Investigation of the shape and size of myosin subfragment 1 using small-angle X-ray scattering.

abstract：:The pyridoxal 5'-phosphate dependent histidine decarboxylase from Morganella morganii shows a nitrogen isotope effect k14/k15 = 0.9770 +/- 0.0021, a carbon isotope effect k12/k13 = 1.0308 +/- 0.0006, and a carbon isotope effect for L-[alpha-2H]histidine of 1.0333 +/- 0.0001 at pH 6.3, 37 degrees C. These results indic...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Abell LM,O'Leary MH

更新日期：1988-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The oxygen transfer to p-hydroxybenzoate catalyzed by p-hydroxybenzoate hydroxylase (PHBH) has been shown to occur via a C4a-hydroperoxide of the flavin. Two factors are likely to be important in facilitating the transfer of oxygen from the C4a-hydroperoxide to the substrate. (a) The positive electrostatic potential o...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Ortiz-Maldonado M,Aeschliman SM,Ballou DP,Massey V

更新日期：2001-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:A conformational analysis of the valine side chains of ribonuclease T1 (RNase T1) was performed using NMR spectroscopy, in particular homonuclear (1H, 1H and 13C, 13C) and heteronuclear (1H, 15N and 1H, 13C) vicinal spin-spin coupling constants as obtained from E.COSY-type NMR experiments. The coupling constants relat...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Karimi-Nejad Y,Schmidt JM,Rüterjans H,Schwalbe H,Greisinger C

更新日期：1994-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The downfield (9-15 ppm) proton spectrum of Escherichia coli 5S RNA has been examined at 500 MHz by using nuclear Overhauser methods. The data confirm the existence of the terminal and procaryotic loop helices within the molecule [Fox, G. E., & Woese, C. R. (1975) Nature (London) 256, 505-506]. Very little stable, dou...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Kime MJ,Moore PB

更新日期：1983-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the microsecond rotational motions of the Ca-ATPase in rabbit skeletal sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR), by measuring the time-resolved phosphorescence anisotropy of erythrosin 5-isothiocyanate (ERITC) covalently and specifically attached to the enzyme. Over a wide range of solvent conditions and tempe...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Birmachu W,Thomas DD

更新日期：1990-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of promoters with nine base-pair substitutions in the spacer DNA separating the -10 and -35 regions was used to demonstrate that Escherichia coli RNA polymerase is sensitive to events affecting the spacer DNA--a region not directly contacted by the enzyme. The drugs distamycin A and netropsin specifically enh...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Bruzik JP,Auble DT,deHaseth PL

更新日期：1987-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Identification of the kinetic intermediates in GTP hydrolysis on microtubules and characterization of their assembly properties is essential in understanding microtubule dynamics. By using an improved glass filter assay that selectively traps microtubules with a dead time of 2 s and monitoring taxol-induced rapid asse...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Melki R,Carlier MF,Pantaloni D

更新日期：1990-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been shown (Poole et al., 1991) that deletion of residues 44-49 from the sequence of staphylococcal nuclease (E43 SNase) results in an enzyme (E43 delta SNase) that is significantly more active than D43 SNase, an enzyme that differs from the wild-type enzyme by deletion of a single methylene group. In addition,...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Baldisseri DM,Torchia DA,Poole LB,Gerlt JA

更新日期：1991-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Rhodospirillum rubrum ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase contains two high affinity binding sites for pyridoxal phosphate and two catalytic sites per dimer. However, pyridoxal phosphate binding at only one site is sufficient for inactivation of both catalytic sites. In the presence of 20 mM bicarbonate, 10 mM magnesium...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Whitman WB,Tabita FR

更新日期：1978-04-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The Bordetella adenylate cyclase toxin-hemolysin (CyaA, ACT, or AC-Hly) forms cation-selective membrane channels and delivers into the cytosol of target cells an adenylate cyclase domain (AC) that catalyzes uncontrolled conversion of cellular ATP to cAMP. Both toxin activities were previously shown to depend on post-t...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Masin J,Basler M,Knapp O,El-Azami-El-Idrissi M,Maier E,Konopasek I,Benz R,Leclerc C,Sebo P

更新日期：2005-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Beta2-microglobulin (beta2-m) can form dialysis-related amyloid deposits. The structure of a fragment of beta2-m (K3, Ser20-Lys41) in the oligomeric state has recently been solved. We modeled equilibrium structures of K3 oligomers with different organizations (single and double layers) and morphologies (linear-like an...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Zheng J,Jang H,Nussinov R

更新日期：2008-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Botulinum neurotoxins (BoNTs) elicit flaccid paralysis through cleavage of SNARE proteins within peripheral neurons. There are seven serotypes of the BoNTs, termed A-G, which differ in the SNARE protein and/or site that is cleaved. BoNTs are single-chain toxins that comprise an N-terminal zinc metalloprotease domain t...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Baldwin MR,Barbieri JT

更新日期：2007-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The hydration of CO2 catalyzed by carbonic anhydrase requires proton transfer from the zinc-bound water at the active site to solution for each cycle of catalysis. In the most efficient of the mammalian carbonic anhydrases, isozyme II, this transfer is facilitated by a proton shuttle residue, His 64. Murine carbonic a...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Earnhardt JN,Qian M,Tu C,Laipis PJ,Silverman DN

更新日期：1998-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Calmodulin is a ubiquitous calcium dependent protein. In the presence of calcium, calmodulin adopts an altered conformation that leads to the generation of downstream cellular calcium signals. Here we describe the introduction of nitroxide EPR probes into calmodulin by means of site-directed spin labeling. These probe...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Shao J,Cieslak J,Gross A

