Mapping allosteric connections from the receptor to the nucleotide-binding pocket of heterotrimeric G proteins.

abstract：:A wide diversity of biological molecules are modified by the addition of sugar residues, and a large number of glycosyltransferases have been identified that are responsible for these reactions. Despite catalyzing closely related reactions, many of these transferases show little apparent sequence homology. By comparin...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Wiggins CA,Munro S

更新日期：1998-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：:During latent infection of humans with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, bacteria persist in the asymptomatic host within granulomas, organized collections of differentiated macrophages, and other immune cells. The mechanisms for persistence remain poorly understood, as is the metabolic and replicative state of the microbes...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Chan K,Knaak T,Satkamp L,Humbert O,Falkow S,Ramakrishnan L

更新日期：2002-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Expression of the homeobox protein CDX1 is lost or reduced in a significant proportion of colorectal carcinomas (CRCs) but the underlying mechanism for this is unclear. We have demonstrated absence of CDX1 mRNA expression in 7 of 37 CRC cell lines and shown that all 7 cell lines have a methylated CDX1 promoter. Twenty...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Wong NA,Britton MP,Choi GS,Stanton TK,Bicknell DC,Wilding JL,Bodmer WF

更新日期：2004-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Stimulation of the phosphatidylinositol cycle by neurotransmitters generates diacylglycerol, an activator of protein kinase C, which may regulate some forms of neurotransmission. Phorbol esters, potent inflammatory and tumor-promoting compounds, also activate protein kinase C. We demonstrate potent and selective effec...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Baraban JM,Gould RJ,Peroutka SJ,Snyder SH

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using cell-based aptamer selection, we have developed a strategy to use the differences at the molecular level between any two types of cells for the identification of molecular signatures on the surface of targeted cells. A group of aptamers have been generated for the specific recognition of leukemia cells. The sele...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Shangguan D,Li Y,Tang Z,Cao ZC,Chen HW,Mallikaratchy P,Sefah K,Yang CJ,Tan W

更新日期：2006-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasmons, the collective oscillations of interacting electrons, possess emergent properties that dramatically alter the optical response of metals. We predict the existence of a new class of plasmons-chiral Berry plasmons (CBPs)-for a wide range of 2D metallic systems including gapped Dirac materials. As we show, in t...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Song JC,Rudner MS

更新日期：2016-04-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The kinetics of biomolecular isomerization processes, such as protein folding, is governed by a free-energy surface of high dimensionality and complexity. As an alternative to projections into one or two dimensions, the free-energy surface can be mapped into a weighted network where nodes and links are configurations ...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Gfeller D,De Los Rios P,Caflisch A,Rao F

更新日期：2007-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuropeptide B (NPB) and neuropeptide W (NPW) are endogenous neuropeptide ligands for the G protein-coupled receptors NPBWR1 and NPBWR2. Here we report that the majority of NPW neurons in the mesolimbic region possess tyrosine hydroxylase immunoreactivity, indicating that a small subset of dopaminergic neurons coexpre...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Motoike T,Long JM,Tanaka H,Sinton CM,Skach A,Williams SC,Hammer RE,Sakurai T,Yanagisawa M

更新日期：2016-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAP kinase) isoforms ERK1 and ERK2 was investigated in rat adipocytes. Kinase activities were measured by using myelin basic protein as substrate after the isoforms were resolved by Mono Q chromatography or by immunoprecipitation with specific antibodies. Insulin inc...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Sevetson BR,Kong X,Lawrence JC Jr

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on structural information derived from the F NMR data of labeled rhodopsins, rhodopsin crystal structure, and excited-state properties of model polyenes, we propose a molecular mechanism that accounts specifically for the causes of the well-known enhanced photoreactivity of rhodopsin (increased rates and quantum...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Liu RS,Colmenares LU

更新日期：2003-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The complete coding region of maize transposable element Ac and truncated but active derivatives of it were placed under the control of promoters of different strength and tested for the ability to excise transposable element Ds from a beta-glucuronidase reporter gene in a cotransfection assay in Petunia protoplasts. ...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Becker D,Lütticke R,Li M,Starlinger P

更新日期：1992-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathways that allow quiescent disseminated cancer cells to survive during prolonged dormancy periods are unknown. Here, we identify the transcription factor ATF6alpha as a pivotal survival factor for quiescent but not proliferative squamous carcinoma cells. ATF6alpha is essential for the adaptation of dormant cell...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Schewe DM,Aguirre-Ghiso JA

更新日期：2008-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：:By using a mixture of synthetic oligodeoxyribonucleotides as a probe, cloned cDNA sequences specific for low molecular weight (LMW) kininogen have been isolated from a cDNA library of bovine liver mRNA sequences. Nucleotide sequence analyses of cloned cDNA inserts have revealed that bovine liver LMW kininogens are enc...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Nawa H,Kitamura N,Hirose T,Asai M,Inayama S,Nakanishi S

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elastogenesis is a hierarchical process by which cells form functional elastic fibers, providing elasticity and the ability to regulate growth factor bioavailability in tissues, including blood vessels, lung, and skin. This process requires accessory proteins, including fibulin-4 and -5, and latent TGF binding protein...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Kumra H,Nelea V,Hakami H,Pagliuzza A,Djokic J,Xu J,Yanagisawa H,Reinhardt DP

更新日期：2019-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Peptidoglycan recognition proteins (PGRPs) are highly conserved pattern-recognition molecules of the innate immune system that bind bacterial peptidoglycans (PGNs), which are polymers of alternating N-acetylglucosamine (NAG) and N-acetylmuramic acid (NAM) cross-linked by short peptide stems. Human PRGPs are bactericid...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Cho S,Wang Q,Swaminathan CP,Hesek D,Lee M,Boons GJ,Mobashery S,Mariuzza RA

