Circular substrates of the hammerhead ribozyme shift the internal equilibrium further toward cleavage.

abstract：:Fourier transform infrared difference spectroscopy has been used to obtain information about substrate-induced structural changes of the melibiose permease (MelB) from Escherichia coli reconstituted into liposomes. Binding of the cosubstrate Na(+) gives rise to several peaks in the amide I and II regions of the differ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： León X,Lórenz-Fonfría VA,Lemonnier R,Leblanc G,Padrós E

更新日期：2005-03-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides cross-linked by reductively activated mitomycin C (MC) were prepared and purified for the first time. The cross-linked products were structurally characterized by nucleoside and MC-nucleoside adduct analysis. Optimal conditions were established for the cross-linking reaction, resulting in hig...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Borowy-Borowski H,Lipman R,Chowdary D,Tomasz M

更新日期：1990-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:High-pressure 31P NMR was used for the first time to investigate the effects of pressure on the structure and dynamics of the phosphocholine headgroup in pure 1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DPPC) multilamellar aqueous dispersions and in DPPC bilayers containing the positively charged form of the local an...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Peng X,Jonas J

更新日期：1992-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：:A survey of RuvB protein-mediated ATP hydrolysis yields the following observations. (1) The RuvB protein exhibits a DNA-independent ATPase activity with a turnover number (based on a RuvB monomer) approaching 6 min-1 and a Km of 154 microM. Single-stranded DNA and linear duplex DNA have small but significant effects o...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Marrione PE,Cox MM

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The secretion of lung surfactant in alveolar type II cells is a complex process involving the fusion of lamellar bodies with the plasma membrane. This process is somewhat different from the exocytosis of hormones and neurotransmitters. For example, it is a relatively slower process, and lamellar bodies are very large ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Abonyo BO,Gou D,Wang P,Narasaraju T,Wang Z,Liu L

更新日期：2004-03-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluorescent nucleobase analogues are used extensively to probe the structure and dynamics of nucleic acids. The fluorescence of the adenine analogue 2-aminopurine and the cytosine analogue pyrrolocytosine is significantly quenched when the bases are located in regions of double-stranded nucleic acids. To allow more de...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Hardman SJ,Thompson KC

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kinetics studies of dNTP analogues having pyrophosphate-mimicking β,γ-pCXYp leaving groups with variable X and Y substitution reveal striking differences in the chemical transition-state energy for DNA polymerase β that depend on all aspects of base-pairing configurations, including whether the incoming dNTP is a puri...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Oertell K,Chamberlain BT,Wu Y,Ferri E,Kashemirov BA,Beard WA,Wilson SH,McKenna CE,Goodman MF

更新日期：2014-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：:It is generally accepted that electron transfer in bacterial photosynthesis is driven by the first singlet excited state of a special pair of bacteriochlorophylls (P*). We have examined the first steps of electron transfer in a mutant of the Rhodobacter sphaeroides reaction center in which charge separation from P* is...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Van Brederode ME,Jones MR,Van Mourik F,Van Stokkum IH,Van Grondelle R

更新日期：1997-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The divalent cation requirement for partial reactions of the catalytic turnover cycle during interfacial catalysis by pig pancreatic phospholipase A2 (PLA2) is investigated. Results show that the specific role of calcium in all the events of the catalytic cycle at the active site is not shared by other divalent cation...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Yu BZ,Berg OG,Jain MK

更新日期：1993-06-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The N-terminal formamido group on imidazole- and pyrrole-containing polyamides causes stacked polyamides to bind in the minor groove of DNA in the staggered motif, and it also increases the binding affinity compared to those of non-formamido compounds. To further investigate the role of the N-terminal acylamido in aff...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Westrate L,Mackay H,Brown T,Nguyen B,Kluza J,Wilson WD,Lee M,Hartley JA

