A generic rate law for surface-active enzymes.

abstract：:The glucuronic acid analogue of 1-deoxynojirimycin, 2(S)-carboxy-3(R), 4(R), 5(S)-trihydroxypiperidine, recently isolated from seeds of Baphia racemosa, is a novel specific inhibitor of human liver beta-D-glucuronidase and alpha-L-iduronidase. No other glycosidases are inhibited. The inhibition of beta-D-glucuronidase...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Cenci di Bello I,Dorling P,Fellows L,Winchester B

更新日期：1984-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The heterotrophic nitrifier Paracoccus denitrificans expresses a membrane-associated ammonia monooxygenase. The active enzyme has been solubilized in the detergent dodecyl-beta-D-maltoside and purified by standard chromatographic techniques. This is the first purification of an ammonia monooxygenase. The enzyme consis...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Moir JW,Crossman LC,Spiro S,Richardson DJ

更新日期：1996-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) and near-infrared magnetic circular dichroism (MCD) have been used to identify the ligands to the cytochrome b556 component of succinate: ubiquinone oxidoreductase (succinate dehydrogenase) from Escherichia coli. The 'highly axial low spin' (HALS) EPR spectrum suggests bis(histidi...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Peterson J,Vibat C,Gennis RB

更新日期：1994-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebral deposits of beta/A4 amyloid protein is a pathologic sign of Alzheimer's disease. A synthetic partial-length (1-28) peptide of this protein contains one glutamine and two lysine residues. Here we show that this peptide can be a substrate of transglutaminase, which catalyzes cross-linking between glutamine and ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Ikura K,Takahata K,Sasaki R

更新日期：1993-07-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The nervous and immune systems have similar functional characteristics. Both have an intricate network of synaptic connections and an exquisite communication system that enable intercellular signal transduction. Although semaphorins were originally identified as guidance cues in neural development, accumulating eviden...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Okuno T,Nakatsuji Y,Kumanogoh A

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have expressed green fluorescent protein (GFP) from A. victoria in the secretory pathway of HeLa cells by fusing it to the C-terminus of a secretory protein, chromogranin B. Under normal culture conditions at 37 degrees C maturation of GFP to the fluorescent form was not detectable. However, fluorescent GFP was obs...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kaether C,Gerdes HH

更新日期：1995-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：:CREB binding protein (CBP) is an acetyltransferase that plays an important role in many biological processes. Here, we show that Akt phosphorylates CBP at threonine 1871 and suppresses its acetyltransferase activity by impeding the binding of CBP to histone H3, which results in a decrease in lysine K18 acetylation and...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Liu Y,Xing ZB,Zhang JH,Fang Y

更新日期：2013-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the involvement of protein phosphatases (PP) in differentiation of human myelogenous leukemia HL-60 cells, we made use of potent inhibitors of PP1 and PP2A, calyculin-A (CAL-A) and okadaic acid (OKA). CAL-A and OKA could augment all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA)-induced granulocytic differentiation, whereas t...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Morita K,Nishikawa M,Kobayashi K,Deguchi K,Ito M,Nakano T,Shima H,Nagao M,Kuno T,Tanaka C

更新日期：1992-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The reduction and reoxidation kinetics of the first quinone-type electron acceptor in photosystem II, QA-, were measured by fluorescence in a light-tolerant, photosystem I-less strain of the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. In this strain, which shows excellent amplitudes of variable fluorescence, the rate o...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Vermaas WF,Shen G,Styring S

更新日期：1994-01-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Anaerobic biosynthesis of carotenoids in the purple facultative photosynthetic bacterium Rhodobacter sphaeroides was studied using mass spectrometry. We have demonstrated that (18)O from H2(18)O was incorporated into the 1-methoxy group of spheroidene and spheroidenone, the two major carotenoids produced by this bacte...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Yeliseev AA,Kaplan S

更新日期：1997-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Oncostatin M (OSM) is a potent modulator of human lung-derived epithelial cell function. This cytokine binds two distinct receptor complexes: type I OSM receptor which is also a functional receptor for leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF), and type II OSM-specific receptor. The role of these two distinct receptors in medi...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Cichy J,Rose-John S,Puré E

更新日期：1998-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Oligonucleotide probes based on the known amino acid sequence of salmon calcitonin were used to screen a cDNA library obtained from ultimobranchial glands of salmon for clones encoding salmon calcitonin. From the cDNA sequence of strongly hybridizing clones the complete primary structure of the calcitonin precursor co...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Pöschl E,Lindley I,Hofer E,Seifert JM,Brunowsky W,Besemer J

更新日期：1987-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy is used to estimate the secondary structure of bacteriorhodopsin dissolved in chloroform-methanol (1:1 v/v), 0.1 M LiClO4. Curve-fitting of the deconvolved spectra in the amide I region shows that the total content of alpha-helices, reverse turns and beta-sheets are similar to t...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Torres J,Padrós E

更新日期：1993-02-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Basic fibroblast growth factor (FGF-2) is an important modulator of cell growth and differentiation under both physiological and pathological conditions. Until recently, most investigations into the FGF-2 signalling pathway were concerned with its interaction with specific membrane receptors. Nevertheless, while a 18 ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Delrieu I

更新日期：2000-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：:In a previous investigation of the rDNA region in Tetrahymena pyriformis mitochondrial DNA, we identified a putative tRNA(Met) gene [Heinonen et al. (1987) J. Biol. Chem. 262, 2879-2887]. On the basis of Northern hybridization analyses, we suggested that this gene is expressed, even though the resulting tRNA would be ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Schnare MN,Greenwood SJ,Gray MW