更新日期：2007-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular landers are molecules comprising of a central rigid molecular wire maintained above a metallic surface by organic spacers, which allows specific ultrahigh vacuum-scanning tunneling microscopy experiments to be performed at the single-molecule level. The understanding of the molecule-surface interactions, int...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Moresco F,Gourdon A

更新日期：2005-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The bystander effect, originating from cells irradiated in vitro, describes the biologic response(s) of surrounding cells not directly targeted by a radiation insult. To overcome the limitations of in vitro tissue culture models and determine whether a bystander effect that is initiated by the in vivo decay of a radio...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Xue LY,Butler NJ,Makrigiorgos GM,Adelstein SJ,Kassis AI

更新日期：2002-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Factors that elevate amyloid-beta (Abeta) peptide levels are associated with an increased risk for Alzheimer's disease. Insulysin has been identified as one of several proteases potentially involved in Abeta degradation based on its hydrolysis of Abeta peptides in vitro. In this study, in vivo levels of brain Abeta40 ...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Miller BC,Eckman EA,Sambamurti K,Dobbs N,Chow KM,Eckman CB,Hersh LB,Thiele DL

更新日期：2003-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Tropical deforestation for the establishment of tree cash crop plantations causes significant alterations to soil organic carbon (SOC) dynamics. Despite this recognition, the current Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) tier 1 method has a SOC change factor of 1 (no SOC loss) for conversion of forests to p...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： van Straaten O,Corre MD,Wolf K,Tchienkoua M,Cuellar E,Matthews RB,Veldkamp E

更新日期：2015-08-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease (AERD) is characterized by asthma, tissue eosinophilia, overproduction of cysteinyl leukotrienes (cysLTs), and respiratory reactions to nonselective cyclooxygenase (COX) inhibitors. Ex vivo studies suggest that functional abnormalities of the COX-2/microsomal prostaglandin (PG)E...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Liu T,Laidlaw TM,Katz HR,Boyce JA

更新日期：2013-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The livers of insulin-resistant, diabetic mice manifest selective insulin resistance, suggesting a bifurcation in the insulin signaling pathway: Insulin loses its ability to block glucose production (i.e., it fails to suppress PEPCK and other genes of gluconeogenesis), yet it retains its ability to stimulate fatty aci...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Li S,Brown MS,Goldstein JL

更新日期：2010-02-23 00:00:00

abstract：:There is great interest in developing selective protein kinase inhibitors by targeting allosteric sites, but these sites often involve protein-protein or protein-peptide interfaces that are very challenging to target with small molecules. Here we present a systematic approach to targeting a functionally conserved allo...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Rettenmaier TJ,Sadowsky JD,Thomsen ND,Chen SC,Doak AK,Arkin MR,Wells JA

更新日期：2014-12-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of Notch signaling in cartilage differentiation and maturation in vivo was examined. Conditional Notch pathway gain and loss of function was achieved using a Cre/loxP approach to manipulate Notch signaling in cartilage precursors and chondrocytes of the developing mouse embryo. Conditional overexpression of a...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Mead TJ,Yutzey KE

更新日期：2009-08-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanisms involved in the uptake of uni- and multi-lamellar lipid vesicles by BALB/c mouse 3T3 cells have been investigated. Vesicles are incorporated into cells both by endocytosis and by a nonendocytotic mechanism which we propose involves fusion of vesicles with the plasma membrane. The nonendocytotic pathway ...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Poste G,Papahadjopoulos D

更新日期：1976-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously demonstrated that platelets express high levels of the tyrosine protein kinase pp60c-src. By a quantitative immunoblot assay, it is shown in this report that pp60c-src represents 0.2-0.4% of total platelet protein. The expression of high levels of pp60c-src in platelets correlated with high levels of tot...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Golden A,Brugge JS

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is the major glycolipid that is present in the outer membranes (OMs) of most Gram-negative bacteria. LPS molecules are assembled with divalent metal cations in the outer leaflet of the OM to form an impervious layer that prevents toxic compounds from entering the cell. For most Gram-negative b...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Chng SS,Ruiz N,Chimalakonda G,Silhavy TJ,Kahne D

更新日期：2010-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The protein products of T4 bacteriophage genes 41, 43, 45, 44, and 62 have been purified to near homogeneity using an assay which measures their stimulation of DNA synthesis in a crude lysate of Escherichia coli cells in fected by an appropriate mutant phage. When all of these proteins and T4 gene 32 protein are incub...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Morris CF,Sinha NK,Alberts BM

更新日期：1975-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calendar date of the beginning of the growing season at high altitude in the Colorado Rocky Mountains is variable but has not changed significantly over the past 25 years. This result differs from growing evidence from low altitudes that climate change is resulting in a longer growing season, earlier migrations, and e...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Inouye DW,Barr B,Armitage KB,Inouye BD

更新日期：2000-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclic AMP (cAMP) and calcium are ubiquitous, interdependent second messengers that regulate a wide range of cellular processes. During development of neuronal networks they are critical for the first step of circuit formation, transducing signals required for axon pathfinding. Surprisingly, the spatial and temporal c...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Nicol X,Hong KP,Spitzer NC

更新日期：2011-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The epothilones are naturally occurring, cytotoxic macrolides that function through a paclitaxel (Taxol)-like mechanism. Although structurally dissimilar, both classes of molecules lead to the arrest of cell division and eventual cell death by stabilizing cellular microtubule assemblies. The epothilones differ in thei...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Chou TC,Zhang XG,Harris CR,Kuduk SD,Balog A,Savin KA,Bertino JR,Danishefsky SJ

更新日期：1998-12-22 00:00:00