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  • 1
    Publication Date: 1992-11-20
    Description: Macrophage colony-stimulating factor (M-CSF) triggers the development of cells of the monocyte-macrophage lineage and has a variety of stimulatory effects on mature cells of this class. The biologically active form of M-CSF is a disulfide-linked dimer that activates an intrinsic tyrosine kinase activity on the M-CSF receptor by inducing dimerization of the receptor molecules. The structure of a recombinant human M-CSF dimer, determined at 2.5 angstroms by x-ray crystallography, contains two bundles of four alpha helices laid end-to-end, with an interchain disulfide bond. Individual monomers of M-CSF show a close structural similarity to the cytokines granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor and human growth hormone. Both of these cytokines are monomeric in their active form, and their specific receptors lack intrinsic tyrosine kinase activity. The similarity of these structures suggests that the receptor binding determinants for all three cytokines may be similar.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Pandit, J -- Bohm, A -- Jancarik, J -- Halenbeck, R -- Koths, K -- Kim, S H -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Nov 20;258(5086):1358-62.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Structural Biology Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1455231" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Crystallography ; Disulfides ; Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor/ultrastructure ; Growth Hormone/chemistry ; Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor/*ultrastructure ; Models, Molecular ; Protein Conformation ; Protein Structure, Secondary ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; Recombinant Proteins/ultrastructure ; Sequence Homology, Amino Acid ; X-Ray Diffraction
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  • 2
    Publication Date: 1992-11-06
    Description: Electron transfer in nitrogenase involves a gating process initiated by MgATP (magnesium adenosine triphosphate) binding to Fe-protein. The redox site, an 4Fe:4S cluster, is structurally separated from the MgATP binding site. For MgATP hydrolysis to be coupled to electron transfer, a signal transduction mechanism is proposed that is similar to that in guanosine triphosphatase proteins. Based on the three-dimensional structure of Fe-protein, Asp125 is likely to be part of a putative transduction path. Altered Fe-protein with Glu replacing Asp has been prepared and retains the ability for the initial nucleotide-dependent conformational change. However, either MgADP or MgATP can induce the shift and Mg binding to the nucleotide is no longer essential.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Wolle, D -- Dean, D R -- Howard, J B -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Nov 6;258(5084):992-5.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biochemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55455.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1359643" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Adenosine Diphosphate/metabolism ; Adenosine Triphosphate/*metabolism ; Aspartic Acid/*metabolism ; Azotobacter vinelandii/enzymology ; Binding Sites ; Crystallization ; Electron Transport ; Glutamates ; Glutamic Acid ; Iron-Sulfur Proteins/*metabolism ; Molecular Structure ; Mutagenesis, Site-Directed ; Nitrogenase/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism ; Protein Conformation ; Signal Transduction/*physiology
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  • 3
    Publication Date: 1992-01-24
    Description: The c-Myc oncoprotein belongs to a family of proteins whose DNA binding domains contain a basic region-helix-loop-helix (bHLH) motif. Systematic mutagenesis of c-Myc revealed that dimerized bHLH motifs formed a parallel four-helix bundle with the amino termini of helices 1 and 2 directed toward the inner and outer nucleotides of the DNA binding site, respectively. Both the basic region and the carboxyl-terminal end of the loop contributed to DNA binding specificity. The DNA binding domain of c-Myc may therefore be structurally similar to that of restriction endonuclease Eco RI.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Halazonetis, T D -- Kandil, A N -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Jan 24;255(5043):464-6.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Cancer Research, Merck Sharp and Dohme Research Laboratories, West Point, PA 19486.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1734524" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Base Sequence ; Binding Sites ; DNA-Binding Proteins/*chemistry ; Deoxyribonuclease EcoRI/*chemistry ; Humans ; Macromolecular Substances ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Nucleic Acid Conformation ; Protein Conformation ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc/*chemistry ; Sequence Alignment ; Transcription Factors/chemistry
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    Publication Date: 1992-03-06
    Description: Trypsin (Tr) and chymotrypsin (Ch) have similar tertiary structures, yet Tr cleaves peptides at arginine and lysine residues and Ch prefers large hydrophobic residues. Although replacement of the S1 binding site of Tr with the analogous residues of Ch is sufficient to transfer Ch specificity for ester hydrolysis, specificity for amide hydrolysis is not transferred. Trypsin is converted to a Ch-like protease when the binding pocket alterations are further modified by exchange of the Ch surface loops 185 through 188 and 221 through 225 for the analogous Tr loops. These loops are not structural components of either the S1 binding site or the extended substrate binding sites. This mutant enzyme is equivalent to Ch in its catalytic rate, but its substrate binding is impaired. Like Ch, this mutant utilizes extended substrate binding to accelerate catalysis, and substrate discrimination occurs during the acylation step rather than in substrate binding.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Hedstrom, L -- Szilagyi, L -- Rutter, W J -- DK21344/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Mar 6;255(5049):1249-53.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Hormone Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco 94143-0534.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1546324" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Acylation ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Base Sequence ; Binding Sites ; Chymotrypsin/*chemistry/metabolism ; Hydrolysis ; Kinetics ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Molecular Structure ; Mutagenesis, Site-Directed ; Protein Conformation ; Substrate Specificity ; Trypsin/*chemistry/genetics/metabolism
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  • 5
    Publication Date: 1992-05-15
    Description: A facile method for isolating genes that encode interacting proteins has been developed with a polypeptide probe that contains an amino-terminal extension with recognition sites for a monoclonal antibody, a specific endopeptidase, and a site-specific protein kinase. This probe, containing the basic region-leucine zipper dimerization motif of c-Fos, was used to screen a complementary DNA library. A complementary DNA that encoded a member of the basic-helix-loop-helix-zipper (bHLH-Zip) family of proteins was isolated. The complementary DNA-encoded polypeptide FIP (Fos interacting protein) bound to oligonucleotide probes that contained DNA binding motifs for other HLH proteins. When cotransfected with c-Fos, FIP stimulated transcription of an AP-1-responsive promoter.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Blanar, M A -- Rutter, W J -- DK-21344/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/ -- DK-41822/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 May 15;256(5059):1014-8.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Hormone Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco 94143.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1589769" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Binding Sites ; *Cloning, Molecular ; DNA/isolation & purification ; DNA-Binding Proteins/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism ; *Genes, fos/genetics ; HeLa Cells ; Humans ; Leucine Zippers/*genetics ; Macromolecular Substances ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Oligonucleotide Probes/chemistry/metabolism ; Protein Conformation ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos/chemistry/metabolism ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-jun/chemistry/metabolism ; Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid ; Transfection
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    American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
    Publication Date: 1992-12-11
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Beratan, D N -- Onuchic, J N -- Winkler, J R -- Gray, H B -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Dec 11;258(5089):1740-1.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15260.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1334572" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Cytochrome c Group/*chemistry/metabolism ; Cytochrome-c Peroxidase/*chemistry/metabolism ; *Electron Transport ; Models, Molecular ; Photosynthesis ; Protein Conformation ; Proteins/*chemistry ; Saccharomyces cerevisiae/metabolism ; X-Ray Diffraction
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    Publication Date: 1992-06-05
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Petsko, G A -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Jun 5;256(5062):1403-4.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1604313" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acids/chemistry ; Enzymes/*chemistry/metabolism ; *Functional Laterality ; HIV Protease/chemical synthesis/*chemistry ; Humans ; *Isomerism ; Protein Conformation
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  • 8
    Publication Date: 1992-01-10
