PEREIRA, H. M.; BERDINI, V.; CLEASBY, A.; GARRATT, Richard Charles. Crystal structure of calf spleen purine nucleoside phosphorylase complexed to a novel purine analogue. FEBS Letters, Amsterdam, Elsevier Science, v. 581, n. 26, p. 5082-5086, 2007. DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2007.09.051 ...

Two enzymes in the methionine salvage pathway, 5-methylthioribose kinase (MTR kinase) and 5´-methylthioadenosine/S-adenosylhomocysteine nucleosidase (MTA/SAH nucleosidase) were purified from Klebsiellapneumoniae. Chromatography using a novel 5´-(p-aminophenyl)thioadenosine/5-(p-aminophenyl)thioribose affinity matrix allowed the binding and selective elution of each of the enzymes in pure form. The molecular mass, substrate kinetics and N-terminal amino acid sequences were characterized for each of the enzymes. Purified MTR kinase exhibits an apparent molecular mass of 46-50 kDa by SDS/PAGE and S200HR chromatography, and has a Km for MTR of 12.2 μM. Homogeneous MTA/SAH nucleosidase displays a molecular mass of 26.5 kDa by SDS/PAGE, and a Km for MTA of 8.7 μM. Comparisons of the N-terminal sequences obtained for each of the enzymes with protein-sequence databases failed to reveal any significant sequence similarities to known proteins. However, the amino acid sequence obtained for the ...

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Na(+)-dependent nucleoside transport was examined in bovine renal brush-border membrane vesicles. Two separate Na+/nucleoside cotransporters were shown to be present: (1) a system specific for purine nucleosides and uridine, designated as the N1 carrier, and (2) an Na(+)-dependent nucleoside transporter that accepts pyrimidine nucleosides, adenosine and analogues of adenosine, designated as the N2 system. Both systems exhibit a high affinity for nucleosides (apparent Km values approximately 10 microM), are insensitive to inhibition by facilitated-diffusion nucleoside transport inhibitors, are rheogenic and exhibit a high specificity for Na+. Na+ increases the affinity of the influx of guanosine and thymidine, nucleosides that serve as model permeants for the N1 and N2 nucleoside transporters respectively. The Na+/nucleoside coupling stoichiometry is consistent with 1:1 for both carriers. ...

Escherichia coli purine nucleoside phosphorylase (PNP) expressed in tumors converts relatively nontoxic prodrugs into membrane-permeant cytotoxic: compounds with high bystander activity. In the present study, we examined tumor regressions resulting from treatment with E. coli PNP and fludarabine phosphate (F-araAMP), a clinically approved compound used in the treatment of hematologic malignancies. We tested bystander killing with an adenoviral construct expressing E. coli PNP and then more formally examined thresholds for the bystander effect, using both MuLv and lentiviral vectoring. Because of the importance of understanding the mechanism of bystander action and the limits to this anticancer strategy, we also evaluated in vivo variables related to the expression of E. coli PNP (level of E. coli PNP activity in tumors, ectopic expression in liver, percentage of tumor cells transduced in situ, and accumulation of active metabolites in tumors). Our results indicate that F-araAMP confers excellent ...

The bacterial 5'-methylthioadenosine/S-adenosylhomocysteine nucleosidase (MTAN) enzyme is a multifunctional enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of the N-ribosidic bond of at least four different adenosine-based metabolites: S-adenosylhomocysteine (S

Excellgen E. coli Uracil DNA Glycosylase, UDG [EG-1019] - Description E. coli Uracil-DNA Glycosylase (UDG), also known as Uracil N-Glycosylase (UNG), catalyses the release of uracil from uracil-containing DNA. UDG efficiently hydrolyzes uracil from single-stranded or double-stranded DNA, but not from short oligonucleotides (|6 bases), or RNA substrates. Applications Digestion of uracil-containing DNA Source An E. coli strain that carries the ung (Uracil-DNA Glycosylase)

Effects of cordycepin on the incorporation of [3H] guanosine into embryonic Xenopus cells were examined. Cordycepin inhibited the labeling not only of poly(A) + RNA, but of all the other major classes of RNAs. Cellular fractionation showed that this inhibition was much stronger in the labeling of cy …

Viruses employ an array of elaborate strategies to overcome plant defense mechanisms and must adapt to the requirements of the host translational systems. Pokeweed antiviral protein (PAP) from Phytolacca americana is a ribosome inactivating protein (RIP) and is an RNA N-glycosidase that removes specific purine residues from the sarcin/ricin (S/R) loop of large rRNA, arresting protein synthesis at the translocation step. PAP is thought to play an important role in the plant's defense mechanism against foreign pathogens. This review focuses on the structure, function, and the relationship of PAP to other RIPs, discusses molecular aspects of PAP antiviral activity, the novel inhibition of this plant toxin by a virus counteraction-a peptide linked to the viral genome (VPg), and possible applications of RIP-conjugated immunotoxins in cancer therapeutics.

