Structural basis for peptidoglycan binding by peptidoglycan recognition proteins.

abstract：:Two series of peptides that specifically bind to the extracellular domain of the alpha chain of the human interleukin-5 receptor (IL-5Ralpha), but share no primary sequence homology to IL-5, were identified from libraries of random recombinant peptides. Affinity maturation procedures generated a 19-aa peptide that bin...

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

authors： England BP,Balasubramanian P,Uings I,Bethell S,Chen MJ,Schatz PJ,Yin Q,Chen YF,Whitehorn EA,Tsavaler A,Martens CL,Barrett RW,McKinnon M

更新日期：2000-06-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Ubiquitination, the crucial posttranslational modification that regulates the eukaryotic proteome, is carried out by a trio of enzymes, known as E1 [ubiquitin (Ub)-activating enzyme], E2 (Ub-conjugating enzyme), and E3 (Ub ligase). Although most E2s can work with any of the three mechanistically distinct classes of E3...

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

authors： Dove KK,Kemp HA,Di Bona KR,Reiter KH,Milburn LJ,Camacho D,Fay DS,Miller DL,Klevit RE

更新日期：2017-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Experimental circular dichroic (CD) spectra of three proteins have been combined with estimates of the content of peptide-chain structural modes obtained from x-ray diffraction studies of the same proteins. Solution of the simultaneous equations at a series of wavelengths permits the construction of a CD spectrum for ...

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

authors： Saxena VP,Wetlaufer DB

更新日期：1971-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fragile X syndrome (FXS) results in intellectual disability (ID) most often caused by silencing of the fragile X mental retardation 1 (FMR1) gene. The resulting absence of fragile X mental retardation protein 1 (FMRP) leads to both pre- and postsynaptic defects, yet whether the pre- and postsynaptic functions of FMRP ...

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

authors： Myrick LK,Deng PY,Hashimoto H,Oh YM,Cho Y,Poidevin MJ,Suhl JA,Visootsak J,Cavalli V,Jin P,Cheng X,Warren ST,Klyachko VA

更新日期：2015-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Aliphatic hydrocarbons such as fatty alcohols and petroleum-derived alkanes have numerous applications in the chemical industry. In recent years, the renewable synthesis of aliphatic hydrocarbons has been made possible by engineering microbes to overaccumulate fatty acids. However, to generate end products with the de...

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

authors： Akhtar MK,Turner NJ,Jones PR

更新日期：2013-01-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Monoaminergic neurons use dopa decarboxylase (DDC; aromatic-L-amino-acid carboxy-lyase, EC 4.1.1.28) to form dopamine from L-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (L-dopa). We measured regional dopa decarboxylase activity in brains of six healthy volunteers with 6-[18F]fluoro-L-dopa and positron emission tomography. We calculate...

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

authors： Gjedde A,Reith J,Dyve S,Léger G,Guttman M,Diksic M,Evans A,Kuwabara H

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The formation of viable genetic chimeras in mammals through the transfer of cells between siblings in utero is rare. Using microsatellite DNA markers, we show here that chimerism in marmoset (Callithrix kuhlii) twins is not limited to blood-derived hematopoietic tissues as was previously described. All somatic tissue ...

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

authors： Ross CN,French JA,Ortí G

更新日期：2007-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Members of the SLC4 bicarbonate transporter family are involved in solute transport and pH homeostasis. Here we report that disrupting the Slc4a10 gene, which encodes the Na(+)-coupled Cl(-)-HCO(3)(-) exchanger Slc4a10 (NCBE), drastically reduces brain ventricle volume and protects against fatal epileptic seizures in ...

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

authors： Jacobs S,Ruusuvuori E,Sipilä ST,Haapanen A,Damkier HH,Kurth I,Hentschke M,Schweizer M,Rudhard Y,Laatikainen LM,Tyynelä J,Praetorius J,Voipio J,Hübner CA

更新日期：2008-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Normal as well as Rous sarcoma virus-infected chicken pectoral and chicken embryo fibroblasts proliferate actively in a plasma containing medium of physiological ion concentrations (Ca2+, 1.2 mM; Mg2+, 0.7 mM). Reduction of medium calcium and magnesium concentrations is necessary to achieve selective quiescence of nor...

