Carbohydrate uptake

In contrast to E. coli, B. subtilis cells do not enter a 4-h lag phase. Instead, they continue growth with a generation time of more than 24 h and induce the synthesis of 36 CSPs which function at various levels of cellular physiology, such as protein synthesis, carbohydrate uptake and chemotaxis [120]. 

The year 1979 was also the year of the first true breakthrough of the imino sugars. This was initiated by a medical researcher with Bayer company, Dr. W. Puls, who suggested a novel therapeutic concept for the treatment of diabetes type 2 symptoms after carbohydrate uptake this involved the inhibition of intestinal a-glucosidases with various compounds found in fermentation broths, among them 1,5-dideoxy-... 

Reaction mode analysis was also used for the investigation of time hierarchies of a biochemical kinetic mechanism that describes the carbohydrate uptake and metabolism of bacterium Escherichia coli (Kremling et al. 2004). The Jacobian was calculated at the steady-state point of the system, and the analysis revealed which reaction steps contribute mainly to the reaction modes having different timescales. 

Kremling, A., Fischer, S., Sauter, T., Bettenbrock, K., Gilles, E.D. Time hierarchies in the Escherichia coli carbohydrate uptake and metabolism. Biosystems 73, 57-71 (2004)... 

The modes of action for niclosamide are interference with respiration and blockade of glucose uptake. It uncouples oxidative phosphorylation in both mammalian and taenioid mitochondria (22,23), inhibiting the anaerobic incorporation of inorganic phosphate into adenosine triphosphate (ATP). Tapeworms are very sensitive to niclosamide because they depend on the anaerobic metaboHsm of carbohydrates as their major source of energy. Niclosamide has selective toxicity for the parasites as compared with the host because Httle niclosamide is absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract. Adverse effects are uncommon, except for occasional gastrointestinal upset. 

It is experimentally difficult to obtain numerical estimates of the total number of bacteria present in seawater, and the contribution of ultramicroorganisms that have a small cell volume and low concentrations of DNA may be seriously underestimated. Although it is possible to evaluate their contribution to the uptake and mineralization of readily degraded compounds such as amino acids and carbohydrates, it is more difficult to estimate then-potential for degrading xenobiotics at realistic concentrations. 

The use of nitrogen fertilization results in higher content of N-containing compounds, including free amino acids, and also increases in terpene content in wood plants, whilst starch, total carbohydrates, phenylpropanoids and total carbon-based phytochemicals decreased (Koricheva et al., 1998). Higher levels of nitrogen favoured its uptake and increased the nitrate content of the crop, which is critical for salad vegetables and baby foods. 

Hormones have a profound effect on carbohydrate metabolism. Great interest has been aroused by reports of hormonal control of hexokinase activity by specific proteins in animal tissues.99- 100 Hexokinase action is the rate-limiting step in the uptake of D-glucose by muscle. Hexokinase is inhibited in diabetic muscle, but the inhibition can be partially reversed by insulin. A protein fraction from the anterior pituitary gland will inhibit the hexokinase of extracts of brain and muscle, and the effect of this... 

Riley and Taylor [39] have studied the uptake of about 30 organics from seawater onto the resin at pH 2 - 9. At the 2 - 5 p,g/l level none of the carbohydrates, amino acids, proteins or phenols investigated were adsorbed in any detectable amounts. Various carboxylic acids, surfactants, insecticides, dyestuffs, and especially humic acids are adsorbed. The humic acids retained on the XAD-1 resin were fractionated by elution with water at pH 7, M aqueous ammonia, and 0.2 M potassium hydroxide. 

Eukaryotic cells have evolved a complex, intracellular membrane organization. This organization is partially achieved by compartmentalization of cellular processes within specialized membrane-bounded organelles. Each organelle has a unique protein and lipid composition. This internal membrane system allows cells to perform two essential functions to sort and deliver fully processed membrane proteins, lipids and carbohydrates to specific intracellular compartments, the plasma membrane and the cell exterior, and to uptake macromolecules from the cell exterior (reviewed in [1,2]). Both processes are highly developed in cells of the nervous system, playing critical roles in the function and even survival of neurons and glia. 

Terrestrial plants are relatively unaffected by fenvalerate at recommended application rates, as judged by negligible uptake of fenvalerate from treated soils, formation of numerous fenvalerate conjugates that are pharmacologically inactive, and metabolism of the liberated cyano group into amino acids and eventually carbohydrate and protein (Miyamoto 1988). 

P is crucial for several aspects of plant metabolism, especially the energy and sugar metabolism, and several enzymatic reactions, including photosynthesis. Plants have therefore developed mechanisms for the uptake and efficient use of P. Maize plants recycled N quicker from old to young tissue when P is deficient, leading to earlier leaf senescence (Usuda 1995). P-deficient plants invest more resources into root development and therefore have an increased root-to-shoot biomass ratio compared to well-nourished plants. Furthermore, they accumulate more carbohydrates in leaves and allocate more carbon to the roots (Hermans et al. 2006). 

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