NMR investigation of the electric properties and magnetic states of hemes and hemoproteins : the S = 2 state in ferrous porphyrins.

abstract：:The product of the spoIIM gene of Bacillus subtilis is required for complete septum migration and forespore engulfment during sporulation. To investigate whether expression of spoIIM is required in the forespore compartment of the sporangium, we have constructed a new integrational vector, pKSV7, which contains temper...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Smith K,Youngman P

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of electrospun scaffolds for neural tissue engineering applications allows a closer mimicry of the native tissue extracellular matrix (ECM), important for the transplantation of cells in vivo. Moreover, the role of the electrospun fiber mat topography on neural stem cell (NSC) differentiation remains to be com...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Garrudo FFF,Mikael PE,Xia K,Silva JC,Ouyang Y,Chapman CA,Hoffman PR,Yu Y,Han X,Rodrigues CAV,Cabral JMS,Morgado J,Ferreira FC,Linhardt RJ

更新日期：2021-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Estradiol-PAB-cellulose, an easily prepared adsorbent, has been proposed to purify the uterine estradiol receptor according to the principle of biospecific affinity chromatography. It apparently removes all hormone binding sites when cytosol preparations are incubated with it. A systematic study of this adsorbent was ...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Best-Belpomme M,Richard-Foy H,Secco-Millet C,Baulieu EE

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficiency of oxidative phosphorylation was estimated in intact resting cells of Escherichia coli K 12, strain PA 601 (chl-s) and its chl-r mutants, all of them grown anaerobically in the presence of nitrate. The oxidation of endogenous NADH in intact chl-s cells was accompanied by the formation of ATP whatever th...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Giordano G,Rivière C,Azoulay E

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review discusses the regulation of a key controlling step in the initiation of protein synthesis, the binding of mRNA to ribosomes. Particular focus is given to the phosphorylation of the cap-binding factor, eIF-4E, and the role of this factor in the regulation of cell growth. ...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Sonenberg N

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heat shock proteins (Hsps) are involved in several important aspects of the cell proteostasis. Hsp90 interacts with at least a tenth of the cell proteome helping a large number of proteins to fold correctly. Hsp90 function is modulated by several co-chaperones having TPR (tetratricopeptide repeat) domains that allow f...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Araujo SA,Martins GH,Quel NG,Aragão AZB,Morea EGO,Borges JC,Houry WA,Cano MIN,Ramos CHI

更新日期：2021-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：:A variety of species of GPDH undergo acylation at two of the four active cystein sites per mole of tetrameric enzyme. This reaction requires tightly bound NAD+, a situation restricted to two of the four NAD sites per tetramer. S leads to N acyl transfer from cysteins to lysine in the diacyl enzyme yields an inactive e...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Malhotra OP,Bernhard SA,Seydoux F

更新日期：1981-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peroxisomes are subcellular organelles which are present in virtually every eukaryotic cell and catalyze a large number of metabolic functions. The importance of peroxisomes for humans is stressed by the existence of a large group of genetic diseases in which either the biogenesis of peroxisomes is impaired or one of ...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Wanders RJ

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incubation of polyphosphates with the ribosomal fraction of Sulfolobus acidocaldarius leads to the covalent attachment of phosphate to threonine residue(s) of a single 40,000 Mr protein. The hydrolysis kinetics of this protein showed that polyphosphate might be the modifying group. The reaction requires 2 mM Mn2+ ...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Skorko R

更新日期：1989-09-01 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：:Peptides with hormonal or neuronal activity are derived by enzymatic processing from pro-hormones, which by themselves are biologically inert. Processing and other enzymatic conversions may occur step-wise, leading to the formation of a cascade of biologically active (or inactive) peptides. The neurokin in substance P...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Nyberg F,Le Grevés P,Terenius L

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We extracted from L. biflexa patoc a fraction F, reacting in hemagglutination and ring tests with sera prepared against more than ten different serogroups. This fraction contains mainly a polysaccharide (65 per cent), the role of which was clearly demonstrated in the precipitation reaction with homologous antisera, th...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Gabay J,Tinelli R

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The imprinted gene Grb10 influences fetal growth, adult behavior and tumor formation. Investigating this gene often involves consecutive passaging of cells in vitro. We analyzed changes in Grb10 DNA methylation and histone modifications in serially passaged adult mouse tail-tip fibroblast cells with bisulfite genomic ...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Yao J,Huang Y,Huang R,Shi R,Chen P,Zhu B,Li M,Jiang X,Zheng M,Jiang Y,Yang X

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Theoretic and experimental arguments are surveyed which justify the setting up, within the family of pyridoxal-P-dependent lyases, of a special subgroup that comprizes several enzymes catalyzing exclusively beta-replacement reactions of alpha-aminoacids with electronegative substituents in the beta-position. The autho...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Braunstein AE,Goryachenkova EV

