Ammodytoxin, a neurotoxic secreted phospholipase A(2), can act in the cytosol of the nerve cell.

abstract：:Explaining why type I collagens are preferentially preserved in the geological time scale remains a challenge. Several pieces of evidence indicate that its rich content in the bone and its unique, stable structure played key roles in its preservation. By considering the distinct thermal stability of amino acids, we re...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wang SY,Cappellini E,Zhang HY

更新日期：2012-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：:7,8-Dihydrobiopterin is not an intermediate in the de novo biosynthesis of tetrahydrobiopterin, the cofactor required for aromatic amino acid hydroxylations. However, N-acetyl-serotonin inhibition of sepiapterin reductase, an enzyme whose previously only known function was the reduction of sepiapterin to 7,8-dihydrobi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Milstien S,Kaufman S

更新日期：1983-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Lung metastasis is a primary obstacle in the clinical treatment of metastatic breast cancer. Most patients with lung metastasis eventually die of recurrence. Recurrence may be related to self-seeding, which occurs when circulating tumor cells re-seed into the tumors they originated from (metastasis or carcinoma in sit...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Huang H,Zheng X,Cai C,Yao Z,Lu S,Meng X,Miao Y,He Z,Cai C,Zou F

更新日期：2018-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The human amyloid beta protein (BP) is a major constituent of the amyloid deposited in the brain of patients with Alzheimer's disease and is derived from a larger precursor protein (BPP). In human three alternatively-spliced forms of BPP mRNA were found and two of them were shown to encode a protease inhibitory activi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yamada T,Sasaki H,Dohura K,Goto I,Sakaki Y

更新日期：1989-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Deltakephalin, Tyr-D-Thr-Gly-Phe-Leu-Thr (DTLET) was rationally designed as pure delta-probe from proposed models of mu and delta opiate receptors. On peripheral organs, deltakephalin displays a 3000 times higher inhibitory potency on the electrically stimulated mouse vas deferens (IC50 = 0.15 nM) as on the guinea pig...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zajac JM,Gacel G,Petit F,Dodey P,Rossignol P,Roques BP

更新日期：1983-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Loss-of-function mutations in the DJ-1/PARK7 gene are responsible for early-onset autosomal-recessive Parkinson's disease. DJ-1 is implicated in the protection of neurons from oxidative stress by scavenging hydrogen peroxide and regulating the transcriptional activity of multiple pathways. Here, we attempted to identi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kim SJ,Park YJ,Oh YJ

更新日期：2012-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:diabetes mellitus is one of the most common metabolic diseases worldwide characterized by insulin resistance and pancreatic β cell dysfunction. miRNA plays an important role in DM. In previous studies, miRNA-92a could function as targets for innovative precision medicines to reduce T1D islet autoimmunity. However,...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wang W,Wang J,Yan M,Jiang J,Bian A

更新日期：2018-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：:We provide the first demonstration for a Na+/Ca2+ exchanger, NCX-1, in the osteoclast. We speculate that by using Na+ exchange, NCX-1 couples H+ extrusion with Ca2+ fluxes during bone resorption. Microspectrofluorimetry of fura-2-loaded osteoclasts revealed a rapid and sustained, but reversible, cytosolic Ca2+ elevati...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Moonga BS,Davidson R,Sun L,Adebanjo OA,Moser J,Abedin M,Zaidi N,Huang CL,Zaidi M

更新日期：2001-05-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Laminin components were solubilized from basement membranes of amnion, chorion and chorionic microvessels of human placenta without prior protease digestion. These structures, after isolation, were initially processed in a sonicator bath containing a solution of Triton X-100, EDTA and 2M NaCl and the laminins extracte...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ohno M,Martinez-Hernandez A,Ohno N,Kefalides NA

更新日期：1983-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：:From a lambda UNI-ZAP XR cDNA library derived from poly(A)+RNA of human ovarian granulosa cells a cDNA clone pHG51 was isolated. Sequence analysis showed significant homology to the C-terminal region of rat ribosomal protein L8 cDNA. The 5'-end of the cDNA was completed by PCR with cloned total cDNA. Aligning of DNA s...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hanes J,Klaudiny J,von der Kammer H,Scheit KH

