8-Azido-ATP modification of cytochrome c: retardation of its electron-transfer activity to cytochrome c oxidase.

abstract：:The solution behavior of bilirubin ditaurate (BDT), the first naturally occurring conjugated bile pigment to be physically and chemically characterized, was assessed in aqueous solution and in monomeric and micellar solutions of common taurine-conjugated bile salts (BS). Analytical ultracentrifugation revealed that BD...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Neubrand MW,Carey MC,Laue TM

更新日期：2015-02-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Amphiphiles respond both to polar and to nonpolar solvents. In this paper X-ray diffraction and osmotic stress have been used to examine the phase behavior, the structural dimensions, and the work of deforming the monolayer-lined aqueous cavities formed by mixtures of dioleoylphosphatidylethanolamine (DOPE) and dioleo...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Rand RP,Fuller NL,Gruner SM,Parsegian VA

更新日期：1990-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:In eukaryotic cells, chromatin is classified into euchromatin, which is active in transcription, and heterochromatin that silences transcription. Histones in these two domains contain distinct modifications. Chromatin assembly factor 1 (CAF-1) is a highly conserved protein that functions in DNA replication, DNA repair...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Zhou H,Madden BJ,Muddiman DC,Zhang Z

更新日期：2006-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Aromatic amino acid aminotransferase (ArAT) from Escherichia coli was overexpressed in E. coli cells, purified, and characterized. The enzyme was similar to aspartate aminotransferase (AspAT) of E. coli in many aspects, such as gross protein structure and spectroscopic properties. The reactions of pyridoxal 5'-phospha...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Hayashi H,Inoue K,Nagata T,Kuramitsu S,Kagamiyama H

更新日期：1993-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Fas and its ligand (FasL) are members of the tumor necrosis factor receptor (TNFR) and tumor necrosis factor (TNF) superfamilies, respectively. Fas-FasL interactions trigger controlled cell death (apoptosis) in the immune system and thus play a key role in the regulation of immune responses. Structural details of the ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Starling GC,Kiener PA,Aruffo A,Bajorath J

更新日期：1998-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The 24-kDa subunit of mitochondrial NADH-ubiquinone reductase (complex I) is an iron-sulfur protein that is present in the flavoprotein or NADH dehydrogenase II subcomplex. It is a nuclear gene product and is imported into the organelle. A group of human patients with mitochondrial myopathy have been shown to have red...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Pilkington SJ,Walker JE

更新日期：1989-04-18 00:00:00

abstract：:A rapid, high-yield procedure has been developed for the purification of HPr from the Escherichia coli phosphoenolpyruvate dependent phosphotransferase system. During this procedure, the protein copurifies with a 2500-dalton homopolysaccharide which we have identified as alpha 1-6 glucan. The results of steady-state k...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Dooijewaard G,Roossien FF,Robillard GT

更新日期：1979-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The reaction of cytochrome c oxidase (COX) from Rhodobacter sphaeroides with hydrogen peroxide has been studied at alkaline (pH 8.5) and acidic (pH 6.5) conditions with the aid of a stopped-flow apparatus. Absorption changes in the entire 350-800 nm spectral range were monitored and analyzed by a global fitting proced...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Pecoraro C,Gennis RB,Vygodina TV,Konstantinov AA

更新日期：2001-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:β-2-Microglobulin (β2m) forms amyloid fibrils in the joints of patients undergoing dialysis treatment as a result of kidney failure. One of the ways in which β2m can be induced to form amyloid fibrils in vitro is via incubation with stoichiometric amounts of Cu(II). To better understand the structural changes caused b...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Borotto NB,Zhang Z,Dong J,Burant B,Vachet RW

更新日期：2017-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The structure of the His-94-->Cys variant of human carbonic anhydrase II (CAII) has been determined by X-ray crystallographic methods to a resolution of 2.3 A with a final crystallographic R factor of 0.155. This variant of CAII crystallizes in orthorhombic space group P2(1)2(1)2(1) which is the first example of a new...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Alexander RS,Kiefer LL,Fierke CA,Christianson DW

