16 results about "Hexokinase" patented technology

The present invention relates to a non-invasive test for the detection of deep endometriosis. Particularly, although not exclusively, aspects of the present invention relate to one or more glycolysis-associated biomarkers (e.g., phosphoglycerate mutase 1 (PGAM1), Enolase-1 (ENO1), phosphofructokinase-1 (PFKP) and / or Hexokinase) and / or cytokines associated with aerobic glycolysis (e.g., IL-6 and / or TGF-β) which can be used to determine the likelihood of a subject having deep endometriosis based on a sample obtained from the subject.

Disclosed is an isoform of hexokinase 1 (HK1), namely hexokinase 1b (HK1b), for use as a prognosis marker and as a specific target for use in treatment of cancer.

The application discloses application of a peach fruit hexokinase PpHXK3 gene in preparation of a plant cold-resistant product, and is characterized in that the nucleotide sequence is shown as SEQ ID NO. 1, and the amino acid sequence is shown as SEQ ID NO. 2; a cloning method of PpHXK3 comprises the following steps: extracting total RNA of peach fruit and reversely transcribing the total RNA into cDNA as a template, and designing upper and lower amplification primers according to a gene sequence of PpHXK3; finally, a PpHXK3 gene amplification product is obtained through PCR amplification; the application of PpHXK3 in preparation of polygalacturonase PpPG21 inhibitors and / or polygalacturonase PpPG23 inhibitors, and the application of PpHXK3 in preparation of peach fruit cold-resistant products and heterologous plant cold-resistant products are also provided; and the advantages are that the decomposition of pectin is reduced, the integrity of a cell wall structure and the hardness of a fruit are maintained, the fruit has higher cold resistance, and cold damage in a storage and transportation process is reduced.

Described herein are UV-resistant or UV-protective biological devices and extracts produced therefrom. The biological devices include microbial cells transformed with a DNA construct containing genes for producing UV-resistant proteins such as, for example, hexokinase, heat shock proteins, alcohol dehydrogenase, transferrin, flavonol synthase, zinc oxidase, and iron oxidase. Methods for producing and using the devices are also described herein. Finally, compositions and methods for using the devices and extracts to reduce or prevent UV-induced damage or exposure to materials, items, plants, and human and animal subjects are described herein.

The invention relates to methods of inhibiting hair growth in a subject, the method comprises administering an inhibitor of lactic acid fermentation to the subject, wherein the inhibitor is selected from the group consisting of pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase inhibitor, desoxyrhapontigenin, a phosphofructokinases inhibitor, a thioredoxin-1 inhibitor, L- Asparaginase, a GLUT1 inhibitor, a glutaminase C inhibitor, a hexokinase inhibitor and an mTORCI and mTORC2 inhibitor. Also provided herein are compositions for inhibiting hair growth and methods of screening for inhibitors of hair growth.

The invention discloses application of a peach fruit hexokinase PpHXK3 gene in preparation of a plant cold-resistant product. The peach fruit hexokinase PpHXK3 gene is characterized in that a nucleotide sequence is shown as SEQ ID NO.1, and an amino acid sequence is shown as SEQ ID NO.2; the cloning method of the PpHXK3 comprises the following steps: extracting total RNA (Ribonucleic Acid) of peach fruits, reversely transcribing the total RNA into cDNA (Complementary Deoxyribonucleic Acid) as a template, designing upstream and downstream amplification primers according to a PpHXK3 gene sequence, and finally, carrying out PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) amplification to obtain a PpHXK3 gene amplification product. The invention further provides application of the PpHXK3 in preparation of a polygalacturonase PpPG21 inhibitor and / or a polygalacturonase PpPG23 inhibitor and application of the PpHXK3 in preparation of peach fruit cold-resistant products and heterologous plant cold-resistant products, and the PpHXK3 has the advantages that decomposition of pectin is reduced, integrity of a cell wall structure and hardness of fruits are maintained, so that the fruits have high cold resistance, and the yield of the fruits is increased. And the cold damage in the storage and transportation process is reduced.

The invention belongs to the technical field of biochemical energy batteries, and discloses an implantable biochemical energy battery array, a chip and application. Comprising a plurality of biochemical energy power generation units which are mutually connected through a microfluidic channel to form a biochemical energy power generation array, the power generation array is connected in series and in parallel to form a battery array, and glucose fluid flows through the microfluidic channel. The power generation unit comprises a positive electrode, a biochemical decomposition chamber and a negative electrode, carrier materials of hexokinase HK, glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase G6PD, glucose 6-phosphate lactonase PGLS and glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase 6PGDH are fixed in the biochemical decomposition chamber, and the negative electrode is coated with an artificial film assembled with NADPH transhydrogenase and mitochondrial respiratory chain compound protein. According to the invention, glucose is used as fuel of the cell for continuous power generation, and the flexible array biochemical energy cell which is miniaturized, high in load, long in endurance, capable of being shaped and high in energy density can be provided.

