Real-time heterogeneous protein-protein interaction between αA-crystallin N-terminal mutants and αB-crystallin using quartz crystal microbalance (QCM).

abstract：:The cross-linking of protein molecules to form stable supramolecular aggregates capable of acting as protective and supporting structures is a common feature of organisms coping with the stresses of life. These new polymeric forms range from thick rigid structures to thin flexible membranes. The formation of such cros...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Bailey AJ

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human endothelin converting enzyme-1 (hECE-1) is a homodimer linked by a single disulfide bridge and has been identified as an important target for Alzheimer's disease. Structural analysis of hECE-1 dimer could lead to design specific and effective therapies against Alzheimer's disease. Hence, in the present study...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Sonawane KD,Barage SH

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of dietary amino acid taurine on the liver function of chronic hepatitis patients was investigated. The 24 chronic hepatitis patients with 2-5 times over normal activities of alanine aminotransferase (ALT) or aspartate aminotransferase (AST) were selected and equally divided into taurine treatment and contr...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Hu YH,Lin CL,Huang YW,Liu PE,Hwang DF

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Breast cancer epidemic in the early twenty-first century results in around two million new cases and half-a-million of the disease-related deaths registered annually worldwide. A particularly dramatic situation is attributed to some specific patient subgroups such as the triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). TNBC is a...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Golubnitschaja O,Filep N,Yeghiazaryan K,Blom HJ,Hofmann-Apitius M,Kuhn W

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Green tea which is widely consumed in China, Japan and India, contains polyphenolic compounds, which account for 30% of the dry weight of the leaves. Most of the polyphenols are flavanols, of which (-)-epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) is most abundant. Epidemiological studies revealed that the incidences of stomach a...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Bachrach U,Wang YC

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When a V3 sequence obtained on the n-th year after infection with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) was supposed to change into a V3 sequence on the n + 1-th year, the variation between the above two sequences was analyzed by means of entropic chaos degree. The entropic chaos degree measures chaotic aspects ...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Sato K,Ohya M

更新日期：2001-01-01 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：:Nitric oxide synthase (NOS) activities are responsible for the enzymatic conversion of L-arginine into NO and L-citrulline. Relatively low amounts of NO are produced in intestinal epithelial cells or are released from nerve endings. The effects of NO production are related to the maintenance of epithelial integrity an...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Guihot G,Guimbaud R,Bertrand V,Narcy-Lambare B,Couturier D,Duée PH,Chaussade S,Blachier F

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The putative translation factor eIF5A is essential for cell viability and is highly conserved from archaebacteria to mammals. This factor is the only cellular protein that undergoes an essential posttranslational modification dependent on the polyamine spermidine, called hypusination. This review focuses on the functi...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Zanelli CF,Valentini SR

更新日期：2007-08-01 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：:Based on previous research with bovine peadipocytes, we hypothesized that infusion of arginine into the abomasum of Angus steers stimulates stearoyl-CoA desaturase (SCD) gene expression in bovine subcutaneous (s.c.) adipose tissue, and that this would be attenuated by conjugated linoleic acid (CLA). Growing Angus stee...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Choi SH,Wickersham TA,Wu G,Gilmore LA,Edwards HD,Park SK,Kim KH,Smith SB

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The supplementation of creatine has shown a marked neuroprotective effect in mouse models of neurodegenerative diseases (Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis). This has been assigned to the known bioenergetic, anti-apoptotic, anti-excitotoxic and anti-oxidant properties of creatine....

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Klopstock T,Elstner M,Bender A

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:D: -Amino acid oxidase (DAAO) in mammal kidney regulates the renal reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels directly and plays a leading role in the development of ROS-mediated renal pathologic damages based on its crucial role in the oxidative deamination of D: -amino acids and the consequent generation of H(2)O(2). Quan...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Zhang H,Qi L,Lin Y,Mao L,Chen Y

更新日期：2012-01-01 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：:Our observations on the growth stimulatory nature of mimosine, (beta-(3-hydroxy-4-pyridon-1-yl)-L-alanine), the toxic non-protein plant amino acid, in some model experimental systems, warranted sensitive and selective routine estimations. For the determination of both mimosine and DHP, an indirect spectrophotometric m...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Lalitha K,Rajendra Kulothungan S

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dopa and related catecholamines and their degradation products have been demonstrated to have neurotoxic potential in a number of cellular and in vivo experiments. Several mechanisms have been hypothesized to be involved including generation of prooxidant products that subsequently oxidize membrane lipids and exposed ...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： VonVoigtlander PF,Fici GJ,Althaus JS

