Identification and functional analysis of bifunctional ent-kaurene synthase from the moss Physcomitrella patens.

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the distribution of a calcium-inhibitable adenylyl cyclase type VI (type VI AC) in the central nervous system using an antiserum directed against the N-terminus of type VI AC. Our results indicate that type VI AC immunoreactivity is generally expressed in many brain regions wit...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Liu FC,Wu GC,Hsieh ST,Lai HL,Wang HF,Wang TW,Chern Y

更新日期：1998-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Linkage between the high-capacity Ca2+-binding protein calsequestrin and the ryanodine receptor is proposed to be essential for proper Ca2+-release during skeletal muscle excitation-contraction coupling. However, no direct biochemical evidence exists showing a connection between these high-molecular-mass complexes in ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Murray BE,Ohlendieck K

更新日期：1998-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Putrescine N-methyltransferase (PMT) catalyses S-adenosylmethionine (SAM)-dependent methylation of putrescine in tropane alkaloid biosynthesis. PMT presumably evolved from the ubiquitous spermidine synthase (SPDS). SPDS protein structure suggested that only few amino acid exchanges in the active site were necessary to...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Biastoff S,Reinhardt N,Reva V,Brandt W,Dräger B

更新日期：2009-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:We have identified three overlapping 5'-truncated mouse opsin cDNA clones by immunologically screening a lambda gt11 retina expression library. Using one of the cDNA clones as a probe, we isolated a 5 kb genomic fragment that encompassed the complete coding sequence for mouse opsin. The coding region for opsin was int...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Baehr W,Falk JD,Bugra K,Triantafyllos JT,McGinnis JF

更新日期：1988-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Ribonuclease T1 can be unfolded and refolded without forming noticeable amounts of aggregates allowing to characterise the dimensions of a protein in different denatured states in terms of the Stokes radius RS. Upon thermal unfolding RS increases from 1.74 nm at 20 degrees C to 2.14 nm at 60 degrees C. By contrast, RS...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Gast K,Zirwer D,Damaschun H,Hahn U,Müller-Frohne M,Wirth M,Damaschun G

更新日期：1997-02-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycine amide (GlyAd), a typically amidated amino acid, is a versatile additive that suppresses protein aggregation during refolding, heat treatment, and crystallization. In spite of its effectiveness, the exact mechanism by which GlyAd suppresses protein aggregation remains to be elucidated. Here, we show the crystal...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Ito L,Shiraki K,Makino M,Hasegawa K,Kumasaka T

更新日期：2011-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Dimethylsulphoxide (DMSO) reductase from R. capsulatus contains a molybdenum-pterin cofactor at its active site. As prepared the molybdenum is in the 6+ oxidation state, devoid of EPR signals. Stepwise reduction generates an EPR signal characteristic of Mo(V) having hyperfine coupling to a single proton and integratin...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Benson N,Farrar JA,McEwan AG,Thomson AJ

更新日期：1992-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Curcumin, the yellow pigment from Curcuma longa, has been shown to possess tumoricidal activity. We have earlier reported the induction of apoptosis in AK-5, rat histiocytic cells by curcumin leading to the inhibition of tumor growth in vivo. In this study we have observed differential activation status in host macrop...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Bhaumik S,Jyothi MD,Khar A

更新日期：2000-10-13 00:00:00

abstract：:VP64 is widely used as a transcriptional activator to investigate the biological function of genes, but its potential for application in genetic improvement of crops has not been fully investigated. Here, we characterized an OsMYB1R1-VP64 fusion protein that enhanced the grain yield of rice cultivar 'Kita-ake' by 35%....

