Effects of 3 beta-[2-(diethylamino)ethoxy]androst-5-en-17-one on the synthesis of cholesterol and ubiquinone in rat intestinal epithelial cell cultures.

abstract：:A new series of peptide inhibitors of human Factor VIIa (FVIIa) has been identified and affinity matured from naive and partially randomized peptide phage libraries selected against the immobilized tissue factor x Factor VIIa (TF x FVIIa) complex. These "A-series" peptides contain a single disulfide bond and a 13-resi...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Dennis MS,Roberge M,Quan C,Lazarus RA

更新日期：2001-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Biogenesis of the Gram-negative outer membrane involves the chaperone seventeen kilodalton protein (Skp). A Skp trimer is currently thought to bind its unfolded outer membrane protein (uOMP) substrates. Using sedimentation equilibrium, we discovered that Skp is not an obligate trimer under physiological conditions and...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Sandlin CW,Zaccai NR,Fleming KG

更新日期：2015-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Heme uptake and utilization by pathogenic bacteria are critical for virulence and disease, since heme and heme proteins are a major source of iron within the host. Although the role of outer membrane heme receptors in this process has been extensively characterized at the genetic and biochemical level, the role of the...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Kaur AP,Wilks A

更新日期：2007-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The active site of methionyl-tRNA synthetase (MetRS) possesses two functions: synthetic, which provides Met-tRNA for protein synthesis, and editing, which rejects inadvertently misactivated homocysteine. During editing, the side chain -SH group of homocysteine reacts with its activated carboxyl group forming a cyclic ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Jakubowski H

更新日期：1996-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The folding of many globular proteins from the unfolded (U) to the native (N) state appears to be describable by a two-state N ↔ U model, which has led to the general belief that protein folding occurs in a highly cooperative manner. One reason for the widespread belief in "two-state folding" is that protein folding r...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Jethva PN,Udgaonkar JB

更新日期：2018-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemistry, once king of fluorescence microscopy, was usurped by the field of fluorescent proteins. The increased demands of modern microscopy techniques on the "photon budget" require better and brighter fluorophores, causing a renewed interest in synthetic dyes. Here, we review the recent advances in biochemistry, pr...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Lavis LD

更新日期：2017-10-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Olivopontocerebellar atrophy with retinal degeneration is a hereditary neurodegenerative disorder that belongs to the subtype II of the autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxias and is characterized by early-onset cerebellar and macular degeneration preceded by diagnostically useful tritan colorblindness. The gene mutated...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Mushegian AR,Vishnivetskiy SA,Gurevich VV

更新日期：2000-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine whether ligand-receptor interactions could engender the selective uptake by deficient cells of enzyme-laden liposomes, aggregated human IgG was used to coat liposomes which had previously trapped purified hexosaminidase A (Hex A). By a new, high-yield procedure, Hex A was purified 7000-fold from human pla...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Cohen CM,Weissmann G,Hoffstein S,Awasthi YC,Srivastava SK

更新日期：1976-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The reduced hydroxylase component (MMOH) of soluble methane monooxygenase (MMO) from Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b reacts with O2 and CH4 to produce CH3OH and H2O in a single-turnover reaction. Transient kinetic analysis of this reaction has revealed at least five and probably six intermediates during the turnover [...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Nesheim JC,Lipscomb JD

更新日期：1996-08-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The signaling apparatus that controls bacterial chemotaxis is composed of a core complex containing chemoreceptors, the histidine autokinase CheA, and the coupling protein CheW. Site-specific spin labeling and pulsed dipolar ESR spectroscopy (PDS) have been applied to investigate the structure of a soluble ternary com...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Bhatnagar J,Borbat PP,Pollard AM,Bilwes AM,Freed JH,Crane BR

更新日期：2010-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Upon blue light irradiation, photoactive yellow protein (PYP) undergoes a conformational change that involves large movements at the N-terminus of the protein. We reasoned that this conformational change might be used to control other protein or peptide sequences if these were introduced as linkers connecting the N- a...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Kumar A,Burns DC,Al-Abdul-Wahid MS,Woolley GA

更新日期：2013-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Amyloid deposition of human islet amyloid polypeptide (hIAPP) in the islets of Langerhans is closely associated with the pathogenesis of type II diabetes mellitus. Despite substantial evidence linking amyloidogenic hIAPP to loss of β-cell mass and decreased pancreatic function, the molecular mechanism of hIAPP cytotox...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Sasahara K,Morigaki K,Okazaki T,Hamada D

更新日期：2012-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanism by which some hydrophobic molecules such as steroids and free fatty acids (FFA) act as noncompetitive inhibitors of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (AChR) is still not known. In the present work, we employ Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) between the intrinsic fluorescence of membrane-bound ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Nievas GA,Barrantes FJ,Antollini SS

更新日期：2007-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:3-Oxo-delta 5-steroid isomerase (KSI, EC 5.3.3.1) from Pseudomonas testosteroni catalyzes the isomerization of a variety of 3-oxo-delta 5-steroids to their conjugated Delta4-isomers through the formation of an intermediate dienolate ion. It has previously been found in our laboratory that the aromatic ring of Phe-101 ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Qi L,Pollack RM

更新日期：1998-05-12 00:00:00

abstract：:HIV-1 RNA dimerization is a complex process that involves a series of RNA refolding events. The monomeric RNA can adopt two alternative conformations that largely determine the efficiency of dimerization. The dimeric RNA also exists in two different conformations, an initial kissing-loop complex and a stable dimer wit...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Huthoff H,Berkhout B

更新日期：2002-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Time-resolved resonance Raman (TR(3)) and time-resolved step-scan (TRS(2)) FTIR spectroscopies have been used to probe the structural dynamics at the heme b(3) proximal and distal sites after carbon monoxide photolysis from fully reduced CO-bound nitric oxide reductase. The Raman spectra of the transient species exhib...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Pinakoulaki E,Varotsis C

