Human erythrocyte phosphoglucomutase: comparison of the kinetic properties of PGM1 and PGM2 isoenzymes.

abstract：:The yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain LB332 bearing a mutation in the ERG20 gene encoding farnesyl diphosphate synthase (FPPS) synthesizes significantly longer dolichols than the wild type strain FL100 (14-31 and 14-19 isoprene units, respectively). The measurement of the short chain prenyl alcohols excreted into ...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Plochocka D,Karst F,Swiezewska E,Szkopińska A

更新日期：2000-08-01 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：:Two beta-D-glycosidases have been purified from the digestive juice of Achatina balteata by acetone fractionation, ion exchange chromatography through DEAE-Sephadex A-50, ammonium sulphate fractionation and gel chromatography through Sephadex G-200. The preparations are homogeneous by p/lyacrylamide gel electrophoresi...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Colas B,Attias J

更新日期：1977-01-01 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：:Split luciferase complementary assay has been used to investigate the effect of WD domain deletion on Apaf-1 oligomerization. Apaf-1 is an adaptor molecule in formation of apoptosome that activates caspase-9, an activation that is a key event in the mitochondrial cell death pathway. Structural studies suggest that nor...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Noori AR,Tashakor A,Nikkhah M,Eriksson LA,Hosseinkhani S,Fearnhead HO

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experimental Lyme arthritis provides a mouse model for exploring the development of pathology following infection of C3H mice with Borrelia burgdorferi. Infected mice develop a reliable inflammatory arthritis of the ankle joint with severity that typically peaks around two to three weeks post-infection and then underg...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Brown CR,Dennis EA

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects on intra- and extracellular pH of two polyenic derivatives of amphotericin B, N-fructosyl amphotericin B and N-fructosyl amphotericin B methyl-ester, were tested on HL-60 promyelocytic leukemia cells. Both derivatives raised the internal pH and reduced the external pH in weakly buffered medium. These resul...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Charretier E,Wietzerbin J

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study we have investigated the thermal stability of the globular transport protein human serum albumin (HSA), in the presence of two small chain polyethylene glycols (namely PEG 200 and PEG 400). Both near- and far-UV circular dichroism (CD) study reveal that addition of PEG moderately increases the α-h...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Samanta N,Mahanta DD,Hazra S,Kumar GS,Mitra RK

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The synthesis of S100 protein increases toward the end of the exponential phase of growth of clonal rat glial cells C6 in monolayer culture. Moreover the synthesis of this protein can be increased by treatment of C6 cells with the lectin succinylated concanavalin A (succinyl ConA). In order to study the relationship b...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Marks A,Law J,Mahony J

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The innate immunity factor lactoferrin harbours two antimicrobial moieties, lactoferricin and lactoferrampin, situated in close proximity in the N1 domain of the molecule. Most likely they cooperate in many of the beneficial activities of lactoferrin. To investigate whether chimerization of both peptides forms a funct...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Bolscher JG,Adão R,Nazmi K,van den Keybus PA,van 't Hof W,Nieuw Amerongen AV,Bastos M,Veerman EC

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to identify conserved potential secondary structures within translational start sites, mRNA sequences derived from different species were studied with programs able to depict such features. The potential secondary structure of 71 bases around the initiator AUG or AUGs in the coding sequences of 290 eukaryotic...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Ganoza MC,Louis BG

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A neoglycolipid of structure beta-D-Glcp-S-(CH2)3N(OH)(CH2)4-O-cholest-5-en-3 beta-yl has been prepared in fair overall yield by reduction of the nitrone obtained by condensation of beta-D-Glcp-S-(CH2)3NHOH and OCH-(CH2)3-O-cholest-5-en-3 beta-yl. This synthetic procedure is very flexible, allowing a large range of le...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Tronchet JM,Zsély M,Ricca A,Barbalat-Rey F,Geoffroy M

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression of serotonin (5-HT) in the retina was first reported in the sixties. The detection of vesicular monoamine transporter and serotonin receptors in several retinal cells confirm that 5-HT is playing a neuromodulatory role in this structure. Whereas signaling pathways activated by 5-HT receptor binding has ...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Masson J

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The wheat germ translation initiation factor 2 (WGeIF-2) was isolated in a homogeneous state by an efficient procedure and characterized. Its molecular mass, as determined by a gel-filtration method is approximately 150,000 Da. According to SDS-PAGE WGeIF-2 consists of four subunits with M(r) 37,000 (alpha), 40,000 (b...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Shaikhin SM,Smailov SK,Lee AV,Kozhanov EV,Iskakov BK

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Gag-encoded nucleocapsid protein NCp7 (72 amino acids) from HIV-1, the regulatory protein, Vpr (96 amino acids) and numerous derivatives have been synthesized by solid phase method and their structures determined by 2D NMR. In NCp7, the two highly folded zinc fingers of the Cx2Cx4Hx4C type are in close spacial pro...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Roques BP,Morellet N,de Rocquigny H,Déméné H,Schueler W,Jullian N

