Steady-state FTIR spectra of the photoreduction of QA and QB in Rhodobacter sphaeroides reaction centers provide evidence against the presence of a proposed transient electron acceptor X between the two quinones.

abstract：:The conformational states of N-acylalanine dithio esters, involving rotational isomers about the RC(=O)NH--CH(CH3) and NHCH(CH3)--C(=S) bonds, are defined and compared to those of N-acylglycine dithio esters. The structure of N-(p-nitrobenzoyl)-DL-alanine ethyl dithio ester has been determined by X-ray crystallographi...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Lee H,Angus RH,Storer AC,Varughese KI,Carey PR

更新日期：1988-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The binding of the inhibitor 8-nitroxanthine to urate oxidase has been investigated by Raman and UV-visible absorption spectroscopy. The absorption maximum of 8-nitroxanthine shifts from 380 to 400 nm upon binding to the enzyme, demonstrating that the electronic structure of the ligand is perturbed. It has been propos...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Doll C,Bell AF,Power N,Tonge PJ,Tipton PA

更新日期：2005-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：:In the accompanying paper [Suzuki, A., Yamazaki, M., & Ito, T. (1996) Biochemistry 35, 5238-5244], we presented a quantitative phase diagram of actin filament ( (F-actin) described with the F-actin concentration and delta chi value which characterizes the affinity of F-actin with solvent. The phase diagram shows that ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Suzuki A,Ito T

更新日期：1996-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanism of the oxidative decarboxylation reaction catalyzed by the NAD-malic enzyme from Ascaris suum has been examined with several different divalent metal ion activators and dinucleotide substrates. Primary deuterium and tritium isotope effects have been obtained and, in combination with the partitioning rati...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Karsten WE,Gavva SR,Park SH,Cook PF

更新日期：1995-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we investigated the role of ubiquitination in the disposition of the inactivated O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase (MGMT) protein in human (HT-29 and CEM) and murine (ts85) tumor cells. Using a combination of immunoprecipitation and immunoblotting techniques with antibodies against ubiquitin and MG...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Srivenugopal KS,Yuan XH,Friedman HS,Ali-Osman F

更新日期：1996-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Homeodomain-only protein (HOP) is an 8-kDa transcriptional corepressor that is essential for the normal development of the mammalian heart. Previous studies have shown that HOP, which consists entirely of a putative homeodomain, acts downstream of Nkx2.5 and associates with the serum response factor (SRF), repressing ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Kook H,Yung WW,Simpson RJ,Kee HJ,Shin S,Lowry JA,Loughlin FE,Yin Z,Epstein JA,Mackay JP

更新日期：2006-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphorylated proteins may play an important role in regulating the metabolism or function of rod photoreceptors. In mammalian retinas, a photoreceptor protein of 33 000 (33K) molecular weight is phosphorylated in a cyclic nucleotide dependent manner in vitro. Since light initiates the activation of a photoreceptor-s...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Lee RH,Brown BM,Lolley RN

更新日期：1984-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The thermodynamic parameters characterizing the interaction between rabbit fast skeletal muscle troponin and tropomyosin have been determined at 25 degrees C for three solution conditions: buffer containing (A) 1 mM CaCl2, simulating a "turned-on" state, (B) 3 mM MgCl2, simulating a "turned-off" state, and (C) 2 mM et...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Ingraham RH,Swenson CA

更新日期：1985-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:alpha-Glucosidase (EC 3.2.1.20) was purified to homogeneity from logarithmically growing cells of Saccharomyces carlsbergensis. The purification involved the following steps: (a) ammonium sulfate fractionation; (b) Sephadex G-100 chromatography; (c) DEAE-cellulose chromatography; and (d) hydroxylapatite chromatography...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Needleman RB,Federoff HJ,Eccleshall TR,Buchferer B,Marmur J

