ORENZA: a web resource for studying ORphan ENZyme activities [PDF]
, 2006 BACKGROUND: Despite the current availability of several hundreds of thousands of amino acid sequences, more than 36% of the enzyme activities (EC numbers) defined by the Nomenclature Committee of the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular ...
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Isolation of Nucleoside Metabolizing Enzymes from Alaska Pea Seeds (Pisum sativum L. cultivar Alaska) [PDF]
, 2013 The activities of number of metabolizing enzymes were determined from dry Alaska Pea Seeds (Pisum sativum L. cultivar Alaska). Then tested for presence of three groups of enzymes; nucleosidase, deaminases and phosphorylases. The highest activity of the
Altawil, Zahrah Mohammad
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NUCLEOSIDE CATABOLIZING ACTIVITIES IN SELECTED SEEDS [PDF]
, 2016 The efficacy of pyrimidine and purine nucleotide metabolism plays a critical role in the progression of biological systems. The process of nucleotide degradation exists in all organisms. The nucleoside degradation and salvage of nucleotides, nucleosides,
ALMARWANI, NOGOOD
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CHARACTERIZATION OF ADENOSINE NUCLEOSIDASE FROM SOYBEAN SEEDS (Glycine max L.) [PDF]
, 2013 The nucleoside salvage pathway plays a key role in the growth and development of plants. The activities of several enzymes of the nucleoside salvage pathway were determined in germinated soybean seeds.
JarAllah, Lola
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Identification and Characterization of the Chlamydia trachomatis L2 S-Adenosylmethionine Transporter [PDF]
Methylation is essential to the physiology of all cells, including the obligate intracellular bacterium Chlamydia. Nevertheless, the methylation cycle is under strong reductive evolutionary pressure in Chlamydia.
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Neurological-related proteomic profiling in plasma of children with metabolic healthy and unhealthy overweight/obesity [PDF]
Objective: Children with overweight/obesity (OW/OB) exhibit poor cardiometabolic health, yet mechanisms influencing brain health remain unclear. We examined the dif- ferences in neurological-related circulating proteins in plasma among children with ...
Olvera-Rojas, Marcos +4 more
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Effects of Broccoli and Carrots on Fecal MicroRNA Expression in Infants: A Short-term Feeding Study [PDF]
, 2020 Diets, through multiple mechanisms, cause significant impact on human health and disease etiology; proposed modes of action include modulation of non-coding RNAs and influences on the gut microbiome.
Beane, Kaleigh E.
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Effects of MTN Enzyme Deficiency on \u3ci\u3eE. coli\u3c/i\u3e O157:H7 Growth and Virulence [PDF]
, 2013 The bacterial enzyme Methylthioadenosine/S-adenosylhomocysteine (MTA/SAH) nucleosidase (MTN) is involved in methionine and adenine salvage from the by-products of S-adenosylmethionine (SAM, AdoMet) dependent reactions.
Knippel, Reece
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Structure of \u3cem\u3eArabidopsis thaliana\u3c/em\u3e 5-Methylthioribose Kinase Reveals a More Occluded Active Site Than its Bacterial Homolog [PDF]
, 2007 Background: Metabolic variations exist between the methionine salvage pathway of humans and a number of plants and microbial pathogens. 5-Methylthioribose (MTR) kinase is a key enzyme required for methionine salvage in plants and many bacteria.
Cornell, Kenneth A. +2 more
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Factors affecting the activity of cyclopropane synthetase in Lactobacillus plantarum [PDF]
, 1976 This investigation concerned determining certain factors which affect the activity of cyclopropane synthetase in L. plantarum. In vitro experiments showed the enzme to be sensitive to ionic strength and subject to product inhibition by S ...
Halper, Laura A.
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