Physicochemical analysis of structural alteration and advanced glycation end products generation during glycation of H2A histone by 3-deoxyglucosone.

abstract：:Although the amino acid sequences and the structures of pyruvate kinase (PYK) isozymes are highly conserved, allosteric regulations differ. This suggests that amino acids with low conservation play important roles in the allosteric mechanism. The current work exploits a 'natural screen'- the 122 point mutations identi...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Pendergrass DC,Williams R,Blair JB,Fenton AW

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) is typical of the dementias that affect both animals and man; Scrapie in sheep, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in man. Global efforts have been made to determine the nature of the active agents in these diseases. At present the 'protein only hypothesis' of Prusiner holds. It was a sur...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Campbell PN

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibiotic resistance in Acinetobacter spp., particularly Acinetobacter baumannii, is increasing rapidly. A. baumannii possesses two intrinsic β-lactamase genes, in addition to weak permeability and efflux systems, that together confer a natural reduced susceptibility to antibiotics. In addition, numerous acquired mec...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Poirel L,Bonnin RA,Nordmann P

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this review we discuss the limited efficacy for current pharmacological agents used in prophylaxis and treatment of thrombosis and highlight targeted delivery of anti-thrombotic agents to fibrin, platelets, red blood cells and endothelium. ...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Carnemolla R,Muzykantov VR

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatocyte mitochondrial aquaporin-8 (mtAQP8) works as a multifunctional membrane channel protein that facilitates the uptake of ammonia for its detoxification to urea as well as the mitochondrial release of hydrogen peroxide. Since early oligonucleotide microarray studies in liver of cholesterol-fed mice showed an AQ...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Danielli M,Capiglioni AM,Marrone J,Calamita G,Marinelli RA

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the past decade, following the discovery of the human heme protein neuroglobin, many studies have searched for evidence for this protein's mechanism of action. Much data has accrued showing that high levels of neuroglobin will protect cells from apoptotic cell death, following a wide range of challenges. Various ...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Brittain T,Skommer J,Henty K,Birch N,Raychaudhuri S

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reviews our studies that have addressed the molecular mechanisms underlying the biosynthesis and reception of extracellular signaling molecules and integrative mechanisms of extracellular-intracellular signaling transmission in biological systems. We introduced recombinant DNA technology into the neuroendoc...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Nakanishi S

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The conformational stability of the homotetrameric Plasmodium falciparum beta-ketoacyl-ACP reductase (FabG) was determined by guanidinium chloride-induced isothermal and thermal denaturation. The reversible unfolding transitions were monitored by intrinsic fluorescence, circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy and by meas...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Karmodiya K,Sajad S,Sinha S,Maity K,Suguna K,Surolia N

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Altered activity of the proteolytic machine-the 26S proteasome is observed in many disease conditions. Hence, either inhibition or activation of the 26S proteasome is thought to be a novel therapy for treatment of certain diseases such as cancer and neurodegenerative disorders. In this study, we tested the potential o...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Gopalakrishnan S,Ediga HH,Reddy SS,Reddy GB,Ismail A

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vivo site-directed mutagenesis by single-stranded deoxyribonucleic acid recombineering is a facile method to change the color of fluorescent proteins (FPs) without cloning. Two different starting alleles of GFP were targeted for mutagenesis: gfpmut3* residing in the Escherichia coli genome and egfp carried by a bac...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Valledor M,Hu Q,Schiller P,Myers RS

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High-glucose-induced retinal tissue impairment is the major pathological phenotype of diabetic retinopathy. In an in vitro diabetic apoptosis cell model, we evaluated the function of long noncoding RNA, insulin growth factor 2 antisense (IGF2-AS) in high-glucose-injured human retinal pigment epithelial cells. A human ...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Yu X,Luo Y,Chen G,Liu H,Tian N,Zen X,Liu Q

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The multifaceted relationship between mitochondria and the rest of the cell is reviewed in the context of myocardial ischemia. Paradoxically, mitochondria can exacerbate the ischemic damage, especially at the onset of reperfusion. Indeed, the recovery of oxidative phosphorylation in the presence of an excessive energy...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Di Lisa F

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accumulating evidence indicates that there is a critical role of the ubiquitin/proteasome pathway in the regulation of apoptosis. Among the important molecules that couple these two fundamental cellular activities are members of the inhibitor of apoptosis (IAP) protein family. In addition to their well-studied ability...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Ni T,Li W,Zou F

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The beta/alpha-barrel motif was once considered to be a single protein domain. In recent years, however, it has been shown to consist of smaller substructures displaying the ability to fold autonomously. Here we review the current status of experimental findings concerning the motif's folding behavior in the light of ...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Maiti S,Luthra-Guptasarma M,Guptasarma P

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is an enveloped positive-strand RNA virus of the Flaviviridae family. It has a genome of about 9,600 nucleotides encoding a large polyprotein (about 3,000 amino acids) that is processed by cellular and viral proteases into at least 10 structural and nonstructural viral proteins. A novel HCV pro...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Vassilaki N,Mavromara P

