abstract：:Human S100A7 (psoriasin) is a metal-chelating protein expressed by epithelial cells. It is a 22-kDa homodimer with two EF-hand domains per subunit and two transition-metal-binding His3Asp sites at the dimer interface. Each subunit contains two cysteine residues that can exist as free thiols (S100A7red) or as an intram...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Cunden LS,Brophy MB,Rodriguez GE,Flaxman HA,Nolan EM

更新日期：2017-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：:A short chain dehydrogenase like l-threonine 3-dehydrogenase (SDR-TDH) from metagenome data (mtTDH) was identified by database mining. Its enzymatic properties suggested that mtTDH has unique characteristics relative to other SDR-TDHs, including two mesophilic and thermophilic SDR-TDHs identified in this study. The ac...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Motoyama T,Nakano S,Yamamoto Y,Tokiwa H,Asano Y,Ito S

更新日期：2017-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Histone deacetylase 8 (HDAC8) is a well-characterized member of the class I acetyl-lysine deacetylase (HDAC) family. Previous work has shown that the efficiency of HDAC8-catalyzed deacetylation of a methylcoumarin peptide varies depending on the identity of the divalent metal ion in the HDAC8 active site. Here we demo...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Castaneda CA,Lopez JE,Joseph CG,Scholle MD,Mrksich M,Fierke CA

更新日期：2017-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite extensive characterization of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) hydrophobic fusion peptide (FP), the structure-function relationships underlying its extraordinary degree of conservation remain poorly understood. Specifically, the fact that the tandem repeat of the FLGFLG tripeptide is absolutely ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Serrano S,Huarte N,Rujas E,Andreu D,Nieva JL,Jiménez MA

更新日期：2017-10-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Phospholipase Cβ (PLCβ) enzymes hydrolyze phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate to produce second messengers that regulate intracellular Ca2+, cell proliferation, and survival. Their activity is dependent upon interfacial activation that occurs upon localization to cell membranes. However, the molecular basis for how ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Hudson BN,Hyun SH,Thompson DH,Lyon AM

更新日期：2017-10-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemical biosensors, for which chemical detection triggers a fluorescent signal, have the potential to accelerate the screening of noncolorimetric chemicals produced by microbes, enabling the high-throughput engineering of enzymes and metabolic pathways. Here, we engineer a G-protein-coupled receptor (GPCR)-based sens...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Ehrenworth AM,Claiborne T,Peralta-Yahya P

更新日期：2017-10-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Bioluminescence with luciferase-luciferin pairs is an attractive method for surveying cells in live tissues and whole organisms. Recent advances in luciferin chemistry and luciferase engineering are further expanding the scope of the technology. It is now possible to spy on cells in a variety of deep tissues and visua...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Rathbun CM,Prescher JA

更新日期：2017-10-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemistry, once king of fluorescence microscopy, was usurped by the field of fluorescent proteins. The increased demands of modern microscopy techniques on the "photon budget" require better and brighter fluorophores, causing a renewed interest in synthetic dyes. Here, we review the recent advances in biochemistry, pr...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Lavis LD

更新日期：2017-10-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of ionic strength on enzyme activity and stability varies considerably between enzymes. Ionic strength is known to affect the catalytic activity of some alkaline phosphatases (APs), such as Escherichia coli AP, but how ions affect APs is debated. Here, we studied the effect of various ions on a cold-adapted...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Hjörleifsson JG,Ásgeirsson B

更新日期：2017-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：:By classical competitive antagonism, a substrate and competitive inhibitor must bind mutually exclusively to the active site. The competitive inhibition of O-acetyl serine sulfhydrylase (OASS) by the C-terminus of serine acetyltransferase (SAT) presents a paradox, because the C-terminus of SAT binds to the active site...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Singh AK,Ekka MK,Kaushik A,Pandya V,Singh RP,Banerjee S,Mittal M,Singh V,Kumaran S

