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1.
The spectral and metabolic properties of Rhodamine 123, a fluorescent cationic dye used to label mitochondria in living cells, were investigated in suspensions of isolated rat-liver mitochondria. A red shift of Rhodamine 123 absorbance and fluorescence occurred following mitochondrial energization. Fluorescence quenching of as much as 75% also occurred. The red shift and quenching varied linearly with the potassium diffusion potential, but did not respond to delta pH. These energy-linked changes were accompanied by dye uptake into the matrix space. Concentration ratios, in-to-out, approached 4000:1. A large fraction of internalized dye was bound. At concentrations higher than those needed to record these spectral changes, Rhodamine 123 inhibited ADP-stimulated (State 3) respiration of mitochondria (Ki = 12 microM) and ATPase activity of inverted inner membrane vesicles (Ki = 126 microM) and partially purified F1-ATPase (Ki = 177 microM). The smaller Ki for coupled mitochondria was accounted for by energy-dependent Rhodamine 123 uptake into the matrix. Above about 20 nmol/mg protein (10 microM), Rhodamine 123 caused rapid swelling of energized mitochondria. Effects on electron-transfer reactions and coupling were small or negligible even at the highest Rhodamine 123 concentrations employed. delta psi-dependent Rhodamine 123 uptake together with Rhodamine 123 binding account for the intense fluorescent staining of mitochondria in living cells. Inhibition of mitochondria ATPase likely accounts for the cytotoxicity of Rhodamine 123. At concentrations which do not inhibit mitochondrial function, Rhodamine 123 is a sensitive and specific probe of delta psi in isolated mitochondria.  相似文献   

2.
Multiplicity of hepatic microsomal coenzyme A ligases catalyzing acyl-CoA thioester formation is an important factor for consideration in relation to the metabolism of xenobiotic carboxylic acids. In this study the kinetic characteristics of rat hepatic microsomal nafenopin-CoA ligase were studied and compared with those of long-chain fatty acid (palmitoyl) CoA ligase. The high affinity component of palmitoyl-CoA formation was inhibited by nafenopin (Ki 53 μM) and ciprofibrate (Ki 1000 μM). Analagous to palmitoyl-CoA, nafenopin-CoA formation was catalyzed by an apparent high affinity low capacity isoform (Km 6 ± 2.5 μM, (Vmax 0.33 ± 0.12 nmol/mg per min) which was inhibited competitively by palmitic acid (mean Ki 1.7 μM, n = 5) and R-ibuprofen (mean Ki 10.8 μM, n = 5) whilst ciprofibrate and clofibric acid were ineffective as inhibitors. The intrinsic metabolic clearance of nafenopin to nafenopin-CoA (Vmax/Km 0.057 ± 0.011 nmol/mg/min ± M) was similar to that reported recently for the formation of ibuprofenyl-CoA by rat liver microsomes. Evidence of both a substantial difference between the Km and Ki for nafenopin and lack of commonality with regard to xenobiotic inhibitors suggests that the high affinity microsomal nafenopin-CoA and long-chain fatty acid-CoA ligases are kinetically distinct. Thus until the current ‘long-chain like’ xenobiotic-CoA ligases are fully characterised in terms of substrate specificity, inhibitor profile, etc, it will be impossible to rationalize (and possibly predict) the metabolism and hence toxicity of xenobiotic carboxylic acids forming acyl-CoA thioester intermediates.  相似文献   

3.
A series of 1-alkoxycarbonyl-3-halogenoazetidin-2-ones, designed as potential suicide inhibitors of serine proteases, has been synthesized and evaluated against porcine pancreatic elastase (PPE). All the compounds were transient inhibitors, their activity depending mainly on the nature of the halogen substituent: bromo- and iodo- derivatives are more active (Ki 2–22 μM) than 3-chloroazetidinones (Ki 20–150 μM). The lipophilicity of the N-1 substituent appeared to exert a slightly positive effect.  相似文献   

