Type I protein arginine methyltransferases catalyze the formation of asymmetric omega-N(G),N(G)-dimethylarginine residues by transferring methyl groups from S-adenosyl-L-methionine to guanidino groups of arginine residues in a variety of eucaryotic proteins. The predominant type I enzyme activity is found in mammalian cells as a high molecular weight complex (300-400 kDa). In a previous study, ...

The recognition of methyl-lysine and -arginine residues on both histone and other proteins by specific "reader" elements is important for chromatin regulation, gene expression, and control of cell-cycle progression. Recently the crucial role of these reader proteins in cancer development and dedifferentiation has emerged, owing to the increased interest among the scientific community. The methy...

background: parkinson’s disease (pd) is a common neurodegenerative disease resulting from the degeneration of dopaminergic (da) neurons in the substantia nigra pars compacta (snc). increasing evidence demonstrated that mice treated intranasally with 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (mptp) suffered impairments in motor functions associated with disruption of da neurons in snc conceiv...

Nitric oxide stimulates intestinal ion transport via the activation of enteric nerves, but it is not known whether it regulates intestinal transport function by acting on the epithelium directly. The aim of this study was to determine the influence of nitric oxide on epithelial electrogenic ion secretion, measured as the short-circuit current (Isc), using the human colonic carcinoma cell line C...

The aim of the work is to study pharmacological substances that play a role eNOS expression regulators in modification lead intoxication effects experiment. Materials and methods. In experiment, linear male rats same age were used: intact with (120 heads). design was following: group 1 – control; 2 acetate solution; 3 + L-nitroarginine methyl ester; 4 5 L-arginine; 6 L-arginine. research carrie...

The influence of dietary sodium restriction and angiotensin II blockade on hypertension induced by a 25-day period of administration of the inhibitor of nitric oxide synthesis NG-nitro-L-arginine-methyl ester (10 mg/kg twice daily by gavage) was assessed in Wistar rats fed a normal or low sodium diet. In addition, the angiotensin II receptor blocker losartan (30 mg/kg once daily by gavage) was ...

Neuronal nitric oxide synthase (NOS I) has been shown to generate nitric oxide (NO*) and superoxide (O(2)* during enzymatic cycling, and the ratio of each free radical is dependent upon the concentration of L-arginine. Using spin trapping and electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy, we detected alpha-hydroxyethyl radical (CH(3)*CHOH), produced during the NOS I metabolism of ethanol (EtOH)....

These studies describe the IgE-mediated relase of a basophil kallikrein-like enzyme that is an arginine esterase and is inhibited by plasma, diisopropylphosphofluoridate, and Trasylol. The substrate specificity for the synthetic amino acid ester substrates p-toluenesulfonyl-L-arginien methyl ester, benzoyl-arginine methyl ester, and acetyl-tyrosine methyl ester is similar for the basophil enzym...