Conformation and dynamics of the Pribnow box region of the self-complementary d(C-G-A-T-T-A-T-A-A-T-C-G) duplex in solution.

abstract：:Salmonella typhimurium L-histidinol dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.23), a four-electron dehydrogenase, was inactivated by an active-site-directed modification reagent, 7-chloro-4-nitro-2,1,3-benzoxadiazole (NBD-Cl). The inactivation followed pseudo-first-order kinetics and was prevented by low concentrations of the substrate...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Grubmeyer CT,Gray WR

更新日期：1986-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Eicosanoids have been implicated in the regulation of arterial smooth muscle cell (SMC) cholesteryl ester (CE) metabolism. These eicosanoids, which include prostacyclin (PGI2), stimulate CE hydrolytic activities. High-density lipoproteins (HDL), which promote cholesterol efflux, also stimulate PGI2 production, suggest...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Pomerantz KB,Hajjar DP

更新日期：1990-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the loss of histone H1 from chromatin [D'Anna, J. A., Gurley, L. R., & Tobey, R. A. (1982) Biochemistry 21, 3991-4001] and the structure of chromatin from Chinese hamster (line CHO) cells blocked in early S phase by sequential use of isoleucine deprivation G1 block and 1 mM hydroxyurea (HU) blocka...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： D'Anna JA,Prentice DA

更新日期：1983-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the use of anti-nucleoside antibodies to probe for local denaturation of calf thymus DNA upon binding of the antitumor drug cis-diamminedichloroplatinum(II), cis-DDP, and the biologically inactive analogues trans-diamminedichloroplatinum(II), trans-DDP, and chloro(diethylenetriamine)platinum(II) chloride, [P...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Sundquist WI,Lippard SJ,Stollar BD

更新日期：1986-04-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The operations within a living cell depend on the collective activity of networks of proteins, sometimes termed "interactomes". Within these networks, most proteins interact with few partners, while a small proportion of proteins, called hubs, participate in a large number of interactions and play a central role in or...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Barbar E

更新日期：2008-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Regulation of cellular response is an important mechanism for controlling cellular functions. The transmembrane signaling of the hormone receptors is regulated by GTP-binding proteins (GTPases) and their associated proteins. Our previous studies demonstrated that the bifunctional GTP-binding protein, G alpha h (transg...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Baek KJ,Das T,Gray CD,Desai S,Hwang KC,Gacchui R,Ludwig M,Im MJ

更新日期：1996-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:cGMP is the natural activator of the cyclic nucleotide-gated channel originally isolated from rod photoreceptors but now known to be expressed in a wide variety of neural and non-neural cells. To identify antagonists of cGMP action and to better understand the interaction between cGMP and the channel protein, experime...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Wei JY,Cohen ED,Yan YY,Genieser HG,Barnstable CJ

更新日期：1996-12-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Solutions of porcine lactate dehydrogenase of micromolar concentration kept at 4 degrees C for several days lose the greater part of their enzymic activity but recover it when returned to room temperature. The rate of spoiling decreases and the rate of recovery increases with the concentration of the solutions. The de...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： King L,Weber G

更新日期：1986-06-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Complement components C5b-6 and C7 assemble to form C5b-7, which then interacts with membranes and commits the membrane attack complex to a target site. This protein-membrane association event was investigated to determine possible structural features that could contribute to a selective membrane attack. This system m...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Silversmith RE,Nelsestuen GL

更新日期：1986-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Anticoagulation factor II (ACF II) isolated from the venom of Agkistrodon acutus is an activated coagulation factor X-binding protein in a Ca(2+)-dependent fashion with marked anticoagulant activity. The equilibrium unfolding/refolding of apo-ACF II, holo-ACF II, and Tb(3+)-reconstituted ACF II in guanidine hydrochlor...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Xu X,Liu Q,Xie Y

更新日期：2002-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Base excision repair is a major pathway for the removal of simple lesions in DNA including base damage and base loss (abasic site). Base excision repair requires the coordinated action of several repair and ancillary proteins, the impairment of which can lead to genetic instability. Using a protein-DNA cross-linking a...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Parsons JL,Dianova II,Allinson SL,Dianov GL

更新日期：2005-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：:In bacteria, regulatory phosphorylation of proteins at serine and/or threonine residues by Ser/Thr protein kinase (STPK) is an emerging theme in prokaryotic signaling, particularly since the prediction of the occurrence of several STPKs from genome sequencing and sequence surveys. Here we show that protein PknH posses...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Molle V,Kremer L,Girard-Blanc C,Besra GS,Cozzone AJ,Prost JF

更新日期：2003-12-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Recognition for proteolysis by trypsin depends almost exclusively on tight binding of arginine or lysine side chains by the primary substrate specificity pocket. Although extended subsite interactions are important for catalysis, the majority of binding energy is localized in the P1 pocket. Analysis of the interaction...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Willett WS,Brinen LS,Fletterick RJ,Craik CS

更新日期：1996-05-14 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：:Members of the ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters share the same basic architecture, with a four-core domain made of two transmembrane plus two nucleotide-binding domains. However, a supramolecular organization has been detected in some ABC transporters, which might be relevant to physiological regulation of subs...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Dalmas O,Do Cao MA,Lugo MR,Sharom FJ,Di Pietro A,Jault JM

