Immunological characterization of microtubule-associated proteins specific for the immature brain.

abstract：:The YukD protein in Bacillus subtilis was identified in a hidden Markov model (HMM) search as being related in sequence to ubiquitin. By solving the crystal structure we show that YukD adopts a fold that is most closely related to ubiquitin, yet has the shortest C-terminal tail of all known ubiquitin-like proteins. Th...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： van den Ent F,Löwe J

更新日期：2005-07-04 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated whether activation of integrin receptors could modulate the expression of monocyte chemotactic protein-1 (MCP-1) in human hepatic stellate cells (HSC), mesenchymal cells responsible for extracellular matrix synthesis within the liver. When compared to non-adherent cells, HSC plated on collagen types I ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Marra F,Pastacaldi S,Romanelli RG,Pinzani M,Ticali P,Carloni V,Laffi G,Gentilini P

更新日期：1997-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Cultured rat hepatocytes exhibit acid phospholipase A activity. On the basis of product formation from stereospecifically radiolabeled phosphatidylethanolamine substrates, phospholipases A1 and A2 have been identified with optimal activities at pH 4.5. According to subcellular fractionation studies, the acid phospholi...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kunze H,Löffler BM,Schmidt M

更新日期：1988-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Differentiation of glia (astrocytes and oligodendrocytes) in Drosophila requires the gene glial cells missing (gcm), which controls lineage determination. In the absence of gcm, neuroglia progenitors exclusively differentiate into neurons, instead of into both neurons and glia. In contrast, ectopic overexpression of g...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Altshuller Y,Copeland NG,Gilbert DJ,Jenkins NA,Frohman MA

更新日期：1996-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The high cGMP sensitivity of cAMP-dependent protein kinase A (type II) (PKAII) from invertebrates led to the hypothesis that cGMP directly activates PKAII under physiological conditions. We tested this idea using PKAII holoenzyme purified from the honeybee brain in an assay with short stimulation times. In the presenc...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Leboulle G,Müller U

更新日期：2004-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The vasopressin precursor is composed of 3 domains in line, namely vasopressin, MSEL-neurophysin and a glycopeptide referred to as copeptin, which are separated during the processing. In guinea pig neurohypophysis, the precursor is partially processed so that a two-domain fragment, MSEL-neurophysin--copeptin, can be f...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Chauvet MT,Chauvet J,Acher R

更新日期：1986-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Vitronectin is the carrier protein of plasminogen activator inhibitor 1 (PAI-1). We used a well-characterized panel of anti-human PAI-1 monoclonal antibodies (MoAbs) to localize the vitronectin-binding site on PAI-1. By employing a direct vitronectin/PAI-1 binding assay and two vitronectin-dependent inhibition assays,...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： van Meijer M,Gebbink RK,Preissner KT,Pannekoek H

更新日期：1994-10-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Ascorbic acid uptake was investigated in isolated, plated human neutrophils using high-performance liquid chromatography with coulometric electrochemical detection. Freshly isolated neutrophils contained 1.3 mM ascorbic acid and accumulated significantly greater amounts when physiologic concentrations of the vitamin w...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Washko P,Rotrosen D,Levine M

更新日期：1990-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:By use of the patch clamp technique, we have compared the electrophysiological signature of OmpC porin channels at neutral and acidic pH. The perfusion of pH 5.4 buffer to the periplasmic side of excised patches promoted the closure or block of approximately 20% of the open porins present in the patch without changes ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Liu N,Delcour AH

更新日期：1998-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The assembly of the Sm-class of uridine-rich small nuclear ribonucleoproteins (U snRNPs), albeit spontaneous in vitro, has recently been shown to be dependent on the aid of a large number of assisting factors in vivo. These factors are organized in two interacting units termed survival motor neuron (SMN)- and protein ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Neuenkirchen N,Chari A,Fischer U

更新日期：2008-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Sarafotoxins (SRTa, SRTb and SRTc) as well as endothelin-1 (ET-1) produced vasoconstrictions in rat thoracic aorta, rat isolated perfused mesentery and pithed rat in various of extents. The potency was ET-1 greater than SRTb greater than SRTa greater than SRTc at lower doses, but SRTb greater than ET-1 greater than SR...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kitazumi K,Shiba T,Nishiki K,Furukawa Y,Takasaki C,Tasaka K

更新日期：1990-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The cardiac and skeletal muscle isoforms of calsequestrin (CS), the low affinity, high capacity Ca2+ binding protein localized in the lumen of sarcoplasmic reticulum, are the products of two different genes (Fliegel, L., Leberer, E., Green, N.M. and MacLennan, D.H. (1982) FEBS Lett. 242, 297-300), and can be both puri...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Biral D,Volpe P,Damiani E,Margreth A

更新日期：1992-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Adaptation to hypoxia is essential for tumor progression. Transcriptional activation of hypoxia-regulated genes is mediated by hypoxia-inducible factor 1 (HIF-1), a heterodimer of HIF-1alpha and ARNT (Ah receptor nuclear translocator; HIF-1beta). Using representational difference analysis, we identified three novel hy...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Saarikoski ST,Rivera SP,Hankinson O

更新日期：2002-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The atomic structures of K+ channels have added a new dimension to our understanding of K+ channel function. I will briefly review how structures have influenced our views on ion conduction, gating of the pore, and voltage sensing. ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： MacKinnon R

更新日期：2003-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:1,2-Didecanoylglycerol (diC10) is taken up by human platelets and sequentially converted to 1,2-didecanoylphosphatidic acid (PA10) and 1,2-didecanoylphosphatidylinositol (PI10). Agents that increase cyclic AMP in platelets, such as prostacyclin and forskolin, sequentially convert diC10 to PA10 and PI10. They decrease ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Lapetina EG

