Antibacterial activity of a pepsin-derived bovine hemoglobin fragment.

abstract：:While many antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) disrupt bacterial membranes, some translocate into bacteria and interfere with intracellular processes. Buforin II and DesHDAP1 are thought to kill bacteria by interacting with nucleic acids. Here, molecular modeling and experimental measurements are used to show that neither n...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Sim S,Wang P,Beyer BN,Cutrona KJ,Radhakrishnan ML,Elmore DE

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteolytic processing is an important post-translational modification affecting protein activity and stability. In the current study, we investigate the N-terminal cleavage of Trop2, a protein which is overexpressed in many cancers. We demonstrate that Trop2 is cleaved at Arg87 by a transmembrane serine protease, mat...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kamble PR,Rane S,Breed AA,Joseph S,Mahale SD,Pathak BR

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have shown that p21-activated kinase 1 (Pak1) phosphorylates estrogen receptor-alpha (ER alpha) at Ser 305 and also promotes its transactivation function. Here, we sought to investigate whether substitution of serine 305 in ER with glutamic acid (ER alpha-S305E), which mimics the phosphorylation state, ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Balasenthil S,Barnes CJ,Rayala SK,Kumar R

更新日期：2004-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Syntenin has crucial roles in cell adhesion, cell migration and synaptic transmission. Its closely linked postsynaptic density-95, discs large 1, zonula occludens-1 (PDZ) domains typically interact with C-terminal ligands. We profile syntenin PDZ1-2 through proteomic peptide phage display (ProP-PD) using a library tha...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Garrido-Urbani S,Garg P,Ghossoub R,Arnold R,Lembo F,Sundell GN,Kim PM,Lopez M,Zimmermann P,Sidhu SS,Ivarsson Y

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phorbol-esters have been shown to modulate the beta-adrenergic-stimulated adenylyl cyclase in a number of cell lines. Here, using site directed mutagenesis, we investigate the role of the beta 2-adrenergic receptor phosphorylation by protein kinase C in this regulatory process. Mutation of the serine-261, -262, -344 a...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Bouvier M,Guilbault N,Bonin H

更新日期：1991-02-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The Ca(2+)-activated photoprotein, aequorin, contains six tryptophan residues and has a bioluminescence emission maximum at 465 nm. On converting the six tryptophan residues to phenylalanine, the mutant aequorins exhibited varied luminescence activities and spectra, but one mutant, with tryptophan-86 replaced by pheny...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Ohmiya Y,Ohashi M,Tsuji FI

更新日期：1992-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The minimal functional enzyme unit of Na,K-ATPase consists of an alpha-beta complex. The alpha-subunit bears all functional domains of the enzyme and so far a regulatory role for the beta-subunit in the catalytic cycle has not been established. On the other hand, increasing experimental evidence suggests that the beta...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Geering K

更新日期：1991-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The freshwater ciliate Tetrahymena pyriformis is an ubiquitous organism that is present in all aquatic ecosystems. This protozoan showed a clear resistance against some polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons which can be attributed to an efflux pump probably of the multidrug resistance (MDR) type. Immunocytochemical detecti...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Bamdad M,Brousseau P,Denizeau F

更新日期：1999-08-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The rapid conversion of the carotenoid violaxanthin to zeaxanthin via antheraxanthin (xanthophyll cycle) in potato leaves exposed at 23 degrees C to a strong white light of 2000 microE.m-2.s-1 was associated with a slight inhibition of photosynthetic electron transport (as estimated from chlorophyll fluorescence measu...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Sarry JE,Montillet JL,Sauvaire Y,Havaux M

更新日期：1994-10-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Basic fibroblast growth factor (FGF-2) is an important modulator of cell growth and differentiation under both physiological and pathological conditions. Until recently, most investigations into the FGF-2 signalling pathway were concerned with its interaction with specific membrane receptors. Nevertheless, while a 18 ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Delrieu I

更新日期：2000-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Ribosomes are ribozymes exerting substrate positioning and promoting substrate-mediated catalysis. Peptide-bonds are formed within a symmetrical region, thus suggesting that ribosomes evolved by gene-fusion. Remote interactions dominate substrate positioning at stereochemistry suitable for peptide-bond formation and e...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Baram D,Yonath A

更新日期：2005-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Six lysyl residues of human thrombin (LysB21, LysB52, LysB65, LysB106, LysB107 and LysB154) have been previously shown to participate in the binding site of hirudin, a thrombin-specific inhibitor [(1989) J. Biol. Chem. 264, 7141-7146]. In this report, we attempted to delineate the region of hirudin which binds to thes...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Chang JY,Ngai PK,Rink H,Dennis S,Schlaeppi JM

更新日期：1990-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The roles of mild uncoupling caused by free fatty acids (mediated by plant uncoupling mitochondrial protein (PUMP) and ATP/ADP carrier (AAC)) and non-coupled respiration (alternative oxidase (AO)) on H(2)O(2) formation by plant mitochondria were examined. Both laurate and oleate prevent H(2)O(2) formation dependent on...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Casolo V,Braidot E,Chiandussi E,Macrì F,Vianello A

更新日期：2000-05-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Regulatory T-cells (Tregs) are the guardians of peripheral tolerance acting to prevent autoimmune diseases such as systemic lupus erythomatosus (SLE) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Defects in Tregs have been reported in these two diseases despite significant differences in their clinical phenotype and pathogenesis. In...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Chavele KM,Ehrenstein MR

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously, we found that intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) affect photomorphogenesis in Neurospora crassa. In this study, we investigated the physiological roles of ROS in the response to light and found that the exposure of mycelia to air was important for the light-induced carotenogenesis. Mycelia treated...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Iigusa H,Yoshida Y,Hasunuma K

