Iron-sulfur cluster biosynthesis in bacteria: Mechanisms of cluster assembly and transfer.

abstract：:A new plant lectin from elderberry (Sambucus nigra L.) bark, which was shown by immunochemical techniques to bind specifically to terminal Neu5Ac(alpha 2-6)Gal/GalNAc residues of glycoconjugates, was immobilized onto Sepharose 4B (SNA-Sepharose) and its carbohydrate binding properties was determined using a series of ...

journal_title：Archives of biochemistry and biophysics

authors： Shibuya N,Goldstein IJ,Broekaert WF,Nsimba-Lubaki M,Peeters B,Peumans WJ

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reversible oxidation of Cys residues is a crucial element of redox homeostasis and signaling. According to a popular concept in oxidative stress signaling, the oxidation of targets of signals can only take place following an overwhelming of the cellular antioxidant capacity. This concept, however, ignores the activati...

journal_title：Archives of biochemistry and biophysics

authors： Zaccarin M,Bosello-Travain V,Di Paolo ML,Falda M,Maiorino M,Miotto G,Piccolo S,Roveri A,Ursini F,Venerando R,Toppo S

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the concept of precision medicine, combining multiple molecular-targeting therapies has brought new approaches to current cancer treatments. Malfunction of the tumor suppressor protein, p53 is a universal hallmark in human cancers. Under normal conditions, p53 is degraded through an ubiquitin-proteosome pathway r...

journal_title：Archives of biochemistry and biophysics

authors： Chang SJ,Liao EC,Yeo HY,Kuo WH,Chen HY,Tsai YT,Wei YS,Chen YJ,Wang YS,Li JM,Shih CC,Chan CH,Lai ZY,Chou HC,Chuang YJ,Chan HL

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The kinetics and thermodynamics of Ulex europeas agglutinin 1-H-antigenic determinant was studied by monitoring the binding of the lectin to H-antigenic fucolipid incorporated in liposomes tethered to the sensor surface by surface plasmon resonance. The second-order rate constants for the interactions are several orde...

journal_title：Archives of biochemistry and biophysics

authors： Thomas CJ,Surolia A

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The reactivities of the sulfhydryl groups of rat, turkey, human, and calf hemoglobin were studied together with the enzyme activities of glutathione peroxidase, glutathione reductase, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, and glutaredoxin in lysed erythrocytes to evaluate their roles in regulating redox homeostasis. The ...

journal_title：Archives of biochemistry and biophysics

authors： Di Simplicio P,Cacace MG,Lusini L,Giannerini F,Giustarini D,Rossi R

更新日期：1998-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Triosephosphate isomerase from rabbit has 5 Cys and 2 Met, while triosephosphate isomerase from yeast has 2 Cys (present in the rabbit enzyme in equivalent positions) and no Met. Since chloramine-T oxidizes Cys and Met, we determined the effect it has on the activity and structure of both enzymes. The activity of trio...

journal_title：Archives of biochemistry and biophysics

authors： Zubillaga RA,Pérez-Montfort R,Gómez-Puyou A

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Catechol 1,2-dioxygenase catalyzes the oxygenative ring cleavage of catechol to form cis,cis-muconic acid and is encoded by a catA gene. We have cloned a catA gene from Pseudomonas putida mt-2 using a PCR product of amino acid sequence-based primers as a probe. The amino acid sequence deduced from the 930 nucleotides ...

journal_title：Archives of biochemistry and biophysics

authors： Nakai C,Uyeyama H,Kagamiyama H,Nakazawa T,Inouye S,Kishi F,Nakazawa A,Nozaki M

更新日期：1995-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary chondrocyte cell cultures and explants of bovine articular cartilage were subjected to cyclic hydrostatic pressure in a novel computer-controlled pressure chamber designed for this purpose. The cultures were labeled with 5 microCi/ml 35SO4 and simultaneously pressurized with 5 MPa load for 1.5 or 20 h with pre...

journal_title：Archives of biochemistry and biophysics

authors： Parkkinen JJ,Ikonen J,Lammi MJ,Laakkonen J,Tammi M,Helminen HJ

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anthocyanins are the main group of natural hydrosoluble pigments in plants. They introduce colouring to foods, with colours ranging from blue to red and orange. Nowadays, their importance for the Food and Pharmaceutical industries is mainly based in the existing scientific work evidencing their beneficial effects on t...

journal_title：Archives of biochemistry and biophysics

authors： de Pascual-Teresa S

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously demonstrated that gangliosides were able to modulate the plasma membrane Ca2+-ATPase (PMCA) from porcine brain synaptosomes and porcine erythrocytes [Y. Zhao, X. Fan, F. Yang, X. Zhang, Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 427 (2004) 204-212 and J. Zhang, Y. Zhao, J. Duan, F. Yang, X. Zhang, Arch. Biochem. Bioph...

