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An enzyme preparation from Salmonella typhimurium catalyzes the conversion of 5-methylaminomethyl-2-thiouridine in tRNAs to 5-methylaminomethyl-2-selenouridine when supplemented with selenide and ATP. Similar preparations from a Salmonella mutant strain carrying a defective selD gene fail to catalyze this selenium substitution reaction. However, supplementation of the deficient enzyme preparation with the purified selD gene product (SELD protein) restored synthesis of seleno-tRNAs. In the absence of the complementary enzyme(s), the SELD protein catalyzes the synthesis of a labile selenium donor compound from selenide and ATP. 31P NMR studies show that among the products of this reaction are AMP and a compound containing selenium bonded to phosphorus. The reaction is completely dependent on the addition of both selenide and magnesium. The dependence of reaction velocity on ATP concentration shows sigmoidal kinetics, whereas dependence on selenide concentration obeys Michaelis-Menten kinetics indicating a Km value of 46 microM for selenide.
[NMR paper] Cell-free synthesis of 15N-labeled proteins for NMR studies.
Cell-free synthesis of 15N-labeled proteins for NMR studies.
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IUBMB Life. 2005 Sep;57(9):615-22
Authors: Ozawa K, Dixon NE, Otting G
Modern cell-free in vitro protein synthesis systems present powerful tools for the synthesis of isotope-labeled proteins in high yields. The production of selectively 15 N-labeled proteins from 15 N-labeled amino acids is particularly economic and yields are often sufficient to analyze the proteins very quickly by two-dimensional NMR...
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[NMR paper] Fatty acid synthesis in Xylella fastidiosa: correlations between genome studies, 13C
Fatty acid synthesis in Xylella fastidiosa: correlations between genome studies, 13C NMR data, and molecular models.
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Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2004 Oct 22;323(3):987-95
Authors: Osiro D, Muniz JR, Coleta Filho HD, de Sousa AA, Machado MA, Garratt RC, Colnago LA
Xylella fastidiosa was the first plant pathogen to have its complete genome sequence elucidated. Routine database analyses suggested that two enzymes...
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[NMR paper] NMR and modeling studies of protein-carbohydrate interactions: synthesis, three-dimen
NMR and modeling studies of protein-carbohydrate interactions: synthesis, three-dimensional structure, and recognition properties of a minimum hevein domain with binding affinity for chitooligosaccharides.
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Chembiochem. 2004 Sep 6;5(9):1245-55
Authors: Aboitiz N, Vila-Perelló M, Groves P, Asensio JL, Andreu D, Cañada FJ, Jiménez-Barbero...
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[NMR paper] 15N NMR relaxation studies of calcium-loaded parvalbumin show tight dynamics compared
15N NMR relaxation studies of calcium-loaded parvalbumin show tight dynamics compared to those of other EF-hand proteins.
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Biochemistry. 1998 Jul 14;37(28):9964-75
Authors: Baldellon C, Alattia JR, Strub MP, Pauls T, Berchtold MW, Cavé A, Padilla A
Dynamics of the rat alpha-parvalbumin calcium-loaded form have been determined by measurement of 15N nuclear relaxation using proton-detected heteronuclear NMR...
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[NMR paper] Efficient enzymatic synthesis of 13C,15N-labeled DNA for NMR studies.
Efficient enzymatic synthesis of 13C,15N-labeled DNA for NMR studies.
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J Biomol NMR. 1997 Oct;10(3):245-53
Authors: Smith DE, Su JY, Jucker FM
The power of heteronuclear NMR spectroscopy to study macromolecules and their complexes has been amply demonstrated over the last decade. The obstacle to routinely applying these techniques to the study of DNA has been the synthesis of 13C,15N-labeled DNA. Here we present a simple and efficient method to generate...
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[NMR paper] Synthesis of region-labelled proteins for NMR studies by in vitro translation of colu
Synthesis of region-labelled proteins for NMR studies by in vitro translation of column-coupled mRNAs.
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Biochimie. 1997 Jul;79(7):415-22
Authors: Pavlov MY, Freistroffer DV, Ehrenberg M
A method to synthesise region-labelled proteins for structural studies with NMR is suggested. The technique is based on in vitro...
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[NMR paper] Synthesis and interaction studies of 13C labeled lactone derivatives with a model pro
Synthesis and interaction studies of 13C labeled lactone derivatives with a model protein using 13C NMR.
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Bioorg Med Chem. 1993 Nov;1(5):389-97
Authors: Franot C, Benezra C, Lepoittevin JP
Two molecules 9 and 14, representatives of two series of electrophilic lactone derivatives, have been synthesized, and labeled with...
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Cell-free protein synthesis of perdeuterated proteins for NMR studies
Cell-free protein synthesis of perdeuterated proteins for NMR studies
Touraj Etezady-Esfarjani, Sebastian Hiller, Cristina Villalba and Kurt Wüthrich
Journal of Biomolecular NMR; 2007; 39(3); pp 229-238
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Cell-free protein synthesis protocols for uniformly deuterated proteins typically yield low, non-uniform deuteration levels. This paper introduces an E. coli cell-extract, D-S30, which enables efficient production of proteins with high deuteration levels for all non-labile hydrogen atom positions. Potential applications of the new protocol may include production of proteins...