... similar to that
in Asp141 of Met8P.
The idea of NirF being a dehydrogenase is appealing
because of the presence of a putative nucleotide-bind-
ing motif in the N-terminal of the protein sequence
and ... is the His residue that in
NirS is the proximal axial ligand to the d
1
heme.
Replacement of an equivalent His, His41, in NirF by
Ala abolished bind...
... able to catalyze the reduction of
disulfide bonds. The effects of bacitracin on this activity
were examined using the insulin precipitation assay. In
the noncatalyzed assay, the disulfides of insulin ... Escherichia coli DsbA and DsbC,
as well as the isolated catalytic a domain of PDI. Both
the PDI a domain and DsbA have a catalytic site, with
an associated subst...
... Woolford CA, Noble JA, Garman JD, Tam MF, Innis
MA & Jones EW (1993) Phenotypic analysis of protein-
ase A mutants. Implications for autoactivation and the
maturation pathway of the vacuolar hydrolases ... chain fatty
acids, in a- oxidation, bile acid and ether lipid synthe-
sis, and in amino acid and purine metabolism [1].
Peroxisomes are a source of reactive oxygen...
... DAPs (death -
associated proteins), that differ substantially in their
biochemical properties and intracellular localization.
DAP-kinases (DAPk), Ca
2+
⁄ calmodulin-regulated
and Ser ⁄Thr kinases, ... by Aaron
Ciechanover (Haifa, Israel), who argued that the
ubiquitin proteolytic system covers the pathway for
elucidating the basic mechanisms that are pivotal for
drug targeting. Degr...
... experiments, increasing amounts (5, 10, 50, 100 and
200-fold excess) of unlabeled visfatin–PPREwt (5¢-CAAT
AC
AGGGCAAAGATCATGGAAG-3¢) or visfatin–PPRE-
mut (5¢-CAATAC
AGGAAAAAGAAAATGGAAG-3¢) oli-
gonucleotides ... increases the intracellular NAD
+
concentration in human macrophages
As visfatin is known as a nicotinamide phosphoribosyl
transferase [2], we investigated whether the i...
... acid disodium salt (AMS) were
purchased from Invitrogen (Carlsbad, CA, USA). Antise-
rum against in uenza haemagglutinin (HA) was obtained
from Sigma (St Louis, MO). The other antisera used were
from ... 5¢-GCGCGCGA
ATTCATGAGCATTATTAAAGAATTTCG-3¢ (forward)
and 5¢-CGCGCGGGATCCTTAAGCATAATCAGGAAC
ATCATAAGGATAACCACCAGGAGAGCGGTTATTC
TGCTCTTTC-3¢ (reverse). The EcoRI ⁄ BamHI-digested
PCR fragm...
... (forward, 5¢-GGCCCAG
GTGACTCAGCTATT-3¢; reverse, 5¢-AGGGCATCCGA
GAATTCCTT-3¢), LAMP2 (forward, 5¢-TCAGCATTGC
AAATAACAATCTCA-3¢; reverse, 5¢-CAGTCTGCTCT
TTGTTGCACATATAA-3¢), CTGF (forward, 5¢-CA
AGCTGCCCGGGAAAT-3¢; ... samples. The presence of the internal standard probes
at different locations of the array allowed quantification of
the local background and evaluation of the a...
... [20–23]. As in the case
of S. baicalensis CHS, Hu. serrata PKS1 also accepted
a variety of aromatic and aliphatic CoAs as starter
substrates, and produced aromatic tetraketides after
three condensations ... 1079
cDNA cloning
The Hu. serrata plant used in this study was obtained from
L Hua (Zhejiang Academy of Medical Sciences, Hangzhou,
China). Total RNA was extracted from you...
... characterized and the most prominent path-
ways are the extrinsic and intrinsic pathways. In the
intrinsic pathway (also known as the ‘mitochondrial
pathway ), apoptosis results from an intracellular ... effect of HSS against CCCP-induced apoptosis,
the activation of caspase-3 was examined using the
enzymatic Caspase-Glo 3 ⁄ 7 assay. After CCCP treat-
ment, caspase-3 act...
... 5¢-GGAGATCTCCAGTGA
TATCGACCA-3¢ and 5¢-ACGGCTTCTACGGATCGAA
ACT-3¢ for PPARc ,5¢-AAGACAGCTCCTCCTCGAAGG
TT-3¢ and 5¢-TGACCAAATCCCCATTTACGC-3¢ for aP2,
5¢-ATCCATGGATGGACGGTAACG-3¢ and 5¢-CTGGA
TCCCAATACTTCGACCA-3¢ ... University,
Japan
4 Laboratory of Biodefense and Regulation, Osaka University of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Japan
Introduction
The amount of adipose tissue in the body i...