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NADPH Oxidases in Fungi
Synthesis of reactive oxygen species (ROS) by specific NADPH oxidases (Nox) can serve both defense and differentiation signalling roles in animals... -
Plant NADPH Oxidases
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are signaling molecules that play important roles in many processes in plants, including development, immunity, and... -
Discovery and biochemical characterization of thermostable glycerol oxidases
AbstractAlditol oxidases are promising tools for the biocatalytic oxidation of glycerol to more valuable chemicals. By integrating in silico...
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Investigation of the Mechanism of Membrane Potential Generation by Heme-Copper Respiratory Oxidases in a Real Time Mode
AbstractHeme-copper respiratory oxidases are highly efficient molecular machines. These membrane enzymes catalyze the final step of cellular...
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NADPH Oxidases in Zebrafish
Zebrafish, a minnow family teleost fish, has emerged as a powerful in vivo vertebrate model system in biological research. Zebrafish have been used... -
Vitreoscilla hemoglobin enhances the catalytic performance of industrial oxidases in vitro
AbstractOxidases are a group of oxidoreductases and need molecular oxygen in the catalytic process. Vitreoscilla hemoglobin (VHb) can improve the...
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Kinetic Measurements to Investigate the Oxygen-Sensing Properties of Plant Cysteine Oxidases
Enzymatic O2 sensors transduce the availability of O2 within the cell into a physiological, typically adaptive response. One such O2-sensing... -
Pecularities and applications of aryl-alcohol oxidases from fungi
AbstractAryl-alcohol oxidases (AAOs) are FAD-containing enzymes that oxidize a broad range of aromatic as well as aliphatic allylic alcohols to...
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Preparations of Terminal Oxidase Cytochrome bd-II Isolated from Escherichia coli Reveal Significant Hydrogen Peroxide Scavenging Activity
AbstractCytochrome bd -II is one of the three terminal quinol oxidases of the aerobic respiratory chain of Escherichia coli . Preparations of the...
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Biochemical, physiological and molecular responses of rice to terminal drought stress: transcriptome profiling of leaf and root reveals the key stress-responsive genes
Drought stress has been known to adversely affect growth, development, and productivity of plants to varying extent. Being a multifaceted trait,...
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The NADPH Oxidase Activator p67phox and Its Related Proteins
The Nox family NADPH oxidases can be divided into two groups based on the presence or absence of the Ca2+-binding EF-hand motif in the N-terminal... -
An in situ activity assay for lysyl oxidases
The lysyl oxidase family of enzymes (LOXs) catalyze oxidative deamination of lysine side chains on collagen and elastin to initialize cross-linking...
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Features of Organization and Mechanism of Catalysis of Two Families of Terminal Oxidases: Heme-Copper and bd-Type
Terminal oxidases of aerobic respiratory chains catalyze the transfer of electrons from the respiratory substrate, cytochrome c or quinol, to O 2 with...
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Quantitative Analysis for ROS-Producing Activity and Regulation of Plant NADPH Oxidases in HEK293T Cells
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) produced by plant NADPH oxidases, respiratory burst oxidase homologs (RBOHs), play key roles in biotic and abiotic... -
Terminal Oxidase Cytochrome bd Protects Bacteria Against Hydrogen Sulfide Toxicity
AbstractHydrogen sulfide (H 2 S) is often called the third gasotransmitter (after nitric oxide and carbon monoxide), or endogenous gaseous signaling...
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Regulation of fadR on the ROS defense mechanism in Shewanalla oneidensis
Protein FadR is known as a fatty acid metabolism global regulator that sustains cell envelope integrity by changing the profile of fatty acid. Here,...
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Tools to Identify Noxes and their Regulators
The family of NADPH oxidases consists of at least 7 members: Nox1, Nox2, Nox3 Nox4, Nox5, Duox1 and Duox2. The sole function of all NADPH oxidases... -
Genome analysis of Pseudomonas sp. OF001 and Rubrivivax sp. A210 suggests multicopper oxidases catalyze manganese oxidation required for cylindrospermopsin transformation
BackgroundCylindrospermopsin is a highly persistent cyanobacterial secondary metabolite toxic to humans and other living organisms. Strain OF001 and...
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Cytotoxic Activity of A New Isoform l-Amino Acid Oxidase (Balt-LAAO-II) From Bothrops alternatus (Urutu) Snake Venom in Human Leukemic HL60 Cells
In this study, we describe the isolation of a new isoform, l -Amino acid oxidase (LAAO), referred to as Balt-LAAO-II, from Bothrops alternatus snake...
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Cytochrome bd as Antioxidant Redox Enzyme
AbstractOne of the main functions of enzyme complexes that constitute electron transport (respiratory) chains of organisms is to maintain cellular...