Ability of tetrahydrobiopterin analogues to support catalysis by inducible nitric oxide synthase: formation of a pterin radical is required for enzyme activity.

abstract：:The amidotransferase family of enzymes utilizes the ammonia derived from the hydrolysis of glutamine for a subsequent chemical reaction catalyzed by the same enzyme. The ammonia intermediate does not dissociate into solution during the chemical transformations. A well-characterized example of the structure and mechani...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Raushel FM,Thoden JB,Holden HM

更新日期：1999-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The interaction of the recombinant hemoglobin from Vitreoscilla sp. (VHb) with the bacterial membrane of Escherichia coli cells has been investigated by measuring the propensity of VHb to interact with monolayers formed by natural bacterial phosholipids. The measurements showed that the protein is capable of penetrati...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Rinaldi AC,Bonamore A,Macone A,Boffi A,Bozzi A,Di Giulio A

更新日期：2006-04-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Gp is a major GTP-binding protein of human placenta and platelets [Evans, T., Brown, M. L., Fraser, E. D., & Northup, J. K. (1986) J. Biol. Chem. 261, 7052-7059]. High-affinity guanine nucleotide binding is associated with a polypeptide migrating identically with H-ras on SDS-PAGE. We have characterized the interactio...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Tamir A,Fawzi AB,Northup JK

更新日期：1990-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Ran, a small nuclear GTP-binding protein, is one of the most abundant Ras-related proteins in eucaryotic cells. Ran is essential for nucleo-cytoplasmatic transport and is primarily localized in the nucleus and at the nuclear pore complex. Here, we characterize the kinetics and equilibrium of the interaction between Ra...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Kuhlmann J,Macara I,Wittinghofer A

更新日期：1997-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：:We have used a fluorescent analogue of ATP, mantATP [2'(3')-O-(N-methylanthraniloyl)-adenosine 5'-triphosphate; Hiratsuka T. (1983) Biochim. Biophys. Acta 742, 496-508], and made a detailed kinetic study of the interaction of mantATP and mantADP with S1 and acto-S1. We have shown that these analogues behave like ATP a...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Woodward SK,Eccleston JF,Geeves MA

更新日期：1991-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Large conductance Ca(2+)-activated K(+) channels (BK(Ca)) contain an intracellular binding site for bovine pancreatic trypsin inhibitor (BPTI), a well-known inhibitor of various serine proteinase (SerP) enzymes. To investigate the structural basis of this interaction, we examined the activity of 11 BPTI mutants using ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Favre I,Moss GW,Goldenberg DP,Otlewski J,Moczydlowski E

更新日期：2000-02-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The temperature dependence of the 31P NMR spectra of yeast phenylalanine tRNA, E. coli tyrosine, glutamate (2), and formylmethionine tRNA is presented. The major difference between the 31P NMR spectra of the different acceptor tRNAs is in the main cluster region between -0.5 and -1.3 ppm. This confirms an earlier assi...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Gorenstein DG,Goldfield EM

更新日期：1982-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The binding of Zn2+ to tubulin and the ability of this cation to promote the polymorphic assembly of the protein were examined. Equilibrium binding showed the existence of more than 60 potential Zn2+ binding sites on the dimer, including a number of high-affinity sites. The number of high-affinity sites, estimated by ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Eagle GR,Zombola RR,Himes RH

更新日期：1983-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment of the beta 2 adrenergic receptor with the reducing agent dithiothreitol (DTT) is known to abolish ligand binding to the receptor. Interestingly, the loss of binding can be prevented by preoccupation of the receptor with ligand. It is unclear, however, whether the ligand blocks access of DTT to the receptor,...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Lin S,Gether U,Kobilka BK

更新日期：1996-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Residual dipolar couplings (RDCs) were used as restraints in fully solvated molecular dynamics simulations of reduced substrate- and carbonmonoxy-bound cytochrome P450(cam) (CYP101A1), a 414-residue soluble monomeric heme-containing camphor monooxygenase from the soil bacterium Pseudomonas putida. The (1)D(NH) residua...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Asciutto EK,Dang M,Pochapsky SS,Madura JD,Pochapsky TC

