Functional role of N-linked glycosylation in human hepatic lipase: asparagine-56 is important for both enzyme activity and secretion.

Hepatic lipase (HL) and lipoprotein lipase (LPL) are evolutionarily related enzymes that are essential for normal lipoprotein metabolism.While much has been published on the structure-function relationship of LPL, little is known concerning the structural basis of HL action and secretion.Human HL is a glycoprotein and its predicted amino acid seque

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Overexpression of a Phosphate Starvation Response AP2/ERF Gene From Physic Nut in Arabidopsis Alters Root Morphological Traits and Phosphate Starvation-Induced Anthocyanin Accumulation

Physic nut (Jatropha curcas L.) is highly tolerant of barren environments and a significant biofuel plant.To probe mechanisms of its tolerance mechanisms, we have analyzed genome-wide transcriptional profiles of 8-week-old physic nut seedlings subjected to Pi deficiency (P-) for 2 and 16 days, and Pi-sufficient conditions (P+) controls.We identifie

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