Introd u ction Clinical chemistry, for decades restricted to a limited number of chemical tests, has, in recent years, through an increasing awareness of the value of the laboratory investigation of disease, and the introduc­ tion of automation and sophisticated instru­ mentation, expanded its field of operations to include a bewildering variety of tests. Advances in biochemical knowledge have ...

BACKGROUND Lignin-derived phenolic compounds are universal in the hydrolysate of pretreated lignocellulosic biomass. The phenolics reduce the efficiency of enzymatic hydrolysis and increase the cost of ethanol production. We investigated inhibition of phenolics on cellulase during enzymatic hydrolysis using vanillin as one of the typical lignin-derived phenolics and Avicel as cellulose substrat...

Background:α-Glucosidase Inhibition can significantly prevent glucose uptake after meal, and helps in controlling of some adverse effects in diabetics. So determination of α-Glucosidase inhibitory effect and antioxidant activity of the Haplophyllum acutifolium and Ferula haussknechtii aerial organs was the aim of this study.Methods:Inhibitory effect of hexane extracts from dif...

Background:α-Glucosidase Inhibition can significantly prevent glucose uptake after meal, and helps in controlling of some adverse effects in diabetics. So determination of α-Glucosidase inhibitory effect and antioxidant activity of the Haplophyllum acutifolium and Ferula haussknechtii aerial organs was the aim of this study.Methods:Inhibitory effect of hexane extracts from dif...

Inosinic acid dehydrogenase was partially purified from sarcoma 180 cells. The concentrations of each reactant, inosine 5’-phosphate, nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, and K+, altered both the apparent K, and Vmaxvalues for each of the other reactants. Enzymatic activity was inhibited by both products of the reaction, xanthosine S-phosphate and reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide; the in...

In this report, we assessed the steady-state enzymatic activity of lysyl oxidase-like 2 (LOXL2) against the substrates 1,5-diaminopentane (DAP), spermine, and fibrillar type I collagen. We find that both DAP and spermine are capable of activating LOXL2 to the same extent and have similar Michaelis constants (K(m) approximately 1 mm) and catalytic rates (k(cat) approximately 0.02 s(-1)). We also...

We recently described that the anti-apoptotic AMPK-related kinase, SNARK, promotes transforming growth factor (TGF)-β signaling in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cells, as a potentially new therapeutic target. Here we explored FDA-approved drugs inhibiting the enzymatic activity of SNARK, using an in vitro luminescence kinase assay system. Interestingly, the long-used anti-alcoholism drug disul...

Rat-ascites-hepatoma AH 130 cells were incubated at 37°C for 1 hour with bleomycin at the concentration of l~30 #g/ml. Then, DNA polymerase was prepared from the cells. The enzymatic activity was about half of the control value. Thymidine kinase similarly prepared from bleomycin-treated cells, did not show such a marked inhibition in their activities. In vitro addition of bleomycin to the DNA p...

Caulerpa is a green macroalgae found on Lemukutan Island, West Kalimantan. contains bioactive compounds that have potential to inhibit the alpha-glucosidase enzyme for people with diabetes mellitus. Inhibition of will an impact delaying glucose absorption. In addition, it necessary carry out toxicity test detect toxic effects and assess safety in use compounds. Therefore, purpose this study was...

background tyrosinase is a copper-containing enzyme, which is widely distributed in microorganisms, animals and plants. it is also a key enzyme in melanin biosynthesis, which plays a crucial role in determining the color of mammalian skin and hair. in addition, unfavorable enzymatic browning of plant-derived foods by tyrosinase causes a decrease in nutritional quality and economic loss of food ...