Early Career Research Award Lecture. Structure, evolution and dynamics of transcriptional regulatory networks.

abstract：:The GABAR [GABA(A) (gamma-aminobutyric acid type A) receptor], which mediates most inhibition in the brain, is regulated homoeostatically to maintain an optimal level of neuronal excitability. In particular, the alpha(4)betadelta subtype of the GABAR plays a pivotal role in this regulation. This receptor, which is exp...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Shen H,Smith SS

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA degradation is a vital post-transcriptional process which ensures that transcripts are maintained at the correct level within the cell. DIS3L2 and XRN1 are conserved exoribonucleases that are critical for the degradation of cytoplasmic RNAs. Although the molecular mechanisms of RNA degradation by DIS3L2 and XRN1 h...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Pashler AL,Towler BP,Jones CI,Newbury SF

更新日期：2016-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-coding transcripts play an important role in gene expression regulation in all species, including budding and fission yeast. Such regulatory transcripts include intergenic ncRNA (non-coding RNA), 5' and 3' UTRs, introns and antisense transcripts. In the present review, we discuss advantages and limitations of rece...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Schlackow M,Gullerova M

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PTEN (phosphatase and tensin homologue deleted on chromosome 10) is an important tumour-suppressor gene that encodes a 3-phosphatase. The major substrate of PTEN is PIP(3) (phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-trisphosphate) generated by the action of PI3Ks (phosphoinositide 3-kinases). Hereditary mutation of PTEN causes tumour...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Suzuki A,Hamada K,Sasaki T,Mak TW,Nakano T

更新日期：2007-04-01 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：:Bloom's syndrome (BS) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by genomic instability and cancer predisposition. The underlying genetic defect is mutation of the BLM gene, producing deficiency in the RecQ helicase BLM (Bloom's syndrome protein). The present article begins by introducing BLM and its binding...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Payne M,Hickson ID

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:AS (alternative splicing) and its role in disease, especially cancer, has come to forefront in research over the last few years. Alterations in the ratio of splice variants have been widely observed in cancer. Splice variants of cancer-associated genes have functions that can alter cellular phenotype, ultimately alter...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Hagen RM,Ladomery MR

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mammalian vascular system consists of two distinct, but closely related, networks: the blood vasculature (itself divided into arterial and venous networks) and the lymphatic vasculature. EC (endothelial cell) lineage specification has been proposed to be determined during embryonic development, after which the ECs...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Cooley LS,Edwards DR

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The olfactory system is unique in that the sensory input is in the form of molecular information carried in a vast variety of odorants. Nearly 1000 types of odorant receptors mediate the initial detection and discrimination of odorants at the molecular-feature level. The discrimination at the molecular level is conver...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Mori K

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hsk1 (homologue of Cdc7 kinase 1) of the fission yeast is a member of the conserved Cdc7 (cell division cycle 7) kinase family, and promotes initiation of chromosome replication by phosphorylating Mcm (minichromosome maintenance) subunits, essential components for the replicative helicase. Recent studies, however, ind...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Matsumoto S,Masai H

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peptide-bond formation is the enzymatic activity of the ribosome. The catalytic site is made up of ribosomal RNA, indicating that the ribosome is a ribozyme. This review summarizes the recent progress in understanding the mechanism of peptide bond formation. The results of biochemical and kinetic experiments, mutagene...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Rodnina MV,Beringer M,Bieling P

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapid interphase chromosome territory repositioning appears to function through the action of nuclear myosin and actin, in a nuclear motor complex. We have found that chromosome repositioning when cells leave the cell cycle is not apparent in cells that have mutant lamin A or that are lacking emerin. We discuss the po...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Mehta IS,Elcock LS,Amira M,Kill IR,Bridger JM

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Zebrafish (Danio rerio) are becoming an increasingly powerful model organism to study the role of metabolism in disease. Since its inception, the zebrafish model has relied on unique attributes such as the transparency of embryos, high fecundity and conservation with higher vertebrates, to perform phenotype-driven che...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Salmi TM,Tan VWT,Cox AG

更新日期：2019-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:We have isolated a novel gene (GLELO) from Mortierella alpina and its homologue (CEELO1) from Caenorhabditis elegans and demonstrate the involvement of their encoded proteins in the elongation of C(18) polyunsaturated fatty acids. ...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Das T,Thurmond JM,Bobik E,Leonard AE,Parker-Barnes JM,Huang YS,Mukerji P

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein aggregation is being found to be associated with an increasing number of human diseases. Aggregation can lead to a loss of function (lack of active protein) or to a toxic gain of function (cytotoxicity associated with protein aggregates). Although potentially harmful, protein sequences predisposed to aggregati...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Sanchez de Groot N,Torrent M,Villar-Piqué A,Lang B,Ventura S,Gsponer J,Babu MM

