ARGININE

ärˈjənĭn, organic compound, one of the 20 amino acids commonly found in animal proteins. Only the l-stereoisomer participates in the biosynthesis of proteins. Its basic side chain adds a positive charge and hence a greater degree of water-solubility to proteins in neutral solution. Although arginine can be synthesized from cellular metabolites, it is usually considered essential to the diet of children for the maintenance of normal rates of growth. Arginine is the direct metabolic precursor of urea, the dominant nitrogenous waste product of most mammals. It was discovered in protein in 1895.

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books on: Arginine  - 235 results

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Control Mechanisms in Cellular Processes
Book by Sigmund R. Suskind, Charles Yanofsky, Henry J. Vogel, H. Edwin Umbarger, Marko Zalokar, Jan Van Eys, H. G. Williams-Ashman, Peter M. Ray, William S. Hillman, J. Woodland Hastings, David M. Bonner; Ronald Press, 1961
Subjects: Biochemistry, Cytology
...under conditions of repression by arginine and then under derepressed conditions...an early block in the ornithine-arginine pathway Vogel, 1953b and gives...response to acetylornithine or to arginine or to arginine precursors following...
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Life: Its Nature and Origin
Book by Jerome Alexander; Reinhold Pub. Corp., 1948
Subjects: Life
...irradiation are unable to synthesize the amino acid arginine from the minimal medium, though normal Neurospora can do so. These mutants thrive only when arginine is supplied. 3 In mammals, arginine is formed in the so-called ornithine cycle...
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The Molecular Basis of Evolution
Book by Christian B. Anfinsen; Wiley, 1959
Subjects: Evolution (Biology), Genetics, Proteins
...is restricted to positions following arginine only, by masking the -amino groups...fragments one greater than the number of arginine residues in the protein. All the fragments contain C -terminal arginine except the one derived from the C...
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Science & Technology Almanac
Book by Lynn Lauerman; Greenwood Press, 2002
Subjects: Science--Periodicals, Technology--Periodicals
...Asparagine AAA Lysine AAG Lysine AGT Serine AGC Serine AGA Arginine AGG Arginine CTT Leucine CTC Leucine CTA Leucine CTG Leucine CCT...Histidine CAC Histidine CAA Glutamine CAG Glutamine CGT Arginine CGC Arginine CGA Arginine CGG Arginine GTT Valine...
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Biological Order
Book by André Lwoff; M.I.T Press, 1962
Subjects: Biology
medium devoid of arginine, the bacterium synthesizes arginine. If arginine is supplied, the enzymes cease to be produced. The end product of the chain of biosynthesis blocks the synthesis of all the enzymes involved in the chain of arginine...
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journal articles on: Arginine  - 273 results

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Effects of Alcohol Consumption and Accompanying Diet on Metabolic Response to Arginine in Chronic Alcoholics
Journal article by A. Pezzarossa, D. Dazzi, R. Negro, C. Cervigni, P.P. Vescovi; Journal of Studies on Alcohol, Vol. 60, 1999
Subjects: Alcoholics--Physiological aspects, Arginine--Physiological aspects, Drinking of alcoholic beverages--Physiological aspects, Glucose metabolism--Research
...Accompanying Diet on Metabolic Response to Arginine in Chronic Alcoholics by A. PEZZAROSSA...alcohol on the metabolic response to arginine, an aminoacid that stimulates glucagon...performed an OGTT (75 g). The first arginine tolerance test (ATT) was done after...
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Periplaneta Americana Arginine Kinase as a Major Cockroach Allergen among Thai Patients with Major Cockroach Allergies
Journal article by Nitat Sookrung, Wanpen Chaicumpa, Anchalee Tungtrongchitr, Pakit Vichyanond, Chaweewan Bunnag, Pongrama Ramasoota, Pongsri Tongtawe, Yuwaporn Sakolvaree, Pramuan Tapchaisri; Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 114, 2006
Subjects: Asthma, Peptides
Periplaneta Americana Arginine Kinase as a Major Cockroach Allergen...protein of P. americana was shown to be arginine kinase that reacted to IgE in the...results revealed that P. americana arginine kinase is a pan-insect protein and...
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The Drosophila U1-70k Protein Is Required for Viability, but Its Arginine-rich Domain Is Dispensable
Journal article by Helen K. Salz, Ricardo S. Y Mancebo, Alexis A. Nagengast, Olga Speck; Genetics, Vol. 168, 2004
Subjects: Genotype & phenotype, Insects, Mutation, Proteins, Ribonucleic acid--RNA, Studies
...Protein Is Required for Viability, but Its Arginine-rich Domain Is Dispensable by Helen...between these two proteins is mediated by arginine-/serine-rich (RS) domains located...Following these highly conserved motifs is an arginine-rich region, which contains two embedded...
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Yin and Yang of Histone H2b Roles in Silencing and Longevity: a Tale of Two Arginines
Journal article by Junbiao Dai, Edel M. Hyland, Anne Norris, Jef D. Boeke; Genetics, Vol. 186, 2010
Subjects: Genes, Genetics, Mutation, Proteins, Yeast
...and Longevity: a Tale of Two Arginines by Junbiao Dai , Edel M. Hyland...residues are analyzed in detail: arginine 95 (R95) and arginine 102 (R102) as substitutions...et al. 2003). In the H2B arginine mutations, we found R95 mutants...
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Arabidopsis Short Integuments 2 Is a Mitochondrial DAR Gtpase
Journal article by Theresa A. Hill, Jean Broadhvest, Robert K. Kuzoff, Charles S. Gasser; Genetics, Vol. 174, 2006
Subjects: Alanine, Apoptosis, Arabidopsis Proteins, Arginine, Aspartic Acid, Cell Cycle Proteins, DCL1 protein, Arabidopsis, Flowers & plants, GTP Phosphohydrolases, Genes, Kinases, Proteins, Ribonuclease III, SIN2 protein, Arabidopsis
...of a conserved aspartate-alanine-arginine (DAR) motif and other conserved features...unique conserved aspartate-alanine-arginine (DAR) motif, with a relatively uncharacterized...consisted of conservative lysine-to-arginine or aspartateto glutamate substitutions...
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magazine articles on: Arginine  - 68 results

