Relationship between protein folding kinetics and amino acid properties.

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：:This investigation sought to examine the contributions of exercise and nutrient replenishment on in vivo regulation of the insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) axis components. Eight college-aged males completed three high-intensity interval training (HIIT) protocols followed by three post-exercise nutritional protoco...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Foster EB,Fisher G,Sartin JL,Elsasser TH,Wu G,Cowan W,Pascoe DD

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peptide bonds in protein structures are mainly found in trans conformation with a torsion angle ω close to 180°. Only a very low proportion is observed in cis conformation with ω angle around 0°. Cis-trans isomerization leads to local conformation changes which play an important role in many biological processes. In t...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Craveur P,Joseph AP,Poulain P,de Brevern AG,Rebehmed J

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An aromatic chiral diacid monomer, 5-[4-(2-phthalimidiylpropanoylamino)-benzoylamino]isophthalic acid was synthesized in five steps under conventional heating in high yield and purity. A series of soluble, thermally stable and optically active polyamides (PA)s containing pendent groups made of phthalimide, flexible L:...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Mallakpour S,Rafiee Z

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have been studying control mechanisms of gene expression in early embryogenesis in a South African clawed toad Xenopus laevis, especially during the period of midblastula transition (MBT), or the transition from the phase of active cell division (cleavage stage) to the phase of extensive morphogenesis (post-blastul...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Shiokawa K,Aso M,Kondo T,Takai J,Yoshida J,Mishina T,Fuchimukai K,Ogasawara T,Kariya T,Tashiro K,Igarashi K

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The glutamate/cystine antiporter system x(c)(-) transports cystine into cells in exchange for glutamate at a ratio of 1:1. It is composed of a specific light chain, xCT, and a heavy chain, 4F2, linked by a disulfide bridge. Intracellularly, cystine is reduced into cysteine, the rate-limiting precursor of glutathione (...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Lewerenz J,Maher P,Methner A

更新日期：2012-01-01 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 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

abstract：:To mutant ddY/DAO(-) mice lacking D-amino-acid oxidase activity and normal ddY/DAO(+) mice, five D-amino acids (D-Asp, D-Ser, D-Ala, D-Leu and D-Pro) were orally administered for two weeks, and the D-amino acid levels were examined in seven brain regions. The levels of D-Asp markedly increased in the pituitary and pin...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Morikawa A,Hamase K,Inoue T,Konno R,Zaitsu K

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper, nanoparticles of Fe3O4 as well as their modified forms with different ionic liquids (IL-Fe3O4) were prepared and used for adsorption of lysozyme. The mean size and the surface morphology of the nanoparticles were characterized by TEM, XRD and FTIR techniques. Adsorption studies of lysozyme were performe...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Kamran S,Absalan G,Asadi M

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Due to the obvious advantages of long-acting peptide and protein drugs, strategies to prolong plasma half life time of such compounds are highly on demand. Short plasma half life times are commonly due to fast renal clearance as well as to enzymatic degradation occurring during systemic circulation. Modifications of t...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Werle M,Bernkop-Schnürch A

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A procedure for the synthesis of enantiopure beta3-amino acids from proteinogenic alpha-amino acids, developed by our group a few years ago, has been modified to enable the production of C-2 fully deuterated, C-protected beta3-amino acids and, even more important, the synthesis of valuable deuterium labelled N(Boc)-pr...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Caputo R,Longobardo L

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We observed here that acute proline (Pro) administration provoked a decrease (32%) of acetylcholinesterase (AChE) activity in cerebral cortex and an increase (22%) of butyrylcholinesterase (BuChE) activity in the serum of 29-day-old rats. In contrast, chronic administration of Pro did not alter AChE or BuChE activitie...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Delwing D,Chiarani F,Wannmacher CM,Wajner M,Wyse AT

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ornithine decarboxylase antizyme 1 (AZ1) is a major regulatory protein responsible for the regulation and degradation of ornithine decarboxylase (ODC). To better understand the role of AZ1 in polyamine metabolism and in modulating the response to anticancer polyamine analogues, a small interfering RNA strategy was use...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Fraser AV,Goodwin AC,Hacker-Prietz A,Sugar E,Woster PM,Casero RA Jr

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Animals at the neonatal stage have to eat more to support better growth and health. However, it is difficult to understand the mechanism of feeding during an early stage of life in the brain of the rodent model. Chickens are precocial and they can look for their food by themselves right after hatching. Neonatal chicks...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Tran PV,Chowdhury VS,Furuse M

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) with amphipathic β-hairpin structures have been demonstrated to possess potent antimicrobial activities and great cell selectivities. However, our understanding of β-hairpin antimicrobial peptides lags behind that of α-helices, mainly because it is difficult for short peptides to form rob...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Xu L,Chou S,Wang J,Shao C,Li W,Zhu X,Shan A

