GliP, a multimodular nonribosomal peptide synthetase in Aspergillus fumigatus, makes the diketopiperazine scaffold of gliotoxin.

abstract：:Mutations in the hydrophobic interior of proteins are generally thought to weaken the interactions only in their immediate neighborhood. This forms the basis of protein engineering-based studies of folding mechanism and function. However, mutational work on diverse proteins has shown that distant residues are thermody...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Rajasekaran N,Suresh S,Gopi S,Raman K,Naganathan AN

更新日期：2017-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies were undertaken to assess the postulated involvement of subunit III in the proton-linked functions of cytochrome c oxidase. The effect of pH on the steady-state kinetic [corrected] parameters of subunit III containing and subunit III depleted cytochrome oxidase was determined by using beef heart and rat liver ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Gregory LC,Ferguson-Miller S

更新日期：1988-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Attenuated total reflection Fourier transform infrared (ATR-FTIR) difference spectroscopy has been performed on samples of bovine cytochrome c oxidase that have been deposited as a thin film on the surface of a silicon microprism. The technique has several advantages over transmission methods in terms of amount of mat...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Rich PR,Breton J

更新日期：2002-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular imaging is an important new direction in medical diagnosis; however, its success is dependent upon molecular probes that demonstrate selective tissue targeting. We report the design and chemical synthesis of a derivative of human amyloid-beta (Abeta) peptide that is capable of selectively targeting individua...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Poduslo JF,Curran GL,Peterson JA,McCormick DJ,Fauq AH,Khan MA,Wengenack TM

更新日期：2004-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：:An NMR study has been made of porcine pancreatic phospholipase A2 (PLA) in three environments: free in solution, in a binary complex with dodecylphosphocholine micelles, and in a ternary complex with a micelle and the substrate-like inhibitor (R)-1-octyl-2-(N-dodecanoylamino)-2-deoxyglycero-3-phosph oglycol. 1H and 15...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Peters AR,Dekker N,van den Berg L,Boelens R,Kaptein R,Slotboom AJ,de Haas GH

更新日期：1992-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Regulation of cellular response is an important mechanism for controlling cellular functions. The transmembrane signaling of the hormone receptors is regulated by GTP-binding proteins (GTPases) and their associated proteins. Our previous studies demonstrated that the bifunctional GTP-binding protein, G alpha h (transg...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Baek KJ,Das T,Gray CD,Desai S,Hwang KC,Gacchui R,Ludwig M,Im MJ

更新日期：1996-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Colibactins are genotoxic secondary metabolites whose biosynthesis is encoded in the clb gene cluster harbored by certain strains of gut commensal Escherichia coli. Using synthetic colibactin analogues, we previously provided evidence that colibactins alkylate DNA by addition of a nucleotide to an electrophilic cyclop...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Xue M,Shine E,Wang W,Crawford JM,Herzon SB

更新日期：2018-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The structures of hemes a and a3 of maize and wheat germ cytochrome c oxidase were investigated by resonance Raman spectroscopy. Comparison between the plant and mammalian cytochrome oxidases revealed that (i) the vinyl groups associated with hemes a and a3 vibrate at higher frequencies in the plant enzyme than in the...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： de Paula JC,Peiffer WE,Ingle RT,Centeno JA,Ferguson-Miller S,Babcock GT

更新日期：1990-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The natural product hypericin is a photosensitive polycyclic aromatic dione compound, which has been widely investigated because of its virucidal and antitumor properties. Although it has been suggested that singlet oxygen or a radical species might be responsible for its biological action, its mechanism of action rem...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Weiner L,Roth E,Mazur Y,Silman I

更新日期：1999-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Information on the secondary structure and interactions of RNA is important to understand the biological function of RNA as well as in applying RNA as a tool for therapeutic purposes. Recently, the isoenergetic microarray mapping method was developed to improve the prediction of RNA secondary structure. Herein, for th...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Fratczak A,Kierzek R,Kierzek E

更新日期：2011-09-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Each regulatory subunit of the cAMP-dependent protein kinase contains two in-tandem cAMP binding sites. Photolabeling of holoenzyme I with 8-azidoadenosine 3',5'-monophosphate (8-N3-cAMP) leads to the covalent modification of two residues, Trp-260 and Tyr-371. In order to correlate photolabeling of these two residues ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Bubis J,Taylor SS

更新日期：1987-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The global transcription factor, p53, is a master regulator of gene expression in cells. Mutations in the TP53 gene promote unregulated cell growth through the inactivation of downstream effectors of the p53 pathway. In fact, mutant p53 is highly prone to misfolding and frequently resides inside the cell as large aggr...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Navalkar A,Ghosh S,Pandey S,Paul A,Datta D,Maji SK

更新日期：2020-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The conversion of prion protein (PrP) to the pathogenic PrPSc conformation is central to prion disease. Previous studies revealed that PrP interacts with lipids and the interaction induces PrP conformational changes, yet it remains unclear whether in the absence of any denaturing treatment, PrP-lipid interaction is su...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Wang F,Yang F,Hu Y,Wang X,Wang X,Jin C,Ma J

更新日期：2007-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Kinetic studies of the effect of addition of Co2+ or Mn2+ to a highly purified dipeptidase from Ehrlich-Lettré mouse ascites tumor cells show that these metals specifically activate the hydrolyses of certain classes of dipeptides. This enzyme was previously (S. Hayman and E. K. Patterson, 1971, J. Biol. Chem. 246, 660...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Patterson EK,Gatmaitan JS,Hayman S

