Regulation of LacZ mRNA translatability in a cell-free system at heat shock by the last four sense codons.

abstract：:The metabolism of 20:4 (arachidonic acid) in alkenylacyl, alkylacyl and diacyl lipid classes in choline glycerophospholipids (CGP) and ethanolamine glycerophospholipids (EGP) in rabbit alveolar macrophages was examined. [3H]20:4 was very rapidly incorporated into diacyl glycerophosphocholine (GPC). After the removal o...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Sugiura T,Katayama O,Fukui J,Nakagawa Y,Waku K

更新日期：1984-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Using the yeast two hybrid system and overlay assays we identified a putative rholrac effector, citron, which interacts with the GTP-bound forms of rho and rac1, but not with cdc42. Extensive homologies to known proteins were not observed. This 183 kDa protein contains a C6H2 zinc finger, a PH domain, and a long coile...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Madaule P,Furuyashiki T,Reid T,Ishizaki T,Watanabe G,Morii N,Narumiya S

更新日期：1995-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Apart from the 8 kDa subunit, which is of chloroplast origin, most of the small polypeptides of the PS I reaction center from higher plants are encoded in nuclear genes. We describe here the first nucleotide sequence of a nuclear component of this photosystem, the precursor of the 20 kDa protein. The deduced sequence ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Lagoutte B

更新日期：1988-05-23 00:00:00

abstract：:A cDNA clone encoding cholesterol side-chain cleavage cytochrome P450 (P450scc) was isolated from a rainbow trout ovarian follicle cDNA library. The cDNA contains an open reading frame of 1,542 nucleotides encoding a protein of 514 amino acids. The predicted amino acid sequence of trout P450scc shows 48% homology with...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Takahashi M,Tanaka M,Sakai N,Adachi S,Miller WL,Nagahama Y

更新日期：1993-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The oleosin glycine-rich protein genes Atgrp-6, Atgrp-7, and Atgrp-8 occur in clusters in the Arabidopsis genome and are expressed specifically in the tapetum cells. The cis-regulatory regions involved in the tissue-specific gene expression were investigated by fusing different segments of the gene cluster to the uidA...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Franco LO,de O Manes CL,Hamdi S,Sachetto-Martins G,de Oliveira DE

更新日期：2002-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The vasopressin gene is highly transcribed in magnocellular neurons of the supraoptic (SON) and paraventricular nucleus (PVN) in the rat hypothalamus. In order to identify cis-acting elements involved in the expression of the vasopressin gene, approximately 1 kb upstream of the transcription start site has been sequen...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Mohr E,Richter D

更新日期：1990-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Lysophospholipids are liberated during venomous action. In this study we demonstrated that lysophosphatidyl choline (LPC) of various acyl chains enhances considerably the activity of snake venom phosphodiesterase (PDE). Lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) and its cyclic form (cLPA), on the other hand, were found to inhibit th...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Mamillapalli R,Haimovitz R,Ohad M,Shinitzky M

更新日期：1998-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Rat calvaria cells grown in culture for one week had properties of osteoblasts: a high content in alkaline phosphatase and a marked cyclic AMP response to parathyroid hormone (PTH). In short-term experiments, insulin-like growth factor I (IGF I) stimulated the incorporation of [14C] glucose into glycogen. When IGF I w...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Schmid C,Steiner T,Froesch ER

更新日期：1984-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The interaction of Fas (Apo-1) and TNF receptor-1 with their respective ligands can lead to cell death. The so-called death domain, a sequence motif present in the cytoplasmic portion of the two receptors, has been identified as a critical structural element involved in signal transduction that leads to apoptosis. Her...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Hofmann K,Tschopp J

更新日期：1995-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Antimycin, 2-nonyl-4-hydroxyquinoline N-oxide and funiculosin induce O.2(-) generation by submitochondrial particles oxidizing succinate, whereas KCN, mucidin, myxothiazol or 2,3-dimercaptopropanol inhibit O.2(-) generation. Thenoyltrifluoroacetone does not induce superoxide production by itself but slightly stimulate...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Ksenzenko M,Konstantinov AA,Khomutov GB,Tikhonov AN,Ruuge EK

