Farnesyltransferase--new insights into the zinc-coordination sphere paradigm: evidence for a carboxylate-shift mechanism.

abstract：:Each myosin molecule contains two heavy chains and a total of four low-molecular weight light chain subunits, two "essential" and two "regulatory" light chains (RLCs). Although the roles of myosin light chains in vertebrate striated muscle are poorly understood at present, recent studies on the RLC have suggested that...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Diffee GM,Greaser ML,Reinach FC,Moss RL

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We measure the organization and substructure of HT29 epithelial cells in a monolayer using angle-resolved low-coherence interferometry. This new technique probes cellular structure by measuring scattered light, as in flow cytometry, but offers an advantage in that the structure can be examined in situ, avoiding the ne...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Wax A,Yang C,Backman V,Badizadegan K,Boone CW,Dasari RR,Feld MS

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stationary and nonstationary correlation-frequency analysis of heterodyne laser light scattering were utilized to make automated, on-line, objective measurements of tracheal ciliary beat frequency (CBF) in intact, anesthetized canines. The stationary correlation-frequency analysis laser light-scattering technique was ...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Chandra T,Yeates DB,Miller IF,Wong LB

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Scaffold proteins are central players in regulating the spatial-temporal organization of many important signaling pathways in cells. They offer physical platforms to downstream signaling proteins so that their transient interactions in a crowded and heterogeneous environment of cytosol can be greatly facilitated. Howe...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Su Z,Dhusia K,Wu Y

更新日期：2020-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Both the solution and the oriented film absorption and circular dichroic spectra of the bacteriorhodopsin (bR(568)) and M(412) intermediate of the purple membrane photocycle were compared over the wavelength region 800-183 nm to assess structural changes during this photocycle. The main findings are (a) loss of the ex...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Draheim JE,Cassim JY

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The equation of motion for sperm flagella, in which the elastic bending moment and the active contractile moment are balanced by the moment from the viscous resistance of the surrounding fluid, is solved for a wave solution that superimposes partial solutions. Substitution of the expression for the wave solution into ...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Rikmenspoel R

更新日期：1978-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of tryptophan residues as intrinsic fluorophores in most proteins makes them an obvious choice for fluorescence spectroscopic analyses of such proteins. Membrane proteins have been reported to have a significantly higher tryptophan content than soluble proteins. The role of tryptophan residues in the stru...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Chattopadhyay A,Mukherjee S,Rukmini R,Rawat SS,Sudha S

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Depending on the nucleotide sequence, the temperature, and other conditions, RNA hairpin-folding kinetics can be very complex. The complexity with a wide range of cooperative and noncooperative kinetic behaviors arises from the interplay between the formation of the loops, the disruption of the misfolded states, and t...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Zhang W,Chen SJ

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The naturally occurring amino acid cysteine has often been implicated with a crucial role in maintaining protein structure and stability. An intriguing duality in the intrinsic hydrophobicity of the cysteine side chain is that it exhibits both polar as well as hydrophobic characteristics. Here, we have utilized a cyst...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Iyer BR,Mahalakshmi R

更新日期：2019-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Chlamydomonas exhibits a sequence of a photoreceptor current and two flagellar currents upon stimulation with bright green flashes. The currents are thought to be a prerequisite for the well-known photophobic responses. In the preceding paper, we analyzed the kinetics of these currents and their dependence on extracel...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Nonnengässer C,Holland EM,Harz H,Hegemann P

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The structure of fully hydrated gel phase dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine lipid bilayers was obtained at 10 degrees C. Oriented lipid multilayers were used to obtain high signal-to-noise intensity data. The chain tilt angle and an estimate of the methylene electron density were obtained from wide angle reflections. The...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Tristram-Nagle S,Liu Y,Legleiter J,Nagle JF

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Estimates of the free myoplasmic [Ca2+] ([Ca2+]i) with fluorescent dyes are complicated by the fact that some properties of these dyes are altered in the intracellular environment. In the present study indo-1 was used to measure [Ca2+]i in isolated muscle fibers from Xenopus frogs. Fluorescent ratio signals obtained f...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Westerblad H,Allen DG

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Batrachotoxin (BTX) alters the gating of voltage-gated Na(+) channels and causes these channels to open persistently, whereas local anesthetics (LAs) block Na(+) conductance. The BTX and LA receptors have been mapped to several common residues in D1-S6 and D4-S6 segments of the Na(+) channel alpha-subunit. We substitu...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Wang SY,Nau C,Wang GK

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Zebrafish (Danio rerio) swim within days of fertilization, powered by muscles of the axial myotomes. Forces generated by these muscles can be measured rapidly in whole, intact larval tails by adapting protocols developed for ex vivo muscle mechanics. But it is not known how well these measurements reflect the function...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Mead AF,Kennedy GG,Palmer BM,Ebert AM,Warshaw DM

更新日期：2020-08-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Many essential processes in eukaryotic cells depend on regulated molecular exchange between its two major compartments, the cytoplasm and the nucleus. In general, nuclear import of macromolecular complexes is dependent on specific peptide signals and their recognition by receptors that mediate translocation through th...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Salman H,Abu-Arish A,Oliel S,Loyter A,Klafter J,Granek R,Elbaum M

