Communications

Ramesh Hegde, Srinivasa M. Srinivasula, Manzoor Ahmad, Teresa Fernandes-Alnemri, and Emad S. Alnemri

Blk, a BH3-containing Mouse Protein That Interacts with Bcl-2 and Bcl-xL, Is a Potent Death Agonist
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 7783-7786. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ryosuke Takahashi, Quinn Deveraux, Ingo Tamm, Kate Welsh, Nuria Assa-Munt, Guy S. Salvesen, and John C. Reed

A Single BIR Domain of XIAP Sufficient for Inhibiting Caspases
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 7787-7790. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Peng Leong and David H. MacLennan

A 37-Amino Acid Sequence in the Skeletal Muscle Ryanodine Receptor Interacts with the Cytoplasmic Loop between Domains II and III in the Skeletal Muscle Dihydropyridine Receptor
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 7791-7794. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Carbohydrates, Lipids, and Other Natural Products

Djilali Hammache, Gérard Piéroni, Nouara Yahi, Olivier Delézay, Nathalie Koch, Huguette Lafont, Catherine Tamalet, and Jacques Fantini

Specific Interaction of HIV-1 and HIV-2 Surface Envelope Glycoproteins with Monolayers of Galactosylceramide and Ganglioside GM3
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 7967-7971. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yang Wang and Michael W. Spellman

Purification and Characterization of a GDP-fucose:Polypeptide Fucosyltransferase from Chinese Hamster Ovary Cells
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 8112-8118. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Francis X. Sullivan, Ravindra Kumar, Ronald Kriz, Mark Stahl, Guang-Yi Xu, Jason Rouse, Xiao-jia Chang, Amechand Boodhoo, Barry Potvin, and Dale A. Cumming

Molecular Cloning of Human GDP-mannose 4,6-Dehydratase and Reconstitution of GDP-fucose Biosynthesis in Vitro
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 8193-8202. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fred K. Hagen and Keith Nehrke

cDNA Cloning and Expression of a Family of UDP-N-acetyl-Dgalactosamine:Polypeptide N-Acetylgalactosaminyltransferase Sequence Homologs from Caenorhabditis elegans
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 8268-8277. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anu Chaudhary, Qu-Ming Gu, Oliver Thum, Adam A. Profit, Ying Qi, Loice Jeyakumar, Sidney Fleischer, and Glenn D. Prestwich

Specific Interaction of Golgi Coatomer Protein -COP with Phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-Trisphosphate
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 8344-8350. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kees Fluiter, Deneys R. van der Westhuijzen, and Theo J. C. van Berkel

In Vivo Regulation of Scavenger Receptor BI and the Selective Uptake of High Density Lipoprotein Cholesteryl Esters in Rat Liver Parenchymal and Kupffer Cells
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 8434-8438. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Paul L. DeAngelis, Wei Jing, Richard R. Drake, and Ann Mary Achyuthan

Identification and Molecular Cloning of a Unique Hyaluronan Synthase from Pasteurella multocida
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 8454-8458. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Akira Abe and James A. Shayman

Purification and Characterization of 1-O-Acylceramide Synthase, a Novel Phospholipase A₂ with Transacylase Activity
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 8467-8474. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Denise K. H. Chou, Stuart A. Tobet, and Firoze B. Jungalwala

Restoration of Synthesis of Sulfoglucuronylglycolipids in Cerebellar Granule Neurons Promotes Dedifferentiation and Neurite Outgrowth
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 8508-8515. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cell Biology and Metabolism

Matthias M. Falk and Norton B. Gilula

Connexin Membrane Protein Biosynthesis Is Influenced by Polypeptide Positioning within the Translocon and Signal Peptidase Access
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 7856-7864. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Peter Wonerow, Torsten Schöneberg, Günter Schultz, Thomas Gudermann, and Ralf Paschke

Deletions in the Third Intracellular Loop of the Thyrotropin Receptor. A NEW MECHANISM FOR CONSTITUTIVE ACTIVATION
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 7900-7905. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Songzhu An, Thieu Bleu, Olivia G. Hallmark, and Edward J. Goetzl

Characterization of a Novel Subtype of Human G Protein-coupled Receptor for Lysophosphatidic Acid
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 7906-7910. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marco Presta, Mirella Belleri, Annunciata Vecchi, Joseph Hesselgesser, Alberto Mantovani, and Richard Horuk

