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  • 1
    Publication Date: 1991-12-20
    Description: Rap1A is a low molecular weight guanosine triphosphate (GTP)-binding protein in human neutrophil membranes whose cellular function is unknown. Rap1A was found to form stoichiometric complexes with the cytochrome b558 component of the phagocyte nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) oxidase system. The (guanosine-5'-O-(3-thiotriphosphate) (GTP-gamma-S)-bound form of Rap1A bound more tightly to cytochrome b558 than did the guanosine diphosphate-bound form. No complex formation was observed between cytochrome b558 and H-Ras-GTP-gamma-S or Rap1A-GTP-gamma-S that had been heat-inactivated, nor between Rap1A-GTP-gamma-S and hydrophobic proteins serving as controls. Complex formation between Rap1A-GTP-gamma-S and cytochrome b558 was inhibited by phosphorylation of Rap1A with cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP)-dependent protein kinase. These observations suggest that Rap1A may participate in the structure or regulation of the NADPH oxidase system and that this function of the Rap1A protein may be altered by phosphorylation.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Bokoch, G M -- Quilliam, L A -- Bohl, B P -- Jesaitis, A J -- Quinn, M T -- 5RO126711/PHS HHS/ -- GM39434/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- GM44428/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1991 Dec 20;254(5039):1794-6.〈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/1763330" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Binding Sites ; Chromatography, Gel ; Cytochrome b Group/isolation & purification/*metabolism ; GTP-Binding Proteins/antagonists & inhibitors/isolation & ; purification/*metabolism ; Guanosine 5'-O-(3-Thiotriphosphate)/metabolism ; Humans ; Kinetics ; Macromolecular Substances ; NADH, NADPH Oxidoreductases/*metabolism ; NADPH Oxidase ; Neutrophils/enzymology ; Phosphorylation ; Protein Binding ; Protein Kinase C/metabolism ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins/metabolism ; Recombinant Proteins/antagonists & inhibitors/isolation & purification/metabolism ; rap GTP-Binding Proteins
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  • 2
    Publication Date: 1991-09-27
    Description: Dihydropyridine-sensitive voltage-dependent L-type calcium channels are critical to excitation-secretion and excitation-contraction coupling. The channel molecule is a complex of the main, pore-forming subunit alpha 1 and four additional subunits: alpha 2, delta, beta, and gamma (alpha 2 and delta are encoded by a single messenger RNA). The alpha 1 subunit messenger RNA alone directs expression of functional calcium channels in Xenopus oocytes, and coexpression of the alpha 2/delta and beta subunits enhances the amplitude of the current. The alpha 2, delta, and gamma subunits also have pronounced effects on its macroscopic characteristics, such as kinetics, voltage dependence of activation and inactivation, and enhancement by a dihydropyridine agonist. In some cases, specific modulatory functions can be assigned to individual subunits, whereas in other cases the different subunits appear to act in concert to modulate the properties of the channel.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Singer, D -- Biel, M -- Lotan, I -- Flockerzi, V -- Hofmann, F -- Dascal, N -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1991 Sep 27;253(5027):1553-7.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Israel.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1716787" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: 3-Pyridinecarboxylic acid, ; 1,4-dihydro-2,6-dimethyl-5-nitro-4-(2-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)-, Methyl ; ester/pharmacology ; Animals ; Barium/pharmacology ; *Barium Compounds ; Cadmium/pharmacology ; Cadmium Chloride ; Calcium Channels/drug effects/genetics/*physiology ; *Chlorides ; Heart/physiology ; Kinetics ; Macromolecular Substances ; Membrane Potentials/drug effects ; Oocytes/physiology ; RNA, Messenger/genetics ; Xenopus
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  • 3
    Publication Date: 1991-02-01
    Description: Neurotransmitter receptors are generally clustered in the postsynaptic membrane. The mechanism of clustering was analyzed with fibroblast cell lines that were stably transfected with the four subunits for fetal (alpha, beta, gamma, delta) or adult (alpha, beta, epsilon, delta) type mouse muscle nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (AChRs). Immunofluorescent staining indicated that AChRs were dispersed on the surface of these cells. When transiently transfected with an expression construct encoding a 43-kilodalton protein that is normally concentrated under the postsynaptic membrane, AChRs expressed in these cells became aggregated in large cell-surface clusters, colocalized with the 43-kilodalton protein. This suggests that 43-kilodalton protein can induce AChR clustering and that cluster induction involves direct contact between AChR and 43-kilodalton protein.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Phillips, W D -- Kopta, C -- Blount, P -- Gardner, P D -- Steinbach, J H -- Merlie, J P -- R01 NS022356/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1991 Feb 1;251(4993):568-70.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Pharmacology, 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/1703661" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Acetylcholine/pharmacology ; Animals ; Cell Membrane/physiology ; Fetus ; Fibroblasts/cytology/physiology ; Fluorescent Antibody Technique ; Ion Channels/drug effects/physiology ; Macromolecular Substances ; Mice ; Molecular Weight ; Muscles/physiology ; Receptors, Nicotinic/analysis/genetics/*physiology ; Recombinant Proteins/analysis/metabolism ; Transfection
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    American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
    Publication Date: 1991-09-27
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Catterall, W A -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1991 Sep 27;253(5027):1499-500.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Pharmacology, University of Washington, Seattle 98195.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1654596" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Calcium Channels/genetics/*physiology ; Macromolecular Substances ; Membrane Proteins/chemistry/*physiology ; Muscles/*physiology
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  • 5
    Publication Date: 1991-07-26
    Description: The structure of a 20-amino acid peptide inhibitor bound to the catalytic subunit of cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase, and its interactions with the enzyme, are described. The x-ray crystal structure of the complex is the basis of the analysis. The peptide inhibitor, derived from a naturally occurring heat-stable protein kinase inhibitor, contains an amphipathic helix that is followed by a turn and an extended conformation. The extended region occupies the cleft between the two lobes of the enzyme and contains a five-residue consensus recognition sequence common to all substrates and peptide inhibitors of the catalytic subunit. The helical portion of the peptide binds to a hydrophobic groove and conveys high affinity binding. Loops from both domains converge at the active site and contribute to a network of conserved residues at the sites of magnesium adenosine triphosphate binding and catalysis. Amino acids associated with peptide recognition, nonconserved, extend over a large surface area.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Knighton, D R -- Zheng, J H -- Ten Eyck, L F -- Xuong, N H -- Taylor, S S -- Sowadski, J M -- RR01644/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/ -- T32CA09523/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- T32DK07233/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1991 Jul 26;253(5018):414-20.〈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/1862343" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Carrier Proteins/*chemistry/metabolism ; Computer Simulation ; Enzyme Inhibitors/*chemistry ; *Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins ; Macromolecular Substances ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Protein Conformation ; Protein Kinases/*chemistry/metabolism ; X-Ray Diffraction
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  • 6
    Publication Date: 1991-06-14
    Description: In the interleukin-2 (IL-2) system, intracellular signal transduction is triggered by the beta chain of the IL-2 receptor (IL-2R beta); however, the responsible signaling mechanism remains unidentified. Evidence for the formation of a stable complex of IL-2R beta and the lymphocyte-specific protein tyrosine kinase p56lck is presented. Specific association sites were identified in the tyrosine kinase catalytic domain of p56lck and in the cytoplasmic domain of IL-2R beta. As a result of interaction, IL-2R beta became phosphorylated in vitro by p56lck. Treatment of T lymphocytes with IL-2 promotes p56lck kinase activity. These data suggest the participation of p56lck as a critical signaling molecule downstream of IL-2R via a novel interaction.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Hatakeyama, M -- Kono, T -- Kobayashi, N -- Kawahara, A -- Levin, S D -- Perlmutter, R M -- Taniguchi, T -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1991 Jun 14;252(5012):1523-8.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Institute for Molecular and Cellular Biology, Osaka University, Japan.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2047859" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Adult ; Animals ; Antigens, CD/immunology ; Base Sequence ; Binding Sites ; Cell Division/drug effects ; Cell Line ; Humans ; Interleukin-2/pharmacology ; Killer Cells, Natural/cytology/drug effects/immunology ; Lymphocyte Activation ; Lymphocyte Specific Protein Tyrosine Kinase p56(lck) ; Lymphocytes/drug effects/*immunology ; Macromolecular Substances ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Molecular Weight ; Oligonucleotide Probes ; Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/genetics/isolation & purification/*metabolism ; Receptors, Interleukin-2/genetics/isolation & purification/*physiology ; *Signal Transduction ; Transfection
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  • 7
    Publication Date: 1991-03-22
    Description: Serine 130 is one of seven residues that form a total of seven hydrogen bonds with the sulfate completely sequestered deep in the cleft between the two lobes of the bilobate sulfate-binding protein from Salmonella typhimurium. This residue has been replaced with Cys, Ala, and Gly by site-directed mutagenesis in an Escherichia coli expression system. Replacement with the isosteric Cys caused a 3200-fold decrease in the sulfate-binding activity relative to the wild-type activity, whereas replacement with Ala and Gly resulted in only 100- and 15-fold decreases, respectively. The effect of the Cys substitution is attributed largely to steric effect, whereas the Gly substitution more nearly reflects the loss of one hydrogen bond to the bound sulfate with a strength of only 1.6 kilocalories per mole.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉He, J J -- Quiocho, F A -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1991 Mar 22;251(5000):1479-81.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biochemistry, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1900953" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: *Bacterial Proteins ; Binding Sites ; Carrier Proteins/chemistry/*genetics/metabolism ; Cysteine ; DNA Mutational Analysis ; *Escherichia coli Proteins ; Hydrogen Bonding ; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration ; Models, Molecular ; *Periplasmic Binding Proteins ; Salmonella typhimurium ; Serine ; Structure-Activity Relationship ; Sulfates/*chemistry ; Thermodynamics
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    American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
    Publication Date: 1991-07-29
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Que, L Jr -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1991 Jul 19;253(5017):273-4.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55455.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1857963" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Binding Sites ; Hemerythrin/metabolism ; Histidine ; Iron/*metabolism ; Macromolecular Substances ; Models, Theoretical ; Oxygen/*metabolism ; Ribonucleotide Reductases/chemistry/*metabolism
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    American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
    Publication Date: 1991-07-12
    Description: The most frequently occurring RNA hairpins in 16S and 23S ribosomal RNA contain a tetranucleotide loop that has a GNRA consensus sequence. The solution structures of the GCAA and GAAA hairpins have been determined by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Both loops contain an unusual G-A base pair between the first and last residue in the loop, a hydrogen bond between a G base and a phosphate, extensive base stacking, and a hydrogen bond between a sugar 2'-end OH and a base. These interactions explain the high stability of these hairpins and the sequence requirements for the variant and invariant nucleotides in the GNRA tetranucleotide loop family.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Heus, H A -- Pardi, A -- AI 27026/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- AI 30726/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- RR03283/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1991 Jul 12;253(5016):191-4.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder 80309.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1712983" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Base Sequence ; Computer Graphics ; Hydrogen Bonding ; Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Nucleic Acid Conformation ; Oligoribonucleotides/chemistry ; RNA/chemistry/*ultrastructure ; Structure-Activity Relationship ; Thermodynamics
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  • 10
    Publication Date: 1991-03-29
    Description: Interactions between cytotoxic lymphocytes and their targets require the T cell antigen receptor (TCR) and the integrin lymphocyte function-associated molecule-1 (LFA-1, CD11a/CD18). LFA-1 is not constitutively avid for its counter-receptors, intercellular adhesion molecules (ICAMs)-1 and -2. Cross-linking of the TCR transiently converts LFA-1 to a high avidity state and thus provides a mechanism for regulating cellular adhesion and de-adhesion in an antigen-specific manner. Truncation of the cytoplasmic domain of the beta, but not the alpha, subunit of LFA-1 eliminated binding to ICAM-1 and sensitivity to phorbol esters. Thus, LFA-1 binding to ICAM-1 was found to be regulated by the cytoplasmic domain of the beta subunit of LFA-1.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Hibbs, M L -- Xu, H -- Stacker, S A -- Springer, T A -- CA31798/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1991 Mar 29;251(5001):1611-3.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Center for Blood Research, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1672776" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; *Cell Adhesion ; Cell Adhesion Molecules/*physiology ; Cell Line ; Flow Cytometry ; Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1 ; Lymphocyte Function-Associated Antigen-1/genetics/*physiology ; Macromolecular Substances ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/*physiology ; Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate/pharmacology ; Transfection
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  • 11
    Publication Date: 1991-08-23
