Directed expression of the HIV-1 accessory protein Vpu in Drosophila fat-body cells inhibits Toll-dependent immune responses.

abstract：:Signal peptide peptidase (SPP) and the four homologous SPP-like (SPPL) proteases constitute a family of intramembrane aspartyl proteases with selectivity for type II-oriented transmembrane segments. Here, we analyse the physiological function of the orphan protease SPPL2c, previously considered to represent a non-expr...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Niemeyer J,Mentrup T,Heidasch R,Müller SA,Biswas U,Meyer R,Papadopoulou AA,Dederer V,Haug-Kröper M,Adamski V,Lüllmann-Rauch R,Bergmann M,Mayerhofer A,Saftig P,Wennemuth G,Jessberger R,Fluhrer R,Lichtenthaler SF,Lember

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parkin, a product of the causative gene of autosomal-recessive juvenile parkinsonism (AR-JP), is a RING-type E3 ubiquitin ligase and has an amino-terminal ubiquitin-like (Ubl) domain. Although a single mutation that causes an Arg to Pro substitution at position 42 of the Ubl domain (the Arg 42 mutation) has been ident...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Sakata E,Yamaguchi Y,Kurimoto E,Kikuchi J,Yokoyama S,Yamada S,Kawahara H,Yokosawa H,Hattori N,Mizuno Y,Tanaka K,Kato K

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gastrointestinal tract undergoes homeostatic self-renewal to replace aged and damaged epithelial cells. This process, sustained by intestinal stem cells (ISCs), can operate accurately for many years but gradually declines with age. Although stem cell aging has been intensively explored, the mechanisms remain poorl...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Zhang P,Edgar BA

更新日期：2020-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Mu bacteriophage inserts its DNA into the genome of host bacteria and is used as a model for DNA transposition events in other systems. The eukaryotic Ku protein has key roles in DNA repair and in certain transposition events. Here we show that the Gam protein of phage Mu is conserved in bacteria, has sequence homolog...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： d'Adda di Fagagna F,Weller GR,Doherty AJ,Jackson SP

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Selenoprotein T (SelT) is a recently characterized thioredoxin-like protein whose expression is very high during development, but is confined to endocrine tissues in adulthood where its function is unknown. We report here that SelT is required for adaptation to the stressful conditions of high hormone level production...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Hamieh A,Cartier D,Abid H,Calas A,Burel C,Bucharles C,Jehan C,Grumolato L,Landry M,Lerouge P,Anouar Y,Lihrmann I

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The denitrosylase S-nitrosoglutathione reductase (GSNOR) has been suggested to sustain mitochondrial removal by autophagy (mitophagy), functionally linking S-nitrosylation to cell senescence and aging. In this study, we provide evidence that GSNOR is induced at the translational level in response to hydrogen peroxide ...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Cirotti C,Rizza S,Giglio P,Poerio N,Allega MF,Claps G,Pecorari C,Lee JH,Benassi B,Barilà D,Robert C,Stamler JS,Cecconi F,Fraziano M,Paull TT,Filomeni G

更新日期：2020-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Adenosine deaminase acting on RNA (ADAR)-catalyzed adenosine-to-inosine RNA editing is potentially dysregulated in neoplastic progression. However, how this transcriptome recoding process is functionally correlated with tumorigenesis remains largely elusive. Our analyses of RNA editome datasets identify hypoxia-relate...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Ma CP,Liu H,Yi-Feng Chang I,Wang WC,Chen YT,Wu SM,Chen HW,Kuo YP,Shih CT,Li CY,Tan BC

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tie2, an endothelial cell-specific receptor kinase, has an important role in tumour angiogenesis. In an attempt to identify peptides that specifically interact with and block the Tie2 pathway, a phage-displayed peptide library was screened on a recombinant Tie2 receptor. One peptide, NLLMAAS, completely abolished the ...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Tournaire R,Simon MP,le Noble F,Eichmann A,England P,Pouysségur J

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mitochondrial genome encodes for thirteen core subunits of the oxidative phosphorylation system. These proteins assemble with imported proteins in a modular manner into stoichiometric enzyme complexes. Assembly factors assist in these biogenesis processes by providing co-factors or stabilizing transient assembly s...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Wang C,Richter-Dennerlein R,Pacheu-Grau D,Liu F,Zhu Y,Dennerlein S,Rehling P