Noncompetitive, Chemokine-mediated Inhibition of Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor-induced Endothelial Cell Proliferation
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 7911-7919. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lilian Parra-Gessert, Kenneth Koo, Joaquin Fajardo, and Richard L. Weiss

Processing and Function of a Polyprotein Precursor of Two Mitochondrial Proteins in Neurospora crassa
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 7972-7980. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Elena Zocchi, Antonio Daga, Cesare Usai, Luisa Franco, Lucrezia Guida, Santina Bruzzone, Aurora Costa, Carla Marchetti, and Antonio De Flora

Expression of CD38 Increases Intracellular Calcium Concentration and Reduces Doubling Time in HeLa and 3T3 Cells
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 8017-8024. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gemma Enrique-Tarancón, Luc Marti, Nathalie Morin, José Miguel Lizcano, Mercedes Unzeta, Lidia Sevilla, Marta Camps, Manuel Palacín, Xavier Testar, Christian Carpéné, and Antonio Zorzano

Role of Semicarbazide-sensitive Amine Oxidase on Glucose Transport and GLUT4 Recruitment to the Cell Surface in Adipose Cells
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 8025-8032. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Joan M. Taylor, Jeffrey D. Hildebrand, Christopher P. Mack, Michael E. Cox, and J. Thomas Parsons

Characterization of Graf, the GTPase-activating Protein for Rho Associated with Focal Adhesion Kinase. PHOSPHORYLATION AND POSSIBLE REGULATION BY MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 8063-8070. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jeffrey C. Edberg, James J. Moon, David J. Chang, and Robert P. Kimberly

Differential Regulation of Human Neutrophil FcRIIa (CD32) and FcRIIIb (CD16)-induced Ca²⁺ Transients
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 8071-8079. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rémy Burcelin, Caroline Mrejen, Jean Francois Decaux, Sylvie Hauguel De Mouzon, Jean Girard, and Maureen J. Charron

In Vivo and in Vitro Regulation of Hepatic Glucagon Receptor mRNA Concentration by Glucose Metabolism
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 8088-8093. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gary M. Bokoch, Abina M. Reilly, R. Hugh Daniels, Charles C. King, Ana Olivera, Sarah Spiegel, and Ulla G. Knaus

A GTPase-independent Mechanism of p21-activated Kinase Activation. REGULATION BY SPHINGOSINE AND OTHER BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE LIPIDS
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 8137-8144. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Derrick T. Brazill, David F. Lindsey, John D. Bishop, and Richard H. Gomer

Cell Density Sensing Mediated by a G Protein-coupled Receptor Activating Phospholipase C
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 8161-8168. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Allen Volchuk, Shanta Narine, Leonard J. Foster, Detlev Grabs, Pietro De Camilli, and Amira Klip

Perturbation of Dynamin II with an Amphiphysin SH3 Domain Increases GLUT4 Glucose Transporters at the Plasma Membrane in 3T3-L1 Adipocytes. DYNAMIN II PARTICIPATES IN GLUT4 ENDOCYTOSIS
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 8169-8176. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Satoshi Tanaka, Ken-ichi Nemoto, Eriko Yamamura, and Atsushi Ichikawa

Intracellular Localization of the 74- and 53-kDa Forms of L-Histidine Decarboxylase in a Rat Basophilic/Mast Cell Line, RBL-2H3
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 8177-8182. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Zhi-Hua Qiu, Miguel A. Gijón, Marianne S. de Carvalho, Diane M. Spencer, and Christina C. Leslie

The Role of Calcium and Phosphorylation of Cytosolic Phospholipase A₂ in Regulating Arachidonic Acid Release in Macrophages
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 8203-8211. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Te-Tuan Yang, Parisa Sinai, Gisele Green, Paul A. Kitts, Yih-Tai Chen, Lonnie Lybarger, Robert Chervenak, George H. Patterson, David W. Piston, and Steven R. Kain

Improved Fluorescence and Dual Color Detection with Enhanced Blue and Green Variants of the Green Fluorescent Protein
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 8212-8216. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hideyuki J. Majima, Terry D. Oberley, Katsutoshi Furukawa, Mark P. Mattson, Hsiu-Chuan Yen, Luke I. Szweda, and Daret K. St. Clair

