Isolation and characterization of a novel ribosome-inactivating protein, beta-kirilowin, from the seeds of Trichosanthes kirilowii.

abstract：:Studies have shown similarities between the histopathological characteristics of NPC and Alzheimer's disease (AD) including amyloid and tau pathologies. While dysfunction in insulin signaling was widely detected in AD brain, the function of insulin signaling proteins has not been examined in NPC disease. In this study...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ong QR,Lim ML,Chua CC,Cheung NS,Wong BS

更新日期：2012-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper we report the first comparative study of cold-adapted imidase (EC 3.5.2.2) from the fish (Oreochromis niloticus) liver and its thermophilic counterparts taken from pig liver and Escherichia coli (overexpressed recombinant hydantoinase from Agrobacterium radiobacter NRRL B1). Approximately 6000-fold purif...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Huang CY,Yang YS

更新日期：2003-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Three dnaK gene homologs have been cloned and sequenced from cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. PCC7942 using a set of primers designed from two conserved regions of known dnaK genes. This is the first example of triple genes for dnaK from prokaryotic cells. These three genes were derived from different loci of the chro...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nimura K,Yoshikawa H,Takahashi H

更新日期：1994-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of reactive oxygen on cytosolic free calcium concentration [( Ca++]i) in pig aortic endothelial cells (ECs) was studied. Linoleate hydroperoxide (LHO) and superoxide radicals generated from xanthine with xanthine oxidase (X-XO) were used as sources of reactive oxygen. [Ca++]i in ECs was measured with quin 2...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hirosumi J,Ouchi Y,Watanabe M,Kusunoki J,Nakamura T,Orimo H

更新日期：1988-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase-1 (PARP-1) is a nuclear enzyme that is involved in DNA repair and activated by DNA damage. When activated, PARP-1 consumes NAD(+) to form ADP-ribose polymers on acceptor proteins. Extensive activation of PARP-1 leads to glycolytic blockade, energy failure, and cell death. These events have ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ying W,Garnier P,Swanson RA

更新日期：2003-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：:PLRG1 is a evolutionarily conserved protein in spliceosome and plays an important role in maintaining the integral part of the splicoeosme and its proper splicing. Here we solved the high resolution crystal structure of the WD40 domain of human PLRG1 by crystallography and compared our crystal structure with the cryo-...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wang X,Li Y,Dai H,Xu C

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The two zinc fingers of the DNA binding domain of the human retinoic acid receptor-beta were labelled with 113Cd. Two- and three-dimensional heteronuclear nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) experiments show that the first eight conserved cysteine residues coordinate the two zinc ions tetrahedrally. The ninth conserved c...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Knegtel RM,Boelens R,Ganadu ML,George AV,van der Saag PT,Kaptein R

更新日期：1993-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:In cranial skeletal development, the establishment of the ectomesenchymal lineage within the cranial neural crest is of great significance. Fgfs are polypeptide growth factors with diverse functions in development and metabolism. Fgf20b knockdown zebrafish embryos showed dysplastic neurocranial and pharyngeal cartilag...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yamauchi H,Goto M,Katayama M,Miyake A,Itoh N

更新日期：2011-06-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of gamma-guanidinooxypropylamine (GAPA), a novel agmatine analogue against protozoan parasite, Leishmaniadonovani was evaluated. Wild-type and ornithine decarboxylase-overexpressors of L. donovani were used to study the effect and mode of action of this inhibitor. GAPA inhibited the growth of both promast...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Singh S,Jhingran A,Sharma A,Simonian AR,Soininen P,Vepsalainen J,Khomutov AR,Madhubala R

更新日期：2008-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Yeast cell viability and concentration are the crucial factors affecting product quality in food industry and bio-fuel production, as well as the evaluation basis for environmental toxic compounds. To overcome the drawbacks of existing methods, including high error, false positive and low automation, we propose a high...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Li G,Wei M,Sun J,Zhang Y,Zhang R