4.
A library of tetrapeptides was evaluated for Hepatitis C Virus NS3 protease inhibitor activity in an in vitro assay system comprising the native bifunctional full-length NS3 (protease-helicase/NTPase) protein. Tetrapeptides with Ki values in the high nanomolar range were identified, for example Suc-Chg-Glu-2-Nal-Cys (Ki=0.27±0.03 μM) and Suc-Dif-Glu-Glu-Cys (Ki=0.40±0.10 μM). Furthermore, it was shown that the inhibitory potencies are not affected significantly by assay ionic strength. As suggested by molecular modelling, potential binding interactions of the tetrapeptide inhibitors with the helicase domain might explain the data and structure–activity relationships thus obtained. Hence, we postulate that the full-length NS3 assay is a relevant system for inhibitor identification, offering new opportunities for inhibitor design.  相似文献   

5.
Polyphosphates of different chain lengths (P3, P4, P15, P35), (1 μM) inhibited 10, 60, 90 and 100%, respectively, the primer (tRNA) dependent synthesis of poly(A) catalyzed poly(A) polymerase from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The relative inhibition evoked by p4A and P4 (1 μM) was 40 and 60%, respectively, whereas 1 μM Ap4A was not inhibitory. P4 and P15 were assayed as inhibitors of the enzyme in the presence of (a) saturating tRNA and variable concentrations of ATP and (b) saturating ATP and variable concentrations of tRNA. In (a), P4 and P15 behaved as competitive inhibitors, with Ki values of 0.5 μM and 0.2 μM, respectively. In addition, P4 (at 1 μM) and P15 (at 0.3 μM) changed the Hill coefficient (nH) from 1 (control) to about 1.3 and 1.6, respectively. In (b), the inhibition by P4 and P15 decreased V and modified only slightly the Km values of the enzyme towards tRNA.  相似文献   

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3β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase 5-ene isomerase (3βHSD/I) activity is necessary for the biosynthesis of hormonally active steroids. A dual distribution of the enzyme was described in toad testes. The present study demonstrates that in testicular tissue of Bufo arenarum H., microsomal 3βHSD/I has more affinity for dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) than for pregnenolone (Km=0.17±0.03 and 1.02 μM, respectively). The Hill coefficient for the conversion of DHEA and pregnenolone were 1.04 and 1.01, respectively. The inclusion of DHEA in the kinetic analysis of pregnenolone conversion affected Vmax while Km was not modified, suggesting a non-competitive inhibition of the conversion of pregnenolone. Ki was calculated from replot of Dixon's slope for each substrate concentration. Ki from the intercept and the slope of this replot were similar (0.276±0.01 and 0.263±0.02 μM) and higher than the Km for DHEA. The Km and Ki values suggest the presence of two different binding sites. When pregnenolone was present in the assays with DHEA as substrate, no effect was observed on the Vmax while Km values slightly increased with pregnenolone concentration. Consequently, pregnenolone inhibited the transformation of DHEA in a competitive fashion. These studies suggest that, in this species, the microsomal biosyntheses of androgens and progesterone are catalysed by different active sites.  相似文献   

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The effects of N-ethylmaleimide (NEM) on mouse platelet serotonin (5-HT) and 86Rb+ uptake were studied. The 5-HT transport system showed a biphasic response to increasing concentrations of NEM, with low concentrations (25–50 μM) stimulating and high concentrations (200–400 μM) inhibiting 5-HT transport. Fluoxetine, an inhibitor of the platelet 5-HT transporter, blocked NEM-induced stimulation of 5-HT transport. The kinetics of 5-HT uptake indicated that NEM (50 μM) markedly increased the maximal rate of 5-HT transport (Vmax control = 28.4±1.4 pmol/108 platelets/4 min vs Vmax NEM = 64.5±9.5 pmol/108 platelets/4 min but had no significant effect on the Km value. Platelet Na+ K+ ATPase activity was determined by measuring 86Rb+ uptake. Platelet 86Rb+ uptake showed a biphasic response to NEM, with low concentrations (25–100 μM) significantly stimulating and high concentrations (400 μM) inhibiting uptake. These changes in platelet 86Rb+ uptake paralleled the biphasic changes in 5-HT transport. In the presence of fluoxetine, 5-HT transport was markedly inhibited but no change in the ability of NEM to stimulate 86Rb+ uptake was observed. These data suggest that low concentrations of NEM activate plasma membrane Na+ K+ ATPase which results in a marked stimulation of platelet 5-HT transport.  相似文献   

8.
P.M. Vignais  P.V. Vignais 《BBA》1973,325(3):357-374

1. 1. Fuscin, a mould metabolite, is a colored quinonoid compound which reacts readily with −SH groups to give colorless addition derivatives.

