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This review, which has been prepared for the McGraw-Hill 2003 Yearbook of Science and Technology, gives an overview of the thermodynamics of enzyme-catalyzed reactions. Topics include the thermodynamic formalism(s) used in this field, computational methods
Binding and hydrolysis of ampicillin is described in a model active site derived from di-nuclear B.fragilis zinc lactamase. The protein binding site consists of the two zinc cations bound with a bridging hydroxide and ligands from the first-shell residues
D M. Brabazon, N G. Abdulaev, John Marino, K D. Ridge
Although a high-resolution crystal structure for the ground state of rhodopsin is now available, portions of the cytoplasmic surface are not well resolved and the structural basis for the interaction of the cytoplasmic loops with the retinal G-protein
C D. O'Connell, Peter E. Barker, M A. Marino, P McAndrew, Donald H. Atha, Pawel Jaruga, M Birincioglu, M. Dizdaroglu, H Rodriguez
The goal of the research was to help identify cellular biomarkers and assess measurement technologies that will help manufacturers determine how cells react to inflammatory stimuli from different polymer matrixes and assure that tissue-engineered medical
Using a modified version of the ALCHEMY electronic structure code and relativistic pseudopotentials, the electronic structure of the ground and low-lying excited states of UO, NdO, and NdO+ have been calculated at the Hartree-Fock (HF) and
Lili Wang, Adolfas K. Gaigalas, J L. Blasic, Marcia J. Holden, David T. Gallagher, R Pires
We have used fluorescein as the energy donor and rhodamine as the acceptor to measure the efficiency of fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) in a set of hybridized DNA constructs. The two fluorophores are covalently attached via linkers to two
Donald H. Atha, K Miller, A D. Sanow, J Xu, J L. Hess, O C. Wu, Wenhua Wang, S Srivastava, W E. Highsmith
The enzyme telomerase is expressed in 85-90% of all human cancers, but not in normal, non-stem cell somatic tissues. Clinical assays for telomerase in easily obtained body fluids would have great utility as non-invasive, cost-effective methods for the
H Rodriguez, Pawel Jaruga, M Birincioglu, Peter E. Barker, C D. O'Connell, M. Dizdaroglu
To assure that tissue engineered medical products are free of genetic changes that might occur from inflammation during the development phase of the product, our laboratory is responding to the need for test methods used to assess the safety and
The concentration of agarose in electrophoresis gels was found to have significant effects on the apparent density and release characteristics of the electrophoretic traps for circular DNA. Agarose gels were cast in a range of concentrations from 0.25% to
S G. Codreanu, Jane E. Ladner, G Xiao, N V. Stourman, D L. Hachey, G L. Gilliland, R N. Armstrong
Glutathione transferase rGSTM1-1 catalyzes the addition of glutathione (GSH) to 1-chloro-2,4-dinitrobenzene in which chemical step of the reaction is 60-fold faster than the physical step of product release. The hydroxyl group of Y115, located in the
Diane K. Hancock, Frederick P. Schwarz, F H. Song, L J. Wong, Barbara C. Levin
Most pathogenic human mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) mutations are Heteroplasmic and are difficult to detect when present at very low levels in a population of normal mtDNA molecules. This paper describes a simple methodology to detect low levels of the single
This table contains selected values for the pK, standard molar enthalpy of reaction {Δ} rH , and standard molar heat-capacity change {Δ} rC p for the ionization reactions of 64 buffers many of which are relevant to biochemistry and to biology. The values
Y. S. Lee, S. E. Worthington, Morris Krauss, B R. Brooks
The reaction path for the rearrangement of chorismate to prephenate has been determined in a QM/MM study including the entire protein environment while treating the reaction with ab initio quantum chemistry. In addition to the reactant, chorismate, the
Several classes of transmembrane protein ion channels function in vivo as sensitive and selective detection elements for analytes. Recent studies on single channels reconstituted into planar lipid bilayer membranes suggest that nanometer-scale pores can be
The hydrolysis of N-acetyl-L-methionine, N-acetylglycine, N-acetyl-L-phenylalanine, and N-acetyl-L-alanine at 298.35 K by porcine kidney acylase I (EC 3.5.1.14) was monitored by the heat released upon mixing of the substrate and enzyme in a differential
J Tuo, Pawel Jaruga, H Rodriguez, Miral M. Dizdar, V. Bohr
Cockayne syndrome (CS) is a human disease characterized by sensitivity to sunlight, severe neurological abnormalities and accelerated aging. CS has two complementation groups, CS-A and CS-B. The CSB gene encodes the CSB protein with 1493 amino acids. We
Barbara C. Levin, L A. Tully, Diane K. Hancock, Frederick P. Schwarz, M S. Lee
Every human cell has from a few dozen to several thousand mitochondria each of which contain mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA). The sequence of the entire human mtDNA (16,569 base pairs) was determined and published by Anderson et al. in 1981. A mtDNA standard
N M. Rao, Vitalii I. Silin, K D. Ridge, John T. Woodward IV, Anne L. Plant
A hybrid bilayer membrane is a planar model membrane that is formed at an alkanethiol monolayer-coated gold surface by the spontaneous reorganization of phospholipid vesicles. Membrane vesicles from monkey kidney COS-cells also reorganize at an alkanethiol
A Teplyakov, G Obmolova, M Tordova, N Thanki, N Bonander, E Eisenstein, A J. Howard, G L. Gilliland
A hypothetical protein encoded by the gene YjeE of Haemophilus influenzae was selected as part of a structural genomics project, for X-ray analysis to assist with the functional assignment. The protein is considered essential to bacteria since the gene is
Results on electrophoretic capture of circular DNA in porous gels are reviewed. Processes, which cause arrest of circular forms of DNA during electrophoresis, can provide a very efficient separation mechanism for the purification of plasmids and bacterial
D W. Deamer, H Olsen, M Akeson, John J. Kasianowicz
Linear anionic polymers driven through the α-hemolysin channel produce ionic current blockades. Three parameters of the blockades can be measured, including blockade amplitude, duration and modulations of amplitude within a single event to test the
The Biological Macromolecule Crystallization Database (BMCD) archives crystallization data from published reports for all forms of biological macromolecules that have produced crystals suitable for x-ray diffraction studies. The information includes the
Tissue engineering is an emerging new area of biotechnology that will provide replacement tissues for patients, as well as complex, functional biological systems for research and testing in the pharmaceutical industry. However, a lack of a formal