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A Microbiologist Who Stopped Her Fever Blisters
Magazine article by Ted Kreiter; The Saturday Evening Post, Vol. 267, November 1995
Subjects: Amino acids, Diet, Herpes viruses
...explained that an excess of the amino acid arginine in the diet can lead to fever blisters...chocolates, he said, are all high in arginine. Mary recalled that she had eaten a...for a month without eating any high-arginine foods and then get one of those big bags...
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Genetics Play Role in Response to Asthma Drug
Magazine article; FDA Consumer, Vol. 39, January 2005
Subjects: Antiasthmatic agents--Usage, Asthma--Drug therapy, Genetic research
...Researchers compared participants who have arginine versions of the gene (the arginine genotype) to those with glycine versions of...responded well to albuterol, those with the arginine genotype had poorer asthma control after 16...
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New and Emerging Therapies for Erectile Dysfunction
Magazine article by Cynthia H. Starr; Drug Topics, Vol. 144, June 5, 2000
Subjects: Continuing education, Drug therapy, Pharmacists, Sexual disorders, United States
...coming out. Listener: What do you think of the use of arginine in herbal products? Mulhall: L-arginine is a donor of NO, the erectogenic neurotransmitter The problem with L-arginine is the amount of NO that actually gets to the penis...
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The Essential Guide to Amino Acids
Magazine article by Carol Ballentine; FDA Consumer, Vol. 19, September 1985
Subjects: Amino acids in nutrition--Physiological aspects, Proteins--Health aspects, Tryptophan--Physiological aspects, United States. Food and Drug Administration--Research
...And a number of products containing arginine and ornithine (both amino acids) have...claims for these products. The case for arginine products is particularly unconvincing...place, it is unlikely that the amount of arginine in the pills is large enough to cause...
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The Nucleosome Untangled
Magazine article by Brendan Maher; The Scientist, Vol. 20, May 2006
...says Boeke. By changing them to glutamine or arginine, they can mimic acetylated or unacetylatable...Kouzarides group has been focusing on both lysine and arginine methylation. No arginine demethylases have yet been discovered, but his...
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newspaper articles on: Arginine  - 83 results

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Yesterdays Results
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), June 26, 2007
Subjects: Arginine
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Lawn Tennis: DAY 1 ORDER OF PLAY; WIMBLEDON 2007... FIRST ROUND MATCHES
Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), June 25, 2007
Subjects: Arginine
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My Choice of Nuts
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, April 26, 2011
Subjects: Nuts (Food)--Personal narratives, Nuts--Personal narratives
...amino acid found in pistachio called Arginine may also be one of the reasons why this nut can contribute to heart health. With Arginine being converted to nitric oxide which...already shown that daily oral dose of Arginine can significantly reduce systolic blood...
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HOW MEN CAN PERK UP THEIR VIRILITY WITHOUT VIAGRA; as Research Suggests Those Little Blue Pills Can Cause Deafness, We Uncover the Alternatives to Ensure a Return to a Healthy Sex Life
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), May 31, 2011
Subjects: Cialis (Medication), Viagra (Medication)
...euro46 for 60, chemists nationwide CONTAINS: L-Arginine and pycnogenol L-ARGININE is an amino acid found in many foods, while pycnogenol...to help maintain healthy blood vessels -- L-Arginine specifically has been shown to increase the production...
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How Men Can Perk Up tHeir Virility witHout Viagra; as Research Suggests Those Little Blue Pills Can Cause Deafness, What Are the Alternatives?
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), May 24, 2011
Subjects: Cialis (Medication), Viagra (Medication)
...sterling36.76 for 60, Boots CONTAINS: L-Arginine and pycnogenol L-ARGININE is an amino acid found in many foods; pycnogenol...said to help maintain healthy blood vessels (L-Arginine specifically has been shown to increase the production...
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encyclopedia articles on: Arginine  - 5 results

 
 
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Arginine
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ARGININE ar j nin, organic compound, one of the...proteins in neutral solution. Although arginine can be synthesized from cellular metabolites...maintenance of normal rates of growth. Arginine is the direct metabolic precursor of urea...
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Urea
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...amino group from aspartic acid is combined with the citrulline, resulting in the formation of arginine . The addition of a water molecule, arginine is then split into one molecule of urea and one molecule of ornithine, which can now repeat the...
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Histone
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...of relatively small size. They also serve a function in the transcription of DNA. The histones are rich in the amino acids arginine and lysine ; the five major subtypes of the class differ from one another chiefly in the relative amounts of these two amino...
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Amino Acid
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...NH 2 ) attached to the same carbon at the end of the compound. The 20 amino acids commonly found in animals are alanine , arginine , asparagine , aspartic acid , cysteine , glutamic acid , glutamine , glycine , histidine , isoleucine , leucine , lysine...
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Trypsin
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...peptide bonds in protein molecules that have carboxyl groups donated by certain amino acids. For trypsin these amino acids are arginine and lysine, for chymotrypsin they are tyrosine, phenylalanine, tryptophan, methionine, and leucine. Trypsin is the most...


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