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  • 1
    Publication Date: 1992-11-13
    Description: When glycine418 of Escherichia coli glutathione reductase, which is in a closely packed region of the dimer interface, is replaced with a bulky tryptophan residue, the enzyme becomes highly cooperative (Hill coefficient 1.76) for glutathione binding. The cooperativity is lost when the mutant subunit is hybridized with a wild-type subunit to create a heterodimer. The mutation appears to disrupt atomic packing at the dimer interface, which induces a change of kinetic mechanism. A single mutation in a region of the protein remote from the active site can thus act as a molecular switch to confer cooperativity on an enzyme.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Scrutton, N S -- Deonarain, M P -- Berry, A -- Perham, R N -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Nov 13;258(5085):1140-3.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1439821" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Base Sequence ; Binding Sites ; Escherichia coli/*enzymology/genetics ; Genes, Bacterial ; Glutathione/metabolism ; Glutathione Reductase/*chemistry/genetics/metabolism ; Glycine/chemistry ; Kinetics ; Macromolecular Substances ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Molecular Structure ; *Mutagenesis, Site-Directed ; NADP/metabolism ; Plasmids ; Protein Multimerization ; Tryptophan/chemistry
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  • 2
    Publication Date: 1992-07-10
    Description: The technique of whole-genome polymerase chain reaction was used to study the DNA binding properties of the product of the wt1 gene. The zinc finger region of this gene is alternatively spliced such that the major transcript encodes a protein with three extra amino acids between the third and fourth fingers. The minor form of the protein binds specifically to DNA. It is now shown that the major form of wt1 messenger RNA encodes a protein that binds to DNA with a specificity that differs from that of the minor form. Therefore, alternative splicing within the DNA binding domain of a transcription factor can generate proteins with distinct DNA binding specificities and probably different physiological targets.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Bickmore, W A -- Oghene, K -- Little, M H -- Seawright, A -- van Heyningen, V -- Hastie, N D -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Jul 10;257(5067):235-7.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Medical Research Council Human Genetics Unit, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, Scotland.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1321494" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Base Sequence ; Binding Sites/*genetics ; Binding, Competitive ; Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11 ; DNA/*metabolism ; DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics/*metabolism ; Humans ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Polymerase Chain Reaction ; *RNA Splicing ; RNA, Messenger/*metabolism ; Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid ; Transcription, Genetic ; WT1 Proteins ; Wilms Tumor/*genetics ; Zinc Fingers/genetics
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  • 3
    Publication Date: 1992-04-03
    Description: Colorectal (CR) tumors are usually curable if detected before metastasis. Because genetic alterations are associated with the development of these tumors, mutant genes may be found in the stool of individuals with CR neoplasms. The stools of nine patients whose tumors contained mutations of K-ras were analyzed. In eight of the nine cases, the ras mutations were detectable in DNA purified from the stool. These patients included those with benign and malignant neoplasms from proximal and distal colonic epithelium. Thus, colorectal tumors can be detected by a noninvasive method based on the molecular pathogenesis of the disease.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Sidransky, D -- Tokino, T -- Hamilton, S R -- Kinzler, K W -- Levin, B -- Frost, P -- Vogelstein, B -- CA06973/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- CA35494/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Apr 3;256(5053):102-5.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21231.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1566048" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Adult ; Aged ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Base Sequence ; Blotting, Southern ; Carcinoma/diagnosis/*genetics/pathology ; Colonic Neoplasms/diagnosis/*genetics/pathology ; DNA, Neoplasm/genetics/*isolation & purification ; Feces/chemistry ; Female ; *Genes, ras ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Molecular Sequence Data ; *Mutation ; Oligodeoxyribonucleotides ; Polymerase Chain Reaction ; Prognosis ; Rectal Neoplasms/diagnosis/*genetics/pathology
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    Publication Date: 1992-10-30
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Wertman, K F -- Drubin, D G -- GM42759/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Oct 30;258(5083):759-60.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley 94720.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1439782" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Actins/*chemistry/genetics/metabolism ; Adenosine Diphosphate/metabolism ; Adenosine Triphosphate/metabolism ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Binding Sites ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Structure ; Mutation ; Rabbits ; Tetrahymena/chemistry
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  • 5
    Publication Date: 1992-11-20
    Description: Macrophage colony-stimulating factor (M-CSF) triggers the development of cells of the monocyte-macrophage lineage and has a variety of stimulatory effects on mature cells of this class. The biologically active form of M-CSF is a disulfide-linked dimer that activates an intrinsic tyrosine kinase activity on the M-CSF receptor by inducing dimerization of the receptor molecules. The structure of a recombinant human M-CSF dimer, determined at 2.5 angstroms by x-ray crystallography, contains two bundles of four alpha helices laid end-to-end, with an interchain disulfide bond. Individual monomers of M-CSF show a close structural similarity to the cytokines granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor and human growth hormone. Both of these cytokines are monomeric in their active form, and their specific receptors lack intrinsic tyrosine kinase activity. The similarity of these structures suggests that the receptor binding determinants for all three cytokines may be similar.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Pandit, J -- Bohm, A -- Jancarik, J -- Halenbeck, R -- Koths, K -- Kim, S H -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Nov 20;258(5086):1358-62.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Structural Biology Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1455231" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Crystallography ; Disulfides ; Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor/ultrastructure ; Growth Hormone/chemistry ; Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor/*ultrastructure ; Models, Molecular ; Protein Conformation ; Protein Structure, Secondary ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; Recombinant Proteins/ultrastructure ; Sequence Homology, Amino Acid ; X-Ray Diffraction
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    Publication Date: 1992-09-11
    Description: The carnivorous habit in flowering plants represents a grade of structural organization. Different morphological features associated with the attraction, trapping, and digestion of prey characterize a diversity of specialized forms, including the familiar pitcher and flypaper traps. Phylogenetic analysis of nucleotide sequence data from the plastic rbcL gene indicates that both carnivory and stereotyped trap forms have arisen independently in different lineages of angiosperms. Furthermore, these results demonstrate that flypaper traps share close common ancestry with all other trap forms. Recognition of these patterns of diversification may provide ideal, naturally occurring systems for studies of developmental processes underlying macromorphological evolution in angiosperms.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Albert, V A -- Williams, S E -- Chase, M W -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Sep 11;257(5076):1491-5.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1523408" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Base Sequence ; *Biological Evolution ; Molecular Sequence Data ; *Phylogeny ; *Plant Physiological Phenomena ; Plants/*classification/genetics ; Polymerase Chain Reaction ; Restriction Mapping
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  • 7
    Publication Date: 1992-02-28
    Description: Multiple human immunodeficiency virus type-1 sequences from the V3 and V4-V5 regions of the envelope gene were analyzed from three mother-infant pairs. The infants' viral sequences were less diverse than those of their mothers. In two pairs, a proviral form infrequently found in the mother predominated in her infant. A conserved N-linked glycosylation site within the V3 region, present in each mother's sequence set, was absent in all of the infants' sequence sets. These findings demonstrate that a minor subset of maternal virus is transmitted to the infant.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Wolinsky, S M -- Wike, C M -- Korber, B T -- Hutto, C -- Parks, W P -- Rosenblum, L L -- Kunstman, K J -- Furtado, M R -- Munoz, J L -- AI-32535/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- HD26619-01/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/ -- P01-25569/PHS HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Feb 28;255(5048):1134-7.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL 60611.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1546316" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/congenital/microbiology/*transmission ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Base Sequence ; Female ; Genotype ; Glycosylation ; HIV Antigens/genetics ; HIV Envelope Protein gp120/genetics/immunology ; HIV-1/*genetics/immunology ; Humans ; Infant ; Maternal-Fetal Exchange ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Oligodeoxyribonucleotides/chemistry ; Polymerase Chain Reaction ; Pregnancy ; Selection, Genetic ; Sequence Alignment
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  • 8
    Publication Date: 1992-01-24
    Description: The c-Myc oncoprotein belongs to a family of proteins whose DNA binding domains contain a basic region-helix-loop-helix (bHLH) motif. Systematic mutagenesis of c-Myc revealed that dimerized bHLH motifs formed a parallel four-helix bundle with the amino termini of helices 1 and 2 directed toward the inner and outer nucleotides of the DNA binding site, respectively. Both the basic region and the carboxyl-terminal end of the loop contributed to DNA binding specificity. The DNA binding domain of c-Myc may therefore be structurally similar to that of restriction endonuclease Eco RI.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Halazonetis, T D -- Kandil, A N -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Jan 24;255(5043):464-6.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Cancer Research, Merck Sharp and Dohme Research Laboratories, West Point, PA 19486.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1734524" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Base Sequence ; Binding Sites ; DNA-Binding Proteins/*chemistry ; Deoxyribonuclease EcoRI/*chemistry ; Humans ; Macromolecular Substances ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Nucleic Acid Conformation ; Protein Conformation ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc/*chemistry ; Sequence Alignment ; Transcription Factors/chemistry
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    Publication Date: 1992-04-10
    Description: The myoD family of DNA binding proteins has been implicated in the control of myogenesis in a variety of organisms. Searches for homologs in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans yielded only one gene, designated hlh-1, expressed in body-wall muscle cells and their precursors. To assess the role of hlh-1 in C. elegans myogenesis, genetic deficiencies spanning the hlh-1 locus were isolated after gamma irradiation. Embryos homozygous for these deficiencies exhibited extensive body-wall muscle differentiation, including expression of several characteristic myofilament proteins and weak contracile behavior. Thus, zygotic hlh-1 expression was not required for body-wall muscle precursors to adopt muscle cell fates.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Chen, L -- Krause, M -- Draper, B -- Weintraub, H -- Fire, A -- R01 GM037706/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Apr 10;256(5054):240-3.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Carnegie Institution of Washington, Baltimore, MD 21210.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1314423" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Base Sequence ; Caenorhabditis/embryology/genetics/*physiology ; Cell Differentiation ; *Chromosome Deletion ; Chromosome Mapping ; Crosses, Genetic ; DNA/genetics/isolation & purification ; DNA-Binding Proteins/*genetics ; Embryo, Nonmammalian/cytology/physiology/radiation effects ; Gamma Rays ; Homozygote ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Multigene Family ; Muscle Proteins/*genetics ; Muscles/*embryology/physiology/radiation effects ; MyoD Protein ; Oligodeoxyribonucleotides ; Polymerase Chain Reaction ; Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
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    Publication Date: 1992-03-06
    Description: Trypsin (Tr) and chymotrypsin (Ch) have similar tertiary structures, yet Tr cleaves peptides at arginine and lysine residues and Ch prefers large hydrophobic residues. Although replacement of the S1 binding site of Tr with the analogous residues of Ch is sufficient to transfer Ch specificity for ester hydrolysis, specificity for amide hydrolysis is not transferred. Trypsin is converted to a Ch-like protease when the binding pocket alterations are further modified by exchange of the Ch surface loops 185 through 188 and 221 through 225 for the analogous Tr loops. These loops are not structural components of either the S1 binding site or the extended substrate binding sites. This mutant enzyme is equivalent to Ch in its catalytic rate, but its substrate binding is impaired. Like Ch, this mutant utilizes extended substrate binding to accelerate catalysis, and substrate discrimination occurs during the acylation step rather than in substrate binding.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Hedstrom, L -- Szilagyi, L -- Rutter, W J -- DK21344/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Mar 6;255(5049):1249-53.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Hormone Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco 94143-0534.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1546324" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Acylation ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Base Sequence ; Binding Sites ; Chymotrypsin/*chemistry/metabolism ; Hydrolysis ; Kinetics ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Molecular Structure ; Mutagenesis, Site-Directed ; Protein Conformation ; Substrate Specificity ; Trypsin/*chemistry/genetics/metabolism
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    Publication Date: 1992-07-17
    Description: The transforming growth factors-beta (TGF-beta 1 through -beta 5) are a family of homodimeric cytokines that regulate proliferation and function in many cell types. Family members have 66 to 80% sequence identity and nine strictly conserved cysteines. A crystal structure of a member of this family, TGF-beta 2, has been determined at 2.1 angstrom (A) resolution and refined to an R factor of 0.172. The monomer lacks a well-defined hydrophobic core and displays an unusual elongated nonglobular fold with dimensions of approximately 60 A by 20 A by 15 A. Eight cysteines form four intrachain disulfide bonds, which are clustered in a core region forming a network complementary to the network of hydrogen bonds. The dimer is stabilized by the ninth cysteine, which forms an interchain disulfide bond, and by two identical hydrophobic interfaces. Sequence profile analysis of other members of the TGF-beta superfamily, including the activins, inhibins, and several developmental factors, imply that they also adopt the TGF-beta fold.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Daopin, S -- Piez, K A -- Ogawa, Y -- Davies, D R -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Jul 17;257(5068):369-73.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Laboratory of Molecular Biology, National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1631557" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Crystallography ; Drosophila ; Humans ; Mice ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Conformation ; Molecular Structure ; Transforming Growth Factor beta/*chemistry ; Xenopus laevis
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    American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
    Publication Date: 1992-04-24
    Description: A cleavage reagent directed to the active site of the Tetrahymena catalytic RNA was synthesized by derivatization of the guanosine substrate with a metal chelator. When complexed with iron(II), this reagent cleaved the RNA in five regions. Cleavage at adenosine 207, which is far from the guanosine-binding site in the primary and secondary structure, provides a constraint for the higher order folding of the RNA. This cleavage site constitutes physical evidence for a key feature of the Michel-Westhof model. Targeting a reactive entity to a specific site should be generally useful for determining proximity within folded RNA molecules or ribonucleoprotein complexes.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Wang, J F -- Cech, T R -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Apr 24;256(5056):526-9.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder 80309-0215.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1315076" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Base Sequence ; Binding Sites ; Edetic Acid/metabolism ; Free Radicals ; Guanosine/*metabolism ; Guanosine Monophosphate/metabolism ; Iron/metabolism ; Iron Chelating Agents/metabolism ; Kinetics ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Molecular Structure ; Nucleic Acid Conformation ; Pentetic Acid/metabolism ; RNA, Catalytic/*chemistry/metabolism ; Tetrahymena/*chemistry
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    Publication Date: 1992-12-18
