Kinetics of binding of oligosaccharides to a homogeneous pneumococcal antibody: dependence on antigen chain length suggests a labile intermediate complex.

abstract：:Sonication of lysophosphatidylcholine (lysoPC; 20 mumol/mL) and cholesterol (chol) in aqueous medium produces lamellar structures over a wide range of concentrations. From 25 to 47 mol % cholesterol, electron microscopy (EM) after negative staining showed extended stacklike lamellae about 40 A thick. From 50 to 60 mol...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Kumar VV,Anderson WH,Thompson EW,Malewicz B,Baumann WJ

更新日期：1988-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Thermococcus litoralis 4-alpha-glucanotransferase (TLGT) belongs to family 57 of glycoside hydrolases and catalyzes the disproportionation and cycloamylose synthesis reactions. Family 57 glycoside hydrolases have not been well investigated, and even the catalytic mechanism involving the active site residues has not be...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Imamura H,Fushinobu S,Jeon BS,Wakagi T,Matsuzawa H

更新日期：2001-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The structures of four isomorphous crystals of ternary complexes of chicken heart citrate synthase with D- or L-malate and acetyl coenzyme A or carboxymethyl coenzyme A have been determined by X-ray crystallography and fully refined at 1.9-A resolution. The structures show that both L-malate and D-malate bind in a ver...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Karpusas M,Holland D,Remington SJ

更新日期：1991-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:We report that recombinant glia maturation factor (GMF), a 17-kDa brain protein, inhibits the activity of mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase in the test tube assay, in particular the ERK1/ERK2 isoforms. A preliminary phosphorylation of GMF by protein kinase A (PKA) dramatically increases its inhibitory effect by o...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Zaheer A,Lim R

更新日期：1996-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The common reactions of dioxygen, superoxide, and hydroperoxides with thiolates are thought to proceed via persulfenate intermediates, yet these have never been visualized. Here we report a 1.4 A resolution crystal structure of the Fe(2+)-dependent enzyme cysteine dioxygenase (CDO) containing this putative intermediat...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Simmons CR,Krishnamoorthy K,Granett SL,Schuller DJ,Dominy JE Jr,Begley TP,Stipanuk MH,Karplus PA

更新日期：2008-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The Pseudomonas aeruginosa FpvA receptor is a TonB-dependent outer membrane transport protein that catalyzes uptake of ferric pyoverdin across the outer membrane. Surprisingly, FpvA expressed in P. aeruginosa grown in an iron-deficient medium copurifies with a ligand X that we have characterized by UV, fluorescence, a...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Schalk IJ,Kyslik P,Prome D,van Dorsselaer A,Poole K,Abdallah MA,Pattus F

更新日期：1999-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The formation of pseudouridine (psi) on U5 small nuclear RNA (U5 snRNA) was studied using an in vitro modification system. Labeled U5 RNA, synthesized in vitro and therefore unmodified, was incubated in reactions containing S100 and/or nuclear extracts (NE) from HeLa cells, and the levels of psi were determined. There...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Patton JR

更新日期：1994-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The D-alanyl-D-alanine-adding enzyme encoded by the murF gene catalyzes the ATP-dependent formation of UDP-N-acetylmuramyl-L-gamma-D-Glu-meso-diaminopimelyl-D-Ala-D-Ala (UDP-MurNAc-tripeptide). MurF has been cloned from Escherichia coli and expressed as a glutathione S-transferase (GST) fusion using the tac promoter-b...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Anderson MS,Eveland SS,Onishi HR,Pompliano DL

更新日期：1996-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Attempts to modify the guanine specificity of ribonuclease T1 (RNase T1) by rationally designed amino acid substitutions failed so far. Therefore, we applied a semirational approach by randomizing the guanine binding site. A combinatorial library of approximately 1.6 million RNase T1 variants containing permutations o...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Hubner B,Haensler M,Hahn U

更新日期：1999-01-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Acireductone dioxygenases (ARDs) are enzymes involved in the methionine recycle pathway, which regulates aspects of the cell cycle. Klebsiella pneumoniae produces two enzymes that share a common polypeptide sequence and differ only in the metal ion present. Reaction of acireductone (1,2-dihydroxy-3-keto-5-methylthiope...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Al-Mjeni F,Ju T,Pochapsky TC,Maroney MJ

