(a.) Having two units of combining power; bivalent. Cf. Valence.
Example Sentences:
(1) Binding is inhibited by divalent and trivalent cations (Cd2+ and La3+ being most potent) and other calcium channel drugs (1,4 dihydropyridines, phenylalkylamines, benzothiazepines).
(2) Although GTP most potently inhibited [125I]beta h-endorphin binding in the presence of sodium, inhibition of [125I]beta h-endorphin binding by GTP was also observed in the presence of the monovalent cations lithium and potassium, but not the divalent cations magnesium, calcium, or manganese.
(3) When the concentration of Ca2+ in the medium was raised to 10 mM was the only extracellular divalent cation present, the depolarization in response to A23187 was increased to 11-8 mV.
(4) Protons and divalent cations show synergistic effects on the destabilization of liposomes composed of unsaturated phosphatidylethanolamine and oleic acid (Düzgünes et al., Biochemistry (1985) 24, 3091).
(5) The enzyme is active over a wide range of pH, does not require divalent cations, and is inhibited by sulfhydryl-reactive agents.
(6) In order to determine the specific action of cadmium on bone metabolism, the effect of cadmium on alkaline phosphatase activity, a marker enzyme of osteoblasts, was compared with that of other divalent heavy metal ions, i.e., zinc, manganese, lead, copper, nickel and mercury (10 microM each), using cloned osteoblast-like cells, MC3T3-E1.
(7) The sensitivity to ionic strength, divalent metal ions and polylysine of release of fluorescent markers from liposomes and of haemoglobin from intact erythrocytes has been assayed.
(8) The enzyme is quite thermoresistant in the presence of other proteins, has an optimal temperature of 60 degrees, needs monovalent cations for optimal activity, is insensitive to EDTA, and is inhibited by divalent cations; it has no associated exonuclease activity.
(9) preference of template primer and divalent metal ion, RNA- or DNA-dependent DNA polymerase activity, RNase H activity, and the processive mode of DNA synthesis.
(10) It can be dissociated from the spores using divalent metal chelators and will reassemble on the spores in the presence of calcium.
(11) The presence of Ca2+ in silica gel is responsible for this improved yield of prostaglandin as the divalent metal ion stabilized prostaglandin synthetase activity in a remarkable way.
(12) In view of the above findings, it was hypothesized that polyamines in general took the place of divalent cations in causing membrane stabilization.
(13) The effects of monovalent and divalent cations on the hemolytic activity of Cerebratulus lacteus toxin A-III were studied.
(14) Other divalent metal ions displace Mn2+ from the high affinity sites in the following order of effectiveness: Ca greater than Mg = Zn = Co greater than Sr greater than Ni.
(15) Parameters observed were divalent association rate constants, affinity and autoradiography of isoelectric focusing (IEF) spectra.
(16) At low concentrations, the current-voltage relations are inwardly rectifying, but they become more ohmic if a small amount of divalent cations is added externally.
(17) Divalent cations (2 mM-Ni2+, 1 mM-Ba2+ or 2 mM-Ca2+) reduced only the outward current in the Tris Na(+)-free solution, while in the 150 mM-Na+ solution, they reduced both the inward and outward components of the current which had a reversal potential of around -10 mV.
(18) Cs (IC50 = 5-6 mM) prevented toxin binding, as did the divalent cations Ba and Ca (IC50 = 4-6 and 9-13 mM, respectively).
(19) Similar results were obtained in studies with the intact divalent radiolabelled Leu3a antibody.
(20) After renaturation of polypeptides, the gel was incubated with [gamma-32P]ATP and divalent cations.
Ethylidene
Definition:
() An unsymmetrical, divalent, hydrocarbon radical, C2H4 metameric with ethylene but written thus, CH3.CH to distinguish it from the symmetrical ethylene, CH2.CH2. Its compounds are derived from aldehyde. Formerly called also ethidene.
Example Sentences:
(1) These results indicate that an A-ring ethylidene-containing bilatriene is required for post-translational covalent attachment of bilin to apophytochrome and that apophytochrome may be the bilin C-S lyase which catalyzes bilin attachment.
(2) Two mutagens, 2-amino-1-methyl-5-propylideneimidazol-4-one (AMPI) and 2-amino-5-ethylidene-1-methylimidazol-4-one (AEMI) were isolated and characterized by UV absorption spectra, mass spectra, and 1H-NMR.
(3) The cytotoxic and cell kinetic effects of the epipodophyllotoxin 4,6-demethylepipodophyllotoxin-9-(4,6-O-ethylidene-beta-D-glucopyr anoside) (VP-16) in cultured mammalian cells are thought to relate to the induction of DNA damage, specifically DNA strand interruptions.
