Conformational changes in the Escherichia coli ATP synthase b-dimer upon binding to F(1)-ATPase.

abstract：:Epilepsy is a neurological disorder characterized by spontaneous, recurrent and paroxysmal cerebral discharge, clinically leading to persistent alterations in function and morphology of neurons. Oxidative stress is one of possible mechanisms in the pathogenesis of epilepsy. Oxidative stress resulting from mitochondria...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Chang SJ,Yu BC

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondrial porin facilitates the diffusion of small hydrophilic molecules across the mitochondrial outer membrane. Despite low sequence similarity among porins from different species, a "glycine-leucine-lysine" (GLK) motif is conserved in mitochondrial and Neisseria porins. To investigate the possible roles of thes...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Runke G,Maier E,O'Neil JD,Benz R,Court DA

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent progress regarding the structure of the Ca(2+)-translocating ATPase of sarcoplasmic reticulum in several conformational states, and a substantial accumulation of biochemical information about this and other P-type ATPases, have put everything in place for the final convergence of biochemistry and structure that...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Scarborough GA

更新日期：2003-06-01 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：:Specific molecular interactions that determine many of the functions of a biomembrane have a high probability of occurring at the surface of that membrane. However, unlike their hydrophobic core, the polar-apolar interface of biomembranes has been somewhat neglected experimentally. Reasons for this are that the chemic...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Watts A

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The production of all blood cells from hematopoietic stem cells (HSC) is highly sensitive to reactive oxygen species (ROS). Cumulating evidence suggests that mitochondria are critical for HSC fate determination. FOXO are known regulators of anti-oxidant response and key to the maintenance of HSC. Recent works indicate...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Liang R,Ghaffari S

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The multidrug resistance (MDR) phenotype, frequently observed during cancer treatment, is often associated with drug efflux pump activity. However, many other factors are also known to be involved. Cancer cells often rely on aerobic glycolysis for energy production; this is known as the "Warburg effect" and is used as...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Tavares-Valente D,Baltazar F,Moreira R,Queirós O

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The possibility is analyzed that the pH of the water space localized inside the invagination of a membrane can differ from the pH of the external bulk buffer outside the invagination. The proton flow responsible for decreased pH values inside mitochondrial cristae and membrane invaginations of cyanobacteria has been c...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Kara-Ivanov M

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied the effect of general anesthetics on the mobility of two stearic acid spin labels (5-doxyl stearic acid and 16-doxyl stearic acid) in bovine heart mitochondria and in phospholipid vesicles made from either mitochondrial lipids or commercial soybean phospholipids. The general anesthetics used include no...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Mazzanti L,Curatola G,Zolese G,Bertoli E,Lenaz G

更新日期：1979-04-01 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：:Mitochondrial impairment has been collecting more and more attention as a contributing factor to the etiology of Parkinson's disease. Above all, the NADH-quinone oxidoreductase, complex I, of the respiratory chain seems to be most culpable. Complex I dysfunction is translated to an increased production of reactive oxy...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Marella M,Seo BB,Yagi T,Matsuno-Yagi A

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The small alkylating molecule, 3-bromopyruvate (3BP), is a potent and specific anticancer agent. 3BP is different in its action from most currently available chemo-drugs. Thus, 3BP targets cancer cells' energy metabolism, both its high glycolysis ("Warburg Effect") and mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation. This inh...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Ko YH,Verhoeven HA,Lee MJ,Corbin DJ,Vogl TJ,Pedersen PL

更新日期：2012-02-01 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：:Increased membrane unsaturation has been associated with shorter longevity due to higher sensitivity to lipid peroxidation (LP) leading to enhanced mitochondrial dysfunction and ROS overproduction. However, the role of LP during aging has been put in doubt along with the participation of electron leak at the electron ...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Aguilar-Toral R,Fernández-Quintero M,Ortiz-Avila O,de la Paz LH,Calderón-Cortés E,Rodríguez-Orozco AR,Saavedra-Molina A,Calderón-Torres M,Cortés-Rojo C

