Herbert Weissbach

Publication List Details

Period

1955 - 2004

Number

54

Co-Authors

Catalytic Anitoxidants and Methods of Use (2004)

Weissbach, Herbert, Brot, Nathan

The invention provides small molecules that act as catalytic antioxidants and methods of use therof. The compounds can repeatedly bind and destroy reactive oxygen species by serving as substates for...

In vitro expression and characterization of the translation start site of the psbA gene product (QB protein) from higher plants (1984)

Cohen, Bennett N., Coleman, Tomothy A., Schmitt, John J., Weissbach, Herbert

The psbA gene from higher plants, which codes for the atrazine herbi cide binding protein of photosystem II (QB protein), has been recently sequenced by various laboratories. From these data there...

SOLUBLE MONOAMINE OXIDASE; ITS PROPERTIES AND ACTIONS ON SEROTONIN (1957)

Herbert Weissbach, Betty G. Redfield

5-Hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5HIAA) has been shown to be the major metabolite of 5-hydroxytryptamine (serotonin) (1). In man 2 to 8 mg. of the acid are normally excreted in the urine per day (2). This...

Thiol–disulfide exchange is involved in the catalytic mechanism of peptide methionine sulfoxide reductase

Lowther, W. Todd, Brot, Nathan, Weissbach, Herbert, Honek, John F., Matthews, Brian W.

Peptide methionine sulfoxide reductase (MsrA; EC 1.8.4.6) reverses the inactivation of many proteins due to the oxidation of critical methionine residues by reducing methionine sulfoxide, Met(O), to...

Modulation of potassium channel function by methionine oxidation and reduction

Ciorba, Matthew A., Heinemann, Stefan H., Weissbach, Herbert, Brot, Nathan, Hoshi, Toshinori

Oxidation of amino acid residues in proteins can be caused by a variety of oxidizing agents normally produced by cells. The oxidation of methionine in proteins to methionine sulfoxide is implicated...

Reactive oxygen species and nitric oxide mediate plasticity of neuronal calcium signaling

Yermolaieva, Olena, Brot, Nathan, Weissbach, Herbert, Heinemann, Stefan H., Hoshi, Toshinori

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) and nitric oxide (NO) are important participants in signal transduction that could provide the cellular basis for activity-dependent regulation of neuronal excitability....

Peptide methionine sulfoxide reductase from Escherichia coli and Mycobacterium tuberculosis protects bacteria against oxidative damage from reactive nitrogen intermediates

John, Gregory St., Brot, Nathan, Ruan, Jia, Erdjument-Bromage, Hediye, Tempst, Paul, Weissbach, Herbert, ...

Inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) plays an important role in host defense. Macrophages expressing iNOS release the reactive nitrogen intermediates (RNI) nitrite and S-nitrosoglutathione (GSNO),...

High-quality life extension by the enzyme peptide methionine sulfoxide reductase

Ruan, Hongyu, Tang, Xiang Dong, Joiner, M. A., Sun, Guangrong, Brot, Nathan, ...

Cumulative oxidative damages to cell constituents are considered to contribute to aging and age-related diseases. The enzyme peptide methionine sulfoxide reductase A (MSRA) catalyzes the repair of...

The outer membrane localization of the Neisseria gonorrhoeae MsrA/B is involved in survival against reactive oxygen species

Skaar, Eric P., Tobiason, Deborah M., Quick, J., Judd, Ralph C., Weissbach, Herbert, Etienne, Frantzy, ...

The PilB protein of Neisseria gonorrhoeae has been reported to be involved in the regulation of pilin gene transcription, but it also possesses significant homology to the peptide methionine...

Effect of Structural and Stereochemical Methylproline Isomers on Actinomycin Biosynthesis

Yoshida, Tadashi, Mauger, Anthony, Weissbach, Herbert, Katz, Edward

The inhibitory effect of methylprolines on actinomycin biosynthesis by Streptomyces antibioticus was studied; the order of effectiveness was 3- >4- >5-methyl-dl-proline. Cis-3-methyl-dl-proline was...

Unusual Growth Characteristics of a Methionine-Cyano-B12 Auxotroph of Escherichia coli

Dickerman, Herbert, Taylor, Robert T., Weissbach, Herbert

Escherichia coli K-12, strain AB1172, substrain 2276, a methionine−-cyano-B12− auxotroph grew poorly when placed in a medium containing optimal levels of cyano-B12 and suboptimal amounts of...

Cloning, mapping, and in vitro transcription-translation of the gene for the large subunit of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase from spinach chloroplasts

Erion, Jack L., Tarnowski, Joseph, Weissbach, Herbert, Brot, Nathan

An 11.2-kilobase pair (kbp) BamHI restriction nuclease fragment from spinach chloroplast DNA has been found to contain the gene for the large subunit (LS) of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase...

