Formation of aggregates of tryptic fragments derived from the carboxyl-terminal half of pea phytochrome and localization of the site of contact between the fragments by amino-terminal amino acid sequence analysis.

abstract：:Intermolecular interactions of human serum proteins with a hydrophilic nonmetalloporphyrin, 13,17-bis(1-carboxypropionyl)carbomoylethyl-8-ethenyl-2-hydroxy-3-hydroxyiminoethylidene-2,7,12,18-tetramethylporphyrin sodium salt (ATX-S10 (Na)), or a hydrophilic gallium-metalloporphyrin, diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid ...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Yamaguchi M,Tanabe S,Nakajima S,Takemura T,Ogita K,Kuwayama H,Sakata I,Miyaki S,Suzuki K,Namiki H,Uzuka Y,Sarashina T

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:More scheduled outdoor stay is increasingly advocated for school children. This study measured 2(nd) , 5(th) and 8(th) graders' erythemal UV-exposure in September, March and May at four Swedish schools. We related those exposures, as fractions of total available ambient radiation, to the schools outdoor environments d...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Pagels P,Wester U,Söderström M,Lindelöf B,Boldemann C

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The retinal protonated Schiff base of bacteriorhodopsin is photoreactive to reducing agents such as NaBH4. In the present work we have studied the effect of different protein hydration levels on the photoreductive reaction, as well as the consequences of preventing isomerization around the critical C13=C14 retinal dou...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Aharoni A,Ottolenghi M,Sheves M

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibrous proteins discolor on exposure to the UV component of sunlight. This effect is exacerbated in the presence of fluorescent whitening agents (FWAs), which are often applied to textiles to improve product brightness. Tryptophan photoproducts have been identified as significant contributors to protein photoyellowin...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Dyer JM,Clerens S,Cornellison CD,Murphy CJ,Maurdev G,Millington KR

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The photodynamic effect of hypericin on EMT6 mouse mammary carcinoma cells was investigated in vitro under aerobic and hypoxic conditions. Under aerobic conditions, hypericin-induced photocytotoxicity was dose dependent within a 1-50 microM range. Under hypoxic conditions, cells were resistant to hypericin-induced pho...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Thomas C,Pardini RS

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pH-insensitive beetle luciferases cloned from Rhagophthalmidae, Phengodidae, and Elateridae exhibit great potential application as reporter assays for monitoring gene expression. At present, however, only one luciferase has been reported from the enigmatic and predominantly Asian distributed luminous family Rhagop...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Liu GC,Dong ZW,Hou QB,He JW,Zhao RP,Wang W,Li XY

更新日期：2020-01-01 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：:Low-power lasers are commonly used in human medicine for treatment of various pathological conditions, but mechanisms of their healing effects are still poorly understood. The results of this study provide information related to these effects at the cellular level. Two different protozoan species, Euglena gracilis and...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Koutna M,Janisch R,Unucka M,Svobodnik A,Mornstein V

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Depletion of the ozone layer leads to increasing UV-B radiation on the earth's surface, which may affect weeds and their responses to herbicides. However, the effect of increased UV-B radiation on weeds and the interaction of weeds and herbicides are still obscure. The objective of this study was to compare glyphosate...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Yin L,Zhang M,Li Z,Duan L,Wang S

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular beacons (MB) are becoming more common as sequence-selective detectors of nucleic acids. Although they can easily detect single-base mismatches, they have never been used to directly detect DNA or RNA damage. To measure the degree of ultraviolet (UV) light damage in oligonucleotides, we report a novel MB appr...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Yarasi S,McConachie C,Loppnow GR

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eumelanin (brown/black melanin) and pheomelanin (red/yellow melanin) in human hair can be quantified using chemical methods or approximated using spectrophotometric methods. Chemical methods consume greater resources, making them less attractive for epidemiological studies. This investigation sought to identify the sp...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Shekar SN,Duffy DL,Frudakis T,Montgomery GW,James MR,Sturm RA,Martin NG

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Herein, we present a comparative study about the photoinactivation of Staphylococcus aureus (Gram-positive model) and Escherichia coli (Gram-negative model) employing a neutral and a dicationic axially functionalized SiIV -phthalocyanine. Depending on the charge of the siloxane moiety (neutral monosaccharide or cation...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Grüner MC,Niemann S,Faust A,Strassert CA

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper studies the dye-sensitized photooxidation of tyrosine (tyr) and tyr di- and tripeptides (tyr-tyr and tyr-tyr-tyr) mediated by singlet molecular oxygen (O2[1 delta g]) in alkaline media. Photooxidation quantum efficiencies (phi r) were obtained by determining the overall and reactive rate constants of intera...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Criado S,Soltermann AT,Marioli JM,García NA

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pharmacokinetics of Zn phthalocyanine (ZnPc) encapsulated in dipalmitoyl-phosphatidylcholine (DPPC) liposomes, injected intravenously in Skh:HR-1 nude mice, was monitored by two in vitro techniques and one in vivo technique, all based on fluorescence spectroscopy. The in vitro methods involve either fluorescence m...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Biolo R,Jori G,Kennedy JC,Nadeau P,Pottier R,Reddi E,Weagle G

