Expression of human apolipoprotein A-I/C-III/A-IV gene cluster in mice reduces atherogenesis in response to a high fat-high cholesterol diet.

abstract：:The effects of metal cations on the activation of recombinant human SK4 (also known as hIK1 or hKCa4) channels, expressed in HEK 293 cells, were tested using patch clamp recording. Of the nine metals tested, cobalt, iron, magnesium, and zinc did not activate the SK4 channels when applied, at concentrations up to 100 m...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Cao YJ,Houamed KM

更新日期：1999-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The NAD-dependent glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (glycerol-3-phosphate:NAD+ oxidoreductase; EC 1.1.1.8; G3P DHG) was purified 178-fold to homogeneity from Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain H44-3D by affinity- and ion-exchange chromatography. SDS-PAGE indicated that the enzyme had a molecular mass of approximately 42...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Albertyn J,van Tonder A,Prior BA

更新日期：1992-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Reticulocyte-type 15-lipoxygenase is known to dioxygenate phospholipids without preceding action of phospholipases A2 (PLA2). Therefore we studied the reaction of the secretory PLA2s (sPLA2) from pancreas and snake venom, and of the human cytosolic PLA2 (cPLA2) with 1-palmitoyl-2-arachidonoyl phosphatidylcholine (PAPC...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Chaitidis P,Schewe T,Sutherland M,Kühn H,Nigam S

更新日期：1998-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：:A lowered efficiency of oxidative phosphorylation was recently found in a Leber hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) proband carrying a mutation in the mtDNA gene for subunit 6 of the membrane-bound F0 segment of the F1F0-ATP synthase [9]. This phenotype was transferred to cytoplasmic hybrid cells together with the muta...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Majander A,Lamminen T,Juvonen V,Aula P,Nikoskelainen E,Savontaus ML,Wikström M

更新日期：1997-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The proteolytic processing of rabbit intestinal lactase-phlorizin-hydrolase (LPH) was studied by pulse-chase and continuous labeling experiments in organ culture from 15-day-old rabbits in the presence of glycosylation and processing inhibitors. Monensin and brefeldin A inhibited the two proteolytic cleavages of the p...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Rossi M,Maiuri L,Salvati VM,Russomanno C,Auricchio S

更新日期：1993-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Foot-and-mouth disease virus leader proteinase (L(pro)), a papain-like cysteine proteinase, has six acidic amino acids between 4 A and 11 A of the catalytic dyad of Cys51 and His148. In contrast, in papain and related enzymes, only one acidic residue lies within this distance. We have examined by site-directed mutagen...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kronovetr J,Skern T

更新日期：2002-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a panel of monoclonal antibodies, it has previously been demonstrated that the cytosol of nucleated red cells (trout and turkey) contains a protein similar to arrestin, a soluble protein found so far only in the photosensitive cells and which, by binding to photoexcited rhodopsin, inhibits the phototransduction ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Scheuring U,Franco M,Fievet B,Guizouarn H,Mirshahi M,Faure JP,Motais R

更新日期：1990-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：:miRNAs play a number of roles in bone, including mediating the pathological effects of inflammation. Here, we found that miR-33a-5p expression was significantly increased after TNF-α treatment during BMP-2-induced osteogenic differentiation of hBMSCs. Luciferase reporter assays and western blotting demonstrated that s...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Mi W,Shi Q,Chen X,Wu T,Huang H

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prolactin (PRL) has been implicated as a modulator of immune function, and some of its actions may be linked to NO synthesis. Because NO acts as a mediator of inflammation, we speculated that an inflammatory milieu could unmask pathways by which PRL could affect NO synthesis. Here, we show that pro-inflammatory cytoki...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Corbacho AM,Macotela Y,Nava G,Eiserich JP,Cross CE,Martínez de la Escalera G,Clapp C

更新日期：2003-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Hst1At (accession number AB018695) was identified from the Arabidopsis thaliana sequencing project on BAC T3F12, and the corresponding cDNA was isolated by reverse transcription-PCR. Southern blot analysis reveals a single copy of this gene. The cDNA encodes a root specific sulfate transporter of 649 amino acids. Hete...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Vidmar JJ,Tagmount A,Cathala N,Touraine B,Davidian JE

