• A cooperative and competitive interaction between multiple enzymes, cell lines, and cell culture conditions causes processing of the oligosaccharide structure during which some of the already attached moieties like mannose are trimmed to yield a fiveâ residue core (Man3GlcNAc2), to which N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc), fucose, galactose, and N-acetylneuraminic acid (sialic acid or Neu5Ac) residues get added in a probabilistic fashion. (chromatographyonline.com)
  • It is characterized by hydrogen bonds between the carbonyl group (-C=O) of one amino acid and the amino (N-H) group of the amino acid 4 residues below it along the helix. (rcsb.org)
  • Positively charged amino acid residues are relatively abundant in the encoded gene-products of N. equitans and other hyperthermophiles, which is reflected in their isoelectric point distribution. (biomedcentral.com)
  • active site - A region in proteins and nucleic acids (that participate in chemical reactions), where reacting molecules (substrates) bind and make specific contacts necessary for chemical catalysis. (rcsb.org)
  • Polysaccharides, proteins and nucleic acids are few examples. (multiverseiit.com)
  • Stability of protein and nucleic acid structures. (pathfinderacademy.in)
  • The peptide-liposome complex effectively blocks PD-L1, an immune checkpoint on the surface of cancer cells, and prevents the recycling of PD-L1 by intracellular metabolism to induce complete degradation of PD-L1 in cancer cells, achieving an increased therapeutic effect on cancer. (justia.com)
  • The present invention has been made in an effort to solve the above-described problems and an object of the present invention is to provide a peptide-liposome complex for multivalent crosslinking with PD-L1 that can effectively inhibit the immune checkpoints and induce intracellular degradation of PD-L1, and a use thereof. (justia.com)
  • One aspect of the present invention provides a peptide-liposome complex composed of a lipid bilayer including (a) a first phospholipid, (b) a second phospholipid containing PEG, (c) cholesterol, and (d) a lipid conjugate consisting of the second phospholipid and a peptide having the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1. (justia.com)
  • ii)Peptide bonds are formed by the reaction between carboxyl (- COOH) of one amino acid and amino (- NH 2 ) group of other amino acid with the elimination of water. (multiverseiit.com)
  • FDNB specifically binds with N-terminal amino acid to form a dinitrophenyl (DNP) derivative of peptide. (multiverseiit.com)
  • During her M.S., she focused on the development of fluorescent amino acids and peptide synthesis. (rsc.org)
  • Global responses in both bacteria included competition for nitrogen sources, amino acids and increased tRNA levels. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Thus, intracellular bacteria frequently encode the capacity to regulate host lipogenesis as well as to modulate the lipid composition of host membranes. (microbialcell.com)
  • Microscopy analyses indicate that cholesterol regulates a step in L. pneumophila intracellular lifecycle that occurs after bacteria begin to replicate within an established intracellular niche. (microbialcell.com)
  • Lateral phage transfer in obligate intracellular bacteria (wolbachia): verification from natural populations. (mbl.edu)
  • However, in obligatory intracellular bacteria, many genes involved in DNA recombination and repair along with the biosynthetic and metabolic genes are usually lost [ 3 , 4 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • In the year 1975, timoprazole was found to inhibit acid secretion irrespective of stimulus, extracellular or intracellular. (wikipedia.org)
  • I-FABP) and bovine heart fatty acid-binding pro- tissues and in intracellular as well as extracellular tein (H-FABP). (lu.se)
  • therefore, host lipids and their biosynthesis pathways have emerged as critical regulators of intracellular replication for vacuolar pathogens both as organelle membrane building blocks as well as nutrients [8] [9] . (microbialcell.com)
  • These protons can come from organic acids which have accumulated in the blood, but they can also come from increased production in our body. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Hydrochloric acid (HCl) is considered a strong acid because it is present only in a completely ionized form in the body, whereas carbonic acid (H 2 CO 3 ) is a weak acid because it is ionized incompletely, and, at equilibrium, all three reactants are present in body fluids. (medscape.com)