更新日期：2020-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigates the transcriptional role of the human mitochondrial carnitine/acylcarnitine carrier (CAC) proximal promoter. Through deletion analysis, an activation domain (-334/-80 bp) was identified which contains FOXA and Sp1 active sites. The wild-type (but not mutated) -334/-80 bp region of the CAC gene ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Convertini P,Infantino V,Bisaccia F,Palmieri F,Iacobazzi V

更新日期：2011-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Partially purified trehalose phosphorylase (EC 2.4.1.64) from Euglena gracilis SM-ZK was inhibited by fructose 2,6-bisphosphate in both synthetic and degradative directions. Ki value for trehalose phosphorolysis was 1.2 microM and that for trehalose synthesis was 0.5 microM. Functions of fructose 2,6-bisphosphate in E...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Miyatake K,Kuramoto Y,Kitaoka S

更新日期：1984-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Adiponectin, an adipocyte-derived hormone, reportedly suppresses the production of TNF-alpha and IL-6 by LPS-stimulated human or porcine macrophages, and the phagocytosis of microbeads by human macrophages. In this study, we used a high molecular weight form of adiponectin purified from human plasma to examine its eff...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Saijo S,Nagata K,Nakano Y,Tobe T,Kobayashi Y

更新日期：2005-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Because of the growing importance of the Retinoid X Receptors (RXR alpha, beta and gamma) in the retinoid acid signalling pathway, we have prepared polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies directed against these proteins. For this purpose, either the whole mouse RXR alpha protein expressed in E.Coli, or synthetic peptides...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Rochette-Egly C,Lutz Y,Pfister V,Heyberger S,Scheuer I,Chambon P,Gaub MP

更新日期：1994-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：:In higher plants, a cis-acting element, DRE/CRT, is involved in gene expression responsive to drought and low-temperature stress. To understand signal transduction pathways from the cold stress signal to gene expression, we characterized a gene family for DRE/CRT-binding proteins DREB1A and CBF1 in Arabidopsis thalian...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Shinwari ZK,Nakashima K,Miura S,Kasuga M,Seki M,Yamaguchi-Shinozaki K,Shinozaki K

更新日期：1998-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of a cryptic splice acceptor (cSA) site located at the end of the extended packaging signal in murine leukemia virus (MLV)-based vectors was investigated. Although this cSA is also present in wild type MLV, it was found to result in a smaller transcript in which the packaging signal (Psi) had been removed b...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Pambalk K,Hohenadl C,Salmons B,Günzburg WH,Renner M

更新日期：2002-04-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Quercetin is a plant polyphenol from the flavonoid group that plays a fundamental role in controlling homeostasis due to its potent antioxidant properties. However, quercetin has extremely low water solubility, which is a major challenge in drug absorption. METHOD:In this study, we described a simple method...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Aghapour F,Moghadamnia AA,Nicolini A,Kani SNM,Barari L,Morakabati P,Rezazadeh L,Kazemi S

更新日期：2018-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of sex steroids on the regulation of hepatocyte resting membrane potential (Em) was investigated. In adult rat liver snips, Em was significantly lower in males than females. In prepubertal animals no sex related difference was observed and the Em was comparable to that of adult females. Exposure of the huma...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Motzkin SM,Feinstein J,Tiribelli C

更新日期：1990-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We have extracted and purified proteins from calcium containing urinary stones with 4 M guanidine chloride and sequenced the amino acids of the proteins. The protein of approximately 49kDa was defined as human alpha-one antitrypsin (AT, from 23rd to 42nd amino acids of NH2-terminal) by amino acid sequence analysis. Th...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Umekawa T,Kohri K,Amasaki N,Yamate T,Yoshida K,Yamamoto K,Suzuki Y,Sinohara H,Kurita T

更新日期：1993-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Aberrant overexpression of the transcription/translation factor Y-box-binding protein-1 (YBX1) is associated with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) aggressiveness. Cancer stem cells (CSCs) contribute to the tumorigenesis and metastasis of NSCLC. Hitherto, the mechanism by which YBX1 regulates CSCs and metastasis in N...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Guo T,Kong J,Liu Y,Li Z,Xia J,Zhang Y,Zhao S,Li F,Li J,Gu C

