Ceramide-1-phosphate: a novel regulator of cell activation.

abstract：:The effect of caffeine on catecholamine secretion and intracellular free Ca2+ concentration [( Ca2+]i) in bovine adrenal chromaffin cells was examined using single fura-2-loaded cells and cell populations. In cell populations caffeine elicited a large (approximately 200 nM) transient rise in [Ca2+]i that was independe...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Cheek TR,O'Sullivan AJ,Moreton RB,Berridge MJ,Burgoyne RD

更新日期：1990-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The X-ray crystal structures of the complexes formed with bovine trypsin and the N alpha-tosylated piperidides of m-amidino-, p-amidino- and p-guanidino-D,L-phenylalanine (3-TAPAP, 4-TAPAP and 4-TGPAP) were determined with data to 1.8 A resolution. The L-stereoisomer of 3-TAPAP binds as a compact entity into the activ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Turk D,Stürzebecher J,Bode W

更新日期：1991-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemokines play a key role in modulating leukocyte functions at sites of inflammation. To assess chondrocyte contribution to the chemotactic environment of inflamed joints the intracellular content of CC and CXC chemokines was investigated. IL-8, GROalpha, MCP-1, RANTES, MIP-1alpha and MIP-1beta expression was evaluat...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Borzi RM,Mazzetti I,Macor S,Silvestri T,Bassi A,Cattini L,Facchini A

更新日期：1999-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：:In this work, we have spectroscopically characterised CYP157C1 from Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) which has the motif E(297)QSLW(301) rather than the invariant EXXR motif in the P450 K-helix. Site-directed mutagenesis of native E(297)QSLW(301) in CYP157C1 to E(297)ESLR(301) or E(297)QSRW(301) both containing standard ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Rupasinghe S,Schuler MA,Kagawa N,Yuan H,Lei L,Zhao B,Kelly SL,Waterman MR,Lamb DC

更新日期：2006-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The organization of the U1snRNP-specific A protein (34 kDa) has been analyzed by 12 and 16 A thiol-reversible chemical cross-linking and Western blotting. A-containing cross-linked complexes had molecular masses of 43, 47, 56, 62, 67, 105 and 125 kDa. None of these complexes could be cross-linked following ribonucleas...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Boix J,Habets WJ,van Venrooij WJ,Smith HC

更新日期：1990-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The chaotropic character of several ions determines their partition on membrane interfaces with aqueous media as predicted by the Hofmeister series. However, specific characteristics of each individual ion determine its ability to cross the membrane and to influence Ca2+, H+ and electrical gradients produced by the sa...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Yu X,Inesi G

更新日期：1993-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastric H+,K+-ATPase activity is not affected by Na+ at pH 7.0 but is significantly stimulated by Na+ at pH 8.5. For the stimulation at the latter pH, the presence of both Na+ and K+ were essential. Contrary the H+,K+-ATPase, the associated K+-pNPPase was inhibited by Na+ at both pH values. Sodium competes with K+ for...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Ray TK,Nandi J

更新日期：1985-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：:We synthesized and evaluated by surface plasmon resonance 64 LNA/2'-O-methyl sequences corresponding to all possible combinations of such residues in a kissing aptamer loop complementary to the 6-nt loop of the TAR element of HIV-1. Three combinations of LNA/2'-O-methyl nucleoside analogues where one or two LNA units ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Di Primo C,Rudloff I,Reigadas S,Arzumanov AA,Gait MJ,Toulmé JJ

更新日期：2007-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:A-disintegrin and metalloproteinase 10 (ADAM10) is involved in the generation of amyloid-β (Aβ) during amyloid precursor protein (APP) processing, and has a protective effect against Aβ neurotoxicity. We explored how metallothionein-III (MT-III) is regulated in the non-amyloidogenic pathway to generate soluble APPα (s...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Park BH,Kim HG,Jin SW,Song SG,Jeong HG

更新日期：2014-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：:We solved the crystal structure of a functionally uncharacterized protein, HP0902, from Helicobacter pylori. Its structure demonstrated an all-β cupin fold that cannot bind metal ions due to the absence of a metal-binding histidine that is conserved in many metallo-cupins. In contrast, isothermal titration calorimetry...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Sim DW,Kim JH,Kim HY,Jang JH,Lee WC,Kim EH,Park PJ,Lee KH,Won HS

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have recently reported a neural variant of microtubule-associated protein 4 with a short pro-rich region (MAP4-SP). Here, we show that the neural MAP4 has reduced microtubule-stabilizing activity, compared to the ubiquitous MAP4 with a long pro-rich region (MAP4-LP), both in vitro and in vivo. Fluorescence recovery...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Hasan MR,Jin M,Matsushima K,Miyamoto S,Kotani S,Nakagawa H

更新日期：2006-06-12 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：:The molecular basis and functional properties of a variant antithrombin (AT) protein. AT Budapest 3, were studied. A single base substitution was identified in codon 99, CTC----TTC, altering the normal leucine to phenylalanine. The proband presented with a history of venous thrombotic disease and was found to be homoz...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Olds RJ,Lane DA,Boisclair M,Sas G,Bock SC,Thein SL

更新日期：1992-04-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Mechanisms underlying the association between fibroblastic growth factor 23 (FGF-23) and inflammation are uncertain. We found that FGF-23 was markedly up-regulated in LPS/INF-γ-induced proinflammatory M1 macrophages and Hyp mouse-derived peritoneal macrophages, but not in IL-4-induced M2 anti-inflammatory macrophages....

