Ca2+ binding sites in calmodulin and troponin C alter interhelical angle movements.

abstract：:Escherichia coli outer membrane protease OmpT has been characterised as a serine protease based on its inhibitor profile, but serine protease consensus sequences are absent. By site-directed mutagenesis we substituted all conserved serines and histidines. Substitution of His(101) and His(212) by Ala, Asn or Gln result...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kramer RA,Dekker N,Egmond MR

更新日期：2000-02-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a variety of peptide analogues of oxytocin (OT) and Arg8-vasopressin (AVP), OT-mediated induction of urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA) was examined in LLC-PK1 renal epithelial cells, which possess distinct high-affinity receptors of both the OT- and vasopressin renal (V2-) types. OT or OT-receptor speci...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Jans DA,Pavo I,Fahrenholz F

更新日期：1993-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The prokaryotic tubulin homologue FtsZ polymerizes in vitro in a nucleotide dependent fashion. Here we report that replacement of the strictly conserved Asp212 residue of Escherichia coli FtsZ by a Cys or Asn, but not by a Glu residue results in FtsZ that polymerizes with divalent cations in the absence of added GTP. ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Scheffers DJ,de Wit JG,den Blaauwen T,Driessen AJ

更新日期：2001-04-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracellular Ca(2+) ([Ca(2+)](i)) changes were measured in cell bodies of cultured rat hippocampal neurones with the fluorescent indicator Fluo-3. In the absence of external Ca(2+), the cholinergic agonist carbachol (200 microM) and the sarcoendoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+) pump inhibitor thapsigargin (0.4 microM) both t...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Bouron A

更新日期：2000-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：:STAT4 is a transcription factor activated in response to IL-12, and is involved in Th1 cell development. The molecular mechanisms controlling the transcription of the STAT4 gene are however, unclear. Sequence comparison of the 5' flanking regions of human, mouse and pufferfish (Fugu rubripes) Stat4 genes revealed a hi...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Yap WH,Yeoh E,Tay A,Brenner S,Venkatesh B

更新日期：2005-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:While many antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) disrupt bacterial membranes, some translocate into bacteria and interfere with intracellular processes. Buforin II and DesHDAP1 are thought to kill bacteria by interacting with nucleic acids. Here, molecular modeling and experimental measurements are used to show that neither n...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Sim S,Wang P,Beyer BN,Cutrona KJ,Radhakrishnan ML,Elmore DE

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two different isoforms of subunit VIIa have been found in cytochrome c oxidase isolated from human skeletal muscle. The first 22 residues of the N-terminal amino acid sequences showed 5 differences. Our results provide the first conclusive evidence for the existence of cytochrome c oxidase isoenzymes in man. Since the...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Van Beeumen JJ,Van Kuilenburg AB,Van Bun S,Van den Bogert C,Tager JM,Muijsers AO

更新日期：1990-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Transglutaminase 2 (TG2) is a GTP-binding protein with transglutaminase activity. Despite advances in the characterization of TG2 functions and their impact on cellular processes, the role of TG2 in Human chronic myelogenous leukemia K562 cell line is still poorly understood. To understand the biological significance ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kang SK,Lee JY,Chung TW,Kim CH

更新日期：2004-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Clusters of codons pairing to low-abundance tRNAs synchronize the translation with co-translational folding of single domains in multidomain proteins. Although proven with some examples, the impact of the ribosomal speed on the folding and solubility on a global, cell-wide level remains elusive. Here we show that upre...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Fedyunin I,Lehnhardt L,Böhmer N,Kaufmann P,Zhang G,Ignatova Z

更新日期：2012-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：:γ-Glutamyl kinase (GK; the PRO1 gene product) is a key enzyme in the Saccharomyces cerevisiae proline biosynthesis pathway. Δpro1 cells are more sensitive to various stresses than wild-type cells, suggesting that GK has an alternative function independent of proline biosynthesis. We show that PRO1 genetically interact...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Tatehashi Y,Watanabe D,Takagi H

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the effect of botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT) C1 light chain (LC) on insulin exocytosis from the clonal beta-cell line HIT-T15. In streptolysin-O permeabilized cells, the beta-cell impermeant BoNT C1 cleaved mainly syntaxin 1 and inhibited Ca2+ as well as GTPgammaS induced exocytosis. To study the eff...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Land J,Zhang H,Vaidyanathan VV,Sadoul K,Niemann H,Wollheim CB

更新日期：1997-12-08 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：:A central step in xanthone biosynthesis is the formation of the C13 skeleton, i.e. an intermediate benzophenone. Biosynthesis of 2,3',4,6-tetrahydroxybenzophenone from m-hydroxybenzoyl-CoA and malonyl-CoA was shown in cell-free extracts from cultured cells of Centaurium erythraea. The enzyme catalyzing this reaction w...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Beerhues L

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A pronounced transitory increase of histone acetyltransferase (EC 2.3.1.48) activity before the onset of DNA replication is shown to occur in regenerating rat liver. This effect is followed by an increase in the H1/H1(0) ratio at the start of DNA synthesis; H1(0) de is replaced by H1. Histone acetylation and H1/H1(0) ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Weiss G,Puschendorf B

更新日期：1988-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Stromal cell-derived factor 1alpha (SDF-1alpha) is a chemokine that has been shown to prevent infection of T-tropic HIV strains and is a possible substrate of CD26/dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DPPIV). In this study, we show that SDF-1alpha was cleaved at the N-terminal region by CD26/DPPIV and as a result the inhibitory a...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Ohtsuki T,Hosono O,Kobayashi H,Munakata Y,Souta A,Shioda T,Morimoto C