    Description: The three-dimensional structure of acetylcholinesterase from Torpedo californica electric organ has been determined by x-ray analysis to 2.8 angstrom resolution. The form crystallized is the glycolipid-anchored homodimer that was purified subsequent to solubilization with a bacterial phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C. The enzyme monomer is an alpha/beta protein that contains 537 amino acids. It consists of a 12-stranded mixed beta sheet surrounded by 14 alpha helices and bears a striking resemblance to several hydrolase structures including dienelactone hydrolase, serine carboxypeptidase-II, three neutral lipases, and haloalkane dehalogenase. The active site is unusual because it contains Glu, not Asp, in the Ser-His-acid catalytic triad and because the relation of the triad to the rest of the protein approximates a mirror image of that seen in the serine proteases. Furthermore, the active site lies near the bottom of a deep and narrow gorge that reaches halfway into the protein. Modeling of acetylcholine binding to the enzyme suggests that the quaternary ammonium ion is bound not to a negatively charged "anionic" site, but rather to some of the 14 aromatic residues that line the gorge.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Sussman, J L -- Harel, M -- Frolow, F -- Oefner, C -- Goldman, A -- Toker, L -- Silman, I -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1991 Aug 23;253(5022):872-9.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Structural Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1678899" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Acetylcholine/*metabolism ; Acetylcholinesterase/*chemistry/metabolism ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Binding Sites ; Cell Membrane/enzymology ; Chemistry, Physical ; Crystallization ; Electric Organ/*enzymology ; Glutamates ; Glutamic Acid ; Macromolecular Substances ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Molecular Structure ; Phosphatidylinositols/metabolism ; Physicochemical Phenomena ; Protein Conformation ; Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid ; *Torpedo ; X-Ray Diffraction
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  • 12
    Publication Date: 1991-12-09
    Description: The three-dimensional structure of an active, disulfide cross-linked dimer of the ligand-binding domain of the Salmonella typhimurium aspartate receptor and that of an aspartate complex have been determined by x-ray crystallographic methods at 2.4 and 2.0 angstrom (A) resolution, respectively. A single subunit is a four-alpha-helix bundle with two long amino-terminal and carboxyl-terminal helices and two shorter helices that form a cylinder 20 A in diameter and more than 70 A long. The two subunits in the disulfide-bonded dimer are related by a crystallographic twofold axis in the apo structure, but by a noncrystallographic twofold axis in the aspartate complex structure. The latter structure reveals that the ligand binding site is located more than 60 A from the presumed membrane surface and is at the interface of the two subunits. Aspartate binds between two alpha helices from one subunit and one alpha helix from the other in a highly charged pocket formed by three arginines. The comparison of the apo and aspartate complex structures shows only small structural changes in the individual subunits, except for one loop region that is disordered, but the subunits appear to change orientation relative to each other. The structures of the two forms of this protein provide a step toward understanding the mechanisms of transmembrane signaling.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Milburn, M V -- Prive, G G -- Milligan, D L -- Scott, W G -- Yeh, J -- Jancarik, J -- Koshland, D E Jr -- Kim, S H -- AI 30725/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- DK09765/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1991 Nov 29;254(5036):1342-7.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley 94720.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1660187" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Aspartic Acid/metabolism ; Binding Sites ; Disulfides/analysis ; Hydrogen Bonding ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Protein Conformation ; *Receptors, Amino Acid ; Receptors, Cell Surface/*chemistry/metabolism ; Salmonella typhimurium/metabolism ; X-Ray Diffraction
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    Publication Date: 1991-03-22
    Description: Defensins (molecular weight 3500 to 4000) act in the mammalian immune response by permeabilizing the plasma membranes of a broad spectrum of target organisms, including bacteria, fungi, and enveloped viruses. The high-resolution crystal structure of defensin HNP-3 (1.9 angstrom resolution, R factor 0.19) reveals a dimeric beta sheet that has an architecture very different from other lytic peptides. The dimeric assembly suggests mechanisms by which defensins might bind to and permeabilize the lipid bilayer.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Hill, C P -- Yee, J -- Selsted, M E -- Eisenberg, D -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1991 Mar 22;251(5000):1481-5.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Eisenberg, Molecular Biology Institute, Los Angeles, CA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2006422" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Blood Proteins/chemistry/*ultrastructure ; Cell Membrane Permeability ; Crystallography ; Defensins ; Guinea Pigs ; Humans ; Macromolecular Substances ; Membrane Proteins/chemistry/ultrastructure ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Molecular Structure ; Protein Conformation ; Rabbits ; Rats ; Structure-Activity Relationship ; X-Ray Diffraction ; *alpha-Defensins
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    American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
    Publication Date: 1991-10-25
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Kraulis, P J -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1991 Oct 25;254(5031):581-2.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1658931" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Binding Sites, Antibody ; Immunoglobulin G ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Nerve Tissue Proteins/*chemistry/genetics/immunology ; Protein Conformation ; Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid ; Ubiquitins/*chemistry/genetics
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    Publication Date: 1991-03-01
    Description: Cellular factors controlling alternative splicing of precursor messenger RNA are largely unknown, even though this process plays a central role in specifying the diversity of proteins in the eukaryotic cell. For the identification of such factors, a segment of the rat preprotachykinin gene was used in which differential expression of neuropeptides gamma and K is dependent on alternative splicing of the fourth exon (E4). Sequence variants of the three-exon segment, (E3-E4-E5) were created, resulting in a sensitive assay for factors mediating the splicing switch between E4-skipping and E4-inclusion. A dinucleotide mutation in the 5' splice site of E4 that increase base-pairing of this site to U1 small nuclear RNA resulted in uniform selection of E4, whereas a control mutation that destroyed base-pairing resulted in uniform E4-skipping. Affinity selection of spliceosomes formed on these functionally distinct substrates revealed that the extreme difference in splicing was mediated by differential binding of the U1 small nuclear ribonucleoprotein particle (snRNP) to the 5' splice site of E4. These data show that, apart from its established role in selecting 5' splice sites, U1 snRNP plays a fundamental role in 3' exon selection and provides insight into possible mechanisms of alternative splicing.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Kuo, H C -- Nasim, F H -- Grabowski, P J -- GM-39695/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1991 Mar 1;251(4997):1045-50.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Section of Biochemistry, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1825520" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Base Sequence ; DNA Mutational Analysis ; Exons ; Hydrogen Bonding ; Macromolecular Substances ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Protein Precursors/*genetics ; *RNA Splicing ; RNA, Messenger/*metabolism ; RNA, Small Nuclear/*physiology ; Rats ; Ribonucleoproteins/chemistry/*physiology ; Ribonucleoproteins, Small Nuclear ; Structure-Activity Relationship ; Tachykinins/*genetics
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    Publication Date: 1991-05-17
    Description: The aryl hydrocarbon (Ah) receptor binds various environmental pollutants, such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, heterocyclic amines, and polychlorinated aromatic compounds (dioxins, dibenzofurans, and biphenyls), and mediates the carcinogenic effects of these agents. The complementary DNA and part of the gene for an 87-kilodalton human protein that is necessary for Ah receptor function have been cloned. The protein is not the ligand-binding subunit of the receptor but is a factor that is required for the ligand-binding subunit to translocate from the cytosol to the nucleus after binding ligand. The requirement for this factor distinguishes the Ah receptor from the glucocorticoid receptor, to which the Ah receptor has been presumed to be similar. Two portions of the 87-kilodalton protein share sequence similarities with two Drosophila proteins, Per and Sim. Another segment of the protein shows conformity to the consensus sequence for the basic helix-loop-helix motif found in proteins that bind DNA as homodimers or heterodimers.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Hoffman, E C -- Reyes, H -- Chu, F F -- Sander, F -- Conley, L H -- Brooks, B A -- Hankinson, O -- CA 16048/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- CA 28868/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1991 May 17;252(5008):954-8.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Pathology, University of California, Los Angeles 90024.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1852076" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Nuclear Translocator ; Base Sequence ; Cell Line ; Cell Nucleus/metabolism ; Cloning, Molecular ; Cytosol/metabolism ; *DNA-Binding Proteins ; Humans ; Macromolecular Substances ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Molecular Weight ; Oligonucleotide Probes ; Proteins/*genetics/metabolism ; RNA, Messenger/genetics ; Receptors, Aryl Hydrocarbon ; Receptors, Drug/genetics/*metabolism ; Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid ; Tetrachlorodibenzodioxin/*metabolism ; *Transcription Factors ; Transfection
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    Publication Date: 1991-09-02
    Description: Coagulation factor XI is activated in vitro by factor XIIa in the presence of high molecular weight kininogen (HMWK) and a negatively charged surface. Factor XII deficiency is not associated with bleeding, which suggests that another mechanism for factor XI activation exists in vivo. A revised model of coagulation is proposed in which factor XI is activated by thrombin. In the absence of cofactors, thrombin is more effective (kcat/Km = 1.6 x 10(5)) than factor XIIa (1.7 x 10(4)) in activating factor XI. Dextran sulfate enhances activation of factor XI by thrombin 2000-fold; part of this effect is due to autoactivation of factor XI by activated factor XI.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Gailani, D -- Broze, G J Jr -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1991 Aug 23;253(5022):909-12.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Medicine, Jewish Hospital, Washington University Medical Center, St. Louis, MO 63110.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1652157" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: *Blood Coagulation ; Chromogenic Compounds/metabolism ; Dextran Sulfate/pharmacology ; Factor XI/chemistry/*metabolism ; Factor XIIa/pharmacology ; Hemostasis/physiology ; Kininogens/pharmacology ; Macromolecular Substances ; *Models, Biological ; Oligopeptides/metabolism ; Pyrrolidonecarboxylic Acid/analogs & derivatives ; Receptors, Cell Surface/pharmacology ; Receptors, Thrombin ; Recombinant Proteins/pharmacology ; Thrombin/pharmacology
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    Publication Date: 1991-06-14
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Gall, J G -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1991 Jun 14;252(5012):1499-500.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Embryology, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Baltimore, MD 21210.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1828621" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Cell Nucleolus/physiology/ultrastructure ; Humans ; Macromolecular Substances ; RNA Precursors/*genetics ; *RNA Splicing ; RNA, Small Nuclear/genetics/*physiology ; Ribonucleoproteins/*physiology ; Ribonucleoproteins, Small Nuclear
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    Publication Date: 1991-06-07
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Moffat, A S -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1991 Jun 7;252(5011):1374-5.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2047850" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Base Sequence ; DNA/*chemistry ; DNA Replication ; Genes, myc ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Transcription, Genetic/drug effects
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    Publication Date: 1991-06-28
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Arnold, F H -- Haymore, B L -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1991 Jun 28;252(5014):1796-7.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena 91125.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1648261" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Binding Sites ; Carrier Proteins/*chemical synthesis/chemistry/isolation & purification ; Cytochrome c Group/chemistry ; Histidine ; Ligands ; Metals/*metabolism ; Models, Molecular ; Protein Conformation ; *Protein Engineering
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    Publication Date: 1991-09-20
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Hoffman, M -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1991 Sep 20;253(5026):1357-8.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1896845" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Macromolecular Substances ; Models, Structural ; *Protein Conformation ; Proteins/*chemistry
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    Publication Date: 1991-08-16
    Description: Analysis of the heteromeric DNA binding protein GABP has revealed the interaction of two distinct peptide sequence motifs normally associated with proteins located in different cellular compartments. The alpha subunit of GABP contains an 85-amino acid segment related to the Ets family of DNA binding proteins. The ETS domain of GABP alpha facilitates weak binding to DNA and, together with an adjacent segment of 37 amino acids, mediates stable interaction with GABP beta. The beta subunit of GABP contains four imperfect repeats of a sequence present in several transmembrane proteins including the product of the Notch gene of Drosophila melanogaster. These amino-terminal repeats of GABP beta mediate stable interaction with GABP alpha and, when complexed with GABP alpha, directly contact DNA. These observations provide evidence for a distinct biochemical role for the 33-amino acid repeats, and suggest that they may serve as a module for the generation of specific dimerization interfaces.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Thompson, C C -- Brown, T A -- McKnight, S L -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1991 Aug 16;253(5021):762-8.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Howard Hughes Research Laboratories, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Department of Embryology, Baltimore, MD 21210.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1876833" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Base Sequence ; Binding Sites ; Cross-Linking Reagents ; DNA/metabolism ; DNA-Binding Proteins/*chemistry/metabolism ; GA-Binding Protein Transcription Factor ; Macromolecular Substances ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Molecular Weight ; Multigene Family ; Nuclear Proteins/*chemistry/metabolism ; Oligonucleotides/chemistry ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins/chemistry ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-ets ; Rats ; Recombinant Proteins ; Structure-Activity Relationship ; Transcription Factors/*chemistry/metabolism
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    Publication Date: 1991-05-24