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasing evidence suggests a role for intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) as mediators of normal and pathological signal transduction pathways. In particular, a growing list of recent reports have demonstrated a rapid and significant increases in intracellular ROS following growth factor or cytokine stimulat...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Finkel T

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High throughput microarrays were initially developed to analyse the expression of many RNA transcripts in parallel. The technology has since been adapted to a variety of applications, one of which is the analysis of the genome to study DNA dosage and sequence content. Advances in microarray fabrication and completion ...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Waddell N

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interferon regulatory factors (IRFs) were originally discovered in the context of type I interferon (IFN-alpha/beta) gene induction, and subsequent studies on these transcription factors have revealed their remarkable functional diversity in regulating immune systems. Indeed, the critical involvement of IRF members in...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Honda K,Taniguchi T

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Implantation is a complex developmental event that is initiated by recognition and adhesion of the embryo to the endometrial epithelium. sLeX is an oligosaccharide antigen acting as the ligand of L-selectin, and is stage-specifically expressed in the endometrial epithelium. The adhesion system mediated by L-selectin a...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Liu S,Zhang Y,Liu Y,Qin H,Wang X,Yan Q

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The extensive post-transcriptional modification of U2 snRNA is required for spliceosome assembly and pre-mRNA splicing in vertebrates. However, the rare modification of U2 snRNA in yeast implies a different mechanism for regulating spliceosome biogenesis in single-celled eukaryotes. To understand the evolutionary patt...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Huang ZP,Zhou H,Qu LH

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Iron presents us with a paradox. Without it, cells simply cannot survive because iron is an essential cofactor for many enzymes in critical biochemical pathways. However, when iron is present in excess, it can be highly cytotoxic due to its propensity to catalyze the formation of reactive oxygen radicals. To cater for...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Anderson GJ

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this article, we discuss single molecule observation of rotational catalysis by E. coli ATP synthase (F-ATPase) using small gold beads. Studies involving a low viscous drag probe showed the stochastic properties of the enzyme in alternating catalytically active and inhibited states. The importance of subunit intera...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Nakanishi-Matsui M,Sekiya M,Futai M

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tilorone hydrochloride, a low-molecular-weight synthetic compound, induces interferon production and has been reported to have both antiviral and antitumor activities. Here, we have demonstrated the ability of tilorone to activate NK cells and specific subpopulations of cytotoxic CD4+ and CD8+ T lymphocytes that recog...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Sharapova TN,Romanova EA,Sashchenko LP,Yashin DV

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Magnetic targeting has shown promise to improve the efficacy and safety of different classes of therapeutic agents by enabling their active guidance to the site of disease and minimizing dissemination to nontarget tissues. However, its translation into clinic has proven difficult because of inherent limitations of tra...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Chorny M,Fishbein I,Forbes S,Alferiev I

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydrogen peroxide is a major regulator of plant programmed cell death (PCD) but little is known about the downstream genes from the H(2)O(2)-signaling network that mediate the cell death. To address this question, a novel system for studying H(2)O(2)-induced programmed cell death in Arabidopsis thaliana was used. The ...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Gechev TS,Minkov IN,Hille J

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Depurinating DNA adducts formed by aromatic hydrocarbons and catechol estrogen quinones play a major role in cancer initiation. Most of these adducts depurinate instantaneously, but some guanine adducts depurinate from DNA with half-lives of hours. We report here, that after 10 h at 37 °C, reaction of estradiol-3,4-qu...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Cavalieri E,Saeed M,Zahid M,Cassada D,Snow D,Miljkovic M,Rogan E

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The reaction between nitric oxide ((.)NO) and oxygen yields reactive species capable of oxidizing and nitrosating proteins, as well as deaminating DNA bases. Although this reaction is considered too slow to be biologically relevant, it has been shown that membranes, lipoproteins, mitochondria and possibly proteins can...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Möller MN,Li Q,Lancaster JR Jr,Denicola A

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:SARS-CoV-2 is the causative agent for the ongoing COVID19 pandemic, and this virus belongs to the Coronaviridae family. Like other members of this family, the virus possesses a positive-sense single-stranded RNA genome. The genome encodes for the nsp12 protein, which houses the RNA-dependent-RNA polymerase (RdRP) acti...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Narayanan N,Nair DT

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathophysiology of some inflammatory arterial diseases (such as vasculitis, atherogenesis and aneurysms) has been widely investigated in the last decades. Among different soluble molecules, proinflammatory cytokines (such as TNF-α, IL-1 and IL-6) were shown to trigger critical pathways regulating these arterial di...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Carbone F,Montecucco F

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For more than a century, the metabolic role of lactate has intrigued physiologists and biochemists. Yet, for the first half of the last century lactate had been designated as a waste product, and assigned no additional significance besides its controversial role in muscle fatigue. The decline of the lactate hypothesis...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Sola-Penna M

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00