L-arginine stimulates an endogenous ADP-ribosyltransferase.

abstract：:The Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV)-encoded 1a protein has been implicated to play a role in replication of the viral genome along with 2a and one or more host factors. To identify the host cell factors interacting with CMV 1a, we used the yeast two-hybrid system using tobacco cDNA library. One of the cDNA clones encoded ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kim MJ,Ham BK,Paek KH

更新日期：2006-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The carnitine/acylcarnitine carrier from rat liver mitochondria was overexpressed in Escherichia coli. The expressed protein, recovered as inclusion bodies, was solubilized with sarkosyl and purified by Sephadex G-200 and celite chromatography. A yield of 15 mg of purified transport protein per liter of cell culture w...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Indiveri C,Iacobazzi V,Giangregorio N,Palmieri F

更新日期：1998-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The filamentous fungus Aspergillus ochraceus TS produces an inducible microsomal cytochrome P-450 linked monooxygenase which is capable of hydroxylating benzo(a)pyrene in presence of O2 and NADPH. The addition of Benzo(a)pyrene, 3-Methyl cholanthrene, beta-Naphthoflavone and other aryl hydrocarbons during the inductio...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Dutta D,Ghosh DK,Mishra AK,Samanta TB

更新日期：1983-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Heat shock cognate protein 70 (HSC70) has been shown to bind to the peptide corresponding to amino acids 197 to 216 of human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) envelope protein, gp46, and an anti-HSC70 monoclonal antibody (mAb) inhibits HTLV-I-induced syncytium formation. These findings suggest that HSC70 is ne...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Fang D,Haraguchi Y,Jinno A,Soda Y,Shimizu N,Hoshino H

更新日期：1999-08-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The complex formation of two electron transfer proteins, cytochrome c3 and ferredoxin I from Desulfovibrio desulfuricans Norway, has been shown by 1H-NMR spectroscopy. Presence of ferredoxin I produces ferricytochrome c3 1H-NMR spectrum modifications. The chemical shift of perturbated heme methyl resonances has been u...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Guerlesquin F,Noailly M,Bruschi M

更新日期：1985-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Alterations of the mitochondrial DNA, encoding important parts of the cellular energy-generating system (oxidative phosphorylation, OXPHOS), are often associated with the occurrence of degenerative neuromuscular diseases. Especially point mutations in the mitochondrial tRNA genes, which cannot be complemented by the n...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Seibel P,Flierl A,Kottlors M,Reichmann H

更新日期：1994-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The natural compound ferulenol, a sesquiterpene prenylated coumarin derivative, was purified from Ferula vesceritensis and its mitochondrial effects were studied. Ferulenol caused inhibition of oxidative phoshorylation. At low concentrations, ferulenol inhibited ATP synthesis by inhibition of the adenine nucleotide tr...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lahouel M,Zini R,Zellagui A,Rhouati S,Carrupt PA,Morin D

更新日期：2007-03-30 00:00:00

abstract：:We determined the existence and role of beta(2)-adrenergic receptor in cultured BAECs through the effect of a beta-blocker having NO releasing action; 3,4-dihydro-8(2-hydroxy-3-isopropylamino)-propoxy-3-nitroxy-2H-1-benzopyran; nipradilol on eNOS and eNOS regulatory protein caveolin-1. beta(2) receptor exists in BAECs...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Jayachandran M,Hayashi T,Sumi D,Thakur NK,Kano H,Ignarro LJ,Iguchi A

更新日期：2001-01-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Arginine-rich cell-penetrating peptides (CPPs) are promising carriers for the intracellular delivery of various bioactive molecules. However, many ambiguities remain about the molecular interplays on cell surfaces that ultimately lead to endocytic uptake of CPPs. By treatment of cells with octaarginine (R8), enhanced ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nakase I,Osaki K,Tanaka G,Utani A,Futaki S

更新日期：2014-04-18 00:00:00

abstract：:In this report, we describe the expression and function of human Sp5, a member of the Sp family of zinc finger transcription factors. Like other family members, the Sp5 protein contains a Cys2His2 zinc finger DNA binding domain at the C-terminus. Our experiments employing Gal4-Sp5 fusion proteins reveal multiple trans...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Chen Y,Guo Y,Ge X,Itoh H,Watanabe A,Fujiwara T,Kodama T,Aburatani H