2. 2. Binding of fuscin to mitochondria has been monitored spectrophotometrically. Fuscin binding is prevented by −SH reagents such as N-ehylmaleimide, N-Methylmaleimide, mersalyl or p-chloromercuribenzoate. Conversely, fuscin prevents the binding of −SH reagents as shown with N-[14C]ethylmaleimide. Once bound to mitochondria, fuscin is not removable by washing of mitochondria.

3. 3. High affinity-fuscin binding sites (Kd = 1 μM, N = 4–8 nmoles/mg protein) are present in whole mitochondria obtained from rat heart, rat liver, pigeon heart or yeast (Candida utilis). They are lost upon sonication but are still present in digitonin inner membrane + matrix vesicles. On the other hand, lysis of mitochondria by Triton X-100 does not increase the number of high affinity binding sites indicating that all these sites are accessible to fuscin in whole mitochondria. The number of fuscin high affinity sites appears to correlate with the glutathione content of mitochondrial preparations.

4. 4. Fuscin as well as N-ethylmaleimide and avenaciolide are penetrant SH-reagents;

5. 5. Fuscin interferes with the ADP-stimulated respiration of mitochondria on NAD-linked substrates, several functions of the mitochondrial respiratory apparatus being inhibited by fuscin in a non-competitive manner, but to various extents: (a) The electron transfer chain (Ki in the range of 0.1 mM); (b) the lipoamide dehydrogenase system (Ki = 5–10 μM); (c) the transport systems of phosphate (Ki ≈ 20 μM) and of glutamate (Ki = 3–5 μM); (d) the ADP transport, indirectly (Ki ≈ 10 μM).

6. 6. Like N-ethylmaleimide, fuscin inhibits the glutamate-OH carrier, the inhibition of that carrier bringing about an apparent increase of aspartate entry in glutamate-loaded mitochondria by the glutamate-aspartate carrier.

7. 7. The inhibition of phosphate transport by fuscin probably accounts for the inhibition of the reduction of endogenous NAD by succinate in intact pigeon heart mitochondria.

8. 8. By binding the −SH groups of mitochondrial membrane specifically unmasked by addition of micromolar amounts of ADP, fuscin, like N-ethylmaleimide, prevents the functioning of ADP translocation.

9. 9. Because of their specific and analogous effects on some well defined mitochondrial functions such as glutamate transport and ADP transport, fuscin and N-ethylmaleimide can be distinguished from other −SH reagents. The lipophilic nature of fuscin and N-ethylmaleimide which accounts for the accessbility of these compounds to hydrophobic sites in the mitochondrial membrane or on the matrix side of this membrane may be partly responsible for their characteristic inhibitory effects on mitochondrial functions.

Abbreviations: DTNB, 5,5′-dithio-bis-(2-nitrobenzoic acid); PCMB, p-chloromercuribenzoate  相似文献   


9.
Steven C. Huber  Gerald E. Edwards   《BBA》1977,462(3):603-612
1. Mesophyll chloroplasts of the C4 plant Digitaria sanguinalis contain endogenous phosphoenolpyruvate which appears to distribute across the envelope according to the existing pH gradient. The phosphoenolpyruvate remaining in the stroma can be rapidly released by external inorganic phosphate or 3-phosphoglycerate while external pyruvate did not affect the distribution.

2. Phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP) was a competitive inhibitor (Ki(PEP) = 450 μM) of 32Pi uptake (Km(Pi) = 200 μM) by chloroplasts in the dark and also reduced the steady-state internal concentration of 32Pi, which is consistent with phosphate and phosphoenolpyruvate sharing a common carrier.

