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The Properdin System: Composition and Function

1978

. This article summarizes the physicochemical data on the factors which compose the properdin system in guinea pig and man. The following other topics are discussed: (1) Activation of the properdin system; (2) Formation of the initiating and amplification C3 convertases; (3) Formation of the C5 convertase, and (4) Regulatory control mechanisms of the properdin system.

Electrochromic absorbance changes in the chlorophyll-c-containing alga Pleurochloris meiringensis (Xanthophyceae)

1994

Flash-induced absorbance changes were measured in the Chl-c-containing alga Pleurochloris meiringensis (Xanthophyceae) between 430 and 570 nm. In addition to the bands originating from redox changes of cytochromes, three major positive and tow negative transient bands were observed both 0.7 and 20 ms after the exciting flash. These transient bands peaking at 520, 480 and 451 nm and 497 and 465 nm, respectively, could be assigned to an almost homogeneous shift of the absorbance bands with maxima at 506, 473 and 444 nm, respectively. The shape of the absorbance transients elicited from PS I or PS II was identical, and the two photosystems contributed nearly equally to the absorbance changes. …

Selective, Sensitive, and Rapid Analysis with Lateral-Flow Assays Based on Antibody-Gated Dye-Delivery Systems: The Example of Triacetone Triperoxide

2013

[EN] Antibodygated MSNs that are loaded with a rhodamine dye and that can be used for the determination of the presence of peroxide-based explosive TATP with a lateral-flow fluorescence reader have been designed and prepared, thereby allowing for detection limits in the lower ppb range. The mechanism of the detection relies on a displacement of the antibody from the surface of the hybrid material because of highly affine antibody-TATP interactions, which release a much larger number of entrapped dye molecules from the pores than antibodies are displaced. The high selectivity of the antibody is retained in the gated material, thus allowing for a remarkable discrimination against H2O2. System…

Struktur-Wirkungs-Beziehungen bei Histaminanaloga, 24. Mitt. Absolute Konfiguration und histaminartige Wirkung der Enantiomere von 4-(2-Aminopropyl)-…

1982

Es werden die Racematspaltung von 4-(2-Aminopropyl)-5-methyl-imidazol (1), die Bestimmung der absoluten Konfiguration sowie die histaminartige Wirksamkeit der Enantiomere am Ileum (H1) und Atrium (H2) des Meerschweinchens beschrieben. Structure-Activity Relationships of Histamine Analogues, XXIV: Absolute Configuration and Histamine-Type Activity of the Enantiomers of 4-(2-Aminopropyl)-5-methylimidazole The resolution of 4-(2-aminopropyl)-5-methylimidazole (1), the determination of the absolute configuration and the histamine-type activity of the enantiomers on the guinea pig ileum (H1) and atrium (H2) are reported.

EL USO DE RECURSOS NATURALES LOCALES EN LA PRODUCCIÓN DE SUPERFICIES PICTÓRICAS DECORATIVAS EN TEMPLOS JESUITAS DE LA NUEVA VIZCAYA (CHIHUAHUA, MÉXIC…

2017

p53 is involved in regulation of the DNA repair gene O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase (MGMT) by DNA damaging agents

1998

The DNA repair protein O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase (MGMT) is inducible by genotoxic stress. MGMT induction results from transcriptional activation of the MGMT gene which is a specific response to DNA damage. A possible factor involved in triggering MGMT induction might be p53, because both p53 and MGMT are activated by DNA breaks. To study the effect of p53 on induction of the MGMT gene, we compared the presence of functional wild-type (wt) and mutant p53 with MGMT expression level in various mouse fibroblasts and rat hepatoma cell lines upon genotoxic treatment. Cells which responded to ionizing radiation (IR) by MGMT induction displayed functional p53, whereas in cells not expr…

Folding in vitro of light-harvesting chlorophyll a/b protein is coupled with pigment binding.

2002

The major light-harvesting chlorophyll a/b protein (LHCIIb) of the plant photosynthetic apparatus is able to self-organise in vitro. When the recombinant apoprotein, Lhcb1, is solubilised in the denaturing detergent sodium (or lithium) dodecylsulfate (SDS or LDS) and then mixed with chlorophylls and carotenoids under renaturing conditions, structurally authentic LHCIIb forms. Assembly of functional LHCIIb, as indicated by the establishment of energy transfer between complex-bound chlorophyll molecules, occurs in two apparent kinetic steps with time constants of 10 to 30 seconds and 50 to 300 seconds, depending on the reaction conditions. Here, we use circular dichroism (CD) in the far-UV ra…

Chlorophyll a Fluorescence Emission, Xanthophyll Cycle Activity, and Net Photosynthetic Rate Responses to Ozone in Some Foliose and Fruticose Lichen …

2000

The lichens Parmelia quercina, Parmelia sulcata, Evernia prunastri, Hypogymnia physodes, and Anaptychia ciliaris were exposed to ozone (O3) in controlled environment cuvettes designed to maintain the lichens at optimal physiological activity during exposure. Measurements of gas exchange, modulated chlorophyll (Chl) fluorescence, and pigment analysis were conducted before and after exposure to 300 mm3 (O3) m−3, 4 h per d for 14 d. No changes in the efficiency of photosystem 2 (PS2) photochemistry, the reduction state of QA, or the electron flow through PS2, measured by Chl fluorescence, were detected in any of the five lichen species studied. Additionally, neither photosynthetic CO2 assimila…

Purification and identification of chlorophyll c1 from the green alga Mantoniella squamata

1987

Abstract The prasinophycean alga Mantoniella squamata contains besides chlorophyll a and b a third chlorophyll c -like pigment in its light-harvesting antenna. This third chlorophyll was purified by reverse phase and polyethylene chromatography in order to identify its chemical structure. The absorption and fluorescence spectra were measured not only from the doubly purified pigment, but also from its Mg-free derivates. The spectra were compared with those of authentic chlorophyll c and of Mg-2,4-desethyl-2,4-divinylpheoporphyrin a 5 monomethyl ester which was isolated from Rhodobacter capsulata . The results show that the pigment from Mantoniella agrees best with chlorophyll c 1 . In order…

Preparation of Native and Recombinant Light-Harvesting Chlorophyll-<I>a/b </I>Complex

2004

Procedures to isolate native light-harvesting chlorophyll-a/b complex (LHCIIb) and to reconstitute recombinant LHCIIb are described. Separation of trimeric from monomeric forms and free pigment by sucrose density-gradient ultracentrifugation can be applied to both native and reconstituted complexes. The preparations are characterized by their pigment composition, protein pattern, and spectral properties.