Getting through anaphase: splitting the sisters and beyond.

abstract：:In nearly all somatic cells, the ribosome biosynthesis is a key activity. The same is true also for mammalian oocytes and early embryos. This activity is intimately linked to the most prominent nuclear organelles - the nucleoli. Interestingly, during a short period around fertilization, the nucleoli in oocytes and emb...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Fulka H,Rychtarova J,Loi P

更新日期：2020-04-29 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：:In vascular endothelium, adherens junctions between endothelial cells are composed of VE-cadherin (vascular endothelial cadherin), an adhesive receptor that is crucial for the proper assembly of vascular structures and the maintenance of vascular integrity. As a classical cadherin, VE-cadherin links endothelial cells ...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Taveau JC,Dubois M,Le Bihan O,Trépout S,Almagro S,Hewat E,Durmort C,Heyraud S,Gulino-Debrac D,Lambert O

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters play crucial roles in cellular processes, such as nutrient uptake, drug resistance, cell-volume regulation and others. Despite their importance, all proposed molecular models for transport are based on indirect evidence, i.e. functional interpretation of static crystal structure...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Husada F,Gouridis G,Vietrov R,Schuurman-Wolters GK,Ploetz E,de Boer M,Poolman B,Cordes T

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mTOR (mammalian target of rapamycin) signalling pathway functions as a nutrient sensor, both in individual cells and, more globally, in organs such as the fat body in Drosophila and the hypothalamus in the rat. The activity of placental amino acid transporters is decreased in IUGR (intrauterine growth restriction)...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Roos S,Powell TL,Jansson T

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac excitation-contraction coupling is initiated with the influx of Ca2+ ions across the plasma membrane through voltage-gated L-type calcium channels. This process is tightly regulated by modulation of the channel open probability and channel localization. Protein kinase A (PKA) is found in close association with...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Pallien T,Klussmann E

更新日期：2020-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Along with the development of several large-scale methods such as mass spectrometry or micro arrays, genome wide models became not only a possibility but an obvious tool for theoretical biologists to integrate and analyse complex biological data. Nevertheless, incorporating the dynamics of photosynthesis remains one o...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Matuszyńska A,Ebenhöh O

更新日期：2015-12-01 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：:miRNAs (microRNAs) are short non-coding RNAs that regulate gene expression post-transcriptionally. They generally bind to the 3'-UTR (untranslated region) of their target mRNAs and repress protein production by destabilizing the mRNA and translational silencing. The exact mechanism of miRNA-mediated translational repr...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Cannell IG,Kong YW,Bushell M

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intellectual disability (ID) affects at least 1% of the population, and typically presents in the first few years of life. ID is characterized by impairments in cognition and adaptive behavior and is often accompanied by further delays in language and motor skills, as seen in many neurodevelopmental disorders (NDD). R...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Weil D,Piton A,Lessel D,Standart N

更新日期：2020-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:CYP74C3 (cytochrome P450 subfamily 74C3), an HPL (hydroperoxide lyase) from Medicago truncatula (barrel medic), and CYP74A1, an AOS (allene oxide synthase) from Arabidopsis thaliana, are key membrane-associated P450 enzymes in plant oxylipin metabolism. Both recombinant detergent-free enzymes are monomeric proteins wi...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Hughes RK,Belfield EJ,Casey R

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many quinone-reactive enzyme complexes that are part of membrane-integral eukaryotic or prokaryotic respiratory electron transport chains contain one or more haem b molecules embedded in the membrane. In recent years, various novel proteins have emerged that are devoid of haem b but are thought to fulfil a similar fun...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Simon J,Kern M

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mucus plays a vital role in protecting the lungs from environmental factors, but conversely, in muco-obstructive airway disease, mucus becomes pathologic. In its protective role, mucus entraps microbes and particles removing them from the lungs via the co-ordinated beating of motile cilia. This mechanism of lung defen...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Ridley C,Thornton DJ

更新日期：2018-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The respiratory complex I (electrogenic NADH:quinone oxidoreductase) has been considered to act exclusively as a H+ pump. This was questioned when the search for the NADH-driven respiratory Na+ pump in Klebsiella pneumoniae initiated by Peter Dimroth led to the discovery of a Na+-translocating complex in this enteroba...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Steffen W,Steuber J

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biochemical features of renin have been studied. Determination of the amino acid sequence and catalytically essential groups in the active sites of mouse submandibular gland revealed the similarity of renin with acid proteases. Yet stringent substrate specificity, neutral pH optimum of its enzyme activity and the uniq...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Inagami T,Misono KS,Chang JJ,Takii Y

