Abstract

Four proteins (UreD, UreE, UreF, and UreG) are involved in the process of selectively incorporating nickel ion into urease apoprotein. The functions of each of these proteins are being explored by a methods that include efforts to overproduce and purify each protein, examination of deletion or specific site-directed mutants of these auxiliary factors, and testing for functional activities. One hypothesis being tested is that one or more of these proteins may catalyze or undergo selective chemical modification, as part of the activation process. We are using mass spectrometric methods to examine the mass of the individual purified proteins from wild-type and mutant cells.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Center for Research Resources (NCRR)
Type
Biotechnology Resource Grants (P41)
Project #
5P41RR000480-27
Application #
5220553
Study Section
Project Start
Project End
Budget Start
Budget End
Support Year
27
Fiscal Year
1996
Total Cost
Indirect Cost

  Publications

Peri, S P; Bhadti, V S; Somerville-Armstrong, K S et al. (1999) Affinity reagents for cross-linking hemoglobin: bis(phenoxycarbonylethyl)phosphinic acid (BPCEP) and bis(3-nitrophenoxycarbonylethyl)phosphinic acid (BNCEP). Hemoglobin 23:1-20
Chen, H M; Sood, R; Hosmane, R S (1999) An efficient, short synthesis and potent anti-hepatitis B viral activity of a novel ring-expanded purine nucleoside analogue containing a 5:7-fused, planar, aromatic, imidazo[4,5-e][1,3]diazepine ring system. Nucleosides Nucleotides 18:331-5
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Agasimundin, Y S; Mumper, M W; Hosmane, R S (1998) Inhibitors of glycogen phosphorylase b: synthesis, biochemical screening, and molecular modeling studies of novel analogues of hydantocidin. Bioorg Med Chem 6:911-23
Hosmane, R S; Peri, S P; Bhadti, V S et al. (1998) Bis[2-(4-carboxyphenoxy)carbonylethyl]phosphinic acid (BCCEP): a novel affinity reagent for the beta-cleft modification of human hemoglobin. Bioorg Med Chem 6:767-83
Rajappan, V P; Hosmane, R S (1998) Analogues of azepinomycin as inhibitors of guanase. Nucleosides Nucleotides 17:1141-51
Hosmane, R S; Hong, M (1997) How important is the N-3 sugar moiety in the tight-binding interaction of coformycin with adenosine deaminase? Biochem Biophys Res Commun 236:88-93
Lopez-Lara, I M; Orgambide, G; Dazzo, F B et al. (1993) Characterization and symbiotic importance of acidic extracellular polysaccharides of Rhizobium sp. strain GRH2 isolated from acacia nodules. J Bacteriol 175:2826-32
Watson, J T; Kayganich, K (1989) Novel sample preparation for analysis by electron capture negative ionization mass spectrometry. Biochem Soc Trans 17:254-7
Kassel, D B; Kayganich, K A; Watson, J T et al. (1988) Utility of ion source pretreatment with chlorine-containing compounds for enhanced performance in gas chromatography/negative ionization mass spectrometry. Anal Chem 60:911-7

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