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ArticleBiomolecules2020

N-Acetylaspartate Is an Important Brain Osmolyte.

Marina Warepam, Khurshid Ahmad, Safikur Rahman, Hamidur Rahaman, Kritika Kumari, Laishram Rajendrakumar Singh

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Article in Biomolecules, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Marina WarepamDepartment of Biotechnology, Manipur University, Manipur 795003, India.
Khurshid AhmadDepartment of Medical Biotechnology, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan, Gyeongbuk 38541, Korea.
Safikur RahmanDepartment of Botany, Munshi Singh College, BR Ambedkar Bihar University, Muzaffarpur, Bihar 845401, India.
Hamidur RahamanDepartment of Biotechnology, Manipur University, Manipur 795003, India.
Kritika KumariDr. B. R. Ambedkar Center for Biomedical Research, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007, India.
Laishram Rajendrakumar SinghDr. B. R. Ambedkar Center for Biomedical Research, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007, India.
Manipur University · INUniversity of Delhi · INBabasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Bihar University · INYeungnam University · KR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Most of the human diseases related to various proteopathies are confined to the brain, which leads to the development of various forms of neurological disorders. The human brain consists of several osmolytic compounds, such as N-Acetylaspartate (NAA), myo-inositol (mI), glutamate (Glu), glutamine (Gln), creatine (Cr), and choline-containing compounds (Cho). Among these osmolytes, the level of NAA drastically decreases under neurological conditions, and, hence, NAA is considered to be one of the most widely accepted neuronal biomarkers in several human brain disorders. To date, no data are available regarding the effect of NAA on protein stability, and, therefore, the possible effect of NAA under proteopathic conditions has not been fully uncovered. To gain an insight into the effect of NAA on protein stability, thermal denaturation and structural measurements were carried out using two model proteins at different pH values. The results indicate that NAA increases the protein stability with an enhancement of structure formation. We also observed that the stabilizing ability of NAA decreases in a pH-dependent manner. Our study indicates that NAA is an efficient protein stabilizer at a physiological pH.

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Brain ChemistryOsmosisAspartic AcidBiomarkersCholineCreatineGlutamic AcidGlutamineHumansHydrogen-Ion ConcentrationInositolMuramidaseNeuronsProtein UnfoldingTemperatureThermodynamicsAspartic AcidBiomarkersCholineCreatineGlutamic AcidGlutamineInositolMuramidaseN-acetylaspartateosmolytesprotein stabilityprotein unfoldingthermal denaturation

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PMID32059525
PMCPMC7072545
OpenAlexW3005951589

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