Fluorescence properties of the Ca2+,Mg2(+)-ATPase protein of sarcoplasmic reticulum labeled with 7-chloro-4-nitrobenzo-2-oxa-1,3-diazole.

abstract：:Mammalian culture cells have the potential for periodicity, since high concentrations of serum can elicit the circadian expression of clock genes in rat-1 fibroblasts. However, the mechanism by which serum affects circadian gene expression remains unclear. In the present study, we incubated rat-1 cells with forskolin ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Yagita K,Okamura H

更新日期：2000-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Macrolides are a group of antibiotics structurally characterized by a macrocyclic lactone to which one or several deoxy-sugar moieties are attached. The sugar moieties are transferred to the different aglycones by glycosyltransferases (GTF). The OleI GTF of an oleandomycin producer, Streptomyces antibioticus, catalyze...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Quirós LM,Carbajo RJ,Salas JA

更新日期：2000-07-07 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：:Interleukin-4 (IL-4) is a pleiotropic cytokine, which acts on both hematopoietic and non-hematopoietic cells, through different types of receptor complexes. In this study, we report that in human B cells, IL-4 caused rapid phosphorylation of Janus kinase (JAK) 1 and JAK3 tyrosine kinases. In keratinocytes, the hematop...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Wery-Zennaro S,Letourneur M,David M,Bertoglio J,Pierre J

更新日期：1999-12-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Human natural killer (NK) cells possess an arsenal of receptors programmed to regulate the NK cell functions, once encountering a target cell. In general, the activating receptors mediate cytotoxicity when engaged by their tumor specific, stress induced, virally encoded, or rarely, self ligands. Whereas, the inhibitor...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Stanietsky N,Mandelboim O

更新日期：2010-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We report isolation of a murine gene, NPYR-D, which predicts an intronless novel G protein-coupled receptor of 375 amino acids. Percent identities of NPYR-D to the clone Y1, Y2, rat Y4/PP1 and human Y4/PP1 receptors are 45, 32, 92 and 76, respectively. Southern blots indicate that NPYR-D and human Y4/PP1 receptor gene...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Gregor P,Millham ML,Feng Y,DeCarr LB,McCaleb ML,Cornfield LJ

更新日期：1996-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Two human mammary carcinoma cell variants, MCF-7/AZ and MCF-7/6, show the same composition in their glycosphingolipid-enriched microdomain (GEM) with regard to globo-series structures Gb3, Gb4, Gb5, monosialyl-Gb5, GM2, and cSrc and FAK. Both variants are non-invasive into collagen gel layer, and showed similar motili...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Steelant WF,Kawakami Y,Ito A,Handa K,Bruyneel EA,Mareel M,Hakomori S

更新日期：2002-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The rate of mitochondrial ATPase inactivation by the naturally occurring inhibitor protein in the presence of saturating ATP and Mg2+ at pH 8.0 depends hyperbolically on the amount of inhibitor added; the upper limit of an apparent first-order constant for the inactivation process is 1.0(-1) at 25 degrees C. A dramati...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Panchenko MV,Vinogradov AD

更新日期：1985-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Adenosine and ATP modulate cellular and tissue functions via specific P1 and P2 receptors, respectively. Although, in general, adenosine inhibits excitability and ATP functions as an excitatory transmitter in the central nervous system, little is known about the direct interaction between P1 and P2 receptors. We recen...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Yoshioka K,Hosoda R,Kuroda Y,Nakata H

更新日期：2002-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The interactions between the polyanionic ligands phosphate and sulphate and the type II dehydroquinases from Streptomyces coelicolor and Mycobacterium tuberculosis have been characterised using a combination of structural and kinetic methods. From both approaches, it is clear that interactions are more complex in the ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Evans LD,Roszak AW,Noble LJ,Robinson DA,Chalk PA,Matthews JL,Coggins JR,Price NC,Lapthorn AJ

更新日期：2002-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The adiponectin paralog CORS-26 (collagenous repeat-containing sequence of 26kDa protein) is a member of the C1q/TNF-alpha molecular superfamily. CORS-26 is a secreted protein and baculovirus-produced CORS-26 released in the supernatant of insect cells forms stable trimers. Adiponectin exerts anti-inflammatory effects...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Weigert J,Neumeier M,Schäffler A,Fleck M,Schölmerich J,Schütz C,Buechler C