Prevention of Mitochondrial Injury by Manganese Superoxide Dismutase Reveals a Primary Mechanism for Alkaline-induced Cell Death
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 8217-8224. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dietmar Zechner, Rian Craig, Deanna S. Hanford, Patrick M. McDonough, Roger A. Sabbadini, and Christopher C. Glembotski

MKK6 Activates Myocardial Cell NF-B and Inhibits Apoptosis in a p38 Mitogen-activated Protein Kinase-dependent Manner
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 8232-8239. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hong Yao, Randall D. York, Anita Misra-Press, Daniel W. Carr, and Philip J. S. Stork

The Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate-dependent Protein Kinase (PKA) Is Required for the Sustained Activation of Mitogen-activated Kinases and Gene Expression by Nerve Growth Factor
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 8240-8247. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hiroshi Hayashi, Luigi De Bellis, Katsushi Yamaguchi, Akira Kato, Makoto Hayashi, and Mikio Nishimura

Molecular Characterization of a Glyoxysomal Long Chain Acyl-CoA Oxidase That Is Synthesized as a Precursor of Higher Molecular Mass in Pumpkin
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 8301-8307. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Elena A. Feshchenko, Wallace Y. Langdon, and Alexander Y. Tsygankov

Fyn, Yes, and Syk Phosphorylation Sites in c-Cbl Map to the Same Tyrosine Residues That Become Phosphorylated in Activated T Cells
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 8323-8331. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kelly M. Loyet, Judith A. Kowalchyk, Anu Chaudhary, Jian Chen, Glenn D. Prestwich, and Thomas F. J. Martin

Specific Binding of Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-Bisphosphate to Calcium-dependent Activator Protein for Secretion (CAPS), a Potential Phosphoinositide Effector Protein for Regulated Exocytosis
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 8337-8343. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Toshiyuki Umata and Eisuke Mekada

Diphtheria Toxin Translocation across Endosome Membranes. A NOVEL CELL PERMEABILIZATION ASSAY REVEALS NEW DIPHTHERIA TOXIN FRAGMENTS IN ENDOCYTIC VESICLES
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 8351-8359. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

S. Morwenna Wood, Michael S. Wiesener, Kay M. Yeates, Noriko Okada, Christopher W. Pugh, Patrick H. Maxwell, and Peter J. Ratcliffe

Selection and Analysis of a Mutant Cell Line Defective in the Hypoxia-inducible Factor-1 -Subunit (HIF-1). CHARACTERIZATION OF HIF-1-DEPENDENT AND -INDEPENDENT HYPOXIA-INDUCIBLE GENE EXPRESSION
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 8360-8368. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

S. Courtney Frasch, Jerry A. Nick, Valerie A. Fadok, Donna L. Bratton, G. Scott Worthen, and Peter M. Henson

p38 Mitogen-activated Protein Kinase-dependent and -independent Intracellular Signal Transduction Pathways Leading to Apoptosis in Human Neutrophils
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 8389-8397. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ari Ristimäki, Kirsi Narko, Berndt Enholm, Vladimir Joukov, and Kari Alitalo

Proinflammatory Cytokines Regulate Expression of the Lymphatic Endothelial Mitogen Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor-C
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 8413-8418. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bruno Antonsson, Daniel B. Kassel, Gilbert Di Paolo, Robert Lutjens, Beat M. Riederer, and Gabriele Grenningloh

Identification of in Vitro Phosphorylation Sites in the Growth Cone Protein SCG10. EFFECT OF PHOSPHORYLATION SITE MUTANTS ON MICROTUBULE-DESTABILIZING ACTIVITY
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 8439-8446. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Diem H. D. Nguyen, Isa M. Hussaini, and Steven L. Gonias

Binding of Urokinase-type Plasminogen Activator to Its Receptor in MCF-7 Cells Activates Extracellular Signal-regulated Kinase 1 and 2 Which Is Required for Increased Cellular Motility
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 8502-8507. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lewei Wang, Yanqing Zhu, and Kumar Sharma

Transforming Growth Factor-1 Stimulates Protein Kinase A in Mesangial Cells
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 8522-8527. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Steven W. Pipe, Jill A. Morris, Jay Shah, and Randal J. Kaufman

Differential Interaction of Coagulation Factor VIII and Factor V with Protein Chaperones Calnexin and Calreticulin
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 8537-8544. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Enzymology

Yu-Ling Yang, Sengoda G. Ramaswamy, and William B. Jakoby

Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Organic Cyclic Carbonates
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 7814-7817. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Eric L. Hildebrand and Lawrence Grossman

