BEC
mRNA synthesis
In vitro transcription of capped mRNA with modified nucleotides and Poly(A) tail
Tyramide Signal Amplification (TSA)
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Separation of phosphorylated and non-phosphorylated proteins without phospho-specific antibody
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SYBR Safe DNA Gel Stain
Safe and sensitive stain for visualization of DNA or RNA in agarose or acrylamide gels.
Inhibitor Cocktails
Protect the integrity of proteins from multiple proteases and phosphatases for different applications.
K(I): 0.4-0.6 microM
S-(2-boronoethyl)-L-cysteine (BEC) is an arginase inhibitor.
Arginases can catalyze the hydrolysis of L-arginine to yield L-ornithine and urea. Recently, studies show that arginases, both the type I and type II isozymes, involve in the regulation of nitric oxide production via modulating the availability of arginine for nitric oxide synthase.
In vitro: Although BEC has been first identified as inhibitor of type I arginase, it was found to be a classical, competitive inhibitor of human type II arginase with K(i) value 0.31 microM at pH 7.5. However, at pH 9.5, BEC was a slow-binding inhibitor of the enzyme with K(i) value 30 nM [1].
In vivo: In animal study, the administration of BEC was found to be able to decrease arginase activity and cause alterations in NO homeostasis, which were indicated by increases in S-nitrosylated and nitrated proteins in the lungs from inflamed mice. Moreover, in contrast to first expectations, BEC could enhance perivascular and peribronchiolar lung inflammation, NF-κB DNA binding, mucus metaplasia, and mRNA expression of the NF-κB-driven chemokine genes including KC and CCL20, and result in further increases in airways hyperresponsiveness [2].
Clinical trial: Up to now, BEC is still in the preclinical development stage.
References:
[1] N. N. Kim, J. D. Cox, R. F. Baggio, et al. Probing erectile function: S-(2-boronoethyl)-L-cysteine binds to arginase as a transition state analogue and enhances smooth muscle relaxation in human penile corpus cavernosum. Biochemistry 40, 2678-2688 (2001).
[2] Ckless K et al. Inhibition of arginase activity enhances inflammation in mice with allergic airway disease, in association with increases in protein S-nitrosylation and tyrosine nitration. J Immunol. 2008 Sep 15;181(6):4255-64.
Physical Appearance | A crystalline solid |
Storage | Store at -20°C |
M.Wt | 193 |
Cas No. | 63107-40-4 |
Formula | C5H12BNO4S |
Solubility | ≤5mg/ml in PBS(pH7.2) |
Chemical Name | S-(2-boronoethyl)-L-cysteine |
SDF | Download SDF |
Canonical SMILES | OB(O)CCSC[C@@H](C(O)=O)N |
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