Near-UV activation of enzymatic conversion of 5-hydroxytryptophan to serotonin.

abstract：:Contribution of luciferin-regenerating enzyme (LRE) for in vitro recycling of D-luciferin has been reported. According to crystal structure of LRE, it is a beta-propeller protein which is a type of all β-protein architecture. In this overview, reinvestigation of the luciferase-based LRE assays and its function is repo...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Hosseinkhani S,Emamgholi Zadeh E,Sahebazzamani F,Ataei F,Hemmati R

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exploration of environmental dynamics using intrinsic biological probe tryptophan is very important; however, it suffers from various difficulties. An alternative probe, kynurenine (KN), has been found to be an efficient probe for the ultrafast dynamics in the biological environment (Goswami et al., [2010] J. Phys. Ch...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Rakshit S,Goswami N,Pal SK

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pyrimidine dimers were measured in epidermal DNA of SKH:HR1 mice following exposure to solar-simulated UV radiation (SSUV, 290-400 nm) or to UVA (320-400 nm). Mice were exposed to SSUV or UVA after topical application (2 mg/cm2) of vehicle, a UVB absorber (5% 2-ethylhexyl p-methoxycinnamate [2-EHMC]), or a broad-spect...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Ley RD,Fourtanier A

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study outlines the potential for Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulation to be used to predict upper-room ultraviolet germicidal irradiation (UVGI) effectiveness to aid system design and the development of future guidance. A numerical study of two wall-mounted UVGI lamps in a mechanically ventilated test ch...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Gilkeson CA,Noakes C

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The quantum yield of triplet formation, phi T, and that of the photosensitized formation of singlet molecular oxygen, phi delta, were determined for a rare nucleoside, 4-thiouridine (4t-Urd), in water and in acetonitrile, using singlet molecular oxygen phosphorescence, laser-induced optoacoustics and time-resolved the...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Heihoff K,Redmond RW,Braslavsky SE,Rougée M,Salet C,Favre A,Bensasson RV

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Channel and pump rhodopsins use energy from light absorbed by a covalently bound retinal chromophore to transport ions across membranes of microbial cells. Ion transfer steps, including proton transfer, can couple to changes in protein conformational dynamics and water positions. Although general principles of how mic...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Bondar AN,Smith JC

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elemental sulfur is a low-cost and abundant substance as one of the largest by-products of the oil industry which was widely used in many industrial activities. Cyclo-octasulfur (S8 ) is one of the sulfur allotropes that is a very stable substance in standard conditions. In this study, we report a low-cost and fast me...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Peyman VA,Azizian S

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The assessment model for ultraviolet radiation and risk "AMOUR" is applied to output from two chemistry-climate models (CCMs). Results from the UK Chemistry and Aerosols CCM are used to quantify the worldwide skin cancer risk avoided by the Montreal Protocol and its amendments: by the year 2030, two million cases of s...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： van Dijk A,Slaper H,den Outer PN,Morgenstern O,Braesicke P,Pyle JA,Garny H,Stenke A,Dameris M,Kazantzidis A,Tourpali K,Bais AF

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The design, synthesis and application of a new fluorescent-labeling reagent for collagen has been developed as a prerequisite for the design of a photoactivated collagen-crosslinking compound for surgical wound closure. The amine groups in collagen are the targets of a rational design for a new fluorophore because nat...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Timberlake GT,Reddy GK,Stehno-Bittel L,Weber JF,Amslinger S,Givens RS

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Time-resolved reflectance and transmittance spectroscopy was applied to measure in vivo the absorption and transport scattering spectra of the female breast from 610 to 1010 nm. Three measurement configurations were used to probe different breast regions, and data were collected two or three times in each of the five ...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Cubeddu R,D'Andrea C,Pifferi A,Taroni P,Torricelli A,Valentini G

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nowadays, introducing self-cleaning properties on various fabrics under daylight irradiation for automotive and upholstery application is in a central point of research. This can be achieved by application of metal-doped TiO2 nano particles on the textile fabrics. Here, alkali hydrolysis of polyester fabric has been c...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Gaminian H,Montazer M

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Photodimerization of cocrystals of four bispyridylethylenes and two stilbazoles with urea as a template in the solid state has been investigated following our success with thiourea. Four investigated olefins photodimerized quantitatively to a single dimer in the crystalline state only. The reactivity of urea-olefin cr...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Bhogala BR,Captain B,Ramamurthy V

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The interaction between human alpha1-acid glycoprotein (orosomucoid) and the fluorescent probe, 2-p-toluidinylnaphthalene-6-sulfonate (TNS) has been studied. An association constant of 16.7 (+/- 3) x 10(3) M-1 was obtained for the complex at 20 degrees C with a stoichiometry of 1:1. From the effect of temperature on t...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Albani J,Vos R,Willaert K,Engelborghs Y

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammatory stimuli result in the production of cutaneous eicosanoids, which are known to contribute to the process of tumor promotion. Cyclooxygenase (COX), the rate-limiting enzyme for the production of prostaglandins (PG) from arachidonic acid, exists in at least two isoforms, COX-1 and COX-2. COX-1 is constitutiv...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： An KP,Athar M,Tang X,Katiyar SK,Russo J,Beech J,Aszterbaum M,Kopelovich L,Epstein EH Jr,Mukhtar H,Bickers DR

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Identification of natural products capable of affording protection against UVB radiation-induced inflammatory responses and generation of oxidative stress may have important human health implications. The UVB exposure-induced skin injury and oxidative stress has been associated with a variety of skin disease condition...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Katiyar SK,Matsui MS,Elmets CA,Mukhtar H

