The green tea polyphenol (-)-epigallocatechin gallate prevents the aggregation of tau protein into toxic oligomers at substoichiometric ratios.

abstract：:Vascular endothelial cells and neutrophils synthesize and release potent vasodilatatory factors, i.e. endothelium-derived relaxing factors (EDRF) and neutrophil-derived relaxing factors (NDRF). One EDRF has been identified as nitric oxide (NO) derived from arginine. We studied the synthesis and release of NO from huma...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Schmidt HH,Seifert R,Böhme E

更新日期：1989-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Disulfide bridges were introduced into CrylAa, a Bacillus thuringiensis lepidopteran toxin, to stabilize different protein domains including domain I alpha-helical regions thought to be involved in membrane integration and permeation. Bridged mutants could not form functional ion channels in lipid bilayers in the oxid...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Schwartz JL,Juteau M,Grochulski P,Cygler M,Préfontaine G,Brousseau R,Masson L

更新日期：1997-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:CpG dinucleotides are efficiently methylated in vertebrate genomes except in the CpG islands having a high C+G content. Methylated CpGs are the single most mutated dinucleotide. Sequences surrounding disease causing CpG mutation sites were analyzed from locus-specific mutation databases. Both tetra- and heptanucleotid...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Ollila J,Lappalainen I,Vihinen M

更新日期：1996-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：:α-Helical membrane-active antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are known to act via a range of mechanisms, including the formation of barrel-stave and toroidal pores and the micellisation of the membrane (carpet mechanism). Different mechanisms imply that the peptides adopt different 3D structures when bound at the water-mem...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： van den Bergen G,Stroet M,Caron B,Poger D,Mark AE

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of (S)-alpha-methylproline (alpha-MePro) to stabilise reverse-turn conformations in the peptide hormone bradykinin (BK = Arg1-Pro2-Pro3-Gly4-Phe5-Ser6-Pro7-Phe8-Arg9) has been investigated. Two BK analogues containing alpha-MePro at position 3 or position 7 were synthesised and their conformations in aqueo...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Welsh JH,Zerbe O,von Philipsborn W,Robinson JA

更新日期：1992-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Human respiratory syncytial virus (HRSV) is the leading cause of lower respiratory tract disease in infants. The HRSV small hydrophobic (SH) protein plays an important role in HRSV pathogenesis, although its mode of action is unclear. Analysis of the ability of SH protein to induce membrane permeability and form homo-...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Carter SD,Dent KC,Atkins E,Foster TL,Verow M,Gorny P,Harris M,Hiscox JA,Ranson NA,Griffin S,Barr JN

更新日期：2010-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：:PPP2R2C encodes a gamma isoform of the subunit B55 subfamily, which is a regulatory subunit of Protein phosphatase type 2A (PP2A). Our study shows that PPP2R2C is downregulated in glioma cells and human brain cancer patient samples. Overexpression of PPP2R2C inhibited cancer cell proliferation both in vitro and in viv...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Fan YL,Chen L,Wang J,Yao Q,Wan JQ

更新日期：2013-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Temperature-jump measurements were carried out on myosin subfragment 1 (S1) labeled at Cys-707 with 5-(iodoacetamido)fluorescein (S1-AF). The relaxation was monitored by following the increase in the fluorescence intensity of the attached probe after a jump of 5.8 degrees C. A single relaxation process was observed ov...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Lin SH,Cheung HC

更新日期：1992-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphorylations catalyzed by cAMP-dependent protein kinase are essential for sperm motility, and type II cAMP-dependent protein kinase in mature sperm has been shown to be firmly bound to the flagellum via the regulatory subunit, RII. The present study documents high-levelled expression of a human, testis-specific RI...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Oyen O,Myklebust F,Scott JD,Hansson V,Jahnsen T

更新日期：1989-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:STAT3, a transcription factor involved in various physiological and pathological processes, is also present in mitochondria. Mitochondrial STAT3 regulates complex I activity and reactive oxygen species (ROS) production, yet the mechanisms governing its translocation to mitochondria remain poorly understood. In this st...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Mohammed F,Gorla M,Bisoyi V,Tammineni P,Sepuri NBV