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Poly [ADP Ribose] Polymerase 2 (ADP Ribosyltransferase Diphtheria Toxin Like 2 or NAD(+) ADP Ribosyltransferase 2 or Poly[ADP Ribose] Synthase 2 or PARP2 or EC 2.4.2.30)-Pipeline Review, H1 2017. Summary. According to the recently published report 'Poly [ADP Ribose] Polymerase 2-Pipeline Review, H1 2017'; Poly [ADP Ribose] Polymerase 2 (ADP Ribosyltransferase Diphtheria Toxin Like 2 or NAD(+) ADP Ribosyltransferase 2 or Poly[ADP Ribose] Synthase 2 or PARP2 or EC 2.4.2.30) pipeline Target constitutes close to 18 molecules. Out of which approximately 16 molecules are developed by companies and remaining by the universities/institutes. Poly [ADP Ribose] Polymerase 2 (ADP Ribosyltransferase Diphtheria Toxin Like 2 or NAD(+) ADP Ribosyltransferase 2 or Poly[ADP Ribose] Synthase 2 or PARP2 or EC 2.4.2.30)-Poly [ADP-ribose] polymerase 2 is an enzyme encoded by the PARP2 gene. It is involved in the base excision repair (BER) pathway, by catalyzing the poly (ADP-ribosylation) of a limited number of ...

Accepted name: DNA-3-methyladenine glycosylase II. Reaction: Hydrolysis of alkylated DNA, releasing 3-methyladenine, 3-methylguanine, 7-methylguanine and 7-methyladenine. Other name(s): deoxyribonucleate 3-methyladenine glycosidase II; 3-methyladenine DNA glycosylase II; DNA-3-methyladenine glycosidase II; AlkA. Systematic name: alkylated-DNA glycohydrolase (releasing methyladenine and methylguanine). Comments: Involved in the removal of alkylated bases from DNA in Escherichia coli (cf. EC 2.1.1.63 methylated-DNA [protein]-cysteine S-methyltransferase).. Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, Metacyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 89287-38-7. References:. 1. Evensen, G. and Seeberg, E. Adaptation to alkylation resistance involves the induction of a DNA glycosylase. Nature 296 (1982) 773-775. [PMID: 7040984]. 2. Karran, P., Hjelmgren, T. and Lindahl, T. Induction of a DNA glycosylase for N-methylated purines is part of the adaptive response to alkylating agents. Nature 296 (1982) 770-773. ...

BackgroundThe diagnosis of malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) can be difficult, in part due to the difficulty in distinguishing between MPM and reactive mesothelial hyperplasia (RMH). The tumor suppressor gene, CDKN2A, is frequently silenced by epigenetic mechanisms in many cancers; in the case of MPM it is mostly silenced via genomic deletion. Co-deletion of the CDKN2A and methylthioadenosine phosphorylase (MTAP) genes has been researched extensively and discovered to be a highly specific characteristic of MPM. Most studies have used FISH to detect the deletion of CDKN2A and IHC for MTAP as a surrogate for this. In this study, we aim to investigate and validate droplet digital PCR (ddPCR) as an emerging alternative and efficient testing method in diagnosing MPM, by particularly emphasizing on the loss of MTAP and CDKN2A.MethodsThis study included 75 formalin fixed paraffin embedded (FFPE) MPM tissue, and 12 normal pleural tissue and 10 RMH as control. Additionally, primary MPM cell lines and normal

Differences were found between the toxicologic effects of tubercidin and those of 7-deazainosine which were consistent with the idea that 7-deazainosine requires conversion into anabolites of tubercidin in order to exert biologic effects. In rodents treated parenterally, and in dogs treated orally, tubercidin was 6- to 20-fold more toxic than 7-deazainosine. Severe local reactions occurred only in rats treated with tubercidin. In contrast, necrosis of the walls of the intrahepatic bile ducts and of the myocardium was found only in rats treated with 7-deazainosine. Pulmonary edema, focal necrosis of hepatic parenchyma, and generalized lymphoid depression were observed after either drug. After treatment of dogs with tubercidin, pneumonia, renal tubular necrosis, and gastrointestinal toxicity were severe, whereas hepatotoxicity was slight and infrequent. In contrast, after treatment with 7-deazainosine, hepatotoxicity was severe, whereas the other toxic effects were insignificant. Only tubercidin ...

