Phosphatidyl-Tris rather than N-acylphosphatidylserine is synthesized by Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides grown in Tris-containing media.

abstract：:Signal transducer and activator of transcription factors (STATs) are proteins that can translocate into the nucleus, bind DNA, and activate gene transcription. STAT proteins play a crucial role in cell proliferation, apoptosis, and differentiation. The prevalent view is that STAT proteins are able to form dimers and b...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Sgrignani J,Olsson S,Ekonomiuk D,Genini D,Krause R,Catapano CV,Cavalli A

更新日期：2015-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of calcium ion on the thermal stability of thermolysin has been investigated. The native protein undergoes an irreversible structural change and autolysis at high temperature. Analysis of the calcium ion dependence of the apparent melting temperature observed spectroscopically gives an apparent deltaH of -x...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Dahlquist FW,Long JW,Bigbee WL

更新日期：1976-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The structure of the 56-residue B1 immunoglobulin-binding domain from streptococcal protein G has been determined in two different crystal forms. The crystal structures were deduced by molecular replacement, based on the structure of the B2 domain (Brookhaven accession code 1PGX). Final R values are 0.174 and 0.198 fo...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Gallagher T,Alexander P,Bryan P,Gilliland GL

更新日期：1994-04-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular interactions between the tumor suppressor p53 and the transcriptional coactivators CBP/p300 are critical for the regulation of p53 transactivation and stability. The transactivation domain (TAD) of p53 binds directly to several CBP/p300 domains (TAZ1, TAZ2, NCBD, and KIX). Here we map the interaction between...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Lee CW,Arai M,Martinez-Yamout MA,Dyson HJ,Wright PE

更新日期：2009-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on the effect of the viscogenic agents glycerol and ficoll on the RNase T1 catalyzed turnover of GpA, GpC, GpU, and Torula yeast RNA. For wild-type enzyme, we find that the kcat/Km values for the transesterification of GpC and GpA as well as for the cleavage of RNA are inversely proportional to the relative ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Steyaert J,Wyns L,Stanssens P

更新日期：1991-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The light-driven enzyme NADPH:protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase (POR) catalyzes the reduction of protochlorophyllide (Pchlide) to chlorophyllide (Chlide), a key regulatory step in the chlorophyll biosynthesis pathway. As POR is light activated, it allows intermediates in the reaction pathway to be observed by initiat...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Heyes DJ,Ruban AV,Hunter CN

更新日期：2003-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The leech carboxypeptidase inhibitor (LCI) is a 66-amino acid protein, containing four disulfides that stabilize its structure. This polypeptide represents an excellent model for the study and understanding of the diversity of folding pathways in small, cysteine-rich proteins. The pathway of oxidative folding of LCI h...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Salamanca S,Li L,Vendrell J,Aviles FX,Chang JY

更新日期：2003-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Enzyme divergence within three species of the genus Photobacterium (P. fischeri, P. leiognathi, and P. phosphoreum) was studied by comparing the catalytic characteristics and quaternary interactions of bacterial luciferases isolated from each species. Each luciferase was composed of two subunits of different molecular...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Ruby EG,Hastings JW

更新日期：1980-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The phosphorylation of (Na+, K+)ATPase from the electric organ of the electric eel is dependent on Mg2+. The amount of phosphoenzyme formed was increased by K+ and decreased by Na+. Kinetic analyses indicate that a ternary complex of ATPase, Pi and Mg2+ is formed prior to phosphorylation of the protein. Calorimetric s...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Kuriki Y,Halsey J,Biltonen R,Racker E

更新日期：1976-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：:We used CD and UV resonance Raman spectroscopy to study the impact of alcohols on the conformational equilibria and relative Gibbs free energy landscapes along the Ramachandran Psi-coordinate of a mainly poly-Ala peptide, AP with an AAAAA(AAARA)(3)A sequence. 2,2,2-Trifluoroethanol (TFE) most stabilizes the alpha-heli...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Xiong K,Asher SA

