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Moreover, he had found another problem: The speedometer was defective.
(dT) 18 , only the p66 INS/p66 INSmutant showed a significant increase in K m [dNTP] . This observation is in agreement with the apparent dNTP binding affinity data in the ternary complex, where p66 INS/p66 INSmutant was found to be defective in forming a productive ternary complex.
One Newsweek columnist suggested this week that the Vanity Fair story was defective, among other reasons, because its evidence fell short of the photographic.
Perhaps the most famous piece of sculpture in the Western world, it was carved from a discarded defective column of marble by the artist when he was just 26 years old.
The A326S mutation of α i1 and A366S mutation of α s (cognate to the α i2 A327S used in this study) were shown to cause greatly decreased affinity for GDP [ 9 10 ] . Defective binding of GDP leads to more Gα in the empty state (no bound guanine-nucleotide), and this form of Gα is rapidly denatured in vitro , as shown for α s A366S and α i1 A326S [ 9 10 ] . Moreover, α s A366S was demonstrated to undergo rapid degradation (t 1/2 < 1 h) in stably transfected cells [ 9 ] . The same mutation in α t has also been shown to greatly decrease guanine-nucleotide binding [ 5 22 ] . Additional amino acids in the critical β6-α5 loop are important for maintaining Gα integrity [ 7 ] .