更新日期：2020-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The high-resolution spatial induction of ultraviolet (UV) photoproducts in mammalian cellular DNA is a goal of many scientists who study UV damage and repair. Here we describe how UV photoproducts can be induced in cellular DNA within nanometre dimensions by near-diffraction-limited 750 nm infrared laser radiation. Th...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Meldrum RA,Botchway SW,Wharton CW,Hirst GJ

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Growth plasticity is a key mechanism by which plants adapt to the ever-changing environmental conditions. Since growth is a high-energy-demanding and irreversible process, it is expected to be regulated by the integration of endogenous energy status as well as environmental conditions. Here, we show that trehalose-6-p...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Hwang G,Kim S,Cho JY,Paik I,Kim JI,Oh E

更新日期：2019-10-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Nuclear-pore complexes (NPCs) are large protein channels that span the nuclear envelope (NE), which is a double membrane that encloses the nuclear genome of eukaryotes. Each of the typically 2,000-4,000 pores in the NE of vertebrate cells is composed of multiple copies of 30 different proteins known as nucleoporins. T...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Capelson M,Hetzer MW

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Defects in protein folding and the proteasomal pathway have been linked with many neurodegenerative diseases. PLIC-1 (protein linking IAP to the cytoskeleton) is a ubiquitin-like protein that binds to the ubiquitin-interacting motif (UIM) of the proteasomal subunit S5a. Here, we show that PLIC-1 also binds to the UIM ...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Heir R,Ablasou C,Dumontier E,Elliott M,Fagotto-Kaufmann C,Bedford FK

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer-associated p53 missense mutants confer gain of function (GOF) and promote tumorigenesis by regulating crucial signaling pathways. However, the role of GOF mutant p53 in regulating DNA replication, a commonly altered pathway in cancer, is less explored. Here, we show that enhanced Cdc7-dependent replication init...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Datta A,Ghatak D,Das S,Banerjee T,Paul A,Butti R,Gorain M,Ghuwalewala S,Roychowdhury A,Alam SK,Das P,Chatterjee R,Dasgupta M,Panda CK,Kundu GC,Roychoudhury S

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) regulate target mRNAs by silencing them. Reciprocally, however, target mRNAs can also modulate miRNA stability. Here, we uncover a remarkable efficacy of target RNA-directed miRNA degradation (TDMD) in rodent primary neurons. Coincident with degradation, and while still bound to Argonaute, targeted ...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： de la Mata M,Gaidatzis D,Vitanescu M,Stadler MB,Wentzel C,Scheiffele P,Filipowicz W,Großhans H

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several studies have shown that ribosomal proteins (RPs) are important mediators of p53 activation in response to nucleolar disruption; however, the pathways that control this signalling function of RPs are currently unknown. We have recently shown that RPs are targets for the ubiquitin-like molecule NEDD8, and that N...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Sundqvist A,Liu G,Mirsaliotis A,Xirodimas DP

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The crystal structure of the ligand-binding domain of RARbeta, a suspect tumour suppressor, reveals important features that distinguish it from the two other RAR isotypes. The most striking difference is an extra cavity allowing RARbeta to bind more bulky agonists. Accordingly, we identified a ligand that shows RARbet...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Germain P,Kammerer S,Pérez E,Peluso-Iltis C,Tortolani D,Zusi FC,Starrett J,Lapointe P,Daris JP,Marinier A,de Lera AR,Rochel N,Gronemeyer H

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Drosophila melanogaster males, X-chromosome monosomy is compensated by chromosome-wide transcription activation. We found that complete dosage compensation during embryogenesis takes surprisingly long and is incomplete even after 10 h of development. Although the activating dosage compensation complex (DCC) associa...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Prayitno K,Schauer T,Regnard C,Becker PB

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myc is an oncoprotein transcription factor that promotes cell proliferation and apoptosis. Analysis of highly conserved elements within vertebrate Myc proteins has been instrumental in defining the functions of the Myc protein. Here, we probe the role of a highly conserved, but little studied, element within the centr...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Herbst A,Hemann MT,Tworkowski KA,Salghetti SE,Lowe SW,Tansey WP

