Fidelity of DNA recognition by the EcoRV restriction/modification system in vivo.

abstract：:FixL is a heme-based oxygen-sensing histidine kinase that induces the expression of nitrogen fixation genes under hypoxic conditions. Oxygen dissociation from heme iron in the sensor domain of FixL initiates protein conformational changes that are transmitted to the histidine kinase domain, activating autophosphorylat...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Yamawaki T,Ishikawa H,Mizuno M,Nakamura H,Shiro Y,Mizutani Y

更新日期：2016-07-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatic microsomal NADPH-cytochrome P-450 reductase was solubilized from rabbit liver microsomes in the presence of detergents and purified to homogeneity by column chromatography. The purified reductase had a molecular weight of 78 000 and contained 1 mol each of FAD and FMN per mol of enzyme. On reduction with NADPH...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Iyanagi T,Anan FK,Imai Y,Mason HS

更新日期：1978-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：:A short chain dehydrogenase like l-threonine 3-dehydrogenase (SDR-TDH) from metagenome data (mtTDH) was identified by database mining. Its enzymatic properties suggested that mtTDH has unique characteristics relative to other SDR-TDHs, including two mesophilic and thermophilic SDR-TDHs identified in this study. The ac...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Motoyama T,Nakano S,Yamamoto Y,Tokiwa H,Asano Y,Ito S

更新日期：2017-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The nuclease hypersensitivity element III(1) (NHE III(1)) of the c-MYC promoter strongly controls the transcriptional activity of the c-MYC oncogene. The purine-rich strand of the NHE III(1) element has been shown to be a silencer element for c-MYC transcription upon formation of a G-quadruplex structure. We have dete...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Ambrus A,Chen D,Dai J,Jones RA,Yang D

更新日期：2005-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Colibactins are genotoxic secondary metabolites whose biosynthesis is encoded in the clb gene cluster harbored by certain strains of gut commensal Escherichia coli. Using synthetic colibactin analogues, we previously provided evidence that colibactins alkylate DNA by addition of a nucleotide to an electrophilic cyclop...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Xue M,Shine E,Wang W,Crawford JM,Herzon SB

更新日期：2018-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:cis peptide bonds in proteins are often rate-limiting steps in protein folding or conformational change and are frequently stabilized by metal ions. In the collagen-binding domain of Clostridium histolyticum collagenase, the binding of calcium ions triggers the formation of a cis peptide bond. We present free energy s...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Spiriti J,van der Vaart A

更新日期：2010-06-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Phospholipid transfer protein (PLTP) is expressed by macrophage-derived foam cells in human atherosclerotic lesions, suggesting a regulatory role for PLTP in cellular cholesterol homeostasis. However, the exact role of PLTP in the reverse cholesterol transport pathway is not known. PLTP is present in plasma as two for...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Vikstedt R,Metso J,Hakala J,Olkkonen VM,Ehnholm C,Jauhiainen M

更新日期：2007-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The amide hydrogens that are exposed to solvent in the high-resolution X-ray structures of ubiquitin, FK506-binding protein, chymotrypsin inhibitor 2, and rubredoxin span a billion-fold range in hydroxide-catalyzed exchange rates which are predictable by continuum dielectric methods. To facilitate analysis of transien...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： LeMaster DM,Anderson JS,Hernández G

更新日期：2009-10-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Pig kidney general acyl-CoA dehydrogenases forms the blue neutral radical on dithionite or photochemical reduction (Thorpe, C., Matthews, R. G., & Williams, C. H. (1979) Biochemistry 18, 331-337] in accord with its classification as a flavoprotein dehydrogenase. However, dithionite reduction of the enzyme in the prese...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Mizzer JP,Thorpe C

更新日期：1981-08-18 00:00:00

abstract：:X-ray crystallographic data to 1.9-A resolution were collected on sperm whale metmyoglobin equilibrated with 7 atm of xenon gas. The results indicate four xenon sites of occupancy from 0.45 to 1.0. These sites are located in interior spaces or packing defects of the myoglobin molecule. The effects of the bound xenon o...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Tilton RF Jr,Kuntz ID Jr,Petsko GA

