Properties of overlapping EREs: synergistic activation of transcription and cooperative binding of ER.

abstract：:Unilamellar liposomes can be fused at low pH with the plasma membrane of cells that express the hemagglutinin glycoprotein of influenza virus on their surface [van Meer, G., & Simons, K. (1983) J. Cell Biol. 97, 1365-1374]. Here, we have resolved this fusion process into two kinetically distinct steps. The first and m...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： van Meer G,Davoust J,Simons K

更新日期：1985-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The biochemical characteristics of the formation and disappearance of intercalator-induced DNA double-strand breaks (DSB) were studied in nuclei from mouse leukemia L1210 cells by using filter elution methodology [Bradley, M. O., & Kohn, K.W. (1979) Nucleic Acids Res. 7, 793-804]. The three intercalators used were 4'-...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Pommier Y,Schwartz RE,Kohn KW,Zwelling LA

更新日期：1984-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite many studies suggesting the role of enolpyruvate as a bound intermediate in the pyruvate kinase reaction, direct evidence for it has been lacking. By use of a combination of chemical trapping and isolation of a derivative, significant amounts of enzyme-bound enolpyruvate have now been demonstrated. The method ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Seeholzer SH,Jaworowski A,Rose IA

更新日期：1991-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Stopped-flow kinetic measurements of the association of filipin with sterols in intact cells and isolated membranes of Mycoplasma capricolum were used to study the effects of varying the phospholipid in the membrane. The phospholipid composition and content of the membrane were varied by growing cells in an albumin-co...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Clejan S,Bittman R,Rottem S

更新日期：1981-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：:We have labeled the primer binding domain of murine leukemia virus reverse transcriptase (MuLV RT) by covalently cross-linking 5' end labeled d(T)8 to MuLV RT, using ultraviolet light energy. The specificity and the functional significance of the primer cross-linking reaction were demonstrated by the fact that (i) oth...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Tirumalai RS,Modak MJ

更新日期：1991-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The understanding of interactions between small molecules and DNA is crucial to design new anticancer drugs targeted to DNA. Methylene blue (MB) is a phenothiazinium dye that has shown promising results in photodynamic therapy treatment. The noncovalent binding of methylene blue to DNA was experimentally and theoretic...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Nogueira JJ,González L

更新日期：2014-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Heme A, an obligatory cofactor in eukaryotic cytochrome c oxidase, is produced from heme B (protoheme) via two enzymatic reactions catalyzed by heme O synthase and heme A synthase. Heme O synthase is responsible for the addition of a farnesyl moiety, while heme A synthase catalyzes the oxidation of a methyl substituen...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Brown KR,Allan BM,Do P,Hegg EL

更新日期：2002-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The orientation of eukaryotic cytochromes P450, with respect to the membrane of the endoplasmic reticulum, has been investigated. There is now good evidence that the tertiary structure of these proteins is essentially the same as that of the soluble bacterial isoenzyme cytochrome P450CI, with the exception of an exten...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Edwards RJ,Murray BP,Singleton AM,Boobis AR

更新日期：1991-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Site-directed mutagenesis has been used to construct three recombinant mutant hemoglobins (rHbs), rHb(beta L105W), rHb(alpha D94A/betaL105W), and rHb(alpha D94A). rHb(beta L105W) is designed to form a new hydrogen bond from beta 105Trp to alpha 94Asp in the alpha(1)beta(2) subunit interface to lower the oxygen binding...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Fang TY,Simplaceanu V,Tsai CH,Ho NT,Ho C

更新日期：2000-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondria isolated from coenzyme Q deficient yeast cells had no detectable NADH:cytochrome c reductase or succinate:cytochrome c reductase activity but contained normal amounts of cytochromes b and c1 by spectral analysis. Addition of the exogenous coenzyme Q derivatives including Q2, Q6, and the decyl analogue (DB...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Beattie DS,Clejan L

