Intramolecular interactions in the N-domain of cardiac troponin C are important determinants of calcium sensitivity of force development.

abstract：:An inhibitor of the insulin receptor tyrosine kinase (IRTK), (hydroxy-2-naphthalenyl-methyl) phosphonic acid, was designed and synthesized and was shown to be an inhibitor of the biological effects of insulin in vitro. With a wheat germ purified human placental insulin receptor preparation, this compound inhibited the...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Saperstein R,Vicario PP,Strout HV,Brady E,Slater EE,Greenlee WJ,Ondeyka DL,Patchett AA,Hangauer DG

更新日期：1989-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Peptide NH resonances in the 250 MHZ 1H nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrum of oxytocin in H2O were assigned to specific amino acid residues by the "underwater decoupling" technique (i.e., decoupling from corresponding CalphaH resonances, which are buried beneath the intense water peak). These experiments confir...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Glickson JD,Rowan R,Pitner TP,Dadok J,Bothner-By AA,Walter R

更新日期：1976-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：:A combination of mutagenesis, calorimetry, kinetics, and small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) has been used to study the mechanism of ligand binding energy propagation through human cytochrome P450 reductase (CPR). Remarkably, the energetics of 2',5'-ADP binding to R597 at the FAD-binding domain are affected by mutatio...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Grunau A,Geraki K,Grossmann JG,Gutierrez A

更新日期：2007-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：:MerR, the metalloregulator of the mercury resistance (mer) operon, binds the operator (merO)between -10 and -35 of the merTPCAD promoter (PT) and sequesters RNA polymerase (RNAP) in a closed complex. MerR represses PT until Hg(II) induces it to underwind merO DNA and thus facilitate open complex formation. We used cro...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Kulkarni RD,Summers AO

更新日期：1999-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:ORF56 is a small and thermodynamically extremely stable dimeric protein from the archaeon Sulfolobus islandicus. This DNA binding protein is encoded on plasmid pRN1 and possibly controls the copy number of the plasmid. We report the solution NMR structure as well as the crystal structure of ORF56 comprising a ribbon-h...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Weininger U,Zeeb M,Neumann P,Löw C,Stubbs MT,Lipps G,Balbach J

更新日期：2009-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：:A neutral protease has been extracted from the media of cultured metastatic tumor cells and purified approximately 1000 times after sequential ammonium sulfate fractionization, concanavalin A column chromatography, and molecular sieve chromatography. The protease has an apparent molecular weight of 70 000--80 000, is ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Liotta LA,Tryggvason K,Garbisa S,Robey PG,Abe S

更新日期：1981-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The potassium form of d(CGCGAATTCGCG) solved by X-ray diffraction to 1.75 A resolution indicates that monovalent cations penetrate the primary and secondary layers of the "spine of hydration". Both the sodium [Shui, X., McFail-Isom, L., Hu, G. G., and Williams, L. D. (1998) Biochemistry 37, 8341-8355] and the potassiu...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Shui X,Sines CC,McFail-Isom L,VanDerveer D,Williams LD

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fungal neurotoxin alpha-cyclopiazonic acid (CPA), a nanomolar inhibitor of Ca2+-ATPase, has a pentacyclic indole tetramic acid scaffold that arises from one molecule of tryptophan, acetyl-CoA, malonyl-CoA, and dimethylallyl pyrophosphate by consecutive action of three enzymes, CpaS, CpaD, and CpaO. CpaS is a hybri...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Liu X,Walsh CT

更新日期：2009-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Beta-2-microglobulin (beta2m) deposits as amyloid fibrils in the musculoskeletal system of patients undergoing long-term dialysis treatment as a result of kidney failure. Previous work has shown that Cu(II) binding causes beta2m to organize into nativelike dimers and tetramers that precede amyloid formation. Cu(II) is...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Srikanth R,Mendoza VL,Bridgewater JD,Zhang G,Vachet RW

