Occurrence of 2-5A and RNA degradation in the chick oviduct during rapid estrogen withdrawal.

abstract：:We report a straightforward enzymatic synthesis of the 4-methylumbelliferyl glycoside of a complex-type oligosaccharide substrate for core fucosylation. We demonstrate the use of this synthetic glycoconjugate in a newly developed enzyme assay to probe the activity and inhibition of fucosyltransferase VIII, which catal...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Soroko M,Kwan DH

更新日期：2020-06-09 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：:The oxidation pathway of chlorophyll Z (ChlZ) in photosystem II (PSII) at cryogenic temperatures was studied by means of light-induced Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) difference spectroscopy. To examine the involvement of redox-active beta-carotene (Car) in the pathway, two Car molecules in Mn-depleted PSII membrane...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Kitajima Y,Noguchi T

更新日期：2006-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：:In the ras gene superfamily, codon 12 (-TGGTG-) of the K-ras gene is the most frequently mutated codon in human cancers. Recently, we have found that bulky chemical carcinogens preferentially form DNA adducts at codons 12 and 14 (-CGTAG-) in the K-ras gene in normal human bronchial epithelial (NHBE) cells. Furthermore...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Hu W,Feng Z,Tang MS

更新日期：2003-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：:We added phospholipase C-delta 1 (PLC-delta) to the aqueous subphase beneath monolayers formed from mixtures of phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (2% PIP2), phosphatidylserine (33% PS), and phosphatidylcholine (65% PC) and then measured the initial rate of hydrolysis of PIP2 after addition of 10 microM free calciu...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Rebecchi M,Boguslavsky V,Boguslavsky L,McLaughlin S

更新日期：1992-12-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The molecular weight of phosphophoryn, an acidic phosphoprotein unique to dentin matrix, has been difficult to determine because of a combination of neutral protease activities in this tissue and the intrinsic high charge density of the molecule. In this study, bovine dentin phosphophoryn (BDPP) was isolated by a proc...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Stetler-Stevenson WG,Veis A

更新日期：1983-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Gelatinase B is a matrix metalloproteinase (MMP-9) involved in tissue remodeling, development, cancer, and inflammation. Neutrophils produce three major forms of (pro)gelatinase B: 92 kDa monomers, homodimers, and complexes of gelatinase B covalently bound to neutrophil gelatinase B-associated lipocalin (NGAL). In con...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Rudd PM,Mattu TS,Masure S,Bratt T,Van den Steen PE,Wormald MR,Küster B,Harvey DJ,Borregaard N,Van Damme J,Dwek RA,Opdenakker G

更新日期：1999-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied the effects of site-directed mutations in Escherichia coli nitrate reductase A (NarGHI) on heme reduction by a menaquinol analogue (menadiol) using the stopped-flow method. For NarGHI(H66Y) and NarGHI(H187Y), both lacking heme b(L) but having heme b(H), the heme reduction by menadiol is abolished. For ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Zhao Z,Rothery RA,Weiner JH

更新日期：2003-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Substrates homoprotocatechuate (HPCA) and O(2) bind to the Fe(II) of homoprotocatechuate 2,3-dioxygenase (FeHPCD) in adjacent coordination sites. Transfer of an electron(s) from HPCA to O(2) via the iron is proposed to activate the substrates for reaction with each other to initiate aromatic ring cleavage. Here, rapid...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Mbughuni MM,Chakrabarti M,Hayden JA,Meier KK,Dalluge JJ,Hendrich MP,Münck E,Lipscomb JD

更新日期：2011-11-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The thermal dependence of the structural stability of membrane-reconstituted yeast cytochrome c oxidase has been studied by using different techniques including high-sensitivity differential scanning calorimetry, differential detergent solubility thermal gel analysis, and enzyme activity measurements. For these studie...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Morin PE,Diggs D,Freire E

