Combined N- and C-terminal truncation of human apolipoprotein A-I yields a folded, functional central domain.

abstract：:The membrane-bound beta-subunit of oxaloacetate decarboxylase from Klebsiella pneumoniae catalyzes the decarboxylation of carboxybiotin, which is coupled to Na(+) translocation and consumes a periplasmically derived proton. Upon site-directed mutagenesis of 20 polar and/or conserved residues within putative membrane-i...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Jockel P,Schmid M,Choinowski T,Dimroth P

更新日期：2000-04-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The N-acyl- l-homoserine lactone hydrolases (AHL lactonases) have attracted considerable attention because of their ability to quench AHL-mediated quorum-sensing pathways in Gram-negative bacteria and because of their relation to other enzymes in the metallo-beta-lactamase superfamily. To elucidate the detailed cataly...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Momb J,Wang C,Liu D,Thomas PW,Petsko GA,Guo H,Ringe D,Fast W

更新日期：2008-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Conformational changes in the prion protein cause transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, also referred to as prion diseases. In its native state, the prion protein is innocuous (PrPC), but it can misfold into a neurotoxic and infectious isoform (PrPSc). The full-length cellular form of the prion protein consists o...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： DeMarco ML,Daggett V

更新日期：2007-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:VSTx1 is a voltage sensor toxin from the spider Grammostola spatulata that inhibits KvAP, an archeabacterial voltage-activated K(+) channel whose X-ray structure has been reported. Although the receptor for VSTx1 and the mechanism of inhibition are unknown, the sequence of the toxin is related to hanatoxin (HaTx) and ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Jung HJ,Lee JY,Kim SH,Eu YJ,Shin SY,Milescu M,Swartz KJ,Kim JI

更新日期：2005-04-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Soluble guanylate cyclase isolated from bovine and rat lung is a heterodimeric hemoprotein composed of alpha1 and beta1 subunits. The heme binding region has been localized to residues 1-385 of the beta1 subunit [beta1(1-385)], while the catalytic site(s) have been localized to the C-terminal region of sGC. There are ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Zhao Y,Schelvis JP,Babcock GT,Marletta MA

更新日期：1998-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Picosecond absorption spectroscopy has been used to investigate energy-transfer dynamics within the LH1 and LH2 light-harvesting complexes of three mutants of Rhodobacter sphaeroides. We demonstrate that both complexes are inhomogeneous; each contains a specialized pigment pool which absorbs maximally at a longer wave...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Hunter CN,Bergström H,van Grondelle R,Sundström V

更新日期：1990-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：:In cytochrome c, the coordination of the axial Met Sδ atom to the heme Fe atom occurs in one of two distinctly different stereochemical manners, i.e., R and S configurations, depending upon which of the two lone pairs of the Sδ atom is involved in the bond; hence, the Fe-coordinated Sδ atom becomes a chiral center. In...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Tai H,Tonegawa K,Shibata T,Hemmi H,Kobayashi N,Yamamoto Y

更新日期：2013-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Modification of acyl carrier proteins (ACP) or domains by the covalent binding of a 4'-phosphopantetheine (4'-PP) moiety is a fundamental condition for activation of fatty acid synthases (FASes) and polyketide synthases (PKSes). Binding of 4'-PP is mediated by 4' phosphopantetheinyl transfersases (PPTases). Mycobacter...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Zimhony O,Schwarz A,Raitses-Gurevich M,Peleg Y,Dym O,Albeck S,Burstein Y,Shakked Z

更新日期：2015-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies of DNA hairpin loops have shown considerable dependence of the stability on the sequence of the loop [Senior, M., Jones, R. A., & Breslauer, K. J. (1988a) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 85, 6242-6246; Xodo, L. E., Manzini, G., Quadrifoglio, F., van der Marel, G., & van Boom, J. H. (1989) Biochimie 71, 79...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Wang S,Booher MA,Kool ET

更新日期：1994-04-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The aa(3)-type quinol oxidase from Acidianus ambivalens is a divergent member of the heme-copper oxidases superfamily, namely, concerning the putative channels for intraprotein proton conduction. In this study, we used electrochemically induced FTIR difference spectroscopy to identify residues involved in redox-couple...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Hellwig P,Gomes CM,Teixeira M

