Properties of the high-affinity single-stranded DNA binding state of the Escherichia coli recA protein.

abstract：:The crystal structure of Escherichia coli GAR Tfase at 2.1 A resolution in complex with 10-formyl-5,8,10-trideazafolic acid (10-formyl-TDAF, K(i) = 260 nM), an inhibitor designed to form an enzyme-assembled multisubstrate adduct with the substrate, beta-GAR, was studied to determine the exact nature of its inhibitory ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Greasley SE,Yamashita MM,Cai H,Benkovic SJ,Boger DL,Wilson IA

更新日期：1999-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Whereas the salt-dependent conformational transition of acid-denatured horse ferricytochrome c at pH 2 is approximated by a two-state mechanism from the acid-unfolded state to the molten globule state [Kataoka, M., Hagihara, Y., Mihara, K., & Goto, Y. (1993) J. Mol. Biol. 229, 591-596], the corresponding transition in...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Goto Y,Hagihara Y,Hamada D,Hoshino M,Nishii I

更新日期：1993-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The crystal structure of the recombinant thiamin diphosphate-dependent E1 component from the Escherichia coli pyruvate dehydrogenase multienzyme complex (PDHc) has been determined at a resolution of 1.85 A. The E. coli PDHc E1 component E1p is a homodimeric enzyme and crystallizes with an intact dimer in an asymmetric...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Arjunan P,Nemeria N,Brunskill A,Chandrasekhar K,Sax M,Yan Y,Jordan F,Guest JR,Furey W

更新日期：2002-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The Gbeta and Ggamma subunit of the heterotrimeric G proteins form a functional dimer that is stable once assembled in vivo or in vitro. The requirements, mechanism, and specificity of dimer formation are still incompletely understood, but represent important biochemical processes involved in the specificity of cellul...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Dingus J,Wells CA,Campbell L,Cleator JH,Robinson K,Hildebrandt JD

更新日期：2005-09-06 00:00:00

abstract：:HpaI and BphI are two pyruvate class II aldolases found in aromatic meta-cleavage degradation pathways that catalyze similar reactions but are not related in sequence. Steady-state kinetic analysis of the aldol addition reactions and product inhibition assays showed that HpaI exhibits a rapid equilibrium random order ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Wang W,Baker P,Seah SY

更新日期：2010-05-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitomycins make up a group of antitumor natural products that are biosynthesized from aminohydroxybenzoic acid (AHBA) and N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc). While the biosynthetic gene cluster was reported two decades ago, the mechanism by which the two building blocks, AHBA and GlcNAc, are coupled during biosynthesis rema...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Nguyen HP,Yokoyama K

更新日期：2019-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The electron density map of the 3D crystal of Photosystem II from Thermosynechococcus vulcanus with a 1.9 Å resolution (PDB: 3ARC ) exhibits, in the two monomers in the asymmetric unit cell, an, until now, unidentified and uninterpreted strong difference in electron density centered at a distance of around 1.5 Å from ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Sugiura M,Koyama K,Umena Y,Kawakami K,Shen JR,Kamiya N,Boussac A

更新日期：2013-12-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Infrared spectroscopy has been used to monitor residual ordered structure in the denatured state of wild-type and two mutants of iso-1-cytochrome c. The technique used involves a careful digital subtraction procedure that removes spectral contributions from buffer, water vapor, and the denaturant guanidine hydrochlori...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Bowler BE,Dong A,Caughey WS

更新日期：1994-03-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The clade B/intracellular serpins protect cells from peptidase-mediated injury by forming covalent complexes with their targets. SERPINB12 is expressed in most tissues, especially at cellular interfaces with the external environment. This wide tissue distribution pattern is similar to that of granzyme A (GZMA). Becaus...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Niehaus JZ,Miedel MT,Good M,Wyatt AN,Pak SC,Silverman GA,Luke CJ

更新日期：2015-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Interaction between aggregates of amyloid beta protein (Abeta) and membranes has been hypothesized by many to be a key event in the mechanism of neurotoxicity associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD). Proposed membrane-related mechanisms of neurotoxicity include ion channel formation, membrane disruption, changes in m...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Qi W,Zhang A,Good TA,Fernandez EJ

