A possible role of exon-shuffling in the evolution of signal peptides of human proteins.

abstract：:alpha-Crystallin, the major protein of the ocular lens, is known to have extensive similarities to small heat shock proteins and to act as a molecular chaperone. The exposure of hydrophobic surfaces on alpha-crystallin was studied by fluorescence spectroscopy using the hydrophobic probe bis-ANS. Upon heating the prote...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Das KP,Surewicz WK

更新日期：1995-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The activity of the Ca-pumping ATPase of cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) is controlled by the phosphorylation of the intrinsic regulatory protein phospholamban (PLB), which affects both the apparent Km(Ca) and the Vmax of the transport process. We have investigated the correlation between phosphorylation of PLB an...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Chiesi M,Schwaller R

更新日期：1989-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Glutamate uptake by rat hepatocytes in primary monolayer culture was found to be mediated by a Na+-independent and by two Na+-dependent transport systems of high and low affinity. Inhibition studies with cysteate and other model amino acids rules out the participation of the neutral amino acid transport systems A, ASC...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Gebhardt R,Mecke D

更新日期：1983-09-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The informational content of the primary structure of thymopoietin (TP) is investigated using the informational spectrum method (ISM). We show that the sequence of TP shares common information with the sequences of long postsynaptic snake neurotoxins, although no apparent similarity was found among their primary struc...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Skerl V,Pavlović M

更新日期：1988-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Lysosomal/phagosomal membranes of mammalian cells are coated by highly conserved glycoproteins (lamps) that are thought to protect the membranes from degradation. Interestingly, we identified an amino acid sequence in human lamp-1 characteristic of a cleavage site for the Neisseria gonorrhoeae IgA1 protease. Furthermo...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Hauck CR,Meyer TF

更新日期：1997-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：:L-Type calcium channel was expressed in Xenopus laevis oocytes injected with RNAs coding for different cardiac Ca2+ channel subunits, or with total heart RNA. The effects of activation of protein kinase C (PKC) by the phorbol ester PMA (4 beta-phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate) were studied. Currents through channels co...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Singer-Lahat D,Gershon E,Lotan I,Hullin R,Biel M,Flockerzi V,Hofmann F,Dascal N

更新日期：1992-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：:In the current work, we report that specific inhibition of Janus tyrosine kinase (JAK3) via NC1153 induces apoptosis of certain leukemia/lymphoma cell lines. Affymetrix microarray profiling following NC1153 treatment unveiled JAK3 dependent survival modulating pathways (p53, TGF-beta, TNFR and ER stress) in Kit225 cel...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Nagy ZS,Ross JA,Rodriguez G,Bader J,Dimmock J,Kirken RA

更新日期：2010-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：:In prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms, proteins are efficiently sorted to reach their final destinations in a whole range of subcellular compartments. Targeting is mediated by hydrophobic signal sequences or hydrophilic targeting sequences depending upon the compartment, these sequences being often processed. Protei...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Lazdunski CJ,Benedetti H

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Platinum electrodes can be coated with cytochrome b5-phospholipid monolayers by the Langmuir-Blodgett technique. Cyclic voltammetry of a series of dyes shows that the coated electrodes become selective for certain electroactive species. The electron transfer reactions of negatively charged species are inhibited at the...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Zaba BN,Wilkinson MC,Taylor DM,Lewis TJ,Laidman DL

更新日期：1987-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：:A 13-residue peptide containing the first 12 amino acids of the N-terminal part of the signal sequence of yeast cytochrome c oxidase subunit IV is shown by chemical crosslinking to interact with a mitochondrial protein. This result is obtained with mitochondria from four different origins. Submitochondrial localizatio...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Font B,Goldschmidt D,Chich JF,Thieffry M,Henry JP,Gautheron DC

更新日期：1991-02-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Irreversible conversion of the purified zinc-containing 7Fe ferredoxin from the thermoacidophilic archaeon Sulfolobus sp. strain 7 was found to occur under aerobic conditions at pH 5.0 and at 4 degrees C. This process accompanied a substantial increase of the electron paramagnetic resonance signal attributed to a [3Fe...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Iwasaki T,Oshima T

