... This exam consists of 6 pages and 11 questions with 1 bonus question. Total points are 100. Allot 1 min/2 points. On questions with choices, all of your answers will be graded and the best scoring answer will be used. Please use the space provided, or the back of the preceding page. 1. (6 pts) Pleas ...
Degradation signals within both terminal domains of the cauliflower
... signals may target a novel degradation pathway. Keywords: degradation signals, cauli¯ower mosaic virus, proteolysis, capsid protein, ubiquitin protein reference technique, PEST motif. ...
... signals may target a novel degradation pathway. Keywords: degradation signals, cauli¯ower mosaic virus, proteolysis, capsid protein, ubiquitin protein reference technique, PEST motif. ...
Proteins and Albumin
... tryptophan, and valine2) is necessary for protein synthesis. Most calorically adequate diets provide sufficient amounts of the essential amino acids; however, malnutrition is a cause of deficient protein synthesis. Genetic diseases are caused by DNA mutations that result in the absence, deficiency, ...
... tryptophan, and valine2) is necessary for protein synthesis. Most calorically adequate diets provide sufficient amounts of the essential amino acids; however, malnutrition is a cause of deficient protein synthesis. Genetic diseases are caused by DNA mutations that result in the absence, deficiency, ...
Support Vector Machine-based classification of protein folds using
... computational prediction of 3D structures has, therefore, become a necessary alternative to experimental determination of 3D structures. Among the computational approaches, fold recognition/threading methods have taken central stage. In instances where detection of homology becomes difficult even wh ...
... computational prediction of 3D structures has, therefore, become a necessary alternative to experimental determination of 3D structures. Among the computational approaches, fold recognition/threading methods have taken central stage. In instances where detection of homology becomes difficult even wh ...
Bioinformatic approach to identify penultimate amino acids efficient
... remaining 232 proteins were experimentally verified to undergo NME. These 232 sequences were downloaded in FASTA format and the penultimate amino acid frequency was obtained using DAMBE [13, 14]. The same is done for human with 484 proteins having experimental evidence of NME. ...
... remaining 232 proteins were experimentally verified to undergo NME. These 232 sequences were downloaded in FASTA format and the penultimate amino acid frequency was obtained using DAMBE [13, 14]. The same is done for human with 484 proteins having experimental evidence of NME. ...
Common Structural Domains in the Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Ca
... highly purified TT fractions that are substantially devoid of SR contamination (based on stereological and other criteria) do not contain any ATPase activity that is stimulated by calcium in the micromolar range (14, 16, 34, 37), suggesting that the TT preparations described prior to 1983 were likel ...
... highly purified TT fractions that are substantially devoid of SR contamination (based on stereological and other criteria) do not contain any ATPase activity that is stimulated by calcium in the micromolar range (14, 16, 34, 37), suggesting that the TT preparations described prior to 1983 were likel ...
Although the administration of testosterone clearly causes marked
... clearly causes marked diminution in nitrogen excretion (3) and results in increased protein deposition in kidney, liver, muscle, carcass, and accessory sex tissue (4), the mechanisms of this protein anabolic action are unexplained. While this effect of testosterone is probably the result of an enhan ...
... clearly causes marked diminution in nitrogen excretion (3) and results in increased protein deposition in kidney, liver, muscle, carcass, and accessory sex tissue (4), the mechanisms of this protein anabolic action are unexplained. While this effect of testosterone is probably the result of an enhan ...
Lecture 8
... gradiennt in the presence of high voltage. • Can also use gels with immobilized pH gradients -made of acrylamide derivatives that are covalently linked to ampholytes. Used with a gradient maker to ensure continuously varied mixture when the gel is made. ...
... gradiennt in the presence of high voltage. • Can also use gels with immobilized pH gradients -made of acrylamide derivatives that are covalently linked to ampholytes. Used with a gradient maker to ensure continuously varied mixture when the gel is made. ...
GRA Proteins of Toxoplasma gondii: Maintenance of Host
... GRA3 is actually an artificial chimera of 2 proteins of molecular weight 65 kDa, shares the C-terminus with published GRA3 and possesses no significant sequence similarity with any protein thus far deposited in Genbank [34]. The corrected GRA3 has an N-terminal secretory signal sequence and a transm ...
... GRA3 is actually an artificial chimera of 2 proteins of molecular weight 65 kDa, shares the C-terminus with published GRA3 and possesses no significant sequence similarity with any protein thus far deposited in Genbank [34]. The corrected GRA3 has an N-terminal secretory signal sequence and a transm ...
