Aquaporin-9 is expressed in a mucus-secreting goblet cell subset in the small intestine.

abstract：:Protein deglutathionylation is mainly catalyzed by glutaredoxins (GRXs). We have analyzed the biochemical properties of four of the six different GRXs of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Kinetic parameters were determined for disulfide and dehydroascorbate reduction but also for deglutathionylation of artificial and protein...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Gao XH,Zaffagnini M,Bedhomme M,Michelet L,Cassier-Chauvat C,Decottignies P,Lemaire SD

更新日期：2010-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Neutrophils contain four uncharacterized protein kinases with molecular masses of ca. 69, 63, 49 and 40 kDa that are rapidly activated upon stimulation of these cells with the chemoattractant fMet-Leu-Phe [Ding, J. and Badwey, J.A. (1993) J. Biol. Chem. 268, 17326-17333]. We now report that wortmannin and 1-butanol bl...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Ding J,Badwey JA

更新日期：1994-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Several mRNAs are known to be targeted to dendrites in hippocampal neurons. In this study, we show that brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) mRNA has two distinct cis-acting dendritic targeting elements in the short 3' untranslated region (UTR): a constitutive element and an activity-dependent one. Moreover, delet...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Oe S,Yoneda Y

更新日期：2010-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The activation of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARgamma) has been shown to inhibit the production and the effects of proinflammatory cytokines. Since interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta) directly mediates cartilage degradation in osteoarthritis, we investigated the capability of PPARgamma ligands to modu...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Boyault S,Simonin MA,Bianchi A,Compe E,Liagre B,Mainard D,Bécuwe P,Dauça M,Netter P,Terlain B,Bordji K

更新日期：2001-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：:A new type of mitogenic factor (protein) was purified from the culture supernatant of a strain of Streptococcus pyogenes by SP-Sephadex C-25 column chromatography, preparative isoelectric focusing and reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography. The purified factor, showing marked mitogenic activity in rabbi...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Yutsudo T,Murai H,Gonzalez J,Takao T,Shimonishi Y,Takeda Y,Igarashi H,Hinuma Y

更新日期：1992-08-10 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied the action of an alpha-latrotoxin (alpha-LTX) complex of two polypeptides (LTX 130 kDa and low molecular weight protein (LMWP) 8 kDa) and the action of a venom fraction containing LTX with excess LMWP on calcium influx into synaptosomes and PC12 cells as well as on [14C]GABA release from synaptosomes. ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Grishin EV,Himmelreich NH,Pluzhnikov KA,Pozdnyakova NG,Storchak LG,Volkova TM,Woll PG

更新日期：1993-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Macrophages contain arginase and an inducible NO synthase, demonstrated by using L-arginine, the common substrate, for production of both nitric oxide and urea. Arginase was inhibited by nitrite, the stable end product of NO. This inhibition was non-competitive, and could not be explained by the reaction of nitrite wi...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Hrabák A,Bajor T,Temesi A,Mészáros G

更新日期：1996-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：:To identify suitable promoters for expressing exogenous genes in arthritic joints, the constitutive, simian virus 40 (SV 40) and IL-1 or metal inducible, human stromelysin and metallothionein (MT) gene promoters were tested for their activity in chondrocytes and synovial fibroblasts. Transient transfection with plasmi...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Su S,Gedamu L,Dehnade F,Zafarullah M

更新日期：1996-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein kinase C (PKC) from human promyelocytic leukemia HL-60 cells can be resolved into three fractions (peak, a, b and c) by hydroxyapatite column chromatography. Peak a and c enzymes are indistinguishable from the brain type II PKC having beta (beta I and beta II)-sequence and type III having alpha-sequence, respe...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Hashimoto K,Kishimoto A,Aihara H,Yasuda I,Mikawa K,Nishizuka Y

更新日期：1990-04-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The first example of a new sub-family of toxins (alpha-KTx20.1) from the scorpion Tityus trivittatus was purified, sequenced and characterized physiologically. It has 29 amino acid residues, three disulfide bridges assumed to adopt the cysteine-stabilized alpha/beta scaffold with a pI value of 8.98. The sequence ident...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Abdel-Mottaleb Y,Coronas FV,de Roodt AR,Possani LD,Tytgat J