    Description: Six "cavity-creating" mutants, Leu46----Ala (L46A), L99A, L118A, L121A, L133A, and Phe153----Ala (F153A), were constructed within the hydrophobic core of phage T4 lysozyme. The substitutions decreased the stability of the protein at pH 3.0 by different amounts, ranging from 2.7 kilocalories per mole (kcal mol-1) for L46A and L121A to 5.0 kcal mol-1 for L99A. The double mutant L99A/F153A was also constructed and decreased in stability by 8.3 kcal mol-1. The x-ray structures of all of the variants were determined at high resolution. In every case, removal of the wild-type side chain allowed some of the surrounding atoms to move toward the vacated space but a cavity always remained, which ranged in volume from 24 cubic angstroms (A3) for L46A to 150 A3 for L99A. No solvent molecules were observed in any of these cavities. The destabilization of the mutant Leu----Ala proteins relative to wild type can be approximated by a constant term (approximately 2.0 kcal mol-1) plus a term that increases in proportion to the size of the cavity. The constant term is approximately equal to the transfer free energy of leucine relative to alanine as determined from partitioning between aqueous and organic solvents. The energy term that increases with the size of the cavity can be expressed either in terms of the cavity volume (24 to 33 cal mol-1 A-3) or in terms of the cavity surface area (20 cal mol-1 A-2). The results suggest how to reconcile a number of conflicting reports concerning the strength of the hydrophobic effect in proteins.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Eriksson, A E -- Baase, W A -- Zhang, X J -- Heinz, D W -- Blaber, M -- Baldwin, E P -- Matthews, B W -- GM12989/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- GM13709/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- GM21967/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Jan 10;255(5041):178-83.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Institute of Molecular Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Eugene, OR.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1553543" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Calorimetry ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Muramidase/*chemistry/*genetics ; Mutagenesis, Site-Directed ; Protein Conformation ; Structure-Activity Relationship ; T-Phages/enzymology/genetics ; Thermodynamics ; X-Ray Diffraction
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  • 9
    Publication Date: 1992-07-03
    Description: Aldose reductase, which catalyzes the reduced form of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH)-dependent reduction of a wide variety of aromatic and aliphatic carbonyl compounds, is implicated in the development of diabetic and galactosemic complications involving the lens, retina, nerves, and kidney. A 1.65 angstrom refined structure of a recombinant human placenta aldose reductase reveals that the enzyme contains a parallel beta 8/alpha 8-barrel motif and establishes a new motif for NADP-binding oxidoreductases. The substrate-binding site is located in a large, deep elliptical pocket at the COOH-terminal end of the beta barrel with a bound NADPH in an extended conformation. The highly hydrophobic nature of the active site pocket greatly favors aromatic and apolar substrates over highly polar monosaccharides. The structure should allow for the rational design of specific inhibitors that might provide molecular understanding of the catalytic mechanism, as well as possible therapeutic agents.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Wilson, D K -- Bohren, K M -- Gabbay, K H -- Quiocho, F A -- DK-39,044/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Jul 3;257(5066):81-4.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1621098" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Aldehyde Reductase/*chemistry/metabolism ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Binding Sites ; *Diabetes Complications ; Diabetes Mellitus/*enzymology ; Humans ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Protein Conformation ; X-Ray Diffraction/methods
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    American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
    Publication Date: 1992-01-10
    Description: A number of unnatural amino acids and amino acid analogs with modified backbone structures were substituted for alanine-82 in T4 lysozyme. Replacements included alpha,alpha-disubstituted amino acids, N-alkyl amino acids, and lactic acid, an isoelectronic analog of alanine. The effects of these electronic and structural perturbations on the stability of T4 lysozyme were determined. The relatively broad substrate specificity of the Escherichia coli protein biosynthetic machinery suggests that a wide range of backbone and side-chain substitutions can be introduced, allowing a more precise definition of the factors affecting protein stability.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Ellman, J A -- Mendel, D -- Schultz, P G -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Jan 10;255(5041):197-200.〈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/1553546" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: *Alanine ; Amino Acid Sequence ; *Amino Acids ; Circular Dichroism ; Codon ; Enzyme Stability ; Escherichia coli/enzymology/genetics ; Muramidase/*biosynthesis/*chemistry/genetics ; *Mutagenesis, Site-Directed ; Protein Conformation ; Structure-Activity Relationship ; Substrate Specificity ; T-Phages/enzymology
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    Publication Date: 1992-01-03
    Description: The p107 protein and the retinoblastoma protein (RB) both bind specifically to two viral oncoproteins, the SV40 T antigen (T) and adenoviral protein E1A (E1A). Like RB, p107 contains a segment (the pocket) that, alone, can bind specifically to T, E1A, and multiple cellular proteins. Cyclin A bound to the p107 pocket, but not the RB pocket. Although both pockets contain two, related collinear subsegments (A and B), the unique sequence in the p107 pocket that occupies the space between A and B is required for the interaction with cyclin A.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Ewen, M E -- Faha, B -- Harlow, E -- Livingston, D M -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Jan 3;255(5040):85-7.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1532457" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Adenovirus Early Proteins ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Antigens, Polyomavirus Transforming/*metabolism ; Base Sequence ; Binding Sites ; Cell Line ; Cloning, Molecular ; Cyclins/*metabolism ; Escherichia coli/genetics ; Eye Neoplasms ; Glutathione Transferase/genetics/metabolism ; Humans ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Mutagenesis, Site-Directed ; *Nuclear Proteins ; Oligodeoxyribonucleotides ; Oncogene Proteins, Viral/genetics/*metabolism ; Protein Conformation ; Proteins/genetics/*metabolism ; Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism ; Retinoblastoma ; Retinoblastoma Protein/genetics/*metabolism ; Retinoblastoma-Like Protein p107 ; Structure-Activity Relationship
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    Publication Date: 1992-08-10
    Description: The fungicidal type I chitinases contribute to the defense response of plants against pathogens. Two tobacco chitinases represent a different class of hydroxyproline-containing proteins. Hydroxyproline-rich proteins are predominantly extracellular, structural glycoproteins proteins that lack enzymatic activity and contain many hydroxyproline residues. In contrast, type I chitinases are vacuolar enzymes. They are not glycosylated and contain a small number of hydroxyproline residues restricted to a single, short peptide sequence.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Sticher, L -- Hofsteenge, J -- Milani, A -- Neuhaus, J M -- Meins, F Jr -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Jul 31;257(5070):655-7.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Friedrich Miescher-Institut, Basel, Switzerland.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1496378" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Chitinase/*chemistry/metabolism ; Glycosylation ; Hydroxylation ; Hydroxyproline/*analysis ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Molecular Weight ; *Plants, Toxic ; Protein Conformation ; Tobacco/*enzymology/ultrastructure ; Vacuoles/*enzymology
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    Publication Date: 1992-08-14
    Description: Class I major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules interact with self and foreign peptides of diverse amino acid sequences yet exhibit distinct allele-specific selectivity for peptide binding. The structures of the peptide-binding specificity pockets (subsites) in the groove of murine H-2Kb as well as human histocompatibility antigen class I molecules have been analyzed. Deep but highly conserved pockets at each end of the groove bind the amino and carboxyl termini of peptide through extensive hydrogen bonding and, hence, dictate the orientation of peptide binding. A deep polymorphic pocket in the middle of the groove provides the chemical and structural complementarity for one of the peptide's anchor residues, thereby playing a major role in allele-specific peptide binding. Although one or two shallow pockets in the groove may also interact with specific peptide side chains, their role in the selection of peptide is minor. Thus, usage of a limited number of both deep and shallow pockets in multiple combinations appears to allow the binding of a broad range of peptides. This binding occurs with high affinity, primarily because of extensive interactions with the peptide backbone and the conserved hydrogen bonding network at both termini of the peptide. Interactions between the anchor residue (or residues) and the corresponding allele-specific pocket provide sufficient extra binding affinity not only to enhance specificity but also to endure the presentation of the peptide at the cell surface for recognition by T cells.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Matsumura, M -- Fremont, D H -- Peterson, P A -- Wilson, I A -- CA-09523/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- CA-97489/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Aug 14;257(5072):927-34.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Immunology, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1323878" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Antigens/chemistry/*metabolism ; Binding Sites ; H-2 Antigens/chemistry/*metabolism ; HLA-A2 Antigen/chemistry ; Histocompatibility Antigens Class I/chemistry/*metabolism ; Hydrogen Bonding ; Mice ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Ovalbumin/chemistry/metabolism ; Peptide Fragments/chemistry/metabolism ; Peptides/chemistry/*metabolism ; Protein Conformation ; Solvents ; Vesicular stomatitis Indiana virus/metabolism ; Viral Proteins/chemistry/*metabolism
