• Solute carrier family Amino acid transport Amino acid transport, acidic Amino acid transport, basic Amino acid transport disorder Amino acid Transporter Classification Database Kanai Y, Hediger MA (2004). (wikipedia.org)
  • Organic acids are organic compounds that are acidic. (profithpm.com)
  • Chemicals or substances having the property of an acid are said to be acidic . (alchetron.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)
  • Amino acids are classified as acidic, basic or neutral depending upon the relative number of … The revision notes covers all important formulas and concepts given in the chapter. (tuiasi.ro)
  • Compatible with this scenario is the intriguing proposal that life arose within alkaline (pH 9-11) deep-sea hydrothermal vents like those of the 'Lost City', with the interface with the acidic ocean creating a proton gradient sufficient to drive the first metabolism. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) capsid is highly acid labile and tends to dissociate into pentameric subunits at acidic condition to release viral RNA for initiating virus replication. (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)
  • 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)
  • Carbohydrates, Vitamins, Nucleic acids are some examples of Biomolecules Chemistry Notes for class … Denaturation of Proteins. (tuiasi.ro)
  • Proteins are polymers of amino acids arranged in the form of polypeptide chains. (tuiasi.ro)
  • I-FABP) and bovine heart fatty acid-binding pro- tissues and in intracellular as well as extracellular tein (H-FABP). (lu.se)
  • 5.4) Which of the following drug permeation mechanisms is used for peptides, amino acids, glucose, and other large or insoluble molecules? (pharmacologycorner.com)
  • While the method was invented to separate neutral species, it can also be applied to charged molecules such as small peptides. (lookformedical.com)
  • The protease not only releases small peptides, such as the amyloid-β peptide, which drives Alzheimer's disease pathogenesis, but also intracellular domains, which can have critical functions in nuclear signaling. (cipsm.de)
  • An amino acid transporter is a membrane transport protein that transports amino acids. (wikipedia.org)
  • have presented the crystal structure of apo-ApcT, a proton-coupled broad-specificity amino acid transporter, at 2.35 Å resolution. (tcdb.org)
  • Mutants of residues in the transition-metal ion-binding site severely affect transport, whereas a mutation of a conserved histidine located near this site results in metal ion transport that appears uncoupled to proton transport. (nature.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)
  • As the uncoating event of FMDV is dependent on the pH-sensitive amino acid residues in the capsid, this most pH-sensitive position indicates a potential candidate location for RNA delivery triggered by the acid-induced coat disassociation. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The uncoating of FMDV depends on irreversible structural rearrangements triggered by the interaction between the pH-sensitive amino acid residues with other residues in the capsid. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Intracellular receptors that bind to INOSITOL 1,4,5-TRISPHOSPHATE and play an important role in its intracellular signaling. (lookformedical.com)
  • Free T3 exerts its effects by binding to its cognate intracellular thyroid hormone receptors (TRs)[3]. (myendoconsult.com)
  • Organic acidemias are disorders of intermediary metabolism that lead to the accumulation of toxic compounds that derange multiple intracellular biochemical pathways including glucose catabolism (glycolysis), glucose synthesis (gluconeogenesis), amino acid and ammonia metabolism, purine and pyrimidine metabolism, and fat metabolism. (profithpm.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)
  • In gene therapy, the cytotoxicity of many polycations is undesirable and has been attributed to nonspecific membrane destabilizing effects and intracellular polyplex-mediated toxicity. (uky.edu)
  • As a commercial electrode material for proton-exchange membrane water electrolyzers and fuel cells, Pt-based catalysts still face thorny issues, such as insufficient mass activity, stability, and CO tolerance. (bvsalud.org)
  • They include metabolic products highly associated with ovarian function - amino acids for regulating pH and osmolarity, lipids such fatty acids and cholesterols for oocyte maturation, and glucocorticoids for ovarian steroidogenesis. (biomedcentral.com)
  • and the lack of the long-chain n -3 fatty acids EPA and DHA in most plant-based sources. (hho.org)
  • Secreted phospholipases A 2 (sPLA 2 s) (EC 3.1.1.4) are a structurally related group of low-molecular-mass enzymes (14-18 kDa) that catalyse the hydrolysis of glycerophospholipids (phospholipids hereafter) at their sn -2 position, to produce lysophospholipids and free fatty acids. (ijbs.com)
  • sPLA 2 s show distinct substrate specificities in terms of the phospholipid polar headgroups and the fatty acids esterified at the sn- 2 position of the glycerol backbone. (ijbs.com)
  • An acid is a substance that can donate hydrogen ions (H + ). A base is a substance that can accept H + ions. (medscape.com)
  • The Swedish chemist Svante Arrhenius attributed the properties of acidity to hydrogen ions (H + ) or protons in 1884. (alchetron.com)
  • The conflict between the acid lability in vivo and acid stability in vitro of FMDV capsid promotes the selection of a series of amino acid substitutions which can confer resistance to acid-induced FMDV inactivation. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The most common chemical groups associated with organic acids are carboxylic acids which are present in the conjugate base form at neutral pH, 7.0, the pH of the inside of most living cells. (profithpm.com)
  • Organic acids with one carboxylic acid have one conjugate base while some organic acids may have two or three carboxylic acids and two or three conjugate bases. (profithpm.com)