TY - JOUR. T1 - Polymorphisms of human 8-oxoguanine DNA glycosylase 1 and 8-hydroxydeoxyguanosine increase susceptibility to arsenic methylation capacity-related urothelial carcinoma. AU - Huang, Chao Yuan. AU - Pu, Yeong Shiau. AU - Shiue, Horng Sheng. AU - Chen, Wei Jen. AU - Lin, Ying-Chin. AU - Hsueh, Yu Mei. N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2015, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. Copyright: Copyright 2017 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.. PY - 2016/8/1. Y1 - 2016/8/1. N2 - Arsenic causes oxidative stress in cultured animal and human cells, and it is a well-documented human carcinogen. We conducted a hospital-based case-control study including 167 cases of urothelial carcinoma (UC) and 334 age- and gender-matched healthy controls to evaluate the relationships between urinary arsenic profiles, urinary 8-hydroxydeoxyguanosine (8-OHdG) levels, and human 8-oxoguanine DNA glycosylase (hOGG1) genotypes and UC. The urinary arsenic species were analyzed by high-performance liquid chromatography and ...

The selective expression of Escherichia coli purine nucleoside phosphorylase (PNP) in solid tumors has been successfully used to activate two purine nucleoside analogs [9-(2-deoxy-β-D-ribofuranosyl)-6-methylpurine (MeP-dR) and 9-β-D-arabinofuranosyl-2-fluoroadenine (F-araA)] resulting in lasting tumor regressions and cures. E. coli PNP also cleaves 2-fluoro-2′-deoxyadenosine (F-dAdo) to 2-F-adenine, which is the toxic purine analog liberated from F-araA that has high bystander activity and is active against nonproliferating tumor cells. As F-dAdo is 3000 times better than F-araA as a substrate for E. coli PNP, we have evaluated its antitumor activity against D54 gliomas that express E. coli PNP and have characterized its in vivo metabolism in order to better understand its mechanism of action with respect to the other two agents. Like MeP-dR and F-araA-5′-monophosphate (F-araAMP, a prodrug of F-araA), treatment of mice bearing D54 tumors that express E. coli PNP with F-dAdo resulted in ...

In order to deploy virulence factors at appropriate times and locations, microbes must rapidly sense and respond to various metabolite signals. Previously, we showed a transient elevation of the methionine-derived metabolite methylthioadenosine (MTA) concentration in serum during systemic Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium infection. Here we explored the functional consequences of increased MTA concentrations on S Typhimurium virulence. We found that MTA, but not other related metabolites involved in polyamine synthesis and methionine salvage, reduced motility, host cell pyroptosis, and cellular invasion. Further, we developed a genetic model of increased bacterial endogenous MTA production by knocking out the master repressor of the methionine regulon, metJ Like MTA-treated S Typhimurium, the ΔmetJ mutant displayed reduced motility, host cell pyroptosis, and invasion. These phenotypic effects of MTA correlated with suppression of flagellar and Salmonella pathogenicity island 1 (SPI-1) networks. S

The uppermost part of the pathway includes part of the general NAM salvage pathway in the cytosol as it is relevant to senescence-induced changes to NAD metabolism. In this pathway, NAD levels are maintained through recycling back to NAD from nicotinamide (NAM) and nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN) (Braidy et al., 2019). The conversion from NAM to NMN is catalyzed by nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase (NAMPT), while the conversion from NMN to NAD is catalyzed by nicotinamide mononucleotide adenylyl transferases (NMNATs). Other sources, such as nicotinic acid (NA) and nicotinamid riboside (NR), are not shown here as they are not affected by senescence, at least from current research. OIS-specific interactions are highlighted in orange, while MiDAS-specific interactions are highlighted in purple. General interactions for both (or other senescent types) remain a black color. The OIS pathway, induced by Ras singalling in this case, results in the upregulation of HMGA1, and stimulation of the ...

TY - JOUR. T1 - Association of Dnmt3a and thymine DNA glycosylase links DNA methylation with base-excision repair. AU - Li, Ya-Qiang. AU - Zhou, Ping-Zhu. AU - Zheng, Xiu-Dan. AU - Walsh, Colum. AU - Xu, Guo-Liang. PY - 2007/1. Y1 - 2007/1. N2 - While methylcytosines serve as the fifth base encoding epigenetic information, they are also a dangerous endogenous mutagen due to their intrinsic instability. Methylcytosine undergoes spontaneous deamination, at a rate much higher than cytosine, to generate thymine. In mammals, two repair enzymes, thymine DNA glycosylase (TDG) and methyl-CpG binding domain 4 (MBD4), have evolved to counteract the mutagenic effect of methylcytosines. Both recognize G/T mismatches arising from methylcytosine deamination and initiate base-excision repair that corrects them to G/C pairs. However, the mechanism by which the methylation status of the repaired cytosines is restored has remained unknown. We show here that the DNA methyltransferase Dnmt3a interacts with TDG. ...

