L-asparaginase of Thermus thermophilus: purification, properties and identification of essential amino acids for its catalytic activity.

abstract：:From pharmacological investigations and clinical studies, it is known that angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors exhibit additional local actions, which are not related to hemodynamic changes and which cannot be explained only by interference with the renin angiotensin system (RAS) by means of an inhibition o...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Linz W,Wiemer G,Schaper J,Zimmermann R,Nagasawa K,Gohlke P,Unger T,Schölkens BA

更新日期：1995-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent reports considered that it was the disturbance of calcium homeostasis and the accumulation of misfolded proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) that activated hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) apoptosis and promoted fibrosis resolution. However, the signal-transducing events that are activated by ER stress after...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Huang Y,Li X,Wang Y,Wang H,Huang C,Li J

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) plays a critical role in mediating cardiac contractility and its function is abnormal in the diabetic heart. However, the mechanisms underlying SR dysfunction in the diabetic heart are not clear. Because protein phosphorylation regulates SR function, this study examined the phosphorylat...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Vasanji Z,Dhalla NS,Netticadan T

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hibernating mammals endure conditions of low body temperature and oxidative stress that would be highly injurious to humans and most other mammals. Stress conditions frequently trigger the production of molecular chaperones; in the endoplasmic reticulum the glucose-regulated protein-78 (GRP78) helps to minimize protei...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Mamady H,Storey KB

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lithostathine may play a physiological role in preventing the precipitation of excess calcium in the pancreatic juice. The hypothesis has been advanced that in chronic calcifying pancreatitis the abnormal biosynthesis of lithostathine might be the original defect to which genetic proneness to the disease may be ascrib...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Cavallini G,Bovo P,Bianchini E,Carsana A,Costanzo C,Merola M,Sgarbi D,Frulloni L,Di Francesco V,Libonati M,Palmieri M

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The possibility of amino acids biosynthesis from sucrose, metabolites of Krebs cycle or glyoxylate and ammonium by intact bacteroids has been studied. The suspension of intact Rhizobium lupini bacteroids in phosphate buffer solution pH 7.8 was shown to catalyse the biosynthesis from sucrose and ammonium of some amino ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Kretovich WL,Kariakina TI,Kazakova OV,Sidelnikova LI,Kaloshina GS,Shaposhnikov GL

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many studies have explored whether the Notch signaling pathway has a tumor-suppressive or an oncogenic role in various tumors; however, the role of the Notch signaling pathway in salivary adenoid cystic carcinoma (SACC) is still unknown. In this study, we attempt to define the role of Notch2 signaling in cell growth, ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Qu J,Song M,Xie J,Huang XY,Hu XM,Gan RH,Zhao Y,Lin LS,Chen J,Lin X,Zheng DL,Lu YG

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incorporation of radiolabeled arachidonic acid (3[H]-AA) in normoxic cardiomyocytes (MC), cardiac endothelial cells (EC) and fibroblast-like cells (FL) isolated from adult rat heart was studied. Deposition of 3[H]-AA in the cellular lipid pool was assessed with biochemical and autoradiographic techniques. Extracti...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Linssen MC,Willemsen PH,Heijnen VV,van der Vusse GJ

更新日期：1992-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The interaction between dipalmitoyl lecithin and egg lecithin with insulin was studied in a non-aqueous solvent such as dioxane-chloroform (1:1) by dielectric constant measurements and absorption spectra. The electrostatic character of the interaction results from the dielectric measurements and the effect of an exter...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Galzigna L,Garbin L,Rigoni F,Siliprandi N

更新日期：1980-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The bioenergetics of Ca2+ transport in bacteria are discussed with special emphasis on the interrelationship between transport and other cellular functions such as substrate oxidation by the respiratory chain and oxidative phosphorylation. The unusual polarity of Ca2+ movement provides an exceptional tool to compare a...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Devés R,Brodie AF

更新日期：1981-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the recognized role of bradykinin (BK)-induced calcium and chloride conductance in regulating salt transport in the kidney, the signaling pathway involved has not been well examined. Patch clamp of murine proximal tubule (TKPTS) cells revealed that BK (10 nM) produced an increase in an outwardly rectifying cur...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Tiwari MM,Stimers JR,Mayeux PR

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic adaptation is one of the key features of Escherichia coli (E. coli) that ensure its survival in different hostile environments. E. coli seems to initiate biofilm development in response to specific environmental cues. A number of properties inherent within bacterial biofilms indicate that their gene expression...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Adnan M,Morton G,Hadi S

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the role of 'translocation' vs. 'activation' of Glut1 in the stimulation of glucose transport in response to inhibition of oxidative phosphorylation, we measured the abundance of myc-tagged Glut1 in plasma membrane of stably transfected Clone 9 cells, a rat liver cell line expressing only the Glut1 isofor...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Koseoglu MH,Beigi FI

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of the present study was to compare energy substrate fluxes through metabolic pathways leading to mitochondrial citrate synthesis and release in normal and diseased rat hearts using 13C-substrates and mass isotopomer analysis by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GCMS). This study was prompted by our ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Vincent G,Khairallah M,Bouchard B,Des Rosiers C

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accumulating data support the idea that apoptosis in cardiac myocytes, in part, contributes to the development of heart failure. Since a number of neurohormonal factors are activated in this state, these factors may be involved in the positive and negative regulation of apoptosis in cardiac myocytes. Norepinephrine is...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Iwai-Kanai E,Hasegawa K