更新日期：2009-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Two-dimensional homonuclear and heteronuclear NMR and minimized potential energy calculations have been combined to define the structure of the antitumor agent mitomycin C (MC) cross-linked to deoxyguanosines on adjacent base pairs in the d(T1-A2-C3-G4-T5-A6).d(T7-A8-C9-G10-T11-A12) duplex. The majority of the mitomyc...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Norman D,Live D,Sastry M,Lipman R,Hingerty BE,Tomasz M,Broyde S,Patel DJ

更新日期：1990-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA polymerase β (Pol β) is a key enzyme in mammalian base excision repair (BER), contributing stepwise 5'-deoxyribose phosphate (dRP) lyase and "gap-filling" DNA polymerase activities. The lyase reaction is believed to occur via a β-elimination reaction following the formation of a Schiff base between the dRP group a...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Daskalova SM,Bhattacharya C,Dedkova LM,Hecht SM

更新日期：2017-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The gene 5 protein (g5p) encoded by filamentous Ff phages is an ssDNA-binding protein, which binds to and sequesters the nascent ssDNA phage genome in the process of phage morphogenesis. The g5p also binds with high affinity to DNA and RNA sequences that form G-quadruplex structures. However, sequences that would form...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Wen JD,Gray DM

更新日期：2004-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Here, we introduce the concept of the "seleno effect" in the study of oxidoreductases that catalyze thiol/disulfide exchange reactions. In these reactions, selenium can replace sulfur as a nucleophile, electrophile, or leaving group, and the resulting change in rate (the seleno effect) is defined as kS/ kSe. In soluti...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： O'Keefe JP,Dustin CM,Barber D,Snider GW,Hondal RJ

更新日期：2018-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Conformational factors that predicate selectivity for valine or isoleucine binding to IlvN leading to the regulation of aceto hydroxy acid synthase I (AHAS I) of Escherichia coli have been determined for the first time from high-resolution (1.9-2.43 Å) crystal structures of IlvN·Val and IlvN·Ile complexes. The valine ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Bansal A,Karanth NM,Demeler B,Schindelin H,Sarma SP

更新日期：2019-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The crystal structures of metyrapone- and 1-, 2-, and 4-phenylimidazole-inhibited complexes of cytochrome P-450cam have been refined to a nominal resolution of 2.1 A and compared with the 1.63-A camphor-bound structure. With the exception of 2-phenylimidazole, each of the inhibitors forms an N-Fe bond with the heme ir...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Poulos TL,Howard AJ

更新日期：1987-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:New classes of small proteins have recently been found that refold rapidly with two-state kinetics from a substantially unfolded conformation ("U") and without the accumulation of a folding intermediate. Barnase, on the other hand, is representative of a class of proteins that display multistate kinetics and refold fr...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Oliveberg M,Fersht AR

更新日期：1996-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:In an attempt to understand the multifunctional involvement of beta(2)-glycoprotein I (beta(2)GPI) in autoimmune diseases, thrombosis, atherosclerosis, and inflammatory processes, substantial interest is focused on the interaction of beta(2)GPI with negatively charged ligands, in particular, with acidic phospholipids....

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Hammel M,Schwarzenbacher R,Gries A,Kostner GM,Laggner P,Prassl R

更新日期：2001-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Extended illumination slows the rebinding of CO to myoglobin after photodissociation at cryogenic temperatures. Two types of models have been put forward to explain the effect: motions of the CO within the heme pocket or conformational transitions of the protein. To resolve this ambiguity, we have studied the effect o...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Nienhaus GU,Mourant JR,Chu K,Frauenfelder H

更新日期：1994-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Steady-state kinetic parameters were determined for the human leukocyte elastase catalyzed hydrolysis of a series of peptide-based thiobenzyl esters and p-nitroanilides. The peptide units are MeOSuc-Val, MeOSuc-Alan-Pro-Val (n = 0-2), and MeOSuc-Alan-Pro-Ala (n = 1 or 2). The results of this study suggest five importa...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Stein RL,Strimpler AM,Hori H,Powers JC

