Secondary structure of the ETS domain places murine Ets-1 in the superfamily of winged helix-turn-helix DNA-binding proteins.

abstract：:Tryptophan 2,3-dioxygenase (TDO) from Xanthomonas campestris is a highly specific heme-containing enzyme from a small family of homologous enzymes, which includes indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO). The structure of wild type (WT TDO) in the catalytically active, ferrous (Fe (2+)) form and in complex with its substrate...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Thackray SJ,Bruckmann C,Anderson JL,Campbell LP,Xiao R,Zhao L,Mowat CG,Forouhar F,Tong L,Chapman SK

更新日期：2008-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Pyridoxal 5'-triphospho-5'-adenosine (AP3-PL), the affinity labeling reagent specific for lysine residues in the nucleotide-binding site of several enzymes [Tagaya, M., & Fukui, T. (1986) Biochemistry 25, 2958-2964; Yagami, T., Tagaya, M., & Fukui, T. (1988) FEBS Lett. 229, 261-264], was used to identify the ATP-bindi...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Hountondji C,Schmitter JM,Fukui T,Tagaya M,Blanquet S

更新日期：1990-12-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The multicatalytic proteinase complex (MPC, proteasome) is composed of 28 subunits organized into four rings surrounding a water-filled canal. The catalytic centers face the inner canal confining protein substrates to an enclosed space. Experimental findings obtained with MPC from archaebacteria suggest that degradati...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Wang R,Chait BT,Wolf I,Kohanski RA,Cardozo C

更新日期：1999-11-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The X-ray structures of the ligand free (apo) and the Mg(2+)*o-succinylbenzoate (OSB) product complex of o-succinylbenzoate synthase (OSBS) from Escherichia coli have been solved to 1.65 and 1.77 A resolution, respectively. The structure of apo OSBS was solved by multiple isomorphous replacement in space group P2(1)2(...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Thompson TB,Garrett JB,Taylor EA,Meganathan R,Gerlt JA,Rayment I

更新日期：2000-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：:To study the role of the N-terminal region of the estrogen receptor (ER) in transcription activation and in DNA binding, we constructed a mutant of the Xenopus laevis ER which lacks amino acids 1-159 (XER160/586). In transient transfections, XER160/586 exhibited < 10% of the activity of wild-type XER on a synthetic pr...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Xing H,Mattick S,Lew D,Shapiro DJ

更新日期：1995-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:GPIbalpha is an integral membrane protein of the GPIb-IX-V complex found on the platelet surface that interacts with the A1 domain of von Willebrand factor (vWF-A1). The interaction of GPIbalpha with vWF-A1 under conditions of high shear stress is the first step in platelet-driven thrombus formation. Phage display was...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Benard SA,Smith TM,Cunningham K,Jacob J,DeSilva T,Lin L,Shaw GD,Kriz R,Kelleher KS

更新日期：2008-04-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuronal specification is regulated by the activity of transcription factors containing the basic helix-loop-helix motif (bHLH); these regulating proteins include, among others, the neurogenin (Ngn) family, related to the atonal family of genes. Neurogenin 1 (NGN1) is a 237-residue protein that contains a bHLH domain ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Aguado-Llera D,Goormaghtigh E,de Geest N,Quan XJ,Prieto A,Hassan BA,Gómez J,Neira JL

更新日期：2010-03-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The continued rise of antibiotic-resistant infections coupled with the limited pipeline of new antimicrobials highlights the pressing need for the development of new antibacterial agents. One potential pathway for new agents is de novo purine biosynthesis as studies have shown that bacteria and lower eukaryotes synthe...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Streeter CC,Lin Q,Firestine SM

更新日期：2019-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondria isolated from coenzyme Q deficient yeast cells had no detectable NADH:cytochrome c reductase or succinate:cytochrome c reductase but had comparable amounts of cytochromes b and c1 as wild-type mitochondria. Addition of succinate to the mutant mitochondria resulted in a slight reduction of cytochrome b; ho...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Clejan L,Beattie DS

