Sentences with phrase «cysteine residues»

The moxFPs overcome the inherent problems of popular fluorescent proteins and were re-engineered by mutating cysteine residues and N - glycosylation consensus sequences in popular FPs.

We and others have reported that FP cysteine residues form inappropriate disulfide bonds in the secretory pathway (Figure 1)[4,6 — 8].

They are classified into four different categories, namely, CXC, CC, C and CX3C on the basis of the pattern of cysteine residues in the chemokine ligands [6].

Gale and his colleagues wanted to find a form of Factor VIIIa protein that would be more stable, and they decided to try to make a mutant form of the protein with sulfur - containing cysteine residues at strategic locations in two of the three chains.

The cysteine residues are vulnerable to modifications, a factor that contributes to the development of Alzheimer's.

These findings suggest that animal cells may have fail - safe mechanisms that prevent the surface expression of improperly folded proteins with unpaired or improperly bonded cysteine residues.

When they examined the data, Shokat and his team found a previously undescribed pocket on the surface of K - Ras near the cysteine residue.

The SNO reaction attaches a nitric oxide - like molecule to protein called PINK1, where the molecule attaches to a building block on PINK1 called a cysteine residue.

Homocysteine and homocystine can attack an exposed disulfide bond or cysteine residue, respectively, on proteins to form cysteine - homocysteine mixed disulfides, which may lead to the functional inactivation of the protein.

GSSH can also convert PTP 1B's redox - sensitive cysteine residue into the inactive disulfide.

Not exact matches

To do this, cinnamaldehyde binds to two residues of an amino acid called cysteine on the tau protein.

Casein is a fractionated, poor - quality protein seriously deficient in cysteine (a conditionally essential amino acid needed for immune support and detoxification) and rich in MSG and other dangerous residues created during high temperature processing.