Gene trap: a way to identify novel genes and unravel their biological function.

abstract：:The mixed lineage kinase (MLK) family is a recently described protein kinase family. The MLKs contain a kinase domain followed by a dual leucine zipper-like motif. We previously reported the molecular cloning of LZK (leucine zipper-bearing kinase), a novel MLK, and that LZK activated the c-Jun NH2 terminal kinase (JNK...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Ikeda A,Masaki M,Kozutsumi Y,Oka S,Kawasaki T

更新日期：2001-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Rab proteins are small GTPases involved in the regulation of membrane traffic. Rab5a has been shown to regulate transport in the early endocytic pathway. Here we report the isolation of cDNA clones encoding two highly related isoforms, Rab5b and Rab5c. The two proteins share with Rab5a all the structural features requ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Bucci C,Lütcke A,Steele-Mortimer O,Olkkonen VM,Dupree P,Chiariello M,Bruni CB,Simons K,Zerial M

更新日期：1995-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Reconstituted Na+,K+-ATPase from either pig kidney or shark rectal glands was phosphorylated by cAMP dependent protein kinase, PKA. The stoichiometry was approximately 0.9 mol P(i)/mol alpha-subunit in the pig kidney enzyme and approximately 0.2 mol P(i)/mol alpha-subunit in the shark enzyme. In shark, Na+,K+-ATPase P...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Cornelius F,Logvinenko N

更新日期：1996-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Under hypobaric hypoxia, antioxidant defenses of the heart are stressed by the enhanced production of ROS. Mammalian heart acclimatizes to hypoxia through altered gene expression, which we studied in murine heart exposed to 10h of acute hypobaric hypoxia (AHH), equivalent to 15000ft, using cDNA arrays. Functional clas...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Karar J,Dolt KS,Mishra MK,Arif E,Javed S,Pasha MA

更新日期：2007-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed a high-throughput sequencing approach that enables us to determine terminal telomere sequences from tens of thousands of individual Schizosaccharomyces pombe telomeres. This method provides unprecedented coverage of telomeric sequence complexity in fission yeast. S. pombe telomeres are composed of mo...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Bennett HW,Liu N,Hu Y,King MC

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interactions between Trypanosoma cruzi and the extracellular matrix play an important role in cellular invasion. Here we show that T. cruzi increases the levels of thrombospondin-1 (TSP-1) expression in host cells during early infection. Stable RNA interference of host cell TSP-1 knocks down the levels of TSP-1 transc...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Simmons KJ,Nde PN,Kleshchenko YY,Lima MF,Villalta F

更新日期：2006-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Even though the plant photoreceptors cryptochromes were discovered more than 20 years ago, the mechanism through which they transduce light signals to their partner molecules such as COP1 (Constitutive Photomorphogenic 1) or SPA1 (Suppressor of Phytochrome A) still remains to be established. We propose that a negative...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Müller P,Bouly JP

更新日期：2015-01-16 00:00:00

abstract：:TP53 belongs to a small gene family that includes, in mammals, two additional paralogs, TP63 and TP73. The p63 and p73 proteins are structurally and functionally similar to p53 and their activity as transcription factors is regulated by a wide repertoire of shared and unique post-translational modifications and intera...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Costanzo A,Pediconi N,Narcisi A,Guerrieri F,Belloni L,Fausti F,Botti E,Levrero M

更新日期：2014-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：:LLC-PK1L cells, a kidney-derived cell line grown in defined medium, possess a vasopressin-sensitive adenylate cyclase. Somatostatin was able to inhibit the vasopressin-induced increase in adenylate cyclase activity, without affecting the basal enzyme activity. This inhibition was competitive. No effect of somatostatin...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Roy C

更新日期：1984-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The eye lens protein and chaperonin, alpha-crystallin, was studied by differential scanning microcalorimetry, spectroscopy and size exclusion chromatography. The thermal transition of alpha-crystallin proceeds at Ttrs = 59.8 +/- 0.6 degrees C with an enthalpy change of delta H = 336 +/- 9 kJ per mol subunit. Disagreem...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Gesierich U,Pfeil W

