An improved protocol for the preparation of (S)-vinylglycine from (S)-methionine.

abstract：:Hepatocytes were cultured for 3 days as spheroids (aggregates) or as monolayers in basal medium and in sulfur amino acid-supplemented media. Cultured hepatocytes had low levels of cysteine dioxygenase (CDO) activity and normal levels of gamma-glutamylcysteine synthetase (GCS) and cysteine-sulfinate decarboxylase (CSDC...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Ohta J,Kwon YH,Stipanuk MH

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma levels and urinary amino acid excretions were estimated by high-performance liquid chromatography in 15 control subjects and 36 stone formers (SFs) classified according to the stone type: (1) 22 cases with calcium oxalate stones; (2) four cases with pure uric acid stones; (3) 10 cases with magnesium-ammonium ph...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Atanassova SS,Panchev P,Ivanova M

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) biosynthesis depended to a great extent on the biotransformation characterization of glutamate decarboxylase (GAD) and process conditions. In this paper, the enhancing effect of D101 macroporous adsorption resin (MAR) on the GABA production was investigated based on the whole-cell biotra...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Yang SY,Liu SM,Jiang M,Wang BS,Peng LH,Zeng C

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The interaction of antitumor drug, cisplatin (cis-[PtCl2(NH3)2], CDDP) with insulin from porcine pancreas has been investigated by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry and high resolution hybrid ion trap/time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALIDI-TOF/TOF-MS and ESI-IT/TOF MS). The...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Li J,Yue L,Liu Y,Yin X,Yin Q,Pan Y,Yang L

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) transactivator of transcription (TAT) protein, a member of the protein transduction domain (PTD) superfamily, can deliver heterologous proteins across most biomembranes without losing bioactivity. However, there is no report on whether the TAT core domain containing the ...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Wu Y,Ren C,Gao Y,Hou B,Chen T,Zhang C

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The streptococcal enzyme that catalyzes the last step in proline biosynthesis was heterologously expressed and the recombinant protein was purified to electrophoretic homogeneity and characterized thoroughly. As for δ1-pyrroline-5-carboxylate reductases from other sources, it was able to use either NADH or NADPH as th...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Petrollino D,Forlani G

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reduced glutathione (GSH) levels and glutathione reductase (GR) and glutathione S-transferase (GST) activities were investigated in the erythrocytes and lymphocytes of non-dialyzed patients with varying degrees of chronic renal insufficiency, and also of patients on regular hemodialysis treatment. GSH, GR and GST leve...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Mimic-Oka J,Simic T,Djukanovic L,Stefanovski J,Ramic Z

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this work, we describe the asymmetric synthesis of a series of fluorinated and non-fluorinated quaternary α-amino acid derivatives. This methodology involves the diastereoselective addition of chiral 2-p-tolylsulfinyl benzylcarbanions to either imines containing a 2-furyl moiety or trifluoromethyl α-imino esters. S...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Fustero S,Sánchez-Roselló M,Báez C,Del Pozo C,García Ruano JL,Alemán J,Marzo L,Parra A

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to investigate H(e) concentration in plasma from 80 healthy donors in relation to age (6 newborns are also included), sex, daily variation (9, 11 a.m.; 2, 6, 12 p.m.) and a period of 5 subsequent months. A significant correlation (r = 0.63, p < 0.001) was observed between plasma H(e) and ...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Fermo I,De Vecchi E,D'Angelo SV,D'Angelo A,Paroni R

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, crystalized mouse ketimine reductase/CRYM complexed with NADPH was found to have pyruvate bound in its active site. We demonstrate that the enzyme binds α-keto acids, such as pyruvate, in solution, and catalyzes the formation of N-alkyl-amino acids from alkylamines and α-keto acids (via reduction of imine in...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Hallen A,Cooper AJ,Smith JR,Jamie JF,Karuso P

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effects of taurine on the delayed rectifier K(+) channel in isolated 10-day-old embryonic chick ventricular cardiomyocytes were examined at different intracellular Ca(2+) concentrations ([Ca]i), using whole-cell voltage and current clamp techniques. Experiments were performed at room temperature (22°C). Test pulses we...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Satoh H

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Skin collagen metabolism abnormalities induced by ultraviolet (UV) radiation are the major causes of skin photoaging. It has been shown that the one-time exposure of UV irradiation decreases procollagen mRNA expression in dermis and that chronic UV irradiation decreases collagen amounts and induces wrinkle formation. ...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Murakami H,Shimbo K,Inoue Y,Takino Y,Kobayashi H

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:IEF is often used in multidimensional shotgun proteomics and the narrow range of 3.5-4.5 is the recommended pH interval for the fractionation of tryptic peptides. Usually, even if IEF is performed in IPG strip with a narrow range pH, the entire sample must be loaded onto the strip, including the "out of IPG range" pep...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Iori E,Rattazzi M,Millioni R

