Influence of N-cap mutations on the structure and stability of Escherichia coli HPr.

abstract：:Rapid withdrawal of estrogen from immature chicks, previously stimulated with the hormone, results in the inhibition of transcription of mRNAs of egg white proteins, rapid degradation of existing estrogen-induced mRNAs of egg white proteins, and decline in ribosomes and weight of the oviduct. On rapid withdrawal of es...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Cohrs RJ,Goswami BB,Sharma OK

更新日期：1988-05-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Multielectron multiproton reactions play an important role in both biological systems and chemical reactions involved in energy storage and manipulation. A key strategy employed by nature in achieving such complex chemistry is the use of proton-coupled redox steps. Cytochrome c nitrite reductase (ccNiR) catalyzes the ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Judd ET,Stein N,Pacheco AA,Elliott SJ

更新日期：2014-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Biotin synthase (BioB) is an iron-sulfur dimeric enzyme which catalyzes the last step in biotin synthesis. The reaction consists of the introduction of a sulfur atom into dethiobiotin. It is shown here that BioB displays a significant cysteine desulfurase activity, providing it with the ability to mobilize sulfur from...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Ollagnier-De-Choudens S,Mulliez E,Hewitson KS,Fontecave M

更新日期：2002-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The chromatin-associated high-mobility group (HMG) proteins of the plant HMGB family are characterized by a central HMG-box domain that is flanked by a basic N-terminal and an acidic C-terminal domain. By functional interaction with certain transcription factors, HMGB proteins contribute to transcriptional regulation....

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Grasser M,Christensen JM,Peterhänsel C,Grasser KD

更新日期：2007-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The crystal structure of a C-terminal domain of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli type III effector NleH2 has been determined to 2.6 Å resolution. The structure resembles those of protein kinases featuring the catalytic, activation, and glycine-rich loop motifs and ATP-binding site. The position of helix αC and the l...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Halavaty AS,Anderson SM,Wawrzak Z,Kudritska M,Skarina T,Anderson WF,Savchenko A

更新日期：2014-04-22 00:00:00

abstract：:2-Cys peroxiredoxins (Prxs) are a large and diverse family of peroxidases which, in addition to their antioxidant functions, regulate cell signaling pathways, apoptosis, and differentiation. These enzymes are obligate homodimers (alpha(2)), utilizing a unique intermolecular redox-active disulfide center for the reduct...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Wood ZA,Poole LB,Hantgan RR,Karplus PA

更新日期：2002-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Interaction of a mitochondria-specific anionic phospholipid, cardiolipin (CL), with an intermembrane protein, cytochrome c (cyt c), yields a peroxidase complex. During apoptosis, the complex induces accumulation of CL oxidation products that are essential for detachment of cyt c from the mitochondrial membrane, induct...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Borisenko GG,Kapralov AA,Tyurin VA,Maeda A,Stoyanovsky DA,Kagan VE

更新日期：2008-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Glu58 is known to participate in phosphodiester transesterification catalyzed by the enzyme RNase T1. For Glu58 RNase T1, an altered mechanism has been proposed in which His40 replaces Glu58 as the base catalyst [Steyaert, J., Hallenga, K., Wyns, L., & Stanssens, P. (1990) Biochemistry 29, 9064-9072]. Glu58Ala Rnase T...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Pletinckx J,Steyaert J,Zegers I,Choe HW,Heinemann U,Wyns L

更新日期：1994-02-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) riboswitch is one of the most recurrent riboswitches found in bacteria and has three known different natural aptamers. The Bacillus subtilis yitJ SAM riboswitch aptamer is organized around a four-way junction which is characterized by the presence of a pseudoknot and a K-turn motif. By r...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Heppell B,Lafontaine DA

更新日期：2008-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the addition of various divalent metals to beta-galactosidase resulted in apparent activation, only Mg2+ and Mn2+ actually did activate. The apparent activation by the other divalent metals was shown to be due to Mg2+ impurities. Calcium did not activate, but experiments suggested that it did bind. Other diva...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Huber RE,Parfett C,Woulfe-Flanagan H,Thompson DJ

