Medium throughput biochemical compound screening identifies novel agents for pharmacotherapy of neurofibromatosis type 1.

abstract：:The aim of the present work was to establish the thermodynamic and functional differences in the protein-protein interactions between the components of the P450-dependent mitochondrial (mit) and microsomal (mic) monooxygenase systems using 12 different isoforms of cytochromes P450 and two redox partners, NADPH-depende...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Yablokov EO,Sushko TA,Ershov PV,Florinskaya AV,Gnedenko OV,Shkel TV,Grabovec IP,Strushkevich NV,Kaluzhskiy LA,Usanov SA,Gilep AA,Ivanov AS

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic hypobaric hypoxia induced muscle atrophy results in decreased physical performance at high altitude. Curcumin has been shown to have muscle sparing effects under cachectic conditions. However, the protective effects of curcumin under chronic hypobaric hypoxia have not been studied till now. Therefore, the pres...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Chaudhary P,Sharma YK,Sharma S,Singh SN,Suryakumar G

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA mismatch repair (MMR) is an important replication error avoidance mechanism that prevents mutation. The association of defective MMR with familial and sporadic gastrointestinal and endometrial cancer has been acknowledged for some years. More recently, it has become apparent that MMR defects are common in acute my...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Karran P,Offman J,Bignami M

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of in vitro repair assays with human cell-free extracts led to new insights on the mechanism of excision of DNA damage which consists of incision/excision and repair synthesis/ligation. We have adapted the repair synthesis reaction with cells extracts incubated with damaged plasmid DNA performed in liq...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Salles B,Rodrigo G,Li RY,Calsou P

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cell reproduction cycle of parasitic wall-free bacteria, mycoplasma, is reviewed. DNA replication of Mycoplasma capricolum starts at a fixed site neighboring the dnaA gene and proceeds to both directions after a short arrest in one direction. The initiation frequency fits to the slow speed of replication fork and ...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Miyata M,Seto S

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trypsin and pronase treatment of purified human neutral bronchial mucins released small fragments from the C-terminal end of these molecules and resulted in slight increases in their sedimentation coefficient presumably reflecting conformational changes. The antigenic determinant of neutral bronchial mucins which appe...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Lhermitte M,Lambin G,Lafitte JJ,Rousseau J,Degand P,Roussel P

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein l-isoaspartyl-O-methyltransferase (PIMT) is an ubiquitous enzyme widely distributed in cells and plays a role in the repair of deamidated and isomerized proteins. In this study, we show that this enzyme is present in cytosolic extract of Vibrio cholerae, an enteric pathogenic Gram-negative bacterium and is enz...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Chatterjee T,Pal A,Chakravarty D,Dey S,Saha RP,Chakrabarti P

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We evaluated the clinical relevance of microRNA-149 (miR-149) in neuroblastoma (NB) and its functional roles in regulating NB proliferation in vitro. METHODS:QRT-PCR was used to evaluate miR-149 expression in NB cell lines and primary NB tumors. Association between endogenous miR-149 expression in primary NB t...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Xu Y,Chen X,Lin L,Chen H,Yu S,Li D

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genome-editing technologies, in particular, CRISPR systems, are widely used for targeted regulation of gene expression and obtaining modified human and animal cell lines, plants, fungi, and animals with preassigned features. Despite being well described and easy to perform, the most common methods for construction and...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Filippova J,Matveeva A,Zhuravlev E,Stepanov G

更新日期：2019-12-01 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：:Organisms exposed to ionizing radiation (IR) undergo increases in the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS), which are determinant components in the induction of apoptosis. Sensitive to apoptosis gene (SAG) encodes a redox-inducible and apoptosis-protective antioxidant protein. This report demonstrates that the ...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Kim SY,Yang ES,Lee YS,Lee J,Park JW

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concept of a stem cell subpopulation as understood from normal epithelial tissue or bone marrow function has been extended to our understanding of cancer tissue and is now the target of treatment efforts specifically directed to this subpopulation. In glioblastoma, as well as in other cancers, increased expression...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Rappa F,Cappello F,Halatsch ME,Scheuerle A,Kast RE

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recent increase in the intake of folic acid by the general public through fortified foods and supplements, has raised safety concern based on early reports of adverse health outcome in elderly with low B12 status who took high doses of folic acid. These safety concerns are contrary to the 2015 WHO statement that "...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Selhub J,Rosenberg IH

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite its biological importance, iron is a pro-oxidant element and its accumulation results in tissue injury. Iron overload diseases such as thalassemia and hereditary hemochromatosis are commonly associated with liver tissue injury. Glutamyl cysteine (GC) is a dipeptide with antioxidant properties owing to its cyst...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Salama SA,Al-Harbi MS,Abdel-Bakky MS,Omar HA

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present here, a new method for coupling sulfhydryl groups (SH) to low-density lipoprotein (LDL) surface. This method uses homocysteine thiolactone (HCTL) which reacts with lysine residues in a very mild manner, and permits the selection of the number of SH bound per LDL. Under our experimental conditions (8 SH/LDL)...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Vidal M,Sainte-Marie J,Philippot J,Bienvenue A