    Description: The sunY ribozyme is derived from a self-splicing RNA group I intron. This ribozyme was chosen as a starting point for the design of a self-replicating RNA because of its small size. As a means of facilitating the self-replication process, the size of this ribozyme was decreased by the deletion of nonconserved structural domains; however, when such deletions were made, there were severe losses of enzymatic activity. In vitro genetic selection was used to identify mutations that reactivate a virtually inactive sunY deletion mutant. A selected mutant with five substitution mutations scattered throughout the primary sequence showed greater catalytic activity than the original ribozyme under the selection conditions. The sunY ribozyme and its small selected variant can both catalyze template-directed oligonucleotide assembly. The small size and reduced secondary structure of the selected variant results in an enhancement, relative to that of the original ribozyme, of its rate of self-copying. This engineered ribozyme is able to function effectively both as a catalyst and as a template in self-copying reactions.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Green, R -- Szostak, J W -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Dec 18;258(5090):1910-5.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston 02114.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1470913" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Bacteriophage T4/*genetics ; Base Sequence ; Escherichia coli/*genetics ; Exons ; Introns ; Models, Structural ; Molecular Sequence Data ; *Nucleic Acid Conformation ; Oligodeoxyribonucleotides ; Oligoribonucleotides ; Polymerase Chain Reaction ; RNA, Catalytic/*biosynthesis/chemistry/genetics ; Sequence Deletion ; Templates, Genetic
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    Publication Date: 1992-02-28
    Description: The primary defect arising from Zellweger syndrome appears to be linked to impaired assembly of peroxisomes. A human complementary DNA has been cloned that complements the disease's symptoms (including defective peroxisome assembly) in fibroblasts from a patient with Zellweger syndrome. The cause of the syndrome in this patient was a point mutation that resulted in the premature termination of peroxisome assembly factor-1. The homozygous patient apparently inherited the mutation from her parents, each of whom was heterozygous for that mutation.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Shimozawa, N -- Tsukamoto, T -- Suzuki, Y -- Orii, T -- Shirayoshi, Y -- Mori, T -- Fujiki, Y -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Feb 28;255(5048):1132-4.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Pediatrics, Gifu University School of Medicine, Japan.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1546315" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Base Sequence ; Cricetinae ; DNA Mutational Analysis ; Genes ; Genetic Complementation Test ; Humans ; Membrane Proteins/*genetics ; Microbodies/*ultrastructure ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Oligodeoxyribonucleotides/chemistry ; Pedigree ; Polymerase Chain Reaction ; Transfection ; Zellweger Syndrome/*genetics
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    Publication Date: 1992-08-14
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Selvin, P -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Aug 14;257(5072):885-6.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1502555" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: DNA/*genetics/isolation & purification ; DNA Fingerprinting ; Genetic Techniques ; *Human Genome Project ; Humans ; Oligodeoxyribonucleotides/isolation & purification ; Polymerase Chain Reaction
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    Publication Date: 1992-12-11
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Beratan, D N -- Onuchic, J N -- Winkler, J R -- Gray, H B -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Dec 11;258(5089):1740-1.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15260.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1334572" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Cytochrome c Group/*chemistry/metabolism ; Cytochrome-c Peroxidase/*chemistry/metabolism ; *Electron Transport ; Models, Molecular ; Photosynthesis ; Protein Conformation ; Proteins/*chemistry ; Saccharomyces cerevisiae/metabolism ; X-Ray Diffraction
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    Publication Date: 1992-01-17
    Description: Binding of human growth hormone (hGH) to its receptor is required for regulation of normal human growth and development. Examination of the 2.8 angstrom crystal structure of the complex between the hormone and the extracellular domain of its receptor (hGHbp) showed that the complex consists of one molecule of growth hormone per two molecules of receptor. The hormone is a four-helix bundle with an unusual topology. The binding protein contains two distinct domains, similar in some respects to immunoglobulin domains. The relative orientation of these domains differs from that found between constant and variable domains in immunoglobulin Fab fragments. Both hGHbp domains contribute residues that participate in hGH binding. In the complex both receptors donate essentially the same residues to interact with the hormone, even though the two binding sites on hGH have no structural similarity. Generally, the hormone-receptor interfaces match those identified by previous mutational analyses. In addition to the hormone-receptor interfaces, there is also a substantial contact surface between the carboxyl-terminal domains of the receptors. The relative extents of the contact areas support a sequential mechanism for dimerization that may be crucial for signal transduction.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉de Vos, A M -- Ultsch, M -- Kossiakoff, A A -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Jan 17;255(5042):306-12.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Protein Engineering, Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, CA 94080.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1549776" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Binding Sites ; Crystallography ; Growth Hormone/*chemistry/metabolism ; Humans ; Hydrogen Bonding ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Structure ; Mutation ; Receptors, Somatotropin/*chemistry/metabolism ; Signal Transduction
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    Publication Date: 1992-09-04
    Description: A histone, macroH2A, nearly three times the size of conventional H2A histone, was found in rat liver nucleosomes. Its N-terminal third is 64 percent identical to a full-length mouse H2A. However, it also contains a large nonhistone region. This region has a segment that resembles a leucine zipper, a structure known to be involved in dimerization of some transcription factors. Nucleosomes containing macroH2A may have novel functions, possibly involving interactions with other nuclear proteins.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Pehrson, J R -- Fried, V A -- CA 06927/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- GM 24019/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- RR 05539/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Sep 4;257(5075):1398-400.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Fox Chase Cancer Center, Institute for Cancer Research, Philadelphia, PA 19111.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1529340" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Base Sequence ; DNA/chemistry ; Histones/*chemistry/genetics ; Leucine Zippers ; Liver/*ultrastructure ; Macromolecular Substances ; Mice ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Nucleosomes/*chemistry ; Polymerase Chain Reaction ; Rats ; Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
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  • 19
    Publication Date: 1992-01-10
    Description: The interaction between the low molecular weight G protein ras p21 and a guanosine triphosphatase activating protein (GAP) uncouples a heterotrimeric G protein (Gk) from muscarinic receptors. Through the use of isolated atrial cell membranes and genetically engineered GAP deletion mutants, the src homology regions (SH2-SH3) at the amino terminus of GAP have been identified as the domains responsible for this effect. Deletion of the domain required to stimulate the guanosine triphosphatase activity of ras p21 relieves the requirement for ras p21 in this system. A model is presented that suggests that ras p21 induces a conformational change in GAP, which allows the SH2-SH3 regions of GAP to function.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Martin, G A -- Yatani, A -- Clark, R -- Conroy, L -- Polakis, P -- Brown, A M -- McCormick, F -- CA51992-01/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- HL36930/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Jan 10;255(5041):192-4.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Molecular Biology, Cetus Corporation, Emeryville, CA 94608.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1553544" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Baculoviridae ; Cell Membrane/metabolism ; Cells, Cultured ; Cloning, Molecular ; GTP-Binding Proteins/*physiology ; GTPase-Activating Proteins ; Genetic Engineering ; Genetic Vectors ; Guanosine 5'-O-(3-Thiotriphosphate)/pharmacology ; Guanosine Triphosphate/pharmacology ; Guinea Pigs ; Heart/*physiology ; Heart Atria ; Models, Biological ; Polymerase Chain Reaction ; Potassium Channels/drug effects/*physiology ; Proteins/genetics/*physiology ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras)/*metabolism ; Receptors, Muscarinic/drug effects/*physiology ; ras GTPase-Activating Proteins
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  • 20
    Publication Date: 1992-01-10
    Description: Six "cavity-creating" mutants, Leu46----Ala (L46A), L99A, L118A, L121A, L133A, and Phe153----Ala (F153A), were constructed within the hydrophobic core of phage T4 lysozyme. The substitutions decreased the stability of the protein at pH 3.0 by different amounts, ranging from 2.7 kilocalories per mole (kcal mol-1) for L46A and L121A to 5.0 kcal mol-1 for L99A. The double mutant L99A/F153A was also constructed and decreased in stability by 8.3 kcal mol-1. The x-ray structures of all of the variants were determined at high resolution. In every case, removal of the wild-type side chain allowed some of the surrounding atoms to move toward the vacated space but a cavity always remained, which ranged in volume from 24 cubic angstroms (A3) for L46A to 150 A3 for L99A. No solvent molecules were observed in any of these cavities. The destabilization of the mutant Leu----Ala proteins relative to wild type can be approximated by a constant term (approximately 2.0 kcal mol-1) plus a term that increases in proportion to the size of the cavity. The constant term is approximately equal to the transfer free energy of leucine relative to alanine as determined from partitioning between aqueous and organic solvents. The energy term that increases with the size of the cavity can be expressed either in terms of the cavity volume (24 to 33 cal mol-1 A-3) or in terms of the cavity surface area (20 cal mol-1 A-2). The results suggest how to reconcile a number of conflicting reports concerning the strength of the hydrophobic effect in proteins.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Eriksson, A E -- Baase, W A -- Zhang, X J -- Heinz, D W -- Blaber, M -- Baldwin, E P -- Matthews, B W -- GM12989/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- GM13709/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- GM21967/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Jan 10;255(5041):178-83.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Institute of Molecular Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Eugene, OR.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1553543" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Calorimetry ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Muramidase/*chemistry/*genetics ; Mutagenesis, Site-Directed ; Protein Conformation ; Structure-Activity Relationship ; T-Phages/enzymology/genetics ; Thermodynamics ; X-Ray Diffraction
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  • 21
    Publication Date: 1992-06-05
    Description: Vertebrate T cells express either an alpha beta or gamma delta T cell receptor (TCR). The developmental relatedness of the two cell types is unresolved. alpha beta + T cells respond to specific pathogens by collaborating with immunoglobulin-producing B cells in distinct lymphoid organs such as the spleen and Peyer's patches. The precise influence of alpha beta + T cells on B cell development is poorly understood. To investigate the developmental effects of alpha beta + T cells on B cells and gamma delta + T cells, mice homozygous for a disrupted TCR alpha gene were generated. The homozygotes showed elimination of alpha beta + T cells and the loss of thymic medullae. Despite this, gamma delta + T cells developed in normal numbers, and there was an increase in splenic B cells.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Philpott, K L -- Viney, J L -- Kay, G -- Rastan, S -- Gardiner, E M -- Chae, S -- Hayday, A C -- Owen, M J -- GM37759/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Jun 5;256(5062):1448-52.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Imperial Cancer Research Fund, London, United Kingdom.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1604321" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; B-Lymphocytes/*immunology ; Blastocyst ; Blotting, Southern ; Chimera ; Clone Cells ; DNA/genetics/isolation & purification ; Female ; Lymphoid Tissue/growth & development/*immunology ; Macromolecular Substances ; Male ; Mice ; Mice, Inbred BALB C ; Mice, Mutant Strains ; Peyer's Patches/immunology ; Polymerase Chain Reaction ; Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/*genetics ; Spleen/immunology ; T-Lymphocytes/*immunology ; Thymus Gland/immunology
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  • 22
    Publication Date: 1992-07-03
    Description: Aldose reductase, which catalyzes the reduced form of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH)-dependent reduction of a wide variety of aromatic and aliphatic carbonyl compounds, is implicated in the development of diabetic and galactosemic complications involving the lens, retina, nerves, and kidney. A 1.65 angstrom refined structure of a recombinant human placenta aldose reductase reveals that the enzyme contains a parallel beta 8/alpha 8-barrel motif and establishes a new motif for NADP-binding oxidoreductases. The substrate-binding site is located in a large, deep elliptical pocket at the COOH-terminal end of the beta barrel with a bound NADPH in an extended conformation. The highly hydrophobic nature of the active site pocket greatly favors aromatic and apolar substrates over highly polar monosaccharides. The structure should allow for the rational design of specific inhibitors that might provide molecular understanding of the catalytic mechanism, as well as possible therapeutic agents.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Wilson, D K -- Bohren, K M -- Gabbay, K H -- Quiocho, F A -- DK-39,044/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Jul 3;257(5066):81-4.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1621098" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Aldehyde Reductase/*chemistry/metabolism ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Binding Sites ; *Diabetes Complications ; Diabetes Mellitus/*enzymology ; Humans ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Protein Conformation ; X-Ray Diffraction/methods
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    Publication Date: 1992-07-17
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Hall, S S -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Jul 17;257(5068):344-9.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1631556" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Cloning, Molecular ; DNA/analysis ; Drosophila/genetics ; Fiber Optic Technology ; Microscopy/methods ; Polymerase Chain Reaction ; Radioimmunoassay ; Research/instrumentation ; *Research Design
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  • 24
    Publication Date: 1992-04-03
    Description: Steroid-thyroid hormone receptors typically bind as dimers to DNA sequences that contain repeated elements termed half-sites. NGFI-B, an early response protein and orphan member of this receptor superfamily, binds to a DNA sequence that contains only one half-site (5'-AAAGGTCA-3'). A domain separate from the NGFI-B zinc fingers, termed the A box, was identified and is required for recognition of the two adenine-thymidine (A-T) base pairs at the 5' end of the NGFI-B DNA binding element. In addition, a domain downstream of the zinc fingers of the orphan receptor H-2 region II binding protein, termed the T box, determined binding to tandem repeats of the estrogen receptor half-site (5'-AGGTCA-3').〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Wilson, T E -- Paulsen, R E -- Padgett, K A -- Milbrandt, J -- NS01018/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/ -- P01 CA49712/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Apr 3;256(5053):107-10.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Pathology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1314418" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Base Sequence ; Binding Sites ; CHO Cells ; Cell Nucleus/*physiology ; Cricetinae ; DNA/*metabolism ; DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics/*metabolism ; Kinetics ; Mice ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Nuclear Receptor Subfamily 4, Group A, Member 1 ; Oligodeoxyribonucleotides/metabolism ; Polymerase Chain Reaction ; Receptors, Cell Surface/*metabolism ; Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear ; Receptors, Steroid ; Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism ; Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid ; Substrate Specificity ; Transcription Factors/genetics/*metabolism ; Transfection ; Zinc Fingers/genetics
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  • 25
    Publication Date: 1992-12-11
