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Currently, biomedical engineering is rapidly expanding, especially in the areas of drug delivery, gene transfer, tissue engineering, and regenerative medicine. A prerequisite for further development is the design and synthesis of novel multifunctional biomaterials that are biocompati...
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PMID: 21469742
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An asymmetric nucleophilic addition/protonation reaction of 3-substituted oxindoles and ethyl 2-phthalimidoacrylate has been described. This strategy can give direct access to C(γ)-tetrasubstituted α-amino acid derivatives bearing 1,3-nonadjacent stereocenters with up to 98% yield,...
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PMID: 21469699
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A new method for enhancing peptide ion identification in proteomics analyses using ion mobility data is presented. Ideally, direct comparisons of experimental drift times (t(D)) with a standard mobility database could be used to rank candidate peptide sequence assignments. Such a dat...
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PMID: 21417239
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We review modern developments in genomics and systems biology that have revolutionized our understanding of the multiple means by which translation is regulated. We suggest new means to model the process of translation in a richer framework that will incorporate information about gene sequences, the...
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PMID: 21487400
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We tested (1) how plant-based foods, together with ad libitum insect prey, affect the growth of a carnivorous ant, Solenopsis invicta, and (2) which macronutrients in these resources (i.e., carbohydrates, amino acids, or both) contribute to higher colony growth. Access to honeydew increased the prod...
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PMID: 21618912
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We have been developing modified nucleosides having an aminoalky linker at the pyrimidine nucleobase or sugar moiety. ODNs containing 5-N-(6-aminohexyl)carbamoyl-2'-deoxyuridine (7) were thermally stabilized about 3°C per modification and were about 160 times more stable to hydrolysis by snake veno...
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PMID: 21297374
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Pyrazinamidase (PncA) activates the first-line antituberculous drug pyrazinamide into pyrazinoic acid. The crystal structure of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis PncA protein has been determined, showing significant differences in the substrate binding cavity when compared to the pyrazinamidases from Py...
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PMID: 21283666
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We now corroborate this hypothesis by transplanting the TASK-2 extracellular pH (pH(o)) sensor in the background of a pH(o)-insensitive TASK-3 channel, which leads to the restitution of pH(o)-gating. Using a concatenated channel approach, we also demonstrate that for TASK-2 to open, pH(o) sensors mu...
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PMID: 21283586
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We suggest that the proteome changes in Longissimus muscle contributed to greater intramuscular lipid content in CLA-supplemented pigs....
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PMID: 20807461
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A highly enantioselective organocatalytic intermolecular conjugate addition of oximes to β-nitroacrylates has been developed. The highly functionalized adducts obtained are valuable precursors for asymmetric synthesis, as demonstrated by the synthesis of β(2,2)-amino acids and oxaz...
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PMID: 21080696
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In this study, hexachlorocyclotriphosphazene, N(3)P(3)Cl(6) (cylotriphosphazene), was reacted with hydrophilic and hydrophobic groups to synthesize amphiphilic phosphazene derivatives (4-12). Cylotriphosphazene was reacted triethylene glycol monomethyl ether (TEGME), dipropylene glycol monomethyl et...
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PMID: 20938539
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We generated a series of propeptide mutants to determine the minimal requirement to prevent PC-PLC enzymatic activity and to identify residues regulating compartmentalization and maturation. We found that a single residue at position P1 (Ser51) of the cleavage site is sufficient to prevent enzymatic...
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PMID: 20879990
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The rhodium-catalysed conjugate addition of arylboronic acids to an enantiopure acceptor derived from (R)-S-methylcysteine proceeds under substrate control to provide a range of functionalised phenylalanine derivatives with excellent stereocontrol via a highly diastereoselective protonation.
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PMID: 20835454
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SH3 is a ubiquitous domain mediating protein-protein interactions. Recent solution NMR structural studies have shown that a proline-rich peptide is capable of binding to the human vinexin SH3 domain. Here, an orthogonal amber tRNA/tRNA synthetase pair for (15)N/(19)F-trifluoromethyl-phenylalanine ((...
