Leukotriene A4 hydrolase, a bifunctional enzyme. Distinction of leukotriene A4 hydrolase and aminopeptidase activities by site-directed mutagenesis at Glu-297.

abstract：:4-Picoloine-2,2':6',2"-terpyridine-platinum(II) is shown in a ligation assay to unwind and so intercalate into DNA. Circular dichroism is used to determine an equilibrium binding constant of approximately 2 x 10(7) M(-1) for the most stable binding mode of 4-picoline-2,2':6',2"-terpyridine-platinum(II) to poly[d(A-T)2...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： McCoubrey A,Latham HC,Cook PR,Rodger A,Lowe G

更新日期：1996-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Adiponectin whose systemic levels are reduced in obesity-related diseases ameliorates insulin sensitivity and regulates biological processes like apoptosis, proliferation, migration and inflammation. Adiponectin binds to adiponectin receptors, AdipoR1 and AdipoR2, which are ubiquitously expressed. Clathrin-dependent e...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Buechler C,Wanninger J,Neumeier M

更新日期：2010-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper first discusses the conditions in which a set of differential equations should give stable solutions, starting with linear systems assuming that these do not differ greatly in this respect from non-linear systems. Methods of investigating the stability of particular systems are briefly discussed. Most real ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Cooper GJ

更新日期：1969-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The black-eyed pea trypsin and chymotrypsin inhibitor (BTCI) is a member of the Bowman-Birk protease inhibitor (BBI) family. The three-dimensional model of the BTCI-chymotrypsin complex was built based on the homology to Bowman-Birk inhibitors with known structures. An extensive theoretical and experimental study of t...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： de Freitas SM,de Mello LV,da Silva MC,Vriend G,Neshich G,Ventura MM

更新日期：1997-06-09 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple model is put forward to explain the long-known three-base periodicity in coding DNA. We propose the concept of same-phase triplet clustering, i.e. a condition wherein a triplet appears several times in one phase without interruption by the two other possible phases. For instance, in the sequence (i): NTT_GNN_...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Sánchez J,López-Villaseñor I

更新日期：2006-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Using an all-atom, molecular dynamics-based, flexible docking method, the tertiary and quaternary structures of protofilaments of the "K3" fragment from beta(2)-microglobulin (residues Ser20-Lys41) were predicted at low pH in a continuous mixture of water and 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol (TFE). Tetramers with energies very ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Standley DM,Yonezawa Y,Goto Y,Nakamura H

更新日期：2006-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The modifying effects of the products of the equimolar addition Of DL-alanine and DL-alanyl-DL-alanine to fullerene C60 on the structure and permeability of the lipid bilayer of phosphatidylcholine liposomes has been studied using the luminescence probe technique. It is shown that these water soluble amino acid and di...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kotelnikova RA,Kotelnikov AI,Bogdanov GN,Romanova VS,Kuleshova EF,Parnes ZN,Vol'pin ME

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The interconversions of the inositol-containing lipids (PI, PI-P and PI-P2) and their products (DG, inositol phosphates and PA) in human and rabbit neutrophils stimulated with fMetLeuPhe and PMA have been examined. PMA causes only the phosphorylation of PI to PI-P whereas fMetLeuPhe causes phosphorylation of both PI a...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Cockcroft S,Barrowman MM,Gomperts BD

更新日期：1985-02-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The predicted Exigobacterium sibiricum bacterirhodopsin gene was amplified from an ancient Siberian permafrost sample. The protein bacteriorhodopsin from Exiguobacterium sibiricum (ESR) encoded by this gene was expressed in Escherichia coli membrane. ESR bound all-trans-retinal and displayed an absorbance maximum at 5...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Petrovskaya LE,Lukashev EP,Chupin VV,Sychev SV,Lyukmanova EN,Kryukova EA,Ziganshin RH,Spirina EV,Rivkina EM,Khatypov RA,Erokhina LG,Gilichinsky DA,Shuvalov VA,Kirpichnikov MP

更新日期：2010-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Epigenetic silencing mechanisms play an important role in chemoresistance of human cancer. Here we report the upregulated expression of metastasis-associated protein 1 (MTA1), a component of the nucleosome remodeling deacetylation (NuRD) complex, in chemoresistant prostate cancer (PCa). MTA1 knockdown in PC-3 cells in...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Yu L,Su YS,Zhao J,Wang H,Li W

更新日期：2013-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The tetracycline-controlled transcription system has become one of the most potent systems for experimental manipulations of transcription levels in vivo. Here we report on rtTA variants, which were generated by combining the existing positively regulated Tet repressor domains of rtTA and rtTA-M2 with a modified and m...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kämper MR,Gohla G,Schlüter G

更新日期：2002-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Rho family small GTPases regulate lymphocyte migration induced by chemokines. However, how lymphocyte migration is regulated by Rho GTPases remains to be elucidated. Here, we identified FilGAP, a Rac-specific GAP, as a negative regulator of lymphocyte polarization and migration. Depletion of FilGAP in mouse pro-B BAF ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Iida T,Saito K,Katagiri K,Kinashi T,Ohta Y

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The anomolous protein synthesis, sensitive to cycloheximide, which has been observed in brain mitochondrial and synaptosomal preparations, has been studied. It is concluded that this protein synthesis is due to the presence, as a contaminant in both preparations, of a ribosome-containing particle which contains solubl...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Morgan IG

更新日期：1970-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Titin is a giant protein which extends from Z-line to M-line in striated muscles. We report here the purification of a 150-kDa titin fragment, obtained after V8 protease treatment of myofibrils. This polypeptide was located at the N1-line level, in a titin part known to exhibit stiff properties correlated to an associ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Astier C,Raynaud F,Lebart MC,Roustan C,Benyamin Y