更新日期：1990-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Typical cytochrome P450s secure the heme prosthetic group with a cysteine thiolate ligand bound to the iron, electrostatic interactions with the heme propionate carboxylates, and hydrophobic interactions with the heme periphery. In addition to these interactions, CYP4B1 covalently binds heme through a monoester link f...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Baer BR,Schuman JT,Campbell AP,Cheesman MJ,Nakano M,Moguilevsky N,Kunze KL,Rettie AE

更新日期：2005-10-25 00:00:00

abstract：:1H NMR spectral editing techniques can select the distinct signals of lactate, pyruvate, beta-hydroxybutyrate, and acetoacetate and provide a unique way to monitor the biochemical processes in vivo. These metabolite levels reflect the near-equilibrium dehydrogenase activity and therefore the cellular redox state. The ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Chung Y,Jue T

更新日期：1992-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The murine invariant chain (Ii) was found to incorporate radioactive palmitic acid. This binding of fatty acid inhibits the formation of interchain S-S bonds, probably because the cysteine residue in the transmembrane region of the Ii chain is palmitylated. The inhibition of fatty acylation by cerulenin blocks further...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Koch N,Hämmerling GJ

更新日期：1985-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：:A neutral protease has been extracted from the media of cultured metastatic tumor cells and purified approximately 1000 times after sequential ammonium sulfate fractionization, concanavalin A column chromatography, and molecular sieve chromatography. The protease has an apparent molecular weight of 70 000--80 000, is ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Liotta LA,Tryggvason K,Garbisa S,Robey PG,Abe S

更新日期：1981-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Biochemical analysis of a rat fibroblast cell clone, transfected with the murine Ia associated invariant chain gene, demonstrates the expression of a family of proteins. This indicates that all members of the invariant protein family are derived from the same gene. The proteins p41, Ii, p27, p25, and p10, synthesized ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Koch N

更新日期：1988-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The solution structure of an alpha-insect toxin from Buthus martensii Karsch, BmKalphaIT01, has been determined by two-dimensional NMR spectroscopy and molecular modeling techniques. Combining the sequence homology comparison and toxicity bioassays, BmKalphaIT01 has been suggested to be a natural mutant of alpha-insec...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Tong X,Zhu J,Ma Y,Chen X,Wu G,He F,Cao C,Wu H

更新日期：2007-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Methenyltetrahydromethanopterin (methenyl-H(4)MPT(+)) cyclohydrolase (Mch) catalyzes the interconversion of methenyl-H(4)MPT(+) and formyl-H(4)MPT in the one-carbon energy metabolism of methanogenic, methanotrophic, and sulfate-reducing archaea and of methylotrophic bacteria. To understand the catalytic mechanism of t...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Upadhyay V,Demmer U,Warkentin E,Moll J,Shima S,Ermler U

更新日期：2012-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Atomic force microscopy (AFM) is a technique widely used to image protein-DNA complexes, and its application has now been extended to the measurements of protein-DNA binding constants and specificities. However, the spreading of the protein-DNA complexes on a flat substrate, generally mica, is required prior to AFM im...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Sorel I,Piétrement O,Hamon L,Baconnais S,Cam EL,Pastré D

更新日期：2006-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the dependence of certain properties of bile salt/lecithin mixed micelles on the molar ratio of the two components. UV absorption suggested that the micellar system is fundamentally altered on passing through a bile salt:lecithin molar ratio of 1.8:1. Differential scanning calorimetry confirmed this tr...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Claffey WJ,Holzbach RT

更新日期：1981-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The solution structure of the C-terminal fragment 255-316 of thermolysin has been determined by two-dimensional proton NMR methods. For this disulfide-free fragment there was a previous proposal according to which it would fold into a stable helical structure forming a dimer at concentrations above 0.06 mM. A complete...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Rico M,Jiménez MA,González C,De Filippis V,Fontana A

更新日期：1994-12-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The mammalian iron-binding proteins lactoferrin (Lf) and transferrin (Tf) bind iron very tightly, but reversibly. Despite homologous structures and essentially identical iron binding sites, Tf begins to release iron at pH 6.0, whereas Lf retains iron to pH approximately 3.5. This difference in iron retention gives the...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Peterson NA,Arcus VL,Anderson BF,Tweedie JW,Jameson GB,Baker EN

