Regulation of L-alanine-initiated germination ofBacillus subtilis spores by alanine racemase.

abstract：:The human organism is exposed to numerous processes that generate reactive oxygen species (ROS). ROS may directly or indirectly cause oxidative modification and damage of proteins. Protein oxidation is regarded as a crucial event in the pathogenesis of various diseases ranging from rheumatoid arthritis to Alzheimer's ...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Pietzsch J,Bergmann R,Wuest F,Pawelke B,Hultsch C,van den Hoff J

更新日期：2005-12-01 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：: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：:Subcellular localization is an important protein property, which is related to function, interactions and other features. As experimental determination of the localization can be tedious, especially for large numbers of proteins, a number of prediction tools have been developed. We developed the PROlocalizer service t...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Laurila K,Vihinen M

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Addition of poly(A) to hnRNA in the cell nucleus is a post-transcriptional event and is presumed to be brought about by a specific poly(A)polymerase. Since it is known that tryptophan rapidly increases the cytoplasmic levels of polyadenylated mRNA, it was of interest to investigate whether the essential amino acid, tr...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Kurl RN,Verney E,Sidransky H

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BE-3-3-3-3 (1,15-(ethylamino)4,8,12-triazapentadecane) is a bis(ethyl)polyamine analogue under investigation as a therapeutic agent for breast cancer. Since estradiol (E(2)) is a critical regulatory molecule in the growth of breast cancer, we examined the effect of BE-3-3-3-3 on estrogen receptor α (ERα) positive MCF-...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Nayvelt I,John S,Hsu HC,Yang P,Liu W,Das G,Hyvönen MT,Alhonen L,Keinänen TA,Shirahata A,Patel R,Thomas T,Thomas TJ

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Knowing the key features of the structure and the biochemistry of proteins is crucial to improving enzymes of industrial interest like β-fructofuranosidase. Gene sacA from Bacillus licheniformis ATCC 14580 codifies a sucrose-6-phosphate hydrolase, a β-fructofuranosidase (E.C. 3.1.2.26, protein BlsacA), which has no cr...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Mera A,de Lima MZT,Bernardes A,Garcia W,Muniz JRC

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of up-regulation of putrescine (Put) production by genetic manipulation on the turnover of spermidine (Spd) and spermine (Spm) was investigated in transgenic cells of poplar (Populus nigra × maximowiczii) and seedlings of Arabidopsis thaliana. Several-fold increase in Put production was achieved by expressi...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Shao L,Bhatnagar P,Majumdar R,Minocha R,Minocha SC

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell-penetrating peptides, a group of short peptides, can traverse cell membranes to enter cells and thus facilitate the uptake of various molecular cargoes. Thus, they have the potential to become powerful drug delivery systems. The correct identification of peptides as cell-penetrating or non-cell-penetrating would ...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Chen L,Chu C,Huang T,Kong X,Cai YD

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rats were trained to perform a conditioned avoidance response to white noise in a conventional two-compartment "shuttle-box". The partition between the compartments had two openings, however, and the correct passage (leftor right) was signalled by changes in background illumination. In this situation the psychotomimet...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Ahlenius S,Ericson E,Svensson TH

更新日期：1992-02-01 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：:Mitochondria are essential cell organelles of eukaryotes. Hence, it is vitally important to develop an automated and reliable method for timely identification of novel mitochondrial proteins. In this study, mitochondrial proteins were encoded by dipeptide composition technology; then, the genetic algorithm-partial lea...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Tan F,Feng X,Fang Z,Li M,Guo Y,Jiang L

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dietary polyamines and amino acids (AAs) are crucial for human growth, development, reproduction, and health. However, the scientific literature shows large variations in polyamine and AA concentrations among major staple foods of plant origin, and there is a scarcity of information regarding their complete compositio...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Hou Y,He W,Hu S,Wu G

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:N-acetylaspartate (NAA), an acetylated derivative of L-aspartate (Asp), and N-acetylaspartylglutamate (NAAG), a derivative of NAA and L-glutamate (Glu), are synthesized by neurons in brain. However, neurons cannot catabolize either of these substances, and so their metabolism requires the participation of two other ce...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Baslow MH

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anti-tissue transglutaminase (tTG) antibodies are specifically produced in the small-intestinal mucosa of celiac disease (CD) patients. It is now recognized that these antibodies, acting on cell-surface tTG, may play an active role in CD pathogenesis triggering an intracellular response via the activation of different...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Caputo I,Lepretti M,Secondo A,Martucciello S,Paolella G,Sblattero D,Barone MV,Esposito C

