Characterization of the guanidine hydrochloride-denatured state of iso-1-cytochrome c by infrared spectroscopy.

abstract：:The duplex formed by annealing the formacetal backbone modified dodecamer d-(CGCGTTOCH2OTTGCGC) to its complementary strand, d(GCGCAAAACGCG) (duplex I), has been studied by NMR techniques and analyzed with reference to its unmodified counterpart (duplex II). Comparison of parameters such as 2D cross-peak intensities, ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Gao X,Brown FK,Jeffs P,Bischofberger N,Lin KY,Pipe AJ,Noble SA

更新日期：1992-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of reversible phosphorylation in histamine-induced Ca2+ oscillations in HeLa cells has been investigated by using various activators and inhibitors of protein kinases and phosphatases. Electroporation was employed to introduce impermeable materials into single cells, which proved to be a useful and convenient...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Zhu DM,Tekle E,Chock PB,Huang CY

更新日期：1996-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Thioacetamide, a hepatocarcinogen and an inhibitor of heme synthesis, blocks the phenobarbitone-mediated increase in the transcription of cytochrome P-450b+e messenger RNA in rat liver. This property is also shared by CoCl2 and 3-amino-1,2,4-triazole, two other inhibitors of heme synthesis. Thus, it appears feasible t...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Satyabhama S,Seelan RS,Padmanaban G

更新日期：1986-08-12 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper presents the crystal structure of porcine pancreatic carboxypeptidase B (pp-CpB) in complex with a variety of thiol-based inhibitors that were developed as antagonists of activated thrombin-activatable fibrinolysis inhibitor (TAFIa). Recent studies have indicated that a selective inhibitor of TAFIa could en...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Adler M,Bryant J,Buckman B,Islam I,Larsen B,Finster S,Kent L,May K,Mohan R,Yuan S,Whitlow M

更新日期：2005-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Three sites of N(G),N(G)-arginine methylation have been located at residues 205, 217, and 224 in the glycine-rich, COOH-terminal one-third of the HeLa A1 heterogeneous ribonucleoprotein. Together with the previously determined dimethylated arginine at position 193 [Williams et al., (1985) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A....

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Kim S,Merrill BM,Rajpurohit R,Kumar A,Stone KL,Papov VV,Schneiders JM,Szer W,Wilson SH,Paik WK,Williams KR

更新日期：1997-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：:In protein, conformational changes are often crucial for function but not easy to observe. Two functionally relevant conformational intermediate states of photosynthetic reaction center protein (RCs) are trapped and characterized at low temperature. RCs frozen in the dark do not allow electron transfer from the reduce...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Xu Q,Gunner MR

更新日期：2001-03-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitrosylhemoglobin (HbFe(II)NO) has been shown to be generated in vivo from the reaction of deoxyHb with NO(*) as well as with nitrite. Despite the physiological importance attributed to this form of Hb, its reactivity has not been investigated in detail. In this study, we showed that the rate of oxidation of HbFe(II)...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Herold S,Röck G

更新日期：2005-04-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The contribution of backbone hydrogen bonds in alpha-helices to the overall stability of a protein has been examined experimentally by replacing several backbone amide linkages in alpha-helix 39-50 of T4 lysozyme with ester linkages. T4 lysozyme variants wherein the backbone amide bonds between residues Ser38 and Leu3...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Koh JT,Cornish VW,Schultz PG

更新日期：1997-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The heat-stable, protein inhibitor of the cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) dependent protein kinase [Walsh, D. A., Ashby, C. D., Gonzalez, C., Calkins, D., Fischer, E., & Krebs, E (1971a) J. Biol. Chem. 246, 1977-1985] has been purified to homogeneity from rabbit skeletal muscle by preparative electrophoresis. Em...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： McPherson JM,Whitehouse S,Walsh DA

更新日期：1979-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli ribonucleotide reductase is an α2β2 complex that catalyzes the conversion of nucleoside 5'-diphosphates (NDPs) to deoxynucleotides (dNDPs). The active site for NDP reduction resides in α2, and the essential diferric-tyrosyl radical (Y(122)(•)) cofactor that initiates transfer of the radical to the act...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Seyedsayamdost MR,Yee CS,Stubbe J

