A threonine synthase homolog from a mammalian genome.

abstract：:Here we investigate the effects of the dihydropyridine-type antagonists of calcium channels nitrendipine, nimodipine, nisoldipine and the calcium channel agonist BAY K 8644 on the induction of nitric oxide synthase (NOS) by bacterial endotoxin (lipopolysaccharide; LPS) in J774.2 macrophages cultured in vitro. Pretreat...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Szabó C,Thiemermann C,Vane JR

更新日期：1993-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of the receptor activator of nuclear factor-κB (RANK) by its ligand (RANKL) is involved in both solid and hematological malignancies, including multiple myeloma, acute myeloid leukemia and B-cell leukemia. Although RANKL expression has been described in normal T cells, a potential role in T-cell leukemia re...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Fernandes MT,Caroço LS,Pacheco-Leyva I,Dos Santos NR

更新日期：2019-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Several fusion proteins of mouse Interleukins (mILs) and the enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) were expressed in fibroblast and epithelial cells. Among these proteins, the mIL-31 derivative was the most efficiently secreted into the medium in a N-glycosylation-dependent manner. From the analysis of deletion mu...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Akiyama N,Ohno Y,Fukuda T,Manome Y,Saito S

更新日期：2009-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathology is characterized by plaques, tangles, and neuronal cell loss. The main constituent of plaques is beta-amyloid peptide (A beta), a 39-42 residue peptide which has been linked to disruption of calcium homeostasis and neurotoxicity in vitro. We demonstrate that a neurotoxic fragment of ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Mirzabekov T,Lin MC,Yuan WL,Marshall PJ,Carman M,Tomaselli K,Lieberburg I,Kagan BL

更新日期：1994-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The collagenase from the larvae Hypoderma lineatum is a serine proteinase sequentially related to the trypsin family. The tryptic peptide containing the serine residue of the active site, labelled with [3H] diisopropylfluorophosphate was isolated and determined to be Ser-Pro-Cys-Phe-Gly-Asp-Ser-Gly-Gly-Pro-(Phe-Ser)-L...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lecroisey A,Keil B

更新日期：1983-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The transcription factors, Runx2 and Osterix (Osx), act downstream in the BMP2 pathway, and they are essential for osteoblast differentiation and bone formation. While Runx2 expression is normal in Osx-null mice, Osx is not expressed in Runx2-null mice, indicating that Osx acts downstream of Runx2 during bone formatio...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Baek JE,Choi JY,Kim JE

更新日期：2014-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The enzymatic methylation of chemically alkylated DNA and of poly(dG-dC) X poly(dG-dC) by beef brain DNA(cytosine-5-)-methyltransferase have been tested. The alkylation by dimethylsulfate, which yields mostly 7 methylguanine (m7G) and 3 methyladenine (m3A) do not affect the enzymatic methylation. The dimethylsulfate a...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Pfohl-Leszkowicz A,Boiteux S,Laval J,Keith G,Dirheimer G

更新日期：1983-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The cell-specific cytosolic delivery of functional macromolecules with high efficiency is of great significance in molecular medicine and biotechnology. Herein, we present a Shiga-like toxin II-based high-efficiency and receptor-specific intracellular delivery system. We designed and constructed the Shiga-like toxin-b...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ryou JH,Sohn YK,Hwang DE,Kim HS

更新日期：2015-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Adsorption of phage T4 to its outer membrane receptor (the lipopolysaccharide) triggers a transient depolarization of the cytoplasmic membrane which is prevented upon addition of EGTA, suggesting that calcium is necessary for the transmission of the signal between the two membranes. Using the fluorescent indicator QUI...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Boulanger P,Labedan B,Letellier L

更新日期：1985-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Using both a 25 mM Lithium di-iodosalicylic acid (LIS) and a 2M NaCl extraction procedure to extract nuclear matrices from white cells we have identified a 0.9 kb nuclear matrix associated region (MAR) in the human pro alpha 2(I) collagen gene. The MAR is located towards the 3' coding end of the gene, it is completely...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ellis GC,Grobler-Rabie AF,Hough FS,Bester AJ

