Software applications, mostly consisting of an algorithm applied to domain knowledge, are hard to maintain and to reuse as a result of their hard coded combination. We propose to follow the principles of aspect-orient...
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(纸本)3540411720
Software applications, mostly consisting of an algorithm applied to domain knowledge, are hard to maintain and to reuse as a result of their hard coded combination. We propose to follow the principles of aspect-oriented programming, separating the domain from the algorithm and describing then in a logic and conventional programming language respectively. In this paper, we report on an experiment that was conducted to validate this hypothesis, and to investigate the requirements of a programming environment for this configuration. An already existing environment that uses a logic meta-language to reason about object-oriented systems, SOUL, is used as a starting point for this experiment. The result is a working implementation in SOUL, which validates our ideas, reveals mechanisms that require more research, and points to other features that should be included.
F-1-ATPase is a rotary motor protein, and ATP hydrolysis generates torque at the interface between the gamma subunit, a rotor shaft, and the alpha(3)beta(3) substructure, a stator ring. The region of conserved acidic ...
F-1-ATPase is a rotary motor protein, and ATP hydrolysis generates torque at the interface between the gamma subunit, a rotor shaft, and the alpha(3)beta(3) substructure, a stator ring. The region of conserved acidic "DELSEED" motif of the beta subunit has a contact with gamma subunit and has been assumed to be involved in torque generation. Using the thermophilic alpha(3)beta(3)gamma complex in which the corresponding sequence is DELSDED, we replaced each residue and all five acidic residues in this sequence with alanine. In addition, each of two conserved residues at the counterpart contact position of gamma subunit was also replaced. Surprisingly, all of these mutants rotated with as much torque as the wild-type. We conclude that side chains of the DELSEED motif of the beta subunit do not have a direct role in torque generation.
F0F1-ATP synthase mediates coupling of proton flow in F-0 and ATP synthesis/hydrolysis in F(0)c through rotation of central rotor subunits. A ring structure of F(0)c subunits is widely believed to be a part of the rot...
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F0F1-ATP synthase mediates coupling of proton flow in F-0 and ATP synthesis/hydrolysis in F(0)c through rotation of central rotor subunits. A ring structure of F(0)c subunits is widely believed to be a part of the rotor. Using an attached actin filament as a probe, we have observed the rotation of the F(0)c subunit ring in detergent-solubilized F0F1-ATP synthase purified from Escherichia coli. Similar studies have been performed and reported recently [Sambongi ct al, (1999) Science 286, 1722-1724], However. in our hands this rotation has been observed only for the preparations which show poor sensitivity to dicyclohexylcarbodiimde, an F-0 inhibitor. We hare found that detergents which adequately disperse the enzyme for the rotation assay also tend to transform F0F1-ATP synthase into an F-0 inhibitor-insensitive state in which Fl can hydrolyze ATP regardless of the state of the F-0. Our results raise the important issue of whether rotation of the F(0)c ring in isolated F0F1-ATP synthase can be demonstrated unequivocally with the approach adopted here and also used by Sambongi et al. :(C) 2000 Federation of European Biochemical Societies.
Load dependence of the lifetime of the rigor bonds formed between a single myosin molecule (either heavy meromyosin, HMM, or myosin subfragment-1, S1) and actin filament was examined in the absence of nucleotide by pu...
Load dependence of the lifetime of the rigor bonds formed between a single myosin molecule (either heavy meromyosin, HMM, or myosin subfragment-1, S1) and actin filament was examined in the absence of nucleotide by pulling the barbed end of the actin filament with optical tweezers. For S1, the relationship between the lifetime (tau) and the externally imposed load (F) at absolute temperature T could be expressed as tau(F) = tau(0).exp(-F.d/k(B)T) with tau(0) of 67 s and an apparent interaction distance d of 2.4 nm (k(B) is the Boltzmann constant). The relationship for HMM was expressed by the sum of two exponentials, with two sets of tau(0) and d being, respectively, 62 s and 2.7 nm, and 950 s and 1.4 nm. The fast component of HMM coincides with tau(F) for S1, suggesting that the fast component corresponds to single-headed binding and the slow component to double-headed binding. These large interaction distances, which may be a common characteristic of motor proteins, are attributed to the geometry for applying an external load. The pulling experiment has also allowed direct estimation of the number of myosin molecules interacting with an actin filament. Actin filaments tethered to a single HMM molecule underwent extensive rotational Brownian motion, indicating a low torsional stiffness for HMM. From these results, we discuss the characteristics of interaction between actin and myosin, with the focus on the manner of binding of myosin.
