Communications

James P. Fawcett, Raquel Aloyz, John H. McLean, Sangeeta Pareek, Freda D. Miller, Peter S. McPherson, and Richard A. Murphy

Detection of Brain-derived Neurotrophic Factor in a Vesicular Fraction of Brain Synaptosomes
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 8837-8840. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kim Orth and Vishva M. Dixit

Bik and Bak Induce Apoptosis Downstream of CrmA but Upstream of Inhibitor of Apoptosis
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 8841-8844. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kenneth W. Walker and Hiram F. Gilbert

Scanning and Escape during Protein-disulfide Isomerase-assisted Protein Folding
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 8845-8848. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tsung H. Lin, Qiming Chen, Alan Howe, and R. L. Juliano

Cell Anchorage Permits Efficient Signal Transduction Between Ras and Its Downstream Kinases
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 8849-8852. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Thomas Wieland, Ching-Kang Chen, and Melvin I. Simon

The Retinal Specific Protein RGS-r Competes with the Subunit of cGMP Phosphodiesterase for the Subunit of Transducin and Facilitates Signal Termination
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 8853-8856. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gia D. DePillis, Shin-ichi Ozaki, Jane M. Kuo, David A. Maltby, and Paul R.Ortiz de Montellano

Autocatalytic Processing of Heme by Lactoperoxidase Produces the Native Protein-bound Prosthetic Group
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 8857-8860. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hyung-Soon Yim, Jung-Hoon Kang, P. Boon Chock, Earl R. Stadtman, and Moon B. Yim

A Familial Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis-associated A4V Cu,Zn-Superoxide Dismutase Mutant Has a Lower K_m for Hydrogen Peroxide. CORRELATION BETWEEN CLINICAL SEVERITY AND THE K_m VALUE
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 8861-8863. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dale P. Woolridge, Nora Vazquez-Laslop, Penelope N. Markham, Mathieu S. Chevalier, Eugene W. Gerner, and Alexander A. Neyfakh

Efflux of the Natural Polyamine Spermidine Facilitated by the Bacillus subtilis Multidrug Transporter Blt
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 8864-8866. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Richard S. Magliozzo and Jovita A. Marcinkeviciene

The Role of Mn(II)-Peroxidase Activity of Mycobacterial Catalase-Peroxidase in Activation of the Antibiotic Isoniazid
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 8867-8870. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Carbohydrates, Lipids, and Other Natural Products

Chun-Ting Yuen, Wengang Chai, R. Wendy Loveless, Alexander M. Lawson, Richard U. Margolis, and Ten Feizi

Brain Contains HNK-1 Immunoreactive O-Glycans of the Sulfoglucuronyl Lactosamine Series that Terminate in 2-Linked or 2,6-Linked Hexose (Mannose)
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 8924-8931. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Andrew P. Spicer, Jeffrey S. Olson, and John A. McDonald

Molecular Cloning and Characterization of a cDNA Encoding the Third Putative Mammalian Hyaluronan Synthase
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 8957-8961. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Csaba Szabó, Gerardo Ferrer-Sueta, Basilia Zingarelli, Garry J. Southan, Andrew L. Salzman, and Rafael Radi

Mercaptoethylguanidine and Guanidine Inhibitors of Nitric-oxide Synthase React with Peroxynitrite and Protect against Peroxynitrite-induced Oxidative Damage
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 9030-9036. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tsu-An Hsu, Noriko Takahashi, Yoshinori Tsukamoto, Koichi Kato, Ichio Shimada, Katsuyoshi Masuda, Erik M. Whiteley, Jian-Qiang Fan, Yuan Chuan Lee, and Michael J. Betenbaugh

Differential N-Glycan Patterns of Secreted and Intracellular IgG Produced in Trichoplusia ni Cells
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 9062-9070. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sarka Tumova and Karen J. Bame

The Interaction between Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor and Heparan Sulfate Can Prevent the in Vitro Degradation of the Glycosaminoglycan by Chinese Hamster Ovary Cell Heparanases
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 9078-9085. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Abdelhadi Rebbaa, Hirotaka Yamamoto, Tasuku Saito, Emmanuelle Meuillet, Peter Kim, Donna S. Kersey, Eric G. Bremer, Naoyuki Taniguchi, and Joseph R. Moskal