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ciliate Stentor coeruleus exhibits photodispersal, that is, these cells swim away from light sources and collect in dimly lighted areas. We imaged and reconstructed the tracks of 48 Stentor to determine which swimming behaviors produced their photodispersal. We observed that their photodispersal is not due to a ch...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Menzies E,Das N,Wood DC

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article is a highlight of the study by Stamenkovic and Hanelt in this issue of Photochemistry and Photobiology describing the high-irradiance photophysiology of several strains of freshwater chlorophyte microalgal genus, Cosmarium. These strains exhibit distinct differences in how combined thermal- high irradianc...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Neale P

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Catalases are oxidized by singlet oxygen giving rise to more acidic conformers detected in zymograms after electrophoresis in polyacrylamide gels. This shift in catalase mobility can be indicative of singlet oxygen production in vivo. Catalase from human cells, as from many organisms, is susceptible to in vitro modifi...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Lledías F,Hansberg W

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The marine annelid Chaetopterus variopedatus produces bioluminescence by an unknown and potentially novel mechanism. We have advanced the study of this fascinating phenomenon, which has not been investigated for nearly 60 years after initial studies were first reported for this species. Here, we show that the luminous...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Branchini BR,Behney CE,Southworth TL,Rawat R,Deheyn DD

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Restenosis results from intimal hyperplasia and constrictive remodeling following cardiovascular interventions. Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has been shown to inhibit intimal hyperplasia in vivo by preventing neointimal repopulation of the treated vessel. This study was undertaken in an attempt to further dissect the me...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Waterman PR,Overhaus M,Heckenkamp J,Nigri GR,Fungaloi PF,Landis ME,Kossodo SC,LaMuraglia GM

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Melatonin (N-acetyl-5-methoxytryptamine) is a naturally occurring hormone with a structural resemblance to tryptophan. Its fluorescence is solvent dependent and strongly quenched in the presence of oxygen. Fluorescence quenching in aqueous and organic solutions have been studied in the presence of different quenchers....

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Rath MC,Mahal HS,Mukherjee T

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The wavelength dependence of an ultraviolet irradiation of the DNA substrate for a human endonuclease was determined. Sites of DNA incision for all UVB and UVC wavelengths examined were at cytosines which were neither cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers nor 6-4'-(pyrimidin-2-one)pyrimidines. The optimal wavelengths for form...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Gallagher PE,Weiss RB,Brent TP,Duker NJ

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activity of the bimodal fluorescent protein (bmFP) (lambda max, 488 and 517 nm) in the in vitro luciferase reaction has been studied. The bmFP that is produced by Photobacterium phosphoreum strain bmFP is a dimer of two homologous subunits binding four riboflavin 5'-phosphate (FMN)-myristate chromophores. The addi...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Karatani H,Konaka T

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two-photon laser scanning microscopy (TPLSM) of endogenous reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD(P)H) provides important information regarding the cellular metabolic state. When imaging the punctate mitochondrial fluorescence originating from NAD(P)H in a rat basophilic leukemia (RBL) cell at low laser powers...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Nichols MG,Barth EE,Nichols JA

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ultraviolet (UV) component of solar radiation is the driving force of life on earth, but it can cause photoaging and skin cancer. In this study, we investigated the effects of the glucosamine-derivative 2-(N-Acetyl)-L-phenylalanylamido-2-deoxy-β-D-glucose (NAPA) on human primary fibroblasts (FBs) stimulated in vit...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Lopreiato M,Cocchiola R,Falcucci S,Leopizzi M,Cardone M,Di Maio V,Brocco U,D'Orazi V,Calvieri S,Scandurra R,De Marco F,Scotto d'Abusco A

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracellular targets for the photosensitizer alpha-terthienyl (alpha T) were examined by fluorescence microscopy and microfluorospectrometry using human nonkeratinized buccal cells. Intracellular distribution of alpha T was observed as fluorescent patches widely dispersed in the cytoplasm. The distribution of the flu...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Sasaki M,Koyama S,Tokiwa K,Fujita H

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:UV radiation is a potent DNA damaging agent and a known inducer of skin cancer in experimental animals. There is excellent scientific evidence to indicate that most non-melanoma human skin cancers are induced by repeated exposure to sunlight. UV radiation is unique in that it induces DNA damage that differs from the l...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Ananthaswamy HN,Pierceall WE

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Color variants of Ca2+ -regulated photoprotein obelin were shown to be an important tool for dual-analyte binding assay. To provide site-directed conjugation with biospecific molecules, several obelin color mutants carrying unique cysteine residues were obtained and characterized for their novel properties. A pair of ...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Krasitskaya VV,Burakova LP,Komarova AA,Bashmakova EE,Frank LA

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Towards our overall objectives of developing potent antimicrobial materials to combat the escalating threat to human health posed by the transmission of surface-adhering pathogenic bacteria, we have investigated the photobactericidal activity of cellulose nanocrystals that have been modified with a porphyrin-derived p...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Carpenter BL,Feese E,Sadeghifar H,Argyropoulos DS,Ghiladi RA

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This research was conducted to evaluate the design of hospital ultraviolet germicidal irradiation (UVGI) systems and to assess their effectiveness for inactivating airborne mycobacteria. A computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model was developed and tested by simulating previous experiments measuring the effectiveness o...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Xu P,Fisher N,Miller SL

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00