Evolutionary coadaptation of the motif 2--acceptor stem interaction in the class II prolyl-tRNA synthetase system.

abstract：:For nonspecific binding of oligopeptides and other cationic ligands, including proteins, to nucleic acid oligomers, we develop a model capable of quantifying and predicting the salt concentration dependence of the binding free energy (deltaG(o)obs) by way of an analytic treatment of the Coulombic end effect (CEE). Lig...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Shkel IA,Ballin JD,Record MT Jr

更新日期：2006-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of truncated forms of His(6)-tagged gp91phox were expressed, solubilized, and purified in the presence of 30 microM FAD. The truncated gp91phox with the longest sequence in the C-terminal region (221-570) (gp91C) showed the highest activity (turnover rate, 0.92) for NADPH diaphorase in the presence of either ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Nisimoto Y,Ogawa H,Miyano K,Tamura M

更新日期：2004-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：:6-[(4-Bromo-2,3-dioxobutyl)thio]-6-deaminoadenosine 5'-diphosphate (6-BDB-TADP) has been shown to react at the reduced diphosphopyridine nucleotide (DPNH) inhibitory site of bovine liver glutamate dehydrogenase with incorporation of 1 mol of reagent/mol of enzyme subunit [Batra, S. P., & Colman, R. F. (1984) Biochemis...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Batra SP,Colman RF

更新日期：1986-06-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Tyr71 is an invariant residue in all known sequences of tyrosine phenol-lyase (TPL). The substitution of Tyr71 in TPL by phenylalanine results in a mutant Y71F TPL with no detectable activity (greater than 3 x 10(5)-fold reduction) for beta-elimination of L-tyrosine. Y71F TPL can react with S-alkylcysteines, but these...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Chen HY,Demidkina TV,Phillips RS

更新日期：1995-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Extended illumination slows the rebinding of CO to myoglobin after photodissociation at cryogenic temperatures. Two types of models have been put forward to explain the effect: motions of the CO within the heme pocket or conformational transitions of the protein. To resolve this ambiguity, we have studied the effect o...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Nienhaus GU,Mourant JR,Chu K,Frauenfelder H

更新日期：1994-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The Wilson disease copper-transporting ATPase plays a critical role in the intracellular trafficking of copper. Mutations in this protein lead to the accumulation of a toxic level of copper in the liver, kidney, and brain followed by extensive tissue damage and death. The ATPase has a novel amino-terminal domain ( app...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： DiDonato M,Hsu HF,Narindrasorasak S,Que L Jr,Sarkar B

更新日期：2000-02-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The three complete human LDL receptor homology regions of the LDL receptor-related protein (sLRP2, sLRP3, and sLRP4) have been expressed in Pichia pastoris SMD1168 with constitutive coexpression of the receptor-associated protein (RAP). Each sLRP was purified to homogeneity after deglycosylation using a combination of...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Croy JE,Shin WD,Knauer MF,Knauer DJ,Komives EA

更新日期：2003-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Deposition of misfolded alpha-synuclein is a critical factor in several neurodegenerative disorders. Filamentous alpha-synuclein is the major component of Lewy bodies and Lewy neurites, the intracellular inclusions in the dopaminergic neurons of the substantia nigra, which are considered the pathological hallmark of P...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Munishkina LA,Henriques J,Uversky VN,Fink AL

更新日期：2004-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydrogen-bonding and ionic interactions play fundamental roles in macromolecular recognition and function. In contrast to lysines and arginines, how histidines mediate these interactions is less well-understood due to the unique properties of its side chain imidazole that include an aromatic ring with two titratable n...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Sepuru KM,Rajarathnam K

更新日期：2018-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Binding of the nonhydrolyzable ATP analogue 5'-adenylyl-beta, gamma-imidodiphosphate (ADPNP) to Escherichia coli DNA gyrase can lead to a limited noncatalytic supercoiling of DNA. Here we examine the efficiency of coupling between ADPNP binding and the change in linking number either of positively or negatively superc...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Bates AD,O'Dea MH,Gellert M

