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Promiscuous stimulation of HSP70 ATPase activity by parasite‐derived J‐domains

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The malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum exports three highly homologous yet functionally divergent J‐domain proteins into human erythrocytes. Here, we show that J‐domains isolated from all three proteins effectively stimulate the ATPase activity of both endogenous host and exported parasite HSP70 chaperones.
Julian Barth   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Machine Conception of the Organism in Development and Evolution: A Critical Analysis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
This article critically examines one of the most prevalent metaphors in modern biology, namely the machine conception of the organism (MCO). Although the fundamental differences between organisms and machines make the MCO an inadequate metaphor for ...
Nicholson, Daniel J.
core  

Chameleon sequences reveal structural effects in proteins representing micelle‐like distribution of hydrophobicity

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Amino acids sequence of two different proteins with the same sequence (chameleon sequence—black boxes) represent in 3D structure of the proteins different secondary structures: HHHH—helical and BBB—Beta‐structural. The chains folded in water environment adopt different III‐order structures in which the chameleon fragments appear to adopt similar status
Irena Roterman   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

YlmG1 is localized exclusively to the chloroplast envelope membrane and is involved in preprotein translocation in Arabidopsis thaliana

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Cytosolically synthesized chloroplast preproteins are translocated across the outer and inner envelope membranes through translocons called TOC and TIC, respectively. In green algae and plants, the TIC core is composed of essential membrane proteins, Tic12, Tic20, and Tic214.
Mengyi Li, Xueyang Zhao, Masato Nakai
wiley   +1 more source

Ecosystem-Oriented Distributed Evolutionary Computing

open access: yes, 2012
We create a novel optimisation technique inspired by natural ecosystems, where the optimisation works at two levels: a first optimisation, migration of genes which are distributed in a peer-to-peer network, operating continuously in time; this process ...
Briscoe, Gerard, De Wilde, Philippe
core   +1 more source

Decreased cold‐sensing function of the transient receptor potential channel TRPM8 from tailed amphibians

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Despite frogs avoiding low temperatures, examination of four salamander species revealed that none avoided cold and all possessed cold tolerance. Functional analysis of TRPM8, a cold sensor, showed that all salamander TRPM8s had lost their cold sensitivity.
Tadahiro Sawao   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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