The crystal structure of eosinophil cationic protein in complex with 2',5'-ADP at 2.0 A resolution reveals the details of the ribonucleolytic active site.

abstract：:Lipid-protein interactions in bovine rod outer segment disk membranes have been studied by using a series of eight stearic acid spin-label probes which were labeled at different carbon atom positions in the chain. In randomly oriented membrane dispersions, the electron spin resonance (ESR) spectra of the C-8, C-9, C-1...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Pates RD,Marsh D

更新日期：1987-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Comparative mutagenesis studies of N-(2'-deoxyguanosin-8-yl)-2-acetylaminofluorene (dG-AAF) and N-(2'-deoxyguanosin-8-yl)-2-aminofluorene (dG-AF) adducts positioned in the Nar I restriction enzyme site were performed using Escherichia coli (E. coli) and simian kidney (COS-7) cells. Oligodeoxynucleotides ((5)(')TCCTCG(...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Tan X,Suzuki N,Grollman AP,Shibutani S

更新日期：2002-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Thymidylate synthase from phage T4 (T4TS) is part of a complex of several enzymes required for coordinate DNA synthesis in infected Escherichia coli cells. It has been proposed that similar complexes of enzymes related to DNA synthesis are also functional in eukaryotes [Pardee, A. B. (1989) Science 246, 603-608]. To d...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Finer-Moore JS,Maley GF,Maley F,Montfort WR,Stroud RM

更新日期：1994-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of promoters with nine base-pair substitutions in the spacer DNA separating the -10 and -35 regions was used to demonstrate that Escherichia coli RNA polymerase is sensitive to events affecting the spacer DNA--a region not directly contacted by the enzyme. The drugs distamycin A and netropsin specifically enh...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Bruzik JP,Auble DT,deHaseth PL

更新日期：1987-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Determining the sequence of bond cleavages, and consequently the nature of intermediates, in enzyme-catalyzed reactions is a major goal of mechanistic enzymology. When significant primary isotope effects on V/K are observed for two different bond cleavages, both bonds may be broken in the same transition state or they...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Bahnson BJ,Anderson VE

更新日期：1991-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The skeletal muscle Ca2+ release channel (RYR1) is regulated by calmodulin in both its Ca2+-free (apocalmodulin) and Ca2+-bound (Ca2+ calmodulin) states. Apocalmodulin is an activator of the channel, and Ca2+ calmodulin is an inhibitor of the channel. Both apocalmodulin and Ca2+ calmodulin binding sites on RYR1 are de...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Moore CP,Rodney G,Zhang JZ,Santacruz-Toloza L,Strasburg G,Hamilton SL

更新日期：1999-06-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The intense charge transfer complex between the enolate of 3-thia-octanoyl-CoA and the oxidized flavin of the medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase is discharged by the ferricenium ion with irreversible inactivation of the enzyme. Charge transfer complex formation is a necessary, but insufficient, condition for oxidativ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Schaller RA,Thorpe C

更新日期：1995-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:A conformational change in the DNA plasmid ColE1 appears to occur upon specific binding of the restriction endonuclease EcoRI. Enzyme association alters the chiral discrimination found in binding metallointercalators to DNA sites. The complexes tris(1,10-phenanthroline)ruthenium(II), Ru(phen)3(2+), tris(4,7-diphenyl-1...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Barton JK,Paranawithana SR

更新日期：1986-04-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Replication in archaea is carried out by proteins that are homologues of eukaryotic counterparts. However, the archaeal systems tend to be much simpler with fewer different genes encoding the core functions than in eukaryotic counterparts. In many archaea, there is a single minichromosome maintenance (MCM) homologue, ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Atanassova N,Grainge I

更新日期：2008-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The mature form of subtilisin is an unusual example of a monomeric protein with a high kinetic barrier to folding and unfolding. Using site-directed mutagenesis of subtilisin BPN', we are attempting to determine the physical and energetic nature of the kinetic barrier. The high-affinity calcium-binding site A has been...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Strausberg S,Alexander P,Wang L,Gallagher T,Gilliland G,Bryan P

