50 years ago: how prepared were our minds?

abstract：:The NADPH-oxidase complex, which plays beneficial or detrimental role in the inflammatory and degenerative diseases, is a membrane multi-subunit complex tightly regulated in order to produce superoxide anions, precursor of oxygen reactive species (ROS), in cells. The flavocytochrome b(558) (Cytb(558)) is the catalytic...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Souabni H,Machillot P,Baciou L

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1)Individual monosaccharides (uronic acids and aminosugars) have been purified following specific hydrolysis of the mucopolysaccharides from new born rat skin (hyaluronic acid, heparin + heparan sulfate, chondroitin sulfate A, B and C), after incubation with [U14C]-glucose under various conditions and for varying incu...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Hervé B,Clauser H

更新日期：1975-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have modified elongation factor Tu (EF-Tu) from Escherichia coli via mutagenesis of its encoding tufA gene to study its function-structure relationships. The isolation of the N-terminal half molecule of EF-Tu (G domain) has facilitated the analysis of the basic EF-Tu activities, since the G domain binds the substra...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Anborgh PH,Cool RH,Gümüsel F,Harmark K,Jacquet E,Weijland A,Mistou MY,Parmeggiani A

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unlike most tonoplast ATPases, the vacuolar ATPase of Acer pseudoplatanus cells (Km = 0.4 mM) was strongly inhibited by vanadate (I50 = 10 microM). The inhibition was non-competitive. Chemicals usually added in the reaction mixture either increase (NH+4, K+) or decrease (Na+, EDTA) the ATPase inhibition. However, thes...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Montrichard F,Pugin A,Gaudemer Y

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphorus metabolites and intracellular pH have been examined in the slime mold Dictyostelium discoideum by non-destructive 31P-NMR measurements. In a spectrum from a suspension of aerobic amoebae, the major peaks are inorganic phosphate, nucleotide di- and triphosphates. In the corresponding perchloric acid extract,...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Satre M,Klein G,Martin JB

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The crystallographic structure of a novel trypsin inhibitor (CTI) from Copaifera langsdorffii is reported. The structure was solved by MIRAS procedure and refined to a crystallographic residual of 17.3% (R(free) = 20.3%) at 1.8 A resolution. Two isomorphous derivatives were obtained by quick cryo-soaking approach. CTI...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Krauchenco S,Nagem RA,da Silva JA,Marangoni S,Polikarpov I

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the increase of multidrug resistance, novel anti-leukemia agents with diverse mechanisms of action are required to address this challenge. NK-18, the core region of mammalian derived protein NK-lysin, effectively inhibited the viability of both multidrug resistant and sensitive leukemia cell lines. Meanwhile, thi...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Yan J,Liang X,Bai C,Zhou L,Li J,Wang K,Tang Y,Zhao L

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:I have been involved in research on oxysterols since 1963 and this review is intended to cover some of the most important aspects of this work. The first project dealed with 7α-hydroxy-4-cholesten-3-one. My successful synthesis of this steroid with high specific radioactivity allowed a demonstration that it is a bile ...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Björkhem I

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our previous researches showed that nitronyl nitroxyl derivatives, NNP and NNVP were good anti-oxidants and provided radioprotective effects in C6 cells. The objective of the present study is to investigate the possible antiviral effects and underlying pharmacological of the two nitronyl nitroxide radicals against CVB...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Wang H,Gao P,Jing L,Qin X,Sun X

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The oncogenic potential of the high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) relies on the expression of genes specifying the E7 and E6 proteins. To investigate further the variation in oligomeric structure that has been reported for different E7 proteins, an HPV-18 E7 cloned from a Hispanic woman with cervical intraepithelial...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Liu S,Tian Y,Greenaway FT,Sun MZ

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cotranslational translocation of exportable proteins across the RER membrane prior to their release into the extracellular space has been essentially described by use of canine pancreatic microsomal membranes. Intracisternal segregation of nascent secretory proteins was observed to be irreversible and proteolytic remo...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Scheele GA

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The secretome produced by cells within the bone marrow is significant to homeostasis. The bone marrow, a well-studied organ, has multiple niches with distinct roles for supporting stem cell functions. Thus, an understanding of mediators involved in the regulation of stem cells could serve as a model for clinical probl...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Eltoukhy HS,Sinha G,Moore CA,Gergues M,Rameshwar P

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genome-editing technologies, in particular, CRISPR systems, are widely used for targeted regulation of gene expression and obtaining modified human and animal cell lines, plants, fungi, and animals with preassigned features. Despite being well described and easy to perform, the most common methods for construction and...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Filippova J,Matveeva A,Zhuravlev E,Stepanov G

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Labeling of 21-kDa material was observed when bovine brain soluble fraction was incubated with [adenylate-32P]NAD+ in the presence of GTP. The 21-kDa substrate, slightly smaller than C3 substrate in size, was labeled even without C3 exoenzyme. GTP could be replaced by nucleoside triphosphates other than ATP while ATP ...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Badruzzaman M,Miyaoka T,Terashima M,Yamada K,Ohno T,Yamamori C,Tsuchiya M,Shimoyama M

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purified chromatin from pig lymph nodes has been prepared and used for the isolation of chromatin proteins and non-histine proteins. Saccharose nuclei from this tissue have been used for the preparation of nuclear phenol-soluble phosphoproteins. The isolated proteins have been compared by analytical electrophoresis in...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Kilianska Z,Klyszejko-Stefanowicz L