    Description: The signal recognition particle (SRP) directs signal sequence specific targeting of ribosomes to the rough endoplasmic reticulum. Displacement of the SRP from the signal sequence of a nascent polypeptide is a guanosine triphosphate (GTP)-dependent reaction mediated by the membrane-bound SRP receptor. A nonhydrolyzable GTP analog can replace GTP in the signal sequence displacement reaction, but the SRP then fails to dissociate from the membrane. Complexes of the SRP with its receptor containing the nonhydrolyzable analog are incompetent for subsequent rounds of protein translocation. Thus, vectorial targeting of ribosomes to the endoplasmic reticulum is controlled by a GTP hydrolysis cycle that regulates the affinity between the SRP, signal sequences, and the SRP receptor.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Connolly, T -- Rapiejko, P J -- Gilmore, R -- GM 35687/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1991 May 24;252(5009):1171-3.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester 01655.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1851576" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Centrifugation, Density Gradient ; Endoplasmic Reticulum/metabolism ; GTP-Binding Proteins/genetics/metabolism ; Guanosine Triphosphate/*metabolism ; Guanylyl Imidodiphosphate/pharmacology ; Hydrolysis ; Kinetics ; Macromolecular Substances ; Protein Binding ; Protein Biosynthesis ; Receptors, Cell Surface/isolation & purification/*metabolism ; *Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear ; *Receptors, Peptide ; Ribonucleoproteins/genetics/isolation & purification/*metabolism ; Ribosomes/metabolism ; Signal Recognition Particle ; Transcription, Genetic ; Vesicular stomatitis Indiana virus/genetics/metabolism
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    Publication Date: 1991-07-26
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Hoffman, M -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1991 Jul 26;253(5018):383.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1862341" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Carrier Proteins/chemistry/metabolism ; Enzyme Inhibitors/chemistry ; *Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins ; Models, Molecular ; Protein Conformation ; Protein Kinases/*chemistry/metabolism
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  • 25
    Publication Date: 1991-03-22
    Description: The three-dimensional atomic structure of a single-stranded DNA virus has been determined. Infectious virions of canine parvovirus contain 60 protein subunits that are predominantly VP-2. The central structural motif of VP-2 has the same topology (an eight-stranded antiparallel beta barrel) as has been found in many other icosahedral viruses but represents only about one-third of the capsid protein. There is a 22 angstrom (A) long protrusion on the threefold axes, a 15 A deep canyon circulating about each of the five cylindrical structures at the fivefold axes, and a 15 A deep depression at the twofold axes. By analogy with rhinoviruses, the canyon may be the site of receptor attachment. Residues related to the antigenic properties of the virus are found on the threefold protrusions. Some of the amino termini of VP-2 run to the exterior in full but not empty virions, which is consistent with the observation that some VP-2 polypeptides in full particles can be cleaved by trypsin. Eleven nucleotides are seen in each of 60 symmetry-related pockets on the interior surface of the capsid and together account for 13 percent of the genome.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Tsao, J -- Chapman, M S -- Agbandje, M -- Keller, W -- Smith, K -- Wu, H -- Luo, M -- Smith, T J -- Rossmann, M G -- Compans, R W -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1991 Mar 22;251(5000):1456-64.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2006420" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Antigens, Viral/chemistry ; Capsid/ultrastructure ; Crystallography ; DNA, Viral/ultrastructure ; Hemagglutinins, Viral/chemistry ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Molecular Structure ; Parvoviridae/*ultrastructure ; Virion/ultrastructure ; Virus Replication ; X-Ray Diffraction
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    Publication Date: 1991-05-31
    Description: Filamentous bacteriophage Pf1 assembles by a membrane-mediated process during which the viral DNA is secreted through the membrane while being encapsulated by the major coat protein. Neutron diffraction studies showed that in the virus most of the coat protein consists of two alpha-helical segments arranged end-to-end with an intervening mobile surface loop. Nuclear magnetic resonance studies of the coat protein in the membrane-bound form have shown that the secondary structure is essentially identical to that in the intact virus. A comparison indicates that during membrane-mediated viral assembly, while the secondary structure of the coat protein is largely conserved, its tertiary structure changes substantially.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Nambudripad, R -- Stark, W -- Opella, S J -- Makowski, L -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1991 May 31;252(5010):1305-8.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Physics, Boston University, MA 02215.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1925543" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Bacteriophages/chemistry ; Capsid/*chemistry/metabolism ; *Capsid Proteins ; Cell Membrane/*metabolism ; Hydrogen Bonding ; Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Structure ; Neutrons ; Protein Conformation
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    Publication Date: 1991-06-28
    Description: The beta-tropomyosin gene in chicken contains two mutually exclusive exons (exons 6A and 6B) which are used by the splicing apparatus in myogenic cells, respectively, before (myoblast stage) and after (myotube stage) differentiation. The myoblast splicing pattern is shown to depend on multiple sequence elements that are located in the upstream intron and in the exon 6B and that exert a negative control over exon 6B splicing. This regulation of splicing is due, at least in part, to a secondary structure of the primary transcript, which limits in vivo the accessibility of exon 6B in myoblasts.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Libri, D -- Piseri, A -- Fiszman, M Y -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1991 Jun 28;252(5014):1842-5.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2063196" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Base Sequence ; Chickens ; Exons ; Introns ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Muscles/physiology ; Mutagenesis, Site-Directed ; Nucleic Acid Conformation ; RNA Precursors/*genetics ; *RNA Splicing ; RNA, Messenger/*genetics ; Transcription, Genetic ; Tropomyosin/*genetics
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    Publication Date: 1991-03-22
    Description: A DNA probe that spanned a domain conserved among the proto-oncogene c-rel, the Drosophila morphogen dorsal, and the p50 DNA binding subunit of NF-kappa B was generated from Jurkat T cell complementary DNA with the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and degenerate oligonucleotides. This probe was used to identify a rel-related complementary DNA that hybridized to a 2.6-kilobase messenger RNA present in human T and B lymphocytes. In vitro transcription and translation of the complementary DNA resulted in the synthesis of a protein with an apparent molecular size of 65 kilodaltons (kD). The translated protein showed weak DNA binding with a specificity for the kappa B binding motif. This protein-DNA complex comigrated with the complex obtained with the purified human p65 NF-kappa B subunit and binding was inhibited by I kappa B-alpha and -beta proteins. In addition, the 65-kD protein associated with the p50 subunit of NF-kappa B and the kappa B probe to form a complex with the same electrophoretic mobility as the NF-kappa B-DNA complex. Therefore the rel-related 65-kD protein may represent the p65 subunit of the active NF-kappa B transcription factor complex.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Ruben, S M -- Dillon, P J -- Schreck, R -- Henkel, T -- Chen, C H -- Maher, M -- Baeuerle, P A -- Rosen, C A -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1991 Mar 22;251(5000):1490-3.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Molecular Oncology and Virology, Roche Institute of Molecular Biology, Roche Research Center, Nutley, NJ 07110-1199.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2006423" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Blotting, Northern ; Cloning, Molecular ; DNA/genetics ; Humans ; Macromolecular Substances ; Molecular Sequence Data ; NF-kappa B/*genetics ; Polymerase Chain Reaction ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins/*genetics ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-rel ; T-Lymphocytes
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    Publication Date: 1991-02-08
    Description: Unusually large electric field effects have been measured for the absorption spectra of carotenoids (spheroidene) in the B800-850 light-harvesting complex from the photosynthetic bacterium Rhodobacter sphaeroides. Quantitative analysis shows that the difference in the permanent dipole moment between the ground state and excited states in this protein complex is substantially larger than for pure spheroidene extracted from the protein. The results demonstrate the presence of a large perturbation on the electronic structure of this nearly symmetric carotenoid due to the organized environment in the protein. This work also provides an explanation for the seemingly anomalous dependence of carotenoid band shifts on transmembrane potential and a generally useful approach for calibrating electric field-sensitive dyes that are widely used to probe potentials in biological systems.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Gottfried, D S -- Steffen, M A -- Boxer, S G -- GM07365/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1991 Feb 8;251(4994):662-5.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, CA 94305.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1992518" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Bacterial Proteins/*chemistry ; Carotenoids/*chemistry ; Cell Membrane/physiology ; Chemistry, Physical ; Macromolecular Substances ; Membrane Potentials ; Membrane Proteins/physiology ; *Photosynthesis ; Physicochemical Phenomena ; Rhodobacter sphaeroides/*physiology ; Solvents ; Spectrum Analysis
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    Publication Date: 1991-06-28
    Description: Human apolipoprotein E, a blood plasma protein, mediates the transport and uptake of cholesterol and lipid by way of its high affinity interaction with different cellular receptors, including the low-density lipoprotein (LDL) receptor. The three-dimensional structure of the LDL receptor-binding domain of apoE has been determined at 2.5 angstrom resolution by x-ray crystallography. The protein forms an unusually elongated (65 angstroms) four-helix bundle, with the helices apparently stabilized by a tightly packed hydrophobic core that includes leucine zipper-type interactions and by numerous salt bridges on the mostly charged surface. Basic amino acids important for LDL receptor binding are clustered into a surface patch on one long helix. This structure provides the basis for understanding the behavior of naturally occurring mutants that can lead to atherosclerosis.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Wilson, C -- Wardell, M R -- Weisgraber, K H -- Mahley, R W -- Agard, D A -- HL-41633/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1991 Jun 28;252(5014):1817-22.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, San Francisco 94143-0448.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2063194" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Apolipoproteins E/*chemistry/genetics/metabolism ; Binding Sites ; Computer Graphics ; Humans ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Protein Conformation ; Receptors, LDL/*metabolism ; X-Ray Diffraction
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    Publication Date: 1991-11-08
    Description: The three-dimensional structure of the lactose complex of the Erythrina corallodendron lectin (EcorL), a dimer of N-glycosylated subunits, was determined crystallographically and refined at 2.0 angstrom resolution to an R value of 0.19. The tertiary structure of the subunit is similar to that of other legume lectins, but interference by the bulky N-linked heptasaccharide, which is exceptionally well ordered in the crystal, forces the EcorL dimer into a drastically different quaternary structure. Only the galactose moiety of the lactose ligand resides within the combining site. The galactose moiety is oriented differently from ligands in the mannose-glucose specific legume lectins and is held by hydrophobic interactions with Ala88, Tyr106, Phe131, and Ala218 and by seven hydrogen bonds, four of which are to the conserved Asp89, Asn133, and NH of Gly107. The specificity of legume lectins toward the different C-4 epimers appears to be associated with extensive variations in the outline of the variable parts of the binding sites.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Shaanan, B -- Lis, H -- Sharon, N -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1991 Nov 8;254(5033):862-6.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Laboratory 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/1948067" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Carbohydrate Conformation ; Carbohydrate Sequence ; Computer Simulation ; Erythrina ; Glycosylation ; Hydrogen Bonding ; Lectins/*chemistry ; Macromolecular Substances ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Oligosaccharides ; Plant Lectins ; Plants, Medicinal ; Protein Conformation ; X-Ray Diffraction
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    Publication Date: 1991-05-31
    Description: The crystal structure of a murine adenosine deaminase complexed with 6-hydroxyl-1,6-dihydropurine ribonucleoside, a nearly ideal transition-state analog, has been determined and refined at 2.4 angstrom resolution. The structure is folded as an eight-stranded parallel alpha/beta barrel with a deep pocket at the beta-barrel COOH-terminal end wherein the inhibitor and a zinc are bound and completely sequestered. The presence of the zinc cofactor and the precise structure of the bound analog were not previously known. The 6R isomer of the analog is very tightly held in place by the coordination of the 6-hydroxyl to the zinc and the formation of nine hydrogen bonds. On the basis of the structure of the complex a stereoselective addition-elimination or SN2 mechanism of the enzyme is proposed with the zinc atom and the Glu and Asp residues playing key roles. A molecular explanation of a hereditary disease caused by several point mutations of an enzyme is also presented.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Wilson, D K -- Rudolph, F B -- Quiocho, F A -- CA14030/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1991 May 31;252(5010):1278-84.〈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/1925539" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Adenosine Deaminase/*chemistry/deficiency/metabolism ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Binding Sites ; Catalysis ; Crystallization ; Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes/*enzymology/genetics ; Mice ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Structure ; Mutation ; Protein Conformation ; Purine Nucleosides/chemistry/*metabolism ; Ribonucleosides/chemistry/*metabolism ; Zinc/metabolism
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    Publication Date: 1991-05-31
