Growth factor receptors in helminth parasites: signalling and host-parasite relationships.

abstract：:Inducible heat shock protein 70 (Hsp70) is one of the most important HSPs for maintenance of cell integrity during normal cellular growth as well as pathophysiological conditions. Tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated factor 6 (TRAF6) is a crucial signaling transducer that regulates a diverse array of physiologica...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Chen H,Wu Y,Zhang Y,Jin L,Luo L,Xue B,Lu C,Zhang X,Yin Z

更新日期：2006-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Caloric restriction (CR) is known to promote longevity in various species. Sirtuin-mediated deacetylation has been shown to be related to the promotion of longevity in some species. Here, we show that CR of rats led to an increase in the level of Werner syndrome protein (WRN), a recognized DNA repair protein. In addit...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kahyo T,Mostoslavsky R,Goto M,Setou M

更新日期：2008-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The T-cell antigen receptor (TCR) is a multisubunit transmembrane complex that mediates the antigen-specific activation of T cells. Using a variety of techniques, several research groups have shown that TCRs are at least partially pre-clustered before antigen binding. These new findings are contradictory to the "class...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Molnár E,Deswal S,Schamel WW

更新日期：2010-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA complementary to the rat hypothalamic mRNA coding for the corticotropin-releasing factor precursor (prepro-CRF) has been cloned by screening a cDNA library with a human genomic DNA probe. Nucleotide sequence analysis of the cloned cDNA has revealed that rat prepro-CRF consists of 187 amino acid residues including ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Jingami H,Mizuno N,Takahashi H,Shibahara S,Furutani Y,Imura H,Numa S

更新日期：1985-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Gibberellins are ent-kaurene-derived diterpenoid phytohormones produced by plants, fungi, and bacteria. The distinct gibberellin biosynthetic pathways in plants and fungi are known, but not that in bacteria. Plants typically use two diterpene synthases to form ent-kaurene, while fungi use only a single bifunctional di...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Morrone D,Chambers J,Lowry L,Kim G,Anterola A,Bender K,Peters RJ

更新日期：2009-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Disruption of the gene pgil of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, which codes for phosphoglucose isomerase, results in a dramatic increase in the amount of intracellular glycogen in early exponential cultures. The level of glucose 6-phosphate was much higher in mutant than in wild-type cells. Phosphorylase a activity and the s...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Corominas J,Clotet J,Fernández-Bañares I,Boles E,Zimmermann FK,Guinovart JJ,Ariño J

更新日期：1992-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Human complement component C8gamma is an unusual complement factor since it shows no homology to other complement proteins but is a member of the lipocalin superfamily. So far, it has been found exclusively in plasma, covalently linked to C8alpha by disulfide bridging. We have used dot blot and Northern blot analyses ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Trojer P,Wojnar P,Merschak P,Redl B

更新日期：1999-03-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Human cystatin C (HCC) is a low molecular weight member of the cystatin family (type2). HCC consists of 120 amino acids. Normally it is an inhibitor of cysteine proteases, but in pathological conditions it forms amyloid fibrils in brain arteries of young adults. An 'aggregation-prone' pentapeptide ((47)LQVVR(51)) was ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Tsiolaki PL,Hamodrakas SJ,Iconomidou VA

更新日期：2015-01-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Annexin V is an alpha-helical protein which shows anticoagulatory and antiinflammatory activity. It is supposed to be involved in membrane fusion and exocytosis. In this study acid-induced equilibrium unfolding of the human annexin V is investigated by fluorescence and circular dichroism spectroscopy. The spectroscopi...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Beermann ofm cap BB,Hinz HJ,Hofmann A,Huber R

更新日期：1998-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Intravital multiphoton imaging allows visualization of infections and pathogenic mechanisms within intact organs in their physiological context. Today, most organs of mice and rats are applicable to in vivo or ex vivo imaging, opening completely new avenues for many researchers. Advances in fluorescent labeling of pat...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Stolp B,Melican K

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydrolysis of GTP, bound to members of the G-protein superfamily, terminates their downstream signaling activity. A conserved glutamine serves a critical role in this pivotal guanosine triphosphatase (GTPase) reaction. However, the role of the catalytic glutamine in GTP hydrolysis is still not well understood. We have...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Zor T,Andorn R,Sofer I,Chorev M,Selinger Z

更新日期：1998-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Mammalian voltage-activated Shaker K+ channels associate with at least three cytoplasmic proteins: Kv beta 1, Kv beta 2 and Kv beta 3. These beta subunits contain variable N-termini, which can modulate the inactivation of Shaker alpha subunits, but are homologous throughout an aldo-keto reductase core. Human and ferre...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： McCormack K,McCormack T,Tanouye M,Rudy B,Stühmer W

更新日期：1995-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Two highly contrasted images depict genomes: at first sight, genes appear to be distributed randomly along the chromosome. In contrast, their organisation into operons (or pathogenicity islands) suggests that, at least locally, related functions are in physical proximity. Analysis of the codon usage bias in orthologou...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Rocha EP,Sekowska A,Danchin A

更新日期：2000-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:In plants exposed to high irradiances of visible light, the D1 protein in the reaction center of photosystem II is oxidatively damaged and rapidly degraded. Earlier work in our laboratory showed that the serine protease Deg2 performs the primary cleavage of photodamaged D1 protein in vitro. Here, we demonstrate that t...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Huesgen PF,Schuhmann H,Adamska I

更新日期：2006-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacillus subtilis heme A synthase is a membrane protein with 8 transmembrane segments. By using a two-step mutagenesis approach we have generated and selected a fully functional enzyme protein variant with a seven residue internal deletion. The biochemical properties of the shortened variant are similar to those of th...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Lewin A,Hederstedt L

