Geometry of the phosphodiester backbone in the A form of deoxyribonucleic acid determined by phosphorus-31 nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy.

abstract：:To characterize the roles played by Glu44 and Glu56 of cytochrome b5 in the formation of the electrostatic complex between cytochrome c and cytochrome b5, the Glu44, Glu56, or both sites were changed to alanine by site-directed mutagenesis. The influence of these two residues on the protein stability was probed by inv...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Qian W,Sun YL,Wang YH,Zhuang JH,Xie Y,Huang ZX

更新日期：1998-10-06 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper provides further characterization of a receptor that, in cells lacking the LDL receptor (FH fibroblasts), mediates lipoprotein binding, uptake, and degradation when incubated with oleate at concentrations not exceeding albumin binding capacity. This oleate-activated receptor is genetically distinct from the...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Yen FT,Mann CJ,Guermani LM,Hannouche NF,Hubert N,Hornick CA,Bordeau VN,Agnani G,Bihain BE

更新日期：1994-02-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydrolysis of monodisperse short chain phosphatidylcholines, far below their critical micelle concentration, by phospholipase A2 (PLA2) and other interfacial enzymes is characterized. Results show that virtually all the observed hydrolysis by pancreatic and human inflammatory PLA2 occurs on surfaces of the reaction ve...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Yu BZ,Berg OG,Jain MK

更新日期：1999-08-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Tryptic digestion studies of the human erythrocyte glucose carrier have shown that a reactive and transport-sensitive exofacial sulfhydryl is located in the carboxy-terminal half of the molecule, corresponding to Cys347, Cys421, or Cys429. In the present studies, the erythrocyte glucose carrier labeled on the exofacia...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： May JM,Buchs A,Carter-Su C

更新日期：1990-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Simple two-dimensional thin-layer chromatography was found to be useful for the separation of sugar methylated dinucleotides in RNA. Of the 16 possible sequences of the type Nm-Np, 15 were separated and all the sequences were determined. In a mouse hepatoma, MH 134, the levels of the sugar methylation in the 18S and 2...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Hashimoto S,Sakai M,Muramatsu M

更新日期：1975-05-06 00:00:00

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：:2-Cys peroxiredoxins (Prxs) are a large and diverse family of peroxidases which, in addition to their antioxidant functions, regulate cell signaling pathways, apoptosis, and differentiation. These enzymes are obligate homodimers (alpha(2)), utilizing a unique intermolecular redox-active disulfide center for the reduct...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Wood ZA,Poole LB,Hantgan RR,Karplus PA

更新日期：2002-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The Escherichia coli D-galactose and D-glucose receptor possesses a Ca(II)-binding site closely related in structure and metal-binding characteristics to the eukaryotic EF-hand sites. Only the structure of the Ca(II)-occupied site is known. To investigate the structural change triggered by Ca(II) and Sr(II) binding, w...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Luck LA,Falke JJ

更新日期：1991-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:We have described earlier a chromatin-bound protease with unique specificity for histone H2A [Eickbush, T. H., Watson, D. K., & Moudrianakis, E. N. (1976) Cell (Cambridge, Mass.) 9, 785--792]. In the present study, we explore the nature of interactions that form and stabilize the enzyme-chromatin system by using the a...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Watson DK,Moudrianakis EN

更新日期：1982-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemoenzymatic glycan remodeling by endoglycosidase-catalyzed deglycosylation and reglycosylation is emerging as an attractive approach for producing homogeneous glycoforms of antibodies, and the success of this approach depends on the discovery of efficient endoglycosidases and their glycosynthase mutants. We report ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Tong X,Li T,Li C,Wang LX

更新日期：2018-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Beta-lactams exert their antibiotic action through their inhibition of bacterial DD-peptidases (penicillin-binding proteins). Bacteria, in general, carry several such enzymes localized on the outside of their cell membrane to catalyze the final step in cell wall (peptidoglycan) synthesis. They have been classified int...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Josephine HR,Charlier P,Davies C,Nicholas RA,Pratt RF

