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abstract：:Graphene oxide (GO) and reduced graphene oxide (rGO) were demonstrated in the past decade as biocompatible carbon-based materials that could be efficiently used in bioelectrochemical systems (BESs). Specifically, for redox enzyme encapsulation in order to improve electron communication between enzymes and electrodes. ...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Schlesinger O,Alfonta L

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein kinase C (PKC), a family of serine/threonine kinases, plays an important role in apoptosis. Several members of the PKC family act as substrates for caspases. In addition, PKCs can also regulate caspase activation and cell death by apoptosis. The cleavage of PKCs separates the regulatory domain from the catalyt...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Basu A,Persaud SD,Sivaprasad U

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Constitutively activating mutations of the TSHR are the major cause for nonautoimmune hyperthyroidism, which is based on ligand independent, permanent receptor activation. Several reports have highlighted the difficulties to determine whether a TSHR mutation is constitutively active or not especially for borderline ca...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Mueller S,Jaeschke H,Paschke R

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Benzylisoquinoline alkaloids (BIAs) constitute a diverse class of plant secondary metabolites that includes the opiate analgesics morphine and codeine. Collectively, BIAs exhibit a myriad of pharmacological activities, including antimicrobial, antitussive, antispasmodic, and anticancer properties. Despite 2500 known B...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Pyne ME,Narcross L,Fossati E,Bourgeois L,Burton E,Gold ND,Martin VJ

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Uncoupling protein 2 (UCP2) is a member of the uncoupling protein family. It is expressed in the inner mitochondrial membrane and plays a role in the control of free radical production, oxidative damage, insulin secretion, and fatty-acid peroxide exportation. Although UCP2 expression occurs in several tissues, some of...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Velloso LA,Degasperi GR,Vercesi AE,Saad MA

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dicer is a multidomain ribonuclease that processes double-stranded RNAs (dsRNAs) to 21-nt small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) during RNA interference and excises microRNAs (miRNAs) from precursor hairpins. PAZ and PIWI domain (PPD) proteins, also involved in RNAi and miRNA function, are the best-characterized proteins kno...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Kolb FA,Zhang H,Jaronczyk K,Tahbaz N,Hobman TC,Filipowicz W

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rac binds tightly to lipid membranes through a lipid modification. The influence of the lipid membrane environment on the multiple interactions of Rac has not been well documented. In this chapter, we detail a method to prepare geranyl-geranylated Rac bound to liposomes of defined composition. With this method, one ca...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Mesmin B,Antonny B

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC) provides a sensitive and accurate means by which to study the thermodynamics of binding reactions. In addition, it enables label-free measurement of enzymatic reactions. The advent of extremely sensitive microcalorimeters have made it increasingly valuable as a tool for hit valid...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Recht MI,Nienaber V,Torres FE

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein kinases transfer a phosphoryl group from ATP onto target proteins and play a critical role in signal transduction and other cellular processes. Here, we review the kinase kinetic and chemical mechanisms and their application in understanding kinase structure and function. Aberrant kinase activity has been impl...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Wang Z,Cole PA

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acoustic sensors probe the response of a thin layer to the mechanical displacement associated with an acoustic wave. Acoustic measurements provide two simultaneous time-resolved signals; one signal is related to the velocity or frequency of the acoustic wave and is mainly a function of adsorbed mass, while the second ...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Melzak K,Tsortos A,Gizeli E

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By far the highest resolution of all separation techniques for intact proteins in a single analytical run continues to be by the combination of isoelectric focusing (IEF) and SDS-PAGE, originally introduced by O'Farrell [(1975). J. Biol. Chem.250, 4007-4021]. This analytical platform has seen a number of significant a...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Friedman DB,Hoving S,Westermeier R

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vitamin K-dependent carboxylation, an essential posttranslational modification catalyzed by gamma-glutamyl carboxylase, is required for the biological functions of proteins that control blood coagulation, vascular calcification, bone metabolism, and other important physiological processes. Concomitant with carboxylati...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Tie JK,Stafford DW

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability to obtain large amounts of genomic sequence for organisms and high throughput technology has led to a change in the thrust of research at the level of chromosomes in animals. In the past chromosomal analysis of animals was focused on gross changes such as inversions, translocations, and deletions for both ...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： DeSalle R,Gregory TR,Johnston JS

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is now considerable experimental evidence that aberrant activation of Rho family small GTPases promotes uncontrolled proliferation, invasion, and metastatic properties of human cancer cells. Therefore, there is considerable interest in the development of small molecule inhibitors of Rho GTPase function. However,...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Onesto C,Shutes A,Picard V,Schweighoffer F,Der CJ

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ADP-ribosylation factor domain protein 1 (ARD1) is a multifunctional protein that belongs to the family of 20-kDa ARF proteins. The ARD1 gene encodes a 64-kDa protein with a structure comprising an 18-kDa ADP-ribosylation factor (ARF) domain at the C-terminus (amino acids 403-574), and a 46-kDa N-terminal domain (amin...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Vichi A,Moss J,Vaughan M