更新日期：2017-09-19 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA three-way junctions (3WJs) are branched structures that serve as important biological intermediates and as components in DNA nanostructures. We recently derived the global structure of a fully complementary 3WJ and found that it contained unpaired bases at the branchpoint, which is consistent with previous observa...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Toulmin A,Baltierra-Jasso LE,Morten MJ,Sabir T,McGlynn P,Schröder GF,Smith BO,Magennis SW

更新日期：2017-09-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Anastellin is a small recombinant fragment derived from the extracellular matrix protein fibronectin; it comprises the first type III (FN3) domain without the two N-terminal β-strands. It inhibits angiogenesis, tumor growth, and metastasis in mouse models and requires endogenous fibronectin for its in vivo anti-angiog...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Stine JM,Ahl GJH,Schlenker C,Rusnac DV,Briknarová K

更新日期：2017-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：:To study fibronectin (FN) conformation and assembly, we generated several deletion mutants: FNΔI1-5, FNΔIII1-3, FNΔIII4-8, and FNΔIII11-14. A monomeric form, FNmono, which lacked the C-terminal dimerization region, was also created. FNtnA-D was generated by swapping FNIII domains 1-8 in FNΔIII11-14 with seven FNIII do...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Ohashi T,Lemmon CA,Erickson HP

更新日期：2017-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Transporters from the SLC13 family couple the transport of two to four Na+ ions with a di- or tricarboxylate, such as succinate or citrate. We have previously modeled mammalian members of the SLC13 family, including the Na+/dicarboxylate cotransporter NaDC1 (SLC13A2), based on a structure of the bacterial homologue Vc...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Colas C,Schlessinger A,Pajor AM

更新日期：2017-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The Plasmodium falciparum malarial parasite genome appears to encode one and only one phosphatidylinositol 3'-kinase (PI3K), and sequence analysis suggests that the enzyme is a "class III"- or "Vps34"-type PI3K. PfVps34 has generated excitement as a possible druggable target and potentially a key target of artemisinin...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Hassett MR,Sternberg AR,Riegel BE,Thomas CJ,Roepe PD

更新日期：2017-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a study of the interactions between the lipase from Thermomyces lanuginosus (TlL) and the two microbially produced biosurfactants (BSs), rhamnolipid (RL) and sophorolipid (SL). Both RL and SL are glycolipids; however, RL is anionic, while SL is a mixture of anionic and non-ionic species. We investigate the ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Madsen JK,Kaspersen JD,Andersen CB,Nedergaard Pedersen J,Andersen KK,Pedersen JS,Otzen DE

更新日期：2017-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously showed that a bulky ring-strained cycloalkyne possessing a rhodamine fluorophore directly reacts (via strain-promoted click chemistry) with the azido group incorporated (via ligand-directed tosyl chemistry) into Asp160 in the 49 kDa subunit of complex I in bovine heart submitochondrial particles [Masuya,...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Masuya T,Murai M,Ito T,Aburaya S,Aoki W,Miyoshi H

更新日期：2017-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:l-Aspartate oxidase, encoded by the nadB gene, is the first enzyme in the de novo synthesis of NAD+ in bacteria. This FAD-dependent enzyme catalyzes the oxidation of l-aspartate to generate iminoaspartate and reduced flavin. Distinct from most amino acid oxidases, it can use either molecular oxygen or fumarate to reox...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Chow C,Hegde S,Blanchard JS

更新日期：2017-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Our previous studies demonstrated that the first 1000 amino acid residues (the βα1 domain) of human apolipoprotein (apo) B-100, termed apoB:1000, are required for the initiation of lipoprotein assembly and the formation of a monodisperse stable phospholipid (PL)-rich particle. The objectives of this study were (a) to ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Manchekar M,Kapil R,Sun Z,Segrest JP,Dashti N

更新日期：2017-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) are functionally active despite lacking a well-defined three-dimensional structure. Such proteins often undergo a disorder-to-order transition, or induced folding, when binding to their specific physiological partner. Because of cooperativity, the folding and binding steps typi...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Bonetti D,Troilo F,Toto A,Brunori M,Longhi S,Gianni S