更新日期：2010-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of truncated forms of His(6)-tagged gp91phox were expressed, solubilized, and purified in the presence of 30 microM FAD. The truncated gp91phox with the longest sequence in the C-terminal region (221-570) (gp91C) showed the highest activity (turnover rate, 0.92) for NADPH diaphorase in the presence of either ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Nisimoto Y,Ogawa H,Miyano K,Tamura M

更新日期：2004-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The biophysical analysis of multidomain proteins often is difficult because of overlapping signals from the individual domains. Previously, the fluorescent unnatural amino acid p-cyanophenylalanine has been used to study the folding of small single-domain proteins. Here we extend its use to a two-domain protein to sel...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Ries LK,Schmid FX,Schmidpeter PA

更新日期：2016-12-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The C2A domain of synaptotagmin 7 (Syt7) is a Ca(2+) and membrane binding module that docks and inserts into cellular membranes in response to elevated intracellular Ca(2+) concentrations. Like other C2 domains, Syt7 C2A binds Ca(2+) and membranes primarily through three loop regions; however, it docks at Ca(2+) conce...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Chon NL,Osterberg JR,Henderson J,Khan HM,Reuter N,Knight JD,Lin H

更新日期：2015-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Phytochromes are widespread red/far-red photosensory proteins well known as critical regulators of photomorphogenesis in plants. It is often assumed that natural selection would have optimized the light sensing efficiency of phytochromes to minimize nonproductive photochemical deexcitation pathways. Surprisingly, the ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Kim PW,Rockwell NC,Martin SS,Lagarias JC,Larsen DS

更新日期：2014-05-06 00:00:00

abstract：:We have sought to determine whether insulin can promote cell survival and protect Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells from apoptosis induced by serum starvation. Low concentrations of insulin were antiapoptotic for cells overexpressing wild-type insulin receptors but not in cells transfected with kinase-defective insuli...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Lee-Kwon W,Park D,Baskar PV,Kole S,Bernier M

更新日期：1998-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Drosophila Rrp1 includes a carboxy-terminal region homologous to Escherichia coli exonuclease III which is sufficient to repair both oxidative and alkylation damage to DNA. An apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease activity intrinsic to Rrp1 was characterized previously. In this work, the 3'-phosphodiesterase and 3'-phosp...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Sander M,Huang SM

更新日期：1995-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Several different monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) have been actively developed in the field of Alzheimer's disease (AD) for basic science and clinical applications; however, the binding kinetics of many of the mAbs with the beta-amyloid peptides (Abeta) are poorly understood. A panel of mAbs with different Abeta recognit...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Ramakrishnan M,Kandimalla KK,Wengenack TM,Howell KG,Poduslo JF

更新日期：2009-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：:High-risk human papillomavirus E6 participates in tumorigenic progression, mainly by its ability to promote p53 degradation. HPV transcripts show a complex splicing pattern, where E6* is the most abundant transcript in high-risk HPV types, comprising the first 50 amino acids of E6. No structural or biochemical informa...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Heer A,Alonso LG,de Prat-Gay G

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The complete amino acid sequence of the 4Fe-4S ferredoxin from the thermophilic bacterium Clostridium thermoaceticum has been determined. The protein is extremely thermostable and is the only known clostridial ferredoxin to contain a single [4Fe-4S] cluster. The sequence totals 63 residues and includes the first trypt...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Elliott JI,Yang SS,Ljungdahl LG,Travis J,Reilly CF

更新日期：1982-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Squid cartilage chondroitin sulfate E (CS-E) exhibits various biological activities, including anticoagulant activities, lymphoid regulatory activities, and neuroregulatory activities [Ueoka, C., Kaneda, N., Okazaki, I., Nadanaka, S., Muramatsu, T., and Sugahara, K. (2000) J. Biol. Chem. 275, 37407-37413]. These activ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Kinoshita A,Yamada S,Haslam SM,Morris HR,Dell A,Sugahara K