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    Publication Date: 1992-04-03
    Description: The conformation of the immunosuppressive drug cyclosporin A (CsA) in a complex with a Fab molecule has been established by crystallographic analysis to 2.65 angstrom resolution. This conformation of CsA is similar to that recently observed in the complex with the rotamase cyclophilin, its binding protein in vivo, and totally different from its conformation in an isolated form as determined from x-ray and nuclear magnetic resonance analysis. Because the surfaces of CsA interacting with cyclophilin or with the Fab are not identical, these results suggest that the conformation of CsA observed in the bound form preexists in aqueous solution and is not produced by interaction with the proteins.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Altschuh, D -- Vix, O -- Rees, B -- Thierry, J C -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Apr 3;256(5053):92-4.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1566062" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Isomerases/chemistry/metabolism ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Carrier Proteins/chemistry/metabolism ; Cyclosporine/*chemistry/immunology/metabolism ; Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments/*chemistry/metabolism ; Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Peptidylprolyl Isomerase ; Protein Binding ; Protein Conformation ; Solutions ; X-Ray Diffraction/methods
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    Publication Date: 1992-12-04
    Description: The Src homology 3 (SH3) region is a protein domain of 55 to 75 amino acids found in many cytoplasmic proteins, including those that participate in signal transduction pathways. The solution structure of the SH3 domain of the tyrosine kinase Src was determined by multidimensional nuclear magnetic resonance methods. The molecule is composed of two short three-stranded anti-parallel beta sheets packed together at approximately right angles. Studies of the SH3 domain bound to proline-rich peptide ligands revealed a hydrophobic binding site on the surface of the protein that is lined with the side chains of conserved aromatic amino acids.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Yu, H -- Rosen, M K -- Shin, T B -- Seidel-Dugan, C -- Brugge, J S -- Schreiber, S L -- 1-S10-RR04870/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/ -- CA27951/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- GM44993/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Dec 4;258(5088):1665-8.〈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/1280858" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Binding Sites ; Cloning, Molecular ; Escherichia coli/genetics ; Glutathione Transferase/chemistry/genetics/isolation & purification ; Ligands ; Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Neurons/physiology ; Protein Conformation ; *Protein Structure, Secondary ; Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/*genetics ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins pp60(c-src)/*chemistry ; Recombinant Fusion Proteins/chemistry/isolation & purification ; Solutions ; X-Ray Diffraction
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    Publication Date: 1992-05-15
    Description: The heterotrimeric guanine nucleotide binding proteins (G proteins) are activated by sensory or hormone receptors. In turn, the G proteins activate effector proteins such as adenylyl cyclase, cyclic guanosine 3',5'-monophosphate phosphodiesterase (cGMP PDE), phospholipase C, and potassium and calcium ion channels by mechanisms that are poorly understood. A site on the alpha subunit of the G protein transducin (alpha t) has been identified that interacts with and activates cGMP phosphodiesterase, the effector enzyme in rod photoreceptors. A 22-amino acid peptide, corresponding to residues 293 to 314 from the COOH-terminal region of alpha t, fully mimicked alpha t and potently activated PDE. This region is adjacent to the receptor activation domain; thus, the alpha subunit of this G protein has a site for interaction with both its effector and receptor that maps near the COOH-terminus.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Rarick, H M -- Artemyev, N O -- Hamm, H E -- EY 06062/EY/NEI NIH HHS/ -- T32 HL 07692-02/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 May 15;256(5059):1031-3.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago 60680.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1317058" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: 3',5'-Cyclic-GMP Phosphodiesterases/*metabolism ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Binding Sites ; Cattle ; Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid ; Enzyme Activation/drug effects ; GTP-Binding Proteins/*chemistry/*physiology ; Guanosine 5'-O-(3-Thiotriphosphate)/metabolism ; Guanosine Diphosphate/metabolism ; Guanosine Triphosphate/metabolism ; Macromolecular Substances ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Peptide Fragments/chemistry/*pharmacology ; Protein Conformation
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    Publication Date: 1992-06-26
    Description: A 3.5 angstrom resolution electron density map of the HIV-1 reverse transcriptase heterodimer complexed with nevirapine, a drug with potential for treatment of AIDS, reveals an asymmetric dimer. The polymerase (pol) domain of the 66-kilodalton subunit has a large cleft analogous to that of the Klenow fragment of Escherichia coli DNA polymerase I. However, the 51-kilodalton subunit of identical sequence has no such cleft because the four subdomains of the pol domain occupy completely different relative positions. Two of the four pol subdomains appear to be structurally related to subdomains of the Klenow fragment, including one containing the catalytic site. The subdomain that appears likely to bind the template strand at the pol active site has a different structure in the two polymerases. Duplex A-form RNA-DNA hybrid can be model-built into the cleft that runs between the ribonuclease H and pol active sites. Nevirapine is almost completely buried in a pocket near but not overlapping with the pol active site. Residues whose mutation results in drug resistance have been approximately located.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Kohlstaedt, L A -- Wang, J -- Friedman, J M -- Rice, P A -- Steitz, T A -- GM 39546/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Jun 26;256(5065):1783-90.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1377403" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Azepines/pharmacology ; Binding Sites ; Crystallography ; DNA Polymerase I/chemistry ; Escherichia coli/genetics ; HIV-1/*enzymology ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Structure ; Nevirapine ; Protein Conformation ; Pyridines/pharmacology ; RNA-Directed DNA Polymerase/*chemistry
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    Publication Date: 1992-05-08
    Description: Voltage-sensitive sodium channels are responsible for the initiation and propagation of the action potential and therefore are important for neuronal excitability. Complementary DNA clones encoding the beta 1 subunit of the rat brain sodium channel were isolated by a combination of polymerase chain reaction and library screening techniques. The deduced primary structure indicates that the beta 1 subunit is a 22,851-dalton protein that contains a single putative transmembrane domain and four potential extracellular N-linked glycosylation sites, consistent with biochemical data. Northern blot analysis reveals a 1,400-nucleotide messenger RNA in rat brain, heart, skeletal muscle, and spinal cord. Coexpression of beta 1 subunits with alpha subunits increases the size of the peak sodium current, accelerates its inactivation, and shifts the voltage dependence of inactivation to more negative membrane potentials. These results indicate that the beta 1 subunit is crucial in the assembly, expression, and functional modulation of the heterotrimeric complex of the rat brain sodium channel.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Isom, L L -- De Jongh, K S -- Patton, D E -- Reber, B F -- Offord, J -- Charbonneau, H -- Walsh, K -- Goldin, A L -- Catterall, W A -- NS15751/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/ -- NS25704/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/ -- NS26729/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 May 8;256(5058):839-42.〈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/1375395" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Blotting, Northern ; Brain/*physiology ; Cloning, Molecular ; DNA/genetics/isolation & purification ; Female ; Kinetics ; Macromolecular Substances ; Membrane Potentials ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Oocytes/physiology ; Polymerase Chain Reaction/methods ; Protein Conformation ; RNA/genetics/isolation & purification ; RNA, Messenger/genetics ; Rats ; Sodium Channels/*genetics/*physiology ; Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel beta-1 Subunit ; Xenopus
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    Publication Date: 1992-04-10
    Description: Backbone-engineered HIV-1 protease was prepared by a total chemical synthesis approach that combines the act of joining two peptides with the generation of an analog structure. Unprotected synthetic peptide segments corresponding to the two halves of the HIV-1 protease monomer polypeptide chain were joined cleanly and in high yield through unique mutually reactive functional groups, one on each segment. Ligation was performed in 6 molar guanidine hydrochloride, thus circumventing limited solubility of protected peptide segments, the principal problem of the classical approach to the chemical synthesis of proteins. The resulting fully active HIV-1 protease analog contained a thioester replacement for the natural peptide bond between Gly51-Gly52 in each of the two active site flaps, a region known to be highly sensitive to mutational changes of amino acid side chains.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Schnolzer, M -- Kent, S B -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Apr 10;256(5054):221-5.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Cell Biology, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1566069" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Guanidine ; Guanidines ; HIV Protease/*chemical synthesis/metabolism ; HIV-1/*enzymology ; Indicators and Reagents ; Mass Spectrometry ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Peptides/*chemical synthesis ; Protein Conformation