更新日期：1993-02-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The PLL(PTE-like lactonase)-group of enzymes within the amidohydrolase superfamily hydrolyze N-acyl-homoserine lactones (AHLs) that are involved in bacterial quorum-sensing pathways. These enzymes possess the (beta/alpha)(8)-barrel fold and serve as attractive templates for in vitro evolution and engineering of quorum...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Chow JY,Wu L,Yew WS

更新日期：2009-05-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcium binding to triads isolated from rabbit skeletal muscle followed a single hyperbolic function in the pH range 5.5-8.0. Maximal binding was obtained at pH 8.0; decreasing the pH decreased the binding capacity and, at pH < or = 6.0, increased Kd 2-fold. These results indicate that lowering the pH diminished calci...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Donoso P,Beltrán M,Hidalgo C

更新日期：1996-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The interaction of heparan sulfate with different ligand proteins depends on the precise location of O-sulfate groups in the polysaccharide chain. We have previously shown that overexpression in human kidney 293 cells of a mouse mastocytoma 2-O-sulfotransferase (2-OST), previously thought to catalyze the transfer of s...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Rong J,Habuchi H,Kimata K,Lindahl U,Kusche-Gullberg M

更新日期：2001-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:A 600 MHz 1H NMR study of toxin OSK1, blocker of small-conductance Ca2+-activated K+ channels, is presented. The unambiguous sequential assignment of all the protons of the toxin was obtained using TOCSY, DQF-COSY, and NOESY experiments at pH 3.0 (10, 30, and 45 degrees C) in aqueous solution. 3J(N alpha), 3J(alphabet...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Jaravine VA,Nolde DE,Reibarkh MJ,Korolkova YV,Kozlov SA,Pluzhnikov KA,Grishin EV,Arseniev AS

更新日期：1997-02-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The chirality of sulfoxidation catalyzed by two cytochrome P-450 isozymes purified from phenobarbital-induced rat liver was studied by using 4-tolyl ethyl sulfide as a substrate. Both P-450 isoenzymes, termed PB-1 and PB-4, when reconstituted with purified rat liver NADPH-cytochrome P-450 reductase and cytochrome b5, ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Waxman DJ,Light DR,Walsh C

更新日期：1982-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Thiolases are CoA-dependent enzymes which catalyze the formation of a carbon-carbon bond in a Claisen condensation step and its reverse reaction via a thiolytic degradation mechanism. Mitochondrial acetoacetyl-coenzyme A (CoA) thiolase (T2) is important in the pathways for the synthesis and degradation of ketone bodie...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Haapalainen AM,Meriläinen G,Pirilä PL,Kondo N,Fukao T,Wierenga RK

更新日期：2007-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Purple membranes (PM) from Halobacterium halobium were incorporated into 7.5% polyacrylamide gels to prevent aggregation which occurs in suspensions at low pH. At pH 7.0, the circular dichroism (CD) spectra and visible absorption spectra of light- and dark-adapted bacteriorhodopsin (bR558, respectively) and the flash ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Mowery PC,Lozier RH,Chae Q,Tseng YW,Taylor M,Stoeckenius W

更新日期：1979-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The phosphorelay signal transduction pathway controls sporulation initiation in Bacillus subtilis. Transfer of a phosphoryl group from multiple kinases (KinA and KinB) through a single domain response regulator homologue (Spo0F), a phosphotransferase (Spo0B), and ultimately to a transcriptional regulator, (Spo0A) acti...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Tzeng YL,Feher VA,Cavanagh J,Perego M,Hoch JA

更新日期：1998-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present report we studied the interaction between the skeletal muscle ryanodine receptor and the ubiquitous S100A1 Ca2+ binding protein. S100A1 did not affect equilibrium [3H]ryanodine binding to purified rabbit skeletal muscle terminal cisternae at 100 microM free [Ca2+]. At nanomolar free [Ca2+], however, S10...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Treves S,Scutari E,Robert M,Groh S,Ottolia M,Prestipino G,Ronjat M,Zorzato F

更新日期：1997-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Endonuclease V of bacteriophage T4 binds to UV-irradiated deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) but not to unirradiated DNA. We have developed an assay to detect this binding, based on the retention of enzyme--DNA complexes on nitrocellulose filters. The amount of complex retained, ascertained by using radioactive DNA, is a mea...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Seawell PC,Simon TJ,Ganesan AK