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Wang J,Wu F,Zhu S,Xu Y,Cheng Z,Wang J,Li C,Sheng P,Zhang H,Cai M,Guo X,Zhang X,Wang C,Wan J

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The [Cu(I)-Cu(II)] half-met form of the dinuclear copper site of tyrosinase has been probed by continuous wave electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) and hyperfine sublevel correlation (HYSCORE) spectroscopy in the presence and absence of inhibitors. In all cases the EPR spectrum is indicative of a d(x(2)-y(2)) ground ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： van Gastel M,Bubacco L,Groenen EJ,Vijgenboom E,Canters GW

更新日期：2000-06-02 00:00:00

abstract：:We have determined the first de novo position of the secondary quinone QB in the Rhodobacter sphaeroides reaction center (RC) using phases derived by the single wavelength anomalous dispersion method from crystals with selenomethionine substitution. We found that in frozen RC crystals, QB occupies primarily the proxim...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Pokkuluri PR,Laible PD,Crawford AE,Mayfield JF,Yousef MA,Ginell SL,Hanson DK,Schiffer M

更新日期：2004-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibroblast growth factor 11 (FGF11) is an intracellular FGF. Although induction of FGF11 by hypoxia has been observed in several cell types, the molecular function of FGF11 is not clearly understood yet. Here, we investigated the role of FGF11 under hypoxia. We identified hypoxia-inducible factor-1α (HIF-1α) as an int...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Lee KW,Yim HS,Shin J,Lee C,Lee JH,Jeong JY

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The chemokine RANTES is a potent chemoattractant for eosinophils. RANTES is produced by lung epithelial cells during eosinophil-rich inflammatory diseases such as asthma. In this study, we examined the effects of thiazolidinediones (TZD) on RANTES expression in a human lung epithelial cell line, A549. In A549 cells, i...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Momoi A,Murao K,Imachi H,Sayo Y,Nakamura H,Hosokawa H,Sato M,Fujita J,Okada H,Ishida T,Takahara J

更新日期：1999-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The photocycle of the light-adapted purple membrane was studied with a time-resolved fluorometry apparatus: fluorescence of the sample suspension (greater than 660 nm) was pumped with a 633-nm cw laser and the temporal change induced by a 532-nm pulsed laser was measured with a photon-counting-type transient recorder....

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Ohtani H,Itoh H,Shinmura T

更新日期：1992-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：:To characterize energy metabolism in rat brown adipose tissue (BAT), we carried out differential screening of a cDNA library of BAT with a cDNA probe of white adipose tissue (WAT) and isolated one cDNA clone. It contained a single open reading frame of 2,316 bases which encodes a protein of 88.2 kDa. The predicted ami...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Yamazaki N,Shinohara Y,Shima A,Terada H

更新日期：1995-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel member of the neurotrophin family, zebrafish neurotrophin-7 (zNT-7), was isolated from the zebrafish Danio rerio. The amino acid sequence of zNT-7 is more closely related to that of fish nerve growth factor (NGF) and neurotrophin-6 (NT-6) than to that of any other neurotrophin. zNT-7 is, however, equally relat...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Nilsson AS,Fainzilber M,Falck P,Ibáñez CF

更新日期：1998-03-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Purified plasma membrane vesicles isolated from multidrug-resistant human KB-V1 cells accumulate [3H]vinblastine in an energy-dependent manner. The accumulation of [3H]vinblastine in the presence of ATP is a saturable process. ATP can be replaced by other purine nucleotide triphosphates, of which GTP is the most effic...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Lelong IH,Padmanabhan R,Lovelace E,Pastan I,Gottesman MM

更新日期：1992-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:As a member of the dynamin superfamily human guanylate-binding protein 1 (hGBP1) binds and hydrolyses GTP thereby undergoing structural changes which lead to self-assembly of the protein. Here, we employ the reactivity of hGBP1 with a cysteine reactive compound in order to monitor structural changes imposed by GTP bin...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Vöpel T,Kunzelmann S,Herrmann C

更新日期：2009-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the regulatory mechanism for human tyrosine hydroxylase, we examined modulations of the activity of the enzyme from human pheochromocytoma by cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase, calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II and polyanion. The most remarkable activation was observed when the enzyme was assayed a...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Okuno S,Kanayama Y,Fujisawa H

更新日期：1989-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Stimulated neutrophils exhibit coordinated sinusoidal oscillations in filamentous actin content and cellular shape. We investigated the effect of inhibition of the small G protein Rho on neutrophil actin polymerization, shape changes and oscillations using a genetically engineered toxin that enters cells and selective...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Ehrengruber MU,Boquet P,Coates TD,Deranleau DA