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    Publication Date: 1992-10-16
    Description: In the energy transduction of muscle contraction, it is important to know the nature and extent of conformational changes of the head portion of the myosin molecules. In the presence of magnesium adenosine triphosphate (MgATP), fairly large conformational changes of the myosin head [subfragment-1 (S1)] in solution were observed by small-angle x-ray scattering with the use of synchrotron radiation as an intense and stable x-ray source. The presence of MgATP reduced the radius of gyration of the molecule by about 3 angstrom units and the maximum chord length by about 10 angstroms, showing that the shape of S1 becomes more compact or round during hydrolysis of MgATP. Comparison with various nucleotide-bound S1 complexes that correspond to the known intermediate states during ATP hydrolysis indicates that the shape of S1 in a key intermediate state, S1-bound adenosine diphosphate (ADP) and phosphate [S1**.ADP.P(i)], differs significantly from the shape in the other intermediate states of the S1 adenosine triphosphatase cycle as well as that of nucleotide-free S1.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Wakabayashi, K -- Tokunaga, M -- Kohno, I -- Sugimoto, Y -- Hamanaka, T -- Takezawa, Y -- Wakabayashi, T -- Amemiya, Y -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Oct 16;258(5081):443-7.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biophysical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Japan.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1411537" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Adenosine Triphosphate/metabolism ; Animals ; Chickens ; Ligands ; Motion ; *Muscle Contraction ; Myosin Subfragments/*ultrastructure ; Myosins/*chemistry/ultrastructure ; Protein Conformation ; Scattering, Radiation ; X-Rays
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    Publication Date: 1992-01-03
    Description: Although tetrameric hemoglobin has been studied extensively as a prototype for understanding mechanisms of allosteric regulation, the functional and structural properties of its eight intermediate ligation forms have remained elusive. Recent experiments on the energetics of cooperativity of these intermediates, along with assignments of their quaternary structures, have revealed that the allosteric mechanism is controlled by a previously unrecognized symmetry feature: quaternary switching from form T to form R occurs whenever heme-site binding creates a tetramer with at least one ligated subunit on each dimeric half-molecule. This "symmetry rule" translates the configurational isomers of heme-site ligation into six observed switchpoints of quaternary transition. Cooperativity arises from both "concerted" quaternary switching and "sequential" modulation of binding within each quaternary form, T and R. Binding affinity is regulated through a hierarchical code of tertiary-quaternary coupling that includes the classical allosteric models as limiting cases.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Ackers, G K -- Doyle, M L -- Myers, D -- Daugherty, M A -- P01-HL40453/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/ -- R37-GM24486/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Jan 3;255(5040):54-63.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1553532" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Allosteric Regulation ; Calorimetry ; Circular Dichroism ; Hemoglobins/*chemistry/genetics/metabolism ; Kinetics ; Ligands ; Macromolecular Substances ; Models, Molecular ; Mutation ; Oxyhemoglobins/chemistry/metabolism ; Protein Conformation ; Thermodynamics
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    Publication Date: 1992-06-05
    Description: The D and L forms of the enzyme HIV-1 protease have been prepared by total chemical synthesis. The two proteins had identical covalent structures. However, the folded protein-enzyme enantiomers showed reciprocal chiral specificity on peptide substrates. That is, each enzyme enantiomer cut only the corresponding substrate enantiomer. Reciprocal chiral specificity was also evident in the effect of enantiomeric inhibitors. These data imply that the folded forms of the chemically synthesized D- and L-enzyme molecules are mirror images of one another in all elements of the three-dimensional structure. Enantiomeric proteins are expected to display reciprocal chiral specificity in all aspects of their biochemical interactions.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Milton, R C -- Milton, S C -- Kent, S B -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Jun 5;256(5062):1445-8.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Cell Biology, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1604320" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; *Amino Acids ; HIV Protease/chemical synthesis/*chemistry/*metabolism ; Kinetics ; Macromolecular Substances ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Oligopeptides/pharmacology ; Protein Conformation ; Stereoisomerism ; Substrate Specificity ; X-Ray Diffraction
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    Publication Date: 1992-04-10
    Description: The excisive recombination reaction of bacteriophage lambda involves a specific and efficient juxtaposition of two distant higher order protein-DNA complexes on the chromosome of Escherichia coli. These complexes, which mediate synapsis and strand exchange, consist of two DNA sequences, attL and attR, the bivalent DNA binding protein Int, and the sequence-specific DNA bending proteins, IHF, Xis, and Fis. The protein-protein and protein-DNA interactions within, and between, these complexes were studied by various biochemical techniques and the patterns of synergism among pairs of mutants with marginally impaired recombination function were analyzed. The DNA bending proteins facilitated long-range tethering of high- and low-affinity DNA sites by the bivalent Int protein, and a specific map is proposed for the resulting Int bridges. These structural motifs provide a basis for postulating the mechanism of site-specific recombination and may also be relevant to other pathways in which two distant chromosomal sites become associated.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1904348/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉   〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1904348/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Kim, S -- Landy, A -- AI 13544/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- GM 33928/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM033928/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM062723/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Apr 10;256(5054):198-203.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Division of Biology and Medicine, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1533056" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Bacteriophage lambda/*enzymology ; Base Sequence ; Chromosome Mapping ; *Chromosomes, Bacterial ; Crosses, Genetic ; DNA Nucleotidyltransferases/*metabolism ; DNA, Bacterial/genetics ; DNA-Binding Proteins/*metabolism ; Escherichia coli/*genetics/metabolism ; Genes, Bacterial ; Genetic Linkage ; Integrases ; Models, Structural ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Mutagenesis, Site-Directed ; Nucleic Acid Conformation ; Plasmids ; Protein Conformation ; Recombination, Genetic
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    Publication Date: 1992-07-03
    Description: The phylogenetic origin of eukaryotes has been unclear because eukaryotic nuclear genes have diverged substantially from prokaryotic ones. The genes coding for elongation factor EF-1 alpha were compared among various organisms. The EF-1 alpha sequences of eukaryotes contained an 11-amino acid segment that was also found in eocytes (extremely thermophilic, sulfur-metabolizing bacteria) but that was absent in all other bacteria. The related (paralogous) genes encoding elongation factor EF-2 and initiation factor IF-2 also lacked the 11-amino acid insert. These data imply that the eocytes are the closest surviving relatives (sister taxon) of the eukaryotes.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Rivera, M C -- Lake, J A -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Jul 3;257(5066):74-6.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Molecular Biology Institute, University of California, Los Angeles 90024.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1621096" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Bacteria/*genetics ; Base Sequence ; *Biological Evolution ; DNA, Bacterial/genetics ; Humans ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Peptide Elongation Factor 1 ; Peptide Elongation Factor G ; Peptide Elongation Factor Tu/chemistry/*genetics ; Peptide Elongation Factors/*genetics ; Peptide Initiation Factors/*genetics ; Phylogeny ; Plants/genetics ; Prokaryotic Initiation Factor-2 ; Protein Conformation ; Saccharomyces cerevisiae/genetics ; Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
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    Publication Date: 1992-06-26
