Sequence homologies, hydrophobic profiles and secondary structures of cathepsins B, H and L: comparison with papain and actinidin.

abstract：:The hbs operon of Bacillus subtilis comprises a single gene which is localized between the spoIVA and mtrA open reading frames, and is situated at 204 degrees of the standard map of B subtilis. Expression of hbs is initiated from two distinct promoters called P1 and P2. The transcription initiation sites have been map...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Micka B,Marahiel MA

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The published literature contains a number of examples of normally non-cytoplasmic proteins whose transport out of the cytoplasm is not completely abolished by drastic alterations to their routing signals (signal sequences, etc). Furthermore, there are numerous examples of cytoplasmic proteins that can be routed to an...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Pugsley AP

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Low bone formation in osteoporosis is associated with a shift from osteoblastic to adipogenic differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) inducing a concomitant lipotoxic milieu within the bone marrow. Strontium ranelate (SrRN), a treatment for osteoporosis, has both anti-resorptive and anabolic effects on bone. T...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Vidal C,Gunaratnam K,Tong J,Duque G

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is a heterogeneous group of breast cancer with one common feature: distinctly metastatic nature with higher rate of relapse and shorter survival compared with other subtypes of breast cancer. The epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) is highly associated with cancer metastasis...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Liang L,Liu X,He J,Shao Y,Liu J,Wang Z,Xia L,Han T,Wu P

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The targets of in vivo studies of the ribosomal assembly process are mainly the events of rRNA processing, whereas in vitro studies (total reconstitution) focus on principles of the assembly process such as assembly-initiation proteins, rate-limiting steps and a detailed sequence of assembly reactions (assembly map). ...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Nierhaus KH

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The SOS response is induced in E coli following treatments that interfere with DNA replication. The response is under the control of the recA and the lexA genes. Strains defective in LexA repressor constitutively express SOS proteins. However, SOS repair does not reach its maximum level in these strains. Instead, an a...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Lesca C,Petit C,Defais M

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteria of the Lactococcus (formerly lactic Streptococcus) genus are described to emphasize certain less well-known facts of importance in their successful use as dairy starters. Other streptococci (non-rod forms) are briefly characterized to emphasize their usefulness in industrial milk fermentations. ...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Sandine WE

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In man the brain represents about 2% of the body weight, but contains 25% of the body's cholesterol. Cholesterol itself does not cross the blood-brain barrier and is synthesised in situ. Excess cholesterol from brain is exported in the form of oxysterols, or metabolised to steroids, which in contrast to cholesterol ca...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Wang Y,Karu K,Griffiths WJ

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

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：:In around 10% of SARS-CoV-2 infected patients, coronavirus disease-2019 (Covid-19) symptoms are complicated with a severe lung damage called Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS), which is often lethal. ARDS is mainly associated with an uncontrolled overproduction of immune cells and cytokines, called "cytokine s...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Weill P,Plissonneau C,Legrand P,Rioux V,Thibault R

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the intestine, NF-κB is the main transcription factor involved in the anti-inflammatory effect of glutamine and we previously demonstrated that glutamine via its conversion to glutamate diminished the p65 protein content in Caco-2/TC7 cell nuclei without affecting the stimulating effect of IL-1β on NF-κB [21]. Howe...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Lesueur C,Bôle-Feysot C,Bekri S,Husson A,Lavoinne A,Brasse-Lagnel C

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A HU-like protein (HBl) of Bifidobacterium longum was purified and characterized. HBl is heat-stable and acid-resistant, and has a molecular weight of about 9.1 kDa as estimated by its mobility on electrophoresis. HBl is intermediate in basicity (pI 9.8) between the HU-1 and HU-2 proteins of Escherichia coli, and is d...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Goshima N,Kano Y,Imamoto F

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ceramidase plays an important role in regulating the metabolism of sphingolipids, such as ceramide, sphingosine (SPH), and sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P), by controlling the hydrolysis of ceramide. Here we report the cloning and biochemical characterization of a neutral ceramidase from the red flour beetle Tribolium ca...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Zhou Y,Lin XW,Yang Q,Zhang YR,Yuan JQ,Lin XD,Xu R,Cheng J,Mao C,Zhu ZR

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic elements coding for proteins that present amino acid identity with the conserved motifs of retroviral reverse transcriptases constitute the retroid family. With the exception of reverse transcriptases encoded by mitochondrial plasmids of Neurospora, all reverse transcriptases have an absolute requirement for a...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Marquet R,Isel C,Ehresmann C,Ehresmann B

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glyoxalate is an effector of oxidative phosphorylation in isolated mitochondria : it slows down State 3 but does not affect State 4 respiration. This report presents the findings of our study on the mechanism of action of glyoxalate ; these findings are listed below. The inhibition of Stage 3 respiration by glyoxalate...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Lucas M,Pons AM

