Structural determination of the active site of a sweet protein. A 1H NMR investigation of pMNEI.

abstract：:Fucosyloligosaccharides have great therapeutic potential. Here we present a new route for synthesizing a Fucalpha1,2Gal linkage by introducing glycosynthase technology into 1,2-alpha-l-fucosidase. The enzyme adopts a unique reaction mechanism, in which asparagine-423 activated by aspartic acid-766 acts as a base while...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Wada J,Honda Y,Nagae M,Kato R,Wakatsuki S,Katayama T,Taniguchi H,Kumagai H,Kitaoka M,Yamamoto K

更新日期：2008-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Limb girdle muscular dystrophy type 2A is linked to a skeletal muscle-specific calpain isoform known as p94. Isolation of the intact 94-kDa enzyme has been difficult to achieve due to its rapid autolysis, and uncertainty has arisen over its Ca2+-dependence for activity. We have expressed a C-terminally truncated form ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Rey MA,Davies PL

更新日期：2002-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene array profiling of RNA from cells engineered to express a dominant-negative version of the ETS family member transcription factor Pea3 (polyomavirus enhancer activator 3) identified WT1 as a candidate downstream gene. Given the co-expression of WT1 and Pea3 in developing kidney and breast tissue undergoing mesenc...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Discenza MT,Vaz D,Hassell JA,Pelletier J

更新日期：2004-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The complete amino acid sequence of the oligomycin sensitivity-conferring protein (OSCP) of beef-heart mitochondria is reported. The protein contains 190 amino acids and has a molecular mass of 20 967. Its structure is characterized by a concentration of charged amino acids in the two terminal segments (N 1-77 and C 1...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Ovchinnikov YA,Modyanov NN,Grinkevich VA,Aldanova NA,Trubetskaya OE,Nazimov IV,Hundal T,Ernster L

更新日期：1984-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Reticulocyte-type 15-lipoxygenase is known to dioxygenate phospholipids without preceding action of phospholipases A2 (PLA2). Therefore we studied the reaction of the secretory PLA2s (sPLA2) from pancreas and snake venom, and of the human cytosolic PLA2 (cPLA2) with 1-palmitoyl-2-arachidonoyl phosphatidylcholine (PAPC...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Chaitidis P,Schewe T,Sutherland M,Kühn H,Nigam S

更新日期：1998-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Daunorubicin induces apoptosis in myeloid leukemia cells by activation of neutral sphingomyelinase and ceramide generation occurring 4-10 min after daunorubicin addition. We show here that daunorubicin is able to increase the phosphoinositide 3-kinase activity and enhance intracellular phosphoinositide 3-kinase lipid ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Plo I,Bettaïeb A,Payrastre B,Mansat-De Mas V,Bordier C,Rousse A,Kowalski-Chauvel A,Laurent G,Lautier D

更新日期：1999-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The astroglial growth factor (AGF), which induces a characteristic morphological change in cultured rat astroglial cells and stimulates their proliferation, was purified to homogeneity from bovine brain. Two different methods were used, the second one including heparin-Sepharose affinity chromatography. AGF is actuall...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Pettmann B,Weibel M,Sensenbrenner M,Labourdette G

更新日期：1985-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The Mahogany/Attractin gene (Atrn) has been proposed as a downstream mediator of Agouti signaling because yellow hair color and obesity in lethal yellow (A(y)) mice are suppressed by the mahogany (Atrn(mg)) mutation. The present study examined the distribution of Atrn mRNA in the brain and spinal cord by in situ hybri...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Lu Xy,Gunn TM,Shieh Kr,Barsh GS,Akil H,Watson SJ

更新日期：1999-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytochrome bd is one of the two terminal ubiquinol oxidases in the respiratory chain of Escherichia coli catalyzing reduction of O2 to H2O. The enzyme is expressed under low oxygen tension; due to high affinity for O2 it is isolated mainly as a stable oxygenated complex. Direct measurement of O2 binding to heme d in t...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Belevich I,Borisov VB,Konstantinov AA,Verkhovsky MI

