Crystal structure of rat apo-heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1): mechanism of heme binding in HO-1 inferred from structural comparison of the apo and heme complex forms.

abstract：:Following ribonuclease digestion of methyl-3H-labeled B77 avian sarcoma virus RNA subunits, methylated oligonucleotides were isolated by diethylaminoethylcellulose chromotogrpahy. Partial nucleotide sequences were deduced from the known enzymatic specificities of the ribonucleases. In addition to methylated nucleoside...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Dimock K,Stoltzfus CM

更新日期：1977-02-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Binding of 125I-labeled human alpha-thrombin to endothelial cells derived from bovine corneas was studied in tissue culture. Specific and saturable binding to the cell surface occurred at 37 degrees C but to a much smaller extent at 4 degrees C. Binding of [125I]thrombin to a specific site on these cells with formatio...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Isaacs JD,Savion N,Gospodarowicz D,Fenton JW 2nd,Shuman MA

更新日期：1981-01-20 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：:Voltage-dependent L-type calcium (Ca) channels are heteromultimeric proteins that are regulated through phosphorylation by cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA). We demonstrated that the beta 2 subunit was a substrate for PKA in intact cardiac myocytes through back-phosphorylation experiments. In addition, a heterologou...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Gerhardstein BL,Puri TS,Chien AJ,Hosey MM

更新日期：1999-08-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Illuminating Ca2+-depleted photosystem (PS) II membranes generated two new EPR signals at g = 11 and 15 by perpendicular and parallel polarization modes, respectively. Two turnovers of the oxygen evolving center (OEC) beyond the modified S2' state are required for the appearance of these signals. The formation of the ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Mino H,Kawamori A,Matsukawa T,Ono T

更新日期：1998-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：:4-Chlorobenzoyl-coenzyme A (4-CBA-CoA) dehalogenase catalyzes the hydrolysis of 4-CBA-CoA to 4-hydroxybenzoyl-coenzyme A (4-HBA-CoA) via a nucleophilic aromatic substitution pathway involving the participation of an active site carboxylate side chain in covalent catalysis. In this paper we report on the identification...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Yang G,Liu RQ,Taylor KL,Xiang H,Price J,Dunaway-Mariano D

更新日期：1996-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:We used two chemical modifiers, tetranitromethane (TNM) and acetic anhydride (Ac(2)O), which specifically target accessible tyrosine and lysine residues, respectively, to modify recombinant Syrian hamster PrP(90-231) [rSHaPrP(90-231)] and SHaPrP 27-30, the proteinase K-resistant core of PrP(Sc) isolated from brain of ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Gong B,Ramos A,Vázquez-Fernández E,Silva CJ,Alonso J,Liu Z,Requena JR

更新日期：2011-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Three tyrosine-to-phenylalanine mutants of ribonuclease A (Y25F, Y92F, and Y97F) are investigated for their enzymatic activities, molecular stabilities, and unfolding/refolding kinetics. These mutants exhibit 80, 90, and 80%, respectively, of the catalytic activity of the wild-type enzyme. Thermal, Gdn.HCl, and pH tra...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Juminaga D,Wedemeyer WJ,Garduño-Júarez R,McDonald MA,Scheraga HA

更新日期：1997-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Peptide-membrane interactions are important for understanding the binding, partitioning, and folding of membrane proteins; the activity of antimicrobial and fusion peptides; and a number of other processes. We describe molecular dynamics simulations (10-25 ns) of two pentapeptides Ace-WLXLL (with X = Arg or Lys side c...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Aliste MP,MacCallum JL,Tieleman DP

更新日期：2003-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Pineapple stem bromelain was photooxidized in the presence of Methylene Blue used as a sensitizer. The essential sulfhydryl group of the enzyme protein rapidly became inaccessible to react with 5,5'-dithiobis(nitrobenzoic acid), but the reactivity was readily regained to the original level upon treatment with dithioth...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Murachi T,Tsudzuki T,Okumura K

