Molecular homogeneity of the histone content of HeLa chromatin subunits.

abstract：:We have combined equilibrium and steered molecular dynamics (SMD) simulations with principal component and correlation analyses to probe the mechanism of allosteric regulation in imidazole glycerol phosphate (IGP) synthase. An evolutionary analysis of IGP synthase revealed a conserved network of interactions leading f...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Amaro RE,Sethi A,Myers RS,Davisson VJ,Luthey-Schulten ZA

更新日期：2007-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The aldehyde oxidoreductase from Desulfovibrio gigas belongs to the family of molybdenum hydroxylases. Besides a molybdenum cofactor which constitutes their active site, these enzymes contain two [2Fe-2S](2+,1+) clusters which are believed to transfer the electrons provided by the substrate to an acceptor which is eit...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： More C,Asso M,Roger G,Guigliarelli B,Caldeira J,Moura J,Bertrand P

更新日期：2005-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：:As part of a search for peptides that have specificity for selected protein kinases, the possibility that adenosine cyclic 3',5'-phosphate dependent protein kinase (A-kinase) recognizes the hydrogen-bonding potential of its peptide substrates was investigated. A-Kinase catalyzes the phosphorylation of five N alpha-met...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Thomas NE,Bramson HN,Miller WT,Kaiser ET

更新日期：1987-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The diflavin reductases exemplified by mammalian cytochrome P450 reductase catalyze NADPH dehydrogenation and electron transfer to an associated monooxygenase. It has recently been proposed that double occupancy of the NADPH dehydrogenation site inhibits the NADPH to FAD hydride transfer step in this series of enzymes...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Daff S

更新日期：2004-04-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The human translin protein binds a variety of sequences (chromosomal breakpoint consensus sequences, their sequence variants, as well as nonbreakpoint sequences such as simple AT and GC repeats) at nanomolar protein concentration when short single strands ( approximately 20-30mers) are used as DNA targets. The protein...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Sengupta K,Rao BJ

更新日期：2002-12-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Compartmentation and NMR visibility of mitochondrial adenine nucleotides were quantitated in isolated rat liver mitochondria respiring on succinate and glutamate in vitro at 8 and 25 degrees C. Intra- and extramitochondrial nucleotides were discriminated by adding the chelator trans-1,2-diaminocyclohexane-N,N,N',N'-te...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Hutson SM,Berkich D,Williams GD,LaNoue KF,Briggs RW

更新日期：1989-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Deamidation of proteins is one of the most prevalent post-translational modifications found upon aging, and in age-onset diseases. Specific asparagine and glutamine residues are often selectively deamidated during this process. In the human lens, deamidation has been shown to occur in many crystallins, but it is not c...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Pande A,Mokhor N,Pande J

更新日期：2015-08-11 00:00:00

abstract：:PII proteins are sensors of alpha-ketoglutarate and adenylylate energy charge that regulate signal transduction proteins, metabolic enzymes, and permeases involved in nitrogen assimilation. Here, purified Escherichia coli PII and two of its receptors, ATase and NRII, were used to study the mechanisms of sensation by P...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Jiang P,Ninfa AJ

更新日期：2009-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The noncovalent interaction of 2-aminodipyrido[1,2-a:3',2'-d]imidazole (Glu-P-2) and its derivatives, which are potent mutagens isolated from L-glutamic acid pyrolysate, with calf thymus DNA was studied by steady-state and nanosecond fluorescence spectroscopies. The fluorescence of these compounds exhibits static quen...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Itoh M,Kurokawa H,Usui M,Ohno M,Shimoda E,Hashimoto Y,Shudo K

更新日期：1985-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：:While the iron-molybdenum cofactor (FeMoco) of nitrogenase, a constituent of the active site for nitrogen reduction, can be extracted into N-methylformamide (NMF) and pyrrollidinone, the inability to solubilize it in any other organic solvents has hampered further understanding of its structure and chemical properties...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Wink DA,McLean PA,Hickman AB,Orme-Johnson WH