    Description: The crystal structure of a 1:1 complex between yeast cytochrome c peroxidase and yeast iso-1-cytochrome c was determined at 2.3 A resolution. This structure reveals a possible electron transfer pathway unlike any previously proposed for this extensively studied redox pair. The shortest straight line between the two hemes closely follows the peroxidase backbone chain of residues Ala194, Ala193, Gly192, and finally Trp191, the indole ring of which is perpendicular to, and in van der Waals contact with, the peroxidase heme. The crystal structure at 2.8 A of a complex between yeast cytochrome c peroxidase and horse heart cytochrome c was also determined. Although crystals of the two complexes (one with cytochrome c from yeast and the other with cytochrome c from horse) grew under very different conditions and belong to different space groups, the two complex structures are closely similar, suggesting that cytochrome c interacts with its redox partners in a highly specific manner.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Pelletier, H -- Kraut, J -- DK07233/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Dec 11;258(5089):1748-55.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Chemistry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla 92093-0317.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1334573" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Binding Sites ; Cytochrome c Group/*chemistry/metabolism ; Cytochrome-c Peroxidase/*chemistry/metabolism ; *Electron Transport ; Heme/metabolism ; Horses ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; *Protein Conformation ; Saccharomyces cerevisiae/metabolism ; X-Ray Diffraction/methods
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  • 26
    Publication Date: 1992-05-29
    Description: The T cell receptor (TCR) zeta chain was attached to the TCR alpha and beta extracellular domains to induce efficient expression of alpha beta heterodimers that can recognize complexes of antigen with major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules. Chimeric constructs expressed in RBL-2H3 cells were efficiently transported to the cell surface uniquely as disulfide-linked heterodimers. Transfectants were activated by specific antigen-MHC complexes, which demonstrated that the expressed alpha beta was functional and that CD3 was not required for antigen-MHC binding. Constructs with thrombin cleavage sites were efficiently cleaved to soluble disulfide-linked heterodimers. Thus, attachment of TCR zeta domains and protease cleavage sites to TCR alpha and beta induces expression of demonstrably functional heterodimers that can be solubilized.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Engel, I -- Ottenhoff, T H -- Klausner, R D -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 May 29;256(5061):1318-21.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Cell Biology and Metabolism Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1598575" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Cell Line ; Cell Membrane/immunology ; Disulfides ; Flow Cytometry ; Histocompatibility Antigens/metabolism ; Kinetics ; Macromolecular Substances ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Oligodeoxyribonucleotides ; Polymerase Chain Reaction ; Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/genetics/isolation & purification/*metabolism ; Solubility ; Transfection
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  • 27
    Publication Date: 1992-01-31
    Description: Comparisons of experimental and calculated interproton nuclear Overhauser effect (NOE) buildup curves for duplex d(CGCGAATTCGCG)2 have been made. The calculated NOEs are based on molecular dynamics simulations including counterions and water and on the single-structure canonical A, B, and crystal forms. The calculated NOE effects include consideration of the motions of individual interproton vectors and the anisotropic tumbling of the DNA. The effects due to inclusion of anisotropic tumbling are much larger than those due to the local motion, and both improve the agreement between calculated and experimental results. The predictions based on the dynamical models agree significantly better with experiment than those based on either of the canonical forms or the crystal structure.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Withka, J M -- Swaminathan, S -- Srinivasan, J -- Beveridge, D L -- Bolton, P H -- 1T32 GM-08271/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- GM-37909/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Jan 31;255(5044):597-9.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Chemistry Department, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT 06459.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1736362" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Base Sequence ; DNA/*chemistry ; Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy/methods ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Nucleic Acid Conformation ; Oligodeoxyribonucleotides/*chemistry ; Time Factors
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    Publication Date: 1992-08-21
    Description: A point mutation in the POU-specific portion of the human gene that encodes the tissue-specific POU-domain transcription factor, Pit-1, results in hypopituitarism, with deficiencies of growth hormone, prolactin, and thyroid-stimulating hormone. In two unrelated Dutch families, a mutation in Pit-1 that altered an alanine in the first putative alpha helix of the POU-specific domain to proline was observed. This mutation generated a protein capable of binding to DNA response elements but unable to effectively activate its known target genes, growth hormone and prolactin. The phenotype of the affected individuals suggests that the mutant Pit-1 protein is competent to initiate other programs of gene activation required for normal proliferation of somatotrope, lactotrope, and thyrotrope cell types. Thus, a mutation in the POU-specific domain of Pit-1 has a selective effect on a subset of Pit-1 target genes.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Pfaffle, R W -- DiMattia, G E -- Parks, J S -- Brown, M R -- Wit, J M -- Jansen, M -- Van der Nat, H -- Van den Brande, J L -- Rosenfeld, M G -- Ingraham, H A -- HD24960/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/ -- HD2697/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/ -- NIDDK 18477/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Aug 21;257(5073):1118-21.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1509263" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Base Sequence ; Blotting, Northern ; DNA/chemistry/metabolism ; DNA-Binding Proteins/*genetics/metabolism ; Growth Hormone/deficiency ; Humans ; Hypopituitarism/*genetics/pathology ; Mice ; Molecular Sequence Data ; *Mutation ; Nucleic Acid Hybridization ; Pituitary Gland, Anterior/*pathology ; Pituitary Hormones/*deficiency ; Polymerase Chain Reaction ; Prolactin/deficiency ; Rats ; Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid ; Thyrotropin/deficiency ; Transcription Factor Pit-1 ; Transcription Factors/*genetics/metabolism ; Transfection
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    Publication Date: 1992-05-22
    Description: Activation of B lymphocytes by engagement of their immunoglobulin M antigen receptors results in phosphorylation of a number of proteins on tyrosine residues. One such protein is p95vav, the product of the vav proto-oncogene. Tyrosine phosphorylation of p95vav occurred within seconds of immunoglobulin M cross-linking and was independent of other events induced during stimulation of B cells, such as protein kinase C activation, guanosine triphosphate-binding protein signaling, and calcium mobilization. Moreover, engagement of antigen receptors induced the rapid (approximately 5 seconds) and transient (approximately 60 seconds) association of p95vav with a 70-kilodalton tyrosine-phosphorylated protein, Vap-1, an interaction mediated by the Src homology 2 domain of p95vav. These results suggest that the vav proto-oncogene participates in the signaling processes that mediate the antigen-induced activation of B lymphocytes.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Bustelo, X R -- Barbacid, M -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 May 22;256(5060):1196-9.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Molecular Biology, Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceutical Research Institute, Princeton, NJ 08543-4000.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1375396" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acids/analysis ; Animals ; B-Lymphocytes/immunology/*physiology ; *Cell Cycle Proteins ; Cell Line ; Kinetics ; *Lymphocyte Activation ; Mice ; Phosphorylation ; Phosphotyrosine ; Polymerase Chain Reaction ; Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/*metabolism ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins/genetics/*metabolism ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-vav ; *Proto-Oncogenes ; Tyrosine/analogs & derivatives/analysis
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    Publication Date: 1992-08-14
    Description: Class I major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules interact with self and foreign peptides of diverse amino acid sequences yet exhibit distinct allele-specific selectivity for peptide binding. The structures of the peptide-binding specificity pockets (subsites) in the groove of murine H-2Kb as well as human histocompatibility antigen class I molecules have been analyzed. Deep but highly conserved pockets at each end of the groove bind the amino and carboxyl termini of peptide through extensive hydrogen bonding and, hence, dictate the orientation of peptide binding. A deep polymorphic pocket in the middle of the groove provides the chemical and structural complementarity for one of the peptide's anchor residues, thereby playing a major role in allele-specific peptide binding. Although one or two shallow pockets in the groove may also interact with specific peptide side chains, their role in the selection of peptide is minor. Thus, usage of a limited number of both deep and shallow pockets in multiple combinations appears to allow the binding of a broad range of peptides. This binding occurs with high affinity, primarily because of extensive interactions with the peptide backbone and the conserved hydrogen bonding network at both termini of the peptide. Interactions between the anchor residue (or residues) and the corresponding allele-specific pocket provide sufficient extra binding affinity not only to enhance specificity but also to endure the presentation of the peptide at the cell surface for recognition by T cells.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Matsumura, M -- Fremont, D H -- Peterson, P A -- Wilson, I A -- CA-09523/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- CA-97489/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Aug 14;257(5072):927-34.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Immunology, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1323878" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Antigens/chemistry/*metabolism ; Binding Sites ; H-2 Antigens/chemistry/*metabolism ; HLA-A2 Antigen/chemistry ; Histocompatibility Antigens Class I/chemistry/*metabolism ; Hydrogen Bonding ; Mice ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Ovalbumin/chemistry/metabolism ; Peptide Fragments/chemistry/metabolism ; Peptides/chemistry/*metabolism ; Protein Conformation ; Solvents ; Vesicular stomatitis Indiana virus/metabolism ; Viral Proteins/chemistry/*metabolism
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    Publication Date: 1992-10-02
    Description: Some individuals infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) experience multiple episodes of acute hepatitis. It is unclear whether these episodes are due to reinfection with HCV or to reactivation of the original virus infection. Markers of viral replication and host immunity were studied in five chimpanzees sequentially inoculated over a period of 3 years with different HCV strains of proven infectivity. Each rechallenge of a convalescent chimpanzee with the same or a different HCV strain resulted in the reappearance of viremia, which was due to infection with the subsequent challenge virus. The evidence indicates that HCV infection does not elicit protective immunity against reinfection with homologous or heterologous strains, which raises concerns for the development of effective vaccines against HCV.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Farci, P -- Alter, H J -- Govindarajan, S -- Wong, D C -- Engle, R -- Lesniewski, R R -- Mushahwar, I K -- Desai, S M -- Miller, R H -- Ogata, N -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Oct 2;258(5079):135-40.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Hepatitis Viruses Section, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1279801" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Acute Disease ; Aged ; Alanine Transaminase/biosynthesis ; Animals ; Base Sequence ; Hepacivirus/physiology ; Hepatitis Antibodies/biosynthesis ; Hepatitis C/*immunology ; Hepatitis C Antibodies ; Humans ; Immunity, Active ; Longitudinal Studies ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Pan troglodytes ; Polymerase Chain Reaction ; Sequence Homology ; Transcription, Genetic ; Viremia ; Virus Replication
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    Publication Date: 1992-03-20
    Description: The highly symmetric pyruvate dehydrogenase multienzyme complexes have molecular masses ranging from 5 to 10 million daltons. They consist of numerous copies of three different enzymes: pyruvate dehydrogenase, dihydrolipoyl transacetylase, and lipoamide dehydrogenase. The three-dimensional crystal structure of the catalytic domain of Azotobacter vinelandii dihydrolipoyl transacetylase has been determined at 2.6 angstrom (A) resolution. Eight trimers assemble as a hollow truncated cube with an edge of 125 A, forming the core of the multienzyme complex. Coenzyme A must enter the 29 A long active site channel from the inside of the cube, and lipoamide must enter from the outside. The trimer of the catalytic domain of dihydrolipoyl transacetylase has a topology identical to chloramphenicol acetyl transferase. The atomic structure of the 24-subunit cube core provides a framework for understanding all pyruvate dehydrogenase and related multienzyme complexes.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Mattevi, A -- Obmolova, G -- Schulze, E -- Kalk, K H -- Westphal, A H -- de Kok, A -- Hol, W G -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Mar 20;255(5051):1544-50.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Chemistry, University of Groningen, The Netherlands.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1549782" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Azotobacter vinelandii/enzymology ; Chloramphenicol O-Acetyltransferase/genetics ; Humans ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Molecular Structure ; Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Complex/*chemistry/genetics ; Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
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    Publication Date: 1992-07-17
    Description: The paucity of virus-laden CD4+ cells in individuals infected with human immunodeficiency virus type-1 (HIV-1) contrasts with the greatly reduced numbers and function of these lymphocytes. A pathway is described whereby dendritic cells carry HIV-1 to uninfected T cells, amplifying the cytopathic effects of small amounts of virus. After exposure to HIV-1, dendritic cells continue to present superantigens and antigens, forming clusters with T cells that are driven to replicate. Infection of the dendritic cells cannot be detected, but the clustered T cells form syncytia, release virions, and die. Carriage of HIV-1 by dendritic cells may facilitate the lysis and loss of antigen specific CD4+ T cells in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Cameron, P U -- Freudenthal, P S -- Barker, J M -- Gezelter, S -- Inaba, K -- Steinman, R M -- AI 24775/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- MOI-RR00102/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Jul 17;257(5068):383-7.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Laboratory for Cellular Physiology and Immunology, Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10021.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1352913" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/drug therapy/*transmission ; Animals ; Antigen-Presenting Cells/immunology ; CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/*immunology/*microbiology ; Cell Separation ; Dendritic Cells/*immunology/*microbiology ; Flow Cytometry ; HIV Core Protein p24/biosynthesis ; HIV Long Terminal Repeat/physiology ; HIV-1/*pathogenicity ; In Vitro Techniques ; Lymphocyte Culture Test, Mixed ; Mice ; Microscopy, Electron ; Polymerase Chain Reaction ; Zidovudine/pharmacology
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    Publication Date: 1992-04-03
    Description: The conformation of the immunosuppressive drug cyclosporin A (CsA) in a complex with a Fab molecule has been established by crystallographic analysis to 2.65 angstrom resolution. This conformation of CsA is similar to that recently observed in the complex with the rotamase cyclophilin, its binding protein in vivo, and totally different from its conformation in an isolated form as determined from x-ray and nuclear magnetic resonance analysis. Because the surfaces of CsA interacting with cyclophilin or with the Fab are not identical, these results suggest that the conformation of CsA observed in the bound form preexists in aqueous solution and is not produced by interaction with the proteins.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Altschuh, D -- Vix, O -- Rees, B -- Thierry, J C -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Apr 3;256(5053):92-4.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1566062" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Isomerases/chemistry/metabolism ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Carrier Proteins/chemistry/metabolism ; Cyclosporine/*chemistry/immunology/metabolism ; Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments/*chemistry/metabolism ; Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Peptidylprolyl Isomerase ; Protein Binding ; Protein Conformation ; Solutions ; X-Ray Diffraction/methods
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    Publication Date: 1992-06-19
    Description: Myoglobin was found in the nitrogen-fixing cyanobacterium Nostoc commune. This cyanobacterial myoglobin, referred to as cyanoglobin, was shown to be a soluble hemoprotein of 12.5 kilodaltons with an amino acid sequence that is related to that of myoglobins from two lower eukaryotes, the ciliated protozoa Paramecium caudatum and Tetrahymena pyriformis. Cyanoglobin is encoded by the glbN gene, which is positioned between nifU and nifH-two genes essential for nitrogen fixation-in the genome of Nostoc. Cyanoglobin was detected in Nostoc cells only when they were starved for nitrogen and incubated microaerobically.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Potts, M -- Angeloni, S V -- Ebel, R E -- Bassam, D -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Jun 19;256(5064):1690-1.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biochemistry, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg Va 24061.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1609281" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Chromosome Mapping ; Cloning, Molecular ; Cyanobacteria/*genetics ; Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Myoglobin/*genetics ; Polymerase Chain Reaction ; Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
