Comparing the temperature dependence of FMN to heme electron transfer in full length and truncated inducible nitric oxide synthase proteins.

abstract：:Phospholipase A2 has been purified from the venom of Horned viper (Cerastes cerastes) by gel permeation chromatography followed by reverse-phase HPLC. The primary structure was established by sequence analysis of the intact protein and its enzymic peptides. The structure has 120 residues, properties like other group I...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Siddiqi AR,Shafqat J,Zaidi ZH,Jörnvall H

更新日期：1991-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The nuclear factor NF-IL6 had been suggested to be responsible for the IL-6-mediated induction of several acute-phase proteins. To obtain evidence for the involvement of NF-IL6 in the induction of acute-phase proteins, we introduced the NF-IL6 gene and its truncated mutant (delNFIL6) gene into a hepatoma cell line Hep...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Natsuka S,Isshiki H,Akira S,Kishimoto T

更新日期：1991-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Nuclear ionic channels (NICs) represent ubiquitous structures of living cells, although little is known about their functional properties and encoding genes. To characterize NICs, liver nuclear membrane vesicles were reconstituted into either planar lipid bilayers or proteoliposomes. Reconstitution of nuclear envelope...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Guihard G,Proteau S,Payet MD,Escande D,Rousseau E

更新日期：2000-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemokines play a key role in modulating leukocyte functions at sites of inflammation. To assess chondrocyte contribution to the chemotactic environment of inflamed joints the intracellular content of CC and CXC chemokines was investigated. IL-8, GROalpha, MCP-1, RANTES, MIP-1alpha and MIP-1beta expression was evaluat...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Borzi RM,Mazzetti I,Macor S,Silvestri T,Bassi A,Cattini L,Facchini A

更新日期：1999-07-23 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：:Megasphaera elsdenii and Clostridium MP flavodoxins have been investigated by photo-CIDNP techniques. Using time-resolved spectroscopy and external dyes carrying different charges it was possible to assign unambiguously the resonance lines in the NMR-spectra to tyrosine, tryptophan and methionine residues in the two p...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Moonen CT,Hore PJ,Müller F,Kaptein R,Mayhew SG

更新日期：1982-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a panel of monoclonal antibodies, it has previously been demonstrated that the cytosol of nucleated red cells (trout and turkey) contains a protein similar to arrestin, a soluble protein found so far only in the photosensitive cells and which, by binding to photoexcited rhodopsin, inhibits the phototransduction ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Scheuring U,Franco M,Fievet B,Guizouarn H,Mirshahi M,Faure JP,Motais R

更新日期：1990-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemical conjugation of fatty acids to antibodies generates lipid-modified molecules which have found use in the targeting of liposome-mediated drug delivery and in liposome-based immunoassays. Alternatively, bacterial expression of antibodies as single-chain FV fragments fused to lipoprotein signal peptide and N-term...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Keinänen K,Laukkanen ML

更新日期：1994-06-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The conformation in solution of the biantennary complex type oligosaccharide unit derived from human serotransferrin has been investigated using 1H-1H Nuclear Overhauser Effect (NOE) measurements at 300 MHz. From quantitation of the NOE, the alpha(1-3) antenna is shown to exist in a preferred solution conformation wit...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Homans SW,Dwek RA,Fernandes DL,Rademacher TW

更新日期：1982-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：:125I-labelled angiotensin II (A II) specifically binds to solubilized receptors extracted from rat isolated glomeruli using CHAPS (3-[3-( cholamidopropyl ) dimethylammonio ]-1-propanesulfonate). The yield of solubilization of the binding sites was 3.3%. Equilibrium was reached after 15-20 min and specific binding repr...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Chansel D,Ardaillou N,Ardaillou R

更新日期：1984-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined whether a proposed spatial proximity between Asp114(2.50) and Asn332(7.49) affected the functional properties of the mu opioid receptor. The D114(2.50)N mutant had reduced binding affinities for morphine, DAMGO and CTAP, but not for naloxone and [3H]diprenorphine; this mutation also abolished agonist-induc...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Xu W,Ozdener F,Li JG,Chen C,de Riel JK,Weinstein H,Liu-Chen LY

更新日期：1999-03-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The phytocannabinoid Delta(9)-Tetrahydrocannabinol (Delta(9)-THC), the main psychoactive cannabinoid in cannabis, activates a number of signalling cascades including p53. This study examines the role of Delta(9)-THC in regulating the p53 post-translational modifier proteins, Murine double minute (Mdm2) and Small Ubqui...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Gowran A,Murphy CE,Campbell VA

更新日期：2009-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PtdIns-P2)-regulated actin-binding protein gelsolin and most phosphoinositide-specific phospholipases C (PLCs) comprise a basic amino acid motif ((K/R)xxxKxK(K/R); x denotes any amino acid) which was previously suggested to represent a PtdInsP2-binding site commonly present i...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Simões AP,Camps M,Schnabel P,Gierschik P

更新日期：1995-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The ACTH/MSH melanocortin core peptide sequence possesses neurotrophic properties in peripheral nerve. During functional neuroanatomical recovery after damage to peripheral nerves, Schwann cells play a significant role in facilitating regeneration. Here we employ a modified super-potent alpha-MSH analogue to solubilis...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Dyer JK,Ahmed AR,Oliver GW,Poulton CW,Haynes LW

更新日期：1993-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:FITC-labeled LPS from Neisseria meningitidis can be used as a probe to follow the process of LPS incorporation into liposomal membrane and to study its interaction with a bilayer. The incorporation of FITC-LPS into the bilayer was proved by physicochemical methods as well as by liposomal LPS toxicity decrease in actin...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Trubetskoy VS,Koshkina NV,Omel'yanenko VG,L'vov VL,Dmitriev BA,Petrov AB,Torchilin VP