Disclosed herein are methods of inhibiting hexanketokinase (KHK) in a biological sample or subject, and methods of treating or preventing a disease or condition (e.g., a disease or condition associated with KHK dysregulation), the method comprises administering to the biological sample or the subject an effective amount of a compound represented by Formula I or a compound of Table A or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. (I)

The application belongs to the field of biomedical technology, and aims to solve the problems of lack of metabolic typing characteristics in the current ESCC molecular typing method, lack of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma molecular typing method based on proteomics and metabolomics, and provides an esophageal squamous carcinoma ESCC molecular typing marker based on DIA proteomics and non-targeted metabolomics and its application. The marker is a combination of 4 proteins and 2 metabolites, the 4 proteins are: hexokinase 3 (HK3), Sec1 family domain protein 1 (SCFD1), septin 5 (SEPTIN5), and signal sequence receptor alpha subunit (SSR1); the 2 metabolites are creatine and 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2'DG). The application fills the gap of the molecular typing method based on proteomics and metabolomics in the field of esophageal squamous carcinoma research, and the proposed molecular typing model can be used as a method for diagnosis, treatment and prognosis evaluation of esophageal squamous carcinoma patients.

The application relates to the fields of genetic engineering and enzyme engineering, and particularly relates to a heat-stable hexokinase mutant and application thereof. The application provides a hexokinase mutant, wherein the amino acid sequence of the hexokinase mutant is mutated at one or more of positions 204 and 344 of the amino acid sequence of wild-type hexokinase, and the mutated amino acid is selected from lysine, arginine, alanine or leucine; and the amino acid sequence of the wild-type hexokinase is shown in SEQ ID NO. 1. The hexokinase mutant provided by the application can effectively improve the stability of hexokinase from Saccharomyces cerevisiae, and is beneficial to solving the instability problem of hexokinase in clinical detection of blood glucose and urine glucose, and has important application value.

Disclosed herein are methods for inhibiting ketohexokinase (KHK) in a biological sample or subject, and methods for treating or preventing a disease or disorder (e.g., a disease or disorder related to KHK dysregulation), comprising administering to the biological sample or subject an effective amount of a compound represented by formula I or a compound in Table A, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. JPEG2026514128000048.jpg5955

The application provides a glycyrrhizin metal complex, a preparation method thereof and application thereof in preparation of anti-tumor and anti-inflammatory drugs, and belongs to the technical field of anti-tumor drugs. The glycyrrhizin is metal-complexed with cobalt, nickel and rubidium to construct a hexokinase inhibitor. The results of examples show that, compared with the NS group, the glycyrrhizin metal complex provided by the application exhibits a significant inhibitory effect on hexokinase, and has a good anti-proliferation effect on A549 (human non-small cell lung cancer cells), MCF-7 (human breast cancer cells), SK-Mel-28 (human malignant melanoma cells) and SW480 (human pancreatic cancer cells). In addition, the glycyrrhizin metal complex provided by the application improves the inhibitory activity of glycyrrhizin on OH free radicals, and has stronger anti-inflammatory activity than glycyrrhizin.

This invention discloses a six-carbon-compatible biopolymerization auxiliary mother liquor, its preparation method, and its applications, belonging to the field of biopolymerization auxiliary technology. Using water, acrylic acid monomer, and caustic soda as basic raw materials, and combined with a six-carbon-compatible biopolymerization auxiliary prepared through microbial metabolic engineering, a 40% concentration mother liquor is obtained through bottom pretreatment, constant-rate dropwise addition reaction, heat-preserved polymerization, reaction termination, and neutralization / dilution steps. The core auxiliary is obtained by constructing recombinant strains by introducing hexokinase and phosphofructokinase genes into *Saccharomyces cerevisiae* or *Lactobacillus delbrueckii*, and directionally synthesizing a six-carbon structural intermediate, which is then purified at high temperature and subjected to sulfonation. This intermediate possesses a biaxial reduction mechanism and high efficiency. The mother liquor is odorless, environmentally friendly, and exhibits excellent compatibility with bio-based raw materials and organic / inorganic systems. It can be widely used in building materials, coatings, chemicals, and polymer polymerization. The preparation process is simple and low-cost, and its performance is significantly superior to traditional chemical synthesis auxiliaries, driving the industry towards biosynthesis.

The application discloses a high-yield resveratrol Yarrowia lipolytica engineering strain and construction and application thereof, and belongs to the technical field of synthetic biology and metabolic engineering. The Yarrowia lipolytica engineering strain provided by the application can realize high-yield resveratrol by using glucose as a substrate, and the yield of resveratrol reaches 3.157 g / L in shake flask fermentation, and the yield of resveratrol is increased to 30.7 g / L in 5L scale batch feeding fermentation, which is the highest value reported at present.

The invention provides an activator for activating hexokinase in a glycolytic pathway and application of the activator, and relates to the technical field of biological medicines. The invention provides a hexokinase activator. The hexokinase activator is a substance capable of increasing the expression quantity of Mybl2 or a substance capable of enhancing the activity of Mybl2. The ECAR level of the myocardial cells is remarkably improved through overexpression of the Mybl2, and glycolysis metabolism of the myocardial cells can be promoted through overexpression of the Mybl2. And the Mybl2 can regulate and control the transcriptional activity of the HK2 promoter region by directly combining with the HK2 promoter region, so that the transcriptional activation expression of the HK2 is enhanced.