Reversible redistribution of phytochrome within the cell upon conversion to its physiologically active form.

abstract：:In the presence of N(alpha),N(epsilon)-diacetyl-L-Lys-D-Ala-D-Ala as donor, and either D-[(14)C]alanine, [(14)C]-glycine, or meso-[(3)H]diaminopimelic acid as acceptor, the DD carboxypeptidases from Streptomyces R61 and R39 catalyze a transpeptidation reaction with the release of terminal D-alanine from the donor and ...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Pollock JJ,Ghuysen JM,Linder R,Salton MR,Perkins HR,Nieto M,Leyh-Bouille M,Frere JM,Johnson K

更新日期：1972-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method is presented for starting from a very-low-energy high-dimensional conformation and obtaining a low-energy three-dimensional structure by gradual contraction of the dimensionality. The contraction in dimensionality is achieved by use of Cayley-Menger determinants, of which a simplified form is derived here. Pr...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Purisima EO,Scheraga HA

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rift Valley fever (RVF) is a vector-borne viral disease widespread in Africa. The primary cycle involves mosquitoes and wild and domestic ruminant hosts. Humans are usually contaminated after contact with infected ruminants. As many environmental, agricultural, epidemiological, and anthropogenic factors are implicated...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Lancelot R,Béral M,Rakotoharinome VM,Andriamandimby SF,Héraud JM,Coste C,Apolloni A,Squarzoni-Diaw C,de La Rocque S,Formenty PB,Bouyer J,Wint GR,Cardinale E

更新日期：2017-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Classical studies suggest that high-level cognitive decisions (e.g., choosing between financial options) are suboptimal. In contrast, low-level decisions (e.g., choosing where to put your feet on a rocky ridge) appear near-optimal: the perception-cognition gap. Moreover, in classical tasks, people appear to put too mu...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Jarvstad A,Hahn U,Rushton SK,Warren PA

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The histidine decarboxylase (L-histidine carboxylase, EC 4.1.1.22) activity of whole W/W mouse embryos, which are devoid of mast cells, remained very low and did not show the rapid increase before birth (17-20 days of gestation) seen in wild-type +/+ embryos. During the same period, the histamine content also remained...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Watanabe T,Kitamura Y,Maeyama K,Go S,Yamatodani A,Wada H

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unconventional mRNA splicing on the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane is the sole conserved mechanism in eukaryotes to transmit information regarding misfolded protein accumulation to the nucleus to activate the stress response. In metazoans, the unspliced form of X-box-binding protein 1 (XBP1u) mRNA is recruited to...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Kanda S,Yanagitani K,Yokota Y,Esaki Y,Kohno K

更新日期：2016-10-04 00:00:00

abstract：:A parathyroid hormone-like peptide (PTH-LP) has recently been identified in human tumors associated with the syndrome of humoral hypercalcemia of malignancy. The peptide appears to be encoded by a single-copy gene that gives rise to multiple mRNAs that are heterogeneous at both their 5' and their 3' ends. Alternative ...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Mangin M,Ikeda K,Dreyer BE,Broadus AE

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dominant mutations in the maize homeobox gene knotted1 (kn1) act nonautonomously during maize leaf development, indicating that Kn1 is involved in the generation or transmission of a developmental signal that passes from the inner layers of the leaf to epidermal cells. We previously found that this nonautonomous activ...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Kim JY,Yuan Z,Cilia M,Khalfan-Jagani Z,Jackson D

更新日期：2002-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：:During tRNA biosynthesis the 5'-leader sequences in precursor tRNAs are removed by the ribonucleoprotein RNase P, an enzyme whose RNA moiety is required for activity. To clarify some aspects of the enzyme mechanism, we examined substrate binding and product formation with mutant precursor tRNAs. Mutations G-1----A or ...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Nichols M,Söll D,Willis I

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inorganic elements, although required only in trace amounts, permit life and primary productivity because of their functions in catalysis. Every organism has a minimal requirement of each metal based on the intracellular abundance of proteins that use inorganic cofactors, but elemental sparing mechanisms can reduce th...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Kropat J,Gallaher SD,Urzica EI,Nakamoto SS,Strenkert D,Tottey S,Mason AZ,Merchant SS