    Description: Filamentous bacteriophage coat protein undergoes a remarkable structural transition during the viral assembly process as it is transferred from the membrane environment of the cell, where it spans the phospholipid bilayer, to the newly extruded virus particles. Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) studies show the membrane-bound form of the 46-residue Pf1 coat protein to be surprisingly complex with five distinct regions. The secondary structure consists of a long hydrophobic helix (residues 19 to 42) that spans the bilayer and a short amphipathic helix (residues 6 to 13) parallel to the plane of the bilayer. The NH2-terminus (residues 1 to 5), the COOH-terminus (residues 43 to 46), and residues 14 to 18 connecting the two helices are mobile. By comparing the structure and dynamics of the membrane-bound coat protein with that of the viral form as determined by NMR and neutron diffraction, essential features of assembly process can be identified.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Shon, K J -- Kim, Y -- Colnago, L A -- Opella, S J -- AI20770-06/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- GM34343-06/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- RR-02301/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1991 May 31;252(5010):1303-5.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1925542" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Capsid/*chemistry/metabolism ; *Capsid Proteins ; Cell Membrane/metabolism ; Lipid Bilayers/metabolism ; *Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Structure ; Protein Conformation
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    Publication Date: 1991-05-03
    Description: A human immunoglobulin G1 (IgG1) antibody oligomer was isolated from a transfected myeloma cell line that produced a monoclonal antibody to group B streptococci. Compared to the IgG1 monomer, the oligomer was significantly more effective at protecting neonatal rats from infection in vivo. The oligomer was also shown to cross the placenta and to be stable in neonatal rats. Immunochemical analysis and complementary DNA sequencing showed that the transfected cell line produced two distinct kappa light chains: a normal light chain (Ln) with a molecular mass of 25 kilodaltons and a 37-kilodalton species (L37), the domain composition of which was variable-variable-constant (V-V-C). Cotransfection of vectors encoding the heavy chain and L37 resulted in production of oligomeric IgG.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Shuford, W -- Raff, H V -- Finley, J W -- Esselstyn, J -- Harris, L J -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1991 May 3;252(5006):724-7.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Immune Sciences, 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/1902593" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Animals, Newborn ; Antibodies, Bacterial/biosynthesis/immunology/pharmacokinetics ; Antibodies, Monoclonal/biosynthesis/immunology/pharmacokinetics ; Cell Line ; Female ; Humans ; Immunization, Passive ; Immunoglobulin G/*biosynthesis/genetics/immunology ; Immunoglobulin M/genetics ; Immunoglobulin Variable Region/*biosynthesis/genetics/immunology ; Immunoglobulin kappa-Chains/*biosynthesis/genetics/immunology ; Macromolecular Substances ; Maternal-Fetal Exchange ; Multiple Myeloma ; Pregnancy ; Rats ; Streptococcal Infections/prevention & control ; Streptococcus agalactiae/immunology ; Transfection
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    Publication Date: 1991-11-08
    Description: Phylogenetic-comparative and mutational analyses were used to elucidate the structure of the catalytically active RNA component of eubacterial ribonuclease P (RNase P). In addition to the refinement and extension of known structural elements, the analyses revealed a long-range interaction that results in a second pseudoknot in the RNA. This feature strongly constrains the three-dimensional structure of RNase P RNA near the active site. Some RNase P RNAs lack this structure but contain a unique, possibly compensating, structural domain. This suggests that different RNA structures located at different positions in the sequence may have equivalent architectural functions in RNase P RNA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Haas, E S -- Morse, D P -- Brown, J W -- Schmidt, F J -- Pace, N R -- GM34527/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1991 Nov 8;254(5033):853-6.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington 47405.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1719634" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Bacillus subtilis/enzymology/genetics ; Base Composition ; Base Sequence ; Biological Evolution ; Endoribonucleases/*genetics ; Escherichia coli/enzymology/genetics ; *Escherichia coli Proteins ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Mutagenesis ; Nucleic Acid Conformation ; RNA, Bacterial/*genetics ; RNA, Catalytic/*genetics ; Ribonuclease P
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    Publication Date: 1991-05-10
    Description: The zinc finger DNA-binding motif occurs in many proteins that regulate eukaryotic gene expression. The crystal structure of a complex containing the three zinc fingers from Zif268 (a mouse immediate early protein) and a consensus DNA-binding site has been determined at 2.1 angstroms resolution and refined to a crystallographic R factor of 18.2 percent. In this complex, the zinc fingers bind in the major groove of B-DNA and wrap part way around the double helix. Each finger has a similar relation to the DNA and makes its primary contacts in a three-base pair subsite. Residues from the amino-terminal portion of an alpha helix contact the bases, and most of the contracts are made with the guanine-rich strand of the DNA. This structure provides a framework for understanding how zinc fingers recognize DNA and suggests that this motif may provide a useful basis for the design of novel DNA-binding proteins.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Pavletich, N P -- Pabo, C O -- GM-31471/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1991 May 10;252(5007):809-17.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, 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/2028256" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Crystallography ; DNA/*metabolism ; DNA-Binding Proteins/*chemistry/isolation & purification/physiology ; Early Growth Response Protein 1 ; *Immediate-Early Proteins ; Mice ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Molecular Structure ; Transcription Factors/*chemistry/isolation & purification/physiology ; Zinc Fingers/*physiology
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    Publication Date: 1991-11-22
    Description: Three spatially distant surface loops were found to mediate the interaction of the coagulation protein factor X with the leukocyte integrin Mac-1. This interacting region, which by computational modeling defines a three-dimensional macromotif in the catalytic domain, was also recognized by glycoprotein C (gC), a factor X receptor expressed on herpes simplex virus (HSV)-infected endothelial cells. Peptidyl mimicry of each loop inhibited factor X binding to Mac-1 and gC, blocked monocyte generation of thrombin, and prevented monocyte adhesion to HSV-infected endothelium. These data link the ligand recognition of Mac-1 to established mechanisms of receptor-mediated vascular injury.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Altieri, D C -- Etingin, O R -- Fair, D S -- Brunck, T K -- Geltosky, J E -- Hajjar, D P -- Edgington, T S -- HL 46408/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/ -- P01 HL 16411/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/ -- R01 HL 43773/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/ -- etc. -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1991 Nov 22;254(5035):1200-2.〈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/1957171" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Binding, Competitive ; Cell Line ; Factor X/*metabolism/ultrastructure ; Humans ; In Vitro Techniques ; Ligands ; Macrophage-1 Antigen/*metabolism ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Peptides/chemistry/metabolism ; Protein Conformation ; Viral Envelope Proteins/*metabolism
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    Publication Date: 1991-11-29
    Description: The three-dimensional structure of the activated state of glycogen phosphorylase (GP) as induced by adenosine monophosphate (AMP) has been determined from crystals of pyridoxalpyrophosphoryl-GP. The same quaternary changes relative to the inactive conformation as those induced by phosphorylation are induced by AMP, although the two regulatory signals function through different local structural mechanisms. Moreover, previous descriptions of the phosphorylase active state have been extended by demonstrating that, on activation, the amino- and carboxyl-terminal domains of GP rotate apart by 5 degrees, thereby increasing access of substrates to the catalytic site. The structure also reveals previously unobserved interactions with the nucleotide that accounts for the specificity of the nucleotide binding site for AMP in preference to inosine monophosphate.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Sprang, S R -- Withers, S G -- Goldsmith, E J -- Fletterick, R J -- Madsen, N B -- R01 DK26081/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/ -- R01 DK31507/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1991 Nov 29;254(5036):1367-71.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas 75235-9050.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1962195" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Adenosine Monophosphate/*pharmacology ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Binding Sites ; Enzyme Activation ; Macromolecular Substances ; Models, Molecular ; Phosphorylase b/chemistry/*metabolism ; Protein Conformation ; Pyridoxal Phosphate/analogs & derivatives/metabolism ; X-Ray Diffraction
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    Publication Date: 1991-12-20
    Description: Dimerization among transcription factors has become a recurrent theme in the regulation of eukaryotic gene expression. Hepatocyte nuclear factor-1 alpha (HNF-1 alpha) is a homeodomain-containing protein that functions as a dimer. A dimerization cofactor of HNF-1 alpha (DCoH) was identified that displayed a restricted tissue distribution and did not bind to DNA, but, rather, selectively stabilized HNF-1 alpha dimers. The formation of a stable tetrameric DCoH-HNF-1 alpha complex, which required the dimerization domain of HNF-1 alpha, did not change the DNA binding characteristics of HNF-1 alpha, but enhanced its transcriptional activity. However, DCoH did not confer transcriptional activation to the GAL4 DNA binding domain. These results indicate that DCoH regulates formation of transcriptionally active tetrameric complexes and may contribute to the developmental specificity of the complex.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Mendel, D B -- Khavari, P A -- Conley, P B -- Graves, M K -- Hansen, L P -- Admon, A -- Crabtree, G R -- CA 09302/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- HD 07201/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/ -- HL 33942/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/ -- etc. -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1991 Dec 20;254(5039):1762-7.〈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/1763325" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Cell Nucleus/physiology ; Chromosome Deletion ; DNA-Binding Proteins/*metabolism ; Gene Library ; Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 1 ; Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 1-alpha ; Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 1-beta ; Humans ; *Hydro-Lyases ; Liver/physiology ; Macromolecular Substances ; Mice ; Molecular Sequence Data ; *Nuclear Proteins ; Protein Biosynthesis ; RNA, Messenger/genetics ; Rabbits ; Rats ; Reticulocytes/metabolism ; Transcription Factors/genetics/*metabolism ; Transcription, Genetic
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    Publication Date: 1991-06-21
    Description: The nucleotides crucial for the specific aminoacylation of yeast tRNA(Asp) by its cognate synthetase have been identified. Steady-state aminoacylation kinetics of unmodified tRNA transcripts indicate that G34, U35, C36, and G73 are important determinants of tRNA(Asp) identity. Mutations at these positions result in a large decrease (19- to 530-fold) of the kinetic specificity constant (ratio of the catalytic rate constant kcat and the Michaelis constant Km) for aspartylation relative to wild-type tRNA(Asp). Mutation to G10-C25 within the D-stem reduced kcat/Km eightfold. This fifth mutation probably indirectly affects the presentation of the highly conserved G10 nucleotide to the synthetase. A yeast tRNA(Phe) was converted into an efficient substrate for aspartyl-tRNA synthetase through introduction of the five identity elements. The identity nucleotides are located in regions of tight interaction between tRNA and synthetase as shown in the crystal structure of the complex and suggest sites of base-specific contacts.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Putz, J -- Puglisi, J D -- Florentz, C -- Giege, R -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1991 Jun 21;252(5013):1696-9.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Laboratoire de Biochimie, Institut de Biologie Moleculaire et Cellulaire du CNRS, Strasbourg, France.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2047878" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Aspartate-tRNA Ligase/*metabolism ; Base Sequence ; Computer Graphics ; DNA Mutational Analysis ; Fungal Proteins/metabolism ; Kinetics ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; RNA, Fungal/metabolism ; RNA, Transfer, Amino Acyl/metabolism ; RNA, Transfer, Asp/*metabolism ; Saccharomyces cerevisiae/*enzymology ; Structure-Activity Relationship ; Substrate Specificity ; *Transfer RNA Aminoacylation
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    Publication Date: 1991-10-04
    Description: Resonance between beams of x-ray waves and electronic transitions from bound atomic orbitals leads to a phenomenon known as anomalous scattering. This effect can be exploited in x-ray crystallographic studies on biological macromolecules by making diffraction measurements at selected wavelengths associated with a particular resonant transition. In this manner the problem of determining the three-dimensional structure of thousands of atoms is reduced to that of initially solving for a few anomalous scattering centers that can then be used as a reference for developing the entire structure. This method of multiwavelength anomalous diffraction has now been applied in a number of structure determinations. Optimal experiments require appropriate synchrotron instrumentation, careful experimental design, and sophisticated analytical procedures. There are rich opportunities for future applications.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Hendrickson, W A -- GM-34102/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1991 Oct 4;254(5028):51-8.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 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/1925561" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Crystallography/*methods ; Models, Molecular ; *Molecular Structure ; *Particle Accelerators ; *Protein Conformation ; X-Ray Diffraction/*instrumentation
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    Publication Date: 1991-11-29
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Freedman, D H -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1991 Nov 29;254(5036):1308-10.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1962190" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: *Biotechnology ; DNA/chemistry/genetics ; Genetic Engineering ; Microchemistry ; Models, Molecular ; Protein Engineering ; Proteins/chemistry/genetics
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    Publication Date: 1991-06-07
    Description: Three- and four-dimensional heteronuclear nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy offers dramatic improvements in spectral resolution by spreading through-bond and through-space correlations in three and four orthogonal frequency axes. Simultaneously, large heteronuclear couplings are exploited to circumvent problems due to the larger linewidths that are associated with increasing molecular weight. These novel experiments have been designed to extend the application of NMR as a method for determining three-dimensional structures of proteins in solution beyond the limits of conventional two-dimensional NMR (approximately 100 residues) to molecules in the 150- to 300-residue range. This potential has recently been confirmed with the determination of the high-resolution NMR structure of a protein greater than 150 residues, namely, interleukin-1 beta.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Clore, G M -- Gronenborn, A M -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1991 Jun 7;252(5011):1390-9.〈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/2047852" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Interleukin-1/chemistry ; *Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Structure ; Proteins/*chemistry ; Solutions