更新日期：1989-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Kinetic analysis and modeling studies of HIV-1 and HIV-2 proteinases were carried out using the oligopeptide substrate [formula: see text] and its analogs containing single amino acid substitutions in P3-P3' positions. The two proteinases acted similarly on the substrates except those having certain hydrophobic amino ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Tözsér J,Weber IT,Gustchina A,Bláha I,Copeland TD,Louis JM,Oroszlan S

更新日期：1992-05-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The gamma-phosphoryl groups of two intermediates (M-ATP and M-ADP-P1) in the pathway of MgATP hydrolysis by myosin undergo extensive oxygen exchange with water. Actin activates the overall rate of hydrolysis at a rate-limiting step which follows these exchange reactions. Thus, actin, by decreasing the turnover time of...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Shukla KK,Levy HM

更新日期：1977-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The Haemophilus influenzae diaminopimelate epimerase was cloned, expressed, purified, and crystallized in the C2221 space group (a = 102.1 A, b = 115.4 A, c = 66.3 A, alpha = beta = gamma = 90 degrees). The three-dimensional structure was solved to 2.7 A using a single Pt derivative and the Se-Met-substituted enzyme t...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Cirilli M,Zheng R,Scapin G,Blanchard JS

更新日期：1998-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The reaction between chymotrypsin and N-acetyl-L-phenylalanine p-nitroanilide has been studied at subzero temperatures in fluid aqueous dimethyl sulfoxide solvent. Following initiation of the reaction at temperatures as low as -90 degrees C, a series of four reactions prior to the normal rate-limiting step (acylation)...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Fink AL

更新日期：1976-04-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The Stk1/Stp1 and GraSR signal-transduction pathways are two distinct pathways in Staphylococcus aureus that rely on a reversible phosphorylation process in transducing external stimuli intracellularly. Stk1/Stp1 is an eukaryote-like Ser/Thr kinase phosphatase pair involved in purine biosynthesis, cell-wall metabolism...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Fridman M,Williams GD,Muzamal U,Hunter H,Siu KW,Golemi-Kotra D

更新日期：2013-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The global transcription factor, p53, is a master regulator of gene expression in cells. Mutations in the TP53 gene promote unregulated cell growth through the inactivation of downstream effectors of the p53 pathway. In fact, mutant p53 is highly prone to misfolding and frequently resides inside the cell as large aggr...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Navalkar A,Ghosh S,Pandey S,Paul A,Datta D,Maji SK

更新日期：2020-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytochrome bc(1), a key enzyme of biological energy conversion, generates or uses a proton motive force through the Q cycle that operates within the two chains of cofactors that embed two catalytic quinone oxidation/reduction sites, the Q(o) site and the Q(i) site. The Q(o) site relies on the joint action of two cofac...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Borek A,Sarewicz M,Osyczka A

更新日期：2008-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The immunoglobulin E-binding protein, epsilon BP (also known as CBP35, Mac-2, L-34, and L-29), is a beta-galactoside-binding protein of approximately 30 kDa and a member of the animal lectin family termed S-type or S-Lac. Multiple biological activities have been attributed to this lectin such as mediation of IgE bindi...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Feizi T,Solomon JC,Yuen CT,Jeng KC,Frigeri LG,Hsu DK,Liu FT

更新日期：1994-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The enzyme 3-deoxy-D-manno-octulosonic acid 8-phosphate synthase (EC 4.1. 2.16) (KDO 8-P synthase) that catalyzes the condensation of D-arabinose 5-phosphate (A 5-P) with phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP) to give 3-deoxy-D-manno-octulosonic acid 8-phosphate (KDO 8-P) and inorganic phosphate (Pi) was inactivated by the thiol-m...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Salleh HM,Patel MA,Woodard RW

更新日期：1996-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Traditional antibody generation, using either phage display or animal immunization, relies on purified antigens. Many membrane proteins, such as G protein-coupled receptors, solute carriers, or ion channels, are important drug targets but very challenging for the formation of antibodies due to the difficulty of protei...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Chang YC,Kao CY,Tang HC,Huang MS,Mou KY

