Chaperones and protein folding in the archaea.

abstract：:AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) is a regulator of cellular metabolism in response to changes in the energy status of the cells. AMPK was known to shut down energy-consuming pathways in response to a fall in the ATP/AMP ratio by phosphorylating key enzymes of intermediate metabolism. Here we will discuss the recent...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Leclerc I,Viollet B,da Silva Xavier G,Kahn A,Rutter GA

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human CD4 T helper lymphocytes can be subdivided into at least three distinct functional subsets on the basis of their cytokine secretion profiles. One type of CD4+ lymphocyte, T helper 1 (Th1), produces interferon (IFN)-gamma and tumour necrosis factor beta, a second type (Th2) produces interleukin (IL)-4 and IL-5 an...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Piccinni MP,Maggi E,Romagnani S

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Horses and other equids are unusual in producing protein-rich sweat for thermoregulation, a major component of which is latherin, a highly surface-active, non-glycosylated protein that is a member of the PLUNC (palate, lung and nasal epithelium clone) family. Latherin produces a significant reduction in water surface ...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Kennedy MW

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Growing evidence supports the view that LDs (lipid droplets) are dynamic organelles that can serve both as an intracellular signalling compartment and as an organizing platform orchestrating many vital processes in eukaryotic cells. It has become clear that the LDs-confined deposition and lipolytic degradation of neut...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Goldberg AA,Bourque SD,Kyryakov P,Boukh-Viner T,Gregg C,Beach A,Burstein MT,Machkalyan G,Richard V,Rampersad S,Titorenko VI

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vitamin E is an important nutrient with antioxidant and non-antioxidant functions, and certain evidence suggests that it has a cardiovascular protective role. It is therefore important to maintain an optimal vitamin E status. In the present paper, a number of MS applications to monitor vitamin E status and its interac...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Lodge JK

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular bioenergetics deals with the construction, function and regulation of the powerhouses of life. The present overview sketches scenes and actors, farsighted goals and daring hypotheses, meticulous tool-making, painstaking benchwork, lucky discovery, serious scepticism, emphatic believing and strong characters ...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Junge W

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:GPCRs (G-protein-coupled receptors) are a large family of structurally related proteins, which mediate their effects by coupling with G-proteins. Despite responding to a range of very diverse stimuli, these receptors exhibit a conserved tertiary structure comprising a bundle of seven TM (transmembrane) helices linked ...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Lawson Z,Wheatley M

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To maintain genomic stability, despite constant exposure to agents that damage DNA, eukaryotic cells have developed elaborate and highly conserved pathways of DNA damage sensing, signalling and repair. In this review, we concentrate mainly on what we know about DNA damage sensing with particular reference to Lcd1p, a ...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Bradbury JM,Jackson SP

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:P-type ATPases transport ions across biological membranes against concentration gradients and are essential for all cells. They use the energy from ATP hydrolysis to propel large intramolecular movements, which drive vectorial transport of ions. Tight coordination of the motions of the pump is required to couple the t...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Dyla M,Basse Hansen S,Nissen P,Kjaergaard M

更新日期：2019-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Voltage-gated K(+) channels are key regulators of neuronal excitability. The Kv2.1 voltage-gated K(+) channel is the major delayed rectifier K(+) channel expressed in most central neurons, where it exists as a highly phosphorylated protein. Kv2.1 plays a critical role in homoeostatic regulation of intrinsic neuronal e...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Mohapatra DP,Park KS,Trimmer JS

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enzymes of the 1-deoxy-D-xylulose 5-phosphate/2-C-methylerythritol 4-phosphate (DOXP/MEP) pathway are targets for new herbicides and antibacterial drugs. Until now, no inhibitors for the DOXP synthase have been known of. We show that one of the breakdown products of the herbicide clomazone affects the DOXP synthase. O...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Mueller C,Schwender J,Zeidler J,Lichtenthaler HK

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2), a complex kinase/GTPase mutated in Parkinson's disease, has been shown to physically and functionally interact with cytoskeletal-related components in different brain cells. Neurons greatly rely on a functional cytoskeleton for many homeostatic processes such as local and long-dis...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Civiero L,Cogo S,Biosa A,Greggio E

更新日期：2018-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The control of the intracellular localization of NCS (neuronal calcium sensor) proteins is of importance for their ability to respond appropriately to differing calcium signals. We examine the localization of three NCS proteins: NCS-1, KChIP-1 (potassium-channel-interacting protein 1) and hippocalcin. Additionally, th...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： O'Callaghan DW,Burgoyne RD

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The calcium-sensing receptor is a multimodal, multimetabolic sensor that mediates the feedback-dependent control of whole body calcium metabolism. Remarkably, in addition to its role in Ca(2+)(o) (extracellular Ca(2+)) sensing, the CaR (Ca(2+)-sensing receptor) also responds to L-amino acids. L-amino acids appear to a...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Conigrave AD,Mun HC,Brennan SC

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coagulation proteases are involved in a highly orchestrated proteolytic cascade which is essential for haemostasis and blood clotting. In particular, the initiator of the coagulation cascade, Factor VIIa, binds to its cofactor, tissue factor, and its substrate, Factor X, via exosite interactions to form a ternary cata...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Amour A,Hutchinson J,Ruiz Avendaño AM,Ratcliffe S,Alvarez E,Martin J,Toomey JR,Senger S,Wolfendale M,Mooney C