TY - JOUR. T1 - Characterization of a mutant Leishmania donovani deficient in adenosine kinase activity. AU - Iovannisci, David M.. AU - Ullman, Buddy. PY - 1984/6. Y1 - 1984/6. N2 - From a mutagenized population of wildtype Leishmania donovani promastigotes, a clonal cell line, TUBA2, was isolated by virtue of its ability to survive and grow in 20 μM tubercidin (7-deazaadenosine). The TUBA2 clone was also 1000-fold less sensitive than the parental line to growth inhibition by formycin A, another cytotoxic adenosine analog. Parental and mutant cells, however, were equally sensitive to growth inhibition by formycin B, allopurinol riboside, and 6-thioguanosine. Mutant cell extracts, unlike those prepared from wildtype cells, did not phosphorylate radiolabelled adenosine, tubercidin, or formycin A. Intact adenosine kinase-deficient cells did not accumulate exogenous tubercidin or formycin A but incorporated [14C]adenosine at rates 25% of those found for parental cells. The uptake data suggest that ...

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TY - JOUR. T1 - Induction of 8,5′-Cyclo-2′-deoxyadenosine and 8,5′-Cyclo-2′-deoxyguanosine in Isolated DNA by Fenton-Type Reagents. AU - Guerrero, Candace R.. AU - Wang, Jin. AU - Wang, Yinsheng. N1 - Copyright: Copyright 2013 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.. PY - 2013/9/16. Y1 - 2013/9/16. N2 - Exposure of aqueous solutions of DNA to X- or γ-rays, which induces the hydroxyl radical as one of the major reactive oxygen species (ROS), can result in the generation of a battery of single-nucleobase and bulky DNA lesions. These include the (5′R) and (5′S) diastereomers of 8,5′-cyclo-2′-deoxyadenosine (cdA) and 8,5′-cyclo-2′- deoxyguanosine (cdG), which were also found to be present at appreciable levels in DNA isolated from mammalian cells and tissues. However, it remains unexplored how efficiently the cdA and cdG can be induced by Fenton-type reagents. By employing HPLC coupled with tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS/MS) with the use of the isotope-dilution technique, here ...

Specialized nucleoside transporter (NT) proteins are required for passage of nucleosides and hydrophilic nucleoside analogues across biological membranes. Physiologic nucleosides serve as central salvage metabolites in nucleotide biosynthesis, and nucleoside analogues are used as chemotherapeutic agents in the treatment of cancer and antiviral diseases. The nucleoside adenosine modulates numerous cellular events via purino-receptor cell signalling pathways. Human NTs are divided into two structurally unrelated protein families: the SLC28 concentrative nucleoside transporter (CNT) family and the SLC29 equilibrative nucleoside transporter (ENT) family. Human CNTs are inwardly directed Na+-dependent nucleoside transporters found predominantly in intestinal and renal epithelial and other specialized cell types. Human ENTs mediate bidirectional fluxes of purine and pyrimidine nucleosides down their concentration gradients and are ubiquitously found in most, possibly all, cell types. Both protein ...

Nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase (NAmPRTase or Nampt) also known as pre-B-cell colony-enhancing factor 1 (PBEF1) or visfatin is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the NAMPT gene. This protein is the rate-limiting enzyme in the Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) salvage pathway that converts nicotinamide to nicotinamide mononucleotide in mammals to enable NAD+ biosynthesis. NAMPT has also been reported to be a cytokine (PBEF) that promotes B cell maturation and inhibits neutrophil apoptosis. NAMPT is downregulated by an increase of miR-34a in obesity via a 3'UTR functional binding site of NAMPT mRNA resulting in a reduction of NAD(+) and decreased SIRT1 activity. NAMPT catalyzes the following chemical reaction: nicotinamide + 5-phosphoribosyl-1-pyrophosphate (PRPP) ⇌ {\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons } nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN) + pyrophosphate (PPi) Thus, the two substrates of this enzyme are nicotinamide and 5-phosphoribosyl-1-pyrophosphate (PRRP), whereas its two ...

Isocitrate dehydrogenases catalyze the oxidative decarboxylation of isocitrate to 2-oxoglutarate. These enzymes belong to two distinct subclasses, one of which utilizes NAD(+) as the electron acceptor and the other NADP(+). Five isocitrate dehydrogenases have been reported: three NAD(+)-dependent isocitrate dehydrogenases, which localize to the mitochondrial matrix, and two NADP(+)-dependent isocitrate dehydrogenases, one of which is mitochondrial and the other predominantly cytosolic. NAD(+)-dependent isocitrate dehydrogenases catalyze the allosterically regulated rate-limiting step of the tricarboxylic acid cycle. Each isozyme is a heterotetramer that is composed of two alpha subunits, one beta subunit, and one gamma subunit. The protein encoded by this gene is the gamma subunit of one isozyme of NAD(+)-dependent isocitrate dehydrogenase. This gene is a candidate gene for periventricular heterotopia. Several alternatively spliced transcript variants of this gene have been described, but only ...

