Probing the specificity of a trypanosomal aromatic alpha-hydroxy acid dehydrogenase by site-directed mutagenesis.

abstract：:Human thymidine phosphorylase (dThdPase) is thought to be identical to an angiogenesis factor, platelet-derived endothelial cell growth factor (PD-ECGF). However, the whole amino acid sequence of dThdPase is still unknown. N-terminal amino acid sequencing of dThdPase isolated from human placenta gave the sequence Ac-A...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Miyadera K,Dohmae N,Takio K,Sumizawa T,Haraguchi M,Furukawa T,Yamada Y,Akiyama S

更新日期：1995-07-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Tetrahymena p85 is localized to the presumptive division plane before division furrow formation; its molecular weight in SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis differs in wild-type and temperature-sensitive cell-division-arrest mutant cdaA1 cells. At the restrictive temperature, p85 localization and division furrow fo...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Gonda K,Nishibori K,Ohba H,Watanabe A,Numata O

更新日期：1999-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:With the completion of the genome sequence of Drosophila melanogaster the importance of constructing a proteome map is to be considered. Therefore, with the application of recent advances in proteomic analysis approaches, a protein map of D. melanogaster larvae hemolymph proteins was obtained using 2-DE in the range o...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Guedes Sde M,Vitorino R,Tomer K,Domingues MR,Correia AJ,Amado F,Domingues P

更新日期：2003-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:REG (Regenerating gene) Ialpha protein functions as a growth factor for gastrointestinal cancer cells, and its mRNA expression is strongly associated with a poor prognosis in gastrointestinal cancer patients. We here demonstrated that PPARgamma-agonist thiazolidinediones (TZDs) inhibited cell proliferation and REG Ial...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yamauchi A,Takahashi I,Takasawa S,Nata K,Noguchi N,Ikeda T,Yoshikawa T,Shervani NJ,Suzuki I,Uruno A,Unno M,Okamoto H,Sugawara A

更新日期：2009-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously described the patterns of stress kinase activation in rat kidney and heart in response to ischemia/reperfusion (Yin et al., 1997, J. Biol. Chem. 272, 19943-19950). During the course of these studies, we observed the activation of a novel kinase capable of phosphorylating c-Jun on serines 63 and 73. ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： De Silva H,Cioffi C,Yin T,Sandhu G,Webb RL,Whelan J

更新日期：1998-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Highly purified rat brain angiotensin-converting enzyme hydrolyzes substance P which contains a C-terminal amino acid with an amidated carboxyl group. The hydrolysis of substance P verified by amino-group fluorometry and by high-performance liquid chromatography is inhibited by captopril, but not by phosphoramidon. Th...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yokosawa H,Endo S,Ogura Y,Ishii S

更新日期：1983-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell adhesion molecules act as tumor suppressors primarily by cell attachment activity, but additional mechanisms modifying signal transduction are suggested in some cases. Cell adhesion molecule 1 (CADM1), a membrane-spanning immunoglobulin superfamily, mediates intercellular adhesion by trans-homophilic interaction ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Tsuboi Y,Oyama M,Kozuka-Hata H,Ito A,Matsubara D,Murakami Y

更新日期：2020-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P) has recently been described to induce antimycobacterial activity. The present study analyses the role played by S1P in antigen presentation of monocytes and in the next activation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB)-specific CD4+ T cell response. Results reported herein show that S1P stim...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Santucci MB,Greco E,De Spirito M,Arcovito G,De Angelis G,Cauda R,Fraziano M

更新日期：2007-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Members of the heparan sulfate proteoglycan family, the syndecans have emerged as integrators of extracellular signals, such as ECM components or growth factors, that activate cytoplasmic signaling cascades and regulate cytoskeletal functions. Specifically, syndecan-2 has been implicated in various cellular processes,...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Contreras HR,Fabre M,Granés F,Casaroli-Marano R,Rocamora N,Herreros AG,Reina M,Vilaró S