更新日期：2015-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Ribavirin is a nucleotide analog that can be incorporated by viral polymerases, causing mutations by allowing base mismatches. It is currently used therapeutically as an antiviral drug during hepatitis C virus infections. During the amplification of poliovirus genomic RNA or hepatitis C replicons, error frequency is k...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Pfeiffer JK,Kirkegaard K

更新日期：2003-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Antifreeze proteins (AFPs) are a diverse class of proteins that depress the kinetically observable freezing point of water. AFPs have been of scientific interest for decades, but the lack of an accurate model for predicting AFP activity has hindered the logical design of novel antifreeze systems. To address this, we p...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Kozuch DJ,Stillinger FH,Debenedetti PG

更新日期：2018-12-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding the mechanisms of Salmonella virulence is an important challenge. The capacity of this intracellular bacterial pathogen to cause diseases depends on the expression of virulence factors including the second type III secretion system (TTSS-2), which is used to translocate into the eukaryotic cytosol a set ...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Henry T,Couillault C,Rockenfeller P,Boucrot E,Dumont A,Schroeder N,Hermant A,Knodler LA,Lecine P,Steele-Mortimer O,Borg JP,Gorvel JP,Méresse S

更新日期：2006-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The localization of calmodulin, a calcium-dependent modulator of many enzymes, was studied in rat liver, skeletal muscle, and adrenal slices. Calmodulin is found in liver cytoplasm, nucleus, and plasma membrane. Much of the cytoplasmic calmodulin is associated with glycogen particles presumably bound to enzymes involv...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Harper JF,Cheung WY,Wallace RW,Huang HL,Levine SN,Steiner AL

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteriophage lambda encodes a number of genes involved in the recombinational repair of DNA double-strand breaks. The product of one of these genes, rap, has been purified. Truncated Rap proteins that copurify with the full-length form are derived, at least in part, from a rho-dependent transcription terminator locat...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Sharples GJ,Corbett LM,Graham IR

更新日期：1998-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The λ exonuclease is an ATP-independent enzyme that binds to dsDNA ends and processively digests the 5'-ended strand to form 5' mononucleotides and a long 3' overhang. The crystal structure of λ exonuclease revealed a toroidal homotrimer with a central funnel-shaped channel for tracking along the DNA, and a mechanism ...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Zhang J,McCabe KA,Bell CE

更新日期：2011-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The very low density lipoprotein (VLDL) receptor is a recently cloned member of the low density lipoprotein (LDL) receptor family that mediates the binding and uptake of VLDL when overexpressed in animal cells. Its sequence is 94% identical in humans and rabbits and 84% identical in humans and chickens, implying a con...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Frykman PK,Brown MS,Yamamoto T,Goldstein JL,Herz J

更新日期：1995-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracellular recordings were obtained from vagal neurons and their response to oxytocin was investigated in slices from the rat and the guinea pig brainstem. After recording, Lucifer yellow was injected into the cells to verify their localization within the dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus nerve (dmnX). In the rat, ...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Raggenbass M,Dubois-Dauphin M,Charpak S,Dreifuss JJ

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The absorption spectrum of an activesite specific chromophoric acyl enzyme, sturgeon beta-(2-furyl)-acryloyl-glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase, is reported. This acyl enzyme undergoes all of the catalyzed reactions characteristic of the intermediate of the physiological acyl enzyme, 3-phospho-D-glyceroyl-glycer...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Malhotra OP,Bernhard SA

更新日期：1973-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phytochromes (phy) are red/far-red-absorbing photoreceptors that regulate the adaption of plant growth and development to changes in ambient light conditions. The nuclear transport of the phytochromes upon light activation is regarded as a key step in phytochrome signaling. Although nuclear import of phyA is regulated...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Pfeiffer A,Nagel MK,Popp C,Wüst F,Bindics J,Viczián A,Hiltbrunner A,Nagy F,Kunkel T,Schäfer E

