The WSAWS motif is C-hexosylated in a soluble form of the erythropoietin receptor.

abstract：:Lipidic membrane systems that have been reported to be composed of sphingomyelin (SM)-cholesterol (Chol) microdomains or "rafts" by Dietrich et al. [palmitoyloleoyl-phosphatidylcholine(POPC)/SM/Chol, 1/1/1; Dietrich, C., Bagatolli, L. A., Volovyk, Z. N., Thompson, N. L., Levi, M., Jacobson, K., and Gratton, E. (2001) ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Aussenac F,Tavares M,Dufourc EJ

更新日期：2003-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：:We report differences in the interaction of two structurally similar phenanthroline intercalators, ethidium and propidium, with poly(dA).poly(dT) and poly[d(A-T)] as a function of ionic strength based on titration microcalorimetry, fluorescence titration, and hydrostatic pressure measurements. Both ethidium and propid...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Marky LA,Macgregor RB Jr

更新日期：1990-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The amino acids (residues 39-51) responsible for the interaction between the first intracellular loop (iLP1) of the human prostacyclin receptor (IP) and G alpha s protein have been identified [Zhang, L., Huang, G., Wu, J., and Ruan, K. H. (2005) Biochemistry 44, 11389-11401]. To further characterize the structural/fun...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Zhang L,Wu J,Ruan KH

更新日期：2006-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：:SHP-1, a protein tyrosine phosphatase containing two tandem SH2 domains, is autoinhibited at rest by its N-terminal SH2 (N-SH2) domain. Relief from autoinhibition and a subsequent 10-60-fold increase in V(max) have been observed upon N-SH2 domain engagement by a specific phosphotyrosyl ligand or upon deletion of the S...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Wang J,Walsh CT

更新日期：1997-03-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Pleckstrin homology (PH) domains play a central role in a wide array of signaling pathways by binding second messenger lipids of the phosphatidylinositol phosphate (PIP) lipid family. A given type of PIP lipid is formed in a specific cellular membrane where it is generally a minor component of the bulk lipid mixture. ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Corbin JA,Dirkx RA,Falke JJ

更新日期：2004-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The inactivation of excited rhodopsin in the presence of ATP, rhodopsin kinase, and/or arrestin has been studied from its effect on the two subsequent steps in the light-induced enzymatic cascade: metarhodopsin II catalyzed activation of G-protein and G-protein-dependent activation of cGMP phosphodiesterase. The inact...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Bennett N,Sitaramayya A

更新日期：1988-03-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Beta-amylase (EC 3.2.1.2) is starch-hydrolyzing exo-type enzyme that can catalyze the successive liberation of beta-maltose from the nonreducing ends of alpha-1,4-linked glucopyranosyl polymers. There is a well-known phenomenon called multiple or repetitive attack where the enzyme releases several maltose molecules in...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Ishikawa K,Nakatani H,Katsuya Y,Fukazawa C

更新日期：2007-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied the effects of site-directed mutations in Escherichia coli nitrate reductase A (NarGHI) on heme reduction by a menaquinol analogue (menadiol) using the stopped-flow method. For NarGHI(H66Y) and NarGHI(H187Y), both lacking heme b(L) but having heme b(H), the heme reduction by menadiol is abolished. For ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Zhao Z,Rothery RA,Weiner JH

更新日期：2003-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The binding of Ca2+ and the resulting change in catalytic specificity that allows phosphorylation of the calcium ATPase of sarcoplasmic reticulum by ATP were examined by measuring the amount of phosphoenzyme formation from [32P]ATP, or 45Ca incorporation into vesicles, after the simultaneous addition of ATP and EGTA a...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Petithory JR,Jencks WP

更新日期：1988-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel inhibitor of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (p38), CMPD1, identified by high-throughput screening, is characterized herein. Unlike the p38 inhibitors described previously, this inhibitor is substrate selective and noncompetitive with ATP. In steady-state kinetics experiments, CMPD1 was observed to preven...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Davidson W,Frego L,Peet GW,Kroe RR,Labadia ME,Lukas SM,Snow RJ,Jakes S,Grygon CA,Pargellis C,Werneburg BG