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    Publication Date: 1991-12-23
    Description: Receptors that transmit signals across cell membranes are typically composed of multiple subunits. To test whether subunit interactions are required for transmembrane signaling by the bacterial aspartate receptor, dimers were constructed with (i) two full-length subunits, (ii) one full-length subunit and one subunit lacking the cytoplasmic domain, or (iii) one full-length subunit and one subunit lacking both the cytoplasmic and the transmembrane domains. Methylation of the cytoplasmic domain of all three receptor constructs was stimulated by the binding of aspartate. These findings demonstrate that transmembrane signaling does not require interactions between cytoplasmic or transmembrane domains of adjacent subunits and suggest that signaling occurs via conformational changes transduced through a single subunit.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Milligan, D L -- Koshland, D E Jr -- DK 09765/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1991 Dec 13;254(5038):1651-4.〈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/1661030" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Aspartic Acid/*physiology ; DNA Mutational Analysis ; Ligands ; Macromolecular Substances ; Methylation ; Protein Conformation ; *Receptors, Amino Acid ; Receptors, Cell Surface/*chemistry ; Recombinant Proteins ; Salmonella typhimurium ; Signal Transduction ; Structure-Activity Relationship
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    Publication Date: 1991-11-15
    Description: Crystallization of macromolecules for structural studies has long been a hit-or-miss process. The crystallization of hexanucleotides as Z-DNA was studied, and it was shown that the cation concentration for crystal formation could be predicted from solvation free energy (SFE) calculations. Solution studies on the conformation and solubilities of the hexanucleotides showed that a critical concentration of the DNA in the Z-conformation must be present in solution to effect crystallization. The SFE calculations therefore predict the propensity of the hexanucleotides to adopt the left-handed conformation and the driving force required to reach this critical concentration relative to the intrinsic solubility of Z-DNA for crystallization.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Ho, P S -- Kagawa, T F -- Tseng, K H -- Schroth, G P -- Zhou, G W -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1991 Nov 15;254(5034):1003-6.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Oregon State University, Corvallis 97331.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1948069" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Base Sequence ; Cations ; Crystallography ; DNA/*chemistry/ultrastructure ; Models, Molecular ; Nucleic Acid Conformation ; Oligodeoxyribonucleotides/*chemistry ; Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet
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    Publication Date: 1991-07-26
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Gibbons, A -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1991 Jul 26;253(5018):382-3.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1862340" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Cholera Toxin/*chemistry ; Macromolecular Substances ; Models, Molecular ; Protein Conformation
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    Publication Date: 1991-07-26
    Description: The 2.05 angstrom (A) resolution crystal structure of a dodecasaccharide-Fab complex revealed an unusual carbohydrate recognition site, defined by aromatic amino acids and a structured water molecule, rather than the carboxylic acid and amide side chains and a structured water molecule, rather than the carboxylic acid and amide side chains that are features of transport and other carbohydrate binding proteins. A trisaccharide epitope of a branched bacterial lipopolysaccharide fills this hydrophobic pocket (8 A deep by 7 A wide) in an entropy-assisted association (association constant = 2.05 x 10(5) liters per mole, enthalpy = -20.5 +/- 1.7 kilojoules per mole, and temperature times entropy = +10.0 +/- 2.9 kilojoules per mole). The requirement for the complementarity of van der Waals surfaces and the requirements of saccharide-saccharide and protein-saccharide hydrogen-bonding networks determine the antigen conformation adopted in the bound state.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Cygler, M -- Rose, D R -- Bundle, D R -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1991 Jul 26;253(5018):442-5.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Biotechnology Research Institute, National Research Council of Canada, Montreal, Quebec.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1713710" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; *Antigen-Antibody Complex ; Carbohydrate Conformation ; Carbohydrate Sequence ; Epitopes/chemistry ; Humans ; Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments/chemistry/*immunology ; Immunoglobulin G/classification/*immunology ; Lipopolysaccharides/chemistry/*immunology ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Oligosaccharides/chemistry/*immunology ; Protein Conformation ; Salmonella/*immunology/pathogenicity
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  • 48
    Publication Date: 1991-08-09
    Description: The high-resolution three-dimensional structure of a single immunoglobulin binding domain (B1, which comprises 56 residues including the NH2-terminal Met) of protein G from group G Streptococcus has been determined in solution by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy on the basis of 1058 experimental restraints. The average atomic root-mean-square distribution about the mean coordinate positions is 0.27 angstrom (A) for the backbone atoms, 0.65 A for all atoms, and 0.39 A for atoms excluding disordered surface side chains. The structure has no disulfide bridges and is composed of a four-stranded beta sheet, on top of which lies a long helix. The central two strands (beta 1 and beta 4), comprising the NH2- and COOH-termini, are parallel, and the outer two strands (beta 2 and beta 3) are connected by the helix in a +3x crossover. This novel topology (-1, +3x, -1), coupled with an extensive hydrogen-bonding network and a tightly packed and buried hydrophobic core, is probably responsible for the extreme thermal stability of this small domain (reversible melting at 87 degrees C).〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Gronenborn, A M -- Filpula, D R -- Essig, N Z -- Achari, A -- Whitlow, M -- Wingfield, P T -- Clore, G M -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1991 Aug 9;253(5020):657-61.〈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/1871600" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Bacterial Proteins/*chemistry/immunology ; Binding Sites ; Calorimetry ; Hydrogen Bonding ; *Immunoglobulin G ; Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy/methods ; Models, Molecular ; Protein Conformation
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  • 49
    Publication Date: 1991-12-13
    Description: Calcium-dependent (C-type) animal lectins participate in many cell surface recognition events mediated by protein-carbohydrate interactions. The C-type lectin family includes cell adhesion molecules, endocytic receptors, and extracellular matrix proteins. Mammalian mannose-binding proteins are C-type lectins that function in antibody-independent host defense against pathogens. The crystal structure of the carbohydrate-recognition domain of a rat mannose-binding protein, determined as the holmium-substituted complex by multiwavelength anomalous dispersion (MAD) phasing, reveals an unusual fold consisting of two distinct regions, one of which contains extensive nonregular secondary structure stabilized by two holmium ions. The structure explains the conservation of 32 residues in all C-type carbohydrate-recognition domains, suggesting that the fold seen here is common to these domains. The strong anomalous scattering observed at the Ho LIII edge demonstrates that traditional heavy atom complexes will be generally amenable to the MAD phasing method.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Weis, W I -- Kahn, R -- Fourme, R -- Drickamer, K -- Hendrickson, W A -- GM34102/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- GM42628/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1991 Dec 13;254(5038):1608-15.〈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/1721241" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Acute-Phase Proteins/*chemistry ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Calcium/metabolism ; Calcium-Binding Proteins/*chemistry ; Carrier Proteins/*chemistry ; Collagen/chemistry ; Crystallography ; Holmium ; Hydrogen Bonding ; Lanthanum ; Lectins/*chemistry ; Ligands ; Mannose-Binding Lectins ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Molecular Structure ; Protein Conformation ; Rats ; Recombinant Proteins/chemistry ; Sequence Alignment ; X-Ray Diffraction/methods
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    Publication Date: 1991-12-13
    Description: The integral membrane protein porin from Rhodobacter capsulatus consists of three tightly associated 16-stranded beta barrels that give rise to three distinct diffusion channels for small solutes through the outer membrane. The x-ray structure of this porin has revealed details of its shape, the residue distributions within the pore and at the membrane-facing surface, and the location of calcium sites. The electrostatic potential has been calculated and related to function. Moreover, potential calculations were found to predict the Ca2+ sites.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Weiss, M S -- Abele, U -- Weckesser, J -- Welte, W -- Schiltz, E -- Schulz, G E -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1991 Dec 13;254(5038):1627-30.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Institut fur Organische Chemie und Biochemie, Freiburg, Federal Republic of Germany.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1721242" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins/*chemistry ; Calcium/metabolism ; Calcium-Binding Proteins/metabolism ; Computer Graphics ; Crystallography ; Ion Channels/*chemistry ; Ions ; Macromolecular Substances ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Structure ; Porins ; Protein Conformation ; Rhodobacter capsulatus/*chemistry ; X-Ray Diffraction
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    Publication Date: 1991-12-20
    Description: Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) stimulates the development of and the cytotoxic activity of white blood cells. Recombinant human GM-CSF has proven useful in the treatment of blood disorders. The structure of GM-CSF, which was determined at 2.4 angstrom resolution by x-ray crystallography, has a novel fold combining a two-stranded antiparallel beta sheet with an open bundle of four alpha helices. Residues implicated in receptor recognition, which are distant in the primary sequence, are on adjacent alpha helices in the folded protein. A working model for the receptor binding site is presented.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Diederichs, K -- Boone, T -- Karplus, P A -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1991 Dec 20;254(5039):1779-82.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Section of Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1837174" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Binding Sites ; Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor/*chemistry/metabolism ; Humans ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Protein Conformation ; Receptors, Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor/*chemistry/metabolism ; X-Ray Diffraction
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  • 52
    Publication Date: 1991-03-01
    Description: The mammalian transcription factor AP-2 is a retinoic acid inducible sequence-specific DNA-binding protein that is developmentally regulated. In this report, the functional domains necessary for AP-2 DNA binding were studied. AP-2 required a dimerization domain and an adjacent region of net basic charge to achieve a sequence-specific protein:DNA interaction. The sequences responsible for dimerization consisted of two putative amphipathic alpha helices separated by a large intervening span region. This helix-span-helix (HSH) domain was unable to bind DNA when separated from the basic region, but was still capable of dimerization. The ability of the HSH domain to function as a module that promotes DNA binding through dimerization was further demonstrated by attaching it to the heterologous basic region of the c-Jun proto-oncogene product. The resulting chimeric protein specifically recognized an AP-1 DNA-binding site in the absence of an intact c-Jun leucine repeat and in a manner that was dependent on the presence of a functional AP-2 dimerization domain.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Williams, T -- Tjian, R -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1991 Mar 1;251(4997):1067-71.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 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/1998122" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Adenosine Triphosphate/metabolism ; Amino Acid Sequence ; DNA/*metabolism ; DNA Mutational Analysis ; DNA-Binding Proteins/chemistry/*metabolism ; Macromolecular Substances ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Protein Binding ; Recombinant Fusion Proteins/chemistry/metabolism ; Structure-Activity Relationship ; Transcription Factor AP-2 ; Transcription Factors/chemistry/*metabolism
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    Publication Date: 1991-10-25
    Description: The x-ray crystal structure of a peptide corresponding to the leucine zipper of the yeast transcriptional activator GCN4 has been determined at 1.8 angstrom resolution. The peptide forms a parallel, two-stranded coiled coil of alpha helices packed as in the "knobs-into-holes" model proposed by Crick in 1953. Contacts between the helices include ion pairs and an extensive hydrophobic interface that contains a distinctive hydrogen bond. The conserved leucines, like the residues in the alternate hydrophobic repeat, make side-to-side interactions (as in a handshake) in every other layer of the dimer interface. The crystal structure of the GCN4 leucine zipper suggests a key role for the leucine repeat, but also shows how other features of the coiled coil contribute to dimer formation.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉O'Shea, E K -- Klemm, J D -- Kim, P S -- Alber, T -- GM 44162/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1991 Oct 25;254(5031):539-44.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Cambridge, MA 02142.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1948029" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Computer Simulation ; DNA-Binding Proteins/*chemistry ; Fungal Proteins/*chemistry ; Hydrogen Bonding ; *Leucine Zippers ; Macromolecular Substances ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Protein Conformation ; *Protein Kinases ; *Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins ; Transcription Factors/*chemistry ; X-Ray Diffraction
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    Publication Date: 1991-05-03
    Description: The x-ray crystal structure of recombinant human interferon-gamma has been determined with the use of multiple-isomorphous-replacement techniques. Interferon-gamma, which is dimeric in solution, crystallizes with two dimers related by a noncrystallographic twofold axis in the asymmetric unit. The protein is primarily alpha helical, with six helices in each subunit that comprise approximately 62 percent of the structure; there is no beta sheet. The dimeric structure of human interferon-gamma is stabilized by the intertwining of helices across the subunit interface with multiple intersubunit interactions.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Ealick, S E -- Cook, W J -- Vijay-Kumar, S -- Carson, M -- Nagabhushan, T L -- Trotta, P P -- Bugg, C E -- CA-13148/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1991 May 3;252(5006):698-702.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Pharmacology, University of Alabama, Birmingham 35294.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1902591" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Crystallization ; Glycosylation ; Humans ; Interferon-gamma/*chemistry ; Macromolecular Substances ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Protein Conformation ; Recombinant Proteins ; Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid ; X-Ray Diffraction