3. Phosphoenolpyruvate formation by chloroplasts in the light in the presence of pyruvate but in the absence of inorganic phosphate was slow and the concentration ratio of phosphoenolpyruvate (internal/external) was high. Addition of 0.1 mM phosphate induced a high rate of phosphoenolpyruvate formation and the concentration ratio (internal/external) decreased 15-fold. It is proposed that external phosphate is required both for phosphoenolpyruvate formation and efflux from the chloroplast.  相似文献   


10.
A novel class of Cathepsin B inhibitors has been developed with a 1,2,4-thiadiazole heterocycle as the thiol trapping pharmacophore. Several compounds with different dipeptide recognition sequence (i.e., P1′–P2′=Leu-Pro-OH or P2–P1=Cbz-Phe-Ala) at the C5 position and with different substituents (i.e., OMe, Ph, or COOH) at the C3 position of the 1,2,4-thiadiazole ring have been synthesized and tested for their inhibitory activities. The substituted thiadiazoles 3a–h inhibit Cat B in a time dependent, irreversible manner. A mechanism based on active-site directed inactivation of the enzyme by disulfide bond formation between the active site cysteine thiol and the sulfur atom of the heterocycle is proposed. Compound 3a (Ki=2.6 μM, ki/Ki=5630 M−1 s−1) with a C3 methoxy moiety and a Leu-Pro-OH dipeptide recognition sequence, is found to be the most potent inhibitor in this series. The enhanced inhibitory potency of 3a is a consequence of its increased enzyme binding affinity (lower Ki) rather than its increased intrinsic reactivity (higher ki). In addition, 3a is inactive against Cathepsin S, is a poor inhibitor of Cathepsin H and is >100-fold more selective for Cat B over papain.  相似文献   

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The suitability of the fluorescent dye rhodamine 123 for qualitative and quantitative determinations of the electrical potential difference (ΔΨ) in isolated pea (Pisum sativum L.) stem mitochondria was evaluated. A fluorescence quenching of rhodamine 123, as a consequence of dye uptake, occurred following mitochondria energization by both external and internal substrates. This quenching was associated to the generation of ΔΨ, because it was completely released by uncouplers and respiratory inhibitors. The conversion of the proton gradient (ΔpH) into ΔΨ, induced by nigericin or a permeant weak acid (phosphate), increased the quenching. The uptake of the probe was accompanied by 40 % of unspecific binding in coupled, but not in uncoupled, mitochondria. Rhodamine 123 quenching varied linearly with a K+-diffusion potential. ADP induced a transient and cyclic change of fluorescence which was associated to ATP synthesis. Consequently, rhodamine 123 did not influence oxygen consumption by mitochondria in both state 4 and 3, thus indicating that, at the concentrations assayed, the probe was not toxic. It is concluded that rhodamine 123, followed by fluorescence quenching, is a suitable probe to study the energetics of isolated plant mitochondria. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.  相似文献   

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Steroid sulfatase (STS) catalyzes the hydrolysis of steroidal sulfates such as estrone sulfate (ES1) to the corresponding steroids and inorganic sulfate. STS is considered to be a potential target for the development of therapeutics for the treatment of steroid-dependent cancers. Two steroidal and two coumarin- and chromenone-based boronic acids were synthesized and examined as inhibitors of purified STS. The boronic acid analog of estrone sulfate bearing a boronic acid moiety at the 3-position in place of the sulfate group was a good competitive STS inhibitor with a Ki of 2.8 μM at pH 7.0 and 6.8 μM at pH 8.8. The inhibition was reversible and kinetic properties corresponding to the mechanism for slow-binding inhibitors were not observed. An estradiol derivative bearing a boronic acid group at the 3-position and a benzyl group at the 17-position was a potent reversible, non-competitive STS inhibitor with a Ki of 250 nM. However, its 3-OH analog, a known STS inhibitor, exhibited an almost identical affinity for STS and also bound in a non-competitive manner. It is suggested that these compounds prefer to bind in a hydrophobic tunnel close to the entrance to the active site. The coumarin and chromenone boronic acids were modest inhibitors of STS with IC50s of 86 and 171 μM, respectively. Surprisingly, replacing the boronic acid group of the chromenone derivative with an OH group yielded a good reversible, mixed type inhibitor with a Ki of 4.6 μM. Overall, these results suggest that the boronic acid moiety must be attached to a platform very closely resembling a natural substrate in order for it to impart a beneficial effect on binding affinity compared to its phenolic analog.  相似文献   

