Rapid and reversible inhibition of aquaporin-4 by zinc.

abstract：:The family 4 uracil-DNA glycosylase from the hyperthermophilic organism Archaeoglobus fulgidus (AFUDG) is responsible for the removal of uracil in DNA as the first step in the base excision repair (BER) pathway. AFUDG contains a large solvent-exposed peptide region containing an α helix and loop anchored on each end v...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Engstrom LM,Partington OA,David SS

更新日期：2012-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The Escherichia coli repressor of biotin biosynthesis is both a biotin ligase and the repressor of transcriptional initiation at the biotin biosynthetic operon. The small molecule, biotinyl-5'-adenylate (bio-5'-AMP), is the intermediate in the biotin ligation reaction and the positive allosteric effector for sequence-...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Xu Y,Beckett D

更新日期：1994-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The conformation of the glycerol group of a number of diacyl and monoacyl (lyso) phospholipids differing in the chemical nature of the head group was studied by 1H high-resolution NMR and X-ray crystallography. The NMR measurements were carried out with solutions or micellar dispersions of the lipids in deuteriated or...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Hauser H,Pascher I,Sundell S

更新日期：1988-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Many drugs are oxidized by membrane protein cytochrome P450 (CYP) enzymes during their metabolism process. CYPs are located mainly in endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membranes. Recent studies have suggested that CYP substrate drugs first bind the lipid bilayers of ER membranes and then the drugs reach the active site of CY...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Yamada A,Shimizu N,Hikima T,Takata M,Kobayashi T,Takahashi H

更新日期：2016-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The conformation of two fragments derived from anti-poly(D-alanyl) antibodies, the divalent fragment (Fab')2 and the monovalent fragment Fab', was studied by small-angle X-ray scattering before and after interaction with the tetra-D-alanine amide hapten. More than 90% of the combining sites were occupied by the hapten...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Pilz I,Kratky O,Licht A,Sela M

更新日期：1975-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Iron is vital for almost all organisms because of its ability to donate and accept electrons with relative ease. It serves as a cofactor for many proteins and enzymes necessary for oxygen and energy metabolism, as well as for several other essential processes. Mammalian cells utilize multiple mechanisms to acquire iro...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Pantopoulos K,Porwal SK,Tartakoff A,Devireddy L

更新日期：2012-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite significant progress in the past decade, questions still remain about the complete structural, dynamic, and thermodynamic effect of the cis-syn cyclobutane pyrimidine dimer lesion (hereafter called the thymine dimer) on double-stranded genomic DNA. We examined a 19-mer oligodeoxynucleotide duplex containing a ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Rumora AE,Kolodziejczak KM,Malhowski Wagner A,Núñez ME

更新日期：2008-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Surface plasmon resonance (SPR) spectroscopy has been used to follow incorporation and light-induced conformational changes in bovine rhodopsin reconstituted into an egg phosphatidylcholine bilayer deposited on a thin silver film. The magnitude of the SPR spectral changes caused by light varies with pH in a manner par...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Salamon Z,Wang Y,Brown MF,Macleod HA,Tollin G

更新日期：1994-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The secretion of lung surfactant in alveolar type II cells is a complex process involving the fusion of lamellar bodies with the plasma membrane. This process is somewhat different from the exocytosis of hormones and neurotransmitters. For example, it is a relatively slower process, and lamellar bodies are very large ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Abonyo BO,Gou D,Wang P,Narasaraju T,Wang Z,Liu L

更新日期：2004-03-30 00:00:00

abstract：:BtuB is a TonB-dependent transport protein that binds and carries vitamin B(12) across the outer membrane of Gram negative bacteria such as Escherichia coli. Previous work has demonstrated that the Ton box, a highly conserved segment near the N-terminus of the protein, undergoes an order-to-disorder transition upon th...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Xu Q,Ellena JF,Kim M,Cafiso DS

更新日期：2006-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence is presented that indicates tropoelastin is derived from a soluble elastin with a molecular weight of 95000. Tropoelastin and its proposed precursor were isolated from the aortas of copper-deficient chicks. Although it is doubtful that the proposed precursor is an initial product of elastin translation, i.e.,...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Rucker RB,Heng-Khoo CS,Dubick M,Lefevre M,Cross CE

更新日期：1979-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Lactyl-CoA dehydratase consists of two enzymes, E1 and E2, and requires catalytic quantities of ATP for activity [Kuchta, R. D., & Abeles, R. H. (1985) J. Biol. Chem. 260, 13181-13189]. In contrast to E1, which contains no Fe, E2 contains 8.20 +/- 0.04 mol of Fe/mol of E2, one of which can be removed by 1,10-phenanthr...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Kuchta RD,Hanson GR,Holmquist B,Abeles RH

更新日期：1986-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Disruption of the cell membrane by the β-amyloid (Aβ) peptides has been considered as a main mechanism of Alzheimer's disease. The peptide-to-lipid molar ratio (P:L) varies over a broad range biologically. We report here that two of the previously observed Aβ evolution pathways, fibrillation and induction of vesicle f...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Akinlolu RD,Nam M,Qiang W

更新日期：2015-06-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Phospholipase B1 (PLB1), secreted by the pathogenic yeast Cryptococcus neoformans, has an established role in virulence. Although the mechanism of its phospholipase B, lysophospholipase, and lysophospholipase transacylase activities is unknown, it possesses lipase, subtilisin protease aspartate, and phospholipase moti...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Jones PM,Turner KM,Djordjevic JT,Sorrell TC,Wright LC,George AM

更新日期：2007-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 (S6803) expresses a two-on-two globin in which His46 (distal side) and His70 (proximal) function as heme iron axial ligands. His46 can be displaced by O2, CO, and CN-, among others, whereas His70 is not labile under native conditions. The residue preceding the proximal his...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Knappenberger JA,Kuriakose SA,Vu BC,Nothnagel HJ,Vuletich DA,Lecomte JT