更新日期：1993-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of 24-homologated 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 compounds have been chemically synthesized and studied with regard to their activity in inducing differentiation of human promyelocyte HL-60 cells to monocytes and in calcium mobilizing activity in vitamin D deficient rats. Homologation of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 or...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Perlman K,Kutner A,Prahl J,Smith C,Inaba M,Schnoes HK,DeLuca HF

更新日期：1990-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:A synthetic gene coding for the inhibitor protein of bovine heart mitochondrial F1 adenosine triphosphatase was designed and cloned in Escherichia coli. Recombinant F1-ATPase inhibitor protein was overproduced in E. coli and secreted to the periplasmic space. Biologically active recombinant F1-ATPase inhibitor protein...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Van Heeke G,Deforce L,Schnizer RA,Shaw R,Couton JM,Shaw G,Song PS,Schuster SM

更新日期：1993-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Human lung tryptase (HLT), a trypsin-like serine proteinase stored as an active enzyme in association with heparin in mast cell granules, is released into the extracellular environment when mast cells are activated. Tryptases are unusual in that they form tetramers and bind heparin. As there are no known endogenous tr...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Addington AK,Johnson DA

更新日期：1996-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied the tridecadeoxynucleotide CGCGAATTACGCG (I), which contains an additional A at position 9 compared to the dodecanucleotide of which the crystal structure has been determined. Sequence I exhibits no distinct melting curve and also has a concentration-dependent pattern of peaks on reverse-phase chromato...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Roy S,Weinstein S,Borah B,Nickol J,Appella E,Sussman JL,Miller M,Shindo H,Cohen JS

更新日期：1986-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Biochemical and immunochemical data from the present investigation reveal the existence of a p85/p110 phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI 3-kinase) in rat liver nuclei. 32P-Labeling of membrane phosphoinositides by incubating intact nuclei with [gamma-32P]ATP results in the formation of [32P]phosphatidyl-inositol 3,4, 5-tri...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Lu PJ,Hsu AL,Wang DS,Yan HY,Yin HL,Chen CS

更新日期：1998-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Influenza virus gains access to the cytoplasm of its host cell by means of a fusion event between viral and host cell membrane. Fusion is mediated by the envelope glycoprotein hemagglutinin (HA) and is triggered by low pH. To learn how many hemagglutinin trimers are necessary to cause membrane fusion, we have used two...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Ellens H,Bentz J,Mason D,Zhang F,White JM

更新日期：1990-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Paranemic crossover DNA (PX-DNA) is a four-stranded multicrossover structure that has been implicated in recombination-independent recognition of homology. Although existing evidence has suggested that PX is the DNA motif in homologous pairing (HP), this conclusion remains ambiguous. Further investigation is needed bu...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Kizer M,Huntress ID,Walcott BD,Fraser K,Bystroff C,Wang X

更新日期：2019-03-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Tec family nonreceptor tyrosine kinases are key immunological enzymes that control processes that range from T and B cell development to reorganization of the actin cytoskeleton. The full-length Tec kinases have been resistant to crystallization. This lack of structural data and the paucity of in vitro biochemical dat...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Joseph RE,Min L,Andreotti AH

更新日期：2007-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The membrane-bound closed channel structure of helices 4 and 5 (Lys-406-Asp-446) of the colicin E1 channel domain was investigated by using a site-directed fluorescence labeling technique. A bimane probe was covalently attached to a cysteine residue in a series of single-cysteine mutant proteins to scan each helix in ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Ho D,Merrill AR

更新日期：2009-02-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The photoaffinity probes [gamma-32P]2-azidoATP (2-N3ATP) and [alpha-32P]8-azido-ATP (8-N3ATP) were used to investigate the binding of ATP to highly purified 2-5A synthetase. 2-N3ATP and 8-N3ATP are substrates for 2-5A synthetase [Suhadolnik, R.J., Karikó, K., Sobol, R.W., Jr., Li, S.W., Reichenbach, N.L., & Haley, B.E...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Suhadolnik RJ,Li SW,Sobol RW Jr,Haley BE

