Structural and guanosine triphosphate/diphosphate requirements for transit peptide recognition by the cytosolic domain of the chloroplast outer envelope receptor, Toc34.

abstract：:Proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectra of human hemoglobins in water reveal several exchangeable protons which are indicators of the quaternary structures of both the liganded and unliganded molecules. A comparison of the spectra of normal human adult hemoglobin with those of mutant hemoglobins Chesapeake (FG4alpha...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Fung LW,Ho C

更新日期：1975-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：:In an effort to better understand protein-protein photoaffinity cross-linking using aryl azides, we have tested a number of factors influencing the cross-linking of the sigma 70 subunit of Escherichia coli RNA polymerase to core RNA polymerase. These factors include the effect of the incubations necessary for the deri...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： McMahan SA,Burgess RR

更新日期：1994-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The determination of solution structures of proteins using two-dimensional NMR data is commonly based on the assumption that the structure can be represented by a single rigid conformer. We present here a procedure whereby this assumption can be relaxed and illustrate its application to acyl carrier protein from Esche...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Kim Y,Prestegard JH

更新日期：1989-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：:During initiation of minus-strand synthesis by HIV-1 reverse transcriptase, a 3'-DNA-RNA-5' junction is formed involving the 3'-end of tRNAlys,3. The HIV-RT-associated RNase H cleaves the RNA template strand specifically, opposite the newly synthesized DNA strand. We have determined the crystal structure at 1.9 A reso...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Mueller U,Maier G,Mochi Onori A,Cellai L,Heumann H,Heinemann U

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The structure of the copper site in oxidized and reduced Rhus vernicifera stellacyanin has been studied by X-ray absorption (XAFS) spectroscopy at different pH values. Data for the oxidized protein are consistent with the fourth ligand being an O- or N-donating ligand rather than a cysteine from the disulfide bridge. ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Strange RW,Reinhammar B,Murphy LM,Hasnain SS

更新日期：1995-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Traditionally, assigning the heme protein resonances has relied heavily on the comparison of spectra arising from protein reconstituted with specifically deuterated hemes and the native form. Such an approach can identify tentatively the broad, overlapping signals in the Fe(II) high-spin heme protein spectra. Although...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Busse SC,Jue T

更新日期：1994-09-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Pantothenate kinase (PanK) catalyzes the first step of the universal five-step coenzyme A (CoA) biosynthetic pathway. The recently characterized type III PanK (PanK-III, encoded by the coaX gene) is distinct in sequence, structure and enzymatic properties from both the long-known bacterial type I PanK (PanK-I, exempli...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Yang K,Strauss E,Huerta C,Zhang H

更新日期：2008-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Differential scanning calorimetry and CD spectrometry were employed to study the thermal unfolding of light meromyosin (LMM) prepared from carp acclimated to different temperatures. The transition temperatures given by the major peaks at pH 8.0 in 0.6 M KCl for LMM from carp acclimated to 10 degrees C were 32.5 and 39...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Nakaya M,Kakinuma M,Watabe S,Ooi T

更新日期：1997-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The motion of the ethanolamine head group in unsonicated lipid bilayers above and below the phase transition is studied by means of deuterium and phosphorus magnetic resonance. For this purpose, dipalmitoyl-3-sn-phosphatidylethanolamine is selectively deuterated at the two ethanolamine carbon atoms. The deuterium quad...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Seelig J,Gally H

更新日期：1976-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The iron-containing enzyme tyrosine hydroxylase catalyzes the hydroxylation of tyrosine to dihydroxyphenylalanine. A series of 4-X-substituted (X = H, F, Br, Cl, CH3, or CH3O) phenylalanines have been characterized as substrates to gain insight into the mechanism of hydroxylation. Multiple hydroxylated products were f...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Hillas PJ,Fitzpatrick PF

更新日期：1996-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemosensory cilia of olfactory receptor neurons contain an adenylate cyclase which is stimulated by high concentrations of odorants. Cyclic AMP produced by this enzyme has been proposed to act as second messenger in olfactory transduction. Here we report that olfactory cilia contain calmodulin and that calmodulin pot...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Anholt RR,Rivers AM

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monomolecular layers of undissociated bile acids and membrane lipids at the air/water interface serve as useful models for the interactions between fully ionized bile salts and physiological membranes. Employing an automated Langmuir-Pockels surface balance, surface pressures and dipole moments were measured as functi...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Fahey DA,Carey MC,Donovan JM

更新日期：1995-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell-signaling peptides have been extensively used to transport functional molecules across the plasma membrane into living cells. These peptides consist of a hydrophobic sequence and a cationic nuclear localization sequence (NLS). It has been assumed that the hydrophobic region penetrates the hydrophobic lipid bilaye...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Ramamoorthy A,Kandasamy SK,Lee DK,Kidambi S,Larson RG

更新日期：2007-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Dendritic cell-specific intracellular adhesion molecule-3-grabbing nonintegrin (DC-SIGN) is a C-type lectin highly expressed on the surface of antigen-presenting dendritic cells. DC-SIGN mediates interactions among dendritic cells, pathogens, and a variety of epithelia, myeloid cells, and endothelia by binding to high...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Pederson K,Mitchell DA,Prestegard JH

更新日期：2014-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The major excreted protein (MEP) of transformed mouse fibroblasts has been purified, and monospecific antisera against it have been prepared. Synthesis and secretion of this protein have previously been shown to be stimulated by transformation or treatment with tumor-promoting phorbol esters, but its function is still...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Gottesman MM,Cabral F

更新日期：1981-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The structural underpinnings of enzyme substrate specificity are investigated in a pair of copper amine oxidases (CAOs) from Hansenula polymorpha (HPAO-1 and HPAO-2). The X-ray crystal structure (to 2.0 A resolution) and steady state kinetic data of the second copper amine oxidase (HPAO-2) are presented for comparison...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Chang CM,Klema VJ,Johnson BJ,Mure M,Klinman JP,Wilmot CM

