Discovery of ligands for beta gamma subunits from phage-displayed peptide libraries.

abstract：:Sulfate-reducing prokaryotes (SRPs) exploit sulfate as an electron acceptor for anaerobic respiration and exclusively catalyze this essential step of the world's sulfur cycle. Because SRPs are found in many prokaryotic phyla and are often closely related to non-SRPs, 16S rRNA gene-based analyses are inadequate to iden...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Wagner M,Loy A,Klein M,Lee N,Ramsing NB,Stahl DA,Friedrich MW

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Guanine nucleotide exchange factors (GEFs) are essential regulators of the spatiotemporal conditions of small GTP-binding protein (SMG) activation. Their cellular activities combine the biochemical stimulation of GDP/GTP exchange, which leads to the active conformation of the SMG, to the detection of upstream signals ...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Zeeh JC,Antonny B,Cherfils J,Zeghouf M

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enzyme immobilization is a widespread empiric technology to achieve more stable, active and reusable enzymes. The empiricism can be reduced by the application of rational design procedures employing bioinformatic tools, engineered-proteins and detailed analyses of existent data. In this chapter, we describe relevant a...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Sastre DE,Reis EA,Marques Netto CGC

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The enzymes involved in mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) are coassembled into higher ordered supercomplexes within the mitochondrial inner membrane. The cytochrome bc(1)-cytochrome c oxidase (COX) supercomplex is formed by the coassociation of the two electron transport chain complexes, the cytochrome ...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Stuart RA

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:gamma-Glutamyltranspeptidase is a heterodimeric glycoprotein that catalyzes the transpeptidation and hydrolysis of the gamma-glutamyl group of glutathione and related compounds. It is known that the enzyme plays a role in the metabolism of glutathione and in salvaging constituents of glutathione. In the adult animal, ...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Ikeda Y,Taniguchi N

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the past 19 years, we have developed a novel myxoma virus-derived anti-inflammatory serine protease inhibitor, termed a serpin, as a new class of immunomodulatory therapeutic. This review will describe the initial identification of viral serpins with anti-inflammatory potential, beginning with preclinical analysi...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Chen H,Zheng D,Davids J,Bartee MY,Dai E,Liu L,Petrov L,Macaulay C,Thoburn R,Sobel E,Moyer R,McFadden G,Lucas A

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) is activated by exon-junction complexes (EJCs) that are located downstream of the termination codon of the substrate mRNAs. This situation can be imitated by tethering components of the EJC to the 3' untranslated region (3' UTR) of a reporter mRNA. Here we describe the detailed use o...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Gehring NH,Hentze MW,Kulozik AE

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Desmoplakin (DP) is an obligate component of desmosomes, where it links the desmosomal cadherin/plakoglobin/plakophilin assembly to intermediate filaments. DP contains a large amino-terminal domain (DPNT) that binds to the cadherin/plakoglobin/plakophilin complex, a central coiled-coil domain that dimerizes the molecu...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Choi HJ,Weis WI

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The kinetics of biomolecular systems can be quantified by calculating the stochastic rate constants that govern the biomolecular state vs time trajectories (i.e., state trajectories) of individual biomolecules. To do so, the experimental signal vs time trajectories (i.e., signal trajectories) obtained from observing i...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Kinz-Thompson CD,Bailey NA,Gonzalez RL Jr

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rab7, a member of the Rab family of small G proteins, has been shown to regulate late endocytic traffic and lysosome biogenesis, but the exact roles and the mode of actions of Rab7 are still undetermined. Accumulating evidence suggests that each Rab protein has multiple target proteins and works together with them to ...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Mizuno K,Sakane A,Sasaki T

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitration and oxidation of tyrosine, tryptophan, and methionine residues in proteins are potential markers of their interaction with peroxynitrite. This chapter describes the procedure for the detection of these nitro-oxidative modifications by tandem mass spectrometry. The peptide YGDLANWMIPGK, shown to contain a nit...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Rebrin I,Bregere C,Gallaher TK,Sohal RS

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A variety of recent advances in single-molecule methods are now making possible the routine measurement of the distinct catalytic trajectories of individual enzymes. Unlike their bulk counterparts, these measurements directly reveal the fluctuations inherent to enzymatic dynamics, and statistical measures of these flu...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Moffitt JR,Chemla YR,Bustamante C

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mdm2 is a negative regulator of p53 activity and functions as an E3 ubiquitin ligase of p53. Inhibition of mdm2 E3 ligase activity will block ubiquitination and subsequent proteasome-mediated degradation of p53, resulting in the stabilization of p53 protein that could lead to the restoration of its tumor-suppressor ac...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Auger KR,Copeland RA,Lai Z

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enzymes in the α-d-phosphohexomutase (PHM) superfamily catalyze a multistep reaction, entailing two successive phosphoryl transfers. Key to this reaction is a conserved phosphoserine in the active site, which serves alternately as a phosphoryl donor and acceptor during the catalytic cycle. In addition to its role in t...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Stiers KM,Beamer LJ

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antimicrosomal antibodies in inflammatory liver diseases all seem to be directed against members of the cytochrome P450 family of proteins. These autoantigens seem to be genetically polymorphic, the autoantibodies are inhibitory, and the autoepitopes are generally conserved among species. Anti-P450 autoantibodies shar...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Manns MP,Johnson EF