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    Publication Date: 1991-08-30
    Description: The 3 angstrom resolution crystal structure of the Escherichia coli catabolite gene activator protein (CAP) complexed with a 30-base pair DNA sequence shows that the DNA is bent by 90 degrees. This bend results almost entirely from two 40 degrees kinks that occur between TG/CA base pairs at positions 5 and 6 on each side of the dyad axis of the complex. DNA sequence discrimination by CAP derives both from sequence-dependent distortion of the DNA helix and from direct hydrogen-bonding interactions between three protein side chains and the exposed edges of three base pairs in the major groove of the DNA. The structure of this transcription factor--DNA complex provides insights into possible mechanisms of transcription activation.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Schultz, S C -- Shields, G C -- Steitz, T A -- GM-22778/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1991 Aug 30;253(5023):1001-7.〈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/1653449" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Base Sequence ; Binding Sites ; Cyclic AMP Receptor Protein/*chemistry/metabolism ; DNA, Bacterial/*chemistry/metabolism ; DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases/metabolism ; Escherichia coli/metabolism ; Hydrogen Bonding ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Nucleic Acid Conformation ; Protein Binding ; Protein Conformation ; X-Ray Diffraction/methods
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    Publication Date: 1991-05-31
    Description: The rate of long-distance electron transfer in proteins rapidly decreases with distance, which is indicative of an electron tunneling process. Calculations predict that the distance dependence of electron transfer in native proteins is controlled by the protein's structural motif. The helix and sheet content of a protein and the tertiary arrangement of these secondary structural units define the distance dependence of electronic coupling in that protein. The calculations use a tunneling pathway model applied previously with success to ruthenated proteins. The analysis ranks the average distance decay constant for electronic coupling in electron transfer proteins and identifies the amino acids that are coupled to the charge localization site more strongly or weakly than average for their distance.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Beratan, D N -- Betts, J N -- Onuchic, J N -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1991 May 31;252(5010):1285-8.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Beratan, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena 91109.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1656523" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acids/chemistry ; Azurin/chemistry/metabolism ; *Bacterial Proteins ; Chemistry, Physical ; Cytochrome c Group/chemistry/metabolism ; Cytochromes b5/chemistry/metabolism ; *Electron Transport ; Iron-Sulfur Proteins/chemistry/metabolism ; Mathematics ; Models, Molecular ; Myoglobin/chemistry/metabolism ; *Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins ; Physicochemical Phenomena ; Protein Conformation ; Proteins/*chemistry/metabolism ; Structure-Activity Relationship
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  • 57
    Publication Date: 1991-02-08
    Description: The mos proto-oncogene product, pp39mos, is a protein kinase and has been equated with cytostatic factor (CSF), an activity in unfertilized eggs that is thought to be responsible for the arrest of meiosis at metaphase II. The biochemical properties and potential substrates of pp39mos were examined in unfertilized eggs and in transformed cells in order to study how the protein functions both as CSF and in transformation. The pp39mos protein associated with polymers under conditions that favor tubulin oligomerization and was present in an approximately 500-kilodalton "core" complex under conditions that favor depolymerization. beta-Tubulin was preferentially coprecipitated in pp39mos immunoprecipitates and was the major phosphorylated product in a pp39mos-dependent immune complex kinase assay. Immunofluorescence analysis of NIH 3T3 cells transformed with Xenopus c-mos showed that pp39mos colocalizes with tubulin in the spindle during metaphase and in the midbody and asters during telophase. Disruption of microtubules with nocodazole affected tubulin and pp39mos organization in the same way. It therefore appears that pp39mos is a tubulin-associated protein kinase and may thus participate in the modification of microtubules and contribute to the formation of the spindle. This activity expressed during interphase in somatic cells may be responsible for the transforming activity of pp39mos.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Zhou, R P -- Oskarsson, M -- Paules, R S -- Schulz, N -- Cleveland, D -- Vande Woude, G F -- N01-CO-74101/CO/NCI NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1991 Feb 8;251(4994):671-5.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉ABL-Basic Research Program, NCI-Frederick Cancer Research and Development Center, MD 21702.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1825142" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Antibodies, Monoclonal ; Cell Line ; Cell Transformation, Neoplastic/metabolism ; Macromolecular Substances ; Mice ; Mice, Inbred BALB C ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Phosphoproteins/metabolism ; Precipitin Tests ; Protein Binding ; Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/*metabolism ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins/*metabolism ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-mos ; Tubulin/*metabolism
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  • 58
    Publication Date: 1991-07-26
    Description: The crystal structure of the catalytic subunit of cyclic adenosine monophosphate-dependent protein kinase complexed with a 20-amino acid substrate analog inhibitor has been solved and partially refined at 2.7 A resolution to an R factor of 0.212. The magnesium adenosine triphosphate (MgATP) binding site was located by difference Fourier synthesis. The enzyme structure is bilobal with a deep cleft between the lobes. The cleft is filled by MgATP and a portion of the inhibitor peptide. The smaller lobe, consisting mostly of amino-terminal sequence, is associated with nucleotide binding, and its largely antiparallel beta sheet architecture constitutes an unusual nucleotide binding motif. The larger lobe is dominated by helical structure with a single beta sheet at the domain interface. This lobe is primarily involved in peptide binding and catalysis. Residues 40 through 280 constitute a conserved catalytic core that is shared by more than 100 protein kinases. Most of the invariant amino acids in this conserved catalytic core are clustered at the sites of nucleotide binding and catalysis.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Knighton, D R -- Zheng, J H -- Ten Eyck, L F -- Ashford, V A -- Xuong, N H -- Taylor, S S -- Sowadski, J M -- RR01644/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/ -- T32CA09523/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- T32DK07233/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1991 Jul 26;253(5018):407-14.〈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/1862342" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Adenosine Triphosphate/metabolism ; Animals ; Binding Sites ; Computer Simulation ; Fourier Analysis ; Macromolecular Substances ; Mice ; Models, Molecular ; Protein Kinases/*chemistry/metabolism ; Recombinant Proteins/chemistry/metabolism ; X-Ray Diffraction
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    Publication Date: 1991-08-02
    Description: Size-exclusion chromatography and sedimentation equilbrium studies demonstrated that zinc ion (Zn2+) induced the dimerization of human growth hormone (hGH). Scatchard analysis of 65Zn2+ binding to hGH showed that two Zn2+ ions associate per dimer of hGH in a cooperative fashion. Cobalt (II) can substitute for Zn2+ in the hormone dimer and gives a visible spectrum characteristic of cobalt coordinated in a tetrahedral fashion by oxygen- and nitrogen-containing ligands. Replacement of potential Zn2+ ligands (His18, His21, and Glu174) in hGH with alanine weakened both Zn2+ binding and hGH dimer formation. The Zn(2+)-hGH dimer was more stable than monomeric hGH to denaturation in guanidine-HCl. Formation of a Zn(2+)-hGH dimeric complex may be important for storage of hGH in secretory granules.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Cunningham, B C -- Mulkerrin, M G -- Wells, J A -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1991 Aug 2;253(5019):545-8.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Protein Engineering, Genentech, South San Francisco, CA 94080.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1907025" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Binding Sites ; Chromatography, Gel ; Edetic Acid/pharmacology ; Growth Hormone/*metabolism ; Humans ; Kinetics ; Macromolecular Substances ; Models, Molecular ; Protein Binding ; Protein Conformation ; Protein Denaturation ; Spectrophotometry ; Zinc/metabolism/*pharmacology
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    Publication Date: 1991-12-20
    Description: Metal ion coordination in the regulatory domain of protein kinase C (PKC) is suggested by the conservation of six cysteines and two histidines in two homologous regions found therein. By monitoring x-ray fluorescence from a purified sample of rat PKC beta I overexpressed in insect cells, direct evidence has been obtained that PKC beta I tightly binds four zinc ions (Zn2+) per molecule. Extended x-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) data are best fit by an average Zn2+ coordination of one nitrogen and three sulfur atoms. Of the plausible Zn2+ coordination models, only those featuring nonbridged Zn2+ sites accommodate the EXAFS data and all of the conserved potential ligands.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Hubbard, S R -- Bishop, W R -- Kirschmeier, P -- George, S J -- Cramer, S P -- Hendrickson, W A -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1991 Dec 20;254(5039):1776-9.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Howard Hughes Medical Institute, New York, NY.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1763327" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Absorptiometry, Photon/methods ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Binding Sites ; Humans ; Macromolecular Substances ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Protein Conformation ; Protein Kinase C/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism ; Recombinant Proteins/chemistry/metabolism ; Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid ; Zinc/*metabolism
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  • 61
    Publication Date: 1991-04-05
    Description: The crystal structure of the ribonuclease (RNase) H domain of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase (RT) has been determined at a resolution of 2.4 A and refined to a crystallographic R factor of 0.20. The protein folds into a five-stranded mixed beta sheet flanked by an asymmetric distribution of four alpha helices. Two divalent metal cations bind in the active site surrounded by a cluster of four conserved acidic amino acid residues. The overall structure is similar in most respects to the RNase H from Escherichia coli. Structural features characteristic of the retroviral protein suggest how it may interface with the DNA polymerase domain of p66 in the mature RT heterodimer. These features also offer insights into why the isolated RNase H domain is catalytically inactive but when combined in vitro with the isolated p51 domain of RT RNase H activity can be reconstituted. Surprisingly, the peptide bond cleaved by HIV-1 protease near the polymerase-RNase H junction of p66 is completely inaccessible to solvent in the structure reported here. This suggests that the homodimeric p66-p66 precursor of mature RT is asymmetric with one of the two RNase H domains at least partially unfolded.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Davies, J F 2nd -- Hostomska, Z -- Hostomsky, Z -- Jordan, S R -- Matthews, D A -- GM 39599/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1991 Apr 5;252(5002):88-95.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Agouron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., La Jolla, CA 92037.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1707186" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Binding Sites ; Computer Graphics ; Crystallography ; Endoribonucleases/chemistry/*ultrastructure ; Escherichia coli/enzymology ; HIV-1/*enzymology ; Manganese/metabolism ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Protein Conformation ; RNA-Directed DNA Polymerase/chemistry/*ultrastructure ; Ribonuclease H ; Structure-Activity Relationship ; X-Ray Diffraction
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  • 62
    Publication Date: 1991-09-06
    Description: In the mammalian central nervous system, receptors for excitatory amino acid neurotransmitters such as the alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4- isoxazolepropionic acid (AMPA)-kainate receptor mediate a large fraction of excitatory transmission. Currents induced by activation of the AMPA-kainate receptor were potentiated by agents that specifically stimulate adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate (cAMP)-dependent protein kinase A (PKA) activity or were supported by intracellular application of the catalytic subunit of PKA by itself or in combination with cAMP. Furthermore, depression of these currents by a competitive inhibitor of PKA indicates that AMPA-kainate receptors are regulated by endogenous PKA. Endogenous protein phosphatases also regulate these receptors because an inhibitor of cellular phosphates enhanced kainate currents. Modulation of PKA and phosphatases may regulate the function of these receptors and thus contribute to synaptic plasticity in hippocampal neurons.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Wang, L Y -- Salter, M W -- MacDonald, J F -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1991 Sep 6;253(5024):1132-5.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1653455" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Cells, Cultured ; Cyclic AMP/pharmacology/physiology ; Ethers, Cyclic/*pharmacology ; Fetus ; Hippocampus/*physiology ; Homeostasis ; Kainic Acid/*metabolism ; Kinetics ; Macromolecular Substances ; Membrane Potentials/drug effects ; Mice ; N-Methylaspartate/pharmacology ; Neurons/drug effects/*physiology ; Okadaic Acid ; Phosphoprotein Phosphatases/*metabolism ; Protein Kinase Inhibitors ; Protein Kinases/*metabolism ; Receptors, Kainic Acid ; Receptors, Neurotransmitter/drug effects/*physiology
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  • 63
    Publication Date: 1991-08-16
