Thermal and urea-induced unfolding of the marginally stable lac repressor DNA-binding domain: a model system for analysis of solute effects on protein processes.

abstract：:Adenylosuccinate lyase, an enzyme catalyzing two reactions in purine biosynthesis (the cleavage of either adenylosuccinate or succinylaminoimidazole carboxamide ribotide), has been implicated in a human disease arising from point mutations in the gene encoding the enzyme. Asn(276) of Bacillus subtilis adenylosuccinate...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Palenchar JB,Colman RF

更新日期：2003-02-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphorylation of phosphatidylinositol (PtdIns) by PtdIns 4-kinases is the first step in the synthesis of polyphosphoinositides, the lipid precursors of intracellular signaling molecules. We have recently identified a cytosolic PtdIns 4-kinase (cPI4K) in the bovine adrenal cortex that is distinguished from previously...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Downing GJ,Kim S,Nakanishi S,Catt KJ,Balla T

更新日期：1996-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The alpha, beta, and gamma subunits of the receptor with high affinity for immunoglobulin E were isolated and their compositions assessed by direct amino acid analysis and by incorporation of radioactive precursors. The compositions show no unusual features other than a rather high content of tryptophan in the alpha c...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Alcaraz G,Kinet JP,Liu TY,Metzger H

更新日期：1987-05-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The cAMP-dependent protein kinase (cAPK) plays an essential role during differentiation and fruit morphogenesis in Dictyostelium discoideum. The presence of an open reading frame on the gene, pkaC (previously named either Dd PK2 or Dd PK3 by different groups), predicts a 73-kDa polypeptide with 54% similarity to the c...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Anjard C,Etchebehere L,Pinaud S,Véron M,Reymond CD

更新日期：1993-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：:A molecular model has been built of the equine infectious anemia virus (EIAV) proteinase on the basis of the crystal structures of the related Rous sarcoma virus (RSV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) proteinases. The 104 residue long EIAV proteinase has 30 identical and 11 similar amino acids compared to those ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Weber IT,Tözsér J,Wu J,Friedman D,Oroszlan S

更新日期：1993-04-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The first step of the kynurenine pathway for l-tryptophan (l-Trp) degradation is catalyzed by heme-dependent dioxygenases, tryptophan 2,3-dioxygenase (TDO) and indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase. In this work, we employed stopped-flow optical absorption spectroscopy to study the kinetic behavior of the Michaelis complex of C...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Geng J,Weitz AC,Dornevil K,Hendrich MP,Liu A

更新日期：2020-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitomycins make up a group of antitumor natural products that are biosynthesized from aminohydroxybenzoic acid (AHBA) and N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc). While the biosynthetic gene cluster was reported two decades ago, the mechanism by which the two building blocks, AHBA and GlcNAc, are coupled during biosynthesis rema...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Nguyen HP,Yokoyama K

更新日期：2019-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectra of spin-labeled DNA duplexes, both bound to DEAE-Sephadex and free in solution, have been analyzed. The nitroxide spin-labels are covalently linked to a deoxyuridine residue using either a monoacetylene or diacetylene tether. This difference in tether length produces a...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Hustedt EJ,Kirchner JJ,Spaltenstein A,Hopkins PB,Robinson BH

更新日期：1995-04-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphorylation by ATP of E.*Ca2 (sarcoplasmic reticulum vesicles (SRV) with bound 45Ca2+) during 5-10 ms leads to the occlusion of 2 *Ca2+/EPtot [quench by ethylene glycol bis(beta-aminoethyl ether)-N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic acid (EGTA) alone] in both "empty" (10 microM free Ca2+in) or "loaded" SRV (20-40 mM free Ca2+in)...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Khananshvili D,Jencks WP

更新日期：1988-04-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluorescent nucleobase analogues are used extensively to probe the structure and dynamics of nucleic acids. The fluorescence of the adenine analogue 2-aminopurine and the cytosine analogue pyrrolocytosine is significantly quenched when the bases are located in regions of double-stranded nucleic acids. To allow more de...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Hardman SJ,Thompson KC

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Raman difference spectroscopy is used to probe the properties of a 36-nt RNA molecule, "D5", which lies at the heart of the catalytic apparatus in group II introns. For D5 that has all of its adenine residues labeled with (13)C and (15)N and utilizing Raman difference spectroscopy, we identify the conformationally sen...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Chen Y,Eldho NV,Dayie TK,Carey PR

更新日期：2010-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the use of electrospray ionization (ESI) mass spectrometry (MS) in conjunction with online rapid mixing to monitor the kinetics of acid-induced ferrihemoglobin denaturation. Under equilibrium conditions, the hemoglobin mass spectrum is dominated by the intact heterotetramer. Dimeric and monomeric species are...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Simmons DA,Wilson DJ,Lajoie GA,Doherty-Kirby A,Konermann L

更新日期：2004-11-23 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 behavior of photosystem II (PSII) reactions was investigated under conditions of decreasing water content by the addition of increasing concentrations of ethylene glycol (EG). The photosynthetic activities were measured for PSII samples either directly in aqueous solutions of EG or in the standard buffer medium fo...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Hillier W,Lukins P,Seibert M,Wydrzynski T

更新日期：1997-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:A solubilized preparation of steroid 5 alpha-reductase (EC 1.3.1.30) from rat liver has been used in studies focused toward an understanding of the kinetic mechanism associated with enzyme catalysis. From the results of analyses with product and dead-end inhibitors, a preferentially ordered binding of substrates and r...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Levy MA,Brandt M,Greway AT