更新日期：2017-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：:During catalysis by liver alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH), a water bound to the catalytic zinc is replaced by the oxygen of the substrates. The mechanism might involve a pentacoordinated zinc or a double-displacement reaction with participation by a nearby glutamate residue, as suggested by studies of human ADH3, yeast AD...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Plapp BV,Savarimuthu BR,Ferraro DJ,Rubach JK,Brown EN,Ramaswamy S

更新日期：2017-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA repeat expansions cause a host of incurable, genetically defined diseases. The most common class of RNA repeats consists of trinucleotide repeats. These long, repeating transcripts fold into hairpins containing 1 × 1 internal loops that can mediate disease via a variety of mechanism(s) in which RNA is the central ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Chen JL,VanEtten DM,Fountain MA,Yildirim I,Disney MD

更新日期：2017-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Halogen bonding is a weak chemical force that has so far mostly found applications in crystal engineering. Despite its potential for use in drug discovery, as a new molecular tool in the direction of molecular recognition events, it has rarely been assessed in biopolymers. Motivated by this fact, we have developed a p...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Danelius E,Andersson H,Jarvoll P,Lood K,Gräfenstein J,Erdélyi M

更新日期：2017-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：:BamA is an essential component of the β-barrel assembly machine (BAM) that is responsible for insertion and folding of β-barrel outer membrane proteins (OMPs) in Gram-negative bacteria. BamA is an OMP itself, and its β-barrel transmembrane domain is thought to catalyze OMP insertion and folding, although the molecular...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Doerner PA,Sousa MC

更新日期：2017-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonenzymatic deamidation of asparagine and glutamine in peptides and proteins is a frequent modification both in vivo and in vitro. The biological effect is not completely understood, but it is often associated with protein degradation and loss of biological function. Here we describe the deamidation of CsgA, the majo...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Wang H,Shu Q,Frieden C,Gross ML

更新日期：2017-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxalate:ferredoxin oxidoreductase (OOR) is an unusual member of the thiamine pyrophosphate (TPP)-dependent 2-oxoacid:ferredoxin oxidoreductase (OFOR) family in that it catalyzes the coenzyme A (CoA)-independent conversion of oxalate into 2 equivalents of carbon dioxide. This reaction is surprising because binding of C...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Pierce E,Mansoorabadi SO,Can M,Reed GH,Ragsdale SW

更新日期：2017-06-06 00:00:00

abstract：:As a prerequisite to mammalian fertilization, the sperm acrosomal vesicle fuses with the plasma membrane and the acrosome contents are exocytosed. Induction occurs through engagement of the sperm receptors by multiple sugar residues. Multivalent polymers displaying mannose, fucose, or GlcNAc are effective synthetic in...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Huang H,Rodolis MT,Bhatia SR,Sampson NS

更新日期：2017-06-06 00:00:00

abstract：:In mammalian cells, the incorporation of the 21st amino acid, selenocysteine, into proteins is guided by the Sec machinery. The function of this protein complex requires several protein-protein and protein-RNA interactions, leading to the incorporation of selenocysteine at UGA codons. It is guided by stem-loop structu...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Oudouhou F,Casu B,Dopgwa Puemi AS,Sygusch J,Baron C

更新日期：2017-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The photoautotrophic freshwater cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus is widely used as a chassis for biotechnological applications as well as a photosynthetic bacterial model. In this study, a method for expanding the genetic code of this cyanobacterium has been established, thereby allowing the incorporation of unn...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Chemla Y,Friedman M,Heltberg M,Bakhrat A,Nagar E,Schwarz R,Jensen MH,Alfonta L

更新日期：2017-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Prolyl oligopeptidase B from Galerina marginata (GmPOPB) has recently been discovered as a peptidase capable of breaking and forming peptide bonds to yield a cyclic peptide. Despite the relevance of prolyl oligopeptidases in human biology and disease, a kinetic analysis pinpointing rate-limiting steps for a member of ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Czekster CM,Naismith JH

