Cytoskeleton changes following differentiation of N1E-115 neuroblastoma cell line.

abstract：:Substance P (SP) is one of the most abundant peptides in the central nervous system and has been implicated in a variety of physiological and pathophysiological processes including stress regulation, as well as affective and anxiety-related behaviour. Consistent with these functions, SP and its preferred neurokinin 1 ...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Ebner K,Singewald N

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Green tea which is widely consumed in China, Japan and India, contains polyphenolic compounds, which account for 30% of the dry weight of the leaves. Most of the polyphenols are flavanols, of which (-)-epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) is most abundant. Epidemiological studies revealed that the incidences of stomach a...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Bachrach U,Wang YC

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High-protein diets have been shown to alleviate detrimental effects of high-fat diets and this effect can be partially mimicked by dietary L-leucine supplementation. Here, we aimed to elucidate the early mechanisms and the specificity of leucine effects. We performed a 1-week trial with male C57BL/6 mice fed ad libitu...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Freudenberg A,Petzke KJ,Klaus S

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of oxygen derived free radicals (OFR) on aromatic and sulphur containing amino acids has been investigated, both in their free form and within protein backbones. Aerated amino acids and proteins in solution were exposed to three discrete OFR generating systems; (1) gamma radiation in the presence or absence...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Griffiths HR,Lunec J,Blake DR

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Taurine and glutamate were monitored by microdialysis technique during various cerebral insults: a. Application of K+ triggered a cortical spreading depression (CSD). Taurine and glutamate increased concomitantly but recovery of glutamate was faster than that of taurine. b. Application of NMDA induced also CSD but onl...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Scheller D,Szathmary S,Kolb J,Tegtmeier F

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe six children with tetrahydrobiopterin (BH(4)) responsive phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH) deficiency. All patients carry two mutant alleles in the PAH gene. Cofactor deficiency was excluded. The effect of BH(4) administration was studied by correlating different oral BH(4) doses with plasma phenylalanine le...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Steinfeld R,Kohlschütter A,Ullrich K,Lukacs Z

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Agmatine, a natural polyamine produced from arginine by arginine decarboxylase, was first discovered in 1910, but its physiological significance was disregarded for a century. The recent rediscovery of agmatine as an endogenous ligand for α2-adrenergic and imidazoline receptors in the mammalian brain suggests that thi...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Akasaka N,Fujiwara S

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lens transparency depends on higher concentration of lens proteins and their interactions. α-Crystallin is one of the predominant lens proteins, responsible for proper structural and functional architecture of the lens microenvironment, and any alteration of which results in cataract formation. The R12C, R21L, R49...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Ramkumar S,Fujii N,Sakaue H,Fujii N,Thankappan B,kumari RP,Natarajaseenivasan K,Anbarasu K

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:New bioinorganic complexes of the aspartic acid with the antimony or bismuth triiodide were synthesized by a direct solid-solid reaction at room temperature. The formula of the complex is MI(3)[OOCCH(2)CH(NH(2))CO](2.5) x 2.5H(2)O (M = Sb, Bi). The complex may be a dimer with bridge structure. The crystal structure of...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Jia RR,Wu CP,Wu S,Yang YX,Chen YR,Jia YQ

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Predicting the three-dimensional structure of proteins is a long-standing challenge of computational biology, as the structure (or lack of a rigid structure) is well known to determine a protein's function. Predicting relative solvent accessibility (RSA) of amino acids within a protein is a significant step towards re...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Kaleel M,Torrisi M,Mooney C,Pollastri G

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The tailor made amino acid β-N-methyl-amino-L-alanine (BMAA) is a neurotoxin produced by cyanobacteria. It has been associated with certain forms of progressive neurodegenerative disease, including sporadic Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Alzheimer's disease. Some different reports of BMAA in cyanobacterial blooms f...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Cervantes Cianca RC,Baptista MS,Lopes VR,Vasconcelos VM

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Subcellular localization is an important protein property, which is related to function, interactions and other features. As experimental determination of the localization can be tedious, especially for large numbers of proteins, a number of prediction tools have been developed. We developed the PROlocalizer service t...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Laurila K,Vihinen M

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amino acids are potent regulators of muscle protein synthesis and breakdown and have received considerable attention for the treatment of muscle wasting conditions. Arginine is critically involved in numerous physiological functions including providing substrate for the production of creatine, urea and nitric oxide (N...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Ham DJ,Caldow MK,Lynch GS,Koopman R

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondria are essential cell organelles of eukaryotes. Hence, it is vitally important to develop an automated and reliable method for timely identification of novel mitochondrial proteins. In this study, mitochondrial proteins were encoded by dipeptide composition technology; then, the genetic algorithm-partial lea...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Tan F,Feng X,Fang Z,Li M,Guo Y,Jiang L

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oral β-alanine (βA) doses larger than 800 mg commonly result in unpleasant sensory symptoms (paresthesia). However, the association of form (pure vs. slow-release) with side-effects has not been fully described. The aim of this single-blinded, randomized three-arm clinical trial was to compare plasma kinetics and symp...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Décombaz J,Beaumont M,Vuichoud J,Bouisset F,Stellingwerff T

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycation, or non-enzymatic glycosylation, is a common protein modification formed by reactions between reducing sugars (i.e. aldoses and ketoses) with protein amino groups. Resulting Amadori and Heyns compounds, respectively, can be oxidatively degraded yielding a structurally heterogeneous group of advanced glycatio...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Greifenhagen U,Frolov A,Hoffmann R

