Outer membrane protein A of Escherichia coli forms temperature-sensitive channels in planar lipid bilayers.

abstract：:We found that, in the presence of chimeric oligonucleotides containing complementary deoxyribo- and 2'-O-methylnucleosides, a nonaribonucleotide, [5'-32P]pACUUACCUG, was cleaved specifically upon treatment with RNase H. When 3'm(UG)d(AATG)m(GAC)5' was used as a hybridization strand, pACUUACCUG was cleaved between C6 a...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Inoue H,Hayase Y,Iwai S,Ohtsuka E

更新日期：1987-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Two phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPC) kinase genes (PPCk1 and PPCk2) are present in the Arabidopsis genome; only PPCk1 is expressed in rosette leaves. Homozygous lines of two independent PPCk1 T-DNA-insertional mutants showed very little (dln1), or no (csi8) light-induced PEPC phosphorylation and a clear retard i...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Meimoun P,Gousset-Dupont A,Lebouteiller B,Ambard-Bretteville F,Besin E,Lelarge C,Mauve C,Hodges M,Vidal J

更新日期：2009-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Poly(A)+ RNA isolated from post-mortem human hypothalami has been used to characterize the poly-protein precursors to vasopressin and oxytocin. Translation in a cell-free system and subsequent immuno-precipitation with antibodies raised against either vasopressin or neurophysin identified a product of Mr 19000 (prepro...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Mohr E,Hillers M,Ivell R,Haulica ID,Richter D

更新日期：1985-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：:When acquiring internal membranes and vesicular transport, eukaryotic cells started to synthesize sphingolipids and sterols. The physical differences between these and the glycerophospholipids must have enabled the cells to segregate lipids in the membrane plane. Localizing this event to the Golgi then allowed them to...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： van Meer G,Hoetzl S

更新日期：2010-05-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The covalent structure and most of the stereochemistry of the pseudomycins, bioactive metabolites of a transposon-generated mutant of a Pseudomonas syringae wild-type strain proposed for the biological control of Dutch elm disease, have been determined. While two pseudomycins are identical to the known syringopeptins ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Ballio A,Bossa F,Di Giorgio D,Ferranti P,Paci M,Pucci P,Scaloni A,Segre A,Strobel GA

更新日期：1994-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The nucleotide sequences of the dnaQ genes from Salmonella typhimurium and Buchnera aphidicola, encoding the epsilon-subunit of the DNA polymerase III holoenzyme, have been determined. The Salmonella typhimurium dnaQ protein consists of 243 amino acid residues with a calculated molecular weight of 27224. The Buchnera ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Huang Y,Braithwaite DK,Ito J

更新日期：1997-01-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Misfolding of the prion protein yields amyloidogenic isoforms, and it shows exacerbating neuronal damage in neurodegenerative disorders including prion diseases. Pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) and vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) potently stimulate neuritogenesis and survival of neuronal...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Onoue S,Ohshima K,Endo K,Yajima T,Kashimoto K

更新日期：2002-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Buthionine sulfoximine (BSO) induces decreased glutathione (GSH) and trypanothione [T(SH)2 ] pools in trypanosomatids, presumably because only gamma-glutamylcysteine synthetase (γECS) is blocked. However, some BSO effects cannot be explained by exclusive γECS inhibition; therefore, its effect on the T(SH)2 metabolism ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Vázquez C,Mejia-Tlachi M,González-Chávez Z,Silva A,Rodríguez-Zavala JS,Moreno-Sánchez R,Saavedra E

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The modification of homeodomain-interacting protein kinase 2 (HIPK2) by small ubiquitin-like modifier 1 (SUMO-1) plays an important role in its targeting into the promyelocytic leukemia body, as well as in its differential interaction with binding partner, but the desumoylation of HIPK2 by SUMO-specific proteases is l...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kim YH,Sung KS,Lee SJ,Kim YO,Choi CY,Kim Y