更新日期：2001-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：:SIRT2 is a member of the sirtuin family of NAD(+)-dependent protein deacetylases. It is involved in metabolic homeostasis and has been linked to the progression of age-related diseases. Casitas B-lineage lymphoma (Cbl) proteins regulate signal transduction through many pathways and, consequently, regulate cell functio...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Choi YH,Kim H,Han Y,Jin YH,Lee KY

更新日期：2014-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:We used fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS) to study the activation of fibrinogen by thrombin and the subsequent aggregation of fibrin monomers into fibrin polymers at a very low and at physiological fibrinogen concentrations. In the labeling procedure used the fibrinogen was randomly labeled and the label was...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Bark N,Földes-Papp Z,Rigler R

更新日期：1999-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously reported that the two components of R2TP complex, RNA polymerase II-associated protein 3 (RPAP3), and Reptin, regulate apoptosis. Here we characterize another component of the complex, PIH1 domain containing protein 1 (PIH1D1). PIH1D1 interacts with both RPAP3 and Monad in HEK293 or U2OS cells. PIH1...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Inoue M,Saeki M,Egusa H,Niwa H,Kamisaki Y

更新日期：2010-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronary collateral circulation (CCC) functions as a natural bypass in the event of coronary obstruction, which markedly improves prognosis in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). MicroRNAs (miRNAs) have been implicated in multiple physiological and pathological processes, including angiogenesis involved in CC...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hou S,Fang M,Zhu Q,Liu Y,Liu L,Li X

更新日期：2017-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Human hepatic lipase (HL) is known to bind to the cell surface of hepatocytes and the sinusoidal endothelium of the liver. In each case, it appears that the enzyme remains associated with the cell surface through an ionic interaction with heparan sulfate proteoglycans. However, it remains unclear as to which residues ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yu W,Hill JS

更新日期：2006-05-05 00:00:00

abstract：:In this investigation, the activities of five enzymes (catalase, superoxide dismutase, glutathione peroxidase, glutathione reductase, glucose-6-dehydrogenase) involved in oxygen radical (OR)-detoxification and antioxidative defense were measured in conjunction with an index of lipid peroxidation in major prostatic lob...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ghatak S,Ho SM

更新日期：1996-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:CD40-stimulated human B lymphocytes are highly permissive to a productive infection by the human immunodeficiency virus type 1. In these cells, nuclear factors involved in activation of the HIV-1 LTR, which contains the transcriptional control elements of the virus, are unknown. Transient expression assays with plasmi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lapointe R,Lemieux R,Darveau A

更新日期：1996-12-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously we reported that the activity of protein kinase FA/glycogen synthase kinase-3alpha (kinase FA/GSK-3alpha) can be detected in several brain membrane fractions. In this report, we examined whether kinase FA/GSK-3alpha can directly interact with membrane phospholipids by using anti-kinase FA/GSK-3alpha antibod...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yu JS,Chan WH,Yang SD

更新日期：1997-08-18 00:00:00

abstract：:TonEBP/NFAT5 transcription factor is a master regulator of genes involved in osmoprotection. Cyclooxygenase 2 (COX2) has been reported to be a cytoprotective molecule in the inner renal medulla, where cells are physiologically exposed to the highest osmolality of the body. Our aim was to study whether COX2 expression ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Favale NO,Casali CI,Lepera LG,Pescio LG,Fernández-Tome MC

更新日期：2009-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Regulation of the cAMP-elevating effects of isoproterenol and forskolin in cardiac myocytes by treatments that cause increases in cAMP. We have found that elevations in cyclic AMP (cAMP) have long-term effects on both the beta-adrenergic receptor and adenylyl cyclase in cultured chick ventricular myocytes. Pretreatmen...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Cui H,Green RD

更新日期：2003-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The estrogen receptor (ER) is a ligand-dependent transcription factor which regulates growth, development, differentiation and reproduction. To test the hypothesis that the diverse effects of the ER could be mediated by interacting with other transcription factors/oncogenes, the present study assessed its interaction ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yu CL,Driggers P,Barrera-Hernandez G,Nunez SB,Segars JH,Cheng S

