... mutation consists of a single G fi A transi-tion in codon 237, resulting in a missense mutation of methionine to isoleucine [32,33]. Interestingly, a studyconducted by Van Meir et al. on different ... that TQ preferen-tially binds to the active site at low concentrations,resulting in the observed inhibition, whereas at higherconcentrations the binding to the additional sitebecomes significant, ... existence of additional TQ-binding sites on the proteasome.Figure 4 indicates that the formation of b-subunit–TQadducts increases at TQ concentrations of 5 and20 lm, whereas it decreases at a concentration...