DspA from Strongylocentrotus purpuratus: The first biochemically characterized haloalkane dehalogenase of non-microbial origin.

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：:Rat kidney acylase I was characterised by performing site-directed mutagenesis and enzymatic analysis in the presence of various chemical inhibitors. Site-directed mutagenesis on E147 and overexpression of the protein in a bacterial system, revealed the importance of this residue in enzymatic activity, it corresponds ...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Durand A,Giardina T,Villard C,Roussel A,Puigserver A,Perrier J

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We screened a cDNA library of the primitive eukaryote Dictyostelium discoideum constructed in the expression vector lambda gt11 with a specific antiserum directed against S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine hydrolase (AdoHcy hydrolase) and isolated cDNA clones coding for fusion proteins with beta-galactosidase. The identity of ...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Guitton MC,Part D,Veron M

更新日期：1988-06-01 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：:Information on the subcellular localization of bacterial proteins is essential for protein function prediction, genome annotation and drug design. Here we proposed a novel approach to predict the subcellular localization of bacterial proteins by fusing features from position-specific score matrix (PSSM), Gene Ontology...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Li L,Yu S,Xiao W,Li Y,Li M,Huang L,Zheng X,Zhou S,Yang H

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Matrix metalloproteinase 9 (MMP-9) and interleukin-8 (IL-8) play major roles in tumor progression and invasion of breast cancer cells. The present study was undertaken to investigate the inhibitory mechanism of cell invasion by luteolin 8-C-β-fucopyranoside (named as LU8C-FP), a C-glycosylflavone, in human breast canc...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Park SH,Kim JH,Lee DH,Kang JW,Song HH,Oh SR,Yoon DY

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A non-toxic, direct-acting fibrinolytic serine protease (Bafibrinase) demonstrating thrombolytic and anticoagulant properties was purified from Bacillus sp. strain AS-S20-I. Bafibrinase was monomeric, with a molecular mass of 32.3 kDa. The peptide mass fingerprinting of Bafibrinase revealed only 8.3% sequence coverage...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Mukherjee AK,Rai SK,Thakur R,Chattopadhyay P,Kar SK

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human α(1)-acid glycoprotein (AGP) is a positive acute phase plasma protein containing two disulfide bridges. Structural studies have shown that under specific conditions AGP undergoes aggregation. In this study, we analysed the nature of AGP's aggregates formed under reducing and non-reducing conditions at pH 5.5 and...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Scirè A,Baldassarre M,Galeazzi R,Tanfani F

更新日期：2013-02-01 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：:Excessive tissue iron levels are associated with the increase of oxidative/nitrative stress which contributes to tissue damage that may elevate the risk of diabetes. Therefore, we investigated the effects of iron on diabetes-associated liver injury and whether iron-related tyrosine nitration participated in this proce...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Li X,Li H,Lu N,Feng Y,Huang Y,Gao Z

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:EPR spectroscopy in conjunction with oxidation-reduction potentiometry has been used to determine the half-reduction potentials of the four hemes of cytochrome c3. As predicted, the four hemes of cytochrome c3 have different mid-point potentials. The Em values are: Heme I,--284 mV; Heme II,--310 mV; Heme III,--324 mV ...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Dervartanian DV,Xavier AV,Gall JL

更新日期：1978-01-01 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：:There are five subtypes of muscarinic acetylcholine receptors (M(1) to M(5)) which control a large number of physiological processes, such as the function of heart and smooth muscles, glandular secretion, release of neurotransmitters, gene expression and cognitive functions as learning and memory. A selective ligand i...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Karlsson E,Jolkkonen M,Mulugeta E,Onali P,Adem A

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thyroid peroxidase is a member of a family of mammalian peroxidases that includes myeloperoxidase, lactoperoxidase, eosinophil peroxidase, and salivary peroxidase. Protein sequences showing a high degree of sequence similarity with mammalian peroxidases have recently been observed in several invertebrate species. A mu...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Taurog A

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A discriminating system capable of recognizing the oxygenated sterols was investigated in human lymphocytes. After labelling entire cells with 25-hydroxy [3H] cholesterol (10 nM) the cytosol was ultracentrifuged on a linear sucrose density gradient. Bound 25-hydroxy [3H] cholesterol was located in a single peak with a...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Defay RE,Astruc ME,Roussillon S,Descomps B,Crastes De Paulet A

