The incubation of peroxynitrite (PN)-pretreated histone III-S (NH) with Escherichia coli nitrate reductase (cytochrome, NADPH/GSH-independent) and that of NADPH-treated NH (NHNADPH) with liver cytochrome P-450 reductase (NADPH-dependent) resulted in decreased 3-nitrotyrosine immunoreactivity found in Western blot analysis. Additionally, increased nitrate was noted as an end product of these reactions. These findings imply that varied enzymatic denitration/modification of NO/PN-reacted protein, either with or without a reductant, may be important in regulating related signal transduction cascade(s) and relieving oxidative stress.
Download full-text PDF |
Source |
|---|---|
| http://dx.doi.org/10.2741/A734 | DOI Listing |
Publication Analysis
Top Keywords
Similar Publications
Application of green silver nano-particles as anti-bacterial and photo-catalytic degradation of azo dye in wastewater.
Sci Rep
December 2024
Sustainability Solutions Research Lab, Faculty of Engineering, University of Pannonia, Egyetem Str. 10, Veszprém, 8200, Hungary.
Ensuring everyone enjoys healthy lifestyles and well-being at all ages, Progress has been made in increasing access to clean water and sanitation facilities and reducing the spread of epidemics and diseases. The synthesis of nano-particles (NPs) by using microalgae is a new nanobiotechnology due to the use of the biomolecular (corona) of microalgae as a capping and reducing agent for NP creation. This investigation explores the capacity of a distinct indigenous microalgal strain to synthesize silver nano-particles (AgNPs), as well as its effectiveness against multi-drug resistant (MDR) bacteria and its ability to degrade Azo dye (Methyl Red) in wastewater.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe highly rugged yet navigable regulatory landscape of the bacterial transcription factor TetR.
Nat Commun
December 2024
Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, Zurich, CH-8057, Switzerland.
Transcription factor binding sites (TFBSs) are important sources of evolutionary innovations. Understanding how evolution navigates the sequence space of such sites can be achieved by mapping TFBS adaptive landscapes. In such a landscape, an individual location corresponds to a TFBS bound by a transcription factor.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLight-dependent modulation of protein localization and function in living bacteria cells.
Nat Commun
December 2024
Department of Biophysics & Biophysical Chemistry, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Most bacteria lack membrane-enclosed organelles and rely on macromolecular scaffolds at different subcellular locations to recruit proteins for specific functions. Here, we demonstrate that the optogenetic CRY2-CIB1 system from Arabidopsis thaliana can be used to rapidly direct proteins to different subcellular locations with varying efficiencies in live Escherichia coli cells, including the nucleoid, the cell pole, the membrane, and the midcell division plane. Such light-induced re-localization can be used to rapidly inhibit cytokinesis in actively dividing E.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF25th National and 11th International Annual Congress on Research and Technology of Iranian Medical Sciences Students, Urmia, Iran, 5-7 September, 2024.
Iran Biomed J
December 2024
Department of Microbiology, Parasitology and Immunology, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran.
Evaluating the activity of cefoperazone-sulbactam against Gram negative pathogens in blood stream infections using automated systems.
Iran J Microbiol
December 2024
Department of Microbiology, Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
Background And Objectives: The incidence of multidrug-resistant, Gram-negative organisms, isolated as the etiological agents of infections is ascending. The advent of novel antibiotics poses significant challenges, necessitating the optimization and utilization of extant antimicrobial agents. Cefoperazone, a third-generation cephalosporin and β-lactam antimicrobial, when combined with sulbactam, an irreversible β-lactamase inhibitor, mitigates the vulnerability of cefoperazone to β-lactamase-producing organisms.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWant AI Summaries of new PubMed Abstracts delivered to your In-box?
Enter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!