Translational control of ribosomal protein L10 synthesis occurs prior to formation of first peptide bond

Robakis, Nikolaos, Meza-Basso, Luis, Brot, Nathan, Weissbach, Herbert

A simplified DNA-directed in vitro system has been developed to study the regulation of the synthesis of ribosomal protein L10 by measuring the formation of the first dipeptide, fMet-Ala. The results...

Methionine sulfoxide reductase A protects neuronal cells against brief hypoxia/reoxygenation

Yermolaieva, Olena, Xu, Rong, Schinstock, Carrie, Brot, Nathan, Weissbach, Herbert, Heinemann, Stefan H., ...

Hypoxia/reoxygenation induces cellular injury by promoting oxidative stress. Reversible oxidation of methionine in proteins involving the enzyme peptide methionine sulfoxide reductase type A (MSRA)...

The Requirement for Ribosomal Proteins L7 and L12 in Peptide-Chain Termination

Brot, Nathan, Tate, W. P., Caskey, C. T., Weissbach, Herbert

Proteins L7 and L12 from 50S ribosomal subunits of Escherichia coli are required for peptidechain termination. This termination process is inhibited by thiostrepton. Since both thiostrepton-treated...

Role of Phospholipids in the Multiple Forms of Mammalian Elongation Factor 1

Legocki, Andrzej B., Redfield, Betty, Liu, Chen K., Weissbach, Herbert

Evidence is presented that high-molecular-weight aggregates of elongation factor 1 from calf brain and liver contain phospholipids. Sucrose gradient analysis has shown that these...

Translation In Vitro of Total Nuclear RNA from HeLa Cell Nuclei Infected with Adenovirus 2

Chatterjee, Nando K., Weissbach, Herbert

Total heterogeneous nuclear RNA from HeLa cells infected with adenovirus for 18-20 hr stimulates amino acid incorporation into protein in a cell-free system from Ehrlich ascites tumors. This...

Light regulation of the synthesis of the large subunit of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase in peas: Evidence for translational control

Inamine, Gordon, Nash, Barbara, Weissbach, Herbert, Brot, Nathan

The specific activity of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase (EC 4.1.1.39) increases 30- to 50-fold when dark-grown pea seedlings are shifted into the light. The large subunit (LS) of this...

Regulation of methionine synthesis in Escherichia coli: Effect of metJ gene product and S-adenosylmethionine on the expression of the metF gene

Shoeman, Robert, Redfield, Betty, Coleman, Timothy, Greene, Ronald C., Smith, Albert A., Brot, Nathan, ...

The regulation of the expression of the Escherichia coli metF gene, which codes for 5,10-methylenetet-rahydrofolate reductase (EC 1.1.99.15), has been investigated by using a simplified DNA-directed...

Interaction of Eukaryote Elongation Factor EF 1 with Guanosine Nucleotides and Aminoacyl-tRNA

Moon, Hong-Mo, Redfield, Betty, Weissbach, Herbert

Evidence for two species of elongation factor 1 (EF 1A and EF 1B) from calf brain has been obtained by molecular sieve chromatography on Sephadex G-150. A high molecular weight form, EF 1A, interacts...

Initiation of Protein Synthesis in HeLa Cells

Chatterjee, Nando K., Kerwar, S. S., Weissbach, Herbert

Initiation of protein synthesis in HeLa cells has been synchronized by exposure of the cells to fluoride. Double-labeling of such cells for short pulses with [35S]methionine and a tritiated amino...

The Effect of Various Nucleotides on the Helical Nature of a Ribosomal Protein(s) from Escherichia coli

Brot, Nathan, Boublik, Miloslav, Yamasaki, Edith, Weissbach, Herbert

In the presence of GTP or GDP, there is a decrease in the circular dichroic absorption of ribosomal proteins L7 and L12 at 221-222 nm, suggesting that these nucleotides influence the helical content...

In Vitro Synthesis of Procollagen on Polysomes

Kerwar, S. S., Kohn, Leonard D., Lapiere, Charles M., Weissbach, Herbert

The major collagenous products synthesized in a cell-free polysome preparation are pro-α1 and pro-α2, formed in a ratio of 2:1. They are the precursor forms of α1 and α2 chains of normal...

Multiple Forms of Elongation Factor 1 from Calf Brain

Moon, Hong-Mo, Redfield, Betty, Millard, Sara, Vane, Floie, Weissbach, Herbert

Heavy and light forms of elongation factor 1 (EF-1) from calf brain have been partially purified. The heterogeneous heavy species (EF-1H) with molecular weights of 2.5 × 105 to over 1 × 106 appears...

Thionein can serve as a reducing agent for the methionine sulfoxide reductases

Sagher, Daphna, Brunell, David, Hejtmancik, J. Fielding, Kantorow, Marc, Brot, Nathan, Weissbach, Herbert

It has been generally accepted, primarily from studies on methionine sulfoxide reductase (Msr) A, that the biological reducing agent for the members of the Msr family is reduced thioredoxin (Trx),...