  • Common aqueous acids include hydrochloric acid (a solution of hydrogen chloride which is found in gastric acid in the stomach and activates digestive enzymes ), acetic acid (vinegar is a dilute aqueous solution of this liquid), sulfuric acid (used in car batteries), and citric acid (found in citrus fruits). (alchetron.com)
  • To do this, the natural substances are first hydrolyzed with hydrochloric acid. (zxc.wiki)
  • Interestingly, although alcohols and amines can be Brønsted-Lowry acids, they can also function as Lewis bases due to the lone pairs of electrons on their oxygen and nitrogen atoms. (alchetron.com)
  • 3-10 helix - A type of protein secondary structural element that is more tightly coiled than the alpha helix (3 amino acids per turn with 10 atoms in the ring completed by each intra-helical hydrogen bond). (rcsb.org)
  • The neutral or depot fats are composed of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen like carbohydrates but have far fewer oxygen atoms than carbon atoms unlike the carbohydrates. (multiverseiit.com)
  • ii) Fatty acids - A fatty acid molecule is an unbranched chain of carbon atoms with each carbon atom (C) forming four bonds to other atoms. (multiverseiit.com)
  • amino acid - A building block of proteins is an alpha amino acid which contains a basic amino group, an acidic carboxyl group, and a hydrogen or organic side chain attached to the central carbon atom. (rcsb.org)
  • There are 20 different alpha amino acids commonly found in nature that can covalently link with each other to form short peptides or longer proteins. (rcsb.org)
  • The tertiary structure of a protein brings distant amino acid side chains nearer to form active sites of enzymatic proteins. (multiverseiit.com)
  • Ferritins from various tissues were separated according to their subunit composition by anion exchange chromatography and according to their iron content by density-gradient centrifugation. (shengsci.com)
  • Direct measurements of Gd can be obtained using anion-exchange chromatography coupled to ICP-MS but the limit of quantification will be higher. (univie.ac.at)
  • By performing proximity labeling and proteomic analysis, we identified scavenger receptor CD36 as a cell surface protein interacting with Siglec-E. Further experiments performed in HEK293T cells transiently overexpressing Siglec-E and CD36 and peritoneal macrophages demonstrated that depletion of cell surface sialic acids by treatment with sialyltransferase inhibitor or sialidase did not affect interaction between Siglec-E and CD36 but retarded Siglec-E-mediated inhibition on oxidized LDL uptake. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The monocytes then differentiate into macrophages and uptake modified LDLs to become foam cells with a feature of intracellular cholesterol accumulation as lipid droplets, which is the hallmark of early lesion [ 2 , 3 , 4 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Most of those depositing in the gas-exchange region will be phagocytized by alveolar macrophages and cleared to and through the mucociliary escalator within a few weeks. (cdc.gov)
  • In acidic solution, the sulfenic acid is isolated before reaction with one or more cysteines accessible from the luminar surface of the enzyme, a tetracyclic sulfenamide. (wikipedia.org)
  • Chemicals or substances having the property of an acid are said to be acidic . (alchetron.com)
  • KRT1 to KRT8 belong to the neutral-basic type A subfamily, KRT9 to KRT20 to the acidic type B subfamily. (zxc.wiki)
  • Such a supplement can adequately provide essential amino acids irrespective of the guts ability to assimilate them. (oxodocs.com)
  • Strong acids are those that are completely ionized in body fluids, and weak acids are those that are incompletely ionized in body fluids. (medscape.com)
  • Strong acids and some concentrated weak acids are corrosive , but there are exceptions such as carboranes and boric acid . (alchetron.com)
  • PSCs utilize SLC1A4 and other transporters to rapidly exchange and maintain environmental alanine concentrations. (bvsalud.org)
  • SIGNIFICANCE: This work identifies critical neutral amino acid transporters involved in channeling alanine between pancreatic stellate and PDAC cells. (bvsalud.org)
  • According to the results of recent studies, immune checkpoint inhibition using antibodies may cause recycling of immune checkpoints by intracellular metabolism, leading to resistance to anticancer immunotherapy as well as low efficacy of anticancer immunotherapy. (justia.com)