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

authors： Balk SD

更新日期：1980-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used integrin alphaLbeta2 heterodimers containing I domains locked open (active) or closed (inactive) with disulfide bonds to investigate regulatory interactions among domains in integrins. mAbs to the alphaL I domain and beta2 I-like domain inhibit adhesion of wild-type alphaLbeta2 to intercellular adhesion molecu...

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

authors： Lu C,Shimaoka M,Zang Q,Takagi J,Springer TA

更新日期：2001-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Caseinolytic proteases (ClpPs) are large oligomeric protein complexes that contribute to cell homeostasis as well as virulence regulation in bacteria. Although most organisms possess a single ClpP protein, some organisms encode two or more ClpP isoforms. Here, we elucidated the crystal structures of ClpP1 and ClpP2 fr...

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

authors： Zeiler E,List A,Alte F,Gersch M,Wachtel R,Poreba M,Drag M,Groll M,Sieber SA

更新日期：2013-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：:During response of budding yeast to peptide mating pheromone, the cell becomes markedly polarized and MAPK scaffold protein Ste5 localizes to the resulting projection (shmoo tip). We demonstrated before that this recruitment is essential for sustained MAPK signaling and requires interaction of a pleckstrin homology (P...

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

authors： Garrenton LS,Stefan CJ,McMurray MA,Emr SD,Thorner J

更新日期：2010-06-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Analysis of variations in the concentrations or structures of biomolecules (e.g., mRNAs, proteins, peptides, natural products) that occur either naturally or in response to environmental or genetic perturbations can provide important insight into complex biological processes. Many biological samples are mixtures that ...

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

authors： Yao S,Anex DS,Caldwell WB,Arnold DW,Smith KB,Schultz PG

更新日期：1999-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of RNA secondary structure on rho-independent and rho-dependent termination of transcription of T3 DNA by Escherichia coli RNA polymerase has been studied by incorporating, into nascent transcripts, base analogs that lead to altered base-pairing properties. A guanine --> hypoxanthine substitution, with atte...

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

authors： Adhya S,Sarkar P,Valenzuela D,Maitra U

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Incubation of sickle cells with cystamine, a thiol reagnet, resulted in the formation of an intracellular S-ethylamine derivative. The rate of the reaction was dependent upon the cystamine concentration, the temperature, and the duration of the incubation. The cystamine-treated cells demonstrated a marked inhibition o...

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

authors： Hassan W,Beuzard Y,Rosa J

更新日期：1976-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The bacterial transposon Tn7 encodes two distinct but overlapping transposition pathways. tnsABC + tnsD promote transposition to a specific site, attTn7, while tnsABC + tnsE promote transposition to many other sites unrelated to attTn7. We have identified a tnsD-dependent DNA binding activity that specifically recogni...

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

authors： Waddell CS,Craig NL

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We stabilize nematic droplets with handles against surface tension-driven instabilities, using a yield-stress material as outer fluid, and study the complex nematic textures and defect structures that result from the competition between topological constraints and the elasticity of the nematic liquid crystal. We uncov...

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

authors： Pairam E,Vallamkondu J,Koning V,van Zuiden BC,Ellis PW,Bates MA,Vitelli V,Fernandez-Nieves A

更新日期：2013-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：:If RNA editing could be rationally directed to mutated RNA sequences, genetic diseases caused by certain base substitutions could be treated. Here we use a synthetic complementary RNA oligonucleotide to direct the correction of a premature stop codon mutation in dystrophin RNA. The complementary RNA oligonucleotide wa...

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

authors： Woolf TM,Chase JM,Stinchcomb DT

更新日期：1995-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：:During Drosophila development, nuclear and cell divisions are coordinated in response to developmental signals. In yeast and mammalian cells, signals that control cell division regulate the activity of cyclin-dependent kinases (Cdks) through proteins such as cyclins that interact with the Cdks. Here we describe two Dr...

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

authors： Finley RL Jr,Thomas BJ,Zipursky SL,Brent R

更新日期：1996-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：:An enzyme that reduces methionine sulfoxide [Met(O)] residues in proteins [peptide Met(O) reductase (MsrA), EC 1.8.4.6; originally identified in Escherichia coli] was purified from bovine liver, and the cDNA encoding this enzyme was cloned and sequenced. The mammalian homologue of E. coli msrA (also called pmsR) cDNA ...

