Preparation and spectroscopic studies of cobalt(II)-substituted cucumber basic blue protein "plantacyanin".

abstract：:A mitosis inhibiting peptide pyroGlu-Glu-Asp-Ser-GlyOH has been isolated from mouse skin extracts. Both the biological and a synthetic peptide with the same structure reversibly inhibit epidermal mitoses in a curvilinear fashion after intraperitoneal injection. The two compounds are chromatographically identical. ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Reichelt KL,Elgjo K,Edminson PD

更新日期：1987-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we demonstrate that the active site architecture of the human glutathione (GSH) S-transferase Pi (GSTP1-1) accounts for its enantioselectivity in the GSH conjugation of 7beta,8alpha-dihydroxy-9alpha,10alpha-oxy-7,8,9, 10-tetrahydrobenzo(a) pyrene (anti-BPDE), the ultimate carcinogen of benzo(a)pyrene. F...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hu X,O'Donnell R,Srivastava SK,Xia H,Zimniak P,Nanduri B,Bleicher RJ,Awasthi S,Awasthi YC,Ji X,Singh SV

更新日期：1997-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:betaC-S Lyase catalyzes the alpha,beta-elimination of L-cysteine to hydrogen sulfide, which is one of the main causes of oral malodor and is highly toxic to mammalian cells. We evaluated the capacity of six species of oral streptococci to produce hydrogen sulfide. The crude enzyme extract from Streptococcus anginosus ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yoshida Y,Negishi M,Amano A,Oho T,Nakano Y

更新日期：2003-01-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The chemical industry has come under increasing pressure to make chemical production more eco-friendly and independent to fossil resources. The development of industrial processes based on micro-organisms can especially help to eliminate the use or the generation of hazardous substances and can support the transition ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Saibi W,Abdeljalil S,Masmoudi K,Gargouri A

更新日期：2012-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of arachidonic acid on the enzyme complexes in the electron transport system were investigated using submitochondrial particles from rat brain. Arachidonic acid irreversibly inhibited NADH-CoQ oxidoreductase (complex I) activity, but had no effect on the activities of succinate-CoQ oxidoreductase (complex ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Morii H,Takeuchi Y,Watanabe Y

更新日期：1991-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Intestinal epithelial cells (IECs) must be tolerant of the large number of commensal bacteria inhabiting the intestinal tract to avoid excessive inflammatory reactions. Toll-interacting protein (Tollip), a negative regulator of Toll-like receptor signaling, is known to be expressed at high levels in IECs, and to there...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sugi Y,Takahashi K,Nakano K,Hosono A,Kaminogawa S

更新日期：2011-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：:We have examined the response of the human multidrug resistance gene-1 (MDR1) downstream promoter to various mutants of human p53 in a reporter assay system. Our findings indicate that mutant 175H inhibits reporter activity driven by the MDR1 downstream promoter (base pairs -189 to +133 relative to the major transcrip...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Strauss BE,Haas M

更新日期：1995-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：:We have cloned the cDNA encoding human PICK1 (protein interacting with C kinase 1), a PDZ domain-containing protein of 415 amino acids, and also identified the Drosophila homologue by search of the databank. Northern blot analysis shows a single mRNA of about 2.0 kb ubiquitously expressed in human tissues. Although PI...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Takeya R,Takeshige K,Sumimoto H

更新日期：2000-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuropathic pain is triggered by damage to or as a result of the dysfunction of the somatosensory nervous system. Gene expression profiling using DNA microarray and real-time PCR have emerged as powerful tools for the elucidation of pain-specific pathways and identification of candidate biomarkers and therapeutic targ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wan G,Yang K,Lim Q',Zhou L,He BP,Wong HK,Too HP

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of hyaluronan binding protein 1 (HABP1) in cell signaling was investigated and in vitro kinase assay demonstrated that it is a substrate for MAP kinase. Phosphorylation of endogenous HABP1 was also observed following treatment of J774 cells with PMA. HABP1 was coimmunoprecipitated with activated ERK, confirmi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Majumdar M,Meenakshi J,Goswami SK,Datta K