更新日期：2010-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Diethyl pyrocarbonate (DEP) is an electrophilic reagent that is used to modify reversibly the histidine residues of proteins. Unfortunately, the lability of the acylated histidine adduct usually does not permit the isolation and identification of the modified histidine. By use of 500-MHz proton NMR spectroscopy, it ha...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Altman J,Lipka JJ,Kuntz I,Waskell L

更新日期：1989-09-19 00:00:00

abstract：:To identify residues and segments in the central region of apolipoprotein A-I (apoA-I) that are important for the protein structure and stability, we studied the effects of four double charge ablations, D102A/D103A, E110A/E111A, R116V/K118A, and R160V/H162A, and two deletion mutations, Delta(61-78) and Delta(121-142),...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Gorshkova IN,Liu T,Kan HY,Chroni A,Zannis VI,Atkinson D

更新日期：2006-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Mouse epidermal growth factor (mEGF), a protein hormone effector molecule that regulates cellular development and division, has been investigated by using proton nuclear magnetic resonance techniques at 500 MHz. Well-resolved downfield aromatic and alpha-CH proton resonances (5.0-8.0 ppm) and an upfield ring current s...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Mayo KH

更新日期：1984-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The cooperative binding of the Escherichia coli DNA unwinding protein to single-stranded DNA has been studied by electron microscopy. Analysis of the electron microscopic data by means of a simple statistical mechanical model has yielded a value of 3.8-7.6 X 10(10) l./mol for the cooperative binding constant in 0.15 M...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Ruyechan WT,Wetmur JG

更新日期：1975-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Integral membrane proteins, which include many cellular effector proteins and drug targets, can be difficult to produce, purify, and manipulate. Although the isolated ectodomains of many membrane proteins can be expressed as water soluble proteins, biological activity is frequently lost when these proteins are release...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Waters EK,Morrissey JH

更新日期：2006-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA-binding geometry and dynamics of a number of anthracyclines, including adriamycin and 4-demethoxydaunorubicin, interacting with DNA have been studied by means of linear dichroism and fluorescence techniques. The anthracycline chromophore is found to be approximately parallel to the plane of the DNA bases and to ha...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Eriksson M,Nordén B,Eriksson S

更新日期：1988-10-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of the polyene antibiotic amphotericin B on the electron paramagnetic resonance spectra of lipid probes intercalated in model membranes was examined. When the antibiotic was added to the aqueous phase, no spectral effects occurred. However, when the antibiotic was incorporated during membrane preparation, c...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Aracava Y,Smith IC,Schreier S

更新日期：1981-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The diiron active sites of the purple acid phosphatases from porcine uterus (also called uteroferrin, Uf) and bovine spleen (BSPAP) and their complexes with tungstate are compared by 1H NMR and NOE techniques. The paramagnetically shifted features of the 1H NMR spectrum of reduced BSPAP are similar to those of reduced...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Wang Z,Ming LJ,Que L Jr,Vincent JB,Crowder MW,Averill BA

更新日期：1992-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：:To study the function of exon 21 of the insulin receptor, a mutant human insulin receptor lacking this domain was constructed. The mutant HIR delta E21 cDNA was transfected into Rat-1 fibroblasts and stable cell lines were selected. The HIR delta E21 receptors were expressed on the cell surface, and they bound insulin...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Rolband GC,Williams JF,Webster NJ,Hsu D,Olefsky JM

更新日期：1993-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of avian-specific linker histone H5, and the globular domains of H5 (GH5) and H1(0) (GH1(0), to self-associate either free in solution or when bound to DNA was investigated. All three proteins underwent a salt-dependent increase in turbidity that may be indicative of nonspecific interactions. Dithiobis(suc...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Carter GJ,van Holde K

更新日期：1998-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The preparation, spectroscopic investigation, structure determination, conformational analysis, and modeling of the Dewar pyrimidinone photoproduct of thymidylyl-(3'----5')-thymidine, previously referred to as TpT3 [Johns, H. E., Pearson, M. L., LeBlanc, J. C., & Heilleiner, C. W. (1964) J. Mol. Biol. 9, 503-524], is ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Taylor JS,Garrett DS,Cohrs MP

更新日期：1988-09-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The phosphorylation of (Na+, K+)ATPase from the electric organ of the electric eel is dependent on Mg2+. The amount of phosphoenzyme formed was increased by K+ and decreased by Na+. Kinetic analyses indicate that a ternary complex of ATPase, Pi and Mg2+ is formed prior to phosphorylation of the protein. Calorimetric s...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Kuriki Y,Halsey J,Biltonen R,Racker E

更新日期：1976-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：:NAD(P)H:quinone oxidoreductase 1 (NQO1) is currently an emerging target in pancreatic cancer. In this report, we describe a series of indolequinones, based on 5-methoxy-1,2-dimethyl-3-[(4-nitrophenoxy)methyl]indole-4,7-dione (ES936), and evaluate NQO1 inhibition and growth inhibitory activity in the human pancreatic M...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Reigan P,Colucci MA,Siegel D,Chilloux A,Moody CJ,Ross D

更新日期：2007-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Oncomodulin is a 108-residue, oncodevelopmental protein containing two calcium-binding sites identified as the CD- and EF-loops. The protein contains no tryptophan and only two tyrosine residues, one which is a calcium ligand in the CD-loop (Tyr-57) and one which lies in the flanking D-helix of this loop (Tyr-65). Sit...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Hutnik CM,MacManus JP,Banville D,Szabo AG

更新日期：1991-07-30 00:00:00