X-ray crystallographic and biochemical characterization of the inhibitory action of an imidazole-dioxolane compound on heme oxygenase.

abstract：:Apical membrane antigen 1 (AMA1) of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum is synthesized by schizont stage parasites and has been implicated in merozoite invasion of host erythrocytes. Phage-display techniques have recently been used to identify two 15-residue peptides, F1 and F2, which bind specifically to...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Keizer DW,Miles LA,Li F,Nair M,Anders RF,Coley AM,Foley M,Norton RS

更新日期：2003-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The structure/function properties of functional groups in the leadzyme have been studied by assaying the activity of analog ribozymes generated by the systematic substitution of modified nucleotides in the internal loop region of the ribozyme. Guanosine analogs introduced at positions 4 and 7 occupied by guanosine in ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Chartrand P,Usman N,Cedergren R

更新日期：1997-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) (15)N relaxation methods have been used to characterize the backbone dynamics of the N-terminal core domain of the HIV-1 capsid protein (CA(151)). The domain, which has an unusually flat, triangular shape, tumbles in solution at 28 degrees C with an effective rotational correlation tim...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Campos-Olivas R,Summers MF

更新日期：1999-08-10 00:00:00

abstract：:End binding protein 1 (EB1) and cytoplasmic linker protein of 170 kDa (CLIP-170) are two well-studied microtubule plus-end-tracking proteins (+TIPs) that target growing microtubule plus ends in the form of comet tails and regulate microtubule dynamics. However, the mechanism by which they regulate microtubule dynamics...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Lopus M,Manatschal C,Buey RM,Bjelić S,Miller HP,Steinmetz MO,Wilson L

更新日期：2012-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:One way to improve the economic feasibility of biomass conversion is to enhance the catalytic efficiency of cellulases through protein engineering. This requires that high-resolution structures of cellulases be available. Here we present the structure of E2cd, the catalytic domain of the thermophilic endocellulase E2 ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Spezio M,Wilson DB,Karplus PA

更新日期：1993-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The structure of premature core enzyme, an obligatory intermediate in both in vivo and in vitro assembly of Escherichia coli DNA-dependent RNA polymerase, was compared with that of native core enzyme. Though this assembled but inactive form of core enzyme harbors the gross conformation similar to that of native enzyme...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Ishihama A,Aiba H,Saitoh T,Takahashi S

更新日期：1979-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:In Gram-negative bacteria, the first step of lipid A biosynthesis is catalyzed by UDP-N-acetylglucosamine acyltransferase (LpxA) through the transfer of a R-3-hydroxyacyl chain from the acyl carrier protein (ACP) to the 3-hydroxyl group of UDP-GlcNAc. Previous studies suggest that LpxA is a critical determinant of the...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Smith EW,Zhang X,Behzadi C,Andrews LD,Cohen F,Chen Y

更新日期：2015-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Acetohydroxyacid synthase (AHAS, EC 4.1.3.18) catalyzes the first step in the biosynthesis of the branched-chain amino acids. In bacteria, the enzyme has a large subunit containing the catalytic machinery and a small subunit with a regulatory role. In eucaryotes, the evidence for a regulatory subunit is largely indire...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Pang SS,Duggleby RG

更新日期：1999-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite extensive characterization of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) hydrophobic fusion peptide (FP), the structure-function relationships underlying its extraordinary degree of conservation remain poorly understood. Specifically, the fact that the tandem repeat of the FLGFLG tripeptide is absolutely ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Serrano S,Huarte N,Rujas E,Andreu D,Nieva JL,Jiménez MA

更新日期：2017-10-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The protective effect of cyclic stable nitroxide free radicals, having SOD-like activity, against oxidative damage was studied by using Escherichia coli xthA DNA repair-deficient mutant hypersensitive to H2O2. Oxidative damage induced by H2O2 was assayed by monitoring cell survival. The metal chelator 1,10-phenanthrol...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Samuni A,Godinger D,Aronovitch J,Russo A,Mitchell JB