PLoS Pathogens
... diverse and highly variable in their distribution, both within and among species [9]. Their intimate interactions with host factors expose them to very strong selective pressures [15,16] resulting in their rapid evolutionary turnover [17,18]. Given their high degree of genetic diversity, it is perha ...
... diverse and highly variable in their distribution, both within and among species [9]. Their intimate interactions with host factors expose them to very strong selective pressures [15,16] resulting in their rapid evolutionary turnover [17,18]. Given their high degree of genetic diversity, it is perha ...
The Malaria Parasite`s Chloroquine Resistance Transporter is a
... PfCRT Belongs to a Family of Proteins The proteins with the greatest similarity to PfCRT are homologs from other Plasmodia species (P. vivax, P. knowlesi, P. yoelii yoelii, P. chabaudi, and P. berghei) and these are retrieved by a BlastP search with P values in the range of 102162 to 102137. The P v ...
... PfCRT Belongs to a Family of Proteins The proteins with the greatest similarity to PfCRT are homologs from other Plasmodia species (P. vivax, P. knowlesi, P. yoelii yoelii, P. chabaudi, and P. berghei) and these are retrieved by a BlastP search with P values in the range of 102162 to 102137. The P v ...
PDF - Andrew Rambaut
... that RNA recombination is not an adaptation to purge deleterious mutations from viral genomes (Bonhoeffer et al. 2004). However, the generality of these results to viruses other than VSV and HIV-1 remains unexplored. Because RNA viruses have very high rates of mutation and substitution (Drake and Ho ...
... that RNA recombination is not an adaptation to purge deleterious mutations from viral genomes (Bonhoeffer et al. 2004). However, the generality of these results to viruses other than VSV and HIV-1 remains unexplored. Because RNA viruses have very high rates of mutation and substitution (Drake and Ho ...
18.3 Amino Acids - Haverford Alchemy
... • The isoelectric point (pI) describes the pH at which a sample of an amino acid has equal numbers of + and – charges. • At this point, the net charge of all the molecules of that amino acid in a pure sample is zero. • The pI for each amino acid is different, due to the influence of the side chain. ...
... • The isoelectric point (pI) describes the pH at which a sample of an amino acid has equal numbers of + and – charges. • At this point, the net charge of all the molecules of that amino acid in a pure sample is zero. • The pI for each amino acid is different, due to the influence of the side chain. ...
RELIC – A bioinformatics server for combinatorial
... selected peptides; serially performs this function for multiple protein sequences using the same peptide sequence set, then compiles a list of those proteins so that they are ranked by similarity factor running from most similar to least similar. This program is capable of sorting an entire genome-d ...
... selected peptides; serially performs this function for multiple protein sequences using the same peptide sequence set, then compiles a list of those proteins so that they are ranked by similarity factor running from most similar to least similar. This program is capable of sorting an entire genome-d ...
1 This exam consists of 5 pages and 15
... 10. (5 pts) Please do one of the following two choices: Choice A: Describe, or sketch, any super-secondary structure and briefly describe the forces that stabilize it. Choice B: What are disulfide bonds, and how do they stabilize the folded form of proteins? Choice A: β-barrel – barrel like structur ...
... 10. (5 pts) Please do one of the following two choices: Choice A: Describe, or sketch, any super-secondary structure and briefly describe the forces that stabilize it. Choice B: What are disulfide bonds, and how do they stabilize the folded form of proteins? Choice A: β-barrel – barrel like structur ...
Method for recognizing local descriptors of protein
... Predicting the three dimensional structure of a protein from its amino acid sequence is a very important unsolved problem in bioinformatics [4]. Enabling science to predict proteins threedimensional structures accurately would help scientists understand a variety of different hereditary diseases and ...
... Predicting the three dimensional structure of a protein from its amino acid sequence is a very important unsolved problem in bioinformatics [4]. Enabling science to predict proteins threedimensional structures accurately would help scientists understand a variety of different hereditary diseases and ...
Gonococcal outer-membrane protein PIB
... To define more precisely the epitope recognized by mAb SM198, a series of decapeptides corresponding to the region of interest, between residues 101 and 120, were synthesized with adjacent peptides differing by a single amino acid residue. Antibody SM198 reacted with six peptides all containing the ...