更新日期：2006-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Rat brain microtubules were prepared at the adult stage and from immature (i.e., 4-day-old) animals. At an early stage of development, the composition of microtubule-associated proteins is qualitatively different from that found at the adult stage [(1982) Eur. J. Biochem. 129, 465-471]. The influence of calmodulin on ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Erneux C,Passareiro H,Nunez J

更新日期：1984-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The photoreduction of the quinone (Q) pool in the photosynthetic membrane of the purple bacterium Rhodobacter sphaeroides was investigated by steady-state and time-resolved Fourier transform infrared difference spectroscopy. The results are consistent with the existence of a homogeneous Q pool inside the chromatophore...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Mezzetti A,Leibl W,Breton J,Nabedryk E

更新日期：2003-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The pl6INK4a tumor suppressor negatively regulates progression through the G1 phase of the mammalian cell cycle. To mimic the downmodulation of p16INK4a commonly seen in cancer, we designed and characterized a hammerhead ribozyme against exon E1alpha of the murine pl6INK4a transcript. Stable expression of the ribozyme...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Nylandsted J,Rohde M,Bartek J,Strauss M

更新日期：1998-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The A-rich bulge in paired region P5a of the Tetrahymena intron is a structural feature that is conserved in the sub-group Ib self-splicing introns. We have constructed a series of substitution and deletion mutations in this region of the intron. Kinetic analysis has shown that some of the mutants have a reduced maxim...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Pace U,Szostak JW

更新日期：1991-03-11 00:00:00

abstract：:A cDNA clone of about 2300 base pairs was prepared from the human osteosarcoma cell line U-2 OS by hybridization with a 22-mer oligonucleotide complementary to the NH2-terminus of PDGF-A. Restriction and sequence analysis showed that this clone contains the entire coding region for PDGF-A and a long 3'-untranslated re...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Hoppe J,Schumacher L,Eichner W,Weich HA

更新日期：1987-11-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Latent transforming growth factor-beta 1 binding protein (LTBP) is a constituent of the latent high molecular weight complex of TGF-beta 1 in human platelets. In the present communication, we show that LTBP binds Ca2+ in its free form as well as in the latent TGF-beta 1 complex. The binding of Ca2+ induces a structura...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Colosetti P,Hellman U,Heldin CH,Miyazono K

更新日期：1993-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：:A high intake of dietary fat has been suggested to diminish mitochondrial functioning in skeletal muscle, possibly attributing to muscular fat accumulation. Here we show however, that an 8-week high-fat dietary intervention did not affect intrinsic functioning of rat skeletal muscle mitochondria assessed by respiromet...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Hoeks J,Briedé JJ,de Vogel J,Schaart G,Nabben M,Moonen-Kornips E,Hesselink MK,Schrauwen P

更新日期：2008-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:We explored the interactive effects of endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) genotypes and cigarette smoking on protein levels and enzyme activity in 33 postpartum placentas. Whilst the eNOS protein levels were lower in the rare allele (0.48+/-0.11, n=9 vs. 1. 05+/-0.10, n=24, P<0.01), the eNOS enzyme activity was ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Wang XL,Sim AS,Wang MX,Murrell GA,Trudinger B,Wang J

更新日期：2000-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Telomerase is an almost universal cancer target that consists minimally of a core protein human telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT) and a RNA component human telomerase RNA (hTR). Some inhibitors of this enzyme are thought to function by the covalent binding to one or several cysteine residues; however, this inhi...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kellermann G,Dingli F,Masson V,Dauzonne D,Ségal-Bendirdjian E,Teulade-Fichou MP,Loew D,Bombard S

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Complex I (NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase) is the first and largest protein complex of the oxidative phosphorylation. Crystal structures have elucidated the positions of most subunits of bacterial evolutionary origin in the complex, but the positions of the eukaryotic subunits are unknown. Based on the analysis of seq...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Szklarczyk R,Wanschers BF,Nabuurs SB,Nouws J,Nijtmans LG,Huynen MA

