BACE2 processes PMEL to form the melanosome amyloid matrix in pigment cells.

abstract：:Sepiapterin reductase (7,8-dihydrobiopterin: NADP+ oxidoreductase, EC 1.1.1.153) catalyzes the terminal step in the biosynthetic pathway for tetrahydrobiopterin, the cofactor necessary for aromatic amino acid hydroxylation. We report here the isolation of a cDNA clone for rat liver sepiapterin reductase. The cDNA has ...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Citron BA,Milstien S,Gutierrez JC,Levine RA,Yanak BL,Kaufman S

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is becoming clear that steroids can be synthesized de novo by the brain and other nervous systems. Such steroids are called neurosteroids, and de novo neurosteroidogenesis from cholesterol is a conserved property of vertebrate brains. In this study, we show that the newt brain actively produces 7alpha-hydroxypregne...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Matsunaga M,Ukena K,Baulieu EE,Tsutsui K

更新日期：2004-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Worldwide, 90% of HIV-1 infections are transmitted heterosexually. Because the genital mucosa are the sites of initial contact with HIV-1 for most exposed individuals, study of the virus from the genital tract is critical for the development of vaccines and therapeutics. Previous analyses of HIV-1 in various tissues h...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Kemal KS,Foley B,Burger H,Anastos K,Minkoff H,Kitchen C,Philpott SM,Gao W,Robison E,Holman S,Dehner C,Beck S,Meyer WA 3rd,Landay A,Kovacs A,Bremer J,Weiser B

更新日期：2003-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The Amazon rainforest is the Earth's largest reservoir of plant and animal diversity, and it has been subjected to especially high rates of land use change, primarily to cattle pasture. This conversion has had a strongly negative effect on biological diversity, reducing the number of plant and animal species and homog...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Rodrigues JL,Pellizari VH,Mueller R,Baek K,Jesus Eda C,Paula FS,Mirza B,Hamaoui GS Jr,Tsai SM,Feigl B,Tiedje JM,Bohannan BJ,Nüsslein K

更新日期：2013-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Metallothioneins are small cysteine-rich proteins capable of binding heavy metal ions such as Zn2+ and Cd2+. They are ubiquitous tissue components in higher organisms, which tentatively have been attributed both unspecific protective functions against toxic metal ions and highly specific roles in fundamental zinc-regu...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Braun W,Vasák M,Robbins AH,Stout CD,Wagner G,Kägi JH,Wüthrich K

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Invariant natural killer T cell (NKT) cells (iNKT cells) produce both T-helper 1 (Th1) and T-helper 2 cytokines in response to α-Galactosylceramide (α-GalCer) stimulation and are thought to be the important effectors in the regulation of both innate and adaptive immunity involved in autoimmune disorders, microbial inf...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Wu TN,Lin KH,Chang YJ,Huang JR,Cheng JY,Yu AL,Wong CH

更新日期：2011-10-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Adenosine deaminases that act on RNA (ADARs) constitute a family of RNA-editing enzymes that convert adenosine to inosine within double-stranded regions of RNA. We previously developed a method to identify inosine-containing RNAs and used it to identify five ADAR substrates in Caenorhabditis elegans. Here we use the s...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Morse DP,Aruscavage PJ,Bass BL

更新日期：2002-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：:We have found that poly(L-lysine) can be a very effective agent in preventing the growth of Ehrlich ascites tumors in mice. When given optimal doses of poly(L-lysine) (Mr 60 x 10(3)) intraperitoneally for 5 consecutive days, beginning on day 1 after inoculation with Ehrlich ascites cells. White Swiss mice show nearly ...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Arnold LJ Jr,Dagan A,Gutheil J,Kaplan NO

更新日期：1979-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability to instantly create a state of immunity as achieved in the passive transfer of hyperimmune globulin has had a tremendous impact on public health. Unlike passive immunization, active immunization, which is the foundation of vaccinology, is an anticipatory strategy with inherent limitations. Here we show tha...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Popkov M,Gonzalez B,Sinha SC,Barbas CF 3rd

更新日期：2009-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：:We have used a semiselective Hahn spin-echo sequence of the form (1331)-tau-(2662)-tau-AQ, delivered by a surface coil to obtain high-resolution 1H NMR spectra from the brains of intact dead rats. This sequence gave suppression of the tissue water resonance by a factor of 80,000 when tau = 68 ms. Delivery of a frequen...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Hetherington HP,Avison MJ,Shulman RG