更新日期：2009-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Limited digestion of polysomal RNA with pancreatic ribonuclease releases a structure consisting of poly(A) associated with other polyribonucleotide sequences. This complex can be purified by oligo(dT)-cellulose chromatography. Heating for formamide treatment causes the dissociation of fragments free of poly(A) from th...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Jeffery WR,Brawerman G

更新日期：1975-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The interactions of Alzheimer's amyloid beta-peptide with cyclodextrins were studied by (1)H NMR: the translational diffusion coefficient of the peptide and chemical shift changes were studied by the presence of variable concentrations of cyclodextrins. For the full-length peptide, Abeta(1-40), the combined results of...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Danielsson J,Jarvet J,Damberg P,Gräslund A

更新日期：2004-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Glutamate151 (E151) has been shown to be catalytically essential for the aminopeptidase from Vibrio proteolyticus (AAP). E151 acts as the general acid/base during the catalytic mechanism of peptide hydrolysis. However, a glutamate residue is not the only residue capable of functioning as a general acid/base during cat...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Bzymek KP,Moulin A,Swierczek SI,Ringe D,Petsko GA,Bennett B,Holz RC

更新日期：2005-09-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Through a ligand-directed tosyl (LDT) chemistry strategy using the synthetic acetogenin ligand AL1, we succeeded in the pinpoint alkynylation (-C≡CH) of Asp160 in the 49 kDa subunit of bovine complex I, which may be located in the inner part of the putative quinone binding cavity of the enzyme [Masuya, T., et al. (201...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Masuya T,Murai M,Morisaka H,Miyoshi H

更新日期：2014-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：:To be fully active and participate in the metabolism of phosphorylated nucleotides, most nucleoside diphosphate kinases (NDPKs) have to assemble into stable hexamers. Here we studied the role played by six intersubunit salt bridges R80-D93 in the stability of NDPK from the pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis ( Mt). Mu...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Dautant A,Henri J,Wales TE,Meyer P,Engen JR,Georgescauld F

更新日期：2019-03-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Heme (iron protoporphyrin IX) is an essential protein prosthetic group and signaling molecule required for most life on Earth. All heme-dependent processes require the dynamic and rapid mobilization of heme from sites of synthesis or uptake to hemoproteins present in virtually every subcellular compartment. The cytoto...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Hanna DA,Martinez-Guzman O,Reddi AR

更新日期：2017-04-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphatase of regenerating liver 3 (PRL-3) is suggested as a biomarker and therapeutic target in several cancers. It has a well-established causative role in cancer metastasis. However, little is known about its natural substrates, pathways, and biological functions, and only a few protein substrates have been sugges...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： McParland V,Varsano G,Li X,Thornton J,Baby J,Aravind A,Meyer C,Pavic K,Rios P,Köhn M

更新日期：2011-09-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The initiation of Escherichia coli chromosomal replication by DnaA protein is strongly influenced by the tight binding of the nucleotides ATP and ADP. Anionic phospholipids in a fluid bilayer promote the conversion of inactive ADP-DnaA protein to replicatively active ATP-DnaA protein in vitro, and thus likely play a k...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Kitchen JL,Li Z,Crooke E

更新日期：1999-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Ligand-induced dimerization of receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs) modulates a system of linked biochemical reactions, sharply switching the RTK from a quiescent state to an active state that becomes phosphorylated and triggers intracellular signaling pathways. To improve our understanding of this molecular switch, we de...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Sheth PR,Hays JL,Elferink LA,Watowich SJ

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The interaction of heparan sulfate with different ligand proteins depends on the precise location of O-sulfate groups in the polysaccharide chain. We have previously shown that overexpression in human kidney 293 cells of a mouse mastocytoma 2-O-sulfotransferase (2-OST), previously thought to catalyze the transfer of s...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Rong J,Habuchi H,Kimata K,Lindahl U,Kusche-Gullberg M

