Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of methylamine-treated alpha 2-macroglobulin and 3 alpha 2-macroglobulin-proteinase complexes.

abstract：:Cyclic mononucleotides are messengers in plant stress responses. Here we show that hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) induces rapid net K(+)-efflux and Ca(2+)-influx in Arabidopsis roots. Pre-treatment with either 10μM cAMP or cGMP for 1 or 24h does significantly reduce net K(+)-leakage and Ca(2+)-influx, and in the case of the...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Ordoñez NM,Marondedze C,Thomas L,Pasqualini S,Shabala L,Shabala S,Gehring C

更新日期：2014-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The importance of the individual amino acid residues of AIP (KKALRRQEAVDAL), a highly specific inhibitor of calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII), was studied. Replacement of Arg6, Gln7, or Ala9 by other amino acid residues produced a marked increase in the IC50 value. Leu4 and Val10 were also sensitive to r...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Ishida A,Shigeri Y,Tatsu Y,Uegaki K,Kameshita I,Okuno S,Kitani T,Yumoto N,Fujisawa H

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apicomplexan parasites contain a vestigial plastid called apicoplast which has been suggested to be a site of [Fe-S] cluster biogenesis. Here we report the cloning of lipoic acid synthase (LipA) from Toxoplasma gondii, a well known [Fe-S] protein. It is able to complement a LipA-deficient Escherichia coli strain, clea...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Thomsen-Zieger N,Schachtner J,Seeber F

更新日期：2003-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The E-E* model for calcium pumping by the CaATPase of sarcoplasmic reticulum includes two distinct conformational states of the enzyme, E and E*. Exterior Ca2+ binds only to E and interior Ca2+ binds only to E*. Therefore, it is expected that there will be competition between the binding of calcium to the unphosphoryl...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Myung J,Jencks WP

更新日期：1991-01-14 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：:SUPERMAN was identified as a putative regulator of transcription that acts in floral development, but its function remains to be clarified. We demonstrate here that SUPERMAN is an active repressor whose repression domain is located in the carboxy-terminal region. Ectopic expression of SUPERMAN that lacked the repressi...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Hiratsu K,Ohta M,Matsui K,Ohme-Takagi M

更新日期：2002-03-13 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated whether the expression in Arabidopsis thaliana seeds of a transgene (the Phaseolus vulgaris arcelin (arc)5-I gene) could be enhanced by the simultaneous introduction of an antisense gene for an endogenous seed storage protein (2S albumin). Seeds of plants transformed with both the arc5-I gene and ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Goossens A,Van Montagu M,Angenon G

更新日期：1999-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：:By using monoiodinated radioligands of both intact neuropeptide Y (NPY) and of a long C-terminal fragment, NPY13-36, two subtypes of binding sites, which differ in affinity and specificity, have been characterized. The Y1 type of binding site, characterized on a human neuroblastoma cell line, MC-IXC, and a rat pheochr...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Sheikh SP,Håkanson R,Schwartz TW

更新日期：1989-03-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The mammalian gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH-I), which regulates reproduction, was the first isoform of GnRH that was identified in mammals. Recently, we and others have demonstrated the existence of a second isoform of GnRH in the brain of mammals. The presence of a third isoform of GnRH, GnRH-III, in the brain...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Yahalom D,Chen A,Ben-Aroya N,Rahimipour S,Kaganovsky E,Okon E,Fridkin M,Koch Y

更新日期：1999-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein kinase D (PKD)/protein kinase Cmicro (PKCmicro, a serine/threonine protein kinase with distinct structural and enzymological properties, is rapidly activated in intact cells via PKC. The amino-terminal region of PKD contains a cysteine-rich domain (CRD) that directly binds phorbol esters with a high affinity. ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Matthews S,Iglesias T,Cantrell D,Rozengurt E

更新日期：1999-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Parkinson's disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disease, and results from loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra. The aggregation and fibrillation of alpha-synuclein in the form of intracellular proteinaceous aggregates (Lewy bodies and Lewy neurites) have been implicated as a causative f...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Uversky VN,Fink AL

更新日期：2002-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the cis-acting DNA elements that are involved in the regulation of class I major histocompatibility complex genes by interferon, several promoter fragments of the H-2Kk gene were linked to the reporter chloramphenicol acetyl transferase (CAT) gene, and the CAT expression was analyzed in stable transfect...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Pascucci A,Pannuti A,La Mantia G,Lania L

更新日期：1988-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene conservation, duplication and constitutive expression are intricately linked and strong predictors of essentiality. Here, we introduce metrics based on diversity indices to measure gene conservation, duplication and constitutive expression and validate them by measuring their performance in prediction of essentia...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Arun PV,Miryala SK,Chattopadhyay S,Thiyyagura K,Bawa P,Bhattacharjee M,Yellaboina S

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anthrax is a severe bacterial infection that occurs when Bacillus anthracis spores gain access into the body and germinate in macrophages, causing septicemia and toxemia. Anthrax toxin is a binary A-B toxin composed of protective antigen (PA), lethal factor (LF), and edema factor (EF). PA mediates the entry of either ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Ascenzi P,Visca P,Ippolito G,Spallarossa A,Bolognesi M,Montecucco C

更新日期：2002-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The MEKK1-MKK2-MPK4 cascade is activated during cold acclimation. However, little is known regarding the perception of low temperature. In this study, we demonstrate that treatment of Arabidopsis with a membrane rigidifier, DMSO, caused MPK4 activation concomitantly with MEKK1 and MKK2 phosphorylation, as well as the ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Furuya T,Matsuoka D,Nanmori T

更新日期：2014-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：:We present the three-dimensional structure of the N-terminal FK506-binding protein (FKBP)-like domain of the immunophilin FKBP42 from Arabidopsis thaliana. The data provide the structural background for the explanation of key functional properties reported previously. ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Weiergräber OH,Eckhoff A,Granzin J

