This review is devoted to the data on the intramembranal interactions of proteins for the regulation of membrane transport, of cell metabolism anf of energy transformation. first discussed are the results on H+ transf...
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This review is devoted to the data on the intramembranal interactions of proteins for the regulation of membrane transport, of cell metabolism anf of energy transformation. first discussed are the results on H+ transfer via the ATPase complex f1f0 and the counter-transport of K+ in glycolysing bacteria. It is concluded that the f1f0 and the natural K+ ionophore are able to form an intramembranal binary supercomplex for the joint employment of ATP energy. Such a supercomplex operates like an ionic pump, exchanging 2 H+for K+ and capable of both hydrolysis and synthesis of ATP with the essential decrease of energy dissipation. It is also assumed that such a system in gram-negative bacteria includes, as a third portion, a protein regulator which turns the H+/K+ exchange on and off dependent on osmotic pressure in the medium. The data on H+/K+ antiport in bacteria are also considered. In this case the possibility of the formation of another type of supercomplex formed by the proton channel f0 and the K+ ionophore is suggested. Thus, the interaction of membrane proteins for the joint employment of converted energy ATP, Δμ ̄H and Δμ ̄K is considered. In the second part of the review the results on the cell metabolism regulation through the intramembranal interaction of some systems in bacteria are described. These regulations are performed via the mechanisms known as "inducer exclusion" and "catabolite repression". The reciprocal inhibiting effect under the interplay of PTS and lactose permease is shown. The lactose permease is assumed to be inoperative due to the interaction with E11 when the latter translocates glucose (or mannose). Some experiments serve as the evidence that the catabolite repression connected with the fall in adenylate cyclase activity occurs at membrane l
Consider developing a regression model in a context where substantive theory is weak. To focus on an extreme case, suppose that in fact there is no relationship between the dependent variable and the explanatory varia...
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Consider developing a regression model in a context where substantive theory is weak. To focus on an extreme case, suppose that in fact there is no relationship between the dependent variable and the explanatory variables. Even so, if there are many explanatory variables, theR2will be high. If explanatory variables with smalltstatistics are dropped and the equation refitted, theR2will stay high and the overallfwill become highly significant. This is demonstrated by simulation and by asymptotic calculation.
Kinetic data obtained after determining the hydrolytic activity of ATPase from rat liver in preparations where the enzyme had been purified, or in mitochondria, strongly suggest the existence of three different cataly...
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Kinetic data obtained after determining the hydrolytic activity of ATPase from rat liver in preparations where the enzyme had been purified, or in mitochondria, strongly suggest the existence of three different catalytic sites with different affinity for the substrate. The results obtained when measuring the ATPase activity at different substrate concentrations, and in the presence of the inhibitors KOCN or KSCN, or of the activators dinitrophenol and bicarbonate, show that the binding of these compounds to a regulatory site or sites affects in a different degree the hydrolytic activity of each catalytic site.
N-4-Azido-2-nitrophenyl-.gamma.-[3H]-aminobutyryl-AdoPP[NH]P (NAP4-AdoPP[NH]P) a photoactivable derivative of 5-adenylyl imidodiphosphate (AdoPP[NH]P), was synthesized. Binding of [3H]NAP4-AdoPP[NH]P to soluble ATPase...
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N-4-Azido-2-nitrophenyl-.gamma.-[3H]-aminobutyryl-AdoPP[NH]P (NAP4-AdoPP[NH]P) a photoactivable derivative of 5-adenylyl imidodiphosphate (AdoPP[NH]P), was synthesized. Binding of [3H]NAP4-AdoPP[NH]P to soluble ATPase from beef heart mitochondria (f1) was studied in the absence of photoirradiation, and compared to that of [3H]AdoPP[NH]P. The photoactivable derivative of AdoPP[NH]P bound to f1 with high affinity, like AdoPP[NH]P. Once [3H]NAP4-AdoPP[NH]P had bound to f1 in the dark, it could be released by AdoPP[NH]P, ADP and ATP, but not at all by NAP4 or AMP. Preincubation off1 with unlabeled AdoPP[NH]P, ADP or ATP prevented the covalent labeling of the enzyme by [3H]NAP4-AdoPP[NH]P on photoirradiation. Photoirradiation off1 by [3H]NAP4-AdoPP[NH]P resulted in covalent photolabeling and concomitant inactivation of the enzyme. full inactivation corresponded to the binding of .apprx. 2 mol [3H]NAP4-AdoPP[NH]P/mol f1. Photolabeling by NAP4-AdoPP[NH]P was much more efficient in the presence than in the absence of MgCl2. Bound [3H]NAP4-AdoPP[NH]P was localized on the .alpha.- and .beta.-subunits off1. At low concentrations (< 10 .mu.M), bound [3H]NAP4-AdoPP[NH]P was predominantly localized on the .alpha.-subunit;at concentrations equal to, or greater than 75 .mu.M, .alpha.- and .beta.-subunits were equally labeled. The extent of inactivation was independent of the nature of the photolabeled subunit (.alpha. or .beta.), suggesting that each of the 2 subunits, .alpha. and .beta., is required for the activity off1. The covalently photolabeled f1 was able to form a complex with aurovertin, as does native f1. The ADP-induced fluorescence enhancement was more severely inhibited than the fluorescence quenching caused by ATP. The percentage of inactivation off1 was virtually the same as the percentage of inhibition of the ATP-induced fluorescence quenching, suggesting that fluorescence quenching is related to the binding of ATP to the catlytic site off1.
