Retinol binding protein expression is induced in HepG2 cells by zinc deficiency.

abstract：:Trypsin treatment of HeLa cells results in a limited proteolysis of the coxsackievirus and adenovirus receptor (CAR) after which the cleaved CAR remains cell-associated and tryptic peptides remain associated through disulfide bonds. Trypsin-treated HeLa cells remain susceptible to infection with coxsackievirus B and p...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Carson SD

更新日期：2000-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper summarizes results of the 40-year studies on replication and recombination of RNA molecules in the cell-free amplification system of bacteriophage Q. Special attention is paid to the molecular colony technique that has provided for the discovery of the nature of "spontaneous" RNA synthesis by Q replicase an...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Chetverin AB

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A fusion gene was constructed consisting of heat labile enterotoxin chain B (LTB) of E. coli genetically linked at its C-terminus to the beta-subunit of human chorionic gonadotropin in translational fusion, under the control of tac promoter and LTB signal sequence. Expression of the fusion gene (about 5 microgram/ml) ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Pillai D,Dixit A,Alok D,Garg LC

更新日期：1996-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Saccharomyces cerevisiae mutant strain DTY26, lacking ACE1, the protein mediator for the induction of metallothionein gene expression, is unable to increase Cu,Zn superoxide dismutase mRNA in response to copper. In the wild-type strain DTY22 transcription of both Cu,Zn superoxide dismutase and metallothionein genes is...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Carri MT,Galiazzo F,Ciriolo MR,Rotilio G

更新日期：1991-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple model is put forward to explain the long-known three-base periodicity in coding DNA. We propose the concept of same-phase triplet clustering, i.e. a condition wherein a triplet appears several times in one phase without interruption by the two other possible phases. For instance, in the sequence (i): NTT_GNN_...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Sánchez J,López-Villaseñor I

更新日期：2006-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The inhibitor of gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (gamma-GT) acivicin modulates cellular responses including growth, myeloid maturation and apoptosis. Whether these effects result from the inhibition of gamma-GT enzyme activity remains unclear. We compared the cellular effects of acivicin against a more potent and specif...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Antczak C,Karp DR,London RE,Bauvois B

更新日期：2001-11-16 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：:The primary structure of a novel subunit of the mouse NMDA (N-methyl-D-aspartate) receptor channel, designated epsilon 4, has been revealed by cloning and sequencing the cDNA. The epsilon 4 subunit shares high amino acid sequence identity with the epsilon 1, epsilon 2 and epsilon 3 subunits of the mouse NMDA receptor ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Ikeda K,Nagasawa M,Mori H,Araki K,Sakimura K,Watanabe M,Inoue Y,Mishina M

更新日期：1992-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Atg18 and Atg21 are homologous S. cerevisiae autophagy proteins. Atg18 is essential for biogenesis of Cvt vesicles and autophagosomes, while Atg21 is only essential for Cvt vesicle formation. We found that mutated Atg18-(FTTGT), which lost almost completely its binding to PtdIns3P and PtdIns(3,5)P(2), is non-functiona...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Krick R,Tolstrup J,Appelles A,Henke S,Thumm M

更新日期：2006-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The TOE1 gene was discovered as a target of the Egr1 transcription factor that participates in cell growth regulation through the upregulation of p21 and a cell cycle delay at the G2/M phase. We report here that TOE1 is able to bind to the p53 tumor suppressor protein, specifically interacting with the C terminal tetr...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Sperandio S,Tardito S,Surzycki A,Latterich M,de Belle I

更新日期：2009-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied the perfusion of the jejunum and ileum in an isolated rat intestine model with flavonoids and hydroxycinnamates and the influence of glycosylation on the subsequent metabolism. Flavone and flavonol glucosides and their corresponding aglycones are glucuronidated during transfer across the rat jejunum an...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Spencer JP,Chowrimootoo G,Choudhury R,Debnam ES,Srai SK,Rice-Evans C

更新日期：1999-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:o-Aminophenol was found to be rapidly metabolized to a brown compound in the presence of purified human oxy- and methemoglobin, coupled with the oxidation and reduction of these hemoglobins by o-aminophenol. The final product of o-aminophenol was identified as 2-aminophenoxazine-3-one, by using spectrophotometry and H...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Tomoda A,Yamaguchi J,Kojima H,Amemiya H,Yoneyama Y

更新日期：1986-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Acylphosphatase (AcP) activity in prokaryotes was classically attributed to some aspecific acid phosphatases. We identified an open reading frame for a putative AcP in the b0968 Escherichia coli gene and purified the recombinant enzyme after checking by RT-PCR that it was indeed expressed. EcoAcP has a predicted typic...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Ramazzotti M,Parrini C,Stefani M,Manao G,Degl'Innocenti D

更新日期：2006-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Tau phosphorylation plays a crucial role in microtubule stabilization and in Alzheimer's disease. To characterize the molecular mechanisms of tau binding on microtubules, we synthesized the peptide R1 (QTAPVPMPDLKNVKSKIGSTENLKHQPGGGKVQI), reproducing the first tau microtubule binding motif. We thermodynamically charac...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Devred F,Douillard S,Briand C,Peyrot V

更新日期：2002-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) are members of the transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) family that signal via type I and type II serine/threonine kinase receptors and intracellular Smad transcription factors. BMPs are multifunctional regulators of development and tissue homeostasis and they were initially characte...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Cai J,Pardali E,Sánchez-Duffhues G,ten Dijke P

更新日期：2012-07-04 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated here whether adiponectin can exhibit an inhibitory effect on tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha)- and receptor activator of nuclear factor-kappaB ligand (RANKL)-induced osteoclastogenesis by using RAW264 cell D clone with a high efficiency to form osteoclasts. Globular adiponectin (gAd) strongly in...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Yamaguchi N,Kukita T,Li YJ,Kamio N,Fukumoto S,Nonaka K,Ninomiya Y,Hanazawa S,Yamashita Y