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A point mutation (Ala-589 to Thr) in the transmembrane protein of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) has been shown to decrease the sensitivity of the virus to the neutralizing effect of human HIV-1 specific antibodies [(1990) J. Virol. 64, 3240-3248]. Here 17-residue peptides with the parental and mutant...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Klasse J,Pipkorn R,Blomberg J,Han KH,Hilton B,Ferretti JA

更新日期：1993-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein tyrosine kinase p72syk purified from rat spleen has been assayed for its ability to phosphorylate a number of peptide substrates derived from naturally occurring phospho-acceptor sites. The phosphorylation efficiency is extremely variable, depending on the peptide sequence, with Km values in the 3-1500 microM ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Brunati AM,Donella-Deana A,Ruzzene M,Marin O,Pinna LA

更新日期：1995-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：:A-disintegrin and metalloproteinase 10 (ADAM10) is involved in the generation of amyloid-β (Aβ) during amyloid precursor protein (APP) processing, and has a protective effect against Aβ neurotoxicity. We explored how metallothionein-III (MT-III) is regulated in the non-amyloidogenic pathway to generate soluble APPα (s...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Park BH,Kim HG,Jin SW,Song SG,Jeong HG

更新日期：2014-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutation of Thr90 to Ala has a profound effect on bacteriorhodopsin properties. T90A shows about 20% of the proton pumping efficiency of wild type, once reconstituted into liposomes. Mutation of Thr90 influences greatly the Schiff base/Asp85 environment, as demonstrated by altered lambda(max) of 555 nm and pK(a) of As...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Perálvarez A,Barnadas R,Sabés M,Querol E,Padrós E

更新日期：2001-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：:LH-stimulated adenylate cyclase activity in membrane preparations of bovine luteal cells could be enhanced by treating the cells with either phospholipase D or its hydrolysis product, phosphatidic acid. Similar augmentary effects were also produced following treatment of the cells with EGF. Moreover, EGF could stimula...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Budnik LT,Mukhopadhyay AK

更新日期：1993-07-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Guluronate and mannuronate oligomers with various degree of polymerization were prepared from polyguluronate (PG) and polymannuronate (PM) with an alginate lyase from a Pseudoalteromonas sp., and their activities to induce cytokine secretion from mouse macrophage cell line RAW264.7 cells were examined. Enzymatically d...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Iwamoto M,Kurachi M,Nakashima T,Kim D,Yamaguchi K,Oda T,Iwamoto Y,Muramatsu T

更新日期：2005-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Complexes of intact nuclear DNA with proteins undissociable by 2.0 M NaCl and nonionic detergents were analyzed by agarose gel electrophoresis following physical or enzymatic fragmentation. Sulfhydryl molecules converted these DNAs (but not the bacteriophage lambda DNA) into smaller-Mr forms. Following limited restric...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Taş S,De Larco J,Altiok E

更新日期：1985-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The isolation of a novel biologically active peptide, designated galanin, is described. The peptide was discovered by the detection of its C-terminal amide structure in porcine intestinal extract using a chemical method. It was found that galanin consists of 29 amino acids and the complete amino acid sequence is: Gly-...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Tatemoto K,Rökaeus A,Jörnvall H,McDonald TJ,Mutt V

更新日期：1983-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of ADP, ATP, citrate and EDTA on iron-dependent microsomal and liposomal lipid peroxidation, and on 59FeCl3 binding to the lipid membranes were measured. The aim was to test if initiation of lipid peroxidation is a site-specific mechanism requiring bound iron. In the absence of chelator, iron was bound to ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Vile GF,Winterbourn CC

更新日期：1987-05-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The uncoupling protein-3 (UCP3) is a mitochondrial protein expressed mainly in skeletal muscle. Among several hypotheses for its physiological function, UCP3 has been proposed to prevent excessive production of reactive oxygen species. In the present study, we evaluated the effect of an oxidative stress induced by hyp...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Flandin P,Donati Y,Barazzone-Argiroffo C,Muzzin P