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oligonucleotides that complement Escherichia coli 16S ribosomal RNA residues 685-696 and 694-705 have been synthesized so as to incorporate antibody-recognizable markers: a 3'-terminal residue of N6-delta 2-isopentenyladenosine, a 5'-dinitrophenyl group, or both. Each oligonucleotide is able to bind RNA within the sma...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： McWilliams RA,Glitz DG

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High-mobility group box-1 (HMGB1) is remarkably mobile in living cells, which reflects its ability to interact only transiently with both DNA and protein. This property is likely essential for HMGB1 nuclear activities. Nonetheless the weak interaction of HMGB1 with DNA and/or protein partners has also been a major lim...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Messmer M,Klein C,Boniface R,Gnädig NF,Lecerf M,Barnay-Verdier S,Maréchal V

更新日期：2013-04-01 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：:A variety of transcription attenuation mechanisms are used by bacteria to regulate gene and operon expression. This review summarizes previous and current studies designed to elucidate the features of the specific attenuation mechanisms that regulate expression of the tryptophanase (tna) operon of Escherichia coli and...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Yanofsky C,Konan KV,Sarsero JP

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present an approach for designing a knowledge-based system, called Sequence Acquisition In Context (SAIC), that will be able to cooperate with a biologist in the analysis of DNA sequences. The main task of the system is the acquisition of the expert knowledge that the biologist uses for solving ambiguities from gel...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Brézillon PJ,Zaraté P,Saci F

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein-induced DNA bridging and looping is a common mechanism for various and essential processes in bacterial chromosomes. This mechanism is preserved despite the very different bacterial conditions and their expected influence on the thermodynamic and kinetic characteristics of the bridge formation and stability. O...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Tardin C

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:So far, no efficient affinity chromatography for CCK receptor purification has been reported that prevented obtention of sequenceable amounts of purified receptor. In this work, 10% of plasma membrane receptor sites were specifically cross-linked with the photoreactive cleavable agonist 125I-ASD-[Thr28, Ahx31]-CCK-25-...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Dufresne M,Poirot S,Jimenez J,Vaysse N,Fourmy D

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lysosomal cysteine proteinases were fractionated from partially purified rat muscle lysosomes. By gel filtration on Sephadex G75, cathepsin D was separated from two thiol-requiring proteolytic fractions of Mr 25 000 and 55 000, respectively. By chromatofocusing, the first fraction (Mr = 25 000) was resolved into three...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Obled A,Ouali A,Valin C

更新日期：1984-09-01 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 nuclear metabolism of poly(ADP-ribose) is mainly regulated by poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase-1 (PARP-1) and by poly(ADP-ribose) glycohydrolase (PARG). A PARP-like enzyme, V-PARP, and a PARG isoform are present in the extra-nuclear compartment of mammalian cells, even if poly(ADP-ribose) has never been detected therei...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Rossi L,Denegri M,Torti M,Poirier GG,Ivana Scovassi A

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of marker genes encoding antibiotic or herbicide resistances in genetically modified plants poses a number of problems. Various techniques are under development for the removal of unwanted marker genes, while leaving required transgenes in place. The aim of this brief review is to describe the principal m...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Scutt CP,Zubko E,Meyer P

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The interactions of 6-8 ring hairpin polyamides (PAs) with the minor groove of DNA have been investigated extensively. More recent studies of large antiviral PAs (14-20 rings) active against small DNA tumor viruses lead to questions regarding the extent to which the DNA binding behaviors of the well studied, smaller P...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Song Y,Niederschulte J,Bales KN,Park AH,Bashkin JK,Dupureur CM

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe PGtrans, a new and freely available protein sequence databank (2625 sequences, 554198 amino-acids). This data bank is routinely produced by automatic computer translation of the nucleotide sequence library GenBank. The information needed for the translation process (transcriptional orientation, location of...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Claverie JM,Sauvaget I,Bougueleret L

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The action of sialyltransferases (STs) on cell surface glycoconjugates is a key process in shaping cell phenotype in a variety of cells mostly involved in migratory and adhesive pathways. The factors determining cell-specific pattern of glycosylation are so far poorly understood. Most STs are resident proteins of the ...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Donadio S,Dubois C,Fichant G,Roybon L,Guillemot JC,Breton C,Ronin C

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper deals with the discovery of plasmalogen deficiency in the cerebro-hepato-renal (Zellweger) syndrome and discusses how this has led to the development of postnatal and prenatal diagnostic procedures for this and a number of related peroxisomal disorders in man that show a general impairment in the biosynthes...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： van den Bosch H,Schrakamp G,Hardeman D,Zomer AW,Wanders RJ,Schutgens RB

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00