Structure-function analysis of the mammalian DNA polymerase beta active site: role of aspartic acid 256, arginine 254, and arginine 258 in nucleotidyl transfer.

abstract：:The amino acid sequence of the peptide alpha1(I)-CB6B, the carboxyl-terminal peptide containing 91 residues of alpha1(I) chain of chick skin collagen, is described. The amino acid sequence was determined by automated Edman degradation of intact peptide plus its tryptic and thermolytic peptides. The comparison of this ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Dixit SN,Seyer JM,Kang AH,Gross J

更新日期：1978-12-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Actinaria cytolysins are very potent basic toxins isolated from the venom of sea anemones, which are supposed to exert their toxic activity through formation of oligomeric pores in the host plasma membrane. To gain insight into their mechanism of action, the interaction of Stichodactyla helianthus sticholysin I (St-I)...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Tejuca M,Serra MD,Ferreras M,Lanio ME,Menestrina G

更新日期：1996-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Human lysosomal enzymes acid-beta-glucosidase (GCase) and acid-alpha-galactosidase (alpha-Gal A) hydrolyze the sphingolipids glucosyl- and globotriaosylceramide, respectively, and mutations in these enzymes lead to the lipid metabolism disorders Gaucher and Fabry disease, respectively. We have investigated the structu...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Lieberman RL,D'aquino JA,Ringe D,Petsko GA

更新日期：2009-06-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) is a critical enzyme in de novo purine and thymidylate biosynthesis. An RNA gel mobility shift assay was used to demonstrate a specific interaction between human recombinant DHFR protein and its corresponding DHFR mRNA. Incubation of DHFR protein with either its substrates, dihydrofolate...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Chu E,Takimoto CH,Voeller D,Grem JL,Allegra CJ

更新日期：1993-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) is a catechin found in green tea that can inhibit the amyloid formation of a wide variety of proteins. EGCG's ability to prevent or redirect the amyloid formation of so many proteins may reflect a common mechanism of action, and thus, greater molecular-level insight into how it exerts...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Marcinko TM,Drews T,Liu T,Vachet RW

更新日期：2020-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT) reversibly transfers an acetyl group between CoA and the 3-hydroxyl of either chloramphenicol (Cm) or 1-acetylchloramphenicol (1AcCm). The products of the forward reactions, 3-acetylchloramphenicol (3-AcCm) and 1,3-diacetylchloramphenicol (1,3Ac2-Cm), are the substrates for the ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Murray IA,Derrick JP,White AJ,Drabble K,Wharton CW,Shaw WV

更新日期：1994-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypoxia inducible factor-1 (HIF1) is a stress-responsive nuclear transcription factor that is activated with a decrease in oxygen availability. HIF1 regulates the expression of genes involved in a cell's adaptation to hypoxic stress, including those with mitochondrial specific function. To gain a more comprehensive un...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Hwang HJ,Lynn SG,Vengellur A,Saini Y,Grier EA,Ferguson-Miller SM,LaPres JJ

更新日期：2015-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Arginase is a binuclear Mn(2+) metalloenzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of L-arginine to L-ornithine and urea. X-ray crystal structures of arginase complexed to substrate analogues N(omega)-hydroxy-L-arginine and N(omega)-hydroxy-nor-L-arginine, as well as the products L-ornithine and urea, complete a set of struct...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Cox JD,Cama E,Colleluori DM,Pethe S,Boucher JL,Mansuy D,Ash DE,Christianson DW

更新日期：2001-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA alkylation-induced damage is one of the most efficacious anticancer therapeutic strategies. Enhanced DNA alkylation and weakened DNA repair capacity in cancer cells are responsible for the effectiveness of DNA-alkylating therapies. 5'-Flap endonuclease 1 (Fen1) is an important enzyme involved in base excision repa...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Panda H,Jaiswal AS,Corsino PE,Armas ML,Law BK,Narayan S

更新日期：2009-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Binding mechanisms of ADPR-transferase to restricted double-stranded DNA fragments of SV40 and pBR322 DNA were determined by nuclease protection techniques. Top and bottom strands of double-stranded DNA were identified by specific labeling with 32P. Protection against specific exonucleases identified binding of ADPR-t...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Sastry SS,Buki KG,Kun E

更新日期：1989-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：:To gain insight into the folding of large proteins, we constructed a bovine beta-lactoglobulin (beta-lg) dimeric mutant, A34C/C121A beta-lg. In the mutant, a free thiol group of wild-type beta-lg at Cys121 was removed and two beta-lg molecules were linked by a disulfide bridge through Cys34 created at the dimer's inte...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Yagi M,Kameda A,Sakurai K,Nishimura C,Goto Y

更新日期：2008-06-03 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：:We have used diethyl pyrocarbonate (DEP), which carbethoxylates adenine bases, and dimethyl sulfate (DMS), which methylates guanine residues and single-stranded cytosines, to probe bases in open complexes between RNA polymerase and the lac UV5 promoter in vitro. We compared the kinetics of reactivity between bases in ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Buckle M,Buc H

更新日期：1989-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Amyloid-beta (Abeta) peptide deposition as fibrillar senile plaques is a key element in the pathology of Alzheimer's disease. Here we present a high-resolution structure of an Abeta amyloid fibril using magnetically aligned preparations of a central Abeta domain which forms representative amyloid fibrils. Diffraction ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Serpell LC,Blake CC,Fraser PE

更新日期：2000-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Vitamin B12-dependent methionine synthase catalyzes the transfer of a methyl group from methyltetrahydrofolate to homocysteine via the enzyme-bound cofactor methylcobalamin. To carry out this reaction, the enzyme must alternately stabilize six-coordinate methylcobalamin and four-coordinate cob(I)alamin oxidation state...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Jarrett JT,Amaratunga M,Drennan CL,Scholten JD,Sands RH,Ludwig ML,Matthews RG

