Expression and sequence analyses of serum amyloid A in the Syrian hamster.

abstract：:Murine cDNA that encodes neuromodulin, a neurospecific calmodulin binding protein, was inserted into the plasmid pKK223-3 for expression in Escherichia coli. After being transformed into E. coli strain SG20252 (lon-), the expression vector directed the synthesis of a protein that was recognized by polyclonal antibodie...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Au DC,Apel ED,Chapman ER,Estep RP,Nicolson TA,Storm DR

更新日期：1989-10-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Apolipoprotein E (apoE)-knockout mice develop severe atherosclerosis associated with high levels of very low-density lipoprotein (VLDL) and intermediate-density lipoprotein (IDL) in plasma. To investigate the atherogenic role of VLDL and IDL, the lipoprotein fraction containing both VLDL and IDL (apoEko-VLDL/IDL) was ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Hakamata H,Sakaguchi H,Zhang C,Sakashita N,Suzuki H,Miyazaki A,Takeya M,Takahashi K,Kitamura N,Horiuchi S

更新日期：1998-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of lysines in the ribonucleolytic and angiogenic activities of human angiogenin has been examined by chemical modification and site-directed mutagenesis. It was demonstrated previously [Shapiro, R., Weremowicz, S., Riordan, J.F., & Vallee, B.L. (1987) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 84, 8783-8787] that extensiv...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Shapiro R,Fox EA,Riordan JF

更新日期：1989-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Structural properties of heparan sulfate preparations from hog mucosa and beef lung sources were obtained by application of Smith degradation and nitrous acid reactions. Products formed by these reactions indicated that most of the iduronic acid present in these mucopolysaccharides is ester sulfated, whereas N-sulfate...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Cifonelli JA,King JA

更新日期：1977-05-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Stopped-flow kinetic measurements of the association of filipin with sterols in intact cells and isolated membranes of Mycoplasma capricolum were used to study the effects of varying the phospholipid in the membrane. The phospholipid composition and content of the membrane were varied by growing cells in an albumin-co...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Clejan S,Bittman R,Rottem S

更新日期：1981-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：:CDP-ribitol synthase is a bifunctional reductase and cytidylyltransferase that catalyzes the transformation of D-ribulose 5-phosphate, NADPH, and CTP to CDP-ribitol, a repeating unit present in the virulence-associated polysaccharide capsules of Haemophilus influenzae types a and b [Follens, A., et al. (1999) J. Bacte...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Zolli M,Kobric DJ,Brown ED

更新日期：2001-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The simplest carbapenem antibiotic, (5R)-carbapen-2-em-3-carboxylic acid, is biosynthesized from primary metabolites in Pectobacterium carotorova by the action of three enzymes, carboxymethylproline synthase (hereafter named CarB), carbapenam synthetase, and carbapenem synthase. CarB, a member of the crotonase superfa...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Gerratana B,Arnett SO,Stapon A,Townsend CA

更新日期：2004-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Crystallographic studies have demonstrated two flavin conformations for p-hydroxybenzoate hydroxylase (PHBH) [Gatti, D. L., Palfey, B. A. , Lah, M. S., Entsch, B., Massey, V., Ballou, D. P., & Ludwig, M. L. (1994) Science 266, 110-114. Schreuder, H. A., Mattevi, A., Obmolova, G., Kalk, K. H., Hol, W. G. J., van der Bo...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Palfey BA,Ballou DP,Massey V

更新日期：1997-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Structure and dynamism in a DNA segment d-GATCTTCCCCCCGGAA have been investigated by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. At neutral pH, the molecule exists largely as a dumbbell, formed by the association of two hairpins with sticky ends. A small percentage of hairpin is also detectable. The stem of the dum...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Singh S,Patel PK,Hosur RV

更新日期：1997-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 protease (HIV-1 PR) is an essential enzyme in the HIV-1 life cycle. As such, this protein represents a major drug target in AIDS therapy, but emerging resistance to antiretroviral inhibitor cocktails, caused by high viral mutation rates, represents a significant challenge in AIDS tr...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Genoni A,Morra G,Merz KM Jr,Colombo G

