Effect of phosphorylation on hydrogen-bonding interactions of the active site histidine of the phosphocarrier protein HPr of the phosphoenolpyruvate-dependent phosphotransferase system determined by 15N NMR spectroscopy.

abstract：:Mutagenesis of Escherichia coli manganese superoxide dismutase (MnSD) demonstrates involvement of the strictly conserved gateway tyrosine (Y34) in exogenous ligand interactions. Conservative replacement of this residue by phenylalanine (Y34F) affects the pH sensitivity of the active-site metal ion and perturbs ligand ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Whittaker MM,Whittaker JW

更新日期：1997-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The operations within a living cell depend on the collective activity of networks of proteins, sometimes termed "interactomes". Within these networks, most proteins interact with few partners, while a small proportion of proteins, called hubs, participate in a large number of interactions and play a central role in or...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Barbar E

更新日期：2008-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Casein kinase II is a widely distributed protein serine/threonine kinase. The holoenzyme appears to be a tetramer, containing two alpha or alpha' subunits (or one of each) and two beta subunits. Complementary DNA clones encoding the subunits of casein kinase II were isolated from a human T-cell lambda gt10 library usi...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Lozeman FJ,Litchfield DW,Piening C,Takio K,Walsh KA,Krebs EG

更新日期：1990-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Centrioles are essential components of the animal centrosome and play crucial roles in the formation of cilia and flagella. They are cylindrical structures composed of nine triplet microtubules organized around a central cartwheel. Recent studies have identified spindle assembly abnormal protein SAS-6 as a critical co...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Gupta H,Badarudeen B,George A,Thomas GE,Gireesh KK,Manna TK

更新日期：2015-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucocorticoid receptors of wild-type and nti ("increased nuclear transfer") mutant S49.1 mouse lymphoma cells exist in extracts under low-salt conditions predominantly as high molecular weight species (Mr greater than or equal to 300,000). These receptor-hormone complexes are unable to bind to DNA. High salt (300 mM ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Rexin M,Busch W,Gehring U

更新日期：1988-07-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitric oxide is produced in mammals by the nitric oxide synthase (NOS) isoforms at a catalytic site comprising a heme associated with a biopterin cofactor. Through genome sequencing, proteins that are highly homologous to the oxygenase domain of NOSs have been identified, in particular in bacteria. The active site is ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Weisslocker-Schaetzel M,Lembrouk M,Santolini J,Dorlet P

更新日期：2017-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Homodinuclear (Pt,Pt) and heterodinuclear (Ru,Pt) metal compounds having the generalized formula M(a)NH2(CH)4NH2M(b) are shown to form specific DNA lesions which can efficiently cross-link proteins to DNA. In this study, the homodinuclear case is represented by M(a) = M(b) = [cis-Pt(Cl2)-(NH3)] and the heterodinuclear...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Van Houten B,Illenye S,Qu Y,Farrell N

更新日期：1993-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli DNA photolyase contains 1,5-dihydro-FAD (FADH2) plus 5,10-methenyl-tetrahydrofolate (5,10-CH+-H4folate). Both chromophores are fluorescent, and either can function as a sensitizer in catalysis. At 77 K separate fluorescence emission bands are observed for FADH2 (lambda max = 505 nm, shoulder at 540 nm...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Jordan SP,Jorns MS

更新日期：1988-12-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Lysine-146 of rabbit muscle aldolase (D-fructose-1,6-biphosphate aldolase, EC 4.1.2.13) is absolutely conserved in class I (Schiff base) aldolases and has been implicated previously in catalysis by protein modification. Site-directed mutagenesis was used to change lysine-146 to alanine, glutamine, leucine, or histidin...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Morris AJ,Tolan DR

更新日期：1994-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：:A cationic, copper(II)-containing ligand, derived from bulky 5,10,15,20-tetrakis(N-methylpyridinium-4-yl)porphyrin, Cu(T4), and two sterically friendlier forms, [trans-5,15-di(N-methylpyridinium-4-yl)porphyrinato]copper(II), Cu(tD4), and [cis-5,10-di(N-methylpyridinium-4-yl)porphyrinato]copper(II), Cu(cD4), bind to DN...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Briggs BN,Gaier AJ,Fanwick PE,Dogutan DK,McMillin DR

