Determination of amino acids critical to the main immunogenic region of intact acetylcholine receptors by in vitro mutagenesis.

abstract：:Coagulation factor VII contains ten gamma-carboxyglutamic acid residues in the N-terminal region (Gla-domain) which are essential for the hemostatic function of FVII. The present study shows that granulocyte cathepsin G degrades the Gla-domain of FVIIa in vitro. Characterization of the truncated FVIIa by SDS-PAGE and ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Nicolaisen EM,Petersen LC,Thim L,Jacobsen JK,Christensen M,Hedner U

更新日期：1992-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Cleavage of the envelope glycoprotein precursor gp160 of HIV-1 is a prerequisite for the infectivity of HIV-1, and occurs at least in part before gp160 reaches the cell surface. Kexin/subtilisin-related endopeptidases are proposed enzyme candidates for this intracellular processing. In this study, we reveal the possib...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Okumura Y,Yano M,Murakami M,Mori S,Towatari T,Kido H

更新日期：1999-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibroblast growth factor 11 (FGF11) is an intracellular FGF. Although induction of FGF11 by hypoxia has been observed in several cell types, the molecular function of FGF11 is not clearly understood yet. Here, we investigated the role of FGF11 under hypoxia. We identified hypoxia-inducible factor-1α (HIF-1α) as an int...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Lee KW,Yim HS,Shin J,Lee C,Lee JH,Jeong JY

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cholecystokinin (CCK) receptor in purified plasma membranes prepared from mouse pancreatic acini had a binding affinity of 1.8 nM, an acid pH optimum between 6.0 and 6.5, and an analog specificity of CCK8 greater than CCK33 greater than desulphated CCK8 greater than CCK4. Binding of CCK to its receptor was abolish...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Sakamoto C,Williams JA,Wong KY,Goldfine ID

更新日期：1983-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to investigate oxysterol-mediated effects on the biliary system, we studied the effects of cholestan-3beta,5alpha,6beta-triol (TriolC) and 7-ketocholesterol (7KC) on gallbladder epithelial cells. We compared their cell proliferation effects in cultured dog gallbladder epithelial cells (DGBE) to their effects ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Yoshida T,Klinkspoor JH,Kuver R,Wrenn SP,Kaler EW,Lee SP

更新日期：2000-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of various local anaesthetics (LAs) on ryanodine binding of the sheep brain ryanodine receptor were tested. Tetracaine and dibucaine inhibit the binding with half-maximal inhibition (CI50) of 0.12 mM and 0.7 mM, respectively. Lidocaine and its analog QX-314, on the other hand, stimulate the binding up to 3...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Martin C,Ashley R,Shoshan-Barmatz V

更新日期：1993-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The rat chromosomal gene for uricase was cloned. The gene spans more than 20 kilobases and the coding region is divided into 8 exons by 7 introns. The organization of the rat uricase gene is so greatly different from that of the soybean gene that the difference may not have been caused only by the removal of some ance...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Motojima K,Goto S

更新日期：1990-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The multidrug resistance protein (MRP) is an ATP-dependent transport protein for organic anions, as well as neutral or positively charged anticancer agents. In this study we report that dinitrophenyl-S-glutathione increases ATPase activity in plasma membrane vesicles prepared from the MRP-overexpressing cell line GLC4...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Hooijberg JH,Broxterman HJ,Heijn M,Fles DL,Lankelma J,Pinedo HM

更新日期：1997-08-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Stimulation of human platelets increases cytoplasmic pH (pHi) via activation of Na+/H+ exchange. We have determined the effect of inhibiting Na+/H+ exchange on (i) thrombin-induced Ca2+ mobilization and (ii) turnover of 32P-labelled phospholipids. Blocking Na+/H+ exchange by removal of extracellular Na+ or by ethyliso...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Siffert W,Siffert G,Scheid P,Riemens T,Gorter G,Akkerman JW

更新日期：1987-02-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Helicobacter pylori secretes a unique virulence factor, Tipalpha, that enters gastric cells and both stimulates the production of the TNF-alpha and activates the NF-kappaB pathway. The structures of a truncated version of Tipalpha (TipalphaN34) in two crystal forms are presented here. Tipalpha adopts a novel beta(1)al...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Tosi T,Cioci G,Jouravleva K,Dian C,Terradot L

