S100A1 modulates skeletal muscle contraction by desensitizing calcium activation of isometric tension, stiffness and ATPase.

abstract：:Phosphorylation of the 20 kDa myosin light chain from smooth muscle by five different kinases was investigated. Three of the kinases (myosin light chain kinase, phosphorylase kinase, and cAMP-dependent protein kinase) phosphorylate serine residues, the fourth (casein-kinase-2) mainly threonine, and the fifth (glycogen...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Singh TJ,Akatsuka A,Huang KP

更新日期：1983-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Anti-cytokine autoantibodies in healthy individuals have been widely reported but the occurrence is variable and inconstant. We hypothesized that cytokine-binding in vivo may explain their variable and infrequent detection. Therefore, we focused on the detection of the cytokine-autoantibody complexes and found that an...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Watanabe M,Uchida K,Nakagaki K,Kanazawa H,Trapnell BC,Hoshino Y,Kagamu H,Yoshizawa H,Keicho N,Goto H,Nakata K

更新日期：2007-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The hirudin-like factor 1 (HLF1) of Hirudo medicinalis belongs to a new class of leech-derived factors. In previous investigations, HLF1 did not exhibit anticoagulatory activities. Here, we describe the analysis of natural and synthetic variants of HLF1 and HLF-Hyb, a yet uncharacterized member of the HLF family. Modi...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Müller C,Lukas P,Böhmert M,Hildebrandt JP

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thioredoxin-interacting protein (Txnip) knockout (TKO) mice exhibit impaired response to fasting. Herein, we showed that activation of adenine monophosphate-activated protein kinase and cellular AMP levels were diminished in the heart and soleus muscle but not in gastrocnemius muscle of fasting TKO mice. Similarly, gl...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Andres AM,Ratliff EP,Sachithanantham S,Hui ST

更新日期：2011-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The widely studied macrophage scavenger receptor system is known to bind both acetylated low density lipoprotein and oxidized low density lipoprotein. Although only the latter ligand has been shown to occur in vivo, acetylated low density lipoprotein is often used to evaluate the contribution of scavenger receptors to...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Volf I,Moeslinger T,Cooper J,Schmid W,Koller E

更新日期：1999-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin causes a translocation of glucose transporters from intracellular microsomes to the plasma membrane in adipocytes. To determine whether insulin has a similar effect in rat hindlimb muscles, we used glucose-inhibitable cytochalasin B binding to estimate the number of glucose transporters in membrane fractions f...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Klip A,Ramlal T,Young DA,Holloszy JO

更新日期：1987-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Prokaryotes, plants and animals control ammonium fluxes by the regulated expression of ammonium transporters (AMTs) and/or the related Rhesus (Rh) proteins. Plant AMTs were previously reported to mediate electrogenic transport. Functional analysis of AtAMT2 from Arabidopsis in yeast and oocytes suggests that NH(4)(+) ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Neuhäuser B,Dynowski M,Ludewig U

更新日期：2009-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The concept of critical period plasticity in rat visual cortex has been studied in terms of changes in the level of filamentous actin and of the 200 kDa neurofilament polypeptide. Our results suggest that the postnatal developmental profile of filamentous actin is affected by visual experience, as a consequence of eye...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Nona SN,Trowell SC,Cronly-Dillon JR

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the distribution of a calcium-inhibitable adenylyl cyclase type VI (type VI AC) in the central nervous system using an antiserum directed against the N-terminus of type VI AC. Our results indicate that type VI AC immunoreactivity is generally expressed in many brain regions wit...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Liu FC,Wu GC,Hsieh ST,Lai HL,Wang HF,Wang TW,Chern Y

更新日期：1998-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The mitochondrial ADP/ATP carriers (AACs) catalyze the exchange of cytosolic ADP for matrix ATP. We have identified and characterized a novel member of the AAC subfamily of mitochondrial metabolite transport proteins, termed AAC4. The AAC4 gene maps to human chromosome 4q28.1, and its product AAC4 is 66-68% identical ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Dolce V,Scarcia P,Iacopetta D,Palmieri F

