Autocatalytic self-propagation of misfolded prion protein.

abstract：:Pyrrolysine (Pyl), the 22nd natural amino acid and genetically encoded by UAG, becomes attached to its cognate tRNA by pyrrolysyl-tRNA synthetase (PylRS). We have determined three crystal structures of the Methanosarcina mazei PylRS complexed with either AMP-PNP, Pyl-AMP plus pyrophosphate, or the Pyl analogue N-epsil...

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

authors： Kavran JM,Gundllapalli S,O'Donoghue P,Englert M,Söll D,Steitz TA

更新日期：2007-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The structural analysis of the Fab' fragment of human myeloma immunoglobulin IgGl(lambda) New has been extended to a nominal resolution of 2.0 A. Each of the structural subunits corresponding to the variable and to the constant homology regions of the light and heavy chains contains two irregular beta-sheets which are...

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

authors： Poljak RJ,Amzel LM,Chen BL,Phizackerley RP,Saul F

更新日期：1974-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To improve the usefulness of in vivo mode for the investigation of the pathophysiology of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, we modified the construction of SCID mice implanted with human fetal thymus and liver (thy/liv-SCID-hu mice) so that the peripheral blood of the mice contained significant numbers of ...

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

authors： Kollmann TR,Pettoello-Mantovani M,Katopodis NF,Hachamovitch M,Rubinstein A,Kim A,Goldstein H

更新日期：1996-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The method of evolutionary stable strategies (ESS), in its current form, is confronted with a difficulty when it tries to explain how some social behaviors initiate their evolution. We show that this difficulty may be removed by changing the assumption made tacitly in game theory (and in ESS) of randomness of meetings...

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

authors： Eshel I,Cavalli-Sforza LL

更新日期：1982-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Synucleinopathies are a group of progressive disorders characterized by the abnormal aggregation and accumulation of α-synuclein (aSyn), an abundant neuronal protein that can adopt different conformations and biological properties. Recently, aSyn pathology was shown to spread between neurons in a prion-like manner. Pr...

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

authors： Villar-Piqué A,Lopes da Fonseca T,Sant'Anna R,Szegö ÉM,Fonseca-Ornelas L,Pinho R,Carija A,Gerhardt E,Masaracchia C,Abad Gonzalez E,Rossetti G,Carloni P,Fernández CO,Foguel D,Milosevic I,Zweckstetter M,Ventura S,Outeiro

更新日期：2016-10-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Millions of individuals routinely remain awake for more than 18 h daily, which causes performance decrements. It is unknown if these functional impairments are the result of that extended wakefulness or from the associated shortened sleep durations. We therefore examined changes in objective reaction time performance ...

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

authors： McHill AW,Hull JT,Wang W,Czeisler CA,Klerman EB

更新日期：2018-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Transfer of organelle DNA into the nuclear genome has been significant in eukaryotic evolution, because it appears to be the origin of many nuclear genes. Most studies on organelle DNA transfer have been restricted to evolutionary events but experimental systems recently became available to monitor the process in real...

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

authors： Huang CY,Ayliffe MA,Timmis JN

更新日期：2004-06-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Three proteins required for poly(U)-directed polyphenylalanine synthesis have been separated from yeast. Two of the factors correspond to the elongation factors 1 and 2 described for other eukaryotic systems, according to the criteria of phenylalanyl-tRNA binding and diphtheria toxin-catalyzed ADP-ribosylation. The th...

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

authors： Skogerson L,Wakatama E

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhomogeneous ab initio molecular dynamics simulations show that vaporization of MgSiO3 is incongruent and that the vapor phase is dominated by SiO and O2 molecules. The vapor is strongly depleted in Mg at low temperature and approaches the composition of the liquid near the critical point. We find that the liquid-vap...

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

authors： Xiao B,Stixrude L

更新日期：2018-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The betaalpha barrel is the common protein fold of numerous enzymes and was proposed recently to be the result of gene duplication and fusion of an ancient half-barrel. The initial enzyme of shikimate biosynthesis possesses the additional feature of feedback regulation. The crystal structure and kinetic studies on chi...

