotting of Fig. 4.
As the full-length Dp427 isoform of dystrophin does not
enter the second dimension of conventional 2D gels, the
expression level of ... In
contrast, the exp ression o f major i on-regulatory muscle
components, such as the Na
+
/K
+
ATPase, the SERCA1
isoform of the sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca
2+...
... bond, linkage of the active
site Ser of the protease to the carboxyl group of P
1
by an
ester bond and insertion of the N-terminal part of the RCL
as strand 4 in b-sheet A (s4A) of the serpin. ... cognate
proteases is fuelled by the thermodynamic properties of the
serpin. Accordingly, insertion of the RCL as s4A and
the ensuing structural rearrangements of...
... [26]. These findings
lead to the hypothesis that Fe-bound ApeSOD mimics
the product-inhibited form and the shift of Tyr39 sup-
presses the release of the peroxide product. This may
be one of the ... inhibi-
tion of the binding of the superoxide substrate and the
other to product inhibition by hydrogen peroxide.
There are two mechanisms proposed for the reaction
cy...
... man-
ganese in the transcriptional regulation of the nrd
operon [35] may not be considered in the light of the
results obtained in the present study. Rather, the
involvement of manganese in the in vivo ... to the catalytic site of the R1E subunit. As
reported in the Results, upon completion of substrate
conversion, the radical is then rapidly passed back
from...