We analyzed the role of diffusion and cell size on the flux control properties of the glucose-PTS of Escherichia coli, in silicon cells under various metabolic conditions. To our surprise, the influence of the concentration of phosphoryl-donor PEP on the distribution of control was small. We found for cells of bacterial size that PTS-flux control was mainly located in processes taking place in ...

The mechanism by which events in the angiosperm cell wall are communicated to the cytoplasm is not well characterized. A family of five Arabidopsis wall-associated kinases (WAKs) have the potential to provide a physical and signaling continuum between the cell wall and the cytoplasm. The WAKs have an active cytoplasmic protein kinase domain, span the plasma membrane, and contain an N terminus t...

A 54-year-old Caucasian female was admitted for fevers, night sweats, decreased appetite, weight loss of 20 pounds in 1 month, diffuse rash, and purpuric lesions on her lower extremities. Physical examination revealed a diffuse maculopapular rash on the anterior chest and trunk and a palpable, 1-cm, inguinal lymph node. Initial laboratory studies revealed hemoglobin of 9.1 g/dL, hematocrit of 2...

The structural organization of crystalline, membrane-bound (Na+ + K+)-ATPase was studied by negative staining and thin sectioning. The enzyme molecules were induced to form crystalline arrays within fragments of membrane by incubation in defined ionic conditions. The enzyme remained fully active after crystallization. Negative staining and computer processing of images of the crystalline specim...

The transmembrane topography of the rat hepatocyte ectoenzyme 5'-nucleotidase was studied by the use of glycoprotein labelling and limited-proteolysis techniques. Comparison, by one-dimensional peptide mapping, of enzyme iodinated from outside the cell with that iodinated in the solubilized state showed that no additional iodination sites were revealed on solubilization. Incubation of newly syn...

L-selectin is a leukocyte lectin that mediates leukocyte capture and rolling in the vasculature. The cytoplasmic domain of L-selectin has been shown to regulate leukocyte rolling. In this study, the regulatory mechanisms by which this domain controls L-selectin adhesiveness were investigated. We report that an L-selectin mutant generated by truncation of the COOH-terminal 11 residues of L-selec...

BACKGROUND Eukaryotic cells have evolved various response mechanisms to counteract the deleterious consequences of oxidative stress. Among these processes, metabolic alterations seem to play an important role. RESULTS We recently discovered that yeast cells with reduced activity of the key glycolytic enzyme triosephosphate isomerase exhibit an increased resistance to the thiol-oxidizing reage...

A histochemical study of the fat body attached to the male accessory reproductive glands of the mature desert locust shows that most of the fat body is occupied by neutral fat and probably a little acidic lipid. The cytoplasmic strands between the enormous fat globules contain large deposits of glycogen and some protein. An electron-microscopic study of the mature fat body demonstrates that the...

Background: Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a major cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide. Infection with this bacterium is known to induce the development of autoantibodies of which a few are also known to be diagnostic markers for some other diseases. Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibodies (ANCA's) are among those autoantibodies used in clinical setting for diagnosing systemic vasculitic sy...

Cytochromes P450 are inserted into and anchored to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane by a hydrophobic signal sequence at the NH2 terminus. To determine whether the NH2-terminal sequence might also have an ER retention function, the NH2-terminal 29 amino acids of cytochrome P450 2C1, with and without an additional 29 amino acids containing an N-glycosylation site, were fused either to a so...