更新日期：1991-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Vitronectin is a multifunctional plasma glycoprotein which may regulate the systems related to protease cascades such as the coagulation, fibrinolysis, and complement systems as well as cell adhesion. Solid-phase assays and affinity chromatography on immobilized glycolipids indicated that vitronectin purified under de...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Yoneda A,Ogawa H,Kojima K,Matsumoto I

更新日期：1998-05-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The respiratory chain in the cytochrome d deficient mutant Escherichia coli GR19N is a relatively simple, linear system consisting of primary dehydrogenases, ubiquinone 8, cytochrome b-556, and cytochrome o oxidase. By use of right-side-out and inside-out membrane vesicles from this strain, various oxidase activities ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Matsushita K,Kaback HR

更新日期：1986-05-06 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

abstract：:We have studied the effects of site-directed mutations in Escherichia coli nitrate reductase A (NarGHI) on heme reduction by a menaquinol analogue (menadiol) using the stopped-flow method. For NarGHI(H66Y) and NarGHI(H187Y), both lacking heme b(L) but having heme b(H), the heme reduction by menadiol is abolished. For ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Zhao Z,Rothery RA,Weiner JH

更新日期：2003-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The amino acid sequence of the peptide alpha1(I)-CB6B, the carboxyl-terminal peptide containing 91 residues of alpha1(I) chain of chick skin collagen, is described. The amino acid sequence was determined by automated Edman degradation of intact peptide plus its tryptic and thermolytic peptides. The comparison of this ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Dixit SN,Seyer JM,Kang AH,Gross J

更新日期：1978-12-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The prion protein (PrP) is a cell-surface Cu2+ binding glycoprotein which can bind six copper ions. The role of Cu2+ in PrP function, misfolding, and prion disease has generated much interest; however, the field has been hampered by a lack of consensus with regard to the affinity of Cu2+ for PrPC. Here we build on our...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Nadal RC,Davies P,Brown DR,Viles JH

更新日期：2009-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Heme-copper oxidases are membrane-bound proteins that catalyze the reduction of O(2) to H(2)O, a highly exergonic reaction. Part of the free energy of this reaction is used for pumping of protons across the membrane. The ba(3) oxidase from Thermus thermophilus presumably uses a single proton pathway for the transfer o...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： von Ballmoos C,Lachmann P,Gennis RB,Ädelroth P,Brzezinski P

更新日期：2012-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:A chromatin acceptor protein for the avian oviduct progesterone receptor (PR), termed receptor binding factor 1 (RBF-1), has recently been shown to (1) be a component of the nuclear binding sites (acceptor sites) for PR and (2) generate high-affinity binding sites (termed the RBF-1 class of sites) on avian genomic DNA...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Schuchard M,Subramaniam M,Ruesink T,Spelsberg TC

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acyclovir triphosphate, ganciclovir triphosphate and penciclovir triphosphate inhibited DNA polymerases alpha, delta, and epsilon. Each triphosphate preferentially inhibited pol delta, although ganciclovir triphosphate was the most impressive of the three; the Ki for inhibition of pol delta was 2 microM (competitive w...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Ilsley DD,Lee SH,Miller WH,Kuchta RD

更新日期：1995-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:For many different enveloped viruses the crystal structure of the fusion protein core has been established. A striking conservation in the tertiary and quaternary arrangement of these core structures is repeatedly revealed among members of diverse families. It has been proposed that the primary role of the core involv...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Sackett K,Shai Y

更新日期：2002-04-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Heparin lyases are valuable tools for generating oligosaccharide fragments and in sequence determination of heparan sulfate (HS). Heparin lyase III is known to cleave the linkages between N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc) or N-sulfated glucosamine (GlcNS) and glucuronic acid (GlcA) as the primary sites and the linkages bet...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Chai W,Leteux C,Westling C,Lindahl U,Feizi T

