An additional methyl group at the 10-position of retinal dramatically slows down the kinetics of the rhodopsin photocascade.

abstract：:We consider the problem of color regulation in visual pigments for both bovine rhodopsin (lambda max = 500 nm) and octopus rhodopsin (lambda max = 475 nm). Both pigments have 11-cis-retinal (lambda max = 379 nm, in ethanol) as their chromophore. These rhodopsins were bleached in their native membranes, and the opsins ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Koutalos Y,Ebrey TG,Tsuda M,Odashima K,Lien T,Park MH,Shimizu N,Derguini F,Nakanishi K,Gilson HR

更新日期：1989-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Regions of the negative strands of the satellite RNAs of chicory yellow mottle virus (sCYMV1) and arabis mosaic virus (sArMV) have similarity in sequence and predicted secondary structure compared to the tobacco ringspot virus satellite RNA (sTRSV) hairpin ribozyme, suggesting that they may also be catalytic RNAs of a...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： DeYoung M,Siwkowski AM,Lian Y,Hampel A

更新日期：1995-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：:1H NMR spectroscopy of the isotropically shifted signals in cobalt carboxypeptidase, CoCPD, permits a direct and selective detection of protons belonging to the residues liganded to the metal. The chemical shift of these protons in the free enzyme and enzyme-inhibitor complexes with changing pH monitors the state of i...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Auld DS,Bertini I,Donaire A,Messori L,Moratal JM

更新日期：1992-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Members of Mononegavirales, the order that includes nonsegmented negative sense RNA viruses (NNSVs), encode a small number of multifunctional proteins. In members of the Filoviridae family, virus protein 35 (VP35) facilitates immune evasion and functions as an obligatory cofactor for viral RNA synthesis. VP35 function...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Chanthamontri CK,Jordan DS,Wang W,Wu C,Lin Y,Brett TJ,Gross ML,Leung DW

更新日期：2019-02-12 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：:Numerous studies have been published stressing the importance of finding ligands that can bind specifically to DNA secondary structures. Several have identified ligands that are presented as having specific binding to the G-quadruplex; however, these were not originally tested on the complementary i-motif structure. T...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Abdelhamid MAS,Gates AJ,Waller ZAE

更新日期：2019-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The fosfomycin (1) resistance proteins FosA and FosX in pathogenic microorganisms are related to a catalytically promiscuous progenitor encoded in a phn operon in Mesorhizobium loti. The mlr3345 gene product (FosX(Ml)) from M. loti has a very low epoxide hydrolase activity and even lower glutathione transferase activi...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Brown DW,Schaab MR,Birmingham WR,Armstrong RN

更新日期：2009-03-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Dihydroorotates deuteriated at both C5 and C6 have been prepared and used to probe the mechanism of the bovine liver mitochondrial dihydroorotate dehydrogenase. Primary deuterium isotope effects on kcat are observed with both (6RS)-[5(S)-2H]- and (6RS)-[6-2H] dihydroorotates (3 and 6, respectively); these effects are ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Hines V,Johnston M

更新日期：1989-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The initial step in the l-kynurenine pathway is oxidation of l-tryptophan to N-formylkynurenine and is catalyzed by one of two heme enzymes, tryptophan 2,3-dioxygenase (TDO) or indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO). Here, we address the role of the conserved active site Ser167 residue in human IDO (S167A and S167H variant...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Chauhan N,Basran J,Efimov I,Svistunenko DA,Seward HE,Moody PC,Raven EL

更新日期：2008-04-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Alpha-sarcin is an exquisitely specific ribonuclease that binds and cleaves a single phosphodiester bond in the large rRNA of the eukaryotic ribosome, inactivating it. To better understand this remarkable activity, the contributions of the active site residues (His 50, Glu 96, and His 137) to the conformational stabil...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： García-Mayoral MF,del Pozo AM,Campos-Olivas R,Gavilanes JG,Santoro J,Rico M,Laurents DV,Bruix M

