Factors important for fusogenic activity of peptides: molecular modeling study of analogs of fusion peptide of influenza virus hemagglutinin.

abstract：:The addition of 1-acyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (1-acyl-GPC) to peroxisomes decreased the production of acid-soluble radioactivity formed by beta-oxidation of [1-(14)C]arachidonate due to substrate removal by esterification into the acceptor. This peroxisomal-associated acyl-CoA:1-acyl-GPC acyltransferase activity ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Baykousheva SP,Luthria DL,Sprecher H

更新日期：1995-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation gating in KcsA is elicited by changes in intracellular proton concentration. Thompson et al. identified a charge cluster around the inner gate that plays a key role in defining proton activation in KcsA. Here, through functional and spectroscopic approaches, we confirmed the role of this charge cluster and ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Cuello LG,Cortes DM,Jogini V,Sompornpisut A,Perozo E

更新日期：2010-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Purified barley leaf ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase, a key enzyme of the starch synthesis in the chloroplast stroma, was analysed with respect to its possible regulation by factors defining the metabolic/effector status of the chloroplast during light and dark conditions. The enzyme required 3-phosphoglyceric acid for ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kleczkowski LA

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The known functions of type II thioesterases (TEIIs) in type I polyketide synthases (PKSs) include selecting of starter acyl units, removal of aberrant extender acyl units, releasing of final products, and dehydration of polyketide intermediates. In this study, we characterized two TEIIs (ScnI and PKSIaTEII) from Stre...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Wang YY,Ran XX,Chen WB,Liu SP,Zhang XS,Guo YY,Jiang XH,Jiang H,Li YQ

更新日期：2014-08-25 00:00:00

abstract：:A variety of mutations leading to amino acid substitutions have been described in the transthyretin gene in association with different familial amyloidoses and have been implicated to be involved in the pathogenesis of amyloid deposits. However, there has been disagreement whether or not a transthyretin mutation is pr...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Christmanson L,Betsholtz C,Gustavsson A,Johansson B,Sletten K,Westermark P

更新日期：1991-04-09 00:00:00

abstract：:G2/M checkpoints ensure the proper timing of cell mitosis. We previously reported that p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) activation is essential for stress-induced G2 arrest in the U-2OS osteosarcoma cell line, but the molecular mechanism was obscure. Here, using the T7 phage display system, we find p38 dire...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Wu W,Zhou H,He F,Xiao Z,Jiang Y,Zhao M

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibodies to a synthetic peptide from the 'amphipathic helix' of the alpha-chain of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) bound both to detergent-solubilised and membrane-bound nAChR, indicating that this region, suggested as a component of the transmembrane ion channel in one model, is not buried in the membr...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Roth B,Schwendimann B,Hughes GJ,Tzartos SJ,Barkas T

更新日期：1987-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene duplication provides genetic material required for functional diversification. An interesting example is the amyloid precursor protein (APP) protein family. The APP gene family has experienced both expansion and contraction during evolution. The three mammalian members have been studied quite extensively in combi...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Shariati SA,De Strooper B

更新日期：2013-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the identification of bovine miRNAs by cloning small RNAs from adipose tissue and the mammary gland. Fifty-nine distinct miRNAs were identified, five of them were not homologous to known mammalian miRNAs, and many of them had 3' and/or 5' end variants. Ribonuclease protection assays indicated that miR-23a an...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Gu Z,Eleswarapu S,Jiang H

更新日期：2007-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Because phosphorylation of protein kinase C (PKC) may provide a mechanism for regulation of this enzyme, we have examined the ability of two other kinases to phosphorylate PKC. Our results show that casein kinase 1 (CK-1), but not casein kinase 2 (CK-2), can phosphorylate PKC in the absence of Ca2+ and phospholipids. ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Vila J,Walker JM,Itarte E,Weber MJ,Sando JJ

更新日期：1989-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The predominance of oxidative stress in many tumour cell environments provides a means to selectively target these cells via protein oxidation. The zinc fingers of transcription factors utilise cysteine thiols for structural zinc coordination. Redox control of DNA binding regulates transcription and therefore the over...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Giles NM,Gutowski NJ,Giles GI,Jacob C

更新日期：2003-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The concentration of insulin that produces half-maximal stimulation of glycolysis by stripped soleus muscle preparations is markedly increased by the adenosine analogues, 2-chloroadenosine and N6-phenylisopropyladenosine, but is markedly decreased by the methyl xanthine analogue, 8-phenyltheophylline. 2-Chloroadenosin...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Budohoski L,Challiss RA,McManus B,Newsholme EA

更新日期：1984-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The biosynthesis of human tumor necrosis factor (hTNF) was studied. The amino-terminal extension of the hTNF precursor (26 kDa polypeptide) was not cleaved off in a cell-free system supplemented with dog pancreas microsomes. Correct maturation of pre-hTNF was nevertheless not restricted to the macrophage system: in th...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Müller R,Marmenout A,Fiers W

更新日期：1986-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcription of Drosophila U1 or U6 snRNAs by RNA polymerases II and III respectively requires a unique approximately 21 base-pair promoter element termed the proximal sequence element A (PSEA) recognized by the snRNA activating protein complex (DmSNAPc). A five-nucleotide substitution that changed the U1 PSEA to a U...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Barakat NH,Stumph WE

更新日期：2008-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：:We established robust, reliable protocols for 'Differential Display (DD),' an RNA fingerprinting method originally developed by Liang and Pardee [(1992) Science 257, 967-971] using RT-PCR with arbitrary primers. Our protocols are optimized so that reliable DD analysis can be performed on a fluorescent DNA sequencer to...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Ito T,Kito K,Adati N,Mitsui Y,Hagiwara H,Sakaki Y