In higher plants, genes for subunits of respiratory chain complex I (NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase) have so far been identified solely in organellar genomes. At least nine subunits are encoded by the mitochondrial DNA and 11 homologues by the plastid DNA. One of the 'key' components of complex I is the subunit binding the substrate NADH. The corresponding gene for the mitochondrial subunit has now been cloned and identified in the nuclear genome from potato (Solanum tuberosum). The mature protein consists of 457 amino acids and is preceded by a mitochondrial targeting sequence of 30 amino acids. The protein is evolutionarily related to the NADH-binding subunits of complex I from other eukaryotes and is well conserved in the structural domains predicted for binding the substrate NADH, the FMN and one iron-sulphur cluster. Expression examined in different potato tissues by Northern blot analysis shows the highest steady-state mRNA levels in flowers. Precursor proteins translated in vitro from the ...

Adenosine deaminase deficiency (also called ADA deficiency or ADA-SCID) is an autosomal recessive metabolic disorder that causes immunodeficiency. It occurs in fewer than one in 100,000 live births worldwide. It accounts for about 15% of all cases of severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID). ADA deficiency may be present in infancy, childhood, adolescence, or adulthood. Age of onset and severity is related to some 29 known genotypes associated with the disorder. The main symptoms of ADA deficiency are pneumonia, chronic diarrhea, and widespread skin rashes. Affected children also grow much more slowly than healthy children and some have developmental delay. Most individuals with ADA deficiency are diagnosed with SCID in the first 6 months of life. The enzyme adenosine deaminase is encoded by a gene on chromosome 20. ADA deficiency is inherited in an autosomal recessive manner. This means the defective gene responsible for the disorder is located on an autosome (chromosome 20 is an autosome), and ...

In enzymology, a 6,7-dihydropteridine reductase (EC 1.5.1.34) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction a 5,6,7,8-tetrahydropteridine + NAD(P)+ ⇌ {\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons } a 6,7-dihydropteridine + NAD(P)H + H+ The 3 substrates of this enzyme are 5,6,7,8-tetrahydropteridine, NAD+, and NADP+, whereas its 4 products are 6,7-dihydropteridine, NADH, NADPH, and H+. This enzyme participates in folate biosynthesis. This enzyme belongs to the family of oxidoreductases, specifically those acting on the CH-NH group of donors with NAD+ or NADP+ as acceptor. The systematic name of this enzyme class is 5,6,7,8-tetrahydropteridine:NAD(P)+ oxidoreductase. Other names in common use include 6,7-dihydropteridine:NAD(P)H oxidoreductase, DHPR, NAD(P)H:6,7-dihydropteridine oxidoreductase, NADH-dihydropteridine reductase, NADPH-dihydropteridine reductase, NADPH-specific dihydropteridine reductase, dihydropteridine (reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide), reductase, dihydropteridine reductase, ...

Schistosoma mansoni do not have de novo purine pathways and rely on purine salvage for their purine supply. It has been demonstrated that, unlike humans, the S. mansoni is able to produce adenine directly from adenosine, although the enzyme responsible for this activity was unknown. In the present work we show that S. mansoni 5´-deoxy-5´-methylthioadenosine phosphorylase (MTAP, E.C. 2.4.2.28) is capable of use adenosine as a substrate to the production of adenine. Through kinetics assays, we show that the Schistosoma mansoni MTAP (SmMTAP), unlike the mammalian MTAP, uses adenosine substrate with the same efficiency as MTA phosphorolysis, which suggests that this enzyme is part of the purine pathway salvage in S ...

TY - JOUR. T1 - Endotoxin- and mechanical stress-induced epigenetic changes in the regulation of the nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase promoter. AU - Elangovan, Venkateswaran Ramamoorthi. AU - Camp, Sara M.. AU - Kelly, Gabriel T.. AU - Desai, Ankit A.. AU - Adyshev, Djanybek. AU - Sun, Xiaoguang. AU - Black, Stephen Matthew. AU - Wang, Ting. AU - Garcia, Joe G.N.. N1 - Funding Information: This study is supported by National Institutes of Health grants R01HL94394, P01HL126609, and R01HL91889. Publisher Copyright: © 2016 by the Pulmonary Vascular Research Institute. All rights reserved.. PY - 2016/12/1. Y1 - 2016/12/1. N2 - Mechanical ventilation, a lifesaving intervention for patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), also unfortunately contributes to excessive mechanical stress and impaired lung physiological and structural integrity. We have elsewhere established the pivotal role of increased nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase (NAMPT) transcription and secretion as ...