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:mRNA instability is an intrinsic property that permits timely changes in gene expression by limiting the lifetime of a transcript. The RNase e of Escherichia coli is a single-strand-specific endo-nuclease involved in the processing of rRNA and the degradation of mRNA. A nucleolytic multi-enzyme complex now known as th...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Carpousis AJ

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PTB (polypyrimidine tract-binding protein) is an abundant and widely expressed RNA-binding protein with four RRM (RNA recognition motif) domains. PTB is involved in numerous post-transcriptional steps in gene expression in both the nucleus and cytoplasm, but has been best characterized as a regulatory repressor of som...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Kafasla P,Mickleburgh I,Llorian M,Coelho M,Gooding C,Cherny D,Joshi A,Kotik-Kogan O,Curry S,Eperon IC,Jackson RJ,Smith CW

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although it is now well established that PI3K (phosphoinositide 3-kinase) is a key enzyme in several intracellular processes, there are still relatively few reports that precisely identify the specific isoforms of PI3K actually involved in such events. The lack of specific inhibitors has made it particularly difficult...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Falasca M,Maffucci T

更新日期：2007-04-01 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：: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：:Colicins are protein antibiotics produced by Escherichia coli to kill closely related non-identical competing species. They have taken advantage of the promiscuity of several proteins in the cell envelope for entry into the bacterial cell. The Tol-Pal system comprises one such ensemble of periplasmic and membrane-asso...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Penfold CN,Li C,Zhang Y,Vankemmelbeke M,James R

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is increasing appreciation among researchers and clinicians of the value of investigating biology and pathobiology at the level of cellular kinase (kinome) activity. Kinome analysis provides valuable opportunity to gain insights into complex biology (including disease pathology), identify biomarkers of critical ...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Baharani A,Trost B,Kusalik A,Napper S

更新日期：2017-02-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Nucleosomes are actively positioned along DNA by ATP-dependent, chromatin remodelling factors. A structural model for the ISW1a chromatin remodelling factor from Saccharomyces cerevisiae in complex with a dinucleosome substrate was constructed from the X-ray structures of ISW1a (ΔATPase) with and without DNA bound, tw...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Richmond TJ

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isolation and purification of the [NiFe] hydrogenase of Desulfovibrio vulgaris Miyazaki F under aerobic conditions leads to a mixture of two states, Ni-A (unready) and Ni-B (ready). The two states are distinguished by different activation times and different EPR spectra. HYSCORE and ENDOR data and DFT calculations sho...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： van Gastel M,Fichtner C,Neese F,Lubitz W

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Post-transcriptional gene silencing (PTGS) has been successfully used to modify seed lipids in oilseed crops like soybean, canola and sunflower. Conventionally, PTGS has been induced by transforming the plants with either antisense or co-suppression constructs targeted against key seed lipid biosynthesis genes. A majo...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Singh S,Green A,Stoutjesdijk P,Liu Q

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Various investigators have identified the major domain organization of LRRK2 (leucine-rich repeat kinase 2), which includes a GTPase ROC (Ras of complex proteins) domain followed by a COR (C-terminal of ROC) domain and a protein kinase domain. In addition, there are four domains composed of structural repeat motifs li...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Mills RD,Mulhern TD,Cheng HC,Culvenor JG

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Co-ordinated myocyte handling of calcium is essential for efficient excitation-contraction coupling in the heart. The calcium cycling activity can be modulated by adrenergic stimulation and subsequent phosphorylation. Important functional consequences of phosphorylation include a greater influx of calcium through the ...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Lygren B,Taskén K

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two decades ago, patients lacking circulating serum ceruloplasmin (Cp) presented with neurodegeneration associated with brain iron accumulation. These patients, with mutations in the MCO (multi-copper oxidase), Cp, revealed an essential role for Cp in iron homoeostasis. The patients were diagnosed in adulthood with CN...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Texel SJ,Xu X,Harris ZL

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accumulating evidence indicates that beta-cells die by apoptosis in T1DM (Type 1 diabetes mellitus). Apoptosis is an active gene-directed process, and recent observations suggest that beta-cell apoptosis depends on the parallel and/or sequential up- and down-regulation of hundreds of genes controlled by key transcript...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Eizirik DL,Moore F,Flamez D,Ortis F

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the cellular distribution of p122RhoGAP, a GTPase-activating protein of Rho small GTPase and an activator of phospholipase C-delta(1). Immunofluorescence studies demonstrated that endogenous p122 is localized at the tips of actin stress fibres and co-localizes with vinculin in normal rat kidney ce...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Kawai K,Yamaga M,Iwamae Y,Kiyota M,Kamata H,Hirata H,Homma Y,Yagisawa H

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00