更新日期：2006-12-26 00:00:00

abstract：:T4 RNA ligase catalyzes the ATP-dependent addition of a single 2'-deoxyribonucleoside 3',5'-bisphosphate to the 3'-hydroxyl of an oligodeoxyribonucleotide. The bisphosphate is joined to the deoxyoligomer by a 3' leads to 5' phosphodiester bond and the product, which is terminated by a 3'-phosphate, is one nucleotide l...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Hinton DM,Baez JA,Gumport RI

更新日期：1978-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：:We have used limited proteolysis of affinity-labeled estrogen receptors (ER), coupled with antireceptor antibody immunoreactivity, to assess structural features of ER and the relatedness of ER from MCF-7 human breast cancer and rat uterine cells. MCF-7 ER preparations covalently labeled with [3H]tamoxifen aziridine [(...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Katzenellenbogen BS,Elliston JF,Monsma FJ Jr,Springer PA,Ziegler YS,Greene GL

更新日期：1987-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：:We have examined the reduction of cyanide by using the purified component proteins of nitrogenase (Av1 and Av2). The previously reported self-inhibition phenomenon was found to be an artifact. One of the two species present in cyanide solutions, CN-, was shown to be a potent reversible inhibitor (Ki = 27 microM) of to...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Li J,Burgess BK,Corbin JL

更新日期：1982-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The carboxymethylation of RNase T1 at the gamma-carboxyl group of Glu58 leads to a complete loss of the enzymatic activity while it retains substrate-binding ability. Accompanying the carboxymethylation, RNase T1 undergoes a remarkable thermal stabilization of 9 degrees C in the melting temperature (Tm). In order to c...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Ishikawa K,Suzuki E,Tanokura M,Takahashi K

更新日期：1996-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Human alpha1 and alpha2 isoforms of Na,K-ATPase have been expressed with porcine 10*Histidine-tagged beta1 subunit in Pichia pastoris. Methanol-induced expression of alpha2 is optimal at 20 degrees C, whereas at 25 degrees C, which is optimal for expression of alpha1, alpha2 is not expressed. Detergent-soluble alpha2b...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Lifshitz Y,Petrovich E,Haviv H,Goldshleger R,Tal DM,Garty H,Karlish SJ

更新日期：2007-12-25 00:00:00

abstract：:In cerebellum, inositol trisphosphate- (InsP(3)-) gated Ca channels play a key role in learning, though they exhibit a low sensitivity to InsP(3) compared to peripheral tissues. In the present study, the cerebellar InsP(3) receptor is shown to be associated with a novel inhibitor of InsP(3) binding. (3)H-InsP(3) bindi...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Watras J,Orlando R,Moraru II

更新日期：2000-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The X-ray crystal structures of the complexes of the recombinant kringle 1 domain of human plasminogen (Klpg) with the ligands epsilon-aminocaproic acid (EACA) and trans-4-(aminomethyl)cyclohexane-1-carboxylic acid (AMCHA), which are representative of a class of in vivo antifibrinolytic agents, have been determined at...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Mathews II,Vanderhoff-Hanaver P,Castellino FJ,Tulinsky A

更新日期：1996-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been inferred from structural and computational studies that the mechanism of DNA polymerases involves subtle but important discrete steps that occur between binding and recognition of the correct dNTP and chemical catalysis. These steps potentially include local conformational changes involving active site res...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Balbo PB,Wang EC,Tsai MD

更新日期：2011-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The X-ray structures of neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) with N(omega)-hydroxy-l-arginine (l-NHA) and CO (or NO) bound have been determined at 1.91-2.2 A resolution. Microspectrophotometric techniques confirmed reduced redox state and the status of diatomic ligand complexes during X-ray diffraction data collectio...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Doukov T,Li H,Soltis M,Poulos TL