更新日期：2011-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Formation of protein-protein assemblies is essential in maintaining cell structure and function. Conservation of structural motifs and binding sites is the result of evolutionary pressure for solutions compatible with both molecular economy and regulation. PDZ domains are a typical example: A conserved fold governs sp...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Milev S,Bjelić S,Georgiev O,Jelesarov I

更新日期：2007-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:5-HT(2A) serotonin receptors represent the principal molecular targets for LSD-like hallucinogens and atypical antipsychotic drugs. It has been proposed that a dysregulation of 5-HT(2A) receptor-mediated signaling may contribute to the pathogenesis of schizophrenia and related diseases. A major mechanism for the atten...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Gray JA,Compton-Toth BA,Roth BL

更新日期：2003-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The structural underpinnings of enzyme substrate specificity are investigated in a pair of copper amine oxidases (CAOs) from Hansenula polymorpha (HPAO-1 and HPAO-2). The X-ray crystal structure (to 2.0 A resolution) and steady state kinetic data of the second copper amine oxidase (HPAO-2) are presented for comparison...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Chang CM,Klema VJ,Johnson BJ,Mure M,Klinman JP,Wilmot CM

更新日期：2010-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The 18 kDa translocator protein (TSPO), formerly known as the peripheral-type benzodiazepine receptor, has been reported to be closely associated with the mitochondrial permeability transition pore (MPTP). TSPO is believed to exert pro-apoptotic functions via modulation of MPTP opening. Cobalt chloride (CoCl(2)), whic...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Zeno S,Zaaroor M,Leschiner S,Veenman L,Gavish M

更新日期：2009-06-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of the interaction between actin and the secondary actin binding site of myosin (segment 565-579 of rabbit skeletal muscle myosin, referred to as loop 3 in this work) has been studied with proteolytically generated smooth and skeletal muscle myosin subfragment 1 and recombinant Dictyostelium discoideum myosin...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Van Dijk J,Furch M,Lafont C,Manstein DJ,Chaussepied P

更新日期：1999-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum paraoxonase hydrolyzes the toxic metabolites of a variety of organophosphorus insecticides. High serum paraoxonase levels appear to protect against the neurotoxic effects of organophosphorus substrates of this enzyme [Costa et al. (1990) Toxicol. Appl. Pharmacol. 103, 66-76]. The amino acid sequence accounting f...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Hassett C,Richter RJ,Humbert R,Chapline C,Crabb JW,Omiecinski CJ,Furlong CE

更新日期：1991-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The cofactor product of the aromatic amino acid hydroxylases, 4a-hydroxy-6(R)-tetrahydrobiopterin, requires dehydration before tetrahydrobiopterin can be regenerated by dihydropteridine reductase. Carbinolamine dehydration occurs nonenzymatically, but the reaction is also catalyzed by 4a-hydroxytetrahydropterin dehydr...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Rebrin I,Bailey SW,Boerth SR,Ardell MD,Ayling JE

更新日期：1995-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylococcal fibronectin-binding protein (FnbA) is a surface-associated receptor responsible for the reversible binding of bacteria to human fibronectin and fibrin(ogen). Recently we have shown that FnbA serves as a substrate for coagulation factor XIIIa and undergoes covalent cross-linking to its ligands, resulting...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Anderson ET,Fletcher L,Severin A,Murphy E,Baker SM,Matsuka YV

更新日期：2004-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Many serine hydrolases catalyze perhydrolysis, the reversible formation of peracids from carboxylic acids and hydrogen peroxide. Recently, we showed that a single amino acid substitution in the alcohol binding pocket, L29P, in Pseudomonas fluorescens (SIK WI) aryl esterase (PFE) increased the specificity constant of P...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Yin DL,Bernhardt P,Morley KL,Jiang Y,Cheeseman JD,Purpero V,Schrag JD,Kazlauskas RJ

更新日期：2010-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Homeodomain-only protein (HOP) is an 8-kDa transcriptional corepressor that is essential for the normal development of the mammalian heart. Previous studies have shown that HOP, which consists entirely of a putative homeodomain, acts downstream of Nkx2.5 and associates with the serum response factor (SRF), repressing ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Kook H,Yung WW,Simpson RJ,Kee HJ,Shin S,Lowry JA,Loughlin FE,Yin Z,Epstein JA,Mackay JP

