(n.) A selenide containing two atoms of selenium in each molecule.
Example Sentences:
(1) We described a production of IFN-gamma and TNF-alpha by various subsets of PBL stimulated with 2-phenyl-1,2-benzisoselenazol-3(2H)-one (ebselen) or bis [2-(N-phenyl-carbamoyl)]phenyl diselenide.
(2) SR that had been extensively labeled with the diselenide spin label was resistant to ATPase inactivation by potent oxidants that arise when myoglobin reacts with hydroperoxides.
(3) The riductive scission of a diselenide (selenocystamine) produced by disulfide gives the perselenosulfide, a new compound.
(4) After reaction between ebselen and L(SH)2 the diselenide of ebselen was immediately detected.
(5) 5-Selenium-substituted derivatives (diselenides) or uracil, 2'-deoxyuridine, and 2'-deoxyuridylic acid were synthesized via the addition of methyl hypobromite to the 5,6 double bond, followed by reaction of the adducts with sodium diselenide.
(6) Furthermore, it is likely that a selenol is an intermediate in diselenide formation.
(7) This glutathione oxidase activity required the heterolytic reduction of the diselenide bond, which produced two equivalents of the selenolate derivative selenocysteamine (RSe-), via the transient formation of a selenenylsulfide intermediate (RSe-SG).
(8) The second order rate constants for the reaction of ebselen (0.29 mM-1 min-1), ebselen-glutathione selenosulfide (less than or equal to 0.01 mM-1 min-1), ebselen selenol (2.8 mM-1 min-1) and ebselen diselenide (0.32 mM-1 min-1) with hydrogen peroxide reveal that the selenol is particularly active in this respect.
(9) We tested the antiproliferative effects of Diheptyl Diselenide (DHDSe) on several different human cancer cell lines.
(10) Under these conditions, BSC was partially converted to dibenzyl diselenide (DDS) and phenylmethaneseleninic acid.
(11) No additional cytotoxicity due to the selenium atom was observed, with the exception of diselenide (-SeSe-) compounds.
(12) These observations suggest that electrostatic interactions affect the reductive cleavage of diselenide and selenenylsulfide linkages.
(13) Specificity studies reveal that variation of the N-substituent in the benzisoselenazolone system does not influence cytochrome P-450 inactivation, whereas ebselen derivatives with methylated or glucuronidated selenium moiety as well as diselenides do not convert cytochrome P-450 to P-420.
(14) On the other hand, membranes that had been extensively treated with the diselenide spin label and were then subjected to these peroxide treatments were fully active after mercaptoethanol-mediated cleavage of the thioselenides.
(15) Sodium dodecyl sulfate gel electrophoresis showed that peroxide-mediated crosslinking of ATPase observed in unmodified SR membranes did not occur in the diselenide-modified SR membranes.
(16) The determination of the relative amounts of ebselen selenol and diselenide under typical peroxidase assay conditions implies that the selenol is the predominant molecular species responsible for the glutathione--(70%)--and dithiothreitol--(96%)--dependent peroxidase activity of ebselen.
(17) The most active cytokine inducers were: 2-phenyl-1,2-benzisoselenazol-3(2H)-one (1, ebselen), bis [2-(N-phenylcarbamoyl)]phenyl diselenide (7) and bis (2-[N-(2-pyridyl)carbamoyl])phenyl diselenide (8).
(18) Protein mixed thioselenides formed by reaction of sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) with diselenide biradical spin labels were quantified by ESR.
(19) The fast formation of the diselenide with L(SH)2 versus the slow formation of the diselenide with GSH accounts for our observation that L(SH)2 is a better cofactor than GSH in the peroxidase activity of ebselen.
(20) Finally the diselenide reacts with a peroxide and ebselen is regenerated.
Molecule
Definition:
(n.) One of the very small invisible particles of which all matter is supposed to consist.
(n.) The smallest part of any substance which possesses the characteristic properties and qualities of that substance, and which can exist alone in a free state.
(n.) A group of atoms so united and combined by chemical affinity that they form a complete, integrated whole, being the smallest portion of any particular compound that can exist in a free state; as, a molecule of water consists of two atoms of hydrogen and one of oxygen. Cf. Atom.
Example Sentences:
(1) A series of human cDNA clones of various sizes and relative localizations to the mRNA molecule were isolated by using the human p53-H14 (2.35-kilobase) cDNA probe which we previously cloned.
(2) Glucocorticoids have numerous effects some of which are permissive; steroids are thus important not only for what they do, but also for what they permit or enable other hormones and signal molecules to do.
(3) The results demonstrated that K2PtCl4 was bound to a greater degree than CDDP in this system with 3-5 and 1-2 platinum atoms respectively, bound per transferrin molecule.
(4) Complementarity determining regions (CDR) are conserved to different extents, with the first CDR region in all family members being among the most conserved segments of the molecule.
(5) Even with hepatic lipase, phospholipid hydrolysis could not deplete VLDL and IDL of sufficient phospholipid molecules to account for the loss of surface phospholipid that accompanies triacylglycerol hydrolysis and decreasing core volume as LDL is formed (or for conversion of HDL2 to HDL3).
(6) However, the presence of these two molecules was restored if testosterone was supplemented immediately after orchiectomy.
(7) In the second approach, attachment sites of DTPA groups were directed away from the active region of the molecule by having fragment E1,2 bound in complex, with its active sites protected during the derivatization.
(8) PMNs could be primed for PMA-triggered oxidative burst by muramyl peptide molecules (MDP) and two of its adjuvant active nonpyrogenic derivatives.
(9) These same molecules may be equally responsible for the pathologic characteristics of the immune response seen, for example, in inflammatory bowel diseases.
(10) A cDNA library prepared from human placenta has been screened for sequences coding for factor XIIIa, the enzymatically active subunit of the factor XIII complex that stabilizes blood clots through crosslinking of fibrin molecules.
(11) T cell costimulation by molecules on the antigen presenting cell (APC) is required for optimal T cell proliferation.
(12) The lipid A moiety was shown to be responsible for this novel biological activity of the LPS molecule.
(13) Both systems indicated that the Kupffer cell modified endotoxin by enriching the lipid content of the molecule and shortening the length of the O-antigen.
(14) Photoreactions induced in that proper sensitizer molecules absorb UV-light or visible light.
(15) At 100 microM-ACh the apparent open time became shorter probably due to channel blockade by ACh molecules.
(16) Flow cytofluorometric analysis of the strain distribution of the molecules defined by the mAb revealed that two of the antibodies (I-22 and III-5) were directed against nonpolymorphic determinants of Thy-1, whereas V-8 mAb reacted only with Thy-1.2+ lymphocytes.
(17) At a fixed concentration of nucleotide the effectiveness of elution was proportional to the charge on the eluting molecule.
(18) The relative rates of reduction of several spin-labeled molecules that partition differently across the hy-drophobic-interface of inner membranes from rat liver mitochondria were investigated.
(19) The seve polypeptide chains investigated had generalyy similar properties; all contained two residues per molecule of tryptophan and N-acetylserine was the common N-terminal amino acid residue.
(20) Much information has accumulated on the isolation and characterization of a heterogeneous group of molecules that inhibit one or more of the bioactivities of interleukin 1.