Characterization of Acyl Carrier Protein-Dependent Glycosyltransferase in Mitomycin C Biosynthesis.

abstract：:The carbohydrate binding specificity of the seed lectin from Artocarpus integrifolia, artocarpin, has been elucidated by the enzyme-linked lectin absorbent assay [Misquith, S., et al (1994) J. Biol. Chem. 269, 30393-30401], wherein it was demonstrated to be a Man/Glc specific lectin with high affinity for the trisacch...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Rani PG,Bachhawat K,Reddy GB,Oscarson S,Surolia A

更新日期：2000-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The solution structure and dynamics of human insulin are investigated by 2D 1H NMR spectroscopy in reference to a previously analyzed analogue, des-pentapeptide(B26-B30) insulin (DPI; Hua, Q.X., & Weiss, M.A. (1990) Biochemistry 29, 10545-10555). This spectroscopic comparison is of interest since (i) the structure of ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Hua QX,Weiss MA

更新日期：1991-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：:We have used site-directed mutagenesis to alter the [Fe-S] cluster composition of Escherichia coli dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) reductase (DmsABC). The electron-transfer subunit (DmsB) of this enzyme contains 16 Cys residues arranged in 4 groups (I-IV) which provide ligands to 4 [4Fe-4S] clusters [Cammack, R., & Weiner, ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Rothery RA,Weiner JH

更新日期：1991-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：:An NMR and nuclear Overhauser effect (NOE) analysis of Thermus thermophilus tRNAIle1a is presented. This species contains modifications including s2T54 and s4U8 [Horie, N., Hara-Yokoyama, M., Yokoyama, S., Watanabe, K., Kuchino, Y., Nishimura, S., & Miyazawa, T. (1985) Biochemistry 24, 5711-5715]. All the expected sec...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Choi BS,Redfield AG

更新日期：1986-04-08 00:00:00

abstract：:A new strategy to form stable and sequence-specific triple helical DNA structures at mixed purine/pyrimidine sequences using a combination of four C-glycosides (TRIPsides) has been described [Li et al. (2003) J. Am. Chem. Soc. 125, 2084]. The partial realization of the approach is demonstrated by incorporating two of ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Li JS,Shikiya R,Marky LA,Gold B

更新日期：2004-02-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Electron transfer within cytochrome cd1 from Thiosphaera pantotropha was investigated by the technique of pulse radiolysis. The reduction of the heme centers in this nitrite reductase occurred in two phases as judged from kinetic difference spectra. In the faster phase, radiolytically generated N-methylnicotinamide (N...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Kobayashi K,Koppenhöfer A,Ferguson SJ,Tagawa S

更新日期：1997-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Chorismate-utilizing enzymes catalyze diverse reactions, providing critical physiological functions unique to plants, bacteria, fungi, and some parasites. Their absence in animals makes them excellent targets for antimicrobials and herbicides. 4-Amino-4-deoxychorismate synthase (ADCS) catalyzes the first step in folat...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： He Z,Toney MD

更新日期：2006-04-18 00:00:00

abstract：:A receptor binding region of mouse interferon gamma (IFN gamma) has previously been localized to the N-terminal 39 amino acids of the molecule by use of synthetic peptides and monoclonal antibodies. In this report, a detailed analysis of the synthetic peptide corresponding to this region, IFN gamma (1-39), is presente...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Magazine HI,Johnson HM

更新日期：1991-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：:We have used nucleoside phosphorothioates (NTP alpha S) and a substitution-interference method to identify phosphate oxygens that appear to be important to guanosine cofactor addition in the self-splicing group I intron from Tetrahymena thermophila. For the majority of these phosphate oxygens, however, the effect of N...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Christian EL,Yarus M

更新日期：1993-05-04 00:00:00

abstract：:We have used frequency domain fluorescence techniques to resolve the component emission spectra for several two tryptophan containing proteins (e.g., horse liver alcohol dehydrogenase, sperm whale apomyoglobin, yeast 3-phosphoglycerate kinase, apoazurin from Alcaligenes denitricans). We have first performed multifrequ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Eftink MR,Wasylewski Z,Ghiron CA

更新日期：1987-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The apolipoproteins of insect lipophorin were dissociated in guanidinium chloride and isolated by gel permeation chromatography. Over 98% of the total lipid in lipophorin was associated with apolipophorin I (apoLp-I), thus suggesting this apolipoprotein to be the lipid binding component of the particle. ApoLp-I was de...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Kawooya JK,Wells MA,Law JH

更新日期：1989-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The structure of a short-chain IgG2a antibody, which is a member of the family of mouse anti-dansyl switch variant antibodies with identical variable regions but different heavy-chain constant regions [Dangl, J.L., Parks, D. R., Oi, V. T., & Herzenberg, L. A. (1982) Cytometry 2, 395-401], is reported. Amino acid seque...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Igarashi T,Sato M,Katsube Y,Takio K,Tanaka T,Nakanishi M,Arata Y

更新日期：1990-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The dependence of enzymatic catalysis on diffusion rates in solution was examined with regard to high specific activity carbonic anhydrase (CA II) by varying the viscosity of the reaction medium with added glycerol, sucrose, and ficoll (a copolymer of sucrose and epichlorohydrin). Responses of the Michaelis-Menten par...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Pocker Y,Janjić N

更新日期：1987-05-05 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a real-time assay for the interaction of the G-protein of retinal rods, transducin (Gt), with its effector, cGMP phosphodiesterase (PDE). The purified proteins were recombined with isolated rod disk membranes. Reactions were triggered by flash photolysis of the receptor rhodopsin, and monitored by changes ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Heck M,Hofmann KP

