Solvent effects on thiamin-enzyme model interactions. I. Interactions with tryptophan.

abstract：:Electron nuclear double resonance (ENDOR) of protons at Type 2 and Type 1 cupric active sites correlates with the enzymatic pH dependence, the mutation of nearby conserved, nonligating residues, and electron transfer in heterologously expressed Rhodobacter sphaeroides nitrite reductase. Wild-type enzyme showed a pH 6 ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Zhao Y,Lukoyanov DA,Toropov YV,Wu K,Shapleigh JP,Scholes CP

更新日期：2002-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Crude calf thymus DNA-dependent RNA polymerase, RNA polymerase B (ribonucleoside triphosphate: RNA nucleotidyltransferase, EC 2.7.7.6), was incubated with the tritium labeled, potent inhibitor [3H]amanin, in order to form the enzymatically inactive [3H]amanin-polymerase complex ([3H]A-P complex). Subsequent purificati...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Brodner OG,Wieland T

更新日期：1976-08-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcarboxylase (TC) is a multisubunit enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of a carboxylate group from methylmalonyl-CoA (MMCoA) to pyruvate. The CO2- group is shuttled between the MMCoA and pyruvate binding sites by a biotin cofactor, covalently linked to the 1.3S subunit. Fully carboxylated 1.3S can be prepared in v...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Rivera-Hainaj RE,Pusztai-Carey M,Venkat Reddy D,Choowongkomon K,Sönnichsen FD,Carey PR

更新日期：2002-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：:As discovered by Grazi & Trombetta [Grazi, E., & Trombetta, G. (1978) Biochem. J. 175, 361], fructose-1,6-bisphosphate aldolase of rabbit muscle causes the slow formation of inorganic phosphate (Pi) and methylglyoxal when incubated with dihydroxyacetone phosphate (DHAP). In addition, these authors found an acid-labile...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Iyengar R,Rose IA

更新日期：1981-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：:There are a small number of peptides derived from proteins that have a propensity to adopt structure in aqueous solution which is similar to the structure they possess in the parent protein. There are far fewer examples of protein fragments which adopt stable nonnative structures in isolation. Understanding how nonnat...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Demarest SJ,Hua Y,Raleigh DP

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phospholipase B1 (PLB1), secreted by the pathogenic yeast Cryptococcus neoformans, has an established role in virulence. Although the mechanism of its phospholipase B, lysophospholipase, and lysophospholipase transacylase activities is unknown, it possesses lipase, subtilisin protease aspartate, and phospholipase moti...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Jones PM,Turner KM,Djordjevic JT,Sorrell TC,Wright LC,George AM

更新日期：2007-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Steroid-receptor complexes formed at low temperature and ionic strength are unable to bind to target cell nuclei. After a temporary exposure to high ionic strength and/or temperature they become activated (i.e., able to bind to nuclei). However, there exists an equilibrium between activated and nonactivated complexes;...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Atger M,Milgrom E

更新日期：1976-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Temporins are short (10-13 amino acids) and linear antimicrobial peptides first isolated from the skin of the European red frog, Rana temporaria, and are effective against Gram-positive bacteria and Candida albicans. To get insight into their mechanism(s) of action, we compared the effects on model membranes exerted b...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Zhao H,Rinaldi AC,Di Giulio A,Simmaco M,Kinnunen PK

更新日期：2002-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：:We have isolated a new toxin, calitoxin (CLX), from the sea anemone Calliactis parasitica whose amino acid sequence differs greatly from that of other sea anemone toxins. The polypeptide chain contains 46 amino acid residues, with a molecular mass of 4886 Da and an isoelectric point at pH 5.4. The amino acid sequence ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Cariello L,de Santis A,Fiore F,Piccoli R,Spagnuolo A,Zanetti L,Parente A

更新日期：1989-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed a panel of antibodies specific for the alpha 1, alpha 2, alpha 3, and beta subunits of the rat Na,K-ATPase. TrpE-alpha subunit isoform fusion proteins were used to generate three antisera, each of which reacted specifically with a distinct alpha subunit isotype. Western blot analysis of rat tissue mi...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Shyjan AW,Levenson R