更新日期：2017-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Ecdysone 20-monooxygenase activity and the factors which may regulate this steroid hydroxylase were examined in the midgut of the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta, during the last larval stadium. Radioassay experiments revealed that midgut ecdysone 20-monooxygenase undergoes a single 50-fold increase in activity tempor...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Keogh DP,Johnson RF,Smith SL

更新日期：1989-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Quercetin is the most abundant flavonoid and is assumed to have protective roles against the pathogenesis of multiple diseases associated with oxidative stress. In the present study, we investigated the molecular mechanisms by which quercetin affects adipogenesis and apoptosis in 3T3-L1 cells. The exposure of 3T3-L1 p...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ahn J,Lee H,Kim S,Park J,Ha T

更新日期：2008-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein phosphatase 2C (PP2C) is one of the four major protein serine/threonine phosphatases of eukaryotes and is implicated in the regulation of various cellular functions. With the goal of elucidating the mechanism responsible for regulating PP2C functions, we investigated the significance of phosphorylation of fiss...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kobayashi T,Sadaie M,Ohnishi M,Wang H,Ikeda S,Hanada M,Yanagawa Y,Nakajima T,Tamura S

更新日期：1998-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:We have discovered two new exons in the mouse fibroblast growth factor 2 (FGF-2 or bFGF) gene that can be alternatively spliced to the second coding exon of the gene. The newly identified exons 1b and 1c are located at, respectively, approximately 19 and 32 kb downstream of the canonical exon 1a. Using RT-PCR analysis...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Dirks RP,Potter SJ,Griep AE

更新日期：2001-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Structural class characterizes the overall folding type of a protein or its domain. This paper develops an accurate method for in silico prediction of structural classes from low homology (twilight zone) protein sequences. The proposed LLSC-PRED method applies linear logistic regression classifier and a custom-designe...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kurgan L,Chen K

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The left-handed Z-DNA form of the short unmodified alternating guanine-cytosine oligonucleotides, 5'-(dGdC)(24) and 5'-(dGdC)(18), was selectively detected under physiological ionic strength and pH conditions using the anionic nickel(II) porphyrin, NiTPPS. No spectroscopic signal was observed for NiTPPS with any right...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： D'Urso A,Choi JK,Shabbir-Hussain M,Ngwa FN,Lambousis MI,Purrello R,Balaz M

更新日期：2010-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:To maintain immune homeostasis in the intestine, the intestinal immune system has evolved several tolerogenic mechanisms toward intestinal microflora and food antigens. Although programmed cell death-1 (PD-1) protein has been implicated in immunological tolerance in the intestine and gut-associated lymphoid tissues (G...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Doi T,Kanai T,Mikami Y,Sujino T,Jun L,Ono Y,Hayashi A,Hibi T

更新日期：2012-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The cardiovascular system operates under demands ranging from conditions of rest to extreme stress. One mechanism of cardiac stress tolerance is action potential duration shortening driven by ATP-sensitive potassium (K(ATP)) channels. K(ATP) channel expression has a significant physiologic impact on action potential d...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zhu Z,Burnett CM,Maksymov G,Stepniak E,Sierra A,Subbotina E,Anderson ME,Coetzee WA,Hodgson-Zingman DM,Zingman LV

更新日期：2011-12-02 00:00:00

abstract：:We found by computer analysis that a putative yeast proteasome subunit gene named PRS3 that encodes a protein very similar to subunit C5 of rat and human proteasomes is located immediately 3' to the ERD2 gene of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The similarity of the primary structures of the two suggests that this subunit ma...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lee DH,Tanaka K,Tamura T,Chung CH,Ichihara A

更新日期：1992-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Sugars will eventually be exported transporters (SWEETs) are a group of recently identified sugar transporters in plants that play important roles in diverse physiological processes. However, currently, limited information about this gene family is available in pineapple (Ananas comosus). The availability of the recen...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Guo C,Li H,Xia X,Liu X,Yang L

更新日期：2018-02-05 00:00:00