更新日期：1997-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The novel synthetic retinoid, CD437, shows potent anti-tumor activity in a range of different cancer cell lines and now serves as a prototype for development of new retinoid related molecules (RRMs). The purpose of this study was to examine the effect and cellular targets of CD437 in the human metastatic melanoma cell...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Magnussen GI,Ree Rosnes AK,Shahzidi S,Dong HP,Emilsen E,Engesæter B,Flørenes VA

更新日期：2012-04-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Internal backbone dynamic motions are essential for different protein functions and occur on a wide range of time scales, from femtoseconds to seconds. Molecular dynamic (MD) simulations and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spin relaxation measurements are valuable tools to gain access to fast (nanosecond) internal mo...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Liu Q,Shi C,Yu L,Zhang L,Xiong Y,Tian C

更新日期：2015-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Trilobolide and 2,5-di(tert-butyl)-1,4-benzohydroquinone (BHQ) are potent inhibitors of the Ca(2+)-ATPase of skeletal muscle sarcoplasmic reticulum. Desoxytrilobolide and 2,5-di(tert-butyl)-1,4-diacetylphenol (acetyl-BHQ) have much lower potencies than their parent compounds and 2,5-di(tert-butyl)-1,4-benzoquinone (BQ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wictome M,Holub M,East JM,Lee AG

更新日期：1994-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Upon CNS damage, astrocytes undergo a series of biological changes including increased proliferation, production of inflammatory mediators and morphological changes, in a response collectively called reactive gliosis. This process is an essential part of the brains response to injury, yet much is unknown about the mol...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kim KC,Hyun Joo S,Shin CY

更新日期：2011-06-17 00:00:00

abstract：:In the rat mammary tumoral cell line (WRK1 cells), vasopressin was previously described to stimulate a phospholipase C. In this study, we have analysed the effect of vasopressin both on intracellular calcium mobilization and on the accumulation of inositol phosphates. Maximal concentration of vasopressin simultaneousl...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Mouillac B,Balestre MN,Guillon G

更新日期：1989-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Activities of three kinases, phosphatidylinositol (PI), phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate (PIP), and diacylglycerol (DG) kinases, and phospholipase C were measured in erythrocyte ghosts from spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) and normotensive Wistar Kyoto rats (WKY). PI kinase activity was significantly higher in SH...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kato H,Takenawa T

更新日期：1987-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Vaccination evoking immunity in susceptible individuals has become the most effective solution to combat infectious diseases. The surface antigen of hepatitis B virus (HBsAg) is a mandatory vaccine for children in China. Herein, we designed an antimicrobial protein consisting of an antimicrobial peptide Thanatin at th...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Fan X,Xu W,Gao W,Xiao H,Wu G

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies suggested that the hydrophobic protein chargerin II, which is encoded in the A6L of mitochondrial DNA, may have a key role in the energy transduction by mitochondrial H(+)-ATP synthase because an antibody against chargerin II inhibited ATP synthesis and ATP-Pi exchange, in an energy-dependent fashion....

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Muraguchi M,Yoshihara Y,Tunemitu T,Tani I,Higuti T

更新日期：1990-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Differences in insulin-like growth factor binding proteins (IGFBPs) expressed within estrogen receptor positive (ER+, MCF-7/6) and negative (ER-, MDA-MB-231) human breast cancer cells cultured in chemically defined medium were observed. In the absence of insulin, 17 beta-estradiol affects this expression in ER+ cells ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Dubois V,Couissi D,Schonne E,Schneider YJ,Remacle C,Trouet A

更新日期：1993-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Dental pulp, plays an indispensable role in maintaining homeostasis of the tooth. Pulp necrosis always causes tooth nutrition deficiency and abnormal root development, which leads to tooth discoloration, fracture or even loss. Our previous study showed implantation of autologous SHED could regenerate functional dental...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Guo H,Zhao W,Liu A,Wu M,Shuai Y,Li B,Huang X,Liu X,Yang X,Guo X,Xuan K,Jin Y

更新日期：2020-09-03 00:00:00