  • Perilipin 5 (PLIN5) is a lipid-droplet-associated protein that coordinates intracellular lipolysis in highly oxidative tissues and is thought to regulate lipid metabolism in response to phosphorylation by protein kinase A (PKA). (uci.edu)
  • In humans, the CRYAA gene encodes a 173 amino acid residue protein by single copy genes located on chromosome 21. (molvis.org)
  • Hydrolysis of one ATP molecule is used to catalyse the electroneutral exchange of two luminal potassium ions for two cytoplasmic protons through the gastric membrane. (wikipedia.org)
  • An acid is a molecule or ion capable of donating a hydron ( proton or hydrogen ion H + ), or, alternatively, capable of forming a covalent bond with an electron pair (a Lewis acid). (alchetron.com)
  • The identified sequence of amino acids shows the homogeneity of a protein molecule. (multiverseiit.com)
  • It tends to dissolve in water even though the rest of fatty acid molecule will not. (multiverseiit.com)
  • Siglec-E, a mouse orthologue of human Siglec-9, is a sialic acid binding lectin predominantly expressed on the surface of myeloid cells to transduce inhibitory signal via recruitment of SH2-domain containing protein tyrosine phosphatase SHP-1/2 upon binding to its sialoglycan ligands. (biomedcentral.com)
  • From keratin-containing natural products are L cysteine, L - tyrosine and other proteinogenic amino acids on an industrial scale produced. (zxc.wiki)
  • Optimization of substituted benzimidazoles and their antisecretory effects were studied on the newly discovered proton pump to obtain higher pKa values of the pyridine, thereby facilitating accumulation within the parietal cell and increasing the rate of acid-mediated conversion to the active mediate. (wikipedia.org)
  • Accordingly, in CKD, bone mineral mobilisation would serve as a buffer system to acid accumulation. (cambridge.org)
  • Causes include accumulation of ketones and lactic acid, renal failure, and drug or toxin ingestion (high anion gap) and gastrointestinal or renal HCO 3 − loss (normal anion gap). (msdmanuals.com)
  • The blood pH needs to be constantly between 7.35 and 7.45, and in addition the blood needs to remain electrically neutral, which means that the total cations, or positively charged particles, equals the total anions, or negatively charged particles. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Impacts of Siglec-E expression and cell surface sialic acid status on oxidized LDL uptake and signaling involved were examined by biochemical assays. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Siglecs are a family of sialic acid-binding immunoglobulin-like receptors predominantly expressed on cells of immune system to regulate their functions through recognizing their glycan ligands [ 5 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • the carbonic acid, in turn, forms water and CO 2 . (medscape.com)
  • In this case, the bicarbonate HCO3− ion concentration decreases by binding of bicarbonate HCO3− ions and protons H+, which results in the formation of H2CO3 carbonic acid, which subsequently breaks down into carbon dioxide CO2 and water H2O. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Conversely, many Lewis acids are not Arrhenius or Brønsted-Lowry acids. (alchetron.com)
  • Conversely, foods generating neutral or alkaline urine would favour bone growth and Ca balance, prevent bone loss and reduce osteoporotic fracture risk. (cambridge.org)
  • Lewis considered this as a generalization of the Brønsted definition, so that an acid is a chemical species that accepts electron pairs either directly or by releasing protons (H + ) into the solution, which then accept electron pairs. (alchetron.com)
  • Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) block the gastric hydrogen potassium ATPase (H+/K+ ATPase) and inhibit gastric acid secretion. (wikipedia.org)
  • Cells lacking SLC38A2 fail to concentrate intracellular alanine and undergo a profound metabolic crisis resulting in markedly impaired tumor growth. (bvsalud.org)
  • PPIs also can bind to other types of proton pumps such as those that occur in cancer cells and are finding applications in the reduction of cancer cell acid efflux and reduction of chemotherapy drug resistance. (wikipedia.org)
  • The intracellular fluid (ICF) compartment is the system that includes all fluid enclosed in cells by their plasma membranes. (edu.vn)
  • The intracellular fluid (ICF) is the fluid within cells. (edu.vn)
  • Expression of phosphorylation-defective PLIN5 S155A in Plin5 null cells resulted in decreased rates of lipolysis and triglyceride-derived fatty acid oxidation. (uci.edu)
