Conservation of plastics

Tissue-type plasminogen activator (t-PA) has recently been identified as a modulator of neuronal plasticity and can initiate conversion of the pro-form of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) into its mature form. BDNF also increases t-PA gene expression implicating t-PA as a downstream effector of BDNF function.

13p galaxyss3 19-03-2013 65 3   Download

Translin protein is highly conserved in eukaryotes. Human translin binds both ssDNA and RNA. Its nucleic acid binding site results from a combina-tion of basic regions in the octameric structure. We report here the first bio-chemical characterization of wild-typeDrosophila melanogaster(drosophila) translin and a chimeric translin, and present 3.5 A ˚ resolution crystal struc-tures of drosophila P168S mutant translin from two crystal forms.

15p galaxyss3 07-03-2013 54 5   Download