更新日期：2005-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemin stimulates cAMP production in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC). The kinetics are similar to that of hormone-induced cAMP generation, namely a rapid effect followed by a desensitization phase. Several experimental findings suggest that prostaglandins do not mediate this effect. First, macrophage de...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Lander HM,Levine DM,Novogrodsky A

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The off rate from the first calcium-binding site of the C2A domain of synaptotagmin I, a putative calcium receptor in neurotransmitter release, has been determined by 15N-nuclear magnetic resonance relaxation dispersion measurements. The exchange rate was obtained by fitting the dependence of the transverse relaxation...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Millet O,Bernadó P,Garcia J,Rizo J,Pons M

更新日期：2002-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Production of glycerol and a key enzyme in glycerol production, glycerol 3-phosphate dehydrogenase (NAD+) (GPD), was studied in Saccharomyces cerevisiae cultured in basal media or media of high salinity, with glucose, raffinose or ethanol as the sole carbon source. At high salinity, glycerol production was stimulated ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： André L,Hemming A,Adler L

更新日期：1991-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The uncoupler-induced inactivation of H+-ATPase in hepatoma 22a and mouse liver mitochondria has been studied. The dependence of this process on delta microH, and pH and ATP was established. The inactivated ATPase could be reactivated at alkaline pH values in the absence of ATP. These data indicate that the inactivati...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Chernyak BV,Dukhovich VF,Khodjaev EYu

更新日期：1987-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Horse plasma gelsolin labelled with benzophenone-4-isothiocyanate can be photochemically cross-linked to rabbit cardiac tropomyosin. The cross-linking proceeds with greater efficiency in calcium-containing buffers. Further evidence for interaction between these proteins is provided by retention of fluorescently labell...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Koepf EK,Burtnick LD

更新日期：1992-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Vacuolar H(+)-PPase, a membrane bound proton-translocating pyrophosphatase found in various species including plants, some protozoan and prokaryotes, has been demonstrated to be localized to the vacuolar membrane in plants. Using a GUS reporter system and a green fluorescent protein (GFP) fusion protein, we investigat...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Mitsuda N,Enami K,Nakata M,Takeyasu K,Sato MH

更新日期：2001-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:In cultured rat pituitary gonadotrophs, gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) induces rapid hyperpolarization of the cell membrane and causes cessation of the spontaneous electrical activity present in non-stimulated cells. This initial response to GnRH is followed by slow oscillations of membrane potential (Vm) which...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kukuljan M,Stojilković SS,Rojas E,Catt KJ

更新日期：1992-04-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Ghrelin is a novel gastrointestinal peptide that stimulates growth hormone secretion, food intake, and body weight gain. Increased ghrelin secretion has been reported in such negative energy states as starvation and low body weight. We investigated the dynamics of ghrelin in rats with streptozotocin-induced diabetes, ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Masaoka T,Suzuki H,Hosoda H,Ota T,Minegishi Y,Nagata H,Kangawa K,Ishii H

更新日期：2003-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The process of cell reprogramming has been characterized considerably since the successful generation of induced pluripotent stem cells. However, the importance of cell-cell communications for cellular reprogramming remains largely unknown. Secreted factors, which are expressed and secreted during reprogramming, may i...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Bansho Y,Lee J,Nishida E,Nakajima-Koyama M

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Melanogenesis is an important biochemical process for the production of skin pigments which protect many animals from the damage of solar radiation. The abnormalities in melanogenesis are associated with albinism, vitiligo, as well as malignant melanoma in humans. In the lower forms of animals viz., insects, the exosk...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Sugumaran M

