The yeast metacaspase is implicated in oxidative stress response in frataxin-deficient cells.

abstract：:Stimulation of mas-oncogene transfected 401L-C3 cells by angiotensins leads to the production of inositol phosphates. This response shows dose dependence, and has an apparent rank order of potency angiotensin III greater than or equal to angiotensin II much greater than angiotensin I. Preincubation with 12-O-tetradeca...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Jackson TR,Hanley MR

更新日期：1989-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The release of a GPI-linked oncofetal protein (PLAP) from HEp-2 cells has been studied as an indicator of endogenous PI-specific PLC activation. A non-hydrolysable GTP analogue, EGF and insulin all produced a dose-dependent release of PLAP from these cells. This indicates that an increase in PLC activity following eit...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Roberts JM,Kenton P,Johnson PM

更新日期：1990-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelial cells play a pivotal role in the development of atherosclerosis. An 'activated' phenotype of these cells is manifested by signal transduction-dependent expression of genes encoding cytokines, pro- and anticoagulant factors, and cell adhesion molecules. In the current study we examined the effect of ouabain...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Bereta J,Cohen MC,Bereta M

更新日期：1995-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Rhodamine 6G (3 microM) effectively inhibited delta pH-driven ATP synthesis in Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum while delta pNa-driven ATP synthesis was not affected by it. Rhodamine 6G inhibited Mg(2+)-stimulated ATPase activity of membrane vesicles prepared from these cells but the ATPase catalytic sector detach...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Smigán P,Majerník A,Greksák M

更新日期：1994-06-27 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：:We report the effects of anticancer drugs, inhibitors of microtubule organisation, on the mitochondrial permeability transition pore (PTP) in Ehrlich ascites tumour cells. Taxol (5-20 microM) and colchicine (100-500 microM) prevented closing of the cyclosporin A-sensitive PTP. No taxol or colchicine effects on oxidati...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Evtodienko YV,Teplova VV,Sidash SS,Ichas F,Mazat JP

更新日期：1996-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The WRN protein is mutated in the chromosomally unstable Werner syndrome (WS) and the Nbs1 protein is mutated in Nijmegen breakage syndrome (NBS). The Nbs1 protein is an integral component of the M/R/N complex. Although WRN is known to interact with this complex in response to gamma-irradiation, the mechanism of actio...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Cheng WH,Sakamoto S,Fox JT,Komatsu K,Carney J,Bohr VA

更新日期：2005-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:A new mutant alpha-1-antichymotrypsin (variant ACT) was found by direct sequencing and PCR-single strand conformation polymorphism (PCR-SSCP). This variant ACT was a point mutation of exon V of ACT, with the substitution of Met by Val. Four out of six individuals with this variant ACT had occlusive-cerebrovascular dis...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Tsuda M,Sei Y,Yamamura M,Yamamoto M,Shinohara Y

更新日期：1992-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Gp130 is the common signal transducing receptor subunit of interleukin (IL)-6, IL-11, leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF), oncostatin M (OSM), ciliary neurotrophic factor and cardiotrophin-1. IL-6 and IL-11 induce gp130 homodimerization whereas the others lead to the formation of heterodimers with LIFR or OSMR. Binding e...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Timmermann A,Pflanz S,Grötzinger J,Küster A,Kurth I,Pitard V,Heinrich PC,Müller-Newen G

更新日期：2000-02-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Formylmethanofuran dehydrogenase, a key enzyme of methanogenesis, was purified 100-fold from methanol grown Methanosarcina barkeri to apparent homogeneity and a specific activity of 34 mumol.min-1.mg protein-1. Molybdenum was found to co-migrate with the enzyme activity. The molybdenum content of purified preparations...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Karrasch M,Börner G,Enssle M,Thauer RK

更新日期：1989-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The primary structure of opsin of the crayfish Procambarus clarkii has been deduced from the cDNA sequence. The opsin is composed of 376 amino acid residues including all the conservative residues characteristic of other members of the rhodopsin family. Comparison of sequences of all known opsins reveals that the majo...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Hariyama T,Ozaki K,Tokunaga F,Tsukahara Y

更新日期：1993-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：:A human placenta cDNA expression library was screened for genes inducing flat reversion when transfected into a v-K-ras-transformed NIH3T3 cell line, DT. One such gene was found to encode a Kunitz-type serine protease inhibitor, tissue factor pathway inhibitor-2 (TFPI-2). While the TFPI-2 mRNA can be detected in norma...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Izumi H,Takahashi C,Oh J,Noda M

更新日期：2000-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Chimeric antibodies composed of mouse-derived variable regions and human-derived constant regions have been developed for clinical use. However, construction of chimeric mouse/human genes in expression vectors is time-consuming work. In this study, we developed convenient vectors for construction of chimeric mouse/hum...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kameyama K,Imai K,Itoh T,Taniguchi M,Miura K,Kurosawa Y

更新日期：1989-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:NG-Methyl-L-arginine (L-NMA) and NG-nitro-L-arginine (L-NNA) inhibited NO-induced cGMP accumulation in porcine aortic endothelial cells with half-maximally effective concentrations of 15 and 3.4 microM, respectively. The effects of both compounds were reversible, but the L-NNA-induced inhibition was only reversed by w...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Mayer B,Schmid M,Klatt P,Schmidt K

更新日期：1993-10-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Tau proteins aggregate into different neuronal inclusions in several neurodegenerative disorders. In Alzheimer's disease (AD), hyperphosphorylated Tau from paired helical filaments (PHF) of neurofibrillary tangles, named PHF-Tau, have an electrophoretic profile with four main bands (Tau 55, 64, 69, 74 kDa). In Pick's ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Sergeant N,David JP,Lefranc D,Vermersch P,Wattez A,Delacourte A

