... interproscan(http://www.ebi.ac.uk/InterProScan/ European Bioin-formatics Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK). Thesefeatures are known to mediate protein–protein interac-tions providing some support for the hypothesis that ESP ... suggested that plantESPs are not enzymes, but rather allosteric protein co-factors that bind to myrosinases and change theirproduct specificities thereby promoting the formationof epithionitriles and ... damage. In some glucosinolate-containing plant species, as well as inthe insect herbivorePieris rapae, protein factors alter the outcome of myrosinase-catalysed glu-cosinolate hydrolysis, leading...
... of the nucleic acid-binding affin-ity of the zinc finger domain, and therefore most likely mediated by protein-protein interac-tions. In a search for protein-protein interaction partners, and ... Nuclear Import and Export inPlantsand Animals 8conserved. They contain roughly the same mass and occupy the same volume as the correspond-ing unit inthe normal pore. In other words the larger ... domains flanked by a Y1Y2 domain. The affinity of nuclear matrix bindingis reduced as W1W2 repeats are deleted, indicating that their copy number is involved in high-affinity binding. Fine...
... evolving in plants and animals, so adaptation of the major centromere DNA-binding proteins would maintain an interface with the con-served kinetochore machinery. Indeed, regions of CENP-C that ... CENP-C proteins in animals, yeast and plants. The CENPC motif and conserved regions found at the termini of CENP-C proteins are indicated. For pairwise comparisons of protein-coding sequences, ... Sorghum, and rice, the limited conservation of the encoded amino-acid sequences and approximate correspon-dence of exon sizes suggest thatthe exons inthe amino-terminal half andthe final two...
... hydrogen bonding) they make with residues in the binding site. Since specific ligand binding sites are often located at the interfaces between protein domains or subdomains [7], such ligands can ... residue inthe active site of GCase. The vast majority of the disease-causing mutations occur randomly throughout the protein and lead to an unstable form that is either degraded inthe lysosome ... stabilizing the whole protein structure.Theoretically, a chemical chaperone could also act by binding to and stabilizing the transition state of protein folding (or a high-energy folding intermediate),...
... with distinct dynamics [106,107,120,121].Does the genomic location of miRNA hairpins in uence their emergence? Canonical miRNAs in animals, unlike in plants, are commonly located in introns. ... substrates, including hairpin RNAs (hpRNAs). ese long structured hairpins resemble long miRNA hairpins, inthat they have internal mismatches and bulged positions; however, they are not processed ... genetics in plants, indicating that perfect inverted repeat transcripts are readily accepted by small RNA biogenesis pathways. Interestingly, there exists a clear continuum of hairpin-derived...
... comparing our main findings with the study findings of Haines et al. (2002) and van Eerd etal. (2008) [26,27]. It was found that almost the samedefinitions were used to point out the meaning of the barriers ... [the co-workers] find that annoying and it bothers them.Thesamegoesforthemanagers.Sometimesthey [the co-workers] say things to me like: what is yourproblem?’ or ‘leave it, it’s my body!’ So, that swhyIstopped ... strategyto improve the implementation of the approved measures. Furthermore, the findings showed thatthe compositionof a working group (i.e., including decision makers and a worker who led the implementation...
... electroplating ofmotor parts andinthe manufacture of batteries. The cadmium load in soils and terrestrial biota in other industrialized countries also appears to be increasing and is of great ... 1980). During anaerobic conditions inthe lake’shypolimnion, a marked decrease inthe dissolved fraction and a corresponding increase in the suspended fraction were noted. The dominant form ... organotins into air, soil, and water8.5 Total tin flux to the atmosphere and hydrosphere8.6 Tin concentrations in nonbiological materials8.7 Tin concentrations in field collections of living flora and...
... Caledonia, and West Virginia indicated that humans working inthe nickelprocessing and refining industries — or living within 1 km of processing or refining sites — hada significantly increased ... excreted inthe urine during the first 3 days after injection in rats and during the first day in rabbits (Norseth 1986). Exhalation via the lungs is the primary route ofexcretion during the first ... practices in North America and Europe have increased the proportionof women among workers in nickel mines and refineries andin nickel-plating industries and haveincreased the concern regarding possible...
... widely used herbicide inthe Chesapeake Bay watershed — and inthe surrounding coastal plain — has been atrazine. Since its introduction into the region in the early 1960s, atrazine use has grown ... (12%) or feces (5%); the remainder was located primarily in the liver and gastrointestinal tract. Plasma half-lives in rats for carbofuran (36 min) and 3-hydroxycar-bofuran (62 min) were similar ... and Angle 1987). Most of the atrazine in surface runoffwas lost during the first rain after application. In 1979, the year of greatest precipitation, 1.6% of the atrazine applied moved from the...
... cuticles thatare unable to withstand the increased turgor occurring during ecdysis andthat fail to provide sufficient muscular support duringmolting. These larvae are unable to cast their exuviae, ... chitin by insects and of HA byvertebrates, and because diflubenzuron interferes with the incorporation of UDPAGA into chitinby insects, diflubenzuron may interfere with the formation of HA in ... weeks in water containing 3.2 àg diazinon/L (Allison and Hermanutz 1977), in yearlingbrook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) within a few weeks at 4.8 àg/L (Allison and Hermanutz 1977), and in various...
... eforethey were used. Animals were anesthetized in a b athcontaining 50 mgặL)1of benzocaine and blood sampleswere collected from the caudal vein in heparinized tubes. The ethical guidelines, ... another nonimmune protein, histone H2A, in catfish skin, where a complex cascade of injury-inducedproteases is involved inthe regulation of the A MP parasin Iproduction [5]. Therefore further ... band in the range of m olecular m asses expected for the peptide ( 3 kDa).However with the antiserum against intact apoA-I weobserved during the first minutes of digestion a very faintband that...
... positioning: the distance between two par-allel lines drawn through the most inferior point of the coracoid tip andthe most inferior point of the glenoid,parallel to the B-line, compared to the ... of the acromion; 3: the mostinferior point of the acromion; 4: the most superiorpoint of the humeral head; 5: the most lateral point of the coracoid basis; 6: the most lateral point of the ... AP-view the following marking points were placed(Figure 2)m: the midpoint of the best fitting circle of the humeralhead; 1: the most lateral point of the humeral head; 2: the most lateral point...
... deter-mined by the difference in degrees between the B- and C-line. the glenoid inclination angle [12] was here determined in relation to the horizontal. the acromial index [14]: the distance from the ... AP-view the following marking points were placed(Figure 2)m: the midpoint of the best fitting circle of the humeralhead; 1: the most lateral point of the humeral head; 2: the most lateral point ... of the acromion; 3: the mostinferior point of the acromion; 4: the most superiorpoint of the humeral head; 5: the most lateral point of the coracoid basis; 6: the most lateral point of the...