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    Publication Date: 1992-06-26
    Description: A 3.5 angstrom resolution electron density map of the HIV-1 reverse transcriptase heterodimer complexed with nevirapine, a drug with potential for treatment of AIDS, reveals an asymmetric dimer. The polymerase (pol) domain of the 66-kilodalton subunit has a large cleft analogous to that of the Klenow fragment of Escherichia coli DNA polymerase I. However, the 51-kilodalton subunit of identical sequence has no such cleft because the four subdomains of the pol domain occupy completely different relative positions. Two of the four pol subdomains appear to be structurally related to subdomains of the Klenow fragment, including one containing the catalytic site. The subdomain that appears likely to bind the template strand at the pol active site has a different structure in the two polymerases. Duplex A-form RNA-DNA hybrid can be model-built into the cleft that runs between the ribonuclease H and pol active sites. Nevirapine is almost completely buried in a pocket near but not overlapping with the pol active site. Residues whose mutation results in drug resistance have been approximately located.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Kohlstaedt, L A -- Wang, J -- Friedman, J M -- Rice, P A -- Steitz, T A -- GM 39546/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Jun 26;256(5065):1783-90.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1377403" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Azepines/pharmacology ; Binding Sites ; Crystallography ; DNA Polymerase I/chemistry ; Escherichia coli/genetics ; HIV-1/*enzymology ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Structure ; Nevirapine ; Protein Conformation ; Pyridines/pharmacology ; RNA-Directed DNA Polymerase/*chemistry
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    Publication Date: 1992-03-06
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Kim, S H -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Mar 6;255(5049):1217-8.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1546321" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Binding Sites ; Crystallization ; DNA/*chemistry/metabolism ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Structure ; *Nucleic Acid Conformation
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    Publication Date: 1992-10-02
    Description: The B cell antigen receptor complex is a hetero-oligomeric structure composed of antigen binding, membrane immunoglobulin, and transducer-transporter substructures. The transducer-transporter substructure is composed of disulfide-linked dimers of immunoglobulin (Ig)-alpha and Ig-beta/gamma subunits that are products of the mb-1(alpha) and B29 (beta/gamma) genes. Although the receptor complex associates with Src family kinases that are activated after receptor ligation, the site of interaction of these and other cytoplasmic effector molecules with receptor subunits is unknown. The cytoplasmic tails of Ig-alpha and Ig-beta chains were found to associate with distinct sets of effector molecules. The Ig-alpha chain cytoplasmic domain bound to the Src family kinases Lyn and Fyn, phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase (PI-3 kinase), and an unidentified 38-kilodalton phosphoprotein; the cytoplasmic tail of Ig-beta bound PI-3 kinase and unidentified 40- and 42-kilodalton phosphoproteins. Binding activity was found to occur within a 26-amino acid sequence of Ig-alpha and Ig-beta that contains a motif [(Asp or Glu)-(any amino acid)7-(Asp or Glu)-Tyr-(any amino acid)3-Leu-(any amino acid)7-Tyr-(any amino acid)2-(Leu or Ile)] previously implicated in signal transduction via other receptors including the Fc epsilon receptor I and the T cell antigen receptor. These findings indicate that the subunits act independently to activate distinct second messenger pathways.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Clark, M R -- Campbell, K S -- Kazlauskas, A -- Johnson, S A -- Hertz, M -- Potter, T A -- Pleiman, C -- Cambier, J C -- AI20519/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- AI21768/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- AR01864/AR/NIAMS NIH HHS/ -- etc. -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Oct 2;258(5079):123-6.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Division of Basic Sciences, National Jewish Center for Immunology and Respiratory Medicine, Denver, CO 80206.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1439759" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Antigens, CD/*metabolism ; Antigens, CD79 ; Base Sequence ; Cytoplasm/*metabolism ; Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel ; Genes, src ; Humans ; Immunoblotting ; Immunoglobulin M/*metabolism ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Polymerase Chain Reaction ; Protein Kinases/metabolism ; Receptors, Antigen, B-Cell/*metabolism ; Recombinant Fusion Proteins ; Signal Transduction/physiology
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    Publication Date: 1992-08-14
    Description: The strengths of electrostatic interactions in biological molecules are difficult to calculate or predict because they occur in complicated, inhomogeneous environments. The electric field at the amino terminus of an alpha helix in water has been determined by measuring the shift in the absorption band for a covalently attached, neutral probe molecule with an electric dipole moment difference between the ground and excited electronic states (an internal Stark effect). The field at the interface between the helix and the solvent is found to be an order of magnitude stronger than expected from the dielectric properties of bulk water. Furthermore, although the total electric dipole moment of the helix increases with length, the electric field at the amino terminus does not.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Lockhart, D J -- Kim, P S -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Aug 14;257(5072):947-51.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Nine Cambridge Center 02142.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1502559" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Amino Acids/*chemistry ; Electrochemistry ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Peptides/*chemistry ; *Protein Conformation ; Proteins/*chemistry ; Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet ; Water
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    Publication Date: 1992-04-10
    Description: Backbone-engineered HIV-1 protease was prepared by a total chemical synthesis approach that combines the act of joining two peptides with the generation of an analog structure. Unprotected synthetic peptide segments corresponding to the two halves of the HIV-1 protease monomer polypeptide chain were joined cleanly and in high yield through unique mutually reactive functional groups, one on each segment. Ligation was performed in 6 molar guanidine hydrochloride, thus circumventing limited solubility of protected peptide segments, the principal problem of the classical approach to the chemical synthesis of proteins. The resulting fully active HIV-1 protease analog contained a thioester replacement for the natural peptide bond between Gly51-Gly52 in each of the two active site flaps, a region known to be highly sensitive to mutational changes of amino acid side chains.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Schnolzer, M -- Kent, S B -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Apr 10;256(5054):221-5.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Cell Biology, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1566069" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Guanidine ; Guanidines ; HIV Protease/*chemical synthesis/metabolism ; HIV-1/*enzymology ; Indicators and Reagents ; Mass Spectrometry ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Peptides/*chemical synthesis ; Protein Conformation
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    Publication Date: 1992-12-18
    Description: Vaccine protection against the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and the related simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) in animal models is proving to be a difficult task. The difficulty is due in large part to the persistent, unrelenting nature of HIV and SIV infection once infection is initiated. SIV with a constructed deletion in the auxiliary gene nef replicates poorly in rhesus monkeys and appears to be nonpathogenic in this normally susceptible host. Rhesus monkeys vaccinated with live SIV deleted in nef were completely protected against challenge by intravenous inoculation of live, pathogenic SIV. Deletion of nef or of multiple genetic elements from HIV may provide the means for creating a safe, effective, live attenuated vaccine to protect against acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Daniel, M D -- Kirchhoff, F -- Czajak, S C -- Sehgal, P K -- Desrosiers, R C -- AI25328/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- AI26463/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- AI26507/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- etc. -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Dec 18;258(5090):1938-41.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉New England Regional Primate Research Center, Harvard Medical School, Southborough, MA 01772.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1470917" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Base Sequence ; DNA, Viral/analysis/genetics/isolation & purification ; *Genes, nef ; Macaca mulatta ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Polymerase Chain Reaction ; *Sequence Deletion ; Simian Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*immunology/prevention & control ; Simian Immunodeficiency Virus/*genetics/*immunology/isolation & purification ; Vaccines, Attenuated/*immunology ; Viral Vaccines/*immunology
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    Publication Date: 1992-08-14
    Description: Joint refinement of macromolecules against crystallographic and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) observations is presented as a way of combining experimental information from the two methods. The model of interleukin-1 beta derived by the joint x-ray and NMR refinement is shown to be consistent with the experimental observations of both methods and to have crystallographic R value and geometrical parameters that are of the same quality as or better than those of models obtained by conventional crystallographic studies. The few NMR observations that are violated by the model serve as an indicator for genuine differences between the crystal and solution structures. The joint x-ray-NMR refinement can resolve structural ambiguities encountered in studies of multidomain proteins, in which low- to medium-resolution diffraction data can be complemented by higher resolution NMR data obtained for the individual domains.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Shaanan, B -- Gronenborn, A M -- Cohen, G H -- Gilliland, G L -- Veerapandian, B -- Davies, D R -- Clore, G M -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Aug 14;257(5072):961-4.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Laborator of Molecular Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1502561" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Interleukin-1/*chemistry ; Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy/*methods ; Models, Molecular ; *Protein Conformation ; Proteins/*chemistry ; X-Ray Diffraction/*methods
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    Publication Date: 1992-03-06
    Description: Myotonic dystrophy (DM) is the most common inherited neuromuscular disease in adults, with a global incidence of 1 in 8000 individuals. DM is an autosomal dominant, multisystemic disorder characterized primarily by myotonia and progressive muscle weakness. Genomic and complementary DNA probes that map to a 10-kilobase Eco RI genomic fragment from human chromosome 19q13.3 have been used to detect a variable length polymorphism in individuals with DM. Increases in the size of the allele in patients with DM are now shown to be due to an increased number of trinucleotide CTG repeats in the 3' untranslated region of a DM candidate gene. An increase in the severity of the disease in successive generations (genetic anticipation) is accompanied by an increase in the number of trinucleotide repeats. Nearly all cases of DM (98 percent or 253 of 258 individuals) displayed expansion of the CTG repeat region. These results suggest that DM is primarily caused by mutations that generate an amplification of a specific CTG repeat.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Mahadevan, M -- Tsilfidis, C -- Sabourin, L -- Shutler, G -- Amemiya, C -- Jansen, G -- Neville, C -- Narang, M -- Barcelo, J -- O'Hoy, K -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Mar 6;255(5049):1253-5.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1546325" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Base Sequence ; Blotting, Southern ; Chromosomes, Human, Pair 19 ; Codon ; DNA/*chemistry ; Deoxyribonuclease EcoRI ; Humans ; Molecular Sequence Data ; *Mutation ; Myotonic Dystrophy/*genetics ; Nucleic Acid Hybridization ; Polymerase Chain Reaction ; Polymorphism, Genetic ; Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid ; Restriction Mapping
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    Publication Date: 1992-01-24
    Description: The cerebral cortex of the mammalian brain has expanded rapidly during the course of evolution and acquired structurally distinguishable areas devoted to separate functions. In some brain regions, topographic restrictions to cell intermixing occur during embryonic development. As a means of examining experimentally whether such restrictions occur during formation of functional subdivisions in the rat neocortex, clonally related neocortical cells were marked by retroviral-mediated transfer of a histochemical marker gene. Clonal boundaries were determined by infection of the developing brain with a library of genetically distinct viruses and amplification of single viral genomes by the polymerase chain reaction. Many clonally related neurons in the cerebral cortex became widely dispersed across functional areas of the cortex. Specification of cortical areas therefore occurs after neurogenesis.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Walsh, C -- Cepko, C L -- NS 23021/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Jan 24;255(5043):434-40.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1734520" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Base Sequence ; Brain Mapping ; Cerebral Cortex/*cytology/embryology ; Clone Cells ; Genetic Vectors ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Neurons/*cytology ; Oligonucleotides/chemistry ; Polymerase Chain Reaction ; Rats ; Retroviridae/genetics
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    Publication Date: 1992-01-10
    Description: The progesterone analog RU486, an abortifacient, inhibits the action of progestins in humans but not in chickens or hamsters. Substitution of cysteine at position 575 by glycine in the hormone binding domain (HBD) of the chicken progesterone receptor (cPR) generated a cPR that binds RU486 and whose activity is antagonized by that compound. In fact, all receptors that bind RU486 have a glycine at the corresponding position. The hamster PR, like cPR, has a cysteine. Only glycine--not methionine or leucine--at position 575 allowed binding of RU486 to cPR. Substitution of this glycine by cysteine in the human PR (hPR) abrogated binding of RU486 but not that of an agonist. The corresponding mutation in the human glucocorticoid receptor resulted in a loss of binding of both dexamethasone and RU486. Examination of a series of 11 beta-substituted steroids showed that antagonism is not an intrinsic property of an antihormone, because one hPR antagonist acted as an agonist for a mutated hPR. The positioning of an aromatic 11 beta-substitution in the PR HBD appears to be critical for generating agonistic or antagonistic activity.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Benhamou, B -- Garcia, T -- Lerouge, T -- Vergezac, A -- Gofflo, D -- Bigogne, C -- Chambon, P -- Gronemeyer, H -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Jan 10;255(5041):206-9.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department Endocrinologie, Centre de Recherche Roussel-Uclaf, Romainville, France.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1372753" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Base Sequence ; Cricetinae ; Female ; Humans ; Mifepristone/*pharmacology ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Mutagenesis, Site-Directed ; Oligodeoxyribonucleotides ; Polymerase Chain Reaction ; Progesterone/analogs & derivatives/metabolism ; RNA/genetics/isolation & purification ; Receptors, Mineralocorticoid ; Receptors, Progesterone/*drug effects/genetics/metabolism ; Receptors, Steroid/drug effects/genetics/metabolism ; Recombinant Proteins/drug effects/metabolism ; Restriction Mapping ; Uterus/metabolism
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    Publication Date: 1992-10-02
    Description: A deletion map of the human Y chromosome was constructed by testing 96 individuals with partial Y chromosomes for the presence or absence of many DNA loci. The individuals studied included XX males, XY females, and persons in whom chromosome banding had revealed translocated, deleted, isodicentric, or ring Y chromosomes. Most of the 132 Y chromosomal loci mapped were sequence-tagged sites, detected by means of the polymerase chain reaction. These studies resolved the euchromatic region (short arm, centromere, and proximal long arm) of the Y chromosome into 43 ordered intervals, all defined by naturally occurring chromosomal breakpoints and averaging less than 800 kilobases in length. This deletion map should be useful in identifying Y chromosomal genes, in exploring the origin of chromosomal disorders, and in tracing the evolution of the Y chromosome.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Vollrath, D -- Foote, S -- Hilton, A -- Brown, L G -- Beer-Romero, P -- Bogan, J S -- Page, D C -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Oct 2;258(5079):52-9.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Howard Hughes Research Laboratories, Whitehead Institute, Cambridge, MA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1439769" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Base Sequence ; *Chromosome Mapping ; Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel ; Female ; *Gene Deletion ; *Genome, Human ; Humans ; Male ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Polymerase Chain Reaction ; Sequence Tagged Sites ; *Y Chromosome