更新日期：1988-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have highlighted that cancer cells with a loss of the SWI/SNF complex catalytic subunit BRG1 are dependent on the remaining ATPase, BRM, making it an attractive target for cancer therapy. However, an understanding of the extent of target inhibition required to arrest cell growth, necessary to develop an...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Rago F,DiMare MT,Elliott G,Ruddy DA,Sovath S,Kerr G,Bhang HC,Jagani Z

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cyclic pyrimidine nucleotide, cCMP, is an endogenous substance in mammalian cells but little is known on its functional role. We studied the effects of cCMP, its cell-permeant analogue, N4,2'-O-dibutyryl cytidine 3':5'-cyclic monophosphate (Bt2cCMP), and of butyrate on superoxide (O2-) formation and cytosolic Ca2+...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ervens J,Seifert R

更新日期：1991-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Full-length human p53 protein was examined using tryptophan fluorescence and circular dichroism spectroscopy (CD) to monitor unfolding. No significant alteration in tryptophan fluorescence for the tetrameric protein was detectable over a wide range of either urea or guanidine hydrochloride concentrations, in contrast ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nichols NM,Matthews KS

更新日期：2001-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have extensively demonstrated the effect of endothelin-1 (ET-1), angiotensin II (Ang II), and TGF-β1 on the stimulation of collagen type I expression in cardiac myofibroblasts. However, the role of pro-remodeling peptides in the transcriptional regulation of the collagen promoter remains unclear. Thus...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kisling A,Katwa LC

更新日期：2019-08-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Thaumatin-like proteins (TLPs) are found in diverse eukaryotes. Plant TLPs, known as Pathogenicity Related Protein (PR-5), are considered fungal inhibitors. However, genes encoding TLPs are frequently found in fungal genomes. In this work, we have identified that Moniliophthora perniciosa, a basidiomycete pathogen tha...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Franco Sde F,Baroni RM,Carazzolle MF,Teixeira PJ,Reis O,Pereira GA,Mondego JM

更新日期：2015-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Thioredoxin (TRX) is one of major components of thiol reducing systems. To investigate the molecular mechanism of TRX function in the lung tissue, we screened a human lung epithelial cell cDNA library for TRX-binding protein by yeast two-hybrid systems. We isolated a plasmid containing C-propeptide region of human pro...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Matsumoto K,Masutani H,Nishiyama A,Hashimoto S,Gon Y,Horie T,Yodoi J

更新日期：2002-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Mammalian homologues of the Drosophila trp gene have been invoked as the structural basis for the currents associated with capacitative Ca2+ entry (CCE) in many cell types. Trp homologues are members of a large protein family that may associate as channel subunits providing an explanation for the functional diversity ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Garcia RL,Schilling WP

更新日期：1997-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of various point mutations in subunits a and and c of the E. coli ATP-synthase was characterized. In each of the mutants there was no F0-dependent H+-conduction, but still an ATPase-activity comparable to wildtype activities. In addition, the subunit b could be extracted from the mutant's F0 but not from th...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Friedl P,Hoppe J,Schairer HU

更新日期：1984-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:α-Isopropylmalate synthase (α-IPMS) is a multi-domain protein catalysing the condensation of α-ketoisovalerate (α-KIV) and acetyl coenzyme A (AcCoA) to form α-isopropylmalate. This reaction is the first committed step in the leucine biosynthetic pathway in bacteria and plants, and α-IPMS is allosterically regulated by...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Huisman FH,Squire CJ,Parker EJ

更新日期：2013-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Menin, encoded by the multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN1) gene, is a tumor suppressor and transcription regulator. Menin interacts with various proteins as a scaffold protein and is proposed to play important roles in multiple physiological and pathological processes by controlling gene expression, proliferatio...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kim B,Song TY,Jung KY,Kim SG,Cho EJ