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanical function and the collagen phenotype of the disc are complex, each a hybrid of elements of ligament and cartilage. In detail, the collagen properties are unique. Collagens I and II provide the bulk of the tissue fabric interwoven in opposing radial concentration gradients. From analysis of isolated cross...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Eyre DR,Matsui Y,Wu JJ

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:GRIF-1 [GABA(A) (gamma-aminobutyric acid(A)) receptor interacting factor-1] is a member of a coiled-coil family of proteins thought to function as adaptors in the anterograde trafficking of organelles utilizing the kinesin-1 motor proteins to synapses. To study in more detail the molecular interaction between GRIF-1 a...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Pozo K,Stephenson FA

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article reviews the progress of a personal endeavour to develop chromatography as a quantitative procedure for the determination of reaction stoichiometries and equilibrium constants governing protein interactions. As well as affording insight into an aspect of chromatography with which many protein chemists are ...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Winzor DJ

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Membrane proteins are drug targets for a wide range of diseases. Having access to appropriate samples for further research underpins the pharmaceutical industry's strategy for developing new drugs. This is typically achieved by synthesizing a protein of interest in host cells that can be cultured on a large scale, all...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Bawa Z,Bland CE,Bonander N,Bora N,Cartwright SP,Clare M,Conner MT,Darby RA,Dilworth MV,Holmes WJ,Jamshad M,Routledge SJ,Gross SR,Bill RM

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fission yeast septation initiation network, or SIN, is a signal transduction network that is required for septum formation in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Its activity is tightly regulated through the cell cycle, to ensure proper co-ordination of mitosis and cytokinesis. SIN signalling requires three protein kinases...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Krapp A,Simanis V

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The continuous battle for survival in the environment has led to the development or acquisition of sophisticated defence systems in bacteria. These defence systems have contributed to the survival of the bacterial species in the environment for millions of years. Some systems appear to have evolved in a number of path...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Louwen R,van Baarlen P

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Senescence is a tumour suppressor mechanism which is cell-intrinsically activated in the context of cellular stress. Senescence can further be propagated to neighbouring cells, a process called secondary senescence induction. Secondary senescence was initially shown as a paracrine response to the secretion of cytokine...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Kirschner K,Rattanavirotkul N,Quince MF,Chandra T

更新日期：2020-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The CGRP (calcitonin gene-related peptide) receptor is a family B GPCR (G-protein-coupled receptor). It consists of a GPCR, CLR (calcitonin receptor-like receptor) and an accessory protein, RAMP1 (receptor activity modifying protein 1). RAMP1 is needed for CGRP binding and also cell-surface expression of CLR. CLR is a...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Barwell J,Wheatley M,Conner AC,Taddese B,Vohra S,Reynolds CA,Poyner DR

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reactive oxygen species (ROS) were originally thought to only be released by phagocytic cells during their role in host defence. It is now clear that ROS have a cell signalling role in many biological systems, both in animals and in plants. ROS induce programmed cell death or necrosis, induce or suppress the expressio...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Hancock JT,Desikan R,Neill SJ

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ligand-gated ion channels function as rapid signal transducers, converting chemical signals (in the form of neurotransmitters) into electrical signals in the postsynaptic neuron. This is achieved by the recognition of neurotransmitter at its specific-binding sites, which then triggers the opening of an ion channel ('g...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Kash TL,Trudell JR,Harrison NL

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracellular cross-talk or synergism between receptors coupled negatively to adenylate cyclase via PTX-sensitive Gi-protein(s) and receptors coupled to phospholipase C via PTX-insensitive G-proteins is prevalent in a variety of cell types (see above) and may represent a universal mechanism for the modulation of phosp...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Dickenson JM,Hill SJ

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The formation of the translation initiation complex represents the rate-limiting step in protein synthesis. Translation initiation in the crenarchaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus depends on several translation IFs (initiation factors), some of which have eukaryal but no bacterial counterparts. In the present paper, we rev...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： La Teana A,Benelli D,Londei P,Bläsi U

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PTM (post-translational modification) is the chemical modification of a protein after its translation. The well-studied PTM is phosphorylation, but, recently, PTMs have been re-focused by extensive studies on histone modifications and the discovery of the ubiquitin system. Histone acetylation is the well-established e...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Ito K

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The discovery of the zDHHC family of S-acyltransferase enzymes has been one of the major breakthroughs in the S-acylation field. Now, more than a decade since their discovery, major questions centre on profiling the substrates of individual zDHHC enzymes (there are 24 ZDHHC genes and several hundred S-acylated protein...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Lemonidis K,Werno MW,Greaves J,Diez-Ardanuy C,Sanchez-Perez MC,Salaun C,Thomson DM,Chamberlain LH

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammation and dyslipidaemia both play important roles in the development of glomerular atherosclerosis in renal diseases. We have demonstrated that inflammatory mediators induced Scr (scavenger receptor) expression and the formation of foam cells, and that AP-1 (activator protein 1)/ets were necessary transcription...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Ruan XZ,Moorhead JF,Fernando R,Wheeler DC,Powis SH,Varghese Z

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00