Modulation of phosphoinositide 3-kinase activation by cholesterol level suggests a novel positive role for lipid rafts in lysophosphatidic acid signalling.

abstract：:The mucosal epithelium secretes a variety of antimicrobial peptides that act as part of the innate immune system to protect against invading microbes. Here, we describe the functional properties of human defensin (HD) 5, the major antimicrobial peptide produced by Paneth cells in the ileum, in relation to its structur...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： de Leeuw E,Burks SR,Li X,Kao JP,Lu W

更新日期：2007-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanisms controlling fat depot-specific metabolism are poorly understood. During starvation of mice, downregulation of lipogenic genes, suppression of fatty acid synthesis, and increases in lipid oxidation were all more pronounced in epididymal than in subcutaneous fat. In epididymal fat, relatively strong upreg...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Sponarova J,Mustard KJ,Horakova O,Flachs P,Rossmeisl M,Brauner P,Bardova K,Thomason-Hughes M,Braunerova R,Janovska P,Hardie DG,Kopecky J

更新日期：2005-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：:An open reading frame encoding a putative polypeptide very similar to several lysyl-tRNA synthetases was found 10 nucleotides downstream of Rhizobium meliloti gltX encoding glutamyl-tRNA synthetase. Expression of this gene complemented a mutation in lysS of Escherichia coli and led to the overexpression of a polypepti...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Pelchat M,Gagnon Y,Laberge S,Lapointe J

更新日期：1999-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Rats bearing the Yoshida AH-130 ascites hepatoma showed an increased expression of both uncoupling protein-2 (UCP2) (194%) and UCP3 (189%) mRNA levels in skeletal muscle 7 days after tumour inoculation. Interestingly, an even greater increase was observed in mRNA for both UCP2 (278%) and UCP3 (797%) in the pair-fed an...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Sanchís D,Busquets S,Alvarez B,Ricquier D,López-Soriano FJ,Argilés JM

更新日期：1998-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:F0F1 ATP synthases are the smallest rotary motors in nature and work as ATP factories in bacteria, plants and animals. Here we report on the first observation of intersubunit rotation in fully coupled single F0F1 molecules during ATP synthesis or hydrolysis. We investigate the Na+-translocating ATP synthase of Propion...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kaim G,Prummer M,Sick B,Zumofen G,Renn A,Wild UP,Dimroth P

更新日期：2002-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Here we report that splice blocking morpholinos (Sb MO) against zebrafish sox31 elicit developmental arrest, likely through creating a series of dominant negative splicing variants. Embryos injected with the Sb MO develop normally before the Mid-Blastula Transition (MBT); however, they do not initiate epiboly. Microar...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Hu SN,Yu H,Zhang YB,Wu ZL,Yan YC,Li YX,Li YY,Li YP

更新日期：2012-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Structures and regulations of vertebrate channels responsible for sustained calcium elevations after hormone stimulation are largely unknown. Therefore, the Drosophila photoreceptor channels, trp and trpl, which are assumed to be involved in calcium influx, serve as model system, trpl expressed in Sf9 cells showed spo...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Harteneck C,Obukhov AG,Zobel A,Kalkbrenner F,Schultz G

更新日期：1995-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:VirG, PhoB, and OmpR are positive regulators of the virulence, phosphate, and osmolarity regulons, respectively. Their target genes are attended with one or more significant blocks of similar 6-bp sequences in their regulatory regions. The distance between the block(s) and transcriptional start site varies with the ta...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Aoyama T,Oka A

更新日期：1990-04-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Single rat hepatocytes microinjected with aequorin show free Ca oscillations when stimulated with Ca(2+)-mobilizing hormones. We show here that an inhibitor of diacylglycerol kinase (R 59 022) and an analogue of native diacylglycerol (diC8) inhibit free Ca oscillations induced by phenylephrine and vasopressin. These r...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Sanchez-Bueno A,Cobbold PH

