Glutathione modulation during sensitization as well as challenge phase regulates airway reactivity and inflammation in mouse model of allergic asthma.

abstract：:Conformational flexibility and structural fluctuations play an important role in enzyme activity. A great variety of internal motions ranging over different time scales and of different amplitudes are involved in the catalytic cycle. These different types of motions and their functional consequences are considered in ...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Yon JM,Perahia D,Ghélis C

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Skin aging is characterized by different features including wrinkling, atrophy of the dermis and loss of elasticity associated with damage to the extracellular matrix protein elastin. The aim of this study was to investigate the aging process of skin elastin at the molecular level by evaluating the influence of intrin...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Mora Huertas AC,Schmelzer CE,Hoehenwarter W,Heyroth F,Heinz A

更新日期：2016-09-01 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：:Anaerobiospirillum succiniciproducens phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP) carboxykinase catalyses the reversible metal-dependent formation of oxaloacetate (OAA) and ATP from PEP, ADP and CO(2). Mutations of PEP carboxykinase have been constructed where the residues His(225) and Asp(263), two residues of the enzyme's putative Mn...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Jabalquinto AM,González-Nilo FD,Laivenieks M,Cabezas M,Zeikus JG,Cardemil E

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA phosphodiester bonds can be cleaved by metal ions, of which Pb2+ is one of the most effective. It can cleave both generally and site-specifically, depending on the substrate and the conditions. In addition, metal ions are also known to cleave ester bonds between amino acid and the 3'-end of transfer RNA. Here we r...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Otzen DE,Barciszewski J,Clark BF

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inducing brown adipocytes in white adipose tissues is a promising target to combat obesity and its related disorders in human beings. This goal has been especially encouraged by new important discoveries of human brown adipose tissues. The accumulating evidence confirms the presence of active brown adipocytes, not onl...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Chu DT,Gawronska-Kozak B

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interferons-alpha (IFN-alpha) are pleiotropic cytokines belonging to type I IFNs, extensively used in the treatment of patients with some types of cancer and viral disease. IFN-alpha can affect tumor cell functions by multiple mechanisms. In addition, these cytokines can promote the differentiation and activity of hos...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Ferrantini M,Capone I,Belardelli F

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydroxylamine and its derivatives of general formula H2NOR react with aldehydes and aldimines to produce oximes. If R corresponds to the side chain of a natural amino acid, such compounds can be thought of as analogs of the corresponding amino acids, lacking the alpha-carboxylate group. Oximes formed between such comp...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Delbaere LT,Kallen J,Markovic-Housley Z,Khomutov AR,Khomutov RM,Karpeisky MY,Jansonius JN

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:L-aromatic aminoacid decarboxylase has been purified more than thousand times from homogenates of rat brain, in several steps : centrifugation, DEAE-cellulose, CM cellulose, hydroxylapatite, DEAE sephadex. Its properties have been studied, most of them on an intermediate fraction of the purification, because of the in...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Corgier M,Pacheco H

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sialic acid, a nine-carbon sugar acid usually is present in the non-reducing terminal position of free oligosaccharides and glycoconjugates. Sialylated conjugates in mammals perform important roles in cellular recognition, signaling, host-pathogen interaction and neuronal development. Metabolism of sialylated conjugat...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Wickramasinghe S,Medrano JF

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two soluble forms of brain glutamate dehydrogenase isoproteins were inactivated by pyridoxal 5'-phosphate. Restoration of catalytic activity can be accomplished by dialysis and addition of an excess of cysteine or lysine. Spectral evidence is presented to indicate that the inactivation proceeds through Schiff base for...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Cho SW,Lee JE

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The chemical carcinogen N-acetoxy-N-2-acetylaminofluorene (N-AcO-AAF) induces frameshift mutations located within two types of specific sequences (mutation hot spots): i) contiguous guanine sequences and ii) alternating GC sequences. The genetic requirements of these frameshift events were investigated using specific ...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Janel-Bintz R,Maenhaut-Michel G,Takahashi M,Fuchs RP

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell sterol supply is subjected to tight negative feedback regulation through the SREBP pathway. Upon cholesterol depletion, SREBP transcription factors become activated by cleavage of a membrane bound precursor form, which stimulates the expression of the genes encoding proteins of the cholesterol synthesis pathway. ...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Robichon C,Dugail I

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The iron absorption by duodenal enterocytes is a key step of its homeostasis. But the control of this absorption is complex and cannot be fully explicated with present knowledge. In a global transcriptome approach, we identified 60 genes over-expressed in hemin (iron) overload in Caco-2 cells, an in vitro model of duo...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Aubry M,Monnier A,Chicault C,Galibert MD,Burgun A,Mosser J

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our understanding of plant meiosis is rapidly increasing thanks to the model Arabidopsis thaliana. Here we present the results of a screening for meiotic mutants carried out with a library containing 30,719 T-DNA insertion lines. An average of one mutant per 1000 lines was recovered. Several phenotypic classes could b...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Mercier R,Grelon M,Vezon D,Horlow C,Pelletier G

