Differential contributions of recognition factors of two plant lectins -Amaranthus caudatus lectin and Arachis hypogea agglutinin, reacting with Thomsen-Friedenreich disaccharide (Galbeta1-3GalNAcalpha1-Ser/Thr).

abstract：:Leptin is a cytokine secreted by the adipose tissue that is involved in the control of body weight. We previously showed that a point mutation (R105W) in leptin results in leptin deficiency, marked obesity and hypogonadism in humans adults. Expression in COS1 cells showed impaired secretion and intracellular accumulat...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Boute N,Zilberfarb V,Camoin L,Bonnafous S,Le Marchand-Brustel Y,Issad T

更新日期：2004-06-01 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 insomniac protein of Drosophila melanogaster (INC) has a crucial role in sleep homeostasis as flies lacking the inc gene exhibit strikingly reduced and poorly consolidated sleep. Nevertheless, in vitro characterizations of INC biophysical properties and partnerships have not been yet reported. Here we report the h...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Pirone L,Smaldone G,Esposito C,Balasco N,Petoukhov MV,Spilotros A,Svergun DI,Di Gaetano S,Vitagliano L,Pedone EM

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years an increasing number of inherited decreases in man has been identified in which there is an impairment of one or more peroxisomal functions. Sofar 15 different peroxisomal disorders have been identified which can be subdivided into three distinct groups depending upon whether there is a generalized (gr...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Wanders RJ,Schutgens RB,Barth PG,Tager JM,van den Bosch H

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been shown that two Proteus morganii strains produce an inducible cephalosporinase. No significative difference was shown between them: they present the same isoelectric poit: 8,3 and very similar kinetic constants. The parameter tau, proportional to the half life of antibiotic at low concentration, in presence...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Labia R,Guionie M,Fabre C

更新日期：1976-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Structural and motional features in the denatured state of a protein dictate the early folding events starting from that state and these features vary depending upon the nature of the denaturant used. Here, we have attempted to decipher the early events in the folding of Dynein Light Chain protein (DLC8), starting fro...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Chakraborty S,Mohan PM,Hosur RV

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In most cases, anti-protein aptamers are selected by systematic evolution of ligands by exponential enrichment (SELEX) using purified recombinant protein targets. Cell surface proteins, however, are not easy targets for SELEX due to the difficulties associated with their purification. Here, we developed a novel SELEX ...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Ohuchi SP,Ohtsu T,Nakamura Y

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dyskeratosis congenita is an inherited syndrome characterised by mucocutaneous features, bone marrow failure, an increased risk of malignancy and other somatic abnormalities. There is a considerable range of clinical severity and in its occult form the disease may present as idiopathic aplastic anaemia. Genes responsi...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Vulliamy TJ,Dokal I

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kinetic properties of PGM1 and PGM2 phosphoglucomutase "primary" isoenzymes from human erythrocytes were studied. The two enzyme forms share a "ping-pong" kinetic mechanism and show similar Km for substrate (glucose 1-P) and cofactor (glucose 1,6-P2). Micromolar concentrations of fructose 1,6-P2 and glycerate 2,3-P2 i...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Ninfali P,Accorsi A,Palma F,Fazi A,Piatti E,Chiarantini L,Fornaini G

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During clinical trials, a number of fully characterized molecules are dropped along the way because they do not provide enough benefit for the patient. Some of them show limited side effects and might be of great use for other applications. AS1411 is a nucleolin-targeting aptamer that underwent phase II clinical trial...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Métifiot M,Amrane S,Mergny JL,Andreola ML

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The distribution of fatty acids among cellular glycerophospholipids is finely regulated by the CoA-dependent acylation of lysophospholipids followed by transacylation reactions. Arachidonic acid is the fatty acid precursor of a wide family of bioactive compounds called the eicosanoids, with key roles in innate immunit...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Balgoma D,Montero O,Balboa MA,Balsinde J

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Concern about the malicious applications of botulinum neurotoxin has highlighted the need for a new generation of safe and highly potent antitoxins. In this study, we developed and evaluated the preclinical pharmacology and safety of a new F(ab')₂ antitoxin against botulinum neurotoxin serotype A (BoNT/A). As an alter...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Yu YZ,Zhang SM,Wang WB,Du Y,Zhu HQ,Wang RL,Zhou XW,Lin JB,Wang S,Yu WY,Huang PT,Sun ZW

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:mRNAs extracted from human pheochromocytoma were translated in vitro in a lysate of a rabbit reticulocytes. Two enzymes of the biosynthetic pathway of the catecholamines, tyrosine-hydroxylase (TH) and dopamine-beta-hydroxylase (DBH), were characterized as translation products after immunoprecipitation by specific anti...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Benlot C,Antreassian J,Henry JP,Legrand JC,Gros F,Thibault J

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When colonizing the digestive tract of mono-associated rats, Ruminococcus gnavus E1 - a bacterium isolated from human faeces - produced a trypsin-dependent anti-Clostridium perfringens substance collectively named Ruminococcin C (RumC). RumC was isolated from the caecal contents of E1-monocontaminated rats and found t...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Crost EH,Ajandouz EH,Villard C,Geraert PA,Puigserver A,Fons M

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analysis of the nucleotide sequence of 1,400 transfer RNAs has revealed the imprint of a prototypic genetic code in position 3-4-5 of the acceptor stem. It appears only in the transfer RNAs for the primordial amino acids ie those found by chemical condensation of a nitrogen-methane-water-ammonia mixture. The model for...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Möller W,Janssen GM