更新日期：1975-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Yeast actin mutants with acidic residues at the N terminus either neutralized (DNEQ) or deleted (delta-DSE) were used to assess the role of N-terminal acidic residues in the interactions of actin with myosin in the contractile cycle. Cosedimentation experiments revealed an approximately 3-fold decrease in the binding ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Miller CJ,Wong WW,Bobkova E,Rubenstein PA,Reisler E

更新日期：1996-12-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The vanadate cofactor in vanadium chloroperoxidase has been studied using UV-VIS absorption spectroscopy. A band is present in the near-UV that is red-shifted as compared to free vanadate and shifts in both position and intensity upon change in pH. Mutation of vanadate binding residues has a clear effect on the spectr...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Renirie R,Hemrika W,Piersma SR,Wever R

更新日期：2000-02-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Phytochromes are widespread red/far-red photosensory proteins well known as critical regulators of photomorphogenesis in plants. It is often assumed that natural selection would have optimized the light sensing efficiency of phytochromes to minimize nonproductive photochemical deexcitation pathways. Surprisingly, the ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Kim PW,Rockwell NC,Martin SS,Lagarias JC,Larsen DS

更新日期：2014-05-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The Na+-translocating NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase (Na+-NQR) from Vibrio harveyi was purified and studied by EPR and visible spectroscopy. Two EPR signals in the NADH-reduced enzyme were detected: one, a radical signal, and the other a line around g = 1.94, which is typical for a [2Fe-2S] cluster. An E(m) of -267 mV...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Bogachev AV,Bertsova YV,Barquera B,Verkhovsky MI

更新日期：2001-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Photosynthetic water oxidation takes place at the Mn4CaO5 cluster in photosystem II. Around the Mn4CaO5 cluster, a hydrogen bond network is formed by several water molecules, including four water ligands. To clarify the role of this water network in the mechanism of water oxidation, we investigated the effects of the ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Nakamura S,Ota K,Shibuya Y,Noguchi T

更新日期：2016-01-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Cdc31, the Saccharomyces cerevisiae centrin, is an EF-hand calcium-binding protein essential for the cell division and mRNA nuclear export. We used biophysical techniques to investigate its calcium, magnesium, and protein target binding properties as well as their conformations in solution. We show here that Cdc31 dis...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Miron S,Durand D,Chilom C,Pérez J,Craescu CT

更新日期：2011-07-26 00:00:00

abstract：:We have employed high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) to investigate the syntheses of histones H1 and H1o as synchronized cells traverse from mitosis to S phase. Chinese hamster (line CHO) cells were synchronized by mitotic selection, and, at appropriate times, they were pulse labeled for 1 h with [3H]lysine....

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： D'Anna JA,Thayer MM,Tobey RA,Gurley LR

更新日期：1985-04-09 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 amino acid composition and sequence of EIIMtl is known [Lee, C. A., & Saier, M. H., Jr. (1983) J. Biol. Chem. 258, 10761-10767]. This information was combined, in the present study, with quantitative amino acid analysis to determine the molar concentration of the enzyme. The stoichiometry of phosphoryl group incor...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Pas HH,ten Hoeve-Duurkens RH,Robillard GT

更新日期：1988-07-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultraviolet absorption (UV) and circular dichroism (CD) spectra of wheat germ 5S RNA, when compared to tRNAPhe, indicate a largely base-paired and base-stacked helical structure, containing up to 36 base pairs. Fourier-transform infrared (FT-IR) spectra of tRNAPhe and wheat germ ribosomal 5S RNA have been acquired at ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Li SJ,Burkey KO,Luoma GA,Alben JO,Marshall AG

更新日期：1984-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:We have labeled the primer binding domain of murine leukemia virus reverse transcriptase (MuLV RT) by covalently cross-linking 5' end labeled d(T)8 to MuLV RT, using ultraviolet light energy. The specificity and the functional significance of the primer cross-linking reaction were demonstrated by the fact that (i) oth...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Tirumalai RS,Modak MJ

更新日期：1991-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：:O6-Alkylguanine-DNA alkyltransferase (AGT) is an important cellular defense against the mutagenic effects of DNA alkylating agents. In humans this defense can contribute to the ability of some tumors to resist the effects of chemotherapeutic agents that act through DNA alkylation. We report here studies that character...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Fried MG,Kanugula S,Bromberg JL,Pegg AE

更新日期：1996-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a method for isolating milligram quantities of assembly-competent tubulin from the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The tubulin is > 95% purified and free of contaminating enzyme activities. As a result, it has been possible to determine the yeast tubulin equilibrium-binding constant for Mg-GTP and ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Davis A,Sage CR,Wilson L,Farrell KW

更新日期：1993-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Traditionally, assigning the heme protein resonances has relied heavily on the comparison of spectra arising from protein reconstituted with specifically deuterated hemes and the native form. Such an approach can identify tentatively the broad, overlapping signals in the Fe(II) high-spin heme protein spectra. Although...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Busse SC,Jue T

更新日期：1994-09-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli MutS protein, which is required for mismatch repair, has a slow ATPase activity that obeys Michalelis-Menten kinetics. At 37 degrees C, the steady-state turnover rate for ATP hydrolysis is 1.0 +/- 0.3 min(-1) per monomer equivalent with a K(m) of 33 +/- 6 microM. Hydrolysis is competitively inhibited ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Bjornson KP,Allen DJ,Modrich P

更新日期：2000-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The formation of pseudouridine (psi) on U5 small nuclear RNA (U5 snRNA) was studied using an in vitro modification system. Labeled U5 RNA, synthesized in vitro and therefore unmodified, was incubated in reactions containing S100 and/or nuclear extracts (NE) from HeLa cells, and the levels of psi were determined. There...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Patton JR

更新日期：1994-08-30 00:00:00