更新日期：1978-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Human heart short chain L-3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase (SCHAD) catalyzes the oxidation of the hydroxyl group of L-3-hydroxyacyl-CoA to a keto group, concomitant with the reduction of NAD+ to NADH, as part of the beta-oxidation pathway. The homodimeric enzyme has been overexpressed in Escherichia coli, purified to h...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Barycki JJ,O'Brien LK,Bratt JM,Zhang R,Sanishvili R,Strauss AW,Banaszak LJ

更新日期：1999-05-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Sedimentation equilibrium results, obtained with bovine zinc-free insulin (with and without a component of proinsulin) at pH 7.0, I o.2, 25 degrees C, and up to a total concentration of 0.8 g/l., are shown to be consistent with three different polymerization patterns, all involving an isodesmic indefinite self-associa...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Jeffrey PD,Milthorpe BK,Nichol LW

更新日期：1976-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The HIV-1 fusion peptide serves as a useful model system for understanding viral/target cell fusion, at least to the lipid-mixing stage. Previous solid-state NMR studies have shown that the membrane-bound HIV-1 fusion peptide adopts an extended conformation in a lipid mixture close to that of host cells of the virus. ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Yang J,Weliky DP

更新日期：2003-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:N1-(5'-Phosphoribosyl)adenosine-5'-monophosphate cyclohydrolase (HisI, PR-AMP cyclohydrolase) is a central enzyme in histidine biosynthesis catalyzing the hydrolysis of the N1-C6 bond of the purine substrate, a reaction unique to this pathway. A source of the recombinant monofunctional Methanococcus vannielii PR-AMP c...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： D'Ordine RL,Klem TJ,Davisson VJ

更新日期：1999-02-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The value of reducing the activity of ornithine decarboxylase (ODC), a key enzyme in the biosynthesis of polyamines, is well-appreciated. Polyamines are necessary components for cell growth, and manipulation of polyamine homeostasis may be an effective strategy for the treatment of a number of disorders, including neo...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Ackermann JM,Kanugula S,Pegg AE

更新日期：2005-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The genome of all retroviruses consists of two identical RNAs noncovalently linked near their 5' end. Dimerization of genomic RNA is thought to modulate several steps in the retroviral life cycle, such as recombination, translation, and encapsidation. The kissing-loop model of HIV-1 genome dimerization [Laughrea, M., ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Laughrea M,Jetté L

更新日期：1996-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：:NahE and PhdJ are bifunctional hydratase-aldolases in bacterial catabolic pathways for naphthalene and phenanthrene, respectively. Bacterial species with these pathways can use polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) as sole sources of carbon and energy. Because of the harmful properties of PAHs and their widespread d...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： LeVieux JA,Medellin B,Johnson WH Jr,Erwin K,Li W,Johnson IA,Zhang YJ,Whitman CP

更新日期：2018-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Anatoxin-a and homoanatoxin-a are two potent cyanobacterial neurotoxins. We recently reported the identification of the gene cluster responsible for the biosynthesis of these toxins as well as the in-vitro reconstitution of the first steps of this biosynthesis. We now report experimental evidence supporting the propos...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Mann S,Lombard B,Loew D,Méjean A,Ploux O

更新日期：2011-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The sequence of events involved in poly(ethylene glycol)-mediated fusion of small unilamellar vesicles (SUVs) has been studied. Fusion events were monitored using light scattering for vesicle aggregation, the fluorescence lifetime of membrane probe lipids (DPHpPC and NBD-PS) for membrane mixing, the aqueous fluorescen...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Lee J,Lentz BR

更新日期：1997-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Acireductone dioxygenases (ARDs) are enzymes involved in the methionine recycle pathway, which regulates aspects of the cell cycle. Klebsiella pneumoniae produces two enzymes that share a common polypeptide sequence and differ only in the metal ion present. Reaction of acireductone (1,2-dihydroxy-3-keto-5-methylthiope...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Al-Mjeni F,Ju T,Pochapsky TC,Maroney MJ

