NMR analysis of covalent intermediates in thiamin diphosphate enzymes.

abstract：:Collagen is a multifunctional protein, serving as a structural scaffold and a modulator of cellular responses. Prior work has identified distinct regions from several collagen types that promote cell adhesion, spreading, migration, and signal transduction. One of these regions, alpha1(IV)1263-1277 from type IV collage...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Malkar NB,Lauer-Fields JL,Borgia JA,Fields GB

更新日期：2002-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies of proteins with reversed charged residues have demonstrated that electrostatic interactions on the surface can contribute significantly to protein stability. We have used the approach of reversing negatively charged residues using Arg to evaluate the effect of the electrostatics context on the transiti...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Mancusso R,Cruz E,Cataldi M,Mendoza C,Fuchs J,Wang H,Yang X,Tasayco ML

更新日期：2004-04-06 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study we establish that specific members of the Sp1 family of transcription factors (Sp1 and Sp3) bind to all six GC-rich motifs (elements 1-6) present in the proximal promoter of the human cell cycle inhibitor p21(WAF-1/Cip1) gene. Competition analysis showed that Sp1 and Sp3 bound with high affinity t...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Koutsodontis G,Moustakas A,Kardassis D

更新日期：2002-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Replication protein A (RPA) is multisubunit single-stranded DNA-binding protein required for multiple processes in DNA metabolism including DNA replication, DNA repair, and recombination. Human RPA is a stable complex of three subunits of 70, 32, and 14 kDa (RPA70, RPA32, and RPA14, respectively). We examined the stru...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Gomes XV,Henricksen LA,Wold MS

更新日期：1996-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The molecule 3',6'-bis(4-guanidinobenzoyloxy)-5-[N'-(4-carboxyphenyl)thioureido[spirop]isobenzofuran-1-(3H),9'-[9H]xanthen]-3-one, abbreviated FDE, was designed and synthesized as a fluorogenic active-site titrant for serine proteases. It is an analogue of p-nitrophenyl p-guanidino-benzoate (NPGB) in which a fluoresce...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Livingston DC,Brocklehurst JR,Cannon JF,Leytus SP,Wehrly JA,Peltz SW,Peltz GA,Mangel WF

更新日期：1981-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：:PACT is a stress-modulated activator of interferon (IFN)-induced double-stranded (ds) RNA-activated protein kinase (PKR) and is an important regulator of PKR-dependent signaling pathways. Stress-induced phosphorylation of PACT is essential for PACT's association with PKR leading to PKR activation. PKR activation by PA...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Singh M,Castillo D,Patel CV,Patel RC

更新日期：2011-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The activity of peptidyl-tRNALys-CpCp2'dA was measured in an in vitro poly(A)-dependent polypeptide synthesizing system derived from Escherichia coli. It has already been shown that Lys-tRNALys-CpCp2'dA is active as an acceptor and Ac2-Lys-tRNALys-Cp2'dA can donate its peptidyl residue but that the overall poly(A)-dep...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Wagner T,Sprinzl M

更新日期：1983-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Aromatic amino acid aminotransferase (ArAT) from Escherichia coli was overexpressed in E. coli cells, purified, and characterized. The enzyme was similar to aspartate aminotransferase (AspAT) of E. coli in many aspects, such as gross protein structure and spectroscopic properties. The reactions of pyridoxal 5'-phospha...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Hayashi H,Inoue K,Nagata T,Kuramitsu S,Kagamiyama H

更新日期：1993-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The conformational constraints for apoA-I bound to recombinant phospholipid complexes (rHDL) were attained from a combination of chemical cross-linking and mass spectrometry. Molecular distances were then used to refine models of lipid-bound apoA-I on both 80 and 96 A diameter rHDL particles. To obtain molecular const...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Bhat S,Sorci-Thomas MG,Tuladhar R,Samuel MP,Thomas MJ

更新日期：2007-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the denaturation by guanidine hydrochloride (Gdn X HCl), temperature, and pH of hemoglobin beta subunits and of the peptides beta (1-146), beta (56-146), and beta (1-55). The last peptide was insensitive to all of the three agents. In the other polypeptides denaturation by Gdn X HCl and temperatur...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Franchi D,Fronticelli C,Bucci E

更新日期：1982-11-23 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 electron spin resonance (ESR) spectra from spin-labeled phospholipids in recombinants of myelin proteolipid apoprotein with dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine have been simulated with the exchanged-coupled Bloch equations to obtain values for both the fraction of motionally restricted lipids and the exchange rate betw...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Horváth LI,Brophy PJ,Marsh D

更新日期：1988-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed an assay to continuously monitor the branched amino acid preferring peptidase (BrAAP) activity of the proteasome. This assay is based on the hydrolysis of the fluorogenic peptide, Abz-Gly-Pro-Ala-Leu-Ala-Nba (Abz is 2-aminobenzoyl and Nba is 4-nitrobenzylamide) which is cleaved exclusively at the Leu...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： McCormack TA,Cruikshank AA,Grenier L,Melandri FD,Nunes SL,Plamondon L,Stein RL,Dick LR

更新日期：1998-05-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) has been used to monitor the conformation and dynamics of the d(C1-G2-A3-T4-T5-A6-T6-A5-A4-T3-C2-G1) self-complementary dodecanucleotide duplex (henceforth called Pribnow 12-mer), which contains a TATAAT Pribnow box and a central core of eight dA X dT base pairs. The exchangeable imino...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Patel DJ,Kozlowski SA,Weiss M,Bhatt R

