Helix stop signals in proteins and peptides: the capping box.

abstract：:The electron spin resonance (ESR) spectra from spin-labeled phospholipids in recombinants of myelin proteolipid apoprotein with dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine have been simulated with the exchanged-coupled Bloch equations to obtain values for both the fraction of motionally restricted lipids and the exchange rate betw...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Horváth LI,Brophy PJ,Marsh D

更新日期：1988-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The complete amino acid sequences of two basic proline-rich proteins, IB-1 and IB-6, from human parotid saliva have been determined. Fragments for sequence analysis were obtained by enzymatic digestions. The proteins have molecular weights of 9571 (IB-1) and 11,530 (IB-6) and contain 34 and 39 mol % proline, respectiv...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Kauffman D,Hofmann T,Bennick A,Keller P

更新日期：1986-05-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The incorporation of 7-dehydrocholesterol into synthetic phospholipid bilayers altered the distribution of products after photolysis. In liposomes, the relative amounts of 7-dehydrocholesterol and lumisterol were elevated, and tachysterol was reduced from the levels observed in hexane solution. Z to E isomerization of...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Yamamoto JK,Borch RF

更新日期：1985-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Comparative studies on the salt titration and the related kinetics for poly(dG-dC) X poly(dG-dC) in pH 7.0 and 3.8 solutions clearly suggest that base protonation facilitates the kinetics of B-Z interconversion although the midpoint for such a transition in acidic solution (2.0-2.1 M NaCl) is only slightly lower than ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Chen FM

更新日期：1984-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies were undertaken to assess the postulated involvement of subunit III in the proton-linked functions of cytochrome c oxidase. The effect of pH on the steady-state kinetic [corrected] parameters of subunit III containing and subunit III depleted cytochrome oxidase was determined by using beef heart and rat liver ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Gregory LC,Ferguson-Miller S

更新日期：1988-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Complementary DNA (cDNA) clones encoding bovine testicular 20 alpha-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (20 alpha-HSD) have been isolated from a bovine testicular lambda gt11 library using polyclonal antibodies against 20 alpha-HSD and DNA probe hybridization. Nucleotide sequencing of three independently isolated clones was ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Warren JC,Murdock GL,Ma Y,Goodman SR,Zimmer WE

更新日期：1993-02-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The apolipoproteins of insect lipophorin were dissociated in guanidinium chloride and isolated by gel permeation chromatography. Over 98% of the total lipid in lipophorin was associated with apolipophorin I (apoLp-I), thus suggesting this apolipoprotein to be the lipid binding component of the particle. ApoLp-I was de...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Kawooya JK,Wells MA,Law JH

更新日期：1989-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Iron-sulfur clusters are ubiquitous protein cofactors with critical cellular functions. The mitochondrial Fe-S assembly complex, which consists of the cysteine desulfurase NFS1 and its accessory protein (ISD11), the Fe-S assembly protein (ISCU2), and frataxin (FXN), converts substrates l-cysteine, ferrous iron, and el...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Bridwell-Rabb J,Fox NG,Tsai CL,Winn AM,Barondeau DP

更新日期：2014-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：:GxTX-1E is a neurotoxin recently isolated from Plesiophrictus guangxiensis venom that inhibits the Kv2.1 channel in pancreatic beta-cells. The sequence of the toxin is related to those of previously studied tarantula toxins that interact with the voltage sensors in Kv channels, and GxTX-1E interacts with the Kv2.1 cha...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Lee S,Milescu M,Jung HH,Lee JY,Bae CH,Lee CW,Kim HH,Swartz KJ,Kim JI

更新日期：2010-06-29 00:00:00

abstract：:A mutant form of the nitrogenase iron protein with a deletion of residue Leu 127, located in the switch II region of the nucleotide binding site, forms a tight, inactive complex with the nitrogenase molybdenum iron (MoFe) protein in the absence of nucleotide. The structure of this complex generated with proteins from ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Chiu H,Peters JW,Lanzilotta WN,Ryle MJ,Seefeldt LC,Howard JB,Rees DC