13.
Three series of new cannabinoids were prepared and their affinities for the CB1 and CB2 cannabinoid recptors were determined. These are the 1-methoxy-3-(1′,1′-dimethylalkyl)-, 1-deoxy-11-hydroxy-3-(1′,1′-dimethylalkyl)- and 11-hydroxy-1-methoxy-3-(1′,1′-dimethylalkyl)-Δ8-tetrahydrocannabinols, which contain alkyl chains from dimethylethyl to dimethylheptyl appended to C-3 of the cannabinoid. All of these compounds have greater affinity for the CB2 receptor than for the CB1 receptor, however only 1-methoxy-3-(1′,1′-dimethylhexyl)-Δ8-THC (JWH-229, 6e) has effectively no affinity for the CB1 receptor (Ki=3134±110 nM) and high affinity for CB2 (Ki=18±2 nM).  相似文献   

14.
H. Verdouw  R.M. Bertina 《BBA》1973,325(3):385-396

1. 1. The effect of Mg2+ on ATP-dependent processes catalysed by intact rat-liver mitochondria can be explained quantitatively by the formation of Mg-ATP complexes that cannot act as a substrate for the adenine nucleotide translocator.

2. 2. The dinitrophenol-induced ATPase is characterized by two affinities of ATP: Km(1) = 6.7 μM and Km(2) = 63 μM, which contribute to the extent of 70% and 30%, respectively, to the total ATPase activity under the standard conditions employed.

3. 3. Km(1) of ATP is competitively increased by atractyloside, and is insensitive to changes in cation concentration or to oligomycin or aurovertin.

4. 4. Km(2) is as sensitive to atractyloside as the Km(1) and is also insensitive to oligomycin. However, it is increased by decreasing the cation concentration, and disappears in the presence of aurovertin.

5. 5. It is proposed that two conformations of the adenine nucleotide translocator exist, characterized by their different affinities for ATP. The distribution of the enzyme over these two conformations appears to be a function of the energy state of the mitochondria (coupled or uncoupled).

Abbreviations: PEP, phosphoenol pyruvate  相似文献   


15.
The relationship between the respiration rate and the magnitude of the electrochemical proton potential (ΔμH+) in rat liver mitochondria was investigated. (1) Under the active-state conditions, the action of inhibitors of either phosphorylation (oligomycin) or respiration (rotenone, malonate) on the respiration and ΔμH+ was measured. Both inhibitors diminished the respiration, whereas rotenone resulted in a decrease of ΔμH+, and oligomycin produced an increase of this potential. The effect of the inhibitors was much more pronounced on the respiration rate than on ΔμH+; for example, the excess of oligomycin produced a 90% inhibition of the respiration while ΔμH+ was changed only by 9%. (2) Under the resting-state conditions, small concentrations of the uncoupler stimulated the respiration while changing ΔμH+ to a relatively small extent. The uncoupler concentrations which doubled and tripled the respiration rate produced only 5 and 9% decrease of ΔμH+, respectively. (3) The present results enabled us to propose a model describing the interrelationship between respiration and ΔμH+.  相似文献   

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It has been postulated that a reversal of glutamate reuptake (“uptake reverse”) may contribute to glutamate release during cerebral ischemia. We tested this hypothesis by studying the effect of threo-3hydroxy- -aspartic acid (THA), a glutamate uptake inhibitor, on extracellular glutamate accumulation measured by microdialysis during 4-vessel ischemia (20 min). The inhibitory effect of THA on sodium-dependent glutamate uptake was measured in vitro on rat hippocampal slices (Ki = 45 ± 11 μM). We examined in vivo the effect of THA (400 μM in the dialysis solution) on the extracellular glutamate release from the rat hippocampus, during veratridine depolarization and ischemia. THA decreased the amount of glutamate appearing in the extracellular space during veratridine depolarization (61%). In contrast, the glutamate release induced by ischemia was not affected by THA. We conclude that a reversal of the sodium-dependent uptake contributes to an increase in extracellular glutamate during veratridine depolarization. In contrast, glutamate release occurring during ischemia is not mediated by uptake reverse.  相似文献   

