Abstract：
:A full-length recombinant mutant of diphtheria toxin containing serine in place of a crucial active-site glutamate has been purified and characterized. The serine substitution caused a minor structural alteration in the toxin as measured by trypsinolysis. ADP-ribosyltransferase activity and cytotoxicity of the mutant were both decreased by approximately 500-fold. A similar reduction in cytotoxicity was found when the enzymic fragments of both the wild-type and mutant toxins were introduced into the cytosol of fibroblasts by osmotically lysing pinosomes. The mutation did not alter the binding of the toxin to cell surface receptors and had no apparent effect on membrane translocation. The results suggest that the decreased cytotoxicity of the mutant is solely due to the reduced ADP-ribosyltransferase activity.
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Arch Biochem Biophysjournal_title
Archives of biochemistry and biophysicsauthors
O'Keefe DOdoi
10.1016/0003-9861(92)90626-8subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1992-08-01 00:00:00pages
678-84issue
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0003-9861issn
1096-0384pii
0003-9861(92)90626-8journal_volume
296pub_type
杂志文章abstract：:The polyisoprenyl phosphate dephosphorylating activity of rat liver has been investigated with regard to substrate specificity, subcellular distribution, and transmembrane orientation. Total liver microsomes were employed as a source of enzymatic activity against a variety of 32P-labeled substrates. Susceptibility to ...
journal_title：Archives of biochemistry and biophysics
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0003-9861(86)90576-x
更新日期：1986-08-15 00:00:00
abstract：:The delta pH in ionophore-treated cells of an acidophile has been determined by electron spin resonance spectroscopy. The values obtained were comparable to those obtained using the more conventional techniques involving radiolabeled probes. No binding of the spin-labeled probe was observed as determined by two indepe...
journal_title：Archives of biochemistry and biophysics
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0003-9861(89)90180-x
更新日期：1989-08-15 00:00:00
abstract：:Carbohydrate response element binding protein (ChREBP) is a transcription factor that activates liver glycolytic and lipogenetic enzyme genes in response to high carbohydrate diet. Here we report the transcriptional regulatory mechanisms for the rat ChREBP gene. Firstly, we determined the transcription initiation site...
journal_title：Archives of biochemistry and biophysics
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.abb.2007.02.028
更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Functional activities of isolated atria from 4-week diabetic rats and their anoxic tolerance and recovery were compared to those of control rats. The present study showed a two-fold increase in maximum developed contraction force (CF), the rate of force development, and the rate of relaxation in isolated atria from di...
journal_title：Archives of biochemistry and biophysics
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0003-9861(90)90479-i
更新日期：1990-05-15 00:00:00
abstract：:Dystrophic chicken breast muscle mitochondria contain significantly less mitochondrial creatine kinase than normal breast muscle mitochondria. Breast muscle mitochondria from normal 16- to 40-day-old chickens contain approximately 80 units of mitochondrial creatine kinase per unit of succinate:INT (p-iodonitrotetrazol...
journal_title：Archives of biochemistry and biophysics
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0003-9861(85)90043-8
更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Imidazolium trans-imidazoledimethylsulfoxide-tetrachlororuthenate (NAMI-A) is a new ruthenium compound active against lung metastasis in vivo and tumor cell invasion in vitro. Since angiogenesis was recognized as a key event in the metastasizing process, the manipulation of neo-vessel formation has been developed as a...
journal_title：Archives of biochemistry and biophysics
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0003-9861(02)00218-7
更新日期：2002-07-15 00:00:00
abstract：:A new strategy for the functional reconstitution of membrane proteins is described. This approach introduces a new class of protein stabilizing agents--osmolytes--whose presence at high concentration (10-20%) during detergent solubilization prevents the inactivations that normally occur when proteins are extracted fro...
journal_title：Archives of biochemistry and biophysics
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0003-9861(89)90080-5
更新日期：1989-02-15 00:00:00
abstract：:Triosephosphate isomerase from rabbit has 5 Cys and 2 Met, while triosephosphate isomerase from yeast has 2 Cys (present in the rabbit enzyme in equivalent positions) and no Met. Since chloramine-T oxidizes Cys and Met, we determined the effect it has on the activity and structure of both enzymes. The activity of trio...
journal_title：Archives of biochemistry and biophysics
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1006/abbi.1994.1395
更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Inactivations of chicken liver pyruvate carboxylase with N-(7-dimethylamino-4-methyl-3-coumarinyl)maleimide (DACM) and o-phthalaldehyde (o-PA) have identified cysteine and lysine residues that are essential for catalytic activity. Protection experiments suggest that the modified residues are located in or near the fir...