  • Here we investigated the link between cellular cholesterol and L. pneumophila intracellular replication and discovered that disruption of cholesterol biosynthesis or cholesterol trafficking lowered bacterial replication in infected cells. (microbialcell.com)
  • The coils and folds of the polypeptide molecules are so arranged as to hide the non-polar amino acid chains inside and to expose the polar side chains. (multiverseiit.com)
  • Frederick Sanger proposed Sanger's reagent to know the amino acid sequence in a polypeptide chain. (multiverseiit.com)
  • for example, H-FABP makes up 3% of the plasmic intracellular LBPs from three different cytoplasmic protein content in rat heart. (lu.se)
  • Consumption of tea has been linked to a sense of relaxation commonly associated with the content of the non-proteinogenic amino acid theanine, which is found within the tea leaves. (mdpi.com)
  • They are insoluble in water and non-polar in character and commonly known as neutral fats. (multiverseiit.com)
  • Most of the water in the body is intracellular fluid. (edu.vn)
  • Macromolecules are substances which are large high molecular weight with complex molecular structure and occur in insoluble state in intracellular fluid. (multiverseiit.com)
  • Understanding the regulation of acid-base balance requires appreciation of the fundamental definitions and principles underlying this complex physiologic process. (medscape.com)
  • Membrane structure and function: Structure of model membrane, lipid bilayer and membrane protein diffusion, osmosis, ion channels, active transport, ion pumps, mechanism of sorting and regulation of intracellular transport, electrical properties of membranes. (pathfinderacademy.in)
  • Acid-Base Regulation Metabolic processes in the human body continually produce acid and, to a lesser degree, base. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Acids form aqueous solutions with a sour taste, can turn blue litmus red, and react with bases and certain metals (like calcium ) to form salts. (alchetron.com)
  • alignment - A comparison of two or more gene or protein sequences in order to determine their degree of similarity in amino acid or bases, respectively. (rcsb.org)
  • Normally, blood pH depends on the balance or ratio between the concentration of bases, mainly bicarbonate HCO3−, which increases the pH, and acids, mainly carbon dioxide CO2, which decrease the pH. (msdmanuals.com)
  • alanine (Ala, A) - Alpha amino acid with a non-polar side chain. (rcsb.org)
  • Goethe-Universita¨t, DE-60439 tein (I-LBP) and intestinal fatty acid-binding protein (I-FABP). (lu.se)
  • I-LBP, ileal lipid-binding to the aqueous solubility of the fatty acid. (lu.se)
  • All three patterns of activity were dependent on the release of Ca 2+ from intracellular stores. (jneurosci.org)
  • Analysis of nucleotide, codon and amino acid usage patterns in N. equitans indicates the presence of distinct selective constraints, probably due to its adaptation to a thermo-parasitic life-style. (biomedcentral.com)
  • While the analysis of nucleotide/amino acid preferences in N. equitans offers an insight into the molecular strategies taken by the archaeon for thermo-parasitic adaptation, the comparative study of the compositional characteristics of mesophiles, hyperthermophiles and obligatory host-associated organisms demonstrates the generality of such strategies in the microbial world. (biomedcentral.com)
  • During my own PhD that focused on the development of small neutral molecules that can transport chloride anions across biological membranes, we often observed binding to the lipid headgroup in molecular dynamics modelling. (rsc.org)
  • At 300 K, the water mol- ecules in the cavity exchange positions on a time-scale of about 1 ns and exchange with external water on longer time-scales (0.01 -1 ms). Exchange of water molecules among hydration sites within the cavity should be strongly coupled to ligand motion. (lu.se)
  • The crystal struc- with bulk water as the cavity opens up, or they tures of I-FABP and H-FABP reveal a large number exchange positions within the cavity before of ordered water molecules inside this cavity. (lu.se)
  • This hypothesis posits that foods associated with an increased urinary acid excretion are deleterious for the skeleton, leading to osteoporosis and enhanced fragility fracture risk. (cambridge.org)
  • The nutritional acid load hypothesis of osteoporosis is reviewed from its historical origin to most recent studies with particular attention to the essential but overlooked role of the kidney in acid-base homeostasis. (cambridge.org)