更新日期：1997-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxysterols result from cholesterol by enzymatic or oxidative processes. Some exert cytotoxic effects leading to necrosis or apoptosis. Detoxification of these compounds mainly occurs in the liver and requires transport from peripheral tissues towards it. Some ATP-binding cassette transporters are involved in export of...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Engel T,Kannenberg F,Fobker M,Nofer JR,Bode G,Lueken A,Assmann G,Seedorf U

更新日期：2007-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the effect of botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT) C1 light chain (LC) on insulin exocytosis from the clonal beta-cell line HIT-T15. In streptolysin-O permeabilized cells, the beta-cell impermeant BoNT C1 cleaved mainly syntaxin 1 and inhibited Ca2+ as well as GTPgammaS induced exocytosis. To study the eff...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Land J,Zhang H,Vaidyanathan VV,Sadoul K,Niemann H,Wollheim CB

更新日期：1997-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：:To better understand the mechanism of intracellular Ca2+ mobilization, mouse oocytes were micro-injected with 'caged'-inositol-1,4,5 triphosphate caged-InsP3) together with the Ca2+ indicator Fluo-3 to directly induce and monitor Ca2+ redistribution. Photo-released InsP3 elicits [Ca2+]i changes exhibiting several kine...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Peres A

更新日期：1990-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Although transthyretin (TTR) is expressed in pancreatic alpha (glucagon) cells in the islets of Langerhans, the function of TTR in pancreatic alpha cells remains unknown. In this study, by using TTR knockout (TTR KO) mice, we determined the novel role of TTR in glucose homeostasis. We demonstrated that TTR KO mice evi...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Su Y,Jono H,Misumi Y,Senokuchi T,Guo J,Ueda M,Shinriki S,Tasaki M,Shono M,Obayashi K,Yamagata K,Araki E,Ando Y

更新日期：2012-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Autophagy is a bulk degradation process conserved among eukaryotes. In macro-autophagy, autophagosomes sequester cytoplasmic components and deliver their contents to lysosomes/vacuoles. Autophagosome formation requires the conjugation of Atg8, a ubiquitin-like protein, to phosphatidylethanolamine (PE). Here we report ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Hanada T,Satomi Y,Takao T,Ohsumi Y

更新日期：2009-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Data obtained from peptide mapping of the active and inactive forms of human renin show that there are extensive regions of common sequence in the two forms of the enzyme, and are consistent with the hypothesis that inactive renin is a renin zymogen. ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： McIntyre GD,Chaudhuri S,Coggins JR

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have revealed the presence of an atypical progesterone receptor on the plasma membrane of a relatively small subpopulation of human sperm cells. In this study, we show that the receptor is present in many cells in a latent form and that the receptor function in these cells is switched on asynchronously ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Mendoza C,Tesarik J

更新日期：1993-09-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The lateral diffusion of BK(Ca) channels was previously shown to be highly 'confined' in the COS-7 cell membrane. Here we report that the diffusion coefficient and the confinement area of BK(Ca) channel were significantly increased by the treatment of latrunculin A, an actin-depolymerizing agent, but not by microtubul...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Won S,Lee BC,Park CS

更新日期：2011-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：:ABCA3 mutations cause fatal surfactant deficiency and interstitial lung disease. ABCA3 protein is a lipid transporter indispensible for surfactant biogenesis and storage in lamellar bodies (LB). The protein folds in endoplasmic reticulum and is glycosylated in Golgi en route to the membrane of mature LB and their prec...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Engelbrecht S,Kaltenborn E,Griese M,Kern S

更新日期：2010-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein kinase C (PKC) from human promyelocytic leukemia HL-60 cells can be resolved into three fractions (peak, a, b and c) by hydroxyapatite column chromatography. Peak a and c enzymes are indistinguishable from the brain type II PKC having beta (beta I and beta II)-sequence and type III having alpha-sequence, respe...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Hashimoto K,Kishimoto A,Aihara H,Yasuda I,Mikawa K,Nishizuka Y