更新日期：1975-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:D(--)-beta-Hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenase of beef heart mitochondria is inhibited by modifiers of disulfides, thiols, and vicinal dithiols [Phelps, D. C., & Hatefi, Y. (1981) Biochemistry 20 (preceding paper in this issue)]. The vicinal dithiol can be reversibly oxidized by diamide, resulting in activity inhibition, an...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Phelps DC,Hatefi Y

更新日期：1981-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Electron nuclear double resonance (ENDOR) of protons at Type 2 and Type 1 cupric active sites correlates with the enzymatic pH dependence, the mutation of nearby conserved, nonligating residues, and electron transfer in heterologously expressed Rhodobacter sphaeroides nitrite reductase. Wild-type enzyme showed a pH 6 ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Zhao Y,Lukoyanov DA,Toropov YV,Wu K,Shapleigh JP,Scholes CP

更新日期：2002-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Peptides and peptide-like molecules as a class have very poor permeability through biological membranes, which severely compromises their potential effectiveness as therapeutic agents. In order to gain insight into the problem of delivering peptide and protein drugs and to establish a model in which the effects of sys...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Gray RA,Vander Velde DG,Burke CJ,Manning MC,Middaugh CR,Borchardt RT

更新日期：1994-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The organometallic anticancer agent titanocene dichloride, Cp(2)TiCl(2), is now in phase II clinical trials as an anticancer drug, but its mechanism of action is poorly understood. We show here that the interactions of Cp(2)TiCl(2) with human serum transferrin (hTF) and that of Ti(2)-hTF with adenosine triphosphate (A...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Guo M,Sun H,McArdle HJ,Gambling L,Sadler PJ

更新日期：2000-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：:High-pressure 31P NMR was used for the first time to investigate the effects of pressure on the structure and dynamics of the phosphocholine headgroup in pure 1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DPPC) multilamellar aqueous dispersions and in DPPC bilayers containing the positively charged form of the local an...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Peng X,Jonas J

更新日期：1992-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The complete amino acid sequence of human liver NADPH-cytochrome P-450 reductase has been determined by microsequence analysis and mass spectrometry. The total sequence consists of 676 amino acids initiated by an amino-terminal acetyl group. There is no evidence for posttranslational modifications, including Asn-linke...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Haniu M,McManus ME,Birkett DJ,Lee TD,Shively JE

更新日期：1989-10-17 00:00:00

abstract：:TP40 is a chimeric protein containing transforming growth factor alpha (TGF-alpha) at the N-terminus and a derivative of a 40,000-Da segment (PE40 delta cys) of Pseudomonas exotoxin (PE). PE40 delta cys contains domains Ib, II, and III of PE in which the cysteines are mutated to alanines. The rationale for inclusion o...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Sanyal G,Marquis-Omer D,Gress JO,Middaugh CR

更新日期：1993-04-06 00:00:00

abstract：:In bacteria, regulatory phosphorylation of proteins at serine and/or threonine residues by Ser/Thr protein kinase (STPK) is an emerging theme in prokaryotic signaling, particularly since the prediction of the occurrence of several STPKs from genome sequencing and sequence surveys. Here we show that protein PknH posses...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Molle V,Kremer L,Girard-Blanc C,Besra GS,Cozzone AJ,Prost JF

更新日期：2003-12-30 00:00:00

abstract：:To shed more light on the molecular requirements for recognition of thyroid response elements (TREs) by thyroid receptors (TRs), we compared the specific aspects of DNA TRE recognition by different TR constructs. Using fluorescence anisotropy, we performed a detailed and hierarchical study of TR-TRE binding. This was ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Figueira AC,Lima LM,Lima LH,Ranzani AT,Mule Gdos S,Polikarpov I

更新日期：2010-02-09 00:00:00

abstract：:A specific requirement for lipids, particularly cardiolipin (CL), in cytochrome c oxidase (CcO) has been reported in many previous studies using mainly in vitro lipid removal approaches in mammalian systems. Our accompanying paper shows that CcO produced in markedly CL-depleted Rhodobacter sphaeroides displays wild-ty...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Zhang X,Hiser C,Tamot B,Benning C,Reid GE,Ferguson-Miller SM