更新日期：1992-11-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The cytosolic NADP(+)-dependent methylenetetrahydrofolate dehydrogenase-methenyltetrahydrofolate cyclohydrolase-formyltetrahydrofolate synthetase is ubiquitously expressed in all mouse tissues and cell lines examined. Northern analyses of the RNA indicated that there is an extensive variation in the levels of mRNA in ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Peri KG,MacKenzie RE

更新日期：1991-12-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The known members of inhibitor of growth (ING) gene family are considered as candidate tumor suppressor genes. ING4, a novel member of ING family, is recently reported to interact with tumor suppressor p53, p300 (a major component of histone acetyl transferase complexes), and p65(RelA) subunit of NF-kappaB. In this st...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Zhang X,Xu LS,Wang ZQ,Wang KS,Li N,Cheng ZH,Huang SZ,Wei DZ,Han ZG

更新日期：2004-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxygen is an essential element in the survival of complex organisms, however the level of oxygen, low or high, can be a source of stress depending on the biological context. Low levels of oxygen in tissues (hypoxia) can be the consequence of a number of pathophysiological conditions including ischemic disorders and ca...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Brahimi-Horn MC,Pouysségur J

更新日期：2007-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Three site-directed mutants of human epidermal growth factor, Leu-26----Gly, Leu-47----Ala, and Ile-23----Thr, were examined for their ability to stimulate the protein-tyrosine kinase activity of the epidermal growth factor receptor. The receptor binding affinities of the mutant growth factors were 20- to 50-fold lowe...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Matsunami RK,Campion SR,Niyogi SK,Stevens A

更新日期：1990-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Somatostatin 14 (SS 14) has been isolated from pancreatic extracts, but open gel filtration immunoreactive SS often elutes in two peaks. We isolated both peaks, but upon sequence analysis only authentic SS 14 could be identified. By further gel filtration experiments it turned out that both synthetic and extractable S...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Bersani M,Johnsen AH,Holst JJ

更新日期：1991-02-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The amino acid residue Asn141 of the restriction endonuclease EcoRI was proposed to make three hydrogen bonds to both adenine residues within the recognition sequence -GAATTC-. We have mutated Asn141 to alanine, aspartate, serine, and tyrosine. Only the serine mutant is active under normal buffer conditions although 1...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Fritz A,Küster W,Alves J

更新日期：1998-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The vasopressin gene is highly transcribed in magnocellular neurons of the supraoptic (SON) and paraventricular nucleus (PVN) in the rat hypothalamus. In order to identify cis-acting elements involved in the expression of the vasopressin gene, approximately 1 kb upstream of the transcription start site has been sequen...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Mohr E,Richter D

更新日期：1990-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipids are essential eukaryotic cellular constituents. Lipid metabolism has a strong impact on cell physiology, and despite good progress in this area, many important basic questions remain unanswered concerning the functional diversity of lipid species and on the mechanisms that cells employ to sense and adjust their...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Santos AX,Riezman H

更新日期：2012-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Synaptotagmin I, the calcium sensor for neurotransmission, is palmitoylated. We have identified the palmitoylation sites as five cysteine residues located between the transmembrane and cytoplasmic regions. In contrast to wild-type synaptotagmin, the non-acylated mutant is not converted to the endoglycosidase-H-resista...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Heindel U,Schmidt MF,Veit M

更新日期：2003-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:A peroxidase with stability, chromatographic and immunoreactive properties similar to that of bovine lactoperoxidase has been partly purified from human colostrum. Hydrophobic interaction chromatography on Phenyl-Sepharose C1-4B gave a 10-fold purification with an apparent recovery of about 45%. The enzyme was quantit...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Langbakk B,Flatmark T

更新日期：1984-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Metal-binding peptides in proteolytic digest maps have been identified by matrix-assisted UV laser desorption time-of-flight mass spectrometry (LDTOF-MS). The plasma and milk metal transport protein chosen to demonstrate this process, histidine-rich glycoprotein (HRG), was purified and then digested with trypsin; the ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Hutchens TW,Nelson RW,Yip TT

