Degradation of membrane-bound sphingomyelin to phosphorylcholine and ceramide is catalyzed by the water-soluble lysosomal acid sphingomyelinase (A-SMase)...
Keywords: acid sphingomyelinase, saposin-homologous domain, site-directed mutagenesis, water-lipid interface
12/2004 | Biological Chemistry, Walter de GruyterS100 proteins form characteristic homo- and/or heterodimers that play a role in calcium-mediated signaling...
Keywords: heterodimerization, homodimerization, myeloid related proteins (MRP), site-directed mutagenesis, S100 proteins, yeast two-hybrid
05/2005 | Biological Chemistry, Walter de GruyterSeveral studies have proposed that angiotensin II (Ang II) binds to its receptor AT1 through interactions with residues in helices V and VI, suggesting that the distance between these helices is crucial for ligand binding...
Keywords: dimerization, folding, GPCR, maturation, site-directed mutagenesis
03/2006 | Biological Chemistry, Walter de GruyterThe role of the conserved glutamic acid residue in anionic plant peroxidases with regard to substrate specificity and stability was examined...
Keywords: expression, purification, radiation-induced inactivation, recombinant tobacco peroxidase, refolding, site-directed mutagenesis, substrate specificity
04/2007 | Biological Chemistry, Walter de GruyterLumazine protein is believed to serve as an optical transponder in bioluminescence emission by certain marine bacteria...
Keywords: lumazine proteins, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, photobacteria, Photobacterium leiognathi, riboflavin synthase, site-directed mutagenesis
12/2007 | Biological Chemistry, Walter de GruyterSeveral mutants of chitinase A1 from
Keywords: Bacillus circulans WL-12, chitinase A1, one-pot synthesis, site-directed mutagenesis, sugar oxazoline, transition-state analog substrate, transglycosylation
08/2006 | Holzforschung, Walter de GruyterAzurocidin belongs to the serprocidin family, but it is devoid of proteolytic activity due to a substitution of His and Ser residues in the catalytic triad...
Keywords: azurocidin, catalytic triad, insect cell expression system, proteolytic activity, site-directed mutagenesis
07/2008 | Biological Chemistry, Walter de GruyterOnconase, a member of the pancreatic type ribonuclease family, is currently used as a chemotherapeutic agent for the treatment of different types of cancer...
Keywords: catalytic activity, cytotoxicity, ribonuclease inhibitor evasion, site-directed mutagenesis, stability
08/2008 | Biological Chemistry, Walter de GruyterHuman dipeptidyl peptidase III (DPP III) is a member of the metallopeptidase family M49 with an implied role in the pain-modulatory system and endogenous defense against oxidative stress...
Keywords: aminopeptidase, peptidase family M49, site-directed mutagenesis
02/2008 | Biological Chemistry, Walter de Gruyter