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coumarins are a group of natural compounds widely distributed in plants. Of late, coumarins and their derivatives have grabbed much attention from the pharmacological and pharmaceutical arena due to their broad range of therapeutical qualities. A coumarin derivative 4-methylesculetin (4-ME) has known to possess effect...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Hemshekhar M,Sunitha K,Thushara RM,Sebastin Santhosh M,Shanmuga Sundaram M,Kemparaju K,Girish KS

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dissociation of bound polyribosomes from ewe lactating mammary gland, by EDTA or Puromycin-KC1 treatment releases Messenger Ribonucleoprotein particles (mRNP'S) which sediment in sucrose gradients as a single component having a sedimentation coefficient of about 22S. RNAs derived from mRNPs sediment between 9S and...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Assairi L,Gaye P,Houdebine LM

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have produced and purified an active site mutant of the Escherichia coli cyclopropane fatty acid synthase (CFAS) by replacing the strictly conserved G236 within cyclopropane synthases, by a glutamate residue, which corresponds to E146 of the homologous mycolic acid methyltransferase, Hma, producing hydroxymethyl my...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： E G,Drujon T,Correia I,Ploux O,Guianvarc'h D

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of curing agents (salt, nitrate, ascorbic acid and glucose) and processing parameters (pH, water activity and drying and cooking temperatures) on pork muscle cathepsins B, D, H and L as well as leucyl, arginyl and tyrosyl hydrolysing activities is reported. Salt (60 g/l) showed a powerful inhibitory effect,...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Toldrá F,Rico E,Flores J

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review article aims to gather all the knowledge on two important proteins associated with Hevea brasiliensis rubber particles: namely the rubber elongation factor (REF) and the small rubber particle protein (SRPP). It covers more then three decades of research on these two proteins and their homologues in plants,...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Berthelot K,Lecomte S,Estevez Y,Peruch F

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thorium-232 ((232)Th), a natural radionuclide from the actinide family, is abundantly present in monazite and other ores. It is used as one of the prime fuel materials in nuclear industry and may pose an exposure risk to nuclear workers and members of the public. Human erythrocytes, as a classical cellular membrane mo...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Kumar A,Ali M,Pandey BN,Hassan PA,Mishra KP

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The thrombin-binding DNA aptamer (TBA) 5'-d(GGTTGGTGTGGTTGG)-3' forms a G-quadruplex that is necessary for binding to the coagulation factor thrombin. The stability of the G-quadruplex of TBA when bound to thrombin and potassium ion (K(+)) were investigated for the wild-type oligonucleotide and for mutants in which th...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Nagatoishi S,Isono N,Tsumoto K,Sugimoto N

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to study the role of the cytosolic form of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (GTP) (EC 4.1.1.32) (PEPCK-C) in skeletal muscle, PEPCK-Cmus mice were created by introducing the cDNA for the enzyme, linked to the human alpha-skeletal actin gene promoter, into their germ line. Two founder lines generated by this ...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Hanson RW,Hakimi P

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The single channel data for 4 different linear gramicidins containing either 4 Trp, 4 Phe, 4 Tyr or TyrBzl have been analyzed on the basis of 3 barriers-2 sites model. They form 2 families which differ by their single channel behavior and thus different energy profiles of the channel. A relationship between the surfac...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Heitz F,Van Mau N,Bennes R,Daumas P,Trudelle Y

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After the assessment of the antitumor activity of the anthracycline pigments, the S peucetius group of metabolites was discovered and eventually doxorubicin, a major anticancer agent of established clinical usefulness was developed in the early seventies. A second generation of compounds followed, represented mainly b...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Arcamone FM

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The eukaryotic ribosomal protein S15 is a key component of the decoding site in contrast to its prokaryotic counterpart, S19p, which is located away from the mRNA binding track on the ribosome. Here, we determined the oligopeptide of S15 neighboring the A site mRNA codon on the human 80S ribosome with the use of mRNA ...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Khairulina J,Graifer D,Bulygin K,Ven'yaminova A,Frolova L,Karpova G

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Administration of beta-adrenergic agonists to domestic species can lead to skeletal muscle hypertrophy, probably by reducing the rate of myofibrillar protein breakdown. Myofibrillar breakdown is associated with the calcium-dependent proteinase system (calpains I,II and calpastatin) whose activity also changes during b...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Bardsley RG,Allcock SM,Dawson JM,Dumelow NW,Higgins JA,Lasslett YV,Lockley AK,Parr T,Buttery PJ

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Datura stramonium contains a compound that impairs learning retention in mice. It has been purified to homogeneity and its structure has been established as that of a gamma-L-glutamyl-L-aspartate. The biological activity of this pseudodipeptide has been found to be identical with that of the corresponding synthetic on...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Schmitz-Bourgeois M,Amiri I,Reinbolt J,Boulanger Y,Ungerer A

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neprilysin is also known as skin fibroblast-derived elastase, and its up-regulation during aging is associated with impairments of the elastic fiber network, loss of skin elasticity and wrinkle formation. However, information on its elastase activity is still limited. The aim of this study was to investigate the degra...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Mora Huertas AC,Schmelzer CEH,Luise C,Sippl W,Pietzsch M,Hoehenwarter W,Heinz A

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some oxysterols resulting either from enzymatic oxidation or autoxidation of cholesterol are associated with age-related diseases including neurodegenerative diseases. Among these oxysterols, 7β-hydroxycholesterol (7β-OHC) is often found at increased levels in patients. It is therefore important to identify molecules ...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Zarrouk A,Ben Salem Y,Hafsa J,Sghaier R,Charfeddine B,Limem K,Hammami M,Majdoub H

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00