更新日期：1996-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic knockout of the BtR4 gene encoding the Heliothis virescens cadherin-like protein (HevCaLP) is linked to resistance against Cry1Ac toxin from Bacillus thuringiensis. However, the functional Cry1Ac receptor role of this protein has not been established. We previously proposed HevCaLP as a shared binding site for...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Jurat-Fuentes JL,Adang MJ

更新日期：2006-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The enzyme endonuclease V initiates repair of deaminated DNA bases by making an endonucleolytic incision on the 3' side one nucleotide from a base lesion. In this study, we have used site-directed mutagenesis to characterize the role of the highly conserved residues D43, E89, D110, and H214 in Thermotoga maritima endo...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Feng H,Dong L,Cao W

更新日期：2006-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Clustering of anionic lipids away from zwitterionic ones by cationic antimicrobial agents has recently been established as a mechanism of action of natural small, flexible peptides as well as non-natural synthetic peptide mimics. One of the largest classes of antimicrobial peptides consists of peptides that form catio...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Epand RF,Maloy WL,Ramamoorthy A,Epand RM

更新日期：2010-05-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxalate is the strongest known inhibitor of yeast cytochrome b2 activity. We have used spectrophotometric titration, temperature-jump relaxation, and calorimetry in an investigation of the interaction between enzyme and inhibitor. The titration data are consistent with noncooperative binding to one site per subunit. T...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Thusius D,Blazy B,Baudras A

更新日期：1976-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Transmembrane chemoreceptors, also known as methyl-accepting chemotaxis proteins (MCPs), translate extracellular signals into intracellular responses in the bacterial chemotaxis system. MCP ligand binding domains control the activity of the CheA kinase, situated approximately 200 A away, across the cytoplasmic membran...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Pollard AM,Bilwes AM,Crane BR

更新日期：2009-03-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Two mutant versions of Escherichia coli aspartate transcarbamylase were created by site-specific mutagenesis. Arg-234 of the 240s loop was replaced by serine in order to help deduce the function of the interactions that normally occur between Arg-234 and both Glu-50 and Gln-231 in the R state of the enzyme. The other ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Middleton SA,Kantrowitz ER

更新日期：1988-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In iron-deficient conditions, Azomonas macrocytogenes ATCC 12334 excretes a fluorescent siderophore called azoverdin, which is composed of a six-amino-acid peptide chain linked to a chromophore. Azoverdin chelates iron(III) very strongly, solubilizing it and transporting it back into the cells using an outer-membrane ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Wasielewski E,Atkinson RA,Abdallah MA,Kieffer B

更新日期：2002-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Rabbit muscle myosin S1 was modified either at SH1 alone or at both SH1 and SH2, using a series of alkylthiolating reagents of increasing size, designed for correlating gradually changing structural disturbances in the thiol region with functional impairments in the myosin head. The reagents were of the type H(CH(2))(...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Tiepold M,Kliche W,Pfannstiel J,Faulstich H

更新日期：2000-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Sterol carrier protein 2 like 2 from Aedes aegypti (AeSCP2L2) plays an important role in lipid transport in mosquitoes for its routine metabolic processes. Repeated unsuccessful attempts to crystallize ligand free SCP2L2 prompted us to undertake nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy to determine its three-dime...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Singarapu KK,Ahuja A,Potula PR,Ummanni R

更新日期：2016-09-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The rate of the reaction between p-nitroperoxybenzoic acid and cytochrome c peroxidase (CcP) has been investigated as a function of pH and ionic strength. The pH dependence of the reaction between CcP and peracetic acid has also been determined. The rate of the reactions are influenced by two heme-linked ionizations i...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Palamakumbura AH,Foshay MC,Vitello LB,Erman JE

更新日期：1999-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The reaction of Pseudomonas fluorescens kynureninase with L-kynurenine and L-alanine has been examined using rapid-scanning stopped-flow spectrophotometry. Mixing kynureninase with 0.5 mM L-kynurenine results in formation of a quinonoid intermediate, with lambdamax = 494 nm, within the dead time (ca. 2 ms) of the stop...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Phillips RS,Sundararaju B,Koushik SV

更新日期：1998-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have established that the mechanism of species-specific sponge cell reaggregation in vitro involves at least three components: a species-specific aggregation factor, its cell surface receptors, and Ca2+ ions. Here we report about the binding of Microciona 125I-labeled aggregation factor to cells and t...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Jumblatt JE,Schlup V,Burger MM

更新日期：1980-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The bacterial reaction center (RC) converts light into chemical energy through the reduction of an internal quinone molecule Q(B) to Q(B)H(2). In the native RC, proton transfer is coupled to electron transfer and is not rate-controlling. Consequently, proton transfer is not directly observable, and its rate was unknow...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Paddock ML,Adelroth P,Feher G,Okamura MY,Beatty JT

更新日期：2002-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Many DNA polymerases select their natural substrates, deoxy- as opposed to ribonucleoside triphosphates, with a selectivity greater than 10000-fold. The function of a highly conserved residue, Tyr416, in the palm domain of the parental enzyme, an exo(-) derivative of RB69 DNA polymerase (gp43), a member of the pol alp...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Yang G,Franklin M,Li J,Lin TC,Konigsberg W

更新日期：2002-08-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Heme (iron protoporphyrin IX) is an essential protein prosthetic group and signaling molecule required for most life on Earth. All heme-dependent processes require the dynamic and rapid mobilization of heme from sites of synthesis or uptake to hemoproteins present in virtually every subcellular compartment. The cytoto...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Hanna DA,Martinez-Guzman O,Reddi AR

更新日期：2017-04-04 00:00:00