更新日期：1985-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Glutamate mutase is one of a group of adenosylcobalamin-dependent enzymes that catalyze unusual isomerizations that proceed through organic radical intermediates generated by homolytic fission of the coenzyme's unique cobalt-carbon bond. These enzymes are part of a larger family of enzymes that catalyze radical chemis...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Cheng MC,Marsh EN

更新日期：2007-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli DNA photolyase contains a stable flavin radical and a second chromophore (SC) of unknown structure. The effects of flash (both conventional and laser) excitation of either the radical alone or both the radical and the second chromophore have been investigated by variation of the excitation wavelengths...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Heelis PF,Payne G,Sancar A

更新日期：1987-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The family 4 uracil-DNA glycosylase from the hyperthermophilic organism Archaeoglobus fulgidus (AFUDG) is responsible for the removal of uracil in DNA as the first step in the base excision repair (BER) pathway. AFUDG contains a large solvent-exposed peptide region containing an α helix and loop anchored on each end v...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Engstrom LM,Partington OA,David SS

更新日期：2012-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The quaternary structure stability of proteins is typically studied under conditions that accelerate their aggregation/unfolding processes on convenient laboratory time scales. Such conditions include high temperature or pressure, chaotrope-mediated unfolding, or low or high pH. These approaches have the limitation of...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Robinson LZ,Reixach N

更新日期：2014-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Thermobifida fusca Cel9A-90, an unusual family 9 enzyme, is a processive endoglucanase containing a catalytic domain closely linked to a family 3c cellulose binding domain (Cel9A-68) followed by a fibronectin III-like domain and a family 2 cellulose binding domain. To study its catalytic mechanism, 12 mutant genes wit...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Zhou W,Irwin DC,Escovar-Kousen J,Wilson DB

更新日期：2004-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Under suitable experimental conditions the aerobic oxidation of NADH catalyzed by horseradish peroxidase occurred in four characteristic phases: initial burst, induction phase, steady state, and termination. A trace amount of H2O2 present in the NADH solution brought about initial burst in the formation of oxyperoxida...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Yokota K,Yamazaki I

更新日期：1977-05-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) (15)N relaxation methods have been used to characterize the backbone dynamics of the N-terminal core domain of the HIV-1 capsid protein (CA(151)). The domain, which has an unusually flat, triangular shape, tumbles in solution at 28 degrees C with an effective rotational correlation tim...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Campos-Olivas R,Summers MF

更新日期：1999-08-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteriocins are bacterial peptides with specific activity against competing species. They hold great potential as natural preservatives and for their probiotic effects. We show here nuclear magnetic resonance-based evidence that glycocin F, a 43-amino acid bacteriocin from Lactobacillus plantarum, contains two β-link...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Venugopal H,Edwards PJ,Schwalbe M,Claridge JK,Libich DS,Stepper J,Loo T,Patchett ML,Norris GE,Pascal SM

更新日期：2011-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The proximity of skeletal myosin subfragment-1 (S1) to actin, and its orientation with respect to thin filaments of single muscle fibers, were compared in the presence and in the absence of ADP. The proximity was assessed by the efficiency of carbodiimide-induced cross-linking and the orientation by polarization of fl...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Andreev OA,Ushakov DS,Borejdo J

更新日期：1998-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Monomeric sarcosine oxidase is a flavoenzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of the methyl group in sarcosine (N-methylglycine). Rapid reaction kinetic studies under anaerobic conditions at pH 8.0 show that the enzyme forms a charge transfer Michaelis complex with sarcosine (E-FAD(ox).sarcosine) that exhibits an intense ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Zhao G,Jorns MS

更新日期：2006-05-16 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 structure of MtrA, an essential gene product for the human pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis, has been solved to a resolution of 2.1 A. MtrA is a member of the OmpR/PhoB family of response regulators and represents the fourth family member for which a structure of the protein in its inactive state has been deter...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Friedland N,Mack TR,Yu M,Hung LW,Terwilliger TC,Waldo GS,Stock AM

更新日期：2007-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The binding of the codon UUC to the isolated anticodon loop of tRNAPhe (yeast) has been studied as a model of codon recognition by a simple adaptor. Fluorescence titrations demonstrate that UUC binds to the isolated anticodon loop with an equilibrium constant of 1.4 X 10(3) M-1 (at 7.2 degrees C). Equilibrium sediment...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Bujalowski W,Jung M,McLaughlin LW,Porschke D

更新日期：1986-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The dimerization specificity of the recombinantly expressed and purified rod domain of adult and neonatal chicken myosin heavy chain was analyzed using metal chelation chromatography. Our results indicate that full-length adult and neonatal rods preferentially formed homodimers when renatured from an equimolar mixture...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Singh S,Bandman E

更新日期：2006-04-18 00:00:00

abstract：:A putative catalytic triad consisting of tyrosine, serine, and lysine residues was identified in the ketoreductase (KR) domains of modular polyketide synthases (PKSs) based on homology modeling to the short chain dehydrogenase/reductase (SDR) superfamily of enzymes. This was tested by constructing point mutations for ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Reid R,Piagentini M,Rodriguez E,Ashley G,Viswanathan N,Carney J,Santi DV,Hutchinson CR,McDaniel R

更新日期：2003-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteolytic degradation of glutamine synthetase (GS) in Escherichia coli is known to follow "marking" by oxidative modification. At an early stage of the degradative pathway, oxidation of His 269 and Arg 344 abolishes GS enzymatic activity. We propose a mechanism for the early stage of oxidative inactivation of GS on ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Liaw SH,Villafranca JJ,Eisenberg D

更新日期：1993-08-10 00:00:00