Roles of proteolysis and lipid rafts in the processing of the amyloid precursor protein and prion protein.

abstract：:Mutations in the LMNA gene, encoding the nuclear intermediate filaments the A-type lamins, result in a wide variety of diseases known as laminopathies. Some of them, such as familial partial lipodystrophy of Dunnigan and metabolic laminopathies, are characterized by lipodystrophic syndromes with altered fat distributi...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Bidault G,Vatier C,Capeau J,Vigouroux C,Béréziat V

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Higher eukaryotes rely on AS (alternative splicing) of pre-mRNAs (mRNA precursors) to generate more than one protein product from a single gene and to regulate mRNA stability and translational activity. An important example of the latter function involves an interplay between AS and NMD (nonsense-mediated decay), a cy...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Hamid FM,Makeyev EV

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CYP74C3 (cytochrome P450 subfamily 74C3), an HPL (hydroperoxide lyase) from Medicago truncatula (barrel medic), and CYP74A1, an AOS (allene oxide synthase) from Arabidopsis thaliana, are key membrane-associated P450 enzymes in plant oxylipin metabolism. Both recombinant detergent-free enzymes are monomeric proteins wi...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Hughes RK,Belfield EJ,Casey R

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ESR1 is frequently silenced by CGI (CpG island) methylation, both in human colorectal tumours and, in an age-dependent manner, in healthy mucosa. It is not clear, however, whether methylation of individual cytosines occurs randomly within the epithelial genome, or preferentially within individual cells as an 'all-or-n...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Belshaw NJ,Elliott GO,Williams EA,Mathers JC,Buckley L,Bahari B,Johnson IT

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:NRs (nuclear receptors) regulate the expression of specific gene networks in target cells by recruiting cofactor complexes involved in chromatin remodelling and in the assembly of transcription complexes. The importance of activating gene expression, in metabolic tissues, is well established, but the contribution of t...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Parker MG,Christian M,White R

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human prostate expresses very high concentrations of annexins 1, 4, and 5 and secretes high concentrations of annexins 1 and 5. Although the biological roles of these proteins in prostate secretions are not known, these studies emphasize the need to consider extracellular sites for physiological functions of annex...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Haigler HT,Christmas P

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The backbones of proteins form linear chains. In the case of some proteins, these chains can be characterized as forming linear open knots. The knot type of the full chain reveals only limited information about the entanglement of the chain since, for example, subchains of an unknotted protein can form knots and subch...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Rawdon EJ,Millett KC,Sułkowska JI,Stasiak A

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibrotic disorders of the liver, kidney and lung are associated with excessive deposition of extracellular matrix proteins and ongoing coagulation-cascade activity. In addition to their critical roles in blood coagulation, thrombin and the immediate upstream coagulation proteases, Factors Xa and VIIa, influence numero...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Chambers RC,Laurent GJ

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colicins are protein antibiotics produced by Escherichia coli to kill closely related non-identical competing species. They have taken advantage of the promiscuity of several proteins in the cell envelope for entry into the bacterial cell. The Tol-Pal system comprises one such ensemble of periplasmic and membrane-asso...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Penfold CN,Li C,Zhang Y,Vankemmelbeke M,James R

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The inositol-depletion hypothesis was suggested to explain the therapeutic mechanism of mood-stabilizing drugs. Focus was previously on the phosphatidylinositol signalling pathway and on the regulatory roles of Ins(3,4,5)P(3) and DAG (diacylglycerol). Recent findings indicate that inositol and inositol-containing mole...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Deranieh RM,Greenberg ML

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have isolated a novel gene (GLELO) from Mortierella alpina and its homologue (CEELO1) from Caenorhabditis elegans and demonstrate the involvement of their encoded proteins in the elongation of C(18) polyunsaturated fatty acids. ...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Das T,Thurmond JM,Bobik E,Leonard AE,Parker-Barnes JM,Huang YS,Mukerji P

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Approximately 30-50% of individuals who are allergic to natural rubber latex (NRL) show an associated hypersensitivity to some plant-derived foods, especially freshly consumed fruits. This association of latex allergy and allergy to plant-derived foods is called latex-fruit syndrome. An increasing number of plant sour...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Wagner S,Breiteneder H

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PPARdelta (peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor delta)-specific agonists decrease plasma lipids and insulinaemia in obese animals. As skeletal muscle is one of the major organs for fatty acid catabolism, we have investigated the roles of the nuclear receptor in the control of muscle development and lipid metabol...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Grimaldi PA

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitric oxide is an intermediate of denitrification, and is one of the radical species deployed by macrophages against invading pathogens, therefore bacterial responses to NO are of considerable importance. The Escherichia coli flavorubredoxin and its associated oxidoreductase reduce NO to nitrous oxide under anaerobic...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Tucker N,D'autréaux B,Spiro S,Dixon R