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The two-microelectrode, voltage-clamp technique was applied to rabbit cardiac Purkinje fibers to study the interaction of tetrodotoxin (TTX) with the slowly inactivating Na current. Binding of TTX to rested, inactivated, and activated channels was estimated by measuring the relative decrease of current at the beginnin...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Carmeliet E

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By exploring a recent model in which DNA bending elasticity, described by the wormlike chain model, is coupled to basepair denaturation, we demonstrate that small denaturation bubbles lead to anomalies in the flexibility of DNA at the nanometric scale, when confined in two dimensions (2D), as reported in atomic-force ...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Destainville N,Manghi M,Palmeri J

更新日期：2009-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein-mediated membrane remodeling is a ubiquitous and critical process for proper cellular function. Inverse Bin/Amphiphysin/Rvs (I-BAR) domains drive local membrane deformation as a precursor to large-scale membrane remodeling. We employ a multiscale approach to provide the molecular mechanism of unusual I-BAR dom...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Jarin Z,Tsai FC,Davtyan A,Pak AJ,Bassereau P,Voth GA

更新日期：2019-08-06 00:00:00

abstract：:We study the effect of ergosterol on the physical properties of 1-[(2)H(31)]palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine (POPE) multibilayers using deuterium nuclear magnetic resonance. NMR spectra were taken as a function of temperature and ergosterol concentration up to 70 mol %. The spectral first moments sh...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Hsueh YW,Weng CJ,Chen MT,Thewalt J,Zuckermann M

更新日期：2010-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Bathorhodopsins were prepared by partially (10--15%) photoconverting bovine rhodopsin (11-cis chromophore) or isorhodopsin I (9-cis chromophore) at 77 degrees K; care was taken to avoid establishing photostationary states. The absorption spectra calculated for the bathorhodopsins derived from the two parent pigments a...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Mao B,Ebrey TG,Crouch R

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two modes of behavior of single human red cells in a shear field have been described. It is known that in low viscosity media and at shear rates less than 20 s-1, the cells rotate with a periodically varying angular velocity, in accord with the theory of Jeffery (1922) for oblate spheroids. In media of viscosity great...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Bitbol M

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many proteins contain flexible structures such as loops and hinged domains. A simple root mean square deviation (RMSD) alignment of two different conformations of the same protein can be skewed by the difference between the mobile regions. To overcome this problem, we have developed a novel method to overlay two prote...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Damm KL,Carlson HA

更新日期：2006-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The strength of receptor-mediated cell adhesion is directly controlled by the mechanism of cohesive failure between the cell surface and underlying substrate. Unbinding can occur either at the locus of the specific bond or within the bilayer, which results in tearing the hydrophobic anchors from the membrane interior....

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Leckband D,Müller W,Schmitt FJ,Ringsdorf H

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ion channels enable diffusion of ions down physiological electrochemical gradients. Modulation of ion permeation is crucial for the physiological functioning of cells, and misregulation of ion channels is linked to a myriad of channelopathies. The ion permeation mechanism in the transient receptor potential (TRP) ion ...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Jorgensen C,Furini S,Domene C

更新日期：2016-09-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Nipah is an emerging paramyxovirus that is of serious concern to human health. It invades host cells using two of its membrane proteins-G and F. G binds to host ephrins and this stimulates G to activate F. Upon activation, F mediates virus-host membrane fusion. Here we focus on mechanisms that underlie the stimulation...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Dutta P,Siddiqui A,Botlani M,Varma S

更新日期：2016-10-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently various pathways of human telomere (ht) DNA folding into G-quadruplexes and of ligand binding to these structures have been proposed. However, the key issue as to the nature of forces driving the folding and recognition processes remains unanswered. In this study, structural changes of 22-mer ht-DNA fragment ...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Bončina M,Hamon F,Islam B,Teulade-Fichou MP,Vesnaver G,Haider S,Lah J

更新日期：2015-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Cholesterol is abundant in plasma membranes and exhibits a variety of interactions throughout the membrane. Chemical potential accounts for thermodynamic consequences of molecular interactions, and quantifies the effective concentration (i.e., activity) of any substance participating in a process. We have developed, t...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Ayuyan AG,Cohen FS

更新日期：2018-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Sinusoidal oscillatory flow of blood and of aqueous glycerol solutions was produced in rigid cylindrical tubes. For aqueous glycerol, the amplitude of the measured pressure gradient wave form conformed closely to that predicted by Womersley's theory of oscillatory flow, up to Reynolds numbers approaching 2000. Blood d...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Kunz AL,Coulter NA Jr

更新日期：1967-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purple photosynthetic bacteria harvest light using pigment-protein complexes which are often arranged in pseudo-organelles called chromatophores. A model of a chromatophore from Rhodospirillum photometricum was constructed based on atomic force microscopy data. Molecular-dynamics simulations and quantum-dynamics calcu...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Chandler DE,Strümpfer J,Sener M,Scheuring S,Schulten K

更新日期：2014-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Cartilage has a limited capacity for self-repair and focal damage can eventually lead to complete degradation of the tissue. Early diagnosis of degenerative changes in cartilage is therefore essential. Contrast agent-based computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging provide promising tools for this purpose. How...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Shafieyan Y,Khosravi N,Moeini M,Quinn TM

更新日期：2014-07-15 00:00:00