更新日期：2017-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The small heat shock protein 27 (Hsp27) is well documented to promote neuronal survival in neurodegenerative diseases and following nerve injury. It can directly inhibit apoptotic pathways, and as a chaperone it can ameliorate the toxic effects of misfolded proteins. More recently, Hsp27 has been implicated to also pl...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Read DE,Gorman AM

更新日期：2009-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The nonsense-mediated decay (NMD) pathway selectively degrades mRNAs carrying a premature translation-termination codon but also regulates the abundance of a large number of physiological mRNAs that encode full-length proteins. In human cells, NMD-targeted mRNAs are degraded by endonucleolytic cleavage and exonucleoly...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： da Costa PJ,Menezes J,Saramago M,García-Moreno JF,Santos HA,Gama-Carvalho M,Arraiano CM,Viegas SC,Romão L

更新日期：2019-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of gamma-guanidinooxypropylamine (GAPA), a novel agmatine analogue against protozoan parasite, Leishmaniadonovani was evaluated. Wild-type and ornithine decarboxylase-overexpressors of L. donovani were used to study the effect and mode of action of this inhibitor. GAPA inhibited the growth of both promast...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Singh S,Jhingran A,Sharma A,Simonian AR,Soininen P,Vepsalainen J,Khomutov AR,Madhubala R

更新日期：2008-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The alpha(1c) subunit of the cardiac L-type Ca(2+) channel, which contains the channel pore, voltage- and Ca(2+)-dependent gating structures, and drug binding sites, has been well studied in heterologous expression systems, but many aspects of L-type Ca(2+) channel behavior in intact cardiomyocytes remain poorly chara...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ganesan AN,O'Rourke B,Maack C,Colecraft H,Sidor A,Johns DC

更新日期：2005-04-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of arachidonic acid on the enzyme complexes in the electron transport system were investigated using submitochondrial particles from rat brain. Arachidonic acid irreversibly inhibited NADH-CoQ oxidoreductase (complex I) activity, but had no effect on the activities of succinate-CoQ oxidoreductase (complex ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Morii H,Takeuchi Y,Watanabe Y

更新日期：1991-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The postnatal development and molecular properties of somatostatin receptor were studied in rat cerebral cortex. With [125I-Tyr11]SRIF as a radiolabeled ligand, the specific ligand binding to crude membrane increased transiently in the early phase of postnatal development and then decreased. This increase of somatosta...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kimura N

更新日期：1989-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammatory bowel diseases, including ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease, are persistent disorders that lead to development of colitis-associated cancer (CAC). Facilitated resolution of colitis has been addressed as a novel therapeutic strategy to control development of CAC. Resolvin D1 (RvD1) is an endogenous li...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zhong X,Lee HN,Surh YJ

更新日期：2018-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:We have examined the restriction digest patterns of CCGG sequences in Kiras, Ha-ras, and c-myc oncogenes in rat tracheal epithelial cells transformed in vitro by 7,12-dimethylbenz(a)anthracene, benzo(a)pyrene/12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA), or TPA alone. Oncogenes c-myc and Ha-ras in transformed cell lines...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Mass MJ,Schorschinsky NS,Lasley JA,Beeman DK,Austin SJ

更新日期：1989-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteolipid protein, the major protein component of central nervous system (CNS) myelin, is known to contain approximately 2% by weight of covalently bound fatty acids. Recently, this protein was also found, though at a lower concentration, in the peripheral nervous system (PNS). The present study was undertaken to de...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Tetzloff SU,Bizzozero OA

更新日期：1993-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the subcellular localization of the inwardly rectifying K+ channel subunit Kir6.1 (uKATP-1). Immunoblot analysis of the mitochondrial fractions prepared from rat skeletal muscle and liver detected a single band of Kir6.1 at 51 kDa, the intensity of which was stronger than that found in the total h...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Suzuki M,Kotake K,Fujikura K,Inagaki N,Suzuki T,Gonoi T,Seino S,Takata K

更新日期：1997-12-29 00:00:00