更新日期：2009-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Factors which influence the accessibility, or exposure, of the carbohydrate head group of the glycolipid galactosylceramide (GalCer) at the membrane surface have been examined in lipid model membranes using the technique of galactose oxidase-tritiated sodium borohydride labeling. Both the ceramide composition of GalCe...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Stewart RJ,Boggs JM

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In prokaryotes, a large share of the proteins are secreted from the cell through a process that requires their translocation across the cytoplasmic membrane. This process is mediated by the universally conserved Sec system with homologues in the endoplasmic reticulum and thylakoid membranes of eukaryotes. The Sec syst...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Kedrov A,Kusters I,Driessen AJ

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In eukaryotic cells, structures called heterochromatin play critical roles in nuclear processes ranging from gene repression to chromosome segregation. Biochemical and in vivo studies over the past several decades have implied that the diverse functions of heterochromatin rely on the ability of these structures to spr...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Larson AG,Narlikar GJ

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The red cell membrane is stabilized by a spectrin/actin-based cortical cytoskeleton connected to the phospholipid bilayer via multiple protein bridges. By virtue of its interaction with ankyrin and adducin, the anion transporter, band 3 (AE1), contributes prominently to these bridges. In a previous study, we demonstra...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Grey JL,Kodippili GC,Simon K,Low PS

更新日期：2012-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Helicases unwind double-stranded nucleic acids, remove secondary structures from single-stranded nucleic acids, and remove proteins bound to nucleic acids. For many helicases, the mechanisms for these different functions share the ability to translocate with a directional bias as a result of ATP binding and hydrolysis...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Reynolds KA,Cameron CE,Raney KD

更新日期：2015-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Calmodulin (CaM), by mediating the stimulation of the activity of two adenylyl cyclases (ACs), plays a key role in integrating the cAMP and Ca(2+) signaling systems. These ACs, AC1 and AC8, by decoding discrete Ca(2+) signals can contribute to fine-tuning intracellular cAMP dynamics, particularly in neurons where they...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Masada N,Schaks S,Jackson SE,Sinz A,Cooper DM

更新日期：2012-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The reaction catalyzed by orotidine 5'-monophosphate decarboxylase (OMPDC) is accompanied by exceptional values for rate enhancement (k(cat)/k(non) = 7.1 × 10(16)) and catalytic proficiency [(k(cat)/K(M))/k(non) = 4.8 × 10(22) M(-1)]. Although a stabilized vinyl carbanion/carbene intermediate is located on the reactio...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Iiams V,Desai BJ,Fedorov AA,Fedorov EV,Almo SC,Gerlt JA

更新日期：2011-10-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Oocytes released en masse from pig ovaries were isolated in large quantities by using sieving techniques. The isolated oocytes were gently homogenized, and the largely intact zona pellucida "ghosts" were purified by using sieving techniques. Sufficient amounts of zonae were recovered to permit, for the first time, ade...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Dunbar BS,Wardrip NJ,Hedrick JL

更新日期：1980-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The interaction between the calcium binding and inhibitory components of troponin is central to the regulation of muscle contraction. In this work, two-dimensional heteronuclear single-quantum coherence nuclear magnetic resonance (2D-¿1H,15N¿-HSQC NMR) spectroscopy was used to determine the stoichiometry, affinity, an...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Mercier P,Li MX,Sykes BD

更新日期：2000-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：:We propose a simple method to find an amino acid sequence that is foldable into a globular protein with a desired structure based on a knowledge-based 3D-1D compatibility function. An asymmetric alpha-helical single-domain structure of sperm whale myoglobin consisting of 153 amino acid residues was chosen for the desi...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Isogai Y,Ota M,Fujisawa T,Izuno H,Mukai M,Nakamura H,Iizuka T,Nishikawa K

更新日期：1999-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Illumination of envelope vesicles prepared from Halobacterium halobium cells causes translocation of protons from inside to outside, due to the light-induced cycling of bacteriorhodopsin. This process results in a pH gradient across the membranes, an electrical potential, and the movements of K+ and Na+. The electrica...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Renthal R,Lanyi JK

更新日期：1976-05-18 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：:The structure of a mutant Escherichia coli thioredoxin with a glutamic acid substituted for a conserved lysine at position 36 adjacent to the active site has been solved using molecular replacement and refined at 2.0-A resolution to a crystallographic residual of 19.9%. The mutant was crystallized in an orthorhombic s...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Nikkola M,Gleason FK,Fuchs JA,Eklund H

更新日期：1993-05-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The calcium binding protein alpha-lactalbumin folds via a molten globule intermediate. Calcium does not bind strongly to the unfolded protein or the molten globule, but does bind to the transition state between the molten globule and the native protein. Of interest are the structures formed in the transition state tha...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Kuhlman B,Boice JA,Wu WJ,Fairman R,Raleigh DP

更新日期：1997-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Extensive molecular modeling with molecular dynamics simulations and van der Waals energy analyses were used to elucidate the striking finding that a mutagenic benzo[a]pyrene-derived DNA lesion, the base-displaced intercalated 10R-(+)-cis-anti-B[a]P-N(2)-dG (G*), manifests large differences in nucleotide excision repa...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Mu H,Kropachev K,Chen Y,Zhang H,Cai Y,Geacintov NE,Broyde S

更新日期：2013-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Carbohydrate-binding module (CBM) family 13 includes the "R-type" or "ricin superfamily" beta-trefoil lectins. The C-terminal CBM, CBM13, of xylanase 10A from Streptomyces lividans is a family 13 CBM that is not only structurally similar to the "R-type" lectins but also somewhat functionally similar. The primary funct...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Notenboom V,Boraston AB,Williams SJ,Kilburn DG,Rose DR

更新日期：2002-04-02 00:00:00