更新日期：1996-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The beta-adrenergic receptor kinase mediates agonist-dependent phosphorylation of beta-adrenergic receptors, which is thought to represent the first step of homologous desensitization. We have expressed bovine and human beta ARK1 in Sf9 cells and purified them to apparent homogeneity in milligram quantities. The Km-va...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Söhlemann P,Hekman M,Buchen C,Elce JS,Lohse MJ

更新日期：1993-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Three single-stranded RNA transcripts synthesized in vitro by a virion-associated RNA polymerase of bacteriophage phi 6 were sequenced at their 5'- and 3'-termini. The sequences agreed with those of the + strands of the 3 double-stranded RNA segments [FEBS Lett. (1982) 141,111-115]. The results show that the transcrip...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Emori Y,Iba H,Okada Y

更新日期：1982-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Secreted proteins are indispensable for the development and differentiation of multicellular organisms. Cloning and characterization of novel or hypothetical genes encoding these proteins are therefore inviting great incentives. Using bioinformatics tools and experimental approaches, we isolated and characterized a hu...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Zeng LC,Liu F,Zhang X,Zhu ZD,Wang ZQ,Han ZG,Ma WJ

更新日期：2004-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The covalent binding of pyridoxal 5'-phosphate (PLP) to human serum albumin (HSA) is important in the regulation of PLP metabolism. In plasma, PLP is bound to HSA at a single high-affinity and at two or more nonspecific sites. To characterize the primary PLP binding site, HSA was incubated with [3H] PLP, and the Schif...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Bohney JP,Fonda ML,Feldhoff RC

更新日期：1992-02-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Titin is a giant protein which extends from Z-line to M-line in striated muscles. We report here the purification of a 150-kDa titin fragment, obtained after V8 protease treatment of myofibrils. This polypeptide was located at the N1-line level, in a titin part known to exhibit stiff properties correlated to an associ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Astier C,Raynaud F,Lebart MC,Roustan C,Benyamin Y

更新日期：1998-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Jasmonic acid (JA) has been shown to be a signaling compound which elicits the production of secondary metabolites including phytoalexins in plants. It has been shown that the phytoalexin production is elicited by exogenously applied JA in rice leaves. We now show that this phytoalexin production by exogenously applie...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Tamogami S,Rakwal R,Kodama O

更新日期：1997-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：:In yeast, three AAA superfamily metalloproteases (Yme1p, Afg3p and Rca1p) are localized to the mitochondrial inner membrane where they perform roles in the assembly and turnover of the respiratory chain complexes. We have investigated the function of the proposed human orthologue of yeast Yme1p, encoded by the YME1L g...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Shah ZH,Hakkaart GA,Arku B,de Jong L,van der Spek H,Grivell LA,Jacobs HT

更新日期：2000-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) synthases catalyze the polymerization reaction of the acyl moiety of hydroxyacyl-coenzyme A into polyester. The catalytic subunit PhaC of PHA synthase has the PhaC box sequence at the active site that is typically described as G-X-C-X-G-G (X is an arbitrary amino acid), and cysteine is an ac...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Nambu Y,Ishii-Hyakutake M,Harada K,Mizuno S,Tsuge T

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The red fluorescent protein, DsRed, recently cloned from coral Discosoma sp. has one of the longest fluorescence waves and one of the most complex absorbance spectra among the family of fluorescent proteins. In this work we found that with time DsRed fluorescence decreases under mildly acidic conditions (pH 4.0-4.8) i...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Vrzheshch PV,Akovbian NA,Varfolomeyev SD,Verkhusha VV

更新日期：2000-12-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The fibroblast growth factor receptor substrate (FRS)-2 protein family comprises FRS2alpha, a well-known central mediator for fibroblast growth factor signaling, and FRS2beta, whose endogenous expression pattern and function are not yet defined. Immunohistochemical analysis revealed that expression of FRS2beta was res...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Minegishi Y,Iwanari H,Mochizuki Y,Horii T,Hoshino T,Kodama T,Hamakubo T,Gotoh N