更新日期：2003-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultraviolet absorption (UV) and circular dichroism (CD) spectra of wheat germ 5S RNA, when compared to tRNAPhe, indicate a largely base-paired and base-stacked helical structure, containing up to 36 base pairs. Fourier-transform infrared (FT-IR) spectra of tRNAPhe and wheat germ ribosomal 5S RNA have been acquired at ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Li SJ,Burkey KO,Luoma GA,Alben JO,Marshall AG

更新日期：1984-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to compare the interfacial behavior of the polyheme cytochromes c which belong to the cytochrome c3 superfamily, the monomolecular film technique was used to determine whether and how these metalloproteins interact with (phospho)lipids). Measurements of the variations of surface pressure and surface potential...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Florens L,Ivanova M,Dolla A,Czjzek M,Haser R,Verger R,Bruschi M

更新日期：1995-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) functions in vivo as a cAMP-activated chloride channel. A member of the ATP-binding cassette superfamily of membrane transporters, CFTR contains two transmembrane domains (TMDs), two nucleotide-binding domains (NBDs), and a regulatory (R) domain. It is pre...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Ketchum CJ,Rajendrakumar GV,Maloney PC

更新日期：2004-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Sufiredoxins (Srx) repair the inactivated forms of typical two-Cys peroxiredoxins (Prx) implicated in hydrogen peroxide-mediated cell signaling. The reduction of the cysteine sulfinic acid moiety within the active site of the Prx by Srx involves novel sulfur chemistry and the use of ATP and Mg(2+). The 1.65 A crystal ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Jönsson TJ,Murray MS,Johnson LC,Poole LB,Lowther WT

更新日期：2005-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Catalase HPII from Escherichia coli is a homotetramer of 753 residue subunits. The multimer displays a number of unusual structural features, including interwoven subunits and a covalent bond between Tyr415 and His392, that would contribute to its rigidity and stability. As the temperature of a solution of HPII in 50 ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Switala J,O'Neil JO,Loewen PC

更新日期：1999-03-30 00:00:00

abstract：:In an effort to characterize the bimolecular interface between parathyroid hormone (PTH) and its human receptor PTH1-Rc (hPTH1-Rc), we previously identified two contact sites in the receptor: one for position 1 and another for position 13 (located at the ends of the principal activation domain) in PTH(1-34). The prese...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Greenberg Z,Bisello A,Mierke DF,Rosenblatt M,Chorev M

更新日期：2000-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Several models for how amino acid substitutions in the Plasmodium falciparum chloroquine resistance transporter (PfCRT) confer resistance to chloroquine (CQ) and other antimalarial drugs have been proposed. Distinguishing between these models requires detailed analysis of high-resolution CQ transport data that is unfo...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Cabrera M,Natarajan J,Paguio MF,Wolf C,Urbach JS,Roepe PD

更新日期：2009-10-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Methanosarcina mazei pyrrolysyl-tRNA synthetase (PylRS) and its cognate tRNA have been evolved to generate genetically encoded noncanonical amino acids (ncAAs). Use of tryptophan (Trp) analogues with pyrrole ring modification for their spatial and polarity tuning in enzyme activity and substrate specificity is still l...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Jiang HK,Wang YH,Weng JH,Kurkute P,Li CL,Lee MN,Chen PJ,Tseng HW,Tsai MD,Wang YS

更新日期：2020-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Dihydrouridine is absent from the tRNA of almost all hyperthermophiles and most Archaea but is ubiquitous in the tRNA of Eubacteria and Eukaryotes. In order to investigate whether this could be due to instability, the rate of ring opening of dihydrouridine was measured between 25 and 120 degrees C. The dihydrouridine ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： House CH,Miller SL

更新日期：1996-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyadenylated RNA was isolated from nuclei of cultured Drosophila cells, Schneider's line 2, and used as a template to synthesize a complementary DNA probe. Hybridization experiments were performed to study the relationship between nuclear and cytoplasmic RNA. About two-thirds of the nuclear polyadenylated RNA sequen...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Levy B,McCarthy BJ

更新日期：1976-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The secretion of lung surfactant in alveolar type II cells is a complex process involving the fusion of lamellar bodies with the plasma membrane. This process is somewhat different from the exocytosis of hormones and neurotransmitters. For example, it is a relatively slower process, and lamellar bodies are very large ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Abonyo BO,Gou D,Wang P,Narasaraju T,Wang Z,Liu L

更新日期：2004-03-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The transmission of regulatory signals between the alpha- and beta-subunits of the tryptophan synthase alpha 2 beta 2 complex from Salmonella typhimurium has been investigated by monitoring the luminescence properties of the enzyme in the presence and in the absence of the alpha-subunit ligand DL-alpha-glycerol 3-phos...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Strambini GB,Cioni P,Peracchi A,Mozzarelli A

更新日期：1992-08-25 00:00:00

abstract：:BamA is an essential component of the β-barrel assembly machine (BAM) that is responsible for insertion and folding of β-barrel outer membrane proteins (OMPs) in Gram-negative bacteria. BamA is an OMP itself, and its β-barrel transmembrane domain is thought to catalyze OMP insertion and folding, although the molecular...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Doerner PA,Sousa MC

更新日期：2017-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:We have measured the hydration of CO2 catalyzed by bovine red cell carbonic anhydrase in mixtures of H2O and D2O at pH(D) which is in the plateau region of the pH--activity profile. The steady-state parameters for hydration Vmax and Km both show an exponential dependence on the atom fraction of deuterium in solvent wa...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Venkatasubban KS,Silverman DN

更新日期：1980-10-28 00:00:00