Type III effector NleH2 from Escherichia coli O157:H7 str. Sakai features an atypical protein kinase domain.

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：:Streptomyces griseus trypsin has been isolated from Pronase by ion-exchange chromatography on CM-Sephadex and SE-Sephadex. The isolated enzyme was homogeneous by the criteria tested except for a low degree of contamination by an enzyme with nontryptic activity. The latter could be partially resolved by chromatography ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Olafson RW,Smillie LB

更新日期：1975-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The cardiac-specific Nkx2.5 homeodomain has been expressed as a 79-residue protein with the oxidizable Cys(56) replaced with Ser. The Nkx2.5 or Nkx2.5(C56S) homeodomain is 73% identical in sequence to and has the same NMR structure as the vnd (ventral nervous system defective)/NK-2 homeodomain of Drosophila when bound...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Fodor E,Mack JW,Maeng JS,Ju JH,Lee HS,Gruschus JM,Ferretti JA,Ginsburg A

更新日期：2005-09-20 00:00:00

abstract：:A cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase was extensively purified from the 100000g supernatant fraction of human platelets. The purification was 2500-3000-fold with 30% recovery of activity. The enzyme was isolated by DEAE-cellulose chromatography followed by adsorption to blue dextran-Sepharose and elution with cAMP. Th...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Grant PG,Colman RW

更新日期：1984-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Chicken nucleoside triphosphate diphosphohydrolase 8 (NTPDase8) is a cell surface ectonucleotidase with a large extracellular domain (ECD) containing the active site and is anchored to the membrane by two transmembrane domains (TMDs) at the N- and C-termini. Unlike other cell surface NTPDases that have been characteri...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Li CS,Lee Y,Knowles AF

更新日期：2010-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:N-[[(Iodoacetyl)amino]ethyl]-5-naphthylamine-1-sulfonic acid (IAEDANS) is a fluorescent reagent which reacts covalently with the free thiol groups of proteins. When the reagent is reacted with the Escherichia coli ribosome under mild conditions, gel electrophoresis shows modification of predominantly two proteins, S18...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Hanas JS,Simpson MV

更新日期：1985-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The structure of a novel plant defensin isolated from the flowers of Petunia hybrida has been determined by (1)H NMR spectroscopy. P. hybrida defensin 1 (PhD1) is a basic, cysteine-rich, antifungal protein of 47 residues and is the first example of a new subclass of plant defensins with five disulfide bonds whose stru...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Janssen BJ,Schirra HJ,Lay FT,Anderson MA,Craik DJ

更新日期：2003-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Class I major histocompatibility complex (MHC) proteins present peptide antigens to T cells during the immune response against viruses. Peptides are loaded into newly synthesized class I heterodimers in the endoplasmic reticulum such that most or all cell surface class I molecules contain peptides derived from endogen...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Fahnestock ML,Johnson JL,Feldman RM,Tsomides TJ,Mayer J,Narhi LO,Bjorkman PJ

更新日期：1994-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Several mutant Escherichia coli aspartate aminotransferases (eAATases) have been characterized in the attempt to evolve or rationally redesign the substrate specificity of eAATase into that of E. coli tyrosine aminotransferase (eTATase). These include HEX (designed), HEX + A293D (design followed by directed evolution)...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Chow MA,McElroy KE,Corbett KD,Berger JM,Kirsch JF

更新日期：2004-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA binding modes of distamycin (DST) were investigated via comparative binding studies with oligomeric duplexes of the form d(GCG-X-GCG).d(CGC-Y-CGC), where Y is complementary to X and X = 4- or 5-base binding site. It was found that 1:1 and 2:1 drug-duplex complexes exhibit distinctly different circular dichroic (CD...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Chen FM,Sha F

更新日期：1998-08-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The binding site of the dopamine D2 receptor, like that of other homologous G protein-coupled receptors, is contained within a water-accessible crevice formed among its seven membrane-spanning segments. Using the substituted-cysteine accessibility method, we previously mapped the residues in the third, fifth, and seve...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Javitch JA,Ballesteros JA,Weinstein H,Chen J

更新日期：1998-01-27 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：:We report on the determination of the solution structure of two sequence-related oligonucleotides, d(GTACGTAC)2 and d(CATCGATG)2. Results have been obtained by using a combined approach of (a) two-dimensional NMR, including proton and phosphorus experiments, (b) restrained molecular mechanics performed with sugar phas...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Lefebvre A,Mauffret O,Hartmann B,Lescot E,Fermandjian S

更新日期：1995-09-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The extent of rapid (picosecond) backbone motions within the glucocorticoid receptor DNA-binding domain (GR DBD) has been investigated using proton-detected heteronuclear NMR spectroscopy on uniformly 15N-labeled protein fragments containing the GR DBD. Sequence-specific 15N resonance assignments, based on two- and th...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Berglund H,Kovács H,Dahlman-Wright K,Gustafsson JA,Härd T

更新日期：1992-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Nanosecond to millisecond conformational fluctuations of Zn-substituted cytochrome c (ZnCytc) have been studied by the time-resolved transient hole-burning method. The investigation of low-temperature dynamics has been made on the ZnCytc solution sample in a water-glycerol mixture. The conformational fluctuations in t...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Shibata Y,Takahashi H,Kaneko R,Kurita A,Kushida T

更新日期：1999-02-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The betagamma-crystallin superfamily consists of evolutionarily related proteins with domain topology similar to lens beta- and gamma-crystallins, formed from duplicated Greek key motifs. Ca(2+) binding was found in a few betagamma-crystallin members earlier, although its prevalence and diversity as inherent molecular...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Aravind P,Mishra A,Suman SK,Jobby MK,Sankaranarayanan R,Sharma Y

