Search for dissertations about: "heterodimer"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 71 swedish dissertations containing the word heterodimer.

  2. 1. Redesign of Alpha Class Glutathione Transferases to Study Their Catalytic Properties

    Author : Lisa O Nilsson; Ralf Morgenstern; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Biochemistry; glutathione transferase; heterologous expression; heterodimer; hydroxyalkenal; protein redesign; sequential design; dimer-interface interactions; enzyme kinetics; glutathione; dynamic C-terminus; viscosity dependence; Biokemi; Biochemistry; Biokemi; biokemi; Biochemistry;

    Abstract : A number of active site mutants of human Alpha class glutathione transferase A1-1 (hGST A1-1) were made and characterized to determine the structural determinants for alkenal activity. The choice of mutations was based on primary structure alignments of hGST A1-1 and the Alpha class enzyme with the highest alkenal activity, hGST A4-4, from three different species and crystal structure comparisons between the human enzymes. READ MORE

  4. 2. Regulation of tubulin heterodimer partitioning during interphase and mitosis

    Author : Per Holmfeldt; Martin Gullberg; Pontus Aspenström; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; microtubule; mitotic spindle; signal transduction; phosphorylation; cancer; Cell and molecular biology; Cell- och molekylärbiologi;

    Abstract : The microtubule cytoskeleton, which consists of dynamic polymers of alpha/beta tubulin heterodimers, organizes the cytoplasm and is essential for chromosome segregation during mitosis. My thesis addresses the significance and potential interplay between four distinct microtubule-regulatory proteins. READ MORE

  5. 3. Molecular mechanisms of transcriptional repression by the orphan receptor SHP

    Author : Ann Båvner; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Nuclear receptor; repression; small heterodimer partner; co-regulator;

    Abstract : SHP (Small Heterodimer Partner) is an atypical orphan member of the mammalian nuclear receptor family that consists of only a putative ligand-binding domain and thus cannot bind DNA. The aim of this thesis was to investigate the molecular mechanisms of the transcriptionally inhibitory effect of SHP. READ MORE

  6. 4. Manganese and Iron Heterodimers and Homodimers in Enzymes : Insights from Density Functional Theory

    Author : Katarina Roos; Per Siegbahn; Margareta R. A. Blomberg; Frank Neese; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Ribonucleotide reductase; manganese; iron; density functional theory; kemisk fysik; Chemical Physics;

    Abstract : The enzyme ribonucleotide reductase (RNR) catalyzes the reduction of ribonucleotides to deoxyribonucleotides, the building blocks of DNA, and is essential for all organisms. Canonical class I RNR R2 proteins use a diiron cofactor to generate a tyrosyl radical, which is required for catalysis. READ MORE

  7. 5. Probing the Alpha Class Glutathione Transferase Structure. Combinatorial Subunit Studies and Rational Redesign

    Author : Ann Gustafsson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Biochemistry; Glutathione transferases; rational redesign; enzyme; catalysis; Biokemi; Biochemistry; Biokemi; Molecular Biotechnology; molekylär bioteknik avd f jonfysik ;

    Abstract : The present work concerns two Alpha class enzymes, GST A1-1 and GST A4-4, of the glutathione transferase (GST) family, which are detoxication enzymes catalyzing the conjugation of the tripeptide glutathione with various electrophiles. The GST A1-1 structure was explored for protein engineering purposes and tailored for increased activity toward alkenals. READ MORE