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

abstract：:Differences in the metabolism of cancer cells or cancer stem cells (CSCs) as compared to normal cells have provided avenues to safely target cancers. To discover metabolic inhibitors of CSCs, we performed alkaline phosphatase- and tumoursphere-based drug screening using induced cancer stem cell-like cells. From the sc...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Subedi A,Muroi M,Futamura Y,Kawamura T,Aono H,Nishi M,Ryo A,Watanabe N,Osada H

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fluorescence dye 1-anilinonaphthalene-8-sulfonate (ANS) was used as a probe of non-polar binding sites in 4-aminobutyrate aminotransferase. ANS binds to a single binding site of the dimeric protein with a Kd of 6 microM. Nanosecond emission anisotropy measurements were performed on the ANS-enzyme in an effort to d...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Churchich JE,Kim DS,Schnackerz KD

更新日期：1983-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Uptake of cholesterol by isolated rat hepatocytes in a serum-free medium was remarkably enhanced by dispersion with several kinds of phosphatidylcholine. Of the various phosphatidylcholines tested, dilinoylphosphatidylcholine had the strongest accelerating effect, while dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine was the weakest. ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Nagamura Y,Sasaki K,Ito M,Saito K,Ogitsu N,Ishiguro I

更新日期：1986-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Novel peptides containing the sequence -Pro-Leu-Ama(NHOH)- were synthesized and characterized by spectroscopic techniques. Their inhibitory properties towards the activated form of native human gelatinase B (MMP-9) and the catalytic domain of neutrophil collagenase (cdMMP-8) were determined. The most effective inhibit...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Krumme D,Wenzel H,Tschesche H

更新日期：1998-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Trefoil factor family (TFF)-domain peptides 1-3 are mucin-associated molecules, largely found in epithelia of gastrointestinal tissues. Structurally similar, resistant to enzymatic degradation, they are up-regulated around areas of epithelial damage such as ulcers. Transgenic expression or exogenous peptide ameliorate...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Wright NA,Hoffmann W,Otto WR,Rio MC,Thim L

更新日期：1997-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Alterations in both calcitonin (CT) secretion and plasma calcium were recently described in adult obese Zucker rats. We have investigated the CT biosynthetic activity of thyroid glands in 30-day-old obese Zucker rats (fa/fa), and their controls (Lean). Plasma calcium level was significantly increased (+0.6 mg/dl) in o...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Segond N,Jullienne A,Tahri EH,Garel JM

更新日期：1984-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:A monoclonal antibody (Z1H01) for an oligopeptide carrying an azobenzene group, was prepared under conditions where the azobenzene group is in the trans form. The antibody bound the hapten peptide effectively when the hapten peptide is in the trans form (K = 5 x 10(7) M-1), but the antibody released the hapten under i...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Harada M,Sisido M,Hirose J,Nakanishi M

更新日期：1991-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The Alanine Serine Cysteine Transporter 2 (ASCT2) is involved in balancing the intracellular amino acid pool. This function is allowed by the antiport mechanism and the asymmetric specificity towards different neutral amino acids, distinctive of this transporter. In the present work, the interaction of the putative su...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Scalise M,Pochini L,Pingitore P,Hedfalk K,Indiveri C

更新日期：2015-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Epiregulin (EPR), a novel member of epidermal growth factor (EGF) family, is a ligand for ErbB-1 and ErbB-4 receptors. The binding affinity of EPR for the receptors is lower than those of other EGF-family ligands. The solution structure of EPR was determined using two-dimensional nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscop...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Sato K,Nakamura T,Mizuguchi M,Miura K,Tada M,Aizawa T,Gomi T,Miyamoto K,Kawano K

更新日期：2003-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Pyrroloquinoline quinone (PQQ) has been claimed to be a component of glutamate decarboxylase from Escherichia coli on the basis of a frequently used procedure in which the protein is extracted with hexanol. We demonstrate that if pyridoxal phosphate (PLP) is not added during the preparation, the apoenzyme prepared fro...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： De Biase D,Maras B,John RA

更新日期：1991-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of oligomeric double and triple helical DNAs with irregular sequences of homopurine and homopyrimidine strands were prepared. DNA triplexes were identified by CD spectroscopy and thermal denaturation profiles (biphasic helix-coil transition). Condensation of oligonucleotides on single and double-stranded DNA ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Dolinnaya NG,Pyatrauskene OV,Shabarova ZA

更新日期：1991-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The crawling locomotion and shape of eukaryotic cells have been associated with the stochastic molecular dynamics of actin and its protein regulators, chiefly Arp2/3 and Rho family GTPases, in making a cytoskeleton meshwork within cell extensions. However, the cell's actin-dependent oscillatory shape and extension dyn...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Vicker MG

更新日期：2002-01-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteins involved in protein translocation across the membrane of the endoplasmic reticulum assemble into different oligomeric complexes depending on their state of function. To analyse such membrane protein complexes we fractionated proteins of mammalian rough microsomes and analysed them using blue native PAGE and i...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Wang L,Dobberstein B

更新日期：1999-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：:ZAP-70 is a protein tyrosine kinase (PTK) that plays a critical role in T cell activation. To study the role of ZAP-70 catalytic activity in this process, a substrate capable of distinguishing between the activities of ZAP-70 and other PTKs would be useful, especially since it has recently been shown that ZAP-70 inter...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Watts JD,Brabb T,Bures EJ,Wange RL,Samelson LE,Aebersold R

更新日期：1996-12-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Several protein kinase C (PKC) isoforms are expressed in human platelets. We report that PKC-delta is tyrosine phosphorylated within 30 s of platelet activation by thrombin. This correlated with a 2-3-fold increase in the kinase activity of PKC-delta relative to unstimulated platelets. The tyrosine phosphorylated PKC-...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Moussazadeh M,Haimovich B