更新日期：2006-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Besides its canonical function of catalyzing the formation of telomeric repeats, many groups have recently reported non-canonical functions of hTERT in particular, and telomerase in general. Regulating transcription is the central basis of non-canonical functions of telomerase. However, unlike reverse transcriptase ac...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Akıncılar SC,Low KC,Liu CY,Yan TD,Oji A,Ikawa M,Li S,Tergaonkar V

更新日期：2015-04-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The fluorescent Ca2+ indicator Fura 2 was used to monitor Ca2+ release induced by the Ins(1,4,5)P3-mobilizing agonist angiotensin II (Ag II), caffeine and 2,5-di-(tert-butyl)-1,4-benzohydroquinone (tuBHQ), in intact bovine adrenal chromaffin cells. Under low external Ca2+ conditions, tuBHQ, Ag II and caffeine elicited...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Robinson IM,Burgoyne RD

更新日期：1991-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondrial fatty acid synthesis is catalyzed by a dissociated fatty acid synthase similar to those of plant plastids and bacteria. The crystal structure of a mitochondrial beta-ketoacyl-[acyl carrier protein] synthase (mtKAS), namely that from Arabidopsis thaliana, has been determined for the first time. This enzym...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Olsen JG,Rasmussen AV,von Wettstein-Knowles P,Henriksen A

更新日期：2004-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Two protein phosphatases of 103 and 29 kDa as determined by gel filtration, were purified from hen oviducts. The 103 -kDa phosphatase was purified 7300-fold to near homogeneity and dissociated into two polypeptides in the presence of SDS. Molecular masses of these polypeptides were estimated to be 60 and 38 kDa by SDS...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kanayama K,Wada K,Negami A,Yamamura H,Tanabe T

更新日期：1985-05-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The HBx protein of hepatitis B virus is involved in deregulation of cell cycle and development of hepatocellular carcinoma. Since c-Myc also plays an important role in cell proliferation and tumor development, we studied its regulation by HBx in a human hepatoma cell line. Co-expression of HBx and c-Myc resulted in in...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kalra N,Kumar V

更新日期：2006-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Parathyroid hormone (PTH) binds to its receptor (PTH 1 receptor, PTH1R) and activates multiple pathways. The PTH1R, a class b GPCR, contains consensus calmodulin-binding motifs. The PTH1R cytoplasmic tail interacts with calmodulin in a calcium-dependent manner via the basic 1-5-8-14 motif. Calcium-dependent calmodulin...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Mahon MJ,Shimada M

更新日期：2005-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a cationic lipid bilayer, we show that DNA can be reliably adsorbed to the bilayer surface for atomic force microscopy (AFM) in aqueous buffers at high resolution. The measured width of the dsDNA is close to 2 nm, and a periodic modulation on dsDNA is reproducibly detected by the AFM. The measured period is 3.4 ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Mou J,Czajkowsky DM,Zhang Y,Shao Z

更新日期：1995-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Retroviral proteinases (PRs) are essential for retrovirus infectivity but the mechanism of their activity regulation is poorly understood. We investigated possible involvement in this process of the C-terminal domain (CTD) of betaretroviral PRs. We found that the presence of CTD attenuates proteolytic activity of Maso...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Svec M,Bauerová H,Pichová I,Konvalinka J,Strísovský K

更新日期：2004-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：:We identified cDNAs coding for homologues to tetrapod prion proteins (PrPs) in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and Japanese pufferfish (Fugu rubripes), which were termed 'similar to PrPs' (stPrPs). Besides significant sequence homologies the fish stPrPs display characteristic structural features in common with tetrapod ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Oidtmann B,Simon D,Holtkamp N,Hoffmann R,Baier M

更新日期：2003-03-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The topic synthetic biology appears still as an 'empty basket to be filled'. However, there is already plenty of claims and visions, as well as convincing research strategies about the theme of synthetic biology. First of all, synthetic biology seems to be about the engineering of biology - about bottom-up and top-dow...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Malinova V,Nallani M,Meier WP,Sinner EK

更新日期：2012-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The interactions of DNA duplexes with 3-amino-1,4-dimethyl-5H-pyrido[4,3-b]indole (Trp-P-1), a potent mutacarcinogen isolated from tryptophan pyrolysate, have been studied using CD spectroscopy. The results are that (a) the spectral change of B-form DNA caused by the interaction with Trp-P-1 is biphasic, i.e. the enla...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Inohara T,Tarui M,Doi M,Inoue M,Ishida T

更新日期：1993-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Barth syndrome (BTHS) is a rare X-linked genetic disorder caused by mutations in the gene encoding the transacylase tafazzin and characterized by loss of cardiolipin and severe cardiomyopathy. Mitochondrial oxidants have been implicated in the cardiomyopathy in BTHS. Eleven mitochondrial sites produce superoxide/hydro...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Goncalves RLS,Schlame M,Bartelt A,Brand MD,Hotamışlıgil GS

更新日期：2020-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：:To gain insight into the nuclear organization of the mouse Ig kappa locus and how it may relate to the formation of synapses during recombination, we have studied the kinetics of rearrangement of different V kappa gene families to J kappa gene segments in the pre-B cell line, 103bcl2. Remarkably, V kappa gene families...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Li S,Garrard WT

更新日期：2003-02-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipopolysaccharide, the invariant structural component of Gram-negative bacteria, when present in minute amounts in the circulation in humans elicits 'endotoxic shock' syndrome, which is fatal in 60% of the cases. Polymyxin B (PMB), a cyclic cationic peptide, neutralizes the endotoxin, but also induces many harmful si...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Thomas CJ,Surolia A

更新日期：1999-02-26 00:00:00