Gene Transfection-mediated Overexpression of 1,4-N-Acetylglucosamine Bisecting Oligosaccharides in Glioma Cell Line U373 MG Inhibits Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Function
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 9275-9279. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lisa K. Kreppel, Melissa A. Blomberg, and Gerald W. Hart

Dynamic Glycosylation of Nuclear and Cytosolic Proteins. CLONING AND CHARACTERIZATION OF A UNIQUE O-GlcNAc TRANSFERASE WITH MULTIPLE TETRATRICOPEPTIDE REPEATS
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 9308-9315. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Masahiro Zako, Tamayuki Shinomura, and Koji Kimata

Alternative Splicing of the Unique "PLUS" Domain of Chicken PG-M/Versican Is Developmentally Regulated
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 9325-9331. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Georges Siegenthaler, Karen Roulin, Dominique Chatellard-Gruaz, Raymonde Hotz, Jean Hilaire Saurat, Ulf Hellman, and Gerry Hagens

A Heterocomplex Formed by the Calcium-binding Proteins MRP8 (S100A8) and MRP14 (S100A9) Binds Unsaturated Fatty Acids with High Affinity
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 9371-9377. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cell Biology and Metabolism

Qiang Ma and James P. Whitlock Jr.

A Novel Cytoplasmic Protein That Interacts with the Ah Receptor, Contains Tetratricopeptide Repeat Motifs, and Augments the Transcriptional Response to 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 8878-8884. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Eva-Maria Krämer, Thomas Koch, Antje Niehaus, and Jacqueline Trotter

Oligodendrocytes Direct Glycosyl Phosphatidylinositol-anchored Proteins to the Myelin Sheath in Glycosphingolipid-rich Complexes
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 8937-8945. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ling Liu, Jacqueline E. Damen, Michael R. Hughes, Ivan Babic, Frank R. Jirik, and Gerald Krystal

The Src Homology 2(SH2) Domain of SH2-containing Inositol Phosphatase (SHIP) Is Essential for Tyrosine Phosphorylation of SHIP, Its Association with Shc, and Its Induction of Apoptosis
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 8983-8988. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mathieu Bléry, Jérome Delon, Alain Trautmann, Anna Cambiaggi, Lucia Olcese, Roberto Biassoni, Lorenzo Moretta, Philippe Chavrier, Alessandro Moretta, Marc Daëron, and Eric Vivier

Reconstituted Killer Cell Inhibitory Receptors for Major Histocompatibility Complex Class I Molecules Control Mast Cell Activation Induced via Immunoreceptor Tyrosine-based Activation Motifs
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 8989-8996. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christoph C. Geilen, Meryem Bektas, Thomas Wieder, Vitam Kodelja, Sergji Goerdt, and Constantin E. Orfanos

1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D₃ Induces Sphingomyelin Hydrolysis in HaCaT Cells via Tumor Necrosis Factor
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 8997-9001. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Beatrice Bercovich, Ilana Stancovski, Arie Mayer, Nava Blumenfeld, Andrei Laszlo, Alan L. Schwartz, and Aaron Ciechanover

Ubiquitin-dependent Degradation of Certain Protein Substrates in Vitro Requires the Molecular Chaperone Hsc70
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 9002-9010. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kris A. DeMali, Craig C. Whiteford, Emin T. Ulug, and Andrius Kazlauskas

Platelet-derived Growth Factor-dependent Cellular Transformation Requires Either Phospholipase C or Phosphatidylinositol 3Kinase
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 9011-9018. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kevin T. Bush, Alfred L. Goldberg, and Sanjay K. Nigam

Proteasome Inhibition Leads to a Heat-shock Response, Induction of Endoplasmic Reticulum Chaperones, and Thermotolerance
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 9086-9092. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