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insects have developed an efficient host defense against microorganisms, which involves humoral and cellular mechanisms. Numerous data highlight similarities between defense responses of insects and innate immunity of mammals. The fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, is a favorable model system for the analysis of the ...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Levy F,Rabel D,Charlet M,Bulet P,Hoffmann JA,Ehret-Sabatier L

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibodies to Guo-AF were elicited in rabbits by immunization with bovine serum albumin -Guo-AF conjugate. The antibodies were purified by affinity chromatography. The affinity of the antibodies towards several ligands was studied by radioimmunoassays. The antibodies recognize Gua-AAF and Guo-AF (K(Guo-AF)/K(Guo-AAF) ...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Rio P,Leng M

更新日期：1980-01-01 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：:The mechanism responsible for creating the division site in the right place at the right time in bacteria is unknown. It has been attributed to the formation of proteolipid domains in the cytoplasmic membrane surrounding the nucleoids. We interpret the growing evidence for this hypothesis by invoking hyperstructures, ...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Norris V,Fishov I

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fatty acids (FAs), and especially monounsaturated FAs (MUFAs) stimulate GLP-1 release. However, lipotoxicity is indicated in GLP-1 secreting cells following long-term exposure to elevated levels of saturated FAs (SFAs) in vivo and in vitro, where in vitro studies indicate that cosupplementation with MUFAs co...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Ntika S,Thombare K,Aryapoor M,Kristinsson H,Bergsten P,Krizhanovskii C

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a method to compare two fluorescence anisotropy decay curves. After numerical deconvolution of both decays by a non a priori method [1], their difference, D, is considered. The variance is computed for each point of D. A confidence interval is defined which allows a decision to be made as to the significan...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Genest D,Privat JP

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The elucidation of the multiple signaling cascades coupled to the TSH receptor has offered new approaches in the understanding of the pathogenesis of Graves' disease. Here we review findings showing that immunoglobulins from Graves' patients are heterogeneous, bind to different epitopes and, similarly to TSH, activate...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Di Cerbo A,Corda D

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the years, imino proton exchange measurements have provided a description of base-pair opening and of properties of internal motions of nucleic acids such as the individual opening of base pairs and the insensitivity of base-pair lifetimes to the nature and stability of neighboring pairs. A recent determination o...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Leijon M,Leroy JL

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this contribution, we have studied the dynamics of electron transfer (ET) of a flavoprotein to the bound cofactor, an important metabolic process, in a model molecular/macromolecular crowding environments. Vitamin B(2) (riboflavin, Rf) and riboflavin binding protein (RBP) are used as model cofactor and flavoprotein...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Rakshit S,Saha R,Verma PK,Mitra RK,Pal SK

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four full-length cDNAs encoding the precursors of four K(+)-toxin-like peptides (named BmKK(1), BmKK(2), BmKK(3) and BmmKK(4), respectively) were first isolated from a venom gland cDNA library of the Chinese scorpion Buthus martensii Karsch. The deduced precursors of BmKK(1), BmKK(2) and BmKK(3) are all made of 54 ami...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Zeng XC,Peng F,Luo F,Zhu SY,Liu H,Li WX

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pentatricopeptide repeat (PPR) proteins are a large family of modular RNA-binding proteins which mediate several aspects of gene expression primarily in organelles but also in the nucleus. These proteins facilitate processing, splicing, editing, stability and translation of RNAs. While major advances in PPR research h...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Manna S

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HIV-1 reverse transcriptase uses the host tRNA3(Lys) as a primer for the synthesis of the minus DNA strand. The first event in viral replication is thus the annealing of tRNA to the primer binding site (PBS) in the 5' UTR of the viral RNA. This event requires a major RNA rearrangement which is chaperoned by the viral ...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Barraud P,Gaudin C,Dardel F,Tisné C

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gene encoding the enzyme tyrosyl tRNA synthetase from Bacillus stearothermophilus has been systematically altered using synthetic oligonucleotides as mutagens. The construction of mutations has been facilitated by using strains of bacteria defective in mismatch repair and also by utilising a genetic marker in the ...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Bedouelle H,Carter P,Waye MM,Winter G,Lowe DM,Wilkinson AJ,Fersht AR

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five 4-arylcoumarins (1c-g) and twelve 3,4-dihydro-4-arylcoumarins (2a-l) were synthesized and tested for antioxidant activity, antitumor activity, toxicity and structure-activity relationships analysis. 4-Arylcoumarins and 3,4-dihydro-4-arylcoumarins that possess two hydroxyl groups in ortho position, such as 1d, 1f,...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Zhang K,Ding W,Sun J,Zhang B,Lu F,Lai R,Zou Y,Yedid G

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Influenza virus-associated RNA polymerase is composed of one molecule each of three viral P proteins and carries the complete activity of capped RNA-primed vRNA-directed transcription. The RNA polymerase holoenzyme also carries capped RNA endonuclease to generate capped oligonucleotide primers for transcription and 3'...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Ishihama A

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00