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Codon bias has been implicated as one of the major factors contributing to mRNA stability in several model organisms. However, the molecular mechanisms of codon bias on mRNA stability remain unclear in humans. Here, we show that human cells possess a mechanism to modulate RNA stability through a unique codon bias. Bio...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Hia F,Yang SF,Shichino Y,Yoshinaga M,Murakawa Y,Vandenbon A,Fukao A,Fujiwara T,Landthaler M,Natsume T,Adachi S,Iwasaki S,Takeuchi O

更新日期：2019-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The cytosolic pathogen sensor RIG-I is activated by RNAs with exposed 5'-triphosphate (5'-ppp) and terminal double-stranded structures, such as those that are generated during viral infection. RIG-I has been shown to translocate on dsRNA in an ATP-dependent manner. However, the precise role of the ATPase activity in R...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Patel JR,Jain A,Chou YY,Baum A,Ha T,García-Sastre A

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have designed a doxycycline-regulated form of the H1 promoter of RNA polymerase III that allows the inducible knockdown of gene expression by small interfering RNAs (siRNAs). As a proof-of-principle, we have targeted beta-catenin in colorectal cancer (CRC) cells. T-cell factor (TCF) target-gene expression is induce...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： van de Wetering M,Oving I,Muncan V,Pon Fong MT,Brantjes H,van Leenen D,Holstege FC,Brummelkamp TR,Agami R,Clevers H

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although eukaryotic G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR) systems are well known for their ability to detect and mediate rapid responses to extracellular signals, the full range of stimuli to which they respond may not yet have been identified. Activation of GPCRs by hormones, pheromones, odorants, neurotransmitters, ligh...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Versele M,Lemaire K,Thevelein JM

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA modifications represent a novel layer of regulation of gene expression. Functional experiments revealed that N6 -methyladenosine (m6 A) on messenger RNA (mRNA) plays critical roles in cell fate determination and development. m6 A mark also resides in the decoding center of 18S ribosomal RNA (rRNA); however, the bi...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Xing M,Liu Q,Mao C,Zeng H,Zhang X,Zhao S,Chen L,Liu M,Shen B,Guo X,Ma H,Chen H,Zhang J

更新日期：2020-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The second edition of the EMBO Spatial meeting took place in May 2011 in Engelberg, Switzerland. Although the work presented at the meeting covered a challengingly broad range of topics, it accomplished the rare goal of promoting interactions between cell biologists, neuroscientists, systems biologists and mathematici...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Tzlil S,Kuruvilla R

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) causes chronic liver disease and affects an estimated 3% of the world's population. Options for the prevention or therapy of HCV infection are limited; there is no vaccine and the nonspecific, interferon-based treatments now in use are frequently ineffective and have significant side effects. A...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Ploss A,Rice CM

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ubiquitin-like protein Urm1 can be covalently conjugated to other proteins, such as the yeast thioredoxin peroxidase protein Ahp1p, through a mechanism involving the ubiquitin E1-like enzyme Uba4. Recent findings have revealed a second function of Urm1 as a sulphur carrier in the thiolation of eukaryotic cytoplasm...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Pedrioli PG,Leidel S,Hofmann K

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While the genome sequence and gene content are available for an increasing number of organisms, eukaryotic selenoproteins remain poorly characterized. The dual role of the UGA codon confounds the identification of novel selenoprotein genes. Here, we describe a comparative genomics approach that relies on the genome-wi...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Castellano S,Novoselov SV,Kryukov GV,Lescure A,Blanco E,Krol A,Gladyshev VN,Guigó R

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Global climate change and the increasing human population require crop varieties with higher yield and draught resistance. But meeting both goals is not an easy task for breeders and plant science. ...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Moshelion M

更新日期：2020-11-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The modification of proteins by the small ubiquitin-like modifier (SUMO) is known to regulate an increasing array of cellular processes. SUMOylation of the mitochondrial fission GTPase dynamin-related protein 1 (DRP1) stimulates mitochondrial fission, suggesting that SUMOylation has an important function in mitochondr...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Braschi E,Zunino R,McBride HM

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00