David I. Yule, Stephen A. Ernst, Hirohide Ohnishi, and Richard J.H. Wojcikiewicz

Evidence That Zymogen Granules Are Not a Physiologically Relevant Calcium Pool. DEFINING THE DISTRIBUTION OF INOSITOL 1,4,5-TRISPHOSPHATE RECEPTORS IN PANCREATIC ACINAR CELLS
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 9093-9098. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kathleen Tarr, Stephanie S. Watowich, and Gregory D. Longmore

Cell Surface Organization of the Erythropoietin Receptor Complex Differs Depending on its Mode of Activation
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 9099-9107. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Joanna Holland and Trevor Owens

Signaling through Intercellular Adhesion Molecule 1(ICAM-1) in a B Cell Lymphoma Line. THE ACTIVATION OF Lyn TYROSINE KINASE AND THE MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE PATHWAY
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 9108-9112. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yanhua Hu, Bernhard Metzler, and Qingbo Xu

Discordant Activation of Stress-activated Protein Kinases or c-Jun NH₂-terminal Protein Kinases in Tissues of Heat-stressed Mice
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 9113-9119. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Malathi Sathyamoorthy, Isabelle de Mendez, Anthony G. Adams, and Thomas L. Leto

p40^phox Down-regulates NADPH Oxidase Activity through Interactions with Its SH3 Domain
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 9141-9146. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Chen-Yong Lin, Jehng-Kang Wang, Jeff Torri, Li Dou, Qingxiang Amy Sang, and Robert B. Dickson

Characterization of a Novel, Membrane-bound, 80-kDa Matrix-degrading Protease from Human Breast Cancer Cells. MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY PRODUCTION, ISOLATION, AND LOCALIZATION
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 9147-9152. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Richard J. Stockert and Qing Ren

Cytoplasmic Protein mRNA Interaction Mediates cGMP-modulated Translational Control of the Asialoglycoprotein Receptor
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 9161-9165. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Robert J. Barkovich, Andrey Shtanko, Jennifer A. Shepherd, Peter T. Lee, David C. Myles, Alexander Tzagoloff, and Catherine F. Clarke

Characterization of the COQ5 Gene from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. EVIDENCE FOR A C-METHYLTRANSFERASE IN UBIQUINONE BIOSYNTHESIS
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 9182-9188. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mario Mellado, J. Miguel Rodríguez-Frade, Leonor Kremer, Cayetano von Kobbe, A. Martín de Ana, Isabel Mérida, and Carlos Martinez-A

Conformational Changes Required in the Human Growth Hormone Receptor for Growth Hormone Signaling
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 9189-9196. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Richard G. Bostedor, John D. Karkas, Byron H. Arison, Vinay S. Bansal, Sanskruti Vaidya, John I. Germershausen, Marc M. Kurtz, and James D. Bergstrom

Farnesol-derived Dicarboxylic Acids in the Urine of Animals Treated with Zaragozic Acid A or with Farnesol
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 9197-9203. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Su-Ju Lin, Robert A. Pufahl, Andrew Dancis, Thomas V. O'Halloran, and Valeria Cizewski Culotta

A Role for the Saccharomyces cerevisiae ATX1 Gene in Copper Trafficking and Iron Transport
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 9215-9220. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Leo W.J. Klomp, Su-Ju Lin, Daniel S.Yuan¶, Richard D. Klausner, Valeria Cizewski Culotta, and Jonathan D. Gitlin

Identification and Functional Expression of HAH1, a Novel Human Gene Involved in Copper Homeostasis
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 9221-9226. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Beth A. Bouchard, Charles S. Catcher, Barry R. Thrash, Colette Adida, and Paula B. Tracy

Effector Cell Protease Receptor-1, a Platelet Activation-dependent Membrane Protein, Regulates Prothrombinase-catalyzed Thrombin Generation
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 9244-9251. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marie-Claude Pepin, Shi Yi Yue, Edward Roberts, Claes Wahlestedt, and Philippe Walker

Novel "Restoration of Function" Mutagenesis Strategy to Identify Amino Acids of the -Opioid Receptor Involved in Ligand Binding
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 9260-9267. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

William A. Lubas, David W. Frank, Michael Krause, and John A. Hanover

O-Linked GlcNAc Transferase Is a Conserved Nucleocytoplasmic Protein Containing Tetratricopeptide Repeats
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 9316-9324. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Adele Casamassima and Enrique Rozengurt

