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:Intercalative binding of the antitumor drugs ametantrone and mitoxantrone to the dodecamer duplex d(CGCGAGCTCGCG)2 was studied by applying molecular dynamics in water with the GROMOS 87 force field. A number of reasonable binding orientations were tested by short pre-simulations. It was shown that in energetically favourable orientation the anthraquinone chromophore is perpendicular to the direction of inter-base hydrogen bonds. Helically shaped side-chains of the drugs fit to the minor groove. The best orientation obtained in pre-simulations was applied in the main simulations. Small but significant differences were found between structures of intercalation complexes of the two drugs with the dodecamer duplex, the mitoxantrone complex possessing more favourable energy. The molecular nature of interactions responsible for those differences has been discussed.
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Acta Biochim Poljournal_title
Acta biochimica Polonicaauthors
Mazerski J,Martelli S,Borowski Esubject
Has Abstractpub_date
1998-01-01 00:00:00pages
1-11issue
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0001-527Xissn
1734-154Xjournal_volume
45pub_type
杂志文章abstract：:Translation of viral proteins from subgenomic RNAs (sgRNAs) is a common strategy among positive-stranded RNA viruses. Unlike host mRNA, sgRNA of Potato leafroll virus (PLRV) does not possess a cap at its 5' end nor a poly(A) tail at the 3' terminus, both of which are known to be crucial for translation of RNA in eukar...
journal_title：Acta biochimica Polonica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Pseudomonas aeruginosa is the most common cause of chronic and recurrent lung infections in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) whose sputa contain copious quantities of P. aeruginosa toxin, pyocyanin. Pyocyanin triggers tissue damage mainly by its redox cycling and induction of reactive oxygen species (ROS). The react...
journal_title：Acta biochimica Polonica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The protective action of quercetin against the pro-oxidant and apoptotic effect of etoposide was investigated in HL-60 cells with a high level of myeloperoxidase (MPO) activity and in cells treated with MPO inhibitor, 4-aminobenzoic acid hydrazide (ABAH). Quercetin significantly protected MPO-rich cells against the pr...
journal_title：Acta biochimica Polonica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Ledakrin, 1-nitro-9-[3'-(N,N'-dimethyl)aminopropyl]aminoacridine administered intraperitoneally at a dose up to 20 mg/kg into sham operated and partially hepatectomized rats inhibited RNA polymerase B activity in the isolated liver nuclei. The average chain length of the in vitro transcript was reduced while the numbe...
journal_title：Acta biochimica Polonica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Endogenous peptide antibiotics are known as evolutionarily old components of innate immunity. Due to interaction with cell membrane these peptides cause permeabilization of the membrane and lysis of invading microbes. However, some studies proved that antimicrobial peptides are universal multifunctional molecules and ...
journal_title：Acta biochimica Polonica
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：035002461
更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Spontaneous mutations arise not only in exponentially growing bacteria but also in non-dividing or slowly dividing stationary-phase cells. In the latter case mutations are called adaptive or stationary-phase mutations. High spontaneous mutability has been observed in temperature sensitive Escherichia coli dnaQ49 strai...
journal_title：Acta biochimica Polonica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：045103683
更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Recent reports indicate that minichromosomes and other small genetic entities may occur in the nuclei of uninfected higher plants. They become especially abundant under some special growth conditions and, sometimes, resemble extrachromosomal genes of ciliated protozoa. An example of such gene-sized DNA species was iso...
journal_title：Acta biochimica Polonica
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:We found that it is possible to use eriochrome black T as a dye for agarose gel electrophoresis of DNA. The presence of the dye does not change the migration rate of DNA and does not influence the electrophoretical picture. ...
journal_title：Acta biochimica Polonica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The MAP family includes large proteins like MAP-1A, MAP-1B, MAP-1C, MAP-2, and MAP-4 and smaller components like tau and MAP-2C. This article focuses on the relevant aspects of RAP55/LSM14 position with emphasis on its role in mitotic spindle formation and stability. In this context, the localization of RNA associated...
journal_title：Acta biochimica Polonica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.18388/abp.2015_1107
更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:This study examined the antiproliferative effects of β-escin (E) in cancer cells. The study showed that E inhibited cancer cells growth in a dose-dependent manner. The flow cytometric analysis revealed an escin-induced increase in the sub-G1 DNA content, which is considered to be a marker of apoptosis. Apoptosis was a...
journal_title：Acta biochimica Polonica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.18388/abp.2015_1013
更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The silk protein synthesis in silk glands of Galleria mellonella is preceded by the increase of total RNA content. The levels of the main RNA classes: 28S and 18S rRNA, tRNA as well as poly(A) + RNA change proportionally to the total RNA pool of glands. The fibroin-like silk protein of molecular weight of about 240 00...
journal_title：Acta biochimica Polonica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Glycosylation is the most common chemical process of protein modification and occurs in every living cell. Disturbances of this process may be either congenital or acquired. Congenital disorders of glycosylation (CDG) are a rapidly growing disease family, with about 50 disorders reported since its first clinical descr...
journal_title：Acta biochimica Polonica
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Fucoxanthin, diadinoxanthin and diatoxanthin are carotenoids found in brown algae and most other heterokonts. These pigments are involved in photosynthetic and photoprotective reactions, and they have many potential health benefits. They can be extracted from diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum by sonication, extraction ...
journal_title：Acta biochimica Polonica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.18388/abp.2016_1369
更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Eight polymorphic restriction enzyme sites at phenylalanine hydroxylase locus from the parental chromosomes in Polish families with phenylketonuria were analyzed. Among 28 chromosomes studied, we identified haplotypes found within the Danish population. Haplotype 2 has been found in 25% of affected alleles. One of the...
