Differential display analysis of mutants for the transcription factor Pdr1p regulating multidrug resistance in the budding yeast.

abstract：:The substrate activation behaviour of pyruvate decarboxylase from germinating seeds of Pisum sativum is characterised kinetically via stopped-flow measurements and discussed with respect to other species. The involvement of SH-groups in this process is demonstrated by reference experiments with chemically modified enz...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Dietrich A,König S

更新日期：1997-01-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondria in primary living hepatocytes were visualized in cells transfected with a chimeric plasmid encoding for the green fluorescent protein (GFP) of Aequorea victoria engineered to be specifically targeted to mitochondria, as described recently (Rizutto et al. (1995) Curr. Biol. 5, 635-642). The identification ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Venerando R,Miotto G,Pizzo P,Rizzuto R,Siliprandi N

更新日期：1996-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：:1,2-Didecanoylglycerol (diC10) is taken up by human platelets and sequentially converted to 1,2-didecanoylphosphatidic acid (PA10) and 1,2-didecanoylphosphatidylinositol (PI10). Agents that increase cyclic AMP in platelets, such as prostacyclin and forskolin, sequentially convert diC10 to PA10 and PI10. They decrease ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Lapetina EG

更新日期：1986-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The structure of the Fab fragment of the monoclonal antibody MAK 33 (kappa/IgG1) at pH 2 was characterized. Spectroscopic and kinetic analysis revealed a molten globule-like state, characterized by elements of secondary structure but less defined tertiary contacts than in the native state. However, some aromatic side ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Lilie H,Buchner J

更新日期：1995-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Energetic behaviors of eight pairs of RNA/DNA hybrid duplexes with identical nearest neighbors have been investigated by UV melting analysis. In the pairs with identical nearest-neighbor pairs, the melting curve traces at the same strand concentration were very similar. The average difference in stabilization energy o...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Sugimoto N,Katoh M,Nakano S,Ohmichi T,Sasaki M

更新日期：1994-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein kinase D (PKD)/protein kinase Cmicro (PKCmicro, a serine/threonine protein kinase with distinct structural and enzymological properties, is rapidly activated in intact cells via PKC. The amino-terminal region of PKD contains a cysteine-rich domain (CRD) that directly binds phorbol esters with a high affinity. ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Matthews S,Iglesias T,Cantrell D,Rozengurt E

更新日期：1999-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The cytochrome P-450 content of rat hepatocytes declined rapidly over 72 h in culture, due primarily to denaturation to cytochrome P-420. Six different media were investigated for their ability to conserve cytochrome P-450 during culture, and the most successful was a modified Earle's medium. After 72 h culture in thi...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Grant MH,Melvin MA,Shaw P,Melvin WT,Burke MD

更新日期：1985-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The domains of the pore-forming protein responsible for the gate and channel formations were separated and identified in the outer membrane of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The proteolytic cleavage of the 46K channel protein, protein D2, yielded two major domains with apparent M(r) of 27K and 19K. We identified the 27K poly...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Yoshihara E,Nakae T

更新日期：1992-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The amino acid sequences of the polypeptide chains of the acetylcholine receptor have recently been published. From the hydrophilicity profiles, it has been proposed that residues 161-166 of the alpha-chain might be an important antigenic site. We have synthesised a peptide containing this sequence and raised antisera...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Juillerat MA,Barkas T,Tzartos SJ

更新日期：1984-03-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein D2 forms the water-filled pore across the outer membrane of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and allows the penetration of imipenem. We cloned the protein D2 gene by the antibody screening technique. When the imipenem-resistant mutant lacking protein D2 harbored the plasmid with the cloned D2 gene, the mutant overproduc...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Yoneyama H,Nakae T

更新日期：1991-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：:In photosynthetic reaction centers, the excitation with light leads to the formation of a charge separated state across the photosynthetic membrane. For the reaction center of purple non-sulphur bacteria, it was previously generally assumed that this primary charge separation could only start with the excitation of th...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： van Brederode ME,van Grondelle R

更新日期：1999-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：:A cDNA clone encoding cytochrome P-450(11)beta of rat adrenal has been cloned and sequenced using a bovine P-450(11)beta cDNA insert (pcP-450(11 beta)-2; (1987) J. Biochem. 102, 559-568) as a probe. The nucleotide sequence contains an open reading frame sufficient to encode the entire amino acid sequence of a P-450(11...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Nonaka Y,Matsukawa N,Morohashi,Omura T,Ogihara T,Teraoka H,Okamoto M

更新日期：1989-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Free and membrane-bound polyribosomes were isolated from the livers of untreated and clofibrate-treated male C57B1/6 mice. The in vitro translation products were investigated in a rabbit reticulocyte cell-free system by immunoprecipitation of cytosolic epoxide hydrolase, catalase and albumin. The soluble forms of epox...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Joste V,Meijer J

更新日期：1989-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:CAP (c-Cbl associated protein)/ponsin belongs to a family of adaptor proteins implicated in cell adhesion and signaling. Here we show that CAP binds to and co-localizes with the essential endocytic factor dynamin. We demonstrate that CAP promotes the formation of dynamin-decorated tubule like structures, which are als...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Tosoni D,Cestra G

