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Discussion The mechanism of arsenic-induced neurotoxicity is not well defined. Several metabolites of arsenic are able to pass through the blood-brain barrier and accumulate in the hippocampus and some other locations [13]. This affects the intracellular Ca(2+) homeostasis and ultrastructures of hippocampal neurons. In relation to the amino acid neurotransmission, report reveal that arsenic-induced excessive glutamate accumulation in the extracellular space induces excitotoxicity [29]. Arsenic…

The sulfide production test was also used to find out the identity of the unknown bacteria. When amino acids cysteine and methionine are decomposed, they produce hydrogen sulfide gas. Certain bacteria produce the enzymes necessary to break down those two amino acids and a simple stab test can be done to see if the bacterium is present. A sulfite indole motility…

Neurodegenerative diseases are distinguished by progressive neuronal cell loss with clear patterns in disparate disorders such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson and Huntington’s. They are responsible for around 4% of fatalities worldwide and 5% of disability-adjusted life years from a non-communicable disease (NCD). Neurodegenerative disorders are not only caused by genetics but protein misfolding disorders and protein degradation by the proteasome system. These disorders continue to increase as well as…

Innate immunity constitutes the first line of defense and is fundamental for the recognition and the initiation of an inflammatory response against microorganism. Maintenance of homeostasis is a primary function of the innate immune system and it is achieved through immune surveillance by pattern recognition receptors (PRRs), such as Toll-like receptors (TLRs) and nucleotide-binding domain leucine-rich repeat containing receptors (NLRs). The PRR’s are predominantly expressed by cells of the…

for 30 min at room temperature. Then, trypsin/chymotrypsin- digested samples of KPNB1 obtained from the UV-crosslinking experiments with various concentrations of compound 1 were analyzed by nanoflow liquid chromatography and tandem mass spectrometry. The tandem mass spectra of the trypsin/chymotrypsin-digested KPNB1-compound 1 adducts showed 10 peptides coupled to compound 1 (Table S1, the Supplementary Information). Among these adducts, we found that the amounts of three of the products,…

I. INTRODUCTION: Clopidogrel is one of the major drugs used in the treatment of Acute Coronary Syndrome. Along with Aspirin it is the standard of care in Percutaneous Coronary Interventions with stenting, when a long term dual antiplatelet treatment is needed. However the response to clopidogrel shows wide inter-individual variations. Various studies have shown that the polymorphisms in the genes responsible for Clopidogrel absorption and metabolism are a major factor for these variations.…

Introduction: The ability of substances within a solution to absorb light is a wonderful phenomenon as it aids in processes such as determining the concentration of proteins. The way that a solution absorbs light is due to the photoelectric effect. The way the photoelectric effect works is that when light comes in contact with the sample, the photons of light will react with its electrons. As the light travels through the solution, "a photon of light may interact with an electron ... [where]…

Dupont et al.). The complete TAT protein of HIV-1 has three domains consisting of 101 amino acid residues. Just as its name implies, there is a domain responsible for transactivation activity and makes up the N-terminal region, a domain that is cysteine rich and binds DNA, and a domain similar to nuclear localization sequence that is basic in nature and was discovered to hold the minimal peptide sequence required for membrane translocation (Deshayes et al., Jeang et al.). The typical cargo of…

levels of essential amino acids meet the FAO/WHO requirements of dietary proteins and exceed the levels in soybean protein, corresponding to 36% of total amino acids (Galland-Irmouli et al., 1999). While lysine, threonine, tryptophan, methionine and cysteine are present in comparatively lower levels, Holdt and Kraan (2011) concluded that their quantities are still higher than those found in terrestrial plants. Lourenço et al. (2002) reported that the levels of isoleucine and threonine in…