The molecular basis for the high photosensitivity of rhodopsin.

abstract：:An invariant substructure that forms two interlocked pairs of neighboring beta-strands occurs in essentially all known sandwich-like proteins. Eight conserved positions in these strands were recently shown to act as structural determinants. To test whether the residues at these invariant positions are conserved for me...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Wilson CJ,Wittung-Stafshede P

更新日期：2005-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapamycin is a potent immunosuppressant that blocks the G1/S transition in antigen-activated T cells and in yeast. The similar effects of rapamycin in animal cells and yeast suggest that the biochemical steps affected by rapamycin are conserved. Using a two-hybrid system we isolated mammalian clones that interact with...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Chiu MI,Katz H,Berlin V

更新日期：1994-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The involvement of gangliosides in processes related to nerve regeneration and sprouting has been demonstrated recently. The type of interaction by which gangliosides may influence neuronal sprouting was investigated in the present work. Affinity-purified rabbit anti-GM1 antibodies were found to block the sprouting fr...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Schwartz M,Spirman N

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gluconate (gnt) operon of Bacillus subtilis consists of four gnt genes; the second and third genes code for gluconate kinase (gluconokinase, EC 2.7.1.12) and gluconate permease, respectively. A fragment carrying the promoter of this operon (gnt promoter) and the first gene (gntR) was subcloned into a promoter prob...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Fujita Y,Fujita T

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:3-Hydroxyanthranilic acid (HAA), a compound generated during tryptophan metabolism initiated by indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase, is known to induce T cell death, but its molecular target is not known. Here we report that HAA inhibits NF-kappaB activation upon T cell antigen receptor engagement by specifically targeting PD...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Hayashi T,Mo JH,Gong X,Rossetto C,Jang A,Beck L,Elliott GI,Kufareva I,Abagyan R,Broide DH,Lee J,Raz E

更新日期：2007-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein prenylation with farnesyl or geranylgeranyl moieties is an important posttranslational modification that affects the activity of such diverse proteins as the nuclear lamins, the yeast mating factor mata, and the ras oncogene products. In this article, we show that whole retinal cultures incorporate radioactive...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Lai RK,Perez-Sala D,Cañada FJ,Rando RR

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elucidation of mechanisms that regulate hematopoietic stem cell self-renewal and differentiation would be facilitated by the identification of defined culture conditions that allow these cells to be amplified. We now demonstrate a significant net increase (3-fold, P < 0.001) in vitro of cells that are individually abl...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Miller CL,Eaves CJ

更新日期：1997-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of rising atmospheric CO2 in modulating estuarine carbonate system dynamics remains poorly characterized, likely due to myriad processes driving the complex chemistry in these habitats. We reconstructed the full carbonate system of an estuarine seagrass habitat for a summer period of 2.5 months utilizing a co...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Pacella SR,Brown CA,Waldbusser GG,Labiosa RG,Hales B

更新日期：2018-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Poly(ADP ribose) polymerase inhibitors (PARPi) have efficacy in triple negative breast (TNBC) and ovarian cancers (OCs) harboring BRCA mutations, generating homologous recombination deficiencies (HRDs). DNA methyltransferase inhibitors (DNMTi) increase PARP trapping and reprogram the DNA damage response to generate HR...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： McLaughlin LJ,Stojanovic L,Kogan AA,Rutherford JL,Choi EY,Yen RC,Xia L,Zou Y,Lapidus RG,Baylin SB,Topper MJ,Rassool FV

更新日期：2020-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Self-assembled monolayer-protected nanoparticles are promising candidates for applications, such as sensing and drug delivery, in which the molecular ligands' interactions with the surrounding environment play a crucial role. We recently showed that, when gold nanoparticles are coated with a binary mixture of immiscib...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Centrone A,Penzo E,Sharma M,Myerson JW,Jackson AM,Marzari N,Stellacci F