更新日期：2009-12-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Conformational alterations occurring in bovine alpha 2-macroglobulin (alpha 2M) resulting from proteolysis and nucleophilic modification have been monitored by UV difference spectra, circular dichroism, and changes in the fluorescence of 6-(p-toluidino)-2-naphthalenesulfonate (TNS) and bis(8-anilino-1-naphthalenesulfo...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Strickland DK,Steiner JP,Feldman SR,Pizzo SV

更新日期：1984-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuronal PAS protein 2 (NPAS2), a heme-binding transcriptional regulatory factor, is involved in circadian rhythms. Period homologue (Per) is another important transcriptional regulatory factor that binds to cryptochrome (Cry). The resultant Per/Cry heterodimer interacts with the NPAS2/BMAL1 heterodimer to inhibit the...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Kitanishi K,Igarashi J,Hayasaka K,Hikage N,Saiful I,Yamauchi S,Uchida T,Ishimori K,Shimizu T

更新日期：2008-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Effects of paramagnetic shift reagents on the 13C NMR spectra obtained from single-walled vesicle dispersions of egg phosphatidylcholine enriched with 13C in the N-methyl carbons are investigated. Spectra obtained at 25.1 MHz show that, at Yb3+ to phospholipid molar ratios as low as 0.06, complete resolution of the N-...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Sears B,Hutton WC,Thompson TE

更新日期：1976-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Enzyme therapeutics that can degrade l-methionine (l-Met) are of great interest as numerous malignancies are exquisitely sensitive to l-Met depletion. To exhaust the pool of methionine in human serum, we previously engineered an l-Met-degrading enzyme based on the human cystathionine-γ-lyase scaffold (hCGL-NLV) to cir...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Yan W,Stone E,Zhang YJ

更新日期：2017-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：:By use of a mutational assay employing an octadecamer with a mismatch in the center, it is shown that the introduction of phosphorothioate groups near the 5'-end can protect the mismatch against degradation by the 5'-3'-exonuclease activity of Escherichia coli DNA polymerase I. An optimal level of protection is achiev...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Ott J,Eckstein F

更新日期：1987-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Prion diseases are associated with the conversion of the normal prion protein, PrP(C), to the infectious disease form PrP(Sc). Discrimination between these isoforms would significantly enhance diagnosis of these diseases, and it has recently been reported that PrP(Sc) is specifically recognized by the serine protease ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Ellis V,Daniels M,Misra R,Brown DR

更新日期：2002-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：:A mouse monoclonal IgG1 antibody has been generated against the soluble form of the calmodulin-dependent protein kinase type II. This antibody recognizes both the soluble and cytoskeletal forms of the enzyme, requiring Ca2+ (EC50 = 20 microM) for the interaction. Other divalent cations such as Zn2+, Mn2+, Cd2+, Co2+, ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： LeVine H 3rd,Su JL,Sahyoun NE

更新日期：1988-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The primary structure of a multifunctional protein, the large alpha-subunit of the Escherichia coli fatty acid oxidation complex, was determined by sequencing the fadB region of the fadBA operon. The amino-terminal sequence of this protein had been established by Edman degradation. The transcription start site of the ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Yang XY,Schulz H,Elzinga M,Yang SY

更新日期：1991-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The specific rate of superoxide (O2(•-)) production in the purified active crystallizable cytochrome b6f complex, normalized to the rate of electron transport, has been found to be more than an order of magnitude greater than that measured in isolated yeast respiratory bc1 complex. The biochemical and structural basis...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Baniulis D,Hasan SS,Stofleth JT,Cramer WA

更新日期：2013-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The inhibitory effect of phosphorothioate residues, located within one strand of double-stranded DNA, on the hydrolytic activity of the restriction endonuclease EcoRV was investigated. Specific incorporation of a phosphorothioate group at the site of cleavage yielded the sequence 5'-GATsATC-3'. This modified sequence ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Olsen DB,Kotzorek G,Eckstein F

更新日期：1990-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:HIV-1 Vif is an accessory protein that induces the proteasomal degradation of the host restriction factor, apolipoprotein B mRNA-editing enzyme catalytic polypeptide-like 3G (APOBEC3G). The N-terminal half of Vif binds to APOBEC3G, and the C-terminal half binds to subunits of a cullin 5-based ubiquitin ligase. This Vi...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Techtmann SM,Ghirlando R,Kao S,Strebel K,Maynard EL

更新日期：2012-03-13 00:00:00

abstract：:We review signaling by reactive oxygen species, which is emerging as a major physiological process. However, among the reactive oxygen species, H(2)O(2) best fulfills the requirements of being a second messenger. Its enzymatic production and degradation, along with the requirements for the oxidation of thiols by H(2)O...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Forman HJ,Maiorino M,Ursini F

更新日期：2010-02-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Aminopeptidases catalyze the hydrolysis of amino acid residues from the amino terminus of peptide substrates. They are found in most cells and tissues, and their activity has been implicated in myriad fundamental biochemical and physiological processes. Nevertheless, little is known about the structure of the aminopep...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Taylor A,Peltier CZ,Jahngen EG Jr,Laxman E,Szewczuk Z,Torre FJ

更新日期：1992-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Calmodulin is a ubiquitous calcium dependent protein. In the presence of calcium, calmodulin adopts an altered conformation that leads to the generation of downstream cellular calcium signals. Here we describe the introduction of nitroxide EPR probes into calmodulin by means of site-directed spin labeling. These probe...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Shao J,Cieslak J,Gross A

更新日期：2009-01-27 00:00:00