更新日期：2004-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Microtubules, ordinarily cold-labile structures, are made entirely resistant to cold temperature by the presence of substoichiometric amounts of STOP (stable tubule only polypeptide), a microtubule-associated protein. We have produced a monoclonal antibody which specifically recognizes a 145-kDa protein previously imp...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Pirollet F,Rauch CT,Job D,Margolis RL

更新日期：1989-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Coiled coils are simple models for studying the association of two polypeptide chains to form a folded protein. Previous work has shown that the folding of a coiled coil can be described by a two-state transition between two unfolded monomeric peptide chains and a folded coiled coil dimer. Here we report the thermodyn...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Bosshard HR,Dürr E,Hitz T,Jelesarov I

更新日期：2001-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Glutathione S-transferase, from the malarial parasite Plasmodium falciparum (PfGST), exerts a protective role in the organism and is thus considered an interesting target for antimalarial drug development. In contrast to other GSTs, it is present in solution as a tetramer and a dimer in equilibrium, which is induced b...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Quesada-Soriano I,Barón C,García-Maroto F,Aguilera AM,García-Fuentes L

更新日期：2013-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Pyruvate decarboxylase (PDC) uses thiamine diphosphate as an essential cofactor to catalyze the formation of acetaldehyde on the pathway of ethanol synthesis. Here we report the crystallographic image of a prereaction intermediate of a bacterial pyruvate decarboxylase prepared by cocrystallizing the enzyme with pyruva...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Pei XY,Erixon KM,Luisi BF,Leeper FJ

更新日期：2010-03-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultraviolet resonance Raman (RR) spectra, with 200- and 218-nm excitation from a H2-shifted quadrupled Nd:YAG laser, are reported for insulin and alpha-lactalbumin in dilute aqueous solution, at pH values known to produce differences in the exposure of the aromatic residues to solvent. At 200 nm, the spectra are domin...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Rava RP,Spiro TG

更新日期：1985-04-09 00:00:00

abstract：:If cytochrome c oxidase is subjected to pressure during the aerobic steady state, large spectral changes are apparent. These seem to be associated with the inhibition of electron transport within the oxidase. The volume change for the transition is about 80 mL/mol. When the oxidase in the aerobic steady state, with po...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Kornblatt JA,Hui Bon Hoa G,Heremans K

更新日期：1988-07-12 00:00:00

abstract：:PI-SceI is a member of an unusual class of rare cutting homing endonucleases produced by an autocatalytic protein splicing from a precursor. To analyze the structural and functional domain organization of the endonuclease PI-SceI and to examine whether the DNA binding activity can be structurally separated from the ca...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Pingoud V,Grindl W,Wende W,Thole H,Pingoud A

更新日期：1998-06-02 00:00:00

abstract：:L-Aspartate oxidase (Laspo) catalyzes the conversion of L-Asp to iminoaspartate, the first step in the de novo biosynthesis of NAD(+). This bacterial pathway represents a potential drug target since it is absent in mammals. The Laspo R386L mutant was crystallized in the FAD-bound catalytically competent form and its t...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Bossi RT,Negri A,Tedeschi G,Mattevi A

更新日期：2002-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Oligopeptides and dipeptides are transported into Saccharomyces cerevisiae by a carrier-mediated system. In the dark, leucyl-p-nitroanilide (Leu-p-NA) and leucyl-leucyl-4-azido-2-nitrophenylalanine [Leu-Leu-Phe-(4N3,2NO2)] are competitive inhibitors of peptide transport by S. cerevisiae cells. The photolysis of yeast ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Becker JM,Dunsmore KP,Steinfeld AS,Naider F

更新日期：1982-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Inducible dimers are powerful tools for controlling biological processes through colocalizing signaling molecules. To be effective, an inducible system should have a dissociation constant in the "off" state that is greater (i.e., weaker affinity) than the concentrations of the molecules that are being controlled, and ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Zimmerman SP,Hallett RA,Bourke AM,Bear JE,Kennedy MJ,Kuhlman B