更新日期：1983-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracellular laccase (benzenediol: oxygen oxidoreductase EC 1.10.3.2) from the lignin-degrading fungus, Phlebia radiata, was shown to contain a novel combination of electron carriers as its prosthetic groups. In addition to two copper atoms per enzyme molecule, one molecule of PQQ was included as a cofactor. The EPR ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Karhunen E,Niku-Paavola ML,Viikari L,Haltia T,van der Meer RA,Duine JA

更新日期：1990-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：:A one-electron reductive metabolism of 1,2-dibromoethane (DBE) is described that gives rise to a free radical intermediate, which can be stabilized by a spin trapping agent and detected by electron spin resonance spectroscopy. Using rat liver microsomes or isolated hepatocytes from phenobarbitone pretreated animals, u...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Tomasi A,Albano E,Dianzani MU,Slater TF,Vannini V

更新日期：1983-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Stopped-flow kinetics showed that the inhibition of the lysosomal cysteine proteinase, cathepsin B, by its endogenous inhibitor, cystatin C, occurs by a two-step mechanism, in which an initial, weak interaction is followed by a conformational change. The initial interaction most likely involves binding of the N-termin...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Nycander M,Estrada S,Mort JS,Abrahamson M,Björk I

更新日期：1998-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:A partial cDNA clone for the potato wound-inducible metallocarboxypeptidase inhibitor (PCI) was isolated from a cDNA library constructed from mRNA of abscisic acid (ABA)-treated potato leaves. The full 5' region of the cDNA was obtained through a RACE-PCR protocol. PCI mRNA encodes a precursor polypeptide which compri...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Villanueva J,Canals F,Prat S,Ludevid D,Querol E,Avilés FX

更新日期：1998-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Misfolded or unassembled secretory proteins are retained in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and subsequently degraded by the cytosolic ubiquitin-proteasome system. This requires their retrograde transport from the ER lumen into the cytosol, which is mediated by the Sec61 translocon. It had remained a mystery whether ER...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Plemper RK,Deak PM,Otto RT,Wolf DH

更新日期：1999-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:We show that inverted membrane vesicles from Corynebacterium glutamicum, a Gram-positive bacterium, are able to generate and maintain an electrochemical gradient of protons in response to the addition of NADH. This result indicates that the respiratory chain is intact and that the vesicles are reasonably impermeable t...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Schrempp S,Bayan N,Shechter E

更新日期：1994-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Platinum electrodes can be coated with cytochrome b5-phospholipid monolayers by the Langmuir-Blodgett technique. Cyclic voltammetry of a series of dyes shows that the coated electrodes become selective for certain electroactive species. The electron transfer reactions of negatively charged species are inhibited at the...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Zaba BN,Wilkinson MC,Taylor DM,Lewis TJ,Laidman DL

更新日期：1987-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Vacuolar ATPases (V1V0 -ATPases) function in proton translocation across lipid membranes of subcellular compartments. We have used antibody labeling and electron microscopy to define the position of subunit C in the vacuolar ATPase from yeast. The data show that subunit C is binding at the interface of the ATPase and ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Zhang Z,Inoue T,Forgac M,Wilkens S

更新日期：2006-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Under destabilising conditions both heat and cold denaturation of yeast phosphoglycerate kinase (PGK) can be observed. According to previous interpretation of experimental data and theoretical calculations, the C-terminal domain should be more stable than the N-terminal domain at all temperatures. We report on thermal...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Gast K,Damaschun G,Desmadril M,Minard P,Müller-Frohne M,Pfeil W,Zirwer D

更新日期：1995-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Here we report that splice blocking morpholinos (Sb MO) against zebrafish sox31 elicit developmental arrest, likely through creating a series of dominant negative splicing variants. Embryos injected with the Sb MO develop normally before the Mid-Blastula Transition (MBT); however, they do not initiate epiboly. Microar...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Hu SN,Yu H,Zhang YB,Wu ZL,Yan YC,Li YX,Li YY,Li YP

