Further studies on calf thymus DNA polymerase delta purified to homogeneity by a new procedure.

abstract：:Drug molecules are typically hydrophobic and small in order to traverse membranes to reach cytoplasmic targets, but we have discovered that more polar molecules can be delivered across membranes using water-soluble, moderately hydrophobic membrane peptides of the pHLIP (pH low insertion peptide) family. Delivery of po...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Wijesinghe D,Engelman DM,Andreev OA,Reshetnyak YK

更新日期：2011-11-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Mouse photoreceptor function and survival critically depend on Ca(2+)-regulated retinal membrane guanylyl cyclase (RetGC), comprised of two isozymes, RetGC1 and RetGC2. We characterized the content, catalytic constants, and regulation of native RetGC1 and RetGC2 isozymes using mice lacking guanylyl cyclase activating ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Peshenko IV,Olshevskaya EV,Savchenko AB,Karan S,Palczewski K,Baehr W,Dizhoor AM

更新日期：2011-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Histone deacetylase 8 (HDAC8) is a well-characterized member of the class I acetyl-lysine deacetylase (HDAC) family. Previous work has shown that the efficiency of HDAC8-catalyzed deacetylation of a methylcoumarin peptide varies depending on the identity of the divalent metal ion in the HDAC8 active site. Here we demo...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Castaneda CA,Lopez JE,Joseph CG,Scholle MD,Mrksich M,Fierke CA

更新日期：2017-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Chorismate mutase catalyzes the first committed step toward the biosynthesis of the aromatic amino acids, phenylalanine and tyrosine. While this biosynthetic pathway exists exclusively in the cell cytoplasm, the Mycobacterium tuberculosis enzyme has been shown to be secreted into the extracellular medium. The secretor...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Qamra R,Prakash P,Aruna B,Hasnain SE,Mande SC

更新日期：2006-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The chromatin-associated high-mobility group (HMG) proteins of the plant HMGB family are characterized by a central HMG-box domain that is flanked by a basic N-terminal and an acidic C-terminal domain. By functional interaction with certain transcription factors, HMGB proteins contribute to transcriptional regulation....

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Grasser M,Christensen JM,Peterhänsel C,Grasser KD

更新日期：2007-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Human fibroblast interferon binds to a concanavalin A-agarose (Con A-Sepharose) equilibrated with methyl alpha-D-mannopyranoside, or levan; in contrast, it is only partially retarded on a similar column equilibrated with ethylene glycol. Interferon does not bind, however, to a lectin column equilibrated with both meth...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Davey MW,Sulkowski E,Carter WA

更新日期：1976-02-10 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：:Cells cultured from human skin synthesize precursor forms of types I and III collagens. After denaturation and reduction, the polypeptide chains obtained from these molecules had molecular weights estimated to be 140,000 and 120, 000. The larger chains, the pro alpha chains, are believed to be derived from the origina...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Lichtenstein JR,Byers PH,Smith BD,Martin GR

更新日期：1975-04-22 00:00:00

abstract：:A preparation of small single-walled liposome vesicles containing a 9:1 mole ratio of phosphatidylcholine to phosphatidylethanolamine was subjected to reaction with the membrane-impermeable reagent, isethionyl acetimidate hydrochloride. This reagent converted 90% of the external phosphatidylethanolamine groups to the ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Roseman M,Litman BJ,Thompson TE

更新日期：1975-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Investigation of the charge distribution for all known members of the PP-fold family of peptides reveals a common pattern characterized by a cluster of negative charges in the beta-turn region and a cluster of positive charges in the receptor-binding region of the peptide. Detailed analysis of the electrostatic proper...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Bjørnholm B,Jørgensen FS,Schwartz TW

更新日期：1993-03-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The thermal denaturation of the cupredoxin plastocyanin (PC) from spinach has been studied with the aim of improving the understanding of factors involved in the conformational stability of antiparallel beta-sheet proteins. Studies using differential scanning calorimetry have been complemented with nuclear magnetic re...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Sandberg A,Harrison DJ,Karlsson BG