更新日期：1996-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：:In iron-deficient conditions, Azomonas macrocytogenes ATCC 12334 excretes a fluorescent siderophore called azoverdin, which is composed of a six-amino-acid peptide chain linked to a chromophore. Azoverdin chelates iron(III) very strongly, solubilizing it and transporting it back into the cells using an outer-membrane ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Wasielewski E,Atkinson RA,Abdallah MA,Kieffer B

更新日期：2002-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The nuclear transport of the chromatin remodeling protein nucleoplasmin and chromatin building histones is mediated by importins. Nucleoplasmin (NP) contains a classical bipartite nuclear localization signal (NLS) that is recognized by the importin α/β heterodimer, while histones present multiple NLS-like motifs that ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Arregi I,Falces J,Bañuelos S,Urbaneja MA,Taneva SG

更新日期：2011-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The NuoD segment (homologue of mitochondrial 49 kDa subunit) of the proton-translocating NADH:quinone oxidoreductase (complex I/NDH-1) from Escherichia coli is in the hydrophilic domain and bears many highly conserved amino acid residues. The three-dimensional structural model of NDH-1 suggests that the NuoD segment, ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Sinha PK,Castro-Guerrero N,Patki G,Sato M,Torres-Bacete J,Sinha S,Miyoshi H,Matsuno-Yagi A,Yagi T

更新日期：2015-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：:An in vitro system reconstituted with mouse liver polysome translation products was used to study the nature of polypeptide species imported into mitochondria from different mouse tissues such as liver, kidney, brain, and heart, as well as from Ehrlich ascites, Novikoff hepatoma, and Morris hepatoma 3924A tumor lines....

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Bhat NK,Avadhani NG

更新日期：1985-12-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The cyclotides constitute a recently discovered family of plant-derived peptides that have the unusual features of a head-to-tail cyclized backbone and a cystine knot core. These features are thought to contribute to their exceptional stability, as qualitatively observed during experiments aimed at sequencing and char...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Colgrave ML,Craik DJ

更新日期：2004-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of cefoxitin, a poor substrate of the RTEM beta-lactamase, has allowed the kinetic and spectroscopic characterization of a covalent acyl-enzyme intermediate in the enzyme-catalyzed reaction. The rate of reappearance of catalytic activity in an enzyme sample diluted from an incubation with cefoxitin is nearly i...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Fisher J,Belasco JG,Khosla S,Knowles JR

更新日期：1980-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Cnu is a nucleoid protein that has a high degree of sequence homology with Hha/YmoA family proteins, which bind to chromatin and regulate the expression of Escherichia coli virulence genes in response to changes in temperature or ionic strength. Here, we determined its solution structure and dynamic properties and map...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Bae SH,Liu D,Lim HM,Lee Y,Choi BS

更新日期：2008-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA helicase DHX33 has been shown to participate in a variety of cellular activities, including ribosome biogenesis, protein translation, and gene transcription. We and others further discovered that DHX33 is strongly expressed in several types of human cancers and plays important roles in promoting cancer cell prolif...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Wang X,Ge W,Zhang Y

更新日期：2019-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Guanylin, an intestinal peptide hormone and endogenous ligand of guanylyl cyclase C, is produced as the corresponding prohormone proguanylin. The mature hormone consists of 15 amino acid residues, representing the COOH-terminal part of the prohormone comprised of 94 amino acid residues. Here we report the recombinant ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Lauber T,Nourse A,Schulz A,Marx UC

更新日期：2002-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The interaction between cytochrome c oxidase complex and adenosine triphosphate synthase (F1F0) complex in the purified, dispersed state and embedded in phospholipid vesicles was studied by differential scanning calorimetry and by spin-label electron paramagnetic resonance. The detergent-dispersed cytochrome oxidase a...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Qiu ZH,Yu L,Yu CA

更新日期：1992-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Affinity selection-mass spectrometry (AS-MS) screening of kinesin spindle protein (KSP) followed by enzyme inhibition studies and temperature-dependent circular dichroism (TdCD) characterization was utilized to identify a series of benzimidazole compounds. This series also binds in the presence of Ispinesib, a known a...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Sheth PR,Shipps GW Jr,Seghezzi W,Smith CK,Chuang CC,Sanden D,Basso AD,Vilenchik L,Gray K,Annis DA,Nickbarg E,Ma Y,Lahue B,Herbst R,Le HV

