Synthesis of medicinally useful lipidicα-amino acids, 2-amino alcohols and diamines.

abstract：:Muscle carnosine synthesis is limited by the availability of beta-alanine. Thirteen male subjects were supplemented with beta-alanine (CarnoSyn) for 4 wks, 8 of these for 10 wks. A biopsy of the vastus lateralis was obtained from 6 of the 8 at 0, 4 and 10 wks. Subjects undertook a cycle capacity test to determine tota...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Hill CA,Harris RC,Kim HJ,Harris BD,Sale C,Boobis LH,Kim CK,Wise JA

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several descriptors of protein structure at the sequence and residue levels have been recently proposed. They are widely adopted in the analysis and prediction of structural and functional characteristics of proteins. Numerous in silico methods have been developed for sequence-based prediction of these descriptors. Ho...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Chen K,Stach W,Homaeian L,Kurgan L

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hepatitis B core (HBc) protein has been used successfully in numerous experiments as a carrier for heterologous peptides. Folding and capsid formation of the chimeric proteins is not always achieved easily. In silico analyses were performed to provide further comprehension of the feasibility for predicting success...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Janssens ME,Geysen D,Broos K,De Goeyse I,Robbens J,Van Petegem F,Timmermans JP,Guisez Y

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reaction between glutathione and ribose was carried out to study the volatiles formed via Maillard reaction and their antioxidant activity as well as their role in inhibition of LDL oxidation. The simultaneous distillation-extraction technique was used for trapping the volatile components followed by GC-MS analysis. T...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： El-massry K,Farouk A,El-Ghorab A

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Relapse and metastasis are the main causes of unfavorable outcome in head and neck cancers. Whereas, understanding of the molecular background of these processes is far from being complete. Therefore, in this study we aimed to identify potential biomarker candidates of relapse and metastasis in laryngeal squamous cell...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Bodnar M,Luczak M,Bednarek K,Szylberg L,Marszalek A,Grenman R,Szyfter K,Jarmuz-Szymczak M,Giefing M

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seryl-histidine dipeptide (Ser-His) has been recognized as the shortest peptide with hydrolysis cleavage activity; however, its protein cleavage spectrum has not yet been fully explored. Here, four differently folded proteins were treated with Ser-His, and the digestion products were evaluated with high-resolution mas...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Liu Y,Li YB,Gao X,Yu YF,Liu XX,Ji ZL,Ma Y,Li YM,Zhao YF

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mice over-expressing the creatine transporter have elevated myocardial creatine levels [Cr] and are protected against ischaemia/reperfusion injury via improved energy reserve. However, mice with very high [Cr] develop cardiac hypertrophy and dysfunction. To investigate these contrasting effects, we applied a non-biase...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Zervou S,Yin X,Nabeebaccus AA,O'Brien BA,Cross RL,McAndrew DJ,Atkinson RA,Eykyn TR,Mayr M,Neubauer S,Lygate CA

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the effect of agmatine (Agm) in proliferation of ovine trophecdoderm cells (oTr1) as well as the importance of the arginine decarboxylase (ADC) and agmatinase (AGMAT) alternative pathway for synthesis of polyamines in ovine conceptuses during the peri-implantation period of pregnancy. Morpholin...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Lenis YY,Elmetwally MA,Tang W,Satterfield C,Dunlap K,Wu G,Bazer FW

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present an optimized procedure for the synthesis of (S)-vinylglycine from (S)-methionine. The key step is a solvent free pyrolysis of an intermediate sulfoxide at high temperature. Using our optimized reaction conditions, Cbz-protected vinylglycine was obtained in high yield and with almost no side products. The pr...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Küchenthal CH,Migenda J,Polednia M,Maison W

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chlamydocin is a powerfulin vitro antitumoral agent, quickly inactivatedin vivo. A series of cyclic tetrapeptides related to chlamydocin or HC toxin and bearing a bioactive alkylating group on anε-amino-lysyl function have been examined for their antitumoral activity on L1210 and P388 murine leukemia cell lines. One a...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Bernardi E,Fauchère JL,Atassi G,Viallefont P,Lazaro R