更新日期：2009-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Biochemical and immunological properties of biosynthetically radiolabeled phosphatidylcholine-(PC-) binding proteins were investigated. The PC-binding proteins were extracted from the detergent lysate of biosynthetically radiolabeled P388D1 cells by affinity chromatography on PC-Sepharose and filtered through a Sephad...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Fernandez-Botran R,Suzuki T

更新日期：1985-04-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The structures of four isomorphous crystals of ternary complexes of chicken heart citrate synthase with D- or L-malate and acetyl coenzyme A or carboxymethyl coenzyme A have been determined by X-ray crystallography and fully refined at 1.9-A resolution. The structures show that both L-malate and D-malate bind in a ver...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Karpusas M,Holland D,Remington SJ

更新日期：1991-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The σ1 receptor is an integral membrane protein that shares no homology with other receptor systems, has no unequivocally identified natural ligands, but appears to play critical roles in a wide variety of cell functions. While the number of reports of the possible functions of the σ1 receptor is increasing, almost no...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Brune S,Schepmann D,Klempnauer KH,Marson D,Dal Col V,Laurini E,Fermeglia M,Wünsch B,Pricl S

更新日期：2014-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) is a critical enzyme in de novo purine and thymidylate biosynthesis. An RNA gel mobility shift assay was used to demonstrate a specific interaction between human recombinant DHFR protein and its corresponding DHFR mRNA. Incubation of DHFR protein with either its substrates, dihydrofolate...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Chu E,Takimoto CH,Voeller D,Grem JL,Allegra CJ

更新日期：1993-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：:By exposing photosystem II (PSII) samples to an incrementing number of excitation flashes at room temperature, followed by freezing, we could compare the Mn-derived multiline EPR signal from the S2 oxidation state as prepared by 1, 5, 10, and 25 flashes of light. While the S2 multiline signals exhibited by these sampl...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Peterson S,Ahrling KA,Högblom JE,Styring S

更新日期：2003-03-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The fungal neurotoxin alpha-cyclopiazonic acid (CPA), a nanomolar inhibitor of Ca2+-ATPase, has a pentacyclic indole tetramic acid scaffold that arises from one molecule of tryptophan, acetyl-CoA, malonyl-CoA, and dimethylallyl pyrophosphate by consecutive action of three enzymes, CpaS, CpaD, and CpaO. CpaS is a hybri...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Liu X,Walsh CT

更新日期：2009-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The existence of temperature optima in enzyme catalysis that occur before protein melting sets in can be described by different types of kinetic models. Such optima cause distinctly curved Arrhenius plots and have, for example, been observed in several cold-adapted enzymes from psychrophilic species. The two main expl...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Åqvist J,Sočan J,Purg M

更新日期：2020-10-13 00:00:00

abstract：:C4'-oxidized (C4-AP) and C5'-oxidized abasic sites (DOB) that are produced following abstraction of a hydrogen atom from the DNA backbone reversibly form cross-links selectively with dA opposite a 3'-adjacent nucleotide, despite the comparable proximity of an opposing dA. A previous report on UvrABC incision of DNA su...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Ghosh S,Greenberg MM

更新日期：2015-10-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The Co and Fe K-edge extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) spectra of the methionyl aminopeptidase from Escherichia coli (EcMetAP) have been recorded in the presence of 1 and 2 equiv of either Co(II) or Fe(II) (i.e., [Co(II)_(EcMetAP)], [Co(II)Co(II)(EcMetAP)], [Fe(II)_(EcMetAP)], and [Fe(II)Fe(II)(EcMetAP)...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Cosper NJ,D'souza VM,Scott RA,Holz RC

更新日期：2001-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Steady-state kinetic parameters were determined for the human leukocyte elastase catalyzed hydrolysis of a series of peptide-based thiobenzyl esters and p-nitroanilides. The peptide units are MeOSuc-Val, MeOSuc-Alan-Pro-Val (n = 0-2), and MeOSuc-Alan-Pro-Ala (n = 1 or 2). The results of this study suggest five importa...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Stein RL,Strimpler AM,Hori H,Powers JC