更新日期：1991-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The Xenopus laevis oocyte has endogenous sites that bind muscarinic agonists, which have been pharmacologically characterized as M3 and/or M1 receptor subtypes. In order to define the molecular identify of the receptor protein we have analyzed a Xenopus oocyte cDNA library and cloned a 2.9 kb cDNA fragment encoding a ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Herrera L,Carvallo P,Antonelli M,Olate J

更新日期：1994-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Anthrax is a severe bacterial infection that occurs when Bacillus anthracis spores gain access into the body and germinate in macrophages, causing septicemia and toxemia. Anthrax toxin is a binary A-B toxin composed of protective antigen (PA), lethal factor (LF), and edema factor (EF). PA mediates the entry of either ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Ascenzi P,Visca P,Ippolito G,Spallarossa A,Bolognesi M,Montecucco C

更新日期：2002-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent evidence indicates that cell-cycle regulating proteins are involved in apoptotic process in post-mitotic neurons. In this study, we examined cell-cycle regulators for G1/S cell-cycle progression after a transient focal cerebral ischemia induced by middle cerebral artery (MCA) occlusion. In the cerebral frontopa...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Wen Y,Yang S,Liu R,Simpkins JW

更新日期：2005-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Tyrosyl radicals can catalyze LDL oxidation. In addition to their LDL oxidizing ability, superoxide (O2.-)/nitric oxide (NO.) generate phenoxyl radicals when reacting with tyrosine. Therefore we tested if tyrosine can act as a pro-oxidant in O2.-/NO.-initiated LDL oxidation. When LDL was exposed to O2.-/NO., tyrosine ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kapiotis S,Hermann M,Held I,Mühl A,Gmeiner B

更新日期：1997-06-09 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel regulation type, which may be observed as an unusual kinetic 'cooperativity', is predicted for the alpha-keto acid dehydrogenase complexes. The inter-relationship of this regulation with the well-known regulatory effect of enzyme phosphorylation is discussed. ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Goldstein BN,Selivanov VA

更新日期：1993-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Fatty acid hydroperoxide lyase (HPL) is a novel P-450 enzyme that cleaves fatty acid hydroperoxides to form short-chain aldehydes and oxo-acids. In cucumber seedlings, the activities of both fatty acid 9HPL and 13HPL could be detected. High 9HPL activity was especially evident in hypocotyls. Using a polymerase chain r...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Matsui K,Ujita C,Fujimoto S,Wilkinson J,Hiatt B,Knauf V,Kajiwara T,Feussner I

更新日期：2000-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We constructed five mutated cDNAs encoding human interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) derivatives lacking 19-23 COOH-terminal residues and expressed them in Escherichia coli. All the derivatives were purified to homogeneity. They showed substantially the same order of antiviral activity in vitro as the intact molecule, and be...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Sakaguchi M,Honda S,Ozawa M,Nishimura O

更新日期：1988-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:An improved method for expressing and purifying bovine pancreatic ribonuclease from a synthetic gene using the lambda promoter controlled by a temperature-sensitive repressor is described. The procedure involves isolation in the presence of a refolding buffer containing oxidized and reduced glutathione, under conditio...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： McGeehan GM,Benner SA

更新日期：1989-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Octopus, squid and cuttle-fish organs were examined for alcohol dehydrogenase activity. Only one form was detectable, with properties typical of mammalian class III alcohol dehydrogenase. The corresponding protein was purified from octopus and enzymatically characterized. Ion-exchange and affinity chromatography produ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Rosario Fernández M,Jörnvall H,Moreno A,Kaiser R,Parés X

更新日期：1993-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Three novel neuropeptides, isolated from ganglia of the African giant snail, Achatina fulica, were named WWamide-1, -2 and -3. These substances were biologically active heptapeptide amides with a Trp residue at both the N- and C-termini. WWamide-1, which displayed an inhibitory activity on a central neuron of the snai...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Minakata H,Ikeda T,Muneoka Y,Kobayashi M,Nomoto K

更新日期：1993-05-24 00:00:00