    Description: Nanosecond lasers were used to measure the rate of conformational changes in myoglobin after ligand dissociation at ambient temperatures. At low solvent viscosities the rate is independent of viscosity, but at high viscosities it depends on approximately the inverse first power of the viscosity. Kramers theory for unimolecular rate processes can be used to explain this result if the friction term is modified to include protein as well as solvent friction. The theory and experiment suggest that the dominant factor in markedly reducing the rate of conformational changes in myoglobin at low temperatures (less than 200 K) is the very high viscosity (greater than 10(7) centipoise) of the glycerol-water solvent. That is, at low temperatures conformational substates may not be "frozen" so much as "stuck."〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Ansari, A -- Jones, C M -- Henry, E R -- Hofrichter, J -- Eaton, W A -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Jun 26;256(5065):1796-8.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Laboratory of Chemical Physics, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1615323" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Carbon Monoxide ; Hot Temperature ; Lasers ; Myoglobin/*chemistry ; Protein Conformation ; Solvents/*adverse effects ; Spectrophotometry, Atomic ; Viscosity
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    Publication Date: 1992-05-15
    Description: The basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) protein MyoD is a transcription factor that is important for the induction of the myogenic phenotype. The DNA binding basic region (13 amino acids) is necessary for recognition of the consensus MyoD binding site, for transcriptional activation, and for conversion of fibroblasts to muscle. In contrast, the non-tissue-specific bHLH protein E12 can bind to the MyoD binding site but does not induce myogenesis. Here, it is shown that only two amino acids in the MyoD basic region and a single amino acid from the junction, which separates the basic region and helix 1, are sufficient for myogenic specificity when substituted into the corresponding region of E12. These findings suggest that the recognition of particular determinants in the basic region is required for conversion of fibroblasts to muscle.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Davis, R L -- Weintraub, H -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 May 15;256(5059):1027-30.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Howard Hughes Medical Institute Laboratory, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98104.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1317057" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Base Sequence ; Binding Sites ; Cell Differentiation ; Cell Line ; DNA/metabolism ; DNA Probes ; DNA-Binding Proteins/chemistry/metabolism/pharmacology ; Fibroblasts/cytology ; Fluorescent Antibody Technique ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Muscle Proteins/chemistry/genetics/*physiology ; Muscles/*cytology ; MyoD Protein ; Protein Conformation ; Structure-Activity Relationship ; Transcription Factors/chemistry/metabolism/pharmacology ; Transfection
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    Publication Date: 1992-07-10
    Description: The molecular basis for recognition of nonnative proteins by the molecular chaperone SecB was investigated with an in vitro assay based on the protection of SecB from proteolysis when a ligand is bound. The SecB tetramer has multiple binding sites for positively charged peptides. When the peptide binding sites are occupied, the complex undergoes a conformational change to expose hydrophobic sites that bind the fluorescent probe 1-anilinonaphthalene-8-sulfonate. A model is proposed for interaction of nonnative polypeptides with both hydrophilic and hydrophobic sites on SecB.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Randall, L L -- GM29798/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Jul 10;257(5067):241-5.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Washington State University, Pullman 99164-4660.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1631545" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Bacterial Proteins/*metabolism ; Binding Sites/physiology ; Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel ; In Vitro Techniques ; Models, Chemical ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Osmolar Concentration ; Peptides/*metabolism ; Protein Conformation
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    Publication Date: 1992-02-21
    Description: A class of regulators of eukaryotic gene expression contains a conserved amino acid sequence responsible for protein oligomerization and binding to DNA. This structure consists of an arginine- and lysine-rich basic region followed by a helix-loop-helix motif, which together mediate specific binding to DNA. Peptides were prepared that span this motif in the MyoD protein; in solution, they formed alpha-helical dimers and tetramers. They bound to DNA as dimers and their alpha-helical content increased on binding. Parallel and antiparallel four-helix models of the DNA-bound dimer were constructed. Peptides containing disulfide bonds were engineered to test the correctness of the two models. A disulfide that is compatible with the parallel model promotes specific interaction with DNA, whereas a disulfide compatible with the antiparallel model abolishes specific binding. Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) measurements of nitroxide-labeled peptides provided intersubunit distance measurements that also supported the parallel model.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Anthony-Cahill, S J -- Benfield, P A -- Fairman, R -- Wasserman, Z R -- Brenner, S L -- Stafford, W F 3rd -- Altenbach, C -- Hubbell, W L -- DeGrado, W F -- GM13731/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- GM14321/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Feb 21;255(5047):979-83.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Biotechnology Department, DuPont Merck Pharmaceutical Co., Wilmington, DE 19880-0328.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1312255" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Binding Sites ; Circular Dichroism ; DNA-Binding Proteins/*chemistry ; Disulfides ; Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy ; Enhancer Elements, Genetic ; Gene Expression Regulation ; Humans ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Protein Conformation ; Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid ; Sequence Alignment ; Transcription Factors/*chemistry
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    Publication Date: 1992-02-21
    Description: The three-dimensional structure of a specific antibody (Fab 17/9) to a peptide immunogen from influenza virus hemagglutinin [HA1(75-110)] and two independent crystal complexes of this antibody with bound peptide (TyrP100-LeuP108) have been determined by x-ray crystallographic techniques at 2.0 A, 2.9 A, and 3.1 A resolution, respectively. The nonapeptide antigen assumes a type I beta turn in the antibody combining site and interacts primarily with the Fab hypervariable loops L3, H2, and H3. Comparison of the bound and unbound Fab structures shows that a major rearrangement in the H3 loop accompanies antigen binding. This conformational change results in the creation of a binding pocket for the beta turn of the peptide, allowing TyrP105 to be accommodated. The conformation of the peptide bound to the antibody shows similarity to its cognate sequence in the HA1, suggesting a possible mechanism for the cross-reactivity of this Fab with monomeric hemagglutinin. The structures of the free and antigen bound antibodies demonstrate the flexibility of the antibody combining site and provide an example of induced fit as a mechanism for antibody-antigen recognition.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Rini, J M -- Schulze-Gahmen, U -- Wilson, I A -- AI-23498/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Feb 21;255(5047):959-65.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Molecular Biology, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1546293" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Antibodies, Monoclonal/ultrastructure ; *Antigen-Antibody Reactions ; Hemagglutinins, Viral/*immunology ; Hydrogen Bonding ; Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments/*ultrastructure ; Immunoglobulin G/ultrastructure ; In Vitro Techniques ; Influenza A virus/immunology ; Mice ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Motion ; Peptides/chemistry/immunology ; Protein Binding ; Protein Conformation ; X-Ray Diffraction
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    Publication Date: 1992-08-28
    Description: The crystal structure of calcium-bound calmodulin (Ca(2+)-CaM) bound to a peptide analog of the CaM-binding region of chicken smooth muscle myosin light chain kinase has been determined and refined to a resolution of 2.4 angstroms (A). The structure is compact and has the shape of an ellipsoid (axial ratio approximately 2:1). The bound CaM forms a tunnel diagonal to its long axis that engulfs the helical peptide, with the hydrophobic regions of CaM melded into a single area that closely covers the hydrophobic side of the peptide. There is a remarkably high pseudo-twofold symmetry between the closely associated domains. The central helix of the native CaM is unwound and expanded into a bend between residues 73 and 77. About 185 contacts (less than 4 A) are formed between CaM and the peptide, with van der Waals contacts comprising approximately 80% of this total.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Meador, W E -- Means, A R -- Quiocho, F A -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Aug 28;257(5074):1251-5.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1519061" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Calmodulin/*chemistry ; Crystallography ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Myosin-Light-Chain Kinase/*metabolism ; Protein Conformation
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    Publication Date: 1992-07-24
    Description: The iron storage protein ferritin consists of a spherical polypeptide shell (apoferritin) surrounding a 6-nanometer inorganic core of the hydrated iron oxide ferrihydrite (5Fe2O3.9H2O). Previous studies have shown that the in vitro reconstitution of apoferritin yields mineral cores essentially identical to those of the native proteins. A magnetic mineral was synthesized within the nanodimensional cavity of horse spleen ferritin by the use of controlled reconstitution conditions. Transmission electron microscopy and electron diffraction analysis indicate that the entrapped mineral particles are discrete 6-nanometer spherical single crystals of the ferrimagnetic iron oxide magnetite (Fe3O4). The resulting magnetic protein, "magnetoferritin," could have uses in biomedical imaging, cell labeling, and separation procedures.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Meldrum, F C -- Heywood, B R -- Mann, S -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Jul 24;257(5069):522-3.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉School of Chemistry, University of Bath, United Kingdom.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1636086" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; *Ferric Compounds ; Ferritins/*chemistry/ultrastructure ; Horses ; *Magnetics ; Microscopy, Electron ; Protein Conformation ; Spleen/metabolism
