Torsional constraints on the formation of open promoter complexes on DNA minicircles carrying sigma 54-dependent promoters.

abstract：:The signaling apparatus that controls bacterial chemotaxis is composed of a core complex containing chemoreceptors, the histidine autokinase CheA, and the coupling protein CheW. Site-specific spin labeling and pulsed dipolar ESR spectroscopy (PDS) have been applied to investigate the structure of a soluble ternary com...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Bhatnagar J,Borbat PP,Pollard AM,Bilwes AM,Freed JH,Crane BR

更新日期：2010-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：:We used two chemical modifiers, tetranitromethane (TNM) and acetic anhydride (Ac(2)O), which specifically target accessible tyrosine and lysine residues, respectively, to modify recombinant Syrian hamster PrP(90-231) [rSHaPrP(90-231)] and SHaPrP 27-30, the proteinase K-resistant core of PrP(Sc) isolated from brain of ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Gong B,Ramos A,Vázquez-Fernández E,Silva CJ,Alonso J,Liu Z,Requena JR

更新日期：2011-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluorescein isothiocyanate derivatization of the human lactotransferrin on Lys-264 inhibits the binding of the protein of human PHA-activated lymphocytes [Legrand, D., Mazurier, J., Maes, P., Rochard, E., Montreuil, J., & Spik, G. (1991) Biochem. J. 276, 733-738], indicating that part of the receptor-binding site is l...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Legrand D,Mazurier J,Elass A,Rochard E,Vergoten G,Maes P,Montreuil J,Spik G

更新日期：1992-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The kinetics of activation of Glu-plasminogen (Glu-Pg) and Lys77-Pg by two-chain recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA) were determined in the presence of isolated protein components of the extracellular matrix (ECM) and compared to activation in the presence of fibrinogen and fibrinogen fragments and in the ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Stack S,Gonzalez-Gronow M,Pizzo SV

更新日期：1990-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The influenza M2 protein is the target of the amantadine family of antiviral drugs, and its transmembrane (TM) domain structure and dynamics have been extensively studied. However, little is known about the structure of the highly conserved N-terminal ectodomain, which contains epitopes targeted by influenza vaccines....

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Kwon B,Hong M

更新日期：2016-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The early redox events involved in iron reduction and mobilization in mammalian ferritin have been investigated by several techniques. Sedimentation velocity measurements of ferritin samples with altered core sizes, prepared by partial reduction and Fe2+ chelation, suggest two different events occur during iron loss f...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Jacobs DL,Watt GD,Frankel RB,Papaefthymiou GC

更新日期：1989-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The dynamic behavior of the rRNA A-site plays an important functional role. We have employed femtosecond time-resolved spectroscopy to investigate the nature of the conformational dynamics. In the drug-free state, the A-site samples multiple distinct conformations. Drug binding shifts the population distribution in a ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Lu J,Zhao L,Xia A,Xia T,Qi X

更新日期：2013-03-12 00:00:00

abstract：:This report presents evidence for interdomain steps of the ligand-coupled signal transduction mechanism of the oxygen receptor from Rhizobium meliloti, RmFixL. Photolysis of the CO adducts of heme domain (RmFixLN) and heme kinase (RmFixL*) proteins allowed tracking of second-order heme CO recombination reactions by tr...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Rodgers KR,Tang L,Lukat-Rodgers GS,Wengenack NL

更新日期：2001-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Uronate isomerase (URI) catalyzes the reversible isomerization of D-glucuronate to D-fructuronate and of D-galacturonate to D-tagaturonate. URI is a member of the amidohydrolase superfamily (AHS), a highly divergent group of enzymes that catalyze primarily hydrolytic reactions. The chemical mechanism and active site s...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Nguyen TT,Fedorov AA,Williams L,Fedorov EV,Li Y,Xu C,Almo SC,Raushel FM