更新日期：2020-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The structural features of a chemically modified DNA template strand may promote error-prone DNA synthesis during replication. The resulting higher incidence of mutations, in turn, can eventually lead to tumor initiation. Structural insights into this process can be monitored by studying chemically modified base adduc...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Cosman M,Hingerty BE,Geacintov NE,Broyde S,Patel DJ

更新日期：1995-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The cyclic antimicrobial lipopeptide daptomycin is now frequently used as a first-line therapy in serious infections caused by multidrug-resistant Enterococcus faecium. Resistance to daptomycin in E. faecium is mediated by activation of the LiaFSR membrane stress response pathway. Deletion of liaR, encoding the respon...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Davlieva M,Wu C,Zhou Y,Arias CA,Shamoo Y

更新日期：2018-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：:In an effort to characterize the bimolecular interface between parathyroid hormone (PTH) and its human receptor PTH1-Rc (hPTH1-Rc), we previously identified two contact sites in the receptor: one for position 1 and another for position 13 (located at the ends of the principal activation domain) in PTH(1-34). The prese...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Greenberg Z,Bisello A,Mierke DF,Rosenblatt M,Chorev M

更新日期：2000-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：:An attractive strategy for the development of anti-retroviral drugs is the exploration of compounds that mimic RNA control regions of the viral genome and act as "decoys" to sequester viral gene regulatory proteins. Decoys consisting of RNA, however, are chemically unstable and readily degraded by cellular nucleases. ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Rigl CT,Lloyd DH,Tsou DS,Gryaznov SM,Wilson WD

更新日期：1997-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Tau is a microtubule associated protein implicated in the pathogenesis of several neurodegenerative diseases. Because of the channel forming properties of other amyloid peptides, we employed planar lipid bilayers and atomic force microscopy to test tau for its ability to form ion permeable channels. Our results demons...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Patel N,Ramachandran S,Azimov R,Kagan BL,Lal R

更新日期：2015-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：:A cell-free system for synthesizing protein from wheat germ was used to translate the messenger RNA extracted from 16-day embryonic chick calvaria. A part of the product had properties similar to collagenous peptides and served as a substrate for prolyl hydroxylase, an enzyme specific for collagen. The level of potass...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Benveniste K,Wilczek J,Ruggieri A,Stern R

更新日期：1976-02-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Several phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PtdInsP2)-regulated actin-binding proteins and most phosphoinositide-specific phospholipases C (PI-PLCs) comprise a basic amino acid motif (KxxxKxKK, where x denotes any amino acid), which was previously suggested to represent a PtdInsP2-binding site commonly present in t...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Simões AP,Reed J,Schnabel P,Camps M,Gierschik P

更新日期：1995-04-18 00:00:00

abstract：:To describe the time course of cellular systems, we integrate ideas from thermodynamics and information theory to discuss the work needed to change the state of the cell. The biological example analyzed is experimental microarray transcription level oscillations of yeast in the different phases as characterized by oxy...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Gross A,Li CM,Remacle F,Levine RD

更新日期：2013-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:A conformational analysis of the valine side chains of ribonuclease T1 (RNase T1) was performed using NMR spectroscopy, in particular homonuclear (1H, 1H and 13C, 13C) and heteronuclear (1H, 15N and 1H, 13C) vicinal spin-spin coupling constants as obtained from E.COSY-type NMR experiments. The coupling constants relat...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Karimi-Nejad Y,Schmidt JM,Rüterjans H,Schwalbe H,Greisinger C

更新日期：1994-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:HK31 (S565-K595) has previously been shown to encompass the binding domain for plasma prekallikrein (PK) within domain 6 of high molecular weight kininogen (HK). The complementary binding domain for HK within PK is mapped to PK56 (F56-G86), in the apple 1 domain, and to PK266 (K266-C295), in the apple 4 domain. Isothe...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Lin Y,Shenoy SS,Harris RB,Colman RW

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00