... family.AbbreviationsATG, aminoacid transporter glycoprotein; CSR, conserved sequence regions; GH, glycoside hydrolase; HAT, heteromeric amino acid transporter; hcHAT, heavy-chain subunits of heteromeric aminoacid ... subunit ofthese aminoacid transporters from the enzymesinvolved in the metabolism of starch and relatedsaccharides.Results and DiscussionEvolutionary relationships and sequence structural ... ourknowledge further.Materials and methodsAs a first step, all available sequences of hcHATs and hcHAT-like proteins were collected (Table 1) using the amino acid sequences of human 4F2hc (GenBankaccession...
... beingproline, aspartic acid, serine or alanine.Simple and double FNR mutants of amino acidsC266 and L268 were obtained and characterized. Itwas observed that alteration of the aminoacid volumedecreases ... effect isprobably caused byamino acids C266 and L268, which face the other sideof this tyrosine. Simple and double FNR mutants of these amino acids wereobtained and characterized. It was ... the R aminoacid groups introduced by mutations was calculated following the standard radii and volumes calculated by Tsai et al. [32], assuming a reducedstate of the cysteine. Aminoacid hydropathy...
... thatrequire tRNA for aminoacid activation, the potentialfor misrecognition of related amino acids has beeninvestigated [9–13] and modulated byamino acid replacements and active site redesign ... tRNA and 0.35 nmol unlabelled tRNA was aminoacylated in a 10 lLtotal volume containing 50 mm Hepes pH 7.5, 10 mmMgCl2 and 2.5 mm ATP together with aminoacyl-tRNAsynthetase andamino acids ... on the fidelity with which aminoacyl-tRNAsynthetases (EC 6.1.1.x) recognize their cognate amino acidand tRNA substrates [1]. The mechanism(s) by which the family of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetasesmaintains...
... synthesized by solid-phase methods on anABI 433A peptide synthesizer using standard Fmoc chemis-try and side-chain protection.N-terminal sequencing and MSN-terminal aminoacidsequenceanalysis ... striking featureof conomarphin. The l -amino acid to d -amino acid epimerization in a polypeptide chain is quite rare and not well understood, although some d -amino acidshave been known for a long ... availableonline:Fig. S1. Natural and synthetic conomarphin with alll -amino acids on HPLC.Fig. S2. The fragments of natural conomarphin (A) and the synthetic l-Phe13-conomarphin (B) cleaved by trypsin on an...
... contamination from xylem, and viceversa. Glx (glutamine and glutamate: five carbonamide andamino acid) and Asx (asparagine and aspartate: four carbon amide andamino acid) werefound to be the ... Light) and 24.6 ± 1.5 (xylem, Dark). The standard errors for individual amino acid contents are of the same order of magnitude as those of thetotal aminoacid contents. Amino acid metabolism and ... Aminoacid composition in leaves, andaminoacid percentage ratio in the phloem exudates and leaves and xylem bleeding sap and leaves in the light and dark. The aminoacid composition in leaves is...
... before as important step in the biosynthesis of thelantibiotics epidermin and mersacidin catalyzed by theLanD enzymes EpiD and MrsD, respectively [8–10]. Flavin-dependent oxidative decarboxylation ... pQE12 andsequenceanalysis revealed a single point mutationwithin the AAVAD motif of CoaB proteins, namely Ala275 is exchanged for Thr275. (B) Dfp and Dfp A275T (¼ Dfp-1) were enriched by anionicexchange ... characterization of the dfp-1mutation, the dfp-1 gene was cloned into pQE12, sequenced and overexpressed. Sequenceanalysis revealed that dfp-1has a point mutation in codon 275 of the dfp gene,substituting...
... formed by amino acids 1–141. In this study, we used site-directed muta-genesis to generate point mutations and truncationsaround this position to explore the above prediction.As shown by Chen and ... trunca-tions and point mutations to C-terminal residues onSNase stability and conformation integrity was exam-ined by subjecting these mutants and wild-type pro-teins to CD [11,12] and differential ... unfolded by lowering its pH (for example, frompH 7 to pH 2). About 2.5 protons are associated withthe key glutamic aminoacid residues at positions 75 and 129. This association between protons and...
... form, but could be reactivated by denaturation and refolding, either by SDS and refolding by dilution into abuffer with 1% BSA, or by guanidinium chloride and refolding by dialysis against NaCl/Pi. ... stressed and the relaxed confor-mations [15]. The network involves the side chains of the amino acids in positions 53 and 56 in a helix B, 186 in bstrand 3A, and position 334 in b strand 5A (Fig. ... a helices D and E forms a flexible joint, and b strands 3A and 5A slide apart in a shutter-like manner overthe underlying a helix B [14]. The central part of b strands3A and 5A and the N-terminal...