更新日期：1986-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Pantothenate synthetase (PS, EC 6.3.2.1) is the last enzyme in the pantothenate biosynthesis pathway, a metabolic pathway identified as a potential target for new antimicrobials. PS catalyzes the ATP-dependent condensation of pantoate and beta-alanine to form pantothenate. Here we report the overexpression, purificati...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Satoh A,Konishi S,Tamura H,Stickland HG,Whitney HM,Smith AG,Matsumura H,Inoue T

更新日期：2010-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Multidimensional heteronuclear NMR techniques were applied to study the phosphotransfer domain, residues 1-134, of the histidine kinase CheA, from Escherichia coli, which contains the site of autophosphorylation, His48. Assignments of the backbone amide groups and side chain protons are nearly complete. Our studies sh...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Zhou H,Lowry DF,Swanson RV,Simon MI,Dahlquist FW

更新日期：1995-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The NuoD segment (homologue of mitochondrial 49 kDa subunit) of the proton-translocating NADH:quinone oxidoreductase (complex I/NDH-1) from Escherichia coli is in the hydrophilic domain and bears many highly conserved amino acid residues. The three-dimensional structural model of NDH-1 suggests that the NuoD segment, ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Sinha PK,Castro-Guerrero N,Patki G,Sato M,Torres-Bacete J,Sinha S,Miyoshi H,Matsuno-Yagi A,Yagi T

更新日期：2015-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Aromatic amino acid aminotransferase (ArAT) from Escherichia coli was overexpressed in E. coli cells, purified, and characterized. The enzyme was similar to aspartate aminotransferase (AspAT) of E. coli in many aspects, such as gross protein structure and spectroscopic properties. The reactions of pyridoxal 5'-phospha...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Hayashi H,Inoue K,Nagata T,Kuramitsu S,Kagamiyama H

更新日期：1993-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Class II tRNA synthetases have long been known to have quaternary structures of alpha, alpha2, alpha2beta2, and alpha4, depending on the amino acid specificity and the organism from which the synthetase was isolated. Even the quaternary structures of enzymes for the same amino acid show variations in evolution. The ba...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Ribas de Pouplana L,Schimmel P

更新日期：1997-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Continuum methods were used to calculate the electrostatic contributions of charged and polar side chains to the overall stability of a small 41-residue helical protein, the peripheral subunit-binding domain. The results of these calculations suggest several residues that are destabilizing, relative to hydrophobic iso...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Spector S,Wang M,Carp SA,Robblee J,Hendsch ZS,Fairman R,Tidor B,Raleigh DP

更新日期：2000-02-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein kinases are key regulators of diverse signaling networks critical for growth and development. Protein kinase A (PKA) is an important kinase prototype that phosphorylates protein targets at Ser and Thr residues by converting ATP to ADP. Mg(2+) ions play a crucial role in regulating phosphoryl transfer and can l...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Khavrutskii IV,Grant B,Taylor SS,McCammon JA

更新日期：2009-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：:An improved procedure for the preparation of cobalt-cytochrome c has been developed. Various factors influencing the cobalt insertion process are discussed. The optical spectra of cobalt-cytochrome c suggest a six-coordinated species. The spectral shifts occurring with oxidation-reduction are compared with those obser...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Dickinson LC,Chien JC

更新日期：1975-08-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The reactions of nitric oxide (NO) with the turnover intermediates of cytochrome c oxidase were investigated by combining amperometric and spectroscopic techniques. We show that the complex of nitrite with the oxidized enzyme (O) is obtained by reaction of both the "peroxy" (P) and "ferryl" (F) intermediates with stoi...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Giuffrè A,Barone MC,Mastronicola D,D'Itri E,Sarti P,Brunori M

更新日期：2000-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:We have examined in detail the kinetics of binding of the serpin alpha 2-antiplasmin to the serine proteases alpha-chymotrypsin and plasmin. These represent model systems for serpin binding. We find, in contrast to earlier published results with alpha 2-antiplasmin and plasmin, that binding is reversible, and slow bin...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Longstaff C,Gaffney PJ

更新日期：1991-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Actinaria cytolysins are very potent basic toxins isolated from the venom of sea anemones, which are supposed to exert their toxic activity through formation of oligomeric pores in the host plasma membrane. To gain insight into their mechanism of action, the interaction of Stichodactyla helianthus sticholysin I (St-I)...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Tejuca M,Serra MD,Ferreras M,Lanio ME,Menestrina G

