The water network in galectin-3 ligand binding site guides inhibitor design.

abstract：:An L-amino acid oxidase (LAAO), NA-LAAO, was purified from the venom of Naja atra. Its N-terminal sequence shows great similarity with LAAOs from other snake venoms. NA-LAAO dose-dependently induced aggregation of washed human platelets. However, it had no activity on platelets in platelet-rich plasma. A low concentra...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Li R,Zhu S,Wu J,Wang W,Lu Q,Clemetson KJ

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Growth arrest specific 2 (GAS2) modulates cell cycle, apoptosis, and Calpain activity. GAS2-Calpain2 axis is required for the growth of BCR-ABL(+) hematopoietic cells and chronic myeloid leukemia cells. However, the expression of GAS2 in acute leukemia patients remains unclear and what role GAS2-Calpain2 axis plays in...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Sun L,Zhou H,Liu H,Ge Y,Zhang X,Ma W,Wu D,Zhao Y

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metastasis is the main reason for high recurrence and poor survival of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The molecular mechanism underlying HCC metastasis remains unclear. In this study, we found that argininosuccinate synthase 1 (ASS1) expression was significantly decreased and down-regulation of ASS1 was closely corre...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Tao X,Zuo Q,Ruan H,Wang H,Jin H,Cheng Z,Lv Y,Qin W,Wang C

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:NifA is the general transcriptional activator of nitrogen fixation genes in diazotrophic bacteria. In Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. viciae strain 8401/pRL1JI, the NifA gene is part of a gene cluster (fixABCXNifAB). In this study, results showed that in R. leguminosarum bv.viciae 8401/pRL1JI, host factor required (Hfq), ...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Zhang Y,Hong G

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development and strategic application of effective anticancer therapies have turned out to be one of the most critical approaches of managing human cancers. Nevertheless, drug resistance is the major obstacle for clinical management of these diseases especially ovarian cancer. In the past years, substantial studie...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Yung MM,Ngan HY,Chan DW

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PKZ, protein kinase containing Z-DNA domains, is a novel member of the vertebrate eIF2α kinase family. Containing a catalytic domain in C-terminus and two Z-DNA binding domains (Zα1 and Zα2) in N-terminus, PKZ can be activated through the binding of Zα to Z-DNA. However, the regulatory function of PKZ Zα remains to be...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Lu P,Deng S,Wu C,Zhu Y,Liu Y,Lin G,Yan Y,Hu C

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genomic walking is one of the most useful approaches in genome-related research. Three kinds of PCR-based methods are available for this purpose. However, none of them has been generally applied because they are either insensitive or inefficient. Here we present an efficient PCR protocol, an optimized adaptor PCR meth...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Xu P,Hu RY,Ding XY

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HEAT repeat-containing protein 1 (HEATR1) is related to the progression of several cancers. However, the role of HEATR1 in gastric cancer (GC) remains unknown. In the present study, we aimed to detect the expression of HEATR1 in GC and identify its role. The expressions of HEATR1 in GC tissues were analyzed using The ...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Zhao J,Zhu Y,Fu Q,Zhu Y,Zhao G

更新日期：2020-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The t(8;21) translocation is one of the most frequent chromosome abnormalities in acute myeloid leukemia. This translocation creates a fusion between the acute myelogenous leukemia 1 (AML1, a transcription factor) gene on chromosome 21 and the eight-twenty-one (ETO, a zinc finger nuclear protein) gene on chromosome 8,...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Yang HT,Wu DH,Xue XY,Liang WX,Miao XY,Pang H,Chen SJ

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:G-quadruplexes are higher-order nucleic acid structures formed in G-rich sequences in DNA or RNA. G-quadruplexes are distributed in many locations in the human genome, including promoter regions, and are viewed as promising therapeutic targets. Uncoupling protein-1 (UCP1) is a mitochondrial thermogenic gene critical f...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Zhao Y,Uhler JP

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability to self-renew is one of the most important properties of embryonic stem (ES) cells. Pluripotin (SC1), a small molecule with high activity and low toxicity, promotes self-renewal in mouse ES cells. SC1 can noticeably change the morphology of retinoic acid (RA)-induced F9 embryonic carcinoma cells (F9 cells)...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Liu Y,Ren X,Ke J,Zhang Y,Wei Q,Shi Z,Ai Z,Guo Z

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypopharyngeal carcinoma (HC) is one of the most malignant tumors in the upper aerodigestive tract. Currently, there are no effective treatments for HC. Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) are a promising tool that can be used for plasmonic photothermal therapy (PPTT), which refers to the use of electromagnetic radiation, most...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Zhang Y,Cong L,He J,Wang Y,Zou Y,Yang Z,Hu Y,Zhang S,He X

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The unique temporal expression pattern of miR-200c in epididymis during post-natal development in juvenile rats was revealed by our home-made miRNA microarray in this paper. It was found that miR-200c expressed in the lowest level at Day 7 and then increased to the highest at Day 36 followed by a dramatic decrease. Th...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Wang J,Ruan K

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A gene encoding a special thermophilic multifunctional amylase OPMA-N was cloned from Bacillus sp. ZW2531-1. OPMA-N has an additional 124-residue N-terminal domain compared with typical amylases and forms a relatively independent domain with a β-pleated sheet and random coil structure. Here we reported an unusual subs...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Li F,Zhu X,Li Y,Cao H,Zhang Y

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:beta-Glucosidases are important in the formation of floral tea aroma and the development of resistance to pathogens and herbivores in tea plants. A novel beta-glucosidase was purified 117-fold to homogeneity, with a yield of 1.26%, from tea leaves by chilled acetone and ammonium sulfate precipitation, ion exchange chr...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Li YY,Jiang CJ,Wan XC,Zhang ZZ,Li DX