更新日期：2009-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Sequential reverse transcription and polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) of the mRNA were used to investigate the expression of dopamine receptors in human peripheral blood lymphocytes. The RT-PCR products contained three types of sequences, each corresponding to those of the D5 dopamine receptor gene and the two relat...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Takahashi N,Nagai Y,Ueno S,Saeki Y,Yanagihara T

更新日期：1992-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Depletion of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) causes defects in respiratory activity and energy production. Recent studies have shown mitochondria to exist primarily as reticular networks, having tubular cristae. Using fluorescence microscopy and transmission electron microscopy, we have examined mitochondrial morphology and...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Gilkerson RW,Margineantu DH,Capaldi RA,Selker JM

更新日期：2000-05-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Excessive βAR stimulation is an independent factor in inducing pathological cardiac hypertrophy. Here, we report miR-145 regulates both expression and localization of GATA6, thereby protecting the heart against cardiomyocyte hypertrophy induced by isoproterenol (ISO). The protective activity of miR-145 was associated ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Li R,Yan G,Zhang Q,Jiang Y,Sun H,Hu Y,Sun J,Xu B

更新日期：2013-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Seminal plasmin (SPLN) a 47-residue peptide, isolated from bovine seminal plasma, exhibits antibacterial activity against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. Although SPLN strongly inhibits the transcription of various natural and synthetic templates by E. coli RNA polymerase in vitro, it also associates with mo...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Sitaram N,Krishnakumari V,Nagaraj R

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteins may undergo adaptive structural transitions to accommodate to their cellular milieu and respond to external signals. Modulation of conformational ensembles can rewire the intra- or intermolecular interaction networks and shift between different functional states. Adaptive conformational transitions are associ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Miskei M,Gregus A,Sharma R,Duro N,Zsolyomi F,Fuxreiter M

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When isolated reaction centres of photosystem II are subjected to photoinhibitory illumination, a 41 kDa SDS-PAGE band is observed under all experimental conditions. The same band is also found, together with lower molecular weight fragments of the D1 protein, in whole thylakoids and in all PSII sub-particles investig...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Barbato R,Friso G,Rigoni F,Frizzo A,Giacometti GM

更新日期：1992-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of anaphylatoxin C3a on human neutrophils were studied in comparison with C5a. Both peptides induced a transient shape change response and a respiratory burst. In both cases C3a was 50- to 100-times less potent than C5a. A marked chemotactic response with bimodal concentration dependence was obtained with ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Ehrengruber MU,Geiser T,Deranleau DA

更新日期：1994-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Sequence comparisons among methionyl-tRNA synthetases from different organisms reveal only one block of homology beyond the last beta strand of the mononucleotide fold. We have introduced a series of semi-conservative amino acid replacements in the conserved motif of yeast methionyl-tRNA synthetase. The results indica...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Despons L,Walter P,Senger B,Ebel JP,Fasiolo F

更新日期：1991-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Leaflets of Vicia faba with closed stomata or with opening stomata were freeze-dried. Excised guard-cell pairs were assayed individually under suboptimal conditions (pH 7.1 and subsaturating substrate) for phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPC; EC 4.1.1.31) using quantitative histochemical procedures. L-Malate, 400 mi...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Zhang SQ,Outlaw WH Jr,Chollet R

更新日期：1994-09-19 00:00:00

abstract：:An abundant matrix protein was purified under native conditions from adult bovine tendon and identified as cartilage oligomeric matrix protein (COMP) by immunochemical crossreaction, amino acid sequence identity of tryptic peptides derived from both N- and C-terminal regions, and structure revealed by electron microsc...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： DiCesare P,Hauser N,Lehman D,Pasumarti S,Paulsson M

更新日期：1994-11-07 00:00:00