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

authors： Moskovitz J,Weissbach H,Brot N

更新日期：1996-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:A parathyroid hormone-like peptide (PTH-LP) has recently been identified in human tumors associated with the syndrome of humoral hypercalcemia of malignancy. The peptide appears to be encoded by a single-copy gene that gives rise to multiple mRNAs that are heterogeneous at both their 5' and their 3' ends. Alternative ...

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

authors： Mangin M,Ikeda K,Dreyer BE,Broadus AE

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because of the insolubility and polymeric properties of amyloid fibrils, techniques used conventionally to analyze protein structure and dynamics have often been hampered. Ultrasonication can induce the monomeric solution of amyloidogenic proteins to form amyloid fibrils. However, ultrasonication can break down prefor...

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

authors： Chatani E,Lee YH,Yagi H,Yoshimura Y,Naiki H,Goto Y

更新日期：2009-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Evolutionary theory reveals that punishment is effective in promoting cooperation and maintaining social norms. Although it is accepted that emotions are connected to punishment decisions, there remains substantial debate over why humans use costly punishment. Here we show experimentally that constraints on emotion ex...

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

authors： Xiao E,Houser D

更新日期：2005-05-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Antimicrobial levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS) are produced by the mammalian host defense to kill invading bacteria and limit bacterial colonization. One main in vivo target of ROS is the thiol group of proteins. We have developed a quantitative thiol trapping technique termed OxICAT to identify physiologically...

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

authors： Leichert LI,Gehrke F,Gudiseva HV,Blackwell T,Ilbert M,Walker AK,Strahler JR,Andrews PC,Jakob U

更新日期：2008-06-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Cellular and molecular signals involved in axon elongation versus collateral and arbor formation may be intrinsic to developing neurons, or they may derive from targets. To identify signals regulating axon growth modes, we have developed a culture system in which trigeminal ganglion cells are challenged by various tar...

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

authors： Erzurumlu RS,Jhaveri S,Takahashi H,McKay RD

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neural network function requires an appropriate balance of excitation and inhibition to be maintained by homeostatic plasticity. However, little is known about homeostatic mechanisms in the intact central brain in vivo. Here, we study homeostatic plasticity in the Drosophila mushroom body, where Kenyon cells receive f...

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

authors： Apostolopoulou AA,Lin AC

更新日期：2020-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene duplication is an important mechanism in the evolution of protein interaction networks. Duplications are followed by the gain and loss of interactions, rewiring the network at some unknown rate. Because rewiring is likely to change the distribution of network motifs within the duplicated interaction set, it shoul...

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

authors： Presser A,Elowitz MB,Kellis M,Kishony R

更新日期：2008-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:We use stable isotope ratios in feces of wild mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei) to test the hypothesis that diet shifts within a single year, as measured by dry mass intake, can be recovered. Isotopic separation of staple foods indicates that intraannual changes in the isotopic composition of feces reflect shifts i...

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

authors： Blumenthal SA,Chritz KL,Rothman JM,Cerling TE

更新日期：2012-12-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular clocks have been used to date the divergence of humans and chimpanzees for nearly four decades. Nonetheless, this date and its confidence interval remain to be firmly established. In an effort to generate a genomic view of the human-chimpanzee divergence, we have analyzed 167 nuclear protein-coding genes and...

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

authors： Kumar S,Filipski A,Swarna V,Walker A,Hedges SB

更新日期：2005-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Using an expression cloning approach, we have isolated a cDNA encoding GD3 synthase (CMP-NeuAc:NeuAc alpha 2-3Gal beta 1-4Glc beta 1-1'Cer alpha 2,8-sialyltransferase, EC 2.4.99.8), which is a key regulatory enzyme determining the prominence of the ganglioside biosynthesis pathway. The cloned cDNA encodes a 341-amino ...

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

authors： Nara K,Watanabe Y,Maruyama K,Kasahara K,Nagai Y,Sanai Y

更新日期：1994-08-16 00:00:00