Gene/Protein Disease Symptom Drug Enzyme Compound
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Query: EC:3.4.16.2 (PCP)
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Tris-HCl is the most commonly used buffer in studies of radioligand binding to sigma receptors, with concentrations as high as 50 or 100 mM often used. We report here that these concentrations of Tris substantially inhibit (+)-[3H]SKF-10,047 binding to sigma receptors. The well-established inhibitory effect of Tris-HCl on ligand binding to PCP receptors did not contribute to the presently reported inhibition of (+)-[3H]SKF-10,047 binding. The IC50 of Tris, determined in the presence of 10 mM potassium phosphate buffer, was 15.4 +/- 1.2 mM (n = 3, pH 8.0, 25 degrees C, 1 nM radioligand). Equilibrium saturation studies revealed an apparent competitive inhibition of binding.
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PMID:Tris inhibits (+)-[3H]SKF-10,047 binding to sigma receptors. 143 40

Quantitative receptor autoradiography was used to measure muscarinic cholinergic, benzodiazepine, kainate, phencyclidine (PCP), N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) (measured in Tris acetate), quisqualate-sensitive, non-quisqualate-sensitive and total glutamate (measured in Tris chloride buffer) binding sites in adjacent sections of the hippocampal region of 10 Alzheimer's disease, nine control, and six demented, non-Alzheimer's disease postmortem human brains. The measurements were compared to the number of neurofibrillary tangles as revealed by Congo red staining of adjacent sections. All assays and measurements were done by observers blinded to the clinical diagnoses. Binding was decreased significantly for all ligands except quisqualate in stratum pyramidale of CA1 of the Alzheimer's disease brains. The binding loss was significantly greater for the non-quisqualate and NMDA sites than for the muscarinic, benzodiazepine and kainate sites with the total glutamate and PCP site losses being intermediate. Only the loss of benzodiazepine binding was significantly correlated with the number of neurofibrillary tangles. Lesser binding losses were seen in adjacent areas. This difference in the degree of binding decrease is consistent with the hypothesis that NMDA receptors are located on more distal dendrites of hippocampal neurons. There they may be relatively more vulnerable than the other receptors to the pathological process.
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PMID:Excitatory amino acid binding sites in the hippocampal region of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias. 216 May 18

Analysis of the proteome of Haemophilus influenzae by two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis on conventional Tris-glycine gels does not usually result in efficient separation of the proteins in the 5-20 kDa range, which are mainly accumulated in the lower acidic and basic regions. In order to improve the separation of the low molecular mass proteins, we used homogeneous Tricine gels of two urea concentrations in the second-dimensional separation. The Tricine gel systems allowed the efficient and reproducible separation of the proteins of the microorganism with masses between 5 and 20 kDa, however, no proteins with masses below 5 kDa could be visualized. Approximately 80 proteins migrating in the 5-25 kDa region were identified by matrix assisted laser desorption/ionization - mass spectrometry, of which 40 identified for the first time. The digestion of the low mass proteins often produced only few peptides, which were insufficient for confident identification by mass spectrometry. Therefore, the identification was occasionally achieved by a sequential digestion with two proteases, trypsin or endoproteinase Lys-C as first and carboxypeptidase P as second enzyme. The gel system described may be useful for the efficient separation of low molecular mass proteins from other organisms to construct standard maps.
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PMID:Reference map of the low molecular mass proteins of Haemophilus influenzae. 971 65