更新日期：2014-06-01 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：:3-Bromopyruvate (3BP) is an energy-depleting drug that inhibits Hexokinase II activity by alkylation during glycolysis, thereby suppressing the production of ATP and inducing cell death. As such, 3BP can potentially serve as an anti-tumorigenic agent. Our previous research showed that 3BP can induce apoptosis via AKT ...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Sun Y,Liu Z,Zou X,Lan Y,Sun X,Wang X,Zhao S,Jiang C,Liu H

更新日期：2015-08-01 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：: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：:Traditionally, mitochondria have been viewed as the "powerhouse" of the cell, i.e., the site of the oxidative phosphorylation machinery involved in ATP production. Consequently, much of the research conducted on mitochondria over the past 4 decades has focused on elucidating both those molecular events involved in ATP...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Pedersen PL

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Results are presented which, taken with evidence developed by others, suggest a general mechanism for the entry and binding of exogenous ligands (including O2) at the "binuclear site" (CuBFea3) of the heme-copper oxidases. The mechanism includes a "ligand shuttle" wherein the obligatory way station for incoming ligand...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Woodruff WH

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Available data indicate that minocycline, an antibiotic of the tetracycline family, has cytoprotective properties due to a direct interaction with mitochondria. Yet, the data in the case of isolated mitochondria suggest discrepant or even detrimental effect(s) of the interaction. We have studied the cytoprotective act...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Karachitos A,Jordan J,Kmita H

更新日期：2012-06-01 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：:F1-ATPases transiently entrap inhibitory MgADP in a catalytic site during turnover when noncatalytic sites are not saturated with ATP. An initial burst of ATP hydrolysis rapidly decelerates to a slow intermediate rate that gradually accelerates to a final steady-state rate. Transition from the intermediate to the fina...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Allison WS,Jault JM,Dou C,Grodsky NB

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent advances in structural biology underlying mechanisms of channel gating have strengthened our knowledge about how K(+) channels can be inter-convertible between conductive and non-conductive states. We have reviewed and combined mutagenesis with biochemical, biophysical and structural information in order to und...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Raja M,Olrichs NK,Vales E,Schrempf H

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dysfunction of neuronal metabolism is central to all forms of seizure activity. Clinical, genetic and metabolic studies have implicated mitochondria in the process. Alterations in electron transport, generation of reactive oxygen species, calcium metabolism and apoptosis all have been described in human and animal ner...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Sack GH Jr

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:First, halorhodopsin is capable of pumping protons after illumination with green and blue light in the same direction as chloride. Second, mutated bacteriorhodopsin where the proton acceptor Asp85 and the proton donor Asp96 are replaced by Asn showed proton pump activity after illumination with blue light in the same ...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Oesterhelt D,Tittor J,Bamberg E

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gap junction channels have long been viewed as static structures containing a large-diameter, aqueous pore. This pore has a high permeability to hydrophilic molecules of approximately 900 daltons in molecular weight and a weak ionic selectivity. The evidence leading to these conclusions is reviewed in the context of m...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Veenstra RD

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondria are dynamic structures for which fusion and fission are well characterized for rapidly dividing cells in culture. Based on these data, it has recently been proposed that high respiratory activity is the result of fusion and formation of mitochondrial reticulum, while fission results in fragmented mitochon...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Varikmaa M,Guzun R,Grichine A,Gonzalez-Granillo M,Usson Y,Boucher F,Kaambre T,Saks V

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma membranes isolated from K562 cells contain an NADH-ascorbate free radical reductase activity and intact cells show the capacity to reduce the rate of chemical oxidation of ascorbate leading to its stabilization at the extracellular space. Both activities are stimulated by CoQ10 and inhibited by capsaicin and di...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Gómez-Díaz C,Rodríguez-Aguilera JC,Barroso MP,Villalba JM,Navarro F,Crane FL,Navas P

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fungal plasma membrane contains a proton-translocating ATPase that is closely related, both structurally and functionally, to the [Na+, K+]-, [H+, K+]-, and [Ca2+]-ATPases of animal cells, the plasma-membrane [H+]-ATPase of higher plants, and several bacterial cation-transporting ATPases. This review summarizes cu...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Nakamoto RK,Slayman CW

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00