Publications by authors named "Laszlo Sallai"

Objective: The role of biochemical and functional markers of microvascular dysfunction to predict cardiovascular outcomes in nondialyzed chronic kidney disease (CKD) remains unclear. In this prospective cohort study, we assessed whether biochemical [serum level of angiopoietin-2 (Ang-2), asymmetric and symmetric dimethylarginin] and functional (laser Doppler flowmetry) measures of microvascular function predicted cardiovascular events, cardiovascular and all-cause mortality in CKD patients.

Methods: Postocclusive reactive hyperemia area (PORHHA), acetylcholine and sodium nitroprusside-mediated flow changes were estimated by laser Doppler flowmetry, and Ang-2, asymmetric and symmetric dimethylarginin were assessed in 105 CKD patients at baseline.

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ATPases associated with various cellular activities are aptly named. They are the engines that drive processes such as protein degradation, protein refolding, sigma(54)-dependent transcriptional activation, DNA helicase activity, DNA replication initiation, and cellular cargo transport. Recent structural information derived from biochemical studies, electron microscopy (EM), small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS), and X-ray crystallography are beginning to show how, at an atomic level, some of these systems use the conformational changes generated during the ATP hydrolysis cycle.

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The sigma(54)-dependent transcription in bacteria is associated with various stress and growth conditions. Activators of the sigma(54) protein contain a central domain belonging to the AAA+ superfamily of ATPases, members of which function in diverse cellular processes in both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. We describe the X-ray structure of an N-terminal domain deletion of the ZraR protein from Salmonella typhimurium, which is a homologue of the general nitrogen regulatory protein NtrC, at 3A resolution.

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The ZraR (HydG) protein is a 441-amino-acid protein with three functional domains and is homologous to the general nitrogen-regulatory protein NtrC that regulates nitrogen assimilation in many bacteria. The AAA and DNA-binding domains (residues 141-441) of the ZraR protein from Salmonella typhimurium were crystallized using the sitting-drop vapour-diffusion method. X-ray diffraction data from the native crystal have been collected to 3.

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