更新日期：1998-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：:In contrast to the preponderance of affected males in families with X-linked mental retardation, Rett syndrome (RTT) is a neurological disorder occurring almost exclusively in females. The near complete absence of affected males in RTT families has been explained by the lethal effect of an X-linked gene mutation in he...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Orrico A,Lam C,Galli L,Dotti MT,Hayek G,Tong SF,Poon PM,Zappella M,Federico A,Sorrentino V

更新日期：2000-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：:This review focuses on the factors that regulate the proliferation of pancreatic islet beta-cells in vitro, and in particular on the intracellular pathways that convey the mitogenic signal into a proliferative response. Substances as diverse as nutrients, polypeptides, cytokines, adrenergic agents, lithium, phorbol es...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Sjöholm A

更新日期：1992-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Seminal plasmin (SPLN) a 47-residue peptide, isolated from bovine seminal plasma, exhibits antibacterial activity against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. Although SPLN strongly inhibits the transcription of various natural and synthetic templates by E. coli RNA polymerase in vitro, it also associates with mo...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Sitaram N,Krishnakumari V,Nagaraj R

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously demonstrated that the taurine uptake and transporter (TAUT) mRNA expression were upregulated by tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) in Caco-2 cells. In this present study, the signaling molecules related to this upregulation were investigated. Pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate, a nuclear factor kappaB...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Mochizuki T,Satsu H,Shimizu M

更新日期：2005-06-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of artificial model membranes on the complement system was investigated. Incubation of the model membranes with human serum resulted in consumption of complement haemolytic activity when phosphatidylserine-containing vesicles were used. The activation of the complement system appeared to proceed through the...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Comis A,Easterbrook-Smith SB

更新日期：1986-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment of Chinese hamster ovary K1 cells with phosphatidylserine (PS) caused typical apoptosis with distinct morphological and biochemical features in a dose- and time-dependent manner. However, unlike camptothecin-induced apoptosis, changes in mitochondrial transmembrane potential were not observed. In addition, c...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Miyato Y,Ibuki Y,Ohyama H,Yamada T,Goto R

更新日期：2001-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Holocytochrome c synthase (HCCS) attaches heme covalently to mitochondrial respiratory cytochromes c. Little is known about the reaction of heme attachment to apocytochromes c by HCCS, although recently it has been established that the CXXCH motif and the N-terminus of the apocytochrome polypeptide are important prote...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Zhang Y,Stevens JM,Ferguson SJ

更新日期：2014-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Mice are widely used for exploring obesity physiology and treatment. However, thermal biology is different between small and large mammals. In this Review, we discuss how the effect of environmental temperature must be understood to ensure applicability of mouse experiments to human obesity. At ambient environmental t...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Reitman ML

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, we have reported the presence of kinetin (N6-furfuryladenine) in commercially available DNA, in freshly extracted cellular DNA and in plant cell extracts. We have also found that kinetin has electrochemical properties which can be used for monitoring the level of this modified base in DNA. Here, for the firs...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Barciszewski J,Siboska GE,Pedersen BO,Clark BF,Rattan SI

更新日期：1997-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The white-rot fungus Bjerkandera sp. BOS55 produced de-novo several aromatic metabolites. Besides veratryl alcohol and veratraldehyde, compounds which are known to be involved in the ligninolytic system of several other white-rot fungi, other metabolites were formed. These included anisaldehyde, 3-chloro-anisaldehyde ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： de Jong E,Field JA,Dings JA,Wijnberg JB,de Bont JA

更新日期：1992-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA-binding protein kinase from amphibian oocytes modifies serine and threonine residues in the molecules of substrates and utilizes both ATP and GTP. Low concentrations of heparin inhibit protein kinase. The foregoing suggests that this enzyme is casein kinase II. It is shown that RNA-binding proteins lack active for...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kandror KV,Stepanov AS

更新日期：1984-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The amyloid precursor protein (APP) is proteolytically processed by β- and γ-secretases to release amyloid-β peptide (Aβ), the main component found in senile plaques of Alzheimer's disease (AD) patient brains. Alternatively, APP can be cleaved within the Aβ sequence by α-secretase, thus precluding the generation of Aβ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： León-Otegui M,Gómez-Villafuertes R,Díaz-Hernández JI,Díaz-Hernández M,Miras-Portugal MT,Gualix J

更新日期：2011-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Pin2/TRF1 was independently identified as a telomeric DNA-binding protein (TRF1) that regulates telomere length, and as a protein (Pin2) that can bind the mitotic kinase NIMA and suppress its lethal phenotype. We have previously demonstrated that Pin2/TRF1 levels are cell cycle-regulated and its overexpression induces...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Nakamura M,Zhou XZ,Kishi S,Lu KP

更新日期：2002-03-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Sarcoplasmic reticulum vesicles were solubilized stepwise by the nonionic detergent octaethyleneglycol monododecyl ether; 31P NMR enabled the extent of phospholipid solubilization to be monitored by following the conversion of the broad resonance peak characterizing the phospholipids inserted in the bilayer to the nar...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Roux M,Champeil P

更新日期：1984-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Iron regulatory protein 2 (IRP2) is a critical switch for cellular and systemic iron homeostasis. In iron-deficient or hypoxic cells, IRP2 binds to mRNAs containing iron responsive elements (IREs) and regulates their expression. Iron promotes proteasomal degradation of IRP2 via the F-box protein FBXL5. Here, we explor...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Hausmann A,Lee J,Pantopoulos K

更新日期：2011-02-18 00:00:00