Cavities in proteins: structure of a metmyoglobin-xenon complex solved to 1.9 A.

abstract：:A member of the SF2 family of helicases, Escherichia coli RecQ, is involved in the recombination and repair of double-stranded DNA breaks and single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) gaps. Although the unwinding activity of this helicase has been studied biochemically, the mechanism of translocation remains unclear. To this end, u...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Rad B,Kowalczykowski SC

更新日期：2012-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The technique of hydrogen-deuterium exchange coupled to mass spectrometry (HDX-MS) has been applied to a mesophilic (E. coli) dihydrofolate reductase under conditions that allow direct comparison to a thermophilic (B. stearothermophilus) ortholog, Ec-DHFR and Bs-DHFR, respectively. The analysis of hydrogen-deuterium e...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Oyeyemi OA,Sours KM,Lee T,Kohen A,Resing KA,Ahn NG,Klinman JP

更新日期：2011-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycobacterium tuberculosis and many other members of the Actinomycetes family produce mycothiol, i.e., 1-d-myo-inosityl-2-(N-acetyl-l-cysteinyl)amido-2-deoxy-alpha-d-glucopyranoside (MSH or AcCys-GlcN-Ins), to act against oxidative and antibiotic stress. The biosynthesis of MSH is essential for cell growth and has bee...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Fan F,Luxenburger A,Painter GF,Blanchard JS

更新日期：2007-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p16(INK4a) (hereafter p16) functions as a multiple tumor suppressor. Mutations in p16, which are distributed throughout the entire protein, have been identified in a variety of human cancers and cancer-derived cell lines. It is unclear how tumor-derived mutations disrupt the struc...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Zhang B,Peng ZY

更新日期：2002-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding the mechanisms of free energy transfer in metabolism is fundamental to understanding how the chemical forces that sustain the molecular organization of the cell are distributed. Recent studies of molecular motors (1-3) and ATP-driven proton transport (4-6) describe how chemical potential is transferred a...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Wei J,Tang QX,Varlamova O,Roche C,Lee R,Leyh TS

更新日期：2002-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The solution structure of the complex formed between an oligodeoxynucleotide containing a two-base bulge (5'-CCATCGTCTACCTTTGGTAGGATGG) and SCA-alpha2, a designed spirocyclic helical molecule, has been elucidated. SCA-alpha2, a close mimic of the metabolite, NCSi-gb, of the DNA bulge-specific enediyne antibiotic neoca...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Zhang N,Lin Y,Xiao Z,Jones GB,Goldberg IH

更新日期：2007-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The structure and function of iron(II)-ruthenium(II) hybrid hemoglobins alpha(Ru-CO)2 beta(Fe)2 and alpha(Fe)2 beta(Ru-CO)2, which can serve as models for the intermediate species of the oxygenation step in native human adult hemoglobin, were investigated by measuring oxygen equilibrium curves and the Fe(II)-N epsilon...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Ishimori K,Tsuneshige A,Imai K,Morishima I

更新日期：1989-10-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Shaker potassium (K+) channels normally lack intrasubunit and intersubunit disulfide bonds. However, disulfide bonds are formed between Shaker subunits in intact cells exposed to oxidizing conditions. Upon electrophoresis under nonreducing conditions, intersubunit disulfide bond formation was detected by the presence ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Schulteis CT,Nagaya N,Papazian DM

更新日期：1996-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic knockout of the BtR4 gene encoding the Heliothis virescens cadherin-like protein (HevCaLP) is linked to resistance against Cry1Ac toxin from Bacillus thuringiensis. However, the functional Cry1Ac receptor role of this protein has not been established. We previously proposed HevCaLP as a shared binding site for...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Jurat-Fuentes JL,Adang MJ

更新日期：2006-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The ubiquitous calcium-binding protein calmodulin (CaM) regulates a wide variety of cellular events by binding to and activating many distinct target enzymes. The CaM-binding domains of most of these enzymes are contained in a contiguous stretch of amino acids with a length of approximately 20 residues. In this work, ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Zhang M,Fabian H,Mantsch HH,Vogel HJ