更新日期：2006-02-17 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined whether chondroitin sulfates (CSs) exert inhibitory effects on heparanase (Hpse), the sole endoglycosidase that cleaves heparan sulfate (HS) and heparin, which also stimulates chemokine production. Hpse-mediated degradation of HS was suppressed in the presence of glycosaminoglycans derived from a squid car...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Higashi N,Maeda R,Sesoko N,Isono M,Ishikawa S,Tani Y,Takahashi K,Oku T,Higashi K,Onishi S,Nakajima M,Irimura T

更新日期：2019-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Incubation of 13(S)-hydroperoxy-9(Z),11(E),15(Z)-octadecatrienoic acid with corn (Zea mays L.) hydroperoxide dehydrase led to the formation of an unstable allene oxide derivative, 12,13(S)-epoxy-9(Z),11,15(Z)-octadecatrienoic acid. Further conversion of the allene oxide yielded two major products, i.e. alpha-ketol 12-...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hamberg M

更新日期：1988-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Biological membranes are composed of functionally relevant liquid-ordered and liquid-disordered domains that coexist. Within the liquid-ordered domains are low-density microdomains known as rafts with a unique lipid composition that is crucial for their structure and function. Lipid raft composition is altered in sphi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hattersley KJ,Hein LK,Fuller M

更新日期：2013-12-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Reduction process of cucumber ascorbate oxidase with L-ascorbate was investigated in detail through absorption and electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectra under anaerobic condition. One of the three type I coppers (the type I copper which is oxidized rapidly (Sakurai, T. et al. (1985) Biochem. Biophys. Res. Comm...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sakurai T,Sawada S,Suzuki S,Nakahara A

更新日期：1986-03-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study is to determine whether Rab7 could delay intervertebral disc degeneration and study the mechanism. We chose old mice to established intervertebral disc degeneration model and study the effect of Rab7 on intervertebral disc by western blotting, quantitative real-time PCR, immunohistochemistr...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Chen X,Zhang P,Ma X

更新日期：2019-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Fecal supernatant or serum containing TT virus (TTV) of genotype 1a (10(5) copies/ml) from patients with acute TTV infection was inoculated intravenously into two naive chimpanzees. Serum samples were obtained weekly and tested for TTV DNA by genotype 1-specific polymerase chain reaction. TTV DNA was detected in chimp...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Tawara A,Akahane Y,Takahashi M,Nishizawa T,Ishikawa T,Okamoto H

更新日期：2000-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to assess the role of NETs in BPD of hyperoxia-induced rat model and the effect of heparin on alveolarization and vascular development in BPD. The neonatal rats exposed to 90% oxygen continuously for 7 days to mimic BPD, meanwhile, the rats were injected by different doses of histones t...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sun Y,Chen C,Zhang X,Wang S,Zhu R,Zhou A,Chen S,Feng J

更新日期：2020-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Loaded under whole cell patch-clamp configuration, the caged Ca2+ molecule DM-nitrophen was used to increase [Ca2+]i rapidly and reversibly in isolated Deiters cells of the organ of Corti. Photolysis of DM-nitrophen increased [Ca2+]i from resting concentrations of 20-50 nM to values above microM, as measured with the ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Dulon D,Blanchet C,Laffon E

更新日期：1994-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell growth and differentiation are opposite events in the myogenic lineage. Growth factors block the muscle differentiation program by inducing the expression of transcription factors that negatively regulate the expression of muscle regulatory genes like MyoD. In contrast, extracellular clues that induce cell cycle ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Pedraza-Alva G,Zingg JM,Donda A,Pérez-Martínez L

更新日期：2009-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Interactions between C1q and other subunits of C1 were analyzed by sucrose gradient ultracentrifugation. A zone of dilute, radioiodine labelled C1q was sedimented through uniform concentrations of either C1r2C1s2, C1r2, C1r2 or C1s(2). The dissociation constants were found to be 3 x 10(-9) M and 6 x 10(-9) M for C1r2C...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lakatos S