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ketopantoate reductase (EC 1.1.1.169) catalyzes the NADPH-dependent reduction of alpha-ketopantoate to form D-(-)-pantoate in the pantothenate/coenzyme A biosynthetic pathway. The enzyme encoded by the panE gene from E. coli K12 was overexpressed and purified to homogeneity. The native enzyme exists in solution as a m...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Zheng R,Blanchard JS

更新日期：2000-04-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The binding of formate ion, a substrate for the peroxidatic reaction of catalase, has been investigated by magnetic resonance techniques. Comparative studies of formate binding to ferric myoglobin have also been performed. The nuclear magnetic relaxation (NMR) rate of formate and water protons is enhanced by the prese...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Hershberg RD,Chance B

更新日期：1975-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The conformational analysis of non-native states of proteins remains one of the most difficult problems in structural biology, because such states are represented by a superimposition of several states that are rapidly interconverting. Hence, model building of the conformational ensemble remains challenging, although ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Sziegat F,Silvers R,Hähnke M,Jensen MR,Blackledge M,Wirmer-Bartoschek J,Schwalbe H

更新日期：2012-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The complete sequence of rabbit antibody light-chain L 120 has been elucidated. The antibody was raised against Micrococcus lysodeikticus bacteria and is specific for the external part of the cell wall. All protein used in this work was obtained from a single 50-mL bleeding. The variable region of L 120 is compared to...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Van Hoegaerden M,Strosberg AD

更新日期：1978-10-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The kinetics of binding of chicken cystatin to papain were studied by stopped-flow fluorometry under pseudo-first-order conditions, i.e., with an excess of inhibitor. All reactions showed first-order behavior, and the observed pseudo-first-order rate constant increased linearly with the cystatin concentration up to th...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Björk I,Alriksson E,Ylinenjärvi K

更新日期：1989-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：:As in humans and monkeys, lutein [(3R,3'R,6'R)-beta,epsilon-carotene-3,3'-diol] and zeaxanthin [a mixture of (3R,3'R)-beta,beta-carotene-3,3'diol and (3R,3'S-meso)-beta,beta-carotene-3,3'-diol] are found in substantial amounts in the retina of the Japanese quail Coturnix japonica. This makes the quail retina an excell...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Bhosale P,Serban B,Zhao DY,Bernstein PS

更新日期：2007-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Cholesterol (Chol) in phosphatidylcholine large unilamellar vesicles (PC LUV) modulated interaction of the bilayers with a class A amphipathic peptide, Ac-18A-NH2: Chol increased the peptide binding capacity and reduced the affinity together with the peptide-induced leakage of calcein from LUV. Similar effects of Chol...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Egashira M,Gorbenko G,Tanaka M,Saito H,Molotkovsky J,Nakano M,Handa T

更新日期：2002-03-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Full-length protein tyrosine phosphatase 1C (PTP1C), the catalytic domain of PTP1C (delta PTP1C), and the N-terminal SH2 domain truncated PTP1C (delta NPTP1C) were overexpressed in Escherichia coli and purified to near homogeneity. Various phosphorylated states of the synthetic phosphotyrosyl peptide TRDIYETDYYRK (IRP...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Townley R,Shen SH,Banville D,Ramachandran C

更新日期：1993-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The allosteric activation of the T127-->L mutant of 3',5'-cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) receptor protein (CRP) by cAMP changes from an exothermic, independent two-site binding mechanism at pH 7.0 to an endothermic, interacting two-site binding mechanism at pH 5.2, similar to that observed for CRP at pH 7.0 and...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Shi Y,Wang S,Schwarz FP

更新日期：2000-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The secondary structure of protein kinase C alpha (PKC alpha) has been studied using infrared spectroscopy in the presence of both H(2)O and D(2)O buffers. In the absence of ligands at 20 degrees C, it was shown that beta-sheet is the major component, representing about 44% of the total structure, whereas the alpha-he...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Torrecillas A,Corbalán-García S,Gómez-Fernández JC