更新日期：1986-12-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The insulin-like growth factor-II/mannose 6-phosphate receptor (IGF-II/MPR) is a type I glycoprotein that mediates both the intracellular sorting of lysosomal enzymes bearing mannose 6-phosphate (Man-6-P) residues to the lysosome and the bioavailability of IGF-II. The extracytoplasmic region of the IGF-II/MPR contains...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Marron-Terada PG,Hancock MK,Haskins DJ,Dahms NM

更新日期：2000-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：:A covalent complex between tRNA (m5U54)methyltransferase, 5-fluorouridine tRNA(Phe), and S-adenosyl-L-[methyl-3H]methionine was formed in vitro and purified. Previously, it was shown that in this complex the 6-position of fluorouridine-54 is covalently linked to a catalytic nucleophile and the 5-position is bound to t...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Kealey JT,Santi DV

更新日期：1991-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanism by which ATP binding transduces a conformational change in 70-kDa heat shock proteins that results in release of bound peptides remains obscure. Wei and Hendershot demonstrated that mutating Thr37 of hamster BiP to glycine impeded the ATP-induced conformational change, as monitored by proteolysis [(1995)...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Sousa MC,McKay DB

更新日期：1998-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Traditional antibody generation, using either phage display or animal immunization, relies on purified antigens. Many membrane proteins, such as G protein-coupled receptors, solute carriers, or ion channels, are important drug targets but very challenging for the formation of antibodies due to the difficulty of protei...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Chang YC,Kao CY,Tang HC,Huang MS,Mou KY

更新日期：2020-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Prenyltransferase (EC 2.5.1.1) has been obtained from chicken liver in a stable crystalline form. The enzyme has been shown to be homogeneous by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis at pH 8.4, and by electrophoresis in sodium dodecyl sulfate containing gels. Electrofocusing of the crystalline enzyme results in a single ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Reed BC,Rilling HC

更新日期：1975-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：:To better understand origin recognition and initiation of DNA replication, we have examined by NMR complexes formed between the origin-binding domain of SV40 T antigen (T-ag-obd), the initiator protein of the SV40 virus, and cognate and noncognate DNA oligomers. The results reveal two structural effects associated wit...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Bradshaw EM,Sanford DG,Luo X,Sudmeier JL,Gurard-Levin ZA,Bullock PA,Bachovchin WW

更新日期：2004-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The N-terminal region of alpha-spectrin is responsible for its association with beta-spectrin in a heterodimer, forming functional tetramers. Non-erythroid alpha-spectrin (alphaII-spectrin) has a significantly higher association affinity for beta-spectrin than the homologous erythroid alpha-spectrin (alphaI-spectrin)....

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Li Q,Fung LW

更新日期：2009-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel cationic lipid was separated from bovine brain white matter by a series of chromatographies on carboxymethyl-Sephadex and silica gel in chloroform and methanol. Its structure was identified unambiguously as de-N-acetyllactotriaosylceramide (deNAcLc(3)Cer) by mass spectrometry and (1)H NMR. The natural occurren...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Hikita T,Tadano-Aritomi K,Iida-Tanaka N,Ishizuka I,Hakomori S

更新日期：2005-07-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The beta chain 15-42 sequence of the fibrin(ogen) E region was implicated in heparin binding [Odrljin et al. (1996) Blood 88, 2050-2061]; whether heparin binds to other fibrin(ogen) regions remains to be clarified. To address this question, we studied the interaction of heparin with fibrinogen, fibrin, and their major...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Yakovlev S,Gorlatov S,Ingham K,Medved L

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phenylalanine acts as an allosteric activator of the tetrahydropterin-dependent enzyme phenylalanine hydroxylase. Hydrogen/deuterium exchange monitored by mass spectrometry has been used to gain insight into local conformational changes accompanying activation of rat phenylalanine hydroxylase by phenylalanine. Peptide...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Li J,Dangott LJ,Fitzpatrick PF

