... further corro-
borate the existence of active site differences between
the isoenzymic forms of human arginase. In fact,
whereas partial arginase activity is retained by the
N130D variant of arginase ... ligands for the a-carb-
oxylate group of the substrate arginine. As this is the
Fig. 4. Effects of dialysis against EDTA on the catalytic activity o...
... proteolysis is involved.
PAI-1 belongs to the serine protease inhibitor (serpin)
family whose antiproteolytic activity is governed by their
structural flexibility. In the active serpin conformation, the
reactive ... terms of
specific inhibitory activity (Table 2). Thus, the introduced
mutations did not compromise the correct folding of PAI-1
in its active conformation.
Com...
... structures of
the maltose-maltodextrin-binding protein of the thermo-
acidophilic bacterium Alicyclobacillus acidocaldarius
provide insight into acid stability of proteins. J Mol Biol
335, 261–274.
23 ... C-domain part of the
sugar-binding site. The C-domain part consists of four
regions designated region C -I (residues 170–17 7),
region C-II (residues 227–23 2), regio...
... Federico II, Italy
2 CEINGE Biotecnologie avanzate, Napoli, Italy
3 Dipartimento di Chimica Organica e Biochimica, Universita
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di Napoli Federico II, Italy
4 Dipartimento di Chimica, Universita
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di ... ⁄ substrate ratio, temperature and pH
conditions in order to maintain the stability of the
complex and drive the hydrolysis towards the regions
of the protein not involved in...
... l
M
,
respectively. Therefore, the enzyme exhibited significantly
stronger inhibition by aromatic organic acids than by small
aliphatic organic acids. n-Butyric acid is known not only as
a competitive inhibitor ... greater,
compared the wild -type enzyme (Table 3).
Discussion
Substrate specificity comparison with other NHases
The kinetic parameters of P. thermophila NHase, wit...
... this role, explaining the residual activity of the D215N
mutant. The possibility to interact is obviously lost in the
D215A mutant which in fact is one of the least active
mutants described in ... catalysis in family 18
chitinases proceeds via formation of an oxazolinium ion.
This intermediate is formed upon nucleophilic attack of the
carbonyl oxygen of the N-acetyl...
... University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
4 Department of Neuroscience, University of Torino, Italy
Introduction
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a sporadic neurodegenera-
tive disorder of unknown etiology ... significantly affected by a-synuclein
overexpression (Fig. S 2).
Discussion
Proteins differentially expressed in this model are
individually linked to PD
Most of the identified pr...
... 0, inhibition is competitive; if a = 1, inhibition is
noncompetitive; if a > 1, inhibition is mixed. If the ternary
complex ESL is nonproductive (b = 0), there is linear
mixed inhibition. If ... parabolic
competitive inhibition. Parabolic inhibition suggests
that the binding of more than one benzalkonium con-
tributes to the inhibition (Fig. 4). The multiplicity of
cation b...
... DCMU would inhibit completely the activity
of PSII by preventing the reduction of the PQ pool
[21,22], drastically channging the typical FI trace of
thylakoids by eliminating the J–P rise [4,24]. ... reactions involved in the reduction of the
acceptor side of PSII [33]. In this simulated model, the
J I phase was calculated to be simultaneous with the
initial...
... the
matrix and their ionization properties, will not differ
significantly. Thus, the relative intensities of the different
peaks constitute a fair estimate of the fraction of each
species in a particular ... group of the Lys9 side-chain, which simultaneously
interacts with the main phosphate of the substrate [32].
The closer positioning of the N-terminus to the...