更新日期：2010-05-18 00:00:00

abstract：:A ribonuclease was isolated from serum-free supernatants of the human colon adenocarcinoma cell line HT-29. It was purified by cation-exchange and C18 reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography. The protein is basic, has a molecular weight of approximately 16,000, and has an amino acid composition that is s...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Shapiro R,Fett JW,Strydom DJ,Vallee BL

更新日期：1986-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of nearest neighbor interactions between a nucleotide base at the primer 3'-terminus and an incoming deoxyribonucleoside triphosphate on DNA polymerase catalyzed insertion were examined. Kinetics of inserting the fluorescent nucleotide analog 2-aminopurine deoxyribonucleotide (dAPMP) and dAMP opposite a te...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Bloom LB,Otto MR,Beechem JM,Goodman MF

更新日期：1993-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：:When grown under O2-limited conditions, Escherichia coli expresses a cytochrome bd quinol oxidase that has an unusually high affinity for O2. We have studied the reaction of cytochrome bd with CO and O2 by rapid-reaction spectrophotometry. The reduced enzyme forms a photosensitive ferrocytochrome d-CO complex, and fol...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Hill BC,Hill JJ,Gennis RB

更新日期：1994-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:A full characterization of the thermodynamic forces underlying ligand-associated conformational changes in proteins is essential for understanding and manipulating diverse biological processes, including transport, signaling, and enzymatic activity. Recent experiments on the maltose binding protein (MBP) have provided...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Bucher D,Grant BJ,McCammon JA

更新日期：2011-12-06 00:00:00

abstract：:A critical point of interaction between F(1) and F(0) in the bacterial F(1)F(0)-ATP synthase is formed by the alpha and delta subunits. Previous work has shown that the N-terminal domain (residues 3-105) of the delta subunit forms a 6 alpha-helix bundle [Wilkens, S., Dunn, S. D., Chandler, J., Dahlquist, F. W., and Ca...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Wilkens S,Borchardt D,Weber J,Senior AE

更新日期：2005-09-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p16(INK4a) (hereafter p16) functions as a multiple tumor suppressor. Mutations in p16, which are distributed throughout the entire protein, have been identified in a variety of human cancers and cancer-derived cell lines. It is unclear how tumor-derived mutations disrupt the struc...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Zhang B,Peng ZY

更新日期：2002-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：:High hydrostatic pressure has been shown to cause reversible dissociation of the isolated apo beta 2 dimer of tryptophan synthase from Escherichia coli into enzymatically inactive monomers [Seifert, T., Bartholmes, P., & Jaenicke, R. (1982) Biophys. Chem. 15, 1-8]. Addition of the coenzyme pyridoxal 5'-phosphate affec...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Seifert T,Bartholmes P,Jaenicke R

更新日期：1985-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The beta-glucosidase from Agrobacterium faecalis (previously Alcaligenes faecalis) has been subjected to a detailed kinetic investigation with a range of substrates to probe its specificity and mechanism. It has a relatively broad specificity for the substrate sugar moiety and exhibits a classical pH dependence for it...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Kempton JB,Withers SG

更新日期：1992-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Nuclease footprinting techniques have been employed to investigate the interaction between the diuretic drug amiloride, a sodium channel blocker with potential therapeutic use in the treatment of cystic fibrosis, and three DNA fragments of defined sequence. Using either DNAse I or micrococcal nuclease as probes, an un...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Bailly C,Cuthbert AW,Gentle D,Knowles MR,Waring MJ

更新日期：1993-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Proton NMR studies were conducted on the complementary 15-mer duplex d(5'-TACTCTTCTTGACCT).(5'-AGGTCAAGAAGAGTA) (designated as unmodified 15-mer duplex) spanning a portion of the mouse c-Ha-ras protooncogene centered around codon 61. Identical studies were carried out on the same sequence, after specific modification ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Cho BP,Beland FA,Marques MM

