Physical interaction between calcineurin and Cav3.2 T-type Ca2+ channel modulates their functions.

abstract：:Lipoprotein MtsA is a critical component of MtsABC responsible for iron binding and transport in the Gram-positive bacterium Streptococcus pyogenes. The present collective experimental data establish that Fe(2+) is the primary binding ion for MtsA under optimal physiologically relevant conditions. The binding affiniti...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Sun X,Ge R,Chiu JF,Sun H,He QY

更新日期：2008-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：:A new peptide, Tc1, containing only 23 amino acids closely packed by three disulfide bridges was isolated from the Amazonian scorpion Tityus cambridgei. It blocks reversibly the Shaker B K(+)-channels with a K(d) of 65 nM and displaces binding of noxiustoxin to mouse brain synaptosome membranes. It is the shortest kno...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Batista CV,Gómez-Lagunas F,Lucas S,Possani LD

更新日期：2000-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Screening of hemorphins in extracts of rat lung, brain, heart and spleen was carried out. The threshold for detection of hemorphins was 0.01 nmol for spleen and 0.05 nmol for other tissues. Both the content and the composition of hemorphins differed significantly in the tissues analyzed. Heart and lung extracts were r...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Yatskin ON,Philippova MM,Blishchenko EYu,Karelin AA,Ivanov VT

更新日期：1998-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Incorporation of dioleoyl N-(monomethoxy polyethyleneglycol succinyl)phosphatidylethanolamine (PEG-PE) into large unilamellar liposomes composed of egg phosphatidylcholine:cholesterol (1:1) does not significantly increase the content leakage when the liposomes are exposed to 90% human serum at 37 degrees C, yet the li...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Klibanov AL,Maruyama K,Torchilin VP,Huang L

更新日期：1990-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：:HSP73, the constitutive form of heat-shock protein 70, has been implicated in the translocation of preproteins across the mitochondrial membranes, being required for maintaining mitochondrial preproteins in an import competent conformation. Here we report that highly purified mitochondrial outer membranes contain a pr...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Lithgow T,Ryan M,Anderson RL,Høj PB,Hoogenraad NJ

更新日期：1993-10-18 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA synthesis at primers d(pT)n, d(pA)n, d(pC)n, and d(pG)n in the presence of corresponding complementary templates and at hetero-oligoprimers complementary to M13 phage DNA was investigated. The values of both -log Km and log Vmax increased linearly if homo-oligoprimers contained less than 10 nucleotides. The length...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Nevinsky GA,Nemudraya AV,Levina AS,Khomov VV

更新日期：1989-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:We have characterized somatostatinergic phenotype markers of the human neuroblastoma, LA-N-2. A single mRNA-transcript (approximately 850bp) and two cellular somatostatin immunoreactivity forms, a high molecular weight form (M(r) 15,000) and a fragment corresponding to somatostatin-28 was found, while the somatostatin...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Nilsson L,Bergström L,Meyersson G,Påhlman S,Winblad B,Folkesson R

更新日期：1995-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Here we show that increased amount of secondary structure is acquired in the folded states of two structurally-different proteins (alpha-helical VlsE and alpha/beta flavodoxin) in the presence of macromolecular crowding agents. The structural content of flavodoxin and VlsE is enhanced by 33% and 70%, respectively, in ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Perham M,Stagg L,Wittung-Stafshede P

更新日期：2007-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Membrane incorporation and aggregation of the peptide alamethicin have been investigated as a function of lipid type. Head group and acyl chain regions both contribute to modulate alamethicin incorporation. Specifically, the peptide prefers thin membranes and saturated chains; incorporation is reduced by the presence ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Stankowski S,Schwarz G

更新日期：1989-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Antithrombin III Hamilton is a structural variant of antithrombin III (AT-III) with normal heparin affinity but impaired serine protease inhibitory activity. The molecular defect of AT-III-Hamilton is a substitution of threonine for alanine at amino acid residue 382. Recently it has been shown that both plasma-derived...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Austin RC,Rachubinski RA,Blajchman MA

