Cytotoxicity of a recombinant ricin-A-chain fusion protein containing a proteolytically-cleavable spacer sequence.

abstract：:Myosin light chain kinase (MLCK) is the key regulator of cell motility and smooth muscle contraction in higher vertebrates. We searched for the features of the high molecular weight MLCK (MLCK-210) associated with its unique N-terminal sequence not found in a more ubiquitous lower molecular weight MLCK (MLCK-108). MLC...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kudryashov DS,Chibalina MV,Birukov KG,Lukas TJ,Sellers JR,Van Eldik LJ,Watterson DM,Shirinsky VP

更新日期：1999-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Pyruvate dehydrogenase (E1p) is one of the components of the pyruvate dehydrogenase multienzyme complex (PDHC). Previously, it was shown that the N-terminal domain of E1p is involved in its binding to the core component (E2p) of PDHC. We constructed point mutations in this domain (D17Q, D17R, E20Q, E20R, D24Q and D24R...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Hengeveld AF,de Kok A

更新日期：2002-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The bcl-2 gene is an important antagonist of apoptosis, the programmed cell death. Bcl-2 is highly expressed in a variety of lymphomas. Lymphocytes of patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) express high amounts of bcl-2 even in the absence of the t(14;18) translocation, resulting in a strong resistance towar...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Körner I,Weber-Nordt R,Pfaff P,Finke J

更新日期：1997-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel antimicrobial peptide, named misgurin, was isolated and characterized from the loach (mudfish), Misgurnus anguillicaudatus. The 21-amino-acid peptide with a molecular mass of 2502 Da was purified to homogeneity using a heparin-affinity column and C18 reverse-phase and gel-permeation high-performance liquid chr...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Park CB,Lee JH,Park IY,Kim MS,Kim SC

更新日期：1997-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Rho proteins are down-regulated in vivo by specific GTPase activating proteins (RhoGAP). We have functionally studied three Saccharomyces cerevisiae putative RhoGAP. By first identifying Rho partners with a systematic two-hybrid approach and then using an in vitro assay, we have demonstrated that the Bag7 protein stim...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Roumanie O,Weinachter C,Larrieu I,Crouzet M,Doignon F

更新日期：2001-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The induction of adipose conversion in 3T3-L1 cells by bezafibrate has been shown to be enhanced by dibutyryl-cAMP. We here report that the induction of adipose conversion in 3T3-L1 cells, by either bezafibrate and dibutyryl cAMP, or isobutylmethyxanthine alone, is associated with a very early phosphorylation of a 60-...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Brandes R,Arad R,Bar-Tana J

更新日期：1991-07-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The chromatin structure in one-cell-stage mouse embryos is extremely loose and becomes tighter at the two-cell stage. As linker histones are involved in higher-order chromatin structure, we examined the involvement of the linker histone variant H1foo in the change of chromatin looseness between the one- and two-cell s...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Funaya S,Ooga M,Suzuki MG,Aoki F

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuritic plaques are the key pathological feature of Alzheimer's disease, and amyloid beta (Abeta) peptides are major component of these plaques. In this study, we demonstrated the influence of aluminum (Al) on the Abeta peptide degradation by cathepsin D. Al did not directly affect the cathepsin D activity using smal...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Sakamoto T,Saito H,Ishii K,Takahashi H,Tanabe S,Ogasawara Y

更新日期：2006-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure of a human lung epithelial cancer cell-line to hypo-osmotic media led to a marked increase in the rate of efflux from the cells of taurine, a non-essential sulfonic amino acid. The osmotically-activated taurine efflux was inhibited by a range of known Cl- channel blockers, the most potent of which were NPPB a...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kirk K,Kirk J

更新日期：1993-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Ribosome display is a powerful tool for selecting and evolving protein functions through ligand-binding. Here, this in vitro system was used to perform selection based on the folding properties of proteins, independent of specific ligand-binding. The selection is based on two properties of misfolded proteins: (1) incr...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Matsuura T,Plückthun A