更新日期：2012-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:White matter stroke is a distinct stroke subtype, accounting for up to 25% of stroke and constituting the second leading cause of dementia. The biology of possible tissue repair after white matter stroke has not been determined. In a mouse stroke model, white matter ischemia causes focal damage and adjacent areas of a...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Sozmen EG,Rosenzweig S,Llorente IL,DiTullio DJ,Machnicki M,Vinters HV,Havton LA,Giger RJ,Hinman JD,Carmichael ST

更新日期：2016-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Starburst polyamidoamine dendrimers are a new class of synthetic polymers with unique structural and physical characteristics. These polymers were investigated for the ability to bind DNA and enhance DNA transfer and expression in a variety of mammalian cell lines. Twenty different types of polyamidoamine dendrimers w...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Kukowska-Latallo JF,Bielinska AU,Johnson J,Spindler R,Tomalia DA,Baker JR Jr

更新日期：1996-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the p53 network has been intensively studied, genetic analyses long hinted at the existence of components that remained elusive. Recent studies have shown regulation of p53 at the mRNA level mediated via both the 5' and the 3' untranslated regions and affecting the stability and translation efficiency of the ...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Devany E,Zhang X,Park JY,Tian B,Kleiman FE

更新日期：2013-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin-like growth factors I and II (IGF-I and -II) are potent mitogens for various cancers, including carcinoma of the prostate. In several experimental cancers, treatment with antagonists of growth hormone-releasing hormone (GH-RH) produces a reduction in IGF-I and -II, concomitant to inhibition of tumor growth. To...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Lamharzi N,Schally AV,Koppán M,Groot K

更新日期：1998-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The biological basis underlying differentiation of naive (NAI) T cells into effector (EFFE) and memory (MEM) cells is incompletely understood. Furthermore, whether NAI T cells serially differentiate into EFFE and then MEM cells (linear differentiation) or whether they concurrently differentiate into either EFFE or MEM...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Holmes S,He M,Xu T,Lee PP

更新日期：2005-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The four core histones (H2A, H2B, H3, and H4) and DNA were assembled into nucleosome-like particles at physiological ionic strengths either by an extract of chromatin rich in nicking-closing activity or by the purified nicking-closing enzyme itself. When histone-DNA complexes were assembled in vitro from relaxed circu...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Germond JE,Rouvière-Yaniv J,Yaniv M,Brutlag D

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inactivation of the p53 pathway represents the most common molecular defect of human cancer. But in the setting of melanoma, a highly aggressive and invariably fatal malignancy in its advanced disseminated form, mutation/deletion of p53 is relatively rare, whereas its positive regulator ARF is often lost. Here, we sho...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Ha L,Ichikawa T,Anver M,Dickins R,Lowe S,Sharpless NE,Krimpenfort P,Depinho RA,Bennett DC,Sviderskaya EV,Merlino G

更新日期：2007-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Circulating exosomal microRNA (miR) represents a new class of blood-based biomarkers for cancer liquid biopsy. The detection of miR at a very low concentration and with single-base discrimination without the need for sophisticated equipment, large volumes, or elaborate sample processing is a challenge. To address this...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Canady TD,Li N,Smith LD,Lu Y,Kohli M,Smith AM,Cunningham BT

更新日期：2019-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The Escherichia coli AlkB protein protects against the cytotoxicity of methylating agents by repair of the DNA lesions 1-methyladenine and 3-methylcytosine, which are generated in single-stranded stretches of DNA. AlkB is an alpha-ketoglutarate- and Fe(II)-dependent dioxygenase that oxidizes the relevant methyl groups...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Duncan T,Trewick SC,Koivisto P,Bates PA,Lindahl T,Sedgwick B

更新日期：2002-12-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Residents in the marine intertidal, the zone where terrestrial and marine habitats converge, inhabit an environment that is subject to both the 24-h day and night daily rhythm of the terrestrial earth and also the 12.4-h ebb and flow of the tidal cycle. Here, we investigate the relative contribution of the daily and t...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Connor KM,Gracey AY

更新日期：2011-09-20 00:00:00