Role of lysines in human angiogenin: chemical modification and site-directed mutagenesis.

abstract：:We have detected at least four forms of DNA-dependent ATPase in mouse FM3A cell extracts [Tawaragi, Y., Enomoto, T., Watanabe, Y., Hanaoka, F., & Yamada, M. (1984) Biochemistry 23, 529-533]. The purified fraction of one of the four forms, ATPase B, has been shown to have DNA helicase activity by using a DNA substrate ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Seki M,Enomoto T,Hanaoka F,Yamada M

更新日期：1987-05-19 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：:Structural and dynamic properties of the self-complementary decadeoxyribonucleotide d(CGCAATTGCG)2 and the interaction between a prototype lexitropsin, or information-reading oligopeptide, and the decadeoxyribonucleotide are deduced by using high-resolution 1H NMR techniques. The nonexchangeable and imino proton reson...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Lee M,Chang DK,Hartley JA,Pon RT,Krowicki K,Lown JW

更新日期：1988-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemical modification and proteolytic digestion studies have identified a transmembrane glutamic acid residue (E953) of the alpha subunit of the pig kidney Na, K-ATPase as a possible cation binding site [Goldshleger et al. (1992) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 89, 6911-6915]. In addition, an adjacent glutamate (E954) i...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Van Huysse JW,Jewell EA,Lingrel JB

更新日期：1993-01-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The membrane-bound quinoprotein glucose dehydrogenase (mGDH) in Escherichia coli contains pyrroloquinoline quinone (PQQ) and participates in the direct oxidation of D-glucose to D-gluconate by transferring electrons to ubiquinone (UQ). To elucidate the mechanism of ubiquinone reduction by mGDH, we applied a pulse radi...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Kobayashi K,Mustafa G,Tagawa S,Yamada M

更新日期：2005-10-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The behavior of fluorescent and spin-label probes is examined in several fluid and gel phospholipid phases, with particular focus on the Ca2+-induced gel phase in phosphatidylserine (PS). These probes have behavior characteristic of the type of probe and of the type of lipid environment. Anthroyloxy- and doxyl-labeled...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Florine KI,Feigenson GW

更新日期：1987-03-24 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：:Onconase (ONC) from Rana pipiens is the smallest member of the ribonuclease A (RNase A) superfamily. Despite a tertiary structure similar to RNase A, ONC is distinguished by an extremely high thermodynamic stability. In the present paper we have probed the significance of three structural regions, which exhibit struct...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Arnold U,Schulenburg C,Schmidt D,Ulbrich-Hofmann R

更新日期：2006-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：:To better understand how amino acid sequences specify unique tertiary folds, we have used random mutagenesis and phage display selection to evolve proteins with a high degree of sequence identity but different tertiary structures (homologous heteromorphs). The starting proteins in this evolutionary process were the Ig...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Alexander PA,Rozak DA,Orban J,Bryan PN

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We find that specific oxidation for the Met-192 residue in delta-chymotrypsin to methionine sulfoxide results in a twofold increase in Km(app) and unchanged kcat in the hydrolysis of N-acetyl mono(amino acid) amide substrates. However, the catalyzed hydrolyses of N-acetyl dipeptide amide substrates by (methionine sulf...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Treadway WJ Jr,Schultz RM

更新日期：1976-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Peptide NH resonances in the 250 MHZ 1H nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrum of oxytocin in H2O were assigned to specific amino acid residues by the "underwater decoupling" technique (i.e., decoupling from corresponding CalphaH resonances, which are buried beneath the intense water peak). These experiments confir...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Glickson JD,Rowan R,Pitner TP,Dadok J,Bothner-By AA,Walter R

更新日期：1976-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：:M13 DNA containing 20-30 apurinic/apyrimidinic (AP) sites per intact circular molecule was prepared by growing phage on an ung- dut- Escherichia coli mutant and treating the DNA with uracil N-glycosylase. AP sites obstruct in vitro DNA synthesis catalyzed by E. coli pol I. The position at which termination of synthesi...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Sagher D,Strauss B

更新日期：1983-09-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The formation and excision of 313-nm light-induced cyclobutane-type pyrimidine photodimers were determined in confluent cultures of human fibroblasts. A new method was developed for the resolution and determination of cytosine-thymine (CT) and thymine-thymine dimers (TT) by using sodium borohydride reduction and high-...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Niggli HJ,Cerutti PA

更新日期：1983-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The peptide alpha 1(III)-CB9 was prepared and purified from human liver, and its amino acid sequence was determined. Automated Edman degradation of the intact peptide and peptides derived from selective cleavage with hydroxylamine and digestions with trypsin, thermolysin, and Staph V8 protease enabled determination of...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Seyer JM,Kang AH

更新日期：1981-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:A recirculating Langendorff heart preparation is used to characterize the endogenous antithrombin associated reversibly with murine vascular endothelium. Rat hearts are perfused clear of blood and then recirculated with a physiological salt solution. Addition of heparin educes antithrombin activity continuously into t...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Felsch JS,Owen WG

更新日期：1994-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Pectate lyase C (pelC) was the first protein in which the parallel beta-helix structure was recognized. The unique features of parallel beta-helix-containing proteins-a relatively simple topology and unusual interactions among side chains-make pelC an interesting protein to study with respect to protein folding. In th...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Kamen DE,Griko Y,Woody RW