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    Publication Date: 1992-01-03
    Description: Although tetrameric hemoglobin has been studied extensively as a prototype for understanding mechanisms of allosteric regulation, the functional and structural properties of its eight intermediate ligation forms have remained elusive. Recent experiments on the energetics of cooperativity of these intermediates, along with assignments of their quaternary structures, have revealed that the allosteric mechanism is controlled by a previously unrecognized symmetry feature: quaternary switching from form T to form R occurs whenever heme-site binding creates a tetramer with at least one ligated subunit on each dimeric half-molecule. This "symmetry rule" translates the configurational isomers of heme-site ligation into six observed switchpoints of quaternary transition. Cooperativity arises from both "concerted" quaternary switching and "sequential" modulation of binding within each quaternary form, T and R. Binding affinity is regulated through a hierarchical code of tertiary-quaternary coupling that includes the classical allosteric models as limiting cases.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Ackers, G K -- Doyle, M L -- Myers, D -- Daugherty, M A -- P01-HL40453/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/ -- R37-GM24486/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Jan 3;255(5040):54-63.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1553532" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Allosteric Regulation ; Calorimetry ; Circular Dichroism ; Hemoglobins/*chemistry/genetics/metabolism ; Kinetics ; Ligands ; Macromolecular Substances ; Models, Molecular ; Mutation ; Oxyhemoglobins/chemistry/metabolism ; Protein Conformation ; Thermodynamics
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  • 48
    Publication Date: 1992-10-02
    Description: The smooth muscle myosin light chain kinase (smMLCK) catalytic core was modeled by using the crystallographic coordinates of the cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit (cAPK) and a bound pseudosubstrate inhibitor peptide, PKI(5-24). Despite only 30% identity in amino acid sequence, the MLCK sequence can be readily accommodated in this structure. With the exception of the short B-helix, all major elements of secondary structure in the core are very likely conserved. The active site of the modeled MLCK complements the known requirements for peptide substrate recognition. MLCK contains a pseudosubstrate sequence that overlaps the calmodulin binding domain and has been proposed to act as an intrasteric inhibitor and occupy the substrate binding site in the absence of Ca(2+)-calmodulin. The pseudosubstrate sequence can be modeled easily into the entire backbone of PKI(5-24). The results demonstrate that the intrasteric model for regulation of MLCK by intramolecular competitive inhibition is structurally plausible.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Knighton, D R -- Pearson, R B -- Sowadski, J M -- Means, A R -- Ten Eyck, L F -- Taylor, S S -- Kemp, B E -- T32CA09523/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- T32DK07233/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Oct 2;258(5079):130-5.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Chemistry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla 92093-0654.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1439761" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Binding Sites ; Chromosome Mapping ; Crystallography ; *Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Molecular Structure ; Myosin-Light-Chain Kinase/*chemistry ; Oligopeptides/genetics/metabolism ; Peptide Fragments ; Peptides/genetics/metabolism ; Protein Binding/physiology ; Protein Kinases/chemistry ; Sequence Alignment ; Sequence Homology
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    Publication Date: 1992-06-05
    Description: The D and L forms of the enzyme HIV-1 protease have been prepared by total chemical synthesis. The two proteins had identical covalent structures. However, the folded protein-enzyme enantiomers showed reciprocal chiral specificity on peptide substrates. That is, each enzyme enantiomer cut only the corresponding substrate enantiomer. Reciprocal chiral specificity was also evident in the effect of enantiomeric inhibitors. These data imply that the folded forms of the chemically synthesized D- and L-enzyme molecules are mirror images of one another in all elements of the three-dimensional structure. Enantiomeric proteins are expected to display reciprocal chiral specificity in all aspects of their biochemical interactions.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Milton, R C -- Milton, S C -- Kent, S B -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Jun 5;256(5062):1445-8.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Cell Biology, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1604320" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; *Amino Acids ; HIV Protease/chemical synthesis/*chemistry/*metabolism ; Kinetics ; Macromolecular Substances ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Oligopeptides/pharmacology ; Protein Conformation ; Stereoisomerism ; Substrate Specificity ; X-Ray Diffraction
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    Publication Date: 1992-07-03
    Description: The phylogenetic origin of eukaryotes has been unclear because eukaryotic nuclear genes have diverged substantially from prokaryotic ones. The genes coding for elongation factor EF-1 alpha were compared among various organisms. The EF-1 alpha sequences of eukaryotes contained an 11-amino acid segment that was also found in eocytes (extremely thermophilic, sulfur-metabolizing bacteria) but that was absent in all other bacteria. The related (paralogous) genes encoding elongation factor EF-2 and initiation factor IF-2 also lacked the 11-amino acid insert. These data imply that the eocytes are the closest surviving relatives (sister taxon) of the eukaryotes.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Rivera, M C -- Lake, J A -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Jul 3;257(5066):74-6.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Molecular Biology Institute, University of California, Los Angeles 90024.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1621096" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Bacteria/*genetics ; Base Sequence ; *Biological Evolution ; DNA, Bacterial/genetics ; Humans ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Peptide Elongation Factor 1 ; Peptide Elongation Factor G ; Peptide Elongation Factor Tu/chemistry/*genetics ; Peptide Elongation Factors/*genetics ; Peptide Initiation Factors/*genetics ; Phylogeny ; Plants/genetics ; Prokaryotic Initiation Factor-2 ; Protein Conformation ; Saccharomyces cerevisiae/genetics ; Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
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    Publication Date: 1992-04-17
    Description: Max is a basic-helix-loop-helix-leucine zipper protein capable of forming sequence-specific DNA binding complexes with Myc proteins. An alternatively spliced messenger RNA has been identified that encodes a form of Max truncated at the COOH-terminus. This delta Max protein retained the ability to bind to the CACGTG motif in a complex with c-Myc but lacks the nuclear localization signal and the putative regulatory domain of Max. When tested in a myc-ras cotransformation assay in rat embryo fibroblasts, Max suppressed, whereas delta Max enhanced, transformation. Thus, the max gene may encode both a negative and a positive regulator of c-Myc function.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Makela, T P -- Koskinen, P J -- Vastrik, I -- Alitalo, K -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Apr 17;256(5055):373-7.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Virology, University of Helsinki, Finland.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1566084" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Base Sequence ; Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors ; Basic-Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors ; Binding Sites ; Cell Nucleus/metabolism ; Cell Transformation, Neoplastic/*drug effects/genetics ; DNA/chemistry/metabolism ; DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics/metabolism/*pharmacology ; Fibroblasts ; *Genes, myc ; *Genes, ras ; Humans ; Immunosorbent Techniques ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Polymerase Chain Reaction ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc/genetics/metabolism ; RNA Splicing ; RNA, Messenger/genetics ; Rats ; Structure-Activity Relationship ; *Transcription Factors ; Transfection
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    Publication Date: 1992-07-17
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Abeliovich, A -- Gerber, D -- Tanaka, O -- Katsuki, M -- Graybiel, A M -- Tonegawa, S -- NS25529/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Jul 17;257(5068):404-10.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1631561" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Base Sequence ; Blotting, Southern ; Brain/physiology ; Chromosome Mapping ; DNA/analysis ; Gene Rearrangement, T-Lymphocyte ; Immunoglobulin Joining Region/genetics ; Immunoglobulin Variable Region/genetics ; Mice ; Mice, Transgenic/*genetics ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Polymerase Chain Reaction ; Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/genetics ; *Recombination, Genetic ; beta-Galactosidase/biosynthesis
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    Publication Date: 1992-04-24
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Stone, R -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Apr 24;256(5056):440-2.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1570506" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: *Biology ; *Computers ; Drug Design ; Models, Molecular ; Proteins/chemistry ; Software ; Technology, Pharmaceutical
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    Publication Date: 1992-07-03
    Description: The messenger RNAs of human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) have an RNA hairpin structure, TAR, at their 5' ends that contains a six-nucleotide loop and a three-nucleotide bulge. The conformations of TAR RNA and of TAR with an arginine analog specifically bound at the binding site for the viral protein, Tat, were characterized by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. Upon arginine binding, the bulge changes conformation, and essential nucleotides for binding, U23 and A27.U38, form a base-triple interaction that stabilizes arginine hydrogen bonding to G26 and phosphates. Specificity in the arginine-TAR interaction appears to be derived largely from the structure of the RNA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Puglisi, J D -- Tan, R -- Calnan, B J -- Frankel, A D -- Williamson, J R -- AI29135/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Jul 3;257(5066):76-80.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge 02139.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1621097" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Arginine/*metabolism ; Base Sequence ; Binding Sites ; Gene Products, tat/metabolism ; HIV-1/*genetics ; Hydrogen Bonding ; Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy/methods ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Nucleic Acid Conformation ; RNA, Messenger/*chemistry/metabolism ; RNA, Viral/*chemistry/metabolism ; RNA-Binding Proteins/*chemistry/metabolism ; tat Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus
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    Publication Date: 1992-07-17
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Amato, I -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Jul 17;257(5068):330-1.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1631554" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: *Drug Design ; Peptide Chain Elongation, Translational ; Polymerase Chain Reaction
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    Publication Date: 1992-02-21
    Description: A class of regulators of eukaryotic gene expression contains a conserved amino acid sequence responsible for protein oligomerization and binding to DNA. This structure consists of an arginine- and lysine-rich basic region followed by a helix-loop-helix motif, which together mediate specific binding to DNA. Peptides were prepared that span this motif in the MyoD protein; in solution, they formed alpha-helical dimers and tetramers. They bound to DNA as dimers and their alpha-helical content increased on binding. Parallel and antiparallel four-helix models of the DNA-bound dimer were constructed. Peptides containing disulfide bonds were engineered to test the correctness of the two models. A disulfide that is compatible with the parallel model promotes specific interaction with DNA, whereas a disulfide compatible with the antiparallel model abolishes specific binding. Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) measurements of nitroxide-labeled peptides provided intersubunit distance measurements that also supported the parallel model.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Anthony-Cahill, S J -- Benfield, P A -- Fairman, R -- Wasserman, Z R -- Brenner, S L -- Stafford, W F 3rd -- Altenbach, C -- Hubbell, W L -- DeGrado, W F -- GM13731/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- GM14321/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Feb 21;255(5047):979-83.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Biotechnology Department, DuPont Merck Pharmaceutical Co., Wilmington, DE 19880-0328.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1312255" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Binding Sites ; Circular Dichroism ; DNA-Binding Proteins/*chemistry ; Disulfides ; Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy ; Enhancer Elements, Genetic ; Gene Expression Regulation ; Humans ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Protein Conformation ; Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid ; Sequence Alignment ; Transcription Factors/*chemistry
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    Publication Date: 1992-02-21
    Description: The three-dimensional structure of a specific antibody (Fab 17/9) to a peptide immunogen from influenza virus hemagglutinin [HA1(75-110)] and two independent crystal complexes of this antibody with bound peptide (TyrP100-LeuP108) have been determined by x-ray crystallographic techniques at 2.0 A, 2.9 A, and 3.1 A resolution, respectively. The nonapeptide antigen assumes a type I beta turn in the antibody combining site and interacts primarily with the Fab hypervariable loops L3, H2, and H3. Comparison of the bound and unbound Fab structures shows that a major rearrangement in the H3 loop accompanies antigen binding. This conformational change results in the creation of a binding pocket for the beta turn of the peptide, allowing TyrP105 to be accommodated. The conformation of the peptide bound to the antibody shows similarity to its cognate sequence in the HA1, suggesting a possible mechanism for the cross-reactivity of this Fab with monomeric hemagglutinin. The structures of the free and antigen bound antibodies demonstrate the flexibility of the antibody combining site and provide an example of induced fit as a mechanism for antibody-antigen recognition.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Rini, J M -- Schulze-Gahmen, U -- Wilson, I A -- AI-23498/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Feb 21;255(5047):959-65.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Molecular Biology, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1546293" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Antibodies, Monoclonal/ultrastructure ; *Antigen-Antibody Reactions ; Hemagglutinins, Viral/*immunology ; Hydrogen Bonding ; Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments/*ultrastructure ; Immunoglobulin G/ultrastructure ; In Vitro Techniques ; Influenza A virus/immunology ; Mice ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Motion ; Peptides/chemistry/immunology ; Protein Binding ; Protein Conformation ; X-Ray Diffraction
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    Publication Date: 1992-08-28
    Description: The crystal structure of calcium-bound calmodulin (Ca(2+)-CaM) bound to a peptide analog of the CaM-binding region of chicken smooth muscle myosin light chain kinase has been determined and refined to a resolution of 2.4 angstroms (A). The structure is compact and has the shape of an ellipsoid (axial ratio approximately 2:1). The bound CaM forms a tunnel diagonal to its long axis that engulfs the helical peptide, with the hydrophobic regions of CaM melded into a single area that closely covers the hydrophobic side of the peptide. There is a remarkably high pseudo-twofold symmetry between the closely associated domains. The central helix of the native CaM is unwound and expanded into a bend between residues 73 and 77. About 185 contacts (less than 4 A) are formed between CaM and the peptide, with van der Waals contacts comprising approximately 80% of this total.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Meador, W E -- Means, A R -- Quiocho, F A -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Aug 28;257(5074):1251-5.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1519061" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Calmodulin/*chemistry ; Crystallography ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Myosin-Light-Chain Kinase/*metabolism ; Protein Conformation
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    Publication Date: 1992-08-21
    Description: Pit-1 is a pituitary-specific transcription factor responsible for pituitary development and hormone expression in mammals. Mutations in the gene encoding Pit-1 have been found in two dwarf mouse strains displaying hypoplasia of growth hormone, prolactin, and thyroid-stimulating, hormone-secreting cell types in the anterior pituitary. A point mutation in this gene was identified on one allele in a patient with combined pituitary hormone deficiency. Mutant Pit-1 binds DNA normally but acts as a dominant inhibitor of Pit-1 action in the pituitary.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Radovick, S -- Nations, M -- Du, Y -- Berg, L A -- Weintraub, B D -- Wondisford, F E -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Aug 21;257(5073):1115-8.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Pediatrics, Rainbow Babies and Childrens Hospital, Cleveland, OH.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1509262" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Alleles ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Base Sequence ; Binding Sites ; DNA/chemistry/genetics/metabolism ; DNA-Binding Proteins/chemistry/*genetics ; Growth Hormone/deficiency/genetics ; Humans ; Molecular Sequence Data ; *Mutation ; Pituitary Gland, Anterior/metabolism/pathology ; Pituitary Hormones/*deficiency ; Polymerase Chain Reaction ; Prolactin/deficiency/genetics ; Promoter Regions, Genetic ; Thyrotropin/deficiency/genetics ; Transcription Factor Pit-1 ; Transcription Factors/chemistry/*genetics ; Transfection