ADP-ribosyl cyclases catalyze the transformation of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) into the calcium-mobilizing nucleotide second messenger cyclic adenosine diphosphoribose (cADP-ribose) by adenine N1-cyclization onto the C-1' ' position of NAD+. The invertebrate Aplysia californica ADP-ribosyl cyclase is unusual among this family of enzymes by acting exclusively as a cyclase, whereas the other members, such as CD38 and CD157, also act as NAD+ glycohydrolases, following a partitioning kinetic mechanism. To explore the intramolecular cyclization reaction, the novel nicotinamide 2-fluoroadenine dinucleotide (2-fluoro-NAD+) was designed as a sterically very close analogue to the natural substrate NAD+, with only an electronic perturbation at the critical N1 position of the adenine base designed to impede the cyclization reaction. 2-Fluoro-NAD+ was synthesized in high yield via Lewis acid catalyzed activation of the phosphoromorpholidate derivative of 2-fluoroadenosine 5'-monophosphate and coupling

Introduction: Plant ribosome inactivating proteins act as N-glycosidase enzyme and produce by several family of Caryophyllaceae such as Saponaria Officinalis. Different Isoforms of RIPs expressed by Saponaria Officinalis. SO6 isoform depurinate Adenine 4324 in the conserved GAGA loop of 28SrRNA and disrupts protein synthesis. The aim of this study was ...

In mammals, methylation occurs in the liver by methyltransferases, the products being the (CH3)2AsOH (dimethylarsinous acid) and (CH3)2As(O)OH (dimethylarsinic acid), which have the oxidation states As(III) and As(V), respectively.[2] Although the mechanism of methylation of arsenic in humans has not been elucidated, the source of methyl is methionine, which suggests a role of S-adenosyl methionine.[25] Exposure to toxic doses begin when the liver's methylation capacity is exceeded or inhibited. There are two major forms of arsenic that can enter the body, arsenic (III) and arsenic (V).[26] Arsenic (III) enters the cells though aquaporins 7 and 9, which is a type of aquaglyceroporin.[26] Arsenic (V) compounds use phosphate transporters to enter cells.[26] The arsenic (V) can be converted to arsenic (III) by the enzyme purine nucleoside phosphorylase.[26] This is classified as a bioactivation step, as although arsenic (III) is more toxic, it is more readily methylated.[27]. There are two routes ...

Recent research suggests that high-altitude hypoxia may serve as a model for prolonged oxidative stress in healthy humans. In this study, we investigated the consequences of prolonged high-altitude hypoxia on the basal level of oxidative damage to nuclear DNA in muscle cells, a major oxygen-consuming tissue. Muscle biopsies from seven healthy humans were obtained at sea level and after 2 and 8 weeks of hypoxia at 4100 m.a.s.l. We found increased levels of strand breaks and endonuclease III-sensitive sites after 2 weeks of hypoxia, whereas oxidative DNA damage detected by formamidopyrimidine DNA glycosylase (FPG) protein was unaltered. The expression of 8-oxoguanine DNA glycosylase 1 (OGG1), determined by quantitative RT-PCR of mRNA levels did not significantly change during high-altitude hypoxia, although the data could not exclude a minor upregulation. The expression of heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) was unaltered by prolonged hypoxia, in accordance with the notion that HO-1 is an acute stress ...

TY - JOUR. T1 - 2-Chlorodeoxyadenosine in cutaneous T-cell lymphoproliferative disorders. AU - Kong, Lynn R.. AU - Samuelson, Ellen. AU - Rosen, Steven T.. AU - Roenigk, Henry H.. AU - Tallman, Martin S.. AU - Rademaker, Alfred W.. AU - Kuzel, Timothy M.. PY - 1997/1/1. Y1 - 1997/1/1. KW - 2-Chlorodeoxyadenosine. KW - Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma. KW - Mycosis fungoides. KW - Purine analog. UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0030802833&partnerID=8YFLogxK. UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=0030802833&partnerID=8YFLogxK. U2 - 10.3109/10428199709109162. DO - 10.3109/10428199709109162. M3 - Article. C2 - 9250792. AN - SCOPUS:0030802833. VL - 26. SP - 89. EP - 97. JO - Leukemia and Lymphoma. JF - Leukemia and Lymphoma. SN - 1042-8194. IS - 1-2. ER - ...

SHARPIN, an adaptor for the linear ubiquitin chain assembly complex (LUBAC), plays important roles in NF-κB signaling and inflammation. Here, we have demonstrated a LUBAC-independent role for SHARPIN in regulating melanoma growth. We observed that SHARPIN interacted with PRMT5, a type II protein arginine methyltransferase, and increased its multiprotein complex and methyltransferase activity. Activated PRMT5 controlled the expression of the transcription factors SOX10 and MITF by SHARPIN-dependent arginine dimethylation and inhibition of the transcriptional corepressor SKI. Activation of PRMT5 by SHARPIN counteracted PRMT5 inhibition by methylthioadenosine, a substrate of methylthioadenosine phosphorylase, which is codeleted with cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 2A (CDKN2A) in approximately 15% of human cancers. Collectively, we identified a LUBAC-independent role for SHARPIN in enhancing PRMT5 activity that contributes to melanomagenesis through the SKI/SOX10 regulatory axis.. ...

Traditionally used for health and strengthening the body.. Based on researches,Cordyceps militaris on the human body has the following functions ...

