Oral secretions from herbivorous lepidopteran larvae exhibit ion channel-forming activities.

abstract：:Several apolipoproteins including apoE and apoA-I are known to be associated with amyloid beta-peptide, a major component of senile plaques in Alzheimer's disease. In the present study the interaction between three human amphipathic apolipoproteins apoE3, apoA-I and apoA-II and immobilized amyloid beta-peptide (1-40) ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Shuvaev VV,Siest G

更新日期：1996-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：:In bacterial polypeptide synthesis aminoacyl-tRNA (aa-tRNA) bound to elongation factor Tu (EF-Tu) and GTP is part of a crucial intermediate ribonucleoprotein complex involved in the decoding of messenger RNA. The conformation and topology as well as the affinity of the macromolecules in this ternary aa-tRNA X EF-Tu X ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Faulhammer HG,Joshi RL

更新日期：1987-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Friedreich ataxia is the most common recessive neurodegenerative disease and is caused by reduced expression of mitochondrial frataxin. Frataxin depletion causes impairment in iron-sulfur cluster and heme biosynthesis, disruption of iron homeostasis and hypersensitivity to oxidants. Currently no pharmacological treatm...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Lefevre S,Sliwa D,Auchère F,Brossas C,Ruckenstuhl C,Boggetto N,Lesuisse E,Madeo F,Camadro JM,Santos R

更新日期：2012-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Part of the cytoplasmic domain of a human desmoglein, Dsg1, a cadherin-like protein found in desmosomes of epithelial cells, has been visualised by electron microscopy. The cloned fragment contains five repeats of a 29 +/- 4 residue sequence unique to desmogleins, followed by a glycine-rich region. In rotary shadowed ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Rutman AJ,Buxton RS,Burdett ID

更新日期：1994-10-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The metabolism of 20:4 (arachidonic acid) in alkenylacyl, alkylacyl and diacyl lipid classes in choline glycerophospholipids (CGP) and ethanolamine glycerophospholipids (EGP) in rabbit alveolar macrophages was examined. [3H]20:4 was very rapidly incorporated into diacyl glycerophosphocholine (GPC). After the removal o...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Sugiura T,Katayama O,Fukui J,Nakagawa Y,Waku K

更新日期：1984-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Rabbit red blood cells of various ages were separated on Percoll gradients and the activities of two large cytosolic proteases were measured. Both the multicatalytic protease (MCP), assayed by hydrolysis of fluorigenic peptides, and the 26 S ubiquitin/ATP-stimulated protease, assayed by degradation of ubiquitin-lysozy...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Di Cola D,Pratt G,Rechsteiner M

更新日期：1991-03-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) spectra at the Cu K-edge have been recorded of the oxidized and reduced form at pH 3.5 of rusticyanin, the type-1 or 'blue'-copper protein from Thiobacillus ferrooxidans. The EXAFS of oxidized rusticyanin is well simulated with models assuming a ligand set of 2 N(His) a...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Holt SD,Piggott B,Ingledew WJ,Feiters MC,Diakun GP

更新日期：1990-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Phospholamban (PLB), an integral membrane protein of cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR), is described as the regulator of the Ca(2+)-ATPase pump, via its phosphorylation-dephosphorylation of Ser-16. Recently it has been shown that a direct interaction between the N-terminal hydrophilic domain of PLB and Ca(2+)-ATPase...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Terzi E,Poteur L,Trifilieff E

更新日期：1992-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The regulation of genes for acetylcholine receptor (AChR), myogenic factors and other muscle-specific proteins has been analyzed in experimental autoimmune myasthenia gravis (EAMG) and following denervation. The levels of the transcripts for the myogenic factors, MyoD1, myogenin and MRF4, were measured using Northern ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Asher O,Fuchs S,Zuk D,Rapaport D,Buonanno A

