Role of the sulfonium center in determining the ligand specificity of human s-adenosylmethionine decarboxylase.

abstract：:The tRNA(His) guanylyltransferase (Thg1) catalyzes the incorporation of a single guanosine residue at the -1 position (G(-1)) of tRNA(His), using an unusual 3'-5' nucleotidyl transfer reaction. Thg1 and Thg1 orthologs known as Thg1-like proteins (TLPs), which catalyze tRNA repair and editing, are the only known enzyme...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Smith BA,Jackman JE

更新日期：2012-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The interaction of pig plasma gelsolin (G) and actin (A) was examined by using photoreactive 4-maleimidobenzophenone-actin (BPM-actin) in which BPM was previously conjugated to Cys-374 of actin through the maleimide moiety. In the presence of micromolar [Ca2+], the major cross-linked product observed after irradiation...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Doi YK,Banba M,Vertut-Doï A

更新日期：1991-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The toxin RelE is a ribosome-dependent endoribonuclease implicated in diverse cellular processes, including persistence. During amino acid starvation, RelE inhibits translation by cleaving ribosomal A-site mRNA. Although RelE is structurally similar to other microbial endoribonucleases, the active-site amino acid comp...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Griffin MA,Davis JH,Strobel SA

更新日期：2013-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Semisynthetic aminoglycoside derivatives may provide a means to selectively target viral RNA sites, including the HIV-1 Rev response element (RRE). The design, synthesis, and evaluation of derivatives based upon neomycin B, kanamycin A, and tobramycin conjugates of 9-aminoacridine are presented. To evaluate the import...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Luedtke NW,Liu Q,Tor Y

更新日期：2003-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：:In animals, the post-translational hydroxylation of hypoxia inducible factor (HIF) is a central mechanism for regulating gene expression in an oxygen-dependent manner. The oxygenase-catalyzed trans-4-prolyl hydroxylation of HIF-alpha increases its affinity for the von Hippel Lindau protein elongin B/C (VCB) ubiquitin ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Illingworth CJ,Loenarz C,Schofield CJ,Domene C

更新日期：2010-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of double-helical oligodeoxyribonucleotides of sequence corresponding to a frame-shift mutational hot spot in the lambda CI gene, 5'-dGATGGGGCAG, are compared by proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy at 500 MHz of the exchangeable protons. Duplexes containing an extra guanine in a run of two, three, and four...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Woodson SA,Crothers DM

更新日期：1988-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Intestinal fatty acid binding protein (IFABP) and liver FABP (LFABP), homologous proteins expressed at high levels in intestinal absorptive cells, employ markedly different mechanisms for the transfer of fatty acids (FAs) to acceptor membranes. Transfer from IFABP occurs during protein-membrane collisional interaction...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Córsico B,Liou HL,Storch J

更新日期：2004-03-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Atrazine chlorohydrolase (AtzA) from Pseudomonas sp. ADP initiates the metabolism of the herbicide atrazine by catalyzing a hydrolytic dechlorination reaction to produce hydroxyatrazine. Sequence analysis revealed AtzA to be homologous to metalloenzymes within the amidohydrolase protein superfamily. AtzA activity was ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Seffernick JL,McTavish H,Osborne JP,de Souza ML,Sadowsky MJ,Wackett LP

更新日期：2002-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Two glutathione S-transferase (GST) activities have been identified and purified from etiolated corn tissue. The first, designated GST I enzyme, is constitutively present in corn tissue, and the second, designated GST II enzyme, is present only in tissue which has been treated with chemical antidotes which protect cor...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Mozer TJ,Tiemeier DC,Jaworski EG

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Out of over 60 single-Cys mutants in putative periplasmic loops in lactose permease, three mutants [Tyr101 --> Cys (loop III/IV), Leu313 --> Cys (loop IX/X), and Ser375 --> Cys (loop XI/XII)] spontaneously form disulfide-linked dimers, indicating that these loops are located on the periphery of the 12-helix bundle tha...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Sun J,Kaback HR