更新日期：2008-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a nonenzymatic reaction which results in the radiolabeling of proteins by 32P-containing nucleoside triphosphates. The labeling reaction does not require any cofactors, but is greatly enhanced by the presence of alcohols. Even under optimal conditions, less than 1% of the protein molecules undergo modificati...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Schmidt MC,Hanna MM

更新日期：1986-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Using specific antisera, the expression of the G protein alpha subunits, G8, G(i1), G(i2), G(i3) and G0, were determined in 3T3-F442A cells during their differentiation to adipocytes in a hormonally defined medium. Differentiation caused distinct increases in the expression of two Gs isoforms and decreases in the expr...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kilgour E,Anderson NG

更新日期：1993-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Buthionine sulfoximine (BSO) induces decreased glutathione (GSH) and trypanothione [T(SH)2 ] pools in trypanosomatids, presumably because only gamma-glutamylcysteine synthetase (γECS) is blocked. However, some BSO effects cannot be explained by exclusive γECS inhibition; therefore, its effect on the T(SH)2 metabolism ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Vázquez C,Mejia-Tlachi M,González-Chávez Z,Silva A,Rodríguez-Zavala JS,Moreno-Sánchez R,Saavedra E

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Expression plasmids encoding native human preporenin and a mutant deleted in its entire prosegment were transfected into Chinese hamster ovary cells. The cells transfected with the expression plasmid of native preporenin secreted exclusively inactive prorenin, while the cells transfected with the mutant secreted the a...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Nagahama M,Nakayama K,Hori H,Murakami K

更新日期：1989-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:miR398 links expression of the three major chloroplast copper proteins, plastocyanin, CCS1 and Csd2, to copper availability. miR398 abundance was stronger plastocyanin-controlled in accessions from cold and continental habitats (Kas-1, Ms-0, WS) than in Cvi-0 and Col-0. Target gene regulation was broken for Csd2 in Cv...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Juszczak I,Baier M

更新日期：2012-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：:We have reported previously on the ability of Lactobacillus reuteri to produce a compound with vitamin B(12) activity. Here we report on the chemical characterisation of this corrinoid-like molecule. High performance liquid chromatography coupled to an ultraviolet diode array detector, mass spectrometry and nuclear ma...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Santos F,Vera JL,Lamosa P,de Valdez GF,de Vos WM,Santos H,Sesma F,Hugenholtz J

更新日期：2007-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:A large protein complex (approx. 2000 kDa) was found in the cytosol of the hyperthermophilic archaebacterium Staphylothermus marinus. The purified protein was shown to be a homomultimer of 93 kDa subunits, the primary structure of which was determined by nucleotide sequence analysis. The protein belongs to the family ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Cicicopol C,Peters J,Kellermann J,Baumeister W

更新日期：1994-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Strigolactones are a new class of phytohormones synthesized from carotenoids via carlactone. The complex structure of carlactone is not easily deducible from its precursor, a cis-configured β-carotene cleavage product, and is thus formed via a poorly understood series of reactions and molecular rearrangements, all cat...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Bruno M,Vermathen M,Alder A,Wüst F,Schaub P,van der Steen R,Beyer P,Ghisla S,Al-Babili S

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:(-)-Epigallocatechin-3-O-gallate (EGCG), a polyphenol in green tea, induces apoptosis in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cells without affecting normal cells. In this study, we observed that cGMP acts as a cell death mediator of the EGCG-induced anti-AML effect through acid sphingomyelinase activation. EGCG activated the...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kumazoe M,Kim Y,Bae J,Takai M,Murata M,Suemasu Y,Sugihara K,Yamashita S,Tsukamoto S,Huang Y,Nakahara K,Yamada K,Tachibana H

更新日期：2013-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Dynein is a minus end-directed microtubule motor that serves multiple cellular functions. We have performed a fine mapping of the 8 kDa dynein light chain (LC8) binding sites throughout the development of a library of consecutive synthetic dodecapeptides covering the amino acid sequences of the various proteins known ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Rodríguez-Crespo I,Yélamos B,Roncal F,Albar JP,Ortiz de Montellano PR,Gavilanes F

更新日期：2001-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：:This study reports plasma levels of a specific nonenzymatic peroxidation product of arachidonic acid, esterified 8-epi-PGF2 alpha, from healthy- and NIDDM individuals as an index of oxidative stress in vivo. Plasma 8-epi-PGF2 alpha was isolated by solid-phase extraction on a C18 followed by an NH2 cartridge and analyz...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Gopaul NK,Anggård EE,Mallet AI,Betteridge DJ,Wolff SP,Nourooz-Zadeh J

更新日期：1995-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：:G protein-coupled receptor kinase 2 (GRK2) plays a key role in determining the rate and extent of G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) desensitization and resensitization. Recent data indicate that GRK2 activity, subcellular distribution and expression are tightly regulated. The important physiological function of GRK2 a...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Aragay AM,Ruiz-Gómez A,Penela P,Sarnago S,Elorza A,Jiménez-Sainz MC,Mayor F Jr

更新日期：1998-06-23 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：:The amino acid sequence of the eclosion hormone from the tobacco hornworm Manduca sexta has been determined, using less than 500 pmol of protein and microanalytical techniques. The protein contains 62 amino acid residues and has a molecular mass of 6813 Da. The amino-terminal sequence is similar to that of a 13-residu...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Marti T,Takio K,Walsh KA,Terzi G,Truman JW

更新日期：1987-07-27 00:00:00