更新日期：1993-12-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Arteriovenous malformation (AVM) is a locally destructive congenital vascular anomaly caused by somatic mutations in MAP2K1. The mutation is isolated to endothelial cells (ECs). The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of mutant MAP2K1 on EC signaling and vascular network formation. Pathway effects were ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Smits PJ,Konczyk DJ,Sudduth CL,Goss JA,Greene AK

更新日期：2020-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Mammalian CCAAT/enhancer-binding proteins (C/EBPs) are generally known as regulators in adipocyte differentiation. However, more understanding of the role of C/EBPs in lipid and glucose metabolism remains to be discovered. In this study, we verified the effect of CEBP-2, the homolog of CEBPs, on fat storage in Caenorh...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Xu XY,Hu JP,Wu MM,Wang LS,Fang NY

更新日期：2015-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Two multidrug-resistant human leukemic CCRF-CEM sublines (CEM/VCR R and CEM/VLB100) were significantly more resistant to tetracycline, a hydrophilic antibiotic, than parental cells (P < 0.001). Verapamil and cyclosporin A completely reversed tetracycline resistance in CEM/VCR R cells, which also accumulated and retain...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kavallaris M,Madafiglio J,Norris MD,Haber M

更新日期：1993-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:An inactive form of acrosin was extracted from epididymal boar spermatozoa utilizing acid pH conditions. When subjected to activation in alkaline environment, this form turns into an enzymatically active species, which exhibits close-related electrophoretic characteristics. Both the precursor and the activated species...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Berruti G,Merigioli G,Martegani E

更新日期：1986-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：:As a typical organism of platyhelminth, Dugesia japonica attracts more and more attention for its strong regenerative ability. Protein arginine methyltransferase (PRMT) family is composed of a class of enzymes with methyltransferase activities, which play fundamental roles in vivo in many important physiological proce...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zhang Y,Wu W,Gao L,Chen M,Liu X,Huang M,Li A,Zheng K,Liu D,Deng H,Zhao B,Liu B,Pang Q

更新日期：2020-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：:With the global pandemic of hepatitis B and C infections, the incidence of Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is rapidly increasing world wide. We identified glypican-3 (GPC3), a novel oncofetal gene over-expressed specifically in human HCC, as based on data of cDNA microarrays. As GPC3 is a GPI-anchored membrane protein ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nakatsura T,Yoshitake Y,Senju S,Monji M,Komori H,Motomura Y,Hosaka S,Beppu T,Ishiko T,Kamohara H,Ashihara H,Katagiri T,Furukawa Y,Fujiyama S,Ogawa M,Nakamura Y,Nishimura Y

更新日期：2003-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Aldose reductase has been purified to homogeneity from bovine retina. It has an apparent molecular weight of 32,000 daltons and shares immunological and kinetic properties with the much studied aldose reductases purified from various sources. Retinal aldose reductase displays a K(m) of approximately 40 microM with 4-h...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： He Q,Khanna P,Srivastava S,van Kuijk FJ,Ansari NH

更新日期：1998-06-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Various stresses including ionizing radiation give normal human fibroblasts a phenotype of senescence-like growth arrest (SLGA), manifested by p53-dependent irreversible G1 arrest. To determine the mechanism of persistent activation of p53, we examined phosphorylated Ataxia telangiectasia mutated (ATM) and phosphoryla...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Suzuki M,Suzuki K,Kodama S,Watanabe M

更新日期：2006-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Exogenous angiogenin undergoes rapid nuclear translocation in cultured human umbilical artery endothelial cells at 37 degrees C but not at 4 degrees C. Treatment of cells with colchicine, nocodazole and taxol, which disrupt the microtubule system, does not affect the nuclear translocation process of angiogenin, sugges...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Li R,Riordan JF,Hu G

