Transient spectroscopy of bacterial rhodopsins with an optical multichannel analyzer. 2. Effects of anions on the halorhodopsin photocycle.

abstract：:Phenylalanine 87 of Bacillus megaterium cytochrome P450 BM3, a residue close to the heme in the substrate binding pocket, has been replaced by alanine by site-directed mutagenesis. The substitution had no effect on the rate of hydroxylation of laurate and increased the affinity for laurate of both the intact enzyme an...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Oliver CF,Modi S,Sutcliffe MJ,Primrose WU,Lian LY,Roberts GC

更新日期：1997-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Paranemic crossover DNA (PX-DNA) is a four-stranded multicrossover structure that has been implicated in recombination-independent recognition of homology. Although existing evidence has suggested that PX is the DNA motif in homologous pairing (HP), this conclusion remains ambiguous. Further investigation is needed bu...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Kizer M,Huntress ID,Walcott BD,Fraser K,Bystroff C,Wang X

更新日期：2019-03-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The Vmax/Km (microM -1 min -1.) for bovine factor X activation by bovine factor IXa alpha, in the presence of sufficient [Ca2+] to saturate the initial reaction rate, was 0.007. When factor IXa beta was substituted for factor IXa alpha in this reaction, the Vmax/Km decreased to 0.001, suggesting that factor IXa alpha ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Link RP,Castellino FJ

更新日期：1983-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The primary ligand-binding protein (CNTFR alpha) of the multicomponent receptor for ciliary neurotrophic factor was produced in Escherichia coli. Using novel applications of size-exclusion chromatography and a protein gel-shift assay, we obtained quantitative separation of correctly refolded protein, as well as analyt...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Panayotatos N,Everdeen D,Liten A,Somogyi R,Acheson A

更新日期：1994-05-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonsense mutations that result in premature stop codons in the HBB gene cause β-thalassemia. This disease is characterized by a reduced hemoglobin level due to the lack of β-globin. Compounds that induce translational readthrough across the thalassemia-causing premature stop codon will have therapeutic benefits. Curre...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Kar D,Sellamuthu K,Kumar SD,Eswarappa SM

更新日期：2020-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：:UvrA is the ATPase subunit of the DNA repair enzyme (A)BC excinuclease. The amino acid sequence of this protein has revealed, in addition to two zinc fingers, three pairs of nucleotide binding motifs each consisting of a Walker A and B sequence. We have conducted site-specific mutagenesis, ATPase kinetic analyses, and...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Myles GM,Hearst JE,Sancar A

更新日期：1991-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The photoaddition of 4'-(hydroxymethyl)-4,5',8-trimethylpsoralen (HMT) to different conformational states of RNA was studied. Poly(U), poly(A,U) (random copolymer), poly(A-U) (alternating copolymer), poly(A) . poly(U) (double stranded), and poly(U) . poly(A) . poly(U) (triple stranded) were reacted with HMT at differe...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Thompson JF,Bachellerie JP,Hall K,Hearst JE

更新日期：1982-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The interaction of aminooxy compounds such as aminooxyacetate (AAA), L-canaline, and hydroxylamine with sheep liver serine hydroxymethyltransferase (EC 2.1.2.1) was studied by absorption spectra and stopped-flow spectrophotometry and compared with the unique feature of interaction of O-amino-D-serine (OADS) with the e...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Baskaran N,Prakash V,Savithri HS,Radhakrishnan AN,Appaji Rao N

更新日期：1989-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The ovalbumin (Ov) gene contains a number of regulatory elements that control its transcriptional activity and restrict expression to avian oviduct. One major regulatory region, the steroid-dependent regulatory element (SDRE), is required for induction by estrogen and corticosterone. Another region, the negative regul...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Park HM,Haecker SE,Hagen SG,Sanders MM

更新日期：2000-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Comparisons of membrane glycopeptides from baby hamster kidney fibroblasts (BHK21/C13) and a clone transformed by Rous sarcoma virus (C13/B4) were made by using cells metabolically labeled with radioactive D-glucose and L-fucose. Most of the glycopeptides were metabolically labeled with both the general and the specif...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Glick MC

更新日期：1979-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The unfolding and refolding of alpha-helical proteins has been extensively studied, demonstrating formation of intermediate structures which retain the native-like alpha-helix but lack the tertiary structure. Studies on the folding of proteins consisting primarily of beta-sheet are interesting since, unlike the alpha-...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Narhi LO,Philo JS,Li T,Zhang M,Samal B,Arakawa T

更新日期：1996-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The three-dimensional structure of the duplex formed by the association of the unnatural oligonucleotide alpha-d(TCTAAACTC) covalently linked to an acridine derivative (m5Acr) with its natural and parallel complementary sequence beta-d(AGATTTGAG) was investigated by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and constrai...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Guesnet JL,Vovelle F,Thuong NT,Lancelot G

更新日期：1990-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The iron-containing enzyme tyrosine hydroxylase catalyzes the hydroxylation of tyrosine to dihydroxyphenylalanine. A series of 4-X-substituted (X = H, F, Br, Cl, CH3, or CH3O) phenylalanines have been characterized as substrates to gain insight into the mechanism of hydroxylation. Multiple hydroxylated products were f...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Hillas PJ,Fitzpatrick PF

更新日期：1996-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The modulatory action of Ca2+-calmodulin on multiple targets is inhibited by trifluoperazine, which competes with target proteins for calmodulin binding. The structure of calmodulin crystallized with two trifluoperazine molecules is determined by X-ray crystallography at 2.74 A resolution. The X-ray data together with...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Vertessy BG,Harmat V,Böcskei Z,Náray-Szabó G,Orosz F,Ovádi J