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PMID: 20946873
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We describe here how conformational preferences of non-polar amino acid residues can affect amyloid formation. The most non-polar residues promote either β-strands (Val, Ile, Phe, and Cys, VIFC) or α-helices (Leu, Ala, and Met, LAM), while the most polar residues promote only α-helices. For 12 pr...
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PMID: 20971069
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An efficient method for highly diastereoselective synthesis of quaternary α-trifluoromethyl α-amino acids was developed via indium mediated allylation of (R)-phenylglycinol methyl ether based imines of trifluoropyruvate in good yields with high diastereoselectivities at room temperature; to illust...
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PMID: 20856962
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A facile synthetic route for the preparation of N-protected γ-amino β-keto esters from amino aldehydes and ethyl diazoacetate is described. The two component coupling is facilitated by tin(II) chloride followed by semipinacol rearrangement leading to the product in quantitative yield. The reaction...
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PMID: 20734011
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S-Nitrosocaptopril, a biologically active S-nitrosothiol, is generated as protonated species and isolated in the gas phase by electrospray ionization coupled to Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance (FT-ICR) or ion-trap mass spectrometry. The structural and IR spectroscopic characterization of p...
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PMID: 20852770
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We found for the first time that JAK2/STAT3 was activated in HeLa cells when they were starved or treated with rapamycin. STAT3 activation was associated with autophagic processes, because it was completely inhibited by 3-methyladenine, partially inhibited by knockdown of molecules associated with a...
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PMID: 20930550
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We demonstrated that the insulin (INS) and amino acid (AA)-induced activation of mTORC1 is developmentally regulated in skeletal muscle (Suryawan A et al. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 293: E1597-E1605, 2007). The present study aimed to characterize in more detail the effects of the postprandial ris...
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PMID: 20724570
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We provide NMR and crystallographic evidence that the PucG protein from Bacillus subtilis catalyzes the transamination between an unstable intermediate ((S)-ureidoglycine) and the end product of purine catabolism (glyoxylate) to yield oxalurate and glycine. This activity enables soil and gut bacteri...
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PMID: 20852637
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The aim of the present study was to investigate the cataract preventive effect of dietary histidine regimes in adult Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) in seawater, both through manipulating the dietary histidine level and feeding period. Mean body weight of individually tagged Atlantic salmon at the...
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PMID: 20691125
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During exercise, ammonia levels are related to the appearance of both central and peripheral fatigue. Therefore, controlling the increase in ammonia levels is an important strategy in ameliorating the metabolic response to exercise and in improving athletic performance. Free amino acids can be used...
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PMID: 20594391
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We have previously found a new member of L-amino acid ligase, RizA, from B. subtilis NBRC3134, a microorganism that produces the peptide-antibiotic rhizocticin. We newly found that a gene at approximately 9 kbp upstream of rizA encoded a novel L-amino acid ligase RizB. Recombinant RizB synthesized h...
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PMID: 21048404
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We have summarized recent findings related to gastroduodenal mucosal defense as well as factors contributing to defensive failure, highlighting findings that illuminate new pathophysiological mechanisms.
Gastroduodenal bicarbonate secretion is mediated by prostaglandin E receptors and stimulated by...
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PMID: 20948371
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The biokinetics of radiocarbon (¹⁴C) in rats continuously ingested in the forms of amino acids (glycine and leucine) or as foods (wheat and rapeseed) were examined and compared with each other. The differences in the biokinetics between ¹⁴C-amino acids and ¹⁴C-foods were observed in the exc...
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PMID: 20938237
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We have revealed, for the first time, that the slight difference between the local structures of amino acid residues at the middle sites, SER45 and THR35 for streptavidin and avidin, respectively, strongly affects the microscopic reaction processes, i.e., the variation governs the type of bond as we...
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PMID: 20725689
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Although lifestyle modification is the key treatment of metabolic syndrome (MetS), clinical data on the dynamical relationship between metabolic state and MetS has been limited. This study investigated the mutual correlations between demographic and biochemical variables, and the metabolic state bas...
