EPR experiments to elucidate the structure of the ready and unready states of the [NiFe] hydrogenase of Desulfovibrio vulgaris Miyazaki F.

abstract：:Polarized transport of the plant hormone auxin influences multiple growth processes in plants and is regulated by plasma-membrane-localized efflux and uptake carriers. The PGP (P-glycoprotein) ABC transporters (ATP-binding-cassette transporters), PIN (pin-formed) subfamily of major facilitator proteins and members of ...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Bandyopadhyay A,Blakeslee JJ,Lee OR,Mravec J,Sauer M,Titapiwatanakun B,Makam SN,Bouchard R,Geisler M,Martinoia E,Friml J,Peer WA,Murphy AS

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the major goals of modern plant biotechnology is to manipulate lipid metabolism in oilseed crops to produce new and improved edible and industrial vegetable oils. Lipids constitute the structural components of cellular membranes and act as sources of energy for the germinating seed and are therefore essential t...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Schnurr JA,Shockey J,Browse J

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An RNA world has been placed centre stage for explaining the origin of life. Indeed, RNA is the most plausible molecule able to form both a (self)-replicator and to inherit information, necessities for initiating genetics. However, in parallel with self-replication, the proto-organism had to obtain the ability to cata...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Ralser M

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MAPK (mitogen-activated protein kinase) signalling pathways contribute to the regulation of diverse responses, including normal and pathological aspects of cell growth, division, differentiation and death. Their ubiquity and versatility raise the issue of how they achieve specific coupling of signal with cellular resp...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Bardwell L

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In interphase plant cells, the actin cytoskeleton is essential for intracellular transport and organization. To fully understand how the actin cytoskeleton functions as the structural basis for cytoplasmic organization, both molecular and physical aspects of the actin organization have to be considered. In the present...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Ketelaar T,van der Honing HS,Emons AM

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the amyloidogenic pathway, the APP (amyloid precursor protein) is proteolytically processed by the beta- and gamma-secretases to release the Abeta (amyloid-beta) peptide that is neurotoxic and aggregates in the brains of patients suffering from Alzheimer's disease. In the non-amyloidogenic pathway, APP is cleaved b...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Hooper NM

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intellectual disability (ID) affects at least 1% of the population, and typically presents in the first few years of life. ID is characterized by impairments in cognition and adaptive behavior and is often accompanied by further delays in language and motor skills, as seen in many neurodevelopmental disorders (NDD). R...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Weil D,Piton A,Lessel D,Standart N

更新日期：2020-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The human RAD30B gene has recently been shown to encode a novel DNA polymerase, DNA polymerase iota (poliota). The role of poliota within the cell is presently unknown, and the only clues to its cellular function come from its biochemical characterization in vitro. The aim of this short review is, therefore, to summar...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Tissier A,Frank EG,McDonald JP,Vaisman A,Fernàndez de Henestrosa AR,Boudsocq F,McLenigan MP,Woodgate R

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic experiments have indicated that succinoglycan (EPS I), the acidic Calcofluor-binding exopolysaccharide, of the nitrogen-fixing bacterium Rhizobium meliloti strain Rm1021 is required for nodule invasion and possibly for later events in nodule development on alfalfa and other hosts. Fourteen exo loci on the seco...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Reuber TL,Reed J,Glazebrook J,Glucksmann MA,Ahmann D,Marra A,Walker GC

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PINK1 [phosphatase and tensin homologue (PTEN)-induced putative kinase 1] is a serine/threonine kinase targeted to mitochondria and implicated in early-onset recessive Parkinson's disease (PD). Through the phosphorylation of its downstream targets, PINK1 regulates multiple mitochondrial processes, including ATP produc...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Aerts L,De Strooper B,Morais VA

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oral and maxillofacial surgery is often challenging due to defective bone healing owing to the microbial environment of the oral cavity, the additional involvement of teeth and esthetic concerns. Insufficient bone volume as a consequence of aging and some oral and maxillofacial surgical procedures, such as tumor resec...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Liu L,Chen Y,Song D,Huang D

更新日期：2020-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:IAPP has been postulated to have a role as a modulating factor in glucose homoeostasis and to be involved in the pathophysiology of diabetes. However, the normal physiological functions of the peptide remain obscure: exogenous IAPP acts on many experimental systems to modulate nutrient supply and metabolism but there ...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Clark A,Charge SB,Badman MK,MacArthur DA,de Koning EJ

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Assembly of ribonucleoprotein complexes is a facilitated quality-controlled process that typically includes modification to the RNA component from precursor to mature form. The SRP (signal recognition particle) is a cytosolic ribonucleoprotein that catalyses protein targeting to the endoplasmic reticulum. Assembly of ...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Leung E,Brown JD

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The analysis of deep sequencing data allows for a genome-wide overview of all the small RNA molecules (the 'sRNome') that are present in a single organism. In the present paper, we review the processing of CRISPR (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats) RNA, C/D box sRNA (small non-coding RNA) and t...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Richter H,Mohr S,Randau L