更新日期：1987-03-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Copper binding to the human copper chaperone for superoxide dismutase (hCCS) has been investigated by X-ray absorption spectroscopy. Stoichiometry measurements on the dialyzed, as-isolated protein indicated that up to 3.5 Cu ions bound per hCCS molecule. Reduction with either sodium dithionite or dithiothreitol decrea...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Eisses JF,Stasser JP,Ralle M,Kaplan JH,Blackburn NJ

更新日期：2000-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The NikR transcription factor from Escherichia coli is a Ni(II)-dependent repressor that regulates production of the nickel ion transporter encoded by the nik operon. In the previous paper in this issue (Wang, S. C., Dias, A., Bloom, S. L., and Zamble, D. B. (2004) Selectivity of Metal Binding and Metal-Induced Stabil...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Bloom SL,Zamble DB

更新日期：2004-08-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Acidic fibroblast growth factor (aFGF) is a signal peptide-less protein that is secreted into the extracellular compartment as part of a multiprotein release complex, consisting of aFGF, S100A13 (a calcium binding protein), and a 40 kDa (p40) form of synaptotagmin (Syt1), a protein that participates in the docking of ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Rajalingam D,Graziani I,Prudovsky I,Yu C,Kumar TK

更新日期：2007-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The interaction of 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate (EPSP) synthase, 4,5-dideoxyshikimate 3-phosphate (ddS3P), and [2-13C]-and [3-13C]phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP) has been examined by 13C NMR spectroscopy. Although no resonances due to a dead-end intermediate complex could be detected, an enzyme active site specific fo...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Barlow PN,Appleyard RJ,Wilson JO,Evans JN

更新日期：1989-10-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Calmodulin (CaM) is a ubiquitous protein in nature and plays a regulatory role in numerous biological processes, including the upregulation of nitric oxide (NO) synthesis in vivo. Several peptides that prevent NO production by interacting with CaM have been isolated in the cutaneous secretions of Australian amphibians...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Calabrese AN,Bowie JH,Pukala TL

更新日期：2015-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The complete amino acid sequence of the major component myoglobin from Amazon River dolphin, Inia geoffrensis, was determined by specific cleavage of the protein to obtain large peptides which are readily degraded by the automatic sequencer. Three easily separable peptides were obtained by cleaving the protein with cy...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Dwulet FE,Bogardt RA,Jones BN,Lehman LD,Gurd FR

更新日期：1975-12-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite a number of studies, the formation of the Michaelis complexes between ferredoxin-NADP (+) reductases and NADP(H) eluded detailed investigations by rapid kinetic techniques because of their high formation rates. Moreover, the reversible nature of the reaction of hydride ion transfer between these enzymes and NA...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Pennati A,Zanetti G,Aliverti A,Gadda G

更新日期：2008-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Memapsin 2 (beta-secretase) is the membrane-anchored aspartic protease that initiates the cleavage of beta-amyloid precursor protein (APP), leading to the production of amyloid-beta (Abeta), a major factor in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease. The active site of memapsin 2 has been shown, with kinetic data and c...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Turner RT 3rd,Hong L,Koelsch G,Ghosh AK,Tang J

更新日期：2005-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Oligonucleotides capable of sequence-specific triple helix formation have been proposed as DNA binding ligands useful for modulation of gene expression and for directed genome modification. However, the effectiveness of such triplex-forming oligonucleotides (TFOs) depends on their ability to bind to their target sites...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Lacroix L,Lacoste J,Reddoch JF,Mergny JL,Levy DD,Seidman MM,Matteucci MD,Glazer PM

更新日期：1999-02-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The structure of empty capsids of Kilham rat virus, an autonomous parvovirus with icosahedral symmetry, was investigated by small-angle neutron scattering. From the forward scatter, the molecular weight was determined to be 4.0 X 10(6), and from the Guinier region, the radius of gyration was found to be 105 A in D2O a...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Wobbe CR,Mitra S,Ramakrishnan V

更新日期：1984-12-18 00:00:00