更新日期：2009-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Retroviral proteinases (PRs) are essential for retrovirus infectivity but the mechanism of their activity regulation is poorly understood. We investigated possible involvement in this process of the C-terminal domain (CTD) of betaretroviral PRs. We found that the presence of CTD attenuates proteolytic activity of Maso...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Svec M,Bauerová H,Pichová I,Konvalinka J,Strísovský K

更新日期：2004-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous data have suggested an involvement of MDR/PGP-like ABC transporters in transport of the plant hormone auxin and, recently, AtPGP1 has been demonstrated to catalyze the primary active export of auxin. Here we show that related isoform AtPGP4 is expressed predominantly during early root development. AtPGP4 loss...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Santelia D,Vincenzetti V,Azzarello E,Bovet L,Fukao Y,Düchtig P,Mancuso S,Martinoia E,Geisler M

更新日期：2005-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:A possible interaction between tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF) and other cytokines/growth factors in stimulating the production of nerve growth factor (NGF) in Swiss 3T3 cells was studied. TNF's stimulatory activity on fibroblast NGF production was synergized by interleukin-1 alpha (IL-1 alpha), IL-1 beta and interf...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Hattori A,Iwasaki S,Murase K,Tsujimoto M,Sato M,Hayashi K,Kohno M

更新日期：1994-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：:A method was established for measuring molecule numbers of three different myosin heavy chain (MHC) mRNA isoforms in total RNA preparations. The quantification was based on a combination of primer-directed reverse transcriptase and polymerase chain reactions with 5'-digoxigenin-labeled oligonucleotides, using external...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Peuker H,Pette D

更新日期：1993-03-08 00:00:00

abstract：:cDNA for a novel proton/organic cation transporter, OCTN1, was cloned from human fetal liver and its transport activity was investigated. OCTN1 encodes a 551-amino acid protein with 11 transmembrane domains and one nucleotide binding site motif. It is strongly expressed in kidney, trachea, bone marrow and fetal liver ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Tamai I,Yabuuchi H,Nezu J,Sai Y,Oku A,Shimane M,Tsuji A

更新日期：1997-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel gene encoding a new H3 histone varian (H3L) has been identified in P. lividus sea urchin embryo. It encodes a H3 histone protein showing the S.//.A.IG amino acid motif typical of the replication independent H3.3 variants but in a mRNA showing the 3' terminal stem-loop nucleotide sequence that is typical of the...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Fucci L,Forte A,Mancini P,Affaitati A,Branno M,Aniello F,Geraci G

更新日期：1997-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The human gene frataxin and its yeast homolog YFH1 affect mitochondrial function. Deficits in frataxin result in Friedreich ataxia, while deletion of YFH1 results in respiratory incompetence. We determined that as long as respiratory incompetent yeast express Yfh1p they do not accumulate excessive mitochondrial iron. ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Chen OS,Kaplan J

更新日期：2001-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The topic synthetic biology appears still as an 'empty basket to be filled'. However, there is already plenty of claims and visions, as well as convincing research strategies about the theme of synthetic biology. First of all, synthetic biology seems to be about the engineering of biology - about bottom-up and top-dow...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Malinova V,Nallani M,Meier WP,Sinner EK

更新日期：2012-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Linkage between the high-capacity Ca2+-binding protein calsequestrin and the ryanodine receptor is proposed to be essential for proper Ca2+-release during skeletal muscle excitation-contraction coupling. However, no direct biochemical evidence exists showing a connection between these high-molecular-mass complexes in ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Murray BE,Ohlendieck K

更新日期：1998-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The possible participation of calmodulin in the activation of store-operated Ca2+ entry (SOC) in single rat hepatocytes was investigated microspectrofluorimetrically. SOC was triggered after discharging intracellular Ca2+ stores using the endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase inhibitor thapsigargin in the absence of exter...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Cao Y,Chatton JY