  • In a historical perspective, the present review dissects out speculation from experimental facts and emphasises the essential role of the renal tubule in systemic acid-base and Ca homeostasis. (cambridge.org)
  • Modern definitions are concerned with the fundamental chemical reactions common to all acids. (alchetron.com)
  • Evidence emerged by the end of the 1970s that the newly discovered proton pump (H+/K+ ATPase) in the secretory membrane of the parietal cell was the final step in acid secretion. (wikipedia.org)
  • Acid secretion by the human stomach results in a median diurnal pH of 1.4. (wikipedia.org)
  • A derivative of timoprazole, omeprazole, was discovered in 1979, and was the first of a new class of drug that control acid secretion in the stomach, a proton pump inhibitor (PPI). (wikipedia.org)
  • A practical consequence proposed is that these gels may not reliably mediate pH sensitive swelling controlled release in oral applications, because the levels of buffer acids in the stomach (where swelling and release are expected to occur) generally cannot be controlled. (scialert.net)
  • An acid is a substance that can donate hydrogen ions (H + ). A base is a substance that can accept H + ions. (medscape.com)
  • Hydronium ions are acids according to all three definitions. (alchetron.com)
  • An Arrhenius acid is a substance that, when added to water, increases the concentration of H + ions in the water. (alchetron.com)
  • The ion exchange occurs regardless of the substance's charge. (medscape.com)
  • Notwithstanding this questionable role of bone mineral in systemic acid-base equilibrium, not only in CKD but even more in the absence of renal impairment, it is postulated that, in healthy individuals, foods, particularly those containing animal protein, would induce 'latent' acidosis and result, in the long run, in osteoporosis. (cambridge.org)
  • In the special case of aqueous solutions , proton donors form the hydronium ion H 3 O + and are known as Arrhenius acids. (alchetron.com)
  • Aqueous Arrhenius acids have characteristic properties which provide a practical description of an acid. (alchetron.com)
  • An aqueous solution of an acid has a pH less than 7 and is colloquially also referred to as 'acid' (as in 'dissolved in acid'), while the strict definition refers only to the solute. (alchetron.com)
  • Most acids encountered in everyday life are aqueous solutions, or can be dissolved in water, so the Arrhenius and Brønsted-Lowry definitions are the most relevant. (alchetron.com)
  • Changes in intracellular free calcium concentration ([Ca 2+ ] i ) are known to influence a variety of events in developing neurons. (jneurosci.org)
  • Modulation of intracellular free calcium concentration ([Ca 2+ ] i ) may be part of the signaling pathway by which both local environmental factors and cell autonomous developmental programs influence corticogenesis. (jneurosci.org)
  • The catalytic α subunit has ten transmembrane segments with a cluster of intramembranal carboxylic amino acids located in the middle of the transmembrane segments TM4, TM5, TM6 and TM8. (wikipedia.org)
  • Bedt, R. The table is then returned to the neutral position and the remainder of peritoneal cavity is examined. (forextrading-madeeasy.com)
  • The second category of acids are Lewis acids , which form a covalent bond with an electron pair. (alchetron.com)
  • However, hydrogen chloride , acetic acid, and most other Brønsted-Lowry acids cannot form a covalent bond with an electron pair and are therefore not Lewis acids. (alchetron.com)
  • Addition of 5-methoxy-substitution to the benzimidazole moiety of omeprazole was also made and gave the compound much more stability at neutral pH. (wikipedia.org)
  • For example, the backbone carbon atom linked to the carbonyl group in an alpha amino acid, to which the side chain is attached. (rcsb.org)
  • Acid-Base Disorders Acid-base disorders are pathologic changes in carbon dioxide partial pressure (Pco2) or serum bicarbonate (HCO3 − ) that typically produce abnormal arterial pH values. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Microbes can engage in mutualistic, neutral or antagonistic interactions, when sharing the same environment. (biomedcentral.com)
  • As the transport domain translocates into the IFS, HP2 replaces HP1 on the domains interface, while HP1 now lines an intracellular vestibule leading to the substrate-binding site ( Figure 1-figure supplement 1 ). (elifesciences.org)
  • Our findings suggest that plasma glycogenic amino acids are sensitive indicators of brain glycogen levels in endurance exercise. (frontiersin.org)
  • Examples include molecular substances such as HCl and acetic acid. (alchetron.com)