更新日期：2002-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Ionizing radiation, free radicals, and reactive oxygen species produce hundreds of different DNA lesions. Clustered lesions are typical for ionizing radiation. They compromise the efficiency of the base excision repair (BER) pathway, and as a consequence, they are much more toxic and mutagenic than isolated lesions. D...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Zálešák J,Constant JF,Jourdan M

更新日期：2016-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of high titers of anti-cardiolipin antibodies (ACA's) of autoimmune origin, which are known to bind to plasma beta2-glycoprotein I (aka apolipoprotein H), correlates clinically with autoimmune recurrent thrombosis. Soluble beta2-glycoprotein I binds to solid-phase ACA (immobilized on a surface plasmon res...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Sem DS,Baker BL,Victoria EJ,Jones DS,Marquis D,Yu L,Parks J,Coutts SM

更新日期：1998-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Electron transfer between the Rieske iron-sulfur protein (Fe(2)S(2)) and cytochrome c(1) was studied using the ruthenium dimer, Ru(2)D, to either photoreduce or photooxidize cytochrome c(1) within 1 micros. Ru(2)D has a charge of +4, which allows it to bind with high affinity to the cytochrome bc(1) complex. Flash pho...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Sadoski RC,Engstrom G,Tian H,Zhang L,Yu CA,Yu L,Durham B,Millett F

更新日期：2000-04-18 00:00:00

abstract：:For many decades, protein folding experimentalists have worked with no information about the time scales of relevant protein folding motions and without methods for estimating the height of folding barriers. Protein folding experiments have been interpreted using chemical models in which the folding process is charact...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Naganathan AN,Doshi U,Fung A,Sadqi M,Muñoz V

更新日期：2006-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The crystal structure and spectroscopic properties of the periplasmic penta-heme cytochrome c nitrite reductase (NrfA) of Escherichia coli are presented. The structure is the first for a member of the NrfA subgroup that utilize a soluble penta-heme cytochrome, NrfB, as a redox partner. Comparison to the structures of ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Bamford VA,Angove HC,Seward HE,Thomson AJ,Cole JA,Butt JN,Hemmings AM,Richardson DJ

更新日期：2002-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Dihydrofolate and dihydropteroylpolyglutamates inhibit pig liver methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase. In all cases the inhibition is linearly competitive with respect to methylenetetrahydrofolate. The Ki values decrease with each additional glutamyl residue from one to six, from a value of 6.5 microM for dihydrofolate...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Matthews RG,Baugh CM

更新日期：1980-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Vc H-NOX (or VCA0720) is an H-NOX (heme-nitric oxide and oxygen binding) protein from facultative aerobic bacterium Vibrio cholerae. It shares significant sequence homology with soluble guanylyl cyclase (sGC), a NO sensor protein commonly found in animals. Similar to sGC, Vc H-NOX binds strongly to NO and CO with affi...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Wu G,Liu W,Berka V,Tsai AL

更新日期：2013-12-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The Ndi1 enzyme found in the mitochondrial membrane of Saccharomyces cerevisiae is an NDH-2-type alternative NADH-quinone oxidoreductase. As Ndi1 is expected to be a possible remedy for complex I defects of mammalian mitochondria, a detailed biochemical characterization of the enzyme is needed. To identify the ubiquin...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Murai M,Yamashita T,Senoh M,Mashimo Y,Kataoka M,Kosaka H,Matsuno-Yagi A,Yagi T,Miyoshi H

更新日期：2010-04-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Illuminating Ca2+-depleted photosystem (PS) II membranes generated two new EPR signals at g = 11 and 15 by perpendicular and parallel polarization modes, respectively. Two turnovers of the oxygen evolving center (OEC) beyond the modified S2' state are required for the appearance of these signals. The formation of the ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Mino H,Kawamori A,Matsukawa T,Ono T

更新日期：1998-03-03 00:00:00