journal_title：Archives of biochemistry and biophysics

authors： Duan J,Zhang J,Zhao Y,Yang F,Zhang X

更新日期：2006-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer cells exhibit extreme sensitivity to tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) over normal cells, highlighting TRAIL's potential as a novel and effective cancer drug. However, the therapeutic effect of TRAIL is limited due to drug resistance. In the present study, we sought to investigate ...

journal_title：Archives of biochemistry and biophysics

authors： Wu B,Xiong J,Zhou Y,Wu Y,Song Y,Wang N,Chen L,Zhang J

更新日期：2020-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of GSH on the autoxidation of the fava bean pyrimidine aglycones, divicine and isouramil, and on acid-hydrolyzed vicine (provisional identification 2-amino-4,5,6-trihydroxypyrimidine) have been studied. GSH alone promoted redox cycling of each compound, with concomitant GSH oxidation and H2O2 production. I...

journal_title：Archives of biochemistry and biophysics

authors： Winterbourn CC

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forskolin, a diterpene that exerts several pharmacological effects, activates adenylate cyclase in brain and in some other mammalian tissues. Properties of forskolin activation of adenylate cyclase from central nervous system of the dipterous Ceratitis capitata are described. The interaction of forskolin with the inse...

journal_title：Archives of biochemistry and biophysics

authors： Guillen A,Haro A,Municio AM

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Ku autoantigen is a heterodimeric protein of 70- and 83-kDa subunits, endowed with duplex DNA end-binding capacity and DNA helicase activity (Human DNA Helicase II, HDH II). HDH II/Ku is well established as the DNA binding component, the regulatory subunit as well as a substrate for the DNA-dependent protein kinas...

journal_title：Archives of biochemistry and biophysics

authors： Ochem AE,Rechreche H,Skopac D,Falaschi A

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Taurine is the most abundant free amino acid in leukocytes and can react with HOBr to produce taurine bromamine (Tau-NHBr). The aim of this study was to assess the ability of Tau-NHBr to oxidize tryptophan, either free or as a residue in albumin. We have demonstrated that Tau-NHBr is a powerful oxidant for tryptophan....

journal_title：Archives of biochemistry and biophysics

authors： Ximenes VF,da Fonseca LM,de Almeida AC

更新日期：2011-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Human alcohol dehydrogenases (ADH1 and ADH4) actively use retinoids oxidized at the cyclohexenyl ring (4-oxo-, 4-hydroxy-, and 3,4-didehydro-retinoids), which are functional compounds in several cells and tissues (i.e., in human skin). Remarkably, activities with 4-oxo-retinal and 4-hydroxy-retinol (kcat = 2050 min(-1...

journal_title：Archives of biochemistry and biophysics

authors： Martras S,Alvarez R,Gallego O,Domínguez M,de Lera AR,Farrés J,Parés X

更新日期：2004-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The relative reactivities of lysine residues of tropomyosin complexed with troponin have been measured in order to locate the binding site of troponin on tropomyosin in a complex between the two native proteins. The lysines were labeled with acetic anhydride using a competitive labeling procedure and the relative reac...

journal_title：Archives of biochemistry and biophysics

authors： Hitchcock-DeGregori SE,Lewis SF,Mistrik M

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) in malignant hyperthermia (MH) was studied using the heavy microsomal fraction prepared from semitendinosus muscles of both normal and genetically MH-susceptible pigs. In the presence of ATP, SR was loaded with 70 nmol Ca2+/mg SR protein. Under these conditions, MH-SR demonstrat...

journal_title：Archives of biochemistry and biophysics

authors： Ohnishi ST,Waring AJ,Fang SR,Horiuchi K,Flick JL,Sadanaga KK,Ohnishi T

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The plasma membrane of cells contains enzymes whose active sites face the external medium rather than the cytoplasm. The activities of these enzymes, referred to as ectoenzymes, can be measured using living cells. In this work we describe the ability of living promastigotes of Leishmania amazonensis to hydrolyze extra...

journal_title：Archives of biochemistry and biophysics

authors： Berrêdo-Pinho M,Peres-Sampaio CE,Chrispim PP,Belmont-Firpo R,Lemos AP,Martiny A,Vannier-Santos MA,Meyer-Fernandes JR

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) is pivotal in the pathogenesis of diabetic nephropathy. Type 1 TGF-β receptor (TGF-βR1) is degraded by Smad7-dependent ubiquitination-proteasomal pathway, which is deubiquitinated by ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase-L5 (UCHL5). Therefore, we studied the role of UCHL5 in high glucose ...