journal_title：Archives of biochemistry and biophysics
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1006/abbi.1993.1275
更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：:A peptide containing 43 amino acid residues, rich in glutamic acid and lysine, was originally isolated from calf thymus and designated thymosin beta 4 [T.L.K. Low, S. -K. Hu, and A. L. Goldstein (1981) Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA 78, 1162-1166]. However, thymosin beta 4 was also shown to be present in other tissues of r...
journal_title：Archives of biochemistry and biophysics
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0003-9861(83)90177-7
更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Barley α-amylase isozyme 1 (AMY1, EC 3.2.1.1) contains two surface binding sites, SBS1 and SBS2, involved in the degradation of starch granules. The distinct role of SBS1 and SBS2 remains to be fully understood. Mutational analysis of Tyr-380 situated at SBS2 previously revealed that Tyr-380 is required for binding of...
journal_title：Archives of biochemistry and biophysics
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.abb.2012.08.005
更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Caspase-12, mainly detected in endoplasmic reticulum (ER), has been suggested to play a role in ER-mediated apoptosis and inflammatory caspase activation pathway. Cleavage of the prodomain by caspase-3/-7 at the carboxyl terminus of Asp94 or m-calpain at the carboxyl terminus of Lys158 was reported to be a part of cas...
journal_title：Archives of biochemistry and biophysics
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.abb.2010.07.013
更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Two new members of the polyketide synthase (PKS) gene family (RiPKS4 and RiPKS5) were cloned from raspberry fruits (Rubus idaeus L., cv Royalty) and expressed in Escherichia coli. Characterization of the recombinant enzyme products indicated that RiPKS4 is a bifunctional polyketide synthase producing both 4-hydroxyben...
journal_title：Archives of biochemistry and biophysics
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.abb.2007.11.013
更新日期：2008-02-15 00:00:00
abstract：:Bcl-2 family proteins regulate apoptosis through their homo- and heterodimerization. By protein sequence analysis and structural comparison, we have identified a conserved hydrophobic core at the BH1 and BH2 domains of Bcl-2 family proteins. The hydrophobic core is stabilized by hydrophobic interactions among the resi...
journal_title：Archives of biochemistry and biophysics
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.abb.2009.01.003
更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：:We explored furin substrate requirements in addition to the motif R-X-K/R-R using synthetic fluorescent resonance energy transfer (FRET) decapeptides. These decapeptides were derived from furin cleavage sites in viral coat glycoproteins and human and bacterial protein precursors. The hydrolysis by furin of most substr...
journal_title：Archives of biochemistry and biophysics
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.abb.2009.05.013
更新日期：2009-07-15 00:00:00
abstract：:The crude extract prepared from Glycyrrhiza echinata cells treated with yeast extract catalyzed the formation of liquiritigenin (5-deoxyflavanone) and isoliquiritigenin (6'-deoxychalcone) in addition to naringenin (5-hydroxyflavanone) when incubated with 4-coumaroyl-CoA and malonyl-CoA in the presence of high concentr...
journal_title：Archives of biochemistry and biophysics
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0003-9861(88)90362-1
更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Oligopeptidase A (OpdA) belongs to the M3A subfamily of bacterial peptidases with catalytic and structural properties similar to mammalian thimet-oligopeptidase (TOP) and neurolysin (NEL). The three enzymes have four conserved Tyr residues on a flexible loop in close proximity to the catalytic site. In OpdA, the flexi...
journal_title：Archives of biochemistry and biophysics
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.abb.2010.05.025
更新日期：2010-08-15 00:00:00
abstract：:We have found for the first time that a chromosomal gene, mlr6807, in Mesorhizobium loti encodes a new tetrameric pyridoxal 4-dehydrogenase (PLDH). The recombinant enzyme expressed in Escherichia coli cells was homogenously purified and characterized. The enzyme consisted of four subunits each with a molecular weight ...
journal_title：Archives of biochemistry and biophysics
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.abb.2006.06.002
更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Gene expression in the obligate intracellular bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis ranges from nil in the infectious EB form to high in the dividing RB form. Little is known about the mechanisms of gene regulation in chlamydiae and only a few promoter sequences have been characterized. The purpose of our study was to exami...