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PMID: 20834187
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Geometric (HOMA) and magnetic (NICS) indices of aromaticity were estimated for aromatic rings of amino acids and nucleobases. Cartesian coordinates were taken directly either from PDB files deposited in public databases at the finest resolution available (≤ 1.5 Å), or from structures resulting fr...
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PMID: 20668897
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The interaction between photosensitizer anticancer drug hematoporphyrin monomethyl ether (HMME) and ctDNA has been studied based on the decreased resonance light scattering (RLS) phenomenon. The RLS, UV-vis and fluorescence spectra characteristics of the HMME-ctDNA system were investigated. Besides,...
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PMID: 20643575
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A novel beta-cyclodextrin (beta-CD) sensitized fluorescence quenching method for the determination of l-tyrosine (l-Tyr) with Mo(VI)-phenyl-fluorone (PF) as a fluorescence probe has been developed. The fluorescence intensity of Mo(VI)-PF-beta-CD was diminished as the l-tyrosine was added, the fluore...
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PMID: 20667765
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To optimize the extraction conditions of the total amino acid from Bubali Cornu.
An orthogonal test of L9 (3(4)) was designed to select optimum exaction conditions of the total amino acid. The influence of solvent concentration, the dosage of solvent and time of extraction were investigated with the...
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PMID: 21246820
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Some nutritional components of the edible seaweeds Cryptonemia obovata and Rhodymenia corallina were determined. The amino acid content ranged from 1.0 +/- 0.3 to 4174.2 +/- 14.2 mg 100 g(-1) dry wt in C. obovata and between 0.9 +/- 0.3 and 2657.0 +/- 13.5 mg 100 g(-1) dry wt in R. corallina. The mo...
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PMID: 21121265
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We used integrated proteomic and cytological approaches to probe the interconnections in rice (Oryza sativa) endosperm at the storage phase from 12 to 18 days after flowering (DAF). Starch granule packaging was completed first in the inner part of endosperm at 15 DAF and spread to almost the entire...
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PMID: 20712379
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We took an unbiased approach to studying IAV-nucleolar interactions by using stable isotope labeling with amino acids in cell culture (SILAC) in conjunction with LC-MS/MS to quantify changes in the nucleolar proteome following infection with A/PR/8/34 (H1N1) and A/Udorn/72 (H3N2) strains of the viru...
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PMID: 20701360
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A Gram-stain-positive, aerobic bacterium, designated strain BZ41(T), was isolated from hydrocarbon-contaminated soil. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain BZ41(T) was related to members of the genus Agromyces and showed highest similarity with the type strain of...
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PMID: 19933590
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These results suggested that LDA cattle were in negative energy balance, but AA metabolism and protein synthesis were within a normal range. Lower glucogenic AA was due to the higher gluconeogenesis, and higher ketogenic AA was due to higher ketogenesis....
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PMID: 20460840
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The proline cation based amino acid ionic liquid [Pro]+[NO3]− was systematically studied by density functional theory at the B3LYP/6-311++G** level. The stable geometries of the cation, anion, ion pair, as well as the ion-pair dimer [Pro]2+[NO3]2− with no imaginary frequencies were obtained and...
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PMID: 20735121
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Metabolite profiling of Cheonggukjang inoculated with different Bacillus strains including Bacillus amyloliqueciens CH86-1, Bacillus licheniformis 58, and Bacillus licheniformis 67 during fermentation, was performed using gas chromatography-time of flight-mass spectrometry after derivatization, comb...
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PMID: 20834151
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This paper reports a new, simple, rapid and economical method for routine determination of 24 amino acids and biogenic amines in grapes and wine. No sample clean-up is required and total run time including column re-equilibration is less than 40min. Following automated in-loop automated pre-column d...
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PMID: 20950817
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We present an experimental demonstration of a synthetic nanoporous membrane suitable for charge-selective transport of ionic species. The surfaces and walls of synthetic nanochannels, fabricated in heavy ion-tracked polyethylene terephthalate membranes are negatively charged due to the presence of c...
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PMID: 20699482
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