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genome sequence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis revealed the presence of several hydrolases involved in lipid metabolism including the members of Lip gene family. Rv0646c (LipG) is one of them. It is annotated as putative esterase/lipase because of the presence of consensus sequence 'GXSXG.' The gene was cloned, exp...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Rastogi R,Kumar A,Kaur J,Saini V,Kaur J,Bhatnagar A

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to understand the molecular basis of cold adaptation, we have used directed evolution to transform a thermophilic lipase LipR1 into its psychrophilic counterpart. A single round of random mutagenesis followed by screening for improved variants yielded a mutant with single-point mutation LipR1M1 (S130T), with ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Sharma M,Kumar R,Singh R,Kaur J

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have shown that allogeneic bone marrow (BM)-mesenchymal stem cell transplantation (MSCT) appears to be effective in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients and lupus-prone mice, contrary to studies in syngeneic BM-MSCT. These studies indicated that the abnormalities of BM-MSCs may be involved in the...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Gu Z,Tan W,Feng G,Meng Y,Shen B,Liu H,Cheng C

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Histone H1 of rat alveolar macrophages, neutrophilic granulocytes and monocytes extracted with 5% (v/v) perchloric acid was studied in order to see whether a protein similar to histone H1 degrees of rat liver exists in these specialized cells. The biochemical methods used involved SDS and acid-urea polyacrylamide gel ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Ghadam P,Rabbani A

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been reported that HER2 level is strongly correlated with the expression of MMP-7 in some carcinomas. HER2 is a preferred heterodimerization partner of EGFR, HER3, and HER4. HER2 overexpression is believed to enhance the signaling from these receptors in response to binding of their specific ligands. In this st...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Yuan G,Qian L,Song L,Shi M,Li D,Yu M,Hu M,Shen B,Guo N

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stress granules are evolutionally conserved ribonucleoprotein structures that are formed in response to various stress stimuli. Recent studies have demonstrated that proteins with low complexity (LC) regions play a critical role for the formation of stress granules. In this study, we report that FAM98A, whose biologic...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Ozeki K,Sugiyama M,Akter KA,Nishiwaki K,Asano-Inami E,Senga T

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phospholipase Cε (PLCε), a downstream effector of small GTPase superfamily, has been identified to play a crucial role in tumorigenesis. Previously, our studies have showed that PLCε promotes proliferation of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) cells. However, the molecular mechanisms by which PLCε enhances the survival phenot...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Du HF,Ou LP,Song XD,Fan YR,Yang X,Tan B,Quan Z,Luo CL,Wu XH

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical benefit of selective BRAF inhibitor therapies is limited by the emergence of drug resistance. Here, we investigated the molecular basis underlying the acquired resistance to a BRAF inhibitor by comparing the signaling pathways in the parental A375P cells and the resistant subline (A375P/Mdr). We demonstra...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Ahn JH,Lee M

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to determine if selected biochemical parameters representing the contractile and calcium regulating systems of cardiac muscle scaled among mammals having inherently different resting heart rates (RHR). Eight mammalian species with RHR ranging from 51 to 475 beats per minute (bpm) were stu...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Hamilton N,Ianuzzo CD

更新日期：1991-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Alterations in lipid metabolism and genetic predisposition are major risk factors for coronary artery disease (CAD). Variations in genes involved in lipid metabolism may act synergistically to confer risk or protection against CAD. The objective of the present study was to determine such interactions in variants of ap...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Rai TS,Khullar M,Sehrawat BS,Ahuja M,Sharma PK,Vijayvergiya R,Grover A

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to examine the Ca2+-Mg2+ myofibrillar ATPase and protein composition of cardiac and skeletal muscle following strenuous activity to voluntary exhaustion. Sprague-Dawley rats (200 g) were assigned to a control and exercised group, with the run group completing 25 m.min-1 and 8% grade for 1...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Belcastro AN,Parkhouse W,Dobson G,Gilchrist JS

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ventricular electrical conduction has been investigated in the streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic rat. Diabetes was induced with a single injection of STZ (60 mg/kg bodyweight, ip). The ECG was measured continuously, in vivo, using a biotelemetry system. Left ventricular action potentials were recorded with an extr...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Howarth FC,Jacobson M,Qureshi MA,Shafiullah M,Hameed RS,Zilahi E,Al Haj A,Nowotny N,Adeghate E

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibrates and WY-14643 are widely used as lipid-lowering drugs via modulation of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha (PPAR α) for the treatment of a wide range of metabolic disorders. Here, to address the question whether PPAR α agonists can affect the enzymatic activity of 11beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogen...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Kim CH,Ramu R,Ahn JH,Bae MA,Cho YS

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The interaction of glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase with microtubules has been studied by measurement of the amount of enzyme which co-assembles with in vitro reconstituted microtubules. The binding of glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase to microtubules is a saturable process; the maximum binding capacity...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Durrieu C,Bernier-Valentin F,Rousset B

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNAs play critical roles in the development and progression of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). miR-96 acts as an oncogene in some malignancies, while its role in NSCLC is unclear. Here, we validated that miR-96 was significantly increased in both human NSCLC tissues and cell lines. Inhibition of miR-96 expres...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Guo H,Li Q,Li W,Zheng T,Zhao S,Liu Z

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00