Parkinson's disease and mitochondrial complex I: a perspective on the Ndi1 therapy.

abstract：:Due to the high metabolic demands of the placental tissue during gestation, we decide to analyzed the mitochondrial bioenergetic functions in the human term placenta. Different mitochondrial morphological parameters, membrane potential and cardiolipin content were determined by flow cytometry. Oxygen uptake, hydrogen ...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Bustamante J,Ramírez-Vélez R,Czerniczyniec A,Cicerchia D,Aguilar de Plata AC,Lores-Arnaiz S

更新日期：2014-12-01 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：:Direct and indirect evidences show that elevated glucose concentrations in airway surface liquid (ASL) promote lung infection by pathogens, playing a role in the progression of the Cystic Fibrosis (CF) disease. The joint action of transporter/s for glucose and of the cellular enzymes is essential in order to try to lo...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Favia M,de Bari L,Lassandro R,Atlante A

更新日期：2019-06-01 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 protons excreted by plant cells may arise by two different mechanisms: (1) by the action of the plasma membrane H(+)-ATPase and (2) by plasma membrane redox reactions. The exact proportion from each source is not known, but the plasma membrane H(+)-ATPase is, by far, the major contributor to proton efflux. There i...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Barr R

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The F1F0 complex of Paracoccus denitrificans (PdF1F0) is the fastest ATP synthase but the slowest ATPase. Sulfite exerts maximal activation of the PdF1F0-ATPase (Pacheco-Moisés, F., García, J. J., Rodríguez-Zavala, J. S., and Moreno-Sánchez, R. (2000). Eur J. Biochem. 267, 993-1000) but its effect on the PdF1F0-ATP sy...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Pacheco-Moisés F,Minauro-Sanmiguel F,Bravo C,García JJ

更新日期：2002-08-01 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：: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：: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：: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：:Protein phosphorylation is an important mechanism in the modulation of voltage-dependent ionic channels. In squid giant axons, the potassium delayed rectifier channel is modulated by an ATP-mediated phosphorylation mechanism, producing important changes in amplitude and kinetics of the outward current. The characteris...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Perozo E,Bezanilla F

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytoplasmic organelles with an acidic luminal pH include vacuoles, coated vesicles, lysosomes, the Golgi apparatus, and synaptic vesicles. Acidic compartments are also known outside specialized cells such as osteoclasts. The unique acidic pH is formed by V-ATPase (Vacuolar type ATPase), other ion transporters, and the...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Sun-Wada GH,Wada Y,Futai M

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this short review, we summarize our work on the role of members of the FXYD protein family as tissue-specific modulators of Na, K-ATPase. FXYD1 or phospholemman, mainly expressed in heart and skeletal muscle increases the apparent affinity for intracellular Na(+) of Na, K-ATPase and may thus be important for approp...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Geering K

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proton transport-coupled unisite catalysis was measured with the H(+)-ATPase from chloroplasts. The reaction was measured in the ATP hydrolysis direction under deenergized conditions and in the ATP synthesis direction under energized conditions. The equilibrium constant of the enzyme does not change upon energization,...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Gräber P,Labahn A

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Members of the genus Methanosarcina are strictly anaerobic archaea that derive their metabolic energy from the conversion of a restricted number of substrates to methane. H2 + CO2 are converted to CH4 via the CO2-reducing pathway, while methanol and methylamines are metabolized by the methylotrophic pathway. Two novel...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Deppenmeier U

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The iron-sulfur protein of the cytochrome bc1 complex oxidizes ubiquinol at center P in the protonmotive Q cycle mechanism, transferring one electron to cytochrome c1 and generating a low-potential ubisemiquinone anion which reduces the low-potential cytochrome b-566 heme group. In order to catalyze this divergent tra...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Graham LA,Brandt U,Sargent JS,Trumpower BL

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirteen different polypeptide subunits, each in one copy, five phosphatidyl ethanolamines and three phosphatidyl glycerols, two hemes A, three Cu ions, one Mg ion, and one Zn ion are detectable in the crystal structure of bovine heart cytochrome c oxidase in the fully oxidized form at 2.8 A resolution. A propionate o...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Yoshikawa S,Shinzawa-Itoh K,Tsukihara T

