63 research outputs found
An incomplete variant of Wilson's congruence
This article examines the nontrivial solutions of the congruence We discuss heuristics for the proportion
of primes that have exactly solutions to this congruence. We supply
numerical evidence in favour of these conjectures, and discuss the algorithms
used in our calculations.Comment: 7 pages, 2 table
Zeroes of partial sums of the zeta-function
This article considers the positive integers for which has zeroes in the half-plane . Building on
earlier results, we show that there are no zeroes for and for
. For all other there are infinitely many zeroes.Comment: 5 Pages - Final Version will appear in LMS JC
On the Sum of Two Squares and At Most Two Powers of 2
We demonstrate that there are infinitely many integers that cannot be
expressed as the sum of two squares of integers and up to two non-negative
integer powers of 2.Comment: 5 pages; to appear in Amer. Math. Monthl
Optimal translational termination requires C4 lysyl hydroxylation of eRF1
Efficient stop codon recognition and peptidyl-tRNA hydrolysis are essential in order to terminate translational elongation and maintain protein sequence fidelity. Eukaryotic translational termination is mediated by a release factor complex that includes eukaryotic release factor 1 (eRF1) and eRF3. The N terminus of eRF1 contains highly conserved sequence motifs that couple stop codon recognition at the ribosomal A site to peptidyl-tRNA hydrolysis. We reveal that Jumonji domain-containing 4 (Jmjd4), a 2-oxoglutarate- and Fe(II)-dependent oxygenase, catalyzes carbon 4 (C4) lysyl hydroxylation of eRF1. This posttranslational modification takes place at an invariant lysine within the eRF1 NIKS motif and is required for optimal translational termination efficiency. These findings further highlight the role of 2-oxoglutarate/Fe(II) oxygenases in fundamental cellular processes and provide additional evidence that ensuring fidelity of protein translation is a major role of hydroxylation
The FIH hydroxylase is a cellular peroxide sensor that modulates HIF transcriptional activity
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