更新日期：1994-10-01 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：:L-Arginine:glycine amidinotransferase (AGAT) is the main producer of the creatine precursor, guanidinoacetate (GAA), and L-homoarginine (hArg). We and others previously reported lower levels of circulating and urinary hArg in renal transplant recipients (RTR) compared to healthy subjects. In adults, hArg emerged as a ...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Hanff E,Said MY,Kayacelebi AA,Post A,Minovic I,van den Berg E,de Borst MH,van Goor H,Bakker SJL,Tsikas D

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transglutaminases are a family of enzymes which show the common capacity to catalyse the cross-linking of protein substrates. Some members of this family of enzymes are also capable to catalyse other chemical reactions for the cell life. The distribution and the role of these enzymes have been studied in numerous cell...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Pepe I,Occhino E,Cella G,Luongo A,Guardascione F,Gentile V

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibrosis, closely related to chronic various diseases, is a pathological process characterised by the accumulation of collagen (largely collagen type I). Non-invasive methods are necessary for the diagnosis and follow-up of fibrosis. This study aimed to develop a collagen-targeted probe for the molecular imaging of fi...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Zheng L,Ding X,Liu K,Feng S,Tang B,Li Q,Huang D,Yang S

更新日期：2017-01-01 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：: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：: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：:The isolated single organotypic slice model allows to investigate the effects of drugs and toxins on the expression of transcription factors in the striatum without dopaminergic and glutamatergic interactions. In this study the effects of margatoxin and iberiotoxin on the expression of c-fos mRNA by in situ hybridizat...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Saria A,Fischer HS,Humpel C,Pfattner A,Schatz DS,Schuligoi R

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Starting from a chiral 4-hydroxymethyl pyrrolidin-2-one, an isostere of α-methyl homoserine tethered on a γ-lactam ring was prepared exploiting a stereoselective acylation-methylation sequence, followed by Curtius rearrangement, and structural assignment was confirmed by n.O.e. experiments. By reverting the sequence, ...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Civitavecchia A,Martelli G,Orena M,Rinaldi S

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the absence of exogenous Ca(2+) and Mg(2+) and in the presence of EGTA, which favours the release of endogenous Ca(2+), the polyamine spermine is able to stimulate the activity of pyruvate dehydrogenase complex (PDC) of energized rat liver mitochondria (RLM). This stimulation exhibits a gradual concentration-depend...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Pezzato E,Battaglia V,Brunati AM,Agostinelli E,Toninello A

更新日期：2009-03-01 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：:This study was conducted to evaluate the anti-obesity effects of long-term taurine supplementation in a mild obese ICR mouse model and to study the mechanism by which taurine induces weight loss. Three groups of male ICR mice were fed a normal chow diet, a high-fat diet (HFD), or an HFD supplemented with 2% taurine in...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Kim KS,Jang MJ,Fang S,Yoon SG,Kim IY,Seong JK,Yang HI,Hahm DH

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isoprostanes, non-enzymatic peroxidation products of arachidonic acid, are attractive biomarkers of oxidative stress in research in biology, medicine and nutrition. For the appropriate use of biomarkers it is required that these are both biologically and technically valid. Whereas the biological validity of isoprostan...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Coolen SA,van Buuren B,Duchateau G,Upritchard J,Verhagen H

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prior knowledge of protein structural classes can provide useful information about its overall structure, so it is very important for quick and accurate determination of protein structural class with computation method in protein science. One of the key for computation method is accurate protein sample representatio...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Li ZC,Zhou XB,Dai Z,Zou XY

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficient synthesis ofδ-hydroxy-β,γ-dehydroα-amino acids (1) was achieved by the hybrid process, in which the Pd(II)-assisted rear-rangement ofβ-acetoxyallylglycine ester (6) afforded the corresponding (E)-δ-acetoxyvinylglycine derivatives (7) in a moderate yield. The chemo- and stereo-selective hydrolysis of7 was...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Kirihata M,Fukuari M,Izukawa T,Ichimoto I

更新日期：1995-12-01 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：:This work deals with the Dakin-West synthesis, starting from the nucleoamino acid 1-thyminyl acetic acid, as well the NMR, ESI MS, and X-ray characterization of a heteroaromatic compound denominated by us T(2)CO, comprising two thymine moieties anchored to a 2-propanonic unit, the spectroscopic properties of which wer...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Roviello GN,Roviello G,Musumeci D,Bucci EM,Pedone C

更新日期：2012-10-01 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：: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：: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