Further characterization of the subunits of the receptor with high affinity for immunoglobulin E.

abstract：:Penicillin-binding protein 5 (PBP 5) from Escherichia coli is a well-characterized d-alanine carboxypeptidase that serves as a prototypical enzyme to elucidate the structure, function, and catalytic mechanism of PBPs. A comprehensive understanding of the catalytic mechanism underlying d-alanine carboxypeptidation and ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Nicola G,Peddi S,Stefanova M,Nicholas RA,Gutheil WG,Davies C

更新日期：2005-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the interactions between the SH2 domain of growth factor receptor binding protein 2 (Grb2) and ErbB receptor-derived phosphotyrosyl peptides using molecular dynamics, free energy calculations, and surface plasmon resonance (SPR) analysis. Binding free energies for nine phosphotyrosyl peptides were calculate...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Suenaga A,Hatakeyama M,Ichikawa M,Yu X,Futatsugi N,Narumi T,Fukui K,Terada T,Taiji M,Shirouzu M,Yokoyama S,Konagaya A

更新日期：2003-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Ferrochelatase is the terminal enzyme in the heme biosynthetic pathway. It catalyzes the insertion of ferrous iron into protoporphyrin IX to produce protoheme IX. The crystal structures of ferrochelatase from Saccharomyces cerevisiae in free form, in complex with Co(II), a substrate metal ion, and in complex with two ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Karlberg T,Lecerof D,Gora M,Silvegren G,Labbe-Bois R,Hansson M,Al-Karadaghi S

更新日期：2002-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The formation and role of arachidonic acid (AA) and its metabolites during gonadotropin releasing hormone- (GnRH-) induced gonadotropin secretion were investigated in primary cultures of rat pituitary cells. Prelabeled cells ([3H]AA) responded to GnRH challenge with increased formation (about 2-fold) of the leukotrien...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Dan-Cohen H,Sofer Y,Schwartzman ML,Natarajan RD,Nadler JL,Naor Z

更新日期：1992-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：:In the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, CTP synthetase [EC 6.3.4.2; UTP:ammonia ligase (ADP-forming)] is the product of the URA7 gene. CTP synthetase was purified 503-fold to apparent homogeneity from cells bearing the URA7 gene on a multicopy plasmid that directed a 10-fold overproduction of the enzyme. The purificati...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Yang WL,McDonough VM,Ozier-Kalogeropoulos O,Adeline MT,Flocco MT,Carman GM

更新日期：1994-09-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The acid-base properties of ionophore A23187 in methanol-water solutions (0--95% w/w) and bound to unilamellar vesicles of dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine were examined by ultraviolet and fluorescence spectroscopy, and the spectral properties for the acidic and basic forms were defined under these conditions. Standard ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Kauffman RF,Taylor RW,Pfeiffer DR

更新日期：1982-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA) controls a large number of cellular functions. One critical PKA substrate in the brain and heart is the L-type Ca(2+) channel Ca(v)1.2, the activity of which is upregulated by PKA. The main PKA phosphorylation site is serine 1928 in the central pore forming alpha(1)1.2 subunit o...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Hall DD,Feekes JA,Arachchige Don AS,Shi M,Hamid J,Chen L,Strack S,Zamponi GW,Horne MC,Hell JW

更新日期：2006-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Signal transducer and activator of transcription factors (STATs) are proteins that can translocate into the nucleus, bind DNA, and activate gene transcription. STAT proteins play a crucial role in cell proliferation, apoptosis, and differentiation. The prevalent view is that STAT proteins are able to form dimers and b...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Sgrignani J,Olsson S,Ekonomiuk D,Genini D,Krause R,Catapano CV,Cavalli A

更新日期：2015-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：:A high-molecular-weight glycoprotein has been purified from the cervical mucus of the bonnet monkey (Macaca radiata). The glycoprotein was shown to be homogeneous by electrophoresis, sedimentation equilibrium, and N-terminal group determination, and to contain 19% protein, 19% D-galactose, 18% N-acetyl-D-galactosamine...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Hatcher VB,Schwarzmann GO,Jeanloz RW,McArthur JW