更新日期：1994-09-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Over 155 mutations within the V2 vasopressin receptor (AVPR2) gene are responsible for nephrogenic diabetes insipidus (NDI). The expression and subcellular distribution of four of these was investigated in transfected cells. These include a point mutation in the seventh transmembrane domain (S315R), a frameshift mutat...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Morello JP,Salahpour A,Petäjä-Repo UE,Laperrière A,Lonergan M,Arthus MF,Nabi IR,Bichet DG,Bouvier M

更新日期：2001-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Myosin belongs to the family of motor proteins. Its interaction with actin coupled with hydrolysis of ATP is the molecular basis of muscle contraction. The head segment of myosin, called subfragment 1 (S1), contains the distinct binding sites for ATP and actin and responsible for the ATPase activity. The rate-limiting...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Peyser YM,Ben-Hur M,Werber MM,Muhlrad A

更新日期：1996-04-09 00:00:00

abstract：:p21-activated kinases (PAKs) serve as effector proteins for the GTP-binding proteins Cdc42 and Rac. They are serine/threonine kinases containing the Cdc42/Rac interactive binding (CRIB) motif. The main aim of this study was to define the minimal domain of alphaPAK required for Cdc42/Rac binding. Eight stable PAK fragm...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Thompson G,Owen D,Chalk PA,Lowe PN

更新日期：1998-05-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Although there is considerable evidence that signaling by the erythropoietin (EPO) receptor is initiated when it is dimerized by binding EPO, it has been previously reported that the soluble extracellular domains of the EPO receptor (sEPOR) are not dimerized in the presence of EPO and are able to form only 1:1 complex...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Philo JS,Aoki KH,Arakawa T,Narhi LO,Wen J

更新日期：1996-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The human tear fluid film consists of a superficial lipid layer, an aqueous middle layer, and a hydrated mucin layer located next to the corneal epithelium. The superficial lipid layer protects the eye from drying and is composed of polar and neutral lipids provided by the meibomian glands. Excess accumulation of lipi...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Jauhiainen M,Setälä NL,Ehnholm C,Metso J,Tervo TM,Eriksson O,Holopainen JM

更新日期：2005-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Several bifunctional alkylating agents of the aziridinylbenzoquinone class have been evaluated as potential antitumor agents. 3,6-Bis[(2-hydroxyethyl)amino]-2,5- diaziridinyl-1,4-benzoquinone (BZQ), 2,5-diaziridinyl-1,4-benzoquinone (DZQ), 3,6-bis(carboxyamino)-2,5-diaziridinyl- 1,4-benzoquinone (AZQ), and six analogu...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Hartley JA,Berardini M,Ponti M,Gibson NW,Thompson AS,Thurston DE,Hoey BM,Butler J

更新日期：1991-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The vast majority of characterized oxygenases use bound cofactors to activate molecular oxygen to carry out oxidation chemistry. Here, we show that an enzyme of unknown activity, RhCC from Rhodococcus jostii RHA1, functions as an oxygenase, using 4-hydroxyphenylenolpyruvate as a substrate. This unique and complex reac...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Baas BJ,Poddar H,Geertsema EM,Rozeboom HJ,de Vries MP,Permentier HP,Thunnissen AM,Poelarends GJ

更新日期：2015-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Atlantic salmon fast skeletal muscle is composed of an α-type tropomyosin that shares 20 substitutions with a mammalian homologue. Prominent isomorphisms considered to be potentially destabilizing include threonine 179 (core, Ala in rabbit) and a unique pair of glycines, residues 24 and 27. Bacterially expressed mutan...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Fudge KR,Heeley DH

更新日期：2015-05-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The classical complement pathway, which plays a vital role in preventing infection, is initiated by the action of the serine proteases C1r and C1s. We have examined the hydrolysis of substrates representing cleavage sequences in the physiological substrates for C1s, C2 and C4. These studies showed that the P(1)'-P(4)'...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： O'Brien G,Quinsey NS,Whisstock JC,Pike RN

更新日期：2003-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Transferrins have been extensively studied in order to understand how they reversibly bind and release iron. Human serum transferrin (hTF) is a single polypeptide chain that folds into two lobes (N- and C-lobe); each lobe binds a single ferric ion. Iron release induces a large conformational change in each lobe. At th...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： James NG,Berger CL,Byrne SL,Smith VC,MacGillivray RT,Mason AB