更新日期：1988-11-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Betaine-homocysteine S-methyltransferase (BHMT) is a zinc-dependent enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of a methyl group from glycine betaine (Bet) to homocysteine (Hcy) to form dimethylglycine (DMG) and methionine (Met). Previous studies in other laboratories have indicated that catalysis proceeds through the formati...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Castro C,Gratson AA,Evans JC,Jiracek J,Collinsová M,Ludwig ML,Garrow TA

更新日期：2004-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Neutral oligosaccharides, which accounted for 74% of the total N-linked sugar chains released by hydrazinolysis of rat small intestinal aminopeptidase N, were investigated on a structural basis. They are mainly composed of complex-type sugar chains with tri- and tetraantennary structures, and small amounts of high man...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Takasaki S,Erickson RH,Kim YS,Kochibe N,Kobata A

更新日期：1991-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Two-dimensional (2D) proton magnetic resonance techniques used in conjunction with laser photochemically induced dynamic nuclear polarization (photo-CIDNP) spectroscopy have been applied to studying the kringle 4 domain from human plasminogen at 360 MHz. Out of 11 potential CIDNP-sensitive aromatic side chains, only 5...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： De Marco A,Zetta L,Petros AM,Llinás M,Boelens R,Kaptein R

更新日期：1986-12-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The metal-dependent deacetylase LpxC catalyzes the first committed step of lipid A biosynthesis in Gram-negative bacteria. Accordingly, LpxC is an attractive target for the development of inhibitors that may serve as potential new antibiotics for the treatment of Gram-negative bacterial infections. Here, we report the...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Gennadios HA,Whittington DA,Li X,Fierke CA,Christianson DW

更新日期：2006-07-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Four murine myeloma immunoglobulins, A4, A47N, U61, and E109, have been studied for their binding affinities with inulin and a series of oligosaccharides derived from inulin. The results indicate that the combining site of these immunoglobulins shows highest complementarity for a trifructofuranosyl sequence (A4 and A4...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Streefkerk DG,Glaudemans CP

更新日期：1977-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin-8 (IL-8), a member of the chemokine superfamily, exists as both monomers and dimers, and mediates its function by binding to neutrophil CXCR1 and CXCR2 receptors that belong to the G protein-coupled receptor class. It is now well established that the monomer functions as a high-affinity ligand, but the bin...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Rajarathnam K,Prado GN,Fernando H,Clark-Lewis I,Navarro J

更新日期：2006-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：:With the aid of high time resolution kinetic data extracted from a flow cytometer, we determined that there are two N-formyl peptide receptor states for human neutrophils at 4 degrees C: a low affinity and a high affinity state. Competitive binding of FMLP, FNLP, and t-BOC with FNLPNTL-FL revealed different kinetic ra...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Hoffman JF,Keil ML,Riccobene TA,Omann GM,Linderman JJ

更新日期：1996-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：:In the following, molecular simulations are used to reveal unexpected behavior within bacterial membranes. We show that lipopolysaccharide molecules found in these membranes form viscous amorphous solids when they are interlinked with monovalent and divalent cations. The bilayers exhibit both liquid and glassy charact...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Jefferies D,Hsu PC,Khalid S

更新日期：2017-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：:In the absence of ligands, dihydrofolate reductase from Escherichia coli exists in at least two interconvertible conformations, only one of which binds NADPH with high affinity. This equilibrium is pH dependent, involving an ionizable group of the enzyme (pK approximately 5.5), and the proportion of the NADPH-binding ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Dunn SM,Lanigan TM,Howell EE

更新日期：1990-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The pre-steady-state kinetics of the microtubule-kinesin ATPase were investigated by chemical-quench flow methods using the Drosophila kinesin motor domain (K401) expressed in Escherichia coli [Gilbert, S. P., & Johnson, K. A. (1993) Biochemistry 32, 4677-4684]. The results define a minimal mechanism: M.K + ATP in equ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Gilbert SP,Johnson KA

更新日期：1994-02-22 00:00:00