更新日期：2009-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The fetal Alz-50 reactive clone 1 (FAC1) protein exhibits altered expression and subcellular localization during neuronal development and neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease. Using the yeast two-hybrid screen, the human orthologue of Keap1 (hKeap1) was identified as a FAC1 interacting protein. Keap1...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Strachan GD,Morgan KL,Otis LL,Caltagarone J,Gittis A,Bowser R,Jordan-Sciutto KL

更新日期：2004-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The actin depolymerizing factor (ADF)/cofilins are an essential group of proteins that are important regulators of actin filament turnover in vivo. Although protists and yeasts express only a single member of this family, metazoans express two or more members in many cell types. In cells expressing both ADF and cofili...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Chen H,Bernstein BW,Sneider JM,Boyle JA,Minamide LS,Bamburg JR

更新日期：2004-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Apamin is being studied as a model for the folding mechanism of proteins whose structures are stabilized by disulfide bonds. Apamin consists of 18 amino acid residues and forms a stable structure consisting of a C-terminal alpha-helix and two reverse turns. This structure is stabilized by two disulfide bonds connectin...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Chau MH,Nelson JW

更新日期：1992-05-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Leucine aminopeptidase (LAP) is a protease requiring two divalent metal cations per subunit for activity. Zn2+, Mg2+, and Co2+ metal-substituted forms of LAP have been prepared and investigated kinetically. Substitution of metal into the two binding sites independently resulted in the preparation of Zn2+Zn2+, Mg2+Zn2+...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Allen MP,Yamada AH,Carpenter FH

更新日期：1983-08-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyphosphate glucokinase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis catalyzes the phosphorylation of glucose using inorganic polyphosphates [poly(P)] or ATP. The steady-state kinetic mechanisms of the poly(P)- and ATP-dependent glucokinase reactions were investigated using initial velocity, product inhibition, and dead-end inhi...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Hsieh PC,Kowalczyk TH,Phillips NF

更新日期：1996-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Determining the sequence of bond cleavages, and consequently the nature of intermediates, in enzyme-catalyzed reactions is a major goal of mechanistic enzymology. When significant primary isotope effects on V/K are observed for two different bond cleavages, both bonds may be broken in the same transition state or they...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Bahnson BJ,Anderson VE

更新日期：1991-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Weak or nonexistent smallpox immunity in today's human population raises concerns about the possibility of natural or provoked genetic modifications leading to re-emergence of variola virus and other poxviruses. Thus, the development of new antiviral strategies aimed at poxvirus infections in humans is a high priority...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Duraffour S,Ishchenko AA,Saparbaev M,Crance JM,Garin D

更新日期：2007-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:We have determined the three-dimensional structure of a non-self-complementary oligodeoxynucleotide duplex that contains a model abasic site. The duplex contains six GC base pairs plus the abasic site at the center of one strand and corresponds to an abasic frameshift. Two-dimensional NMR studies on the nonexchangeabl...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Cuniasse P,Sowers LC,Eritja R,Kaplan B,Goodman MF,Cognet JA,Le Bret M,Guschlbauer W,Fazakerley GV

更新日期：1989-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The fatty acid synthase (FAS) of animal tissue is a dimer of two identical subunits, each with a Mr of 260,000. The subunit is a single multifunctional protein having seven catalytic activities and a site for binding of the prosthetic group 4'-phosphopantetheine. The mRNA coding for the subunit has an estimated size o...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Kasturi R,Chirala S,Pazirandeh M,Wakil SJ

更新日期：1988-10-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycoplasmas are the smallest known microorganisms, with drastically reduced genome sizes. One of the essential biochemical pathways lost in mycoplasmas is methylation-mediated DNA repair (MMR), which is responsible for correction of base substitutions, insertions, and deletions in both bacteria and higher organisms. W...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Kamashev D,Oberto J,Serebryakova M,Gorbachev A,Zhukova Y,Levitskii S,Mazur AK,Govorun V

更新日期：2011-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The sensitivity of the fluorescence energy of 2-p-toluidinylnaphthalene-6-sulfonate (TNS) to apparent solvent polarity is considerably greater in methanol-water mixtures and lower primary alcohols than in higher primary alcohols or solvents containing no hydroxyl groups. It is suggested that the behavior of TNS in low...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Greene FC