更新日期：2005-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein C (PC) is a vitamin K-dependent zymogen that inactivates factors Va and VIIIa after its activation by thrombin complexed to thrombomodulin. We characterized a monoclonal antibody (mAb) against PC, whose only influence on PC functions was to inhibit PC activation by the thrombin-thrombomodulin complex. It recog...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Vincenot A,Gaussem P,Pittet JL,Debost S,Aiach M

更新日期：1995-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Iron-sulfur cluster biosynthesis depends on protein machineries, such as the ISC and SUF systems. The reaction is proposed to imply binding of sulfur and iron atoms and assembly of the cluster within a scaffold protein followed by transfer of the cluster to recipient apoproteins. The SufA protein from Escherichia coli...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Sendra M,Ollagnier de Choudens S,Lascoux D,Sanakis Y,Fontecave M

更新日期：2007-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Prostaglandin F2alpha, platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) and calcium ionophore A23187 stimulated the rapid (within 25 s) generation of polyunsaturated 1,2-diacylglycerol (DAG) species, in particular 18:0/20:3n-9, 18:0/20:4n-6 and 18:0/20:5n-3, in Swiss 3T3 fibroblasts. This was followed by a second sustained phase...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Pettitt TR,Wakelam MJ

更新日期：1998-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Part of the cytoplasmic domain of a human desmoglein, Dsg1, a cadherin-like protein found in desmosomes of epithelial cells, has been visualised by electron microscopy. The cloned fragment contains five repeats of a 29 +/- 4 residue sequence unique to desmogleins, followed by a glycine-rich region. In rotary shadowed ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Rutman AJ,Buxton RS,Burdett ID

更新日期：1994-10-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently mutations in the LGI1 (leucine-rich, glioma-inactivated 1) gene have been found in human temporal lobe epilepsy. We have now identified three formerly unknown LGI-like genes. Hydropathy plots and pattern analysis showed that LGI genes encode proteins with large extra- and intracellular domains connected by a ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Gu W,Wevers A,Schröder H,Grzeschik KH,Derst C,Brodtkorb E,de Vos R,Steinlein OK

更新日期：2002-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Fatty acid synthase (Fasn) is a key component of energy metabolism that is dynamically induced by food intake. Although extensive studies have revealed a number of transcription factors involved in the fasting/refeeding transition of Fasn expression in hepatocytes, much less evidence is available for adipocytes. Using...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Nishi-Tatsumi M,Yahagi N,Takeuchi Y,Toya N,Takarada A,Murayama Y,Aita Y,Sawada Y,Piao X,Oya Y,Shikama A,Masuda Y,Kubota M,Izumida Y,Matsuzaka T,Nakagawa Y,Sekiya M,Iizuka Y,Kawakami Y,Kadowaki T,Yamada N,Shimano

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The accumulation of amyloid-beta (Aβ) and tau aggregates is a pathological hallmark of Alzheimer's disease. Both polypeptides form fibrillar deposits, but several lines of evidence indicate that Aβ and tau form toxic oligomeric aggregation intermediates. Depleting such structures could thus be a powerful therapeutic s...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Wobst HJ,Sharma A,Diamond MI,Wanker EE,Bieschke J

更新日期：2015-01-02 00:00:00

abstract：:We report phosphorylated and ubiquitinated aggregates of TAR DNA binding protein of 43 kDa (TDP-43) in SH-SY5Y cells similar to those in brains of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal lobar degeneration with ubiquitinated inclusions (FTLD-U). Two candidate sequences for the nuclear localization signa...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Nonaka T,Arai T,Buratti E,Baralle FE,Akiyama H,Hasegawa M

更新日期：2009-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Six chimeras of the skeletal muscle (RyR1) and cardiac muscle (RyR2) Ca(2+) release channels (ryanodine receptors) previously used to identify RyR1 dihydropyridine receptor interactions [Nakai et al. (1998) J. Biol. Chem. 273, 13403] were expressed in HEK293 cells to assess their Ca(2+) dependence in [(3)H]ryanodine b...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Nakai J,Gao L,Xu L,Xin C,Pasek DA,Meissner G