更新日期：2011-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The adipose-derived plasma protein, adiponectin (APN), has various protective effects on cardiovascular diseases. In this study, we show that endogenous APN is required for full cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) induction by ischemia-reperfusion injury in the heart in vivo. In rat neonatal cardiac myocytes, APN-induced COX-2 e...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Ikeda Y,Ohashi K,Shibata R,Pimentel DR,Kihara S,Ouchi N,Walsh K

更新日期：2008-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma high density lipoprotein (HDL)-cholesterol levels are inversely correlated with the incidence of cardiovascular diseases. HDL is mainly assembled in the liver through the ATP-binding cassette transporter (ABCA1) pathway. In humans, plasma HDL-cholesterol levels are positively correlated with plasma adiponectin ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Oku H,Matsuura F,Koseki M,Sandoval JC,Yuasa-Kawase M,Tsubakio-Yamamoto K,Masuda D,Maeda N,Ohama T,Ishigami M,Nishida M,Hirano K,Kihara S,Hori M,Shimomura I,Yamashita S

更新日期：2007-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Although decapping is an important process in eukaryotic mRNA turnover, little is known about this process in plants. Here, we identified Arabidopsis thaliana decapping proteins AtDCP1 and AtDCP2 and showed that (I) AtDCP2 is an active decapping enzyme, (II) AtDCP1 interacts with itself, (III) AtDCP1 and AtDCP2 are lo...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Iwasaki S,Takeda A,Motose H,Watanabe Y

更新日期：2007-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammation is highly regulated by various agents. Unexpectedly, we report here that the damage-associated molecular pattern S100A9 protein, a potent neutrophil activator and inducer of cytokine production in monocytes, is not a direct activator of cytokine production in human neutrophils. However, S100A9 primed IL-8...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Simard JC,Noël C,Tessier PA,Girard D

更新日期：2014-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The O-chain polysaccharide (O-PS) of Bordetella avium was isolated from the lipopolysaccharide by mild acid hydrolysis to remove the lipid A, followed by hydrofluorolysis to remove the lipopolysaccharide core oligosaccharide leaving a residual O-PS for structural analysis. High resolution (1)H and (13)C NMR and MALDI ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Larocque S,Brisson JR,Thérisod H,Perry MB,Caroff M

更新日期：2003-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Annexin I (AnxI) is a calcium-dependent membrane binding protein which has been implicated in various physiological activities. The region of the chicken anxI cDNA encoding the first 130 amino terminal residues was cloned by reverse transcription PCR in order to determine the relationship of its variable amino-termina...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Sidis Y,Horseman ND

更新日期：1993-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：:We have engineered a genomic HDV ribozyme to construct several trans-acting ribozymes for use in trans to cleave target RNAs. Among the 10 different combinations attempted, only HDV88-Trans had cleavage activity on the 13-nucleotide substrate, R13, in vitro. To improve the cleavage efficiency, at least in vitro, of th...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kawakami J,Yuda K,Suh YA,Kumar PK,Nishikawa F,Maeda H,Taira K,Ohtsuka E,Nishikawa S

更新日期：1996-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Diapause is an important overwintering strategy enabling Locusta migratoria to survive under stressed conditions. We identified a novel dual-specificity kinase gene that is differentially expressed between long and short day-treated L. migratoria. To determine its function on photoperiodic diapause induction, we clone...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Hao K,Ullah H,Jarwar AR,Nong X,Tu X,Zhang Z

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure of protein kinase C to low concentrations of either N-chlorosuccinimide or H2O2 resulted in rapid and parallel loss of phosphotransferase activity and phorbol ester binding. This oxidative inactivation of protein kinase C also occurred in intact cells exposed to a low concentration of H2O2. With H2O2 treatmen...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Gopalakrishna R,Anderson WB

更新日期：1987-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Methicillin-resistant clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus are intrinsically resistant to beta-lactam antibiotics in that the resistance mechanism is unrelated to the possession of beta-lactamases. We have demonstrated that a new, high-molecular-mass penicillin-binding protein (PBP) is present in these strains w...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Reynolds PE,Brown DF

更新日期：1985-11-11 00:00:00