更新日期：1995-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Several neurodegenerative disorders are characterized by the accumulation of proteinaceous inclusions in the central nervous system. These inclusions are frequently composed of a mixture of aggregation-prone proteins. Here, we used a bimolecular fluorescence complementation assay to study the initial steps of the co-a...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Herrera F,Outeiro TF

更新日期：2012-01-02 00:00:00

abstract：:We identified a yeast mutant with temperature-sensitive growth defects that were rescued by VCP expression. The mutation occurred in GPI10, which encodes a mannosyl transferase for glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchor formation in the endoplasmic reticulum, and caused a Gly469Glu substitution in Gpi10. The mutant exhib...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Ohnuma Y,Takata T,Kawawaki J,Yasuda K,Tanaka K,Kimura Y,Kakizuka A

更新日期：2015-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Metabolic activities of orexin A (OXA) in mature adipocytes are mediated via PI3K/PKB and PPARγ. However, the effects of OXA on preadipocytes are largely unknown. We report here that OXA stimulates the proliferation and viability of 3T3-L1 preadipocytes and protects them from apoptosis via ERK1/2, but not through PKB....

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Skrzypski M,Kaczmarek P,Le TT,Wojciechowicz T,Pruszyńska-Oszmalek E,Szczepankiewicz D,Sassek M,Arafat A,Wiedenmann B,Nowak KW,Strowski MZ

更新日期：2012-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Amylin appears to interfere with the action of insulin in muscle and possibly in liver. We have attempted to detect a direct antagonism between amylin and insulin in cultured rat hepatocytes. The stimulation of glucokinase gene expression was used as a marker of insulin action. Amylin proved ineffective in suppressing...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Nouspikel T,Gjinovci A,Li S,Iynedjian PB

更新日期：1992-04-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of Rhodococcus fascians, the causal agent of leafy gall disease, on the mitotic behavior of synchronized tobacco Bright Yellow-2 (BY-2) cells was investigated. Incubation of aphidicolin-synchronized BY-2 cells with R. fascians cells specifically resulted in a broader mitotic index peak, an effect that was l...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Temmerman W,Ritsema T,Simón-Mateo C,Van Montagu M,Mironov V,Inzé D,Goethals K,Holsters M

更新日期：2001-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Contactin and TAG-1 are glycan phosphatidyl inositol (GPI)-anchored cell adhesion molecules that play a crucial role in the organization of axonal subdomains at the node of Ranvier of myelinating fibers. Contactin and TAG-1 mediate axo-glial selective interactions in association with Caspr-family molecules at paranode...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Labasque M,Faivre-Sarrailh C

更新日期：2010-05-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Hterologous complementation of yeast mutants has enabled the isolation of genes encoding several families of amino acid transporters. Among them, NTR1 codes for a membrane protein with weak histidine transport activity. However, at the sequence level, NTR1 is related to rather non-specific oligopeptide transporters fr...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Rentsch D,Laloi M,Rouhara I,Schmelzer E,Delrot S,Frommer WB

更新日期：1995-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The human gut microbiome refers to a highly diverse microbial ecosystem, which has a symbiotic relationship with the host. Molecular hydrogen (H2 ) and carbon dioxide (CO2 ) are generated by fermentative metabolism in anaerobic ecosystems. H2 generation and oxidation coupled to CO2 reduction to methane or acetate help...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Hylemon PB,Harris SC,Ridlon JM

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have reconstituted thin filaments comprising pyrene-labelled actin (pyr-actin), tropomyosin (Tm) and cardiac troponin (cTn). cTn was isolated in two defined phosphorylation states; completely dephosphorylated on all subunits and with only the cTnI subunit bisphosphorylated. The thin filament was saturated with cTn ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Reiffert SU,Jaquet K,Heilmeyer LM Jr,Ritchie MD,Geeves MA

更新日期：1996-04-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Calf thymus (ct) Hsc70 has been shown previously to reactivate heat-inactivated prokaryotic and eukaryotic enzymes, while DnaK was able to reactivate solely prokaryotic enzymes. Here, we report on isolation from calf thymus of a DnaJ homolog, ctHsc40, and on testing of its cooperative function in three different assay...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Ziemienowicz A,Konieczny I,Hübscher U

更新日期：2001-10-19 00:00:00