Redox modulation of cyclic electron flow around photosystem I in C3 plants.

abstract：:We have de novo designed a heterodimeric coiled-coil formed by two peptides as a capture/delivery system that can be used in applications such as affinity tag purification, immobilization in biosensors, etc. The two strands are designated as K coil (KVSALKE heptad sequence) and E coil (EVSALEK heptad sequence), where ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： De Crescenzo G,Litowski JR,Hodges RS,O'Connor-McCourt MD

更新日期：2003-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytochrome P450 158A2 (CYP158A2) has been shown to catalyze an unusual oxidative C-C coupling reaction to polymerize flaviolin and form highly conjugated pigments (three isomers of biflaviolin and one triflaviolin) in Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) which protect the soil bacterium from deleterious effects of UV irradia...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Zhao B,Lamb DC,Lei L,Kelly SL,Yuan H,Hachey DL,Waterman MR

更新日期：2007-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:We obtained a novel carbohydrate-binding peptide having a helix-loop-helix scaffold from a random peptide library. The helix-loop-helix peptide library randomized at five amino acid residues was displayed on the major coat protein of a filamentous phage. Affinity selection with a ganglioside, Galbeta1-3GalNAcbeta1-4(N...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Matsubara T,Iida M,Tsumuraya T,Fujii I,Sato T

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In addition to encoding the tertiary fold and stability, the primary sequence of a protein encodes the folding trajectory and kinetic barriers that determine the speed of folding. How these kinetic barriers are encoded is not well understood. Here, we use evolutionary sequence variation in the α-lytic protease (αLP) p...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Nixon CF,Lim SA,Sailer ZR,Zheludev IN,Gee CL,Kelch BA,Harms MJ,Marqusee S

更新日期：2021-01-26 00:00:00

abstract：:We have found a new class of inhibitors of the bacterial bioluminescence reaction, the N,N-diphenylalkylamines and acids. We have studied the action of one of these compounds 2,2-diphenylpropylamine. The amine was competitive with the long-chain aliphatic aldehyde substrate (Ki congruent to 0.1 mM) but caused an incre...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Holzman TF,Baldwin TO

更新日期：1981-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The involvement of Cl(-) and several other monovalent anions in photosynthetic oxygen evolution was studied using photosystem II membranes depleted of Cl(-) by dialysis. The results of these studies differ significantly from results obtained using other depletion methods. Binding studies with glycerol as a cryoprotect...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Olesen K,Andréasson LE

更新日期：2003-02-25 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：:Amyloid nucleation through agitation was studied with beta2-microglobulin, which is responsible for dialysis-related amyloidosis, in the presence of salt under acid and neutral pH conditions. First, the aggregation of beta2-microglobulin in NaCl solutions was achieved by mildly agitating for 24 h at 37 degrees C prote...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Sasahara K,Yagi H,Sakai M,Naiki H,Goto Y

更新日期：2008-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The backbone dynamics of Escherichia coli ribonuclease HI (RNase HI) in the picosecond to nanosecond time scale were characterized by a combination of measurements of 15N-NMR relaxation (T1, T2, and NOE), analyzed by a model-free approach, and molecular dynamics (MD) simulation in water. The MD simulations in water we...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Yamasaki K,Saito M,Oobatake M,Kanaya S

更新日期：1995-05-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Site-directed mutagenesis studies have confirmed that the distal histidine in myoglobin stabilizes bound O2 by hydrogen bonding and have suggested that it is the polar character of the imidazole side chain rather than its size that limits the rate of ligand entry into the protein. We constructed an isosteric Val68 to ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Smerdon SJ,Dodson GG,Wilkinson AJ,Gibson QH,Blackmore RS

更新日期：1991-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:As for many enzymes, the enzymatic pathway of triosephosphate isomerase (TIM) includes the partially rate determining motion of an active site loop (loop 6, residues 166-176), which must remain closed during chemistry but must open just before product release. The motion of this loop was monitored using laser induced ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Desamero R,Rozovsky S,Zhadin N,McDermott A,Callender R