更新日期：2006-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The ras oncogene products (H-Ras, K-Ras, and N-Ras) have been regarded as some of the most promising targets for anticancer drug discovery because their activating mutations are frequently found in human cancers. Nonetheless, molecular targeted therapy for them is currently unavailable. Here, we report the discovery o...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Matsumoto S,Hiraga T,Hayashi Y,Yoshikawa Y,Tsuda C,Araki M,Neya M,Shima F,Kataoka T

更新日期：2018-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The interaction of 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate (EPSP) synthase, 4,5-dideoxyshikimate 3-phosphate (ddS3P), and [2-13C]-and [3-13C]phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP) has been examined by 13C NMR spectroscopy. Although no resonances due to a dead-end intermediate complex could be detected, an enzyme active site specific fo...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Barlow PN,Appleyard RJ,Wilson JO,Evans JN

更新日期：1989-10-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Squid cartilage chondroitin sulfate E (CS-E) exhibits various biological activities, including anticoagulant activities, lymphoid regulatory activities, and neuroregulatory activities [Ueoka, C., Kaneda, N., Okazaki, I., Nadanaka, S., Muramatsu, T., and Sugahara, K. (2000) J. Biol. Chem. 275, 37407-37413]. These activ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Kinoshita A,Yamada S,Haslam SM,Morris HR,Dell A,Sugahara K

更新日期：2001-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:2H NMR spectroscopy was used to consider correspondence between existing single-crystal X-ray data for glycosphingolipids and their ceramide backbone conformation in fluid phospholipid membranes. A monoglycosylated sphingolipid, glucosylceramide (GlcCer), which represents the core structure of many important glycosphi...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Hamilton KS,Jarrell HC,Brière KM,Grant CW

更新日期：1993-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Sumoylation, the process by which the ubiquitin-related SUMO protein is covalently attached to lysine side chains in other proteins, is involved in numerous processes in the eukaryotic cell, including transcriptional repression. In this study, we identify Gcn5, the histone-modifying subunit of the transcriptional regu...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Sterner DE,Nathan D,Reindle A,Johnson ES,Berger SL

更新日期：2006-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Phage T4 gene 32 protein (gp32) is a zinc metalloprotein which binds cooperatively and preferentially to single-stranded nucleic acids and functions as a replication and recombination accessory protein. Zn(II) coordination by gp32 employs a His-Cys3 metal ligand donor set derived from the His64-X12-Cys77-X9-Cys87-X2-C...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Guo J,Giedroc DP

更新日期：1997-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The structure of empty capsids of Kilham rat virus, an autonomous parvovirus with icosahedral symmetry, was investigated by small-angle neutron scattering. From the forward scatter, the molecular weight was determined to be 4.0 X 10(6), and from the Guinier region, the radius of gyration was found to be 105 A in D2O a...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Wobbe CR,Mitra S,Ramakrishnan V

更新日期：1984-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:To elucidate the mechanism of solute diffusion through lipid bilayer membranes, nearly 4 ns of molecular dynamics simulations of solutes in phospholipid bilayers was conducted. The study, the first atomic level study of solute diffusion in a lipid bilayer, involved four simulations of an all-atom representation of a f...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Bassolino-Klimas D,Alper HE,Stouch TR

更新日期：1993-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Vitamin B12-dependent methionine synthase catalyzes the transfer of a methyl group from methyltetrahydrofolate to homocysteine via the enzyme-bound cofactor methylcobalamin. To carry out this reaction, the enzyme must alternately stabilize six-coordinate methylcobalamin and four-coordinate cob(I)alamin oxidation state...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Jarrett JT,Amaratunga M,Drennan CL,Scholten JD,Sands RH,Ludwig ML,Matthews RG

更新日期：1996-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Heme-copper oxidases are membrane-bound proteins that catalyze the reduction of O(2) to H(2)O, a highly exergonic reaction. Part of the free energy of this reaction is used for pumping of protons across the membrane. The ba(3) oxidase from Thermus thermophilus presumably uses a single proton pathway for the transfer o...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： von Ballmoos C,Lachmann P,Gennis RB,Ädelroth P,Brzezinski P

更新日期：2012-06-05 00:00:00