更新日期：1993-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The S100 proteins comprise a group of EF-hand proteins that undergo a calcium-induced conformational change allowing them to interact with other proteins and produce a biological response. A unique feature of these proteins is the fact that they can form both homo- and heterodimers independent of calcium binding. The ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Marlatt NM,Boys BL,Konermann L,Shaw GS

更新日期：2009-03-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Three different cleavable photoactivable heterobifunctional reagents have been synthesized and characterized by proton NMR, 13C NMR, mass spectroscopy, infrared spectroscopy, and thin-layer chromatography. They are the N-hydroxysuccinimide ester of 3-[(4-azidophenyl)dithio]-propionic acid, methyl 3-[(4-azidophenyl)dit...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Vanin EF,Ji TH

更新日期：1981-11-24 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 cytological architecture of the synaptonemal complex (SC), a meiosis-specific proteinaceous structure, is evolutionarily conserved among eukaryotes. However, little is known about the biochemical properties of SC components or the mechanisms underlying their roles in meiotic chromosome synapsis and recombination. ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Khan K,Madhavan TP,Kshirsagar R,Boosi KN,Sadhale P,Muniyappa K

更新日期：2013-08-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Isolated alpha and beta chains from Xenopus laevis hemoglobin have been purified. The isolation procedure yields native alpha chains whose functional behavior has been characterized and compared with that of human alpha chains. Isolated beta chains in the presence of oxygen are characterized by low stability, and henc...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Condò SG,Giardina B,Bellelli A,Brunori M

更新日期：1987-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The C-terminal src kinase (CSK) is a ubiquitously expressed, cytosolic enzyme capable of phosphorylating and inactivating several plasma membrane-bound src-family protein tyrosine kinases in vitro [Nada, S., Okada, M., MacAuley, A., Cooper, J.A., & Nakagawa, H. (1990) Nature 351, 69-72; Bergman, M., Mustelin, T., Oetk...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Cheng HC,Bjorge JD,Aebersold R,Fujita DJ,Wang JH

更新日期：1996-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Avian magnetoreception is assumed to occur in the retina. Although its molecular mechanism is unclear, magnetic field-dependent formation and the stability of radical-containing photointermediate(s) are suggested to play key roles in a hypothesis called the radical pair mechanism. Chicken cryptochrome4 (cCRY4) has bee...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Otsuka H,Mitsui H,Miura K,Okano K,Imamoto Y,Okano T

更新日期：2020-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:HlyC is an internal protein acyltransferase that activates hemolysin, a toxic protein produced by pathogenic Escherichia coli. Acyl-acyl carrier protein (ACP) is the essential acyl donor. Separately subcloned, expressed, and purified prohemolysin A (proHlyA), HlyC, and [1-14C]myristoyl-ACP have been used to study the ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Trent MS,Worsham LM,Ernst-Fonberg ML

更新日期：1999-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the binding characteristics of a synthetic 20-residue peptide to supported single planar bilayers of phosphatidylcholine, and the orientation of the peptide by Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy with an attenuated total reflection method. This peptide, designed to resemble a putative fusion peptide of ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Ishiguro R,Matsumoto M,Takahashi S

更新日期：1996-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The bacterial phosphoenolpyruvate:sugar phosphotransferase system involves a series of reactions in which phosphoprotein intermediates are formed. Histidine-containing protein (HPr) is phosphorylated on the N delta 1 position of the imidazole ring of His15 by enzyme I and acts as a phosphoryl donor to the sugar-specif...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Rajagopal P,Waygood EB,Klevit RE

更新日期：1994-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Phoborhodopsin from Halobacterium salinarum (salinarum phoborhodopsin, spR also called HsSR II) is a photoreceptor for the negative phototaxis of the bacterium. A unique feature of spR is the formation of a shorter wavelength photoproduct, P480, observed at liquid nitrogen temperature beside the K intermediate. Format...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Dai G,Zhang Y,Tamogami J,Demura M,Kamo N,Kandori H,Iwasa T

更新日期：2011-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been suggested that the mechanism of alkaline phosphatase (AP) is associative, or triester-like, because phosphorothioate monoesters are hydrolyzed by AP approximately 10(2)-fold slower than phosphate monoesters. This "thio effect" is similar to that observed for the nonenzymatic hydrolysis of phosphate trieste...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Holtz KM,Catrina IE,Hengge AC,Kantrowitz ER

更新日期：2000-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli helicase II (UvrD) protein can initiate unwinding of duplex DNA at blunt ends or nicks, although these reactions require excess protein. We have undertaken kinetic studies of these reactions in order to probe the mechanism of initiation of unwinding. DNA unwinding was monitored directly by using agaro...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Runyon GT,Lohman TM

更新日期：1993-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:This research was undertaken to distinguish between local and global unfolding in the reversible thermal denaturation of bovine pancreatic ribonclease A (RNase A). Local unfolding was monitored by steady-state and time-resolved fluorescence of nine mutants in each of which a single tryptophan was substituted for a wil...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Navon A,Ittah V,Laity JH,Scheraga HA,Haas E,Gussakovsky EE

更新日期：2001-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The quercetin binding sites on spinach chloroplast coupling factor 1 (CF1) have been investigated using direct and competitive binding, stopped-flow, temperature-jump, and fluorescence resonance energy transfer measurements. It was found that 8-anilino-1-naphthalensulfonic acid (ANS) competes with quercetin binding at...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Cantley LC Jr,Hammes GG

更新日期：1976-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the unfolding thermodynamics for incorporating cationic side chains in the Dickerson-Drew dodecamer duplex. Incorporation of two 3-aminopropyl-2'-deoxyuridine residues (one on each self-complementary strand) lowers the stability of the duplex. This reduction is driven by unfavorable heat contribut...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Shikiya R,Li JS,Gold B,Marky LA

更新日期：2005-09-20 00:00:00