更新日期：1987-03-10 00:00:00

abstract：:A Rhodobacter sphaeroides bchD (magnesium chelatase) mutant was studied to determine the properties of its photosystem in the absence of bacteriochlorophyll (BChl). Western blots of reaction center H, M, and L (RC H/M/L) proteins from mutant membranes showed levels of 12% RC H, 32% RC L, and 46% RC M relative to those...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Jaschke PR,Beatty JT

更新日期：2007-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The dynamics of the backbone and (some of) the side chains of lac headpiece (1-56; lac HP56) have been studied for the free protein and for its complex with lac half-operator DNA by 15N T1 and T1p relaxation measurements combined with [1H-15N] NOE experiments. For the structurally well-defined part of the free lac HP5...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Slijper M,Boelens R,Davis AL,Konings RN,van der Marel GA,van Boom JH,Kaptein R

更新日期：1997-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Catalase-peroxidases (KatGs) are unique bifunctional heme peroxidases with an additional posttranslationally formed redox-active Met-Tyr-Trp cofactor that is essential for catalase activity. On the basis of studies of bacterial KatGs, controversial mechanisms of hydrogen peroxide oxidation were proposed. The recent di...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Gasselhuber B,Graf MM,Jakopitsch C,Zamocky M,Nicolussi A,Furtmüller PG,Oostenbrink C,Carpena X,Obinger C

更新日期：2016-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of acetylation on the conformation and association state of the inner core histone octamer isolated from HeLa cells was examined. Preparation of suitable quantities of pure acetylated and control inner core histones from HeLa cells required the development of a new preparative procedure. The results from size...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Prevelige PE Jr,Fasman GD

更新日期：1987-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The conformational properties of the magainin family of antimicrobial peptides in aqueous solution and in model membranes have been probed by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. The magainins were found to be structureless in aqueous solution at neutral pD, confirming other studies by Raman and circular dichroism...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Jackson M,Mantsch HH,Spencer JH

更新日期：1992-08-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Sucrose density gradient shift assays were used to study the interactions of human glucocorticoid receptors (GR) with small DNA fragments either containing or lacking glucocorticoid response element (GRE) DNA consensus sequences. When crude cytoplasmic extracts containing [3H]triamcinolone acetonide [( 3H]TA) labeled ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Tully DB,Cidlowski JA

更新日期：1989-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The structural factors responsible for the extraordinary rate enhancement ( approximately 10(17)) of the reaction catalyzed by orotidine 5'-monophosphate decarboxylase (OMPDC) have not been defined. Catalysis requires a conformational change that closes an active site loop and "clamps" the orotate base proximal to hyd...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Wood BM,Amyes TL,Fedorov AA,Fedorov EV,Shabila A,Almo SC,Richard JP,Gerlt JA

更新日期：2010-05-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Two short amino acid motifs, WXGDXNXR and PXWCDRXL, define a large family of inositol polyphosphate 5-phosphatases. We tested the importance of seven of these conserved amino acids to substrate binding and catalysis by mutating each to alanine in the platelet 75 kDa inositol polyphosphate 5-phosphatase II (5-phosphata...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Jefferson AB,Majerus PW

更新日期：1996-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Reactivation of tetrameric porcine skeletal muscle lactic dehydrogenase after dissociation and extensive unfolding of the monomers by 6 M guanidine hydrochloride (Gdn . HCl) is characterized by sigmoidal kinetics, indicating a complex mechanism involving rate-limiting folding and association steps. For analysis of the...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Zettlmeissl G,Rudolph R,Jaenicke R

更新日期：1982-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyanide inhibits the CO oxidation activity of carbon monoxide dehydrogenase from Clostridium thermoaceticum by binding tightly to the form of the C-cluster yielding the gav = 1.82 signal (the C1.82 form). CN- dissociates and the enzyme reactivates upon addition of CO, CO2 plus dithionite, or CS2 plus dithionite. Dithi...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Anderson ME,Lindahl PA

更新日期：1994-07-26 00:00:00