更新日期：1996-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Full-length protein tyrosine phosphatase 1C (PTP1C), the catalytic domain of PTP1C (delta PTP1C), and the N-terminal SH2 domain truncated PTP1C (delta NPTP1C) were overexpressed in Escherichia coli and purified to near homogeneity. Various phosphorylated states of the synthetic phosphotyrosyl peptide TRDIYETDYYRK (IRP...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Townley R,Shen SH,Banville D,Ramachandran C

更新日期：1993-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Temperature-jump experiments were performed with di-, tetra-, and hexasaccharides derived from type III pneumococcal polysaccharide using a homogeneous corresponding antibody IgG 45-394. A decrease in stability of the oligosaccharide-antibody complexes with decreasing chain length was observed and entirely reflected i...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Maeda H,Schmidt-Kessen A,Engel J,Jaton JC

更新日期：1977-09-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The primary ligand-binding protein (CNTFR alpha) of the multicomponent receptor for ciliary neurotrophic factor was produced in Escherichia coli. Using novel applications of size-exclusion chromatography and a protein gel-shift assay, we obtained quantitative separation of correctly refolded protein, as well as analyt...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Panayotatos N,Everdeen D,Liten A,Somogyi R,Acheson A

更新日期：1994-05-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The gene encoding enzyme I of the phosphoenolpyruvate:sugar phosphotransferase system from an Escherichia coli enzyme I mutant was cloned and sequenced. The mutation was shown to be a guanine to adenine transition resulting in an altered protein in which glycine-338 was replaced by aspartic acid. The enzyme I structur...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Seok YJ,Lee BR,Gazdar C,Svenson I,Yadla N,Peterkofsky A

更新日期：1996-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:RPE65, a protein expressed in cells of the retinal pigment epithelium of the eye, is essential for the synthesis by isomerohydrolase of 11-cis-retinal, the chromophore of rod and cone opsins. Recent work has established that RPE65 is a retinyl ester binding protein, and as all-trans-retinyl esters are the substrate fo...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Lyubarsky AL,Savchenko AB,Morocco SB,Daniele LL,Redmond TM,Pugh EN Jr

更新日期：2005-07-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Many lipases are potent catalysts of stereoselective reactions and are therefore of interest for use in chemical synthesis. The crystal structures of lipases show a large variation in the shapes of their active site environments that may explain the large variation in substrate specificity of these enzymes. We have de...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Uppenberg J,Ohrner N,Norin M,Hult K,Kleywegt GJ,Patkar S,Waagen V,Anthonsen T,Jones TA

更新日期：1995-12-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Structural and biochemical characterization of aspartate 152 at the distal heme side of catalase-peroxidase (KatG) from Synechocystis PCC 6803 reveals an important functional role for this residue. In the wild-type protein, the side chain carboxyl group of Asp152 is 7.8 A apart from the heme iron and is hydrogen-bonde...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Jakopitsch C,Auer M,Regelsberger G,Jantschko W,Furtmüller PG,Rüker F,Obinger C

更新日期：2003-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The bacterial phosphotriesterase (PTE) from Pseudomonas diminuta catalyzes the hydrolysis of organophosphate esters at rates close to the diffusion limit. X-ray diffraction studies have shown that a binuclear metal center is positioned in the active site of PTE and that this complex is responsible for the activation o...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Kim J,Tsai PC,Chen SL,Himo F,Almo SC,Raushel FM

更新日期：2008-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultrafast laser spectroscopy techniques are used to measure the low-frequency vibrational coherence spectra and nitric oxide rebinding kinetics of Caldariomyces fumago chloroperoxidase (CPO). Comparisons of the CPO coherence spectra with those of other heme species are made to gauge the protein-specific nature of the ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Gruia F,Ionascu D,Kubo M,Ye X,Dawson J,Osborne RL,Sligar SG,Denisov I,Das A,Poulos TL,Terner J,Champion PM

更新日期：2008-05-06 00:00:00