更新日期：2009-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytochrome oxidase exhibits phosphorescence from tryptophan in aqueous solution in the absence of oxygen. The lifetime for the resting reduced enzyme suspended in Tween-20 is around 30 ms at pH 8. The lifetime is longest between pH 7 and 8 and decreases with lowering of pH. Oxygen quenches the phosphorescence with a S...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Papp S,King TE,Vanderkooi JM

更新日期：1991-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Bovine heart cytochrome-c oxidase was reconstituted in liposomes and the kinetics of cytochrome c oxidation were measured by the polarographic and photometric method under uncoupled conditions in the presence of various polyvalent anions. In order to distinguish between specific and unspecific ionic effects of ATP, th...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Hüther FJ,Kadenbach B

更新日期：1986-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The plant-specific GAI-RGA-and-SCR (GRAS) family of proteins function as transcriptional regulators and play critical roles in development and signalling. Recent structural studies have shed light on the molecular functions at the structural level. The conserved GRAS domain comprises an α-helical cap and α/β core subd...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Hakoshima T

更新日期：2018-02-01 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：:Pheromone receptors are expressed in the accessory olfactory system, which is vital for non-specific chemical communication and for sexual behavior. Under the hypothesis that some of the pheromone molecules released from female reproductive organs might regulate sperm chemotaxis or chemokinesis, we examined whether th...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Tatsura H,Nagao H,Tamada A,Sasaki S,Kohri K,Mori K

更新日期：2001-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) is associated with hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS). Although most clinical isolates of STEC produce hemolysin (called enterohemolysin), the precise role of enterohemolysin in the pathogenesis of STEC infections is unknown. Here we demonstrated that E. coli carrying the clo...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Taneike I,Zhang HM,Wakisaka-Saito N,Yamamoto T

更新日期：2002-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Immature Drosophila rhodopsin is N-glycosylated, but undergoes complete deglycosylation during the process of protein maturation. In order to elucidate the site of glycosylation and its role in rhodopsin synthesis, we investigated the in vitro and in vivo synthesis of rhodopsin whose putative N-glycosylation sites (As...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Katanosaka K,Tokunaga F,Kawamura S,Ozaki K

更新日期：1998-03-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The tissue inhibitors of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), TIMP-1 and TIMP-2, are also angiogenesis inhibitors. Cathepsin B and MMPs are found at sites of neovascularization in pathologies such as cancer and osteoarthritis. Treatment of TIMP-1, TIMP-2, and of a mixture of both inhibitors from human articular chondrocy...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kostoulas G,Lang A,Nagase H,Baici A

更新日期：1999-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：:We have set up a model system for familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (FALS) by transfecting human neuroblastoma cell line SH-SY5Y with plasmids directing constitutive expression of either wild-type human Cu,Zn superoxide dismutase (Cu,ZnSOD) or a mutant of this enzyme (G93A) associated with FALS. We have tested mi...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Carrì MT,Ferri A,Battistoni A,Famhy L,Gabbianelli R,Poccia F,Rotilio G

更新日期：1997-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The 21-residue peptide KLLLLKLLLLKLLLLKLLLLK (KL4) has been synthesized and analyzed regarding its secondary structure and orientation in lipid environments. Fourier transform infrared and circular dichroism spectroscopy shows that the peptide exhibits approximately 80% alpha-helical content both in dodecylphosphochol...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Gustafsson M,Vandenbussche G,Curstedt T,Ruysschaert JM,Johansson J

更新日期：1996-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Pyrroloquinoline quinone (PQQ) has been claimed to be a component of glutamate decarboxylase from Escherichia coli on the basis of a frequently used procedure in which the protein is extracted with hexanol. We demonstrate that if pyridoxal phosphate (PLP) is not added during the preparation, the apoenzyme prepared fro...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： De Biase D,Maras B,John RA

更新日期：1991-01-14 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：:Perturbation of the aerobic steady-state in a chemostat culture of the ethanol-producing bacterium Zymomonas mobilis with a small pulse of ethanol causes a burst of ethanol oxidation, although the reactant ratio of the alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) reaction ([NADH][acetaldehyde][H(+)])/([ethanol][NAD(+)]) remains above ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kalnenieks U,Galinina N,Toma MM,Pickford JL,Rutkis R,Poole RK

更新日期：2006-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood flukes of the genus Schistosoma currently infect millions of people in tropical and subtropical countries. An enzyme playing a major role in hemoglobin (Hb) degradation by Schistosoma mansoni has been cloned and shown to be highly similar to the human cathepsin D aspartyl proteinase, although presenting a distin...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Silva FP Jr,Ribeiro F,Katz N,Giovanni-De-Simone S

更新日期：2002-03-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Aquaporin-4, a predominant water channel in the central nervous system, has two isoforms, M1 and M23, whose transcripts are driven by distinct promoters. Using a reporter assay, we found that a fragment located between exons 0 and 1 of the mouse aquaporin-4 gene, which had been thought to be the promoter for M23, lack...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Abe Y,Goda W,Ikeshima-Kataoka H,Yasui M

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effects of sulfatide and its precursor galactosylceramide (gal-cer) on the kinetics of production of cytokines were studied. In human mononuclear leucocytes, gal-cer but not sulfatide induced significantly increased amounts of interleukin (IL)-1beta, IL-6 and tumor necrosis factor (TNF) mRNA. In phytohemagglutinin-sti...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Bovin LF,Fredman P,Månsson JE,Buschard K,Bendtzen K

更新日期：1999-07-23 00:00:00