journal_title：Archives of biochemistry and biophysics
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1006/abbi.2000.1854
更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Proteins lacking prosthetic groups and/or cofactors are known to undergo electronic excitation transitions only upon exposure to UV-C (< 280 nm) and UV-B (280-320 nm), but not UV-A (320-400 nm) photons. Here, we report the discovery of a novel excitation that peaks at approximately 340 nm and yields visible violet-blu...
journal_title：Archives of biochemistry and biophysics
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.abb.2004.05.007
更新日期：2004-08-15 00:00:00
abstract：:Abnormal production of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) has been observed in a variety of diseases, such as emphysema, atherosclerosis, and cancer metastasis. Destruction of connective tissue ensues and elastin is often a key target. Three of the main elastolytic MMPs are the gelatinases MMP-2 and MMP-9 and the metall...
journal_title：Archives of biochemistry and biophysics
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0003-9861(02)00612-4
更新日期：2003-01-15 00:00:00
abstract：:The superoxide dismutase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the only Cu-containing superoxide dismutase that lacks zinc in the active site. To explore the structural properties of this unusual enzyme, we have investigated its stability by differential scanning calorimetry. We have found that the holo-enzyme is signifi...
journal_title：Archives of biochemistry and biophysics
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.abb.2009.04.005
更新日期：2009-06-15 00:00:00
abstract：:In this work we demonstrate that aldose reductase (AR) interacts directly with tubulin and, was subjected to microtubule formation conditions, enzymatic AR activity increased more than sixfold. Since AR interacts mainly with tubulin that has 3-nitro-tyrosine in its carboxy-terminal, we evaluated whether tyrosine and o...
journal_title：Archives of biochemistry and biophysics
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.abb.2018.07.009
更新日期：2018-09-15 00:00:00
abstract：:9-Hydrazinoacridine irreversibly labeled pig plasma amine oxidase by covalent attachment to the active carbonyl cofactor. The visible absorption spectrum of the modified protein displays new absorption bands at 495 and 525 nm. Its emission spectrum exhibited maxima at 415 and 440 nm. In addition, both absorption and e...
journal_title：Archives of biochemistry and biophysics
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0003-9861(88)90105-1
更新日期：1988-02-15 00:00:00
abstract：:The extrahepatic expression of UDP-glucuronosyltransferases (UGTs) is important in the detoxification of a number of endogenous and exogenous compounds, including 5-hydroxytryptamine and morphine. Studies were designed to investigate the extrahepatic expression of human UGTs using RT-PCR techniques and to determine th...
journal_title：Archives of biochemistry and biophysics
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1006/abbi.1999.1155
更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：:A series of novel peptidyl-alpha-ketoamide compounds were evaluated as inhibitors of the deltaNS3-NS4A serine protease from the hepatitis C virus. These peptidyl-alpha-ketoamide inhibitors with Ki values ranging from 0.17 nM to 5.6 microM exhibited slow-binding inhibition. Kinetic studies established one-step kinetic ...
journal_title：Archives of biochemistry and biophysics
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.abb.2003.11.013
更新日期：2004-01-15 00:00:00
abstract：:The role of chalcone synthase in the regulation of flavonoid biosynthesis during organogenesis of oat primary leaves has been investigated at the level of enzyme activity and mRNA translation in vitro. Chalcone synthase was purified about 500-fold. The apparent Km values were 1.5 and 6.3 microM for 4-coumaroyl-CoA and...
journal_title：Archives of biochemistry and biophysics
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0003-9861(86)90738-1
更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：:We studied the kinetic properties of the membrane-bound human liver mitochondrial protoporphyrinogen oxidase. The activity was monitored by direct recording of protoporphyrin fluorescence appearance in the incubation medium without extraction or dilution. The human liver enzyme shows some different catalytic propertie...
journal_title：Archives of biochemistry and biophysics
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0003-9861(85)90494-1
更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of insulin resistance on glycogen concentration and glycogen synthase activity in the red and white gastrocnemius muscles and to determine whether the inverse relationship existing between glycogen concentration and enzyme activity is maintained in insulin resistant ...
journal_title：Archives of biochemistry and biophysics
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.abb.2007.04.012
更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Oxidative stress is a mechanism with a central role in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis, cancer, and other chronic diseases. It also plays a major role in the aging process. Ischemic heart disease is perhaps the human condition in which the role of oxidative stress has been investigated in more detail: reactive oxy...
journal_title：Archives of biochemistry and biophysics
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.abb.2003.06.002
更新日期：2003-12-15 00:00:00
