abstract：:Previous in vitro studies indicated that mutation of both K234 and K236 to arginine, glutamine, or glutamic acid impaired the ability of the voltage-dependent anion channel (VDAC1) to insert into the outer membrane of the mitochondria (Smith et al. 1995). These same mutants were expressed in a strain of Saccharomyces ...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Angeles R,Devine J,Barton K,Smith M,McCauley R

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The midgut plasma membrane V-ATPase from larval Manduca sexta, the tobacco hornworm, is the sole energizer of any epithelial ion transport in this tissue and is responsible for the alkalinization of the gut lumen up to a pH of more than 11. This mini-review deals with those topics of research on this enzyme which may ...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Wieczorek H,Grüber G,Harvey WR,Huss M,Merzendorfer H

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma membrane vesicles of HeLa cells are characterized by a drug-responsive oxidation of NADH. The NADH oxidation takes place in an argon or nitrogen atmosphere and in samples purged of oxygen. Direct assay of protein thiols by reaction with 5,5'-dithiobis-(2-nitrobenzoic acid) (DTNB; Ellman's reagent), suggests tha...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Morré DJ,Chueh PJ,Lawler J,Morré DM

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:N- and P/Q-type calcium channels are localized in high density in presynaptic nerve terminals and are crucial elements in neuronal excitation-secretion coupling. In addition to mediating Ca2+ entry to initiate transmitter release, they are thought to interact directly with proteins of the synaptic vesicle docking/fusi...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Sheng ZH,Westenbroek RE,Catterall WA

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Free radical production and leak of brain nonsynaptic mitochondria were higher with pyruvate/malate than with succinate in rats and pigeons. Rotenone, antimycin A, and myxothiazol maximally stimulated free radical production with pyruvate/malate but not with succinate. Simultaneous treatment with myxothiazol plus anti...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Barja G,Herrero A

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A sodium-dependent phosphate transporter (type II Na/Pi-cotransporter) was isolated which is expressed in apical membranes of proximal tubules and exhibits transport characteristics similar as described for renal reabsorption of phosphate. Type II associated Na/Pi-cotransport is electrogenic and results obtained by el...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Biber J,Murer H,Forster I

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirteen different polypeptide subunits, each in one copy, five phosphatidyl ethanolamines and three phosphatidyl glycerols, two hemes A, three Cu ions, one Mg ion, and one Zn ion are detectable in the crystal structure of bovine heart cytochrome c oxidase in the fully oxidized form at 2.8 A resolution. A propionate o...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Yoshikawa S,Shinzawa-Itoh K,Tsukihara T

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the challenging features of energy-transducing terminal oxidases, like the aa3 cytochrome c oxidase of Paracoccus denitrificans, is the translocation of protons across the cytoplasmic membrane, which is coupled to the transfer of electrons to oxygen. As a prerequisite for a more advanced examination of the enzy...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Pfitzner U,Odenwald A,Ostermann T,Weingard L,Ludwig B,Richter OM

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to investigate the energetics of isolated rat hepatocyte swelling due to sodium-cotransported amino acid accumulation in a medium containing either glucose or octanoate as basal substrate. We show that the size of the increase in cytosolic volume is directly correlated with the total amino acid...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Espié P,Devin A,Guérin B,Rigoulet M

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) forms an anion-selective channel involved in epithelial chloride transport. Recent studies have provided new insights into the structural determinants of the channel's functional properties, such as anion selectivity, single-channel conductance, and gating...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Akabas MH,Cheung M,Guinamard R

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both cellular proliferation and apoptosis (programmed cell death) have been claimed to be modulated, perhaps even triggered by, changes in intracellular pH. In this review, we summarize the evidence that gave rise to these hypotheses. To facilitate a critical appraisal of the existing data, we briefly review the main ...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Shrode LD,Tapper H,Grinstein S

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma membranes isolated from K562 cells contain an NADH-ascorbate free radical reductase activity and intact cells show the capacity to reduce the rate of chemical oxidation of ascorbate leading to its stabilization at the extracellular space. Both activities are stimulated by CoQ10 and inhibited by capsaicin and di...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Gómez-Díaz C,Rodríguez-Aguilera JC,Barroso MP,Villalba JM,Navarro F,Crane FL,Navas P

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As the terminal component of the mitochondrial respiratory chain, cytochrome c oxidase plays a vital role in cellular energy transformation. Human cytochrome c oxidase is composed of 13 subunits. The three major subunits form the catalytic core and are encoded by mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA). The remaining subunits are n...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Taanman JW

