Fungal nitric-oxide reductase (NOR) is a heme enzyme that catalyzes the reduction of NO to N(2)O through its ferric-NO complex, the first intermediate of the catalysis. Crystal structures of the ferric-NO forms of wild type (WT) fungal NOR, and of the Ser(286) --> Val and Ser(286) --> Thr mutant enzymes were determined to 1.7-A resolution at cryogenic temperature (100 K). This shows a slightly ...

Peer-to-peer complementary currencies can be powerful tools for promoting collaborations and building relationships on the Internet. i-WAT[13] is a proposed such currency based on the WAT System[18], a polycentric complementary currency using WAT tickets as its medium of exchange. Participants spontaneously issue and circulate the tickets as needed, whose values are backed up by chains of trust...

Abstract Field studies were conducted to assess the efficacy of physical weed management Palmer amaranth in cucumber, peanut, and sweetpotato. Treatments arranged a 3 × 4 factorial which first factor included treatment method electrical, mechanical, or hand-roguing control second consisted treatments applied when was approximately 0.3, 0.6, 0.9, 1.2 m above crop canopy. Four wk after (WAT), ele...

Die doel van ontsmetting is om mikro-organismes te vernietig en sodoende verspreiding van infeksie te voorkom. Die ontsmettingsmiddel wat gebruik word, moet geskik wees vir die funksie wat dit moet verrig. Verskeie faktore, soos die tipe organisme wat teenwoordig is, konsentrasie van die oplossing, blootstellingstyd, temperatuur, pH en teenwoordigheid van organiese stowwe, moet in ag geneem wor...

Nuwe wetenskappe, ruim tebiologie en ruim tem edisyne, wat ontstaan het uit die mens se eksplorasie van die buitenste ruim te, het vêrreikende im plikasies vir gesondheidspersoneel op aarde. Ruimtetegnologie en die gevolge daarvan, wat hul voordoen in die vorm van nuwe, miniatuur — en meer effektiewe instrumente wat gebruik word vir diagnose, behandeling en rehabilitasie, is besig om ’n rewolus...

Female and male adult Wistar rats were fed standard chow or a simplified cafeteria diet for one month. Then, the rats were killed and the white adipose tissue (WAT) in four sites: perigonadal, retroperitoneal, mesenteric and subcutaneous (inguinal) were sampled and frozen. The complete WAT weight in each site was measured. Gene expression analysis of key lipid and glucose metabolism enzymes wer...

BACKGROUND AND AIM Obese patients with chronic inflammation in white adipose tissue (WAT) have an increased risk of developing non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). The C-C chemokine receptor-2 (CCR2) has a crucial role in the recruitment of immune cells to WAT and liver, thereby promoting the inflammatory component of the disease. Herein, we examined whether intervention with propagermanium, a...

Acylation-stimulating protein (ASP) is a lipogenic hormone secreted by white adipose tissue (WAT). Male C3 knockout (KO; C3(-/-)) ASP-deficient mice have delayed postprandial triglyceride (TG) clearance and reduced WAT mass. The objective of this study was to examine the mechanism(s) by which ASP deficiency induces differences in postprandial TG clearance and body composition in male KO mice. E...

Cowpea is an important grain legume that provides half of the plant protein and consumed worldwide. The crop usually affected by pests on field in storage which always result huge losses, hence being controlled using synthetic pesticides. However, consumption cowpea grains treated with pesticides had resulted bioaccumulation several health-related problems. Therefore, this study examined toxic ...

Three experiments examined the effect of sucrose consumption in a novel context on the conditioning of an aversion to that context. In Experiment 1, rats were injected with LiCl after drinking either sucrose (Group SUC-LI) or water (Group WAT-LI) in a novel context (context 2). An unpoisoned control group consumed water in context 2 and was injected with isotonic saline solution (Group WAT-SAL)...