更新日期：1992-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Circular dichroism (CD) spectra have been obtained from several variants of green fluorescent protein: blue fluorescent protein (BFP), enhanced cyan fluorescent protein (CFP), enhanced green fluorescent protein (GFP), enhanced yellow fluorescent protein (YFP), all from Aequorea victoria, and the red fluorescent protei...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Visser NV,Hink MA,Borst JW,van der Krogt GN,Visser AJ

更新日期：2002-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Tau is reversibly hyperphosphorylated in the mouse brain by starvation or cold water swimming. Here, we report tau phosphorylation in the hippocampus of normal mouse after ether anesthesia, known to trigger typical stress reactions. Robust phosphorylation of tau was observed immediately and 10min after ether vapor exp...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Ikeda Y,Ishiguro K,Fujita SC

更新日期：2007-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The carbohydrate chains of the pathological human immunoglobulins M from two patients with Waldenström's macroglobulinemia were released by hydrazinolysis. The N-acetyllactosamine-type glycans were obtained by affinity chromatography on concanavalin A and fractionated by high-voltage paper electrophoresis. The primary...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Cahour A,Debeire P,Hartmann L,Montreuil J,van Halbeek H,Vliegenthart JF

更新日期：1984-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The WRN protein is mutated in the chromosomally unstable Werner syndrome (WS) and the Nbs1 protein is mutated in Nijmegen breakage syndrome (NBS). The Nbs1 protein is an integral component of the M/R/N complex. Although WRN is known to interact with this complex in response to gamma-irradiation, the mechanism of actio...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Cheng WH,Sakamoto S,Fox JT,Komatsu K,Carney J,Bohr VA

更新日期：2005-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Spermatid-specific thioredoxin-1 (Sptrx-1) is the first member of the thioredoxin family of proteins with a tissue-specific expression pattern, found exclusively in the tail of elongating spermatids and spermatozoa. We describe here further biochemical characterization of human Sptrx-1 protein structure and enzymatic ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Jiménez A,Johansson C,Ljung J,Sagemark J,Berndt KD,Ren B,Tibbelin G,Ladenstein R,Kieselbach T,Holmgren A,Gustafsson JA,Miranda-Vizuete A

更新日期：2002-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemical conjugation of fatty acids to antibodies generates lipid-modified molecules which have found use in the targeting of liposome-mediated drug delivery and in liposome-based immunoassays. Alternatively, bacterial expression of antibodies as single-chain FV fragments fused to lipoprotein signal peptide and N-term...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Keinänen K,Laukkanen ML

更新日期：1994-06-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcriptional responses to growth in high environmental calcium concentrations were characterized and compared between wild-type and mutant Arabidopsis plants containing a knockout mutation in the gene encoding a cyclic nucleotide-gated channel (CNGC2). We show that the transcriptional profile of cngc2 plants grown ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Chan CW,Wohlbach DJ,Rodesch MJ,Sussman MR

更新日期：2008-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Initiation of translation in hepatitis C virus (HCV) is dependent on the presence of an internal ribosome entry site (IRES) contained in its 341-nt-long 5'-untranslated region (UTR). This region is very conserved among different isolates and has been used to classify HCV isolates in six different genotypes. These geno...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Buratti E,Gerotto M,Pontisso P,Alberti A,Tisminetzky SG,Baralle FE

更新日期：1997-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Analysis of the amino acid sequence of bovine brain myelin proteolipid reveals not only extensive internal homology, but also homology with portions of the myelin basic protein, the peripheral nerve myelin protein, Po, and with the small proteolipid subunit of mitochondrial ATP synthase. These results suggest that the...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Laursen RA,Samiullah M,Lees MB

更新日期：1983-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Biological systems, from macromolecules to whole organisms, are robust if they continue to function, survive, or reproduce when faced with mutations, environmental change, and internal noise. I focus here on biological systems that are robust to mutations and ask whether such systems are more or less evolvable, in the...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Wagner A

更新日期：2005-03-21 00:00:00