更新日期：2012-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Propeptide processing occurs in specific compartments of the secretory pathway, but how these processing-competent organelles are generated from their processing-incompetent precursor compartments is unknown. To dissect the process biochemically, we have developed a novel cell-free system reconstituting the production...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Andresen JM,Moore HP

更新日期：2001-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteolytic activation, oligomerization, and membrane insertion are three steps that precede channel formation by the bacterial toxin aerolysin. Using attenuated total reflection Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR) and hydrogen-deuterium exchange, the structural changes associated with each step were an...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Cabiaux V,Buckley JT,Wattiez R,Ruysschaert JM,Parker MW,van der Goot FG

更新日期：1997-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Several polypeptide toxins from sea anemones caused delayed inactivation of mammalian voltage-dependent sodium channels, resulting in a positive inotropic effect on the heart. Anthopleurin B (ApB), a toxin produced by the sea anemone Anthopleura xanthogrammica, is the most potent of all known anemone toxins. Previous ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Khera PK,Blumenthal KM

更新日期：1996-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Serine hydroxymethyltransferase and C1-tetrahydrofolate synthase catalyze four reactions which convert formate and glycine to serine. The one-carbon carrier in these reactions if tetrahydropteroylglutamate which is regenerated in the coupled reaction and thus can be used in catalytic concentrations with respect to ser...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Strong WB,Schirch V

更新日期：1989-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Aminopeptidase B (APB, EC 3.4.11.6) preferentially hydrolyzes the N-terminal basic amino acids of synthetic and peptide substrates and requires a physiological concentration of NaCl for optimal activity. In this study, we used site-directed mutagenesis and molecular modeling to search for an amino acid residue that is...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Ohnishi A,Watanabe J,Ogawa Y,Goto Y,Hattori A,Tsujimoto M

更新日期：2015-10-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Initiation of RNA synthesis by Bacillus subtilis RNA polymerase (sigma-43) has been examined at two early promoters of phage phi 29: the A2 promoter, which is a weak promoter, and the G2 promoter, which is a strong promoter. The delta subunit of the polymerase inhibits the rate of initiation at A2, but not G2. In addi...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Dobinson KF,Spiegelman GB

更新日期：1987-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The repair of the endogenous lesion 8-oxo-7,8-dihydrodeoxyguanosine (8-oxodG) was investigated in the nucleotide excision repair mutant xeroderma pigmentosum D (XPD), using human normal or transformed XPD fibroblasts and the Chinese hamster XPD cell line UV5. In vivo repair of 8-oxodG induced by hydrogen peroxide trea...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Cappelli E,Degan P,Thompson LH,Frosina G

更新日期：2000-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：:It is now well established that guanine nucleotides are allosteric effectors of the vinca alkaloid-induced self-association of tubulin. GDP enhances self-association for vinblastine-, vincristine- and vinorelbine-induced spiral assembly relative to GTP by 0.90 +/- 0.17 kcal/mol [Lobert et al. (1996) Biochemistry 35, 6...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Vulevic B,Lobert S,Correia JJ

更新日期：1997-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The equilibrium binding of hemoglobin to isolated band 3 protein exhibited positive cooperativity [Hill coefficient = 1.65 +/- 0.1; total number of binding sites at pH 6.6 in 5 mM sodium phosphate buffer = 32 500 +/- 940 pmol/mg; Ka = (3.0 +/- 0.5) X 10(5) M-1]. The binding was reversible and ionic in nature as the bo...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Premachandra BR

更新日期：1986-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：:We have measured the rates and efficiencies of DNA unwinding (the number of ATP molecules hydrolyzed per DNA base pair unwound) catalyzed by the RecBC,RecBCD-K177Q (a site-directed mutant in the putative ATP-binding site in the RecD subunit), and RecBCD enzymes from Escherichia coli. The DNA unwinding rate was measure...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Korangy F,Julin DA

