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The kinetics for the isomerization of fructose-6-phosphate to glucose-6-phosphate (F6P -> G6P) by baker's yeast phosphoglucose isomerase in terms of k cat and K m was determined from analysis of Differential Stopped Flow Microcalorimeter (DSFM)
David T. Gallagher, D Chinchilla, Herbert Lau, Edward Eisenstein
Allosteric and cooperative control signals were investigated in the tetrameric enzyme threonine deaminase. The tetramer consists of two dimers that associate at the x dyad. The structure pointed the way to use the Q175E mutation to create hybrid tetramers
We have compared telomerase activity measurements by slab-gel and capillary electrophoresis in human cultured cells and in epithelial cells isolated from clinical blood specimens. The cultured cells were A549 and H125 human cancer cell lines, and the
Vytautas Reipa, Marcia J. Holden, M P. Mayhew, V L. Vilker
Putidaredoxin (Pdx) is an 11,400 Da iron-sulfur protein that sequentially transfers two electrons to the cytochrome P450cam during the enzymatic cycle of the stereo specific camphor hydroxylation. We report two transitions in the Pdx UV-VIS absorption and
Veerasamy Ravichandran, G B. Vasquez, S Srivastava, M Verma, E Petricoin, Joshua Lubell, Ram D. Sriram, Peter E. Barker, G L. Gilliland
The advent of human proteomics as a major discipline has led to a reexamination of the need for consensus and a nationally sanctioned set of proteomics technology standards. Such standards for databases and data reporting may be applied to Two-Dimensional
The reaction path for the catalytic conversion of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) to cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) by the enzyme mammalian adenylyl cyclase has been calculated theoretically using the Hartree-Fock method. The crystal structure of a
Genetic markers located on the Y chromosome are of increasing importance in human identity testing. In an effort to evaluate the forensic utility of Y chromosome single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers, we constructed several novel multiplex allele
I Pechik, J Madrazo, M W. Mosesson, I Hernandez, G L. Gilliland, L Medved
Non-substrate interactions of thrombin with fibrin play an important role in modulating its procoagulant activity. To establish the structural basis for these interactions, we crystallized PPACK-inhibited thrombin in complex with a fragment, Eht
Prasad T. Reddy, Pawel Jaruga, T R. O'Connor, H Rodriguez, M Miral Dizdar
Formamidopyrimidine DNA glycosylase (Fpg) is a DNA glycosylase with an associated AP lyase activity. As a DNA repair enzyme, Fpg excises several modified bases from DNA associated with exposure to oxidizing agents such as free radicals. Experiments in many
Proton transfer from the cyctoplasm to the extracellular side is initiated from protonated asp96 in the cytoplasmic region towards the deprotonated Schiff base. This occurs in the transition from the late M photocycle state to the N state. A quantum
E L. Chandler, A L. Smith, Lisa K. Burden, John J. Kasianowicz, D L. Burden
We demonstrate a method for simultaneous real-time electrical and single-molecule optical recordings of the interactions between single-stranded DNA and nanoscopic pores in planar lipid membranes. Electrophysiological techniques are used to measure the
H Rodriguez, Pawel Jaruga, M Birincioglu, Peter E. Barker, C D. O'Connell, M. Dizdaroglu
The process of tissue engineering often involves the mixing of cells with polymers that may cause inflammation to the tissue and thus elevate the level of endogenous free radical production. In order to assure that such composite materials are free of
C D. O'Connell, Peter E. Barker, M A. Marino, P McAndrew, Donald H. Atha, Pawel Jaruga, M Birincioglu, H Rodriguez
To assure that tissue engineered medical products are free of genetic changes that might occur from inflammation during the development phase of the product, Tissue engineered skin (TestSkin II) was obtained, separated into its two cellular layers
C L. Rife, J F. Parsons, G Xiao, G L. Gilliland, R N. Armstrong
Multiple sequence alignments of the eight glutathione (GSH) transferase homologues encoded in the genome of Escherichia coli were used to define a consensus sequence for the proteins. The consensus sequence was analyzed in the context of the three
B Wladkowski, P Ostazeski, S A. Chenoweth, S J. Broadwater, Morris Krauss
The second step in the enzyme-catalyzed hydrolysis of phosphate esters by Ribonuclease A (Rnase A) was studied using an ab initio quantum-based model of the active site including constrained parts of three critical residues, His-12, His-119, and Lys-41 and
G Obmolova, A Teplyakov, P P. Khil, A J. Howard, R D. Camerini-Otero, G L. Gilliland
The tas gene of Escherichia coli encodes the uncharacterized protein of 38.5 kDa molecular weight. The amino acid sequence shows homology to the family of aldo-keto reductases that reduce aldehyde or ketone functional groups to primary or secondary