更新日期：2003-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel and efficient enzyme kinetics assay using electrospray ionization mass spectrometry was developed and applied to the bacterial carbohydrate sulfotransferase (NodST). NodST catalyzes the sulfuryl group transfer from 3'-phosphoadenosine 5'-phosphosulfate (PAPS) to chitobiose, generating 3'-phosphoadenosine 5'-ph...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Pi N,Armstrong JI,Bertozzi CR,Leary JA

更新日期：2002-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease 1 (APE1) is a DNA repair protein and plays other important roles. Increased levels of APE1 in cancer have been reported. However, available methods for measuring APE1 levels are indirect and not quantitative. We previously developed an approach using liquid chromatography and tandem ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Coskun E,Jaruga P,Reddy PT,Dizdaroglu M

更新日期：2015-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The structure of the anti-inflammatory drug diclofenac bound in the active site of rabbit microsomal cytochrome P450 2C5/3LVdH was determined by X-ray crystallography to 2.1 A resolution. P450 2C5/3LVdH and the related enzyme 2C5dH catalyze the 4'-hydroxylation of diclofenac with apparent K(m) values of 80 and 57 micr...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Wester MR,Johnson EF,Marques-Soares C,Dijols S,Dansette PM,Mansuy D,Stout CD

更新日期：2003-08-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The trimeric main light-harvesting complex (LHC-II) is the only antenna complex of higher plants of which a high-resolution 3D structure has been obtained (Kühlbrandt, W., Wang, D., and Fujiyoshi, Y. (1994) Nature 367, 614-621) and which can be refolded in vitro from its components. Four different recombinant forms of...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Rogl H,Schödel R,Lokstein H,Kühlbrandt W,Schubert A

更新日期：2002-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Actin interaction with L-plastin, a plastin/fimbrins isoform of the alpha-actinin family of molecules, is poorly characterized, from the biochemical point of view. Besides, molecular modeling of the T-isoform has recently provided a complete model of interaction with filamentous actin [Volkmann, N., DeRosier, D., Mats...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Lebart MC,Hubert F,Boiteau C,Ventéo S,Roustan C,Benyamin Y

更新日期：2004-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The acetylenic analogue of adenosine 9-(5',6'-dideoxy-beta-D-ribo-hex-5'-ynofuranosyl)adenine has been synthesized, and its behavior as an inhibitor of bovine S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase has been examined. Incubation of the enzyme with excess inhibitor caused a time-dependent, irreversible inactivation of the enz...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Parry RJ,Muscate A,Askonas LJ

更新日期：1991-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Light-driven outward sodium-pumping rhodopsin (NaR) was recently found in marine bacteria. Krokinobacter eikastus rhodopsin 2 (KR2) actively transports sodium and lithium ions in NaCl and LiCl, respectively, while it pumps protons in KCl. NaR has a conserved NDQ (N112, D116, and Q123 in KR2) motif, and previous studie...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Abe-Yoshizumi R,Inoue K,Kato HE,Nureki O,Kandori H

更新日期：2016-10-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The noncovalent interaction of 2-aminodipyrido[1,2-a:3',2'-d]imidazole (Glu-P-2) and its derivatives, which are potent mutagens isolated from L-glutamic acid pyrolysate, with calf thymus DNA was studied by steady-state and nanosecond fluorescence spectroscopies. The fluorescence of these compounds exhibits static quen...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Itoh M,Kurokawa H,Usui M,Ohno M,Shimoda E,Hashimoto Y,Shudo K

更新日期：1985-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：:NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase (NDH-1 or complex I) from Escherichia coli was purified using a combination of anion exchange chromatography and centrifugation in sucrose density gradient. The dependence of enzyme activity on detergent and phospholipids was studied. Artificial hexaammineruthenium reductase activity was...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Sinegina L,Wikström M,Verkhovsky MI,Verkhovskaya ML