更新日期：2008-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Circulating exosomal microRNA (miR) represents a new class of blood-based biomarkers for cancer liquid biopsy. The detection of miR at a very low concentration and with single-base discrimination without the need for sophisticated equipment, large volumes, or elaborate sample processing is a challenge. To address this...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Canady TD,Li N,Smith LD,Lu Y,Kohli M,Smith AM,Cunningham BT

更新日期：2019-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The Cu,Zn superoxide dismutase (SOD) was examined earlier and found to behave in a very unclock-like manner despite (accepted point mutation, or PAM) corrections for multiple replacements per site. Depending upon the time span involved, rates could differ 5-fold. We have sought to determine whether the data might be c...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Fitch WM,Ayala FJ

更新日期：1994-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli glutamine synthetase (GS) was inactivated by a nonenzymic mixed-function oxidation system composed of ascorbate, O2, and Fe(III). Partial inactivation of GS by this system leads to the formation of hybrid GS molecules (dodecamers) composed of both active and inactive subunits. Subunit interactions in ...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Nakamura K,Stadtman ER

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An unusual cAMP signaling system mediates many of the events that prepare spermatozoa to meet the egg. Its components include the atypical, bicarbonate-stimulated, sperm adenylyl cyclase and a cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA) with the unique catalytic subunit termed Calpha(2) or C(s). We generated mice that lack Ca...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Nolan MA,Babcock DF,Wennemuth G,Brown W,Burton KA,McKnight GS

更新日期：2004-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The mouse insulin-like growth factor 2 (Igf2) locus is a complex genomic region that produces multiple transcripts from alternative promoters. Expression at this locus is regulated by parental imprinting. However, despite the existence of putative imprinting control elements in the Igf2 upstream region, imprinted tran...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Moore T,Constancia M,Zubair M,Bailleul B,Feil R,Sasaki H,Reik W

更新日期：1997-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Nucleosomes in eukaryotes act as platforms for the dynamic integration of epigenetic information. Posttranslational modifications are reversibly added or removed and core histones exchanged for paralogous variants, in concert with changing demands on transcription and genome accessibility. Histones are also common in ...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Stevens KM,Swadling JB,Hocher A,Bang C,Gribaldo S,Schmitz RA,Warnecke T

更新日期：2020-12-29 00:00:00

abstract：:FAP48 was identified and cloned thanks to its interaction with FK506-binding proteins (FKBPs) such as FKBP52 and FKBP12, which belong to the large family of immunophilins that bind the macrolide immunosuppressant drugs FK506 and rapamycin. We have previously shown that FAP48-FKBP complexes are dissociated by FK506 and...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Krummrei U,Baulieu EE,Chambraud B

更新日期：2003-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Basophils are powerful mediators of Th2 immunity and are present in increased numbers during allergic inflammation and helminth infection. Despite their ability to potentiate Th2 immunity the mechanisms regulating basophil development remain largely unknown. We have found a unique role for isotype-switched antibodies ...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Herbst T,Esser J,Prati M,Kulagin M,Stettler R,Zaiss MM,Hewitson JP,Merky P,Verbeek JS,Bourquin C,Camberis M,Prout M,Maizels RM,Le Gros G,Harris NL

更新日期：2012-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Achieving label-free, molecular-specific imaging with high spatial resolution in deep tissue is often considered the grand challenge of optical imaging. To accomplish this goal, significant optical scattering in tissues has to be overcome while achieving molecular specificity without resorting to extrinsic labeling. W...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Yakovlev VV,Zhang HF,Noojin GD,Denton ML,Thomas RJ,Scully MO

更新日期：2010-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracellular signal-regulated kinases 1 and 2 (ERK1/2) are central mediators of cardiac hypertrophy and are discussed as potential therapeutic targets. However, direct inhibition of ERK1/2 leads to exacerbated cardiomyocyte death and impaired heart function. We have previously identified ERK(Thr188) autophosphorylati...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Ruppert C,Deiss K,Herrmann S,Vidal M,Oezkur M,Gorski A,Weidemann F,Lohse MJ,Lorenz K