更新日期：1995-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:A variety of mutations leading to amino acid substitutions have been described in the transthyretin gene in association with different familial amyloidoses and have been implicated to be involved in the pathogenesis of amyloid deposits. However, there has been disagreement whether or not a transthyretin mutation is pr...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Christmanson L,Betsholtz C,Gustavsson A,Johansson B,Sletten K,Westermark P

更新日期：1991-04-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The involvement of reactive oxygen species in Ca(2+)-induced mitochondrial membrane permeabilization and cell viability was studied using yeast cells in which the thioredoxin peroxidase (TPx) gene was disrupted and/or catalase was inhibited by 3-amino-1,2, 4-triazole (ATZ) treatment. Wild-type Saccharomyces cerevisiae...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kowaltowski AJ,Vercesi AE,Rhee SG,Netto LE

更新日期：2000-05-12 00:00:00

abstract：:In fibrous connective tissues, fibroblasts are organized into syncytia, cellular networks that enable matrix remodeling and that are interconnected by intercellular adherens junctions (AJs). The AJs of fibroblasts are mediated by N-cadherin, a broadly expressed classical cadherin that is critically involved in develop...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： El Sayegh TY,Kapus A,McCulloch CA

更新日期：2007-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:ATP synthesis rate, measured as the variation in external Pi concentration, varied as a linear function of either delta mu H+ or delta Gpin, in such a manner that the delta Gpin/delta mu H+ ratio increased while VATP increased. We also observed a linear dependence of the flux control coefficient of the Pi carrier on...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Beauvoit B,Rigoulet M,Guerin B

更新日期：1989-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Thrombin is a multifunctional enzyme involved in coagulation, cell modulation and inflammation. We recently reported a novel membrane-associated prothrombin activator, abbreviated as MAPA, found in cultured fibroblasts and glial cell lines. In this study, we examined the physiological role of this enzyme. MAPA-like ac...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Shikamoto Y,Shibusawa S,Okuyama I,Morita T

更新日期：1997-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are crucial components of the innate immune system, coupling pathogen recognition to a cellular response. We used the MAPPIT mammalian two-hybrid technique to investigate protein-protein interactions in the early steps in TLR signalling. A partial TLR-adaptor interaction map was constructed ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Ulrichts P,Peelman F,Beyaert R,Tavernier J

更新日期：2007-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The yeast PCK1 gene coding for phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK) was isolated by functional complementation of pck1 strains from S. cerevisiae. Only one copy of the gene was found per haploid yeast genome. An RNA of about 2 kb which hybridized with a DNA probe internal to the PCK1 gene was found only in cells ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Valdés-Hevia MD,de la Guerra R,Gancedo C

更新日期：1989-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：:TATA-box binding factor TFIID is one of the key factors in transcriptional activation. Surprisingly, the yeast TFDII protein [(1989) Nature 341, 299-303; (1989) Cell 56, 1173-1181; (1989) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci USA 86, 7785-7789] reveals only limited homology with other DNA-binding proteins. From computer-assisted sear...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Stucka R,Feldmann H

更新日期：1990-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:A 1000-bp fragment of Enterococcus hirae genomic DNA was amplified by the polymerase chain reaction method, using the oligonucleotide primers designed from amino acid sequences of both amino-terminal and a tryptic fragment of the Na(+)-ATPase alpha-subunit in this organism. DNA sequencing of this product revealed that...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kakinuma Y,Igarashi K,Konishi K,Yamato I

更新日期：1991-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular dynamics simulations have been performed on the intrinsically disordered 39-residue N-terminal transactivation domain of p53 (p53(1-39)). Simulations not only revealed that p53(1-39) is natively compact, but also possesses a folded structure. Furthermore, leucine-rich hydrophobic clusters were found to play ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Espinoza-Fonseca LM

更新日期：2009-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：:A fusion gene was constructed consisting of heat labile enterotoxin chain B (LTB) of E. coli genetically linked at its C-terminus to the beta-subunit of human chorionic gonadotropin in translational fusion, under the control of tac promoter and LTB signal sequence. Expression of the fusion gene (about 5 microgram/ml) ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Pillai D,Dixit A,Alok D,Garg LC

更新日期：1996-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA-cytochrome c complexes adsorbed on carbon-coated mica surfaces were directly imaged by atomic force microscopy in air using commercially available cantilevers, with a routine resolution of 6 nm. Images of M13 phage DNA and M13-DNA polymerase complex are also shown. ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Yang J,Takeyasu K,Shao Z

更新日期：1992-04-20 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：:Jeotgalicoccus sp. 8456 OleTJE (CYP152L1) is a fatty acid decarboxylase cytochrome P450 that uses hydrogen peroxide (H2 O2 ) to catalyse production of terminal alkenes, which are industrially important chemicals with biofuel applications. We report enzyme fusion systems in which Streptomyces coelicolor alditol oxidase...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Matthews S,Tee KL,Rattray NJ,McLean KJ,Leys D,Parker DA,Blankley RT,Munro AW

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several recombinant proteins in inclusion bodies expressed in Escherichia coli have been measured by Fourier transform infrared and solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance spectra to provide the secondary structural characteristics of the proteins from hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus horikoshii OT3 (hyperthermoph...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Umetsu M,Tsumoto K,Ashish K,Nitta S,Tanaka Y,Adschiri T,Kumagai I

更新日期：2004-01-16 00:00:00