The NrtA and NrtB nitrate transporters are paralogous members of the major facilitator superfamily in Aspergillus nidulans. The availability of loss-of-function mutations allowed individual investigation of the specificity and inhibitor sensitivity of both NrtA and NrtB. In this study, growth response tests were carried out at a growth-limiting concentration of nitrate (1 mM) as the sole nitrog...

Despite an increasing number of recent studies, the overall epidemiologic evidence associating specific particulate matter chemical components with health outcomes has been mixed. The links between components and hospitalizations have rarely been examined in Asia. We estimated associations between exposures to 18 chemical components of particulate matter with aerodynamic diameter less than 10 μ...

The biodegradable polysaccharide chitosan possesses protonated and natural amino groups at medium pH values and has therefore been used as an adsorbing material for nickel salts in water treatment. Nickel is a problematic heavy metal ion which can cause various diseases and disorders in living organisms. Here, we show the influence of oxyanions (e.g., nitrate and sulfate) to the adsorption of n...

The nitrate-selective copperised-cadmium (Cu-Cd) reduction reaction coupled directly to the highly sensitive nitrite ion chromatographic detection, produced a more precise method for determination of nitrate than any one of the two conventional methods. A borate buffer solution used in the reduction reaction, in place of the conventional ammonium-EDTA buffer solution, eliminated interferences f...

Several different cellular processes determine the size of the metabolically available nitrate pool in the cytoplasm. These processes include not only ion fluxes across the plasma membrane and tonoplast but also assimilation by the activity of nitrate reductase (NR). In roots, the maintenance of cytosolic nitrate activity during periods of nitrate starvation and resupply (M. van der Leij, S.J. ...

conclusions according to the results of the study, standard amount of nitrate in drinking water had no significant impact on laminin content. on the other hand, exceeded nitrate concentrations limited the distribution of laminin, leading to potential adverse effects on glomerular basement membrane. results in the study, intensity of reaction to anti-laminin was not the same in renal glomeruli. ...

Posttranslational regulation of nitrate assimilation was studied in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6803. The ABC-type nitrate and nitrite bispecific transporter encoded by the nrtABCD genes was completely inhibited by ammonium as in Synechococcus elongatus strain PCC 7942. Nitrate reductase was insensitive to ammonium, while it is inhibited in the Synechococcus strain. Nitrite ...

Ion exchange (IEX) is an effective NO3– removal technology and research has shown promise for bioregeneration of laden IEX resins, creating ideal decentralized systems by removing the need chemical regeneration that results in brine wastes. This work aimed to advance applicability biological ion (BIEX) evaluating effect secondary between organic acids, natural matter (NOM), buffer solutions com...

In the title heteronuclear Zn(II)-Eu(III) complex [systematic name: {6,6'-dimeth-oxy-2,2'-[ethane-1,2-diylbis(nitrilo-methyl-idyne)]diphenolato-κ(4)O(1),O(1'),O(6),O(6'):2κ(4)O(1),N,N',O(1')}-μ-nitrato-1:2κ(2)O:O'-dini-trato-1κ(4)O,O'-europium(III)zinc(II)], [EuZn(C(18)H(18)N(2)O(4))(NO(3))(3)], with the hexa-dentate Schiff base compartmental ligand N,N'-bis-(3-methoxy-salicyl-idene)ethyl-enedi...