更新日期：2009-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：:We have isolated a new toxin, calitoxin (CLX), from the sea anemone Calliactis parasitica whose amino acid sequence differs greatly from that of other sea anemone toxins. The polypeptide chain contains 46 amino acid residues, with a molecular mass of 4886 Da and an isoelectric point at pH 5.4. The amino acid sequence ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Cariello L,de Santis A,Fiore F,Piccoli R,Spagnuolo A,Zanetti L,Parente A

更新日期：1989-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：:A soluble Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase has been purified from rat brain to near homogeneity by using casein as substrate. The enzyme was purified by using hydroxylapatite adsorption chromatography, phosphocellulose ion-exchange chromatography, Sepharose 6B gel filtration, affinity chromatography using calm...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Kuret J,Schulman H

更新日期：1984-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：:To understand the mechanism by which annexin I induces membrane aggregation, a comprehensive mutagenesis of all six Ca2+-binding sites was performed. When the cap residues of type II Ca2+-binding sites were systematically mutated to Ala, a type II site in domain II was shown to be essential for Ca2+-dependent vesicle ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Bitto E,Cho W

更新日期：1998-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The catalytic activity and inhibitor binding energetics of enzymes are often pH-dependent properties. Aspartic proteases comprise an important class of enzyme targets for structure-based drug design. We have performed a complete thermodynamic study of pepstatin binding to plasmepsin II, an aspartic proteinase found in...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Xie D,Gulnik S,Collins L,Gustchina E,Suvorov L,Erickson JW

更新日期：1997-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:In vivo bioluminescence imaging (BLI) has become a standard, non-invasive imaging modality for following gene expression or the fate of proteins and cells in living animals. Currently, bioluminescent reporters used in laboratories are mostly derivatives of two major luciferase families: ATP-dependent insect luciferase...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Yeh HW,Wu T,Chen M,Ai HW

更新日期：2019-03-26 00:00:00

abstract：:A recombinant system was developed for generation of steroid-receptor complexes in vitro. The DNA- and steroid-binding domains of the rat mineralocorticoid receptor were expressed in Escherichia coli as a fusion protein with glutathione S-transferase. The identity of the expressed recombinant protein was confirmed by ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Caamaño CA,Morano MI,Patel PD,Watson SJ,Akil H

更新日期：1993-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Trifluoperazine (TFP) was shown to interact with the cyanogen bromide fragment 9 (CB9) (residues 84-135) of rabbit skeletal troponin C and with a synthetic peptide representing the N-terminal region of CB9. The phenothiazine did not affect the calcium binding property of CB9 as observed by proton magnetic resonance an...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Gariépy J,Hodges RS

更新日期：1983-03-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The cardiac-specific Nkx2.5 homeodomain has been expressed as a 79-residue protein with the oxidizable Cys(56) replaced with Ser. The Nkx2.5 or Nkx2.5(C56S) homeodomain is 73% identical in sequence to and has the same NMR structure as the vnd (ventral nervous system defective)/NK-2 homeodomain of Drosophila when bound...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Fodor E,Mack JW,Maeng JS,Ju JH,Lee HS,Gruschus JM,Ferretti JA,Ginsburg A

更新日期：2005-09-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The crystal structure of a human carbonic anhydrase II (CAII) variant, cis-proline-202-->alanine (P202A), has been determined at 1.7-A resolution, indicating that the wild-type geometry, including the cis-peptidyl linkage, is retained upon substitution of proline by alanine. The CO2 hydrase activity and affinity for s...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Tweedy NB,Nair SK,Paterno SA,Fierke CA,Christianson DW

更新日期：1993-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Diethyl pyrocarbonate (DEP) is an electrophilic reagent that is used to modify reversibly the histidine residues of proteins. Unfortunately, the lability of the acylated histidine adduct usually does not permit the isolation and identification of the modified histidine. By use of 500-MHz proton NMR spectroscopy, it ha...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Altman J,Lipka JJ,Kuntz I,Waskell L

更新日期：1989-09-19 00:00:00