Screening system for D-Asp-containing proteins using D-aspartyl endopeptidase and two-dimensional gel electrophoresis.

abstract：:A simple and efficient one-pot procedure that enables rapid access to orthogonally protected N,N'-diaminoalkylated basic amino acid building blocks fully compatible with standard Boc and Fmoc solid-phase peptide synthesis is reported. Described synthetic approach includes double reductive alkylation of N (α)-protected...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Pitteloud JP,Bionda N,Cudic P

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sensitivity to pharmacological challenges has been reported in patients with panic disorder. We have previously validated transgenic mice overexpressing the neurotrophin-3 (NT-3) receptor, TrkC (TgNTRK3), as an engineered murine model of panic disorder. We could determine that TgNTRK3 mice presented increased cellular...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Sahún I,Gallego X,Gratacòs M,Murtra P,Trullás R,Maldonado R,Estivill X,Dierssen M

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transglutaminases are confounding enzymes which are known to play key roles in various cellular processes. In this paper, we aim to bring together several pieces of evidence from published research and literature that suggest a potentially vital role for transglutaminases in receptor tyrosine kinases (RTK) signalling....

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Sivaramakrishnan M,Shooter GK,Upton Z,Croll TI

更新日期：2013-01-01 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：:Recently, we observed that central administration of L-arginine attenuated stress responses in neonatal chicks, but the contribution of nitric oxide (NO) to this response was minimal. The sedative and hypnotic effects of L-arginine may be due to L-arginine itself and/or its metabolites, excluding NO. To clarify the me...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Suenaga R,Yamane H,Tomonaga S,Asechi M,Adachi N,Tsuneyoshi Y,Kurauchi I,Sato H,Denbow DM,Furuse M

更新日期：2008-06-01 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：:Detailed knowledge of the composition of protein complexes is crucial for the understanding of their structure and function; however, appropriate techniques for compositional analyses of complexes largely rely on elaborate tagging, immunoprecipitation, cross-linking and purification strategies. The proteasome is a pro...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Sessler N,Krug K,Nordheim A,Mordmüller B,Macek B

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enzymes are the most versatile molecules in the biological world. These amazing molecules play an integral role in the regulation of various metabolic pathways and physiology subsequently. Promiscuity of an enzyme is the capacity to catalyze additional biochemical reactions besides their native one. Catalytic promiscu...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Verma MK,Pulicherla KK

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Properties of putrescine uptake by PotFGHI and PuuP and their physiological significance were studied using a polyamine biosynthesis and uptake deficient Escherichia coli KK3131 transformed with pACYC184 containing potFGHI or puuP. Putrescine uptake activity of E. coli KK3131 transformed with pACYC184-PotFGHI was high...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Terui Y,Saroj SD,Sakamoto A,Yoshida T,Higashi K,Kurihara S,Suzuki H,Toida T,Kashiwagi K,Igarashi K

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The G protein-coupled receptor kinase (GRK) family consists of seven cytosolic serine/threonine (Ser/Thr) protein kinases, and among them, GRK2 is involved in the regulation of an enormous range of both G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) and non-GPCR substrates that participate in or regulate many critical cellular p...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Kang JH,Toita R,Kawano T,Murata M,Asai D

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Melanoma is the most malignant type of all skin neoplasms. Its worldwide incidence has steadily increased during the past decades, suggesting a probable melanoma 'epidemic'. Although current clinical, morphologic, and histopathologic methods provide insights into disease behavior and outcome, melanoma is still an unpr...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Tandler N,Mosch B,Pietzsch J

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The reactions of phosphorus trichloride with various amino acids afford the pentacoordinated spirophosphoranes. The reaction procedures were traced by (31)P NMR spectra techniques. A new crystal structure of alanine derivative was characterized, which is a slightly distorted TBP structure. Besides, this kind of spirop...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Yu L,Liu Z,Fang H,Zeng QL,Zhao YF

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:N, N'-Ethylene-bridged bis-(S)-methionine[(2S, 7S)-2, 7-bis(2-methyl-thioethyl)-3,6-diazaoctanedioic acid] derived from (S)-methionine and 1,2-dibromoethane was cyclized and esterified simultaneously in boiling ethanol in the presence of an appropriate amount of strong acid such asp-toluenesulfonic acid, affording a c...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Yamashita T,Takenaka H,Kojima Y

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of the study was to test L-methioinine as a possible immune supportive supplement in HIV infected patients by means of a clinical study. A double-blind, placebo-controlled study was designed. The patients (n = 253) from four different trial centres were randomly divided into two groups, active and placeb...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Van Brummelen R,du Toit D

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The successful prediction of protein-folding rates based on the sequence-predicted secondary structure suggests that the folding rates might be predicted from sequence alone. To pursue this question, we directly predict the folding rates from amino acid sequences, which do not require any information on secondary or t...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Huang JT,Xing DJ,Huang W

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to adapt to ever changing environmental conditions, bacteria sense environmental stimuli, and convert them into signals that are transduced intracellularly. Several mechanisms have evolved by which receptors transmit signals across the cytoplasmic membrane. Stimulus perception may trigger receptor dimerizatio...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Tetsch L,Jung K