更新日期：2012-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Ku, a heterodimer of 70- and 80-kDa subunits, plays a general role in the metabolism of DNA ends in eukaryotic cells, including double-strand DNA break repair, V(D)J recombination, and maintenance of telomeres. We have utilized the yeast two-hybrid system to identify Ku70-interacting proteins other than Ku80. Two reac...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Song K,Jung D,Jung Y,Lee SG,Lee I

更新日期：2000-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Placentas of mice lacking p57(Kip2) expression have trophoblastic hyperplasia. To elucidate the mechanism underlying this phenomenon, we studied expression of two angiogenic factors, vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and placenta growth factor (PlGF). Immunohistochemical analysis with anti-VEGF antibodies indi...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Matsuura T,Takahashi K,Nakayama K,Kobayashi T,Choi-Miura NH,Tomita M,Kanayama N

更新日期：2002-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The amino acid sequence of EcoRV DNA methyltransferase which methylates the amino group of the 5'-adenine residue of the target sequence GATATC has been found to be closely related to that of three other adenine methyltransferases, DpnII, dam and damT4, the target sequence of which is GATC. Despite large differences o...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Lauster R,Kriebardis A,Guschlbauer W

更新日期：1987-08-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Casein kinase-II (CK-II) belongs to the protein kinases recognizing serine/threonine in proximity to acidic residues in protein substrates. Crystallography and mutagenesis studies on the cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA) disclosed that glutamic acid-170 (E170), is important for interaction of substrates with the enz...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Dobrowolska G,Meggio F,Marin O,Lozeman FJ,Li D,Pinna LA,Krebs EG

更新日期：1994-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：:In the rat liver, transcription of the serine:pyruvate/alanine:glyoxylate aminotransferase (SPT/AGT) gene occurs from two sites, +1 and +66, in exon 1, resulting in the formation of two mRNAs, one for a precursor of mitochondrial SPT/AGT and the other for peroxisomal SPT/AGT, respectively. In this study, we attempted ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Sugiyama T,Uchida C,Oda T,Kitagawa M,Hayashi H,Ichiyama A

更新日期：2001-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to study the transactivational property of the X gene in the methylotropic yeast Pichia pastoris, a Rous sarcoma virus-chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (RSV-CAT) cassette was co-transformed and integrated into the host yeast strain as a reporter which showed an overwhelming CAT activity. Immunoprecipitation ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Lal SK,Kumar V

更新日期：1999-07-30 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：:Synaptotagmin I, the calcium sensor for neurotransmission, is palmitoylated. We have identified the palmitoylation sites as five cysteine residues located between the transmembrane and cytoplasmic regions. In contrast to wild-type synaptotagmin, the non-acylated mutant is not converted to the endoglycosidase-H-resista...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Heindel U,Schmidt MF,Veit M

更新日期：2003-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:CD38, a type II transmembrane glycoprotein, behaves as a catalytically active transporter responsible for ectocellular generation of cyclic ADP-ribose (cADPR) from NAD+ and for subsequent influx of cADPR across membranes [Franco, L., Guida, L., Bruzzone, S., Zocchi, E., Usai, C. and De Flora, A. (1998) FASEB J. in pre...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Bruzzone S,Guida L,Franco L,Zocchi E,Corte G,De Flora A

更新日期：1998-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated expression levels of Na(+),K(+)-ATPase alpha-isoforms and their ATPase activities in human colorectal cancer tissue and the accompanying normal mucosa. A decrease in expression of the alpha1-isoform protein was observed in all sampled cancer tissues compared with the normal mucosae. The level of ouabai...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Sakai H,Suzuki T,Maeda M,Takahashi Y,Horikawa N,Minamimura T,Tsukada K,Takeguchi N

更新日期：2004-04-09 00:00:00