A novel positive tetracycline-dependent transactivator (rtTA) variant with reduced background activity and enhanced activation potential.

abstract：:A 33-kDa protein component of the oxygen-evolving complex in photosystem II is essential for photosynthesis, and it has been believed that mutants with deletion of this 33-kDa protein are not found in higher plants. We report here the first isolation of an Arabidopsis thaliana mutant with a defect in one of the genes ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Murakami R,Ifuku K,Takabayashi A,Shikanai T,Endo T,Sato F

更新日期：2002-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Activated p38gamma MAP kinase exhibited significant basal ATPase activity in the absence of a kinase substrate, and addition of a phosphoacceptor substrate increased k(cat)/K(m)20-fold. AMP-PCP was competitive with ATP binding and non-competitive with phosphoacceptor substrate binding. The nucleotide binding site affi...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Fox T,Fitzgibbon MJ,Fleming MA,Hsiao HM,Brummel CL,Su MS

更新日期：1999-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The insulin receptor family consists of the homologous tyrosine kinase receptors, insulin receptor (IR), insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor (IGF1R) and insulin receptor-related receptor. The three-dimensional structures of the tyrosine kinase domain of the IR and the first three extracellular domains (L1, Cys-rich ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Marino-Buslje C,Mizuguchi K,Siddle K,Blundell TL

更新日期：1998-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:We have shown that OSCP, a subunit of yeast mitochondrial ATP synthase, can be incorporated into the intact enzyme as a fusion protein representing OSCP fused at its C-terminus to the green fluorescent protein (GFP) of Aequorea victoria. The relevant fusion OSCP-GFP-h6 additionally contains a hexahistidine tag at the ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Prescott M,Lourbakos A,Bateson M,Boyle G,Nagley P,Devenish RJ

更新日期：1997-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：:We have used a diethylpyrocarbonate (DEPC) modification [(1976) Prog. Nucl. Acids Res. 16, 189-262] to probe the accessibility of adenines essential for coat protein binding in the MS2 translational operator [(1983) Biochemistry 22, 2601-2610, 2610-2615, 4723-4730; (1987) Biochemistry 26, 1563-1568]. The essential ade...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Talbot SJ,Medina G,Fishwick CW,Haneef I,Stockley PG

更新日期：1991-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Pathway analysis methods are frequently applied to cancer gene expression data to identify dysregulated pathways. These methods often infer pathway activity based on the expression of genes belonging to a given pathway, even though the proteins ultimately determine the activity of a given pathway. Furthermore, the ass...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Szalai B,Saez-Rodriguez J

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two clones were isolated by screening a shrimp hepatopancreas cDNA library with a DNA fragment obtained by PCR amplification using two oligonucleotides based on the partial protein sequence of Penaeus vanameii chymotrypsin purified earlier. One of these clones, PVC 7 contains a complete cDNA coding for a serine protea...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Sellos D,Van Wormhoudt A

更新日期：1992-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Uptake of cholesterol by isolated rat hepatocytes in a serum-free medium was remarkably enhanced by dispersion with several kinds of phosphatidylcholine. Of the various phosphatidylcholines tested, dilinoylphosphatidylcholine had the strongest accelerating effect, while dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine was the weakest. ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Nagamura Y,Sasaki K,Ito M,Saito K,Ogitsu N,Ishiguro I

更新日期：1986-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Activity of the plant mitochondrial alternative oxidase (AOX) can be regulated by organic acids, notably pyruvate. To date, only two well-conserved cysteine residues have been implicated in this process. We report the functional expression of two AOX isozymes (Sauromatum guttatum Sg-AOX and Arabidopsis thaliana At-AOX...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Crichton PG,Affourtit C,Albury MS,Carré JE,Moore AL

更新日期：2005-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The molecular organisation of the Prochlorococcus marinus rnpB gene and the catalytic activity of the encoded RNA were characterised. Kinetic parameters for several pre-tRNA substrates were comparable to those from other eubacterial RNase P RNAs, although unusually high cation concentrations were required. The CCA-end...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Hess WR,Fingerhut C,Schön A

更新日期：1998-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：:De novo synthesis of total and ribosomal ribonucleic acids has been studied during the early stages of Artemia sp. development. By in vivo incorporation studies of [14C]HCO3- an increase has been found in both total and ribosomal RNA synthesis post hatching, with a similar distribution of radioactivity and base compos...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Liras A,Hernández Cruz MC,Rotllán P,Argomaniz L,Llorente P

更新日期：1989-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The gatC, gatA and gatB genes encoding the three subunits of glutamyl-tRNA(Gln) amidotransferase from Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans, an acidophilic bacterium used in bioleaching of minerals, have been cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli. As in Bacillus subtilis the three gat genes are organized in an operon-like...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Salazar JC,Zúñiga R,Raczniak G,Becker H,Söll D,Orellana O

更新日期：2001-07-06 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：:Prochlorococcus marinus SS120 is an ecologically important and biochemically intriguing marine cyanobacterium. In addition to divinyl chlorophylls (DV-Chls) a and b it possesses a particular form of phycoerythrin (PE), but no other phycobilins and therefore no complete phycobilisomes. Here, a spectroscopic characteris...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Steglich C,Mullineaux CW,Teuchner K,Hess WR,Lokstein H

更新日期：2003-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:A pumpkin 2S albumin with ribonuclease (RNase) activity was purified from pumpkin seeds (Cucurbita sp.) by liquid chromatographic techniques. It manifested potent RNase activity toward baker's yeast RNA and calf liver RNA, and some polyhomoribonucleotides, including poly(A), poly(U) and poly(C) but not poly(G). Moreov...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Fang EF,Wong JH,Lin P,Ng TB