Introduction of a Tryptophan Reporter Group into the ATP Binding Motif of the Escherichia coli UvrB Protein for the Study of Nucleotide Binding and Conformational Dynamics
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 7818-7827. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Madia Trujillo, María Noel Alvarez, Gonzalo Peluffo, Bruce A. Freeman, and Rafael Radi

Xanthine Oxidase-mediated Decomposition of S-Nitrosothiols
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 7828-7834. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hiep-Hoa T. Nguyen, Sean J. Elliott, John Hon-Kay Yip, and Sunney I. Chan

The Particulate Methane Monooxygenase from Methylococcus capsulatus (Bath) Is a Novel Copper-containing Three-subunit Enzyme. ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 7957-7966. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tokuro Iwabuchi and Shigeaki Harayama

Biochemical and Molecular Characterization of 1-Hydroxy-2-naphthoate Dioxygenase from Nocardioides sp. KP7
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 8332-8336. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Francis J. Eng, Elena G. Novikova, Kazuyuki Kuroki, Don Ganem, and Lloyd D. Fricker

gp180, a Protein That Binds Duck Hepatitis B Virus Particles, Has Metallocarboxypeptidase D-like Enzymatic Activity
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 8382-8388. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Membranes and Bioenergetics

Richard J. Prince and Steven M. Sine

Epibatidine Binds with Unique Site and State Selectivity to Muscle Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 7843-7849. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

José Salud Rodríguez-Zavala and Rafael Moreno-Sánchez

Modulation of Oxidative Phosphorylation by Mg²⁺ in Rat Heart Mitochondria
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 7850-7855. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rongbao Zhao, Yehuda G. Assaraf, and I. David Goldman

A Reduced Folate Carrier Mutation Produces Substrate-dependent Alterations in Carrier Mobility in Murine Leukemia Cells and Methotrexate Resistance with Conservation of Growth in 5-Formyltetrahydrofolate
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 7873-7879. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Wim Meijberg, Gea K. Schuurman-Wolters, and George T. Robillard

Thermodynamic Evidence for Conformational Coupling between the B and C Domains of the Mannitol Transporter of Escherichia coli, Enzyme II^mtl
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 7949-7956. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Elena E. Rojo, Bernard Guiard, Walter Neupert, and Rosemary A. Stuart

Sorting of D-Lactate Dehydrogenase to the Inner Membrane of Mitochondria. ANALYSIS OF TOPOGENIC SIGNAL AND ENERGETIC REQUIREMENTS
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 8040-8047. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Manuel K. A. Bauer, Markus Vogt, Marek Los, Johanna Siegel, Sebastian Wesselborg, and Klaus Schulze-Osthoff

Role of Reactive Oxygen Intermediates in Activation-induced CD95 (APO-1/Fas) Ligand Expression
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 8048-8055. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mutsuo Yamaguchi, Grigory I. Belogrudov, and Youssef Hatefi

Mitochondrial NADH-Ubiquinone Oxidoreductase (Complex I). EFFECT OF SUBSTRATES ON THE FRAGMENTATION OF SUBUNITS BY TRYPSIN
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 8094-8098. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Carlos Santos-Ocaña, Francisco Córdoba, Frederick L. Crane, Catherine F. Clarke, and Plácido Navas

Coenzyme Q₆ and Iron Reduction Are Responsible for the Extracellular Ascorbate Stabilization at the Plasma Membrane of Saccharomyces cerevisiae
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 8099-8105. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yehuda G. Assaraf, Solomon Babani, and I. David Goldman

Increased Activity of a Novel Low pH Folate Transporter Associated with Lipophilic Antifolate Resistance in Chinese Hamster Ovary Cells
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 8106-8111. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nathalie Roudier, Jean-Marc Verbavatz, Christophe Maurel, Pierre Ripoche, and Frédérique Tacnet

Evidence for the Presence of Aquaporin-3 in Human Red Blood Cells
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 8407-8412. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

William A. Prinz, Dana H. Boyd, Michael Ehrmann, and Jon Beckwith

The Protein Translocation Apparatus Contributes to Determining the Topology of an Integral Membrane Protein in Escherichia coli
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 8419-8424. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nucleic Acids, Protein Synthesis, and Molecular Genetics