更新日期：2001-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Since one of the electrophysiological effects of pyrithiamin, an antimetabolite of thiamin, suggested an interference with sodium pump mechanisms, the effect of pyrithiamin on Na+,K+-ATPase was investigated. We found that whereas preincubation of the antimetabolite with nonneuronal preparations of Na+,K+-ATPase produc...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Matsuda T,Cooper JR

更新日期：1983-04-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The paralogues TRPV5 and TRPV6 belong to the vanilloid subfamily of the transient receptor potential (TRP) superfamily of ion channels, and both play an important role in overall Ca2+ homeostasis. The functioning of the channels centers on a tightly controlled Ca2+-dependent feedback mechanism in which the direct bind...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Bate N,Caves RE,Skinner SP,Goult BT,Basran J,Mitcheson JS,Vuister GW

更新日期：2018-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite intense interest in the proteolysis of the β-Amyloid Precursor Protein (APP) in Alzheimer's disease, how the normal processing of this type I receptor-like glycoprotein is physiologically regulated remains ill-defined. In recent years, several candidate protein ligands for APP, including F-spondin, Reelin, β1 ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Rice HC,Young-Pearse TL,Selkoe DJ

更新日期：2013-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Photolyases (PHRs) repair the UV-induced photoproducts, cyclobutane pyrimidine dimer (CPD) or pyrimidine-pyrimidone (6-4) photoproduct [(6-4) PP], restoring normal bases to maintain genetic integrity. CPD and (6-4) PP are repaired by substrate-specific PHRs, CPD PHR and (6-4) PHR, respectively. Flavin adenine dinucleo...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Yamada D,Yamamoto J,Zhang Y,Iwata T,Hitomi K,Getzoff ED,Iwai S,Kandori H

更新日期：2016-02-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Our earlier NMR study showed that a two-disulfide variant of hen lysozyme containing intra-alpha-domain disulfide bridges, C6-C127 and C30-C115, is partially folded, with the alpha domain tightly folded to the nativelike conformation and the beta domain flexible or unfolded. With a view that the formation of a third d...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Yokota A,Hirai K,Miyauchi H,Iimura S,Noda Y,Inoue K,Akasaka K,Tachibana H,Segawa S

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the interactions between the SH2 domain of growth factor receptor binding protein 2 (Grb2) and ErbB receptor-derived phosphotyrosyl peptides using molecular dynamics, free energy calculations, and surface plasmon resonance (SPR) analysis. Binding free energies for nine phosphotyrosyl peptides were calculate...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Suenaga A,Hatakeyama M,Ichikawa M,Yu X,Futatsugi N,Narumi T,Fukui K,Terada T,Taiji M,Shirouzu M,Yokoyama S,Konagaya A

更新日期：2003-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The acetoacetate decarboxylase-like superfamily (ADCSF) is a little-explored group of enzymes that may contain new biocatalysts. The low level of sequence identity (∼20%) between many ADCSF enzymes and the confirmed acetoacetate decarboxylases led us to investigate the degree of diversity in the reaction and substrate...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Mydy LS,Hoppe RW,Hagemann TM,Schwabacher AW,Silvaggi NR

更新日期：2019-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：:A ribonuclease was isolated from serum-free supernatants of the human colon adenocarcinoma cell line HT-29. It was purified by cation-exchange and C18 reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography. The protein is basic, has a molecular weight of approximately 16,000, and has an amino acid composition that is s...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Shapiro R,Fett JW,Strydom DJ,Vallee BL

更新日期：1986-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Membrane proteins are embedded in a lipid bilayer and maintain strong interactions with lipid molecules. Tightly bound lipids are responsible for vertical positioning and integration of proteins in the membrane and for assembly of multisubunit complexes and occasionally act as substrates. In this work we present the l...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Wöhri AB,Wahlgren WY,Malmerberg E,Johansson LC,Neutze R,Katona G

更新日期：2009-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Engineering proteins to withstand a broad range of conditions continues to be a coveted objective, holding the potential to advance biomedicine, industry, and our understanding of disease. One way of achieving this goal lies in elucidating the underlying interactions that define protein stability. It has been shown th...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Strickler SS,Gribenko AV,Gribenko AV,Keiffer TR,Tomlinson J,Reihle T,Loladze VV,Makhatadze GI