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role played by oligodendrocytes (OLs), the myelinating cells of the CNS, during brain development has not been fully explored. We have addressed this question by inducing a temporal and reversible ablation of OLs on postnatal CNS development. OL ablation in newborn mice leads to a profound alteration in the struct...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Collin L,Usiello A,Erbs E,Mathis C,Borrelli E

更新日期：2004-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Two major themes in the physics of condensed matter are quantum critical phenomena and unconventional superconductivity. These usually occur in the context of competing interactions in systems of strongly correlated electrons. All this interesting physics comes together in the behavior of the recently discovered iron ...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Dai J,Si Q,Zhu JX,Abrahams E

更新日期：2009-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：:It is commonly accepted that some of the latest dates for Neanderthal fossils and Mousterian industries are found south of the Ebro valley in Iberia at ca. 36 ka calBP (calibrated radiocarbon date ranges). In contrast, to the north of the valley the Mousterian disappears shortly before the Proto-Aurignacian appears at...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Wood RE,Barroso-Ruíz C,Caparrós M,Jordá Pardo JF,Galván Santos B,Higham TF

更新日期：2013-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：:β-Phosphoglucomutase (βPGM) catalyzes isomerization of β-D-glucose 1-phosphate (βG1P) into D-glucose 6-phosphate (G6P) via sequential phosphoryl transfer steps using a β-D-glucose 1,6-bisphosphate (βG16BP) intermediate. Synthetic fluoromethylenephosphonate and methylenephosphonate analogs of βG1P deliver novel step 1 ...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Jin Y,Bhattasali D,Pellegrini E,Forget SM,Baxter NJ,Cliff MJ,Bowler MW,Jakeman DL,Blackburn GM,Waltho JP

更新日期：2014-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Malaria control is threatened by a limited pipeline of effective pharmaceuticals against drug-resistant strains of Plasmodium falciparum Components of the mitochondrial electron transport chain (ETC) are attractive targets for drug development, owing to exploitable differences between the parasite and human ETC. Disru...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Lane KD,Mu J,Lu J,Windle ST,Liu A,Sun PD,Wellems TE

更新日期：2018-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:We performed label-free observation of molecular dynamics in apoptotic cells by Raman microscopy. Dynamic changes in cytochrome c distribution at the Raman band of 750 cm(-1) were observed after adding an apoptosis inducer to the cells. The comparison of mitochondria fluorescence images and Raman images of cytochrome ...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Okada M,Smith NI,Palonpon AF,Endo H,Kawata S,Sodeoka M,Fujita K

更新日期：2012-01-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Platelet-derived growth factor receptor (PDGFR) signaling is essential for normal embryonic development in many organisms, including frog, mouse, zebrafish, and sea urchin. The mode of action of PDGFR signaling during early development is poorly understood, however, mostly because inhibition of signaling through eithe...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Van Stry M,Kazlauskas A,Schreiber SL,Symes K

更新日期：2005-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：:We have constructed 26-amino acid transmembrane proteins that specifically transform cells but consist of only two different amino acids. Most proteins are long polymers of amino acids with 20 or more chemically distinct side-chains. The artificial transmembrane proteins reported here are the simplest known proteins w...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Heim EN,Marston JL,Federman RS,Edwards AP,Karabadzhak AG,Petti LM,Engelman DM,DiMaio D

更新日期：2015-08-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Epithelial growth factor-like 7 (EGFL7) is a protein that is secreted by endothelial cells and plays an important role in angiogenesis. Although EGFL7 is aberrantly overexpressed in solid tumors, its role in leukemia has not been evaluated. Here, we report that levels of both EGFL7 mRNA and EGFL7 protein are increased...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Papaioannou D,Shen C,Nicolet D,McNeil B,Bill M,Karunasiri M,Burke MH,Ozer HG,Yilmaz SA,Zitzer N,Behbehani GK,Oakes CC,Steiner DJ,Marcucci G,Powell BL,Kolitz JE,Carter TH,Wang ES,Mrózek K,Croce CM,Caligiuri MA,Bl

