Conservation of eubacterial replicases.

abstract：:In most organisms, productive utilization of galactose requires the highly conserved Leloir pathway of galactose metabolism. Yet, if this metabolic pathway is perturbed due to congenital deficiencies of the three associated enzymes, or an overwhelming presence of galactose, this monosaccharide which is abundantly pres...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Lai K,Elsas LJ,Wierenga KJ

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) is the most common form of thyroid cancer, comprising 80% of all thyroid malignancies. The phosphoinositide-3-kinase-protein kinase B/Akt (PI3K-PKB/Akt) pathway is a main pathway in control of cell growth. Activated mTOR and Akt are involved in the development and progression of the PTC....

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Maruei-Milan R,Saravani M,Heidari Z,Asadi-Tarani M,Salimi S

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immune infiltration of tumors has been increasingly accepted as a prognostic factor in colon cancer. Here, we aim to develop a novel immune signature, based on estimated immune landscape from tumor transcriptomes, to predict the overall survival of patients with colon cancer. The compositions of 22 immune cell subtype...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Peng D,Wang L,Li H,Cai C,Tan Y,Xu B,Le H

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For 8 years, it was not understood why certain genes of plant mitochondria contain CGG (arginine) codons at positions where tryptophan codons (UGG) are present in the corresponding genes of nonplant species. Identification and sequencing of a tRNA(Trp) gene showed that it is not able to decode the CGG codon. Analysis ...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Grienenberger JM

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in the status of DNA methylation are one of the most common molecular alterations in human neoplasia. We aimed to identify epigenetic molecular markers in serum for early detection of breast cancer. Authors analyzed retrospectively the methylation status of RARβ2 and APC genes in serum samples from 121 breast ...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Swellam M,Abdelmaksoud MD,Sayed Mahmoud M,Ramadan A,Abdel-Moneem W,Hefny MM

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A large amount of evidence suggests a pathogenic link between cholesterol homeostasis dysregulation and Alzheimer's disease (AD). In cell culture systems, the production of amyloid-β (Aβ) is modulated by cholesterol, and studies on animal models have consistently demonstrated that hypercholesterolemia is associated wi...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Ricciarelli R,Canepa E,Marengo B,Marinari UM,Poli G,Pronzato MA,Domenicotti C

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracellular matrix (ECM)-independent survival is an essential prerequisite for tumor metastasis, and a hallmark of epithelial cancer stem cells and epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT). Here, we found that loss of TP53I11 enhanced, and overexpression of TP53I11 suppressed the ECM-independent survival, EMT, and mi...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Xiao T,Xu Z,Zhou Y,Zhang H,Geng J,Liang Y,Qiao H,Suo G

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accumulating evidence indicates that there is a critical role of the ubiquitin/proteasome pathway in the regulation of apoptosis. Among the important molecules that couple these two fundamental cellular activities are members of the inhibitor of apoptosis (IAP) protein family. In addition to their well-studied ability...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Ni T,Li W,Zou F

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell-surface-bound extracellular DNA (csbDNA) is present on the outer membrane of blood cells, including both red blood cells and leukocytes. Although less well characterized than cell-free DNA (cfDNA) in plasma and serum, leukocyte and red blood cell csbDNA form a considerable fraction of the blood extracellular nucl...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Tamkovich S,Laktionov P

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this article, the experiments used to construct the ambient pH-signaling network involved in the secretion of enzymes by filamentous fungi have been reviewed, focusing on the phosphate-repressible phosphatases in Aspergillus nidulans. Classic and molecular genetics have been used to demonstrate that proteolysis of ...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Rossi A,Cruz AH,Santos RS,Silva PM,Silva EM,Mendes NS,Martinez-Rossi NM

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heparin and its various derivatives affect cancer progression in humans. In this study, we show that heparin uptaken intracellularly by melanoma cells activated a signaling cascade, which in turn inhibited melanoma cell adhesion and migration. The reduced ability of M5 cells to adhere onto the fibronectin (FN) substra...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Chalkiadaki G,Nikitovic D,Berdiaki A,Katonis P,Karamanos NK,Tzanakakis GN

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The acidic phospholipase A2 isoform from the spitting cobra Naja mossambica mossambica is activated irreversibly by treatment with a molar equivalent of oleoyl imidazolide. The kinetics of the chemical modification of the enzyme can also be monitored by measuring the large reduction of tryptophan fluorescence, which i...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Ahmed T,Kelly SM,Price NC,Lawrence AJ

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To establish possible cancerous aggressiveness between the metabolism of variously labeled [14C]glucose in the human breast invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC) tissues, we measured the rates of 14CO2 production from those tissues by using radiorespirometry, expressing the results as initial velocity (V) in nanomoles of 14...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Yan SH,Wallon J,Mayaudon J

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Availability of the human genome data has enabled the exploration of a huge amount of biological information encoded in it. There are extensive ongoing experimental efforts to understand the biological functions of the gene products encoded in the human genome. However, computational analysis can aid immensely in the ...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Pandit SB,Balaji S,Srinivasan N

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The beta/alpha-barrel motif was once considered to be a single protein domain. In recent years, however, it has been shown to consist of smaller substructures displaying the ability to fold autonomously. Here we review the current status of experimental findings concerning the motif's folding behavior in the light of ...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Maiti S,Luthra-Guptasarma M,Guptasarma P

