European journal of biochemistry, 229(1), 270-275 (1995-04-01)
The West African green mamba, Dendroaspis angusticeps, has two toxins, fasciculins, that are non-competitive inhibitors of acetylcholinesterase. Arginine residues of fasciculin 2 were modified with 1,2-cyclohexanedione. Two of these residues, Arg24 and Arg37, reacted very slowly or not at all.
PDC-109, the major heparin-binding protein of bull seminal plasma, binds to sperm choline lipids at ejaculation and modulates capacitation mediated by heparin. Affinity chromatography on heparin-Sepharose showed that polydisperse, but not monomeric, PDC-109 displayed heparin-binding capability. We sought to characterise
The thiamine diphosphate (ThDP) dependent flavoenzyme cyclohexane-1,2-dione hydrolase (CDH) (EC 3.7.1.11) catalyses a key step of a novel anaerobic degradation pathway for alicyclic alcohols by converting cyclohexane-1,2-dione (CDO) to 6-oxohexanoate and further to adipate using NAD(+) as electron acceptor. To
The molecular mechanisms that control how progenitors generate distinct subtypes of neurons, and how undifferentiated neurons acquire their specific identity during corticogenesis, are increasingly understood. However, whether postmitotic neurons can change their identity at late stages of differentiation remains unknown.
Recombinant streptavidin (rSAv) is of interest as a carrier of alpha-emitting radionuclides in pretargeting protocols for cancer therapy. Due to the inherently high kidney localization of rSAv, modification of this protein is required before it can be useful in pretargeting.
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