更新日期：2005-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein synthesis in cell-free systems of rat liver and kidney decreases markedly with age. Examination of activity changes of the different steps revealed for both types of organs that reduced binding of aminoacyl-tRNA to ribosomes and reduced peptidyl transfer might be of major importance for the decrease in overall...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Gabius HJ,Engelhardt R,Deerberg F,Cramer F

更新日期：1983-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：:alpha-Dystroglycan was quantitatively enriched from mammalian brain based on its uniform reactivity with Vicia villosa agglutinin and resolved into sub-populations possessing or lacking the sulfated glucuronic acid epitope recognized by monoclonal antibody HNK-1. We generated a new monoclonal antibody specific for a g...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： McDearmon EL,Combs AC,Sekiguchi K,Fujiwara H,Ervasti JM

更新日期：2006-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:We have used 19F NMR and CD spectra to study interactions of TFP with CaM under various conditions where no aggregation of TFP occurs. It was found that TFP is bound to CaM in the absence of Ca2+ with Ka greater than 4 X 10(4) M in terms of 19F NMR of TFP and that KCl markedly influences the interaction of TFP with Ca...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Shimizu T,Hatano M

更新日期：1983-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Colneleic acid (9-[1'(E),3'(Z)-nonadienyloxy]-8(E)-nonenoic acid) is produced from linoleic acid by the sequential action of 9-lipoxygenase and divinyl ether synthase. We demonstrate that a small fraction of the colneleic acid in potato tubers is esterified in phospholipids. This colneleic acid was released by chemica...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Fauconnier ML,Williams TD,Marlier M,Welti R

更新日期：2003-03-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Uncoupling protein 3 (UCP3) is suggested to protect mitochondria against aging and lipid-induced damage, possibly via modulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) production. Here we show that mice overexpressing UCP3 (UCP3Tg) have a blunted age-induced increase in ROS production, assessed by electron spin resonance sp...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Nabben M,Hoeks J,Briedé JJ,Glatz JF,Moonen-Kornips E,Hesselink MK,Schrauwen P

更新日期：2008-12-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Obesity is linked to functional brown adipose tissue (BAT) atrophy, partially due to adipocyte apoptosis. The brown adipocytes of obese rats have lower Bcl-2/Bax mRNA and protein ratios than those of their lean littermates. Exposure to a low temperature for three days markedly increased the Bcl-2/Bax ratio, by increas...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Briscini L,Tonello C,Dioni L,Carruba MO,Nisoli E

更新日期：1998-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The C1 domains are 50 amino acid sequences present in protein kinase C (PKC) isozymes that are responsible for binding of phorbol esters and the lipid second messenger diacylglycerol (DAG). We found that bacterially expressed C1b domain of PKCdelta induces germinal vesicle breakdown (GVBD) when microinjected into Xeno...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Aroca P,Santos E,Kazanietz MG

更新日期：2000-10-13 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：:The ability of a yeast nuclear protein to be transported into the nucleus of a higher eukaryotic cell was investigated. Mcm1, a transcriptional activator protein from Saccharomyces cerevisiae, was microinjected into the cytoplasm of Xenopus laevis frog oocytes. Mcm1 was imported into the oocyte nucleus indicating that...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Wagner P,Hall MN

更新日期：1993-04-26 00:00:00

abstract：:It was determined that flavan-3-ols and procyanidins have an inhibitory effect on angiotensin I converting enzyme (ACE) activity, and the effect was dependent on the number of epicatechin units forming the procyanidin. The inhibition by flavan-3-ols and procyanidins was competitive with the two substrates assayed: N-h...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Actis-Goretta L,Ottaviani JI,Keen CL,Fraga CG

更新日期：2003-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:We report here the regulation of the biosynthesis and the secretion of C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP) in cultured bovine chromaffin cells. The combined treatment with protein kinase A and -C activators induced a 6-fold increase of intracellular levels of CNP-(1-103). The biosynthesized CNP-(1-103) was co-released wi...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Babinski K,Féthière J,Roy M,De Léan A,Ong H