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We identified a T-to-C mutation 2 nucleotides (nt) upstream from the AG in a GT-AG intron between exons 2 and 3 in the human T-cell leukemia virus type I (HTLV-I) tax mRNA. This mutation resulted in the preferential usage of an alternative splice site, causing a 75-nt elongation of tax mRNA and reduced production of v...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Ohsugi T

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most evolutionists agree to consider that our present RNA/DNA/protein world has originated from a simpler world in which RNA played both the role of catalyst and genetic material. Recent findings from structural studies and comparative genomics now allow to get a clearer picture of this transition. These data suggest ...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Forterre P

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hypothesis is proposed that pre-biotic bacterial cell(s) and the first cells capable of growth/division did not require a cytoplasmic membrane. A gel-like microscopic structure less than a cubic micrometer may have had a dual role as both an ancient pre-cytoplasm and a boundary layer to the higher-entropy external...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Trevors JT,Pollack GH

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many peptide hormone and neuropeptide precursors undergo post-translational processing at mono- and/or dibasic residues. An enzymatic activity capable of processing prodynorphin at a monobasic processing site designated 'dynorphin converting enzyme' has been previously reported in rat rain and bovine pituitary. In thi...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Berman YL,Rattan AK,Carr K,Devi L

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glutathione, being a major intracellular redox regulator has been shown to be implicated in regulation of airway reactivity and inflammation. However, no study so far has investigated the effect of glutathione depletion/repletion during sensitization and challenge phases separately, which could provide an important in...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Nadeem A,Siddiqui N,Alharbi NO,Alharbi MM,Imam F,Sayed-Ahmed MM

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:mRNAs extracted from human pheochromocytoma were translated in vitro in a lysate of a rabbit reticulocytes. Two enzymes of the biosynthetic pathway of the catecholamines, tyrosine-hydroxylase (TH) and dopamine-beta-hydroxylase (DBH), were characterized as translation products after immunoprecipitation by specific anti...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Benlot C,Antreassian J,Henry JP,Legrand JC,Gros F,Thibault J

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The polysaccharide from Aloe vahombe (lilaceae) was submitted to partial hydrolyses by sulfuric, oxalic and phosphoric acid. Some oligosaccharides were isolated and investigated by chemical and 13C NMR spectroscopic methods. Their structure was determined. The results prove unambiguously that in the analyzed material ...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Radjabi-Nassab F,Ramiliarison C,Monneret C,Vilkas E

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surfactants carrying either a hydrocarbon or a fluorocarbon alkyl chain have been synthesized. The polar head was either tris(hydroxymethyl)acrylamidomethane (THAM), telomerized THAM, or a glycosylated THAM moiety. The aqueous solubility of some of these molecules was increased by oxidizing to a sulfoxide the thioethe...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Chabaud E,Barthélémy P,Mora N,Popot JL,Pucci B

更新日期：1998-05-01 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：:Purified chromatin from pig lymph nodes has been prepared and used for the isolation of chromatin proteins and non-histine proteins. Saccharose nuclei from this tissue have been used for the preparation of nuclear phenol-soluble phosphoproteins. The isolated proteins have been compared by analytical electrophoresis in...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Kilianska Z,Klyszejko-Stefanowicz L

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most diagnosed cancer in the western world, affecting 1 out of approximately 22 people in their lifetime. Several epidemiological studies suggest a positive association between high plasma cholesterol levels and colorectal cancer. However, the molecular mechanisms by which choleste...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Warns J,Marwarha G,Freking N,Ghribi O

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elongation factor 1 alpha (EF-1 alpha) was purified to homogeneity from full-grown oocytes of Xenopus laevis. This protein is encoded by a gene previously shown to be expressed in male and female germ cells, and repressed in somatic cells. The purified protein was identified with EF-1 alpha on criteria of molecular ma...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Morales J,Mulner-Lorillon O,Denis H,Bellé R

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since 2012, the interest for TMEM165 increased due to its implication in a rare genetic human disease named TMEM165-CDG (Congenital Disorder(s) of Glycosylation). TMEM165 is a Golgi localized protein, highly conserved through evolution and belonging to the uncharacterized protein family 0016 (UPF0016). Although the pr...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Lebredonchel E,Houdou M,Potelle S,de Bettignies G,Schulz C,Krzewinski Recchi MA,Lupashin V,Legrand D,Klein A,Foulquier F

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dissociation of bound polyribosomes from ewe lactating mammary gland, by EDTA or Puromycin-KC1 treatment releases Messenger Ribonucleoprotein particles (mRNP'S) which sediment in sucrose gradients as a single component having a sedimentation coefficient of about 22S. RNAs derived from mRNPs sediment between 9S and...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Assairi L,Gaye P,Houdebine LM

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:C-type lectins are calcium-dependent sugar binding proteins and are distributed ubiquitously amongst vertebrate organisms. As part of a wider study on Australian snake venom components, we have identified and characterised a C-type lectin from the venom of Oxyuranus scutellatus (Australian coastal taipan) with mannose...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Earl ST,Robson J,Trabi M,de Jersey J,Masci PP,Lavin MF

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00