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

authors： Hartmann M,Schneider TR,Pfeil A,Heinrich G,Lipscomb WN,Braus GH

更新日期：2003-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：:A yeast artificial chromosome library with mouse genomic DNA inserts has been constructed. The library encompasses a 2.5-fold coverage of the mouse genome, with an average insert size of 250 kilobases. The screening strategy uses the polymerase chain reaction on pooled DNAs prepared from individually stored clones. Th...

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

authors： Rossi JM,Burke DT,Leung JC,Koos DS,Chen H,Tilghman SM

更新日期：1992-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:New Zealand Black (NZB) mice develop after 16 weeks of age an autoimmune and lymphoproliferative disease which is a model for systemic lupus erythematosus and lymphoid malignancy in humans. At this age, the mice manifest a progressive decline in T lymphocyte (thymus-derived lymphocyte) functions and serum thymosin lev...

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

authors： Dauphinee MJ,Talal N,Goldstein AL,White A

更新日期：1974-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plants adapt to alterations in light conditions by controlling their gene expression profiles. Expression of light-inducible genes is transcriptionally induced by transcription factors such as HY5. However, few detailed analyses have been carried out on the control of transcription start sites (TSSs). Of the various w...

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

authors： Kurihara Y,Makita Y,Kawashima M,Fujita T,Iwasaki S,Matsui M

更新日期：2018-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Binding enhancement by tertiary interactions is a strategy that takes advantage of the higher order folding of functionally important RNAs to bind short nucleic acid-based compounds tightly and more specifically than possible by simple base pairing. For example, tertiary interactions enhance binding of specific hexame...

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

authors： Testa SM,Gryaznov SM,Turner DH

更新日期：1999-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Because many survivors of mass extinctions do not participate in postrecovery diversifications, and therefore fall into a pattern that can be termed "Dead Clade Walking" (DCW), the effects of mass extinctions extend beyond the losses observed during the event itself. Analyses at two taxonomic levels provide a first-or...

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

authors： Jablonski D

更新日期：2002-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The oscillator of the circadian clock of cyanobacteria is composed of three proteins, KaiA, KaiB, and KaiC, which together generate a self-sustained ∼24-h rhythm of phosphorylation of KaiC. The mechanism propelling this oscillator has remained elusive, however. We show that stacking interactions between the CI and CII...

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

authors： Chang YG,Tseng R,Kuo NW,LiWang A

更新日期：2012-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Epilepsy is characterized by recurrent synchronizations of neuronal activity, which are both a cardinal clinical symptom and a debilitating phenomenon. Although the temporal dynamics of epileptiform synchronizations are well described at the macroscopic level using electrophysiological approaches, less is known about ...

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

authors： Feldt Muldoon S,Soltesz I,Cossart R

更新日期：2013-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The canonical function of the human telomerase protein (hTERT) is to synthesize telomeric DNA, but it has other biological activities, including enhancing cell proliferation, decreasing apoptosis, regulating DNA damage responses, and increasing cellular proliferative lifespan. The mechanistic relationships among these...

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

authors： Mukherjee S,Firpo EJ,Wang Y,Roberts JM

更新日期：2011-12-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Loss-of-function mutations in the genes associated with primary microcephaly (MCPH) reduce human brain size by about two-thirds, without producing gross abnormalities in brain organization or physiology and leaving other organs largely unaffected [Woods CG, et al. (2005) Am J Hum Genet 76:717-728]. There is also evide...

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

authors： Rimol LM,Agartz I,Djurovic S,Brown AA,Roddey JC,Kähler AK,Mattingsdal M,Athanasiu L,Joyner AH,Schork NJ,Halgren E,Sundet K,Melle I,Dale AM,Andreassen OA,Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative.

更新日期：2010-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Microinjection of progesterone dissolved in paraffin oil induces the reinitiation of meiotic maturation in the Xenopus oocyte; 50% maturation is obtained when 50 nl of a 50 microM solution is microinjected into the oocyte. The kinetics of the response to microinjected progesterone are similar to the kinetics of respon...