... and an increase incharged amino- acid residues (i.e. K, E, and R) inhyperthermophilic proteins. As S and T can catalyze thedeamination and backbone cleavage of Q and N residues[48,50], a reduction ... patterns in the amino- acid composition of hyperthermophilic proteins is the biasagainst thermally labile amino- acid residues. This pattern isobvious on examination of the amino- acid compositions ... the divalent metal ion in sugar binding, ring opening, and isomerization by D-xylose isomerase: replacement of a catalyticmetal by an amino acid. Biochemistry 33, 1488–1494.30. Hartley, B.S.,...
... eight genesregulated byaminoacid starvation using quantitativeRT-PCR. We selected genes that were either repressed(Hmgcs1) byaminoacid starvation or induced by aminoacid starvation in a ... mammals:(a) the target genes and biological processes regulated byaminoacid avail-ability, and (b) the signaling pathways that mediate the amino acid response. Using large-scale analysis of gene expression, ... gene by the amino acid response and the endoplasmic reticulum stressresponse pathways occurs by common genomicelements. J Biol Chem 275, 26976–26985.Regulation of gene expression byamino acid...
... and Psy2 genes and also provide the deduced complete amino acid sequences of the two enzymes, together with newinsights into the transcriptional regulation of Psy1 and Psy2 in chloroplast- and ... deduced amino acid sequences and the expression patternsGiovanni Giorio, Adriana Lucia Stigliani and Caterina D’AmbrosioMetapontum Agrobios, Metaponto, ItalyFruits are the mechanism by which ... almost identical and six introns being much more vari-able. For Psy1 and Psy2, respectively, the sequenced regions were 4527 and 3542 bp long, the coding sequences were 1239 bp and 1317 bp long,whereas...
... lM ( ), 10 lM ( ) and 20 lM (·) OAB; and (F) NAT as indicated and 0 lM ( ), 5 lM ( ), 10 lM( ) and 20 lM (·) OAB.Inhibitor-binding sites ofL -amino acid oxidase S. Mandal and D. Bhattacharyya2088 ... indicated and 0 lM ( ), 1 lM ( ), 2 lM ( ), 5 lM (·), 10 lM (h) and 20 lM (D) OAB;(B) NATA as indicated and 0 lM ( ), 5 lM ( ), 25 lM ( ) and 35 lM (·) OAB; and (C) NAT as indicated and 0 lM ... followed at 450 nm. ReferenceFAD and eluted cofactor were collected and lyophilized forESI MS analysis. Enzyme assayl -Amino acid oxidase activity was followed by a coupledassay [22]. Hydrogen...
... [1,2,4,7]. Moreover, PAT1 and PAT2 mediated aminoacid i nflux leads to a pronouncedintracellular a cidification [2,9] by cotransport o f t he zwit-terionic aminoacid substrates and protons with a ... the amino group as in sarcosine. Interestingly, all testedprolines (L-Pro,D-Pro and L-OH-Pro) are recognized ashigh affinity substrates by PAT2 withD-Pro as the onlyD -amino acid, and L-OH-Pro ... spectrum thatincludes not only t he amino acids glycine, alanine, serine and proline but also osmolytes such as sarcosine and betaine, and theD-enantiomers of serine and alanine. Theapparent affinities...
... and K9, and of G129 with K110 and K133. Other charged amino acids such as D73, D83 and E101 reinforce the interactionsof E75 and E129.H M. Chen et al. Local stability and key acidic amino acids ... Calculation of proteinextinction coefficients from aminoacidsequence data.Anal Biochem 181, 319–326.Local stability and key acidic amino acids in staphylococcal nuclease H M. Chen et al.3974 ... Privalov and Potekhin [6].Local stability and key acidic amino acids in staphylococcal nuclease H M. Chen et al.3970 FEBS Journal 272 (2005) 3967–3974 ª 2005 FEBSnuclease studied by site-directed...
... cDNA of acidic DE25 encoded a 137 -amino acid protein and a 22 -amino acid signal peptide(AB201776). A partial cDNA of acidic DE29 lackedthe 5¢-region and its N-terminal sequence determined by Edman ... Tyr(10–15%), Gly (16–19%), and Asp (10–12%). Proteinsin the basic QH group were abundant in Glu (13–16%) and His (7%) as determined byaminoacid analysis, but their partial aminoacid sequences indicated ... Asp (14%) and Glu (10–14%).N-Terminal aminoacidsequenceanalysis ofHMM chitin-binding proteinsEleven of 37 spots observed on 2D SDS ⁄ PAGE wereresistant to sequenceanalysisby Edman degradation,presumably...