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:gamma-Aminobutyraldehyde dehydrogenase from Escherichia coli K-12 has been purified and characterized from cell mutants able to grow in putrescine as the sole carbon and nitrogen source. The enzyme has an Mr of 195,000 +/- 10,000 in its dimeric form with an Mr of 95,000 +/- 1,000 for each subunit, a pH optimum at 5.4 ...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Prieto MI,Martin J,Balaña-Fouce R,Garrido-Pertierra A

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new apolipoprotein has been identified in VHDL1 and in HDL. This protein is immunologically distinct from already isolated apoproteins. It was isolated by column chromatography on hydroxylapatite. In polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, its mobility is very close to that of apo D. The amino acid composition differs f...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Ayrault-Jarrier M,Alix JF,Polonovski J

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Innate immune system is the first line of host defense against invading microorganisms. It relies on a limited number of germline-encoded pattern recognition receptors that recognize conserved molecular structures of microbes, referred to as pathogen-/microbe-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs/MAMPs). Bacterial cell...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Ray A,Cot M,Puzo G,Gilleron M,Nigou J

更新日期：2013-01-01 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：:Rhizopus oryzae lipase (ROL) was found to be a true lipase. This enzyme presents the interfacial activation phenomenon. The N-terminal amino acid sequence of ROL was compared to those of rhizopus lipases. Purified ROL possesses the same N-terminal sequence as the mature Rhizopus niveus lipase (RNL). This sequence was ...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Ben Salah A,Sayari A,Verger R,Gargouri Y

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tetramolecular G-quadruplexes result from the association of four guanine-rich strands. Modification of the backbone strand or the guanine bases of the oligonucleotide may improve stability or introduce new functionalities. In this regard, the 8 position of a guanosine is particularly suitable for introduction of modi...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Tran PL,Virgilio A,Esposito V,Citarella G,Mergny JL,Galeone A

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A large part of higher eukaryotic genomes is transcribed into RNAs lacking any significant open reading frame. This "non-coding part" has been shown to actively contribute to regulating gene expression, but the mechanisms are largely unknown. Particularly instructive examples are provided by the dosage compensation sy...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Maenner S,Müller M,Becker PB

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sialate 9(4)-O-acetylesterases (EC 3.1.1.53) have been isolated from equine liver, bovine brain and influenza C virus. In this latter case, the esterase represents the receptor-destroying enzyme of the virus. The kinetic properties of these enzymes were determined with Neu5,9Ac2 and in part with 4-methylumbelliferyl a...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Schauer R,Reuter G,Stoll S

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A lignin model compound, named in short guaiagylglycerol beta-guaiacyl ether (GGE), contains the beta-0-4 ether linkage that is common in the chemical structure of lignin. A Pseudomonas sp. (GU5) had been isolated as an organism able to grow with GGE as the sole source of carbon and energy. When grown on vanillate, th...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Pelmont J,Barrelle M,Hauteville M,Gamba D,Romdhane M,Dardas A,Beguin C

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuropeptides and hormones, in contrast to constitutive secretory proteins, are sorted to and stored in secretory granules and released upon a stimulus. During the last two decades, signals and mechanisms involved in their sorting to the regulated pathway of protein secretion have been addressed in numerous studies. T...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Glombik MM,Gerdes HH

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the past 200 years emissions of toxic heavy metals have risen tremendously and significantly exceed those from natural sources for practically all metals. Uptake and accumulation by crop plants represents the main entry pathway for potentially health-threatening toxic metals into human and animal food. Of major c...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Clemens S

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:GABARAPL1 belongs to the small family of GABARAP proteins (including GABARAP, GABARAPL1 and GABARAPL2/GATE-16), one of the two subfamilies of the yeast Atg8 orthologue. GABARAPL1 is involved in the intracellular transport of receptors, via an interaction with tubulin and GABA(A) or kappa opioid receptors, and also par...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Seguin-Py S,Lucchi G,Croizier S,Chakrama FZ,Despouy G,Le Grand JN,Ducoroy P,Boireau W,Boyer-Guittaut M,Jouvenot M,Fraichard A,Delage-Mourroux R

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:SR-PSOX can function as a scavenger receptor, a chemokine and an adhesion molecule, and it could be an interesting player in the formation of atherosclerotic lesions. Our previous studies demonstrated that basic amino acid residues in the chemokine domain of SR-PSOX are critical for its functions. In this study the co...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Liu W,Yin L,Dai Y

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Murine L5178Y cell ribosomes were dissociated into subunits either with potassium chloride in the presence of puromycin or with the chelating agent EDTA. The proteins of ribosomal subunits obtained by these different methods were compared by means of bidimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. KCl-derived 60S an...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Longuet M,Auger-Buendia MA,Tavitian A

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Contradictory results for concentrations of vitamin B12, holotranscobalamin (holoTC), and methylmalonic acid (MMA) have been reported. We tested the hypothesis that the extracellular vitamin B12 markers are not reflecting the intracellular vitamin B12-dependent biochemical reactions in individuals with type 2 diabetes...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Obeid R,Jung J,Falk J,Herrmann W,Geisel J,Friesenhahn-Ochs B,Lammert F,Fassbender K,Kostopoulos P

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00