更新日期：1990-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:A single amino acid substitution from methionine-184 to valine (M184V) of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase (RT) evokes the 1000-fold 3TC (Lamivudine) resistance by the HIV-1 virus observed in the clinic. The M184V mutant HIV-1 RT was studied to assess its catalytic efficiency during single nucleotide incorporation using a ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Feng JY,Anderson KS

更新日期：1999-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The mutagenic and genotoxic properties of 1,N6-ethenoadenine (epsilon Ade), 3,N4-ethenocytosine (epsilon Cyt), and 4-amino-5-(imidazol-2-yl)imidazole (beta) were investigated in vivo. The former two modified bases are known DNA adducts formed by the human carcinogen vinyl chloride; beta is formed by pyrimidine ring-op...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Basu AK,Wood ML,Niedernhofer LJ,Ramos LA,Essigmann JM

更新日期：1993-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate a conformational change accompanying peptide binding to class II MHC proteins, we probed the structure of a soluble version of the human class II MHC protein HLA-DR1 in empty and peptide-loaded forms. Peptide binding induced a large decrease in the effective radius of the protein as determined by gel fi...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Zarutskie JA,Sato AK,Rushe MM,Chan IC,Lomakin A,Benedek GB,Stern LJ

更新日期：1999-05-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Memapsin 2 (beta-secretase) is the membrane-anchored aspartic protease that initiates the cleavage of beta-amyloid precursor protein (APP), leading to the production of amyloid-beta (Abeta), a major factor in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease. The active site of memapsin 2 has been shown, with kinetic data and c...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Turner RT 3rd,Hong L,Koelsch G,Ghosh AK,Tang J

更新日期：2005-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Basic peptides from the carboxy terminus of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) Tat protein bind to the stem-loop region of TAR RNA, spanning a trinucleotide bulge, with high affinity and moderate specificity. Previous studies have demonstrated that TAR RNA contains a specific arginine binding pocket. A se...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Long KS,Crothers DM

更新日期：1995-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Aspartate-beta-semialdehyde dehydrogenase (ASADH) lies at the first branch point in the biosynthetic pathway through which bacteria, fungi, and the higher plants synthesize amino acids, including lysine and methionine and the cell wall component diaminopimelate from aspartate. Blocks in this biosynthetic pathway, whic...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Hadfield A,Shammas C,Kryger G,Ringe D,Petsko GA,Ouyang J,Viola RE

更新日期：2001-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Highly purified tryptic fragments of calmodulin were tested for their ability to stimulate adenylate cyclase activity of Bordetella pertussis spheroplast membranes and were compared to their activities on brain Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase. The C-terminal fragment, consisting of residu...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Wolff J,Newton DL,Klee CB

更新日期：1986-12-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of DNA supercoiling on a sterically very demanding threading intercalation process is investigated here. We find that the threading rate of a dimeric ruthenium complex into a negatively supercoiled plasmid at low binding density is 2 orders of magnitude higher than into the cleaved linear form. Further satu...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Nordell P,Jansson ET,Lincoln P

更新日期：2009-02-24 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

abstract：:The phosphatidylcholine-preferring phospholipase C from Bacillus cereus (PLCBc) is a 28.5 kDa enzyme with three zinc ions in its active site. Although much is known about the roles that various PLCBc active site amino acids play in binding and catalysis, there is little information about the rate-determining step of t...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Martin SF,Hergenrother PJ

更新日期：1999-04-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluorescence spectroscopic and kinetic analysis of photochemical activity, cofactor and substrate binding, and enzyme denaturation studies were performed with highly purified, recombinant pea NADPH:protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase (POR) heterologously expressed in Escherichia coli. The results obtained with an indiv...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Lebedev N,Karginova O,McIvor W,Timko MP

更新日期：2001-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The structures of oligosaccharides of normal and pathological immunoglobulin G (IgG) are reported. Asparagine-linked neutral oligosaccharides were released by N-oligosaccharide glycopeptidase (almond) digestion. The reducing ends of the oligosaccharide chains thus obtained were aminated with a fluorescent reagent, 2-a...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Takahashi N,Ishii I,Ishihara H,Mori M,Tejima S,Jefferis R,Endo S,Arata Y

更新日期：1987-02-24 00:00:00

abstract：:In clostridial-type ferredoxins, each of the two [4Fe-4S]2+/+ clusters receives three of its four ligands from a CysXXCysXXCys motif. Azotobacter vinelandii ferredoxin I (AvFdI) is a seven-iron ferredoxin that contains one [4Fe-4S]2+/+ cluster and one [3Fe-4S]+/0 cluster. During the evolution of the 7Fe azotobacter-ty...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Kemper MA,Gao-Sheridan HS,Shen B,Duff JL,Tilley GJ,Armstrong FA,Burgess BK

更新日期：1998-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The protein phosphatase 2C (PP2C) family represents one of the four major protein Ser/Thr phosphatase activities in mammalian cells and contains at least 13 distinct gene products. Although PP2C family members regulate a variety of cellular functions, mechanisms of regulation of their activities are largely unknown. H...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Awano K,Amano K,Nagaura Y,Kanno S,Echigo S,Tamura S,Kobayashi T

更新日期：2008-07-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Separation of the gradient-purified gastric microsome into two membrane subfractions of distinct enzymatic and phospholipid composition has been achieved by mild SDS (0.033% w/v) treatment followed by sucrose gradient centrifugation of the pig and rabbit gastric microsomes. While the high-density membranes had all of ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Ray TK,Das PK,Nandi J,Banerjee A,Bandopadhyay S

更新日期：1988-12-13 00:00:00