更新日期：2000-06-09 00:00:00

abstract：:We have isolated a potent platelet aggregation inducer from the crude venom of Calloselasma rhodostoma (Malayan pit viper), termed rhodoaggretin, with a novel oligomeric structure consisting of a dimer of C-type lectin-like heterodimers. On the basis of its native molecular mass of 66 kDa, and a M(r) of 30 kDa for its...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Wang R,Kong C,Kolatkar P,Chung MC

更新日期：2001-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The solution conformation of the cardiac stimulatory sea anemone polypeptide anthopleurin-A has been characterised using distance geometry and restrained molecular dynamics calculations. A set of 253 approximate interproton distance restraints and 14 peptide backbone torsion angle restraints derived from two-dimension...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Torda AE,Mabbutt BC,van Gunsteren WF,Norton RS

更新日期：1988-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhibition of mammalian DNA topoisomerase I by phospholipids was investigated using purified enzyme. Acidic phospholipids inhibited the DNA relaxation activity of topoisomerase I whereas neutral phospholipid, phosphatidylethanolamine, did not. Accumulation of a protein-DNA cleavable complex, an intermediate which is k...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Tamura H,Ikegami Y,Ono K,Sekimizu K,Andoh T

更新日期：1990-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Recombinant cell lines expressing D2 and D3 dopamine receptor isoforms have been used to study coupling of these receptors to G-proteins from the effects of GTP to reduce agonist binding affinities in agonist/[3H]spiperone competition experiments. D2(short) expressed in Ltk- cells, D2(long) expressed in Ltk- or CHO ce...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Castro SW,Strange PG

更新日期：1993-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The involvement of H2O2 generated by photosystem II (PSII) in the process of photoinhibition of thylakoids with a functional oxygen-evolving complex (OEC) was investigated. The rate of photoinhibition was decreased to the rate of loss of activity in the dark when bovine Fe-catalase was present during the photoinhibito...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Bradley RL,Long KM,Frasch WD

更新日期：1991-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The structure of the Ala38 variant of yeast iso-1-cytochrome c, in which the previously unchanged Arg38 has been replaced, has been characterised by NMR. The NMR data indicate that the structure of the Ala38 variant is very similar to that of the wild type protein. In particular, the heme environment and interactions ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Thurgood AG,Pielak GJ,Cutler RL,Davies AM,Greenwood C,Mauk AG,Smith M,Williamson DJ,Moore GR

更新日期：1991-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The highly polymorphic major histocompatibility complex class II (MHCII) polypeptides assemble in the ER with the assistance of invariant chain (Ii) chaperone. Ii binds to the peptide-binding pocket of MHCII heterodimers. We explored the mechanism how MHCII subunits attach to Ii. Expression with single alpha or beta s...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Neumann J,Koch N

更新日期：2005-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Tertiary structure models of Interleukin-6 were constructed using a routine prediction method based on the X-ray crystal structures of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (GCSF) and leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF). The models were evaluated with the aid of the sequence-structure compatibility (3D-1D) method program...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Sumikawa H,Fukuhara K,Suzuki E,Matsuo Y,Nishikawa K

更新日期：1997-03-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Filamin plays an important role in actin cytoskeleton organization, membrane stabilization, and anchoring of transmembrane proteins. Using short interfering RNA (siRNA) to selectively target the filamin A gene and silence its expression, we studied the role of filamin A in G protein coupled receptor (GPCR) signaling. ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Huang C,Wu Z,Hujer KM,Miller RT

更新日期：2006-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Crystals of methylamine-treated alpha 2-macroglobulin (alpha 2M-MA), alpha 2-macroglobulin in complex with two molecules of trypsin, alpha 2M-T2, one molecule of plasmin, alpha 2M-PL, and one molecule of plasmin followed by methylamine-treatment, alpha 2M-PL(MA), have reproducibly been obtained using ammonium sulfate ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Andersen GR,Jacobsen L,Thirup S,Nyborg J,Sottrup-Jensen L