更新日期：1997-08-04 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：:Functional analysis of heterologously expressed TaTIP2;2 by means of stopped-flow spectrometric studies provide evidence for water and ammonia conductivity. A series of experiments under increasing pH indicate that the gaseous NH(3), rather than the ammonium ion NH(4)(+) was transported. Results from inhibitor studies...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Bertl A,Kaldenhoff R

更新日期：2007-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the possible role of selected negatively-charged amino acids of the sodium and chloride-coupled GABA transporter GAT-1 on sodium binding. These residues located adjacent to putative transmembrane domains and which are conserved throughout the large superfamily of neurotransmitter transporters were...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Keshet GI,Bendahan A,Su H,Mager S,Lester HA,Kanner BI

更新日期：1995-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：:We found that miR-96 is overexpressed in glioma, and its level inversely correlates with the survival of patients. The reduction in miR-96 abundance suppresses the proliferation and colony formation of glioma cells. The tumorigenicity of U-87 MG cells is reduced by miR-96 silencing. miR-96 contributes to the activatio...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Yan Z,Wang J,Wang C,Jiao Y,Qi W,Che S

更新日期：2014-08-25 00:00:00

abstract：:We show that some arbitrarily chosen DNA sequences have the ability to influence the positioning of RecA monomers in RecA-DNA complexes. The preferential phase of binding of RecA monomers is shown to depend on the DNA sequence and its nucleotide composition. A simple rearrangement of bases in a limited DNA stretch inf...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Volodin AA,Smirnova EA,Bocharova TN,Camerini-Otero RD

更新日期：2003-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:According to the leading theory, the agent responsible for prion diseases would be the conformational isomer PrP(Sc) of a cellular protein PrP(C), the pathogenic form PrP(Sc) multiplying by converting the normal protein into a likeness of itself. The pathogenic isoform could catalyze the conformational transition so t...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Laurent M

更新日期：1997-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The tissue inhibitors of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), TIMP-1 and TIMP-2, are also angiogenesis inhibitors. Cathepsin B and MMPs are found at sites of neovascularization in pathologies such as cancer and osteoarthritis. Treatment of TIMP-1, TIMP-2, and of a mixture of both inhibitors from human articular chondrocy...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kostoulas G,Lang A,Nagase H,Baici A

更新日期：1999-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The Na-Ca exchanger is essential for the Ca2+ homeostasis in many cell types. This transporter has been difficult to investigate because no specific inhibitor is available. We have synthesized an antisense oligodeoxynucleotide directed against the rat cardiac Na-Ca exchanger mRNA. To estimate the activity of the Na-Ca...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Lipp P,Schwaller B,Niggli E

更新日期：1995-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:gamma-Seminoprotein (gamma-Sm) is a human prostate-specific antigen and a serine protease judging from the complete amino acid sequence which shows extensive homology with the kallikrein family. The enzymatic activity of gamma-Sm was defined as a chymotrypsin-like activity using reduced and S-3-(trimethylated amino)pr...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Akiyama K,Nakamura T,Iwanaga S,Hara M

更新日期：1987-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Magainins are a family of antimicrobial peptides present in the skin extracts of Xenopus laevis. Both magainin-1 and -2 do not have any significant effect on the activity of protein kinase C (PKC). Magainin-2 was found to be readily phosphorylated by PKC to 0.5 mol 32P/mol of peptide. Neither magainin-1, which has a s...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Nakabayashi H,Brown JH,Morell JL,Chen HC,Huang KP

更新日期：1990-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：:It has recently been discovered that glutathione-dependent formaldehyde dehydrogenase (FALDH) exhibits a strong S-nitrosoglutathione reductase activity. Plants use NO and S-nitrosothiols as signaling molecules to activate defense mechanisms. Therefore, it is interesting to investigate the regulation of FALDH by mechan...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Díaz M,Achkor H,Titarenko E,Martínez MC

更新日期：2003-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Leucine-rich repeats (LRRs) are 22-28 amino acid-long sequence motifs found in a family of cytoplasmic, membrane and extracellular proteins. There is evidence that LRRs function in signal transduction, cellular adhesion and protein-protein interactions. Here we report unusual properties of a synthetic LRR peptide deri...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Gay NJ,Packman LC,Weldon MA,Barna JC

更新日期：1991-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Incubation of rat skeletal muscle mitochondria with the nitric oxide generator, S-nitrosoglutathione (GSNO) reversibly inhibited oxygen utilisation with all substrates tested. The visible absorption spectra of the inhibited mitochondria showed that cytochromes c+c1, b and a+a3 were reduced, indicating a block at the d...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Cleeter MW,Cooper JM,Darley-Usmar VM,Moncada S,Schapira AH

更新日期：1994-05-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The inhibitory effect of actin on protein phosphorylation by three distinct protein kinases (CK-II, A-kinase and MAP-kinase) was examined in vitro. It was found that: (i) actin inhibits the activities of alpha-monomeric CK-II (CK-IIalpha) as well as oligomeric CK-II (alpha2beta2) in a dose-dependent manner, but has no...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Karino A,Tanoue S,Fukuda M,Nakamura T,Ohtsuki K

更新日期：1996-12-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The four-step caffeine biosynthetic pathway includes three methylation steps that utilise S-adenosyl-L-methionine (SAM) as the methyl donor. In the process SAM is converted to S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine (SAH) which in turn is hydrolysed to L-homocysteine and adenosine. Significant amounts of radioactivity from [methyl-...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Koshiishi C,Kato A,Yama S,Crozier A,Ashihara H

更新日期：2001-06-15 00:00:00