更新日期：1986-05-01 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：:Poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation is a posttranslational protein modification significant for genomic stability and cell survival in response to DNA damage. Poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation is catalyzed by poly(ADP-ribose)polymerases (PARPs). Among the 17 members of the PARP family, PARP-1 and PARP-2 are described as enzymes whose catalyt...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Kutuzov MM,Khodyreva SN,Amé JC,Ilina ES,Sukhanova MV,Schreiber V,Lavrik OI

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are ∼21 nt non-coding small RNAs which regulate gene expression at the post-transcriptional level in plants and animals. Until recently, only limited numbers of miRNAs were identified in Cucurbitaceae, a large flowering plant family. In this study, 220 potential miRNA candidates were identified from...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Hu J,Sun L,Zhu Z,Zheng Y,Xiong W,Ding Y

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence shows that oral glycerol supplementation during the early stages of rat liver cancer reduces the growth of preneoplastic lesions. Besides, human hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cells display decreased expression of glycerol channel aquaporin 9 (AQP9) and also diminished glycerol-3-phosphate (G3P) content. Acco...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Lorenzetti F,Capiglioni AM,Marinelli RA,Carrillo MC,Alvarez ML

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of 7-chloro-4-nitrobenzofurazan on yeast 3-phosphoglycerate kinase causes a modification of one tyrosyl residue concomitantly with a total loss of activity of the enzyme. The modification is not accompanied by any significant conformational change. A total protection against inactivation is observed with th...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Roustan C,Fattoum A,Pradel LA

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:GcvB is a non-coding RNA that regulates oppA mRNA in different bacterial species by binding a GcvB GU-rich region named R1 to oppA mRNA. A secondary putative interaction site (PS1) was identified in this study that is able to form a second nearly perfect 10 base-pair duplex between these two RNAs in Escherichia coli. ...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Busi F,Le Derout J,Cerciat M,Régnier P,Hajnsdorf E

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have recently reported that α(2)β(1) and α(1)β(1) isozymes of Na(+)/K(+)-ATPase (NKA) are localized in the caveolae whereas only the α(1)β(1) isozyme of NKA is localized in the non-caveolae fraction of pulmonary artery smooth muscle cell membrane. It is well known that different isoforms of NKA are regulated differ...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Dey K,Roy S,Ghosh B,Chakraborti S

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A soluble hydrogenase from the halophilic sulfate reducing bacterium Desulfovibrio salexigens, strain British Guiana (NCIB 8403) has been purified to apparent homogeneity with a final specific activity of 760 mumoles H2 evolved/min/mg (an overall 180-fold purification with 20% recovery yield). The enzyme is composed o...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Teixeira M,Moura I,Fauque G,Czechowski M,Berlier Y,Lespinat PA,Le Gall J,Xavier AV,Moura JJ

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Identification of proteoglycans in two human malignant mesothelioma cell lines, one with epithelial differentiation and the other with fibroblast-like phenotype, and the effects of epidermal (EGF), insulin-like (IGF-I) and platelet-derived (PDGF-BB) growth factors on the synthesis of hyaluronan (HA) and proteoglycans ...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Syrokou A,Tzanakakis GN,Hjerpe A,Karamanos NK

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Botulinum neurotoxins (BoNT, serotypes A-G) and tetanus neurotoxin (TeNT) are bacterial proteins that comprise a light chain (M(r) approximately 50) disulfide linked to a heavy chain (M(r) approximately 100). By inhibiting neurotransmitter release at distinct synapses, these toxins cause two severe neuroparalytic dise...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Humeau Y,Doussau F,Grant NJ,Poulain B

更新日期：2000-05-01 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：:Calcineurin (CN) is a unique calcium/calmodulin (CaM)-activated serine/threonine phosphatase. To perform its diverse biological functions, CN communicates with many substrates and other proteins. In the physiological activation of T cells, CN acts through transcriptional factors belonging to the NFAT family and other ...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Zhao Y,Zhang J,Shi X,Li J,Wang R,Song R,Wei Q,Cai H,Luo J

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondria are essential organelles and consequently proper expression and maintenance of the mitochondrial genome are indispensable for proper cell function. The mitochondrial Suv3 (SUPV3L1) helicase is known to have a central role in mitochondrial RNA metabolism and to be essential for maintenance of mitochondrial...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Venø ST,Witt MB,Kulikowicz T,Bohr VA,Stevnsner T

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) play profound roles in plant growth and development by regulating gene expression. Tetraploid plants often have better physical characteristics and stress tolerance than their diploid progenitors, but the role of miRNAs in this superiority is unclear. Paulownia tomentosa, (Paulowniaceae) is attracti...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Fan G,Zhai X,Niu S,Ren Y

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disappearance of 7-ethylguanine and O6-ethylguanine lesions from nuclear DNA is observed on incubation of isolated rat liver nuclei previously treated with ethylnitrosourea. Free 7-ethylguanine but no free O6-ethylguanine is released in the medium. Incubation of methylated or ethylated DNA with chromatin proteins lead...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Renard A,Lemaitre M,Verly WG

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00