更新日期：2016-09-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Classical molecular dynamics simulations were utilized to investigate the structural and dynamical properties of water in the active site of ketosteroid isomerase (KSI) to provide insight into the role of these water molecules in the enzyme-catalyzed reaction. This reaction is thought to proceed via a dienolate interm...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Hanoian P,Hammes-Schiffer S

更新日期：2011-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously showed that a bulky ring-strained cycloalkyne possessing a rhodamine fluorophore directly reacts (via strain-promoted click chemistry) with the azido group incorporated (via ligand-directed tosyl chemistry) into Asp160 in the 49 kDa subunit of complex I in bovine heart submitochondrial particles [Masuya,...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Masuya T,Murai M,Ito T,Aburaya S,Aoki W,Miyoshi H

更新日期：2017-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Numerous studies have concluded that the interaction of the amyloid β-peptide (Aβ) and cellular membranes contributes to the toxicity and cell death observed in the progression of Alzheimer's disease. Aggregated Aβ species disrupt membranes, leading to physical instability and ion leakage. Further, the presence of Aβ ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Lemkul JA,Bevan DR

更新日期：2013-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The aggregation of the microtubule-associated protein, tau, into amyloid fibrils is a hallmark of neurodegenerative diseases such as the tauopathies and Alzheimer's disease. Since monomeric tau is an intrinsically disordered protein and the polymeric fibrils possess an ordered cross-β core, the aggregation process is ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Ramachandran G,Milán-Garcés EA,Udgaonkar JB,Puranik M

更新日期：2014-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The structures of hemes a and a3 of maize and wheat germ cytochrome c oxidase were investigated by resonance Raman spectroscopy. Comparison between the plant and mammalian cytochrome oxidases revealed that (i) the vinyl groups associated with hemes a and a3 vibrate at higher frequencies in the plant enzyme than in the...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： de Paula JC,Peiffer WE,Ingle RT,Centeno JA,Ferguson-Miller S,Babcock GT

更新日期：1990-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytochrome b5 reductase (cb5r), a member of the ferredoxin:NADP+ reductase family of flavoprotein transhydrogenases, catalyzes the NADH-dependent reduction of cytochrome b5. Within this family, a conserved "GxGxxP" sequence motif has been implicated in binding reduced pyridine nucleotides. However, Glycine 179, a cons...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Roma GW,Crowley LJ,Davis CA,Barber MJ

更新日期：2005-10-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Proton inventories (rate measurements in mixtures of H2O and D2O) were determined for the human leukocyte elastase catalyzed hydrolyses of thiobenzyl esters and p-nitroanilides of the peptides MeOSuc-Val, MeOSuc-Alan-Pro-Val (n = 0-2), and MeOSuc-Alan-Pro-Ala (n = 1 or 2). The dependencies of k2/Ks on mole fraction of...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Stein RL,Strimpler AM,Hori H,Powers JC

更新日期：1987-03-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Expansions of (CTG)·(CAG) repeated DNAs are the mutagenic cause of 14 neurological diseases, likely arising through the formation and processing of slipped-strand DNAs. These transient intermediates of repeat length mutations are formed by out-of-register mispairing of repeat units on complementary strands. The three-...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Slean MM,Reddy K,Wu B,Nichol Edamura K,Kekis M,Nelissen FH,Aspers RL,Tessari M,Schärer OD,Wijmenga SS,Pearson CE

更新日期：2013-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The Escherichia coli ribosomal protein S4 is known to repress translation of its own gene and several other ribosomal protein (r-protein) genes in the alpha operon as part of a general mechanism coordinating the levels of rRNA and r-protein synthesis. Using a filter binding assay and RNA transcripts prepared in vitro,...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Deckman IC,Draper DE

更新日期：1985-12-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The crystal structure of fiddler crab collagenase complexed with the dimeric serine protease inhibitor ecotin at 2.5 A resolution reveals an extended cleft providing binding sites for at least 11 contiguous substrate residues. Comparison of the positions of nine intermolecular main chain hydrogen bonding interactions ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Perona JJ,Tsu CA,Craik CS,Fletterick RJ

更新日期：1997-05-06 00:00:00