更新日期：2008-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate ozone damage to hairless mouse skin, two parameters of oxidative damage, vitamin E depletion and malondialdehyde (MDA) production, were measured in vitamin E-enriched and in control skin from mice exposed to ozone (10 ppm). A 5% vitamin E solution (tocotrienol-rich fraction, TRF) in polyethylene glycol (PE...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Thiele JJ,Traber MG,Podda M,Tsang K,Cross CE,Packer L

更新日期：1997-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of protein disulfide isomerase (PDI) on the four structured des species that accumulate in the rate-determining steps of ribonuclease A folding were investigated at pH 8.0 and 15 degrees C. The results indicate that PDI catalyzes the conversion of the kinetically trapped intermediates, des-[26-84] and des-...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Shin HC,Song MC,Scheraga HA

更新日期：2002-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Domain structures of porcine lung and testicular angiotensin-converting enzymes (ACE) were studied by radiation inactivation to test the hypothesis that lung ACE has two catalytic sites localized to discrete, structurally independent domains (the N- and C-domains) of approximately equal size. The minimum functional si...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Sakaguchi H,Hirose S,Kume T,Hagiwara H

更新日期：1992-06-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Criteria for the design of peptide vaccines to prevent AIDS are presented. The best vaccine candidates contain both B and T lymphocyte-defined epitopes in regions conserved in sequence between viral isolates. We propose that attention should focus on proteins specified by the gag and, possibly, pol genes in addition t...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Sternberg MJ,Barton GJ,Zvelebil MJ,Cookson J,Coates AR

更新日期：1987-06-29 00:00:00

abstract：:A distinctive tract of all the forms of Alzheimer's disease is the extracellular deposition of a 40-42/43 amino acid-long peptide derived from the so-called beta-amyloid precursor protein (APP). This is a membrane protein of unknown function, whose short cytosolic domain has been recently demonstrated to interact with...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Russo T,Faraonio R,Minopoli G,De Candia P,De Renzis S,Zambrano N

更新日期：1998-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Biological systems, from macromolecules to whole organisms, are robust if they continue to function, survive, or reproduce when faced with mutations, environmental change, and internal noise. I focus here on biological systems that are robust to mutations and ask whether such systems are more or less evolvable, in the...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Wagner A

更新日期：2005-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The orphan G protein-coupled receptor APJ has been shown to be a coreceptor for human and simian immunodeficiency virus (HIV and SIV) strains. We have determined that some HIV and SIV strains use APJ as a coreceptor to infect the brain-derived NP-2/CD4 cells. Because apelin is an endogenous ligand for the APJ receptor...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Zou MX,Liu HY,Haraguchi Y,Soda Y,Tatemoto K,Hoshino H

更新日期：2000-05-04 00:00:00

abstract：:In higher plants, two types of nitrate transporters, NRT1 and NRT2, have been identified. In Arabidopsis, there are 53 NRT1 genes and 7 NRT2 genes. NRT2 are high-affinity nitrate transporters, while most members of the NRT1 family are low-affinity nitrate transporters. The exception is CHL1 (AtNRT1.1), which is a dual...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Tsay YF,Chiu CC,Tsai CB,Ho CH,Hsu PK

更新日期：2007-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Biotops with extreme temperatures such as deserts force animals to avoid or escape high temperatures by biochemical, behavioural or morphological adaptation. In this context we tested the resistance to heat of the oxygen carrier hemocyanin from the ancient tarantula Eurypelma californicum, which is found in arid zones...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Sterner R,Vogl T,Hinz HJ,Penz F,Hoff R,Föll R,Decker H

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report here the regulation of the biosynthesis and the secretion of C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP) in cultured bovine chromaffin cells. The combined treatment with protein kinase A and -C activators induced a 6-fold increase of intracellular levels of CNP-(1-103). The biosynthesized CNP-(1-103) was co-released wi...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Babinski K,Féthière J,Roy M,De Léan A,Ong H

更新日期：1992-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The complexity of the proteasome gene family in higher plants was investigated by identification and sequencing cDNA clones from the Arabidopsis thaliana database showing homologies to 20S proteasome subunits. We identified plant counterparts for each of the 14 proteasomal subunit subfamilies. Moreover, several of the...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Parmentier Y,Bouchez D,Fleck J,Genschik P

更新日期：1997-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The early embryonic development of Xenopus is mainly governed by post-transcriptional regulations until the mid-blastula transition. In this report, we present evidence demonstrating that fertilization of Xenopus eggs triggers a complete translational arrest of mRNAs containing UA-rich elements in their 3'-untranslate...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Marinx O,Bertrand S,Karsenti E,Huez G,Kruys V

更新日期：1994-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：:In a subset of olfactory epithelium the odorant receptor guanylate cyclase, ONE-GC, is a central transduction component of the cyclic GMP signaling pathway. The odorant binds to the extracellular domain and activates its intracellular catalytic domain to generate the odorant second messenger, cyclic GMP. The present s...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Duda T,Sharma RK

更新日期：2009-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：:We have examined the ability of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (InsP3) to cause contractions of mechanically skinned muscle fibres of frog and barnacle. InsP3 (10-500 microM) did not cause any tension development in 25 frog skinned fibres and 26 barnacle myofibrillar bundles, although contractions could be readily evoke...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Lea TJ,Griffiths PJ,Tregear RT,Ashley CC

更新日期：1986-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Soluble aluminium (Al(3+)) is the major constraint to plant growth on acid soils. Plants have evolved mechanisms to tolerate Al(3+) and one type of mechanism relies on the efflux of organic anions that protect roots by chelating the Al(3+). Al(3+) resistance genes of several species have now been isolated and found to...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Delhaize E,Gruber BD,Ryan PR

更新日期：2007-05-25 00:00:00