In the current series of experiments we investigated the role of bradykinin in airway hyperresponsiveness induced by human eosinophil-granule major basic protein (MBP). Bronchoalveolar lavage was performed after intratracheal instillation of MBP or poly-L-lysine in anesthetized, intubated rats, and levels of immunoreactive kinins and kallikrein-like activity were determined. Both MBP and poly-L...

Detection and quantification of lysine degradation metabolites in plasma is necessary for the diagnosis and follow-up of diseases such as pyridoxine-dependent epilepsy. The principal metabolites involved in the disease are related to the first steps of lysine oxidation, either through the saccharopine or the pipecolate pathways. Currently, there are three different analytical methods used to as...

The immobilization efficiency of the complexes of oligonucleotide/poly(L-lysine) onto Poly(Styrene/Maleic Acid), PSMA, and Poly(Styrene/Maleic Anhydride), PSMAA, has been investigated using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and atomic force microscopy (AFM) in conjugation with fluorescence-based measurements of DNA attachment. A mono-molecularly thin layer of either electrostatically or covalent...

Determination of pesticides is important for human health. Sensors are one the best solutions because they do not require a long sample preparation and can be used only in laboratory. Electrochemical sensors easily minimised employed detection liquid samples such as ground or wastewater. Conducting polymers have few roles electrochemical sensors, therefore, good candidates sensor development. E...

A number of d-amino acids occur in nature, and there is growing interest in their function and metabolism, as well as in their production and use. Here we use the well-established l-amino-acid-producing bacterium Corynebacterium glutamicum to study whether d-amino acid synthesis is possible and whether mechanisms for the export of these amino acids exist. In contrast to Escherichia coli, C. glu...

Cadaverine, the expected raw material of polyamides, is produced by decarboxylation of L-lysine. If we could produce cadaverine from the cheapest sugar, and as a renewable resource, it would be an effective solution against global warming, but there has been no attempt to produce cadaverine from glucose by fermentation. We focused on Corynebacterium glutamicum, whose L-lysine fermentation abili...

It had long been thought, but never demonstrated, that imino acids are formed in the reactions catalyzed by D- and L-amino acid oxidases (EC 1.4.3.3 and 1.4.3.2). The formation of imino acids is now shown directly by allowing the amino acid oxidase reaction to proceed in the presence of NaBH(4), when the imino acid is reduced to the corresponding racemic amino acid. Thus, when NaBH(4) is added ...

In this paper, the antibacterial effects of the Bacillus amyloliquefaciens-produced bacteriocin subtilosin, both alone and in combination with curcumin, ε-poly-L-lysine (poly-lysine), or zinc lactate, were examined against Listeria monocytogenes. Results indicated that subtilosin inhibits both of the studied bacterial strains, Scott A (wild-type, nisin sensitive) and NR30 (nisin resistant). How...

Sum frequency generation vibrational spectroscopy (SFG) and quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation monitoring (QCM-D) are employed to study the interfacial structure and adsorbed amount of the amino acids L-lysine and L-proline and their corresponding homopeptides, poly-L-lysine and poly-L-proline, at two liquid-solid interfaces. SFG and QCM-D experiments of these molecules are carried ou...