更新日期：1997-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Ca2+-activated Z-disk-removing activity in the P0-40 crude muscle extracts described by Busch et al. (Busch, W. A., Stromer, M. H., Goll, D. E., and Suzuki, A. (1972), J. Cell Biol. 52, 367) was purified from porcine skeletal muscle extracts by using five column chromatographic procedures in succession: (1) 6% agarose...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Dayton WR,Goll DE,Zeece MG,Robson RM,Reville WJ

更新日期：1976-05-18 00:00:00

abstract：:As a light-driven water-plastoquinone oxidoreductase, Photosystem II produces molecular oxygen as an enzymatic product. Additionally, under a variety of stress conditions, reactive oxygen species are produced at or near the active site for oxygen evolution. In this study, Fourier-transform ion cyclotron resonance mass...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Frankel LK,Sallans L,Limbach PA,Bricker TM

更新日期：2012-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) catalyzes the first step in the biosynthesis of catecholamines. Regulation of TH enzyme activity is controlled through the posttranslational modification of its regulatory domain. The regulatory domain of TH can be phosphorylated at four serines (8, 19, 31, and 40) by a variety of protein kin...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Obsilova V,Nedbalkova E,Silhan J,Boura E,Herman P,Vecer J,Sulc M,Teisinger J,Dyda F,Obsil T

更新日期：2008-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Heme oxygenase (HO) catalyzes the oxidative cleavage of heme to biliverdin by utilizing O(2) and NADPH. HO (apoHO) was crystallized as twinned P3(2) with three molecules per asymmetric unit, and its crystal structure was determined at 2.55 A resolution. Structural comparison of apoHO and its complex with heme (HO-heme...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Sugishima M,Sakamoto H,Kakuta Y,Omata Y,Hayashi S,Noguchi M,Fukuyama K

更新日期：2002-06-11 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：:This work describes the biochemical characterization of the catalytic domain of Ira2p, a Saccharomyces cerevisiae GTPase-activating protein (GAP) regulating the RAS gene products. A fragment of 383 residues (amino acids 1644-2026) was produced in Escherichia coli as glutathione S-transferase fusion protein (GST-Ira2p-...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Parrini MC,Jacquet E,Bernardi A,Jacquet M,Parmeggiani A

更新日期：1995-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Spectrin dimers interact weakly with F-actin under physiological solvent conditions (with an association constant of about 5 X 10(3) M-1 at 20 degrees C). In the presence of the membrane skeletal constituent, protein 4.1, strong binding is observed; an analysis of the profiles for formation of a ternary complex leads ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Ohanian V,Wolfe LC,John KM,Pinder JC,Lux SE,Gratzer WB

更新日期：1984-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:A mouse monoclonal anti-7-(O-carboxymethyl)oximinoestradiol antibody was photoaffinity labeled with two cross-reactive 6alpha- and 6beta-(5-azido-2-nitrobenzoyl)amido[17alpha-3H]estradiol photoreagents (6alpha- and 6beta-ANBA-[17alpha-3H]estradiol). Covalently bound radioactivity was found exclusively on the light cha...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Rousselot P,Mappus E,Blachère T,de Ravel MR,Grenot C,Tonnelle C,Cuilleron CY

更新日期：1997-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Low molecular weight protein tyrosine phosphatases (LMW-PTPs) are small enzymes that are ubiquitous in many organisms. They are important in biological processes such as cell proliferation, adhesion, migration, and invasiveness. LMW-PTP is expressed in mammalian cells as two isoforms (IF1 and IF2) originating through ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Caselli A,Taddei ML,Bini C,Paoli P,Camici G,Manao G,Cirri P,Ramponi G

