Role of the arginine-45 salt bridge in ligand dissociation from sperm whale carboxymyoglobin as probed by photoacoustic calorimetry.

abstract：:Known crystal structures of class II aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases complexed to their cognate tRNAs reveal that critical acceptor stem contacts are made by the variable loop connecting the beta-strands of motif 2 located within the catalytic core of class II synthetases. To identify potential acceptor stem contacts made ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Burke B,Yang F,Chen F,Stehlin C,Chan B,Musier-Forsyth K

更新日期：2000-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:We have examined the binding of 125I-labeled human and mouse epidermal growth factors (EGF) to human alpha 2-macroglobulin (alpha 2M). In the presence of human neutrophil elastase, both mouse and human EGF bound to alpha 2M, whereas little binding was found to native alpha 2M. Binding was found to be predominantly cov...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Gettins PG,Crews BC

更新日期：1993-08-10 00:00:00

abstract：:A procedure was developed for selective radiolabeling of membrane proteins on cells to higher specific activities than possible with available techniques. Cell surface amino groups were derivatized with 125I-(hydroxyphenyl)propionyl groups via 125I-sulfosuccinimidyl (hydroxyphenyl)propionate (125I-sulfo-SHPP). This re...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Thompson JA,Lau AL,Cunningham DD

更新日期：1987-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Aromatic amino acid aminotransferase (ArAT) from Escherichia coli was overexpressed in E. coli cells, purified, and characterized. The enzyme was similar to aspartate aminotransferase (AspAT) of E. coli in many aspects, such as gross protein structure and spectroscopic properties. The reactions of pyridoxal 5'-phospha...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Hayashi H,Inoue K,Nagata T,Kuramitsu S,Kagamiyama H

更新日期：1993-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of the zymogen form of a serine protease is associated with a conformational change that follows proteolysis at a specific site. Tissue-type plasminogen activator (t-PA) is homologous to mammalian serine proteases and contains an apparent activation cleavage site at arginine-275. To clarify the functional c...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Tate KM,Higgins DL,Holmes WE,Winkler ME,Heyneker HL,Vehar GA

更新日期：1987-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Both agonist- and antagonist-bound glucocorticoid receptors (GRs) and progesterone receptors (PRs) regulate gene transcription with the assistance of corepressors (NCoR and SMRT) and coactivators (TIF2/GRIP1, SRC1, and AIB1). Receptor binding of these cofactors is competitive and is considered to involve interactions ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Wang D,Wang Q,Awasthi S,Simons SS Jr

更新日期：2007-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The steroidogenic acute regulatory protein (StAR) facilitates the movement of cholesterol from the outer to inner mitochondrial membrane in adrenal and gonadal cells, fostering steroid biosynthesis. MLN64 is a 445-amino acid protein of unknown function. When 218 amino-terminal residues of MLN-64 are deleted, the resul...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Bose HS,Whittal RM,Huang MC,Baldwin MA,Miller WL

更新日期：2000-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：:End binding protein 1 (EB1) and cytoplasmic linker protein of 170 kDa (CLIP-170) are two well-studied microtubule plus-end-tracking proteins (+TIPs) that target growing microtubule plus ends in the form of comet tails and regulate microtubule dynamics. However, the mechanism by which they regulate microtubule dynamics...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Lopus M,Manatschal C,Buey RM,Bjelić S,Miller HP,Steinmetz MO,Wilson L

更新日期：2012-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of two oppositely charged pyrene derivatives, 1-pyrenebutyrylcholine (PBC) and 1-pyrenebutyric acid (PBA), on red blood cell shape have been examined. Both compounds convert normal biconcave erythrocytes into echinocytes. However, with extended incubation time at elevated temperature, the morphology of PBC...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Matayoshi ED

更新日期：1980-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Intramolecular excimerization of 1,3-di-1-pyrenylpropane [Py(3)Py] was used to assess the fluidity of sarcoplasmic reticulum membranes (SR); on the basis of the spectral data, the probe incorporates completely inside the membrane probably somewhere close to the polar head groups of phospholipid molecules, however not ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Almeida LM,Vaz WL,Zachariasse KA,Madeira VM

