Coordination dynamics of zinc in proteins

W Maret, Y Li - Chemical reviews, 2009 - ACS Publications
Biology capitalizes on the specific chemistries of certain transition metal ions. In fact, life
depends on transition metal ions as essential trace elements. Biological redox processes …

Dimethylarginine dimethylaminohydrolase (DDAH): expression, regulation, and function in the cardiovascular and renal systems

F Palm, ML Onozato, Z Luo… - American Journal of …, 2007 - journals.physiology.org
Asymmetric (NG, NG)-dimethylarginine (ADMA) inhibits nitric oxide (NO) synthases (NOS).
ADMA is a risk factor for endothelial dysfunction, cardiovascular mortality, and progression …

[PDF][PDF] Asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) as a target for pharmacotherapy

J Be³towski, A Kêdra - Pharmacological Reports, 2006 - if-pan.krakow.pl
Asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) is synthesized during the methylation of protein
arginine residues by protein arginine methyltransferases (PRMT) and is released during …

The therapeutic potential of targeting endogenous inhibitors of nitric oxide synthesis

J Leiper, M Nandi - Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 2011 - nature.com
Asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA)—a naturally occurring amino acid that is a product of
protein breakdown—is released into the cytoplasm following the post-translational …

Endogenous nitric oxide synthase inhibitors in the biology of disease: markers, mediators, and regulators?

B Caplin, J Leiper - Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular …, 2012 - Am Heart Assoc
The asymmetric methylarginines inhibit nitric oxide synthesis in vivo by competing with L-
arginine at the active site of nitric oxide synthase. High circulating levels of asymmetric …

Nitric oxide synthases, S-nitrosylation and cardiovascular health: from molecular mechanisms to therapeutic opportunities

AV Treuer, DR Gonzalez - Molecular medicine reports, 2015 - spandidos-publications.com
The understanding of nitric oxide (NO) signaling has grown substantially since the
identification of endothelial derived relaxing factor (EDRF). NO has emerged as a ubiquitous …

Inhibition of dimethylarginine dimethylaminohydrolase (DDAH) enzymes as an emerging therapeutic strategy to target angiogenesis and vasculogenic mimicry in …

JA Hulin, EA Gubareva, N Jarzebska… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The small free radical gas nitric oxide (NO) plays a key role in various physiological and
pathological processes through enhancement of endothelial cell survival and proliferation …

SNOSite: exploiting maximal dependence decomposition to identify cysteine S-nitrosylation with substrate site specificity

TY Lee, YJ Chen, TC Lu, HD Huang, YJ Chen - PloS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
S-nitrosylation, the covalent attachment of a nitric oxide to (NO) the sulfur atom of cysteine, is
a selective and reversible protein post-translational modification (PTM) that regulates protein …

Mass spectrometry in studies of protein thiol chemistry and signaling: opportunities and caveats

NOD Baez, JA Reisz, CM Furdui - Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 2015 - Elsevier
Mass spectrometry (MS) has become a powerful and widely utilized tool in the investigation
of protein thiol chemistry, biochemistry, and biology. Very early biochemical studies of …

Proteomic analysis of S-nitrosylated proteins in mesangial cells

T Kuncewicz, EA Sheta, IL Goldknopf… - Molecular & Cellular …, 2003 - ASBMB
NO participates in numerous biological events in a variety of cell types including activated
glomerular mesangial cells. Many of these events appear to be independent of the known …