更新日期：2003-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the involvement of protein phosphatases (PP) in differentiation of human myelogenous leukemia HL-60 cells, we made use of potent inhibitors of PP1 and PP2A, calyculin-A (CAL-A) and okadaic acid (OKA). CAL-A and OKA could augment all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA)-induced granulocytic differentiation, whereas t...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Morita K,Nishikawa M,Kobayashi K,Deguchi K,Ito M,Nakano T,Shima H,Nagao M,Kuno T,Tanaka C

更新日期：1992-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:De novo synthesis of total and ribosomal ribonucleic acids has been studied during the early stages of Artemia sp. development. By in vivo incorporation studies of [14C]HCO3- an increase has been found in both total and ribosomal RNA synthesis post hatching, with a similar distribution of radioactivity and base compos...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Liras A,Hernández Cruz MC,Rotllán P,Argomaniz L,Llorente P

更新日期：1989-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The sequences of rat testis carbonyl reductase (rCR1) and rat ovary carbonyl reductase (rCR2) are 98% identical, differing only at amino acids 140, 141, 143, 235 and 238. Despite such strong sequence identity, we find that rCR1 and rCR2 have different catalytic constants for metabolism of menadione and 4-benzoyl-pyrid...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Sciotti MA,Tam S,Wermuth B,Baker ME

更新日期：2006-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The DNA mismatch repair endonuclease MutL consists of N-terminal ATPase and C-terminal endonuclease domains. The endonuclease domain binds zinc ion, although the ion seems not to function as a catalytic metal ion. Here, we solved the crystal structures of the Aquifex aeolicus MutL (aqMutL) endonuclease domain complexe...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Fukui K,Baba S,Kumasaka T,Yano T

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two different clones of Swiss 3T3 cells belonging to the same original cell line have been obtained, one of which was unresponsive to mitogenic stimulation (e.g. insulin-like growth factor-I, bombesin, insulin-like growth factor-I + bombesin), while the other clone showed a very high rate of DNA synthesis under identi...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Martelli AM,Gilmour RS,Neri LM,Manzoli L,Corps AN,Cocco L

更新日期：1991-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Synaptotagmin I, the calcium sensor for neurotransmission, is palmitoylated. We have identified the palmitoylation sites as five cysteine residues located between the transmembrane and cytoplasmic regions. In contrast to wild-type synaptotagmin, the non-acylated mutant is not converted to the endoglycosidase-H-resista...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Heindel U,Schmidt MF,Veit M

更新日期：2003-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Synthetic oligonucleotides have been used to isolate a 1.85 kb clone containing the full length coding sequence for the catalytic subunit of rabbit skeletal muscle phosphorylase kinase from a cDNA library constructed in lambda gt10. Sequence analysis of the clone predicted an amino acid sequence in agreement with a pu...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： da Cruz e Silva EF,Cohen PT

更新日期：1987-08-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondria consume nitric oxide (NO) mainly through reaction with superoxide anion (O(2)(-)). Here, we analyzed the O(2)(-) sources for NO degradation by isolated rat liver mitochondria. Electron leakage from complex III and reverse electron transport to complex I accounted for O(2)(-)-dependent NO degradation by mi...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Oliveira HC,Saviani EE,Salgado I

更新日期：2009-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：:tRNAs play a central role in protein translation, acting as the carrier of amino acids. By cloning microRNAs, we unexpectedly obtained some tRNA fragments generated by tRNA cleavage in the anticodon loop. These tRNA fragments are present in many cell lines and different mouse tissues. In addition, various stress condi...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Fu H,Feng J,Liu Q,Sun F,Tie Y,Zhu J,Xing R,Sun Z,Zheng X

更新日期：2009-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Casein kinase-II (CK-II) belongs to the protein kinases recognizing serine/threonine in proximity to acidic residues in protein substrates. Crystallography and mutagenesis studies on the cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA) disclosed that glutamic acid-170 (E170), is important for interaction of substrates with the enz...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Dobrowolska G,Meggio F,Marin O,Lozeman FJ,Li D,Pinna LA,Krebs EG

更新日期：1994-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Equine platelet beta tropomyosin (247 residues), like rabbit skeletal muscle alpha tropomyosin (284 residues) has a repeating pattern of amino acid residues characteristic of a coiled-coil structure. When compared with the muscle protein, it is extended by 5 residues at the NH2-terminus and possesses two 21 residue de...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Lewis WG,Cote GP,Mak AS,Smillie LB