更新日期：2011-05-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Site-directed spin labeling (SDSL), the site-specific incorporation of nitroxide spin-labels into a protein, has allowed us to investigate ligand-induced conformational changes in the ligand-binding domain of human estrogen receptor alpha (hERalpha-LBD). EPR (electron paramagnetic resonance) spectroscopy of the nitrox...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Hurth KM,Nilges MJ,Carlson KE,Tamrazi A,Belford RL,Katzenellenbogen JA

更新日期：2004-02-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The Escherichia coli siderophore enterobactin is assembled from 2,3-dihydroxybenzoate (2,3-DHB) and l-serine by the nonribosomal peptide synthetases EntB and EntF. The processive thiol-template strategy used can be sabotaged by EntB misacylation. Through in vitro kinetic analysis, we demonstrate two potential routes t...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Chen D,Wu R,Bryan TL,Dunaway-Mariano D

更新日期：2009-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The contribution of ligand dynamics to CYP allosterism has not been considered in detail. On the basis of a previous study, we hypothesized that CYP2A6 and CYP2E1 accommodate multiple xylene ligands. As a result, the intramolecular ( k H/ k D) obs values observed for some xylene isomers are expected to be dependent on...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Harrelson JP,Atkins WM,Nelson SD

更新日期：2008-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：:We have detected at least four forms of DNA-dependent ATPase in mouse FM3A cell extracts [Tawaragi, Y., Enomoto, T., Watanabe, Y., Hanaoka, F., & Yamada, M. (1984) Biochemistry 23, 529-533]. The purified fraction of one of the four forms, ATPase B, has been shown to have DNA helicase activity by using a DNA substrate ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Seki M,Enomoto T,Hanaoka F,Yamada M

更新日期：1987-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The heterodimeric actin capping protein (CP) is regulated by a set of proteins that contain CP-interacting (CPI) motifs. Outside of the CPI motif, the sequences of these proteins are unrelated and distinct. The CPI motif and surrounding sequences are conserved within a given protein family, when compared to those of o...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： McConnell P,Mekel M,Kozlov AG,Mooren OL,Lohman TM,Cooper JA

更新日期：2020-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：:In this work, four single tryptophan (Trp) mutants of the dimeric mannitol transporter of Escherichia coli, EII(mtl), are characterized using Trp and 5-fluoroTrp (5-FTrp) fluorescence spectroscopy. The four positions, 97, 114, 126, and 133, are located in a region shown by recent studies to be involved in the mannitol...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Vos EP,Bokhove M,Hesp BH,Broos J

更新日期：2009-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The steady-state tryptophan fluorescence and time-resolved tryptophan fluorescence of Escherichia coli thioredoxin, calf thymus thioredoxin, and yeast thioredoxin have been studied. In all proteins, the tryptophan residues undergo strong static and dynamic quenching, probably due to charge-transfer interactions with t...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Mérola F,Rigler R,Holmgren A,Brochon JC

更新日期：1989-04-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The thermotropic behavior and molecular properties of 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine (POPE) and 1-palmitoyl-2-dihydrosterculoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine (PDSPE) have been investigated by 2H NMR spectroscopy using samples selectively labeled at the 5'-, 9'-, 10'-, and 16'-positions of the...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Perly B,Smith IC,Jarrell HC

更新日期：1985-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The structure and dynamic properties of the C-terminal region of the human class alpha glutathione transferase A1-1 have been investigated with high-resolution NMR methods. On the basis of crystallographic and fluorescence measurements, this 13-residue segment of the enzyme is presumed to be disordered in the unligand...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Zhan Y,Rule GS

更新日期：2004-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Solvent proton nuclear magnetic dispersion studies at 25, 100, and 300 MHz have been performed on protocatechuate 3,4-dioxygenase (PCD) and its complexes with 3-chloro-4-hydroxybenzoate and 3-fluoro-4-hydroxybenzoate. Longitudinal and transverse relaxation rates were measured for these compounds and for the apoenzyme....

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Felton RH,Gordon SL,Sowell AL,May SW

更新日期：1984-08-14 00:00:00