Keiko Matsumoto, Toshiya Yamamoto, Hirohisa Kurachi, Yukihiro Nishio, Takashi Takeda, Hiroaki Homma, Ken-ichirou Morishige, Akira Miyake, and Yuji Murata

Human Chorionic Gonadotropin- Gene Is Transcriptionally Activated by Epidermal Growth Factor through cAMP Response Element in Trophoblast Cells
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 7800-7806. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Wouter L. de Laat, Esther Appeldoorn, Nicolaas G. J. Jaspers, and Jan H. J. Hoeijmakers

DNA Structural Elements Required for ERCC1-XPF Endonuclease Activity
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 7835-7842. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jacques A. E. Benen, Paloma Sánchez-Torres, Matthé J. M. Wagemaker, Marco W. Fraaije, Willem J. H. van Berkel, and Jaap Visser

Molecular Cloning, Sequencing, and Heterologous Expression of the vaoA Gene from Penicillium simplicissimum CBS 170.90 Encoding Vanillyl-Alcohol Oxidase
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 7865-7872. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. Todd Washington and Smita S. Patel

Increased DNA Unwinding Efficiency of Bacteriophage T7 DNA Helicase Mutant Protein 4A'/E348K
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 7880-7887. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Daniel F. Bogenhagen and Kevin G. Pinz

The Action of DNA Ligase at Abasic Sites in DNA
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 7888-7893. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alexander S. Sobolev, Andrey A. Rosenkranz, Olga A. Smirnova, Vladimir A. Nikitin, Galina L. Neugodova, Boris S. Naroditsky, Ilya N. Shilov, Ivan N. Shatski, and Lev K. Ernst

Receptor-mediated Transfection of Murine and Ovine Mammary Glands in Vivo
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 7928-7933. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Larry J. Bischof, Norio Kagawa, John J. Moskow, Yoshitaka Takahashi, Akihiro Iwamatsu, Arthur M. Buchberg, and Michael R. Waterman

Members of the Meis1 and Pbx Homeodomain Protein Families Cooperatively Bind a cAMP-responsive Sequence (CRS1) from Bovine CYP17
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 7941-7948. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marion Desclozeaux, Francis Poulat, Pascal de Santa Barbara, Jean-Paul Capony, Patric Turowski, Philippe Jay, Catherine Méjean, Brigitte Moniot, Brigitte Boizet, and Philippe Berta

Phosphorylation of an N-terminal Motif Enhances DNA-binding Activity of the Human SRY Protein
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 7988-7995. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gwo-Chyuan Shaw, Chi-Chang Sung, Chang-Hsiesh Liu, and Chia-Hung Lin

Evidence against the Bm1P1 Protein as a Positive Transcription Factor for Barbiturate-mediated Induction of Cytochrome P450_BM-1 in Bacillus megaterium
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 7996-8002. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mohamad BouHamdan, YanNing Xue, Yves Baudat, Baocheng Hu, Josephine Sire, Roger J. Pomerantz, and Ling-Xun Duan

Diversity of HIV-1 Vpr Interactions Involves Usage of the WXXF Motif of Host Cell Proteins
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 8009-8016. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ann M. Fitzmaurice and Pappachan E. Kolattukudy

An Acyl-CoA Synthase (acoas) Gene Adjacent to the Mycocerosic Acid Synthase (mas) Locus Is Necessary for Mycocerosyl Lipid Synthesis in Mycobacterium tuberculosis var. bovis BCG
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 8033-8039. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Abbe N. Vallejo, Achim R. Nestel, Michael Schirmer, Cornelia M. Weyand, and Jörg J. Goronzy

Aging-related Deficiency of CD28 Expression in CD4+ T Cells Is Associated with the Loss of Gene-specific Nuclear Factor Binding Activity
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 8119-8129. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mondira Kundu, Sunita Sharma, Antonio De Luca, Antonio Giordano, Jay Rappaport, Kamel Khalili, and Shohreh Amini

HIV-1 Tat Elongates the G₁ Phase and Indirectly Promotes HIV-1 Gene Expression in Cells of Glial Origin
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 8130-8136. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael J. Mortillaro and Ronald Berezney

Matrin CYP, an SR-rich Cyclophilin That Associates with the Nuclear Matrix and Splicing Factors
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 8183-8192. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yan-Qun Chen, Ming Su, Rampyari Raja Walia, Qin Hao, Joseph W. Covington, and Douglas E. Vaughan