更新日期：1989-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The requirement for Ca2+ in the Mn(2+)-dependent photoactivation of oxygen evolution was re-evaluated using 17 kDa/24 kDa-less photosystem II (PSII) membranes depleted of (Mn)4-clusters by NH2OH extraction. At optimum conditions (1 mM Mn2+/10 microM 2,6-dichlorphenolindophenol (DCIP)/20 mM Ca2+), the light-induced inc...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Chen C,Kazimir J,Cheniae GM

更新日期：1995-10-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphotriesterase homology protein (PHP) is a member of a recently discovered family of proteins related to phosphotriesterase, a hydrolytic, bacterial enzyme with an unusual substrate specificity for synthetic organophosphate triesters and phosphorofluoridates, which are common constituents of chemical warfare agent...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Buchbinder JL,Stephenson RC,Dresser MJ,Pitera JW,Scanlan TS,Fletterick RJ

更新日期：1998-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The complete primary and three-dimensional solution structures of subtilosin A (1), a bacteriocin from Bacillus subtilis, were determined by multidimensional NMR studies on peptide produced using isotopically labeled [(13)C,(15)N]medium derived from Anabaena sp. grown on sodium [(13)C]bicarbonate and [(15)N]nitrate. A...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Kawulka KE,Sprules T,Diaper CM,Whittal RM,McKay RT,Mercier P,Zuber P,Vederas JC

更新日期：2004-03-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The structural features of a chemically modified DNA template strand may promote error-prone DNA synthesis during replication. The resulting higher incidence of mutations, in turn, can eventually lead to tumor initiation. Structural insights into this process can be monitored by studying chemically modified base adduc...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Cosman M,Hingerty BE,Geacintov NE,Broyde S,Patel DJ

更新日期：1995-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The binding of the benzo[a]pyrene metabolite anti-BPDE (r7, t8-dihydroxy-t9,10-epoxy-7,8,9,10-tetrahydrobenzo[a]pyrene) to the N(2) group of 2'-deoxyguanosine residues (dG) is known to adversely affect the Michaelis-Menten primer extension kinetics catalyzed by DNA Pol I and other polymerases. In this work, the impact...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Rechkoblit O,Amin S,Geacintov NE

更新日期：1999-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The crystal structure of the complex between the quinoprotein methylamine dehydrogenase (MADH) and the type I blue copper protein amicyanin, both from Paracoccus denitrificans, has been determined at 2.5-A resolution using molecular replacement. The search model was MADH from Thiobacillus versutus. The amicyanin could...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Chen L,Durley R,Poliks BJ,Hamada K,Chen Z,Mathews FS,Davidson VL,Satow Y,Huizinga E,Vellieux FM

更新日期：1992-06-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The heat production for the reaction steps of ATP hydrolysis by heavy meromyosin has been reexamined by using a reaction-type calorimeter. So far, the values reported for the heat production have varied substantially among research groups. The present results obtained in 0.3 M KCl, 10 mM MgCl2, and 20 mM Tris-HCl at p...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Yamada T,Shimizu H,Suga H

更新日期：1981-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrogenic events associated with the activity of the melibiose permease (MelB), a transporter from Escherichia coli, were investigated. Proteoliposomes containing purified MelB were adsorbed to a solid supported lipid membrane, activated by a substrate concentration jump, and transient currents were measured. When ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Meyer-Lipp K,Ganea C,Pourcher T,Leblanc G,Fendler K

更新日期：2004-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Acyl carrier protein (ACP) is the central player in fatty acid (FA) biosynthesis. It covalently binds all FA intermediates and presents them to the enzymes needed for elongation. Bacterial ACP must interact with a large number of proteins, which raises the question of how different acyl-ACPs are recognized and disting...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Chan DI,Tieleman DP,Vogel HJ