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To maintain cellular homeostasis, the levels of transmembrane receptors found on the plasma membrane must be tightly regulated. Endocytosis of activated receptors and the eventual degradation of these transmembrane proteins in the lysosome serve a vital role in maintaining the plasma membrane receptor levels as well a...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Davies BA,Carney DS,Horazdovsky BF

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Circadian clocks control daily rhythms in physiology and behavior across all phyla. These rhythms are intrinsic to individual cells that must synchronize to their environment and to each other to anticipate daily events. Recent advances in recording from large numbers of cells for many circadian cycles have enabled re...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Herzog ED,Kiss IZ,Mazuski C

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell-free (CF) protein expression has emerged as one of the most efficient production platforms for membrane proteins. Central bottlenecks prevalent in conventional cell-based expression systems such as mistargeting, inclusion body formation, degradation as well as product toxicity can be addressed by taking advantage...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Henrich E,Dötsch V,Bernhard F

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stable isotope tracers are widely used to quantify metabolic rates, and yet a limited number of studies have considered the impact of analytical error on estimates of flux. For example, when estimating the contribution of de novo lipogenesis, one typically measures a minimum of four isotope ratios, i.e., the precursor...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Previs SF,Herath K,Castro-Perez J,Mahsut A,Zhou H,McLaren DG,Shah V,Rohm RJ,Stout SJ,Zhong W,Wang SP,Johns DG,Hubbard BK,Cleary MA,Roddy TP

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In human, rat, and mice, a UGT1 complex locus provides for developmental-, inducer-, and cell-specific synthesis of a family of chemical-detoxifying isozymes, UDP-glucuronosyltransferases, which prevent toxicities, mutagenesis, and/or carcinogenesis. Between 10 and 14 first exons with individual promoter elements are ...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Owens IS,Basu NK,Banerjee R

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electron cryo-microscopy (cryoEM) has advanced dramatically to become a viable tool for high-resolution structural biology research. The ultimate outcome of a cryoEM study is an atomic model of a macromolecule or its complex with interacting partners. This chapter describes a variety of algorithms and software to buil...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： DiMaio F,Chiu W

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A central goal of biology is to understand how transcription factors target and regulate specific genes and networks to control cell fate and function. An equally important goal of synthetic biology, chemical biology, and personalized medicine is to devise molecules that can regulate genes and networks in a programmab...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Tietjen JR,Donato LJ,Bhimisaria D,Ansari AZ

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell proliferation requires the coordination of multiple signaling pathways as well as the provision of metabolic substrates. Nutrients are required to generate such building blocks and their form of utilization differs to significant extents between malignant tissues and their nontransformed counterparts. Thus, oncog...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Iurlaro R,León-Annicchiarico CL,Muñoz-Pinedo C

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Retinoic acid (RA), the biologically active metabolite of vitamin A, regulates a vast spectrum of biological processes, such as cell differentiation, proliferation, apoptosis, and morphogenesis. microRNAs (miRNAs) play a crucial role in regulating gene expression by binding to messenger RNA (mRNA) which leads to mRNA ...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Wang L,Rohatgi AP,Wan YY

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vertebrate odorant-binding proteins (OBPs) are small soluble proteins abundantly secreted in the olfactory mucus of many animal species, including humans. Vertebrate OBPs reversibly bind odorant molecules with micromolar range affinities. Although their physiological role is not clearly understood, OBPs are proposed t...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Brulé M,Glaz M,Belloir C,Poirier N,Moitrier L,Neiers F,Briand L

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Optical imaging of reporter molecules such as firefly luciferase has become a popular method of tracking and visualizing cells in living animals. Many biological processes involve ubiquitin ligases, which target specific proteins for destruction under specific sets of conditions. Importantly, the motifs recognized by ...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Zhang GJ,Kaelin WG Jr

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acetyl CoA:arylamine N-acetyltransferase (NAT; E.C. 2.3.1.5) enzymes play a key role in the metabolic activation of aromatic amine and nitroaromatic mutagens to electrophilic reactive intermediates. We have developed a system in which the activation of mutagens by recombinant human NAT2, expressed in Escherichia coli,...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Savulescu MR,Mushtaq A,Josephy PD

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is currently no known genetic disease linked to prolactin (PRL) or its receptor (PRLR) in humans. Recently, we identified three missense variants of the PRLR in patients presenting with breast tumors. Two of them (named PRLR(I146L) and PRLR(I76V)) had been reported earlier, but failed to draw much attention beca...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Goffin V,Bogorad RL,Touraine P

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Given the increasing evidence of oxidative stress in AD brain and studies from different perspectives that appear to show a converging, central role for A beta in the pathogenesis and etiology of AD, insight into A beta-associated free radical oxidative stress will likely lead to a greater understanding of AD and, pot...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Butterfield DA,Yatin SM,Varadarajan S,Koppal T

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nanotechnology offers a new platform for therapeutic delivery of antiretrovirals to the central nervous system (CNS) where human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) is sequestered in patients with HIV-1-associated neurological disorders (HAND). HAND is a spectrum of neurocognitive disorders that continue to persist in HIV-...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Mahajan SD,Law WC,Aalinkeel R,Reynolds J,Nair BB,Yong KT,Roy I,Prasad PN,Schwartz SA

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00