Thiol–disulfide exchange is involved in the catalytic mechanism of peptide methionine sulfoxide reductase

Lowther, W. Todd, Brot, Nathan, Weissbach, Herbert, Honek, John F., Matthews, Brian W.

Peptide methionine sulfoxide reductase (MsrA; EC 1.8.4.6) reverses the inactivation of many proteins due to the oxidation of critical methionine residues by reducing methionine sulfoxide, Met(O), to...

Modulation of potassium channel function by methionine oxidation and reduction

Ciorba, Matthew A., Heinemann, Stefan H., Weissbach, Herbert, Brot, Nathan, Hoshi, Toshinori

Oxidation of amino acid residues in proteins can be caused by a variety of oxidizing agents normally produced by cells. The oxidation of methionine in proteins to methionine sulfoxide is implicated...

Reactive oxygen species and nitric oxide mediate plasticity of neuronal calcium signaling

Yermolaieva, Olena, Brot, Nathan, Weissbach, Herbert, Heinemann, Stefan H., Hoshi, Toshinori

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) and nitric oxide (NO) are important participants in signal transduction that could provide the cellular basis for activity-dependent regulation of neuronal excitability....

Peptide methionine sulfoxide reductase from Escherichia coli and Mycobacterium tuberculosis protects bacteria against oxidative damage from reactive nitrogen intermediates

John, Gregory St., Brot, Nathan, Ruan, Jia, Erdjument-Bromage, Hediye, Tempst, Paul, Weissbach, Herbert, ...

Inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) plays an important role in host defense. Macrophages expressing iNOS release the reactive nitrogen intermediates (RNI) nitrite and S-nitrosoglutathione (GSNO),...

High-quality life extension by the enzyme peptide methionine sulfoxide reductase

Ruan, Hongyu, Tang, Xiang Dong, Joiner, M. A., Sun, Guangrong, Brot, Nathan, ...

Cumulative oxidative damages to cell constituents are considered to contribute to aging and age-related diseases. The enzyme peptide methionine sulfoxide reductase A (MSRA) catalyzes the repair of...

The outer membrane localization of the Neisseria gonorrhoeae MsrA/B is involved in survival against reactive oxygen species

Skaar, Eric P., Tobiason, Deborah M., Quick, J., Judd, Ralph C., Weissbach, Herbert, Etienne, Frantzy, ...

The PilB protein of Neisseria gonorrhoeae has been reported to be involved in the regulation of pilin gene transcription, but it also possesses significant homology to the peptide methionine...

Effect of Structural and Stereochemical Methylproline Isomers on Actinomycin Biosynthesis

Yoshida, Tadashi, Mauger, Anthony, Weissbach, Herbert, Katz, Edward

The inhibitory effect of methylprolines on actinomycin biosynthesis by Streptomyces antibioticus was studied; the order of effectiveness was 3- >4- >5-methyl-dl-proline. Cis-3-methyl-dl-proline was...

Unusual Growth Characteristics of a Methionine-Cyano-B12 Auxotroph of Escherichia coli

Dickerman, Herbert, Taylor, Robert T., Weissbach, Herbert

Escherichia coli K-12, strain AB1172, substrain 2276, a methionine−-cyano-B12− auxotroph grew poorly when placed in a medium containing optimal levels of cyano-B12 and suboptimal amounts of...

Cloning, mapping, and in vitro transcription-translation of the gene for the large subunit of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase from spinach chloroplasts

Erion, Jack L., Tarnowski, Joseph, Weissbach, Herbert, Brot, Nathan

An 11.2-kilobase pair (kbp) BamHI restriction nuclease fragment from spinach chloroplast DNA has been found to contain the gene for the large subunit (LS) of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase...

Translational control of ribosomal protein L10 synthesis occurs prior to formation of first peptide bond

Robakis, Nikolaos, Meza-Basso, Luis, Brot, Nathan, Weissbach, Herbert

A simplified DNA-directed in vitro system has been developed to study the regulation of the synthesis of ribosomal protein L10 by measuring the formation of the first dipeptide, fMet-Ala. The results...

Methionine sulfoxide reductase A protects neuronal cells against brief hypoxia/reoxygenation

Yermolaieva, Olena, Xu, Rong, Schinstock, Carrie, Brot, Nathan, Weissbach, Herbert, Heinemann, Stefan H., ...

Hypoxia/reoxygenation induces cellular injury by promoting oxidative stress. Reversible oxidation of methionine in proteins involving the enzyme peptide methionine sulfoxide reductase type A (MSRA)...