更新日期：2006-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Six affinity reagents containing chemically reactive groups, either on the phosphate residue at the 5'-end or on the 5'- or 3'-end internucleoside phosphate linkages of the oligothymidylate primers, were used to covalently modify the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 reverse transcriptase (HIV-1 RT). After covalent ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Andreola ML,Tarrago-Litvak L,Levina AS,Kolocheva TI,el Dirani-Diab R,Jamkovoy VI,Khalimskaya NL,Barr PJ,Litvak S,Nevinsky GA

更新日期：1993-04-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Lysine side chains induce conformational changes in plasminogen (Pg) that regulate the process of fibrinolysis or blood clot dissolution. A lysine side-chain mimic, epsilon amino caproic acid (EACA), enhances the activation of Pg by urinary-type and tissue-type Pg activators but inhibits Pg activation induced by strep...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Lin LF,Houng A,Reed GL

更新日期：2000-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 (S6803) expresses a two-on-two globin in which His46 (distal side) and His70 (proximal) function as heme iron axial ligands. His46 can be displaced by O2, CO, and CN-, among others, whereas His70 is not labile under native conditions. The residue preceding the proximal his...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Knappenberger JA,Kuriakose SA,Vu BC,Nothnagel HJ,Vuletich DA,Lecomte JT

更新日期：2006-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Several strains of Sphingobium chlorophenolicum have been isolated from soil that was heavily contaminated with pentachlorophenol (PCP), a toxic pesticide introduced in the 1930s. S. chlorophenolicum appears to have assembled a poorly functioning pathway for degradation of PCP by patching enzymes recruited via two ind...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Hlouchova K,Rudolph J,Pietari JM,Behlen LS,Copley SD

更新日期：2012-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:This study highlights the effect of incorporation of locked nucleic acid (LNA) on improving the functional efficacy of DNAzymes against microRNAs (antagomirzymes). DNAzymes were designed against two different sites of miR-27a, which were encompassed both within the precursor and mature form of miRNA. The cleavage and ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Kaur H,Scaria V,Maiti S

更新日期：2010-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The qualitative and quantitative features of mutagenesis by two DNA adducts of carcinogenic alkylating agents, O6-methylguanine (m6G) and O4-methylthymine (m4T), were examined in vivo. The deoxyhexanucleotides 5'-GCTAGC-3' and 5'-GCTAGC-3' were synthesized, where the underlined bases are the positions of m4T or m6G, r...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Dosanjh MK,Singer B,Essigmann JM

更新日期：1991-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The cardiac and skeletal muscle sarcoplasmic reticulum ryanodine receptor Ca(2+) release channels contain thiols that are potential targets of endogenously produced reactive oxygen and nitrogen intermediates. Previously, we showed that the skeletal muscle ryanodine receptor (RyR1) has O(2)-sensitive thiols; only when ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Sun J,Yamaguchi N,Xu L,Eu JP,Stamler JS,Meissner G

更新日期：2008-12-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclopropane fatty acid (CFA) synthase of Escherichia coli catalyzes a modification of the acyl chains of phospholipid bilayers. We report (i) identification of the CFA synthase protein, (ii) overproduction (> 600-fold) and purification to essential homogeneity of the enzyme, and (iii) the amino acid sequence of CFA s...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Wang AY,Grogan DW,Cronan JE Jr

更新日期：1992-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：:X-ray crystal structures of enzyme-ligand complexes are widely believed to mimic states in the catalytic cycle, but this presumption has seldom been carefully scrutinized. In the case of Tritrichomonas foetus inosine 5'-monophosphate dehydrogenase (IMPDH), 10 structures of various enzyme-substrate-inhibitor complexes ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Josephine HR,Ravichandran KR,Hedstrom L

更新日期：2010-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases contain one or three Mg(2+) ions in their catalytic sites. In addition to their role in ATP binding, these ions are presumed to play a role in catalysis by increasing the electropositivity of the alpha-phosphate and stabilizing the pentavalent transition state. In the class II aaRS, two high...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Ador L,Jaeger S,Geslain R,Martin F,Cavarelli J,Eriani G

