Protein Information

Name ALAS
Synonyms 5 aminolevulinic acid synthase; ALAS; ALAS 1; ALAS 3; ALAS H; ALAS1; ALAS3; ALASH…

Compound Information

Name cycloheximide
CAS

Reference List

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15763493 Kaliman PA, Barannik T, Strel'chenko E, Inshina N, Sokol O: Intracellular redistribution of heme in rat liver under oxidative stress: the role of heme synthesis. Cell Biol Int. 2005 Jan;29(1):9-14. Epub 2005 Jan 26.

Membrane stabilisation by tocopherol or prevention of early ALAS induction by cycloheximide prevented both mitochondrial heme accumulation and increase of TDO heme saturation.
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18719978 Zheng J, Shan Y, Lambrecht RW, Donohue SE, Bonkovsky HL: Differential regulation of human ALAS1 mRNA and protein levels by heme and cobalt protoporphyrin. Mol Cell Biochem. 2008 Dec;319(1-2):153-61. Epub 2008 Aug 22.

Measurement of protein in the presence of cycloheximide (CHX) suggests that elevation of the precursor form is due to the increase in protein half-lives.
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16234850 Abu-Farha M, Niles J, Willmore WG: Erythroid-specific 5-aminolevulinate synthase protein is stabilized by low oxygen and proteasomal inhibition. Biochem Cell Biol. 2005 Oct;83(5):620-30.

5-Aminolevulinate synthase (ALAS; E.C. 2.3.1.37) catalyzes the first and rate-limiting step of heme synthesis within the mitochondria.
We examined protein turnover of ALAS2 in the presence of cycloheximide in K562 cells.
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