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    Publication Date: 1992-03-16
    Description: Synthetic oligonucleotides containing GC-rich triplet sequences were used in a scanning strategy to identify unstable genetic sequences at the myotonic dystrophy (DM) locus. A highly polymorphic GCT repeat was identified and found to be unstable, with an increased number of repeats occurring in DM patients. In the case of severe congenital DM, the paternal triplet allele was inherited unaltered while the maternal, DM-associated allele was unstable. These studies suggest that the mutational mechanism leading to DM is triplet amplification, similar to that occurring in the fragile X syndrome. The triplet repeat sequence is within a gene (to be referred to as myotonin-protein kinase), which has a sequence similar to protein kinases.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Fu, Y H -- Pizzuti, A -- Fenwick, R G Jr -- King, J -- Rajnarayan, S -- Dunne, P W -- Dubel, J -- Nasser, G A -- Ashizawa, T -- de Jong, P -- 5-M01-RR00350/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/ -- P30-HG00210/HG/NHGRI NIH HHS/ -- P50HL42267-01/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Mar 6;255(5049):1256-8.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Institute for Molecular Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1546326" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Base Sequence ; Chromosomes, Human, Pair 19 ; Cloning, Molecular ; DNA/chemistry ; Humans ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Mutation ; Myotonic Dystrophy/*genetics ; Nucleic Acid Hybridization ; Polymerase Chain Reaction ; Polymorphism, Genetic ; *Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid
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    Publication Date: 1992-04-03
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Bailey, W J -- Slightom, J L -- Goodman, M -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Apr 3;256(5053):86-9.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1301735" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Base Sequence ; Chiroptera/*genetics ; *Genes ; Genetic Variation ; Globins/*genetics ; Humans ; *Models, Genetic ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Oligodeoxyribonucleotides ; *Phylogeny ; Polymerase Chain Reaction ; Primates/*genetics
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    Publication Date: 1992-07-24
    Description: The elucidation of bioactive conformations of small peptide hormones remains an elusive goal to structural chemists because of the inherent flexibility of these molecules. Angiotensin II (AII), the major effector of the renin-angiotensin system, is an octapeptide hormone for which no clear structural models exist. Peptide hormones such as AII share the property that they bind to their receptors with high affinities, in spite of the fact that they must overcome an extremely large conformational entropy barrier to bind in one conformation. A "surrogate system" that consists of a high-affinity monoclonal antibody (MAb) and AII has been used to study a bound conformation of AII. The crystallographic structure of the complex reveals a structure of AII that is compatible with predicted bioactive conformations of AII derived from structure-activity studies and theoretical calculations. In the complex, the deeply bound hormone is folded into a compact structure in which two turns bring the amino and carboxyl termini close together. The antibody of this complex (MAb 131) has the unusual property that it was not generated against AII, but rather against an anti-idiotypic antibody reactive with a MAb to AII, which renders this antibody an anti-anti-idiotypic antibody. The high affinity for AII of the original MAb to AII was passed on to MAb 131 through a structural determinant on the anti-idiotypic antibody. Strikingly, the conformation of AII in this complex is highly similar to complementarity determining region loops of antibodies, possibly indicating that a true molecular mimic of bound AII was present on the anti-idiotypic antibody against which MAb 131 was elicited.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Garcia, K C -- Ronco, P M -- Verroust, P J -- Brunger, A T -- Amzel, L M -- GM44692/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Jul 24;257(5069):502-7.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1636085" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Angiotensin II/*chemistry/immunology/metabolism ; Animals ; Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic/*chemistry/metabolism ; Antibodies, Monoclonal/*chemistry/metabolism ; Antigen-Antibody Complex ; Humans ; Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments/*chemistry/metabolism ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Protein Conformation ; X-Ray Diffraction
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  • 63
    Publication Date: 1992-08-21
    Description: Epidermolytic hyperkeratosis is a hereditary skin disorder characterized by blistering and a marked thickening of the stratum corneum. In one family, affected individuals exhibited a mutation in the highly conserved carboxyl terminal of the rod domain of keratin 1. In two other families, affected individuals had mutations in the highly conserved amino terminal of the rod domain of keratin 10. Structural analysis of these mutations predicts that heterodimer formation would be unaffected, although filament assembly and elongation would be severely compromised. These data imply that an intact keratin intermediate filament network is required for the maintenance of both cellular and tissue integrity.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Rothnagel, J A -- Dominey, A M -- Dempsey, L D -- Longley, M A -- Greenhalgh, D A -- Gagne, T A -- Huber, M -- Frenk, E -- Hohl, D -- Roop, D R -- HD25479/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Aug 21;257(5073):1128-30.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Cell Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1380725" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Base Sequence ; DNA/chemistry ; Humans ; Ichthyosiform Erythroderma, Congenital/*genetics ; Keratins/chemistry/*genetics ; Macromolecular Substances ; Molecular Sequence Data ; *Mutation ; Pedigree ; Polymerase Chain Reaction ; Protein Conformation
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  • 64
    Publication Date: 1992-08-14
    Description: The x-ray structures of a murine MHC class I molecule (H-2Kb) were determined in complex with two different viral peptides, derived from the vesicular stomatitis virus nucleoprotein (52-59), VSV-8, and the Sendai virus nucleoprotein (324-332), SEV-9. The H-2Kb complexes were refined at 2.3 A for VSV-8 and 2.5 A for SEV-9. The structure of H-2Kb exhibits a high degree of similarity with human HLA class I, although the individual domains can have slightly altered dispositions. Both peptides bind in extended conformations with most of their surfaces buried in the H-2Kb binding groove. The nonamer peptide maintains the same amino- and carboxyl-terminal interactions as the octamer primarily by the insertion of a bulge in the center of an otherwise beta conformation. Most of the specific interactions are between side-chain atoms of H-2Kb and main-chain atoms of peptide. This binding scheme accounts in large part for the enormous diversity of peptide sequences that bind with high affinity to class I molecules. Small but significant conformational changes in H-2Kb are associated with peptide binding, and these synergistic movements may be an integral part of the T cell receptor recognition process.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Fremont, D H -- Matsumura, M -- Stura, E A -- Peterson, P A -- Wilson, I A -- CA-09523/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- CA-97489/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Aug 14;257(5072):919-27.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Molecular Biology, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1323877" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Binding Sites ; H-2 Antigens/*chemistry/metabolism ; Mice ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Parainfluenza Virus 1, Human/metabolism ; Protein Binding ; Protein Conformation ; Solvents ; Vesicular stomatitis Indiana virus/metabolism ; Viral Proteins/*chemistry/metabolism ; X-Ray Diffraction
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  • 65
    Publication Date: 1992-10-16
    Description: The crystal structure of the DNA repair enzyme endonuclease III, which recognizes and cleaves DNA at damaged bases, has been solved to 2.0 angstrom resolution with an R factor of 0.185. This iron-sulfur [4Fe-4S] enzyme is elongated and bilobal with a deep cleft separating two similarly sized domains: a novel, sequence-continuous, six-helix domain (residues 22 to 132) and a Greek-key, four-helix domain formed by the amino-terminal and three carboxyl-terminal helices (residues 1 to 21 and 133 to 211) together with the [4Fe-4S] cluster. The cluster is bound entirely within the carboxyl-terminal loop with a ligation pattern (Cys-X6-Cys-X2-Cys-X5-Cys) distinct from all other known [4Fe-4S] proteins. Sequence conservation and the positive electrostatic potential of conserved regions identify a surface suitable for binding duplex B-DNA across the long axis of the enzyme, matching a 46 angstrom length of protected DNA. The primary role of the [4Fe-4S] cluster appears to involve positioning conserved basic residues for interaction with the DNA phosphate backbone. The crystallographically identified inhibitor binding region, which recognizes the damaged base thymine glycol, is a seven-residue beta-hairpin (residues 113 to 119). Location and side chain orientation at the base of the inhibitor binding site implicate Glu112 in the N-glycosylase mechanism and Lys120 in the beta-elimination mechanism. Overall, the structure reveals an unusual fold and a new biological function for [4Fe-4S] clusters and provides a structural basis for studying recognition of damaged DNA and the N-glycosylase and apurinic/apyrimidinic-lyase mechanisms.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Kuo, C F -- McRee, D E -- Fisher, C L -- O'Handley, S F -- Cunningham, R P -- Tainer, J A -- GM 46312/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- HL07695/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Oct 16;258(5081):434-40.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Molecular Biology, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1411536" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Bacterial Proteins/ultrastructure ; Base Sequence ; Crystallography ; Cysteine/chemistry ; *DNA Repair ; DNA-Binding Proteins/*ultrastructure ; Deoxyribonuclease (Pyrimidine Dimer) ; Endodeoxyribonucleases/*ultrastructure ; Iron-Sulfur Proteins/*ultrastructure ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Oligodeoxyribonucleotides/metabolism ; Protein Conformation ; Protein Structure, Secondary ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; X-Ray Diffraction
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    Publication Date: 1992-08-28
    Description: Synaptic vesicle protein 2 (SV2) is a membrane glycoprotein specifically localized to secretory vesicles in neurons and endocrine cells. As a first step toward understanding the function of SV2 in neural secretion, a rat brain complementary DNA (cDNA) that encodes SV2 was isolated and characterized. Analyses of this cDNA predict that SV2 contains 12 transmembrane domains. The NH2-terminal half of the protein shows significant amino acid sequence identity to a family of bacterial proteins that transport sugars, citrate, and drugs. Expression of the SV2 cDNA in COS cells yielded a high level of SV2-like immunoreactivity distributed in a reticular and punctate pattern, which suggests localization to intracellular membranes. Its localization to vesicles, predicted membrane topology, and sequence identity to known transporters suggest that SV2 is a synaptic vesicle-specific transporter.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Bajjalieh, S M -- Peterson, K -- Shinghal, R -- Scheller, R H -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Aug 28;257(5074):1271-3.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University, CA 94305.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1519064" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Bacterial Proteins/genetics ; Brain/*metabolism ; Carrier Proteins/genetics ; DNA/isolation & purification ; Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel ; Fungal Proteins/genetics ; Membrane Glycoproteins/*genetics ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Nerve Tissue Proteins/*genetics ; Polymerase Chain Reaction ; Rats ; Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid ; Transfection
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    Publication Date: 1992-08-14
    Description: The peptide binding cleft of the class I human histocompatibility antigen, HLA-A2, contains conserved amino acid residues clustered in the two ends of the cleft in pockets A and F as well as polymorphic residues. The function of two conserved tyrosines in the A pocket was investigated by mutating them to phenylalanines and of a conserved tyrosine and threonine in the F pocket by mutating them to phenylalanine and valine, respectively. Presentation of influenza virus peptides and of intact virus to cytolytic T lymphocytes (CTLs) was then examined. The magnitude of the reduction seen by the mutation of the two tyrosines in the A pocket suggests that hydrogen bonds involving them have a critical function in the binding of the NH2-terminal NH3+ of the peptide nonamer and possibly of all bound peptide nonamers. In contrast, the mutations in the F pocket had no effect on CTL recognition.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Latron, F -- Pazmany, L -- Morrison, J -- Moots, R -- Saper, M A -- McMichael, A -- Strominger, J L -- AI 20182/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- CA 47554/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Aug 14;257(5072):964-7.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1380181" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; B-Lymphocytes/immunology ; Binding Sites ; Cell Line ; Cloning, Molecular ; Epitopes/immunology/metabolism ; HLA-A2 Antigen/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism ; Influenza A virus ; Kinetics ; Models, Molecular ; Mutagenesis, Site-Directed ; Oligopeptides/immunology/*metabolism ; Protein Conformation ; Recombinant Proteins/chemistry/metabolism ; T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic/*immunology ; Transfection ; Viral Proteins/metabolism
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    Publication Date: 1992-11-06
    Description: Fibronectin type III domains are found in many different proteins including cell surface receptors and cell adhesion molecules. The crystal structure of one such domain from the extracellular matrix protein tenascin was determined. The structure was solved by multiwavelength anomalous diffraction (MAD) phasing of the selenomethionyl protein and has been refined to 1.8 angstrom resolution. The folding topology of this domain is identical to that of the extracellular domains of the human growth hormone receptor, the second domain of CD4, and PapD. Although distinct, this topology is similar to that of immunoglobulin constant domains. An Arg-Gly-Asp (RGD) sequence that can function for cell adhesion is found in a tight turn on an exposed loop.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Leahy, D J -- Hendrickson, W A -- Aukhil, I -- Erickson, H P -- CA-47056/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- DE-07801/DE/NIDCR NIH HHS/ -- GM-34102/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Nov 6;258(5084):987-91.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1279805" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal/*chemistry ; Chickens ; Crystallization ; Escherichia coli/genetics ; Extracellular Matrix Proteins/*chemistry ; Fibronectins/*chemistry ; Humans ; Immunoglobulin Constant Regions/chemistry ; Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Molecular Structure ; Protein Folding ; Protein Structure, Secondary ; Receptors, Somatotropin/chemistry ; Recombinant Proteins/chemistry ; Tenascin ; *X-Ray Diffraction
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    Publication Date: 1992-06-19
    Description: A hybrid receptor was constructed that contained the extracellular binding domain of the human growth hormone (hGH) receptor linked to the transmembrane and intracellular domains of the murine granulocyte colony-stimulating factor receptor. Addition of hGH to a myeloid leukemia cell line (FDC-P1) that expressed the hybrid receptor caused proliferation of these cells. The mechanism for signal transduction of the hybrid receptor required dimerization because monoclonal antibodies to the hGH receptor were agonists whereas their monovalent fragments were not. Receptor dimerization occurs sequentially--a receptor binds to site 1 on hGH, and then a second receptor molecule binds to site 2 on hGH. On the basis of this sequential mechanism, which may occur in many other cytokine receptors, inactive hGH analogs were designed that were potent antagonists to hGH-induced cell proliferation. Such antagonists could be useful for treating clinical conditions of hGH excess, such as acromegaly.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Fuh, G -- Cunningham, B C -- Fukunaga, R -- Nagata, S -- Goeddel, D V -- Wells, J A -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Jun 19;256(5064):1677-80.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Protein Engineering, Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, CA 94080.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1535167" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Antibodies, Monoclonal ; Cell Division/drug effects ; Cell Line ; DNA Replication/drug effects ; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug ; Growth Hormone/analysis/physiology ; Humans ; Models, Molecular ; Receptors, Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor/physiology ; Receptors, Somatotropin/*physiology ; Signal Transduction/physiology ; Transfection
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    Publication Date: 1992-07-24
