Cytochrome b5 reductases: Redox regulators of cell homeostasis

R Hall, S Yuan, K Wood, M Katona… - Journal of Biological …, 2022 - ASBMB
The cytochrome-b 5 reductase (CYB5R) family of flavoproteins is known to regulate
reduction-oxidation (redox) balance in cells. The five enzyme members are highly …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular mechanism of metabolic NAD (P) H-dependent electron-transfer systems: The role of redox cofactors

T Iyanagi - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Bioenergetics, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract NAD (P) H-dependent electron-transfer (ET) systems require three functional
components: a flavin-containing NAD (P) H-dehydrogenase, one-electron carrier and metal …

Inhibition of dihydroceramide desaturase activity by the sphingosine kinase inhibitor SKI II [S]

F Cingolani, M Casasampere, P Sanllehí, J Casas… - Journal of lipid …, 2014 - ASBMB
Sphingosine kinase inhibitor (SKI) II has been reported as a dual inhibitor of sphingosine
kinases (SKs) 1 and 2 and has been extensively used to prove the involvement of SKs and …

Pulse radiolysis studies for mechanism in biochemical redox reactions

K Kobayashi - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
Pulse radiolysis is a powerful method for generating highly reduced or oxidized species and
free radicals. Combined with fast time-resolved spectroscopic measurement, we can monitor …

Unconventional NH… N hydrogen bonds involving proline backbone nitrogen in protein structures

RNVK Deepak, R Sankararamakrishnan - Biophysical journal, 2016 - cell.com
Contrary to DNA double-helical structures, hydrogen bonds (H-bonds) involving nitrogen as
the acceptor are not common in protein structures. We systematically searched NH… N H …

Phytochemical analysis, antimicrobial and antioxidant activities of essential oils of the species Artemisia mesatlantica maire: in vitro and in silico approaches

K Chebbac, O Abchir, M Chalkha… - CyTA-Journal of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
In the present work, we assessed the antioxidant, antibacterial, and antifungal activities of
chemically defined Artemisia mesatlantica Maire (EOAM) essential oils. The GC-MS analysis …

A Redox-Enzyme Integrated Microbial Fuel Cell Design Using the Surface Display System in Shewanella oneidensis MR-1

S Baek, H Lee, YS Lee, IS Chang… - ACS Applied Materials & …, 2024 - ACS Publications
A biofuel cell is an electrochemical device using exoelectrogen or biocatalysts to transfer
electrons from redox reactions to the electrodes. While wild-type microbes and natural …

Structural Features of Cytochrome b5–Cytochrome b5 Reductase Complex Formation and Implications for the Intramolecular Dynamics of Cytochrome b5 …

C Gutiérrez-Merino, OH Martínez-Costa… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Membrane cytochrome b 5 reductase is a pleiotropic oxidoreductase that uses primarily
soluble reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH) as an electron donor to reduce …

High‐resolution studies of hydride transfer in the ferredoxin:NADP+ reductase superfamily

KM Kean, RA Carpenter, V Pandini, G Zanetti… - The FEBS …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Ferredoxin: NADP+ reductase (FNR) is an FAD‐containing enzyme best known for
catalysing the transfer of electrons from ferredoxin (Fd) to NADP+ to make NADPH during …

External mitochondrial NADH-dependent reductase of redox cyclers: VDAC1 or Cyb5R3?

AB Nikiforova, NEL Saris, AG Kruglov - Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 2014 - Elsevier
It was reported that VDAC1 possesses an NADH oxidoreductase activity and plays an
important role in the activation of xenobiotics in the outer mitochondrial membrane. In the …