更新日期：1979-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Bovine heart ubiquinol-cytochrome c reductase (bc1 complex) was modified with N-(ethoxycarbonyl)-2-ethoxy-1,2-dihydroquinoline (EEDQ), which is a selective reagent for buried carboxyl groups. EEDQ treatment caused a loss of the proton pumping activity of liposome-reconstituted bc1 complex, without effect on the passiv...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Cocco T,Di Paola M,Papa S,Lorusso M

更新日期：1998-02-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Adenosine A(2B) receptors, which play a role in inflammation and cancer, are of considerable interest as novel drug targets. To gain deeper insights into ligand binding and receptor activation, we exchanged amino acids predicted to be close to the binding pocket. The alanine mutants were stably expressed in CHO cells ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Thimm D,Schiedel AC,Sherbiny FF,Hinz S,Hochheiser K,Bertarelli DC,Maass A,Müller CE

更新日期：2013-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphotriesterase, as isolated from Pseudomonas diminuta, is capable of detoxifying widely used pesticides such as paraoxon and parathion and various mammalian acetylcholinesterase inhibitors. The enzyme requires a binuclear metal center for activity. Recently, the three-dimensional structure of the apoenzyme was sol...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Benning MM,Kuo JM,Raushel FM,Holden HM

更新日期：1995-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Metabolism of [2-13C]-, [3-13C]-, and [1,2,3-13C]propionate in perfused rat livers and [2-13C]-acetate in perfused rat hearts has been examined in tissue extracts by 13C NMR. Label from [2-13C]-propionate was preferentially incorporated into the C2 carbon of lactate, alanine, and aspartate in liver tissue while label ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Sherry AD,Sumegi B,Miller B,Cottam GL,Gavva S,Jones JG,Malloy CR

更新日期：1994-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Ionizing radiation, free radicals, and reactive oxygen species produce hundreds of different DNA lesions. Clustered lesions are typical for ionizing radiation. They compromise the efficiency of the base excision repair (BER) pathway, and as a consequence, they are much more toxic and mutagenic than isolated lesions. D...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Zálešák J,Constant JF,Jourdan M

更新日期：2016-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the interactions of the p21 protein of c-Ha ras with its phospholipid environment. Gel filtration of detergent-"solubilized" p21 revealed that this preparation consisted of a mixture of multimolecular aggregates of protein and phospholipid and also a population of individual p21 molecules. Additio...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Montgomery GW,Jagger BA,Bailey PD

更新日期：1988-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The gel to liquid-crystalline phase transition temperatures of dispersions of mixed-acid sn-1,2-lecithins which contain one unsaturated and one saturated fatty acid have been studied by differential scanning calorimetry. The temperature for 1-oleoyl-2-palmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (containing no reversed isome...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Davis PJ,Fleming BD,Coolbear KP,Keough KM

更新日期：1981-06-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The direct interrogation of fleeting intermediates by rapid-mixing kinetic methods has significantly advanced our understanding of enzymes that utilize dioxygen. The gas's modest aqueous solubility (<2 mM at 1 atm) presents a technical challenge to this approach, because it limits the rate of formation and extent of a...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Dassama LM,Yosca TH,Conner DA,Lee MH,Blanc B,Streit BR,Green MT,DuBois JL,Krebs C,Bollinger JM Jr

更新日期：2012-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:4-Azido-2-nitrophenyl pyrophosphate (azido-PPi) labeled with 32P in the alpha position was prepared and used to photolabel beef heart mitochondrial F1. Azido-PPi was hydrolyzed by yeast inorganic pyrophosphatase, but not by mitochondrial F1-ATPase. Incubation of F1 with [alpha-32P]azido-PPi in the dark under condition...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Michel L,Garin J,Issartel JP,Vignais PV

更新日期：1989-12-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Three unfolding domains in rabbit muscle aldolase destabilized in 3 M urea have been identified from their unfolding rate constants (0.10, 0.036, and 0.0064 min-1). The populations of folded and various, partially unfolded forms were determined by amide hydrogen exchange and mass spectrometry. Results of this study sh...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Deng Y,Smith DL

