Characterization of the tertiary structure of soluble CD4 bound to glycosylated full-length HIVgp120 by chemical modification of arginine residues and mass spectrometric analysis.

abstract：:We investigated the effects of substituting two of the four tryptophans (the "inner pair" Trp(9) and Trp(11) or the "outer pair" Trp(13) and Trp(15)) in gramicidin A (gA) channels. The conformational preferences of the doubly substituted gA analogues were assessed using circular dichroism spectroscopy and size-exclusi...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Gu H,Lum K,Kim JH,Greathouse DV,Andersen OS,Koeppe RE 2nd

更新日期：2011-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The C-terminal src kinase (CSK) is a ubiquitously expressed, cytosolic enzyme capable of phosphorylating and inactivating several plasma membrane-bound src-family protein tyrosine kinases in vitro [Nada, S., Okada, M., MacAuley, A., Cooper, J.A., & Nakagawa, H. (1990) Nature 351, 69-72; Bergman, M., Mustelin, T., Oetk...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Cheng HC,Bjorge JD,Aebersold R,Fujita DJ,Wang JH

更新日期：1996-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Guinea pig liver transglutaminase (TGase) reacts with 0.1 mM N-Cbz-L-Glu(gamma-p-nitrophenyl ester)Gly (5, prepared herein, K(M) = 0.02 mM) to undergo rapid acylation that can be followed spectrophotometrically at 400 nm (pH 7.0, 25 degrees C). Deacylation of the transiently formed thiolester acyl enzyme intermediate ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Leblanc A,Gravel C,Labelle J,Keillor JW

更新日期：2001-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The homeodomain proteins a1 and alpha 2 act cooperatively to regulate cell type specific genes in yeast. The basis of the cooperativity is a weak interaction between the two proteins which forms heterodimers that bind DNA tightly and specifically. In this paper, we examine the mechanism of heterodimerization. We show ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Phillips CL,Stark MR,Johnson AD,Dahlquist FW

更新日期：1994-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The catalytically competent active-site structure of a true acylenzyme reaction intermediate of TEM-1 beta-lactamase formed with the kinetically specific spin-labeled substrate 6-N-(2,2,5,5-tetramethyl-1-oxypyrrolinyl-3-carboxyl)-penicillanic acid isolated under cryoenzymologic conditions has been determined by angle-...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Mustafi D,Sosa-Peinado A,Makinen MW

更新日期：2001-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:In iron-deficient conditions, Pseudomonas aeruginosa secretes a major fluorescent siderophore named pyoverdin (Pvd), which after chelating iron(III) is transported back into the cell via its outer membrane receptor FpvA. FpvA is a TonB-dependent transport protein and has the ability to bind Pvd in its apo- or iron-loa...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Clément E,Mesini PJ,Pattus F,Schalk IJ

更新日期：2004-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Human heart short chain L-3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase (SCHAD) catalyzes the oxidation of the hydroxyl group of L-3-hydroxyacyl-CoA to a keto group, concomitant with the reduction of NAD+ to NADH, as part of the beta-oxidation pathway. The homodimeric enzyme has been overexpressed in Escherichia coli, purified to h...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Barycki JJ,O'Brien LK,Bratt JM,Zhang R,Sanishvili R,Strauss AW,Banaszak LJ

更新日期：1999-05-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The gene encoding for the methionyl aminopeptidase from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus furiosus (PfMetAP-II; EC 3.4.11.18) has been inserted into a pET 27b(+) vector and overexpressed in Escherichia coli. The new expression system resulted in a 5-fold increase in purified enzyme obtained from a 5 L fermento...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Meng L,Ruebush S,D'souza VM,Copik AJ,Tsunasawa S,Holz RC

更新日期：2002-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：:A cDNA coding for a P450 expressed in human lung was isolated from a lambda gt11 library constructed from human lung mRNA using a cDNA probe to rat P450 IVA1. The cDNA-deduced amino acid sequence of this P450, designated IVB1, consisted of 511 amino acids and had a calculated molecular weight of 59,558. The IVB1 amino...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Nhamburo PT,Gonzalez FJ,McBride OW,Gelboin HV,Kimura S