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pyridoxamine (PM) has long been known to inhibit protein glycation via various mechanisms of action. One such mechanism involves the scavenging of carbonyl compounds with glycating ability. Despite the abundant literature on this topic, few quantitative kinetic studies on the processes involved have been reported. In ...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Adrover M,Vilanova B,Frau J,Muñoz F,Donoso J

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein-DNA interaction plays an important role in many biological processes. The classical methods and the novel technologies advanced have been developed for the interaction of protein-DNA. Recent developments of these methods and research achievements have been reviewed in this paper. ...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Cai YH,Huang H

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:On a biochemical level, conventional antidepressants have been shown to modulate synaptic levels of biogenic amines (i.e., serotonin, norepinephrine, and dopamine), most often by interfering with reuptake processes or inhibiting metabolism. Strategies directed at modulating glutamatergic transmission may overcome the ...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Skolnick P

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glutamate is stored in synaptic vesicles in presynaptic neurons. It is released into the synaptic cleft to provide signalling to postsynaptic neurons. Normally, the astroglial glutamate transporters GLT-1 and GLAST take up glutamate to mediate a high signal-to-noise ratio in the synaptic signalling, and also to preven...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Persson M,Rönnbäck L

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The coupling between G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) and guanine nucleotide-binding proteins (G proteins) regulates various signal transductions from extracellular space into the cell. However, the coupling mechanism between GPCRs and G proteins is still unknown, and experimental determination of their coupling sp...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Li Z,Zhou X,Dai Z,Zou X

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mitochondrial branched chain aminotransferase-deficient mouse model (BCATm KO), which exhibits elevated plasma and tissue branched chain amino acids (BCAAs), was used to study the effect of BCAAs on mammalian target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1) regulation of organ size. BCATm is the first enzyme in the BCAA cat...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Neishabouri SH,Hutson SM,Davoodi J

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regulated proteolysis plays important roles in cell biology and pathological conditions. A crosstalk exists between apoptosis and the ubiquitin-proteasome system, two pathways responsible for regulated proteolysis executed by different proteases. To investigate whether the apoptotic process also affects the 20S protea...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Schmidt F,Dahlmann B,Hustoft HK,Koehler CJ,Strozynski M,Kloss A,Zimny-Arndt U,Jungblut PR,Thiede B

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment of developing rats with monosodium glutamate (MSG) produces an increase of glutamate levels in the brain, being this elevation dependent on both route of administration and animal's age. The capacity of exogenous MSG to induce convulsions seems to be related to the rate of glutamate elevation in the brain, r...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Peñafiel R,Cremades A,Monserrat F,Puelles L

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article deals with the synthesis in solid phase and characterization of a nucleoamino amide, based on a phenylalaninamide moiety which was N-conjugated to a thymine nucleobase. In analogy to the natural nucleobase-amino acid conjugates, endowed with a wide range of biological properties, the nucleoamino amide int...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Roviello GN

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glioma is the most common type of brain tumor, and has the worst prognosis in human malignancy. Experimental evidence suggests that the use of high concentrations of various amino acids may perturb neoplastic cell growth. Thus, the aim of this study was to investigate whether essential amino acids can alter the growth...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Takeuchi S,Nawashiro H,Wada K,Nomura N,Toyooka T,Otani N,Osada H,Matsuo H,Shinomiya N

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This mini review deals with the modern aspects of the spectroscopy and structural elucidation of amino acid derivatives and small biologically active compounds. Free peptide bond rotation in these systems yields various conformers, which possess differing biological activities. Another phenomenon is the intermolecular...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Kolev T,Spiteller M,Koleva B

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of oxygen derived free radicals (OFR) on aromatic and sulphur containing amino acids has been investigated, both in their free form and within protein backbones. Aerated amino acids and proteins in solution were exposed to three discrete OFR generating systems; (1) gamma radiation in the presence or absence...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Griffiths HR,Lunec J,Blake DR

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of metabotropic glutamate receptor (mGluR) activation were studied in medium spiny neurons and large aspiny (LA) interneurons by means of electrophysiological and optical recordings. DCG-IV and L-SOP, agonists for group II and III mGluRs, respectively, produced a presynaptic inhibitory effect on corticostr...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Pisani A,Bernardi G,Bonsi P,Centonze D,Giacomini P,Calabresi P

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:D-Aspartate (D-Asp) has important physiological functions, and recent studies have shown that substantial amounts of free D-Asp are present in a wide variety of mammalian tissues and cells. Biosynthesis of D-Asp has been observed in several cultured rat cell lines, and a murine gene (glutamate-oxaloacetate transaminas...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Matsuda S,Katane M,Maeda K,Kaneko Y,Saitoh Y,Miyamoto T,Sekine M,Homma H

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00