The two common polymorphic forms of human NRH-quinone oxidoreductase 2 (NQO2) have different biochemical properties.

abstract：:PGI is a housekeeping gene encoding phosphoglucose isomerase (PGI) a glycolytic enzyme that also functions as a cytokine (autocrine motility factor (AMF)/neuroleukin/maturation factor) upon secretion from the cell and binding to its 78 kDa seven-transmembrane domain receptor (gp78/AMF-R). PGI contains a CXXC motif, ch...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Tsutsumi S,Gupta SK,Hogan V,Tanaka N,Nakamura KT,Nabi IR,Raz A

更新日期：2003-01-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Human ovarian clear cell carcinoma cell line (transferrin (Tf)-non-producer), HAC 2, cells were adapted to grow in chemically defined synthetic medium when the cells were cultured with medium containing 10 micrograms/ml of insulin at least for 6 months. They synthesized and secreted constantly the 80 kDa protein immun...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Ohkawa K,Takada K,Takizawa N,Hatano T,Tsukada Y,Matsuda M

更新日期：1990-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The mitochondrial ADP/ATP carriers (AACs) catalyze the exchange of cytosolic ADP for matrix ATP. We have identified and characterized a novel member of the AAC subfamily of mitochondrial metabolite transport proteins, termed AAC4. The AAC4 gene maps to human chromosome 4q28.1, and its product AAC4 is 66-68% identical ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Dolce V,Scarcia P,Iacopetta D,Palmieri F

更新日期：2005-01-31 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：: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：:The expression of interphotoreceptor retinoid binding protein (IRBP) is limited to photoreceptor cells of the retina and pinealocytes of the pineal gland. We sought to define cis-elements of the mouse IRBP 5' flanking region that are required for this restricted activity. In vitro transient transfections of retinoblas...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Boatright JH,Knox BE,Jones KM,Stodulkova E,Nguyen HT,Padove SA,Borst DE,Nickerson JM

更新日期：2001-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The retromer complex is a key element of the endosomal protein sorting machinery that is conserved through evolution and has been shown to play a role in diseases such as Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease. Through sorting various membrane proteins (cargo), the function of retromer complex has been linked to ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Mukadam AS,Seaman MN

更新日期：2015-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Monomeric and trimeric PS I complexes missing the three stromal subunits E,C and D (termed PS I core complexes) were prepared from the thermophilic cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. by incubation with urea. The subunits E,C and D are sequentially removed. In the monomeric PS I the subunit C is removed with a half life ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Lüneberg J,Fromme P,Jekow P,Schlodder E

更新日期：1994-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Plant G proteins of the ROP/RAC family regulate cellular processes including cytoskeletal rearrangement in polar growth. Activation of the ROP molecular switch is triggered by guanine nucleotide exchange factors. Plant-specific RopGEFs are exclusively active on ROPs despite their high homology to animal Rho proteins. ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Fricke I,Berken A

更新日期：2009-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytochrome c oxidase has been isolated from beef heart mitochondria and labeled with the fluorochrome eosin-5-maleimide (EMA) after pretreatment with mersalyl. On SDS-polyacrylamide gels, EMA fluorescence and absorption occurred at a single band corresponding to subunit III. Since only Cys 115 of the two cysteinyl res...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Müller M,Azzi A

更新日期：1985-05-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Accurate cDNA data is useful to validate gene structures in a genome. We sequenced 35189 expressed sequence tags (ESTs) obtained from the highly destructive rice blast fungus, Magnaporthe grisea. Our custom-made computational programs mapped these ESTs on the M. grisea genome sequence, and reconstructed gene structure...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Numa H,Nishimura M,Tanaka T,Kanamori H,Yang CC,Matsumoto T,Nagamura Y,Itoh T

更新日期：2009-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Equine platelet beta tropomyosin (247 residues), like rabbit skeletal muscle alpha tropomyosin (284 residues) has a repeating pattern of amino acid residues characteristic of a coiled-coil structure. When compared with the muscle protein, it is extended by 5 residues at the NH2-terminus and possesses two 21 residue de...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Lewis WG,Cote GP,Mak AS,Smillie LB

更新日期：1983-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：:We have isolated cDNA molecules encoding a protein with the characteristic sequence elements that are conserved between the catalytic domains of protein kinases. This protein is apparently a serine/threonine kinase and is most closely related to the amino-terminal half of the ribosomal protein S6 kinase II first chara...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Harmann B,Kilimann MW

更新日期：1990-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:A recombinant expression system was developed to analyse sequence determinants involved in O-glycosylation of proteins in mycobacteria. By expressing peptide sequences corresponding to known glycosylation sites within a chimeric lipoprotein construct, amino acids flanking modified threonine residues were found to have...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Herrmann JL,Delahay R,Gallagher A,Robertson B,Young D

更新日期：2000-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Electron microscopy of mammalian smooth muscle myosin rods showed them to be 153 +/- 7 nm (SD) long, and to bend sharply (greater than 90 degrees) but infrequently, and pH independently (range 6.5-9.5), at a single site 45 +/- 4 nm from one end of the molecule. Light meromyosin (LMM) preparations were 99 +/- 10 nm lon...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Cross RA

更新日期：1984-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Translocation of folded proteins by the Tat system of Escherichia coli is believed to rely on the presence of phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) and the negatively charged phospholipids cardiolipin (CL) and phosphatidylglycerol (PG). Here, we show that while PE is indeed essential for activity, the Tat system is fully func...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Rathmann C,Schlösser AS,Schiller J,Bogdanov M,Brüser T