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudomonas aeruginosa is particularly difficult to treat because it possesses a variety of resistance mechanisms and because it often forms biofilms. Antimicrobial peptides represent promising candidates for future templates of antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections due to their unique mechanism of antimicrobial a...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Xie J,Li Y,Li J,Yan Z,Wang D,Guo X,Zhang J,Zhang B,Mou L,Yang W,Jiang X

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A subline growing in medium without arginine and ornithine was established from a rat Reuber hepatoma cell line (R-Y121B·cho). The subline designated R-Y117B·cho was able to grow in glutamine, arginine and ornithine-free, glutamate-supplemented medium. Arginine synthesis from glutamate requires four urea cycle enzymes...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Yamamoto K,Niwa A

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some of the chemistry of amino acids going on in our laboratory (Laboratoire des Amino acides Peptides et Protéines) is described as well as some mass spectrometry methodology for their characterization particularly on solid supports. Several aspects are presented including: (i) the stereoselective synthesis of natura...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Bouifraden S,Drouot C,el Hadrami M,Guenoun F,Lecointe L,Mai N,Paris M,Pothion C,Sadoune M,Sauvagnat B,Amblard M,Aubagnac JL,Calmes M,Chevallet P,Daunis J,Enjalbal C,Fehrentz JA,Lamaty F,Lavergne JP,Lazaro R,Rollan

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Germination ofBacillus subtilis spores was initiated by L-Ala and competitively inhibited by D-Ala, suggesting the presence of an alanine receptor. The spores showed alanine racemase activity in the spore coat. To investigate the role of alanine racemase (L → D) on germination, net racemase activity was determined usi...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Yasuda Y,Kanda K,Nishioka S,Tanimoto Y,Kato C,Saito A,Fukuchi S,Nakanishi Y,Tochikubo K

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effects exerted by heavy isotope substitution in biopolymers on the functioning of whole organisms have not been investigated. We report on the decrease of permissive temperature of nematodes fed with bacteria containing 5,5-D2-lysine. We synthesized 5,5-dideuterolysine and, taking advantage of lysine being an essenti...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Korneenko TV,Pestov NB,Hurski AL,Fedarkevich AM,Shmanai VV,Brenna JT,Shchepinov MS

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two experiments were conducted to evaluate the effects of dietary supplementation with Astragalus polysaccharide (APS) on growth performance, apparent ileal digestibilities (AID) of amino acids (AA), and their serum concentrations in early weaned piglets. In Exp. 1, 60 pigs were weaned at 21 days of age (BW 7.35 +/- 0...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Yin FG,Liu YL,Yin YL,Kong XF,Huang RL,Li TJ,Wu GY,Hou Y

更新日期：2009-07-01 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：:The expression of pluripotent stem cell protein markers, self-renewal, the potential to differentiate in cell types of all three germlines and teratoma formation in nude mice form the spectrum of the stringent pluripotency criteria for human stem cells. Currently, intercellular variability is discussed as an additiona...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Rosner M,Hengstschläger M

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amino acid and glucosinolate biosynthesis are two interdependent pathways; amino acid synthesis as a part of primary metabolism provides the precursors for glucosinolate biosynthesis in secondary metabolism. In our previous studies, the combination of coexpression analysis and metabolite profiling led to the identific...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Albinsky D,Sawada Y,Kuwahara A,Nagano M,Hirai A,Saito K,Hirai MY

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The enzymes Akt, mTOR, p70(S6K), rpS6, GSK3, and glycogen synthase interact in the control of protein and/or glycogen synthesis in skeletal muscle, and each has been found to respond to exercise and nutrient supplementation. In the present study, we tested the hypothesis that nutrient supplementation post exercise, in...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Ivy JL,Ding Z,Hwang H,Cialdella-Kam LC,Morrison PJ

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anticancer peptides (ACPs) are biologically anticancer active molecules that are produced by mammals, plants, insects and microorganisms. Here, a new peptide (TC22) with the amino acid sequence MTVVLLLIVLPLLGGVHSSGIL was identified and characterized from the beetle Tribolium castaneum. We found it inhibited the growth...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Liu XD,Zhang FX,Qin ZH,Shan H

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is an extensive and still growing body of the literature supporting the efficacy of creatine (Cr) supplementation. In sports, creatine has been recognized as the most effective nutritional supplement in enhancing exercise tolerance, muscle strength and lean body mass. From a clinical perspective, the application...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Gualano B,Roschel H,Lancha AH Jr,Brightbill CE,Rawson ES

更新日期：2012-08-01 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：:The study of nanomaterial/biomolecule interface is an important emerging field in bionanoscience, and additionally in many biological processes such as hard-tissue growth and cell-surface adhesion. To have a deeper understanding of the amino acids/gold nanoparticle assemblies, the adsorption of these amino acids on th...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Ramezani F,Amanlou M,Rafii-Tabar H

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00