更新日期：1984-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Monoamine oxidase B (MAO B) is an integral protein of the outer mitochondrial membrane that is involved in the deamination of vasoactive and neuroactive amines. The oxidation of these amine substrates requires the cofactor FAD, which is covalently bound to Cys-397 of human MAO B. Previously, Glu-34 and Tyr-44 of MAO B...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Kirksey TJ,Kwan SW,Abell CW

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have measured the concentration of mRNAs coding for immunoglobulins, k and lambda type light chains and gamma 1 type heavy chain, in mouse spleen cells activated by bacterial lipopolysaccharide or sheep red blood cells. These mRNAs were quantitated by hybridization to radioactive DNA complementary to highly purifie...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Honjo T,Shimizu A,Tsuda M,Natori S,Katatoka T,Dohmoto C,Mano Y

更新日期：1977-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The alpha, beta, and gamma subunits of the receptor with high affinity for immunoglobulin E were isolated and their compositions assessed by direct amino acid analysis and by incorporation of radioactive precursors. The compositions show no unusual features other than a rather high content of tryptophan in the alpha c...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Alcaraz G,Kinet JP,Liu TY,Metzger H

更新日期：1987-05-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of both antimitotic drugs and nucleotide analogues on the magnesium-induced self-association of purified tubulin into 42S double rings has been examined by sedimentation velocity. In the absence of magnesium, all complexes sedimented as the 5.8S species. The binding of colchicine to tubulin led to a small b...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Shearwin KE,Timasheff SN

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Raman spectra of phycocyanobilin, phycocyanin, and allophycocyanin were obtained at resonance with their visible and near-UV transitions. These spectra were empirically assigned with the help of 14N- and 15N-isotopic substitutions and comparisons with resonance Raman spectra of phycoerythrin. These results confirm the...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Szalontai B,Gombos Z,Csizmadia V,Bagyinka C,Lutz M

更新日期：1994-10-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Solid-state NMR spectroscopy was employed to study the molecular dynamics of the colicin Ia channel domain in the soluble and membrane-bound states. In the soluble state, the protein executes small-amplitude librations (with root-mean-square angular fluctuations of 0-10 degrees ) in the backbone and larger-amplitude m...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Huster D,Xiao L,Hong M

更新日期：2001-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The radiation inactivation method was used to study the size of acetylcholine receptors in the intact membrane-bound state. This technique was reinvestigated, and modifications were made which remove substantial difficulties affecting previous applications of it to such proteins. The molecular size was deduced here by...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Lo MM,Barnard EA,Dolly JO

更新日期：1982-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrostatic interactions play a key role in enzyme catalytic function. At long range, electrostatics steer the incoming ligand/substrate to the active site, and at short distances, electrostatics provide the specific local interactions for catalysis. In cases in which electrostatics determine enzyme function, orthol...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Livesay DR,Jambeck P,Rojnuckarin A,Subramaniam S

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The inhibitory potency of 3'-azido-3'-deoxythymidine 5'-triphosphate (AZTTP) against HIV-1 reverse transcriptase (HIV-1 RT) has been further evaluated. The results indicate that the previously reported low Ki values for AZTTP against HIV-1 RT (2.35 nM) are due neither to the to the direct tight binding of AZTTP to HIV...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Ma QF,Bathurst IC,Barr PJ,Kenyon GL

更新日期：1992-02-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Adeno-associated virus (AAV) nonstructural proteins Rep78 and Rep68 carry out all DNA transactions that regulate the AAV life cycle. They share two multifunctional domains: an N-terminal origin binding/nicking domain (OBD) from the HUH superfamily and a SF3 helicase domain. A short linker of ∼20 amino acids that is cr...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Musayev FN,Zarate-Perez F,Bardelli M,Bishop C,Saniev EF,Linden RM,Henckaerts E,Escalante CR