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    Publication Date: 1992-01-31
    Description: Subdomain-size proteolytic fragments of Escherichia coli trp repressor have been produced that assemble in defined order to regenerate fully native dimers. By characterization of the secondary and tertiary structures of isolated and recombined fragments, the structure of assembly intermediates can be correlated with the kinetic folding pathway of the intact repressor deduced from spectroscopic measurement of folding rates. The nativelike structure of these intermediates provides further evidence that protein folding pathways reflect the stabilities of secondary structural units and assemblies found in the native state. The proteolytic method should be generally useful in adding structural detail to spectroscopically determined folding mechanisms.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Tasayco, M L -- Carey, J -- GM43558/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Jan 31;255(5044):594-7.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Chemistry Department, Princeton University, NJ 08544.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1736361" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Bacterial Proteins/chemistry ; Circular Dichroism ; Escherichia coli/metabolism ; Kinetics ; Macromolecular Substances ; Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy/methods ; Models, Structural ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Peptide Fragments/chemistry ; Protein Conformation ; Repressor Proteins/*chemistry/metabolism
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    Publication Date: 1992-07-24
    Description: The elucidation of bioactive conformations of small peptide hormones remains an elusive goal to structural chemists because of the inherent flexibility of these molecules. Angiotensin II (AII), the major effector of the renin-angiotensin system, is an octapeptide hormone for which no clear structural models exist. Peptide hormones such as AII share the property that they bind to their receptors with high affinities, in spite of the fact that they must overcome an extremely large conformational entropy barrier to bind in one conformation. A "surrogate system" that consists of a high-affinity monoclonal antibody (MAb) and AII has been used to study a bound conformation of AII. The crystallographic structure of the complex reveals a structure of AII that is compatible with predicted bioactive conformations of AII derived from structure-activity studies and theoretical calculations. In the complex, the deeply bound hormone is folded into a compact structure in which two turns bring the amino and carboxyl termini close together. The antibody of this complex (MAb 131) has the unusual property that it was not generated against AII, but rather against an anti-idiotypic antibody reactive with a MAb to AII, which renders this antibody an anti-anti-idiotypic antibody. The high affinity for AII of the original MAb to AII was passed on to MAb 131 through a structural determinant on the anti-idiotypic antibody. Strikingly, the conformation of AII in this complex is highly similar to complementarity determining region loops of antibodies, possibly indicating that a true molecular mimic of bound AII was present on the anti-idiotypic antibody against which MAb 131 was elicited.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Garcia, K C -- Ronco, P M -- Verroust, P J -- Brunger, A T -- Amzel, L M -- GM44692/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Jul 24;257(5069):502-7.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1636085" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Angiotensin II/*chemistry/immunology/metabolism ; Animals ; Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic/*chemistry/metabolism ; Antibodies, Monoclonal/*chemistry/metabolism ; Antigen-Antibody Complex ; Humans ; Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments/*chemistry/metabolism ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Protein Conformation ; X-Ray Diffraction
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    Publication Date: 1992-08-21
    Description: Epidermolytic hyperkeratosis is a hereditary skin disorder characterized by blistering and a marked thickening of the stratum corneum. In one family, affected individuals exhibited a mutation in the highly conserved carboxyl terminal of the rod domain of keratin 1. In two other families, affected individuals had mutations in the highly conserved amino terminal of the rod domain of keratin 10. Structural analysis of these mutations predicts that heterodimer formation would be unaffected, although filament assembly and elongation would be severely compromised. These data imply that an intact keratin intermediate filament network is required for the maintenance of both cellular and tissue integrity.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Rothnagel, J A -- Dominey, A M -- Dempsey, L D -- Longley, M A -- Greenhalgh, D A -- Gagne, T A -- Huber, M -- Frenk, E -- Hohl, D -- Roop, D R -- HD25479/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Aug 21;257(5073):1128-30.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Cell Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1380725" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Base Sequence ; DNA/chemistry ; Humans ; Ichthyosiform Erythroderma, Congenital/*genetics ; Keratins/chemistry/*genetics ; Macromolecular Substances ; Molecular Sequence Data ; *Mutation ; Pedigree ; Polymerase Chain Reaction ; Protein Conformation
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    Publication Date: 1992-08-14
    Description: The x-ray structures of a murine MHC class I molecule (H-2Kb) were determined in complex with two different viral peptides, derived from the vesicular stomatitis virus nucleoprotein (52-59), VSV-8, and the Sendai virus nucleoprotein (324-332), SEV-9. The H-2Kb complexes were refined at 2.3 A for VSV-8 and 2.5 A for SEV-9. The structure of H-2Kb exhibits a high degree of similarity with human HLA class I, although the individual domains can have slightly altered dispositions. Both peptides bind in extended conformations with most of their surfaces buried in the H-2Kb binding groove. The nonamer peptide maintains the same amino- and carboxyl-terminal interactions as the octamer primarily by the insertion of a bulge in the center of an otherwise beta conformation. Most of the specific interactions are between side-chain atoms of H-2Kb and main-chain atoms of peptide. This binding scheme accounts in large part for the enormous diversity of peptide sequences that bind with high affinity to class I molecules. Small but significant conformational changes in H-2Kb are associated with peptide binding, and these synergistic movements may be an integral part of the T cell receptor recognition process.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Fremont, D H -- Matsumura, M -- Stura, E A -- Peterson, P A -- Wilson, I A -- CA-09523/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- CA-97489/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Aug 14;257(5072):919-27.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Molecular Biology, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1323877" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Binding Sites ; H-2 Antigens/*chemistry/metabolism ; Mice ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Parainfluenza Virus 1, Human/metabolism ; Protein Binding ; Protein Conformation ; Solvents ; Vesicular stomatitis Indiana virus/metabolism ; Viral Proteins/*chemistry/metabolism ; X-Ray Diffraction
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    Publication Date: 1992-10-16
    Description: The crystal structure of the DNA repair enzyme endonuclease III, which recognizes and cleaves DNA at damaged bases, has been solved to 2.0 angstrom resolution with an R factor of 0.185. This iron-sulfur [4Fe-4S] enzyme is elongated and bilobal with a deep cleft separating two similarly sized domains: a novel, sequence-continuous, six-helix domain (residues 22 to 132) and a Greek-key, four-helix domain formed by the amino-terminal and three carboxyl-terminal helices (residues 1 to 21 and 133 to 211) together with the [4Fe-4S] cluster. The cluster is bound entirely within the carboxyl-terminal loop with a ligation pattern (Cys-X6-Cys-X2-Cys-X5-Cys) distinct from all other known [4Fe-4S] proteins. Sequence conservation and the positive electrostatic potential of conserved regions identify a surface suitable for binding duplex B-DNA across the long axis of the enzyme, matching a 46 angstrom length of protected DNA. The primary role of the [4Fe-4S] cluster appears to involve positioning conserved basic residues for interaction with the DNA phosphate backbone. The crystallographically identified inhibitor binding region, which recognizes the damaged base thymine glycol, is a seven-residue beta-hairpin (residues 113 to 119). Location and side chain orientation at the base of the inhibitor binding site implicate Glu112 in the N-glycosylase mechanism and Lys120 in the beta-elimination mechanism. Overall, the structure reveals an unusual fold and a new biological function for [4Fe-4S] clusters and provides a structural basis for studying recognition of damaged DNA and the N-glycosylase and apurinic/apyrimidinic-lyase mechanisms.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Kuo, C F -- McRee, D E -- Fisher, C L -- O'Handley, S F -- Cunningham, R P -- Tainer, J A -- GM 46312/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- HL07695/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Oct 16;258(5081):434-40.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Molecular Biology, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1411536" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Bacterial Proteins/ultrastructure ; Base Sequence ; Crystallography ; Cysteine/chemistry ; *DNA Repair ; DNA-Binding Proteins/*ultrastructure ; Deoxyribonuclease (Pyrimidine Dimer) ; Endodeoxyribonucleases/*ultrastructure ; Iron-Sulfur Proteins/*ultrastructure ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Oligodeoxyribonucleotides/metabolism ; Protein Conformation ; Protein Structure, Secondary ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; X-Ray Diffraction