更新日期：1994-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：:To date, rational redesign of glycosidase active-site clefts has been mainly limited to the removal of essential functionalities rather than their introduction. The glycoside hydrolase family 26 endo-beta-1,4-mannanase from the soil bacterium Cellulomonas fimi depolymerizes various abundant plant mannans. On the basis...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Hekmat O,Lo Leggio L,Rosengren A,Kamarauskaite J,Kolenova K,Stålbrand H

更新日期：2010-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The thermodynamic quantities of the anti-dinitrophenyl antibody-hapten interaction are reported for rabbit, goat, and guinea pig antibodies. Rabbit and goat antibodies had similar exothermic enthalpy changes for their reaction with 2,4-dinitrophenyl-L-lysine (-13.9 and -14.8 kcal/mol, respectively). The enthalpy chang...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Halsey JF,Cebra JJ,Biltonen RL

更新日期：1975-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：:In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the histidine-containing phosphotransfer (HPt) protein YPD1 transfers phosphoryl groups between the three different response regulator domains of SLN1, SSK1, and SKN7 (designated R1, R2, and R3, respectively). Together these proteins form a branched histidine-aspartic acid phosphorelay sys...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Janiak-Spens F,Cook PF,West AH

更新日期：2005-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphorylation of the sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium ATPase, E, is first order with kb = 70 +/- 7 s-1 after free enzyme was mixed with saturating ATP and 50 microM Ca2+; this is one-third the rate constant of 220 s-1 for phosphorylation of enzyme preincubated with calcium, cE.Ca2, after being mixed with ATP under the...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Stahl N,Jencks WP

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The plasma membrane of the Ehrlich ascites tumor cell contains an NADH dehydrogenase. This activity was shown not to be due to contamination by other subcellular membranes. A variety of electron acceptors have been compared as to rate with the following result: ferricyanide greater than cytochrome c greater than cytoc...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Kilberg MS,Christensen HN

更新日期：1979-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Beta(2)-microglobulin (beta(2)m) forms amyloid fibrils that deposit in the musculo-skeletal system in patients undergoing long-term hemodialysis. How beta(2)m self-assembles in vivo is not understood, since the monomeric wild-type protein is incapable of forming fibrils in isolation in vitro at neutral pH, while elong...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Myers SL,Jones S,Jahn TR,Morten IJ,Tennent GA,Hewitt EW,Radford SE

更新日期：2006-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Differential scanning calorimetry and CD spectrometry were employed to study the thermal unfolding of light meromyosin (LMM) prepared from carp acclimated to different temperatures. The transition temperatures given by the major peaks at pH 8.0 in 0.6 M KCl for LMM from carp acclimated to 10 degrees C were 32.5 and 39...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Nakaya M,Kakinuma M,Watabe S,Ooi T

更新日期：1997-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Although plasma membrane domains, such as caveolae, provide an organizing principle for signaling pathways and cholesterol homeostasis in the cell, relatively little is known regarding specific mechanisms, whereby intracellular lipid-binding proteins are targeted to caveolae. Therefore, the interaction between caveoli...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Parr RD,Martin GG,Hostetler HA,Schroeder ME,Mir KD,Kier AB,Ball JM,Schroeder F

更新日期：2007-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Many bacteria produce isonitrile-containing natural products that are derived from aromatic amino acids. The synthetic clusters that control biosynthesis most commonly encode two enzymes, designated PvcA and PvcB, as well as additional enzymes that direct synthesis of the natural product. The PvcA enzyme installs the ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Zhu J,Lippa GM,Gulick AM,Tipton PA

更新日期：2015-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Hormone-sensitive lipase (HSL) is a rate-limiting enzyme in lipolysis that displays broad substrate specificity. HSL function is regulated by reversible phosphorylation that occurs within a 150 aa "regulatory module" of the protein. The current studies used mutational analysis to dissect the contribution of the "regul...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Wang J,Shen WJ,Patel S,Harada K,Kraemer FB

更新日期：2005-02-15 00:00:00