(4) Reference ranges for alpha-amylase in serum, spontaneously voided urine, and 24 h urine were determined, using 4,6-ethylidene-(G7)-1-4-nitrophenyl-(Gl)-alpha,D-maltoheptaoside as the substrate (EPS method), at 25, 30, and 37 degrees C. The measured values were evaluated with and without the use of a factor which converts the results of the alpha-amylase EPS method into values comparable to those obtained with the alpha-amylase PNP method (substrate: 4-nitrophenyl-alpha,D-maltoheptaoside); comparison with the established reference ranges of the PNP method was therefore possible.
(5) The effects of the calcium antagonist verapamil on the intracellular disposition of 4'-demethylepipodophyllotoxin-9-(4,6-O-ethylidene-beta-D-glucopyra noside) (etoposide) (VP-16) as well as on subsequent DNA damage and cytotoxicity were studied in L1210 cells in vitro.
(6) Synthesis of the regular branched polysaccharide [-6(Gal beta 1-4)GlcNAc beta 1-3Gal beta 1-4Glc beta 1-]n structurally corresponding to capsular polysaccharide of Streptococcus pneumoniae type 14 involves blockwise synthesis of a tritylated 1,2-O-(1-cyano)ethylidene tetrasaccharide derivative from lactosamine and lactose precursors followed by stereospecific polycondensation of the tetrasaccharide monomer.
(7) The labelling was inhibited by 4,6-O-ethylidene-D-glucose.
(8) 4,6-O-Ethylidene-D-glucose inhibited wild-type transport with a Ki of approximately 12 mM, but this was increased to greater than 120 mM in the Gln282----Leu mutant.
(9) Drug uptake studies reveal equivalent equilibrium intracellular concentrations of [3H]9-(4,6-O-ethylidene-beta-D-glucopyranosyl)-4'-demethyepipodophyll otoxin in the resistant and parental cells.
(10) The effects of KW-3635 (sodium (E)-11-[2-(5,6-dimethyl-1-benzimidazolyl)- ethylidene]-6,11-dihydrodibenz[b,e]oxepine-2-carboxylate monohydrate, CAS 127166-41-0) on smooth muscle preparations were examined.
(11) The GC method allowed the quantitation of 2-ethylidene-1,5-dimethyl-3,3-diphenylpyrrolidine, and major metabolite of methadone.
(12) Cells pre-incubated with 76 mM ethylidene glucose did not show an uphill transfer from 4 mM-[(14)C]glucose in the outside medium in contrast to cells pre-incubated in 76 mM glucose or in 76 mM 3-O-methyl glucose.5.
(13) Four malto-oligosaccharides (dp 2-5), each with a 4,6-O-ethylidene group on the glucosyl unit at the non-reducing terminus, were synthesised and used to prove that the maltose-binding protein (MBP) of E. coli is a closed-groove binder.
(14) Podophyllotoxin, 4'-demethylpodophyllotoxin and 4'-demethylepipodophyllotoxin excluding an ethylidene glucose group had more anti-HeLa, but much less anti-L1210 activity than etoposide.
(15) No crossreactivity was found with alpha 1-methadol, morphine, meperidine, dextropropoxyphene, 2-ethyl-5-methyl-3,3-diphenyl-l-pyrroline and 2-ethylidene-l, 5-dimethyl-3,3-diphenylpyrrolidene.
(16) The essential amino acid L-tryptophan (L-Trp) was found to be an effective inhibitor of the development of mutagenicity (Ames test) in liquid-reflux models known to produce identified IQ-type mutagens, such as 2-amino-3,8-dimethylimidazo[4,5-f]quinoxaline (MeIQx) and 2-amino-3,7,8-trimethylimidazo[4,5-f]quinoxaline (7,8-DiMeIQx), and in reflux models recently developed in our laboratory that have been found to produce novel IQ-"like" mutagens (aminoimidazol-4-ones), which we have identified as 2-amino-1-methyl-5-propylideneimidazol-4-one (TCP-1), and 2-amino-5-ethylidene-1-methylimidazol-4-one (TCP-2 or ACP).
(17) Condensation of 6-azauridine with ethyl levulinate, followed by saponification or phosphorylation, leads to 2',3'-O-[1-(2-carboxyethyl)ethylidene]-6-azauridine and its 5'-monophosphate.
(18) Removal of the chloroacetyl groups from 12 beta, its alpha analogue 12 alpha, and 15 beta gave the 4-O-(2-benzyloxycarbonylamino-2-deoxy-4,6-O-ethylidene-alpha-(17 alpha) and -beta-D-glucopyranosyl)-4'-O-demethyl-epipodophyllotoxins (17 beta and 20 beta), respectively.
(19) The biosynthetic origin of the carbon skeleton of 3-ethylidene-L-azetidine-2-carboxylic acid (polyoximic acid) is described.
(20) The asymmetrical nature of sugar affinity for the hexose transfer system in human red cells has been demonstrated using purified 4,6-O-ethylidene-alpha-D-glucopyranose (ethylidene glucose) to inhibit the exchange of glucose, 3-O-methyl glucose and galactose.