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The identification of novel forms of O-linked glycosylation on epidermal growth factor and thrombospondin type 1 repeats, and their emerging functional significance, require the development of new methods for their analysis. This chapter describes detailed methods to analyze both the structure and the site of modifica...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Nita-Lazar A,Haltiwanger RS

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxidized phospholipids play an important role in execution of the mitochondrial stage of apoptosis and clearance of apoptotic cells by macrophages. Therefore, the identification and quantification of oxidized phospholipids generated during apoptosis are very important. These can be achieved successfully by a newly dev...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Tyurin VA,Tyurina YY,Kochanek PM,Hamilton R,DeKosky ST,Greenberger JS,Bayir H,Kagan VE

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The group IVA phospholipase A2, commonly called cytosolic phospholipase A2α (cPLA2α), is a widely expressed enzyme that hydrolyzes membrane phospholipid to produce arachidonic acid and lysophospholipids, which are precursors for a number of bioactive lipid mediators. Arachidonic acid is metabolized through the cycloox...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Yun B,Leslie CC

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The breaking of RNA strands by 2'-O-transphosphorylation is a ubiquitous reaction in biology, and enzymes that catalyze this reaction play key roles in RNA metabolism. The mechanisms of 2'-O-transphosphorylation in solution are relatively well studied, but complex and can involve different transition states depending ...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Harris ME,York DM,Piccirilli JA,Anderson VE

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Precise investigation and manipulation of gene function often require modulation in a controlled and dynamic manner. In this chapter, we describe the methods to apply HIT systems for drug inducible transcriptional activation or simultaneous activation and genome editing in human cells. Together with those for editing,...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Zhao C,Wei S,Wang Y

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this chapter is to discuss the basic principles and reasoning behind elementary flux mode analysis (EFM analysis)--an important tool for the analysis of metabolic networks. We begin with a short introduction into metabolic pathway analysis and subsequently outline in detail fundamentals of EFM analysis by w...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Schäuble S,Schuster S,Kaleta C

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) initiate signaling pathways via trimetric guanine nucleotide-binding proteins. GPCRs are classified based on their ligand-binding properties and molecular phylogenetic analyses. Nonetheless, these later analyses are in most case dependent on multiple sequence alignments, themselves ...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Rehman ZU,Mirza MT,Khan A,Xhaard H

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Research on circadian biology over the past decade has paid increasing attention to the photoreceptor mechanisms that align the molecular clock to the 24-h light/dark cycle, and some of the results to emerge are surprising. For example, the rods and cones within the mammalian eye are not required for entrainment. A po...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Peirson SN,Thompson S,Hankins MW,Foster RG

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein glycosylation is one of the most important posttranslational modifications. Numerous biological functions are related to protein glycosylation. However, analytical challenges remain in the glycoprotein analysis. To overcome the challenges associated with glycoprotein analysis, many analytical techniques were d...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Zhu R,Zacharias L,Wooding KM,Peng W,Mechref Y

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monte Carlo simulations of neighbor exclusion models have been used to demonstrate the importance of collecting and fitting data over a wide range of saturation. Low saturation data are important for good estimates of the affinity K of a drug or protein for the lattice site. High saturation data are important for dist...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Correia JJ,Chaires JB

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The analysis of a reaction pathway by stopped-flow and chemical quench-flow methods provides the only means of directly measuring the rates of reaction at the active site of an enzyme. The interpretation of data from each technique is similar and involves solution of the differential equations describing the approach ...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Johnson KA

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracellular protein degradation is one of the most precisely regulated processes in living cells. The main component of the degradation machinery is the 20S proteasome present in eukaryotes as well as in prokaryotes. We have developed successful purification protocols for the 20S proteasome in its native state using...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Groll M,Huber R

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Expressed protein ligation (EPL) combines two methods to ligate a synthetic peptide to a recombinant protein. Native chemical ligation (NCL) is a process in which two synthesized peptides are ligated by reaction of a C-terminal thioester on one peptide with an N-terminal cysteine residue of another protein. The chemis...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Mitchell SF,Lorsch JR

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current methodologies available to quantify changes in mitochondrial turnover are limited to pulse-chase assays or specific assays that quantify mitophagy. Accordingly, new tools that can assess mitochondrial turnover are needed for the study of cellular, subcellular, and spatial parameters of mitochondrial turnover a...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Trudeau KM,Gottlieb RA,Shirihai OS

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) is activated by exon-junction complexes (EJCs) that are located downstream of the termination codon of the substrate mRNAs. This situation can be imitated by tethering components of the EJC to the 3' untranslated region (3' UTR) of a reporter mRNA. Here we describe the detailed use o...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Gehring NH,Hentze MW,Kulozik AE

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00