更新日期：2000-12-26 00:00:00

abstract：:In reticulocytes, a single ribosomal protein, S13, has been shown to be phosphorylated by the cAMP-regulated protein kinases. The 40S ribosomal subunits were phosphorylated in vitro with [gamma-32P]ATP to facilitate the identification of S13 during the two-step purification procedure. Total ribosomal protein from the ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Du Vernay VH Jr,Traugh JA

更新日期：1978-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The Type I homodimeric photosynthetic reaction center found in anaerobic gram-positive bacteria of the genus Heliobacteriaceae incorporates FA- and FB-like iron-sulfur clusters similar to those found in Photosystem I as terminal electron acceptors. We recently isolated the PshB protein that harbors the iron-sulfur clu...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Heinnickel M,Shen G,Golbeck JH

更新日期：2007-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:cAMP binding of the androgen receptor (AR) from murine skeletal muscle was studied. Testosterone affinity chromatography yielded androgen receptor with about 4000-fold purification. Determination of the cAMP binding in the affinity eluate, by adsorption of protein-cAMP complexes to cellulose ester filters or removal o...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Ofenloch-Hähnle B,Eisele K

更新日期：1988-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a novel, potent peptide substrate mimetic inhibitor of protein kinase B (PKB/Akt). The compound selectively kills prostate cancer cells, in which PKB is highly activated, but not normal cells, or cancer cells in which PKB is not activated. The inhibitor induces apoptosis and inhibits the phosphorylation of...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Litman P,Ohne O,Ben-Yaakov S,Shemesh-Darvish L,Yechezkel T,Salitra Y,Rubnov S,Cohen I,Senderowitz H,Kidron D,Livnah O,Levitzki A,Livnah N

更新日期：2007-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs) pose a threat to public health because of their ability to confer resistance to extended-spectrum cephalosporins such as cefotaxime. The CTX-M β-lactamases are the most widespread ESBL enzymes among antibiotic resistant bacteria. Many of the active site residues are conserved bet...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Adamski CJ,Cardenas AM,Brown NG,Horton LB,Sankaran B,Prasad BV,Gilbert HF,Palzkill T

更新日期：2015-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Long-chain alkanols are general anesthetics which can also act as uncharged noncompetitive inhibitors of the peripheral nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (AChR) by binding to one or more specific sites on the AChR. Cembranoids are naturally occurring, uncharged noncompetitive inhibitors of peripheral and neuronal AChRs...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Pagán OR,Eterović VA,Garcia M,Vergne D,Basilio CM,Rodríguez AD,Hann RM

更新日期：2001-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper we report the first 1H NMR study of the base-paired secondary structure of yeast 5.8S RNA. On the basis of a combination of homonuclear Overhauser enhancements and temperature dependence of the proton 500-MHz NMR spectrum, we are able to identify and assign eight of the nine base pairs in the most therma...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Lee KM,Marshall AG

更新日期：1986-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Depletion of Ca2+ and/or Cl- ions from PSII membranes blocks the electron-transfer reactions that precede O2 evolution on the oxidizing side of the enzyme. Illumination of these inhibited preparations at 273 K generates a paramagnetic species that is detectable by low-temperature (T < 20 K) EPR as a signal in the g = ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Lydakis-Simantiris N,Dorlet P,Ghanotakis DF,Babcock GT

更新日期：1998-05-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The 18 kDa translocator protein (TSPO), formerly known as the peripheral-type benzodiazepine receptor, has been reported to be closely associated with the mitochondrial permeability transition pore (MPTP). TSPO is believed to exert pro-apoptotic functions via modulation of MPTP opening. Cobalt chloride (CoCl(2)), whic...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Zeno S,Zaaroor M,Leschiner S,Veenman L,Gavish M

更新日期：2009-06-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The structure of the copper site in oxidized and reduced Rhus vernicifera stellacyanin has been studied by X-ray absorption (XAFS) spectroscopy at different pH values. Data for the oxidized protein are consistent with the fourth ligand being an O- or N-donating ligand rather than a cysteine from the disulfide bridge. ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Strange RW,Reinhammar B,Murphy LM,Hasnain SS

更新日期：1995-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The 70-kDa subunit of eukaryotic replication protein A (RPA) contains a conserved four cysteine-type zinc-finger motif that has been implicated in regulation of DNA replication and repair. Unlike other zinc-finger proteins, RPA zinc-finger motif is not a DNA-binding component, and deletion of the zinc-finger had very ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： You JS,Wang M,Lee SH

更新日期：2000-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Pili are surface-linked virulence factors that play key roles in infection establishment in a variety of pathogenic species. In Gram-positive pathogens, pilus formation requires the action of sortases, dedicated transpeptidases that covalently associate pilus building blocks. In Streptococcus pneumoniae, a major human...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Manzano C,Izoré T,Job V,Di Guilmi AM,Dessen A

更新日期：2009-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Solvent proton nuclear magnetic dispersion studies at 25, 100, and 300 MHz have been performed on protocatechuate 3,4-dioxygenase (PCD) and its complexes with 3-chloro-4-hydroxybenzoate and 3-fluoro-4-hydroxybenzoate. Longitudinal and transverse relaxation rates were measured for these compounds and for the apoenzyme....

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Felton RH,Gordon SL,Sowell AL,May SW

更新日期：1984-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycerol stabilizes the triple-helical structure of solubilized calf skin collagen. The equilibrium melting temperature of the protein increased linearly from 38.0 degrees C in AS buffer (0.01 M NaOAc and 0.02 M NaCl, pH 4.0) to 43.0 degrees C in AS and 6 M glycerol buffer. To understand the thermodynamic basis of thi...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Na GC

更新日期：1986-03-11 00:00:00