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    Publication Date: 1992-08-14
    Description: The peptide binding cleft of the class I human histocompatibility antigen, HLA-A2, contains conserved amino acid residues clustered in the two ends of the cleft in pockets A and F as well as polymorphic residues. The function of two conserved tyrosines in the A pocket was investigated by mutating them to phenylalanines and of a conserved tyrosine and threonine in the F pocket by mutating them to phenylalanine and valine, respectively. Presentation of influenza virus peptides and of intact virus to cytolytic T lymphocytes (CTLs) was then examined. The magnitude of the reduction seen by the mutation of the two tyrosines in the A pocket suggests that hydrogen bonds involving them have a critical function in the binding of the NH2-terminal NH3+ of the peptide nonamer and possibly of all bound peptide nonamers. In contrast, the mutations in the F pocket had no effect on CTL recognition.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Latron, F -- Pazmany, L -- Morrison, J -- Moots, R -- Saper, M A -- McMichael, A -- Strominger, J L -- AI 20182/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- CA 47554/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Aug 14;257(5072):964-7.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1380181" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; B-Lymphocytes/immunology ; Binding Sites ; Cell Line ; Cloning, Molecular ; Epitopes/immunology/metabolism ; HLA-A2 Antigen/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism ; Influenza A virus ; Kinetics ; Models, Molecular ; Mutagenesis, Site-Directed ; Oligopeptides/immunology/*metabolism ; Protein Conformation ; Recombinant Proteins/chemistry/metabolism ; T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic/*immunology ; Transfection ; Viral Proteins/metabolism
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    Publication Date: 1992-04-24
    Description: The x-ray structure of T4 endonuclease V, an enzyme responsible for the first step of a pyrimidine-dimer-specific excision-repair pathway, was determined at a 1.6-angstrom resolution. The enzyme consists of a single compact domain classified into an all-alpha structure. This single domain has two distinct catalytic activities; it functions as a pyrimidine dimer glycosylase and as an apurinic-apyrimidinic endonuclease. The amino-terminal segment penetrates between two major helices and prevents their direct contact. The refined structure suggests the residues involved in the substrate binding and the catalysis of the glycosylation reaction.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Morikawa, K -- Matsumoto, O -- Tsujimoto, M -- Katayanagi, K -- Ariyoshi, M -- Doi, T -- Ikehara, M -- Inaoka, T -- Ohtsuka, E -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Apr 24;256(5056):523-6.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Protein Engineering Research Institute, Osaka, Japan.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1575827" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; *DNA Repair ; Deoxyribonuclease (Pyrimidine Dimer) ; Electrochemistry ; Endodeoxyribonucleases/*chemistry/metabolism ; Glycosylation ; Hydrogen Bonding ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Molecular Structure ; Mutagenesis, Site-Directed ; Protein Conformation ; Pyrimidine Dimers/*metabolism ; Structure-Activity Relationship ; Substrate Specificity ; T-Phages/enzymology ; *Viral Proteins ; X-Ray Diffraction
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    Publication Date: 1992-07-24
    Description: Genetic and sequence information are reported for an angiotensin II-reactive antibody (Ab1, MAb 110) and an anti--anti-idiotypic antibody (Ab3, MAb 131) that have identical antigen binding properties and that are related by an anti-idiotypic antibody (Ab2-beta) that satisfies accepted biochemical criteria for an internal image-bearing antibody. The sequences of the variable regions of the Ab3 and of the Ab1 are nearly identical, even though the Ab1 is an antibody to a peptide and the Ab3 is an antibody to a globular protein. Significantly, amino acid residues that make critical contacts with antigen in the crystal structure of the Ab3-antigen complex are highly conserved in Ab1, suggesting that the epitopes of the Ab2-beta recognized by the Ab3 do indeed resemble the bound structure of the antigen.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Garcia, K C -- Desiderio, S V -- Ronco, P M -- Verroust, P J -- Amzel, L M -- 6M 44692/PHS HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Jul 24;257(5069):528-31.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University Medical School, Baltimore, MD 21205.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1636087" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Angiotensin II/chemistry/*immunology ; Animals ; Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic/chemistry/genetics/*immunology ; Antibodies, Monoclonal/chemistry/genetics/*immunology ; Antigen-Antibody Complex ; Base Sequence ; Cell Line ; Hybridomas/immunology ; Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains/genetics/immunology ; Immunoglobulin Light Chains/genetics/immunology ; Immunoglobulin Variable Region/chemistry/genetics/immunology ; Mice ; Mice, Inbred BALB C/immunology ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Plasmacytoma ; Protein Conformation
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    Publication Date: 1992-05-01
    Description: The oxygen affinity of hemoglobin varies linearly with the chemical potential of water in the bathing medium, as seen from the osmotic effect of several neutral solutes, namely sucrose, stachyose, and two polyethyleneglycols (molecular weights of 150 and 400). The data, analyzed either by Wyman linkage equations or by Gibbs-Duhem relations, show that approximately 60 extra water molecules bind to hemoglobin during the transition from the fully deoxygenated tense (T) state to the fully oxygenated relaxed (R) state. This number, independent of the nature of the solute, agrees with the difference in water-accessible surface areas previously computed for the two conformations. The work of solvation in allosteric regulation can no longer go unrecognized.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Colombo, M F -- Rau, D C -- Parsegian, V A -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 May 1;256(5057):655-9.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Laboratory of Biochemistry and Metabolism, 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/1585178" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Allosteric Regulation/physiology ; Chemistry, Physical ; Hemoglobins/*chemistry/metabolism ; Oligosaccharides/pharmacology ; Osmotic Pressure ; Oxygen/metabolism ; Physicochemical Phenomena ; Polyethylene Glycols/pharmacology ; Protein Conformation ; Sucrose/pharmacology ; Thermodynamics ; Water/metabolism/*pharmacology
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    Publication Date: 1992-07-31
    Description: The location of the bound lipid in the soluble lipoprotein lipovitellin has been determined by neutron crystallographic techniques. With the use of the contrast variation method, whereby the crystals are soaked in different H2O-D2O mixtures, the lipid has been found to occupy a large cavity in the protein whose structure had previously been determined by x-ray crystallography. The lipid appears to be bound in the form of a bilayer with the major protein-lipid interactions being hydrophobic and with the lipid headgroups projecting into the bulk solvent and into a solvent-filled space in the cavity.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Timmins, P A -- Poliks, B -- Banaszak, L -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Jul 31;257(5070):652-5.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Institut Laue-Langevin, Grenoble, France.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1496377" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Binding Sites ; Chemistry, Physical ; Crystallography ; Deuterium ; Egg Proteins ; Egg Proteins, Dietary/*chemistry/metabolism ; *Lipid Metabolism ; Lipids/analysis ; Macromolecular Substances ; Molecular Structure ; Neutrons ; Physicochemical Phenomena ; Protein Conformation ; Water ; X-Ray Diffraction
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    Publication Date: 1992-09-18
    Description: The nitrogenase enzyme system catalyzes the ATP (adenosine triphosphate)-dependent reduction of dinitrogen to ammonia during the process of nitrogen fixation. Nitrogenase consists of two proteins: the iron (Fe)-protein, which couples hydrolysis of ATP to electron transfer, and the molybdenum-iron (MoFe)-protein, which contains the dinitrogen binding site. In order to address the role of ATP in nitrogen fixation, the crystal structure of the nitrogenase Fe-protein from Azotobacter vinelandii has been determined at 2.9 angstrom (A) resolution. Fe-protein is a dimer of two identical subunits that coordinate a single 4Fe:4S cluster. Each subunit folds as a single alpha/beta type domain, which together symmetrically ligate the surface exposed 4Fe:4S cluster through two cysteines from each subunit. A single bound ADP (adenosine diphosphate) molecule is located in the interface region between the two subunits. Because the phosphate groups of this nucleotide are approximately 20 A from the 4Fe:4S cluster, it is unlikely that ATP hydrolysis and electron transfer are directly coupled. Instead, it appears that interactions between the nucleotide and cluster sites must be indirectly coupled by allosteric changes occurring at the subunit interface. The coupling between protein conformation and nucleotide hydrolysis in Fe-protein exhibits general similarities to the H-Ras p21 and recA proteins that have been recently characterized structurally. The Fe-protein structure may be relevant to the functioning of other biochemical energy-transducing systems containing two nucleotide-binding sites, including membrane transport proteins.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Georgiadis, M M -- Komiya, H -- Chakrabarti, P -- Woo, D -- Kornuc, J J -- Rees, D C -- GM45162/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Sep 18;257(5077):1653-9.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biochemistry, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1529353" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Adenosine Diphosphate/metabolism ; Adenosine Triphosphate/metabolism/pharmacology ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Azotobacter vinelandii/*enzymology ; Binding Sites ; Chemistry, Physical ; Crystallization ; Electron Transport ; Hydrolysis ; Iron-Sulfur Proteins/*chemistry ; Macromolecular Substances ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Molecular Structure ; Molybdoferredoxin/chemistry ; Nitrogenase/*chemistry/metabolism ; Physicochemical Phenomena ; Protein Conformation ; X-Ray Diffraction