... To define more precisely the epitope recognized by mAb SM198, a series of decapeptides corresponding to the region of interest, between residues 101 and 120, were synthesized with adjacent peptides differing by a single amino acid residue. Antibody SM198 reacted with six peptides all containing the ...
Protein hydrolysates in sports nutrition
... reported that whey and casein protein hydrolysates elicited ~50% more gastric secretion than respective intact proteins, which was accompanied by higher plasma concentrations of glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) during the first 20 min of the gastric emptying process [11]. As its na ...
... reported that whey and casein protein hydrolysates elicited ~50% more gastric secretion than respective intact proteins, which was accompanied by higher plasma concentrations of glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) during the first 20 min of the gastric emptying process [11]. As its na ...
Gene Mutations
... Frameshift mutations generally have drastic effects on the phenotype Addition or removal of one or more amino acids may still affect the phenotype These mutations are called in-frame insertions and deletions ...
... Frameshift mutations generally have drastic effects on the phenotype Addition or removal of one or more amino acids may still affect the phenotype These mutations are called in-frame insertions and deletions ...
Genetic analysis of infectious salmon anaemia virus (ISAV) from
... Reactions were carried out using dRhodamine terminator fluorescent dyes and electrophoresis on an AB1 377 (Perkin Elmer, Warrington, UK). Individual sequences were examined for ambiguous positions prior to alignment. Alignment of individual sequences was performed using Sequencher (Gene Codes Corpor ...
... Reactions were carried out using dRhodamine terminator fluorescent dyes and electrophoresis on an AB1 377 (Perkin Elmer, Warrington, UK). Individual sequences were examined for ambiguous positions prior to alignment. Alignment of individual sequences was performed using Sequencher (Gene Codes Corpor ...
Physiological adaptations of Saccharomyces cerevisiae evolved for
... protein was Rpl7B, a component of the large subunit of the ribosome. This was the only ribosomal protein showing a significant change in expression of >1.5 fold in any direction. Rpl7B is highly similar to Rpl7A which shows no change in expression. The significance of this differential expression is ...
... protein was Rpl7B, a component of the large subunit of the ribosome. This was the only ribosomal protein showing a significant change in expression of >1.5 fold in any direction. Rpl7B is highly similar to Rpl7A which shows no change in expression. The significance of this differential expression is ...
Preliminary Proposal
... Understanding protein functions and properties is paramount in designing new technologies and advancing fields such as pharmaceuticals and engineering. Elucidating protein titration characteristics will aid in understanding the mechanisms behind pH-dependent processes, and furthermore will aid in th ...
... Understanding protein functions and properties is paramount in designing new technologies and advancing fields such as pharmaceuticals and engineering. Elucidating protein titration characteristics will aid in understanding the mechanisms behind pH-dependent processes, and furthermore will aid in th ...
Document
... • Inhibitors can block the active site • Inhibitors can pull on another part of the enzyme and stretch the active site out of shape • phosphates and other factors can pull on another part of the enzyme to pull the active site into the correct shape ...
... • Inhibitors can block the active site • Inhibitors can pull on another part of the enzyme and stretch the active site out of shape • phosphates and other factors can pull on another part of the enzyme to pull the active site into the correct shape ...
Possibilities for feeding low-protein diets to weanling and growing pigs
... widely used are the ratios proposed in the so-called Illinois Ideal Protein (Baker, 1997). In the Illinois Ideal Protein, three different ratios are suggested depending on the weight of the pig, i.e., from 10 to 20 kg, from 20 to 50 kg, and from 50 to 110 kg (Baker, 1997). The reason the ratios chan ...
... widely used are the ratios proposed in the so-called Illinois Ideal Protein (Baker, 1997). In the Illinois Ideal Protein, three different ratios are suggested depending on the weight of the pig, i.e., from 10 to 20 kg, from 20 to 50 kg, and from 50 to 110 kg (Baker, 1997). The reason the ratios chan ...
pdf format - Faculty members Homepages
... the human genome based on their apparent lack of intron sequences on chromosomes 1, 10, and 11. The first 164 aa of HDAC4 have a perfect match on chromosome 3, and part of the HDAC9 HDAC domain has a perfect match on chromosome 18. Other HDAC family members have isoforms (10). Of the eight class I a ...
... the human genome based on their apparent lack of intron sequences on chromosomes 1, 10, and 11. The first 164 aa of HDAC4 have a perfect match on chromosome 3, and part of the HDAC9 HDAC domain has a perfect match on chromosome 18. Other HDAC family members have isoforms (10). Of the eight class I a ...