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three Donor-π-Acceptor-π-Donor type styryl dyes (5a-c) with different secondary donors are synthesized and characterized to study their nonlinear and linear optical properties. The structure-property relationships of the dyes are described in the light of systematic photophysical and theoretical investigations. The ph...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Raikwar MM,Mathew E,Varghese M,Joe IH,Nethi SN

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Photochemical Research Group from San Luis (Argentina) highlights the contributions of Dr. Norman Andino García to the development of the group as a way to show him our gratitude for all his support. ...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Ferrari G,Montaña MP

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to gain insight into the preactivation of merocyanine 540 (MC540) 1 for the photodynamic therapy (Gulliya et al., 1990a, Photochem. Photobiol. 52, 831-838) its photo-oxidation was investigated. After irradiation of MC540 1 on a preparative scale three main photodegradation products were isolated with 16-20% y...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Franck B,Schneider U

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Steady state photolysis and time resolved near infrared luminescence detection were employed to study the reaction kinetics of singlet oxygen with three different lipid-soluble probes incorporated in large unilamellar dioctadecyldimethylammonium chloride (DODAC) vesicles. The probes: 2-(4-(N,N,N-trimethylamine)-butyl)...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Zanocco AL,Meléndrez M,Günther G,Lemp E

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quantum yields for the formation of superoxide ions, O2-., and singlet oxygen, 1O2, were determined during the photolyses of gilvocarcin M (GM) in air-saturated dry dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) and in 45:55 (vol/vol) DMSO-water mixtures. The quantum yield for the photoreduction of methyl viologen by GM in nitrogen-saturat...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Alegría AE,Zayas L,Guevara N

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antifungal activity is positively correlated to furanocoumarin content in extracts of the traditional phytomedicine northern prickly ash (Zanthoxylum americanum Mill. [Rutaceae]). The specificity of these furanocoumarins in inhibiting replication of DNA was investigated with reference to significant base composition d...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Smith ML,Gregory P,Bafi-Yeboa NF,Arnason JT

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vivo pharmacokinetics of protoporphyrin IX (PpIX) after administration of 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) cannot be described accurately by mathematical models using first-order rate processes. We have replaced first-order reaction rates by dose-dependent (Michaelis-Menten [MM]) reaction rates in a mathematical com...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Aalders MC,van der Vange N,Star WM,Sterenborg HJ

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The photochemical reactions of the 1-deaza derivative of riboflavin (RF) have been studied by sub-ps time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy. A potential effect of the solvent polarity and hydrogen bonding capability on the excited state (ES) dynamics was tested by measuring 1-deaza RF in water and, after acetylation ...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Slavov C,Mansurova M,Holzwarth AR,Gärtner W

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In aqueous solution, amphiphilic ionenes such as the [3,22]-ionene spontaneously adopt globular conformations and form microdomains that are highly micelle-like, i.e. are capable of solubilizing organic molecules, binding and exchanging counterions and accelerating or inhibiting the rates of bimolecular reactions. Tim...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Tcacenco CM,Quina FH

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plastoglobules are lipoprotein particles contained in chloroplasts and other plastids. They have long been regarded as lipid storage droplets. New results now indicate that plastoglobules actively participate in prenylquinone and other metabolic pathways. Structural work shows physical attachment of plastoglobules to ...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Bréhélin C,Kessler F

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The significance of human cutaneous pigmentation lies in its protective role against sun-induced DNA damage and photocarcinogenesis. Fair skin and red hair are characterized by a low eumelanin to pheomelanin ratio, and have been associated with increased risk of skin cancer. Cutaneous pigmentation is a complex genetic...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Dessinioti C,Antoniou C,Katsambas A,Stratigos AJ

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Photosensitized protein cross-linking has been recently developed to seal wounds and strengthen tissue. Although the photosensitizing dye, Rose Bengal (RB), is phototoxic to cultured cells, cytotoxicity does not accompany RB-photosensitized tissue repair in vivo. We investigated whether the environment surrounding cel...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Yao M,Gu C,Doyle FJ Jr,Zhu H,Redmond RW,Kochevar IE

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:alpha-Terthienyl photosensitizes single strand breaks in pBR322 DNA. Almost identical results were observed under oxygen and under argon. In the presence of oxygen, this DNA nicking was enhanced by histidine and was not affected by superoxide dismutase, catalase, or the antioxidant BHT. Although chemical damage to DNA...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Wang TP,Kagan J,Tuveson RW,Wang GR

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The phototransduction cascade is perhaps the best understood model system for G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) signaling. Phototransduction links the absorption of a single photon of light to a decrease in cytosolic cGMP. Depletion of the cGMP pool induces closure of cGMP-gated cation channels resulting in the hyperp...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Lodowski DT,Angel TE,Palczewski K

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cypridina luciferase (Cluc), a secreted luminescent protein identified from Cypridina noctiluca, has two N-glycosylation sites. In this study, we evaluated the effects of N-glycosylation on Cluc properties by creating site-directed mutagenic modifications at the consensus sequence for N-glycosylation (Asn-X-Ser/Thr). ...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Yasuno R,Mitani Y,Ohmiya Y

更新日期：2018-03-01 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