Brownian dynamics and molecular dynamics study of the association between hydrogenase and ferredoxin from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.

abstract：:Integrin-mediated adhesion of circulating neutrophils to endothelium during inflammation involves multiple adhesion molecules on both neutrophils and endothelium. Most studies of neutrophil adhesion have focused on adhesion to ICAM-1 (mediated by beta(2) integrins), but interaction with the endothelial ligand vascular...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Lomakina EB,Waugh RE

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sphingomyelin is an abundant lipid in some cellular membrane domains, such as lipid rafts. Hydrogen bonding and hydrophobic interactions of the lipid with surrounding components such as neighboring sphingomyelin and cholesterol (Cho) are widely considered to stabilize the raft-like liquid-ordered (Lo) domains in membr...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Yano Y,Hanashima S,Yasuda T,Tsuchikawa H,Matsumori N,Kinoshita M,Al Sazzad MA,Slotte JP,Murata M

更新日期：2018-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the deposition of lipid monolayers and bilayers on polyacrylamide films deposited by radical chain reaction onto solid substrates in aqueous solutions. Polymer films of various degrees of monomer density and cross-linking are prepared. Lateral diffusion and fluorescent probe permeation measurements yield ins...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Kühner M,Tampé R,Sackmann E

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osmotic stress in the 0.5-5 x 10(6) dyne/cm2 range was used to perturb the hydration of actin-myosin-ATP intermediates during steady-state hydrolysis. Polyethylene glycol (PEG) (1000 to 4000 Da), in the 1 to 10 wt% range, which does not cause protein precipitation, did not significantly affect the apparent KM or the V...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Highsmith S,Duignan K,Cooke R,Cohen J

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis C is a major worldwide disease and health hazard, affecting ∼3% of the world population. The p7 protein of hepatitis C virus (HCV) is an intracellular ion channel and pH regulator that is involved in the viral replication cycle. It is targeted by various classical ion channel blockers. Here, we generated p7 ...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Breitinger U,Farag NS,Ali NKM,Breitinger HA

更新日期：2016-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluorescence detection, either involving propagating or near-field emission, is widely being used in spectroscopy, sensing, and microscopy. Total internal reflection fluorescence (TIRF) confines fluorescence excitation by an evanescent (near) field, and it is a popular contrast generator for surface-selective fluoresc...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Oheim M,Salomon A,Brunstein M

更新日期：2020-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：:BBL is an independent folding domain of a large multienzyme complex, 2-oxoglutarate dehydrogenase. The folding mechanism of BBL is under debate between the views of noncooperative downhill-type and classical two-state. Extensive replica exchange molecular dynamics simulations of BBL in explicit solvent have shown some...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Fan J,Duan M,Li DW,Wu H,Yang H,Han L,Huo S

更新日期：2011-05-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Glutamic acid [(L-glu)n] + dihydrogen phosphate systems are studied by infrared (IR) spectroscopy dried and hydrated at 75% relative humidity, as a function of both the phosphate-glutamic acid residue (Pi/glu) ratio and the type of cations present. It is shown that the glutamic acid groups form hydrogen-bonded chains ...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Burget U,Zundel G

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High-resolution measurement of membrane capacitance in the whole-cell-recording configuration can be used to detect small changes in membrane surface area that accompany exocytosis and endocytosis. We have investigated the noise of membrane capacitance measurements to determine the fundamental limits of resolution in ...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Chen P,Gillis KD

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have applied two-dimensional infrared (2D IR) and betanu correlation spectroscopy to in-situ IR spectroscopy of pulmonary surfactant proteins SP-B and SP-C in lipid-protein monolayers at the air-water interface. For both SP-B and SP-C, a statistical windowed autocorrelation method identified two separate surface pr...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Shanmukh S,Howell P,Baatz JE,Dluhy RA

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ubiquinol cytochrome c oxidoreductase (bc1 complex) serves as an important electron junction in many respiratory systems. It funnels electrons coming from NADH and ubiquinol to cytochrome c, but it is also capable of producing significant amounts of the free radical superoxide. In situ and in other experimental system...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Bazil JN

更新日期：2017-10-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The composition and electrolyte concentration of the aqueous bathing environment have important consequences for many biological processes and can profoundly affect the behavior of biomolecules. Nevertheless, because of computational limitations, many molecular simulations of biophysical systems can be performed only ...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Zavadlav J,Sablić J,Podgornik R,Praprotnik M

更新日期：2018-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The oligomeric structure was determined for four recombinant kinesin derivatives containing N-terminal fragments of the kinesin alpha-subunit. Some of the proteins were dimeric (two-headed) molecules with mechanochemical properties similar to those of intact kinesin. Comparison of the primary and quaternary structures...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Gelles J,Berliner E,Young EC,Mahtani HK,Perez-Ramirez B,Anderson K

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dynamics of protein distribution in endocytic membranes are relevant for many cellular processes, such as protein sorting, organelle and membrane microdomain biogenesis, protein-protein interactions, receptor function, and signal transduction. We have developed an assay based on Fluorescence Resonance Energy Micro...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Wallrabe H,Elangovan M,Burchard A,Periasamy A,Barroso M

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two different stereoisomers of the dioxolane-linked gramicidin A (gA) channels were individually synthesized (the SS and RR dimers;. Science. 244:813-817). The structural differences between these dimers arise from different chiralities within the dioxolane linker. The SS dimer mimics the helicity and the inter- and i...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Quigley EP,Quigley P,Crumrine DS,Cukierman S