Sp1 Sites Mediate Activation of the Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor-1 Promoter by Glucose in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 8225-8231. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Maria Matzaris, Cindy J. O'Malley, Anne Badger, Caroline J. Speed, Phillip I. Bird, and Christina. A. Mitchell

Distinct Membrane and Cytosolic Forms of Inositol Polyphosphate 5-Phosphatase II. EFFICIENT MEMBRANE LOCALIZATION REQUIRES TWO DISCRETE DOMAINS
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 8256-8267. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Richard W. Deed, Michelle Jasiok, and John D. Norton

Lymphoid-specific Expression of the Id3 Gene in Hematopoietic Cells. SELECTIVE ANTAGONISM OF E2A BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX PROTEIN ASSOCIATED WITH Id3-INDUCED DIFFERENTIATION OF ERYTHROLEUKEMIA CELLS
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 8278-8286. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Isabelle Vassias, Uriel Hazan, Yanne Michel, Chika Sawa, Hiroshi Handa, Laurent Gouya, and Frédéric Morinet

Regulation of Human B19 Parvovirus Promoter Expression by hGABP (E4TF1) Transcription Factor
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 8287-8293. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Monika Reuter, Dagmar Kupper, Andreas Meisel, Cornelia Schroeder, and Detlev H. Krüger

Cooperative Binding Properties of Restriction Endonuclease EcoRII with DNA Recognition Sites
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 8294-8300. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yukio Ishimi, Yuki Komamura, Zhiying You, and Hiroshi Kimura

Biochemical Function of Mouse Minichromosome Maintenance 2 Protein
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 8369-8375. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Josefa Badía, Ester Ibáñez, Montserrat Sabaté, Laura Baldomà, and Juan Aguilar

A Rare 920-Kilobase Chromosomal Inversion Mediated by IS1 Transposition Causes Constitutive Expression of the yiaK-S Operon for Carbohydrate Utilization in Escherichia coli
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 8376-8381. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Martina B. Hautmann, Cort S. Madsen, Christopher P. Mack, and Gary K. Owens

Substitution of the Degenerate Smooth Muscle (SM) -Actin CC(A/T-rich)₆GG Elements with c-fos Serum Response Elements Results in Increased Basal Expression but Relaxed SM Cell Specificity and Reduced Angiotensin II Inducibility
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 8398-8406. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christine Hann, Devon L. Evans, Jolanta Fertala, Piero Benedetti, Mary-Ann Bjornsti, and David J. Hall

Increased Camptothecin Toxicity Induced in Mammalian Cells Expressing Saccharomyces cerevisiae DNA Topoisomerase I
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 8425-8433. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kelly S. Doran, Igor Konieczny, and Donald R. Helinski

Replication Origin of the Broad Host Range Plasmid RK2. POSITIONING OF VARIOUS MOTIFS IS CRITICAL FOR INITIATION OF REPLICATION
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 8447-8453. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Masaru Ichida, Hitoshi Endo, Uichi Ikeda, Chie Matsuda, Eriko Ueno, Kazuyuki Shimada, and Yasuo Kagawa

MyoD Is Indispensable for Muscle-specific Alternative Splicing in Mouse Mitochondrial ATP Synthase -Subunit Pre-mRNA
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 8492-8501. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Catherine Stoltz, Marie-Hélène Vachon, Eric Trottier, Stéphane Dubois, Yanick Paquet, and Alan Anderson

The CYP2B2 Phenobarbital Response Unit Contains an Accessory Factor Element and a Putative Glucocorticoid Response Element Essential for Conferring Maximal Phenobarbital Responsiveness
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 8528-8536. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Protein Chemistry and Structure

Peter S. Brzovic, Jose Meza, Mary-Claire King, and Rachel E. Klevit

The Cancer-predisposing Mutation C61G Disrupts Homodimer Formation in the NH₂-terminal BRCA1 RING Finger Domain
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 7795-7799. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pat Whiteman, A. Kristina Downing, Rachel Smallridge, Peter R. Winship, and Penny A. Handford

A Gly  Ser Change Causes Defective Folding in Vitro of Calcium-binding Epidermal Growth Factor-like Domains from Factor IX and Fibrillin-1
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 7807-7813. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Juan Codina, Juan T. Delmas-Mata, and Thomas D. DuBose Jr.