更新日期：2007-05-29 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：:Protein arginine N-methyltransferases (PRMTs) act in signaling pathways and gene expression by methylating arginine residues within target proteins. PRMT1 is responsible for most cellular arginine methylation activity and can work independently or in collaboration with other PRMTs. In this study, we demonstrate a dire...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Pak ML,Lakowski TM,Thomas D,Vhuiyan MI,Hüsecken K,Frankel A

更新日期：2011-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutation of Pro94 to phenylalanine or alanine significantly alters the redox properties of the type I copper center of amicyanin. Each mutation increases the redox midpoint potential (E(m)) value by at least 140 mV and shifts the pK(a) for the pH dependence of the E(m) value to a more acidic value. Atomic resolution (...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Carrell CJ,Sun D,Jiang S,Davidson VL,Mathews FS

更新日期：2004-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK) activation is associated with modulation of heptahelical receptor-stimulated adenylyl cyclase responses. The mechanisms underlying the RTK-mediated enhancement of adenylyl cyclase function remain unclear. In the present studies, we show that the tyrosine kinase-dependent enhancement of a...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Tan CM,Kelvin DJ,Litchfield DW,Ferguson SS,Feldman RD

更新日期：2001-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The correlation of the UVRR nuW3 mode with the tryptophan chi(2,1) dihedral angle [Maruyama and Takeuchi (1995) J. Raman Spectrosc. 26, 319; Miura et al. (1989) J. Raman Spectrosc. 20, 667; Takeuchi (2003) Biopolymers 72, 305] has been extended to a full, 360 degrees rotation. The 3-fold periodicity of the relationshi...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Juszczak LJ,Desamero RZ

更新日期：2009-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Sulfolobus solfataricus P2 DNA polymerase IV (Dpo4) is a thermostable archaeal enzyme and a member of the error-prone and lesion-bypass Y-family. In this paper, for the first time, the fidelity of a Y-family polymerase, Dpo4, was determined using pre-steady-state kinetic analysis of the incorporation of a single nucle...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Fiala KA,Suo Z

更新日期：2004-02-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The insulin hexamer is an allosteric protein widely used in formulations for the treatment of diabetes. The hexamer exhibits positive and negative cooperativity and apparent half-site binding activity, reflecting the interconversion of three allosteric states, designated as T6, T3R3, and R6. The hexamer contains two s...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Bonaccio M,Ghaderi N,Borchardt D,Dunn MF

更新日期：2005-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Subunit a of the Escherichia coli ATP synthase is thought to control access of protons to the ring of c subunits during proton-driven ATP synthesis. In this study, the surface exposure of subunit a in the periplasm has been examined using 3-N-maleimidyl-propionyl biocytin labeling in cells permeabilized by polymyxin B...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Zhang D,Vik SB

更新日期：2003-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:6-Hydroxymethyl-7,8-dihydropterin pyrophosphokinase (HPPK) catalyzes the pyrophosphoryl transfer from ATP to 6-hydroxymethyl-7,8-dihydropterin (HP), the first reaction in the folate biosynthetic pathway. Arginine residues 82 and 92, strictly conserved in 35 HPPK sequences, play dynamic roles in the catalytic cycle of ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Blaszczyk J,Li Y,Shi G,Yan H,Ji X

更新日期：2003-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The covalent affinity probe maltosyl isothiocyanate (MITC) has been used previously to identify the glucose transporter of human erythrocytes as a component of band 3. By use of limited proteolysis, the site on the Mr 100 000 protein to which MITC attaches has been localized to a 17 000-dalton region near the center o...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Shelton RL Jr,Langdon RG

更新日期：1985-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：:MeCP2 has been identified as a chromatin-associated protein that recognizes MAR elements as well as methyl-CpGs. To characterize target sequences of MeCP2 in human cells, we employed two complementary methods. First, by use of a preparative chromatin immunoprecipitation protocol, we created from MCF7 cells a library e...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Koch C,Strätling WH

更新日期：2004-05-04 00:00:00