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relative amounts of free D-amino acids (D-AA) in the urine of seven healthy volunteers (age 27 to 49 years) were determined using chiral phase (Chirasil-L-Val) capillary gas chromatography in conjunction with selected ion monitoring mass spectrometry. The absolute amounts of free D-AA were determined by pre-column...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Brückner H,Haasmann S,Friedrich A

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The daily requirement of a 70-kg male for creatine is about 2 g; up to half of this may be obtained from a typical omnivorous diet, with the remainder being synthesized in the body Creatine is a carninutrient, which means that it is only available to adults via animal foodstuffs, principally skeletal muscle, or via su...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Brosnan ME,Brosnan JT

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reports on nucleobase-containing chiral peptides (both natural and artificial) and achiral pseudopeptides are reviewed. Their synthesis, structural features, DNA and RNA-binding ability, as well as some other interesting applications which make them promising diagnostic/therapeutic agents of great importance in many a...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Roviello GN,Benedetti E,Pedone C,Bucci EM

更新日期：2010-06-01 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：:The enhancing effect on the water structure has been confirmed for most of the osmolytes exhibiting both stabilizing and destabilizing properties in regard to proteins. The presented work concerns osmolytes, which should be classified as "structure breaking" solutes: taurine and N,N,N-trimethyltaurine (TMT). Here, we ...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Bruździak P,Panuszko A,Kaczkowska E,Piotrowski B,Daghir A,Demkowicz S,Stangret J

更新日期：2018-01-01 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：:Polyamines, oxidized by serum amine oxidase, yield aminoaldehydes and hydrogen peroxide. Acrolein may be formed from the aminoaldehydes by a spontaneous beta-elimination process. These oxidation products "oxidized polyamines" inhibit bacterial growth and exhibit anticancer activity. The antimicrobial activity of oxidi...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Bachrach U

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Factor VIII, the plasma protein deficient or defective in individuals with hemophilia A, is a critical member of the blood coagulation cascade. Recent studies have identified the FVIII light chain region Glu1811-Lys1818 as being involved in FIXa binding and in the assembly of the FX-activating FIXaz-FVIIIa complex. Ba...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Patsialas K,Koutsas C,Makris P,Liakopoulou-Kyriakides M

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amino acid networks (AANs) are undirected networks consisting of amino acid residues and their interactions in three-dimensional protein structures. The analysis of AANs provides novel insight into protein science, and several common amino acid network properties have revealed diverse classes of proteins. In this revi...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Yan W,Zhou J,Sun M,Chen J,Hu G,Shen B

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel recombinant disintegrin, vicrostatin (VCN), displays high binding affinity to a broad range of human integrins in substantial competitive biological advantage over other integrin-based antagonists. In this study, we synthesized a new 64Cu-labeled VCN probe and evaluated its imaging properties for prostate canc...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Jadvar H,Chen K,Park R,Yap LP,Vorobyova I,Swenson S,Markland FS

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study determined whether N-acetylcysteine (NAC) could affect intestinal redox status, proinflammatory cytokines, epidermal growth factor (EGF), EGF receptor (EGFR), Toll-like receptor-4 (TLR4), and aquaporin-8 in a lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-challenged piglet model. Eighteen piglets (35-day-old) were randomly alloc...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Hou Y,Wang L,Yi D,Ding B,Yang Z,Li J,Chen X,Qiu Y,Wu G

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on ubiquitous presence of large ionic motifs and clusters in proteins involved in gene transcription and protein synthesis, we analyzed the distribution of ionizable sidechains in a broad selection of proteins with regulatory, metabolic, structural and adhesive functions, in agonist, antagonist, toxin and antimi...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Parker MS,Balasubramaniam A,Parker SL

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between taurine concentrations of plasma, whole blood, serum and skeletal muscle during taurine depletion and repletion was investigated in cats, to identify the most useful indicators of taurine status. Sixteen cats were fed a purified diet containing either 0 or 0.15 g/kg taurine for 5 months. Treat...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Pacioretty L,Hickman MA,Morris JG,Rogers QR

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we investigated the activating role of Mcm1p at ARG1 during arginine starvation. Our results showed that two Mcm1p binding sites positively contribute to ARG1 transcription and cell growth. Especially, we provide strong evidence that the Mcm1p binding sites play a positive role in ARG1 transcription to ...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Hong S,Yoon S

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Agmatine, a metabolite generated by arginine decarboxylation, has been reported as neuromodulator and neuroactive substance. Several findings suggest that agmatine displays neuroprotective effects in several models of neurodegenerative disorders, such as Parkinson's disease (PD). It has been hypothesized that biogenic...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Ferlazzo N,Currò M,Giunta ML,Longo D,Rizzo V,Caccamo D,Ientile R

更新日期：2020-02-01 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：:Functionalized collagen-mimetic peptides (CMPs) have been widely used in the preparation of collagen-related biomaterials. Among the reported results, the induced noncovalent interactions between the implanted functional groups or moieties were frequently the key elements to promote the self-assembly of small CMPs. In...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Huang PW,Chang JM,Horng JC

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00