Identification of zymogen and mature forms of human carboxypeptidase H. A processing enzyme for the synthesis of peptide hormones.

abstract：:Mutations of the cysteines (positions 668 and 714) were generated in the IF2 C domain of Bacillus stearothermophilus translation initiation factor IF2. The corresponding proteins were characterized functionally and structurally. Most (yet not all) amino acid replacements at both positions resulted in severe reduction ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Misselwitz R,Welfle K,Krafft C,Welfle H,Brandi L,Caserta E,Gualerzi CO

更新日期：1999-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Various properties have been evaluated for the binding to tissue culture substrata of proteolytic fragments of human plasma or cellular fibronectins containing complementary sequences from the individual and alternatively spliced chains, since related fragments are known to yield differing adhesive responses from cell...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Lewandowska K,Kaetzel CS,Zardi L,Culp LA

更新日期：1988-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The nuclear factor NF-IL6 had been suggested to be responsible for the IL-6-mediated induction of several acute-phase proteins. To obtain evidence for the involvement of NF-IL6 in the induction of acute-phase proteins, we introduced the NF-IL6 gene and its truncated mutant (delNFIL6) gene into a hepatoma cell line Hep...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Natsuka S,Isshiki H,Akira S,Kishimoto T

更新日期：1991-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Ischemic preconditioning (IPrec) improves post-ischemic dysfunctions of the myocardium along with activation of protein kinase C isozymes including PKCdelta. Moreover, expression of cardio-protective determinants can reduce ischemic damages. Because IPrec is limited in aged hearts, we assessed in an experimental model...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Bartling B,Hilgefort C,Friedrich I,Silber RE,Simm A

更新日期：2003-12-18 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：:SV40 large tumor-antigen (T-ag) nuclear import is enhanced by the protein kinase CK2 (CK2) site (Ser111Ser112) flanking the nuclear localization sequence (NLS). Here we use site-directed mutagenesis to examine the influence of negative charge and conformation at the site on T-ag nuclear import and recognition by the N...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Xiao CY,Jans P,Jans DA

更新日期：1998-12-04 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：:Selenium-dependent glutathione peroxidase activity is documented for the first time in insects. Reduction in glutathione peroxidase activity in the cytosol of adult house flies by lowering selenium in the diet results in significant increases in peroxidative injury. Catalase activity, while higher in low-selenium flie...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Simmons TW,Jamall IS,Lockshin RA

更新日期：1987-06-29 00:00:00

abstract：:We identified a yeast mutant with temperature-sensitive growth defects that were rescued by VCP expression. The mutation occurred in GPI10, which encodes a mannosyl transferase for glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchor formation in the endoplasmic reticulum, and caused a Gly469Glu substitution in Gpi10. The mutant exhib...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Ohnuma Y,Takata T,Kawawaki J,Yasuda K,Tanaka K,Kimura Y,Kakizuka A

更新日期：2015-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The molecular basis and functional properties of a variant antithrombin (AT) protein. AT Budapest 3, were studied. A single base substitution was identified in codon 99, CTC----TTC, altering the normal leucine to phenylalanine. The proband presented with a history of venous thrombotic disease and was found to be homoz...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Olds RJ,Lane DA,Boisclair M,Sas G,Bock SC,Thein SL

更新日期：1992-04-06 00:00:00

abstract：:To clarify the function of osteopontin in osteoblast differentiation, we have examined the signal transduction pathway in an osteoblastic cell line (UMR106-6) bound to osteopontin, fibronectin, vitronectin and collagen type I surfaces. This was done by investigating the production and autophosphorylation of focal adhe...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Liu YK,Uemura T,Nemoto A,Yabe T,Fujii N,Ushida T,Tateishi T

更新日期：1997-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Prochlorococcus marinus SS120 is an ecologically important and biochemically intriguing marine cyanobacterium. In addition to divinyl chlorophylls (DV-Chls) a and b it possesses a particular form of phycoerythrin (PE), but no other phycobilins and therefore no complete phycobilisomes. Here, a spectroscopic characteris...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Steglich C,Mullineaux CW,Teuchner K,Hess WR,Lokstein H

更新日期：2003-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The transmission of receptor-generated cytoplasmic Ca2+ signals between communicating pancreatic acinar cells has been investigated by comparing patch-clamp recordings of Ca(2+)-dependent Cl- current in internally perfused single cells and small multi-cell clusters. Acetylcholine (50 nM) generates shortlasting repetit...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Petersen CC,Petersen OH

更新日期：1991-06-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The biosynthesis of human tumor necrosis factor (hTNF) was studied. The amino-terminal extension of the hTNF precursor (26 kDa polypeptide) was not cleaved off in a cell-free system supplemented with dog pancreas microsomes. Correct maturation of pre-hTNF was nevertheless not restricted to the macrophage system: in th...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Müller R,Marmenout A,Fiers W

更新日期：1986-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Methanosarcina barkeri inserts pyrrolysine (Pyl) at an in-frame UAG codon in its monomethylamine methyltransferase gene. Pyrrolysyl-tRNA synthetase acylates Pyl onto tRNAPyl, the amber suppressor pyrrolysine Pyl tRNA. Here we show that M. barkeri Fusaro tRNAPyl can be misacylated with serine by the M. barkeri bacteria...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Gundllapalli S,Ambrogelly A,Umehara T,Li D,Polycarpo C,Söll D