更新日期：1986-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Hic-5/ARA55 is a LIM-only member of the paxillin superfamily. Conflicting reports have suggested that Hic-5/ARA55 can both repress and enhance a number of biological processes, including myogenesis and tumorigenesis. With two Hic-5 isoforms documented, we hypothesized that multiple Hic-5 isoforms may exist that have b...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Gao Z,Schwartz LM

更新日期：2005-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Stimulation of monocytes/macrophages with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) results in activation of nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB), which plays crucial roles in regulating expression of many genes involved in the subsequent inflammatory responses. Here, we investigated roles of transforming growth factor-beta activated kin...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Irie T,Muta T,Takeshige K

更新日期：2000-02-11 00:00:00

abstract：:In hydra the neuropeptide head activator (HA) is responsible for head-specific growth and differentiation processes. The effects of HA are mediated by high and low affinity receptors on hydra cells. In the current study HA receptors from a multi-headed mutant of Chlorohydra viridissima were solubilized from the membra...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Christians S,Neubauer KH,Ulrich H

更新日期：1993-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The degradation of type IX collagen, a minor collagen in cartilage, was examined by treatment with three different types of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) purified from the culture medium of rheumatoid synovial cells. Neither MMP-1 (collagenase) nor MMP-2 (so-called 'gelatinase') could digest type IX collagen, but M...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Okada Y,Konomi H,Yada T,Kimata K,Nagase H

更新日期：1989-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The tropomyosin-related kinase A (TrkA) receptor and its ligand, nerve growth factor (NGF), play crucial roles in the development and function of the nervous system. NGF is believed to activate TrkA by bridging two TrkA monomers, leading to TrkA transphosphorylation. However, here we show that the majority of TrkA rec...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Shen J,Maruyama IN

更新日期：2011-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The possible relationship between pyridoxal phosphate-dependent ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) activity and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) activity has been studied in the osteoblasts of the growth-plate of metatarsals of rats fed a pyridoxine-deficient diet, which caused depressed G6PD levels. The G6PD activ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Dodds RA,Dunham J,Bitensky L,Chayen J

更新日期：1986-05-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Human CBS1 is a methionine sulfoxide reductase of type B (MSRB) as it specifically reduced Met-R-SO in peptides with dithiothreitol or the thioredoxin system as reductants. Mutation C169S in the active site completely abolished enzymatic activity, while mutation W110A only reduced activity and C105S had no effect. Lik...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Jung S,Hansel A,Kasperczyk H,Hoshi T,Heinemann SH

更新日期：2002-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Chicken muscular dystrophy with abnormal muscle (AM) has been studied for more than 50 years, but the gene responsible for it remains unclear. Our previous studies narrowed down the AM candidate region to approximately 1Mbp of chicken chromosome 2q containing seven genes. In this study, we performed sequence compariso...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Matsumoto H,Maruse H,Inaba Y,Yoshizawa K,Sasazaki S,Fujiwara A,Nishibori M,Nakamura A,Takeda S,Ichihara N,Kikuchi T,Mukai F,Mannen H

更新日期：2008-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Caveolin is a protein present in membrane specializations termed caveolae where it may play a structural role. Previous studies on the cDNA sequence of chicken caveolin demonstrated that it is an integral membrane protein without significant homology to any known protein. The cDNA sequence of human lung caveolin is pr...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Glenney JR Jr

更新日期：1992-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent three-dimensional structures of helical membrane proteins present new challenges for the prediction of structure from amino acid sequence. Membrane proteins reside stably in a thermodynamic free energy minimum after release into the membrane's bilayer fabric from the translocon complex. This means that structur...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： White SH

更新日期：2003-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Multidrug transporters are involved in mediating the failure of chemotherapy in treating several serious diseases. The archetypal multidrug transporter P-glycoprotein (P-gp) confers resistance to a large number of chemically and functionally unrelated anti-cancer drugs by mediating efflux from cancer cells. The abilit...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Callaghan R,Ford RC,Kerr ID

更新日期：2006-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic pain and epilepsy together affect hundreds of millions of people worldwide. While traditional pharmacotherapy provides essential relief to the majority of patients, a large proportion remains resistant, and surgical intervention is only possible for a select few. As both disorders are characterised by neuronal...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Snowball A,Schorge S

更新日期：2015-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The sequences of rat testis carbonyl reductase (rCR1) and rat ovary carbonyl reductase (rCR2) are 98% identical, differing only at amino acids 140, 141, 143, 235 and 238. Despite such strong sequence identity, we find that rCR1 and rCR2 have different catalytic constants for metabolism of menadione and 4-benzoyl-pyrid...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Sciotti MA,Tam S,Wermuth B,Baker ME

更新日期：2006-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The control of physiological processes requires the regulation and coordination of many different signals and is determined in part by the activation and repression of expression of specific target genes. RIP140 is a ligand dependent coregulator of many nuclear receptors that influence such diverse processes as muscle...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： White R,Morganstein D,Christian M,Seth A,Herzog B,Parker MG

更新日期：2008-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Serine/threonine phosphatases such as PP1, PP2A, and PP2B are well known to regulate the transition phase of the cell cycle. However, the function of PP2Cgamma in cell cycle progression is still unclear. In the present study, we report the characterization of PP2Cgamma in mammalian cells during the cell cycle. After r...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Suh EJ,Kim TY,Kim SH

更新日期：2006-11-13 00:00:00