更新日期：2004-03-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Arachidonic acid metabolism by lipoxygenases and cytochrome P450 monooxygenases produces regioisomeric hydroperoxyeicosatetraenoic acids (HPETEs), hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acids (HETEs), epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EETs), and dihydroxyeicosatrienoic acids (DHETs), which serve as components of cell signaling cascades. In...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Widstrom RL,Norris AW,Spector AA

更新日期：2001-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:A time-resolved microscope fluorimeter based on a synchroscan streak camera and a fast pulsed laser system has been developed to measure the fluorescence lifetime decay under the fluorescence microscope. This system allows one to measure the nanosecond fluorescence lifetimes of fluorophores in a small spot (0.8-6.3 mi...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Kusumi A,Tsuji A,Murata M,Sako Y,Yoshizawa AC,Kagiwada S,Hayakawa T,Ohnishi S

更新日期：1991-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The low level of enzymatic activity of certain alpha 2-macroglobulin-proteinase complexes could be important to the function of factor VIII/von Willebrand glycoprotein since it is especially sensitive to proteolytic cleavage. To test this possibility, complexes of alpha 2-macroglobulin with plasmin, trypsin, and throm...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Switzer ME,Gordon HJ,McKee PA

更新日期：1983-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The self-association reaction in which four melittin molecules associate to form an aqueously soluble tetramer was studied by fluorescent spectroscopy. At 23 degrees C, pH 7.15, gamma/2 0.50, the dissociation constant, Kd, is 3.20 x 10(-16) M3. At 23 degrees C, gamma/2 0.60, melittin has an amino acyl group with a pro...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Quay SC,Condie CC

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an attempt to understand the multifunctional involvement of beta(2)-glycoprotein I (beta(2)GPI) in autoimmune diseases, thrombosis, atherosclerosis, and inflammatory processes, substantial interest is focused on the interaction of beta(2)GPI with negatively charged ligands, in particular, with acidic phospholipids....

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Hammel M,Schwarzenbacher R,Gries A,Kostner GM,Laggner P,Prassl R

更新日期：2001-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:X-ray absorption spectra are reported for the multi-Cu oxidase Rhus vernicifera laccase in oxidized and fully reduced forms and for laccase from which the type 2 Cu has been depleted (T2D). The structure of the Cu K edge for both preparations shows the presence of CuII and CuI in the oxidized and reduced states, respe...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Woolery GL,Powers L,Peisach J,Spiro TG

更新日期：1984-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：:In the absence of any external electron donor, the "peroxy" intermediate of cytochrome c oxidase (CcO-607) is converted to the ferryl form (CcO-580) and subsequently to oxidized enzyme. The rate of conversion of CcO-607 to the CcO-580 form is pH dependent between pH 3.0 and pH 7.6. A plot of the logarithm of the rate ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Fabian M,Palmer G

更新日期：2001-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The reactivity of the mitochondrial (pI = 5) isoenzyme of horse liver aldehyde dehydrogenase was determined by studying the effects of pH on steady-state velocity, burst magnitude, and molecular weight of the enzyme in the absence and presence of Mg2+ ions. The Mg2+ ion activation of the steady-state velocity at pH 7....

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Takahashi K,Weiner H,Filmer DL

更新日期：1981-10-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Single-strand-specific nucleases are a diverse and important group of enzymes that are able to cleave a variety of DNA structures present in duplex molecules. Nuclease SP, an enzyme from spinach, has been purified to apparent homogeneity, allowing for the unambiguous characterization of a number of its physical proper...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Strickland JA,Marzilli LG,Puckett JM Jr,Doetsch PW

更新日期：1991-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Remodeling of photosynthetic machinery induced by growing spinach plants under low light intensities reveals an up-regulation of light-harvesting complexes and down-regulation of photosystem II and cytochrome b6f complexes in intact thylakoids and isolated grana membranes. The antenna size of PSII increased by 40-60% ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Kirchhoff H,Haase W,Wegner S,Danielsson R,Ackermann R,Albertsson PA

更新日期：2007-10-02 00:00:00