更新日期：1977-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycine oxidase gene from a strain of Bacillus subtilis was cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli. The purified enzyme was found, by mass spectrometry, to have a protein M(r) of 40763 (value of 40761.6 predicted from DNA sequence) and a FAD prosthetic group M(r) of 785.1 (theoretical value of 785.5). Glycine oxidas...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Jamil F,Gardner QA,Bashir Q,Rashid N,Akhtar M

更新日期：2010-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The pyridoxal 5'-phosphate (PLP)-dependent cystathionine beta-lyase (CBL) was previously found to be inhibited by the natural toxins rhizobitoxine and l-aminoethoxyvinylglycine (AVG). The present study characterizes the interaction of Escherichia coli CBL with AVG and methoxyvinylglycine (MVG) by a combination of kine...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Clausen T,Huber R,Messerschmidt A,Pohlenz HD,Laber B

更新日期：1997-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The dimeric two-component system transmitter protein NRII (NtrB) of Escherichia coli, product of glnL (ntrB), controls transcription of nitrogen-regulated genes by catalyzing the phosphorylation and dephosphorylation of the transcription factor NRI (NtrC). Previous studies showed that the PII signal transduction prote...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Jiang P,Atkinson MR,Srisawat C,Sun Q,Ninfa AJ

更新日期：2000-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：:A rapid, high-yield procedure has been developed for the purification of HPr from the Escherichia coli phosphoenolpyruvate dependent phosphotransferase system. During this procedure, the protein copurifies with a 2500-dalton homopolysaccharide which we have identified as alpha 1-6 glucan. The results of steady-state k...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Dooijewaard G,Roossien FF,Robillard GT

更新日期：1979-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:UDP-GlcNAc 2-epimerase/ManNAc kinase (GNE) catalyzes the first two committed steps in sialic acid synthesis. In addition to the three previously described human GNE isoforms (hGNE1-hGNE3), our database and polymerase chain reaction analysis yielded five additional human isoforms (hGNE4-hGNE8). hGNE1 is the ubiquitousl...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Yardeni T,Choekyi T,Jacobs K,Ciccone C,Patzel K,Anikster Y,Gahl WA,Kurochkina N,Huizing M

更新日期：2011-10-18 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：:We have carried out a comparative study of the effect of cholesterol on the thermotropic phase behavior of the distearoyl and dielaidoyl molecular species of phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylethanolamine, and phosphatidylserine using high-sensitivity differential scanning calorimetry. For both molecular species of pho...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： McMullen TP,McElhaney RN

更新日期：1997-04-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Thiocyanate reacts noncatalytically with myeloperoxidase-derived HOCl to produce hypothiocyanite (OSCN(-)), thereby potentially limiting the propensity of HOCl to inflict host tissue damage that can lead to inflammatory diseases. However, the efficiency with which SCN(-) captures HOCl in vivo depends on the concentrat...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Xulu BA,Ashby MT

更新日期：2010-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluorescent and photoactivatable fluorescent derivatives of tetrodotoxin (TTX) have been synthesized. N-Methylanthraniloylglycine hydrazide, anthraniloyl hydrazide, and 2-azidoanthraniloylglycine hydrazide were coupled to the carbonyl at C6 of oxidized tetrodotoxin to form stable fluorescent hydrazones. The C6 ketone ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Angelides KJ

更新日期：1981-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Tropomyosins from bovine aorta and pulmonary artery exhibit identical electrophoretic patterns in sodium dodecyl sulfate but differ from tropomyosins of either chicken gizzard or rabbit skeletal muscle. Each of the four tropomyosins binds readily to skeletal muscle F-actin as indicated by their sedimentation with acti...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Yamaguchi M,Ver A,Carlos A,Seidel JC

更新日期：1984-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Lysyl-tRNA synthetase, a class II enzyme, edits homocysteine by converting it into homocysteine thiolactone. In a similar reaction, the enzyme converts homoserine into homoserine lactone. Other class II enzymes, aspartyl-tRNA synthetase and seryl-tRNA synthetase, do not edit any of the amino acids tested. However, all...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Jakubowski H