更新日期：1998-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Stimulated production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) by plasma membrane-associated nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate oxidases (Nox) in non-phagocytic cells regulates a number of biological processes including growth, vessel tone, and oxygen sensing. The purpose of this study was to investigate H(2)O(2)-sti...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Colston JT,de la Rosa SD,Strader JR,Anderson MA,Freeman GL

更新日期：2005-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The X-ray crystal structures of the complexes formed with bovine trypsin and the N alpha-tosylated piperidides of m-amidino-, p-amidino- and p-guanidino-D,L-phenylalanine (3-TAPAP, 4-TAPAP and 4-TGPAP) were determined with data to 1.8 A resolution. The L-stereoisomer of 3-TAPAP binds as a compact entity into the activ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Turk D,Stürzebecher J,Bode W

更新日期：1991-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The widely studied macrophage scavenger receptor system is known to bind both acetylated low density lipoprotein and oxidized low density lipoprotein. Although only the latter ligand has been shown to occur in vivo, acetylated low density lipoprotein is often used to evaluate the contribution of scavenger receptors to...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Volf I,Moeslinger T,Cooper J,Schmid W,Koller E

更新日期：1999-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The interconversions of the inositol-containing lipids (PI, PI-P and PI-P2) and their products (DG, inositol phosphates and PA) in human and rabbit neutrophils stimulated with fMetLeuPhe and PMA have been examined. PMA causes only the phosphorylation of PI to PI-P whereas fMetLeuPhe causes phosphorylation of both PI a...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Cockcroft S,Barrowman MM,Gomperts BD

更新日期：1985-02-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) replication and pathogenesis involve both virus-encoded proteins and cellular factors. In our study, we showed that NS5B, the HCV RNA-dependent RNA polymerase, interacted with M2 type pyruvate kinase (M2PK) but not L type pyruvate kinase. We confirmed the interaction by GST pull down, coimmunop...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Wu X,Zhou Y,Zhang K,Liu Q,Guo D

更新日期：2008-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Many proteins located in the intermembrane space (IMS) of mitochondria are characterized by a low molecular mass, contain highly conserved cysteine residues and coordinate metal ions. Studies on one of these proteins, Tim13, revealed that net translocation across the outer membrane is driven by metal-dependent folding...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Terziyska N,Lutz T,Kozany C,Mokranjac D,Mesecke N,Neupert W,Herrmann JM,Hell K

更新日期：2005-01-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli phosphofructokinase-2 (Pfk-2) is a homodimer whose subunits consist of a large domain and an additional beta-sheet that provides the interfacial contacts between the subunits, creating a beta-barrel flattened-like structure with the adjacent subunit's beta-sheet. To determine how the structural organi...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Baez M,Babul J

更新日期：2009-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The structure of the D158E mutant of caricain (previously known as papaya protease omega) in complex with E-64 has been determined at 2.0 A resolution (overall R factor 19.3%). The structure reveals that the substituted glutamate makes the same pattern of hydrogen bonds as the aspartate in native caricain. This was no...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Katerelos NA,Taylor MA,Scott M,Goodenough PW,Pickersgill RW

更新日期：1996-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The 5'-untranslated region (5'-UTR) sequences of 33 GB virus C/hepatitis G virus (GBV-C/HGV) obtained from different geographic areas were determined through reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction and dideoxy chain termination sequencing, the alignment of sequences, the estimation of the number of nucleotide ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Mukaide M,Mizokami M,Orito E,Ohba K,Nakano T,Ueda R,Hikiji K,Iino S,Shapiro S,Lahat N,Park YM,Kim BS,Oyunsuren T,Rezieg M,Al-Ahdal MN,Lau JY

更新日期：1997-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Advanced glycation end products (AGE) are known to serve as ligands for the scavenger receptors such as SR-A, CD36 and SR-BI. In the current study, we examined whether AGE is recognized by lectin-like oxidized low density lipoprotein receptor-1 (LOX-1). Cellular binding experiments revealed that AGE-bovine serum album...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Jono T,Miyazaki A,Nagai R,Sawamura T,Kitamura T,Horiuchi S

更新日期：2002-01-30 00:00:00