Using the bead assay in optical microscopy equipped with optical tweezers, we have examined the effect of temperature on the gliding velocity, force, and processivity of single kinesin molecules interacting with a mic...
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Using the bead assay in optical microscopy equipped with optical tweezers, we have examined the effect of temperature on the gliding velocity, force, and processivity of single kinesin molecules interacting with a microtubule between 15 and 35 degrees C. The gliding velocity increased with the Arrhenius activation energy of 50 kJ/mol, consistent with the temperature dependence of the microtubule-dependent ATPase activity. Also, the average run length, i.e., a measure of processivity of kinesin, increased on increasing temperature. On the other hand, the generated force was independent of temperature, 7.34 +/- 0.33 pN (average +/- S.D., n = 70). The gliding velocities decreased almost linearly with an increase in force irrespective of temperature, implying that the efficiency of mechanochemical energy conversion is maintained constant in this temperature range. Th us, we suggest that the force generation is attributable to the temperature-insensitive nucleotide-binding state(s) and/or conformational change(s) of kinesin-microtubule complex, whereas the gliding velocity is determined by the ATPase rate. (C) 2000 Academic Press.
Orientation dependence of single-fluorophore intensity was exploited in order to videotape conformational changes in a protein machine in real time. The fluorophore Cy3 attached to the central subunit of F-1-ATPase re...
Orientation dependence of single-fluorophore intensity was exploited in order to videotape conformational changes in a protein machine in real time. The fluorophore Cy3 attached to the central subunit of F-1-ATPase revealed that the subunit rotates in the molecule in discrete 120 degrees steps and that each step is driven by the hydrolysis of one ATP molecule. These results, unlike those from the previous study under a frictional load, show that the 120 degrees stepping is a genuine property of this molecular motor. The data also show that the rate of ATP binding is insensitive to the load exerted on the rotor subunit.
UML provides very little support for modelling evolvable or reusable specifications and designs. To cope with this problem, the UML needs to be extended with support for reuse and evolution of model components. As a f...
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(纸本)3540662529
UML provides very little support for modelling evolvable or reusable specifications and designs. To cope with this problem, the UML needs to be extended with support for reuse and evolution of model components. As a first step, this paper enhances the UML metamodel with the "reuse contract" formalism to deal with evolution of collaborating class interfaces. Such a formal semantics for reuse allows us to detect evolution and composition conflicts automatically.
Certain features of the object-oriented paradigm are a serious impediment for the runtime performance of object-oriented programs. Although compiler techniques to alleviate this problem were developed over the years, ...
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(纸本)3540657177
Certain features of the object-oriented paradigm are a serious impediment for the runtime performance of object-oriented programs. Although compiler techniques to alleviate this problem were developed over the years, we will present some real-world examples which show that these solutions fall short in making any significant optimizations to systems that are required to be very flexible and highly reusable. As a solution, we propose a radically different approach: using an open compiler to "compile away" whole designs by performing architectural transformations based on programmer annotations. We win discuss this approach in detail and show why it is more suited to solve the efficiency problems inherently associated with object-oriented programming.
Since the report by Sternweis and Smith (Sternweis, P. C., and Smith, J. B. (1980) Biochemistry 19, 526-531), the epsilon subunit, an endogenous inhibitor of bacterial F-1-ATPase, has long been thought not to inhibit ...
Since the report by Sternweis and Smith (Sternweis, P. C., and Smith, J. B. (1980) Biochemistry 19, 526-531), the epsilon subunit, an endogenous inhibitor of bacterial F-1-ATPase, has long been thought not to inhibit activity of the holo enzyme, F0F1-ATPase. However, we report here that the epsilon subunit is exerting inhibition in F0F1-ATPase. We prepared a C-terminal half-truncated epsilon subunit (epsilon(Delta C)) of the thermophilic Bacillus PS3 F0F1-ATPase and reconstituted F-1- and F0F1-ATPase containing epsilon(Delta C). Compared with F-1- and F0F1-ATPase containing intact epsilon, those containing epsilon(Delta C) showed uninhibited activity;severalfold higher rate of ATP hydrolysis at low ATP concentration and the start of ATP hydrolysis without an initial lag at high ATP concentration. The F0F1-ATPase containing epsilon(Delta C) was capable of ATP-driven H+ pumping. The time-course of pumping at low ATP concentration was faster than that by the F0F1-ATPase containing intact epsilon. Thus, the comparison with noninhibitory epsilon(Delta C) mutant shed light on the inhibitory role of the intact epsilon subunit in F0F1-ATPase.
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