NM23/nucleoside diphosphate kinase and signal transduction.

abstract：:The adenylate kinase (AK) isoforms network plays an important role in the intracellular energy transfer processes, the maintenance of energy homeostasis, and it is a major player in AMP metabolic signaling circuits in some highly-differentiated cells. For this purpose, a rapid and sensitive method was developed that e...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Klepinin A,Ounpuu L,Guzun R,Chekulayev V,Timohhina N,Tepp K,Shevchuk I,Schlattner U,Kaambre T

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 95 kDa subunit a of eukaryotic V-ATPases consists of a C-terminal, ion-translocating part and an N-terminal cytosolic domain. The latter's N-terminal domain (~40 kDa) is described to bind in an acidification-dependent manner with cytohesin-2 (ARNO), giving the V-ATPase the putative function as pH-sensing receptor....

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Dip PV,Saw WG,Roessle M,Marshansky V,Grüber G

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the importance of respiratory fitness in S. cerevisiae lifespan, response to caloric restriction (CR) and mtDNA stability. Mutants harboring mtDNA instability and electron transport defects do not respond to CR, while tricarboxylic acid cycle mutants presented extended lifespans due to CR. Interestingly, mt...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Tahara EB,Cezário K,Souza-Pinto NC,Barros MH,Kowaltowski AJ

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reaction of a dog kidney (Na + K)-ATPase with pyridoxal phosphate, followed by borohydride reduction, reduced the catalytic activity when measured subsequently. The time course of inactivation did not follow a first-order process, and certain characteristics of the residual enzymatic activity were modified. Moreover, ...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Robinson JD

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteins specifically involved in the biogenesis of respiratory complex I in eukaryotes have been characterized. The complex I intermediate associated proteins CIA30 and CIA84 are tightly bound to an assembly intermediate of the membrane arm. Like chaperones, they are involved in multiple rounds of membrane arm assemb...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Schulte U

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondrial cytochrome c (horse), which is a very efficient electron donor to bacterial photosynthetic reaction centers in vitro, binds to the reaction center of Rhodospirillum rubrum with an approximate dissociation constant of 0.3-0.5 microM at pH 8.2 and low ionic strength. The binding site for the reaction cente...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Bosshard HR,Snozzi M,Bachofen R

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two kinds of ATP binding sites were found on the ATPase molecule in deoxycholic acid-treated sarcoplasmic reticulum. One was the catalytic site (1 mol/mol active site) and its affinity was high. Upon addition of Ca2+, all the ATP bound to the catalytic site disappeared at 75 mM KCl, while a significant amount of ATP r...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Nakamura Y,Tonomura Y

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vicious cycle theories of aging and oxidative stress propose that ROS produced by the mitochondrial electron transport chain damage the mitochondria leading exponentially to more ROS production and mitochondrial damage. Although this theory is widely discussed in the field of research on aging and oxidative stress, th...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Sanz A,Caro P,Gómez J,Barja G

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The original version of this article unfortunately contained a mistake. The name of "Zohreh Noaparast" is now corrected in the author group of this article. ...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Hosseinimehr SJ,Safavi Z,Farahani SK,Noaparast Z,Ghasemi A,Asgarian-Omran H

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Uncoupling proteins (UCPs) located in the inner mitochondrial membrane are involved in the regulation of energy balance. Thus far, 5 UCP isoforms have been identified, but controversies exist in the research focused on the function of the UCPs (except UCP1) in the pathogenesis of obesity. Because of the known cross-re...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Zhang CM,Zhang M,Zhu JG,Ji CB,Zhu C,Kou CZ,Qin DN,Tong ML,Guo XR

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the "Warburg effect", i.e., elevated glucose metabolism to lactic acid (glycolysis) even in the presence of oxygen, has been recognized as the most common biochemical phenotype of cancer for over 80 years, its biochemical and genetic basis remained unknown for over 50 years. Work focused on elucidating the un...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Pedersen PL

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of nucleoside diphosphate (NDP) kinase with special reference to mammalian signal transduction systems was described. The interaction between NDP kinases and G proteins was reevaluated in view of their protein structural information and its significance was extended further on the basis of recent findings obt...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Kimura N,Shimada N,Ishijima Y,Fukuda M,Takagi Y,Ishikawa N

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this review, I focus on the bioenergetics of the methanogenic bacteria, with particular attention directed to the roles of transmembrane electrochemical gradients of sodium and proton. In addition, the mechanism of coupling ATP synthesis to methanogenic electron transfer is addressed. Evidence is reviewed which sug...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Lancaster JR Jr

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is still the leading cause of disability in young adults worldwide. The major mechanisms - diffuse axonal injury, cerebral contusion, ischemic neurological damage, and intracranial hematomas have all been shown to be associated with mitochondrial dysfunction in some form. Mitochondrial dys...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Gajavelli S,Sinha VK,Mazzeo AT,Spurlock MS,Lee SW,Ahmed AI,Yokobori S,Bullock RM

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A sodium-dependent phosphate transporter (type II Na/Pi-cotransporter) was isolated which is expressed in apical membranes of proximal tubules and exhibits transport characteristics similar as described for renal reabsorption of phosphate. Type II associated Na/Pi-cotransport is electrogenic and results obtained by el...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Biber J,Murer H,Forster I