更新日期：1998-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:A highly specific and sensitive radioimmunoassay has been established for measurement of human endothelin (hET) in human plasma. After extraction of plasma with an octyl-silica column, this assay allowed for detection of immunoreactive (IR) hET as low as 0.2 fmol/ml. In 16 healthy subjects, the mean concentration of p...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Ando K,Hirata Y,Shichiri M,Emori T,Marumo F

更新日期：1989-03-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Melanogenesis is an important biochemical process for the production of skin pigments which protect many animals from the damage of solar radiation. The abnormalities in melanogenesis are associated with albinism, vitiligo, as well as malignant melanoma in humans. In the lower forms of animals viz., insects, the exosk...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Sugumaran M

更新日期：1991-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a panel of monoclonal antibodies, it has previously been demonstrated that the cytosol of nucleated red cells (trout and turkey) contains a protein similar to arrestin, a soluble protein found so far only in the photosensitive cells and which, by binding to photoexcited rhodopsin, inhibits the phototransduction ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Scheuring U,Franco M,Fievet B,Guizouarn H,Mirshahi M,Faure JP,Motais R

更新日期：1990-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：:To elucidate hydroxyapatite-protein interaction, mutant human lysozymes in which the surface charge was modified by site-directed mutagenesis were used. Five mutant human lysozymes (K1A, K13A, K33A, R10A, R14A) were expressed in yeast. The chromatographic behavior of these lysozymes was studied with a HPLC hydroxyapat...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Aizawa T,Koganesawa N,Kamakura A,Masaki K,Matsuura A,Nagadome H,Terada Y,Kawano K,Nitta K

更新日期：1998-01-30 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：: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：:Although decapping is an important process in eukaryotic mRNA turnover, little is known about this process in plants. Here, we identified Arabidopsis thaliana decapping proteins AtDCP1 and AtDCP2 and showed that (I) AtDCP2 is an active decapping enzyme, (II) AtDCP1 interacts with itself, (III) AtDCP1 and AtDCP2 are lo...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Iwasaki S,Takeda A,Motose H,Watanabe Y

更新日期：2007-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) has been shown to inhibit the growth of some cell types and stimulate the proliferation of others by a mechanism that is not understood. In the present study, we investigated the effect of transfection of NIH-3T3 cells with either the basic fibroblast growth factor gene (bFGF) or the kaposi...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Aggarwal BB,Pocsik E,Totpal K

更新日期：1995-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Prostaglandin E2 receptors (EPR), which belong to the family of heterotrimeric G protein-coupled ectoreceptors with seven transmembrane domains, can be classified into four subtypes according to their ligand binding and G protein coupling specificity. Of these, EP3betaR is coupled to Gi, whereas EP4R is coupled to Gs....

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Neuschäfer-Rube F,Hänecke K,Püschel GP

更新日期：1997-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:A ratio-fluorescence assay was developed for on-line localization and quantification of lipid oxidation in living cells. The assay explores the oxidative sensitivity of C11-BODIPY(581/591). Upon oxidation, the fluorescence of this fluorophore shifts from red to green. The probe incorporates readily into cellular membr...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Pap EH,Drummen GP,Winter VJ,Kooij TW,Rijken P,Wirtz KW,Op den Kamp JA,Hage WJ,Post JA

更新日期：1999-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:To elucidate the subunit composition of axonemal inner-arm dynein, we examined a 38 kDa protein (p38) co-purified with a Chlamydomonas inner arm subspecies, dynein d. We found it is a novel protein conserved among a variety of organisms with motile cilia and flagella. Immunoprecipitation using specific antibody verifi...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Yamamoto R,Yanagisawa HA,Yagi T,Kamiya R

更新日期：2006-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:A long-term goal of the field of interactome modeling is to understand how global and local properties of complex macromolecular networks impact on observable biological properties, and how changes in such properties can lead to human diseases. The information available at this stage of development of the field provid...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Vidal M

更新日期：2005-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The human gut microbiota comprises approximately 100 trillion microbial cells and has a significant effect on many aspects of human physiology including metabolism, nutrient absorption and immune function. Disruption of this population has been implicated in many conditions and diseases, including examples such as obe...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Walsh CJ,Guinane CM,O'Toole PW,Cotter PD

更新日期：2014-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreatic islet amyloid is a characteristic feature of type 2 diabetes. The major protein component of islet amyloid is the polypeptide hormone known as islet amyloid polypeptide (IAPP, or amylin). IAPP is stored with insulin in the β-cell secretory granules and is released in response to the stimuli that lead to ins...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Cao P,Marek P,Noor H,Patsalo V,Tu LH,Wang H,Abedini A,Raleigh DP

更新日期：2013-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Photon correlation spectroscopy demonstrated for the first time that co-purified meningococcal TbpA+B form a complex in solution. This structure bound hTf and the resultant species underwent partial dissociation after exposure to additional hTf or following prolonged incubation. Purified TbpA and TbpB had similar appa...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Boulton IC,Gorringe AR,Carr RJ,Gorinsky B,Joannou CL,Evans RW

更新日期：1997-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The photochemical reaction center of Chloroflexus (Cf.) aurantiacus, a membrane bound pigment-protein complex, has been crystallized in the presence of monodisperse polyoxyethylene detergents. The crystals possessed a pronounced polymorphism. Three different crystal forms belonging to triclinic, monoclinic and orthorh...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Feick R,Ertlmaier A,Ermler U

更新日期：1996-11-04 00:00:00