更新日期：2007-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucocorticoid receptors of wild-type and nti ("increased nuclear transfer") mutant S49.1 mouse lymphoma cells exist in extracts under low-salt conditions predominantly as high molecular weight species (Mr greater than or equal to 300,000). These receptor-hormone complexes are unable to bind to DNA. High salt (300 mM ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Rexin M,Busch W,Gehring U

更新日期：1988-07-26 00:00:00

abstract：:We report two small molecule azobenzenesulfonamide probes, CAP1 and CAP2, capable of photomodulating the activity of carbonic anhydrase (CA) on demand. In the trans form, CAP azobenzene probes adopt a linear shape, making them suitable for occupying the CA active site and interacting with Zn2+, thereby inhibiting enzy...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Aggarwal K,Banik M,Medellin B,Que EL

更新日期：2019-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The plasma membrane serotonin transporter (SERT) has an important role in terminating serotonergic neurotransmission by re-uptake of 5-HT from the synaptic cleft. The expression of SERT on the cell surface is therefore a critical factor. In this study, we examined the role of the carboxyl terminus of SERT in trafficki...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Larsen MB,Fjorback AW,Wiborg O

更新日期：2006-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The properties of neuronal nitric oxide synthase containing one tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4) per dimer [nNOS(BH4+)] were compared to those of the BH4-free enzyme [nNOS(BH4-)]. The stimulation by BH4 of the formation of L-citrulline at the expense of H2O2 production unambiguously demonstrated that BH4 is essential in coup...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Gorren AC,List BM,Schrammel A,Pitters E,Hemmens B,Werner ER,Schmidt K,Mayer B

更新日期：1996-12-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Stopped-flow kinetic measurements of the association of filipin with sterols in intact cells and isolated membranes of Mycoplasma capricolum were used to study the effects of varying the phospholipid in the membrane. The phospholipid composition and content of the membrane were varied by growing cells in an albumin-co...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Clejan S,Bittman R,Rottem S

更新日期：1981-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：:A new method of calculation, based on a direct fitting of the protein fluorescence intensity observed upon coenzyme binding (H.-P. Lutz, unpublished results), is used to study the negative cooperative behavior of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase from sturgeon muscle. The calculation procedure simultaneously el...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Branlant G,Eiler B,Biellmann JF,Lutz HP,Luisi PL

更新日期：1983-09-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The aminolysis of the depsipeptide m-[[(phenylacetyl)glycyl]oxy]benzoic acid (1) by D-phenylalanine, catalyzed by the beta-lactamase of Enterobacter cloacae P99, is inhibited by the product of the reaction, (phenylacetyl)glycyl-D-phenylalanine (2), by the peptide analogue of 1, m-[(phenylacetyl)-glycinamido]benzoic ac...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Pazhanisamy S,Pratt RF

更新日期：1989-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent evidence adds support to a traditional concept according to which the eukaryotic nucleus is organized into functional domains by scaffold or matrix attachment regions (S/MARs). These regions have previously been predicted to have a high potential for stress-induced duplex destabilization (SIDD). Here we report ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Goetze S,Gluch A,Benham C,Bode J

更新日期：2003-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Substitution of cysteine for proline-39 in Escherichia coli dihydrofolate reductase by oligonucleotide-directed mutagenesis positions the new cysteine adjacent to already existing cysteine-85. When the mutant protein is expressed in the E. coli cytosol, the cysteine sulfur atoms are found, by X-ray crystallographic an...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Villafranca JE,Howell EE,Oatley SJ,Xuong NH,Kraut J

更新日期：1987-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：:There are 10 transmembrane protein (TMEM) 16-family proteins in humans and mice. Among them, TMEM16F acts as a Ca(2+)-dependent phospholipid scramblase at the plasma membrane. However, how Ca(2+) activates TMEM16F's phospholipid-scramblase activity has not been elucidated. Here we found that in the presence of Ca(2+),...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Ishihara K,Suzuki J,Nagata S

更新日期：2016-06-14 00:00:00