更新日期：1991-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：:A new GTP-binding protein serving as the specific substrate of islet-activating protein (IAP), pertussis toxin, was purified from porcine brain membranes as an alpha beta gamma-heterotrimeric structure. The alpha-subunit of the purified protein (alpha 40 beta gamma) had a molecular mass of 40 kDa and differed from tha...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Katada T,Oinuma M,Kusakabe K,Ui M

更新日期：1987-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteases not only play a fundamental role in numerous physiological processes, but are also involved in several human diseases including Alzheimer's disease (AD). A key protease implicated in AD is the so far unidentified gamma-secretase, which cleaves the membrane-bound beta-amyloid precursor protein (betaAPP) at th...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Steiner H,Pesold B,Haass C

更新日期：1999-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The scorpion toxin peptide BeKm-1 was synthesised by fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl solid phase chemistry and folded by air oxidation. The peptide's effects on heterologous human ether-a-go-go-related gene potassium current (I(HERG)) in HEK293 cells were assessed using 'whole-cell' patch clamp. Blockade of I(HERG) by BeKm-1...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Milnes JT,Dempsey CE,Ridley JM,Crociani O,Arcangeli A,Hancox JC,Witchel HJ

更新日期：2003-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Early results showed the emanation of chromatin fibers from mitotic chromosomes and nuclei swollen with water. In contrast, under metaphase ionic conditions, it was found that chromatin from mitotic chromosomes is planar and forms multilayered plates. Here, we show that in buffers containing interphase cation concentr...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Chicano A,Daban JR

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rabbit red blood cells of various ages were separated on Percoll gradients and the activities of two large cytosolic proteases were measured. Both the multicatalytic protease (MCP), assayed by hydrolysis of fluorigenic peptides, and the 26 S ubiquitin/ATP-stimulated protease, assayed by degradation of ubiquitin-lysozy...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Di Cola D,Pratt G,Rechsteiner M

更新日期：1991-03-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Effects of sulfatide and its precursor galactosylceramide (gal-cer) on the kinetics of production of cytokines were studied. In human mononuclear leucocytes, gal-cer but not sulfatide induced significantly increased amounts of interleukin (IL)-1beta, IL-6 and tumor necrosis factor (TNF) mRNA. In phytohemagglutinin-sti...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Bovin LF,Fredman P,Månsson JE,Buschard K,Bendtzen K

更新日期：1999-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphorylation of the basal site with glycogen synthase kinase-4 enhanced the rate of phosphorylation of the regulatory site by cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase 1.7-fold. In contrast, the phosphorylation state of the regulatory site did not affect the rate of phosphorylation of the basal site with glycogen synthas...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Olsson H,Belfrage P

更新日期：1988-05-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The conformation change of Thermus thermophilus tRNA(1Ile) upon complex formation with T. thermophilus elongation factor Tu (EF-Tu) was studied by analysis of the circular dichroism (CD) bands at 315 nm (due to the 2-thioribothymidine residue in the T-loop) and at 295 nm (due to the core structure of tRNA). Formation ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Haruki M,Matsumoto R,Hara-Yokoyama M,Miyazawa T,Yokoyama S

更新日期：1990-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The entire structure of a 98 kb genomic region that abounds in genes related to magnetosome synthesis was first described in the Magnetospirillum sp. strain AMB-1. The deletion of this 98 kb genomic region and the circular form after excision from the chromosome was detected by PCR amplification. This strongly suggest...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Fukuda Y,Okamura Y,Takeyama H,Matsunaga T

更新日期：2006-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the molecular binding specificity of two rabbit polyclonal sera generated against phenolic glycolipid antigens namely PheG1 B and PheG1 B-3 from Mycobacterium bovis BCG. PheG1 B is the well-known mycoside B (2-O-Me-alpha-L-Rhap 1----aglycone), while PheG1 B-3 is a recently found glycolipid (alpha-L-Rhap-(1-...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Vercellone A,Riviere M,Fournié JJ,Puzo G