    Description: A technique for producing non-peptide compounds (mimetics) of designed specificities was developed that permitted the synthesis of a conformationally restricted molecule that mimicked the binding and functional properties of monoclonal antibody (MAb) 87.92.6, which recognizes the reovirus type 3 cellular receptor. Binding of either MAb 87.92.6, peptide analogs, or 87.1-mimetic to the cellular receptor inhibited cellular proliferation. The mimetic was a synthetic beta-loop structure that mimics the second complementarity-determining region of the MAb. These studies may lead to strategies for the synthetic design of antibody complementarity regions, ligands, and other pharmacologically active agents that are water soluble, resistant to proteolysis, and nonimmunogenic.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Saragovi, H U -- Fitzpatrick, D -- Raktabutr, A -- Nakanishi, H -- Kahn, M -- Greene, M I -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1991 Aug 16;253(5021):792-5.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Pathology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia 19104.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1876837" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Antibodies, Monoclonal/*chemistry ; Cell Division/drug effects ; Drug Design ; Endopeptidases/pharmacology ; Mammalian orthoreovirus 3 ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Conformation ; Peptides/metabolism ; Piperidines/chemical synthesis/*chemistry/pharmacology ; Receptors, Virus/drug effects/*immunology/metabolism ; Structure-Activity Relationship
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  • 64
    Publication Date: 1991-12-13
    Description: The targeting of proteins to mitochondria involves the recognition of the precursor proteins by receptors on the mitochondrial surface followed by insertion of the precursors into the outer membrane at the general insertion site GIP. Most mitochondrial proteins analyzed so far use a mitochondrial outer membrane protein of 19 kilodaltons (MOM19) as an import receptor. The gene encoding MOM19 has now been isolated. The deduced amino acid sequence predicts that MOM19 is anchored in the outer membrane by an NH2-terminal hydrophobic sequence, while the rest of the protein forms a hydrophilic domain exposed to the cytosol. MOM19 was targeted to the mitochondria via a pathway that is independent of protease-accessible surface receptors and controlled by direct assembly of the MOM19 precursor with GIP.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Schneider, H -- Sollner, T -- Dietmeier, K -- Eckerskorn, C -- Lottspeich, F -- Trulzsch, B -- Neupert, W -- Pfanner, N -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1991 Dec 13;254(5038):1659-62.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Institut fur Physiologische Chemie, Universitat Munchen, Germany.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1661031" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Cell Compartmentation ; DNA/genetics ; Fungal Proteins/chemistry/genetics ; Genes, Fungal ; Intracellular Membranes/metabolism ; Macromolecular Substances ; Membrane Proteins/*metabolism ; Mitochondria/*metabolism ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Protein Precursors/metabolism ; Receptors, Cell Surface/*genetics/*metabolism ; *Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear ; Recombinant Proteins
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  • 65
    Publication Date: 1991-07-29
    Description: Incubation of the apoB2 subunit of Escherichia coli ribonucleotide reductase with Fe2+ and O2 produces native B2, which contains the tyrosyl radical-dinuclear iron cluster cofactor required for nucleotide reduction. The chemical mechanism of this reconstitution reaction was investigated by stopped-flow absorption spectroscopy and by rapid freeze-quench EPR (electron paramagnetic resonance) spectroscopy. Two novel intermediates have been detected in the reaction. The first exhibits a broad absorption band centered at 565 nanometers. Based on known model chemistry, this intermediate is proposed to be a mu-peroxodiferric complex. The second intermediate exhibits a broad absorption band centered at 360 nanometers and a sharp, isotropic EPR signal with g = 2.00. When the reaction is carried out with 57Fe2+, this EPR signal is broadened, demonstrating that the intermediate is an iron-coupled radical. Variation of the ratio of Fe2+ to B2 in the reaction and comparison of the rates of formation and decay of the intermediates to the rate of formation of the tyrosyl radical (.Y122) suggest that both intermediates can generate .Y122. This conclusion is supported by the fact that both intermediates exhibit an increased lifetime in a mutant B2 subunit (B2-Y122F) lacking the oxidizable Y122. Based on these kinetic and spectroscopic data, a mechanism for the reaction is proposed. Unlike reactions catalyzed by heme-iron peroxidases, oxygenases, and model complexes, the reconstitution reaction appears not to involve high-valent iron intermediates.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Bollinger, J M Jr -- Edmondson, D E -- Huynh, B H -- Filley, J -- Norton, J R -- Stubbe, J -- GM29433/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- GM29595/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- GM32187/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1991 Jul 19;253(5017):292-8.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Chemistry and Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge 02139.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1650033" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Binding Sites ; Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy ; Escherichia coli/enzymology ; Iron/*metabolism ; Kinetics ; Macromolecular Substances ; Models, Theoretical ; Oxygen/*metabolism ; Ribonucleotide Reductases/*metabolism ; Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet ; Time Factors ; Tyrosine/*metabolism
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  • 66
    Publication Date: 1991-05-03
    Description: In Saccharopolyspora erythraea, the genes that govern synthesis of the polyketide portion of the macrolide antibiotic erythromycin are organized in six repeated units that encode fatty acid synthase (FAS)-like activities. Each repeated unit is designated a module, and two modules are contained in a single open reading frame. A model for the synthesis of this complex polyketide is proposed, where each module encodes a functional synthase unit and each synthase unit participates specifically in one of the six FAS-like elongation steps required for formation of the polyketide. In addition, genetic organization and biochemical order of events appear to be colinear. Evidence for the model is provided by construction of a selected mutant and by isolation of a polyketide of predicted structure.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Donadio, S -- Staver, M J -- McAlpine, J B -- Swanson, S J -- Katz, L -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1991 May 3;252(5006):675-9.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Corporate Molecular Biology, Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL 60064.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2024119" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Binding Sites ; Cloning, Molecular ; DNA, Bacterial/genetics ; Erythromycin/analogs & derivatives/biosynthesis/chemistry ; Genes, Bacterial ; Gram-Positive Bacteria/enzymology/genetics ; Hydroxylation ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Molecular Structure ; Multienzyme Complexes/*genetics ; Mutation ; Nucleic Acid Hybridization ; Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid
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  • 67
    Publication Date: 1991-11-08
    Description: Intracellular signaling alters integrin adhesive functions in inflammation, immune responses, hemostasis, thrombosis, and retinal development. By truncating the cytoplasmic domain of alpha IIb, the affinity of integrin alpha IIb beta 3 for ligand was increased. Reconstitution with the cytoplasmic domain from integrin alpha 5 did not reverse the increased affinity. Thus, the cytoplasmic domain of the alpha subunit of GPIIb-IIIa controls ligand binding affinity, which suggests mechanisms for inside-out transmembrane signaling through integrins. These findings imply the existence of hitherto unappreciated hereditary and acquired thrombotic disorders in humans.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉O'Toole, T E -- Mandelman, D -- Forsyth, J -- Shattil, S J -- Plow, E F -- Ginsberg, M H -- HL 39150/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/ -- HL16411/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/ -- HL28235/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/ -- etc. -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1991 Nov 8;254(5033):845-7.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Committee on Vascular 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/1948065" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; CHO Cells ; Cell Aggregation ; Cricetinae ; Cytoplasm/metabolism ; Fibrinogen/metabolism ; Kinetics ; Macromolecular Substances ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Mutagenesis, Site-Directed ; Platelet Membrane Glycoproteins/genetics/*physiology ; Transfection
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    Publication Date: 1991-11-15
    Description: High-resolution proton nuclear magnetic resonance studies of protein hydration in aqueous solution show that there are two qualitatively different types of hydration sites. A well-defined, small number of water molecules in the interior of the protein are in identical locations in the crystal structure and in solution, and their residence times are in the range from about 10(-2) to 10(-8) second. Hydration of the protein surface in solution is by water molecules with residence times in the subnanosecond range, even when they are located in hydration sites that contain well-ordered water in the x-ray structures of protein single crystals.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Otting, G -- Liepinsh, E -- Wuthrich, K -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1991 Nov 15;254(5034):974-80.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Institut fur Molekularbiologie und Biophysik, Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule-Honggerberg, Zurich, Switzerland.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1948083" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Cattle ; Crystallography ; Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy ; Models, Molecular ; Oxytocin/*chemistry ; Pancreas/enzymology ; *Protein Conformation ; Solutions ; Trypsin Inhibitors/*chemistry/ultrastructure ; Water ; X-Ray Diffraction
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    Publication Date: 1991-03-01
    Description: The challenge presented by myofibril assembly in striated muscle is to understand the molecular mechanisms by which its protein components are arranged at each level of organization. Recent advances in the genetics and cell biology of muscle development have shown that in vivo assembly of the myofilaments requires a complex array of structural and associated proteins and that organization of whole sarcomeres occurs initially at the cell membrane. These studies have been complemented by in vitro analyses of the renaturation, polymerization, and three-dimensional structure of the purified proteins.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Epstein, H F -- Fischman, D A -- AR-32147/AR/NIAMS NIH HHS/ -- GM-33223/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- HL-42267/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/ -- etc. -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1991 Mar 1;251(4997):1039-44.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1998120" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Actins/physiology ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Macromolecular Substances ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Morphogenesis ; Muscle Contraction ; *Muscle Development ; Muscle Proteins/*physiology ; Myofibrils/*physiology ; Myosins/physiology ; Polymers ; Sarcolemma/physiology
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    Publication Date: 1991-11-22
    Description: DNA bending is essential for the assembly of multiprotein complexes that contact several DNA sequence elements. An approach based on phasing analysis was developed that allows determination of both the directed DNA bend angle and the orientation of DNA bending. This technique has been applied to the analysis of DNA bending by the transcription regulatory proteins Fos and Jun. Complexes that contained different combinations of full-length and truncated Fos and Jun induced DNA bends of different magnitudes and orientations. The DNA bends induced by the individual proteins were determined on the basis of a quantitative model for DNA bending by dimeric complexes. This information was used to visualize the consequences of DNA bending by Fos and Jun for the structures of Fos-Jun-DNA and Jun-DNA complexes.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Kerppola, T K -- Curran, T -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1991 Nov 22;254(5035):1210-4.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Molecular Oncology and Virology, Roche Institute of Molecular Biology, Nutley, NJ 07110.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1957173" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Computer Graphics ; DNA/*ultrastructure ; DNA-Binding Proteins/*physiology ; In Vitro Techniques ; Leucine Zippers ; Models, Molecular ; Nucleic Acid Conformation ; Peptides ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos/chemistry/*physiology ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-jun/chemistry/*physiology ; Recombinant Proteins ; Structure-Activity Relationship
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    Publication Date: 1991-11-29
    Description: Molecular self-assembly is the spontaneous association of molecules under equilibrium conditions into stable, structurally well-defined aggregates joined by noncovalent bonds. Molecular self-assembly is ubiquitous in biological systems and underlies the formation of a wide variety of complex biological structures. Understanding self-assembly and the associated noncovalent interactions that connect complementary interacting molecular surfaces in biological aggregates is a central concern in structural biochemistry. Self-assembly is also emerging as a new strategy in chemical synthesis, with the potential of generating nonbiological structures with dimensions of 1 to 10(2) nanometers (with molecular weights of 10(4) to 10(10) daltons). Structures in the upper part of this range of sizes are presently inaccessible through chemical synthesis, and the ability to prepare them would open a route to structures comparable in size (and perhaps complementary in function) to those that can be prepared by microlithography and other techniques of microfabrication.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Whitesides, G M -- Mathias, J P -- Seto, C T -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1991 Nov 29;254(5036):1312-9.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Chemistry, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1962191" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Biotechnology/methods ; DNA/chemical synthesis/*chemistry ; Models, Chemical ; Models, Molecular ; Protein Conformation ; Proteins/chemical synthesis/*chemistry ; Thermodynamics ; Triazines/chemical synthesis/chemistry
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    Publication Date: 1991-07-19
    Description: While studying the alpha beta T cell receptor repertoire in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients, we found that the frequency of V beta 14+ T cells was significantly higher in the synovial fluid of affected joints than in the peripheral blood. In fact, V beta 14+ T cells were virtually undetectable in the peripheral blood of a majority of these RA patients. beta-chain sequences indicated that one or a few clones dominated the V beta 14+ population in the synovial fluid of individual RA patients, whereas oligoclonality was less marked for other V beta's and for V beta 14 in other types of inflammatory arthritis. These results implicate V beta 14-bearing T cells in the pathology of RA. They also suggest that the etiology of RA may involve initial activation of V beta 14+ T cells by a V beta 14-specific superantigen with subsequent recruitment of a few activated autoreactive v beta 14+ T cell clones to the joints while the majority of other V beta 14+ T cells disappear.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Paliard, X -- West, S G -- Lafferty, J A -- Clements, J R -- Kappler, J W -- Marrack, P -- Kotzin, B L -- AI-17134/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- AI-22295/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- AI-28495/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- etc. -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1991 Jul 19;253(5017):325-9.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Denver, CO.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1857971" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Arthritis/immunology ; Arthritis, Rheumatoid/blood/*immunology ; HLA-D Antigens/*analysis ; Humans ; Macromolecular Substances ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/*analysis ; Synovial Fluid/immunology ; T-Lymphocytes/*immunology