更新日期：2005-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytochrome c oxidase is a membrane-bound redox-driven proton pump that harbors two proton-transfer pathways, D and K, which are used at different stages of the reaction cycle. Here, we address the question if a D pathway with a modified energy landscape for proton transfer could take over the role of the K pathway whe...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Vilhjálmsdóttir J,Albertsson I,Blomberg MRA,Ädelroth P,Brzezinski P

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Syndecans are transmembrane heparan sulfate proteoglycans, with roles in development, tumorigenesis and inflammation, and growing evidence for involvement in tissue regeneration. This is a fast developing field with the prospect of utilizing tissue engineering and biomaterials in novel therapies. Syndecan receptors ar...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Chung H,Multhaupt HA,Oh ES,Couchman JR

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of T lymphocytes results in an increase in intracellular Ca2+ due in large part to influx of extracellular Ca2+. Using the patch clamp technique, an inward current in Jurkat T lymphocytes was observed upon depolarization from a holding potential of -90 mV but not from -60 mV. This whole-cell current was ins...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Densmore JJ,Szabo G,Gray LS

更新日期：1992-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Single enzyme molecules display inevitable, stochastic fluctuations in their catalytic activity. In metabolism, for instance, the stochastic activity of individual enzymes is averaged out due to their high copy numbers per single cell. However, many processes inside cells rely on single enzyme activity, such as transc...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Schwabe A,Maarleveld TR,Bruggeman FJ

更新日期：2013-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Early B-cell factor 1 (Ebf1) is a transcription factor whose inactivation in all cells results in high bone mass because of an increase in bone formation. This observation suggests Ebf1 may be an inhibitor of osteoblast differentiation. To test this contention, we analyzed Ebf1 pattern of expression and function in os...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Zee T,Boller S,Györy I,Makinistoglu MP,Tuckermann JP,Grosschedl R,Karsenty G

更新日期：2013-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxygen is an essential element in the survival of complex organisms, however the level of oxygen, low or high, can be a source of stress depending on the biological context. Low levels of oxygen in tissues (hypoxia) can be the consequence of a number of pathophysiological conditions including ischemic disorders and ca...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Brahimi-Horn MC,Pouysségur J

更新日期：2007-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure of Ehrlich ascites tumor cells to 5-azacytidine for 5 h resulted in a partial loss of ability of DNA to stimulate ADP-ribosyltransferase activity, as assessed in a reconstituted in vitro enzyme system consisting of purified calf thymus enzyme, calf thymus whole histone and DNA isolated from the cells. The deg...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Hoshino J,Nothacker HP,Schalge S,Kröger H

更新日期：1990-03-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Connexins are transmembrane proteins that form gap junction- and hemi-channels. Once inserted into the membrane, hemi-channels (connexons) allow for diffusion of ions and small molecules (<1 kDa) between the extracellular space and the cytosol. Gap junction channels allow diffusion of similar molecules between the cyt...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Meens MJ,Sabine A,Petrova TV,Kwak BR

更新日期：2014-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：:In Ruminococcus albus, 4-O-β-D-mannosyl-D-glucose phosphorylase (RaMP1) and β-(1,4)-mannooligosaccharide phosphorylase (RaMP2) belong to two subfamilies of glycoside hydrolase family 130. The two enzymes phosphorolyze β-mannosidic linkages at the nonreducing ends of their substrates, and have substantially diverse sub...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Ye Y,Saburi W,Odaka R,Kato K,Sakurai N,Komoda K,Nishimoto M,Kitaoka M,Mori H,Yao M

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two synthetic photoactive azidoarylphosphatidylcholines were used to investigate the level of interaction between D-beta-hydroxybutyrate apodehydrogenase (apoBDH), an amphipathic membrane protein, with the hydrophobic domain of phospholipids. The two synthetic lecithins, PL I (1-myristoyl-2-12-N-(4-azido-2-nitrophenyl...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： el Kebbaj MS,Berrez JM,Lakhlifi T,Morpain C,Latruffe N

更新日期：1985-03-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycogen phosphorylase b at concentrations close to those found in skeletal muscle interacts with sarcoplasmic reticulum membranes, but not with liposomes made of lipids extracted from these membranes, and is inhibited upon binding to the membrane. The interaction of glycogen phosphorylase with the sarcoplasmic reticu...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Cuenda A,Centeno F,Gutierrez-Merino C

更新日期：1991-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, we have explored the impact of deleting a single allele of PDK1 in T cell progenitors on alpha/beta and gamma/delta T cell development. The data show that deleting a single allele of PDK1 allows differentiation of alpha/beta T cells but prevents their proliferative expansion in the thymus. Accord...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kelly AP,Hinton HJ,Clarke RG,Cantrell DA

更新日期：2006-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously showed that the post-translational cleavage of alphav subunit is essential for integrin-dependent signalling and cell adhesion. Here, we report that blocking alphav subunit cleavage by expression of alpha1-PDX, a convertase inhibitor, modified the capacity of cells to change shape, via a remodelling of t...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Berthet V,Rigot V,Nejjari M,Marvaldi J,Luis J

更新日期：2004-01-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The 50 S subunit proteins from the Escherichia coli ribosome were purified by size-exclusion, ion-exchange or reversed phase high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) avoiding any precipitation or desalting procedures during isolation. Best resolution of this complex protein mixture was achieved by reversed phase ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kamp RM,Wittmann-Liebold B

更新日期：1984-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The initial processes of platelet activation by platelet-activating factor (PAF) were observed by stopped-flow light scattering and fluorometry. The binding of PAF to rabbit platelets did not change the membrane fluidity, though it caused the removal of calcium from internal stores and induced concomitantly platelet s...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Ohga Y,Nakanishi M

更新日期：1986-10-20 00:00:00