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lysophosphatidic acid (LPA; 1-acyl-3-phosphoglycerol) exerts its biological activity through both extracellular and intracellular targets. Receptor targets include the cell-surface G-protein-coupled receptors LPA(1-4) and the nuclear PPAR-gamma (peroxisome-proliferator-activated receptor gamma). Enzyme targets include...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Parrill AL

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Large amounts of DNA are frequently required for use in detection assays and genomic analysis. The limited availability of DNA can be a critical obstacle to meeting research and clinical needs. DNA amplification methods are often required to generate sufficient material from small specimens or environmental samples wi...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Lasken RS

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The oxidoreductase Trx-1 (thioredoxin 1) is highly conserved and found intra- and extra-cellularly in mammalian systems. There is increasing interest in its capacity to regulate immune function based on observations of altered distribution and expression during ageing and disease. We have investigated previously wheth...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Griffiths HR,Bennett SJ,Olofsson P,Dunston CR

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The vessel wall is a dynamic tissue that undergoes positive remodelling in response to altered mechanical stress. A typical example is vein graft remodelling, because veins do not develop arteriosclerosis until a vein segment is grafted on to arteries. In this process, it was observed that vascular endothelial and smo...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Xu Q

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CRISPR base editing technology is a promising genome editing tool as (i) it does not require a DNA template to introduce mutations and (ii) it avoids creating DNA double-strand breaks, which can lead to unintended chromosomal alterations or elicit an unwanted DNA damage response. Given many cancers originate from poin...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Pal M,Herold MJ

更新日期：2021-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Crystal structures combined with biochemical data show that the delta-endotoxins from Bacillus thuringiensis are structurally poised towards large-scale, irreversible conformational changes that transform them from the soluble protein bound at the cell surface into a membrane-embedded form causing lysis of susceptible...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Li J,Derbyshire DJ,Promdonkoy B,Ellar DJ

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphoinositide 3-kinases (PI3Ks) are important signalling enzymes in most cell types. Recent gene targeting studies have shed light on the importance of this family of lipid kinases in the immune system, and the complex mechanisms by which these kinases are regulated in vivo. We have recently reported a phenotype of...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Okkenhaug K,Vanhaesebroeck B

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have shown that yeast mutants with defects in the Ada adaptor proteins are defective in hormone-dependent gene activation by ectopically expressed human glucocorticoid receptor (GR). Others have shown that the Ada2 protein is required for physical interactions between some activation domains and TBP (TATA-binding p...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Wallberg AE,Flinn EM,Gustafsson JA,Wright AP

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:African trypanosomes have plastic genomes with extensive variability at the chromosome ends. The genes encoding the expressed major surface protein of the infective bloodstream form stages of Trypanosoma brucei and are located at telomeres. These telomeric expression-site transcription units are turning out to be surp...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Rudenko G

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells grown in glucose have larger average size than cells grown in ethanol. Besides, yeast must reach a carbon source-modulated critical cell size in order to enter S phase at Start. This control is of outmost physiological relevance, since it allows us to coordinate cell growth with cell cyc...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Vanoni M,Rossi RL,Querin L,Zinzalla V,Alberghina L

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:UBDs [Ub (ubiquitin)-binding domains], which are typically small protein motifs of <50 residues, are used by receptor proteins to transduce post-translational Ub modifications in a wide range of biological processes, including NF-κB (nuclear factor κB) signalling and proteasomal degradation pathways. More than 20 fami...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Searle MS,Garner TP,Strachan J,Long J,Adlington J,Cavey JR,Shaw B,Layfield R

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutation of the ACN1 (acetate non-utilizing 1) locus of Arabidopsis results in altered acetate assimilation into gluconeogenic sugars and anapleurotic amino acids and leads to an overall depression in primary metabolite levels by approx. 50% during seedling development. Levels of acetyl-CoA were higher in acn1 compare...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Hooks MA,Allen E,Wattis JA

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ribonucleic acids are driving a multitude of biological processes where they act alone or in complex with proteins (ribonucleoproteins, RNP). To understand these processes both structural and mechanistic information about RNA is necessary. Due to their conformational plasticity RNA pose a challenge for mainstream stru...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Sreemantula AK,Marchanka A

更新日期：2020-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Prelamin A is the precursor protein of lamin A, a major constituent of the nuclear lamina in higher eukaryotes. Increasing attention to prelamin A processing and function has been given after the discovery, from 2002 to 2004, of diseases caused by prelamin A accumulation. These diseases, belonging to the group of lami...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Lattanzi G

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HD (Huntington's disease) is caused by a polyQ (polyglutamine) expansion in the huntingtin protein, which leads to protein misfolding and aggregation of this protein. Abnormal copper accumulation in the HD brain was first reported more than 15 years ago. Recent findings show that copper-regulatory genes are induced du...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Hands SL,Mason R,Sajjad MU,Giorgini F,Wyttenbach A

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trafficking within eukaryotic cells is a complex and highly regulated process; events such as recycling of plasma membrane receptors, formation of multivesicular bodies, regulated release of hormones and delivery of proteins to membranes all require directionality and specificity. The underpinning processes, including...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Laidlaw KME,Livingstone R,Al-Tobi M,Bryant NJ,Gould GW

更新日期：2017-12-15 00:00:00