Tyrosine Phosphorylation of p130^cas by Bombesin, Lysophosphatidic Acid, Phorbol Esters, and Platelet-derived Growth Factor. SIGNALING PATHWAYS AND FORMATION OF A p130^cas-Crk COMPLEX
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 9363-9370. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dawn L. Brasaemle, Therese Barber, Alan R. Kimmel, and Constantine Londos

Post-translational Regulation of Perilipin Expression. STABILIZATION BY STORED INTRACELLULAR NEUTRAL LIPIDS
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 9378-9387. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Harold A. Singer, Holly A. Benscoter, and Charles M. Schworer

Novel Ca²⁺/Calmodulin-dependent Protein Kinase II -Subunit Variants Expressed in Vascular Smooth Muscle, Brain, and Cardiomyocytes
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 9393-9400. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mark R. Frey, Marian L. Saxon, Xiaoyuan Zhao, Aisha Rollins, Sharon S. Evans, and Jennifer D. Black

Protein Kinase C Isozyme-mediated Cell Cycle Arrest Involves Induction of p21^waf1/cip1 and p27^kip1 and Hypophosphorylation of the Retinoblastoma Protein in Intestinal Epithelial Cells
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 9424-9435. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hiromi Sakata, Stephen J. Stahl, William G. Taylor, Jared M. Rosenberg, Kazushige Sakaguchi, Paul T. Wingfield, and Jeffrey S. Rubin

Heparin Binding and Oligomerization of Hepatocyte Growth Factor/Scatter Factor Isoforms. HEPARAN SULFATE GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN REQUIREMENT FOR Met BINDING AND SIGNALING
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 9457-9463. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hong-Gang Lu, Li Zhong, Kwang-Poo Chang, and Roberto Docampo

Intracellular Ca²⁺ Pool Content and Signaling and Expression of a Calcium Pump Are Linked to Virulence in Leishmania mexicana amazonesis Amastigotes
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 9464-9473. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kum Kum Khanna, Jun Yan, Dianne Watters, Karen Hobson, Heather Beamish, Kevin Spring, Yossef Shiloh, Richard A. Gatti, and Martin F. Lavin

Defective Signaling through the B Cell Antigen Receptor in Epstein-Barr Virus-transformed Ataxia-Telangiectasia Cells
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 9489-9495. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anke Rammes, Johannes Roth, Matthias Goebeler, Martin Klempt, Michael Hartmann, and Clemens Sorg

Myeloid-related Protein (MRP) 8and MRP14, Calcium-binding Proteins of the S100 Family, Are Secreted by Activated Monocytes via a Novel, Tubulin-dependent Pathway
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 9496-9502. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shinichi Torii, Mikihiko Naito, and Takashi Tsuruo

Apoxin I, a Novel Apoptosis-inducing Factor with L-Amino Acid Oxidase Activity Purified from Western Diamondback Rattlesnake Venom
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 9539-9542. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Masahiro Inoue, Masashi Minami, Makoto Matsumoto, Tadamitsu Kishimoto, and Shizuo Akira

The Amino Acid Residues Immediately Carboxyl-terminal to the Tyrosine Phosphorylation Site Contribute to Interleukin 6-specific Activation of Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription 3
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 9550-9555. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hajime Ishihara, Toshiyasu Sasaoka, Manabu Ishiki, Yasumitsu Takata, Takeshi Imamura, Isao Usui, W. John Langlois, Tasuku Sawa, and Masashi Kobayashi

Functional Importance of Shc Tyrosine 317on Insulin Signaling in Rat1 Fibroblasts Expressing Insulin Receptors
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 9581-9586. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hadriano M. Lacerda, Gill D. Pullinger, Alistair J. Lax, and Enrique Rozengurt

Cytotoxic Necrotizing Factor 1from Escherichia coli and Dermonecrotic Toxin from Bordetella bronchiseptica Induce p21^rho-dependent Tyrosine Phosphorylation of Focal Adhesion Kinase and Paxillin in Swiss 3T3 Cells
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 9587-9596. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Enzymology