更新日期：2001-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli DNA photolyase contains a stable flavin radical that is readily photoreduced in the presence of added electron donors. Picosecond, nanosecond, and conventional flash photolysis technique have been employed to investigate the events leading to photoreduction from 40 ps to tens of milliseconds following...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Heelis PF,Okamura T,Sancar A

更新日期：1990-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The vibrations of a water molecule in the water-oxidizing complex (WOC) of photosystem II were detected for the first time using Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. In a flash-induced FTIR difference spectrum upon the S(1)-to-S(2) transition, a pair of positive and negative bands was observed at 3618 and 3...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Noguchi T,Sugiura M

更新日期：2000-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The pyridoxal 5'-phosphate (PLP)-dependent cystathionine beta-lyase (CBL) was previously found to be inhibited by the natural toxins rhizobitoxine and l-aminoethoxyvinylglycine (AVG). The present study characterizes the interaction of Escherichia coli CBL with AVG and methoxyvinylglycine (MVG) by a combination of kine...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Clausen T,Huber R,Messerschmidt A,Pohlenz HD,Laber B

更新日期：1997-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The sucrose permease (CscB) and lactose permease (LacY) of Escherichia coli belong to the oligosaccharide/H(+) symporter subfamily of the major facilitator superfamily, and both catalyze sugar/H(+) symport across the cytoplasmic membrane. Thus far, there is no common substrate for the two permeases; CscB transports su...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Sugihara J,Smirnova I,Kasho V,Kaback HR

更新日期：2011-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The simplest carbapenem antibiotic, (5R)-carbapen-2-em-3-carboxylic acid, is biosynthesized from primary metabolites in Pectobacterium carotorova by the action of three enzymes, carboxymethylproline synthase (hereafter named CarB), carbapenam synthetase, and carbapenem synthase. CarB, a member of the crotonase superfa...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Gerratana B,Arnett SO,Stapon A,Townsend CA

更新日期：2004-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Defects in the MMACHC gene represent the most common disorder of cobalamin (Cbl) metabolism, affecting synthesis of the enzyme cofactors adenosyl-Cbl and methyl-Cbl. The encoded MMACHC protein binds intracellular Cbl derivatives with different upper axial ligands and exhibits flavin mononucleotide (FMN)-dependent decy...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Froese DS,Krojer T,Wu X,Shrestha R,Kiyani W,von Delft F,Gravel RA,Oppermann U,Yue WW

更新日期：2012-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Physicochemical properties of recombinant human erythropoietin were examined. This protein, produced in Chinese hamster ovary cells, showed a conformation apparently identical with the natural product isolated from human urine when examined by circular dichroism, UV absorbance, and fluorescence spectroscopy. Sedimenta...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Davis JM,Arakawa T,Strickland TW,Yphantis DA

更新日期：1987-05-05 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：:Taq DNA polymerase, one of the first thermostable DNA polymerases to be discovered, has been typecast as a DNA-dependent DNA polymerase commonly employed for PCR. However, Taq polymerase belongs to the same DNA polymerase superfamily as the Molony murine leukemia virus reverse transcriptase and has in the past been sh...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Bhadra S,Maranhao AC,Paik I,Ellington AD

更新日期：2020-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The solution structure of Cucurbita maxima trypsin inhibitor-V (CMTI-V), which is also a specific inhibitor of the blood coagulation protein, factor XIIa, was determined by 1H NMR spectroscopy in combination with a distance-geometry and simulated annealing algorithm. Sequence-specific resonance assignments were made f...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Cai M,Gong Y,Kao JL,Krishnamoorthi R

更新日期：1995-04-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of opportunistic infections (OI) on immune-compromised populations has been known for decades, but the recent AIDS epidemic has sparked renewed interest in the development of new anti-OI agents. The mechanism of action of a series of cationic unfused-aromatic anti-OI drugs is believed to involve binding of ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Tanious FA,Ding D,Patrick DA,Tidwell RR,Wilson WD

更新日期：1997-12-09 00:00:00