Copper-induced conformational changes in the N-terminal domain of the Wilson disease copper-transporting ATPase.

abstract：:The enzyme 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS) catalyzes the reaction between shikimate 3-phosphate and phosphoenolpyruvate to form 5-enolpyruvylshikimate 3-phosphate, an intermediate in the shikimate pathway, which leads to the biosynthesis of aromatic amino acids. EPSPS exists in an open conformation...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Marques MR,Vaso A,Neto JR,Fossey MA,Oliveira JS,Basso LA,dos Santos DS,de Azevedo Junior WF,Palma MS

更新日期：2008-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The ligand binding relationship between the acetylcholine transporter (AcChT) and the vesamicol receptor (VR) and the kinetics of active transport were studied in synaptic vesicles purified from the Torpedo electric organ using analogues of AcCh and vesamicol. Methoxyvesamicol, which should exhibit better equilibratio...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Bahr BA,Clarkson ED,Rogers GA,Noremberg K,Parsons SM

更新日期：1992-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The iron-sulfur flavoenzyme adenosine-5'-phosphosulfate (APS) reductase catalyzes a key reaction of the global sulfur cycle by reversibly transforming APS to sulfite and AMP. The structures of the dissimilatory enzyme from Archaeoglobus fulgidus in the reduced state (FAD(red)) and in the sulfite adduct state (FAD-sulf...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Schiffer A,Fritz G,Kroneck PM,Ermler U

更新日期：2006-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The first epidermal growth factor-like domain (EGF-1) from blood coagulation factor VII (FVII) contains two unusual O-linked glycosylation sites at Ser-52 and Ser-60. We report here a detailed study of the effect of O-fucosylation at Ser-60 on the structure of FVII EGF-1, its Ca2+-binding affinity, and its interaction...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Kao YH,Lee GF,Wang Y,Starovasnik MA,Kelley RF,Spellman MW,Lerner L

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prothrombin is the precursor of thrombin, a central enzyme in coagulation. Autoantibodies to prothrombin are associated with thromboembolism, but the mechanisms by which the antibodies modulate the coagulation processes are not understood. We screened a panel of 34 monoclonal antibody light chains isolated from patien...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Thiagarajan P,Dannenbring R,Matsuura K,Tramontano A,Gololobov G,Paul S

更新日期：2000-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The gene encoding enzyme I of the phosphoenolpyruvate:sugar phosphotransferase system from an Escherichia coli enzyme I mutant was cloned and sequenced. The mutation was shown to be a guanine to adenine transition resulting in an altered protein in which glycine-338 was replaced by aspartic acid. The enzyme I structur...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Seok YJ,Lee BR,Gazdar C,Svenson I,Yadla N,Peterkofsky A

更新日期：1996-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Adenosine A(2B) receptors, which play a role in inflammation and cancer, are of considerable interest as novel drug targets. To gain deeper insights into ligand binding and receptor activation, we exchanged amino acids predicted to be close to the binding pocket. The alanine mutants were stably expressed in CHO cells ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Thimm D,Schiedel AC,Sherbiny FF,Hinz S,Hochheiser K,Bertarelli DC,Maass A,Müller CE

更新日期：2013-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular adhesion molecules regulate the migration of leukocytes from the blood into tissue during inflammation. Binding of leukocytes to vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1) activates signals in endothelial cells, including Rac1 and calcium fluxes. These VCAM-1 signals are required for leukocyte transendothelia...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Marchese ME,Berdnikovs S,Cook-Mills JM

更新日期：2012-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The reduced hydroxylase component (MMOH) of soluble methane monooxygenase (MMO) from Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b reacts with O2 and CH4 to produce CH3OH and H2O in a single-turnover reaction. Transient kinetic analysis of this reaction has revealed at least five and probably six intermediates during the turnover [...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Nesheim JC,Lipscomb JD