更新日期：2010-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanism of inactivation of human leukocyte elastase (HLE) by the chloromethyl ketone MeOSuc-Ala-Ala-Pro-Val-CH2Cl was investigated. The dependence of the first-order rate constant for inactivation on concentration of chloromethyl ketone is hyperbolic and suggests formation of a reversible "Michaelis complex" pri...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Stein RL,Trainor DA

更新日期：1986-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutation of Gly90, Glu113, Ala292, and Lys296 in the visual pigment rhodopsin constitutively activates the protein for activation of the G protein transducin. Three of these mutations have been shown to cause two different human diseases. Mutation of Gly90 and Ala292 results in complete night blindness, and mutation o...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Rim J,Oprian DD

更新日期：1995-09-19 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA binding modes of distamycin (DST) were investigated via comparative binding studies with oligomeric duplexes of the form d(GCG-X-GCG).d(CGC-Y-CGC), where Y is complementary to X and X = 4- or 5-base binding site. It was found that 1:1 and 2:1 drug-duplex complexes exhibit distinctly different circular dichroic (CD...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Chen FM,Sha F

更新日期：1998-08-11 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：:Light-induced GTP-dependent scattering changes are studied in suspensions of retinal disc membranes to which one or both of the purified proteins involved in the phototransduction mechanism (G-protein and cGMP phosphodiesterase) are reassociated; a scattering change which depends on the presence of both G-protein (G) ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Bennett N,Clerc A

更新日期：1992-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The kinetics of the slow folding and unfolding reactions of barstar, a bacterial ribonuclease inhibitor protein, have been studied at 23(+/-1) degrees C, pH 8, by the use of tryptophan fluorescence, far-UV circular dichroism (CD), near-UV CD, and transient mixing (1)H nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopic mea...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Bhuyan AK,Udgaonkar JB

更新日期：1999-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The primary electron acceptor pheophytin (Pheo(D1)) plays a crucial role in regulation of forward and backward electron transfer in photosystem II (PSII). It is known that some cyanobacteria control the Pheo(D1) potential in high-light acclimation by exchanging the D1 proteins from different copies of the psbA genes. ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Shibuya Y,Takahashi R,Okubo T,Suzuki H,Sugiura M,Noguchi T

更新日期：2010-01-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The contribution of ligand dynamics to CYP allosterism has not been considered in detail. On the basis of a previous study, we hypothesized that CYP2A6 and CYP2E1 accommodate multiple xylene ligands. As a result, the intramolecular ( k H/ k D) obs values observed for some xylene isomers are expected to be dependent on...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Harrelson JP,Atkins WM,Nelson SD

更新日期：2008-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Herpesvirus saimiri encodes a tyrosine kinase interacting protein (Tip) that binds to T-cell-specific tyrosine kinase Lck via multiple sequence motifs and controls its activity. The regulation of Lck by Tip represents a key mechanism in the transformation of human T-lymphocytes during herpesviral infection. In this st...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Bauer F,Hofinger E,Hoffmann S,Rösch P,Schweimer K,Sticht H

更新日期：2004-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Stopped-flow experiments obtained in the pre-steady-state time scale of the NAD-malic enzyme reaction exhibit a lag prior to the attainment of steady state. Previous results from isotope effect studies in which the deuterium isotope effect on Vmax decreases to a value of 1 at low pH have been interpreted as suggesting...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Rajapaksa R,Abu-Soud H,Raushel FM,Harris BG,Cook PF

更新日期：1993-03-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Mercuric reductase, a flavoprotein disulfide oxidoreductase, catalyzes the two-electron reduction of Hg(II) to Hg(0) by NADPH. As with all the members of this class of proteins, the enzyme is a dimer of identical subunits with two active sites per dimer, each composed of one FAD and catalytically essential residues fr...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Miller SM,Massey V,Williams CH Jr,Ballou DP,Walsh CT

更新日期：1991-03-12 00:00:00