更新日期：2002-03-08 00:00:00

abstract：:aDNA extraction and amplification procedures have been optimized for Pompeian human bone remains whose diagenesis has been determined by histological analysis. Single copy genes amplification (X and Y amelogenin loci and Y specific alphoid repeat sequences) have been performed and compared with anthropometric data on ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Cipollaro M,Di Bernardo G,Galano G,Galderisi U,Guarino F,Angelini F,Cascino A

更新日期：1998-06-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondrial uncoupling proteins (UCPs) have been postulated to be regulators of thermogenesis, energy balance, and oxidative stress. Brain mitochondrial carrier protein-1 (BMCP1) is a new member of the UCP family, but little is known about the gene regulation and the role of BMCP1 in the central nervous system. In t...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Mizuno T,Miura-Suzuki T,Yamashita H,Mori N

更新日期：2000-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Ubiquitinlation of proteins is prevalent and important in both normal and pathological cellular processes. Deubiquitinating enzymes (DUBs) can remove the ubiquitin tags on substrate proteins and dynamically regulate the ubiquitination process. The PPPDE family proteins were predicted to be a novel class of deubiquitin...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Xie X,Wang X,Jiang D,Wang J,Fei R,Cong X,Wei L,Wang Y,Chen H

更新日期：2017-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present report we analyze by reverse transcription (RT) and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) the expression of vasoactive intestinal peptide receptors (VIP-R) in rat thymocytes and peripheral T and B lymphocytes. We have obtained a specific VIP-R cDNA product of 311 bp identical in size to that obtained from lun...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Gomariz RP,Garrido E,Leceta J,Martinez C,Abalo R,Delgado M

更新日期：1994-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Activating Transcription Factor 2 (ATF2) is a member of the ATF/CREB bZIP family of transcription factors and an oncogene in prostate cancer. ATF2 has been reported to be a critical substrate of the CUL3-SPOP-RBX1 E3 ubiquitin ligase complex and the recurrent somatic mutation of SPOP has been believed to be a key feat...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Geng L,Chen X,Zhang M,Luo Z

更新日期：2020-03-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondrial pyruvate carrier (MPC), composed of MPC1 and MPC2, can modulate pyruvate oxidation in mitochondrial and MPC1 expression correlates with poor prognosis of multiple cancers. Here, we reported that MPC1 is acetylated and its main acetylation sites are: K45 and K46. Sirt3 binds to and deacetylates MPC1. High...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Liang L,Li Q,Huang L,Li D,Li X

更新日期：2015-12-25 00:00:00

abstract：:EAG1 channels belong to the KCNH family of voltage gated potassium channels. They are expressed in several brain regions and increased expression is linked to certain cancer types. Recent cryo-EM structure determination finally revealed the structure of these channels in atomic detail, allowing computational investiga...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Bernsteiner H,Bründl M,Stary-Weinzinger A

更新日期：2017-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:An inactive form of acrosin was extracted from epididymal boar spermatozoa utilizing acid pH conditions. When subjected to activation in alkaline environment, this form turns into an enzymatically active species, which exhibits close-related electrophoretic characteristics. Both the precursor and the activated species...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Berruti G,Merigioli G,Martegani E

更新日期：1986-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracellular DNA (eDNA) is a structural component of the polymeric matrix of biofilms from different species. Different mechanisms for DNA release have been proposed including lysis of cells, lysis of DNA-containing vesicles, and DNA secretion. Here, a genome-wide screen of 3985 non-lethal mutations was performed to ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sanchez-Torres V,Maeda T,Wood TK

更新日期：2010-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a common mechanism for mechanotransduction in cells, regardless of the cell type. Integrins, interacting with their matrix/environment, mediate increases in intracellular Ca2+ levels and activate MAP kinase cascades to cause ERK1/2 phosphorylation. Phosphorylated ERK1/2 causes the activation of the AP-1 famil...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Iqbal J,Zaidi M