更新日期：1998-05-05 00:00:00

abstract：:A gentle and rapid isolation procedure is described yielding fractions containing better than 95% pure OmpF porin of Escherichia coli BE with different amounts of bound lipopolysaccharide (LPS). The procedure employs continuous free-flow electrophoresis (FFE) in the presence of detergent above its critical micelle con...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Holzenburg A,Engel A,Kessler R,Manz HJ,Lustig A,Aebi U

更新日期：1989-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The members of the ets gene family of transcription factors are characterized by a conserved 85-residue DNA-binding region, termed the ETS domain, that lacks sequence homology to structurally characterized DNA-binding motifs. The secondary structure of the ETS domain of murine Ets-1 was determined on the basis of NMR ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Donaldson LW,Petersen JM,Graves BJ,McIntosh LP

更新日期：1994-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The structure and function of iron(II)-ruthenium(II) hybrid hemoglobins alpha(Ru-CO)2 beta(Fe)2 and alpha(Fe)2 beta(Ru-CO)2, which can serve as models for the intermediate species of the oxygenation step in native human adult hemoglobin, were investigated by measuring oxygen equilibrium curves and the Fe(II)-N epsilon...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Ishimori K,Tsuneshige A,Imai K,Morishima I

更新日期：1989-10-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The structure of MtrA, an essential gene product for the human pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis, has been solved to a resolution of 2.1 A. MtrA is a member of the OmpR/PhoB family of response regulators and represents the fourth family member for which a structure of the protein in its inactive state has been deter...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Friedland N,Mack TR,Yu M,Hung LW,Terwilliger TC,Waldo GS,Stock AM

更新日期：2007-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:In the putative secondary structure of the transposon Tn10-encoded metal-tetracycline/H+ antiporter [Yamaguchi, et al. (1992) J. Biol. Chem. 267, 7490-7498], Tyr50-XXX-Gln54 in transmembrane helix 2 and Gly80-XXX-Asp84 in helix 3 are thought to face each other in the N-terminal region. At the corresponding positions i...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Yamaguchi A,Akasaka T,Kimura T,Sakai T,Adachi Y,Sawai T

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High-molecular mass thioredoxin reductases (TRs) are pyridine nucleotide disulfide oxidoreductases that catalyze the reduction of the disulfide bond of thioredoxin (Trx). Trx is responsible for reducing multiple protein disulfide targets in the cell. TRs utilize reduced β-nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate to...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Snider GW,Dustin CM,Ruggles EL,Hondal RJ

更新日期：2014-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The three-dimensional conformation of a 24-nucleotide variant of the RNA binding sequence for the coat protein of bacteriophage R17 has been analyzed using NMR, molecular dynamics, and energy minimization. The imino proton spectrum is consistent with base pairing requirements for coat protein binding known from bioche...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Borer PN,Lin Y,Wang S,Roggenbuck MW,Gott JM,Uhlenbeck OC,Pelczer I

更新日期：1995-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The diiron active sites of the purple acid phosphatases from porcine uterus (also called uteroferrin, Uf) and bovine spleen (BSPAP) and their complexes with tungstate are compared by 1H NMR and NOE techniques. The paramagnetically shifted features of the 1H NMR spectrum of reduced BSPAP are similar to those of reduced...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Wang Z,Ming LJ,Que L Jr,Vincent JB,Crowder MW,Averill BA

更新日期：1992-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcium binding to triads isolated from rabbit skeletal muscle followed a single hyperbolic function in the pH range 5.5-8.0. Maximal binding was obtained at pH 8.0; decreasing the pH decreased the binding capacity and, at pH < or = 6.0, increased Kd 2-fold. These results indicate that lowering the pH diminished calci...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Donoso P,Beltrán M,Hidalgo C

更新日期：1996-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:P-Selectin, expressed on activated endothelial cells and platelets, is a high kinetic adhesion receptor involved in leukocyte rolling of the inflammatory response, or in tumor cell binding in the course of metastasis. Thus, P-selectin inhibition is a promising therapeutic target. The anti-inflammatory and anti-metasta...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Simonis D,Fritzsche J,Alban S,Bendas G

更新日期：2007-05-22 00:00:00