更新日期：1980-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Perioperative bleeding is a cause of major blood loss and is associated with increased rates of postoperative morbidity and mortality. To combat this, antifibrinolytic inhibitors of the serine protease plasmin are commonly used to reduce bleeding during surgery. The most effective and previously widely used of these i...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Swedberg JE,Harris JM

更新日期：2011-10-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The chemoreceptors of Escherichia coli are homodimeric membrane proteins that cluster in patches near the cell poles. They convert environmental stimuli into intracellular signals that control flagellar rotation. The functional domains of a receptor are physically separated by the cell membrane. Chemoeffectors bind to...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Draheim RR,Bormans AF,Lai RZ,Manson MD

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 2 (PDK2) activity is enhanced by the dihydrolipoyl acetyltransferase core (E2 60mer) that binds PDK2 and a large number of its pyruvate dehydrogenase (E1) substrate. With E2-activated PDK2, K(+) at approximately 90 mM and Cl(-) at approximately 60 mM decreased the K(m) of PDK2 for ATP and...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Bao H,Kasten SA,Yan X,Roche TE

更新日期：2004-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Indolethylamine-N-methyltransferase (INMT) is a Class 1 transmethylation enzyme known for its production of N,N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT), a hallucinogen with affinity for various serotonergic, adrenergic, histaminergic, dopaminergic, and sigma-1 receptors. DMT is produced via the action of INMT on the endogenous subst...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Chu UB,Vorperian SK,Satyshur K,Eickstaedt K,Cozzi NV,Mavlyutov T,Hajipour AR,Ruoho AE

更新日期：2014-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The crystal structure of the ternary complex citrate synthase-oxaloacetate-carboxymethyl coenzyme A has been solved to a resolution of 1.9 A and refined to a conventional crystallographic R factor of 0.185. The structure resembles a proposed transition state of the condensation reaction and suggests that the condensat...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Karpusas M,Branchaud B,Remington SJ

更新日期：1990-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The steroidogenic acute regulatory protein (StAR) facilitates the movement of cholesterol from the outer to inner mitochondrial membrane in adrenal and gonadal cells, fostering steroid biosynthesis. MLN64 is a 445-amino acid protein of unknown function. When 218 amino-terminal residues of MLN-64 are deleted, the resul...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Bose HS,Whittal RM,Huang MC,Baldwin MA,Miller WL

更新日期：2000-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Retinitis pigmentosa (RP), a neurodegenerative disorder, can arise from single point mutations in rhodopsin, leading to a cascade of protein instability, misfolding, aggregation, rod cell death, retinal degeneration, and ultimately blindness. Divalent cations, such as zinc and copper, have allosteric effects on misfol...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Gleim S,Stojanovic A,Arehart E,Byington D,Hwa J

更新日期：2009-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The solution structures of peptide antigens from the receptor binding domains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains PAO and KB7 have been determined using two-dimensional 1H NMR techniques. Ensembles of solution conformations for the trans forms of these 17-residue disulfide-bridged peptides have been generated using a si...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Campbell AP,McInnes C,Hodges RS,Sykes BD

更新日期：1995-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Urease from Klebsiella aerogenes [Jabri et al. (1995) Science 268, 998-1004] is an (alpha beta gamma)3 trimer with each alpha-subunit having an (alpha beta)8-barrel domain containing a binickel active center. Here we examine structure-function relations for urease in more detail through structural analysis of the urea...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Jabri E,Karplus PA

更新日期：1996-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Biotin synthase, the enzyme which catalyzes the last step of the biosynthesis of biotin, contains only (2Fe-2S)(2+) clusters when isolated under aerobic conditions. Previous results showed that reduction by dithionite or photoreduced deazaflavin converts the (2Fe-2S)(2+) to (4Fe-4S)(2+,+). However, until now, no detai...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Tse Sum Bui B,Benda R,Schünemann V,Florentin D,Trautwein AX,Marquet A

更新日期：2003-07-29 00:00:00