Involvement of two endonuclease III homologs in the base excision repair pathway for the processing of DNA alkylation damage in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

Species in the ascomycete fungal genus Cordyceps have been proposed to be the teleomorphs of Metarhizium species. The latter have been widely used as insect biocontrol agents. Cordyceps species are highly prized for use in traditional Chinese medicines, but the genes responsible for biosynthesis of bioactive components, insect pathogenicity and the control of sexuality and fruiting have not been determined. Here, we report the genome sequence of the type species Cordyceps militaris. Phylogenomic analysis suggests that different species in the Cordyceps/Metarhizium genera have evolved into insect pathogens independently of each other, and that their similar large secretomes and gene family expansions are due to convergent evolution. However, relative to other fungi, including Metarhizium spp., many protein families are reduced in C. militaris, which suggests a more restricted ecology. Consistent with its long track record of safe usage as a medicine, the Cordyceps genome does not contain genes for known

Pathways producing and converting adenosine have hardly been investigated in human heart, contrasting work in other species. We compared the kinetics of enzymes associated with purine degradation and salvage in human and rat heart cytoplasm assaying for adenosine deaminase, nucleoside phosphorylase, xanthine oxidoreductase, AMP deaminase, AMP- and IMP-specific 5′-nucleotidases, adenosine kinase and hypoxanthine guanine phosphoribosyltransferase (HGPRT). Xanthine oxidoreductase was not detectable in human heart. The Km-values of the AMP-catabolizing enzymes were 2-5 times higher in human heart; the substrate affinity of the other enzymes was in the same order of magnitude in both species. The maximal activity (Vmax) of adenosine kinase was the same in both species, but HGPRT in man was only 12% of that in the rat. For human heart the Vmax-values of adenosine deaminase, nucleoside phosphorylase, AMP- and IMP-specific 5′-nucleotidases, and AMP deaminase were 25-50% of those for rat heart. We ...

ID AEPER1_1_PE483 STANDARD; PRT; 370 AA. AC AEPER1_1_PE483; Q9YE84; DT 00-JAN-0000 (Rel. 1, Created) DT 00-JAN-0000 (Rel. 2, Last sequence update) DT 00-JAN-0000 (Rel. 3, Last annotation update) DE RecName: Full=Putative methylthioribose-1-phosphate isomerase; DE Short=M1Pi; Short=MTR-1-P isomerase; EC=5.3.1 23;AltName: Full=MTNA-like DE protein; Short=aMTNA;AltName: Full=S-methyl-5-thioribose-1-phosphate DE isomerase; (AEPER1_1.PE483). GN OrderedLocusNames=APE_0686; OS AEROPYRUM PERNIX K1. OC Archaea; Crenarchaeota; Thermoprotei; Desulfurococcales; OC Desulfurococcaceae; Aeropyrum. OX NCBI_TaxID=272557; RN [0] RP -.; RG -.; RL -.; CC -!- SEQ. DATA ORIGIN: Translated from the HOGENOM CDS AEPER1_1.PE483. CC Aeropyrum pernix K1, complete genome. CC annotated by Ensembl Genomes CC -!- ANNOTATIONS ORIGIN:MTNA_AERPE CC -!- FUNCTION: Catalyzes the interconversion of methylthioribose-1- CC phosphate (MTR-1-P) into methylthioribulose-1-phosphate (MTRu-1-P) CC (By similarity). CC -!- CATALYTIC ACTIVITY: ...

A comprehensive description of genomic alterations in lung squamous cell carcinoma (lung SCC) has recently been reported, enabling the identification of genomic events that contribute to the oncogenesis of this disease. In lung SCC, one of the most frequently altered receptor tyrosine kinase familie …

Leaves from Phytolacca heterotepala H. Walter (Mexican pokeweed) contain at least 10 type 1 RIP isoforms, named heterotepalins. Their Mr values are included in the range 28,000-36,000, as shown by SDS-PAGE performed under reduced conditions and the pI values in the pH range 8.50-9.50. Some heterotepalins are glycosylated. ESI-QTOF mass spectrometry provides the accurate Mr of heterotepalin 4 (29,326.00) and heterotepalin 5b (30,477.00), two isoforms purified to homogeneity by conventional chromatographic techniques. The N-terminal sequences up to residue 35, show that heterotepalins exhibit an high percentage identity with other type 1 RIPs isolated from Phytolaccaceae. Some heterotepalins cross-react with antisera raised against RIPs isolated from Phytolacca dioica leaves. The complete amino acid sequence of heterotepalin 4 matches that of Phytolacca heterotepala anti-viral protein PAP (RIP1), deduced from the cDNA sequence of PhRIP1 gene (AC: AY327475), with one exception concerning residue ...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phytolacca_americana. Edit: Also, that mint is going to easily go over that rubber barrier and be everywhere soon, enjoy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phytolacca_americana Phytolacca americana, also known as American pokeweed, pokeweed, poke sallet, or poke salad, is a poisonous, herbaceous perennial plant in the pokeweed family Phytolaccaceae growing up to 8 ft.. 2000年にスタートした「Americana（アメリカーナ）」。 創立以来のコンセプトはミックスコーディネイト。 スタイリングには要素として艶に対してマット.. Para Duílio Monteiro Alves, diretor de futebol alvinegro, o Timão teve uma digna apresentação no Rio de Janeiro e agora briga pelo Campeonato Brasileiro e pela Sul-Americana, as duas competições.. Descrizione. Nome Prodotto: Camicia di plaid di coltivazione americana di affari del 2019, camicia di camicia di co-vestito a strisce camicia di cotone a maniche lunghe della camicia del progettista ...