更新日期：1975-02-25 00:00:00

abstract：:A peptide consisting of the first 21 residues of human myelin basic protein (MBP) was synthesized. The N-terminal alanine of portions was blocked in separate experiments with alkyl carboxylates varying in size from 2 to 10 carbon atoms. The effects of these different alkyl carboxylates at the N-terminus on the seconda...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Costentino M,Pritzker L,Boulias C,Moscarello MA

更新日期：1994-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipocortin I is a 39-kilodalton membrane-associated protein that in A431 cells is phosphorylated on tyrosine in response to epidermal growth factor (EGF). We have used recombinant human lipocortin I as a substrate for several protein kinases and identified phosphorylated residues by a combination of peptide mapping an...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Varticovski L,Chahwala SB,Whitman M,Cantley L,Schindler D,Chow EP,Sinclair LK,Pepinsky RB

更新日期：1988-05-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Base excision repair (BER) plays a vital role in maintaining genomic integrity in mammalian cells. DNA polymerase λ (Pol λ) is believed to play a backup role to DNA polymerase β (Pol β) in base excision repair. Two oxidized abasic lesions that are produced by a variety of DNA-damaging agents, including several antitum...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Stevens AJ,Guan L,Bebenek K,Kunkel TA,Greenberg MM

更新日期：2013-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The reactions of fully reduced and mixed-valence bovine heart cytochrome c oxidase with dioxygen have been reinvestigated in the absence and presence of metal ions (Zn(2+), Ni(2+), and Cd(2+)) by time-resolved optical absorption spectroscopy using the CO flow-flash technique. The time-resolved data were recorded on a ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Szundi I,Cappuccio J,Einarsdóttir O

更新日期：2004-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Phototropin, a blue-light photoreceptor in plants, has two FMN-binding domains named LOV1 and LOV2. We previously observed temperature-dependent FTIR spectral changes in the C=O stretching region (amide-I vibrational region of the peptide backbone) for the LOV2 domain of Adiantum phytochrome3 (phy3-LOV2), suggesting p...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Iwata T,Nozaki D,Sato Y,Sato K,Nishina Y,Shiga K,Tokutomi S,Kandori H

更新日期：2006-12-26 00:00:00

abstract：:An oligodeoxynucleotide containing four thymines and covalently attached to an acridine derivative through its 3'-phosphate [(Tp)4(CH2)5Acr] was synthesized. Its conformation in solution was investigated by proton magnetic resonance. Both intramolecular interactions between the acridine dye and thymines and intermolec...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Lancelot G,Asseline U,Thuong NT,Hélène C

更新日期：1985-05-07 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 Rieske protein from Thermus thermophilus (TtRp) and a truncated version of the protein (truncTtRp), produced to achieve a low-pH crystallization condition, have been characterized using UV-visible and circular dichroism spectroscopies. TtRp and truncTtRp undergo a change in the UV-visible spectra with increasing p...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Konkle ME,Muellner SK,Schwander AL,Dicus MM,Pokhrel R,Britt RD,Taylor AB,Hunsicker-Wang LM

更新日期：2009-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:In prokaryotes, a large share of the proteins are secreted from the cell through a process that requires their translocation across the cytoplasmic membrane. This process is mediated by the universally conserved Sec system with homologues in the endoplasmic reticulum and thylakoid membranes of eukaryotes. The Sec syst...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Kedrov A,Kusters I,Driessen AJ

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The quaternary structures of Escherichia coli DNA-dependent RNA polymerase holenzyme (alpha 2 beta beta' sigma) and core enzyme (alpha 2 beta beta') have been investigated by chemical cross-linking with a cleavable bifunctional reagent, methyl 4-mercaptobutyrimidate, and noncleavable reagents, dimethyl suberimidate an...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Hillel Z,Wu CW

更新日期：1977-07-26 00:00:00