更新日期：2005-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Using circular dichroism, fluorescence, and infrared spectroscopies, we studied the secondary structure of purified hamster PrP(C) in the presence of the mild, nonionic detergent octylglucoside. Under these native conditions, PrP(C) displayed an unexpectedly high beta-sheet component, intermediate between the values p...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Pergami P,Bramanti E,Ascoli GA

更新日期：1999-11-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidemiological data have shown that stress and other psychological factors might influence cancer onset and progression. However, to date, the mechanisms are not well understood. In the present study, we used chronic exposure to a scream as a novel form of sound stress to explore the influence of the chronic stress b...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hou N,Zhang X,Zhao L,Zhao X,Li Z,Song T,Huang C

更新日期：2013-10-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Seed germination is a crucial stage for plant development and agricultural production. To investigate its complex regulation process, the RNA-Seq study of rice embryo was conducted at three time points of 0, 12 and 48 h post imbibition (HPI). Dynamic transcriptional alterations were observed, especially in the early s...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wei T,He Z,Tan X,Liu X,Yuan X,Luo Y,Hu S

更新日期：2015-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Type I protein arginine N-methyltransferases catalyze the formation of omega-NG-monomethylarginine and asymmetric omega-NG, NG-dimethylarginine residues using S-adenosyl-l-methionine as the methyl donor. In vitro these enzymes can modify a number of soluble methyl-accepting substrates in yeast and mammalian cell extra...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Frankel A,Clarke S

更新日期：1999-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (2-DE) profiles of human lung squamous carcinoma tissue and paired surrounding normal bronchial epithelial tissue were compared. Selected differential protein-spots were identified with peptide mass fingerprinting based on matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization t...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Li C,Chen Z,Xiao Z,Wu X,Zhan X,Zhang X,Li M,Li J,Feng X,Liang S,Chen P,Xie JY

更新日期：2003-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Apoaequorin was targeted to the cytosol, nucleus, and endoplasmic reticulum of HeLa cells in order to determine the effect of Ca(2+) release from the ER on protein degradation. In resting cells apoaequorin had a rapid half-life (ca. 20-30 min) in the cytosol or nucleus, but was relatively stable for up to 24 h in the ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Jeffery J,Kendall JM,Campbell AK

更新日期：2000-02-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The new bacterial vector pETM60 enables the expression of His-tagged recombinant proteins fused to the C-terminus of NusA through a TEV protease recognition sequence. Three sequences coding for two protein domains (Xklp3A and Tep3Ag) and one membrane-bound viral protein (E8R) could not be expressed in a soluble form i...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： De Marco V,Stier G,Blandin S,de Marco A

更新日期：2004-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：:An in organello footprinting approach has been used to probe a protein-DNA interaction of a nuclear coded 25 kDa protein, previously isolated in our laboratory, that binds "in vitro" a region within the ND2 gene, located upstream of the Ori-L. Footprinting studies with the purine-modifying reagent dimethyl sulfate and...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Cingolani G,Capaccio L,D'Elia D,Gadaleta G

更新日期：1997-02-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Interactions between C1q and other subunits of C1 were analyzed by sucrose gradient ultracentrifugation. A zone of dilute, radioiodine labelled C1q was sedimented through uniform concentrations of either C1r2C1s2, C1r2, C1r2 or C1s(2). The dissociation constants were found to be 3 x 10(-9) M and 6 x 10(-9) M for C1r2C...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lakatos S

更新日期：1987-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Monoclonal antibody prepared against highly purified rat liver G6PD was used to probe the mode of regulation of this enzyme in a mammalian model system. Material cross-reacting with antibody against liver G6PD was found in similar amounts in extracts of two genetically related rat hepatoma cell lines, only one of whic...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Dao ML,Johnson BC,DeLuca C

更新日期：1984-02-14 00:00:00