更新日期：2006-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：:In this work, we have studied the role of the arginine finger region in determining the specificity of the GTPase activating proteins (GAPs) Saccharomyces cerevisiae Ira2p and human p120-GAP toward yeast Ras2p and human Ha-Ras p21. It is known that p120-GAP can enhance both Ras2p and Ha-Ras GTPase activities, whereas ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： te Biesebeke R,Krab IM,Parmeggiani A

更新日期：2001-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Phenylalanine hydroxylase (PheH) and tryptophan hydroxylase (TrpH) catalyze the aromatic hydroxylation of phenylalanine and tryptophan, forming tyrosine and 5-hydroxytryptophan, respectively. The reactions of PheH and TrpH have been investigated with [4-(2)H]-, [3,5-(2)H(2)]-, and (2)H(5)-phenylalanine as substrates. ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Pavon JA,Fitzpatrick PF

更新日期：2006-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The cytochrome P450-dependent terminal desaturation of valproic acid (VPA) is of both toxicological and mechanistic interest because the product, 4-ene-VPA, is a more potent hepatotoxin than the parent compound and its generation represents a rather novel metabolic reaction for the cytochrome P450 system. In the prese...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Rettie AE,Sheffels PR,Korzekwa KR,Gonzalez FJ,Philpot RM,Baillie TA

更新日期：1995-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The precipitation of a monoclonal IgG2 crystalline cryoglobulin (WEB) is shown to be highly dependent on temperature and concentration. Below a critical concentration of 0.6 mg/mL there is no cryoprecipitation. The kinetics of the aggregation exhibits a concentration-dependent lag time. This evidence suggests that a n...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Scoville CD,Abraham GN,Turner DH

更新日期：1979-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:MerR, the metalloregulator of the mercury resistance (mer) operon, binds the operator (merO)between -10 and -35 of the merTPCAD promoter (PT) and sequesters RNA polymerase (RNAP) in a closed complex. MerR represses PT until Hg(II) induces it to underwind merO DNA and thus facilitate open complex formation. We used cro...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Kulkarni RD,Summers AO

更新日期：1999-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The two disparate functions of DCoH1 (dimerization cofactor of HNF-1)/PCD (pterin-4a-carbinolamine dehydratase) are associated with a change in oligomeric state. DCoH dimers enhance the activity of the diabetes-associated transcription factor HNF-1α (hepatocyte nuclear factor-1α), while the PCD activity of DCoH1 homot...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Rho H,Jones CN,Rose RB

更新日期：2010-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitrogenase reduces N2 to NH3, but the mechanistic details are unclear. Diazene (N2H2), a proposed 2e-/2H+ intermediate on the reduction pathway, is labile under typical enzyme assay conditions, and no firm evidence is available on whether or not it can be reduced by or inhibit nitrogenase. In this paper, we compare t...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： McKenna CE,Simeonov AM,Eran H,Bravo-Leerabhandh M

更新日期：1996-04-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The positions of single amino acids in the interhelical loop regions and the C-terminal tail of bacteriorhodopsin (bR) were investigated by X-ray diffraction using site-directed heavy-atom labeling. Since wild-type bR does not contain any cysteines, appropriate cysteine mutants were produced with a unique sulfhydryl g...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Behrens W,Alexiev U,Mollaaghababa R,Khorana HG,Heyn MP

更新日期：1998-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Stability increments of terminal unpaired nucleotides (dangling ends) and terminal base pairs on the core helixes AUGCAU and UGCGCA are reported. Enthalpy, entropy, and free energy changes of helix formation were measured spectrophotometrically for 18 oligoribonucleotides containing the core sequences. The results ind...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Sugimoto N,Kierzek R,Turner DH

更新日期：1987-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The substrate specificity of the human enzyme glutathione reductase was changed from its natural substrate glutathione to trypanothione [N1,N8-bis(glutathionyl)spermidine] by site-directed mutagenesis of two residues. The glutathione analogue, trypanothione, is the natural substrate for trypanothione reductase, an enz...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Bradley M,Bücheler US,Walsh CT

更新日期：1991-06-25 00:00:00