更新日期：2010-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Attempts to modify the guanine specificity of ribonuclease T1 (RNase T1) by rationally designed amino acid substitutions failed so far. Therefore, we applied a semirational approach by randomizing the guanine binding site. A combinatorial library of approximately 1.6 million RNase T1 variants containing permutations o...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Hubner B,Haensler M,Hahn U

更新日期：1999-01-26 00:00:00

abstract：:By use of a mutational assay employing an octadecamer with a mismatch in the center, it is shown that the introduction of phosphorothioate groups near the 5'-end can protect the mismatch against degradation by the 5'-3'-exonuclease activity of Escherichia coli DNA polymerase I. An optimal level of protection is achiev...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Ott J,Eckstein F

更新日期：1987-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Taurine/alpha-ketoglutarate (alphaKG) dioxygenase (TauD), an archetype alphaKG-dependent hydroxylase, is a non-heme mononuclear Fe(II) enzyme that couples the oxidative decarboxylation of alphaKG with the conversion of taurine to aminoacetaldehyde and sulfite. The crystal structure of taurine-alphaKG-Fe(II)TauD is kno...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Grzyska PK,Ryle MJ,Monterosso GR,Liu J,Ballou DP,Hausinger RP

更新日期：2005-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The molecular mechanism for the displacement of HMGA1 proteins from DNA is integral to disrupting their cellular function, which is linked to many metastatic cancers. Chemical shift and NOESY NMR experiments provide structural evidence for the displacement of an AT hook peptide (DNA binding motif of HMGA1 proteins) by...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Smith AE,Buchmueller KL

更新日期：2011-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Assignments have been made for 11 methyl, one Gln-C gamma, one Thr-C beta, and all six Tyr-C zeta carbon resonances of ribonuclease A. These partially serve to delineate the binding sites for Cu2+, Mn2+, phosphate, cytidine and its 2'-, 3'-, and 5'-phosphates (Cyd and Cyd-2'-P, -3'-P, and -5'-P), and one or a few urea...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Howarth OW,Lian LY

更新日期：1984-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA covalently linked to double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) is preferentially degraded in extracts of interferon-treated HeLa cells [Nilsen, T. W., & Baglioni, C. (1979) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 76, 2600-2604]. The size of the dsRNA required for this preferential degradation has been determined by annealing poly(I) of k...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Nilsen TW,Weissman SG,Baglioni C

更新日期：1980-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：:To gain insight into the mechanism by which Arg-163 influences oligomerization of alphaA-crystallin, we prepared a series of truncated alphaA-crystallins with or without mutation of the Arg-163 residue. Expression of the proteins was achieved in Escherichia coli BL21 (DE3) pLysS cells, and alphaA-crystallin was purifi...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Rajan S,Chandrashekar R,Aziz A,Abraham EC

更新日期：2006-12-26 00:00:00

abstract：:αB-Crystallin is a chaperone and an anti-apoptotic protein that is strongly expressed in many tissues, including the lens, retina, heart, and kidney. In the human lens, several lysine residues in αB-crystallin are acetylated. We have previously shown that such acetylation is predominant at lysine 92 (K92) and lysine 1...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Nahomi RB,Huang R,Nandi SK,Wang B,Padmanabha S,Santhoshkumar P,Filipek S,Biswas A,Nagaraj RH

更新日期：2013-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyclonal antibody to mitochondrial P-450c27/25 reacted with two proteins of apparent molecular masses of 52 kilodaltons (kDa) and 50 kDa from the female rat liver mitochondrial proteins bound to an omega-octylaminoagarose column. The two proteins were purified to greater than 85% homogeneity by DEAE-Sephacel and hyd...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Addya S,Zheng YM,Shayiq RM,Fan JY,Avadhani NG

更新日期：1991-08-27 00:00:00