更新日期：2017-04-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Z-disc-associated, alternatively spliced, PDZ motif-containing protein (ZASP) is a principal component of the sarcomere. The three prevalent isoforms of ZASP in skeletal muscle are generated by alternative splicing of exons 9 and 10. The long isoforms, either having (ZASP-L) or lacking exon 10 (ZASP-LΔex10), include a...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Watts NR,Zhuang X,Kaufman JD,Palmer IW,Dearborn AD,Coscia S,Blech-Hermoni Y,Alfano C,Pastore A,Mankodi A,Wingfield PT

更新日期：2017-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Histone tails in nucleosomes play critical roles in regulation of many biological processes, including chromatin compaction, transcription, and DNA repair. Moreover, post-translational modifications, notably lysine acetylation, are crucial to these functions. While the tails have been intensively studied, how the stru...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Fu I,Cai Y,Geacintov NE,Zhang Y,Broyde S

更新日期：2017-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Heme (iron protoporphyrin IX) is an essential protein prosthetic group and signaling molecule required for most life on Earth. All heme-dependent processes require the dynamic and rapid mobilization of heme from sites of synthesis or uptake to hemoproteins present in virtually every subcellular compartment. The cytoto...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Hanna DA,Martinez-Guzman O,Reddi AR

更新日期：2017-04-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Designing subtype-selective agonists for neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors is a challenging and significant goal aided by intricate knowledge of each subtype's binding patterns. We previously reported that in α6β2 receptors, acetylcholine makes a functional cation-π interaction with Trp149, but nicotine and T...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Post MR,Lester HA,Dougherty DA

更新日期：2017-04-04 00:00:00

abstract：:A major biochemical goal is the ability to mimic nature in engineering highly specific protein-protein interactions (PPIs). We previously devised a computational interactome screen to identify eight peptides that form four heterospecific dimers despite 32 potential off-targets. To expand the speed and utility of our a...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Crooks RO,Lathbridge A,Panek AS,Mason JM

更新日期：2017-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：:In the following, molecular simulations are used to reveal unexpected behavior within bacterial membranes. We show that lipopolysaccharide molecules found in these membranes form viscous amorphous solids when they are interlinked with monovalent and divalent cations. The bilayers exhibit both liquid and glassy charact...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Jefferies D,Hsu PC,Khalid S

更新日期：2017-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Cuprizone intoxication is a common animal model used to test myelin regenerative therapies for the treatment of diseases such as multiple sclerosis. Mice fed this copper chelator develop reversible, region-specific oligodendrocyte loss and demyelination. While the cellular changes influencing the demyelinating process...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Taraboletti A,Walker T,Avila R,Huang H,Caporoso J,Manandhar E,Leeper TC,Modarelli DA,Medicetty S,Shriver LP

更新日期：2017-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：:βγ-Crystallins are important constituents of the vertebrate eye lens, whereas in microbes, they are prevalent as Ca2+-binding proteins. In archaea, βγ-crystallins are conspicuously confined to two methanogens, viz., Methanosaeta and Methanosarcina. One of these, i.e., M-crystallin from Methanosarcina acetivorans, has ...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Srivastava SS,Jamkhindikar AA,Raman R,Jobby MK,Chadalawada S,Sankaranarayanan R,Sharma Y

更新日期：2017-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：:In synthetic biology, metabolic engineering, and gene therapy, there is a strong demand for orthogonal or externally controlled regulation of gene expression. Here, RNA-based regulatory devices represent a promising emerging alternative to proteins, allowing a fast and direct control of gene expression, as no synthesi...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Etzel M,Mörl M

更新日期：2017-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein splicing is a post-translational reaction facilitated by an intein, or intervening protein, which involves the removal of the intein and the ligation of the flanking polypeptides, or exteins. A DNA polymerase II intein from Pyrococcus abyssi (Pab PolII intein) can promote protein splicing in vitro on incubatio...

journal_title：Biochemistry

authors： Minteer CJ,Siegart NM,Colelli KM,Liu X,Linhardt RJ,Wang C,Gomez AV,Reitter JN,Mills KV

更新日期：2017-02-28 00:00:00