更新日期：1990-04-09 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA molecules have been found to play important roles in DNA double-strand break (DSB) repair, but the exact underlying mechanism remains unclear. Here, we aimed to clarify the function of RNase L, an important ribonuclease in the immune system of vertebrates, in DSB repair. Knockdown of RNase L reduces cell survival ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Zhong Y,Pan B,Zhu J,Fu H,Zheng X

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have identified in rat vascular smooth muscle cells (SMCs) the simultaneous expression of two TGF-beta type I receptor (ALK-5) cDNAs, occurring as a consequence of alternate usage of AG splice acceptor motifs separated by 12 nucleotides located at an intron-exon junction. When translated the resultant full length p...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Agrotis A,Condron M,Bobik A

更新日期：2000-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：:5-(1-Azidovinyl)-2'-deoxyuridine (AzVDU) and a series of 5-[1-azido-2-halogenoethyl]-derivatives of beta-D-arabinofuranosyluracil (AU) proved markedly inhibitory to the replication of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) and varicella zoster virus (VZV), but not thymidine kinase (TK)-deficient HSV-1 and VZV strains. No...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Balzarini J,Andrei G,Kumar R,Knaus EE,Wiebe LI,De Clercq E

更新日期：1995-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated transactivation by NANOG in regulating growth and differentiation factor 3 (GDF3) expression in NCCIT cells. GDF3 expression was affected by shRNA-mediated downregulation and by exogenous overexpression of NANOG specifically, as well as by retinoic acid-mediated differentiation. GDF3 transcription was ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Park SW,Lim HY,Do HJ,Sung B,Huh SH,Uhm SJ,Song H,Chung HJ,Kim JH,Kim NH,Kim JH

更新日期：2012-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteriophage T5 Bg/II/Hind III DNA fragment (803 basepairs), containing the genes for 2 tRNAs and 2 RNAs with unknown functions, was cloned in the plasmid pBR322. The analysis of DNA sequence indicates that tRNA genes code isoacceptor tRNAsSer (tRNA1Ser and tRNA2Ser) with anticodons UGA and GGA, respectively. The mai...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kryukov VM,Ksenzenko VN,Kaliman AV,Bayev AA

更新日期：1983-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：:In adipose cells, insulin induces the translocation of GLUT4 by stimulating their exocytosis from a basal intracellular compartment to the plasma membrane. Increasing overexpression of a hemagglutinin (HA) epitope-tagged GLUT4 in rat adipose cells results in a roughly proportional increase in cell surface HA-GLUT4 lev...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Al-Hasani H,Yver DR,Cushman SW

更新日期：1999-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell stimulation raised the cytosolic free Ca2+ concentration, [Ca(2+]i and induces activation of Na+/H+ exchange which raises the cytosolic pH, pHi. Recent studies have addressed the question whether Na+/H+ exchange plays a role in Ca(2+) influx and, specifically, whether a rise in pHi alone suffices to open Ca(2+) c...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Siffert W,Akkerman JW

更新日期：1989-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The molecular species compositions of monoacylglycerols obtained from various rat tissues were examined by reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) analyses. We confirmed that 2-arachidonoylglycerol, an endogenous cannabinoid receptor agonist, is one ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kondo S,Kondo H,Nakane S,Kodaka T,Tokumura A,Waku K,Sugiura T

更新日期：1998-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The black-eyed pea trypsin and chymotrypsin inhibitor (BTCI) is a member of the Bowman-Birk protease inhibitor (BBI) family. The three-dimensional model of the BTCI-chymotrypsin complex was built based on the homology to Bowman-Birk inhibitors with known structures. An extensive theoretical and experimental study of t...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： de Freitas SM,de Mello LV,da Silva MC,Vriend G,Neshich G,Ventura MM

更新日期：1997-06-09 00:00:00