  • Strong acids and some concentrated weak acids are corrosive , but there are exceptions such as carboranes and boric acid . (alchetron.com)
  • Inorganic or organic salts and esters of boric acid. (lookformedical.com)
  • Inorganic and organic derivatives of boric acid either B(OH)3 or, preferably H3BO3. (lookformedical.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)
  • 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)
  • Such molecules find their way into soil and water bodies in the form of acid rain, causing acidification of soils and the release of Al ions in a form easily absorbed by the plant root system, which is extremely toxic. (frontiersin.org)
  • 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)
  • Thus, organic acids in urine are often present at 100 times their concentration in the blood serum and thus are more readily detected in urine. (profithpm.com)
  • This is why organic acids are rarely tested in blood or serum. (profithpm.com)
  • This problem has been partially overcome by chemical modifications which reduce serum or intracellular degradation. (justia.com)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Although some organic acidemias result in lowered blood pH, other organic acidemias are associated with organic acids that are relatively weak and do not typically cause acidosis. (profithpm.com)
  • Hasselbalch equation for the ratio of solubility for the weak acid or weak base? (pharmacologycorner.com)
  • The Organic Acids Test (OAT) offers a comprehensive metabolic snapshot of a patient's overall health with 75 markers. (profithpm.com)
  • Acid-Base Regulation Metabolic processes in the human body continually produce acid and, to a lesser degree, base. (msdmanuals.com)
  • So, basically, metabolic acidosis arises either from the buildup of acid in our blood, which could be because it's produced or ingested in increased amounts, or because the body can't get rid of it, or from excessive bicarbonate HCO3− loss from the kidneys or gastrointestinal tract. (msdmanuals.com)
  • The names of most organic acids contain the suffix -ic, followed by the word "acid" such as lactic acid. (profithpm.com)
  • Thus, the conjugate base of lactic acid is lactate. (profithpm.com)
  • Many times, the name of the organic acid and its conjugate base(s) are used interchangeably when discussing physiology and biochemistry, such as lactate or lactic acid. (profithpm.com)
  • 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)
  • Methods for the preparation of a lipid-nucleic acid composition are provided. (justia.com)
  • This invention relates to compositions comprising a combination of a lipid and a therapeutic agent, particularly to lipid-nucleic acid compositions, for in vivo therapeutic use. (justia.com)
  • In all other cells, DMT1 is found in intracellular membranes where it promotes the exit of endocytosed Fe 2+ from endosomes into the cytoplasm 9 . (nature.com)
  • In particular, the nanoparticle possesses an unprotonated pH-responsive segment to serve as both a scaffold for acid-labile linkages of various moieties such as aldehyde-PEG and to transition from neutral to charged for disrupting endosomal membranes, and safely enhancing gene expression. (uky.edu)
  • Thus, buffers work as a first-line of defense to blunt the changes in pH that would otherwise result from the constant daily addition of acids and bases to body fluids. (medscape.com)
  • Every organic acid has one or more conjugate bases named with the suffix -ate. (profithpm.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)
  • They proposed that Lys158 is central to proton-coupled transport and that the amine group serves the same functional role as the Na2 ion in LeuT, thus demonstrating common principles among proton- and sodium-coupled transporters. (tcdb.org)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • According to the methods, a mixture of lipids containing a protonatable or deprotonatable lipid, for example an amino lipid and a lipid such as a PEG- or Polyamide oligomer-modified lipid is combined with a buffered aqueous solution of a charged therapeutic agent, for example polyanionic nucleic acids, to produce particles in which the therapeutic agent is encapsulated in a lipid vesicle. (justia.com)
  • The accumulation of an organic acid in cells and fluids (plasma, cerebrospinal fluid, or urine) leads to a disease called organic acidemia or organic aciduria. (profithpm.com)
  • Accordingly, in CKD, bone mineral mobilisation would serve as a buffer system to acid accumulation. (cambridge.org)
  • An organic acid is any compound that generates protons at the prevailing pH of human blood. (profithpm.com)
  • Amino acids are usually colourless, crystalline solids. (tuiasi.ro)
  • Organic acids are chemical compounds excreted in the urine of mammals that are products of metabolism. (profithpm.com)
  • As mono or diiron center as well as incorporated into heme or iron-sulfur clusters, this metal is an indispensable cofactor for a variety of cellular processes including electron transport, amino acid metabolism, and biosynthesis of DNA and sterols. (frontiersin.org)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Proton-gated anion transport governs macropinosome shrinkage. (leibniz-fmp.de)
  • 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)
  • CATs and HATs: the SLC7 family of amino acid transporters" (PDF). (wikipedia.org)
  • The poly(l-lysine) segment, with a high pK a value of ∼9.4, preferentially forms a poly-ion complex with the negative phosphate groups of pDNA, whereas the pH-responsive poly(aspartate-hydrazide) segment, with the comparatively lower pK a ∼5.0, is characterized by a substantial fraction of unprotonated amino groups at physiological pH. (uky.edu)
  • As these examples show, acids (in the colloquial sense) can be solutions or pure substances, and can be derived from acids (in the strict sense) that are solids, liquids, or gases. (alchetron.com)
  • In proteoliposomes EcoDMT mediates proton-coupled uptake of manganese at low micromolar concentrations. (nature.com)