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Copper transporting P-type ATPases, designated ATP7A and ATP7B, play an essential role in mammalian copper balance. Impaired intestinal transport of copper, resulting from mutations in the ATP7A gene, lead to Menkes disease in humans. Defects in a similar gene, the copper transporting ATPase ATP7B, result in Wilson di...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Cox DW,Moore SD

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the nineteenth century, a great amount of different biological structures and processes have been assessed by fluorescent dyes. Along with the uses of these compounds as vital and histological dyes, some fluorescent dyes have become valuable tools for the study of the pore phenomenon in plasma membranes. Some io...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Ferreira L,Pereira L,Faria R

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:N- and P/Q-type calcium channels are localized in high density in presynaptic nerve terminals and are crucial elements in neuronal excitation-secretion coupling. In addition to mediating Ca2+ entry to initiate transmitter release, they are thought to interact directly with proteins of the synaptic vesicle docking/fusi...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Sheng ZH,Westenbroek RE,Catterall WA

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous in vitro studies indicated that mutation of both K234 and K236 to arginine, glutamine, or glutamic acid impaired the ability of the voltage-dependent anion channel (VDAC1) to insert into the outer membrane of the mitochondria (Smith et al. 1995). These same mutants were expressed in a strain of Saccharomyces ...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Angeles R,Devine J,Barton K,Smith M,McCauley R

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The molecular mechanism by which the membrane-embedded FO sector of the mitochondrial ATP synthase translocates protons, thus dissipating the transmembrane protonmotive force and leading to ATP synthesis, involves the neutralization of the carboxylate residues of the c-ring. Carboxylates are thought to constitute the ...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Nesci S,Ventrella V,Trombetti F,Pirini M,Pagliarani A

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The total amount of cellular mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) varies widely and seems to be related to the nature and metabolic state of tissues and cells in culture. It is not known, however, whether this variation has any significance in vivo, and to which extent it regulates energy production. To better understand the imp...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Rocher C,Taanman JW,Pierron D,Faustin B,Benard G,Rossignol R,Malgat M,Pedespan L,Letellier T

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Relevant Ca(2+) pools and fluxes in H9c2 cells have been studied using fluorescent indicators and Ca(2+)-mobilizing agents. Vasopressin produced a cytoplasmic Ca(2+) peak with half-maximal effective concentration of 6 nM, whereas thapsigargin-induced Ca(2+) increase showed half-maximal effect at 3 nM. Depolarization o...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Lax A,Soler F,Fernández-Belda F

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The midgut plasma membrane V-ATPase from larval Manduca sexta, the tobacco hornworm, is the sole energizer of any epithelial ion transport in this tissue and is responsible for the alkalinization of the gut lumen up to a pH of more than 11. This mini-review deals with those topics of research on this enzyme which may ...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Wieczorek H,Grüber G,Harvey WR,Huss M,Merzendorfer H

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human multidrug resistance protein, or P-glycoprotein (Pgp), exhibits a high-capacity drug-dependent ATP hydrolytic activity that is a direct reflection of its drug transport capability. This activity is readily measured in membranes isolated from cultured insect cells infected with a baculovirus carrying the huma...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Scarborough GA

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Propionigenium modestum, ATP is manufactured from ADP and phosphate by the enzyme ATP synthase using the free energy of an electrochemical gradient of Na+ ions. The P. modestum ATP synthase is a clear member of the family of F-type ATP synthases and the only major distinction is an extension of the coupling ion spe...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Dimroth P,Matthey U,Kaim G

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:2-Arachidonoylglicerol (2-AG) is an endocannabinoid that mimics the pharmacological effects of Δ⁹ tetrahydrocannabinol, the psychoactive component of the plant Cannabis sativa. It is present in many mammalian tissues, such as brain, liver, spleen, heart and kidney, where it exerts different biological effects either r...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Zaccagnino P,D'Oria S,Romano LL,Di Venere A,Sardanelli AM,Lorusso M

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study we used tightly-coupled mitochondria from Yarrowia lipolytica and Dipodascus (Endomyces) magnusii yeasts. The two yeast strains are good alternatives to Saccharomyces cerevisiae, being aerobes containing well structured mitochondria (thus ensuring less structural limitation to observe their appreciable s...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Trendeleva T,Sukhanova E,Ural'skaya L,Saris NE,Zvyagilskaya R

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial growth at the extremes of temperature has remained a fascinating aspect in the study of membrane function and structure. The stability of the integral membrane proteins of thermophiles make them particularly amenable to study. Respiratory enzymes of thermophiles appear to be functionally similar to the mesop...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Konings WN,Tolner B,Speelmans G,Elferink MG,de Wit JG,Driessen AJ

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For the past seven years or so, much discussion and controversy in the field of human evolution has revolved around the application and interpretation of studies of human mitochondrial DNA variation, particularly the hypothesis that all mtDNA types in contemporary populations can be traced back to a single African anc...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Stoneking M

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Absorbance changes at 446 nm in purified cytochrome oxidase following flash photolysis of carboxy-oxidase poised in the mixed valance state at +220 mV show biphasic kinetics. One phase corresponds to CO recombination to ferrous cytochrome a3 with an energy of activation of 9 kcal/mol; the second phase is 3-5 times fas...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Harmon HJ

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00