更新日期：2015-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphorylation of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) terminates their ability to couple with and activate G proteins by increasing their affinity for arrestins. Unfortunately, detailed information regarding how GPCRs interact with the kinases responsible for their phosphorylation is still limited. Here, we purified ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Jones Brunette AM,Sinha A,David L,Farrens DL

更新日期：2016-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：:3-Deoxy-d- manno-2-octulosonate-8-phosphate (KDO8P) synthase catalyzes the first step of lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis, namely condensation of phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP) with arabinose 5-phosphate (A5P), to produce KDO8P. We have characterized Campylobacter jejuni KDO8P synthase and its inhibition by KDO8P oxime. It ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Gama SR,Balachandran N,Berti PJ

更新日期：2018-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) represent the largest class of drug targets, accounting for more than 40% of marketed drugs; however, discovery efforts for many GPCRs have failed to provide viable drug candidates. Historically, drug discovery efforts have focused on developing ligands that act at the orthosteric s...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Wood MR,Hopkins CR,Brogan JT,Conn PJ,Lindsley CW

更新日期：2011-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The Y70F mutant of aspartate aminotransferase has reduced affinity for coenzymes compared to the wild type. The equilibrium dissociation constants for pyridoxamine phosphate (PMP) holoenzymes, KPMPdiss, were determined from the association and dissociation rate constants to be 1.3 nM and 30 nM for the wild type and mu...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Toney MD,Kirsch JF

更新日期：1991-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteins denature at low pH because of intramolecular electrostatic repulsions. The addition of salt partially overcomes this repulsion for some proteins, yielding a collapsed conformation called the A-state. A-states have characteristics expected for the molten globule, a notional kinetic protein folding intermediate...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Davis-Searles PR,Morar AS,Saunders AJ,Erie DA,Pielak GJ

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanism of the slow refolding reactions of four different pancreatic ribonucleases from ox, sheep, red deer, and roe deer has been investigated. Refolding kinetics of these proteins were very similar. In particular, a native-like intermediate, IN, was shown to be populated on the slow refolding pathway of all ri...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Krebs H,Schmid FX,Jaenicke R

更新日期：1985-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Sufiredoxins (Srx) repair the inactivated forms of typical two-Cys peroxiredoxins (Prx) implicated in hydrogen peroxide-mediated cell signaling. The reduction of the cysteine sulfinic acid moiety within the active site of the Prx by Srx involves novel sulfur chemistry and the use of ATP and Mg(2+). The 1.65 A crystal ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Jönsson TJ,Murray MS,Johnson LC,Poole LB,Lowther WT

更新日期：2005-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The three-dimensional structure of the duplex formed by the association of the unnatural oligonucleotide alpha-d(TCTAAACTC) covalently linked to an acridine derivative (m5Acr) with its natural and parallel complementary sequence beta-d(AGATTTGAG) was investigated by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and constrai...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Guesnet JL,Vovelle F,Thuong NT,Lancelot G

更新日期：1990-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Monomeric sarcosine oxidase (MSOX) binds the L-proline zwitterion (pKa = 10.6). The reactive substrate anion is generated by ionization of the ES complex (pKa = 8.0). Tyr317 was mutated to Phe to determine whether this step might involve proton transfer to an active site base. The mutation does not eliminate the ioniz...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Zhao G,Jorns MS

更新日期：2005-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Glu58 is known to participate in phosphodiester transesterification catalyzed by the enzyme RNase T1. For Glu58 RNase T1, an altered mechanism has been proposed in which His40 replaces Glu58 as the base catalyst [Steyaert, J., Hallenga, K., Wyns, L., & Stanssens, P. (1990) Biochemistry 29, 9064-9072]. Glu58Ala Rnase T...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Pletinckx J,Steyaert J,Zegers I,Choe HW,Heinemann U,Wyns L

更新日期：1994-02-22 00:00:00