更新日期：1998-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Self-assembly of beta-sheet domains resulting in the formation of pathogenic, fibrillar protein aggregates (amyloids) is a characteristic feature of various medical disorders. These include neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's, Huntington's, and Creutzfeldt-Jacob's. A significant problem in studying such ag...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Janek K,Behlke J,Zipper J,Fabian H,Georgalis Y,Beyermann M,Bienert M,Krause E

更新日期：1999-06-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Phospholipase Cβ (PLCβ) enzymes hydrolyze phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate to produce second messengers that regulate intracellular Ca2+, cell proliferation, and survival. Their activity is dependent upon interfacial activation that occurs upon localization to cell membranes. However, the molecular basis for how ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Hudson BN,Hyun SH,Thompson DH,Lyon AM

更新日期：2017-10-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The phytocyanins are a family of plant cupredoxins that have been subdivided into the stellacyanins, plantacyanins, and uclacyanins. All of these proteins possess the typical type 1 His(2)Cys equatorial ligand set at their mononuclear copper sites, but the stellacyanins have an axial Gln ligand in place of the weakly ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Harrison MD,Yanagisawa S,Dennison C

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The phosphoryl-binding elements in the GDP-binding domain of elongation factor Tu were studied by heteronuclear proton observe methods. Five proton resonances were found below 10.5 ppm. Two of these were assigned to the amide groups of Lys 24 and Gly 83. These are conserved residues in each of the consensus sequences....

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Lowry DF,Cool RH,Redfield AG,Parmeggiani A

更新日期：1991-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The heat-stable, protein inhibitor of the cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) dependent protein kinase [Walsh, D. A., Ashby, C. D., Gonzalez, C., Calkins, D., Fischer, E., & Krebs, E (1971a) J. Biol. Chem. 246, 1977-1985] has been purified to homogeneity from rabbit skeletal muscle by preparative electrophoresis. Em...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： McPherson JM,Whitehouse S,Walsh DA

更新日期：1979-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The Ogg1 protein of Saccharomyces cerevisiae belongs to a family of DNA glycosylases and apurinic/apyrimidinic site (AP) lyases, the signature of which is the alpha-helix-hairpin-alpha-helix-Gly/Pro-Asp (HhH-GPD) active site motif together with a conserved catalytic lysine residue, to which we refer as the HhH-GPD/K f...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Guibourt N,Castaing B,Van Der Kemp PA,Boiteux S

更新日期：2000-02-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The inheritance of DNA methylation patterns may play an important role in the stability of the differentiated state. We have therefore studied the inhibitory effects of DNA binding proteins on DNA methylation in vitro. Mouse L1210 cells grown in the presence of 5-azacytidine acquire hemimethylated sites in their DNA. ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Kautiainen TL,Jones PA

更新日期：1985-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The electron spin echo decay envelope for the blue copper protein, stellacyanin, and for a number of other Cu(II) complexes has been studied. Particular attention was given to the form of the "nuclear modulation" patterns, which show the effects of coupling between the electron spin and the neighboring nuclei. The env...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Mims WB,Peisach J

更新日期：1976-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Base excision repair (BER) plays a vital role in maintaining genomic integrity in mammalian cells. DNA polymerase λ (Pol λ) is believed to play a backup role to DNA polymerase β (Pol β) in base excision repair. Two oxidized abasic lesions that are produced by a variety of DNA-damaging agents, including several antitum...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Stevens AJ,Guan L,Bebenek K,Kunkel TA,Greenberg MM

更新日期：2013-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The binding modes of four active site-directed, acylating inhibitors of human alpha-thrombin have been determined using X-ray crystallography. These inhibitors (GR157368, GR166081, GR167088, and GR179849) are representatives of a series utilizing a novel 5, 5-trans-lactone template to specifically acylate Ser195 of th...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Jhoti H,Cleasby A,Reid S,Thomas PJ,Weir M,Wonacott A

更新日期：1999-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of incubation of erythrocyte ghosts under various conditions (ionic strength or addition of ankyrin, diamines, or ATP) on the lateral motion of band 3 in the membranes were studied by using the fluorescence photobleaching recovery technique. Incubation of ghosts with exogenous ankyrin increased the immobil...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Tsuji A,Ohnishi S

更新日期：1986-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Upon injury of a blood vessel, activated factor VII (FVIIa) forms a high-affinity complex with its allosteric regulator, tissue factor (TF), and initiates blood clotting. Active site-inhibited factor VIIa (FVIIai) binds to TF with even higher affinity. We compared the interactions of FVIIai and FVIIa with soluble TF (...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Osterlund M,Owenius R,Carlsson K,Carlsson U,Persson E,Lindgren M,Freskgård PO,Svensson M

更新日期：2001-08-07 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：:In order to compare the interfacial behavior of the polyheme cytochromes c which belong to the cytochrome c3 superfamily, the monomolecular film technique was used to determine whether and how these metalloproteins interact with (phospho)lipids). Measurements of the variations of surface pressure and surface potential...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Florens L,Ivanova M,Dolla A,Czjzek M,Haser R,Verger R,Bruschi M

更新日期：1995-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The catalytic mechanism of recombinant soybean cytosolic ascorbate peroxidase (rsAPX) and a derivative of rsAPX in which a cysteine residue (Cys32) located close to the substrate (L-ascorbic acid) binding site has been modified to preclude binding of ascorbate [Mandelman, D., Jamal, J., and Poulos, T. L. (1998) Bioche...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Lad L,Mewies M,Raven EL

更新日期：2002-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：:One way to improve the economic feasibility of biomass conversion is to enhance the catalytic efficiency of cellulases through protein engineering. This requires that high-resolution structures of cellulases be available. Here we present the structure of E2cd, the catalytic domain of the thermophilic endocellulase E2 ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Spezio M,Wilson DB,Karplus PA

更新日期：1993-09-28 00:00:00