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Canine aortic strip studies revealed insensitivity of angiotensin II (AII)-induced aortic contraction to inhibition by the non-peptide antagonist DuP753 (pKB = 6.7 +/- 0.1). In order to determine the origin of this phenomenon we cloned the canine homologue of the AT1 AII receptor. Expression of this cDNA in COS-7 cell...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Burns L,Clark KL,Bradley J,Robertson MJ,Clark AJ

更新日期：1994-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:In the current work, we report that specific inhibition of Janus tyrosine kinase (JAK3) via NC1153 induces apoptosis of certain leukemia/lymphoma cell lines. Affymetrix microarray profiling following NC1153 treatment unveiled JAK3 dependent survival modulating pathways (p53, TGF-beta, TNFR and ER stress) in Kit225 cel...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Nagy ZS,Ross JA,Rodriguez G,Bader J,Dimmock J,Kirken RA

更新日期：2010-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：:A heat-stable activator for ADP-ribosylation factor (ARF)-dependent phospholipase D (PLD) was purified to near homogeneity from rat kidney cytosol by a sequential column chromatography. The purified activator has a molecular mass of 23 kDa on SDS-PAGE. Using a partially purified ARF-dependent PLD from rat kidney, the ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Akisue T,Jinnai H,Hitomi T,Miwa N,Yoshida K,Nakamura S

更新日期：1998-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The structure determination of apotransketolase and the comparison of its three-dimensional structure with that of the holoenzyme has revealed that no large conformational changes are associated with cofactor binding. Two loops at the active site are flexible in the apoenzyme which enables ThDP to reach its binding si...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Sundström M,Lindqvist Y,Schneider G

更新日期：1992-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Purified barley leaf ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase, a key enzyme of the starch synthesis in the chloroplast stroma, was analysed with respect to its possible regulation by factors defining the metabolic/effector status of the chloroplast during light and dark conditions. The enzyme required 3-phosphoglyceric acid for ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kleczkowski LA

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We review the evidence for H+ translocation by reconstituted cytochrome c oxidase; attention is paid to those aspects which we feel most open to criticism. Possible alternative hypotheses are assessed, with regard to experiments carried out to test them directly and with regard to published data. We conclude that, whi...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Casey RP,Azzi A

更新日期：1983-04-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclic ADP-ribose (cADPR) is a natural metabolite of beta-NAD+ with a potent Ca2+-mobilizing activity in different cell types, including T-lymphocytes. We investigated (i) whether stimulation of T-lymphocytes with different agonists affects the intracellular concentration of cADPR, and (ii) whether the lymphocyte anti...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： da Silva CP,Schweitzer K,Heyer P,Malavasi F,Mayr GW,Guse AH

更新日期：1998-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Using specific monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies, we have analyzed protein kinase C alpha and beta isozyme expression in human T cells from peripheral blood (PB) and from thymus. While the PKC beta isozyme was present in all T cell sub-types isolated from both PB and thymus, the alpha isozyme was found only in sing...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Tarantino N,Debré P,Körner M

更新日期：1994-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) is associated with hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS). Although most clinical isolates of STEC produce hemolysin (called enterohemolysin), the precise role of enterohemolysin in the pathogenesis of STEC infections is unknown. Here we demonstrated that E. coli carrying the clo...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Taneike I,Zhang HM,Wakisaka-Saito N,Yamamoto T

更新日期：2002-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:A macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF), originally described as a product of activated lymphocytes, has been defined as a 12 kDa protein, expressed in a wide variety of tissues. Here MIF is identified as a phenylpyruvate tautomerase (EC 5.3.2.1) having p-hydroxyphenylpyruvate and phenylpyruvate as its natural ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Rosengren E,Aman P,Thelin S,Hansson C,Ahlfors S,Björk P,Jacobsson L,Rorsman H

更新日期：1997-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：:In addition to their g = 1.94 EPR signal, nitrogenase Fe-proteins from Azotobacter vinelandii, Azotobacter chroococcum and Klebsiella pneumoniae exhibit a weak EPR signal with g approximately equal to 5. Temperature dependence of the signal was consistent with an S = 3/2 system with negative zero-field splitting, D = ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Hagen WR,Eady RR,Dunham WR,Haaker H

更新日期：1985-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：:A new type of mitogenic factor (protein) was purified from the culture supernatant of a strain of Streptococcus pyogenes by SP-Sephadex C-25 column chromatography, preparative isoelectric focusing and reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography. The purified factor, showing marked mitogenic activity in rabbi...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Yutsudo T,Murai H,Gonzalez J,Takao T,Shimonishi Y,Takeda Y,Igarashi H,Hinuma Y

更新日期：1992-08-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Three inositol-containing sialyloligosaccharides were isolated from normal human urine. Structural studies including gas-liquid chromatography of mono- and disaccharide derivatives, methylation analysis, mass spectrometry and glycosidase treatments indicated the structure NeuAc (alpha 2-3)Gal(beta 1-0)scyllo-inositol ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Parkkinen J

更新日期：1983-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：:A sialidase resistant mono-charged N-glycan was isolated from glycosylation site I (Asn-24) of recombinant human erythropoietin expressed from baby hamster kidney (BHK-21) cells and constituted approximately 2-4% of the oligosaccharide material at this glycosylation site. Mass spectrometry and both 1- and 2-dimensiona...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Nimtz M,Wray V,Rüdiger A,Conradt HS

更新日期：1995-05-29 00:00:00