更新日期：2005-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Curcumin, the yellow pigment from Curcuma longa, has been shown to possess tumoricidal activity. We have earlier reported the induction of apoptosis in AK-5, rat histiocytic cells by curcumin leading to the inhibition of tumor growth in vivo. In this study we have observed differential activation status in host macrop...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Bhaumik S,Jyothi MD,Khar A

更新日期：2000-10-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma membrane H(+)-ATPase of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae was isolated and purified in its two forms, the activated A-ATPase from glucose-metabolizing cells, and the basal-level B-ATPase from cells with endogenous metabolism only. Using two-dimensional gel electrophoretic analysis, we showed that both enzyme p...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Lapathitis G,Tanfani F,Kotyk A,Bertoli E

更新日期：2001-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Initiation of translation in hepatitis C virus (HCV) is dependent on the presence of an internal ribosome entry site (IRES) contained in its 341-nt-long 5'-untranslated region (UTR). This region is very conserved among different isolates and has been used to classify HCV isolates in six different genotypes. These geno...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Buratti E,Gerotto M,Pontisso P,Alberti A,Tisminetzky SG,Baralle FE

更新日期：1997-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study we show the existence of a functional nitric oxide synthase (NOS) in rat liver mitochondria. The enzyme uses L-arginine (L-arg) to produce nitric oxide (NO) and L-citrulline, and is Ca2+-dependent. L-Arg analogues, N(omega)monomethyl-L-arg and N(omega)-nitro-L-arg, inhibit the enzyme, and D-argini...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Ghafourifar P,Richter C

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ent-Kaurene is the key intermediate in biosynthesis of gibberellins (GAs), plant hormones. In higher plants, ent-kaurene is synthesized successively by copalyl diphosphate synthase (CPS) and ent-kaurene synthase (KS) from geranylgeranyl diphosphate (GGDP). On the other hand, fungal ent-kaurene synthases are bifunction...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Hayashi K,Kawaide H,Notomi M,Sakigi Y,Matsuo A,Nozaki H

更新日期：2006-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Spectrin repeats are three-helix bundle structures which occur in a large number of diverse proteins, either as single copies or in tandem arrangements of multiple repeats. They can serve structural purposes, by coordination of cytoskeletal interactions with high spatial precision, as well as a 'switchboard' for inter...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Djinovic-Carugo K,Gautel M,Ylänne J,Young P

更新日期：2002-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Hematopoietic progenitors have been shown to retain plasticity and switch lineages by appropriate stimuli. However, mature blood cells hardly showed such differentiation plasticity. In this paper, we tried to reprogram mature B cells into erythroid lineage by expressing various hematopoietic transcription factors. Amo...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Sadahira K,Fukuchi Y,Kunimono H,Sakurai M,Ikeda Y,Okamoto S,Nakajima H

更新日期：2012-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The cytochrome bc1 complex is a key component of the mitochondrial respiratory chains of many eukaryotic microorganisms that are pathogenic for plants or humans, such as fungi responsible for crop diseases and Plasmodium falciparum, which causes human malaria. Cytochrome bc1 is an enzyme that contains two (ubi)quinone...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Fisher N,Meunier B,Biagini GA

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:VacA is a major virulence factor of the widespread stomach-dwelling bacterium Helicobacter pylori. It causes cell vacuolation and tissue damage by forming anion-selective, urea-permeable channels in plasma and endosomal membranes. We report that several flavone derivatives and other polyphenols present in vegetables a...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Tombola F,Campello S,De Luca L,Ruggiero P,Del Giudice G,Papini E,Zoratti M

更新日期：2003-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Olfactory cilia contain cyclic nucleotide-gated and Ca2+-dependent Cl- conductances that underlie excitatory chemotransduction, and a Ca2+-dependent K+ (KCa) conductance, apparently involved in inhibitory transduction. Previous single-channel patch-clamp studies on olfactory cilia revealed four different KCas, with di...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Castillo K,Bacigalupo J,Wolff D

更新日期：2005-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The 40 N-terminal amino acids of the 20 kDa antigen A2 from Brucella melitensis were sequenced and showed important similarities with 4 bacterioferrins. A monoclonal antibody raised against this antigen cross-reacted with Escherichia coli bacterioferritin. Hybridization of two sets of degenerate primers with B. melite...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Denoel PA,Zygmunt MS,Weynants V,Tibor A,Lichtfouse B,Briffeuil P,Limet JN,Letesson JJ