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent advances in the developmental biology, genetics and cell biology of the inner ear are guiding research to novel therapeutic modalities - a market currently estimated to be at least US Dollars 10 billion. This article highlights prospects to manipulate the mammalian hearing organ with gene and stem cell delivery...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Tang LS,Montemayor C,Pereira FA

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nur77 is a member of nuclear receptor superfamily that acts as a transcription factor and regulates expression of multiple genes. Subcellular localization of Nur77 protein plays an important role in the survival and cell death. In this study, we have predicted and confirmed alternatively spliced two new transcripts of...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Rehman SU,Sarwar T,Husain MA,Ishqi HM,Tabish M

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Red blood cells of yellow-spotted river turtles (Podocnemis unifilis, Pleurodira, Chelonia, REPTILIA) have two hemoglobin (Hb) components, Hb A and Hb D. We purified the hemoglobin component homologous to amniote (reptiles, birds, and mammals) adult Hb A which comprises two identical α(A) -globin polypeptides and two ...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Hasegawa T,Shishikura F,Kuwada T

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancers have a clonal origin, yet their chromosomes and genes are non-clonal or heterogeneous due to an inherent genomic instability. However, the cause of this genomic instability is still debated. One theory postulates that mutations in genes that are involved in DNA repair and in chromosome segregation are the prim...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Duesberg P,Fabarius A,Hehlmann R

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human nuclear estrogen receptors (i.e., ERalpha and ERbeta), as other transcriptional factors, regulate cellular processes inducing genomic events. In addition, the binding of 17beta-estradiol to ERs induces different membrane initiating non-genomic signaling. The non-genomic effects of ER are independent of trans...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Acconcia F,Bocedi A,Ascenzi P,Marino M

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Uncoupling proteins (UCPs) mediate inducible proton conductance in the mitochondrial inner membrane. Herein, we summarize our knowledge regarding UCPs in invertebrates. Since 2001, the presence of UCPs has been demonstrated in nematodes, mollusks, amphioxi, and insects. We discuss the following important issues concer...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Slocinska M,Barylski J,Jarmuszkiewicz W

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fascin actin-bundling protein 1 (FSCN1) is an evolutionarily conserved actin-bundling protein that plays a critical role in cell migration, motility, adhesion, and cellular interactions. Although multiple clinical studies have implicated the expression of FSCN1 in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC) progression, ...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Liu H,Cui J,Zhang Y,Niu M,Xue X,Yin H,Tang Y,Dai L,Dai F,Guo Y,Wu Y,Gao W

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Renal ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) is an alternation of renal hemodynamics, which results in diverse postischemic responses and eventually acute kidney injury. Although renal ischemic preconditioning (IPC) is known to protect the kidney from I/R injury, the precise renoprotective mechanisms are not completely understood...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Li JR,Ou YC,Wu CC,Wang JD,Lin SY,Wang YY,Chen WY,Chen CJ

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondria play a key role in death signaling. The intermembrane space of these organelles contains a number of proteins which promote cell death once they are redistributed to the cytosol. The formation of pores in the outer membrane of mitochondria defines a gateway through which the apoptogenic proteins pass duri...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Smith DJ,Ng H,Kluck RM,Nagley P

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, three independent laboratories reported the generation of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) from pig (Sus scrofa). This finding sums to the growing list of species (mouse, human, monkey, and rat, in this order) for which successful reprogramming using exogenous factors has been achieved, and multiple ot...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Esteban MA,Peng M,Deli Z,Cai J,Yang J,Xu J,Lai L,Pei D

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transketolase (TK) is a homodimer, the simplest representative of thiamine diphosphate (ThDP)-dependent enzymes. It was first ThDP-dependent enzymes the crystal structure of which has been solved and revealed the general fold for this class of enzymes and the interactions of the non-covalently bound coenzyme ThDP with...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Kochetov G,Sevostyanova IA

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human ecto-ATPase (ecto-nucleoside triphosphate diphosphohydrolase 2 [eNTPDase2], also known as CD39L1) has been expressed and characterized in COS cells. It exhibits some unusual enzymology that is similar to a few members of this class of proteins but different from the majority of the family members. Hydrolysis of ...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Hicks-Berger CA,Kirley TL

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Silymarin, which is derived from the seeds of Silybum marianum, has been widely used to prevent and treat liver diseases. In our previous study, we reported that at concentrations above the minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC), silymarin exhibited antifungal activity against Candida albicans by targeting its plasma ...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Lee W,Lee DG

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV or HHV-8) is linked to the etiopathogenesis of Kaposi's sarcoma, a plasma-blastic variant of Castleman's disease and primary effusion lymphoma. KSHV is related to a number of non-human primate viruses. Only a limited number of KSHV proteins are expressed in tumor cells. He...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Sharp TV,Boshoff C

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pilins or fimbrilins are a class of proteins found in bacterial surface pilus, a hair-like surface appendage. Both the Gram-negative and -positive bacteria produce pilins to assemble pili on their cell-surface for different purposes including adherence, twitching motility, conjugation, immunomodulation, biofilm format...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Krishnan V

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00