The Requirement for Ribosomal Proteins L7 and L12 in Peptide-Chain Termination

Brot, Nathan, Tate, W. P., Caskey, C. T., Weissbach, Herbert

Proteins L7 and L12 from 50S ribosomal subunits of Escherichia coli are required for peptidechain termination. This termination process is inhibited by thiostrepton. Since both thiostrepton-treated...

Role of Phospholipids in the Multiple Forms of Mammalian Elongation Factor 1

Legocki, Andrzej B., Redfield, Betty, Liu, Chen K., Weissbach, Herbert

Evidence is presented that high-molecular-weight aggregates of elongation factor 1 from calf brain and liver contain phospholipids. Sucrose gradient analysis has shown that these...

Translation In Vitro of Total Nuclear RNA from HeLa Cell Nuclei Infected with Adenovirus 2

Chatterjee, Nando K., Weissbach, Herbert

Total heterogeneous nuclear RNA from HeLa cells infected with adenovirus for 18-20 hr stimulates amino acid incorporation into protein in a cell-free system from Ehrlich ascites tumors. This...

Light regulation of the synthesis of the large subunit of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase in peas: Evidence for translational control

Inamine, Gordon, Nash, Barbara, Weissbach, Herbert, Brot, Nathan

The specific activity of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase (EC 4.1.1.39) increases 30- to 50-fold when dark-grown pea seedlings are shifted into the light. The large subunit (LS) of this...

Regulation of methionine synthesis in Escherichia coli: Effect of metJ gene product and S-adenosylmethionine on the expression of the metF gene

Shoeman, Robert, Redfield, Betty, Coleman, Timothy, Greene, Ronald C., Smith, Albert A., Brot, Nathan, ...

The regulation of the expression of the Escherichia coli metF gene, which codes for 5,10-methylenetet-rahydrofolate reductase (EC 1.1.99.15), has been investigated by using a simplified DNA-directed...

Interaction of Eukaryote Elongation Factor EF 1 with Guanosine Nucleotides and Aminoacyl-tRNA

Moon, Hong-Mo, Redfield, Betty, Weissbach, Herbert

Evidence for two species of elongation factor 1 (EF 1A and EF 1B) from calf brain has been obtained by molecular sieve chromatography on Sephadex G-150. A high molecular weight form, EF 1A, interacts...

Initiation of Protein Synthesis in HeLa Cells

Chatterjee, Nando K., Kerwar, S. S., Weissbach, Herbert

Initiation of protein synthesis in HeLa cells has been synchronized by exposure of the cells to fluoride. Double-labeling of such cells for short pulses with [35S]methionine and a tritiated amino...

The Effect of Various Nucleotides on the Helical Nature of a Ribosomal Protein(s) from Escherichia coli

Brot, Nathan, Boublik, Miloslav, Yamasaki, Edith, Weissbach, Herbert

In the presence of GTP or GDP, there is a decrease in the circular dichroic absorption of ribosomal proteins L7 and L12 at 221-222 nm, suggesting that these nucleotides influence the helical content...

In Vitro Synthesis of Procollagen on Polysomes

Kerwar, S. S., Kohn, Leonard D., Lapiere, Charles M., Weissbach, Herbert

The major collagenous products synthesized in a cell-free polysome preparation are pro-α1 and pro-α2, formed in a ratio of 2:1. They are the precursor forms of α1 and α2 chains of normal...

Multiple Forms of Elongation Factor 1 from Calf Brain

Moon, Hong-Mo, Redfield, Betty, Millard, Sara, Vane, Floie, Weissbach, Herbert

Heavy and light forms of elongation factor 1 (EF-1) from calf brain have been partially purified. The heterogeneous heavy species (EF-1H) with molecular weights of 2.5 × 105 to over 1 × 106 appears...

Thionein can serve as a reducing agent for the methionine sulfoxide reductases

Sagher, Daphna, Brunell, David, Hejtmancik, J. Fielding, Kantorow, Marc, Brot, Nathan, Weissbach, Herbert

It has been generally accepted, primarily from studies on methionine sulfoxide reductase (Msr) A, that the biological reducing agent for the members of the Msr family is reduced thioredoxin (Trx),...

Free methionine-(R)-sulfoxide reductase from Escherichia coli reveals a new GAF domain function

Lin, Zhidong, Johnson, Lynnette C., Weissbach, Herbert, Brot, Nathan, Lively, Mark O., Lowther, W. Todd

The reduction of methionine sulfoxide (MetO) is mediated by methionine sulfoxide reductases (Msr). The MsrA and MsrB families can reduce free MetO and MetO within a peptide or protein context. This...

Oxidative Regulation of Large Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels

Tang, Xiang D., Daggett, Heather, Hanner, Markus, Garcia, Maria L., McManus, Owen B., Brot, Nathan, ...

Reactive oxygen/nitrogen species are readily generated in vivo, playing roles in many physiological and pathological conditions, such as Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease, by oxidatively...