Extremal problems in large deviations of the f -statistic are considered. It is shown that the slowest rate of convergence over a specified class of distributions of the f -statistic is slower than exponential, and th...
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Extremal problems in large deviations of the f -statistic are considered. It is shown that the slowest rate of convergence over a specified class of distributions of the f -statistic is slower than exponential, and that the Bahadur efficiency of the f -statistic with respect to some distribution-free competitors is identically zero.
Thromboxane B2 was metabolized in isolated perfused guinea-pig lungs to a product identified by negative ion chemical ionization mass spectrometry as 13,14-dihydro-15-ketothromboxane B2. Conversion was measured by rad...
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Thromboxane B2 was metabolized in isolated perfused guinea-pig lungs to a product identified by negative ion chemical ionization mass spectrometry as 13,14-dihydro-15-ketothromboxane B2. Conversion was measured by radio TLC and was greater in guinea pig than rat lungs (29.1 vs. 13.8% at 10 ng/ml), but similar in lungs from normal and sensitized guinea pigs. Thromboxane B2 metabolism was less than that of prostaglandin ***. but, like it, was prevented at ***. C and reduced by cycloheximide pretreatment. Tissue to medium ratio in perfused guinea pig lungs was 3.4 for thromboxane B2, but 0.2 for inulin (showing that thromboxane B2 is accumulated within the lung) and was altered after experimental manipulations. Neither lung slices, crude homogenates, cytosolic and microsomal fractions nor purified prostaglandin 15-hydroxydehydrogenase metabolized thromboxane B2 in vitro, although prostaglandin ***. was extensively inactivated. Quantitative partition coefficient and albumin-binding data confirm that thromboxane B2 lacks prominent lipophilicity, implying that cellular uptake in lung must be carrier-mediated. Thromboxane B2 is a substrate for pulmonary degradation which may form a route for the biological inactivation of thromboxane A2. Its resistance to prostaglandin 15-hydroxydehydrogenase as conventionally tested remains paradoxical and is discussed.
When the cytochrome b 6 / f complex from chloroplasts is incorporated into liposomes, reduction of external plastocyanin by plastoquinol is stimulated under uncoupling conditions. An extra H + /e − is ejected from the...
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When the cytochrome b 6 / f complex from chloroplasts is incorporated into liposomes, reduction of external plastocyanin by plastoquinol is stimulated under uncoupling conditions. An extra H + /e − is ejected from the vesicles during the reaction, in addition to the scalar proton liberated from plastoquinol. This is stimulated by valinomycin/K + and abolished under uncoupling conditions. furthermore, the formation of a membrane potential during the reaction, negative inside the vesicles, is observed with the help of carbocyanine dyes. We conclude that the cytochrome b 6 / f complex, like the cytochrome bc 1 from mitochondria, functions as an electrogenic proton translocator.
f 1 -ATPases from bovine mitochondria and Escherichia coli both contain 5 subunits named α, β, γ, δ and ε. Sequence analysis shows that the δ subunits are not related, nor are the ε subunits. The counterpart of...
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f 1 -ATPases from bovine mitochondria and Escherichia coli both contain 5 subunits named α, β, γ, δ and ε. Sequence analysis shows that the δ subunits are not related, nor are the ε subunits. The counterpart of mitochondrial δ is bacterial ε. The subunit equivalent to bacterial δ is mitochondrial oligomycin sensitivity conferral protein.
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