更新日期：1992-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The biosynthesis of human tumor necrosis factor (hTNF) was studied. The amino-terminal extension of the hTNF precursor (26 kDa polypeptide) was not cleaved off in a cell-free system supplemented with dog pancreas microsomes. Correct maturation of pre-hTNF was nevertheless not restricted to the macrophage system: in th...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Müller R,Marmenout A,Fiers W

更新日期：1986-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：:We report here the synthesis of novel 5'-linked oligodeoxynucleotides, both normal phosphodiester and phosphorothioate analogs, in which a covalently attached group at the 5'-terminus is an anthraquinone. These compounds represent a new class of antisense compounds in which the base sequence of the oligodeoxynucleotid...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Mori K,Subasinghe C,Cohen JS

更新日期：1989-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a new water selective pulse sequence allowing rapid determination of exchange rates of labile protons on the millisecond time scale. Using diffusion measurements, exchange rates of resolved protons can be determined without prior knowledge of relaxation parameters in a short overnight experiment. The use of...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Böckmann A,Guittet E

更新日期：1997-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The conformation change of Thermus thermophilus tRNA(1Ile) upon complex formation with T. thermophilus elongation factor Tu (EF-Tu) was studied by analysis of the circular dichroism (CD) bands at 315 nm (due to the 2-thioribothymidine residue in the T-loop) and at 295 nm (due to the core structure of tRNA). Formation ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Haruki M,Matsumoto R,Hara-Yokoyama M,Miyazawa T,Yokoyama S

更新日期：1990-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The regulation by insulin and carbohydrates of the gene expression of three key enzymes involved in glucose metabolism was studied in the liver of the Wistar fatty rat, a model of obese non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. A high glucose or fructose diet, or insulin administration caused a similar magnitude of inc...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Noguchi T,Matsuda T,Tomari Y,Yamada K,Imai E,Wang Z,Ikeda H,Tanaka T

更新日期：1993-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/Akt pathway is responsible for key aspects of tumor progression, and is frequently hyperactivated in cancer. We have recently identified palladin, an actin-bundling protein that functions to control the actin cytoskeleton, as an Akt1-specific substrate that inhibits breast cancer cell...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Chin YR,Toker A

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several components of translation, e.g. eIF4E and PKR, are implicated in cancer. The e-subunit (p48) of mammalian initiation factor 3 is encoded by the Int6 gene, a common site for integration of the mouse mammary tumor virus genome, leading to the production of a truncated eukaryotic initiation factor-3e (eIF3e). Sta...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Mayeur GL,Hershey JW

更新日期：2002-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The tetraspanins associate with various surface molecules and with each other to build a network of molecular interactions, the tetraspanin web. The interaction of tetraspanins with each other seems to be central for the assembly of the tetraspanin web. All tetraspanins studied, CD9, CD37, CD53, CD63, CD81, CD82 and C...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Charrin S,Manié S,Oualid M,Billard M,Boucheix C,Rubinstein E

更新日期：2002-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipoprotein MtsA is a critical component of MtsABC responsible for iron binding and transport in the Gram-positive bacterium Streptococcus pyogenes. The present collective experimental data establish that Fe(2+) is the primary binding ion for MtsA under optimal physiologically relevant conditions. The binding affiniti...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Sun X,Ge R,Chiu JF,Sun H,He QY

更新日期：2008-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The central nervous system of the pond snail, Lymnaea stagnalis, contains many large, identified neurons which can be easily manipulated making it an advantageous model system to elucidate in vivo the architecture of neuronal signal transduction pathways. We have isolated three cDNA clones encoding G protein alpha sub...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Knol JC,Weidemann W,Planta RJ,Vreugdenhil E,van Heerikhuizen H

更新日期：1992-12-21 00:00:00