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding how cognitive processes including learning, memory, decision making and ideation are encoded by the genome is a key question in biology. Identification of sets of genes underlying human mental disorders is a path towards this objective. Schizophrenia is a common disease with cognitive symptoms, high heri...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Tam GW,van de Lagemaat LN,Redon R,Strathdee KE,Croning MD,Malloy MP,Muir WJ,Pickard BS,Deary IJ,Blackwood DH,Carter NP,Grant SG

更新日期：2010-04-01 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：:Congenital malformations are major causes of disease and death during the first years of life and, most of the time, functional replacement of the missing or damaged organs remains an unmet clinical need. Particularly relevant for the treatment of congenital malformation would be to collect the stem cells at diagnosis...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： De Coppi P

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inosine residues may be introduced into long dsRNA (double-stranded RNA) molecules by the action of a family of editing enzymes, ADARs (adenosine deaminases that act on RNA). Furthermore, hyperediting of dsRNA by ADARs may result in up to 50% of adenosine residues being converted into inosine. While the effect of hype...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Scadden AD

更新日期：2008-06-01 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 yeast Sir2 (silent information regulator-2) protein functions as an NAD(+)-dependent histone deacetylase to silence gene expression from the mating-type locus, tolomeres and rDNA and also promotes longevity and genome stability in response to calorie restriction. Homologues of yeast Sir2 have been identified in th...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Marmorstein R

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The deposition of protein aggregates in various parts of our body gives rise to several devastating diseases, and the development of probes for the selective detection of aggregated proteins is crucial to advance our understanding of the pathogenesis underlying these diseases. LCPs (luminescent conjugated polythiophen...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Klingstedt T,Nilsson KP

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Voltage-gated K(+) channels are key regulators of neuronal excitability. The Kv2.1 voltage-gated K(+) channel is the major delayed rectifier K(+) channel expressed in most central neurons, where it exists as a highly phosphorylated protein. Kv2.1 plays a critical role in homoeostatic regulation of intrinsic neuronal e...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Mohapatra DP,Park KS,Trimmer JS

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There has been a revolution in understanding animal development in the last 25 years or so, but there is at least one area of development that has been relatively neglected and therefore remains largely mysterious. This is the intracellular programmes and timers that run in developing precursor cells and change the ce...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Raff M

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exosomes are small extracellular vesicles which stem from endosomes fusing with the plasma membrane; they contain lipids, proteins and RNAs that are able to modify receiving cells. Functioning of the brain relies on synapses, and certain patterns of synaptic activity can change the strength of responses at sparse grou...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Chivet M,Javalet C,Hemming F,Pernet-Gallay K,Laulagnier K,Fraboulet S,Sadoul R

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An extraordinary array of P450 (cytochrome P450) enzymes are encoded on the genome of the human pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) and in related mycobacteria and actinobacteria. These include the first characterized sterol 14alpha-demethylase P450 (CYP51), a known target for azole and triazole drugs in yeasts ...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： McLean KJ,Dunford AJ,Sabri M,Neeli R,Girvan HM,Balding PR,Leys D,Seward HE,Marshall KR,Munro AW

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Homo-oligomeric protein complexes are functionally vital and highly abundant in living cells. In the present article, we review our current understanding of their geometry and evolution, including aspects of the symmetry of these complexes and their interaction interfaces. Also, we briefly discuss the pathway of their...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Venkatakrishnan AJ,Levy ED,Teichmann SA

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reciprocal biochemical and biophysical interactions between tumor cells, stromal cells and the extracellular matrix (ECM) result in a unique tumor microenvironment that determines disease outcome. The cellular component of the tumor microenvironment contributes to tumor growth by providing nutrients, assisting in the ...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Johan MZ,Samuel MS

更新日期：2019-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:GPCRs (G-protein-coupled receptors) are a large family of structurally related proteins, which mediate their effects by coupling with G-proteins. Despite responding to a range of very diverse stimuli, these receptors exhibit a conserved tertiary structure comprising a bundle of seven TM (transmembrane) helices linked ...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Lawson Z,Wheatley M

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein aggregation is being found to be associated with an increasing number of human diseases. Aggregation can lead to a loss of function (lack of active protein) or to a toxic gain of function (cytotoxicity associated with protein aggregates). Although potentially harmful, protein sequences predisposed to aggregati...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Sanchez de Groot N,Torrent M,Villar-Piqué A,Lang B,Ventura S,Gsponer J,Babu MM

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sorting of activated epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) into intraluminal vesicles (ILVs) within the multivesicular body (MVB) is an essential step during the down-regulation of the receptor. The machinery that drives EGFR sorting attaches to the cytoplasmic face of the endosome and generates vesicles that bud in...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Tabernero L,Woodman P

更新日期：2018-10-19 00:00:00