更新日期：2005-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Minor leucine tRNA species, tRNA(Leu)4 and tRNA(Leu)5, from Escherichia coli B have been reported to recognize leucine codons UUA and UUG [Goldman, E., Holmes, W. M., and Hatfield, G. W. (1979) J. Mol. Biol. 129, 567-585]. In the present study, these two tRNA(Leu) species were purified from E. coli A19, and the nucleo...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Horie N,Yamaizumi Z,Kuchino Y,Takai K,Goldman E,Miyazawa T,Nishimura S,Yokoyama S

更新日期：1999-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Two nucleoside diphosphate analogs, 3'-C-methyl-ADP and 3'-C-methyl-UDP, have been tested as substrate and/or allosteric effectors using the adenosylcobalamin-dependent ribonucleoside diphosphate reductase of Corynebacterium nephridii. Neither analog was a substrate for the reductase. However, they did function as all...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Ong SP,Nelson LS,Hogenkamp HP

更新日期：1992-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Myotoxin a from the venom of Crotalus viridis viridis (prairie rattlesnake) is a small protein which is responsible for myonecrosis. It is a basic protein with 42 amino acid residues of known sequence. Three disulfide bonds give it a highly compact structure. Microscopic examination of the toxin's effects reveals that...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Liddle WK,Tu AT

更新日期：1985-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：:In reticulocytes, a single ribosomal protein, S13, has been shown to be phosphorylated by the cAMP-regulated protein kinases. The 40S ribosomal subunits were phosphorylated in vitro with [gamma-32P]ATP to facilitate the identification of S13 during the two-step purification procedure. Total ribosomal protein from the ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Du Vernay VH Jr,Traugh JA

更新日期：1978-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The Sir2 enzyme family is responsible for a newly classified chemical reaction, NAD(+)-dependent protein deacetylation. New peptide substrates, the reaction mechanism, and the products of the acetyl transfer to NAD(+) are described for SIR2. The final products of SIR2 reactions are the deacetylated peptide and the 2' ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Sauve AA,Celic I,Avalos J,Deng H,Boeke JD,Schramm VL

更新日期：2001-12-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Calf brain tubulin was subjected to isoelectric focusing and tryptic peptide map analysis. Results from isoelectric focusing experiments showed a total number of 17 well-resolved protein peaks. The number of peaks and the mass distribution under each peak remained the same when the concentration of protein or ampholyt...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： George HJ,Misra L,Field DJ,Lee JC

更新日期：1981-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The organometallic anticancer agent titanocene dichloride, Cp(2)TiCl(2), is now in phase II clinical trials as an anticancer drug, but its mechanism of action is poorly understood. We show here that the interactions of Cp(2)TiCl(2) with human serum transferrin (hTF) and that of Ti(2)-hTF with adenosine triphosphate (A...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Guo M,Sun H,McArdle HJ,Gambling L,Sadler PJ

更新日期：2000-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Thermodynamic equilibrium transition models in DSC are only applicable to reversible processes, but reversibility of the thermal transitions of proteins is comparatively rare because of intermolecular aggregation of denatured proteins and the degradation that occurs at high temperatures. The cupredoxin azurin from Pse...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Sandberg A,Leckner J,Shi Y,Schwarz FP,Karlsson BG

更新日期：2002-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanism of wild-type and R37A mutant Pseudomonas dacunhae aspartate beta-decarboxylase (ABDC) was studied by rapid-scanning stopped-flow spectrophotometry. Mixing wild-type ABDC with 50 mM disodium l-Asp resulted in the formation of a 325 nm absorption peak within the dead time of the stopped-flow instrument, li...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Phillips RS,Lima S,Khristoforov R,Sudararaju B

更新日期：2010-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：:An issue that is central to understanding cellular fatty acid (FA) metabolism is whether physiologic transport of FA across cell membranes requires protein mediation or can be satisfied by the rate of spontaneous movement through the lipid phase. For this reason, considerable effort has been devoted to determining the...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Kleinfeld AM,Chu P,Storch J

更新日期：1997-05-13 00:00:00