更新日期：1992-03-24 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 residues on MAP kinase kinase-1 (MAPKK1) phosphorylated by MAP kinase in vitro have been identified as Thr-291 and Thr-385. Both threonines are phosphorylated in PC12 cells and the 32P-labelling of each residue increases after stimulation with nerve growth factor (NGF). The results establish that MAPKK1 is a physi...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Saito Y,Gomez N,Campbell DG,Ashworth A,Marshall CJ,Cohen P

更新日期：1994-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Higher basal 2-deoxy-D-glucose uptake in rheumatoid synovial cells than in non-rheumatoid synovial cells, was found to be associated with an increased interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta) secretion (respectively 850 +/- 238 vs. 8.3 +/- 2.4 pg/24 h/10(5) cells, mean +/- S.E.M.). When exogenous human recombinant IL-1 beta was...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Hernvann A,Aussel C,Cynober L,Moatti N,Ekindjian OG

更新日期：1992-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies show LDL receptor-related protein 1B, LRP1B as a transducer of extracellular signals. Here, we identify six interacting partners of the LRP1B cytoplasmic region by yeast two-hybrid screen and confirmed their in vivo binding by immunoprecipitation. One of the partners, PICK1 recognizes the C-terminus of ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Shiroshima T,Oka C,Kawaichi M

更新日期：2009-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyamine depletion, obtained in FAO cells with specific inhibitors of biosynthetic enzymes, prevents or decreases the accumulation of hsp 70 mRNA following heat shock [Desiderio et al., Hepatology 24 (1996) 150-156]. The present study shows that under conditions of spermidine depletion caused by alpha-difluoromethylo...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Desiderio MA,Dansi P,Tacchini L,Bernelli-Zazzera A

更新日期：1999-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Thioredoxin-interacting protein (Txnip) knockout (TKO) mice exhibit impaired response to fasting. Herein, we showed that activation of adenine monophosphate-activated protein kinase and cellular AMP levels were diminished in the heart and soleus muscle but not in gastrocnemius muscle of fasting TKO mice. Similarly, gl...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Andres AM,Ratliff EP,Sachithanantham S,Hui ST

更新日期：2011-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The amyloid precursor protein (APP) is proteolytically processed by β- and γ-secretases to release amyloid-β peptide (Aβ), the main component found in senile plaques of Alzheimer's disease (AD) patient brains. Alternatively, APP can be cleaved within the Aβ sequence by α-secretase, thus precluding the generation of Aβ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： León-Otegui M,Gómez-Villafuertes R,Díaz-Hernández JI,Díaz-Hernández M,Miras-Portugal MT,Gualix J

更新日期：2011-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Almost all eukaryotic mRNAs acquire a poly(A) tail at the 3'-end by a concerted RNA processing event: cleavage and polyadenylation. The canonical PAP, PAPα, was considered the only nuclear PAP involved in general polyadenylation of mRNAs. A phosphoinositide-modulated nuclear PAP, Star-PAP, was then reported to regulat...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Laishram RS

更新日期：2014-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：:We have used ultraviolet laser crosslinking to characterize the DNA-binding properties of highly purified yeast topoisomerase II in the absence of ATP. A single 5 ns, 20 mJ pulse of 266 nm light produced optimal crosslinking to a short DNA duplex, with an efficiency of 0.25%. An equilibrium binding constant (Keq) of 1...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Hung F,Luo D,Sauvé DM,Muller MT,Roberge M

更新日期：1996-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Human milk cholesterol esterase (bile salt-activated lipase) plays a role in the dietary uptake of triacylglyceride and cholesteryl ester. The activities toward these substrates are mediated through a unique bile salt-activated mechanism. Previously, it has been proposed that a necessary step in this process is prior ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Loomes KM,Senior HE

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Constitutively active tyrosine kinases are frequently expressed in various types of human leukemias as the result of chromosomal translocations. The TEL-Jak2 fusion oncoprotein possesses transforming properties in both animal and cellular models, that are tightly dependent on Stat5 activation. In the IL-3-independent ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Santos SC,Monni R,Bouchaert I,Bernard O,Gisselbrecht S,Gouilleux F,Penard-Lacronique V

