(1) dl-Methionine stimulated the synthesis of cephalosporins when added after the growth phase.
(2) We recently demonstrated that functional change in SSI was possible simply by replacing the amino acid residue at the reactive P1 site (methionine 73) of SSI.
(3) It could be demonstrated by radioimmune precipitation of virus labeled with[35S]methionine that all three polypeptides are specific for hog cholera virions.
(4) Histone mRNA, labeled with 32P or 3H-methionine during the S phase of partially synchronized HeLa cells, was isolated from the polyribosomes and purified as a "9S" component by sucrose gradient sedimentation.
(5) S-methyl-l-cysteine, 2-hydroxy-4-methiol butyric acid, S-adenosyl-l-methionine, and methionine peptides were the only compounds supporting growth, when substituted for methionine.
(6) The effects of hyperammonemia on brain function have been studied in three different experimental models in the rat: acute liver ischemia, urease-treated animals and methionine sulfoximine-treated animals.
(7) No methionine-enkephalin-positive nerves could be detected in the common bile duct, pancreatic duct or gallbladder.
(8) The present in vitro studies show that it is found as beta-endorphin in bovine pituitary slices incubated with radioactive amino acid precursor [35S]methionine.
(9) The effect of modifying the periodate-susceptible methionine residues in chicken ovotransferrin was small but significant.
(10) In the present work, we measured the inactivation of methionine synthase and the concurrent homocysteine export rate of two murine and four human cell lines during nitrous oxide exposure.
(11) The linewidths of the methionine Cepsilon resonances are narrowed by increasing temperature according to an Arrhenius energy of activation of nearly 3 kcal.
(12) Arteriosclerotic plaques were found in the aorta and arteries of rabbits given homocysteine thiolactone, methionine or homocysteic acid, both parenterally and in a synthetic diet.
(13) The data indicate poor D-methionine utilization by postsurgical patients during total parenteral nutrition when given as DL-methionine in the presence of other amino acids and glucose.
(14) They correspond to the active fragment, amino acids 5-13, of the natural Mas-AT with substitution of norleucine for methionine.
(15) Metabolic labeling of the E. coli clones with [35S]methionine followed by radioimmunoprecipitation with monoclonal antibodies revealed that the 35S-labeled recombinant and 125I-labeled native (T. pallidum) forms of the antigen had identical electrophoretic mobilities.
(16) The data suggest that the concentration of methylfolate in rat livers is controlled by the concentrations of methionine.
(17) Aspartate levels and release from rat striatal slices following the inhibition of glutamine synthetase (GS) by methionine sulfoximine (MSO) were studied.
(18) A small number of CNSs was radiolabeled with a mixture of 14C-labeled amino acids or with [35S]methionine, and the pattern of labeled proteins was analyzed.
(19) In tissue cultures of normal adult and malignant mammalian cells, homocystine has been substituted for methionine in a medium rich in folic acid and cyanocobalamin.
(20) Immunoprecipitation of proteins with rabbit antifumarase antibody in (35S)-methionine-labeled fibroblasts indicated that a protein of correct size (Mr = 44,000 daltons) corresponding to fumarase was synthesized in similar amounts in both the patients and controls.
Sulfur
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) Manometric studies with resting cells obtained by growth on each of these sulfur sources yielded net oxygen uptake for all substrates except sulfite and dithionate.
(2) Typically the iron-iron axis (gz) of the binuclear iron-sulfur clusters is in the membrane plane.
(3) Our study suggests that a major part of the renal antimineralocorticoid activity of spironolactone may be attributable to minor sulfur-containing metabolites or their precursors having a high renal clearance that affords access to their site of activity via the renal tubular fluid.
(4) Ferredoxin reductase (Fd-reductase) supplies reducing equivalents obtained from NADPH to mitochondrial cytochrome P450 enzymes via the small iron-sulfur protein ferredoxin.
(5) The loss of enzyme activity in sulfur-rhodanese does not involve cysteinyl residues but can be correlated with the modification of guanidino groups, notably that of Arg-186, the side chain of which may play a role in substrate binding.
(6) In two patients with extensive marrow necrosis, the diagnosis of marrow necrosis was established by morphologic and radioisotopic studies, and the extent of involvement was accurately assessed by marrow scanning with technetium Tc 99m sulfur colloid while the patients were still alive.
(7) It was presumed that thymohydroquinone is excreted as ethereal sulfuric acid conjugate in man.
(8) Also purple sulfur bacteria lowered BOD levels as demonstrated by the growth of T. floridana in sterilized sewage.
(9) An equivalent maximum growth response of rats fed L-methionine or N-acetyl-L-methionine was obtained when the total dietary sulfur amino acids compromised 0.36-0.41% of the diet.
(10) Histopathological evaluations showed that sulfuric acid particles alone did not cause inflammatory responses in centriacinar units of rat lung parenchyma (expressed in terms of percent lesion area) but did cause significant damage (cell killing followed by a wave of cell replication) in nasal respiratory epithelium, as measured by uptake of tritiated thymidine in the DNA of replicating cells.
(11) Ac-MPS of the hyaluronic acid type prevail in the ground substance of the myxoid and fibroblastic mesenchyma, while the substances containing sulfuric groups predominate in the tissue matrix exhibiting fibrogenic tendencies.
(12) Previous work demonstrated a differential decrease in iron-sulfur centers A, B and X which indicated that center X serves as a branch point for parallel electron flow through centers A and B (Golbeck, J.H.
(13) Our observation leads to the suggestion that, in vivo, either rhodanese is maintained in its more stable sulfur-substituted form or cellular compartmentalization prevents inactivation by nitrite.
(14) In contrast, the (Rp)-isomers, which have an equatorial exocyclic sulfur atom, bound to the enzyme without stimulation of its activity.
(15) A strong shoulder was observed at 2481.7 eV on the low-energy side of the sulfate absorption edge, deriving from a novel type of sulfur having a slightly lower oxidation state than sulfate sulfur.
(16) Long-term treatment with furosemide (up to 13 months) caused transient changes in the elemental content of the pancreatic acinar cells: a decrease in chloride and sulfur, and an increase in phosphorus, potassium and magnesium.
(17) The iron-sulfur proteins of the green photosynthetic bacterium Chlorobium have been characterized by oxidation-reduction potentiometry in conjunction with low-temperature electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy.
(18) The reaction is based on the reduction of sulfur dioxide at a dropping mercury electrode.
(19) Proton induced X-ray emission (PIXE) analyses were performed on single hair fibers in triplicate from 103 individuals in order to determine sulfur, zinc, calcium, and chlorine content.
(20) In a survey of the proteins from human hair, a genetic electrophoretic variant has been observed in the high-sulfur protein region.