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For medical use of proteins and peptide-based drugs, it is desirable to have small biologically active sequences because they improve stability, reduce side effects, and production costs. Several plant defensins have their biological activities imparted by a sequence named γ-core. Vu-Def, a Vigna unguiculata defensin,...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Souza GS,de Carvalho LP,de Melo EJT,da Silva FCV,Machado OLT,Gomes VM,de Oliveira Carvalho A

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:M33 is a branched peptide currently under preclinical characterization for the development of a new antibacterial drug against gram-negative bacteria. Here, we report its pegylation at the C-terminus of the three-lysine-branching core and the resulting increase in stability to Pseudomonas aeruginosa elastase. This pro...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Falciani C,Lozzi L,Scali S,Brunetti J,Bracci L,Pini A

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in plasma aromatic amino acids (AAA = phenylalanine, tryptophan, tyrosine) and branched chain amino acids (BCAA = isoleucine, leucine, valine) levels possibly influencing intracranial pressure (ICP) and cerebral oxygen consumption (SjvO(2)) were investigated in 19 sedated patients up to 14 days following sever...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Vuille-Dit-Bille RN,Ha-Huy R,Stover JF

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:α-Pharmacological conotoxins are among the most selective ligands of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors with typical cysteine frameworks. They are characterized by the intercysteine loop and classified into various subfamilies, such as α3/5 and α4/7 conotoxins. A novel α-conotoxin, Pu14a (DCPPHPVPGMHKCVCLKTC), with a d...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Zhang B,Huang F,Du W

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a globally widespread disease of increasing clinical significance. The pathological progression of the disease from simple steatosis to nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) has been well defined, however, the contribution of altered branched chain amino acid metabolomic profi...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Lake AD,Novak P,Shipkova P,Aranibar N,Robertson DG,Reily MD,Lehman-McKeeman LD,Vaillancourt RR,Cherrington NJ

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the formulation of the concept of "proteomics" in 1995, a plethora of proteomic technologies have been developed in order to study proteomes of tissues, cells and organelles. The powerful new technologies enabled by proteomic approaches have lead to the application of these methods to an exponentially increasing...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Vercauteren FG,Arckens L,Quirion R

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prophylactic supplementation of N-acetyl-cysteine (NAC) and epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) was studied for physiological and cellular changes in skeletal muscle after eccentric muscle contractions. Thirty healthy, active males (20.0 +/- 1.8 years, 160 +/- 7.1 cm, 76.1 +/- 17.0 kg) ingested for 14 days either 1,800 mg...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Kerksick CM,Kreider RB,Willoughby DS

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This work is an extension of our previous work (Hall et al., 1993) on the synthesis and cytotoxic activity of boronated peptides. The aim of this work was to carry out structural modifications of the amine terminal in compounds1 and2, to increase water solubility, and its effect on the cytotoxicity to tumor cell lines...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Karthikeyan S,Sood A,Tomasz J,Spielvogel BF,Hall IH

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper analyses the presence of and changes in free amino acids and biogenic amines in red and white muscle of bigeye tuna during storage in controlled atmospheres with 2 gas mixes containing different concentrations of CO(2) and O(2). Levels of amines were generally higher in white than in red muscle, with the ex...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Ruiz-Capillas C,Moral A

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among the large family of cyclodepsipeptides, the simplest members are the cyclodidepsipeptides which have an ester group and an amide group in the same six-membered ring. To point out the pharmacological potential of this class of compounds, the present article reviews structure, isolation, synthesis and biological p...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Smelcerovic A,Dzodic P,Pavlovic V,Cherneva E,Yancheva D

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In previous studies we characterized arginine transporter genes from Trypanosoma cruzi and Leishmania donovani, the etiological agents of chagas disease and kala azar, respectively, both fatal diseases in humans. Unlike arginine transporters in higher eukaryotes that transport also lysine, these parasite transporters ...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Inbar E,Canepa GE,Carrillo C,Glaser F,Suter Grotemeyer M,Rentsch D,Zilberstein D,Pereira CA

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arginine (Arg) and glutamine (Gln) utilization is greatly increased during catabolic stress. While the supply of both amino acids has been advocated in this situation, arginine administration is possibly associated with deleterious effects. From a metabolic point of view, these two amino acids are reciprocal precursor...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Ventura G,Moinard C,Segaud F,Le Plenier S,Cynober L,De Bandt JP

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Beyond nigrostriatal dopaminergic system, the noradrenergic locus coeruleus (LC/NE) neurons are also degenerated in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD), the second most common neurodegenerative disorder. We previously reported that microglia-mediated neuroinflammation contributes to LC/NE neurodegeneration. The pur...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Hou L,Che Y,Sun F,Wang Q

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyamines are essential for proliferation of endothelial cells (EC) and angiogenesis. This study was conducted to identify the metabolic source(s) of ornithine for polyamine synthesis in EC, using N(ω)-hydroxy-nor-L-arginine (Nor-NOHA, an inhibitor of arginase) and gabaculine (an inhibitor of ornithine aminotransfera...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Li H,Meininger CJ,Bazer FW,Wu G

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00