更新日期：1998-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Tissue transglutaminase is a multifunctional enzyme which has been involved in the regulation of cell growth, differentiation, and apoptosis. Recently, nuclear localization of tTG has been reported indicating the potential of active nuclear transport. In this study we use the yeast two-hybrid assay and co-immunoprecip...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Peng X,Zhang Y,Zhang H,Graner S,Williams JF,Levitt ML,Lokshin A

更新日期：1999-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunoblotting analysis was used to detect the microtubule-associated proteins present at different stages of rat brain development. Polyclonal antibodies were raised against the two main adult brain microtubule-associated proteins: MAP-2 (300 kDa) and TAU (60-70 kDa). Whatever the stage of development, anti-MAP-2 ser...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Couchie D,Nunez J

更新日期：1985-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Detailed structural models of di-cluster seven-iron ferredoxins constitute a valuable resource for folding and stability studies relating the metal cofactors' role in protein stability. The here reported, hemihedric twinned crystal structure at 2.0 A resolution from Acidianus ambivalens ferredoxin, shows an integral 1...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Frazão C,Aragão D,Coelho R,Leal SS,Gomes CM,Teixeira M,Carrondo MA

更新日期：2008-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The rapid conversion of the carotenoid violaxanthin to zeaxanthin via antheraxanthin (xanthophyll cycle) in potato leaves exposed at 23 degrees C to a strong white light of 2000 microE.m-2.s-1 was associated with a slight inhibition of photosynthetic electron transport (as estimated from chlorophyll fluorescence measu...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Sarry JE,Montillet JL,Sauvaire Y,Havaux M

更新日期：1994-10-17 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe here a 70 kDa transcription factor A1F-B, which preferentially binds to an element encompassing a CCAAT motif on the rat aldolase B promoter. Comparison of binding specificities, relative molecular masses, and subunit compositions with those of other known CCAAT-binding factors indicated that A1F-B is a no...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Tsutsumi K,Ito K,Yabuki T,Ishikawa K

更新日期：1993-04-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The intestinal microbiota is essential for nutrient acquisition, immune development, and exclusion of invading pathogens. The upper respiratory tract (URT) microbiota is less well studied and does not appear to abide by many of the paradigms of the gastrointestinal tract. Decades of carriage studies in children have d...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Schenck LP,Surette MG,Bowdish DM

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:IGF-I receptors were partially purified from red and white skeletal muscle by lectin-affinity chromatography and the resultant fraction was depleted of insulin receptors by insulin affinity chromatography. Equilibrium binding of 125I-IGF-I to receptor preparations from red and white muscle yielded identical Scatchard ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Zorzano A,James DE,Ruderman NB,Pilch PF

更新日期：1988-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The structure of rabbit liver Hsp90 was reevaluated by limited trypsinolysis, N-terminal sequencing and determination of the site that is phosphorylated by casein kinase II. Limited proteolysis results in formation of four groups of large peptides with M(r) in the range of 26-41 kDa. Peptides with M(r) 39-41 kDa were ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Bogatcheva NV,Ma Y,Urosev D,Gusev NB

更新日期：1999-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：:[3H]inositol-labelled products are released from adrenal medullary cells during exocytotic secretion. In 'leaky' cells in which small molecules readily enter and leave the cytoplasm, addition of micromolar calcium ions in the presence of ATP stimulates exocytosis and causes the release of inositol polyphosphates. Thes...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Whitaker M

更新日期：1985-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The addition of 1-acyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (1-acyl-GPC) to peroxisomes decreased the production of acid-soluble radioactivity formed by beta-oxidation of [1-(14)C]arachidonate due to substrate removal by esterification into the acceptor. This peroxisomal-associated acyl-CoA:1-acyl-GPC acyltransferase activity ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Baykousheva SP,Luthria DL,Sprecher H

更新日期：1995-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The trk family of tyrosine protein kinase genes serves crucial roles for the development of the nervous system and the survival of neurons. The members of this gene family, trk, trkB and trkC, bind a distinct neurotrophin of the nerve growth factor (NGF) gene family, and trigger the intracellular signals which elicit ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Okazawa H,Kamei M,Kanazawa I

更新日期：1993-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The usefulness of a gamma camera system for external imaging of the degradation sites of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) is demonstrated in rats. [131I]LDL was injected intravenously in normal rats and rats pretreated with 17 alpha-ethinyl estradiol for LDL receptor induction. Distribution of the radioligand was followe...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Friedrich E,Dresel HA,Sinn H,Schettler G

更新日期：1985-05-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Keratins form an intracellular keratin filament network in keratinocytes. Point mutations in the epidermal keratins could lead to the disruption of keratin filament formation, developing skin diseases such as epidermolytic hereditary palmoplantar keratoderma (EHPPK). We found a G to A transition in keratin 9 (K9) cDNA...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kobayashi S,Tanaka T,Matsuyoshi N,Imamura S

更新日期：1996-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The complexity of the proteasome gene family in higher plants was investigated by identification and sequencing cDNA clones from the Arabidopsis thaliana database showing homologies to 20S proteasome subunits. We identified plant counterparts for each of the 14 proteasomal subunit subfamilies. Moreover, several of the...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Parmentier Y,Bouchez D,Fleck J,Genschik P

更新日期：1997-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：:A bovine anterior pituitary polypeptide that stimulates the replication of rat and human adipocyte precursors has been purified. Its Mr is 44 000-53 000 and its isoelectric point is 9.8-10.3. While pituitary basic fibroblast growth factor is equally mitogenic on adipocyte precursors and skin fibroblasts, the polypepti...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Lau DC,Roncari DA,Yip DK,Kindler S,Nilsen SG

更新日期：1983-03-21 00:00:00