更新日期：2002-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Human NFU (also known as HIRIP5) has been implicated in cellular iron-sulfur cluster biosynthesis. Bacterial and yeast forms are smaller than the human protein and are homologous to the C-terminal domain of the latter. This C-terminal domain contains a pair of redox active cysteines and demonstrates thioredoxin-like a...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Liu Y,Qi W,Cowan JA

更新日期：2009-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Alginate is a heteropolysaccharide that consists of β-D-mannuronate (M) and α-L-guluronate (G). The Gram-negative bacterium Sphingomonas sp. A1 directly incorporates alginate into the cytoplasm through the periplasmic solute-binding protein (AlgQ1 and AlgQ2)-dependent ABC transporter (AlgM1-AlgM2/AlgS-AlgS). Two bindi...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Nishitani Y,Maruyama Y,Itoh T,Mikami B,Hashimoto W,Murata K

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have characterized the kinetics and substrate requirements of prenyl-flavin synthase from yeast. This enzyme catalyzes the addition of an isopentenyl unit to reduced flavin mononucleotide (FMN) to form an additional six-membered ring that bridges N5 and C6 of the flavin nucleus, thereby converting the flavin from a...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Arunrattanamook N,Marsh ENG

更新日期：2018-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Photolyzed rhodopsin is phosphorylated at multiple serine and threonine residues during the quenching of phototransduction. Sites of phosphorylation by rhodopsin kinase have been localized to the C-terminal region of rhodopsin, but no information was available on the kinetics and identity of phosphorylated residues. T...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Ohguro H,Palczewski K,Ericsson LH,Walsh KA,Johnson RS

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The electron spin echo decay envelope for the blue copper protein, stellacyanin, and for a number of other Cu(II) complexes has been studied. Particular attention was given to the form of the "nuclear modulation" patterns, which show the effects of coupling between the electron spin and the neighboring nuclei. The env...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Mims WB,Peisach J

更新日期：1976-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Peptides and peptide-like molecules as a class have very poor permeability through biological membranes, which severely compromises their potential effectiveness as therapeutic agents. In order to gain insight into the problem of delivering peptide and protein drugs and to establish a model in which the effects of sys...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Gray RA,Vander Velde DG,Burke CJ,Manning MC,Middaugh CR,Borchardt RT

更新日期：1994-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Ribosomal protein E-L30 unfolds reversibly at pH values between 7.0 and 4.5. Unfolding of the protein involves a fast and a slow equilibrium, which depend on the degree of protonation of His19 and His33. Both the fast equilibrium between protonated and deprotonated histidines and the slow equilibrium between folded an...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： van de Ven FJ,Hilbers CW

更新日期：1987-08-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Here we report that the Methanocaldococcus jannaschii enzyme derived from the MJ0309 gene is an Fe(II) dependent agmatinase (SpeB). This is the first report of an iron-dependent agmatinase. We demonstrate that aerobically isolated recombinant enzyme contains two disulfide bonds and only a trace amount of any metal and...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Miller D,Xu H,White RH

更新日期：2012-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The red pigments in meat products, including cooked cured ham, arise from the reaction of myoglobin with nitric oxide generated from exogenous nitrite. Since carcinogenic nitrosoamines may be generated by the treatment of meats with nitrite, the production of nitrite-free meat products is an attractive alternative. Ra...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Taketani S,Ishigaki M,Mizutani A,Uebayashi M,Numata M,Ohgari Y,Kitajima S

更新日期：2007-12-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Members of the uracil-DNA glycosylase (UDG) enzyme family recognize and bind uracil, sequestering it within the binding site pocket and catalyzing the cleavage of the base from the deoxyribose, leaving an abasic site. The recognition and binding are passive and rely on innate dynamic motions of DNA wherein base pairs ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Carr CE,Khutsishvili I,Gold B,Marky LA