更新日期：2013-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Regulation of the sterol-synthesizing mevalonate pathway occurs in part through feedback-regulated endoplasmic reticulum degradation of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA reductase (HMG-R). In yeast, the Hmg2p isozyme of HMG-R is regulated in this manner. We have tested the involvement of ubiquitination in the regulated d...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Hampton RY,Bhakta H

更新日期：1997-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：:IL-17 has been implicated in a number of inflammatory diseases, but the conditions of antigen exposure that drive the generation of Th17 responses have not been well defined. Epicutaneous (EC) immunization of mice with ovalbumin (OVA), which causes allergic skin inflammation with many characteristics of the skin lesio...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： He R,Oyoshi MK,Jin H,Geha RS

更新日期：2007-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Jasmonates (JAs) are plant-specific signaling molecules that steer a diverse set of physiological and developmental processes. Pathogen attack and wounding inflicted by herbivores induce the biosynthesis of these hormones, triggering defense responses both locally and systemically. We report on alterations in the tran...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Pauwels L,Morreel K,De Witte E,Lammertyn F,Van Montagu M,Boerjan W,Inzé D,Goossens A

更新日期：2008-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The MAK16 gene was first defined as a gene whose mutation resulted in loss of M1 double-stranded RNA virus-like particles. The mak16-1 mutation also produces temperature-sensitive cell growth. We report here that mak16-1 cells arrest at the nonpermissive temperature in G1 phase, such that they are mating competent. We...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Wickner RB

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epithelial barrier disruption is a major cause of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD); however, the mechanism through which epigenetic regulation modulates intestinal epithelial integrity remains largely undefined. Here we show that EZH2, the catalytic subunit of polycomb repressive complex (PRC2), is indispensable for m...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Liu Y,Peng J,Sun T,Li N,Zhang L,Ren J,Yuan H,Kan S,Pan Q,Li X,Ding Y,Jiang M,Cong X,Tan M,Ma Y,Fu D,Cai S,Xiao Y,Wang X,Qin J

更新日期：2017-05-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Contact of axons with target territories results in the formation of synapses, specific junctional complexes that may represent a final stage of neuronal maturation. Synaptosomal-associated protein 25 (SNAP-25) is a component of particular nerve terminals recently identified in rodent brain. To evaluate the structure ...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Catsicas S,Larhammar D,Blomqvist A,Sanna PP,Milner RJ,Wilson MC

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin (IL)-15 and its specific receptor chain, IL-15Rα, support the development of various effector cells, including NK and CD8 T cells via a mechanism called trans-presentation. Whereas the dynamic of trans-presentation has been shown to involve the recycling of IL-15Rα by presenting cells, the way responding c...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Tamzalit F,Barbieux I,Plet A,Heim J,Nedellec S,Morisseau S,Jacques Y,Mortier E

更新日期：2014-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Synthesis of mouse metallothionein (MT)-I and MT-II is transcriptionally induced by the synthetic glucocorticoid, dexamethasone (DEX) or both in vivo as well as in numerous cell lines. However, the location(s) of a glucocorticoid response element (GRE) has not been described. The observation that a marked MT-I gene, a...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Kelly EJ,Sandgren EP,Brinster RL,Palmiter RD

更新日期：1997-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a water-based prebiotic model of sugar synthesis involving glycolaldehyde self-condensation, we demonstrate that homochiral L-dipeptide catalysts lead to the stereospecific syntheses of tetroses. The asymmetric effect is largest for erythrose, which may reach a D-enantiomeric excess of >80% with L-Val-L-Val cata...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Weber AL,Pizzarello S

更新日期：2006-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Carrying premature termination codons in 1 allele of the ABCA7 gene is associated with an increased risk for Alzheimer's disease (AD). While the primary function of ABCA7 is to regulate the transport of phospholipids and cholesterol, ABCA7 is also involved in maintaining homeostasis of the immune system. Since inflamm...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Aikawa T,Ren Y,Yamazaki Y,Tachibana M,Johnson MR,Anderson CT,Martens YA,Holm ML,Asmann YW,Saito T,Saido TC,Fitzgerald ML,Bu G,Kanekiyo T

更新日期：2019-11-19 00:00:00