更新日期：2006-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Phoborhodopsin from Halobacterium salinarum (salinarum phoborhodopsin, spR also called HsSR II) is a photoreceptor for the negative phototaxis of the bacterium. A unique feature of spR is the formation of a shorter wavelength photoproduct, P480, observed at liquid nitrogen temperature beside the K intermediate. Format...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Dai G,Zhang Y,Tamogami J,Demura M,Kamo N,Kandori H,Iwasa T

更新日期：2011-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Sequence-specific DNA binding proteins generally consist of more than two DNA-contacting regions to ensure the selectivity of recognition. The multiple DNA binding modules are connected either through the covalent linker or through the noncovalent dimerization domain. We have compared the DNA binding of peptide dimers...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Aizawa Y,Sugiura Y,Morii T

更新日期：1999-02-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The precise nature of redox modulation of N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) receptors is still unclear, although it is thought to be related to the formation and breaking of disulfide bonds. Recent structural data demonstrated the way in which disulfide bonds in the ligand-binding core of the NR1 subunit are arranged. Howev...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Kaye SL,Sansom MS,Biggin PC

更新日期：2007-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The kinetics of human polymerase beta (pol beta) binding to the single-stranded DNA, in the (pol beta)(16) and (pol beta)(5) binding modes, that differ in the number of occluded nucleotide residues in the protein-DNA complexes, have been examined, using the fluorescence stopped-flow technique. This is the first determ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Rajendran S,Jezewska MJ,Bujalowski W

更新日期：2001-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein L31 from the 50S ribosomal subunit of Escherichia coli was manually sequenced by the dansyl-Edman method. Owing to the availability of only small quantities of purified L31, sequencing methods were scaled down such that the entire primary structure could be determined with 700 microgram of protein. The techniq...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Brosius J

更新日期：1978-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Site-specific mutagenesis has been used to create two mutant versions of aspartate transcarbamoylase. Arg-167 and Gln-231, both previously identified as interacting with the portion of the bisubstrate analogue N-(phosphonoacetyl)-L-aspartate (PALA) that corresponds to aspartate [Krause, K. L., Voltz, K. W., & Lipscomb...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Stebbins JW,Zhang Y,Kantrowitz ER

更新日期：1990-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:In prokaryotes, the first three enzymes in pyrimidine biosynthesis, carbamoyl phosphate synthetase (CPS), aspartate transcarbamoylase (ATC), and dihydroorotase (DHO), are commonly expressed separately and either function independently (Escherichia coli) or associate into multifunctional complexes (Aquifex aeolicus). I...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Zhang P,Martin PD,Purcarea C,Vaishnav A,Brunzelle JS,Fernando R,Guy-Evans HI,Evans DR,Edwards BF

更新日期：2009-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Four mechanisms for the allosteric regulation of the calcium and magnesium ion activated adenosinetriphosphatase (Ca,Mg-ATPase) of sarcoplasmic reticulum were examined. Negative cooperativity in substrate binding was not supported by 3H-labeled 5'-adenylyl methylenediphosphate (AMPPCP) binding, which was best fit by a...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Cable MB,Feher JJ,Briggs FN

更新日期：1985-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Carbonic anhydrase (CA) catalyzes the reversible hydration of carbon dioxide to hydrogen carbonate, and its role in maintaining pH balance has made it an attractive drug target. Steroidal sulfamate esters, inhibitors of the cancer drug target steroid sulfatase (STS), are sequestered in vivo by CA II in red blood cells...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Cozier GE,Leese MP,Lloyd MD,Baker MD,Thiyagarajan N,Acharya KR,Potter BV

更新日期：2010-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Nucleosome assembly proteins (Naps) influence chromatin dynamics by directly binding to histones. Here we provide a comprehensive structural and biochemical analysis of a Nap protein from Caenorhabditis elegans (CeNap1). CeNap1 naturally lacks the acidic N-terminal tail and has a short C-terminal tail compared to many...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Sarkar P,Zhang N,Bhattacharyya S,Salvador K,D'Arcy S

更新日期：2019-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli alkaline phosphatase (AP) is the prototypical two metal ion catalyst with two divalent zinc ions bound approximately 4 A apart in the active site. Studies spanning half a century have elucidated many structural and mechanistic features of this enzyme, rendering it an attractive model for investigating...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： O'Brien PJ,Herschlag D

更新日期：2002-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitric oxide synthases (NOSs) are proposed to generate NO and citrulline from L-arginine in two steps: initial N-hydroxylation to generate Nomega-hydroxyarginine (NOHA) followed by a three-electron oxidation of the hydroxylated nitrogen to form products. Both steps consume NADPH and may involve heme iron-based activat...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Abu-Soud HM,Presta A,Mayer B,Stuehr DJ

更新日期：1997-09-09 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：:Peptide-membrane interactions are important for understanding the binding, partitioning, and folding of membrane proteins; the activity of antimicrobial and fusion peptides; and a number of other processes. We describe molecular dynamics simulations (10-25 ns) of two pentapeptides Ace-WLXLL (with X = Arg or Lys side c...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Aliste MP,MacCallum JL,Tieleman DP

更新日期：2003-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Dynamin is a large GTPase involved in the regulation of membrane constriction and fission during receptor-mediated endocytosis. Dynamin contains a pleckstrin-homology domain which is essential for endocytosis and which binds to anionic phospholipids. Here, we show for the first time that dynamin is a membrane-active m...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Burger KN,Demel RA,Schmid SL,de Kruijff B

更新日期：2000-10-10 00:00:00