Search results for "SoMe"

2004

β-oxidation of long and very long chain fatty acyl-CoA derivatives occurs in peroxisomes, which are ubiquitous subcellular organelles of eukaryotic cells. This pathway releases acetyl-CoA as precursor for several key molecules such as cholesterol. Numerous enzymes participating to cholesterol and fatty acids biosynthesis pathways are co-localized in peroxisomes and some of their encoding genes are known as targets of the NFY transcriptional regulator. However, until now no interaction between NFY transcription factor and genes encoding peroxisomal β-oxidation has been reported. This work studied the interactions between NFY factor with the rat gene promoters of two enzymes of the fatty acid…

Genetic-dependency of peroxisomal cell functions - emerging aspects

2003

This paper reviews aspects concerning the genetic regulation of the expression of the well studied peroxisomal genes including those of fatty acid beta-oxidation enzymes; acyl-CoA oxidase, multifunctional enzyme and thiolase from different tissues and species. An important statement is PPARalpha, which is now long known to be in rodents the key nuclear receptor orchestrating liver peroxisome proliferation and enhanced peroxisomal beta-oxidation, does not appear to control so strongly in man the expression of genes involved in peroxisomal fatty acid beta-oxidation related enzymes. In this respect, the present review strengthens among others the emerging concept that, in the humans, the main …

Stereoselective synthesis of unsaturated and functionalized L-NHBoc amino acids, using Wittig reaction under mild phase-transfer conditions.

2012

The stereoselective synthesis of a new amino acid phosphonium salt was described by quaternization of melting triphenylphosphine with the γ-iodo NHBoc-amino ester, derived from L-aspartic acid. The deprotection of the carboxylic acid function to afford the phosphonium salt with a free carboxylic acid group was achieved by a palladium-catalyzed desallylation reaction. This phosphonium salt was used in the Wittig reaction with aromatic or aliphatic aldehydes and trifluoroacetophenone, under solid-liquid phase-transfer conditions in chlorobenzene and in the presence of K(3)PO(4) as weak base, to afford the corresponding unsaturated amino acids without racemization. Thus, the reaction with subs…

Gold(iii) tetraarylporphyrin amino acid derivatives: ligand or metal centred redox chemistry?

2015

EPR spectroscopy and DFT calculations show that the site of reduction of porphyrinato gold(iii) complexes depends on the counterions X, the meso substituents R and the solvent.

Regulation of Farnesyl Diphosphate Synthase Gene Expression by Fatty Acids

2003

Cholesterol biosynthesis depends on the activity of regulatory enzymes, including the peroxisomal Farnesyl Diphosphate Synthase (FPPS ). Cholesterol regulates its own synthesis rate. Hence, as a response to cholesterol depletion, a feed back mechanism is activated, whereby sterol regulatory binding proteins (SREBPla, 1c and 2 ) are subjected to sequential proteolytic activation, which permits their interaction with specific DNA response elements from responsive genes. In turn, the transcriptional activity of cholesterol biosynthesis genes is induced. Conversely, cholesterol accumulation decreases SREBP maturation and transcription of controlled genes. In addition, polyunsaturated fatty acid…

Endogenous Role of Microsomal Epoxide Hydrolase

2005

The specific activities of microsomal epoxide hydrolase with 16α,17α-epoxyandrosten-3-one (androstene oxide) as substrate were measured in various metabolically important and in various steroidogenic organs of the male and female rat and compared with the activities of 16α,17α-epoxyestratrienol (estroxide) and benzo[a]pyrene 4,5-oxide. Androstene oxide was an exceptionally good substrate. The specific activities differed widely between organs but the ratio of the activities towards these substrates was constant in all organs investigated. The ratios compared to benzo[a]pyrene 4,5-oxide were 2.5 for estroxide, and 8.6 for androstene oxide. The ontogenetic development of specific epoxide hydr…

Trapping of Different Lipase Conformers in Water-Restricted Environments

1996

Based on a recently reported strategy to rationally activate lipolytic enzymes for use in nonaqueous media [Mingarro, I., et al. (1995) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 92, 3308-3312], we compared the behavior in water-restricted environments of activated vs nonactivated forms of different lipases toward their natural substrates, triacylglycerols. To this end, nine lipases from varied origins (mammalian, fungal, and bacterial) were assayed using simple acidolyses as nonaqueous model reactions. The experimental results for several (though not all) lipases, discussed in the light of current structural and functional information, were collectively consistent with a model where, depending on the "…

Lipase-enhanced activity in flavour ester reactions by trapping enzyme conformers in the presence of interfaces

1998

In order to improve the lipase-catalyzed synthesis of flavour esters, we have used the reported strategy of interfacial activation-based molecular (bio)imprinting [Mingarro et al. 1995. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 92: 3308], later called trapping in the presence of amphiphile interfaces (TPI) [Mingarro et al. 1996. Biochemistry 35: 9935]. Five lipases of fungal and mammalian origin typically used for esterification process have been explored to improve production by TPI treatment. A marked enhancement of enzymatic activity has been observed in all TPI-treated lipases assayed and the activation factor obtained was up to 90-fold. The dependence on chain length of acyl donors in the esterifi…

24. Molecular Biology

1987

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the use of neutron scattering in molecular biology. The neutron small-angle camera D11 is discussed. The objective of scattering studies on biological macromolecules is to determine molecular conformations and arrangements, particularly those that may contribute to specific biological functions. The principles of neutron scattering are very similar to those of x rays, but some important differences exist due to the different characteristics of the two radiations. If the scattering specimen is a single macromolecule with no regular separation between neighboring structures, then the scattering is continuous. In a coherent scattering process, the ampli…

Photoinduced molecular rearrangements. Some comments on the ring-photoisomerization of 1,2,4-oxadiazoles into 1,3,4-oxadiazoles

2001

The ring-photoisomerization of 3-amino- and 3-methylamino-5-phenyl-1,2,4-oxadiazoles into the corresponding 2-amino- and 2-methylamino-5-phenyl-1,3,4-oxadiazoles has been reinvestigated by examining the effect of a base on the photoreaction. On irradiating at λ = 254 nm in methanol, yields of the ring-photoisomers were found to be significantly enhanced by the addition of triethylamine (TEA) in the photoreaction medium. By contrast, irradiation of the 3-amino-5-phenyloxadiazole in acetonitrile containing TEA gave an almost complete photoreduction into benzoylguanidine, while few percent of the ring photoisomer were detected. Furthermore, the pyrene-sensitized photolysis of 3-amino-5-phenylo…