更新日期：2001-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The HIV-1 virulence factor Nef interacts with the macrophage Src-family kinase Hck, resulting in constitutive kinase activation that contributes to viral replication and immune escape. Previous chemical library screens identified the diphenylfuranopyrimdine kinase inhibitor DFP-4AB, which selectively inhibits Nef-depe...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Wales TE,Hochrein JM,Morgan CR,Emert-Sedlak LA,Smithgall TE,Engen JR

更新日期：2015-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Actin depolymerizing activity in serum can be attributed to the two proteins brevin and vitamin D binding protein (DBP). To investigate their mechanisms of action, we used a number of techniques, including procedures involving the fluorescent pyrene-labeled actin probe, to compare the interaction of the two proteins w...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Lees A,Haddad JG,Lin S

更新日期：1984-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：:We have characterized the importance of size, sulfation, and anticoagulant activity of heparin in release of basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) from the subendothelial extracellular matrix (ECM) and the luminal surface of the vascular endothelium. For this purpose, 125I-bFGF was first incubated with ECM and conflue...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Ishai-Michaeli R,Svahn CM,Weber M,Chajek-Shaul T,Korner G,Ekre HP,Vlodavsky I

更新日期：1992-02-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Arylamine N-acetyltransferases (NATs) catalyze an acetyl group transfer from acetyl coenzyme A (AcCoA) to arylamines, hydrazines, and their N-hydroxylated arylamine metabolites. The recently determined three-dimensional structures of prokaryotic NATs have revealed a cysteine protease-like Cys-His-Asp catalytic triad, ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Wang H,Vath GM,Gleason KJ,Hanna PE,Wagner CR

更新日期：2004-06-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The genomic and antigenomic RNAs of hepatitis delta virus are capable of self-cleavage and show no significant sequence similarities to other known self-cleaving RNAs. We have derived an antigenomic delta RNA which cleaves to completion in 15 s in 9 mM magnesium at 37 degrees C and is capable of efficient self-cleavag...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Smith JB,Gottlieb PA,Dinter-Gottlieb G

更新日期：1992-10-13 00:00:00

abstract：:A detailed structural study of the prokaryotic sodium/galactose transporter (vSGLT) from Vibrio parahaemolyticus using attenuated total reflection Fourier transform infrared (ATR-FTIR) spectroscopy reveals stepwise increases in alpha-helicity upon binding of sodium and D-galactose. These increases in helicity correlat...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： le Coutre J,Turk E,Kaback HR,Wright EM

更新日期：2002-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The extent of nativeness of the stable conformation of the thermolysin fragment containing the carboxyl-terminal third of the protein (from residues 206 to 316, denoted fragment FII) was examined by its immunogenic and antigenic characteristics. Antisera elicited in rabbits by either intact thermolysin or fragment FII...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Vita C,Fontana A,Chaiken IM

更新日期：1982-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The conformational constraints for apoA-I bound to recombinant phospholipid complexes (rHDL) were attained from a combination of chemical cross-linking and mass spectrometry. Molecular distances were then used to refine models of lipid-bound apoA-I on both 80 and 96 A diameter rHDL particles. To obtain molecular const...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Bhat S,Sorci-Thomas MG,Tuladhar R,Samuel MP,Thomas MJ

更新日期：2007-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The binding of ethidium bromide, as monitored by fluorescence enhancement, to chromatin prepared by nuclease digestion has been compared with the binding of the dye to sheared chromatin. The nuclease preparation (native chromatin) is characterized by a high affinity region of the Scatchard plot (r = 0-0.025, K1 = 1 X ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Paoletti J,Magee BB,Magee PT

更新日期：1977-02-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides cross-linked by reductively activated mitomycin C (MC) were prepared and purified for the first time. The cross-linked products were structurally characterized by nucleoside and MC-nucleoside adduct analysis. Optimal conditions were established for the cross-linking reaction, resulting in hig...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Borowy-Borowski H,Lipman R,Chowdary D,Tomasz M

更新日期：1990-03-27 00:00:00