17.
N-Acyl-N-hydroxy-β-amino acid derivatives were prepared and tested as inhibitors for thermolysin to find that these inhibitors show the -stereospecificity in contrast to the corresponding hydroxamates prepared from -amino acid, which exhibit the -stereochemistry. N-Formyl-N-hydroxy-β- -Phe-NHMe is the most potent inhibitor having the Ki value of 1.66 μM.  相似文献   

18.
Hans Degn  Hartmut Wohlrab 《BBA》1971,245(2):347-355
1. An apparatus was developed for the simultaneous measurement of steady-state values of respiration rate and oxidation level of respiratory pigments at low oxygen tensions. An open reaction system is utilized. The liquid sample is in contact with a gas mixture whose oxygen tension can be increased linearly with time at a rate so slow that the system is always practically at a steady state.

2. Assuming Michaelis-Menten kinetics in the respiration, theoretical curves for oxygen tension in the liquid and oxidation level of the terminal oxidase during a linear increase of the oxygen tension in the gas were calculated.

3. Measurements were performed on rat liver mitochondria. Steady-state curves for oxygen tension in the liquid and oxidation level of the terminal oxidase, cytochrome a3, obtained with coupled mitochondria resembled the theoretical curves. For uncoupled mitochondria the cytochrome a3 curve was signmoidal, deviating strongly from the theoretical curve.

4. The apparent Km for oxygen uptake of coupled mitochondria in the presence of pyruvate and malate, in the absence of phosphate was found to be 0.5 μM. In the case of uncoupled mitochondria the oxygen tension in the liquid could not be measured with sufficient accuracy to allow comparison with Michaelis-Menten kinetics. The apparent Km for oxygen uptake was less than 0.05 μM.  相似文献   


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The uptake of the neuroactive sulphur amino acids -cysteine sulphinate, -cysteate, -homocysteine sulphinate and -homocysteate was investigated in astrocytes cultured from the prefrontal cortex; in neurons, cultured from cerebral cortex; and, in granule cells, cultured from cerebellum. It was shown that each amino acid acted as a substrate for a plasma membrane transporter in both neurons and astrocytes. Astrocytes and neurons exhibited a high-affinity uptake for -cysteine sulphinate and -cysteate with Km values ranging from 14–100 μM, and a low-affinity uptake for -homocysteine sulphinate and -homocysteate, with Km values ranging from 225–1210 μM. The uptake of all transmitter candidates studied was partially sodium-dependent. This sodium-dependency was most evident at low (< 100 μM) concentrations of each substrate. The apparent uptake measured in the absence of sodium was included as a component in corrections made for non-saturable influx. With the exception of -cysteine sulphinate, uptake of each sulphur amino acid was greatest in astrocytes, with Vmax values ranging between 15–32 nmol min−1 mg−1 cell protein. Moreover, the uptake of each sulphur amino acid in cerebellar granule cells (Vmax values ranging between 10–25 nmol min−1 mg−1 cell protein) was consistently greater than that in cerebral cortex neurons (Vmax values ranging between 1.5–6 nmol min−1 mg−1 cell protein).  相似文献   

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The binding of [3H]proctolin to oviduct membranes has been analyzed to investigate the nature of proctolin binding sites in the oviduct. Proctolin binding was found to be time dependent, proportional to concentration of membrane protein, saturable, specific and reversible. Two apparent proctolin binding sites were recognized. The first had a Kd of 400 ± 82 nM and a Bmax of 23.7 ± 6.7 pmol/mg protein. The second had a Kd of 2.4 ± 0.2 μM and a Bmax of 96.3 ± 16.7 pmo/mg protein.

Binding was specific in thatcompetition experiments with a wide range of peptides showed that only Arg-Tyr-Leu-Pro-Ala was an effective competitor at μM concentrations. All other peptides examined weekly reduced proctolin binding at concentrations above 50 μM. Certain peptides were found to potentiate [3]pproctolin binding at low μM concentrations (1–10 μM) and to inhibit proctolin binding at higher concentrations. The significance of these findings is discussed.  相似文献   


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