Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disease resulting from the progressive loss of motor neurons in the spinal cord and brain. To date, clinically effective neuroprotective agents have not been available. The current study demonstrates for the first time
Threohydroxyaspartate (THA)-induced glutamate excitotoxicity in organotypic culture of rat spinal cord is a well-known model of motor neuron degeneration. THA causes accumulation of synaptic glutamate and over stimulation of the postsynaptic receptor by inhibiting glutamate uptake. This model has also
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a devastating neurodegenerative disease characterized by selective loss of motor neurons. Although organotypic spinal slice cultures (OSCs) exposed to inhibitors of glutamate uptake have been used as a model of ALS for screening of potentially
Non-heme hydroxylase engineering for simple enzymatic synthesis of L-threo-hydroxyaspartic acid.
Matthias Strieker et al.
Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology, 9(3), 374-376 (2008-01-24)
Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.), 446, 85-94 (2008-04-01)
Vitamin K-dependent coagulation plasma proteins possess from 9-12 residues of gamma-carboxyglutamic acid (Gla) distributed over a ca. 45 amino acid peptide sequence, i.e., the Gla domain, which encompasses the NH2-terminal region. In addition, epidermal growth factor (EGF) homology units present
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