更新日期：1994-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Methane monooxygenase (MMO) catalyses the biological transformation of methane to methanol at a binuclear iron site. Guided by the three-dimensional structure of the R2 protein of E. coli ribonucleotide reductase (RNR), we have aligned the sequences of two different MMOs with the sequences of the iron coordinating fou...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Nordlund P,Dalton H,Eklund H

更新日期：1992-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：:CDK11(p58), a 58kDa protein of the PITSLRE kinase family, plays an important role in cell cycle progression, and is closely related to cell apoptosis. To gain further insight into the function of CDK11(p58), we screened a human fetal liver cDNA library for its interacting proteins using the yeast two-hybrid system. He...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Zong H,Li Z,Liu L,Hong Y,Yun X,Jiang J,Chi Y,Wang H,Shen X,Hu Y,Niu Z,Gu J

更新日期：2005-07-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Binding of vitronectin (VN) to Neisseria gonorrhoeae expressing the heparan sulfate proteoglycan (HSPG) specific Opa50 protein was recently shown to trigger bacterial internalization into distinct epithelial cell lines. We have investigated the role of VN-binding integrin receptors and protein kinase C (PKC) in VN-tri...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Dehio M,Gómez-Duarte OG,Dehio C,Meyer TF

更新日期：1998-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Besides a role in phosphate supply, ectomycorrhizas play a crucial role in nitrogen nutrition of plants. The ectomycorrhizal association between Hebeloma cylindrosporum and Pinus pinaster serves as a model system accessible to molecular manipulation. Hebeloma mycelium is able to take up and use amino acids as the sole...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Wipf D,Benjdia M,Tegeder M,Frommer WB

更新日期：2002-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Conformational changes in the extradiscal regions of rhodopsin induced by illumination were investigated by modifying the visual pigment by mild treatment with cyanogen bromide prior to and after light exposure. Light induced an increased yield of cleavage of the Met bond 253-254 and a new cleavage at the Met bond 155...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Pellicone C,Nullans G,Virmaux N

更新日期：1985-02-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The reversible folding/unfolding of a short peptide in solution is studied by molecular dynamics simulations. The effects of long-range electrostatic interactions are examined and found to be important both for the equilibrium between folded and unfolded states and the dynamics of the folding process. The neglect of l...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Aqvist J

更新日期：1999-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Stimulation of monocytes/macrophages with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) results in activation of nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB), which plays crucial roles in regulating expression of many genes involved in the subsequent inflammatory responses. Here, we investigated roles of transforming growth factor-beta activated kin...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Irie T,Muta T,Takeshige K

更新日期：2000-02-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The critical urea concentration (C3*) which destabilizes the structure of bovine serum albumin and chymotrypsinogen was determined by UV difference spectroscopy. The increase of the relative content of mobile rotating water molecules in aqueous urea was formerly shown by millimeter spectroscopy [1]. The rise of rotato...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Khurgin Yu,Maksareva E

更新日期：1993-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:At present, little is known about signal transduction mechanisms in schistosomes, which cause the disease of schistosomiasis. The mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling pathways, which are evolutionarily conserved from yeast to Homo sapiens, play key roles in multiple cellular processes. Here, we reconstruc...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Wang L,Yang Z,Li Y,Yu F,Brindley PJ,McManus DP,Wei D,Han Z,Feng Z,Li Y,Hu W

更新日期：2006-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Liposomes can be loaded with weak acids and bases, which exist in solutions in equilibrium with membrane permeable uncharged form, using various gradients across their membranes. Because in some cases the estimated drug concentration in the loaded liposomes exceeds their aqueous solubility we investigated the physical...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Lasic DD,Frederik PM,Stuart MC,Barenholz Y,McIntosh TJ

更新日期：1992-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the molecular analysis of the transthyretin gene in a large Italian pedigree with familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy and demonstrate the presence of a Met30 mutation. The usefulness of the genetic analysis in the identification of presymptomatic persons and the diagnosis of individuals with partial symptoms...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Strocchi P,Tang XM,Cambi F

更新日期：1995-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The replacement of O2 with CO was studied on cobalt-iron hemoglobin hybrids. Both proto- and mesocobalt hemes were used for the reconstitution. In the oxy quaternary conformation no difference is observed between alpha- and beta-subunits when only proto hemes are present in the hybrid (k4 = 30 s-1, k'4/l'4 = 2.5). If ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Oertle M,Winterhalter KH,Di Iorio EE

更新日期：1983-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The molecular organisation of the Prochlorococcus marinus rnpB gene and the catalytic activity of the encoded RNA were characterised. Kinetic parameters for several pre-tRNA substrates were comparable to those from other eubacterial RNase P RNAs, although unusually high cation concentrations were required. The CCA-end...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Hess WR,Fingerhut C,Schön A

更新日期：1998-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Prefibrillar cytotoxicity was suggested as a common amyloid characteristic. We showed two types of albebetin prefibrillar oligomers are formed during incubation at pH 7.3. Initial round-shaped oligomers consist of 10-15 molecules determined by atomic force microscopy, do not bind thioflavin-T and do not affect viabili...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Zamotin V,Gharibyan A,Gibanova NV,Lavrikova MA,Dolgikh DA,Kirpichnikov MP,Kostanyan IA,Morozova-Roche LA

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To gain insight into the nuclear organization of the mouse Ig kappa locus and how it may relate to the formation of synapses during recombination, we have studied the kinetics of rearrangement of different V kappa gene families to J kappa gene segments in the pre-B cell line, 103bcl2. Remarkably, V kappa gene families...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Li S,Garrard WT

更新日期：2003-02-11 00:00:00