更新日期：1997-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Processing of Bacillus thuringiensis protoxins to toxins by midgut proteinases from a strain of the Indianmeal moth, Plodia interpunctella (Hubner), resistant to B. thuringiensis subspecies entomocidus (HD-198) was slower than that by midgut proteinases from the susceptible parent strain or a strain resistant to B. th...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Oppert B,Kramer KJ,Johnson DE,MacIntosh SC,McGaughey WH

更新日期：1994-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Intercellular spaces between adjacent mucosal epithelial cells are sealed by tight junctions (TJs) that prevent the free movement of solutes across the epithelium. Claudins (CLs), a family of 27 integral membrane proteins, are essential components for TJ seals. We previously used a CL-3/-4 binder, the C-terminal fragm...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Matsuhisa K,Kondoh M,Suzuki H,Yagi K

更新日期：2012-06-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The cDNA encoding a swelling-induced chloride conductance regulatory protein, plcln, was cloned from rabbit ciliary epithelium by using a polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based approach. The open reading frame encoding 236 amino acids possesses high amino acid identity (93/%) with the previously cloned plcln from human...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wan XL,Chen S,Sears M

更新日期：1997-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) is the rate-limiting enzyme in catecholamine biosynthesis, and its N-terminus plays a critical role in the intracellular stability of the enzyme. In the present study, we investigated the mechanism by which the N-terminal region of TH affects this stability. TH molecules phosphorylated at the...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nakashima A,Mori K,Kaneko YS,Hayashi N,Nagatsu T,Ota A

更新日期：2011-04-08 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluates the influence of vinculin in closed conformation on the mechanical properties of cells. We demonstrate that MEFvin(-/-) cells transfected with the eGFP-vinculin mutant A50I (talin-binding-deficient-vinculin in a constitutively closed conformation) show 2-fold lower stiffness and focal adhesion den...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Diez G,Auernheimer V,Fabry B,Goldmann WH

更新日期：2011-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The antiherpetic agent 9-beta-D-arabinofuranosyladenine (araA) needs to be phosphorylated to its 5'-triphosphate to be effective as an inhibitor of herpes simplex virus replication. Adenosine kinase and deoxycytidine kinase are assumed to convert araA to its 5'-monophosphate. We now found that araAMP is converted to i...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Balzarini J,De Clercq E

更新日期：1990-12-31 00:00:00

abstract：:HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein transmembrane subunit gp41 play a critical role in the fusion of viral and target cell membranes. The gp41 C-terminal heptad repeat region interacts with the N-terminal coiled-coil region to form a six-stranded core structure. Peptides derived from gp41 C-terminal heptad repeat region (C-pe...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Jiang S,Debnath AK

更新日期：2000-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：:RBM39, also known as splicing factor HCC1.4, acts as a transcriptional coactivator for the steroid nuclear receptors JUN/AP-1, ESR1/ER-α and ESR2/ER-β. RBM39 is involved in the regulation of the transcriptional responses of these steroid nuclear receptors and promotes transcriptional initiation. In this paper, we repo...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Mai S,Qu X,Li P,Ma Q,Liu X,Cao C

更新日期：2016-04-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Epigenetics plays a role in the regulation of gene expression. Epigenetic changes control gene expression at the transcriptional level. Our previous study suggested that the La protein, which is mainly localized in the nucleus, was associated with hepatitis A virus (HAV) internal ribosomal entry site (IRES)-mediated t...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kanda T,Sasaki R,Nakamoto S,Haga Y,Nakamura M,Shirasawa H,Okamoto H,Yokosuka O

更新日期：2015-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:EGF stimulates gene expression through a variety of signal transduction pathways that include the ras-Erk pathway. We have shown previously that EGF receptor activation stimulates gastrin gene expression through a GC-rich element called gERE. This element binds Sp1 family members and raises the possibility that the ra...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Merchant JL,Du M,Todisco A

更新日期：1999-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is an endothelial cell specific mitogen that induces angiogenesis in several pathological conditions. To block angiogenesis, soluble VEGF receptor can be used. In this study, we describe a method for high yield expression of soluble VEGF receptor 2 (sFlk-1) in a baculovirus ex...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Huang X,Gottstein C,Brekken RA,Thorpe PE

更新日期：1998-11-27 00:00:00