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Precursor proteins destined for the mitochondrial matrix traverse inner and outer organelle membranes in an extended conformation. Translocation events are therefore integrally coupled to the processes of protein unfolding in the cytosol and protein refolding in the matrix. To successfully import proteins from the cyt...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Martin J

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 8-kDa subunit c of the E. coli F0 ATP-synthase proton channel was tested for Ca++ binding activity using a 45Ca++ ligand blot assay after transferring the protein from SDS-PAGE gels onto polyvinyl difluoride membranes. The purified subunit c binds 45Ca++ strongly with Ca++ binding properties very similar to those ...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Zakharov SD,Li X,Red'ko TP,Dilley RA

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:F1-ATPases transiently entrap inhibitory MgADP in a catalytic site during turnover when noncatalytic sites are not saturated with ATP. An initial burst of ATP hydrolysis rapidly decelerates to a slow intermediate rate that gradually accelerates to a final steady-state rate. Transition from the intermediate to the fina...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Allison WS,Jault JM,Dou C,Grodsky NB

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gap junction channels have long been viewed as static structures containing a large-diameter, aqueous pore. This pore has a high permeability to hydrophilic molecules of approximately 900 daltons in molecular weight and a weak ionic selectivity. The evidence leading to these conclusions is reviewed in the context of m...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Veenstra RD

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High-conductance calcium-activated potassium (maxi-K) channels comprise a specialized family of K+ channels. They are unique in their dual requirement for depolarization and Ca2+ binding for transition to the open, or conducting, state. Ion conduction through maxi-K channels is blocked by a family of venom-derived pep...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Kaczorowski GJ,Knaus HG,Leonard RJ,McManus OB,Garcia ML

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The inner membrane of yeast and mammalian mitochondria has been studied in situ with a patch clamp electrode. Anion channels were found in both cases, although their behavior and regulation are different. In mammalian mitochondria, the principal channel is of around 100 pS conductance and opens mainly under depolarize...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Ballarin C,Sorgato MC

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mitochondrial inner membrane anion channel (IMAC) is a channel, identified by flux studies in intact mitochondria, which has a broad anion selectivity and is maintained closed or inactive by matrix Mg2+ and H+. We now present evidence that this channel, like many other chloride/anion channels, is reversibly blocke...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Beavis AD,Davatol-Hag H

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of the adenine nucleotide translocase on Ca2+ homeostasis in mitochondria from brown adipose tissue was examined. It was found that in mitochondria incubated with 50 microM Ca2+, ADP was not needed to retain the cation, but it was required for strengthening the inhibitory effect of cyclosporin on membrane per...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Chávez E,Moreno-Sánchez R,Torres-Marquez ME,Zazueta C,Bravo C,Rodríquez-Enríquez S,García C,Rodriguez JS,Martinez F

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytoplasmic male sterility arises when mitochondrial activities are disrupted that are essential for pollen development. Rearrangements in the mitochondrial genome that create novel open reading frames are strongly correlated with CMS phenotypes in a number of systems. The morphological aberrations which indicate CMS-...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Conley CA,Hanson MR

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many oxidoreductases are constructed from (a) local sites of strongly coupled substrate-redox cofactor partners participating in exchange of electron pairs, (b) electron pair/single electron transducing redox centers, and (c) nonadiabatic, long-distance, single-electron tunneling between weakly coupled redox centers. ...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Moser CC,Page CC,Farid R,Dutton PL

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ferrochelatase [heme synthase, protoheme ferrolyase (EC 4.99.1.1)], the terminal enzyme of the heme biosynthetic pathway, catalyzes the incorporation of ferrous ion into protoporphyrin IX to form protoheme IX. The genes and cDNAs for ferrochelatase from mammals and micro-organisms have been isolated. The gene for huma...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Taketani S,Fujita H

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human multidrug resistance protein, or P-glycoprotein (Pgp), exhibits a high-capacity drug-dependent ATP hydrolytic activity that is a direct reflection of its drug transport capability. This activity is readily measured in membranes isolated from cultured insect cells infected with a baculovirus carrying the huma...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Scarborough GA

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present state of the chemiosmotic concept is reviewed. Special attention is paid to (i) further progress in studies on the Na(+)-coupled energetics and (ii) paradoxical bioenergetic effects when protonic or sodium potentials are utilized outside the coupling membrane (TonB-mediated uphill transports across the out...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Skulachev VP