journal_title：Acta biochimica Polonica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Betapapillomaviruses have been linked to the development of nonmelanoma skin cancers. A great diversity of these viruses in skin specimens requires the use of sensitive and reliable detection methods. There are currently no standardized assays for diagnostic purposes. A combination of several molecular methods has gre...
journal_title：Acta biochimica Polonica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.18388/abp.2020_5185
更新日期：2020-06-08 00:00:00
abstract：:Clofarabine (2-chloro-2'-fluoro-2'-deoxyarabinosyladenine, ClF), a second-generation 2'-deoxyadenosine analog, possesses manifold anti-cancer activities. Our previous reports and some of others demonstrate the potential capacity of ClF to regulate the epigenetic machinery. The study presented here is the first to inve...
journal_title：Acta biochimica Polonica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.18388/abp.2020_2901
更新日期：2020-01-30 00:00:00
abstract：:Two structurally related compounds, phenyl dithiocarbamate sodium salt (I) and p-phenylene-bis (dithiocarbamate) sodium salt (II) were prepared by reaction of the parent aniline and p-phenylenediamine with CS₂ in the presence of sodium hydroxide. These water soluble compounds were characterized by spectroscopic techni...
journal_title：Acta biochimica Polonica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Glycophorin A (GPA), the major sialoglycoprotein of the human erythrocyte membrane, was isolated from erythrocytes of healthy individuals of blood groups A, B and O using phenol-water extraction of erythrocyte membranes. Interaction of individual GPA samples with three lectins (Psathyrella velutina lectin, PVL; Tritic...
journal_title：Acta biochimica Polonica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The photochemical characteristics of mesophyll and bundle sheath chloroplasts isolated from the leaves of C4 species were investigated in Zea mays (NADP-ME type), Panicum miliaceum (NAD-ME type) and Panicum maximum (PEP-CK type) plants. The aim of this work was to gain information about selected photochemical properti...
journal_title：Acta biochimica Polonica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Currently, there is a search for substances that would be very well tolerated by an organism and which could contribute to the activation of the growth of Bacteroidetes and Actinobacteria strains, with simultaneous inhibition of the growth of Firmicutes. High expectations in this regard are raised with the use of fibe...
journal_title：Acta biochimica Polonica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.18388/abp.2015_1068
更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:1. Gluconeogenesis from glutamine, fumarate, pyruvate, glutamine plus fumarate, and glutamine plus pyruvate, was generally higher at pH 7.1 than at pH 7.4 and 7.7, whereas ammoniagenesis did not depend on the pH of the medium. 2. The intermediates of the Krebs cycle decreased ammonia formation from glutamine, raising ...
journal_title：Acta biochimica Polonica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Methionine synthase reaction may be coupled with thymidylate synthase-catalysed tritium release from [5-3H]dUMP via non-enzymatic reaction of formaldehyde with tetrahydrofolate. A convenient and sensitive assay of methionine synthase activity, based on this principle, is described. ...
journal_title：Acta biochimica Polonica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:In this study we determined Vi bacteriophage III sensitivity to native cisplatin, gamma radiation ((60)Co) or to irradiated cisplatin, and checked the possibility of enhanced Vi bacteriophage III inactivation under combined exposure to cisplatin and gamma radiation. We used highly purified phage suspensions in 0.9% Na...
journal_title：Acta biochimica Polonica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:AMP deaminase (EC 3.5.4.6) from anterior lobe of bovine pituitary has been purified for the first time. Six molecular forms of the enzyme were eluted from phosphocellulose P11 with a KC1 concentration gradient. By two stage gel chromatography individual molecular forms were purified to electrophoretic homogeneity. Com...
journal_title：Acta biochimica Polonica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Two different molecular forms of bacteriolytic endo-N-acetylmuramidase (EC 3.2.1.17) were found in the Acanthamoeba castellanii culture. The enzymes were separated by column chromatography on DEAE-Sephadex or by polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis. In young cultures only one molecular form of the enzyme was selectively...
journal_title：Acta biochimica Polonica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Adenylate deaminase (EC 3.5.4.6) has been isolated from the hearts of healthy rats and from the rats with cardionecrosis induced by administration of vitamin D in high doses. Crude extract from the necrotic hearts catalysed adenylate deamination with a higher maximum velocity and a higher apparent Km value than the ex...
journal_title：Acta biochimica Polonica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Among possible causes of chronic hepatitis in adolescents most common are infections, autoimmune disorders and metabolic diseases. Thus, diagnostic procedures should be multidirectional. This study reports diagnosis and treatment difficulties in an 18-year-old male patient with hereditary hemochromatosis (HH), ulcerat...
journal_title：Acta biochimica Polonica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Fungal infections are a growing problem in contemporary medicine, yet only a few antifungal agents are used in clinical practice. In our laboratory we proposed the enzyme L-glutamine: D-fructose-6-phosphate amidotransferase (EC 2.6.1.16) as a new target for antifungals. The structure of this enzyme consists of two dom...
journal_title：Acta biochimica Polonica
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Little is known about the molecular background of clinical variability of Charcot-Marie-Tooth type 1A (CMT1A) disease and hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies (HNPP). The CMT1A and HNPP disorders result from duplication and deletion of the PMP22 gene respectively. In a series of studies performed o...
journal_title：Acta biochimica Polonica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:X-ray crystallography provides important insights into structure-function relationship in biomolecules. However, protein crystals are usually hard to obtain which hinders our understanding of multiple important processes. Crystallization requires large amount of protein sample, whereas recombinant proteins are often u...
journal_title：Acta biochimica Polonica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.18388/abp.2015_1026
更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00