更新日期：2005-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Octaprenyl pyrophosphate synthase (OPPs) catalyzes consecutive condensation reactions of farnesyl pyrophosphate (FPP) with five molecules of isopentenyl pyrophosphate (IPP) to generate C(40) octaprenyl pyrophosphate (OPP) which constitutes the side chain of menaquinone. We have previously reported the X-ray structure ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Guo RT,Kuo CJ,Ko TP,Chou CC,Liang PH,Wang AH

更新日期：2004-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：:L-Enduracididine (L-End) is a nonproteinogenic amino acid found in a number of bioactive peptides, including the antibiotics teixobactin, enduracidin, and mannopeptimycin. The potent activity of these compounds against antibiotic-resistant pathogens like MRSA and their novel mode of action have garnered considerable i...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Han L,Schwabacher AW,Moran GR,Silvaggi NR

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A specific tertiary hydrogen bond that is present between the side-chain hydroxyl group of Tyr30 and the side-chain N delta 1 atom of His17 in the small, monomeric, single-domain protein, barstar, has been perturbed by site-directed mutagenesis of the sole histidine residue (His17) to a glutamine residue. The effect o...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Nath U,Udgaonkar JB

更新日期：1995-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：:We have measured T1 and T2 of protein and water protons in hemoglobin solutions using broad-line pulse techniques; selective excitation and detection methods enabled the intrinsic protein and water relaxation rates, as well as the spin-transfer rate between them, to be obtained at 5, 10, and 20 MHz. Water and protein ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Eisenstadt M

更新日期：1985-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The generation of multiprotein complexes at receptors and adapter proteins is crucial for the activation of intracellular signaling pathways. In this study, we used multiple biochemical and biophysical methods to examine the binding properties of several SH2 and SH3 domain-containing signaling proteins as they interac...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Houtman JC,Higashimoto Y,Dimasi N,Cho S,Yamaguchi H,Bowden B,Regan C,Malchiodi EL,Mariuzza R,Schuck P,Appella E,Samelson LE

更新日期：2004-04-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Muscle fiber contraction is regulated through calcium-induced changes in the conformation of troponin C. In this study, we explored the relationship between the stability of a specific helix in the protein and the metal ion affinity of associated binding sites. Serial replacement of the amino acid at position 130 caus...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Trigo-Gonzalez G,Awang G,Racher K,Neden K,Borgford T

更新日期：1993-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Genomic clones containing the human Zn-alpha 2-glycoprotein gene were isolated. Two of them were for the functional gene overlapped, and the other four were for two different pseudogenes (1 and 2) retaining exon-intron organization. The complete DNA sequence of the functional gene (9.3 kb) and its 5'- and 3'-flanking ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Ueyama H,Deng HX,Ohkubo I

更新日期：1993-12-07 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：:There are a small number of peptides derived from proteins that have a propensity to adopt structure in aqueous solution which is similar to the structure they possess in the parent protein. There are far fewer examples of protein fragments which adopt stable nonnative structures in isolation. Understanding how nonnat...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Demarest SJ,Hua Y,Raleigh DP

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The contribution of backbone hydrogen bonds in alpha-helices to the overall stability of a protein has been examined experimentally by replacing several backbone amide linkages in alpha-helix 39-50 of T4 lysozyme with ester linkages. T4 lysozyme variants wherein the backbone amide bonds between residues Ser38 and Leu3...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Koh JT,Cornish VW,Schultz PG

更新日期：1997-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the importance of interactions involving both the cytosolic and transmembrane regions of SecY and SecE has been documented, no information has been available for the physical contact sites of these translocase subunits in their cytosolic domains. We now carried out site-specific cross-linking experiments to i...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Satoh Y,Mori H,Ito K

更新日期：2003-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Mercury ions can inhibit Candida albicans phosphomannose isomerase (PMI) by two different processes at sub-micromolar concentrations. Kinetic studies show that mercury ions are in rapid equilibrium with the enzyme and cause a clear partial noncompetitive inhibition when mannose 6-phosphate is used as the substrate. Th...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Wells TN,Payton MA,Proudfoot AE

更新日期：1994-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：:For many decades, protein folding experimentalists have worked with no information about the time scales of relevant protein folding motions and without methods for estimating the height of folding barriers. Protein folding experiments have been interpreted using chemical models in which the folding process is charact...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Naganathan AN,Doshi U,Fung A,Sadqi M,Muñoz V

更新日期：2006-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteins have many distinct tertiary folds (Richardson, J. S. (1981) Adv. Prot. Chem. 34, 167-339). The term tertiary fold refers to the spatial organization of secondary structure elements (alpha-helices and beta-strands). It is not known when, in the process of protein folding, a native tertiary fold emerges. Here, ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Peng ZY,Kim PS

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aminoglycoside 3'-phosphotransferases [APH(3')s] are the most common cause of bacterial high-level resistance to aminoglycoside antibiotics in clinical isolates. A one-step affinity chromatography was used to purify APH(3') type Ia. The kinetic parameters for turnover of seven aminoglycosides and the corresponding min...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Siregar JJ,Miroshnikov K,Mobashery S

更新日期：1995-10-03 00:00:00