Ah-lim Tsai, Chunhong Wei, Haesun K. Baek, Richard J. Kulmacz, and Harold E. Van Wart

Comparison of Peroxidase Reaction Mechanisms of Prostaglandin H Synthase-1 Containing Heme and Mangano Protoporphyrin IX
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 8885-8894. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ming Tien and Dengbo Ma

Oxidation of 4-Methoxymandelic Acid by Lignin Peroxidase. MEDIATION BY VERATRYL ALCOHOL
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 8912-8917. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Roger A. Johnson, Laurent Désaubry, Glen Bianchi, Ilana Shoshani, Edward Lyons Jr., Ronald Taussig, Peter A. Watson, James J. Cali, John Krupinski, Joseph P. Pieroni, and Ravi Iyengar

Isozyme-dependent Sensitivity of Adenylyl Cyclases to P-site-mediated Inhibition by Adenine Nucleosides and Nucleoside 3-Polyphosphates
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 8962-8966. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Akio Hamai, Nobukazu Hashimoto, Hideo Mochizuki, Fumikazu Kato, Yoshitaka Makiguchi, Katsuyuki Horie, and Sakaru Suzuki

Two Distinct Chondroitin Sulfate ABC Lyases. AN ENDOELIMINASE YIELDING TETRASACCHARIDES AND AN EXOELIMINASE PREFERENTIALLY ACTING ON OLIGOSACCHARIDES
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 9123-9130. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A. David Marshall, John F. Darbyshire, Ann P. Hunter, Peter McPhie, and William B. Jakoby

Control of Activity through Oxidative Modification at the Conserved Residue Cys⁶⁶ of Aryl Sulfotransferase IV
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 9153-9160. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Andrea Urbani, Elisabetta Bianchi, Frank Narjes, Anna Tramontano, Raffaele De Francesco, Christian Steinkühler, and Antonello Pessi

Substrate Specificity of the Hepatitis C Virus Serine Protease NS3
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 9204-9209. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Il-Seon Park and Christopher T. Walsh

D-Alanyl-D-Lactate and D-Alanyl-D-Alanine Synthesis by D-Alanyl-D-Alanine Ligase from Vancomycin-resistant Leuconostoc mesenteroides. EFFECTS OF A PHENYLALANINE 261TO TYROSINE MUTATION
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 9210-9214. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Elizabeth Wong, Christopher Bayly, Heather L. Waterman, Denis Riendeau, and Joseph A. Mancini

Conversion of Prostaglandin G/H Synthase-1 into an Enzyme Sensitive to PGHS-2-selective Inhibitors by a Double His⁵¹³ Arg and Ile⁵²³ Val Mutation
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 9280-9286. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Elizabeth C. Arner, Carl P. Decicco, Robert Cherney, and Micky D. Tortorella

Cleavage of Native Cartilage Aggrecan by Neutrophil Collagenase (MMP-8) Is Distinct from Endogenous Cleavage by Aggrecanase
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 9294-9299. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alí Alejo, Rafael J. Yáñez, Javier M. Rodríguez, Eladio Viñuela, and María L. Salas

African Swine Fever Virus trans-Prenyltransferase
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 9417-9423. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jaeyoung Yoon and Margery C. Beinfeld

Prohormone Convertase 1Is Necessary for the Formation of Cholecystokinin 8in Rin5F and STC-1 Cells
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 9450-9456. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sachiko Saito, Kaoru Goto, Akira Tonosaki, and Hisatake Kondo

Gene Cloning and Characterization of CDP-diacylglycerol Synthase from Rat Brain
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 9503-9509. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dmitry G. Semizarov, Andrey A. Arzumanov, Natalya B. Dyatkina, Albert Meyer, Sophie Vichier-Guerre, Gilles Gosselin, Bernard Rayner, Jean-Louis Imbach, and Alexander A. Krayevsky

Stereoisomers of Deoxynucleoside 5-Triphosphates as Substrates for Template-dependent and -independent DNA Polymerases
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 9556-9560. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Membranes and Bioenergetics