更新日期：1992-10-13 00:00:00

abstract：:To identify interactions between Ste2p, a G protein-coupled receptor of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, and its tridecapeptide ligand, alpha-factor (WHWLQLKPGQPMY), a variety of alpha-factor analogues were used in conjunction with site-directed mutagenesis of a targeted portion of Ste2p transmembrane domain six. A...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Lee BK,Lee YH,Hauser M,Son CD,Khare S,Naider F,Becker JM

更新日期：2002-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Napin BnIb is a representative member of the 2S albumin seed proteins, which consists of two polypeptide chains of 3.8 and 8.4 kDa linked by two disulfide bridges. In this work, a complete assignment of the 1H spectra of napin BnIb has been carried out by two-dimensional NMR sequence-specific methods and its secondary...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Rico M,Bruix M,González C,Monsalve RI,Rodríguez R

更新日期：1996-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The stereochemistry of proton transfer in the isomerization of [4 beta-2H]-5-androstene-3,17- dione (1d) to 4-androstene-3,17-dione (3) catalyzed by 3-oxo-delta 5-steroid isomerase (KSI) has been reinvestigated. In H2O, approximately 65% of the label is retained in the product (3); of this, one-third is at C-4 and two...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Zawrotny ME,Hawkinson DC,Blotny G,Pollack RM

更新日期：1996-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) is a pyridoxal 5'-phosphate (PLP) dependent homodimeric enzyme. It is a recognized drug target against African sleeping sickness, caused by Trypanosoma brucei. One of the currently used drugs, alpha-difluoromethylornithine (DFMO), is a suicide inhibitor of ODC. The structure of the T. bru...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Grishin NV,Osterman AL,Brooks HB,Phillips MA,Goldsmith EJ

更新日期：1999-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The five-membered nitrogen plus heteroatom rings known as azolines or in their oxidized form as azoles are very common in natural products and drugs. The oxidation of thiazoline to thiazole in the cyanobactin class of natural products is one of the several important transformations that are known to alter the biologic...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Gao S,Ge Y,Bent AF,Schwarz-Linek U,Naismith JH

更新日期：2018-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Retinol (vitamin A alcohol) is a hydrophobic compound and distributes in vivo mainly between binding proteins and cellular membranes. To better clarify the nature of the interactions of retinol with these phases which have a high affinity for it, the thermodynamic parameters of these interactions were studied. The tem...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Noy N,Xu ZJ

更新日期：1990-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:31P NMR spectra were obtained from poly(dA-dT) . poly(dA-dT) fibers which gave an X-ray diffraction pattern similar to that of the A form of natural deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). The analysis of the line shape indicated that the A form of poly(dA-dT) . poly(dA-dT) has a single uniform backbone conformation; the orienta...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Shindo H,Wooten JB,Zimmerman SB

更新日期：1981-02-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The immunoglobulin E-binding protein, epsilon BP (also known as CBP35, Mac-2, L-34, and L-29), is a beta-galactoside-binding protein of approximately 30 kDa and a member of the animal lectin family termed S-type or S-Lac. Multiple biological activities have been attributed to this lectin such as mediation of IgE bindi...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Feizi T,Solomon JC,Yuen CT,Jeng KC,Frigeri LG,Hsu DK,Liu FT

更新日期：1994-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：:A wide variety of biological processes including differentiation, regeneration, and cancer progression are regulated by shedding of membrane-anchored proteins. One of the major sheddases is A Disintegrin And Metalloprotease-17 (ADAM17) whose extracellular region consists of a pro-, a catalytic, a disintegrin-, and a m...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Düsterhöft S,Michalek M,Kordowski F,Oldefest M,Sommer A,Röseler J,Reiss K,Grötzinger J,Lorenzen I

更新日期：2015-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:To identify residues and segments in the central region of apolipoprotein A-I (apoA-I) that are important for the protein structure and stability, we studied the effects of four double charge ablations, D102A/D103A, E110A/E111A, R116V/K118A, and R160V/H162A, and two deletion mutations, Delta(61-78) and Delta(121-142),...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Gorshkova IN,Liu T,Kan HY,Chroni A,Zannis VI,Atkinson D

更新日期：2006-01-31 00:00:00