更新日期：1992-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Ischemia/reperfusion induces nuclear factor kappaB (NF-kappaB) and AP-1 in rat hearts after 15 min of ischemia followed by reperfusion (R) for various periods of time (15 and 30 min, 1, 2, 3, 6, 12, and 24 h). Low levels of NF-kappaB and no signal for AP-1 were detected in shams and in non-ischemic tissue distant from...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Chandrasekar B,Freeman GL

更新日期：1997-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of protein kinase C (PKC) in cellular regulation of L-type Ca2+ channels was investigated in human umbilical vein smooth muscle. Activation of PKC, by low concentrations (< 30 nM) of 12-O-tetradecanoyl-phorbol-13-acetate (TPA) caused inhibition of Ca2+ channels, while higher concentrations of TPA (> 100 nM) e...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Schuhmann K,Groschner K

更新日期：1994-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Heat shock (44 degrees C for 10 min) or ATP depletion by an uncoupler (CCCP for 20 min) is shown to result in stimulation of hsp68/70 synthesis in Ehrlich tumor cells. After 3 h of recovery, the cells become thermotolerant. Surprisingly, repeated ATP depletion caused by CCCP or rotenone (a respiratory inhibitor) treat...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Gabai VL,Kabakov AE

更新日期：1993-08-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Lys601 in NADPH-cytochrome P-450 reductase is modified by reductive alkylation with pyridoxal 5'-phosphate (pyridoxylation). Lys601 is protected against modification by the cosubstrate NADP(H). ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Müller K,Linder D,Lumper L

更新日期：1990-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:A collagenase cleaving native type I [14C]collagen but inactive against the synthetic substrate Pz-Pro-Leu-Gly-Pro-D-Arg was extracted from mineralized human dental tissue. The enzyme specifically degrades native collagen into characteristic products (3/4) and (1/4). Its apparent molecular mass of 68 kDa is relatively...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Dumas J,Hurion N,Weill R,Keil B

更新日期：1985-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Brain nitric oxide synthase is a Ca2+/calmodulin-regulated enzyme which converts L-arginine into NO. Enzymatic activity of this enzyme essentially depends on NADPH and is stimulated by tetrahydrobiopterin (H4biopterin). We found that purified NO synthase contains enzyme-bound H4biopterin, explaining the enzymatic acti...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Mayer B,John M,Heinzel B,Werner ER,Wachter H,Schultz G,Böhme E

更新日期：1991-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：:In human colon carcinoma HT-29 Glc(-/+) cells, L-arginine is the common precursor of polyamines which are absolutely necessary for cellular proliferation and nitric oxide (NO) with reported anti-proliferative activity. The aim of the present work was to test the effect of the NO donor sodium nitroprusside (SNP) on pol...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Blachier F,Robert V,Selamnia M,Mayeur C,Duee PH

更新日期：1996-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Covalent, mechanism-based inhibitors of glycosidases are valuable probe molecules for visualizing enzyme activities in complex systems. We, here, describe the chemoenzymatic synthesis of 6-phospho-cyclophellitol and evaluate its behaviour as a mechanism-based inactivator of the Streptococcus pyogenes 6-phospho-β-gluco...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kwan DH,Jin Y,Jiang J,Chen HM,Kötzler MP,Overkleeft HS,Davies GJ,Withers SG

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cyclic, imido acid containing pentapeptides cyclo(Asp-Trp-(NMe)Nle-Asp-Phe) (cpp[NMeNle(3)]) and cyclo(Asp-Trp-Pro-Asp-Phe) (cpp[Pro(3)]) have been investigated by 1H-NMR spectroscopy in DMSO and by restrained molecular dynamics methods. The spectra indicate the existence of at least four cis/trans isomers for cpp...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Weisshoff H,Wieprecht T,Henklein P,Frömmel C,Antz C,Mügge C

更新日期：1996-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression of myf-5, a key component of myogenic regulatory genes, declines progressively in mature somitic cells during vertebrate myogenesis. Little is known about how this down-regulation takes place. Here we provide evidence that an interferon regulatory factor binding element (IRF element) within the Xenopus ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Mei W,Yang J,Tao Q,Geng X,Rupp RA,Ding X

更新日期：2001-09-07 00:00:00