更新日期：2003-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The heterotrimeric G protein subunit, alpha(s), can move reversibly from plasma membranes to cytoplasm in response to activation by GPCRs or activating mutations. We examined the importance of the unique N-terminus of alpha(s) in this translocation in cultured cells. alpha(s) contains a single site for palmitoylation ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Thiyagarajan MM,Bigras E,Van Tol HH,Hébert TE,Evanko DS,Wedegaertner PB

更新日期：2002-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Mismatches in DNA occur naturally during replication and as a result of endogenous DNA damaging agents, but the mismatch repair (MMR) pathway acts to correct mismatches before subsequent rounds of replication. Rhodium metalloinsertors bind to DNA mismatches with high affinity and specificity and represent a promising ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Ernst RJ,Komor AC,Barton JK

更新日期：2011-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the membrane-associated surfactant protein B (SP-B) is an essential component of lung surfactant, which is itself essential for life, the molecular basis for its activity is not understood. SP-B's biophysical functions can be partially mimicked by subfragments of the protein, including the C-terminus. We have...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Booth V,Waring AJ,Walther FJ,Keough KM

更新日期：2004-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Myotoxin a from the venom of Crotalus viridis viridis (prairie rattlesnake) is a small protein which is responsible for myonecrosis. It is a basic protein with 42 amino acid residues of known sequence. Three disulfide bonds give it a highly compact structure. Microscopic examination of the toxin's effects reveals that...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Liddle WK,Tu AT

更新日期：1985-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The Radical SAM (RS) enzyme PqqE catalyzes the first step in the biosynthesis of the bacterial cofactor pyrroloquinoline quinone, forming a new carbon-carbon bond between two side chains within the ribosomally synthesized peptide substrate PqqA. In addition to the active site RS 4Fe-4S cluster, PqqE is predicted to ha...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Barr I,Stich TA,Gizzi AS,Grove TL,Bonanno JB,Latham JA,Chung T,Wilmot CM,Britt RD,Almo SC,Klinman JP

更新日期：2018-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Urease from Klebsiella aerogenes [Jabri et al. (1995) Science 268, 998-1004] is an (alpha beta gamma)3 trimer with each alpha-subunit having an (alpha beta)8-barrel domain containing a binickel active center. Here we examine structure-function relations for urease in more detail through structural analysis of the urea...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Jabri E,Karplus PA

更新日期：1996-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Decapping is the first committed step in 5'-to-3' RNA decay, and in the cytoplasm of human cells, multiple decapping enzymes regulate the stabilities of distinct subsets of cellular transcripts. However, the complete set of RNAs regulated by any individual decapping enzyme remains incompletely mapped, and no consensus...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Luo Y,Schofield JA,Simon MD,Slavoff SA

更新日期：2020-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The flavoprotein component (SiR-FP) of the sulfite reductase from Escherichia coli is an octamer containing one FAD and one FMN per polypeptide chain. SiR-FP60, a SiR-FP fragment starting with alanine-52, was overexpressed in E. coli and purified as a monomer. The N-terminal part of the native protein contains thus al...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Zeghouf M,Fontecave M,Macherel D,Covès J

更新日期：1998-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The pK(a) values measured previously for the internal Lys-66, Asp-66, and Glu-66 in variants of a highly stable form of staphylococcal nuclease are shifted by as many as 5 pK(a) units relative to normal pK(a) values in water. These shifts cannot be reproduced with continuum electrostatics calculations with static stru...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Karp DA,Stahley MR,García-Moreno B

更新日期：2010-05-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteriophage lambda protein phosphatase (lambdaPP) is a member of a large family of metal-containing phosphoesterases, including purple acid phosphatase, protein serine/threonine phosphatases, 5'-nucleotidase, and DNA repair enzymes such as Mre11. lambdaPP can be activated several-fold by various divalent metal ions,...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Reiter TA,Reiter NJ,Rusnak F