更新日期：2010-04-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The iron heme and its immediate environment can provide information that is pivotal to our understanding of the structural and mechanistic features that confer unusual properties to the heme peroxidases. X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS), which is ideally suited for the investigation of the local environment and ele...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Sinclair R,Copeland B,Yamazaki I,Powers L

更新日期：1995-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The nitrophorins are a family of proteins that use ferric heme to transport nitric oxide (NO) from the salivary glands of blood-sucking insects to their victims, resulting in vasodilation and reduced blood coagulation. We have refined atomic resolution structures of nitrophorin 4 (NP4) from Rhodnius prolixus complexed...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Roberts SA,Weichsel A,Qiu Y,Shelnutt JA,Walker FA,Montfort WR

更新日期：2001-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Quinolinate phosphoribosyltransferase (QAPRTase, EC 2.4.2.19) catalyzes the formation of nicotinate mononucleotide, carbon dioxide, and pyrophosphate from 5-phosphoribosyl 1-pyrophosphate (PRPP) and quinolinic acid (QA, pyridine 2,3-dicarboxylic acid). The enzyme is the only type II PRTase whose X-ray structure is kno...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Cao H,Pietrak BL,Grubmeyer C

更新日期：2002-03-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The agouti-related protein gene (Agrp) plays an important role in body weight regulation. The mature human protein is a single polypeptide chain of 112 amino acid residues, consisting of an N-terminal acidic region and a unique C-terminal cysteine-rich domain. The disulfide structure of recombinant human AGRP was dete...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Bures EJ,Hui JO,Young Y,Chow DT,Katta V,Rohde MF,Zeni L,Rosenfeld RD,Stark KL,Haniu M

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surface-enhanced resonance Raman scattering (SERRS) spectra were obtained from carotenoids, in the all-trans configuration, located on the antenna complexes of Rhodobacter sphaeroides 2.4.1 membranes. Since resonance Raman (RR) spectra are barely detectable at the concentration that SERRS signals saturate, SERRS repre...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Picorel R,Lu T,Holt RE,Cotton TM,Seibert M

更新日期：1990-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:In the Arc repressor dimer, the side chains of Ile37 and Val41 in alpha-helix B pack against each other and against the symmetry-related side chains of Ile37' and Val41' in alpha-helix B' to form part of the hydrophobic core and the dimer interface. Following combinatorial mutagenesis of these positions, only the wild...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Milla ME,Sauer RT

更新日期：1995-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：:In this work we report the synthesis of a radioactive, photolabile oligodeoxyribonucleotide probe and its exploitation in identifying 50S ribosomal subunit components neighboring its target site in 23S rRNA. The probe is complementary to 23S rRNA nucleotides 2497-2505, a single-stranded sequence that has been shown to...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Muralikrishna P,Cooperman BS

更新日期：1991-06-04 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

abstract：:The kinetics of the phospholipase A2-catalyzed hydrolysis of bilayer vesicles and mixed micelles of several oxyglycero and thioglycero analogues of phospholipids have been studied. The results with vesicles show that, depending on the source of the enzyme, the rates of hydrolysis of the oxy-containing long-chain phosp...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Jain MK,Yu BZ,Rogers J,Gelb MH,Tsai MD,Hendrickson EK,Hendrickson HS

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lipase from Staphylococcus hyicus (SHL) displays a high phospholipase activity whereas the homologous S. aureus lipase (SAL) is not active or hardly active on phospholipid substrates. Previously, it has been shown that elements within the region comprising residues 254-358 are essential for the recognition of phos...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： van Kampen MD,Verheij HM,Egmond MR

更新日期：1999-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Several phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PtdInsP2)-regulated actin-binding proteins and most phosphoinositide-specific phospholipases C (PI-PLCs) comprise a basic amino acid motif (KxxxKxKK, where x denotes any amino acid), which was previously suggested to represent a PtdInsP2-binding site commonly present in t...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Simões AP,Reed J,Schnabel P,Camps M,Gierschik P

更新日期：1995-04-18 00:00:00