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    Publication Date: 1992-08-14
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Barinaga, M -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Aug 14;257(5072):880-1.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1502554" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Binding Sites ; Histocompatibility Antigens Class I/*chemistry/metabolism ; Humans ; Hydrogen Bonding ; Major Histocompatibility Complex ; Models, Molecular ; Protein Binding ; Protein Conformation ; Proteins/chemistry/metabolism ; T-Lymphocytes/immunology
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  • 44
    Publication Date: 1992-05-22
    Description: The proto-oncogene designated erbB2 or HER2 encodes a 185-kilodalton transmembrane tyrosine kinase (p185erbB2), whose overexpression has been correlated with a poor prognosis in several human malignancies. A 45-kilodalton protein heregulin-alpha (HRG-alpha) that specifically induced phosphorylation of p185erbB2 was purified from the conditioned medium of a human breast tumor cell line. Several complementary DNA clones encoding related HRGs were identified, all of which are similar to proteins in the epidermal growth factor family. Scatchard analysis of the binding of recombinant HRG to a breast tumor cell line expressing p185erbB2 showed a single high affinity binding site [dissociation constant (Kd) = 105 +/- 15 picomolar]. Heregulin transcripts were identified in several normal tissues and cancer cell lines. The HRGs may represent the natural ligands for p185erbB2.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Holmes, W E -- Sliwkowski, M X -- Akita, R W -- Henzel, W J -- Lee, J -- Park, J W -- Yansura, D -- Abadi, N -- Raab, H -- Lewis, G D -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 May 22;256(5060):1205-10.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Protein Chemistry, Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, CA 94080.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1350381" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Base Sequence ; Breast Neoplasms/genetics ; Cell Line ; Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid ; Codon ; Culture Media ; DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics/isolation & purification/*metabolism ; Epidermal Growth Factor/genetics ; Female ; Glycoproteins/*metabolism ; Humans ; Kinetics ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Neuregulins ; Oligonucleotide Probes ; Phosphorylation ; Protein Conformation ; Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/*genetics ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins/*genetics ; *Proto-Oncogenes ; Receptor, ErbB-2 ; Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid ; Transfection
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    Publication Date: 1992-04-03
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Creighton, T E -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Apr 3;256(5053):111-4.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1373519" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Aprotinin/*chemistry ; Cattle ; *Cysteine ; *Disulfides ; Kinetics ; Models, Molecular ; Protein Conformation
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  • 46
    Publication Date: 1992-09-11
    Description: A nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) structure determination is reported for the polypeptide chain of a globular protein in strongly denaturing solution. Nuclear Overhauser effect (NOE) measurements with a 7 molar urea solution of the amino-terminal 63-residue domain of the 434-repressor and distance geometry calculations showed that the polypeptide segment 54 to 59 forms a hydrophobic cluster containing the side chains of Val54, Val56, Trp58, and Leu59. This residual structure in the urea-unfolded protein is related to the corresponding region of the native, folded protein by simple rearrangements of the residues 58 to 60. Based on these observations a model for the early phase of refolding of the 434-repressor(1-63) is proposed.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Neri, D -- Billeter, M -- Wider, G -- Wuthrich, K -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Sep 11;257(5076):1559-63.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Institut fur Molekularbiologie und Biophysik, ETH-Honggerberg, Zurich, Switzerland.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1523410" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy/methods ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Protein Conformation ; Protein Denaturation ; Repressor Proteins/*chemistry/pharmacology ; Urea/*pharmacology ; Viral Proteins
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  • 47
    Publication Date: 1992-05-22
    Description: The cardiac sodium channel alpha subunit (RHI) is less sensitive to tetrodotoxin (TTX) and saxitoxin (STX) and more sensitive to cadmium than brain and skeletal muscle (microliter) isoforms. An RHI mutant, with Tyr substituted for Cys at position 374 (as in microliter) confers three properties of TTX-sensitive channels: (i) greater sensitivity to TTX (730-fold); (ii) lower sensitivity to cadmium (28-fold); and (iii) altered additional block by toxin upon repetitive stimulation. Thus, the primary determinant of high-affinity TTX-STX binding is a critical aromatic residue at position 374, and the interaction may take place possibly through an ionized hydrogen bond. This finding requires revision of the sodium channel pore structure that has been previously suggested by homology with the potassium channel.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Satin, J -- Kyle, J W -- Chen, M -- Bell, P -- Cribbs, L L -- Fozzard, H A -- Rogart, R B -- HL-20592/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/ -- HL-37217/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/ -- NS 23360/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 May 22;256(5060):1202-5.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, IL 60637.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1375397" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Brain/physiology ; Cadmium/pharmacology ; Cell Membrane/physiology ; Cloning, Molecular ; Drug Resistance/genetics ; Genetic Vectors ; Heart/*physiology ; Kinetics ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Muscles/physiology ; *Mutagenesis, Site-Directed ; Oocytes/drug effects/*physiology ; Polymerase Chain Reaction ; Protein Conformation ; RNA/genetics ; Rats ; Restriction Mapping ; Saxitoxin/pharmacology ; Sodium Channels/drug effects/genetics/*physiology ; Tetrodotoxin/*pharmacology ; Xenopus
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  • 48
    Publication Date: 1992-05-01
    Description: The three-dimensional solution structure of the complex between calcium-bound calmodulin (Ca(2+)-CaM) and a 26-residue synthetic peptide comprising the CaM binding domain (residues 577 to 602) of skeletal muscle myosin light chain kinase, has been determined using multidimensional heteronuclear filtered and separated nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. The two domains of CaM (residues 6 to 73 and 83 to 146) remain essentially unchanged upon complexation. The long central helix (residues 65 to 93), however, which connects the two domains in the crystal structure of Ca(2+)-CaM, is disrupted into two helices connected by a long flexible loop (residues 74 to 82), thereby enabling the two domains to clamp residues 3 to 21 of the bound peptide, which adopt a helical conformation. The overall structure of the complex is globular, approximating an ellipsoid of dimensions 47 by 32 by 30 angstroms. The helical peptide is located in a hydrophobic channel that passes through the center of the ellipsoid at an angle of approximately 45 degrees with its long axis. The complex is mainly stabilized by hydrophobic interactions which, from the CaM side, involve an unusually large number of methionines. Key residues of the peptide are Trp4 and Phe17, which serve to anchor the amino- and carboxyl-terminal halves of the peptide to the carboxyl- and amino-terminal domains of CaM, respectively. Sequence comparisons indicate that a number of peptides that bind CaM with high affinity share this common feature containing either aromatic residues or long-chain hydrophobic ones separated by a stretch of 12 residues, suggesting that they interact with CaM in a similar manner.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Ikura, M -- Clore, G M -- Gronenborn, A M -- Zhu, G -- Klee, C B -- Bax, A -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 May 1;256(5057):632-8.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Laboratory of Chemical Physics, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1585175" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Binding Sites ; Calcium/metabolism ; Calmodulin/*chemistry/metabolism ; Drosophila melanogaster ; Hydrogen Bonding ; *Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Molecular Structure ; Muscles/enzymology ; Myosin-Light-Chain Kinase/chemistry/metabolism ; Peptide Fragments/*chemistry/metabolism ; Protein Conformation ; Rabbits
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