更新日期：1989-10-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The three-dimensional structure of d[CGTA'CG], where A' = [2-NH2-A], was determined to atomic (1.35 A) resolution by single isomorphous replacement. The d[CGTA'CG] hexamer crystallizes in space group P3221, and is not isomorphous with other DNA hexanucleotides. Despite completely different crystal packing, the essenti...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Parkinson GN,Arvanitis GM,Lessinger L,Ginell SL,Jones R,Gaffney B,Berman HM

更新日期：1995-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Two forms of cytochrome P-450, designated P-450NMa and P-450NMb, were purified to electrophoretic homogeneity from rabbit nasal microsomes. The purified cytochromes, which contained 14-16 nmol of P-450/mg of protein, exhibited apparent monomeric molecular weights of 49,500 and 51,000, respectively. As indicated by sev...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Ding XX,Coon MJ

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PII proteins are sensors of alpha-ketoglutarate and adenylylate energy charge that regulate signal transduction proteins, metabolic enzymes, and permeases involved in nitrogen assimilation. Here, purified Escherichia coli PII and two of its receptors, ATase and NRII, were used to study the mechanisms of sensation by P...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Jiang P,Ninfa AJ

更新日期：2009-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：:We have used a new fluorescent ATP analogue, 3'-(7-diethylaminocoumarin-3-carbonylamino)-3'-deoxyadenosine-5'-triphosphate (deac-aminoATP), to study the ATP hydrolysis mechanism of the single headed myosinV-S1. Our study demonstrates that deac-aminoATP is an excellent substrate for these studies. Although the deac-ami...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Forgacs E,Cartwright S,Kovács M,Sakamoto T,Sellers JR,Corrie JE,Webb MR,White HD

更新日期：2006-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Secondary structure in RNA targets is a significant barrier to short DNA probes. However, when such targets are the end product of an in vitro amplification scheme, it is possible to carry out transcription in the presence of nucleoside triphosphate analogues that reduce secondary structure of the RNA without impairin...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Gamper HB Jr,Gewirtz A,Edwards J,Hou YM

更新日期：2004-08-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The chicken and goose egg white lysozymes (ChEWL and GoEWL) are homologues, but differ in substrate specificity. ChEWL catalyzes the hydrolysis of the glycosidic bonds of bacterial peptidoglycans and chitin-derived substrates, while GoEWL is specific for bacterial peptidoglycans. The active-site aspartate 52 residue o...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Matsumura I,Kirsch JF

更新日期：1996-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The stereochemistry of proton transfer in the isomerization of [4 beta-2H]-5-androstene-3,17- dione (1d) to 4-androstene-3,17-dione (3) catalyzed by 3-oxo-delta 5-steroid isomerase (KSI) has been reinvestigated. In H2O, approximately 65% of the label is retained in the product (3); of this, one-third is at C-4 and two...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Zawrotny ME,Hawkinson DC,Blotny G,Pollack RM

更新日期：1996-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of cell-penetrating peptides (CPPs) to cross cell membranes has found numerous applications in the delivery of bioactive compounds to the cytosol of living cells. Their internalization mechanisms have been questioned many times, and after 20 years of intense debate, it is now widely accepted that both ener...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Di Pisa M,Chassaing G,Swiecicki JM

更新日期：2015-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The second-order rate constants for the reactions between nitrogen monoxide and oxymyoglobin or oxyhemoglobin, determined by stopped-flow spectroscopy, increase with increasing pH. At pH 7.0 the rates are (43.6 +/- 0.5) x 10(6) M(-1) x s(-1) for oxymyoglobin and (89 +/- 3) x 10(6) M(-1) x s(-1) for oxyhemoglobin (per ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Herold S,Exner M,Nauser T

更新日期：2001-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Messenger RNA degradation is an important component of overall gene expression. During the final step of eukaryotic mRNA degradation, exoribonuclease 1 (Xrn1) carries out 5' → 3' processive, hydrolytic degradation of RNA molecules using divalent metal ion catalysis. To initiate studies of the 5' → 3' RNA decay machine...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Langeberg CJ,Welch WRW,McGuire JV,Ashby A,Jackson AD,Chapman EG

更新日期：2020-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：:To date, little work has been conducted on the relationship between solute and buffer molecules and conformational exchange motion in enzymes. This study uses solution NMR to examine the effects of phosphate, sulfate, and acetate in comparison to MES- and HEPES-buffered references on the chemical shift perturbation an...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Wong M,Khirich G,Loria JP