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ataxin-1 is a human protein responsible for spinocerebellar ataxia type 1, a hereditary disease associated with protein aggregation and misfolding. Essential for ataxin-1 aggregation is the anomalous expansion of a polyglutamine tract near the protein N-terminus, but the sequence-wise distant AXH domain modulates and ...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： de Chiara C,Rees M,Menon RP,Pauwels K,Lawrence C,Konarev PV,Svergun DI,Martin SR,Chen YW,Pastore A

更新日期：2013-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：:A nitroxide spin label attached to the C-terminus of the channel forming peptide alamethicin produces an enhancement of the nuclear spin-lattice relaxation rates of peptide protons as a result of both intermolecular and intramolecular magnetic dipole-dipole interactions. The intermolecular contribution provides eviden...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： North CL,Franklin JC,Bryant RG,Cafiso DS

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A delay ( approximately 10 min) in the appearance of intracellular phage is caused by preincubating the infecting phage T4o(1) in proflavine, acridine orange, or ethidium, but not polyamines. No significant delay in attachment is observed. Apparently the presence of the dye is required inside the permeability barrier ...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Dusenbery DB,Uretz RB

更新日期：1972-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The initial output of a time-resolved macromolecular crystallography experiment is a time-dependent series of difference electron density maps that displays the time-dependent changes in underlying structure as a reaction progresses. The goal is to interpret such data in terms of a small number of crystallographically...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Kostov KS,Moffat K

更新日期：2011-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The formation of linear protein fibrils has previously been shown to be enhanced by volume exclusion or crowding in the presence of a high concentration of chemically inert protein or polymer, and by adsorption to membrane surfaces. An equilibrium mesoscopic model for the combined effect of both crowding and adsorptio...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Hoppe T,Minton AP

更新日期：2015-02-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Dendrites of cerebellar Purkinje cells (PCs) respond to brief excitations from parallel fibers with lasting plateau depolarizations. It is unknown whether these plateaus are local events that boost the synaptic signals or they propagate to the soma and directly take part in setting the cell firing dynamics. To address...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Genet S,Sabarly L,Guigon E,Berry H,Delord B

更新日期：2010-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The release of GDP from GTPases signals the initiation of a GTPase cycle, where the association of GTP triggers conformational changes promoting binding of downstream effector molecules. Studies have implicated the nucleotide-binding G5 loop to be involved in the GDP release mechanism. For example, biophysical studies...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Guilfoyle AP,Deshpande CN,Font Sadurni J,Ash MR,Tourle S,Schenk G,Maher MJ,Jormakka M

更新日期：2014-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：:In rat mesenteric arteries, smooth muscle cells exhibit intercellular calcium waves in response to local phenylephrine stimulation. These waves have a velocity of approximately 20 cells/s and a range of approximately 80 cells. We analyze these waves in a theoretical model of a population of coupled smooth muscle cells...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Koenigsberger M,Seppey D,Bény JL,Meister JJ

更新日期：2010-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：:By using an analogy between the magnetization of a paramagnetic material in an external magnetic field and the electric polarization of the lateral wall of outer hair cells in response to the transmembrane potential, we show that, based on experimental data on the charge transfer across the membrane, it is impossible ...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Scherer MP,Gummer AW

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Von Willebrand factor (VWF) is a multimeric plasma glycoprotein involved in both hemostasis and thrombosis. VWF conformational changes, especially unfolding of the A2 domain, may be required for efficient enzymatic cleavage in vivo. It has been shown that a single A2 domain unfolds at most probable unfolding forces of...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Ying J,Ling Y,Westfield LA,Sadler JE,Shao JY

更新日期：2010-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The contribution of a specific hydrogen bond in apoflavodoxin to protein stability is investigated by combining theory, experiment and simulation. Although hydrogen bonds are major determinants of protein structure and function, their contribution to protein stability is still unclear and widely debated. The best meth...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Campos LA,Cuesta-López S,López-Llano J,Falo F,Sancho J

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Structures of truncated versions of the influenza A virus M2 proton channel have been determined recently by x-ray crystallography in the open conformation of the channel, and by NMR in the closed state. The structures differ in the position of the bound inhibitors. The x-ray structure shows a single amantadine molecu...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Chuang GY,Kozakov D,Brenke R,Beglov D,Guarnieri F,Vajda S

更新日期：2009-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Stationary and nonstationary correlation-frequency analysis of heterodyne laser light scattering were utilized to make automated, on-line, objective measurements of tracheal ciliary beat frequency (CBF) in intact, anesthetized canines. The stationary correlation-frequency analysis laser light-scattering technique was ...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Chandra T,Yeates DB,Miller IF,Wong LB

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The brain Na+ channel-1 (BNC1, also known as MDEG1 or ASIC2) is a member of the DEG/ENaC cation channel family. Mutation of a specific residue (Gly430) that lies N-terminal to the second membrane-spanning domain activates BNC1 and converts it from a Na+-selective channel to one permeable to both Na+ and K+. Because al...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Adams CM,Price MP,Snyder PM,Welsh MJ

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We demonstrate the ability of pulsed dipolar electron spin resonance (ESR) spectroscopy (PDS) to report on the conformation of Cu-Zn superoxide dismutase (SOD1) through the sensitive measurement of dipolar interactions between inherent Cu(2+) ions. Although the extent and the anisotropy of the Cu ESR spectrum provides...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Merz GE,Borbat PP,Pratt AJ,Getzoff ED,Freed JH,Crane BR

更新日期：2014-10-07 00:00:00