更新日期：1997-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel inhibitor of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (p38), CMPD1, identified by high-throughput screening, is characterized herein. Unlike the p38 inhibitors described previously, this inhibitor is substrate selective and noncompetitive with ATP. In steady-state kinetics experiments, CMPD1 was observed to preven...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Davidson W,Frego L,Peet GW,Kroe RR,Labadia ME,Lukas SM,Snow RJ,Jakes S,Grygon CA,Pargellis C,Werneburg BG

更新日期：2004-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The biosynthesis of ansamycin antibiotics, including rifamycin B, involves the synthesis of an aromatic precursor, 3-amino-5-hydroxybenzoic acid (AHBA), which serves as starter for the assembly of the antibiotics' polyketide backbone. The terminal enzyme of AHBA formation, AHBA synthase, is a dimeric, pyridoxal 5'-pho...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Eads JC,Beeby M,Scapin G,Yu TW,Floss HG

更新日期：1999-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：:ncd is a kinesin-related motor protein from Drosophila that moves in the opposite direction along microtubules to kinesin. To learn more about the ncd mechanism, ncd motor domain (R335-K700) was expressed in Escherichia coli and its enzymatic characteristics were studied. The ncd motor domain was purified from the cel...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Shimizu T,Sablin E,Vale RD,Fletterick R,Pechatnikova E,Taylor EW

更新日期：1995-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:There is much debate whether the fatty acid substrate of lipoxygenase binds "carboxylate-end first" or "methyl-end first" in the active site of soybean lipoxygenase-1 (sLO-1). To address this issue, we investigated the sLO-1 mutants Trp500Leu, Trp500Phe, Lys260Leu, and Arg707Leu with steady-state and stopped-flow kine...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Ruddat VC,Mogul R,Chorny I,Chen C,Perrin N,Whitman S,Kenyon V,Jacobson MP,Bernasconi CF,Holman TR

更新日期：2004-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The substrate specificity of the beta-glucosidase (CelB) from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus furiosus, a family 1 glycosyl hydrolase, has been studied at a molecular level. Following crystallization and X-ray diffraction of this enzyme, a 3.3 A resolution structural model has been obtained by molecular repl...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Kaper T,Lebbink JH,Pouwels J,Kopp J,Schulz GE,van der Oost J,de Vos WM

更新日期：2000-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The enzyme 3-deoxy-D-manno-octulosonic acid 8-phosphate synthase (EC 4.1. 2.16) (KDO 8-P synthase) that catalyzes the condensation of D-arabinose 5-phosphate (A 5-P) with phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP) to give 3-deoxy-D-manno-octulosonic acid 8-phosphate (KDO 8-P) and inorganic phosphate (Pi) was inactivated by the thiol-m...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Salleh HM,Patel MA,Woodard RW

更新日期：1996-07-09 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：:The ability of several DNA polymerases to catalyze the template-directed synthesis of duplex oligonucleotides containing a base pair between a nucleotide with anhydrohexitol ring and its natural complement has been investigated. All DNA polymerases were able to accept the chemically synthesized anhydrohexitol triphosp...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Vastmans K,Pochet S,Peys A,Kerremans L,Van Aerschot A,Hendrix C,Marlière P,Herdewijn P

更新日期：2000-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Photochemical studies of the effects of temperature, pH, and dehydration on the formation and back photoreaction of the M412 intermediate in the photocycle of light-adapted bacteriorhodopsin (bR570) are carried out. Continuous illumination experiments in the range between -40 and -90 degrees C indicate that at low tem...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Kalisky O,Ottolenghi M,Honig B,Korenstein R

更新日期：1981-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Dynamic conformations of two distinct immunoglobulin (Ig) isotypes, murine IgE and human IgG1, were examined with fluorescence resonance energy transfer measurements. The IgE mutant epsilon/C gamma 3* and the IgG1 mutant gamma/C gamma 3* each bind [5-(dimethylamino)naphthalen-1-yl]sulfonyl (DNS) in two identical antig...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Zheng Y,Shopes B,Holowka D,Baird B

更新日期：1992-08-25 00:00:00