更新日期：1996-08-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Genomic clones containing the human Zn-alpha 2-glycoprotein gene were isolated. Two of them were for the functional gene overlapped, and the other four were for two different pseudogenes (1 and 2) retaining exon-intron organization. The complete DNA sequence of the functional gene (9.3 kb) and its 5'- and 3'-flanking ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Ueyama H,Deng HX,Ohkubo I

更新日期：1993-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Tularemia is a severe infectious disease in humans caused by the Gram-negative bacterium Francisella tularensis (Ft). Because of its low infectious dose, high mortality rate, and the threat of its large-scale dissemination in weaponized form, development of vaccines and immunotherapeutics against Ft is essential. Ft l...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Wang Q,Shi X,Leymarie N,Madico G,Sharon J,Costello CE,Zaia J

更新日期：2011-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The Z and E isomers of 6-(methoxymethylene)-penicillanic acid have been synthesized, and their interaction with the RTEM beta-lactamase has been studied. The Z isomer is an inhibitor and an inactivator of the enzyme, and there is some similarity between its behavior and that of other mechanism-based inactivators such ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Brenner DG,Knowles JR

更新日期：1984-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Methylmalonyl-CoA mutase from Propionibacterium shermanii is an adenosylcobalamin-dependent enzyme which catalyzes the reversible isomerization of methylmalonyl-CoA and succinyl-CoA. The rate of tritium loss from 5'-[3H]adenosylcobalamin during the enzymic reaction and the relative rates of tritium appearance in subst...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Meier TW,Thomä NH,Leadlay PF

更新日期：1996-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Class A beta-lactamases hydrolyze penicillins and other beta-lactams via an acyl-enzyme catalytic mechanism. Ser70 is the active site nucleophile. By constructing the S70A mutant, which is unable to form the acyl-enzyme intermediate, it was possible to make stable ES complexes with various substrates. The stability of...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Hokenson MJ,Cope GA,Lewis ER,Oberg KA,Fink AL

更新日期：2000-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The proximity of skeletal myosin subfragment-1 (S1) to actin, and its orientation with respect to thin filaments of single muscle fibers, were compared in the presence and in the absence of ADP. The proximity was assessed by the efficiency of carbodiimide-induced cross-linking and the orientation by polarization of fl...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Andreev OA,Ushakov DS,Borejdo J

更新日期：1998-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The protein product of the Methanococcus jannaschii MJ0768 gene has been expressed in Escherichia coli, purified to homogeneity, and shown to catalyze the GTP-dependent addition of two l-glutamates to the l-lactyl phosphodiester of 7,8-didemethyl-8-hydroxy-5-deazariboflavin (F(420)-0) to form F(420)-0-glutamyl-glutama...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Li H,Graupner M,Xu H,White RH

更新日期：2003-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanism of N-methyltryptophan oxidase, a flavin-dependent amine oxidase from Escherichia coli, was studied using a combination of kinetic isotope effects and theoretical calculations. The 15(kcat/Km) kinetic isotope effect for sarcosine oxidation is pH-dependent with a limiting value of 0.994-0.995 at high pH. D...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Ralph EC,Hirschi JS,Anderson MA,Cleland WW,Singleton DA,Fitzpatrick PF

更新日期：2007-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Time-resolved decays of fluorescence anisotropy were obtained from frequency-domain measurements of the phase angle difference between the parallel and perpendicular components of the polarized emission and the ratio of the modulated amplitudes. These data were measured at modulation frequencies ranging from 1 to 200 ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Lakowicz JR,Cherek H,Maliwal BP

更新日期：1985-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Beta-amylase (EC 3.2.1.2) is starch-hydrolyzing exo-type enzyme that can catalyze the successive liberation of beta-maltose from the nonreducing ends of alpha-1,4-linked glucopyranosyl polymers. There is a well-known phenomenon called multiple or repetitive attack where the enzyme releases several maltose molecules in...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Ishikawa K,Nakatani H,Katsuya Y,Fukazawa C