更新日期：1983-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously isolated a Saccharomyces cerevisiae mutant (HsTnII), which displays 40% reduced chronological lifespan as compared to the wild type (WT). In this study, we found HsTnII cultures to be characterized by fragmented and dysfunctional mitochondria, and by increased initiation of apoptosis during chronological...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Aerts AM,Zabrocki P,Govaert G,Mathys J,Carmona-Gutierrez D,Madeo F,Winderickx J,Cammue BP,Thevissen K

更新日期：2009-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Macrophages contain arginase and an inducible NO synthase, demonstrated by using L-arginine, the common substrate, for production of both nitric oxide and urea. Arginase was inhibited by nitrite, the stable end product of NO. This inhibition was non-competitive, and could not be explained by the reaction of nitrite wi...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Hrabák A,Bajor T,Temesi A,Mészáros G

更新日期：1996-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：:U46619 is a potent platelet agonist, its binding to the thromboxane A2 receptor resulting in Gq-binding protein-mediated responses; nevertheless, it is unable to cause platelet aggregation, unless released ADP is present. In this study we demonstrate that Gi activation is the step U46619 lacks to cause platelet aggreg...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Pulcinelli FM,Pesciotti M,Pignatelli P,Riondino S,Gazzaniga PP

更新日期：1998-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Interaction of the widely expressed Fas with its membrane-bound ligand (FasL) leads to rapid cell death via apoptosis. To avoid pathological tissue damage, the activity of FasL requires tight regulation. Here, we report that the Src homology 3 (SH3) domain of Fyn binds to the proline-rich cytoplasmic region of FasL. B...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Hane M,Lowin B,Peitsch M,Becker K,Tschopp J

更新日期：1995-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:In presynaptic nerve terminals, synaptic vesicles are recycled locally via an evolutionarily conserved process that ensures maintenance of neurotransmission as well as structural integrity of synapses. Temperature is a key environmental factor that impacts critical steps involved in fusion, endocytosis and transport i...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Chanaday NL,Kavalali ET

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment of U937 cells with dolichyl phosphate led to an increase in the activity of the ICE family protease CPP32, accompanied with cleavage of pre-CPP32 to generate p17. Peptide inhibitors YVAD-cmk and Z-Asp-CH2-DCB (specific to ICE) and DEVD-CHO (specific to CPP32) blocked the dolichyl phosphate-induced apoptosis....

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Yokoyama Y,Okubo T,Ozawa S,Nagai F,Ushiyama K,Kano I,Shioda M,Kubo H,Takemura M,Namiki H,Yasugi E,Oshima M,Seyama Y,Kano K

更新日期：1997-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Desmoplastic small round cell tumor (DSRCT) is a malignant human cancer that is associated with a specific t(11;22) chromosome translocation, where 265 amino acids from the EWS amino-terminus are fused to the DNA binding domain of the WT1 tumor suppressor gene. We have noticed the presence of several SH3 interacting d...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kim J,Lee JM,Branton PE,Pelletier J

更新日期：2000-06-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin-9 (IL-9) stimulation results in JAK, STAT and IRS1/2 phosphorylation. The role of IRS adaptor proteins in IL-9 signaling is not clear. We show that IL-9 induces IRS2 phosphorylation and association with phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase (PI 3-K) p85 subunit in TS1 cells and BaF/9R cells, which proliferate upon...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Demoulin JB,Grasso L,Atkins JM,Stevens M,Louahed J,Levitt RC,Nicolaides NC,Renauld JC

更新日期：2000-10-06 00:00:00

abstract：:We prepared an alpha-bungarotoxin-specific monoclonal antibody that neutralizes the biological activity of the toxin in vivo. The antigenic determinant combining specifically with this antibody was determined on the basis of cross-reaction experiments using three other long neurotoxins and peptide fragments of alpha-b...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kase R,Kitagawa H,Hayashi K,Tanoue K,Inagaki F

更新日期：1989-08-28 00:00:00