Biochemical and functional characterization of a recombinant GTPase, Rab5, and two of its mutants.

Biochemical, structural, and functional properties of Rab5 wild-type (WT) protein were compared with those of Q79L and N133I mutants. The detergent 3-[(3-cholamidopropyl)dimethylammonio]-1-propanesulfonate increased guanine nucleotide binding to Rab5 WT approximately 10-fold. The single-step catalytic rate of Rab5 WT exceeded that of Q79L 12.

Comparison of influenza A virus and formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine activation of the human neutrophil.

Influenza A virus (IAV) activates the human neutrophil, but induces a dysfunctional state as well. Cell activation may contribute to the containment of the virus and/or cause local tissue damage. Certain features of the neutrophil activation response elicited by IAV are distinctive when compared with that triggered by formyl-methyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (FMLP).

[Synthesis and properties of an organophosphorous regulator of hemoglobin oxygenation].

Racemic 1-O-(epsilon-aminohexanoyl)-2,3-diphosphoglycerol (ADPG) was synthesized. The pH dependence of the 31P-NMR spectra was studied for the ADPG cyclohexylammonium salt. ADPG binding to hemoglobin and its functional activity as a regulator of human hemoglobin reversible oxygenation were assayed.