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic experiments have indicated that succinoglycan (EPS I), the acidic Calcofluor-binding exopolysaccharide, of the nitrogen-fixing bacterium Rhizobium meliloti strain Rm1021 is required for nodule invasion and possibly for later events in nodule development on alfalfa and other hosts. Fourteen exo loci on the seco...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Reuber TL,Reed J,Glazebrook J,Glucksmann MA,Ahmann D,Marra A,Walker GC

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seeds of rape (Brassica napus L.) were germinated at various NaCl concentrations up to 200 mM. Germinating levels, seedling growth, triacylglycerol mobilization and lipase activity were investigated. High salt concentrations resulted in retardation of seed germination. Seedling growth as measured by radicle length was...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Ben Miled DD,Zarrouk M,Chérif A

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:XRCC4 (X-ray cross-complementation group 4) and XLF (XRCC4-like factor) are two essential interacting proteins in the human NHEJ (non-homologous end-joining) pathway that repairs DNA DSBs (double-strand breaks). The individual crystal structures show that the dimeric proteins are homologues with protomers containing h...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Wu Q,Ochi T,Matak-Vinkovic D,Robinson CV,Chirgadze DY,Blundell TL

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have been analysing the signalling systems that couple to receptors of the TIR (Toll/interleukin-1 receptor) family, which signal through a common cytoplasm region; the TIR domain. These systems are of both practical and fundamental biological significance, being central to the pathogenesis of chronic inflammatory ...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Dower SK,Qwarnstrom EE

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:USP7 (also called HAUSP) is a de-ubiquitinating enzyme recently identified as a key regulator of the p53-mdm2 pathway, which stabilizes both p53 and mdm2. We have discovered that the Epstein-Barr nuclear antigen 1 protein of Epstein-Barr virus binds with high affinity to USP7 and disrupts the USP7-p53 interaction. The...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Holowaty MN,Frappier L

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Site-specific recombinases are enzymes that promote precise rearrangements of DNA sequences. They do this by cutting and rejoining the DNA strands at specific positions within a pair of target sites recognized and bound by the recombinase. One group of these enzymes, the serine recombinases, initiates strand exchange ...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Marshall Stark W,Boocock MR,Olorunniji FJ,Rowland SJ

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:IL (interleukin)-4 and IL-13 are key cytokines in the pathogenesis of allergic inflammatory disease. IL-4 and IL-13 share many functional properties as a result of their utilization of a common receptor complex comprising IL-13Ralpha1 (IL-13 receptor alpha-chain 1) and IL-4Ralpha. The second IL-13R (IL-13 receptor) ha...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Andrews AL,Nordgren IK,Kirby I,Holloway JW,Holgate ST,Davies DE,Tavassoli A

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Copper chaperones, soluble copper-binding proteins, are essential for ensuring proper distribution of copper to cellular compartments and to proteins requiring copper prosthetic groups. They are found in all eukaryotic organisms. Orthologues of the three copper chaperones characterized in yeast, ATX1, CCS and COX17, a...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Wintz H,Vulpe C

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have identified two basic residues that are important for the recognition of secretin and vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) by their respective receptors. These two peptides containing an Asp residue at position 3 interacted with an arginine residue in transmembrane helix 2 (TM2) of the receptor, and the lysine r...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Waelbroeck M,Perret J,Vertongen P,Van Craenenbroeck M,Robberecht P

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in the LMNA gene, encoding the nuclear intermediate filaments the A-type lamins, result in a wide variety of diseases known as laminopathies. Some of them, such as familial partial lipodystrophy of Dunnigan and metabolic laminopathies, are characterized by lipodystrophic syndromes with altered fat distributi...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Bidault G,Vatier C,Capeau J,Vigouroux C,Béréziat V

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most research strategies for cartilage tissue engineering use extended culture with complex media loaded with costly GFs (growth factors) to drive tissue assembly and yet they result in the production of cartilage with inferior mechanical and structural properties compared with the natural tissue. Recent evidence sugg...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Ayerst BI,Day AJ,Nurcombe V,Cool SM,Merry CL

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microscopes are used to characterize small objects with the help of probes that interact with the specimen, such as photons and electrons in optical and electron microscopies, respectively. In atomic force microscopy (AFM), the probe is a nanometric tip located at the end of a microcantilever which palpates the specim...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Moreno-Madrid F,Martín-González N,Llauró A,Ortega-Esteban A,Hernando-Pérez M,Douglas T,Schaap IA,de Pablo PJ

更新日期：2017-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Native disulphide bonds are essential for the structure and function of many membrane and secretory proteins. Disulphide bonds are formed, reduced and isomerized in the endoplasmic reticulum of mammalian cells by a family of oxidoreductases, which includes protein disulphide isomerase (PDI), ERp57, ERp72, P5 and PDIR....

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Jessop CE,Chakravarthi S,Watkins RH,Bulleid NJ

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reciprocal biochemical and biophysical interactions between tumor cells, stromal cells and the extracellular matrix (ECM) result in a unique tumor microenvironment that determines disease outcome. The cellular component of the tumor microenvironment contributes to tumor growth by providing nutrients, assisting in the ...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Johan MZ,Samuel MS

更新日期：2019-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Besides stomata, the photosynthetic CO2 pathway also involves the transport of CO2 from the sub-stomatal air spaces inside to the carboxylation sites in the chloroplast stroma, where Rubisco is located. This pathway is far to be a simple and direct way, formed by series of consecutive barriers that the CO2 should cros...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Gago J,Daloso DM,Carriquí M,Nadal M,Morales M,Araújo WL,Nunes-Nesi A,Flexas J

更新日期：2020-04-29 00:00:00