    Description: Genetic and sequence information are reported for an angiotensin II-reactive antibody (Ab1, MAb 110) and an anti--anti-idiotypic antibody (Ab3, MAb 131) that have identical antigen binding properties and that are related by an anti-idiotypic antibody (Ab2-beta) that satisfies accepted biochemical criteria for an internal image-bearing antibody. The sequences of the variable regions of the Ab3 and of the Ab1 are nearly identical, even though the Ab1 is an antibody to a peptide and the Ab3 is an antibody to a globular protein. Significantly, amino acid residues that make critical contacts with antigen in the crystal structure of the Ab3-antigen complex are highly conserved in Ab1, suggesting that the epitopes of the Ab2-beta recognized by the Ab3 do indeed resemble the bound structure of the antigen.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Garcia, K C -- Desiderio, S V -- Ronco, P M -- Verroust, P J -- Amzel, L M -- 6M 44692/PHS HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Jul 24;257(5069):528-31.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University Medical School, Baltimore, MD 21205.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1636087" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Angiotensin II/chemistry/*immunology ; Animals ; Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic/chemistry/genetics/*immunology ; Antibodies, Monoclonal/chemistry/genetics/*immunology ; Antigen-Antibody Complex ; Base Sequence ; Cell Line ; Hybridomas/immunology ; Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains/genetics/immunology ; Immunoglobulin Light Chains/genetics/immunology ; Immunoglobulin Variable Region/chemistry/genetics/immunology ; Mice ; Mice, Inbred BALB C/immunology ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Plasmacytoma ; Protein Conformation
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    Publication Date: 1992-07-17
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Hoffman, M -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Jul 17;257(5068):332.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1631555" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Crystallography ; Humans ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Structure ; Transforming Growth Factor beta/*chemistry
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    Publication Date: 1992-04-17
    Description: 3T3-L1 adipoblasts that express large amounts of c-Myc cannot terminally differentiate, raising the possibility that Myc inhibits the expression of genes that promote adipogenesis. The CCAAT/enhancer binding protein (C/EBP alpha) is induced during 3T3-L1 adipogenesis when cells commit to the differentiation pathway. Transfection of 3T3-L1 adipoblasts with the gene that encodes C/EBP alpha caused overt expression of the adipocyte morphology. Expression of Myc prohibited the normal induction of C/EBP alpha and prevented adipogenesis. Enforced expression of C/EBP alpha overcame the Myc-induced block to differentiation. These results provide a molecular basis for the regulation of adipogenesis and implicate Myc and C/EBP alpha as pivotal controlling elements.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Freytag, S O -- Geddes, T J -- CA51748/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Apr 17;256(5055):379-82.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Molecular Biology Research Program, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI 48202.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1566086" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Adipose Tissue/*cytology/metabolism ; Animals ; Base Sequence ; CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Proteins ; Cell Differentiation ; Cell Division ; Cell Line ; DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics/*physiology ; *Gene Expression Regulation ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Nuclear Proteins/genetics/*physiology ; Plasmids ; Polymerase Chain Reaction ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc/genetics/*physiology ; RNA, Messenger/analysis ; Rats ; Transfection
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    Publication Date: 1992-09-25
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Morell, V -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Sep 25;257(5078):1860-2.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1411502" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Biological Evolution ; Fossils ; Insects/*genetics ; Polymerase Chain Reaction
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    Publication Date: 1992-08-28
    Description: Melanocyte-stimulating hormone (MSH) and adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) regulate pigmentation and adrenal cortical function, respectively. These peptides also have a variety of biological activities in other areas, including the brain, the pituitary, and the immune system. A complete understanding of the biological activities of these hormones requires the isolation and characterization of their corresponding receptors. The murine and human MSH receptors (MSH-Rs) and a human ACTH receptor (ACTH-R) were cloned. These receptors define a subfamily of receptors coupled to guanine nucleotide-binding proteins that may include the cannabinoid receptor.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Mountjoy, K G -- Robbins, L S -- Mortrud, M T -- Cone, R D -- R01 DK43859-02/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Aug 28;257(5074):1248-51.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Vollum Institute for Advanced Biomedical Research, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland 97201.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1325670" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Adrenal Cortex/metabolism ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Blotting, Northern ; Cloning, Molecular ; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug ; GTP-Binding Proteins/metabolism ; Humans ; Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormones/physiology ; Melanocytes/metabolism ; Mice ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Polymerase Chain Reaction ; RNA, Messenger/biosynthesis ; Receptors, Corticotropin ; Receptors, Pituitary Hormone/biosynthesis/*genetics ; Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
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    Publication Date: 1992-10-02
    Description: A genetic linkage map of the human genome was constructed that consists of 1416 loci, including 279 genes and expressed sequences. The loci are represented by 1676 polymorphic systems genotyped with the CEPH reference pedigree resource. A total of 339 microsatellite repeat markers assayed by PCR are contained within the map, and of the 351 markers with heterozygosities of at least 70%, 205 are microsatellites. Seven telomere loci define physical and genetic endpoints for 2q, 4p, 7q, 8p, 14q, 16p, and 16q, and in other cases distal markers on the maps have been localized to terminal cytogenetic bands. Therefore, at least 92% of the autosomal length of the genome and 95% of the X chromosome is estimated to be spanned by the map. Since the maps have relatively high marker density and numerous highly informative loci, they can be used to map disease phenotypes, even for those with limited pedigree resources. The baseline map provides a foundation for achieving continuity of clone-based physical maps and for the development of a truly integrated physical, genetic, and cytogenetic map of the human.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉HD24605/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/ -- HG00373/HG/NHGRI NIH HHS/ -- HG00461/HG/NHGRI NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Oct 2;258(5079):67-86.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1439770" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: *Chromosome Mapping ; *Chromosomes, Human ; DNA, Satellite ; Female ; *Genetic Linkage ; Genetic Markers ; *Genome, Human ; Humans ; Male ; Polymerase Chain Reaction
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  • 76
    Publication Date: 1992-05-08
    Description: The hydrophobic faces of single crystals of a series of pairs of racemic and chiral-resolved hydrophobic alpha-amino acids were used as a substrate, onto which water vapor has been cooled to freezing. The morphologies and molecular packing arrangements within each crystal pair are similar but only one of each pair exhibits a polar axis, parallel to the hydrophobic face exposed to water. Those crystals that have a polar axis induce a freezing point higher by 4 degrees to 5 degrees C than the corresponding crystals that do not have a polar axis. The results are interpreted in terms of an electric field mechanism that helps align the water molecules into ice-like clusters en route to crystallization.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Gavish, M -- Wang, J L -- Eisenstein, M -- Lahav, M -- Leiserowitz, L -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 May 8;256(5058):815-8.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Materials and Inferfaces, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1589763" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acids/*chemistry ; Animals ; Crystallization ; *Ice ; Isomerism ; Models, Molecular
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    Publication Date: 1992-06-12
    Description: The neurohypophyseal hormone oxytocin (OT) is the most potent uterotonic agent known and is used to induce labor. Yet, endogenous circulating OT appears not to participate in the induction of labor. As shown here, the finding of OT messenger RNA and peptide in the uterus suggests a solution for this paradox. During gestation, rat uterus OT messenger RNA increased more than 150-fold and, at term, exceeded hypothalamic OT messenger RNA by 70-fold. Thus, during parturition, OT may act primarily as a local mediator and not as a circulating hormone.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Lefebvre, D L -- Giaid, A -- Bennett, H -- Lariviere, R -- Zingg, H H -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Jun 12;256(5063):1553-5.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Laboratory of Molecular Endocrinology, Royal Victoria Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1598587" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Female ; Gene Expression ; Hypothalamus/physiology ; Nucleic Acid Hybridization ; Oxytocin/*genetics ; Polymerase Chain Reaction ; RNA, Messenger/genetics ; Rats ; Uterus/*physiology
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  • 78
    Publication Date: 1992-12-04
    Description: Phthalate dioxygenase reductase (PDR) is a prototypical iron-sulfur flavoprotein (36 kilodaltons) that utilizes flavin mononucleotide (FMN) to mediate electron transfer from the two-electron donor, reduced nicotinamide adenine nucleotide (NADH), to the one-electron acceptor, [2Fe-2S]. The crystal structure of oxidized PDR from Pseudomonas cepacia has been analyzed at 2.0 angstrom resolution resolution; reduced PDR and pyridine nucleotide complexes have been analyzed at 2.7 angstrom resolution. NADH, FMN, and the [2Fe-2S] cluster, bound to distinct domains, are brought together near a central cleft in the molecule, with only 4.9 angstroms separating the flavin 8-methyl and a cysteine sulfur ligated to iron. The domains that bind FMN and [2Fe-2S] are packed so that the flavin ring and the plane of the [2Fe-2S] core are approximately perpendicular. The [2Fe-2S] group is bound by four cysteines in a site resembling that in plant ferredoxins, but its redox potential (-174 millivolts at pH 7.0) is much higher than the potentials of plant ferredoxins. Structural and sequence similarities assign PDR to a distinct family of flavoprotein reductases, all related to ferredoxin NADP(+)-reductase.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Correll, C C -- Batie, C J -- Ballou, D P -- Ludwig, M L -- GM 16429/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- GM 20877/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Dec 4;258(5088):1604-10.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biological Chemistry and Biophysics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1280857" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Binding Sites ; Burkholderia cepacia/enzymology ; Electron Transport ; Flavin Mononucleotide/*metabolism ; Iron-Sulfur Proteins/*chemistry/*metabolism ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; NAD/*metabolism ; Oxidoreductases/*chemistry/metabolism ; *Protein Conformation ; *Protein Structure, Secondary ; Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
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  • 79
    Publication Date: 1992-09-18
    Description: The nitrogenase enzyme system catalyzes the ATP (adenosine triphosphate)-dependent reduction of dinitrogen to ammonia during the process of nitrogen fixation. Nitrogenase consists of two proteins: the iron (Fe)-protein, which couples hydrolysis of ATP to electron transfer, and the molybdenum-iron (MoFe)-protein, which contains the dinitrogen binding site. In order to address the role of ATP in nitrogen fixation, the crystal structure of the nitrogenase Fe-protein from Azotobacter vinelandii has been determined at 2.9 angstrom (A) resolution. Fe-protein is a dimer of two identical subunits that coordinate a single 4Fe:4S cluster. Each subunit folds as a single alpha/beta type domain, which together symmetrically ligate the surface exposed 4Fe:4S cluster through two cysteines from each subunit. A single bound ADP (adenosine diphosphate) molecule is located in the interface region between the two subunits. Because the phosphate groups of this nucleotide are approximately 20 A from the 4Fe:4S cluster, it is unlikely that ATP hydrolysis and electron transfer are directly coupled. Instead, it appears that interactions between the nucleotide and cluster sites must be indirectly coupled by allosteric changes occurring at the subunit interface. The coupling between protein conformation and nucleotide hydrolysis in Fe-protein exhibits general similarities to the H-Ras p21 and recA proteins that have been recently characterized structurally. The Fe-protein structure may be relevant to the functioning of other biochemical energy-transducing systems containing two nucleotide-binding sites, including membrane transport proteins.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Georgiadis, M M -- Komiya, H -- Chakrabarti, P -- Woo, D -- Kornuc, J J -- Rees, D C -- GM45162/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Sep 18;257(5077):1653-9.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biochemistry, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1529353" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Adenosine Diphosphate/metabolism ; Adenosine Triphosphate/metabolism/pharmacology ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Azotobacter vinelandii/*enzymology ; Binding Sites ; Chemistry, Physical ; Crystallization ; Electron Transport ; Hydrolysis ; Iron-Sulfur Proteins/*chemistry ; Macromolecular Substances ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Molecular Structure ; Molybdoferredoxin/chemistry ; Nitrogenase/*chemistry/metabolism ; Physicochemical Phenomena ; Protein Conformation ; X-Ray Diffraction
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    Publication Date: 1992-02-14
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Feb 14;255(5046):787.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1536000" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*etiology ; HIV/genetics ; Humans ; Insurance, Dental ; *Liability, Legal ; Male ; Polymerase Chain Reaction
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    Publication Date: 1992-08-14
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Barinaga, M -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Aug 14;257(5072):880-1.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1502554" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Binding Sites ; Histocompatibility Antigens Class I/*chemistry/metabolism ; Humans ; Hydrogen Bonding ; Major Histocompatibility Complex ; Models, Molecular ; Protein Binding ; Protein Conformation ; Proteins/chemistry/metabolism ; T-Lymphocytes/immunology
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  • 82
    Publication Date: 1992-08-21
    Description: A form of the human erythropoietin receptor (EPOR) was identified in which the cytoplasmic region is truncated by alternative splicing. The truncated form of the receptor (EPOR-T) is the most prevalent form of EPOR in early-stage erythroid progenitor cells, but the full-length EPOR (EPOR-F) becomes the most prevalent form in late-stage progenitors. EPOR-T can transduce a mitogenic signal. However, cells transfected with EPOR-T are more prone to programmed cell death than those expressing EPOR-F. EPOR-F may transduce a signal to prevent programmed cell death that is independent of the mitogenic signal, and alternative splicing of the EPOR gene may have an important role in erythropoiesis.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Nakamura, Y -- Komatsu, N -- Nakauchi, H -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Aug 21;257(5073):1138-41.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Laboratory of Cell Growth and Differentiation, Tsukuba Life Science Center, Japan.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1324524" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Base Sequence ; DNA/chemistry/genetics ; Erythrocyte Aging/*physiology ; Erythroid Precursor Cells/metabolism ; Genetic Vectors ; Humans ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Polymerase Chain Reaction ; RNA Splicing ; RNA, Messenger/genetics ; Receptors, Cell Surface/chemistry/genetics/*physiology ; Receptors, Erythropoietin ; Transfection
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  • 83
    Publication Date: 1992-01-03
    Description: The multichain T cell antigen receptor functions by interacting with and activating one or more nonreceptor tyrosine kinases. The cytoplasmic tail of the zeta chain can activate T cells independently of the rest of the receptor complex. The function of the remaining invariant CD3 chains remains unknown. A 22-amino acid region of the cytoplasmic tail of CD3 epsilon was also able to independently activate T cells. Stimulation of T cells by means of the cytoplasmic tails of either zeta or CD3 epsilon resulted in quantitatively distinct patterns of tyrosine phosphorylation, suggesting activation of different biochemical pathways.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Letourneur, F -- Klausner, R D -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Jan 3;255(5040):79-82.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Cell Biology and Metabolism Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1532456" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Antigens, CD3 ; Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte/genetics/*metabolism ; Cell Line ; Cell Membrane/immunology/metabolism ; Chimera ; Clone Cells ; Humans ; Interleukin-2/biosynthesis ; Kinetics ; *Lymphocyte Activation ; Macromolecular Substances ; Mice ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Mutagenesis, Site-Directed ; Phosphorylation ; Polymerase Chain Reaction ; Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/genetics/*metabolism ; Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/genetics/*metabolism ; Receptors, Interleukin-2/genetics/metabolism ; T-Lymphocytes/enzymology/*immunology ; Transfection