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper presents results of experiments designed to further purify the membrane system involved in mitochondrial calcium transport. A partially purified extract, which transported calcium with a specific activity of 1194 nmol 45Ca2+/mg protein/5 min, was used to obtain mouse hyperimmune serum. This serum inhibited ...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Zazueta C,Massò F,Paez A,Bravo C,Vega A,Montaño L,Vázquez M,Ramírez J,Chávez E

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The transport systems of animal and human tissues for vitamin C are reviewed with respect to their properties. It emerges that pure diffusion plays only a very minor role while a variety of more or less specific transporters is found on cellular membranes. Although most tissues prefer the reduced ascorbate over the ox...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Goldenberg H,Schweinzer E

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of triphenyltin on mitochondrial Ca2+ content was studied. It was found that this trialkyltin compound induces an increase in membrane permeability that leads to Ca2+ release, drop of the transmembrane potential, and efflux of matrix proteins. Interestingly, cyclosporin A was unable to inhibit triphenyltin-...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Zazueta C,Reyes-Vivas H,Bravo C,Pichardo J,Corona N,Chávez E

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For the past seven years or so, much discussion and controversy in the field of human evolution has revolved around the application and interpretation of studies of human mitochondrial DNA variation, particularly the hypothesis that all mtDNA types in contemporary populations can be traced back to a single African anc...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Stoneking M

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purification of the channel-forming component of the mitochondrial calcium uniporter and its channel properties are described. After ethanol and 50% ethanol-water extraction of mitochondria from beef heart or perfused rat liver, the extract was passed through thiopropyl-Sepharose 6B column, and absorbed components...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Mironova GD,Baumann M,Kolomytkin O,Krasichkova Z,Berdimuratov A,Sirota T,Virtanen I,Saris NE

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electron microscopy (EM) in combination with image analysis is a powerful technique to study protein structure at low- and high resolution. Since electron micrographs of biological objects are very noisy, substantial improvement of image quality can be obtained by averaging individual projections. Crystallographic and...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Boekema EJ,Boonstra AF,Dekker JP,Rögner M

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The bacterial phosphoenolpyruvate-dependent carbohydrate phosphotransferase system (PTS) consists of several proteins whose primary functions are to transport and phosphorylate their substrates. The complexity of the PTS undoubtedly reflects its additional roles in chemotaxis to PTS substrates and in regulation of oth...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Jacobson GR,Saraceni-Richards C

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent progress is summarized on the structure, function, and regulation of the tricarboxylate (i.e., citrate) transport protein (CTP) from the rat liver mitochondrial inner membrane. The transporter has been purified and its reconstituted function characterized. A cDNA clone encoding the CTP has been isolated and seq...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Kaplan RS,Mayor JA

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The respiratory chain of marine and moderately halophilic bacteria requires Na+ for maximum activity, and the site of Na(+)-dependent activation is located in the NADH-quinone reductase segment. The Na(+)-dependent NADH-quinone reductase purified from marine bacterium Vibrio alginolyticus is composed of three subunits...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Unemoto T,Hayashi M

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The iron-sulfur protein of the cytochrome bc1 complex oxidizes ubiquinol at center P in the protonmotive Q cycle mechanism, transferring one electron to cytochrome c1 and generating a low-potential ubisemiquinone anion which reduces the low-potential cytochrome b-566 heme group. In order to catalyze this divergent tra...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Graham LA,Brandt U,Sargent JS,Trumpower BL

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Results are presented which, taken with evidence developed by others, suggest a general mechanism for the entry and binding of exogenous ligands (including O2) at the "binuclear site" (CuBFea3) of the heme-copper oxidases. The mechanism includes a "ligand shuttle" wherein the obligatory way station for incoming ligand...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Woodruff WH

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patch-clamp studies of the yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe reveal that the plasma membrane contains a voltage-gated channel mildly selective for potassium over sodium, lithium, and chloride. The channel exhibits several conductances with a maximum of 153 pS. The channel gates in the region of physiologically relevant ...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Vacata V,Höfer M,Larsson HP,Lecar H

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial growth at the extremes of temperature has remained a fascinating aspect in the study of membrane function and structure. The stability of the integral membrane proteins of thermophiles make them particularly amenable to study. Respiratory enzymes of thermophiles appear to be functionally similar to the mesop...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Konings WN,Tolner B,Speelmans G,Elferink MG,de Wit JG,Driessen AJ

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Affinity labeling and genetic studies on the glycine-rich sequence of the beta subunit of E. coli F-type ATPase are discussed. A model of the structure of the enzyme near the gamma phosphate moiety is proposed. ...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Futai M,Iwamoto A,Omote H,Maeda M

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00