更新日期：2001-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The toxicity of the beta-amyloid (Abeta) peptide of Alzheimer's disease may relate to its polymerisation state (i.e. fibril content). We have shown previously that plasma lipoproteins, particularly when oxidised, greatly enhance Abeta polymerisation. In the present study the nature of the interactions between both nat...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Stanyer L,Betteridge DJ,Smith CC

更新日期：2002-05-08 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：:The enzymatic degradation of the closely related insoluble polysaccharides; cellulose (β(1-4)-linked glucose) by cellulases and chitin (β(1-4)-linked N-acetylglucosamine) by chitinases, is of large biological and economical importance. Processive enzymes with different inherent directionalities, i.e. attacking the pol...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Hamre AG,Schaupp D,Eijsink VG,Sørlie M

更新日期：2015-07-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular dynamics analyses were performed to examine conformational changes in the C-domain of calmodulin and the N-domain of troponin C induced by binding of Ca(2+) ions. Analyses of conformational changes in calmodulin and troponin C indicated that the shortening of the distance between Ca(2+) ions and Ca(2+) bindi...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Goto K,Toyama A,Takeuchi H,Takayama K,Saito T,Iwamoto M,Yeh JZ,Narahashi T

更新日期：2004-03-12 00:00:00

abstract：:A ratio-fluorescence assay was developed for on-line localization and quantification of lipid oxidation in living cells. The assay explores the oxidative sensitivity of C11-BODIPY(581/591). Upon oxidation, the fluorescence of this fluorophore shifts from red to green. The probe incorporates readily into cellular membr...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Pap EH,Drummen GP,Winter VJ,Kooij TW,Rijken P,Wirtz KW,Op den Kamp JA,Hage WJ,Post JA

更新日期：1999-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:C2cd4c, encoded by a gene belonging to the C2cd4 family, contains a C2 domain conserved across species and is localized to the cytoplasm. To examine the role of C2cd4c in the pancreas, we studied its localization and generated C2cd4c knockout (KO) mice. C2cd4c was expressed in pancreatic endocrine progenitors at early...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Omori H,Ogaki S,Sakano D,Sato M,Umeda K,Takeda N,Nakagata N,Kume S

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Revised assignments for the bilayer helices of the beta-, gamma- and delta-subunits of the acetylcholine receptor are presented. A new feature of the model is extensive charge matching between the polar groups of the ion channel elements of different subunits. ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kosower EM

更新日期：1984-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The cyclic, imido acid containing pentapeptides cyclo(Asp-Trp-(NMe)Nle-Asp-Phe) (cpp[NMeNle(3)]) and cyclo(Asp-Trp-Pro-Asp-Phe) (cpp[Pro(3)]) have been investigated by 1H-NMR spectroscopy in DMSO and by restrained molecular dynamics methods. The spectra indicate the existence of at least four cis/trans isomers for cpp...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Weisshoff H,Wieprecht T,Henklein P,Frömmel C,Antz C,Mügge C

更新日期：1996-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：:It was of interest to examine whether yeast Cu-thionein could be used to transfer the thiolate bound copper directly into the copper binding site of 'blue' apoproteins which contain free thiol groups. In particular apo-stellacyanin was used in the present study and it was found to be able to accept Cu(I) from yeast Cu...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Hartmann HJ,Morpurgo L,Desideri A,Rotilio G,Weser U

更新日期：1983-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The Bacillus thuringiensis Cry toxin causes swelling and necrosis in insect cells, but the route(s) and significance of the water influx involved in its cytotoxicity are unclear. Here, we assessed the role of aquaporins (AQPs), known as water channels, in Cry toxin intoxication. An AQP inhibitor did not interfere with...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Endo H,Azuma M,Adegawa S,Kikuta S,Sato R

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00