更新日期：1984-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Sulfonylureas and glinides are commonly used oral insulin secretagogues (ISs) that act on the pancreatic ATP-sensitive potassium (KATP) channel to promote insulin secretion in order to lower the blood glucose level. Physiologically, KATP channels are inhibited by intracellular ATP and activated by Mg-ADP. Therefore, t...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Wu JX,Ding D,Wang M,Chen L

更新日期：2020-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：:LTbetaR is a member of the TNF receptor family of proteins. It binds to two different cell surface ligands, LIGHT, a homotypic trimer, and LTalpha1beta2, a heterotypic trimer. We have measured the affinities of the dimeric IgG fusion protein, LTbetaRIgG, and monomeric LTbetaR protein binding to both LIGHT and LTalpha1...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Eldredge J,Berkowitz S,Corin AF,Day ES,Hayes D,Meier W,Strauch K,Zafari M,Tadi M,Farrington GK

更新日期：2006-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Kinetic studies of the effect of addition of Co2+ or Mn2+ to a highly purified dipeptidase from Ehrlich-Lettré mouse ascites tumor cells show that these metals specifically activate the hydrolyses of certain classes of dipeptides. This enzyme was previously (S. Hayman and E. K. Patterson, 1971, J. Biol. Chem. 246, 660...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Patterson EK,Gatmaitan JS,Hayman S

更新日期：1975-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The dioxygen stretch bands in infrared spectra for solutions of oxy species of human hemoglobin A and its separated subunits, human mutant hemoglobin Zurich (beta 63His to Arg), rabbit hemoglobin, lamprey hemoglobin, sperm whale myoglobin, bovine myoglobin, and a sea worm chlorocruorin are examined. Each protein exhib...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Potter WT,Tucker MP,Houtchens RA,Caughey WS

更新日期：1987-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The Caenorhabditis elegans Werner syndrome protein, WRN-1, a member of the RecQ helicase family, has a 3'-5' DNA helicase activity. Worms with defective wrn-1 exhibit premature aging phenotypes and an increased level of genome instability. In response to DNA damage, WRN-1 participates in the initial stages of checkpoi...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Hyun M,Park S,Kim E,Kim DH,Lee SJ,Koo HS,Seo YS,Ahn B

更新日期：2012-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Elastin binding proteins from plasma membranes of elastin-producing cells were isolated by affinity chromatography on immobilized elastin peptides. Three proteins of 67, 61, and 55 kDa were released from the elastin resin by guanidine/detergent, soluble elastin peptides, synthetic peptide VGVAPG, or galactoside sugars...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Mecham RP,Hinek A,Entwistle R,Wrenn DS,Griffin GL,Senior RM

更新日期：1989-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Group VIA phospholipase A(2) (iPLA(2)beta) is expressed in phagocytes, vascular cells, pancreatic islet beta-cells, neurons, and other cells and plays roles in transcriptional regulation, cell proliferation, apoptosis, secretion, and other events. A bromoenol lactone (BEL) suicide substrate used to study iPLA(2)beta f...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Song H,Bao S,Ramanadham S,Turk J

更新日期：2006-05-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Human immunoglobulin E (IgE) consists of 14 domains, each with the characteristic immunoglobulin fold structure. Compared with the 12-domain structure of immunoglobulin G (IgG), IgE has an additional pair of domains (C epsilon 2) in the Fc region in place of the hinge of IgG. The crystal structure of the 4-domain Fc f...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Beavil AJ,Young RJ,Sutton BJ,Perkins SJ

更新日期：1995-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Recombinant human ferrochelatase has been expressed in Escherichia coli and purified to homogeneity. Metal analyses revealed approximately 2 mol of non-heme Fe per mol of the purified enzyme (M(r) = 40,000). The UV-visible absorption spectrum of the purified enzyme consists of a protein absorption at 278 nm (epsilon a...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Dailey HA,Finnegan MG,Johnson MK

更新日期：1994-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Class II MHC glycoproteins bind short (7-25 amino acid) peptides in an extended type II polyproline-like conformation and present them for immune recognition. Because empty MHC is unstable, measurement of the rate of the second-order reaction between peptide and MHC is challenging. In this report, we use dissociation ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Kasson PM,Rabinowitz JD,Schmitt L,Davis MM,McConnell HM

