Background: Given the important role of amino acids in regulating many metabolic pathways of the body and considering the scarcity of markers for the diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and its differentiation, we aimed to investigate the status of serum amino acids chromatography in children with IBD. Materials and Methods This case-control study was conducted among children with pri...

The E-cadherin-catenin adhesion complex has been the subject of many structural and functional studies because of its importance in development, normal tissue function and carcinogenesis. It is well established that the cytoplasmic domain of E-cadherin binds either β-catenin or plakoglobin, which both can assemble α-catenin into the complex. Recently we have identified an α-catenin binding site...

Soil and rhizosphere environments were examined in order to determine the identity and relative abundance of bacteria that catabolize d- and l-amino acids as the sole source of carbon and nitrogen. All substrates were readily catabolized by bacteria from both environments, with most d-amino acids giving similar CFU counts to their l-amino acid counterparts. CFU count ratios between l- and d-ami...

The high diastereoselectivity in the Michael addition of nitromethane to α,β-unsaturated γ-amino esters, crystal conformations of β-nitromethane substituted γ-amino acids and peptides are studied. Results suggest that the N-Boc protected amide NH, conformations of α,β-unsaturated γ-amino esters and alkyl side chains play a crucial role in dictating the high diastereoselectivity of nitromethane ...

С использованием «квантовой теории атомов в молекулах» (QTAIM) определены интегральные электронные характеристики (заряды и объемы) функциональных групп NH, C(O)H, SH, CH, OH, CHOH, CHCOOH, COOH, CHC(O)NH, CHS, СН, CH(CH)-OH C(O)NH десяти молекул α-аминокислот такого же количества α-аминоальдегидов. Показано, что преобразование структуры (замена СООН на C(O)H) снижает заряд заместителя аминогру...