更新日期：2002-12-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The two distinct domains of flavocytochrome b2 (L-lactate:cytochrome c oxidoreductase, EC 1.1.2.3) are connected by a typical hinge peptide. To probe the importance of the structural integrity of the hinge region for efficient intraprotein electron transfer, three mutant enzymes have been constructed: H delta 3 [Sharp...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Sharp RE,Chapman SK,Reid GA

更新日期：1996-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Exons 1 and 2 and exon 8 of the mu class GSH transferases from rat encode sequence-variable regions 1 and 4 of mu class isoenzymes, respectively. These two of four variable regions are located at the N- and C-termini of this isoenzyme class and impinge on the active site. In order to assess the influence of these vari...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Zhang P,Liu S,Shan SO,Ji X,Gilliland GL,Armstrong RN

更新日期：1992-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The Caenorhabditis elegans Werner syndrome protein, WRN-1, a member of the RecQ helicase family, has a 3'-5' DNA helicase activity. Worms with defective wrn-1 exhibit premature aging phenotypes and an increased level of genome instability. In response to DNA damage, WRN-1 participates in the initial stages of checkpoi...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Hyun M,Park S,Kim E,Kim DH,Lee SJ,Koo HS,Seo YS,Ahn B

更新日期：2012-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Trimethylamine dehydrogenase (TMADH) from the bacterium Methylophilus methylotrophus (sp. W(3)A(1)) and its C30A mutant were inactivated with three known inactivators of monoamine oxidase, namely, phenylhydrazine, N-cyclopropyl-alpha-methylbenzylamine, and 1-phenylcyclopropylamine. All three compounds irreversibly ina...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Mitchell DJ,Nikolic D,Jang MH,van Breemen RB,Hille R,Silverman RB

更新日期：2001-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Smooth muscle cells maintain filaments of actin and myosin in the presence of ATP, although dephosphorylated myosin filaments and actin-myosin interactions are unstable under those conditions in vitro. Several proteins that stabilize myosin filaments and that stabilize actin-myosin interactions have been identified. F...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Kingsbury NL,Renegar RH,Chalovich JM

更新日期：2013-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies of P-glycoprotein have demonstrated that its function can be modulated by phosphorylation. In the present study, inhibition of protein kinase C with calphostin C or stauroporine or prolonged treatment with the phorbol ester TPA decreased phosphorylation of P-glycoprotein, and impaired transport of vin...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Bates SE,Lee JS,Dickstein B,Spolyar M,Fojo AT

更新日期：1993-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) is a heterodimeric glycoprotein hormone involved in the maintenance of the corpus luteum in early pregnancy. The free alpha-subunit of hCG has a biological activity of its own, namely, stimulation of prolactin secretion from term pregnancy decidual cells [Blithe, D. L., et al. (1991)...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： van Zuylen CW,de Beer T,Leeflang BR,Boelens R,Kaptein R,Kamerling JP,Vliegenthart JF

更新日期：1998-02-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Comparative mutagenesis studies of N-(2'-deoxyguanosin-8-yl)-2-acetylaminofluorene (dG-AAF) and N-(2'-deoxyguanosin-8-yl)-2-aminofluorene (dG-AF) adducts positioned in the Nar I restriction enzyme site were performed using Escherichia coli (E. coli) and simian kidney (COS-7) cells. Oligodeoxynucleotides ((5)(')TCCTCG(...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Tan X,Suzuki N,Grollman AP,Shibutani S

更新日期：2002-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The conformational properties of purine-pyrimidine and pyrimidine-purine dinucleoside monophosphates in which the glycosidic torsion is fixed to congruent to 120 degree by the formation of a covalent link between the base and the sugar ring are explored by 1H NMR spectroscopy in order to obtain information about the s...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Dhingra MM,Sarma RH,Uesugi S,Shida T,Ikehara M

更新日期：1981-08-18 00:00:00