Daniel Strausak and Marc Solioz

CopY Is a Copper-inducible Repressor of the Enterococcus hirae Copper ATPases
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 8932-8936. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Elena Dibrov, Karen M. Robinson, and Bernard D. Lemire

The COQ5 Gene Encodes a Yeast Mitochondrial Protein Necessary for Ubiquinone Biosynthesis and the Assembly of the Respiratory Chain
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 9175-9181. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nicholas J. Morris, Axel Ducret, Ruedi Aebersold, Stuart A. Ross, Susanna R. Keller, and Gustav E. Lienhard

Membrane Amine Oxidase Cloning and Identification as a Major Protein in the Adipocyte Plasma Membrane
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 9388-9392. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Josep Chillarón, Raúl Estévez, Ita Samarzija, Siegfried Waldegger, Xavier Testar, Florian Lang, Antonio Zorzano, Andreas Busch, and Manuel Palacín

An Intracellular Trafficking Defect in Type I Cystinuria rBAT Mutants M467T and M467K
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 9543-9549. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nucleic Acids, Protein Synthesis, and Molecular Genetics

Shahana Sultana, Chaitanya S. Nirodi, Nivedita Ram, Leena Prabhu, and Govindarajan Padmanaban

A 65-kDa Protein Mediates the Positive Role of Heme in Regulating the Transcription of CYP2B1/B2 Gene in Rat Liver
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 8895-8900. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jean-François Neault and Heidar-Ali Tajmir-Riahi

RNA-Diethylstilbestrol Interaction Studied by Fourier Transform Infrared Difference Spectroscopy
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 8901-8904. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Maria C. Birchenall-Roberts, Young Do Yoo, Daniel C. Bertolette III, Kwan-Hee Lee, Jennifer M. Turley, Ok-Sun Bang, Francis W. Ruscetti, and Seong-Jin Kim

The p120-v-Abl Protein Interacts with E2F-1 and Regulates E2F-1 Transcriptional Activity
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 8905-8911. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Qiang Tong, Shunhua Xing, and Sissy M. Jhiang

Leucine Zipper-mediated Dimerization Is Essential for the PTC1 Oncogenic Activity
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 9043-9047. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Paul Labhart

Transcript Cleavage in an RNA Polymerase I Elongation Complex. EVIDENCE FOR A DISSOCIABLE ACTIVITY SIMILAR TO BUT DISTINCT FROM TFIIS
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 9055-9061. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Janet F. Partridge, Glen E. Mikesell, and Linda L. Breeden

Cell Cycle-dependent Transcription of CLN1 Involves Swi4 Binding to MCB-like Elements
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 9071-9077. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Izuho Hatada, Akira Nabetani, Yuji Arai, Sachiko Ohishi, Misao Suzuki, Shinichi Miyabara, Yoshitake Nishimune, and Tsunehiro Mukai

Aberrant Methylation of an Imprinted Gene U2af1-rs1(SP2) Caused by Its Own Transgene
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 9120-9122. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bodo Linz, Nadejda Koloteva, Simona Vasilescu, and John E.G. McCarthy

Disruption of Ribosomal Scanning on the 5-Untranslated Region, and Not Restriction of Translational Initiation per se, Modulates the Stability of Nonaberrant mRNAs in the Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 9131-9140. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Takeshi Uchiumi, Dan L. Longo, and Douglas K. Ferris

Cell Cycle Regulation of the Human Polo-like Kinase (PLK) Promoter
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 9166-9174. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hsiang Chuan Kung and Philip H. Bolton

Structure of a Duplex DNA Containing a Thymine Glycol Residue in Solution
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 9227-9236. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ferenc Deák, Dorothea Piecha, Csanád Bachrati, Mats Paulsson, and Ibolya Kiss

Primary Structure and Expression of Matrilin-2, the Closest Relative of Cartilage Matrix Protein within the von Willebrand Factor Type A-like Module Superfamily
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 9268-9274. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jeffrey C. Webster, Christine M. Jewell, Jack E. Bodwell, Allan Munck, Madhabananda Sar, and John A. Cidlowski