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recombinant plasmids containing head-to-tail copies of different coat-protein replacement genomes of wheat dwarf virus (WDV) were used to study the mechanism leading to the release of replicating unit-length molecules in suspension culture cells of Triticum monococcum. For plasmids bearing two complete genomes, the vi...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Heyraud F,Matzeit V,Schaefer S,Schell J,Gronenborn B

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipidomics is a subspecialty of metabolomics that focuses on water insoluble metabolites that form membrane barriers. Most lipidomic databases catalog lipids from common model organisms, like humans or Escherichia coli. However, model organisms' lipid profiles show surprisingly little overlap with those of specialized...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Layre E,Moody DB

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Triiodothyronine (T3), injected daily into rats, induces heart hypertrophy. In a recent work we have shown that a single T3 injection stimulates RNA synthesis and modifies the translational products of myocardial mRNAs in reticulocyte lysates, quantitatively and qualitatively. In this work we show that T3 induces smal...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Raymondjean M,Leibovitch SA,Leibovitch MP,Harel J,Kruh J

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:SR-PSOX can function as a scavenger receptor, a chemokine and an adhesion molecule, and it could be an interesting player in the formation of atherosclerotic lesions. Our previous studies demonstrated that basic amino acid residues in the chemokine domain of SR-PSOX are critical for its functions. In this study the co...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Liu W,Yin L,Dai Y

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three mutanase (alpha-1,3-glucanase)-producing microorganisms isolated from soil samples were identified as a relatives of Paenibacillus. A mutanase was purified to homogeneity from cultures of each, and the molecular masses of the purified enzymes were approximately 132, 141, and 141kDa, respectively. The correspondi...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Hakamada Y,Sumitomo N,Ogawa A,Kawano T,Saeki K,Ozaki K,Ito S,Kobayashi T

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An apparatus for chemi- and bioluminescence measurements is described. The main features are in high sensitivity: for example, 5 10(-12) M adenosine triphosphate, 5 10(-7) M glucose, 2 10(-9) M perhydrol and 4 10(-13) M peroxidase are easily detected; its fast mixing time and the possibility of injecting a reactant, a...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Arrio B,Lecuyer B,Dupaix A,Volfin P,Jousset M,Carrette A

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lysophosphatidic acid (LPA), a naturally occurring bioactive phospholipid, mediates a multitude of (patho)physiological events including activation of mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs). As LPA may induce cellular reponses in human osteosarcoma, the present study aimed at investigating expression of various LPA...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Windischhofer W,Huber E,Rossmann C,Semlitsch M,Kitz K,Rauh A,Devaney T,Leis HJ,Malle E

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The redox homeostasis of cytoplasm is maintained by a series of disulfide exchange reactions mediated by proteins belonging to the thioredoxin superfamily. Thioredoxin and thioredoxin reductase, being the major members of the family, play a key role in oxidative stress response of Staphylococcus aureus. In this report...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Bose M,Bhattacharyya S,Biswas R,Roychowdhury A,Bhattacharjee A,Ghosh AK,Das AK

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment of wild type Escherichia coli with cis -Pt(NH3)2Cl2 increased the survival and frequency of clear plaques formation of lambda phage damaged by UV radiation. The reactivation process was present in an uvrA mutant and abolished in a lexA host. Trans-Pt(NH3)2Cl2 and [Pt(dien) Cl]Cl (dien = 2HN-CH2-CH2NH-CH2-CH2...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Alazard RJ,Germanier M

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The regulation of transcription of the pckA gene coding for phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase in Escherichia coli was analysed by site-directed mutagenesis of the promoter region and measurement of in vitro transcription initiation. Mutation of the guanine residue at position -14 to either cytosine or thymine was foun...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Prost JF,Cozzone AJ

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanism of action on rabbit red cells of Treponema hyodysenteriae hemolysin was studied using volume analysis and release of hemoglobin. While fixation of the hemolysin on the erythrocytes is temperature independent, it appears that hemolysis is temperature dependent. The kinetics of hemolysis proceed according ...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Saheb SA,Lafleur L

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ceramide synthases (CerSs) are key enzymes in the biosynthesis of ceramides and display a group of at least six different isoenzymes (CerS1-6). Ceramides itself are bioactive molecules. Ceramides with different N-acyl side chains (C(14:0)-Cer - C(26:0)-Cer) possess distinct roles in cell signaling. Therefore, the sele...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Schiffmann S,Hartmann D,Fuchs S,Birod K,Ferreiròs N,Schreiber Y,Zivkovic A,Geisslinger G,Grösch S,Stark H

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glutaredoxins (Grxs), redox-active proteins with a typical -CPYC motif at their active sites, are involved in redox-regulatory processes and antioxidant defenses. The human malarial parasite Plasmodium falciparum possess a classical glutaredoxin (PfGrx) as well as a number of Grx-like proteins. In the present study, w...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Tripathi T,Röseler A,Rahlfs S,Becker K,Bhakuni V

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously reported that the rRNA methyltransferases RsmI and RsmH, which are responsible for cytidine dimethylation at position 1402 of 16S rRNA in the decoding center of the ribosome, contribute to Staphylococcus aureus virulence. Here we evaluated other 16S rRNA methyltransferases, including KsgA (RsmA), RsmB/F,...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Kyuma T,Kizaki H,Ryuno H,Sekimizu K,Kaito C

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cholesterol lowering drug lovastatin, a competitive inhibitor of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase, blocks DNA synthesis and proliferation of thyrotropin (TSH) primed FRTL-5 rat thyroid cells. The blockade can be completely prevented and/or reversed by mevalonate and largely prevented and/o...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Bifulco M,Laezza C,Aloj SM

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00