更新日期：1976-01-01 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：:Human telomeres are intrinsically dynamic structures, with multiple biological processes operating to generate substantial length heterogeneity. Processes that operate specifically at the terminus, that include the end-replication problem coupled with C-strand resection, result in gradual telomere erosion with ongoing...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Baird DM

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Latices from Asclepias spp are used in wound healing and the treatment of some digestive disorders. These pharmacological actions have been attributed to the presence of cysteine proteases in these milky latices. Asclepias curassavica (Asclepiadaceae), "scarlet milkweed" is a perennial subshrub native to South America...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Obregón WD,Liggieri CS,Trejo SA,Avilés FX,Vairo-Cavalli SE,Priolo NS

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Complexes of purified 40S ribosomal subunits and initiation factor 3 from rabbit reticulocytes were crosslinked using the reversible protein crosslinking reagent, 2-iminothiolane, under conditions shown previously to lead to the formation of dimers between 40S proteins but not higher multimers. The activity of both th...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Tolan DR,Hershey JW,Traut RT

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The widespread nature of protein phosphorylation/dephosphorylation underscores its key role in cell signaling metabolism, growth and differentiation. Tyrosine phosphorylation of cytoplasmic proteins is a critical event in the regulation of intracellular signaling pathways activated by external stimuli. An adequate bal...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Zambuzzi WF,Milani R,Teti A

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA replication in Escherichia coli is controlled at the initiation stage, possibly by regulation of the essential activity of DnaA protein. The cellular membrane has long been hypothesized to be involved in chromosomal replication. Accumulating evidence, both in vitro and in vivo, that supports the importance of memb...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Crooke E

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plant sucrose transporters (SUTs) are functional as sucrose-proton-cotransporters with an optimal transport activity in the acidic pH range. Recently, the pH optimum of the Solanum tuberosum sucrose transporter StSUT1 was experimentally determined to range at an unexpectedly low pH of 3 or even below. Various research...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Krügel U,Wiederhold E,Pustogowa J,Hackel A,Grimm B,Kühn C

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Affinity chromatography on cross-linked starch affords a simple and rapid procedure for alpha-amylases (EC 3.2.1.1.) purification. When starch is cross-linked in alkaline medium by epichlorhydrin in the conditions described, the insoluble polysaccharide obtained is able to retain specifically the alpha-amylase which i...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Weber M,Foglietti MJ,Percheron F

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current research in biology heavily depends on the availability and efficient use of information. In order to build new knowledge, various sources of biological data must often be combined. Semantic Web technologies, which provide a common framework allowing data to be shared and reused between applications, can be ap...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Pasquier C

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dihydroorotate dehydrogenase (DHODH) is the fourth enzyme in the de novo pyrimidine biosynthetic pathway and has been exploited as the target for therapy against proliferative and parasitic diseases. In this study, we report the crystal structures of DHODH from Leishmania major, the species of Leishmania associated wi...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Cordeiro AT,Feliciano PR,Pinheiro MP,Nonato MC

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxazole-containing macrocycles, which include the natural product telomestatin, represent a promising class of anticancer agents that target G-quadruplex DNA. Two synthetic hexaoxazole-containing macrocyclic compounds (HXDV and HXLV-AC) have been characterized with regard to their cytotoxic activities versus human can...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Pilch DS,Barbieri CM,Rzuczek SG,Lavoie EJ,Rice JE

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 3-D model of the tyrosylable tRNA-like domain of the genomic brome mosaic virus RNAs was built by computer modelling based on solution probing of the molecule with different chemical and enzymatic reagents. This model encompasses four major structural domains, including two peculiar substructures oriented perpendicu...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Felden B,Florentz C,Westhof E,Giegé R

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At the first symptoms of organisation of the silkgland in the embryo, mitoses stop and nuclei start to grow. Through autoradiographic studies, performed after sequenced labeling with [3H] and [14C] thymidine, the durations of the different phases of DNA synthesis cycles (T = 42 to 48 h, S = 22 to 25 h, G = 20 to 23 h)...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Perdrix-Gillot S

更新日期：1979-01-01 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：:Tryptocidine C (TpcC, cyclo[D-Phe1-Pro2-Trp3-D-Trp4-Asn5-Gln6-Trp7-Val8-Orn9-Leu10]) is a broad-spectrum antimicrobial peptide in the tyrothricin complex produced by a soil bacterium, Brevibacillus parabrevis. Electrospray mass spectrometric studies reveal the oligomerisation of TpcC into dimers and higher oligomers, ...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Rautenbach M,Kumar V,Vosloo JA,Masoudi Y,van Wyk RJ,Stander MA

更新日期：2020-12-18 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