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    Publication Date: 1991-11-29
    Description: All of the ribose-phosphate linkages in yeast tRNA(Phe) that could be cleaved without affecting the folding of the molecule have been determined in a single experiment. Circular permutation analysis subjects circular tRNA molecules to limited alkaline hydrolysis in order to generate one random break per molecule. Correctly folded tRNAs were identified by lead cleavage at neutral pH, a well-characterized reaction that requires proper folding of tRNA(Phe). Surprisingly, most of the circularly permuted tRNA molecules folded correctly. This result suggests that the tRNA folding motif could occur internally within other RNA sequences, and a computer search of Genbank entries has identified many examples of such motifs.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Pan, T -- Gutell, R R -- Uhlenbeck, O C -- GM37552/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1991 Nov 29;254(5036):1361-4.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder 80309.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1720569" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Base Sequence ; Hydrolysis ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Nucleic Acid Conformation ; RNA/*chemistry ; RNA, Transfer, Phe/*chemistry ; Saccharomyces cerevisiae/genetics ; Software
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    Publication Date: 1991-07-26
    Description: The structure of kistrin, which is a member of a homologous family of glycoprotein IIb-IIIa (GP IIb-IIIa) antagonists and potent protein inhibitors of platelet aggregation, has been determined by two-dimensional nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. The 68-residue protein consists of a series of tightly packed loops held together by six disulfide bonds and has almost no regular secondary structure. Kistrin has an Arg-Gly-Asp (RGD) adhesion site recognition sequence important for binding to GP IIb-IIIa that is located at the apex of a long loop across the surface of the protein.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Adler, M -- Lazarus, R A -- Dennis, M S -- Wagner, G -- GM38608/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1991 Jul 26;253(5018):445-8.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1862345" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Glycoproteins/*chemistry ; Humans ; Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Mutagenesis, Site-Directed ; Peptides/*chemistry/genetics ; Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors/*chemistry ; Platelet Membrane Glycoproteins/*antagonists & inhibitors ; Protein Conformation
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    Publication Date: 1991-12-20
    Description: The interaction of antigen-specific T cell receptors (TCRs) with their ligands, peptides bound to molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), is central to most immune responses, yet little is known about its chemical characteristics. The binding to T cells of a labeled monoclonal antibody to the TCR was inhibited by soluble class II MHC heterodimers complexed to different peptides. Inhibition was both peptide- and TCR-specific and of low affinity, with a KD = 4 x 10(-5) to 6 x 10(-5) M, orders of magnitude weaker than comparable antibody-antigen interactions. This finding is consistent with the scanning nature of T cell recognition and suggests that antigen-independent adhesion precedes TCR engagement.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Matsui, K -- Boniface, J J -- Reay, P A -- Schild, H -- Fazekas de St Groth, B -- Davis, M M -- AI19512/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1991 Dec 20;254(5039):1788-91.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford, CA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1763329" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Antibodies, Monoclonal ; Antigen-Presenting Cells/immunology ; Cell Line ; Genetic Variation ; Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments/immunology ; Kinetics ; Macromolecular Substances ; *Major Histocompatibility Complex ; Models, Biological ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Peptides/immunology/*metabolism ; Protein Binding ; Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/immunology/*physiology ; T-Lymphocytes/immunology
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    Publication Date: 1991-01-11
    Description: The function of the c-Myc oncoprotein and its role in cell growth control is unclear. A basic region of c-Myc is structurally related to the basic motifs of helix-loop-helix (HLH) and leucine zipper proteins, which provide sequence-specific DNA binding function. The c-Myc basic region was tested for its ability to bind DNA by attaching it to the HLH dimerization interface of the E12 enhancer binding factor. Dimers of the chimeric protein, termed E6, specifically bound an E box element (GGCCACGTGACC) recognized by other HLH proteins in a manner dependent on the integrity of the c-Myc basic motif. Methylation of the core CpG in the E box recognition site specifically inhibited binding by E6, but not by two other HLH proteins. Expression of E6 (but not an E6 DNA binding mutant) suppressed the ability of c-myc to cooperate with H-ras in a rat embryo fibroblast transformation assay, suggesting that the DNA recognition specificity of E6 is related to that of c-Myc in vivo.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Prendergast, G C -- Ziff, E B -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1991 Jan 11;251(4990):186-9.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Biochemistry, New York, NY.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1987636" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Base Sequence ; Binding Sites ; Cell Transformation, Neoplastic ; Cloning, Molecular ; DNA/*metabolism ; DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics/metabolism ; Genes, ras ; Leucine Zippers ; Macromolecular Substances ; Methylation ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Mutagenesis ; Oligonucleotide Probes ; Protein Conformation ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc/genetics/*metabolism ; Rabbits ; Rats ; Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism
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    Publication Date: 1991-06-21
    Description: Functional glutamate receptor (GluRs) were transiently expressed in cultured mammalian cells from cloned complementary DNAs encoding GluR-A, -B, -C, or -D polypeptides. The steady-state current-voltage (I-V) relations of glutamate- and kainate-induced currents through homomeric channels fell into two classes: channels composed of either the GluR-A, -C, and -D subunits showed doubly rectifying I-V curves, and channels composed of the GluR-B subunits displayed simple outward rectification. The presence of GluR-B subunits in heteromeric GluRs determined the I-V behavior of the resulting channels. Site-directed mutagenesis identified a single amino acid difference (glutamine to arginine) in the putative transmembrane segment TM2 responsible for subunit-specific I-V relationships. The properties of heteromeric wild-type and mutant GluRs revealed that the dominance of GluR-B is due to the arginine residue in the TM2 region.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Verdoorn, T A -- Burnashev, N -- Monyer, H -- Seeburg, P H -- Sakmann, B -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1991 Jun 21;252(5013):1715-8.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Max-Planck-Institut fur medizinische Forschung, Abteilung Zellphysiologie, Heidelberg, Federal Republic of Germany.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1710829" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Base Sequence ; Cloning, Molecular ; DNA Mutational Analysis ; Glutamates/physiology ; Humans ; Ion Channel Gating ; Ion Channels/*physiology ; Macromolecular Substances ; Membrane Glycoproteins/physiology ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Oligonucleotides/chemistry ; Receptors, Glutamate ; Receptors, Neurotransmitter/*physiology ; Recombinant Proteins ; Structure-Activity Relationship
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    Publication Date: 1991-11-01
    Description: Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC), a cause of childhood diarrhea, grow on the surface of the small intestine and on cultured epithelial cells as colonies of adherent bacteria. When propagated on solid medium containing blood or attached to HEp-2 cells, EPEC express ropelike bundles of filaments, termed bundle-forming pili (BFP), that create a network of fibers that bind together the individual organisms. BFP were found to be expressed by five EPEC serogroups, each harboring a approximately 92-kilobase plasmid previously known to be important for virulence in humans. When two of these strains were cured of this plasmid, they neither expressed BFP nor grew as adherent colonies. An antiserum to BFP reduced the capacity of EPEC to infect cultured epithelial cells. BFP are composed of a repeating subunit of 19,500 daltons, the amino-terminal amino acid sequence of this subunit is homologous to that of the toxin-coregulated pilin of Vibrio cholerae.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Giron, J A -- Ho, A S -- Schoolnik, G K -- DK 38707/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1991 Nov 1;254(5032):710-3.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Beckman Center, 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/1683004" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Bacterial Adhesion ; Child ; Diarrhea/microbiology ; Escherichia coli/growth & development/pathogenicity/physiology/*ultrastructure ; Fimbriae, Bacterial/immunology/*metabolism ; Humans ; Intestine, Small/microbiology ; Macromolecular Substances ; Microscopy, Electron ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
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    Publication Date: 1991-06-21
    Description: The crystal structure of the binary complex tRNA(Asp)-aspartyl tRNA synthetase from yeast was solved with the use of multiple isomorphous replacement to 3 angstrom resolution. The dimeric synthetase, a member of class II aminoacyl tRNA synthetases (aaRS's) exhibits the characteristic signature motifs conserved in eight aaRS's. These three sequence motifs are contained in the catalytic site domain, built around an antiparallel beta sheet, and flanked by three alpha helices that form the pocket in which adenosine triphosphate (ATP) and the CCA end of tRNA bind. The tRNA(Asp) molecule approaches the synthetase from the variable loop side. The two major contact areas are with the acceptor end and the anticodon stem and loop. In both sites the protein interacts with the tRNA from the major groove side. The correlation between aaRS class II and the initial site of aminoacylation at 3'-OH can be explained by the structure. The molecular association leads to the following features: (i) the backbone of the GCCA single-stranded portion of the acceptor end exhibits a regular helical conformation; (ii) the loop between residues 320 and 342 in motif 2 interacts with the acceptor stem in the major groove and is in contact with the discriminator base G and the first base pair UA; and (iii) the anticodon loop undergoes a large conformational change in order to bind the protein. The conformation of the tRNA molecule in the complex is dictated more by the interaction with the protein than by its own sequence.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Ruff, M -- Krishnaswamy, S -- Boeglin, M -- Poterszman, A -- Mitschler, A -- Podjarny, A -- Rees, B -- Thierry, J C -- Moras, D -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1991 Jun 21;252(5013):1682-9.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Laboratoire de Cristallographie Biologique, Institut de Biologie Moleculaire et Cellulaire du CNRS, Universite Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2047877" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Aspartate-tRNA Ligase/classification/*ultrastructure ; Base Sequence ; Binding Sites ; Computer Graphics ; Crystallography ; Fungal Proteins/*ultrastructure ; Macromolecular Substances ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Nucleic Acid Conformation ; Protein Conformation ; RNA, Fungal/ultrastructure ; RNA, Transfer, Amino Acyl/metabolism/ultrastructure ; RNA, Transfer, Asp/metabolism/*ultrastructure ; Saccharomyces cerevisiae/enzymology ; X-Ray Diffraction
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    Publication Date: 1991-07-26
    Description: The three-dimensional crystal structure of the copper-containing nitrite reductase (NIR) from Achromobacter cycloclastes has been determined to 2.3 angstrom (A) resolution by isomorphous replacement. The monomer has two Greek key beta-barrel domains similar to that of plastocyanin and contains two copper sites. The enzyme is a trimer both in the crystal and in solution. The two copper atoms in the monomer comprise one type I copper site (Cu-I; two His, one Cys, and one Met ligands) and one putative type II copper site (Cu-II; three His and one solvent ligands). Although ligated by adjacent amino acids Cu-I and Cu-II are approximately 12.5 A apart. Cu-II is bound with nearly perfect tetrahedral geometry by residues not within a single monomer, but from each of two monomers of the trimer. The Cu-II site is at the bottom of a 12 A deep solvent channel and is the site to which the substrate (NO2-) binds, as evidenced by difference density maps of substrate-soaked and native crystals.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Godden, J W -- Turley, S -- Teller, D C -- Adman, E T -- Liu, M Y -- Payne, W J -- LeGall, J -- GM08268-02/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- GM31770/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1991 Jul 26;253(5018):438-42.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle 98195.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1862344" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Alcaligenes/*enzymology ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Copper/analysis ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Weight ; Nitrite Reductases/*chemistry ; Protein Conformation ; X-Ray Diffraction
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    Publication Date: 1991-11-08
    Description: Human growth hormone (hGH) forms a 1:2 complex with the extracellular domain of its receptor-binding protein (hGHbp) as studied by crystallization, size exclusion chromatography, calorimetry, and a previously undescribed fluorescence quenching assay. These and other experiments with protein engineered variants of hGH have led to the identification of the binding determinants for two distinct but adjacent sites on hGH for the hGHbp, and the data indicated that there are two overlapping binding sites on the hGHbp for hGH. Furthermore, the binding of hGH to the hGHbp occurred sequentially; a first hGHbp molecule bound to site 1 on hGH and then a second hGHbp bound to site 2. Hormone-induced receptor dimerization is proposed to be relevant to the signal transduction mechanism for the hGH receptor and other related cytokine receptors.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Cunningham, B C -- Ultsch, M -- De Vos, A M -- Mulkerrin, M G -- Clauser, K R -- Wells, J A -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1991 Nov 8;254(5033):821-5.〈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/1948064" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Antibodies, Monoclonal ; Binding Sites ; Chromatography, Gel ; Growth Hormone/*metabolism ; Humans ; Kinetics ; Macromolecular Substances ; Models, Structural ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Mutagenesis, Site-Directed ; Protein Conformation ; Receptors, Somatotropin/genetics/isolation & purification/*metabolism
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