Cysteine and methionine are sulfur-containing amino acids. Cysteine is synthesized from serine through different pathways in different organism groups. In bacteria and plants, cysteine is converted from serine (via acetylserine) by transfer of hydrogen sulfide [MD:M00021]. In animals, methionine-derived homocysteine is used as sulfur source and its condensation product with serine (cystathionine) is converted to cysteine [MD:M00338]. Cysteine is metabolized to pyruvate in multiple routes. Methionine is an essential amino acid, which animals cannot synthesize. In bacteria and plants, methionine is synthesized from aspartate [MD:M00017]. S-Adenosylmethionine (SAM), synthesized from methionine and ATP, is a methyl group donor in many important transfer reactions including DNA methylation for regulation of gene expression. SAM may also be used to regenerate methionine in the methionine salvage pathway [MD:M00034 ...

Cysteine and methionine are sulfur-containing amino acids. Cysteine is synthesized from serine through different pathways in different organism groups. In bacteria and plants, cysteine is converted from serine (via acetylserine) by transfer of hydrogen sulfide [MD:M00021]. In animals, methionine-derived homocysteine is used as sulfur source and its condensation product with serine (cystathionine) is converted to cysteine [MD:M00338]. Cysteine is metabolized to pyruvate in multiple routes. Methionine is an essential amino acid, which animals cannot synthesize. In bacteria and plants, methionine is synthesized from aspartate [MD:M00017]. S-Adenosylmethionine (SAM), synthesized from methionine and ATP, is a methyl group donor in many important transfer reactions including DNA methylation for regulation of gene expression. SAM may also be used to regenerate methionine in the methionine salvage pathway [MD:M00034 ...

Macromolecule FORMYCIN-5'-MONOPHOSPHATE C 1 0 H 1 4 N 5 O 7 P PBAHXXBYQACZMA-KSYZLYKTSA-N The hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase (HPRT) from Trypanosoma cruzi, etiologic agent of Chagas' disease, was cocrystallized with the inosine analogue Formycin B 1NC3: Structure of Escherichia coli 5'-methylthioadenosine/ S-adenosylhomocysteine nucleosidase inhibitor complexes provide insight into the conformational changes Previous article in issue: 2-Methylene-3-quinuclidinone and its derivatives Previous article in issue: 2-Methylene-3-quinuclidinone and its derivatives Next article Abstract. Biochemistry. , Townsend, L. K. About DrugBank; Wishart Research Group; Structure, properties, spectra, suppliers and links for: formycin A, 6742-12-7. Formycin 5'-triphosphate (FoTP), a fluorescent analog of ATP, is shown to be a substrate for the membrane-bound adenylate cyclase . Synonyms: Not Acetyldigitoxin may decrease the cardiotoxic activities of Formycin. Crystal structure of formycin 5′-phosphate: An ...

ENT1 is a member of the equilibrative nucleoside transporter family. It is a transmembrane glycoprotein that localizes to the plasma and mitochondria…

Using the piggyBac-mediated GAL4/UAS transgenic system established in the silkworm, Bombyx mori, we have previously reported that overexpression of the Ras1CA oncogene specifically in the posterior silk gland (PSG) improved cell growth, fibroin synthesis, and thus silk yield. However, the detailed molecular mechanism remains to be fully elucidated. To achieve this goal, Illumina sequencing was used in the present study to compare the transcriptomes of the Ras1CA-overexpressed and wildtype PSGs. The transcriptomic sequencing results in 56 million reads following filtering steps. Most of the reads (~70%) are successfully mapped to the Bombyx genome. The mapped reads are situated within at least 9,133 predicted genes, covering 62.46% genes of the Bombyx genome. GO annotation shows that 2512 of the 2,636 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) are mostly distributed in metabolic process, cell and cell part, and binding, and KEGG annotation shows that 1,941 DEGs are mapped into 277 pathways. Importantly,

The discovery and implementation of thiopurine methyltransferase (TPMT) pharmacogenetics has been a success story and has reduced the suffering from serious adverse reactions during thiopurine treatment of childhood leukaemia and inflammatory bowel disease. This MiniReview summarizes four studies included in Dr Zimdahl Kahlin's doctoral thesis as well as the current knowledge