更新日期：2005-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:It is demonstrated by filter-binding assay that casein kinase 2 from Rana temporaria oocytes binds rRNA in vitro with high affinity. Ligand-blotting shows that rRNA-binding activity is inherent to alpha and alpha' subunits of the enzyme. Increase of pH from 6.5 to 7.5 has little effect on casein kinase but completely ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kandror KV,Kapkov DV,Turapov OA,Stepanov AS

更新日期：1991-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Eukaryotic nuclear RNA binding proteins share a common sequence motif thought to be implicated in RNA binding. One of the two domains present in A1 hnRNP protein, has been modelled by homology in order to make a prediction of the main features of the RNA binding site. Acylphosphatase (EC 3.6.1.7) was selected as templ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Ghetti A,Bolognesi M,Cobianchi F,Morandi C

更新日期：1990-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Measurement of the binding equilibrium for the interaction of alpha-actinin with F-actin is complicated by secondary reactions involving cross-linking and/or bundling of the actin filaments. To quantitate the initial binding event, we studied the interaction of the bacterially expressed actin-binding domain (ABD) of c...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kuhlman PA,Ellis J,Critchley DR,Bagshaw CR

更新日期：1994-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Induction of a microsomal oleate delta12 (n-6) desaturase which is mainly responsible for an increase in membrane lipid unsaturation at low temperature has been observed in the free-living amoeba Acanthamoeba castellanii. In this study we show that the enzyme can also be regulated by oxygen independently of temperatur...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Thomas K,Rutter A,Suller M,Harwood J,Lloyd D

更新日期：1998-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:G protein-coupled receptor kinase 2 (GRK2) plays a key role in determining the rate and extent of G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) desensitization and resensitization. Recent data indicate that GRK2 activity, subcellular distribution and expression are tightly regulated. The important physiological function of GRK2 a...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Aragay AM,Ruiz-Gómez A,Penela P,Sarnago S,Elorza A,Jiménez-Sainz MC,Mayor F Jr

更新日期：1998-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Transgenically introduced laminin (LN) alpha1 chain prevents muscular dystrophy in LNalpha2 chain deficient mice. We now report increased integrin alpha7Bbeta1D synthesis in dystrophic LNalpha2 chain deficient muscle. Yet, immunofluorescence demonstrated a reduced expression of integrin alpha7B subunit at the sarcolem...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Gawlik KI,Mayer U,Blomberg K,Sonnenberg A,Ekblom P,Durbeej M

更新日期：2006-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Superoxide reacts with nitric oxide to form peroxynitrite, a potent oxidising agent which may contribute to tissue damage in pathological situations such as inflammation and ischaemia/reperfusion. One mechanism by which oxidative stress damages tissues is the induction of a specific Cyclosporin A-sensitive mitochondri...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Packer MA,Murphy MP

更新日期：1994-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to investigate homoharringtonine alkaloid effect on: (i) the nonenzymatic and eEF-1-dependent Phe-tRNAPhe binding to poly(U)-programmed human placenta 80 S ribosomes; (ii) diphenylalanine synthesis accompanying nonenzymatic Phe-tRNAPhe binding; and (iii) acetylphenylalanyl-puromycin fo...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Tujebajeva RM,Graifer DM,Karpova GG,Ajtkhozhina NA

更新日期：1989-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The Wnt/beta-catenin signalling pathway is evolutionarily conserved across many species and plays important roles during embryogenesis. The Lee-Heinrich model (to recognize the contributions of R. Heinrich we will refer to the work proposed by Lee et al. [Lee, E., Salic, A., Krüger, R., Heinrich, R., Kirschner, M.W. (...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Wawra C,Kühl M,Kestler HA

更新日期：2007-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of human diseases can be linked to aberrations in protein folding which cause an imbalance in protein homeostasis. Molecular chaperones, including heat shock proteins, act to assist protein folding, stability and activity in the cell. Attention has begun to focus on modulating the expression and/or activity o...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Powers MV,Workman P

更新日期：2007-07-31 00:00:00