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    Publication Date: 1992-04-03
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Creighton, T E -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Apr 3;256(5053):111-4.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1373519" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Aprotinin/*chemistry ; Cattle ; *Cysteine ; *Disulfides ; Kinetics ; Models, Molecular ; Protein Conformation
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  • 85
    Publication Date: 1992-04-17
    Description: Transcription factor NF-kappa B comprises two proteins, p50 and p65, that have sequence similarity to the v-rel oncogene. In primary hematopoietic cell populations an alternatively spliced form of NF-kappa B p65 mRNA was observed that encoded a protein designated p65 delta. Expression of the p65 delta cDNA in Rat-1 fibroblasts resulted in focus formation, anchorage-independent growth in soft agar, and tumor formation in athymic nude mice, effects not obtained with expression of p65 or a p65 delta mutant that contains a disruption within the transcriptional activation domain. Thus, p65 delta, which associated weakly and interfered with DNA binding by p65, may sequester an essential limiting regulatory factor or factors required for NF-kappa B function.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Narayanan, R -- Klement, J F -- Ruben, S M -- Higgins, K A -- Rosen, C A -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Apr 17;256(5055):367-70.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Molecular Genetics, Hoffmann-LaRoche, Inc., Nutley, NJ 07110.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1566083" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Base Sequence ; Binding Sites ; Cell Transformation, Neoplastic/*genetics ; DNA/genetics/metabolism ; Fibroblasts/metabolism ; *Genetic Variation ; Hematopoietic Stem Cells/chemistry ; Humans ; Mice ; Mice, Nude ; Molecular Sequence Data ; NF-kappa B/*genetics ; Neoplasm Transplantation ; Oncogene Proteins v-rel ; Polymerase Chain Reaction ; RNA Splicing ; RNA, Messenger/analysis/genetics ; Rats ; Retroviridae Proteins, Oncogenic/genetics ; Transfection
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  • 86
    Publication Date: 1992-09-11
    Description: A nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) structure determination is reported for the polypeptide chain of a globular protein in strongly denaturing solution. Nuclear Overhauser effect (NOE) measurements with a 7 molar urea solution of the amino-terminal 63-residue domain of the 434-repressor and distance geometry calculations showed that the polypeptide segment 54 to 59 forms a hydrophobic cluster containing the side chains of Val54, Val56, Trp58, and Leu59. This residual structure in the urea-unfolded protein is related to the corresponding region of the native, folded protein by simple rearrangements of the residues 58 to 60. Based on these observations a model for the early phase of refolding of the 434-repressor(1-63) is proposed.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Neri, D -- Billeter, M -- Wider, G -- Wuthrich, K -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Sep 11;257(5076):1559-63.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Institut fur Molekularbiologie und Biophysik, ETH-Honggerberg, Zurich, Switzerland.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1523410" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy/methods ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Protein Conformation ; Protein Denaturation ; Repressor Proteins/*chemistry/pharmacology ; Urea/*pharmacology ; Viral Proteins
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  • 87
    Publication Date: 1992-08-28
    Description: The functional heterogeneity of potassium channels in eukaryotic cells arises not only from the multiple potassium channel genes and splice variants but also from the combinatorial mixing of different potassium channel polypeptides to form heteromultimeric channels with distinct properties. One structural element that determines the compatibility of different potassium channel polypeptides in subunit assembly has now been localized to the hydrophilic amino-terminal domain. A Drosophila Shaker B (ShB) potassium channel truncated polypeptide that contains only the hydrophilic amino-terminal domain can form a homomultimer; the minimal requirement for the homophilic interaction has been localized to a fragment of 114 amino acids. Substitution of the amino-terminal domain of a distantly related mammalian potassium channel polypeptide (DRK1) with that of ShB permits the chimeric DRK1 polypeptide to coassemble with ShB.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Li, M -- Jan, Y N -- Jan, L Y -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Aug 28;257(5074):1225-30.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, San Francisco 94143-0724.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1519059" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Aplysia ; Baculoviridae ; Biological Transport/drug effects ; Drosophila ; Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel ; Genes/*genetics ; Models, Biological ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Peptides/*genetics/physiology ; Polymerase Chain Reaction ; Potassium/pharmacokinetics ; Potassium Channels/*chemistry/drug effects/physiology ; Recombinant Fusion Proteins ; Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid ; Shaker Superfamily of Potassium Channels
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  • 88
    Publication Date: 1992-09-25
    Description: Transcripts encoding the Drosophila putative transcription factor CF2 are subject to developmentally regulated alternative splicing, and they encode protein isoforms that differ in the number of zinc fingers. One testis-specific RNA encodes an isoform that includes three zinc fingers and a frame-shifted segment. Two other transcripts encode isoforms with six and seven zinc fingers which bind to distinct promoters and DNA target sequences. Thus, because of alternative splicing, a single gene appears to encode distinct DNA-binding proteins, each capable of regulating different gene sets in different tissues and developmental periods.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Hsu, T -- Gogos, J A -- Kirsh, S A -- Kafatos, F C -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Sep 25;257(5078):1946-50.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Cellular and Developmental Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1411512" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Base Sequence ; Chorion ; DNA-Binding Proteins/*genetics ; *Drosophila Proteins ; Drosophila melanogaster/genetics ; *Gene Expression Regulation ; Genes ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Oligodeoxyribonucleotides/chemistry ; Polymerase Chain Reaction ; RNA Splicing ; RNA, Messenger/genetics ; Sequence Alignment ; Transcription Factors/*genetics ; *Zinc Fingers
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  • 89
    Publication Date: 1992-01-24
    Description: Simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) is a primate lentivirus related to human immunodeficiency viruses and is an etiologic agent for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)-like diseases in macaques. To date, only inactivated whole virus vaccines have been shown to protect macaques against SIV infection. Protective immunity was elicited by recombinant subunit vaccines. Four Macaca fascicularis were immunized with recombinant vaccinia virus expressing SIVmne gp160 and were boosted with gp160 produced in baculovirus-infected cells. All four animals were protected against an intravenous challenge of the homologous virus at one to nine animal-infectious doses. These results indicate that immunization with viral envelope antigens alone is sufficient to elicit protective immunity against a primate immunodeficiency virus. The combination immunization regimen, similar to one now being evaluated in humans as candidate human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1 vaccines, appears to be an effective way to elicit such immune responses.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Hu, S L -- Abrams, K -- Barber, G N -- Moran, P -- Zarling, J M -- Langlois, A J -- Kuller, L -- Morton, W R -- Benveniste, R E -- AI26503/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- R01 AI28065/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- RR00166/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Jan 24;255(5043):456-9.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceutical Research Institute, Seattle, WA 98121.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1531159" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Base Sequence ; DNA, Viral/genetics ; Gene Products, env ; Genetic Vectors ; Lymphocyte Activation ; Macaca fascicularis ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Neutralization Tests ; Oligonucleotides/chemistry ; Polymerase Chain Reaction ; Simian Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/immunology/*prevention & control ; Simian Immunodeficiency Virus/*immunology ; T-Lymphocytes, Helper-Inducer/immunology ; Time Factors ; Vaccination ; Vaccines, Synthetic/*immunology ; Viral Vaccines/*immunology
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  • 90
    Publication Date: 1992-05-22
    Description: The cardiac sodium channel alpha subunit (RHI) is less sensitive to tetrodotoxin (TTX) and saxitoxin (STX) and more sensitive to cadmium than brain and skeletal muscle (microliter) isoforms. An RHI mutant, with Tyr substituted for Cys at position 374 (as in microliter) confers three properties of TTX-sensitive channels: (i) greater sensitivity to TTX (730-fold); (ii) lower sensitivity to cadmium (28-fold); and (iii) altered additional block by toxin upon repetitive stimulation. Thus, the primary determinant of high-affinity TTX-STX binding is a critical aromatic residue at position 374, and the interaction may take place possibly through an ionized hydrogen bond. This finding requires revision of the sodium channel pore structure that has been previously suggested by homology with the potassium channel.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Satin, J -- Kyle, J W -- Chen, M -- Bell, P -- Cribbs, L L -- Fozzard, H A -- Rogart, R B -- HL-20592/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/ -- HL-37217/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/ -- NS 23360/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 May 22;256(5060):1202-5.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, IL 60637.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1375397" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Brain/physiology ; Cadmium/pharmacology ; Cell Membrane/physiology ; Cloning, Molecular ; Drug Resistance/genetics ; Genetic Vectors ; Heart/*physiology ; Kinetics ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Muscles/physiology ; *Mutagenesis, Site-Directed ; Oocytes/drug effects/*physiology ; Polymerase Chain Reaction ; Protein Conformation ; RNA/genetics ; Rats ; Restriction Mapping ; Saxitoxin/pharmacology ; Sodium Channels/drug effects/genetics/*physiology ; Tetrodotoxin/*pharmacology ; Xenopus
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    Publication Date: 1992-07-17
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Bazan, J F -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Jul 17;257(5068):410-3.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1631562" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Cattle ; Crystallography ; Humans ; Interleukin-2/*chemistry/genetics ; Mice ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Conformation ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Molecular Structure ; Rats ; Sequence Alignment ; Sheep ; Swine
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  • 92
    Publication Date: 1992-05-01
    Description: The three-dimensional solution structure of the complex between calcium-bound calmodulin (Ca(2+)-CaM) and a 26-residue synthetic peptide comprising the CaM binding domain (residues 577 to 602) of skeletal muscle myosin light chain kinase, has been determined using multidimensional heteronuclear filtered and separated nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. The two domains of CaM (residues 6 to 73 and 83 to 146) remain essentially unchanged upon complexation. The long central helix (residues 65 to 93), however, which connects the two domains in the crystal structure of Ca(2+)-CaM, is disrupted into two helices connected by a long flexible loop (residues 74 to 82), thereby enabling the two domains to clamp residues 3 to 21 of the bound peptide, which adopt a helical conformation. The overall structure of the complex is globular, approximating an ellipsoid of dimensions 47 by 32 by 30 angstroms. The helical peptide is located in a hydrophobic channel that passes through the center of the ellipsoid at an angle of approximately 45 degrees with its long axis. The complex is mainly stabilized by hydrophobic interactions which, from the CaM side, involve an unusually large number of methionines. Key residues of the peptide are Trp4 and Phe17, which serve to anchor the amino- and carboxyl-terminal halves of the peptide to the carboxyl- and amino-terminal domains of CaM, respectively. Sequence comparisons indicate that a number of peptides that bind CaM with high affinity share this common feature containing either aromatic residues or long-chain hydrophobic ones separated by a stretch of 12 residues, suggesting that they interact with CaM in a similar manner.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Ikura, M -- Clore, G M -- Gronenborn, A M -- Zhu, G -- Klee, C B -- Bax, A -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 May 1;256(5057):632-8.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Laboratory of Chemical Physics, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1585175" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Binding Sites ; Calcium/metabolism ; Calmodulin/*chemistry/metabolism ; Drosophila melanogaster ; Hydrogen Bonding ; *Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Molecular Structure ; Muscles/enzymology ; Myosin-Light-Chain Kinase/chemistry/metabolism ; Peptide Fragments/*chemistry/metabolism ; Protein Conformation ; Rabbits
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  • 93
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    American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
    Publication Date: 1992-07-31
    Description: An in vitro evolution procedure was used to obtain RNA enzymes with a particular catalytic function. A population of 10(13) variants of the Tetrahymena ribozyme, a group I ribozyme that catalyzes sequence-specific cleavage of RNA via a phosphoester transfer mechanism, was generated. This enzyme has a limited ability to cleave DNA under conditions of high temperature or high MgCl2 concentration, or both. A selection constraint was imposed on the population of ribozyme variants such that only those individuals that carried out DNA cleavage under physiologic conditions were amplified to produce "progeny" ribozymes. Mutations were introduced during amplification to maintain heterogeneity in the population. This process was repeated for ten successive generations, resulting in enhanced (100 times) DNA cleavage activity.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Beaudry, A A -- Joyce, G F -- AI30882/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Jul 31;257(5070):635-41.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Chemistry, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1496376" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Base Composition ; Base Sequence ; Catalysis ; DNA, Single-Stranded/metabolism ; Genotype ; Hot Temperature ; Magnesium Chloride/pharmacology ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Mutagenesis ; Mutagenesis, Site-Directed ; Phenotype ; Polymerase Chain Reaction ; RNA, Catalytic/genetics/*metabolism ; Substrate Specificity ; Tetrahymena thermophila/*genetics
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  • 94
    Publication Date: 1992-07-03
    Description: A family of highly polymorphic neuronal cell surface proteins, the neurexins, has been identified. At least two genes for neurexins exist. Each gene uses alternative promoters and multiple variably spliced exons to potentially generate more than a 100 different neurexin transcripts. The neurexins were discovered by the identification of one member of the family as the receptor for alpha-latrotoxin. This toxin is a component of the venom from black widow spiders; it binds to presynaptic nerve terminals and triggers massive neurotransmitter release. Neurexins contain single transmembrane regions and extracellular domains with repeated sequences similar to sequences in laminin A, slit, and agrin, proteins that have been implicated in axon guidance and synaptogenesis. An antibody to neurexin I showed highly concentrated immunoreactivity at the synapse. The polymorphic structure of the neurexins, their neural localization, and their sequence similarity to proteins associated with neurogenesis suggest a function as cell recognition molecules in the nerve terminal.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Ushkaryov, Y A -- Petrenko, A G -- Geppert, M -- Sudhof, T C -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Jul 3;257(5066):50-6.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas 75235.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1621094" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Isomerases/genetics ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Antibodies ; Carrier Proteins/genetics ; Cloning, Molecular ; Cyclosporins/metabolism ; DNA/genetics ; Exons ; Laminin/*genetics ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Nerve Tissue Proteins/chemistry/*genetics ; Organ Specificity ; PC12 Cells ; Peptidylprolyl Isomerase ; Polymerase Chain Reaction ; RNA, Messenger/genetics/metabolism ; Rats ; Receptors, Cholinergic/*genetics ; *Receptors, Peptide ; Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid ; Spider Venoms/metabolism ; Synapses/*physiology
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