更新日期：2013-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The cytochrome bc(1) complex from Paracoccus denitrificans and soluble fragments of its cytochrome c(1) and Rieske ISP subunits are characterized by a combined approach of protein electrochemistry and FTIR difference spectroscopy. The FTIR difference spectra provide information about alterations in the protein upon re...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Ritter M,Anderka O,Ludwig B,Mäntele W,Hellwig P

更新日期：2003-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The complete primary structure of the major component myoglobin from the Arctic minke whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata, was determined by specific cleavage of the protein to obtain large peptides which are readily degraded by the automatic sequencer. Over 80% of the amino acid sequence was established from the three ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Lehman LD,Dwulet FE,Bogardt RA Jr,Jones BN,Gurd FR

更新日期：1977-02-22 00:00:00

abstract：:As part of a search for peptides that have specificity for selected protein kinases, the possibility that adenosine cyclic 3',5'-phosphate dependent protein kinase (A-kinase) recognizes the hydrogen-bonding potential of its peptide substrates was investigated. A-Kinase catalyzes the phosphorylation of five N alpha-met...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Thomas NE,Bramson HN,Miller WT,Kaiser ET

更新日期：1987-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The (1)H NMR resonances of the heme substituents of the low-spin Fe(III) form of nitrophorin 2, as its complexes with N-methylimidazole (NP2-NMeIm) and imidazole (NP2-ImH), have been assigned by a combination of (1)H homonuclear two-dimensional NMR techniques and (1)H-(13)C HMQC. Complete assignment of the proton and ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Shokhireva TKh,Shokhirev NV,Walker FA

更新日期：2003-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Thioacetamide, a hepatocarcinogen and an inhibitor of heme synthesis, blocks the phenobarbitone-mediated increase in the transcription of cytochrome P-450b+e messenger RNA in rat liver. This property is also shared by CoCl2 and 3-amino-1,2,4-triazole, two other inhibitors of heme synthesis. Thus, it appears feasible t...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Satyabhama S,Seelan RS,Padmanaban G

更新日期：1986-08-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) catalyzes the reversible oxidative phosphorylation of d-glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate (GAP) into d-glycerate 1,3-bisphosphate (1,3-diPG) in the presence of NAD(+) and inorganic phosphate (P(i)). Within the active site, two anion-binding sites were ascribed to the binding o...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Castilho MS,Pavão F,Oliva G,Ladame S,Willson M,Périé J

更新日期：2003-06-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuropeptide Y (NPY) and the pancreatic polypeptide (PP) are members of the neuropeptide Y family of hormones. They bind to the Y receptors with very different affinities: Whereas PP is highly selective for the Y(4) receptor, NPY displays highest affinites for Y(1), Y(2), and Y(5) receptor subtypes. Introducing the NP...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Lerch M,Kamimori H,Folkers G,Aguilar MI,Beck-Sickinger AG,Zerbe O

更新日期：2005-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：:l-Aspartate oxidase, encoded by the nadB gene, is the first enzyme in the de novo synthesis of NAD+ in bacteria. This FAD-dependent enzyme catalyzes the oxidation of l-aspartate to generate iminoaspartate and reduced flavin. Distinct from most amino acid oxidases, it can use either molecular oxygen or fumarate to reox...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Chow C,Hegde S,Blanchard JS

更新日期：2017-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The flavoprotein nitroalkane oxidase catalyzes the oxidation of primary and secondary nitroalkanes to aldehydes and ketones, respectively, transferring electrons to oxygen to form hydrogen peroxide. The steady-state kinetic mechanism of the active flavin adenine dinucleotide-(FAD-) containing form of the enzyme has be...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Gadda G,Fitzpatrick PF

更新日期：2000-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Thermodynamic studies of bacteriorhodopsin (BR) have been undertaken in order to investigate the factors that stabilize the structure of a membrane protein. The stability of the native, intact protein was compared to that of protein with retinal removed, and/or cleaved in one or two of the loops connecting the transme...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Kahn TW,Sturtevant JM,Engelman DM

更新日期：1992-09-22 00:00:00