Mouse Glucocorticoid Receptor Phosphorylation Status Influences Multiple Functions of the Receptor Protein
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 9287-9293. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Brian R. Ernsting and Jack E. Dixon

The PPS1 Gene of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Codes for a Dual Specificity Protein Phosphatase with a Role in the DNA Synthesis Phase of the Cell Cycle
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 9332-9343. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Elizabeth A. Eklund and Renu Kakar

Identification and Characterization of TF1^phox, a DNA-binding Protein That Increases Expression of gp91^phox in PLB985 Myeloid Leukemia Cells
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 9344-9355. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jeanne Bernstein, Osnat Sella, Shu-Yun Le, and Orna Elroy-Stein

PDGF2/c-sis mRNA Leader Contains a Differentiation-linked Internal Ribosomal Entry Site (D-IRES)
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 9356-9362. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kenneth J. Marians and Hiroshi Hiasa

Mechanism of Quinolone Action. A DRUG-INDUCED STRUCTURAL PERTURBATION OF THE DNA PRECEDES STRAND CLEAVAGE BY TOPOISOMERASE IV
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 9401-9409. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Edward R. Klebanow, David Poon, Sharleen Zhou, and P. Anthony Weil

Cloning and Characterization of an Essential Saccharomyces cerevisiae Gene, TAF40, Which Encodes yTAF_II40, an RNA Polymerase II-specific TATA-binding Protein-associated Factor
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 9436-9442. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Johan Botling, Diogo S. Castro, Fredrik Öberg, Kenneth Nilsson, and Thomas Perlmann

Retinoic Acid Receptor/Retinoid X Receptor Heterodimers Can Be Activated through Both Subunits Providing a Basis for Synergistic Transactivation and Cellular Differentiation
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 9443-9449. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. Neale Weitzmann, Kerry J. Woodford, and Karen Usdin

DNA Secondary Structures and the Evolution of Hypervariable Tandem Arrays
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 9517-9523. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Annukka Uusitalo, Kai Tenhunen, Jukka Tenhunen, Sampsa Matikainen, Leena Peltonen, and Anu Jalanko

Expression and Regulation of the Human and Mouse Aspartylglucosaminidase Gene
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 9524-9530. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Asae Nakashima, Kohei Hosaka, and Jun-ichi Nikawa

Cloning of a Human cDNA for CTP-Phosphoethanolamine Cytidylyltransferase by Complementation in Vivo of a Yeast Mutant
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 9567-9572. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nicolás P. Koritschoner, José L. Bocco, Graciela M. Panzetta-Dutari, Catherine I. Dumur, Alfredo Flury, and Luis C. Patrito

A Novel Human Zinc Finger Protein That Interacts with the Core Promoter Element of a TATA Box-less Gene
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 9573-9580. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Protein Chemistry and Structure

Rolf Weinander, Lena Ekström, Claes Andersson, Haider Raza, Tomas Bergman, and Ralf Morgenstern

Structural and Functional Aspects of Rat Microsomal Glutathione Transferase. THE ROLES OF CYSTEINE 49,ARGININE 107,LYSINE 67,HISTIDINE, AND TYROSINE RESIDUES
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 8871-8877. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hyun-Ju Kim, Ian J. Okazaki, Tatsuyuki Takada, and Joel Moss

An 18-kDa Domain of a Glycosylphosphatidylinositol-linked NAD:Arginine ADP-Ribosyltransferase Possesses NAD Glycohydrolase Activity
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 8918-8923. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Brian Tripet, Ronald D. Vale, and Robert S. Hodges

Demonstration of Coiled-Coil Interactions within the Kinesin Neck Region Using Synthetic Peptides. IMPLICATIONS FOR MOTOR ACTIVITY
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 8946-8956. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Armando Jardim and Buddy Ullman

The Conserved Serine-Tyrosine Dipeptide in Leishmania donovani Hypoxanthine-guanine Phosphoribosyltransferase Is Essential for Catalytic Activity
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 8967-8973. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Joanna Skórko-Glonek, Konrad Krzewski, Giovanna Zolese, Enrico Bertoli, and Fabio Tanfani