更新日期：1999-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate ozone damage to hairless mouse skin, two parameters of oxidative damage, vitamin E depletion and malondialdehyde (MDA) production, were measured in vitamin E-enriched and in control skin from mice exposed to ozone (10 ppm). A 5% vitamin E solution (tocotrienol-rich fraction, TRF) in polyethylene glycol (PE...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Thiele JJ,Traber MG,Podda M,Tsang K,Cross CE,Packer L

更新日期：1997-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The 5 alpha-reductase activities in human prostatic nuclei and microsomes were compared. The activities in both subcellular fractions were identical with respect to pH dependence, heat inactivation and Michaelis constants for NADPH and testosterone. Subcellular distribution studies using DNA and nicotinamide mononucle...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Houston B,Chisholm GD,Habib FK

更新日期：1985-06-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the involvement of oxidative stress in glutamate-evoked transglutaminase (TGase) upregulation in astrocyte cultures (14 DIV). A 24 h exposure to glutamate caused a dose-dependent depletion of glutathione intracellular content and increased the ROS production in cell cultures. Thes...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Campisi A,Caccamo D,Li Volti G,Currò M,Parisi G,Avola R,Vanella A,Ientile R

更新日期：2004-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Early B-cell factor 1 (Ebf1) is a transcription factor whose inactivation in all cells results in high bone mass because of an increase in bone formation. This observation suggests Ebf1 may be an inhibitor of osteoblast differentiation. To test this contention, we analyzed Ebf1 pattern of expression and function in os...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Zee T,Boller S,Györy I,Makinistoglu MP,Tuckermann JP,Grosschedl R,Karsenty G

更新日期：2013-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Classically, alpha-1,4-glucan synthases have been divided into two families, animal/fungal glycogen synthases (GS) and bacterial/plant starch synthases (G(S)S), according to differences in sequence, sugar donor specificity and regulatory mechanisms. Detailed sequence analysis, predicted secondary structure comparison ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Cid E,Geremia RA,Guinovart JJ,Ferrer JC

更新日期：2002-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) often establishes a persistent infection that leads to chronic liver diseases. The viral core protein modulates various cellular activities involved in this process. We found two mutations, K23E and V31A, in the core gene of the transfected HCV JFH-1 genome, which had been replicated for a prol...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kang JI,Kwon YC,Ahn BY

更新日期：2012-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Clusters of codons pairing to low-abundance tRNAs synchronize the translation with co-translational folding of single domains in multidomain proteins. Although proven with some examples, the impact of the ribosomal speed on the folding and solubility on a global, cell-wide level remains elusive. Here we show that upre...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Fedyunin I,Lehnhardt L,Böhmer N,Kaufmann P,Zhang G,Ignatova Z

更新日期：2012-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：:New polypeptide components have been isolated from Dendroaspis angusticeps venom using chromatography. Two polypeptides containing 59 and 57 amino acids, called 'DaE1' and 'DaE2' respectively, have been purified to homogeneity and fully sequenced. Spectrometric analysis yielded masses of 6631.5 and 6389.0 Da, respecti...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Tytgat J,Vandenberghe I,Ulens C,Van Beeumen J

更新日期：2001-03-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymphotoxin-beta receptor (LTbetaR) is a member of the tumor necrosis factor receptor (TNFR) superfamily that activates nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) through the IkappaB kinase (IKK) complex, the core of which is comprised of IKK1, IKK2 and NF-kappaB essential modulator (NEMO). We demonstrate here that the LTbetaR...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Saitoh T,Nakano H,Yamamoto N,Yamaoka S

更新日期：2002-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The requirement of divalent cations for binding of the 46 kDa mannose 6-phosphate receptors to phosphomannan and pentamannose 6-phosphate-substituted bovine serum albumin was examined. Receptors from human liver and human brain bound to both affinity ligands in the absence or presence of divalent cations with similar ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Junghans U,Waheed A,von Figura K

更新日期：1988-09-12 00:00:00