The -Subunit of the Colonic H⁺,K⁺-ATPase Assembles with ₁-Na⁺,K⁺-ATPase in Kidney and Distal Colon
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 7894-7899. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yu-Tsueng Liu and Helen L. Yin

Identification of the Binding Partners for Flightless I, A Novel Protein Bridging the Leucine-rich Repeat and the Gelsolin Superfamilies
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 7920-7927. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Noune A. Sarvazyan, Ann E. Remmers, and Richard R. Neubig

Determinants of G_i1 and Binding. MEASURING HIGH AFFINITY INTERACTIONS IN A LIPID ENVIRONMENT USING FLOW CYTOMETRY
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 7934-7940. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Heyu Ni, Anli Li, Neil Simonsen, and John A. Wilkins

Integrin Activation by Dithiothreitol or Mn²⁺ Induces a Ligand-occupied Conformation and Exposure of a Novel NH₂-terminal Regulatory Site on the ₁ Integrin Chain
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 7981-7987. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Laura Runkel, Lawrence Pfeffer, Malte Lewerenz, Danielle Monneron, Chuan He Yang, Aruna Murti, Sandra Pellegrini, Susan Goelz, Gilles Uzé, and Knud Mogensen

Differences in Activity between  and  Type I Interferons Explored by Mutational Analysis
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 8003-8008. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Valérie Estienne, Christine Duthoit, Liliane Vinet, Josée-Martine Durand-Gorde, Pierre Carayon, and Jean Ruf

A Conformational B-cell Epitope on the C-terminal End of the Extracellular Part of Human Thyroid Peroxidase
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 8056-8062. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kenji Inaba, Koichiro Ishimori, Kiyohiro Imai, and Isao Morishima

Structural and Functional Effects of Pseudo-module Substitution in Hemoglobin Subunits. NEW STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL UNITS IN GLOBIN STRUCTURE
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 8080-8087. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Catherine Mazza, Rock Breton, Dominique Housset, and Juan Carlos Fontecilla-Camps

Unusual Charge Stabilization of NADP⁺ in 17-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 8145-8152. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Quinn Kleerekoper, Wen Liu, Daeock Choi, and John A. Putkey

Identification of Binding Sites for Bepridil and Trifluoperazine on Cardiac Troponin C
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 8153-8160. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kouichiro Minami, Marilee J. Wick, Yael Stern-Bach, Jo Ellen Dildy-Mayfield, Susan J. Brozowski, Elizabeth L. Gonzales, James R. Trudell, and R. Adron Harris

Sites of Volatile Anesthetic Action on Kainate (Glutamate Receptor 6) Receptors
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 8248-8255. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Zhe Lu, Elisa Cabiscol, Nuria Obradors, Jordi Tamarit, Joaquim Ros, Juan Aguilar, and E. C. C. Lin

Evolution of an Escherichia coli Protein with Increased Resistance to Oxidative Stress
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 8308-8316. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sylvie Coscoy, Eric Lingueglia, Michel Lazdunski, and Pascal Barbry

The Phe-Met-Arg-Phe-amide-activated Sodium Channel Is a Tetramer
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 8317-8322. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael Kalafatis

Identification and Partial Characterization of Factor Va Heavy Chain Kinase from Human Platelets
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 8459-8466. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Steven D. Hartson, Elizabeth A. Ottinger, Wenjun Huang, George Barany, Paul Burn, and Robert L. Matts

Modular Folding and Evidence for Phosphorylation-induced Stabilization of an hsp90-dependent Kinase
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 8475-8482. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Paul D. Thompson, Peter W. Jurutka, Carol A. Haussler, G. Kerr Whitfield, and Mark R. Haussler

Heterodimeric DNA Binding by the Vitamin D Receptor and Retinoid X Receptors Is Enhanced by 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D₃ and Inhibited by 9-cis-Retinoic Acid. EVIDENCE FOR ALLOSTERIC RECEPTOR INTERACTIONS
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 8483-8491. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Geoffrey Kemball-Cook, Daniel J. D. Johnson, Osamu Takamiya, David W. Banner, John H. McVey, and Edward G. D. Tuddenham

Coagulation Factor VII Gln¹⁰⁰  Arg. AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION AT THE EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR 2-PROTEASE DOMAIN INTERFACE RESULTS IN SEVERELY REDUCED TISSUE FACTOR BINDING AND PROCOAGULANT FUNCTION
J. Biol. Chem. 1998 273: 8516-8521. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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