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The TES ether of the C6-hydroxy derivative of naturally occurring epi-jasmonic acid (epi-JA) was designed as epimerization-free equivalent of epi-JA. The TES ether was synthesized from (1R,4S)-4-hydroxycyclopent-2-enyl acetate in 13 steps. The acid part of the ether was activated with ClCO2Bui and subjected to condens...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Ogawa N,Kobayashi Y

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the present study was to investigate the relationship between plasma carnitine concentration and body composition variation in relation to muscular and fat masses since there is no experimentally proved correlation between plasma carnitine and body masses. We used bioelectric impedance analysis (BIA), t...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Gatti R,De Palo CB,Spinella P,De Palo EF

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Depending on the amount of alimentary proteins, between 6 and 18 g nitrogenous material per day enter the large intestine lumen through the ileocaecal junction. This material is used as substrates by the flora resulting eventually in the presence of a complex mixture of metabolites including ammonia, hydrogen sulfide,...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Blachier F,Mariotti F,Huneau JF,Tomé D

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anticancer peptides (ACPs) are biologically anticancer active molecules that are produced by mammals, plants, insects and microorganisms. Here, a new peptide (TC22) with the amino acid sequence MTVVLLLIVLPLLGGVHSSGIL was identified and characterized from the beetle Tribolium castaneum. We found it inhibited the growth...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Liu XD,Zhang FX,Qin ZH,Shan H

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the absence of exogenous Ca(2+) and Mg(2+) and in the presence of EGTA, which favours the release of endogenous Ca(2+), the polyamine spermine is able to stimulate the activity of pyruvate dehydrogenase complex (PDC) of energized rat liver mitochondria (RLM). This stimulation exhibits a gradual concentration-depend...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Pezzato E,Battaglia V,Brunati AM,Agostinelli E,Toninello A

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the postgenomic era new technologies are emerging for global analysis of protein function. The introduction of active site-directed chemical probes for enzymatic activity profiling in complex mixtures, known as activity-based proteomics has greatly accelerated functional annotation of proteins. Here we review probe...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Schmidinger H,Hermetter A,Birner-Gruenberger R

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) with amphipathic β-hairpin structures have been demonstrated to possess potent antimicrobial activities and great cell selectivities. However, our understanding of β-hairpin antimicrobial peptides lags behind that of α-helices, mainly because it is difficult for short peptides to form rob...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Xu L,Chou S,Wang J,Shao C,Li W,Zhu X,Shan A

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A fast and efficient microwave-assisted solid phase peptide synthesis (MW-SPPS) of a 51mer peptide, the main heparin-binding site (60-110) of human pleiotrophin (hPTN), using 2-chlorotrityl chloride resin (CLTR-Cl) following the 9-fluorenylmethyloxycarbonyl/tert-butyl (Fmoc/tBu) methodology and with the standard N,N'-...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Friligou I,Papadimitriou E,Gatos D,Matsoukas J,Tselios T

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Schiff bases represent a class of molecules widely studied for their importance in organic and coordination chemistry. Despite the large amount of studies on the chemical and biological properties of the Schiff bases, the different experimental conditions prevent a useful comparison to search for a correlation structu...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Fattuoni C,Vascellari S,Pivetta T

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, we report the synthesis and biological evaluation of a series of new non-peptide PAR(1) mimetic receptor antagonists, based on conformational analysis of the S(42)FLLR(46) tethered ligand (TL) sequence of PAR(1). These compounds incorporate the key pharmacophore groups in the TL sequence, guanidy...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Androutsou ME,Saifeddine M,Hollenberg MD,Matsoukas J,Agelis G

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The high efficiency of protein deposition during the neonatal period is driven by high rates of protein synthesis, which are maximally stimulated after feeding. In the current study, we examined the individual roles of amino acids and insulin in the regulation of protein synthesis in peripheral and visceral tissues of...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Suryawan A,O'Connor PM,Bush JA,Nguyen HV,Davis TA

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:N-[(Z)-N-Benzoyl- or N-boc-(2-fluorophenyl)dehydroalanyl]-(R)- or (S)-phenyl-alanines 1,2,5 and 6 were hydrogenated in the presence of chiral and achiral rhodium complexes. The optical induction is compared to the results obtained using the corresponding esters as substrates. ...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Döbler C,Kreuzfeld HJ,Fischer C,Michalik M

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Branched Chain Amino Acids (BCAAs) are related to different aspects of diseases like pathogenesis, diagnosis and even prognosis. While in some diseases, levels of all the BCAAs are perturbed; in some cases, perturbation occurs in one or two while the rest remain unaltered. In case of ischemic heart disease, there is a...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Ghosh S,Sengupta A,Chandra K

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sulfur-containing amino acid, taurine (Tau), regulates glucose and lipid homeostasis under normal, pre- and diabetic conditions. Here, we aimed to verify whether Tau supplementation exerts its beneficial effects against obesity, hyperglycemia and alterations in islet functions, in leptin-deficient obese (ob/ob), o...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Borck PC,Vettorazzi JF,Branco RCS,Batista TM,Santos-Silva JC,Nakanishi VY,Boschero AC,Ribeiro RA,Carneiro EM

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00