更新日期：2018-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteolytic processing of the transmembrane domain of the amyloid precursor protein (APP) is a key component of Alzheimer's disease pathogenesis. Using C-terminally tagged APP derivatives, we have identified by amino-terminal sequencing a novel cleavage site of APP, at Leu-49, distal to the gamma-secretase site. This ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Weidemann A,Eggert S,Reinhard FB,Vogel M,Paliga K,Baier G,Masters CL,Beyreuther K,Evin G

更新日期：2002-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The primary electron acceptor complex of photosystem II, QAFe2+, can bind a number of small molecules at the iron site, including cyanide [Koulougliotis, D., Kostopoulos, T., Petrouleas, V., & Diner, B. A. (1993) Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1141, 275-282)]. In the presence of NaCN (30-300 mM) at pH 6.5, the reduced state, ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Sanakis Y,Petrouleas V,Diner BA

更新日期：1994-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Using our Escherichia coli expression system, we have produced five mutant recombinant (r) hemoglobins (Hbs): r Hb (alpha V96 W), r Hb Presbyterian (beta N108K), r Hb Yoshizuka (beta N108D), r Hb (alpha V96W, beta N108K), and r Hb (alpha V96W, beta N108D). These r Hbs allow us to investigate the effect on the structur...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Tsai CH,Shen TJ,Ho NT,Ho C

更新日期：1999-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：:FKBP12, a small human enzyme, aids protein folding by catalyzing cis-trans isomerization of peptidyl-prolyl bonds, and is involved in cell signaling pathways, calcium regulation, and the immune response. The underlying molecular mechanisms are not fully understood, but it is well-known that aromatic residues in the ac...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Weininger U,Modig K,Geitner AJ,Schmidpeter PA,Koch JR,Akke M

更新日期：2017-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The association between the papillomavirus E1 and E2 proteins is an important regulatory interaction, imparting coordinated control of viral transcription and replication. Using fluorescence polarization, we have characterized the interactions between HPV-11 E1, HPV-11 E2, and DNA in solution at equilibrium. For these...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Chao SF,Rocque WJ,Daniel S,Czyzyk LE,Phelps WC,Alexander KA

更新日期：1999-04-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Fourteen oligonucleotides 8-21 nucleotides in length and their complements were synthesized as DNA and RNA. For each sequence, four kinds of duplexes, DNA:DNA, RNA:RNA, DNA:RNA, and RNA:DNA, were prepared. Twelve sequences had A.T/U content varying from 25 to 80% and dPy content in the DNA strands varying from 0 to 10...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Lesnik EA,Freier SM

更新日期：1995-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：:G-Actin is a globular protein (Mr 42 300) known to have three cysteine residues that are at least partially exposed and chemically reactive (Cys-10, -284, and -374). When G-actin was reacted with 3-bromo-1,1,1-trifluoropropanone, three resolvable 19F resonances were observed in the 19F NMR spectrum. This fluorinated G...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Brauer M,Sykes BD

更新日期：1986-04-22 00:00:00

abstract：:In the processes of DNA replication, recombination, and repair, duplex DNA can transiently form branched structures, such as Holliday junctions, as well as base pair mismatches and bulges. These stages have altered ligand and protein binding properties from normal double helical DNA. A variety of ligands have been rep...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Hernández LI,Zhong M,Courtney SH,Marky LA,Kallenbach NR

更新日期：1994-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Thioacetamide, a hepatocarcinogen and an inhibitor of heme synthesis, blocks the phenobarbitone-mediated increase in the transcription of cytochrome P-450b+e messenger RNA in rat liver. This property is also shared by CoCl2 and 3-amino-1,2,4-triazole, two other inhibitors of heme synthesis. Thus, it appears feasible t...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Satyabhama S,Seelan RS,Padmanaban G

更新日期：1986-08-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Myelin basic protein (MBP) binds to negatively charged lipids on the cytosolic surface of oligodendrocyte membranes and is most likely responsible for adhesion of these surfaces in the multilayered myelin sheath. It can also polymerize actin, bundle F-actin filaments, and bind actin filaments to lipid bilayers through...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Boggs JM,Rangaraj G,Gao W,Heng YM

更新日期：2006-01-17 00:00:00