更新日期：2003-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Ribosomal protein E-L30 unfolds reversibly at pH values between 7.0 and 4.5. Unfolding of the protein involves a fast and a slow equilibrium, which depend on the degree of protonation of His19 and His33. Both the fast equilibrium between protonated and deprotonated histidines and the slow equilibrium between folded an...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： van de Ven FJ,Hilbers CW

更新日期：1987-08-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The common reactions of dioxygen, superoxide, and hydroperoxides with thiolates are thought to proceed via persulfenate intermediates, yet these have never been visualized. Here we report a 1.4 A resolution crystal structure of the Fe(2+)-dependent enzyme cysteine dioxygenase (CDO) containing this putative intermediat...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Simmons CR,Krishnamoorthy K,Granett SL,Schuller DJ,Dominy JE Jr,Begley TP,Stipanuk MH,Karplus PA

更新日期：2008-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：:d-2-Hydroxyglutarate dehydrogenase from Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 (PaD2HGDH) catalyzes the oxidation of d-2-hydroxyglutarate to 2-ketoglutarate, which is a necessary step in the serine biosynthetic pathway. The dependence of P. aeruginosa on PaD2HGDH makes the enzyme a potential therapeutic target against P. aerugin...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Quaye JA,Gadda G

更新日期：2020-12-29 00:00:00

abstract：:R67 dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) is a novel homotetrameric protein that possesses 222 symmetry and a single, voluminous active site pore. This symmetry poses numerous limitations on catalysis; for example, two dihydrofolate (DHF) molecules or two NADPH molecules, or one substrate plus one cofactor can bind. Only the...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Chopra S,Lynch R,Kim SH,Jackson M,Howell EE

更新日期：2006-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：:New homo- and heterobifunctional cross-linking reagents have been synthesized. These reagents are based on ortho ester, acetal, and ketal functionalities that undergo acid-catalyzed dissociation but are base stable. The protein-reactive group in all the homobifunctional reagents is a maleimide group; the heterobifunct...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Srinivasachar K,Neville DM Jr

更新日期：1989-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Attempts to modify the guanine specificity of ribonuclease T1 (RNase T1) by rationally designed amino acid substitutions failed so far. Therefore, we applied a semirational approach by randomizing the guanine binding site. A combinatorial library of approximately 1.6 million RNase T1 variants containing permutations o...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Hubner B,Haensler M,Hahn U

更新日期：1999-01-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The photochemical intermediate metarhodopsin II (meta II; lambda max = 380 nm) is generally identified with rho*, the conformation of photolyzed rhodopsin which binds and activates the visual G-protein, Gt [Emeis, D., & Hoffman, K.P. (1981) FEBS Lett. 136, 201-207]. Purified bovine rhodopsin was incorporated into vesi...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Mitchell DC,Kibelbek J,Litman BJ

更新日期：1991-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Stopped-flow and laser photolysis methods have been used to investigate the rates of electron-transfer reactions of fully reduced riboflavin and the three oxidation states of Clostridium pasteurianum flavodoxin. Both normal and 7,8-dichloroflavin analogues were studied. Redox reagents included oxygen, ferricyanide, fe...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Jung J,Tollin G

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Casein kinase II (CKII) is a ubiquitous protein kinase, found predominantly in cell nuclei, which has two subunits in a tetrameric alpha 2 beta 2 or alpha alpha' beta 2 conformation. The catalytic center is present in the alpha subunit which is active by itself while beta is a regulatory subunit that can greatly enhan...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Hinrichs MV,Jedlicki A,Tellez R,Pongor S,Gatica M,Allende CC,Allende JE

更新日期：1993-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The membrane topology model of the Na(+)-citrate transporter CitS of Klebsiella pneumoniae shows a core of two homologous domains with opposite orientation in the membrane and each containing a so-called reentrant loop. A split version of CitS was constructed to study domain interactions and proximity relationships of...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Dobrowolski A,Fusetti F,Lolkema JS