更新日期：2004-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Retinitis pigmentosa (RP), a neurodegenerative disorder, can arise from single point mutations in rhodopsin, leading to a cascade of protein instability, misfolding, aggregation, rod cell death, retinal degeneration, and ultimately blindness. Divalent cations, such as zinc and copper, have allosteric effects on misfol...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Gleim S,Stojanovic A,Arehart E,Byington D,Hwa J

更新日期：2009-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The human endonuclease III homologue (hNTH1) removes premutagenic cytosine damage from DNA. This includes 5-hydroxycytosine, which has increased potential for pairing with adenine, resulting in C --> T transition mutations. Here we report that hNTH1 acts on both 5-hydroxycytosine and abasic sites preferentially when t...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Eide L,Luna L,Gustad EC,Henderson PT,Essigmann JM,Demple B,Seeberg E

更新日期：2001-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Limited cleavages of human C1r by extrinsic proteases of various specificity (plasmin, elastase, chymotrypsin, thermolysin) yield dimeric associations of two globular domains, each comprised of the intact B chain disulfide linked to gamma, the C-terminal fragment of the A chain. These (gamma-B)2 domains, which are hom...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Arlaud GJ,Gagnon J,Villiers CL,Colomb MG

更新日期：1986-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Sensory rhodopsin I (SRI) is a seven-transmembrane helix retinylidene protein that mediates color-sensitive phototaxis responses through its bound transducer HtrI in the archaeon Halobacterium salinarum. Deprotonation of the Schiff base attachment site of the chromophore accompanies formation of the SRI signaling stat...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Jung KH,Spudich EN,Dag P,Spudich JL

更新日期：1999-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Decarboxylation reactions from comparable thiamin diphosphate- and thiamin-derived adducts of p-(halomethyl)benzoylformic acids in enzymic and non-enzymic reactions, respectively, reveal critical distinctions in otherwise similar Breslow intermediates. The ratio of protonation to chloride elimination from the Breslow ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Bielecki M,Howe GW,Kluger R

更新日期：2019-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The proline catabolic enzyme Δ(1)-pyrroline-5-carboxylate dehydrogenase (ALDH4A1) catalyzes the NAD(+)-dependent oxidation of γ-glutamate semialdehyde to l-glutamate. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, ALDH4A1 is encoded by the PUT2 gene and known as Put2p. Here we report the steady-state kinetic parameters of the purified ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Pemberton TA,Srivastava D,Sanyal N,Henzl MT,Becker DF,Tanner JJ

更新日期：2014-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The crystal structure of the catalytic domain of rat DNA polymerase beta revealed that Asp256 is located in proximity to the previously identified active site residues Asp190 and Asp192. We have prepared and kinetically characterized the nucleotidyl transfer activity of wild type and several mutant forms of human and ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Menge KL,Hostomsky Z,Nodes BR,Hudson GO,Rahmati S,Moomaw EW,Almassy RJ,Hostomska Z

更新日期：1995-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：:FeNO vibrational frequencies were investigated for a series of myoglobin mutants using isotope-edited resonance Raman spectra of (15/14)NO adducts, which reveal the FeNO and NO stretching modes. The latter give rise to doublet bands, as a result of Fermi resonances with coincident porphyrin vibrations; these doublets ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Coyle CM,Vogel KM,Rush TS 3rd,Kozlowski PM,Williams R,Spiro TG,Dou Y,Ikeda-Saito M,Olson JS,Zgierski MZ

更新日期：2003-05-06 00:00:00

abstract：:A double mutant cycle has been used to evaluate interaction energies between the global stabilizer mutation asparagine 52 --> isoleucine (N52I) in iso-1-cytochrome c and mutations producing single surface histidines at positions 26, 33, 39, 54, 73, 89, and 100. These histidine mutation sites are distributed through th...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Wandschneider E,Hammack BN,Bowler BE

更新日期：2003-09-16 00:00:00