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Han X,Li L,Yang J,King G,Xiao Z,Quarles LD

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in the nuclear matrix protein Matrin 3 (MATR3) have been identified in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and myopathy. To investigate the mechanisms underlying MATR3 mutations in neuromuscular diseases and efficiently screen for modifiers of MATR3 toxicity, we generated transgenic MATR3 flies. Our findings indic...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Zhao M,Kao CS,Arndt C,Tran DD,Cho WI,Maksimovic K,Chen XXL,Khan M,Zhu H,Qiao J,Peng K,Hong J,Xu J,Kim D,Kim JR,Lee J,van Bruggen R,Yoon WH,Park J

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The R2 protein component of mouse ribonucleotide reductase has been obtained from overproducing Escherichia coli bacteria. It has been crystallized using NaCl as precipitant. The crystals are orthorhombic, space group C222(1), with cell dimensions a = 76.9 A, b = 108.9 A, c = 92.7 A and diffract to at least 2.5 A. The...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Nielsen BB,Kauppi B,Thelander M,Thelander L,Larsen IK,Eklund H

更新日期：1995-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The FMN-heme interdomain (intraprotein) electron transfer (IET) kinetics in full length and oxygenase/FMN (oxyFMN) construct of human iNOS were determined by laser flash photolysis over the temperature range from 283 to 304K. An appreciable increase in the rate constant value was observed with an increase in the tempe...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Li W,Chen L,Fan W,Feng C

更新日期：2012-01-20 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 effects of ribosomal protein L5 on the conformation of 5 S rRNA in the 5 S rRNA-protein L5 complex extracted from rat liver ribosomes have been studied by laser Raman spectroscopy. A comparison of the spectra shows small protein-induced conformational changes in the 5 S rRNA, but most of the base-paired regions ap...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Fabian H,Böhm S,Carius W,Misselwitz R,Welfle H

更新日期：1983-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyphosphates (polyP) are long chains of inorganic phosphates that can be attached to lysine residues of target proteins as a nonenzymatic post-translational modification. This modification, termed polyphosphorylation, may be particularly prevalent in bacterial and fungal species that synthesize large quantities of p...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： McCarthy L,Bentley-DeSousa A,Denoncourt A,Tseng YC,Gabriel M,Downey M

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The oxysterol binding proteins (OSBPs) are believed to control cholesterol homeostasis but their precise mechanism of action is not well understood. The Dictyostelium osbA gene encodes a predicted OSBP, OSBPa, which lacks the PH domain that in most other OSBPs directs targetting to the Golgi. OSBPa instead localises s...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Fukuzawa M,Williams JG

更新日期：2002-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The trend of the electric field and the value of the electric field flux, sensed by the superoxide substrate in the proximity of the active site, were found to be constant in three highly homologous Cu,Zn superoxide dismutases from ox, pig and sheep, which display large differences in net protein charge and distributi...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Desideri A,Falconi M,Parisi V,Rotilio G

更新日期：1989-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Microinjection of human liver mRNA from a patient homozygous for alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency (PiZZ) into Xenopus oocytes led to a 2--10-fold increase in lysosomal activity. Stimulation of lysosomal activity was not observed when mRNA from a normal human liver (alpha 1-antitrypsin PiMM), or water was injected into t...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Bathurst IC,Errington DM,Foreman RC,Judah JD,Carrell RW

更新日期：1985-04-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Recombinant porcine growth hormone (rPGH) was solubilised from inclusion bodies (IB's) using either 6 M guanidinium hydrochloride (GnHCl), 7.5 M urea or by a novel method using a cationic surfactant, cetyltrimethylammonium chloride (CTAC). Circular dichroism (CD) analysis of the secondary (2 degrees) structure of the ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Puri NK,Cardamone M

更新日期：1992-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：:A new insertion sequence, IS186, has been identified from Escherichia coli and sequenced. It contains 1336 base pairs with a terminal inverted repeat of 22 nucleotides. A long open reading frame, from an ATG codon at position 55 to a TAG termination codon at 1327, could code for a polypeptide of 424 amino acids. This ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Chong P,Hui I,Loo T,Gillam S

更新日期：1985-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracellular vesicular transport involves targeting of vesicles to their correct destination and subsequent fusion with the target membrane. These processes employ unique compartment-specific proteins in combination with general components which act at several transport steps. This review will summarize recent progre...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Söllner T

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the aging of population, neurological disorders, and especially disorders involving defects in protein conformation (also known as proteopathies) pose a serious socio-economic problem. So far there is no effective treatment for most proteopathies, including Parkinson's disease (PD). The mechanism underlying PD pa...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Oláh J,Ovádi J

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Megasphaera elsdenii and Clostridium MP flavodoxins have been investigated by photo-CIDNP techniques. Using time-resolved spectroscopy and external dyes carrying different charges it was possible to assign unambiguously the resonance lines in the NMR-spectra to tyrosine, tryptophan and methionine residues in the two p...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Moonen CT,Hore PJ,Müller F,Kaptein R,Mayhew SG

更新日期：1982-11-22 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：:Decarboxylation of pyruvate by pyruvate decarboxylase (EC 4.1.1.1) was performed in a reaction mixture containing 50% deuterium. The isolated product, acetaldehyde, was investigated directly by 1H NMR and by mass spectrometry after conversion to the 2,4-dinitrophenyl hydrazone. The protium content of 56% at acetaldehy...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Ermer J,Schellenberger A,Hübner G

更新日期：1992-03-09 00:00:00