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutant N-terminal huntingtin (Htt) protein resulting from Huntington's disease (HD) with expanded polyglutamine accumulates and forms aggregates in vulnerable neurons. Both ubiquitin proteasomal and autophagic pathways contribute to the degradation of mutant Htt. Here, we focus on the involvement of chaperone-mediated...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Qi L,Zhang XD

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have demonstrated that the expression of the long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) AFAP1-AS1 in pancreatic cancer is negatively correlated with survival and prognosis. However, the effects of oridonin and lncRNA AFAP1-AS1 on the epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and migration of pancreatic cancer cells ...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Lou S,Xu J,Wang B,Li S,Ren J,Hu Z,Xu B,Luo F

更新日期：2019-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate whether apelin-13 induced THP-1 monocytes (MCs) adhesion to ECV304 human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) via 14-3-3 signaling transduction pathway and the potential novel physiological function and signaling transduction pathway of apelin-APJ, HUVECs ECV304 were cultured in DMEM and MCs THP-1 ...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Li X,Zhang X,Li F,Chen L,Li L,Qin X,Gao J,Su T,Zeng Y,Liao D

更新日期：2010-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Idiopathic congenital nystagmus (ICN) is a genetically heterogeneous eye movement disorder which seriously reduces childhood visual acuity. X-linked inheritance is the most common pattern, and mutations in FERM domain-containing protein 7 (FRMD7) are the major cause. Here, we recruited a four-generation Chinese family...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Wang Z,Wang M,Wang C,Lu B

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nocardia, Rhodococcus and Streptomyces, all members of the actinomycetes family, are Gram-positive eubacteria with high G+C content and able to form mycelium. We report here a newly identified plasmid pXT107 of Nocardia sp. 107, one of the smallest circular plasmids found in Nocardia. The complete nucleotide sequence ...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Xia HY,Tian YQ,Zhang R,Lin KC,Qin ZJ

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The subfamily of voltage-dependent potassium (Kv) channel interacting protein 4 (KChIP4) is made up of the auxiliary interacting protein of voltage-dependent potassium channels. In this study, the structure of four splicing variants of the human KChIP4 gene was analyzed. Three of the four isoforms of the KChIP4 gene, ...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Deng XY,Cai F,Xia K,Pan Q,Long ZG,Wu LQ,Liang DS,Dai HP,Zhang ZH,Xia JH

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cotton fiber developmental transition from elongation to secondary cell wall biosynthesis is a critical growth shifting phase that affects fiber final length, strength, and other properties. Morphological dynamic analysis indicated an asynchronous fiber developmental pattern between two most important commercial cotto...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Zhou X,Hu W,Li B,Yang Y,Zhang Y,Thow K,Fan L,Qu Y

更新日期：2019-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Allergic protein TBb, a major allergen in tartary buckwheat, was divided into four epitope-containing fragments and was named F1, F2, F3, and F4, respectively. Results of immunological assays revealed that F2 had the strongest IgE-binding activity to patient's sera, which indicated that it might contain the linear IgE...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Li P,Cui X,Li Y,Wang Z

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In cell mitosis, cytokinesis is a major deformation process, during which the site of the contractile ring is determined by the biochemical stimulus from asters of the mitotic apparatus, actin and myosin assembly is related to the motion of membrane phospholipids, and local distribution and arrangement of the microfil...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： An MW,Wu WZ,Chen WY

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gallbladder cancer (GBC) is the most common and aggressive malignancy of the biliary tract. Betulinic acid (BetA) has been reported to have anti-inflammatory and antitumor effects; however, the effect of BetA on GBC is still unknown. In this study, we investigated the effect of BetA on five GBC cell lines and found th...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Wang H,Dong F,Wang Y,Wang X,Hong D,Liu Y,Zhou J

更新日期：2020-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNAs have been reported to be closely related to the development of human lung cancers. However, the functions of microRNAs in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) remain largely undefined. Here, we investigated the role of microRNA-193b (miR-193b) in NSCLC. Our data showed that miR-193b was markedly down-regulated...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Hu H,Li S,Liu J,Ni B

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gliomas are the most common brain tumors of the central nervous system. In this study, we investigated the molecular mechanisms and biological function of SIRT6 in human gliomas. The expression levels of SIRT6 in glioma tissues and cells were analyzed by qRT-PCR and western blot analysis. CCK8 and clonogenicity assays...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Chen X,Li D,Gao Y,Cao Y,Hao B

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ORF of genome segment 6 (S6) of rice ragged stunt oryzavirus (RRSV) Philippines isolate was cloned and sequenced based on the S6 sequence of the Thailand isolate. Pns6, the 71 kD product of S6 expressed in E. coli, was demonstrated to be a viral non-structural protein of RRSV by Western blotting. The gel mobility ...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Shao CG,Lü HJ,Wu JH,Gong ZX

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of the guanosine triphosphatase activating proteins (GAPs) on spermatogenesis has been studied for years, though no GAPs have been explored in epididymis, an essential organ for sperm maturation. In this study, a new GAP member, designated as MacGAP, was cloned in human epididymis. The MacGAP gene encodes a...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Li X,Liu Q,Liu S,Zhang J,Zhang Y

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Constitutively activated signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) plays an important role in the formation of many tumors including ovarian cancer. In this study, RNA interference specific to STAT3 was employed to study its effects on the inhibition of STAT3 signaling and on the growth of ovarian can...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Huang F,Tong X,Fu L,Zhang R

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00