更新日期：2000-02-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The goal of this study was to establish conditions for solubilization and characterization of CPTo, the malonyl-CoA sensitive form of mitochondrial carnitine palmitoyltransferase. CPTo of heart mitochondria is soluble in 1% octyl glucoside with retention of malonyl-CoA sensitivity. The degree of malonyl-CoA sensitivit...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Kerner J,Bieber L

更新日期：1990-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The prothrombinase complex is comprised of an enzyme, factor Xa, and a cofactor, factor Va, that each bind peripherally to membranes containing phosphatidylserine (PS) and activate the substrate, prothrombin. The mechanism by which the membrane contributes to enhanced catalytic efficacy of prothrombinase is not precis...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Stone MD,Nelsestuen GL

更新日期：2005-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The regiospecificity and stereospecificity of proton transfer in the yeast inorganic pyrophosphatase (PPase) catalyzed hydrolysis of P1,P2-bidentate Mg(H2O)4(PPi)2- were probed with exchange-inert metal complexes of imidodiphosphate (PNP) and thiopyrophosphate (PPS). PPase was unable to catalyze the hydrolysis of Mg(H...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Lin I,Knight WB,Hsueh A,Dunaway-Mariano D

更新日期：1986-08-12 00:00:00

abstract：:A cross-linked tripeptide has been isolated from alkaline hydrolysates of NaB3H4-reduced calf bone collagen. The peptide contains dihydroxylysinonorleucine, the most abundant cross-link in bone collagen, and it has a single N-terminal proline and a single C-terminal valine. These amino acids are in peptide linkage wit...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Fujii K,Corcoran D,Tanzer ML

更新日期：1975-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：:A modified form of procollagen was extracted with 10 M urea from the skin of lambs with dermatosparaxis, a disease which is produced by a genetic defect in the conversion of procollagen to collagen. The extracts contained little if any alpha1 and alpha2 chains of normal type I collagen, and instead they contained the ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Becker U,Timpl R

更新日期：1976-06-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Histone H10 differs substantially from H1 in a 37-residue region of the primary structure that is conserved between the usual H1 histones of fish and mammals. Instead, H10 is homologous to H5 in this region. Histones H10 and H5 might be classified together in a histone category distinct from the usual H1. ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Pehrson JR,Cole RD

更新日期：1981-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The structure of a 22 amino acid peptide, TPPI [Nedved, M. L., Gottlieb, P. A., & Moe, G. R. (1994) Nucleic Acids Res. 22, 5024-5030], that is similar to the proline repeat segment of the replication arrest protein, Tus, has been determined by 1H NMR in 50% trifluroethanol. The structure is a novel left-handed helix h...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Butcher DJ,Nedved ML,Neiss TG,Moe GR

更新日期：1996-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Brief exposure of purple membrane (PM) to dilute Triton X-100 eliminates the actinic light effect on the relative amounts of fast M (Mf) and slow M (Ms) intermediates and alters the character and kinetics of the photocycle, without destroying the native BR trimers (Mukhopadhyay et al., 1994). Particular membrane lipid...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Mukhopadhyay AK,Dracheva S,Bose S,Hendler RW

更新日期：1996-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Biotin synthase (BioB) is an iron-sulfur dimeric enzyme which catalyzes the last step in biotin synthesis. The reaction consists of the introduction of a sulfur atom into dethiobiotin. It is shown here that BioB displays a significant cysteine desulfurase activity, providing it with the ability to mobilize sulfur from...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Ollagnier-De-Choudens S,Mulliez E,Hewitson KS,Fontecave M

更新日期：2002-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The antimicrobial peptide MSI-78 serves as a model system for studying interactions of bioactive peptides with membranes. Using a series of MSI-78 peptides that incorporate l-4,4,4-trifluoroethylglycine, a small and sensitive (19)F nuclear magnetic resonance probe, we investigated how the local structure and dynamics ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Suzuki Y,Buer BC,Al-Hashimi HM,Marsh EN

更新日期：2011-07-12 00:00:00