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the mitochondrial F(O)F(1) ATP-synthase/ATPase complex, subunits α and β are part of the extrinsic portion that catalyses ATP synthesis. Since there are no reports about genes and proteins from these subunits in crustaceans, we analyzed the cDNA sequences of both subunits in the whiteleg shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Martinez-Cruz O,Garcia-Carreño F,Robles-Romo A,Varela-Romero A,Muhlia-Almazan A

更新日期：2011-04-01 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：:Beef heart cytochrome c oxidase was reconstituted in asolectin liposomes containing the pH indicator fluorescein-phosphatidylethanolamine (FPE) by the cholate-dialysis procedure. The influence of FPE on the asolectin liposome size and of the removal of subunit III from the complex on its incorporation into liposomes w...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Müller M,Azzi A

更新日期：1985-12-01 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：:The ATP synthase of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae is composed of 20 different subunits whose primary structure is known. The organization of proteins that constitute the membranous domain is now under investigation. Cysteine insertions combined with the use of nonpermeant maleimide reagents and cross-linking reag...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Velours J,Arselin G

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The serotonergic system plays a crucial role in the energy balance regulation. Energy balance is mediated by food intake and caloric expenditure. Thus, the present study investigated the mechanisms that might be associated with fluoxetine treatment-induced weight reduction. Wistar male rat pups received daily injectio...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： da Silva AI,Braz GR,Pedroza AA,Nascimento L,Freitas CM,Ferreira DJ,Manhães de Castro R,Lagranha CJ

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxygen plays a key role in bacterial bioluminescence. The simultaneous and continuous kinetics of oxygen consumption and light emission during a complete exhaustion of the exogenous oxygen present in a closed system has been investigated. The kinetics are performed with Vibrio fischeri, V. harveyi, and Photobacterium ...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Bourgois JJ,Sluse FE,Baguet F,Mallefet J

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Complete initial steady state kinetics of NADH-decylubiquinone (DQ) oxidoreductase reaction between pH 6.5 and 9.0 show an ordered sequential mechanism in which the order of substrate bindings and product releases is NADH-DQ-DQH2-NAD+. NADH binding to the free enzyme is accelerated by protonation of an amino acid (pos...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Hano N,Nakashima Y,Shinzawa-Itoh K,Terada H,Yoshikawa S

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies of isolated muscle membrane have enabled induction and monitoring of rapid Ca2+ release from sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR)5 in vitro by a variety of methods. On the other hand, various proteins that may be directly or indirectly involved in the Ca2+ release mechanism have begun to be unveiled. In this min...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Ikemoto N,Ronjat M,Mészáros LG

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thylakoids are highly protein-enriched membranes that harbor a number of multicomponent photosynthetic complexes. Similarly to other biological membranes the protein constituents are heterogeneously distributed laterally in the plane of the membrane, however the specific segregation into stacked (grana patches) and un...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Petrova N,Todinova S,Paunov M,Kovács L,Taneva S,Krumova S

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of the adenine nucleotide translocase on Ca2+ homeostasis in mitochondria from brown adipose tissue was examined. It was found that in mitochondria incubated with 50 microM Ca2+, ADP was not needed to retain the cation, but it was required for strengthening the inhibitory effect of cyclosporin on membrane per...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Chávez E,Moreno-Sánchez R,Torres-Marquez ME,Zazueta C,Bravo C,Rodríquez-Enríquez S,García C,Rodriguez JS,Martinez F

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The soxL gene from Sulfolobus acidocaldarius (DSM 639) encodes a Rieske iron-sulfur protein. In this study we report the identification of two open reading frames in its downstream region. The first one, named soxN, codes for a membrane protein bearing a resemblance to the b-type cytochromes of the cytochrome bc1 and ...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Hiller A,Henninger T,Schäfer G,Schmidt CL

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The advantages of using bacterial systems to study the mechanism and function of cytochrome bc (1) complexes do not extend readily to their structural investigations. High quality crystals of bacterial complexes have been difficult to obtain despite the enzymes' smaller sizes and simpler subunit compositions compared ...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Xia D,Esser L,Elberry M,Zhou F,Yu L,Yu CA

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00