更新日期：2007-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The side chains of R269 and N270 interact with the phosphodianion of dihydroxyacetone phosphate (DHAP) bound to glycerol 3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GPDH). The R269A, N270A, and R269A/N270A mutations of GPDH result in 9.1, 5.6, and 11.5 kcal/mol destabilization, respectively, of the transition state for GPDH-catalyzed ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Reyes AC,Amyes TL,Richard JP

更新日期：2016-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The value of reducing the activity of ornithine decarboxylase (ODC), a key enzyme in the biosynthesis of polyamines, is well-appreciated. Polyamines are necessary components for cell growth, and manipulation of polyamine homeostasis may be an effective strategy for the treatment of a number of disorders, including neo...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Ackermann JM,Kanugula S,Pegg AE

更新日期：2005-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Nhp6A is an abundant non-histone chromatin-associated protein in Saccharomyces cerevisiae that contains a minor groove DNA binding motif called the HMG box. In this report, we show that Nhp6Ap binds to cisplatin intrastrand cross-links on duplex DNA with a 40-fold greater affinity than to unmodified DNA with the same ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Wong B,Masse JE,Yen YM,Giannikopoulos P,Feigon J,Johnson RC

更新日期：2002-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:A highly sensitive and stable scanning microcalorimeter is employed in a reinvestigation of the effect of cholesterol on multilamellar suspensions of dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine (DMPC) and dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine (DPPC). Below 20 mol % cholesterol the DPPC mixtures give heat-capacity curves each of which can...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Mabrey S,Mateo PL,Sturtevant JM

更新日期：1978-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Chlorophyll a fluorescence emission is widely used as a noninvasive measure of a number of parameters related to photosynthetic efficiency in oxygenic photosynthetic organisms. The most important component for the estimation of photochemistry is the relative increase in fluorescence yield between dark-adapted samples ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Vasil'ev S,Bruce D

更新日期：1998-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：:A soluble Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase has been purified from rat brain to near homogeneity by using casein as substrate. The enzyme was purified by using hydroxylapatite adsorption chromatography, phosphocellulose ion-exchange chromatography, Sepharose 6B gel filtration, affinity chromatography using calm...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Kuret J,Schulman H

更新日期：1984-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Transport of protons and solutes across mitochondrial membranes is essential for many physiological processes. However, neither the proton-pumping respiratory chain complexes nor the mitochondrial secondary active solute transport proteins have been characterized electrophysiologically in their native environment. In ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Watzke N,Diekert K,Obrdlik P

更新日期：2010-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The X-ray crystallographic structure of the photosynthetic reaction center from Rhodobacter sphaeroides obtained at high resolution has revealed a number of internal water molecules (Ermler, U., Fritzsch, G., Buchanan, S. K., and Michel, H. (1994) Structure 2, 925-936; Stowell, M. H. B., McPhillips, T. M., Rees, D. C....

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Tandori J,Sebban P,Michel H,Baciou L

更新日期：1999-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The assignment of the 1H, 15N, 13CO, and 13C resonances of recombinant human interleukin-4 (IL-4), a protein of 133 residues and molecular mass of 15.4 kDa, is presented based on a series of 11 three-dimensional (3D) double- and triple-resonance heteronuclear NMR experiments. These studies employ uniformly labeled 15N...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Powers R,Garrett DS,March CJ,Frieden EA,Gronenborn AM,Clore GM

更新日期：1992-05-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The reaction of nitric oxide (NO) with fast cytochrome bo from Escherichia coli has been studied by electronic absorption, MCD, and EPR spectroscopy. Titration of the enzyme with NO showed the formation of two distinct species, consistent with NO binding stoichiometries of 1:1 and 2:1 with observed dissociation consta...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Butler CS,Seward HE,Greenwood C,Thomson AJ

更新日期：1997-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Intensive study has been devoted to understanding the kinetic and structural bases underlying the exceptionally high fidelity (low error frequencies) of the typical DNA polymerase. Commonly proposed explanations have included (i) the concept of fidelity check points, in which the correctness of a nascent base pair mat...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Showalter AK,Tsai MD

更新日期：2002-08-27 00:00:00