更新日期：2017-06-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Yeast mutants in which genes encoding subunits of the vacuolar H(+)-ATPase were interrupted were assayed for their vacuolar ATPase and proton-uptake activities. The vacuoles from the mutants lacking subunits A (72 kDa), B (57 kDa), or c (proteolipid, 16 kDa) were completely inactive in these reactions. Immunological s...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Noumi T,Beltrán C,Nelson H,Nelson N

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glaucoma is a common cause of vision loss or blindness and reduction of intraocular pressure (IOP) has been proven beneficial in a large fraction of glaucoma patients. The IOP is maintained by the trabecular meshwork (TM) and the elevation of IOP in open-angle glaucoma is associated with dysfunction and loss of the po...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Zhu W,Gramlich OW,Laboissonniere L,Jain A,Sheffield VC,Trimarchi JM,Tucker BA,Kuehn MH

更新日期：2016-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The secreted nodulation-signaling protein NodO was purified from the supernatant of cultures of Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar viciae. The native protein has a M(r) of approximately 67,000, suggesting that it exists as a dimer since the DNA sequence predicts a M(r) of 30,002. Pure NodO protein had no protease, pectina...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Sutton JM,Lea EJ,Downie JA

更新日期：1994-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Synthesis of normal human hemoglobin A, alpha 2 beta 2, is based upon balanced expression of genes in the alpha-globin gene cluster on chromosome 16 and the beta-globin gene cluster on chromosome 11. Full levels of erythroid-specific activation of the beta-globin cluster depend on sequences located at a considerable d...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Liebhaber SA,Griese EU,Weiss I,Cash FE,Ayyub H,Higgs DR,Horst J

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An antiserum was prepared in rabbits against an antigen obtained by density gradient sedimentation of centrifuged medium from monolayer cultures of spleens involved by Hodgkin's disease. The antiserum was tested by isotopic antibody techniques with cells from each of eight cultures derived from spleens involved by Hod...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Long JC,Aisenberg AC,Zamecnik PC

更新日期：1974-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular dynamics simulations show that the desolvation rates of isotopes of Li(+), K(+), Rb(+), Ca(2+), Sr(2+), and Ba(2+) may have a relatively strong dependence on the metal cation mass. This inference is based on the observation that the exchange rate constant, k(wex), for water molecules in the first hydration s...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Hofmann AE,Bourg IC,DePaolo DJ

更新日期：2012-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The lack of efficient mechanisms for stable genetic transformation of medically important insects, such as anopheline mosquitoes, is the single most important impediment to progress in identifying novel control strategies. Currently available techniques for foreign gene expression in insect cells in culture lack the b...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Matsubara T,Beeman RW,Shike H,Besansky NJ,Mukabayire O,Higgs S,James AA,Burns JC

更新日期：1996-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The molecular mechanism of tolerance to opiate drugs is poorly understood. We have used single-channel patch-clamp recordings to study opiate receptor effects on dissociated neurons from rat amygdala, a limbic region implicated in addiction processes. A 130-pS inwardly rectifying K(+)-preferring cation channel was act...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Chen X,Marrero HG,Murphy R,Lin YJ,Freedman JE

更新日期：2000-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The photosynthetic apparatus converts light into chemical energy by a series of reactions that give rise to a coupled flow of electrons and protons that generate reducing power and ATP, respectively. A key intermediate in these reactions is plastoquinone (PQ), the most abundant electron and proton (hydrogen) carrier i...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： McCauley SW,Melis A,Tang GM,Arnon DI

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have used fast time-resolved infrared spectroscopy to characterize a series of organometallic methane and ethane complexes in solution at room temperature: W(CO)5(CH4) and M(eta5-C5R5)(CO)2(L) [where M = Mn or Re, R = H or CH3 (Re only); and L = CH4 or C2H6]. In all cases, the methane complexes are found to be shor...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Cowan AJ,Portius P,Kawanami HK,Jina OS,Grills DC,Sun XZ,McMaster J,George MW

更新日期：2007-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Cdc20/fizzy family proteins are involved in activation of the anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome, which catalyzes the ubiquitin-dependent proteolysis of cell cycle regulatory proteins such as anaphase inhibitors and mitotic cyclins, leading to chromosome segregation and exit from mitosis. Previous work has shown tha...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Farruggio DC,Townsley FM,Ruderman JV

更新日期：1999-06-22 00:00:00