更新日期：2010-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Stomach infection with pathogenic strains of Helicobacter pylori causes in some patients severe gastroduodenal diseases. These bacteria produce various virulence factors and, here, we review the recent acquisition on the biochemical mode of action of three major factors. We discuss the role of urease both as buffer of...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Montecucco C,Papini E,de Bernard M,Zoratti M

更新日期：1999-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Sphingolipids are implied in several regulatory processes, including cell death. Levels of the free sphingobase t18:0 (phytosphingosine) increase in Arabidopsis in response to the bacterial pathogen Pseudomonas syringae. To gain information on sphingobase-induced signaling, we determined kinetics of leaf reactive oxyg...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Peer M,Bach M,Mueller MJ,Waller F

更新日期：2011-10-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Amyloid-beta peptide (Abeta), the major constituent of senile plaques in the Alzheimer's disease (AD) brain, is the main source of oxidative stress leading to neurodegeneration. The methionine residue in this peptide is reported to be responsible for neurotoxicity. Structurally similar substitution with methionine 35 ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Dai XL,Sun YX,Jiang ZF

更新日期：2007-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel structural classification of beta proteins is presented from the viewpoint of the ring-shaped structure and the zipper-like contact pattern, based on the fact that 92% and 60% of beta proteins have the ring topology and the zippered contact pattern, respectively. We discuss the implication of the unexpectedly ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Koike R,Kinoshita K,Kidera A

更新日期：2003-01-02 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple method was developed for the isolation of primase-free DNA polymerase-alpha from the DNA polymerase-alpha-primase complex of mouse FM3A cells. The polymerase was separated from primase subunits by chromatography on a single-stranded DNA-cellulose column in the presence of 50% etylene glycol. The primase-free ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Takada-Takayama R,Suzuki M,Enomoto T,Hanaoka F,Ui M

更新日期：1990-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:VASP (vasodilator-stimulated phosphoprotein), a protein associated with microfilaments at cellular contact sites, has been identified as a ligand for profilin and zyxin, two proteins also involved in microfilament dynamics and organization at these regions. Here, we report that VASP also directly binds to vinculin, an...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Reinhard M,Rüdiger M,Jockusch BM,Walter U

更新日期：1996-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:13CO NMR chemical shifts and 12CO infrared stretching frequencies have been measured for cytochrome P-450cam-CO in the presence of D-camphor and of various camphor analogues. A linear correlation between both parameters delta (13C) and v(CO) was found indicating that the steric and electrostatic interactions acting on...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Legrand N,Bondon A,Simonneaux G,Jung C,Gill E

更新日期：1995-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The long form of human uncoupling protein-3 (hUCP3L) is highly homologous to thermogenin (UCPI), the uncoupling protein of brown fat mitochondria, but is expressed predominantly in skeletal muscle. Its putative role is to regulate the coupling efficiency of oxidative phosphorylation and thus thermogenesis in skeletal ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Hinz W,Faller B,Grüninger S,Gazzotti P,Chiesi M

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Male germ cell Rac GTPase-activating protein (MgcRacGAP) is a core regulator of cytokinesis. Furthermore, it appears to be involved in human oncogenesis through cytokinesis-independent mechanisms and has been reported to be essential for nuclear translocation of signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT) ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： van Adrichem AJ,Wennerberg K

更新日期：2015-12-21 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：:Saccharomyces cerevisiae has only one gene encoding a putative voltage-gated Ca2+ channel pore-forming subunit, CCH1, which is not possible to be cloned by conventional molecular cloning techniques using Escherichia coli. Here, we report the successful cloning of CCH1 in yeast by in vivo homologous recombination witho...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Iida K,Tada T,Iida H

更新日期：2004-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：:It has recently been discovered that glutathione-dependent formaldehyde dehydrogenase (FALDH) exhibits a strong S-nitrosoglutathione reductase activity. Plants use NO and S-nitrosothiols as signaling molecules to activate defense mechanisms. Therefore, it is interesting to investigate the regulation of FALDH by mechan...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Díaz M,Achkor H,Titarenko E,Martínez MC

更新日期：2003-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:To characterize the proteins involved in cell clump/cell adhesion of insect cellular defense reactions, we induced the cell clump/cell adhesion reaction in vitro with the hemolymph of larvae of the coleopteran insect, Tenebrio molitor. The 72 kDa protein was specifically enriched in the residues of cell clump/cell adh...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Lee HS,Cho MY,Lee KM,Kwon TH,Homma K,Natori S,Lee BL

更新日期：1999-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Guluronate and mannuronate oligomers with various degree of polymerization were prepared from polyguluronate (PG) and polymannuronate (PM) with an alginate lyase from a Pseudoalteromonas sp., and their activities to induce cytokine secretion from mouse macrophage cell line RAW264.7 cells were examined. Enzymatically d...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Iwamoto M,Kurachi M,Nakashima T,Kim D,Yamaguchi K,Oda T,Iwamoto Y,Muramatsu T

更新日期：2005-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The effort to understand the mechanism of uncoupling by UCP has devolved into two models - the fatty acid protonophore model and the proton buffering model. Evidence for each hypothesis is summarized and evaluated. We also evaluate the obligatory requirement for fatty acids in UCP1-mediated uncoupling and the question...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Garlid KD,Jabůrek M,Jezek P

更新日期：1998-10-30 00:00:00