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chiral dehydroamino acid building blocks are versatile starting materials for the preparation of optically active unusual amino acids and other compounds of pharmacological interest. Herein we disclose the expedient preparation of dehydroalanines (ΔAla) equipped with oxazolidin-2-one (Oxd) chiral auxiliaries, Ts-Oxd-Δ...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： De Marco R,Cavina L,Greco A,Gentilucci L

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lipidicα-amino acids (LAAs) are non-naturalα-amino acids with saturated or unsaturated long aliphatic side chains. LAAs and their derivatives (lipid mimetics) together with the lipidic peptides represent a class of compounds which combine structural features of lipids with those of amino acids and peptides. Racemi...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Kokotos G,Martin V,Constantinou-Kokotou V,Gibbons WA

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amino acids are potent regulators of muscle protein synthesis and breakdown and have received considerable attention for the treatment of muscle wasting conditions. Arginine is critically involved in numerous physiological functions including providing substrate for the production of creatine, urea and nitric oxide (N...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Ham DJ,Caldow MK,Lynch GS,Koopman R

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90) plays a vital role in the progress of malignant disease and elevated Hsp90 expression has been reported in pancreatic cancer. In this study, we radiolabeled a dimeric Sansalvamide A derivative (Di-San A1) with 64Cu, and evaluated the feasibility of using 64Cu-Di-San A1 for PET imaging of ...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Wang X,Zhang J,Wu H,Li Y,Conti PS,Chen K

更新日期：2018-07-01 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：:The dipeptide carnosine is found in high concentrations in human skeletal muscle and shows large inter-individual differences. Sex and age are determining factors, however, systematic studies investigating the sex effects on muscle carnosine content throughout the human lifespan are lacking. Despite the large inter-in...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Baguet A,Everaert I,Achten E,Thomis M,Derave W

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The synthesis of enantiomerically pure 2-aminocyclobutanecarboxylic acids has been refined to improve both the efficiency and the simplicity. These improvements provide a shorter and easier access to the racemic cis-cyclobutane β-amino acid core. Derivatization of this material with a chiral non-racemic oxazolidin-2-o...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Declerck V,Aitken DJ

更新日期：2011-08-01 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：:The polyamines spermidine and spermine, and their precursor putrescine, have been shown to play an important role in cell migration, proliferation, and differentiation. Because of their polycationic property, polyamines are traditionally thought to be involved in DNA replication, gene expression, and protein translati...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Yu CH,Chou CC,Lee YJ,Khoo KH,Chang GD

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We determined the alterations in metabolic conversion of cysteine into glutathione and taurine in liver of rats treated with ethanol acutely. Ethanol treatment reduced cysteine as well as glutathione levels in liver for 24 h. However, cysteine dioxygenase was up-regulated rapidly, and hypotaurine/taurine levels were s...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Ahn CW,Kwon DY,Jun DS,Lee YM,Kim YC

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, an optically active diamine, N,N'-(pyromellitoyl)-bis{N-[4(4-aminophenoxy)phenyl]-2-(4-methyl)pentanamide} (1) containing amino acid L-leucine was prepared in three steps. The step-growth polymerization of this chiral diamine with several diisocyanates in room temperature ionic liquid (IL), 1,3-dipropyl...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Mallakpour S

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibronectin (FN) is a cell adhesion protein that binds integrins in a process also involving the protein-crosslinking enzyme transglutaminase 2 (TG2) as a co-receptor. The cell-adhesive property of TG2 has been linked to a complex formation with FN and to its ability to crosslink and polymerize FN on the cell surface....

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Forsprecher J,Wang Z,Nelea V,Kaartinen MT

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In plasma and serum, the presence of high-abundance proteins can overwhelm the signals of low-abundance proteins, which then become undetectable either by two-dimensional gels or chromatographic techniques. Therefore, depletion of abundant proteins is a prerequisite to detect low-abundance components. Furthermore, the...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Millioni R,Puricelli L,Iori E,Tessari P

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The chemical modification of protein by nonenzymatic browning or Maillard reactions increases with age and in disease. Maillard products are formed by reactions of both carbohydrate- and lipid-derived intermediates with proteins, leading to formation of advanced glycation and lipoxidation end-products (AGE/ALEs). Thes...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Thorpe SR,Baynes JW

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxidative stress, an excess of reactive oxygen species (ROS), may lead to oxidative post-translational modifications of proteins resulting in the cleavage of the peptide backbone, known as α-amidation, and formation of fragments such as peptide amides and α-ketoacyl peptides (α-KaP). In this study, we first compared d...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Sajapin J,Hellwig M

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00