更新日期：1995-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The requirement for a proline residue at the C-terminus of the Ca(2+)-binding photoprotein, aequorin, was investigated by measuring luminescence activities of a series of C-terminal deletion mutants, substitution mutants and an addition mutant. CD spectral measurements of apoaequorin with the C-terminal proline delete...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Nomura M,Inouye S,Ohmiya Y,Tsuji FI

更新日期：1991-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The Pep12 protein of Saccharomyces cerevisiae is a member of the syntaxin family thought to function as target membrane receptor (t-SNARE) for vesicular intermediates travelling between the Golgi apparatus and the vacuole. Exploiting the temperature-sensitive growth phenotype of pep12 deletion strains, we identified V...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Götte M,Gallwitz D

更新日期：1997-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：:We have used a diethylpyrocarbonate (DEPC) modification [(1976) Prog. Nucl. Acids Res. 16, 189-262] to probe the accessibility of adenines essential for coat protein binding in the MS2 translational operator [(1983) Biochemistry 22, 2601-2610, 2610-2615, 4723-4730; (1987) Biochemistry 26, 1563-1568]. The essential ade...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Talbot SJ,Medina G,Fishwick CW,Haneef I,Stockley PG

更新日期：1991-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The possible in vivo interaction of the Nicotiana tabacum agglutinin (Nictaba) with endogenous glycoproteins was corroborated using a combination of confocal/electron microscopy of an EGFP-Nictaba fusion protein expressed in tobacco Bright Yellow-2 (BY-2) cells and biochemical analyses. In vitro binding studies demons...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Lannoo N,Peumans WJ,Pamel EV,Alvarez R,Xiong TC,Hause G,Mazars C,Van Damme EJ

更新日期：2006-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Calpain, a Ca2+-dependent biomodulator, alters the properties of substrate proteins by cleaving them at a limited number of specific sites. Recent studies of the structure-function relationship of calpain and X-ray analysis of its Ca2+-binding domain have revealed hitherto unknown features of the regulation of calpain...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Suzuki K,Sorimachi H

更新日期：1998-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Human Bfl-1 is an anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 family member. Here, we found that Bfl-1 was converted into a potent death-promoting protein by green fluorescent protein (GFP) fusion with its N-terminus. The transient expression of GFP-Bfl-1 induced cytochrome c release and triggered apoptosis in 293T cells, which depended on ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Ko JK,Choi KH,Kim HJ,Choi HY,Yeo DJ,Park SO,Yang WS,Kim YN,Kim CW

更新日期：2003-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) mRNA expression was analysed in rabbit vascular smooth muscle cells following exposure to hypoxia and platelet-derived growth factor-BB (PDGF-BB). Hypoxia potently upregulated VEGF mRNA steady-state levels in a time- and concentration-dependent manner reaching a maximum level ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Stavri GT,Hong Y,Zachary IC,Breier G,Baskerville PA,Ylä-Herttuala S,Risau W,Martin JF,Erusalimsky JD

更新日期：1995-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:PsbU is one of the extrinsic proteins in red algal Photosystem II (PSII) and functions to optimize the availability of Ca(2+) and Cl(-) cofactors for water oxidation. To determine the functional residue of PsbU, we constructed various PsbU mutants from a red alga Cyanidium caldarium and reconstituted these mutants wit...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Okumura A,Sano M,Suzuki T,Tanaka H,Nagao R,Nakazato K,Iwai M,Adachi H,Shen JR,Enami I

更新日期：2007-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:In response to Ca(2+) signaling, cytosolic phospholipase A(2)alpha (cPLA(2)alpha) translocates from the cytosol to the perinuclear membrane, where downstream eicosanoid-synthetic enzymes, such as cyclooxygenase (COX), are localized. Although the spatiotemporal perinuclear colocalization of cPLA(2)alpha and COXs has be...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Murakami M,Das S,Kim YJ,Cho W,Kudo I

更新日期：2003-07-10 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