journal_title：Archives of biochemistry and biophysics

authors： Ko YM,Chang CY,Chiou SJ,Hsu FJ,Huang JS,Yang YL,Guh JY,Chuang LY

更新日期：2013-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We isolated two types of protein kinase C-related enzymes (fPKC) in frog (Rana catesbeiana) retina. Three sequential steps of column chromatography of DEAE-cellulose, butyl-Toyopearl, and hydroxylapatite were carried out and resulted in the separation of two types of distinct Ca2+/phospholipid-dependent protein kinase...

journal_title：Archives of biochemistry and biophysics

authors： Terasawa M,Hagiwara M,Hachiya T,Kobayashi R,Obata S,Wakabayashi T,Hidaka H

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Betaine-homocysteine methyltransferase (BHMT) is a member of a family (Pfam 02574) of zinc- and thiol/selenol-dependent methyltransferases. All family members purified to date are monomers, except BHMT, which is an oligomer. We have studied how C-terminal truncation or mutagenic replacement of residues within or assoc...

journal_title：Archives of biochemistry and biophysics

authors： Szegedi SS,Garrow TA

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two peptides are specified when the noncoding DNA strand is read in the 5' to 3', or the 3' to 5' direction, and both peptides form strong complexes with the natural peptide, as found by J. E. Blalock and K. L. Bost with ACTH [1986) Biochem. J. 234, 679-683). We report here that strong hydropathic complementarity (pai...

journal_title：Archives of biochemistry and biophysics

authors： Markus G,Tritsch GL,Parthasarathy R

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between ligand-protein affinity and the extent of protein stabilization induced by such interactions has been investigated using the binding of polyanions to acidic fibroblast growth factor (aFGF) as a model system. It was found that the experimentally observed unfolding rate constant of aFGF consists...

journal_title：Archives of biochemistry and biophysics

authors： Mach H,Middaugh CR

更新日期：1994-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the current study is to present further evidence for prothrombin self-association as assessed by chemical crosslinking. When the self-association (evaluated by covalent crosslinking with dithiobis(succinimidylpropionate) of prothrombin or fragment 1 was evaluated at the same molar concentration of prote...

journal_title：Archives of biochemistry and biophysics

authors： Tarvers RC,Roberts HR,Straight DL,Featherstone GL,Lundblad RL

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The plant-derived flavonoid, quercetin (QCT), has many biological actions, including cardioprotective actions, resulting from its antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects. In this study, effects of QCT and its metabolites on the contraction and Ca2+ transients (CaT) of mouse single cardiomyocytes were simultaneously ...

journal_title：Archives of biochemistry and biophysics

authors： Hayamizu K,Morimoto S,Nonaka M,Hoka S,Sasaguri T

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dpo4 is a representative model of Y-family DNA polymerase and is therefore one of the most intensively studied DNA polymerase. 6 mA, an epigenetic marker, plays important roles in regulation of various biological processes. However, its effects on DNA replication by Dpo4 is completely unknown. Here, we found that 6 mA...

journal_title：Archives of biochemistry and biophysics

authors： Du K,Zhang S,Chen W,Dai M,Xu Z,Liang T,Huang W,Ling Y,Zhang H

更新日期：2019-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Nucleotide Binding Domains (NBDs) are responsible for the ATPase activity of the multidrug resistance protein 1 (MRP1). A series of NBD1-linker-NBD2 chimeric fusion proteins were constructed, expressed and purified, and their ATPase activities were analyzed. We report here that a GST linked NBD1(642-890)-GST-NBD2(1286...

journal_title：Archives of biochemistry and biophysics

authors： Wan L,Liang X,Huang Y

更新日期：2009-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Characterization of aldose reductase purified from human placenta confirms that activation, as first analyzed in detail for the bovine enzyme, also occurs in humans. Routinely between 5 and 20% of the aldose reductase activity freshly purified from human placenta exhibits kinetic properties and insensitivity to aldose...

journal_title：Archives of biochemistry and biophysics

authors： Grimshaw CE,Lai CJ

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Complete structures are described for three urinary oligodextrins from one patient with type II and one patient with type III glycogen storage disease. GLC-MS, direct probe MS, and 1H NMR demonstrate two heptasaccharides and one hexasaccharide containing only alpha 1-4 and alpha 1-6 linkages. The observation that all ...

journal_title：Archives of biochemistry and biophysics

authors： Kumlien J,Grönberg G,Nilsson B,Månsson O,Zopf D,Lundblad A

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00