更新日期：1987-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutation in DJ-1 gene is the cause of autosomal recessive Parkinson's disease, however, its physiological function remains unclear. The isoelectric point of DJ-1 shows an acidic shift after cells are treated with hydrogen peroxide. This suggests that DJ-1 is modified in response to oxidative stress. Here we report the...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kinumi T,Kimata J,Taira T,Ariga H,Niki E

更新日期：2004-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：:In this report we present evidence that a guanine nucleotide regulatory protein, Gi, mediates opiate action in the rat brain striatum. Opiates inhibit basal adenylate cyclase activity in rat brain striatum. This effect on adenylate cyclase is dose-dependently attenuated by pretreatment of membranes with pertussis toxi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Abood ME,Law PY,Loh HH

更新日期：1985-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:With the completion of the genome sequence of Drosophila melanogaster the importance of constructing a proteome map is to be considered. Therefore, with the application of recent advances in proteomic analysis approaches, a protein map of D. melanogaster larvae hemolymph proteins was obtained using 2-DE in the range o...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Guedes Sde M,Vitorino R,Tomer K,Domingues MR,Correia AJ,Amado F,Domingues P

更新日期：2003-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:During the search for ANP receptor ligands of microbial origin, we isolated a novel polysaccharide, HS-142-1, from culture broth of Aureobasidium sp. HS-142-1 inhibited [125I]-rANP binding to ANP receptor in rabbit kidney cortex membranes with an IC50 of 0.3 mu g/ml, but gave no effects on specific binding of [125I]-E...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Morishita Y,Sano T,Ando K,Saitoh Y,Kase H,Yamada K,Matsuda Y

更新日期：1991-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The molecular mechanisms underlying ultrasound-induced apoptosis remain poorly understood. We have demonstrated that in Jurkat cells, the over-expression of the anti-apoptotic protein Bcl-2 inhibited ultrasound-induced apoptosis, but not necrosis. Inhibition of caspase activity also protected the cells from apoptosis,...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kinoshita M,Eguchi Y,Hynynen K

更新日期：2007-02-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Renin is produced from an inactive precursor, prorenin, through endoproteolytic cleavage at paired basic amino-acid residues. Using (35S)methionine-labeled prorenin, that was synthesized with Xenopus oocyte expression system, as a substrate, we have determined the tissue distribution and the nature of prorenin-convert...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nakayama K,Kim WS,Hatsuzawa K,Hashiba K,Murakami K

更新日期：1989-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously shown that a ribozyme directed against human interleukin-6 (IL-6) mRNA is efficient in vivo, despite its poor activity in vitro on full-length IL-6 mRNA. We compared the effect of the nucleocapsid protein of HIV-1 (NCp7) on the ribozyme cleavage reaction of a long (1041 nt) and a short (19 nt) subst...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Mahieu M,Hendrix C,Ooms J,Herdewijn P,Content J

更新日期：1995-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the role of the carboxyl group in deltorphin molecules, we have synthesized three new analogues in which the acidic amino acid residues in position 4 of the deltorphins were replaced by non-acidic but hydrophilic amino acids residues. The three analogues, [Ser4]-, [Gln4]-, and [Cys4]-deltorphin, all are...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Misicka A,Lipkowski AW,Fang L,Knapp RJ,Davis P,Kramer T,Burks TF,Yamamura HI,Carr DB,Hruby VJ

更新日期：1991-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) is a known tumor suppressor that binds to alpha-subunits of hypoxia-inducible factors and induces ubiquitin-mediated degradation of the protein in an oxygen-dependent manner. VHL is also involved in the regulation of tumor angiogenesis, glycolysis, cell cycle regulation, and apoptosis. In t...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kim M,Yan Y,Lee K,Sgagias M,Cowan KH

更新日期：2004-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiopoietin-2 (Ang-2) plays an important role in destabilizing vessels for angiogenesis, however its transcriptional regulation has not been determined. Here we isolated about 3.2kb of the 5' upstream of the human Ang-2 gene and further characterized the transcriptional regulation of Ang-2. We found 10 Ets binding si...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hasegawa Y,Abe M,Yamazaki T,Niizeki O,Shiiba K,Sasaki I,Sato Y

更新日期：2004-03-26 00:00:00