更新日期：1991-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Bovine globin has been incubated with mice peritoneal macrophages in order to study its hydrolysis by lysosomal enzymes, among which chiefly cathepsin D. Analysis of resulting peptides, by reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC), showed the release of a bioactive peptide, VV-hemorphin-7. When a...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Dagouassat N,Garreau I,Sannier F,Zhao Q,Piot JM

更新日期：1996-03-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The prokaryotic tubulin homologue FtsZ polymerizes in vitro in a nucleotide dependent fashion. Here we report that replacement of the strictly conserved Asp212 residue of Escherichia coli FtsZ by a Cys or Asn, but not by a Glu residue results in FtsZ that polymerizes with divalent cations in the absence of added GTP. ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Scheffers DJ,de Wit JG,den Blaauwen T,Driessen AJ

更新日期：2001-04-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Differentiation enhancing factor (DEF) is a 29 kDa protein expressed in murine erythroleukemia (MEL) cells and active in promoting a significant increase in the rate of hexamethylenebisacetamide induced differentiation of these cells. The factor was recently shown to possess an amino acid sequence identical to that re...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Melloni E,Sparatore B,Patrone M,Pessino A,Passalacqua M,Pontremoli S

更新日期：1995-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The activity of the Ca-pumping ATPase of cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) is controlled by the phosphorylation of the intrinsic regulatory protein phospholamban (PLB), which affects both the apparent Km(Ca) and the Vmax of the transport process. We have investigated the correlation between phosphorylation of PLB an...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Chiesi M,Schwaller R

更新日期：1989-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to improve our understanding of membrane protein solubilization by sodium dodecylsulphate, sarcoplasmic reticulum vesicles have been treated with this surfactant at different detergent: protein mole ratios. Effects on Ca2(+)-ATPase activity, membrane protein solubilization, and protein conformation have been ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Prado A,Muga A,Castresana J,Goñi FM,Arrondo JL

更新日期：1990-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Phlorizin, a potent inhibitor of the Na+/D-glucose cotransporter, was derivatised to 3-aminophlorizin and subsequently coupled to Affi-Gel 15. Affinity chromatography of pig kidney brush border membranes solubilised in Triton X-100 allowed the purification of a 60 kDa protein on this resin. We consider this protein to...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kitlar T,Morrison AI,Kinne R,Deutscher J

更新日期：1988-07-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The distribution of flux control coefficients of a glycolytic system in starved rat liver has been determined. The flux control coefficient profile in starved conditions is compared with normal fed conditions showing that in the former phosphofructokinase enhances more than 2-fold its flux control coefficient while gl...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Torres NV,Mateo F,Meléndez-Hevia E

更新日期：1988-06-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The alpha-subunit of the TRAP complex (TRAP alpha) is a single-spanning membrane protein of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) which is found in proximity of nascent polypeptide chains translocating across the membrane. Here, we demonstrate the widespread occurrence of TRAP alpha in eukaryotes as indicated by its existenc...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Hartmann E,Prehn S

更新日期：1994-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1) is a transcription factor activated by hypoxia. The HIF-1 activation transduction pathway is poorly understood. In this report, we investigated the activation of extracellular regulated kinases (ERK) in hypoxia and their involvement in HIF-1 activation. We demonstrated that in human ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Minet E,Arnould T,Michel G,Roland I,Mottet D,Raes M,Remacle J,Michiels C

更新日期：2000-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Advanced glycation end products (AGE) are known to serve as ligands for the scavenger receptors such as SR-A, CD36 and SR-BI. In the current study, we examined whether AGE is recognized by lectin-like oxidized low density lipoprotein receptor-1 (LOX-1). Cellular binding experiments revealed that AGE-bovine serum album...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Jono T,Miyazaki A,Nagai R,Sawamura T,Kitamura T,Horiuchi S

更新日期：2002-01-30 00:00:00