更新日期：2004-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The regiospecificity and stereospecificity of proton transfer in the yeast inorganic pyrophosphatase (PPase) catalyzed hydrolysis of P1,P2-bidentate Mg(H2O)4(PPi)2- were probed with exchange-inert metal complexes of imidodiphosphate (PNP) and thiopyrophosphate (PPS). PPase was unable to catalyze the hydrolysis of Mg(H...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Lin I,Knight WB,Hsueh A,Dunaway-Mariano D

更新日期：1986-08-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The Escherichia coli cAMP receptor protein (CRP) displays biphasic characteristics in protease and beta-galactosidase induction assays at increasing cAMP concentrations in response to ligand binding at the secondary binding site located between the primary binding site and the DNA binding domain. Two mutants were crea...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Scott SP,Jarjous S

更新日期：2005-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：:CDP-ribitol synthase is a bifunctional reductase and cytidylyltransferase that catalyzes the transformation of D-ribulose 5-phosphate, NADPH, and CTP to CDP-ribitol, a repeating unit present in the virulence-associated polysaccharide capsules of Haemophilus influenzae types a and b [Follens, A., et al. (1999) J. Bacte...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Zolli M,Kobric DJ,Brown ED

更新日期：2001-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:A cutinase-type polyesterase from Saccharomonospora viridis AHK190 (Cut190) has been shown to degrade the inner block of polyethylene terephthalate. A unique feature of Cut190 is that its function and stability are regulated by Ca2+ binding. Our previous crystal structure analysis of Cut190S226P showed that one Ca2+ b...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Numoto N,Kamiya N,Bekker GJ,Yamagami Y,Inaba S,Ishii K,Uchiyama S,Kawai F,Ito N,Oda M

更新日期：2018-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:We have isolated a new toxin, calitoxin (CLX), from the sea anemone Calliactis parasitica whose amino acid sequence differs greatly from that of other sea anemone toxins. The polypeptide chain contains 46 amino acid residues, with a molecular mass of 4886 Da and an isoelectric point at pH 5.4. The amino acid sequence ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Cariello L,de Santis A,Fiore F,Piccoli R,Spagnuolo A,Zanetti L,Parente A

更新日期：1989-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The binding of formate ion, a substrate for the peroxidatic reaction of catalase, has been investigated by magnetic resonance techniques. Comparative studies of formate binding to ferric myoglobin have also been performed. The nuclear magnetic relaxation (NMR) rate of formate and water protons is enhanced by the prese...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Hershberg RD,Chance B

更新日期：1975-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Electron transfer in reaction center core (RCC) complexes from the green sulfur bacteria Prosthecochloris aestuarii and Chlorobium tepidum was studied by measuring flash-induced absorbance changes. The first preparation contained approximately three iron-sulfur centers, indicating that the three putative electron acce...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Schmidt KA,Neerken S,Permentier HP,Hager-Braun C,Amesz J

更新日期：2000-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:In bee venom phospholipase A2, histidine-34 probably functions as a Brønsted base to deprotonate the attacking water. Aspartate-64 and tyrosine-87 form a hydrogen bonding network with histidine-34. We have prepared mutants at these positions and studied their kinetic properties. The mutant in which histidine-34 is cha...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Annand RR,Kontoyianni M,Penzotti JE,Dudler T,Lybrand TP,Gelb MH

更新日期：1996-04-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of ion channels in cell physiology is regulated by processes occurring after protein biosynthesis, which are critical for both channel function and targeting of channels to appropriate cell compartments. Here we apply biochemical and electrophysiological methods to investigate the role of the high-conductance...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Schmalhofer WA,Sanchez M,Dai G,Dewan A,Secades L,Hanner M,Knaus HG,McManus OB,Kohler M,Kaczorowski GJ,Garcia ML

更新日期：2005-08-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite much work, subcellular neurons of Caenorhabditis elegans have not been studied at nanometer resolution with millisecond time resolution. Nor has there been an effective way to immobilize C. elegans. Here we show that, without using anesthetic or paralyzing agents, fluorescence imaging with one-nanometer accura...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Kural C,Nonet ML,Selvin PR

更新日期：2009-06-09 00:00:00