  • The decomposition of the organic matter, the imbalance of the N, S, and C cycles, the excess in the cation uptake on anions and the N fixation by the legumes influence the concentration of protons [H + ] in the soil solution. (frontiersin.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)
  • 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)
  • I-LBP, ileal lipid-binding to the aqueous solubility of the fatty acid. (lu.se)
  • If life does exist there [see Figure 1] despite the presence of concentrated sulfuric acid (H2SO4), then it is likely to be in this temperate zone layer, having evolved to live in such conditions. (centauri-dreams.org)
  • The second category of acids are Lewis acids , which form a covalent bond with an electron pair. (alchetron.com)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Organic acids are substances in which carbon and hydrogen are always present but which may also contain the elements of oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur, and phosphorus as well. (profithpm.com)
  • Examples include molecular substances such as HCl and acetic acid. (alchetron.com)
  • An Arrhenius acid is a substance that, when added to water, increases the concentration of H + ions in the water. (alchetron.com)
  • Note that chemists often write H + ( aq ) and refer to the hydrogen ion when describing acid-base reactions but the free hydrogen nucleus, a proton, does not exist alone in water, it exists as the hydronium ion, H 3 O + . Thus, an Arrhenius acid can also be described as a substance that increases the concentration of hydronium ions when added to water. (alchetron.com)
  • Organic acids are most commonly analyzed in urine because they are not extensively reabsorbed in the kidney tubules after glomerular filtration. (profithpm.com)
  • Combined with previous results, our study defines the conformational changes underlying transition-metal ion transport in the SLC11 family and it provides molecular insight to its coupling to protons. (nature.com)
  • We have optimized our transport assays to show that EcoDMT transports Mn 2+ with a K M in the low μM range and that metal ion transport is coupled to the cotransport of protons. (nature.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)
  • 69 . The slowing down of the overall proton-transfer rate was attributed to the rigidity of the water hydrogen bond network and slower solvation inside the cavity. (azpdf.net)
  • Bedt, R. The table is then returned to the neutral position and the remainder of peritoneal cavity is examined. (forextrading-madeeasy.com)
  • Cysteine and derivatives are compounds containing cysteine or a derivative thereof resulting from reaction of cysteine at the amino group or the carboxy group, or from the replacement of any hydrogen of glycine by a heteroatom. (cannabisdatabase.ca)
  • Most acid soils occur in the tropics and subtropics, where acidification is a natural process. (frontiersin.org)
  • This finding supports the claim that the individual ISCA1 monomer acts as possible intracellular interaction partner of cryptochrome, but the proposed existence of an elongated ISCA1 polymer with multiple attached cryptochromes appears to be questionable. (nature.com)
  • 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)
  • D ) The ATPase activity of purified ABCA4 as a function of all- trans retinal or all- trans retinoic acid in the presence or absence of 0.1 mg/mL 1,2-dioleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine (DOPE) and 100 µM ATP. (elifesciences.org)
  • Rhodopsin is a seven-transmembrane protein covalently linked with retinal chromophore that absorbs photons for energy conversion and intracellular signaling in eukaryotes, bacteria, and archaea. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The well-studied Haloarchaeal rhodopsin is a proton-pumping bacteriorhodopsin that shows promising applications in optogenetics, biosensitized solar cells, security ink, data storage, artificial retinal implant and biohydrogen generation. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Type-I microbial rhodopsins consist of seven transmembrane domain that is covalently associated with retinal chromophore functions like proton pumping, chloride pumping, and phototaxis behaviour. (biomedcentral.com)
  • 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)
  • During cellular nitrosative stress, the production of intracellular GSNO might channel signaling responses to form protein-mixed disulfide that can regulate intracellular function. (lookformedical.com)
  • Free T4 is the biologically active form that can enter target cells and exert various intracellular effects. (myendoconsult.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)
  • The number of organic acids found in urine is enormous. (profithpm.com)
  • No clinical assessment currently employs the basic phosphodiester chemistry found in natural nucleic acids, because of these and other known problems. (justia.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 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)
  • Understanding the regulation of acid-base balance requires appreciation of the fundamental definitions and principles underlying this complex physiologic process. (medscape.com)
  • for example, H-FABP makes up 3% of the plasmic intracellular LBPs from three different cytoplasmic protein content in rat heart. (lu.se)
  • Modern definitions are concerned with the fundamental chemical reactions common to all acids. (alchetron.com)
  • Haloarchaeal rhodopsins are Type-I microbial rhodopsin that elicits various light-driven functions like proton pumping, chloride pumping and Phototaxis behaviour. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Halorhodopsin and sensory rhodopsin functions like non-proton-pumping type-I Microbial rhodopsin, such as chloride pumps and photoreceptors. (biomedcentral.com)
  • In this review, we analyzed the intrinsic reasons for the acid instability of FMDV from the structural and functional aspects. (biomedcentral.com)