更新日期：1990-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Signal recognition particle (SRP) interacts with the signal sequence in nascent secretory and membrane proteins and directs them to the membrane of the endoplasmic reticulum. Membrane targeting is mediated by the 68 and the 72 kDa proteins of SRP. We have cloned and sequenced cDNA encoding the 68 kDa protein of canine...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Herz J,Flint N,Stanley K,Frank R,Dobberstein B

更新日期：1990-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Botulinum neurotoxins (BoNTs), the causative agent of human botulism, are the most potent naturally occurring toxins known. BoNT/A1, the most studied BoNT, is also used as an important biopharmaceutical. In this study, the biological activity of BoNT/A1 is compared to that of BoNT/A2 using neuronal cell models. The da...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Pier CL,Chen C,Tepp WH,Lin G,Janda KD,Barbieri JT,Pellett S,Johnson EA

更新日期：2011-01-03 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA chip technology was used in an attempt to identify target genes responsible for apoptosis induced by etoposide, a p53 activating topoisomerase II inhibitor used clinically as an antitumor agent. 62 Individual mRNAs whose mass changed significantly were identified after screening oligonucleotide arrays capable of d...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Wang Y,Rea T,Bian J,Gray S,Sun Y

更新日期：1999-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) ORF57 plays a pivotal role in mediating the nuclear export of KSHV intronless transcripts. We demonstrate that ORF57 localises and dynamically trafficks through the nucleolus. To assess if nucleolar shuttling of ORF57 is important for the export of intronless viral mRNA, ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Boyne JR,Whitehouse A

更新日期：2009-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The 21-residue peptide KLLLLKLLLLKLLLLKLLLLK (KL4) has been synthesized and analyzed regarding its secondary structure and orientation in lipid environments. Fourier transform infrared and circular dichroism spectroscopy shows that the peptide exhibits approximately 80% alpha-helical content both in dodecylphosphochol...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Gustafsson M,Vandenbussche G,Curstedt T,Ruysschaert JM,Johansson J

更新日期：1996-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of insulin and IGF-I on the cell surface quantities of GLUT1, GLUT3 and GLUT4 glucose transporters in L6 myotubes were determined with the exofacial bis-mannose phololabel (ATB-BMPA). In basal cells, an equal molar quantity of each transporter isoform was found at the cell surface. Insulin stimulated the t...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Wilson CM,Mitsumoto Y,Maher F,Klip A

更新日期：1995-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The Rad51 gene of Saccharomyces cerevisiae is required for genetic recombination and recombinational repair of DNA strand breaks. In higher eukaryotes Rad51 is essential for embryonic development, and is involved in cell proliferation and DNA repair. Here we show that human Rad51 (HsRad51) is proteolytically cleaved d...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Flygare J,Armstrong RC,Wennborg A,Orsan S,Hellgren D

更新日期：1998-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Rat basophilic leukemia cells (RBL-2H3) have previously been shown to contain a single type of voltage-activated channel, namely an inwardly rectifying K+ channel, under normal recording conditions. Thus, RBL-2H3 cells seemed like a logical source of mRNA for the expression cloning of inwardly rectifying K+ channels. ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Lewis DL,Ikeda SR,Aryee D,Joho RH

更新日期：1991-09-23 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 cyclic AMP phosphodiesterases type 4 (PDE4s) are expressed in a cell specific manner, with intracellular targeting directed by unique N-terminal anchor domains. All long form PDE4s are phosphorylated and activated by PKA phosphorylation within their upstream conserved region 1 (UCR1). Here, we identify and charact...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Byrne AM,Elliott C,Hoffmann R,Baillie GS

更新日期：2015-03-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Friedreich's ataxia is caused by a deficit in the mitochondrial protein frataxin. The present work demonstrates that in vivo yeast frataxin Yfh1p and Isu1p, the mitochondrial scaffold protein for the Fe-S cluster assembly, have tightly linked biological functions, acting in concert to promote the Fe-S cluster assembly...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Ramazzotti A,Vanmansart V,Foury F

更新日期：2004-01-16 00:00:00

abstract：:For understanding the mechanism(s) relating inflammation to corticosteroid action, the effect of tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) on 11beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 2 (11beta-HSD2), the enzyme regulating access of 11beta-hydroxycorticosteroids to receptors, was studied in LLC-PK(1) cells. We observed ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Heiniger CD,Rochat MK,Frey FJ,Frey BM

更新日期：2001-11-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Nucleoside analogues previously found to be inactive against the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) may be activated by simple chemical derivatisation. As part of our effort to deliver masked phosphates inside living cells we have discovered that certain phosphate triester derivatives of inactive nucleoside analogues ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： McGuigan C,Kinchington D,Wang MF,Nicholls SR,Nickson C,Galpin S,Jeffries DJ,O'Connor TJ

更新日期：1993-05-17 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied functional properties of peptide transport in the pheochromocytoma neuroendocrine cell line from rat. The neutral peptide D-Phe-L-Ala (resistant to hydrolysis) is a good substrate for uptake into these cells. Transport is substantially inhibited by diethylpyrocarbonate pretreatment and is stimulated by...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Hussain I,Zanic-Grubisic T,Kudo Y,Boyd CA

更新日期：2001-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The effort to understand the mechanism of uncoupling by UCP has devolved into two models - the fatty acid protonophore model and the proton buffering model. Evidence for each hypothesis is summarized and evaluated. We also evaluate the obligatory requirement for fatty acids in UCP1-mediated uncoupling and the question...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Garlid KD,Jabůrek M,Jezek P

更新日期：1998-10-30 00:00:00