HtrA Heat Shock Protease Interacts with Phospholipid Membranes and Undergoes Conformational Changes
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 8974-8982. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fang Zhao, Elena Ghezzo-Schöneich, Gaby I. Aced, Jinyang Hong, Terry Milby, and Christian Schöneich

Metal-catalyzed Oxidation of Histidine in Human Growth Hormone. MECHANISM, ISOTOPE EFFECTS, AND INHIBITION BY A MILD DENATURING ALCOHOL
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 9019-9029. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Vincent Wu, Moon Yang, James A. McRoberts, Jie Ren, Rein Seensalu, Ningxin Zeng, Mirabelle Dagrag, Mariel Birnbaumer, and John H. Walsh

First Intracellular Loop of the Human Cholecystokinin-A Receptor Is Essential for Cyclic AMP Signaling in Transfected HEK-293 Cells
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 9037-9042. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Xu-Guang Zhu, Peter McPhie, Kwang-Huei Lin, and Sheue-Yann Cheng

The Differential Hormone-dependent Transcriptional Activation of Thyroid Hormone Receptor Isoforms Is Mediated by Interplay of Their Domains
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 9048-9054. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Takako Sasaki, Walter Göhring, Karlheinz Mann, Patrik Maurer, Erhard Hohenester, Vera Knäuper, Gillian Murphy, and Rupert Timpl

Limited Cleavage of Extracellular Matrix Protein BM-40 by Matrix Metalloproteinases Increases Its Affinity for Collagens
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 9237-9243. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sang Hyoung Lee, Hae Young Seo, Jong Cheol Kim, Won Do Heo, Woo Sik Chung, Kyoung Joo Lee, Min Chul Kim, Yong Hwa Cheong, Ji Young Choi, Chae Oh Lim, and Moo Je Cho

Differential Activation of NAD Kinase by Plant Calmodulin Isoforms. THE CRITICAL ROLE OF DOMAIN I
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 9252-9259. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Klas Kullander, David Kaplan, and Ted Ebendal

Two Restricted Sites on the Surface of the Nerve Growth Factor Molecule Independently Determine Specific TrkA Receptor Binding and Activation
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 9300-9307. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Soichi Kojima, Tatsuya Inui, Hisako Muramatsu, Yohko Suzuki, Kenji Kadomatsu, Misako Yoshizawa, Shigehisa Hirose, Terutoshi Kimura, Shumpei Sakakibara, and Takashi Muramatsu

Dimerization of Midkine by Tissue Transglutaminase and Its Functional Implication
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 9410-9416. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jian-Guo Zhang, Douglas J. Hilton, Tracy A. Willson, Clare McFarlane, Bronwyn A. Roberts, Robert L. Moritz, Richard J. Simpson, Warren S. Alexander, Donald Metcalf, and Nicos A. Nicola

Identification, Purification, and Characterization of a Soluble Interleukin (IL)-13-binding Protein. EVIDENCE THAT IT IS DISTINCT FROM THE CLONED IL-13 RECEPTOR AND IL-4 RECEPTOR -CHAINS
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 9474-9480. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Carla Tucker and Lawrence S.B. Goldstein

Probing the Kinesin-Microtubule Interaction
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 9481-9488. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bruce W. Carpick, Vito Graziano, Dieter Schneider, Ratan K. Maitra, Xavier Lee, and Bryan R.G. Williams

Characterization of the Solution Complex between the Interferon-induced, Double-stranded RNA-activated Protein Kinase and HIV-I Trans-activating Region RNA
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 9510-9516. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Barbara Gayraud, Bianca Höpfner, Ali Jassim, Monique Aumailley, and Leena Bruckner-Tuderman

Characterization of a 50-kDa Component of Epithelial Basement Membranes Using GDA-J/F3 Monoclonal Antibody
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 9531-9538. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

David J. Thornton, Marj Howard, Nagma Khan, and John K. Sheehan

Identification of Two Glycoforms of the MUC5B Mucin in Human Respiratory Mucus. EVIDENCE FOR A CYSTEINE-RICH SEQUENCE REPEATED WITHIN THE MOLECULE
J. Biol. Chem. 1997 272: 9561-9566. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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