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Annexin V is a Ca(2+)-dependent, phospholipid-binding protein that may have one or more membrane-related functions. The binding of annexin V to phospholipids in a detergent micelle matrix was studied to attempt to determine directly the stoichiometry of specific phospholipid-binding sites and the importance of negativ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Meers P,Mealy T

更新日期：1993-11-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The molecular mechanism of O2 binding to hemoglobin (Hb) and myoglobin (Mb) is a long-standing issue in the field of bioinorganic and biophysical chemistry. The nature of Fe-O2 bond in oxy Hb and Mb had been extensively investigated by resonance Raman spectroscopy, which assigned the Fe-O2 stretching bands at ∼570 cm-...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Ohta T,Shibata T,Kobayashi Y,Yoda Y,Ogura T,Neya S,Suzuki A,Seto M,Yamamoto Y

更新日期：2018-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：:We report here that the DNA strand scission by dynemicin A is not only sequence-specific but also conformation-specific. The salt-induced B----Z conformational transition dramatically enhanced the cleavage by dynemicin A in a B-Z junction region. By contrast, the bleomycin-Fe(II) complex, the elsamicin A-Fe(II) comple...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Ichikawa A,Kuboya T,Aoyama T,Sugiura Y

更新日期：1992-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Histidine decarboxylase (HDC) from Lactobacillus 30a forms a trimer around a central cavity or well. Three active sites are formed around the well at the interface of each of two adjacent molecules. HDC exhibits cooperative kinetics at pH 7.6 and can be described in terms of a two-state, T and R, model. At pH 4.8, pro...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Pishko EJ,Potter KA,Robertus JD

更新日期：1995-05-09 00:00:00

abstract：:By use of site-directed mutagenesis, each prolyl residue in the lac permease of Escherichia coli at positions 28 (putative helix I), 31 (helix I), 61 (helix II), 89 (helix III), 97 (helix III), 123 (helix IV), 192 (putative hydrophilic region 7), 220 (helix VII), 280 (helix VIII), and 327 [helix X; Lolkema, J. S., et ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Consler TG,Tsolas O,Kaback HR

更新日期：1991-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The binding of ATP to pertussis toxin and its components, the A subunit and B oligomer, was investigated. Whereas, radiolabeled ATP bound to the B oligomer and pertussis toxin, no binding to the A subunit was observed. The binding of [3H]ATP to pertussis toxin and the B oligomer was inhibited by nucleotides. The relat...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Hausman SZ,Manclark CR,Burns DL

更新日期：1990-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:To understand the stabilization, folding, and functional mechanisms of proteins, it is very important to understand the structural and thermodynamic properties of the molten globule state. In this study, the global structure of the acid molten globule state, which we call MG1, of horse cytochrome c at low pH and high ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Nakamura S,Seki Y,Katoh E,Kidokoro S

更新日期：2011-04-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The precipitation of a monoclonal IgG2 crystalline cryoglobulin (WEB) is shown to be highly dependent on temperature and concentration. Below a critical concentration of 0.6 mg/mL there is no cryoprecipitation. The kinetics of the aggregation exhibits a concentration-dependent lag time. This evidence suggests that a n...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Scoville CD,Abraham GN,Turner DH

更新日期：1979-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Factor X (FX) is one of the major players in the blood coagulation cascade. Upon activation to FXa, it converts prothrombin to thrombin, which in turn converts fibrinogen into fibrin (blood clots). FXa deficiency causes hemostasis defects, such as intracranial bleeding, hemathrosis, and gastrointestinal blood loss. He...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Abdel-Azeim S,Oliva R,Chermak E,De Cristofaro R,Cavallo L

更新日期：2014-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：:We have used frequency domain fluorescence techniques to resolve the component emission spectra for several two tryptophan containing proteins (e.g., horse liver alcohol dehydrogenase, sperm whale apomyoglobin, yeast 3-phosphoglycerate kinase, apoazurin from Alcaligenes denitricans). We have first performed multifrequ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Eftink MR,Wasylewski Z,Ghiron CA

更新日期：1987-12-15 00:00:00