更新日期：2008-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Ample evidence indicates that sphingosine-1-phosphate (SPP) can serve as an intracellular second messenger regulating calcium mobilization, and cell growth and survival. Moreover, the dynamic balance between levels of the sphingolipid metabolites, ceramide and SPP, and consequent regulation of opposing signaling pathw...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Spiegel S,Milstien S

更新日期：2000-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:We report results from automated docking and microscopic molecular dynamics simulations of the tetraethylammonium (TEA) complexes with KcsA. Binding modes and energies for TEA binding at the external and internal sides of the channel pore are examined utilising the linear interaction energy method. Effects of the chan...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Luzhkov VB,Aqvist J

更新日期：2001-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：:We reported the preparation of a novel trehalose derivative based on enzymatic oxidation of trehalose by water-soluble glucose-3-dehydrogenase (G3DH) from marine bacterium Halomonas sp. alpha-15 cells. The product of G3DH enzymatic conversion was 3,3'-diketotrehalose (3,3'dkT), a novel trehalose derivative of which bo...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Sode K,Akaike E,Sugiura H,Tsugawa W

更新日期：2001-01-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Inborn errors of the urea cycle, liver malfunction and drug-induced hepatotoxicity are causes of life-threatening encephalopathies arising from hyperammonemia. L-Carnitine prevented entirely ammonia toxicity in mice when injected intraperitoneally 30 min before a lethal dose of ammonium acetate. Survival depends on th...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： O'Connor JE,Costell M,Grisolía S

更新日期：1984-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The interaction of Bordetella pertussis adenylate cyclase toxin (CyaA) with complement receptor 3 (CR3, CD11b/CD18) involves N-linked oligosaccharide chains. To investigate the relative importance of the individual N-glycans of CR3 for toxin activity, the asparagine residues of the consensus N-glycosylation sites of C...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Hasan S,Osickova A,Bumba L,Novák P,Sebo P,Osicka R

更新日期：2015-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Recombinant Plasmodium falciparum glyoxalase I (PfGlx I) was characterized as monomeric Zn(2+)-containing enzyme of 44 kDa. The K(M) value of the methylglyoxal-glutathione adduct is 77+/-15 microM, the k(cat) value being 4000 min(-1) at 25 degrees C and pH 7.0. PfGlx I consists of two halves, each of which is homologo...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Iozef R,Rahlfs S,Chang T,Schirmer H,Becker K

更新日期：2003-11-20 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：:Yeasts with disruptions in the genes PYC1 and PYC2 encoding the isoenzymes of pyruvate carboxylase cannot grow in a glucose-ammonium medium (Stucka et al. (1991) Mol. Gen. Genet. 229, 307-315). We have isolated a dominant mutation, BPC1-1, that allows growth in this medium of yeasts with interrupted PYC1 and PYC2 gene...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Blázquez MA,Gamo FJ,Gancedo C

更新日期：1995-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The nuclear gene OXA1 was first isolated in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and found to be required at a post-translational step in cytochrome c oxidase biogenesis, probably at the level of assembly. Mutations in OXA1 lead to a complete respiratory deficiency. The protein Oxa1p is conserved through evolution and a human hom...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Altamura N,Capitanio N,Bonnefoy N,Papa S,Dujardin G

更新日期：1996-03-11 00:00:00

abstract：:It is clear that G1-S phase control is exerted after the mouse embryo implants into the uterus 4.5 days after fertilization (E4.5); null mutants of genes that control cell cycle commitment such as max, rb (retinoblastoma), and dp1 are embryonic lethal after implantation with proliferation phenotypes. But, a number of ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Xie Y,Sun T,Wang QT,Wang Y,Wang F,Puscheck E,Rappolee DA

更新日期：2005-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The bacterial toxin VacA produced by H. pylori induces large vacuoles in several types of cultured cells such as HeLa cells or gastric cells. To determine the mechanism of vacuolation induced by this toxin we employed several inhibitors of membrane trafficking and endocytosis. The development of vacuolation induced by...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Seto K,Hayashi-Kuwabara Y,Yoneta T,Suda H,Tamaki H

更新日期：1998-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：:We explored the interactive effects of endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) genotypes and cigarette smoking on protein levels and enzyme activity in 33 postpartum placentas. Whilst the eNOS protein levels were lower in the rare allele (0.48+/-0.11, n=9 vs. 1. 05+/-0.10, n=24, P<0.01), the eNOS enzyme activity was ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Wang XL,Sim AS,Wang MX,Murrell GA,Trudinger B,Wang J

更新日期：2000-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Silent information regulator 2 (Sir2) is an NAD(+)-dependent histone deacetylase that establishes repressive chromatin status and extends the life span of both budding yeast and the nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans. There is growing evidence that its mammalian homologue Sir2alpha protects cells from stress-induced...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Ohsawa S,Miura M

更新日期：2006-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Amylin, a 37 amino acid C-terminal amidated peptide is an integral part of secretory granules of pancreatic beta-cells. Utilizing a specific radioimmunoassay system we demonstrate in the present study a cosecretion of amylin and insulin from the isolated rat pancreas. The secretion pattern of both peptides during gluc...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Fehmann HC,Weber V,Göke R,Göke B,Arnold R

更新日期：1990-03-26 00:00:00

abstract：:It was recently shown that there is a predominance of phase 1 introns near the cleavage site of signal peptides encoded by human genes. It was suggested that this biased distribution was due to intron insertion at AGmid R:G proto-splice sites. However, we found that there is no disproportional excess of AGmid R:G that...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Vibranovski MD,Sakabe NJ,de Souza SJ

更新日期：2006-03-06 00:00:00