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

authors： Tso J,Thibier C,Mulner O,Ozon R

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:KCNE β-subunits assemble with and modulate the properties of voltage-gated K+ channels. In the heart, KCNE1 associates with the α-subunit KCNQ1 to generate the slowly activating, voltage-dependent potassium current (IKs) in the heart that controls the repolarization phase of cardiac action potentials. By contrast, in ...

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

authors： Barro-Soria R,Ramentol R,Liin SI,Perez ME,Kass RS,Larsson HP

更新日期：2017-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Particle tracking is a powerful biophysical tool that requires conversion of large video files into position time series, i.e., traces of the species of interest for data analysis. Current tracking methods, based on a limited set of input parameters to identify bright objects, are ill-equipped to handle the spectrum o...

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

authors： Newby JM,Schaefer AM,Lee PT,Forest MG,Lai SK

更新日期：2018-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：:We have cloned and completely sequenced a gene encoding the heavy chain of Dictyostelium myosin I. Like the myosin I molecules from Acanthamoeba, the Dictyostelium myosin I heavy chain is composed of a globular head domain fused to a 45-kDa glycine-, proline-, and alanine-rich carboxyl-terminal domain, rather than the...

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

authors： Jung G,Saxe CL 3rd,Kimmel AR,Hammer JA 3rd

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Within the scientific community, much attention has focused on improving communications between scientists, policy makers, and the public. To date, efforts have centered on improving the content, accessibility, and delivery of scientific communications. Here we argue that in the current political and media environment...

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

authors： Iyengar S,Massey DS

更新日期：2019-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Assembly of protein complexes is a key mechanism for achieving spatial and temporal coordination in processes involving many enzymes. Growth of rod-shaped bacteria is a well-studied example requiring such coordination; expansion of the cell wall is thought to involve coordination of the activity of synthetic enzymes w...

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

authors： Lee TK,Tropini C,Hsin J,Desmarais SM,Ursell TS,Gong E,Gitai Z,Monds RD,Huang KC

更新日期：2014-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF)/usual interstitial pneumonia is a ravaging condition of progressive lung scarring and destruction. Anti-inflammatory therapies including corticosteroids have limited efficacy in this ultimately fatal disorder. An important unmet need is to identify new agents that interact with key ...

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

authors： Henderson WR Jr,Chi EY,Ye X,Nguyen C,Tien YT,Zhou B,Borok Z,Knight DA,Kahn M

更新日期：2010-08-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclic GMP (cGMP) is an important second messenger in eukaryotes. It is formed by guanylyl cyclases (GCs), members of the nucleotidyl cyclases class III, which also comprises adenylyl cyclases (ACs) from most organisms. To date, no structures of eukaryotic GCs are available, and all bacterial class III proteins were f...

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

authors： Rauch A,Leipelt M,Russwurm M,Steegborn C

更新日期：2008-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:We have recently determined that high calcium concentrations, in parallel with their suppressive effects on parathyroid hormone (PTH) secretion, reversibly and specifically decrease preproPTH mRNA in cultured bovine parathyroid cells. In order to determine whether vitamin D metabolites also regulate the content of pre...

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

authors： Silver J,Russell J,Sherwood LM

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neutrophils and dendritic cells when migrating in confined environments have been shown to actuate a directional choice toward paths of least hydraulic resistance (barotaxis), in some cases overriding chemotactic responses. Here, we investigate whether this barotactic response is conserved in the more primitive model ...

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

authors： Belotti Y,McGloin D,Weijer CJ

更新日期：2020-10-13 00:00:00

abstract：:During cellular stresses, phosphorylation of eukaryotic initiation factor-2 (eIF2) elicits gene expression designed to ameliorate the underlying cellular disturbance. Central to this stress response is the transcriptional regulator activating transcription factor, ATF4. Here we describe the mechanism regulating ATF4 e...

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

authors： Vattem KM,Wek RC

更新日期：2004-08-03 00:00:00