更新日期：2002-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The dependence of the activity of recombinant activated human protein C (r-APC) on each of its nine gamma-carboxyglutamic (Gla) residues (sequence positions 6, 7, 14, 16, 19, 20, 25, 26, and 29) has been assessed in purified systems and in plasma using r-mutants in which each Gla residue of r-APC was individually alte...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Jhingan A,Zhang L,Christiansen WT,Castellino FJ

更新日期：1994-02-22 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe an assay for detecting intramolecular triple-stranded DNA in living cells. The assay involves quantitative analysis of the differential photobinding of 4,5',8-trimethylpsoralen to 5'TA and 5'AT dinucleotides in a region of plasmid DNA containing the triplex-forming sequence (GA)7TA(GA)7. Psoralen photobind...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Ussery DW,Sinden RR

更新日期：1993-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The pentraxin serum amyloid P component (SAP) is secreted by the liver and found in plasma at a concentration of approximately 30 mg/L. SAP is a 25 kDa homopentamer known to bind both protein and nonprotein ligands, all in a calcium-dependent manner. The function of SAP is unclear but likely involves the humoral innat...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Poulsen ET,Pedersen KW,Marzeda AM,Enghild JJ

更新日期：2017-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The S100 proteins comprise a group of EF-hand proteins that undergo a calcium-induced conformational change allowing them to interact with other proteins and produce a biological response. A unique feature of these proteins is the fact that they can form both homo- and heterodimers independent of calcium binding. The ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Marlatt NM,Boys BL,Konermann L,Shaw GS

更新日期：2009-03-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The free solution electrophoretic mobilities and thermal stabilities of hairpins formed by two complementary 26-nucleotide oligomers have been measured by capillary electrophoresis. The oligomers are predicted to form molecular beacon-like hairpins with 5 bp stems and 16 nucleotides in the loop. One hairpin, called ha...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Chang CY,Stellwagen NC

更新日期：2011-10-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The fluorescence intensity of the two flavin prosthetic groups, FMN and FAD, in neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) was found to decay highly nonexponentially, being best described by four fluorescence lifetimes. This excited state heterogeneity is the result of multiple flavin quenching sites which are due to sever...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Brunner K,Tortschanoff A,Hemmens B,Andrew PJ,Mayer B,Kungl AJ

更新日期：1998-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The catalytic mechanism of valyl-tRNA synthetase from baker's yeast has been investigated by pre-steady-state and steady-state kinetic measurements and end product dissociation studies. The pre-steady-state kinetics show a lag period during the early time when the reaction is started with free enzyme. The preincubatio...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Kern D,Gangloff J

更新日期：1981-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is a dimeric protein which induces formation of new blood vessels (angiogenesis) through binding to VEGF-receptor-2 tyrosine kinase (VEGFR2 TK) or KDR (kinase insert domain-containing receptor) on the surface of endothelial cells. Angiogenesis has been shown to be essential fo...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Parast CV,Mroczkowski B,Pinko C,Misialek S,Khambatta G,Appelt K

更新日期：1998-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper contributes to the characterization of partial steps of electron and proton transfer in mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase with respect to their membrane arrangement and involvement in energy-linked protonmotive activity. It is shown that delta psi controls electron flow from cytochrome c to heme a is consi...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Capitanio N,De Nitto E,Villani G,Capitanio G,Papa S

更新日期：1990-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:A specific requirement for lipids, particularly cardiolipin (CL), in cytochrome c oxidase (CcO) has been reported in many previous studies using mainly in vitro lipid removal approaches in mammalian systems. Our accompanying paper shows that CcO produced in markedly CL-depleted Rhodobacter sphaeroides displays wild-ty...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Zhang X,Hiser C,Tamot B,Benning C,Reid GE,Ferguson-Miller SM

更新日期：2011-05-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite recognition that the plasma membrane (PM) is comprised of lipid raft domains that are key organizing sites of multiple signaling pathways and other cell functions, limited information is available regarding the structure and function in sterol dynamics of these microdomains. To begin to resolve these issues, M...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Gallegos AM,Storey SM,Kier AB,Schroeder F,Ball JM

更新日期：2006-10-03 00:00:00