Searching for the mechanism of signalling by plant photoreceptor cryptochrome.

abstract：:Human monocyte-macrophages were incubated for 24 h in Ham's F-10 medium with human low-density lipoprotein (LDL) in the presence or absence of beta-carotene, canthaxanthin or zeaxanthin, at final concentrations of 2.5, 12.5 and 25 mg/l. LDL oxidation, measured by agarose gel electrophoresis, the thiobarbituric acid as...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Carpenter KL,van der Veen C,Hird R,Dennis IF,Ding T,Mitchinson MJ

更新日期：1997-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Urate oxidase from Aspergillus flavus is a 135 kDa homo-tetramer which has a hydrophobic cavity buried within each monomer and located close to its active site. Crystallographic studies under moderate gas pressure and high hydrostatic pressure have shown that both gas presence and high pressure would rigidify the cavi...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Colloc'h N,Prangé T

更新日期：2014-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular dynamics analyses were performed to examine conformational changes in the C-domain of calmodulin and the N-domain of troponin C induced by binding of Ca(2+) ions. Analyses of conformational changes in calmodulin and troponin C indicated that the shortening of the distance between Ca(2+) ions and Ca(2+) bindi...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Goto K,Toyama A,Takeuchi H,Takayama K,Saito T,Iwamoto M,Yeh JZ,Narahashi T

更新日期：2004-03-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Published amino acid sequences for nitrogenase component polypeptides were compared with those of other proteins which also bind adenine nucleotides. Three sequences which might contribute to an adenine nucleotide-binding domain were found for the Fe-protein component of nitrogenase. The beta-subunit of the MoFe-prote...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Robson RL

更新日期：1984-08-06 00:00:00

abstract：:To date the only tRNAs containing nucleosides modified with a selenium (5-carboxymethylaminomethyl-2-selenouridine and 5-methylaminomethyl-2-selenouridine) have been found in bacteria. By using tRNA anticodon-stem-loop fragments containing S2U, Se2U, or geS2U, we found that in vitro tRNA 2-selenouridine synthase (SelU...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Sierant M,Leszczynska G,Sadowska K,Komar P,Radzikowska-Cieciura E,Sochacka E,Nawrot B

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We identified the d-galacturonic acid (GA)-responsive transcriptional activator GaaR of the saprotrophic fungus, Aspergillus niger, which was found to be essential for growth on GA and polygalacturonic acid (PGA). Growth of the ΔgaaR strain was reduced on complex pectins. Genome-wide expression analysis showed that Ga...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Alazi E,Niu J,Kowalczyk JE,Peng M,Aguilar Pontes MV,van Kan JA,Visser J,de Vries RP,Ram AF

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The oxysterol binding proteins (OSBPs) are believed to control cholesterol homeostasis but their precise mechanism of action is not well understood. The Dictyostelium osbA gene encodes a predicted OSBP, OSBPa, which lacks the PH domain that in most other OSBPs directs targetting to the Golgi. OSBPa instead localises s...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Fukuzawa M,Williams JG

更新日期：2002-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The oxidoreductase ERp57 is a component of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I peptide-loading complex. ERp57 can interact directly with MHC class I molecules, however, little is known about which of the cysteine residues within the MHC class I molecule are relevant to this interaction. MHC class I mole...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Antoniou AN,Santos SG,Campbell EC,Lynch S,Arosa FA,Powis SJ

更新日期：2007-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on the cDNA cloning and characterization of a novel short-chain isoprenyl diphosphate synthase from the aphid Myzus persicae. Of the three IPPS cDNAs we cloned, two yielded prenyltransferase activity following expression in Escherichia coli; these cDNAs encode identical proteins except for the presence, in o...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Vandermoten S,Charloteaux B,Santini S,Sen SE,Béliveau C,Vandenbol M,Francis F,Brasseur R,Cusson M,Haubruge E

更新日期：2008-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Yeast genes involved in thiamin pyrophosphate (TPP) synthesis are transcriptionally induced in response to thiamin starvation. In this system, three proteins (Thi2p, Thi3p, and Pdc2p) act as positive regulatory factors. Thi3p is a TPP-binding protein and upregulates THI genes expression when TPP is not bound. We found...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Nosaka K,Onozuka M,Konno H,Akaji K

更新日期：2008-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Mammalian heart has been reported to express AC isozymes (types V and VI) that are inhibited by < microM [Ca2+]; avian heart has been reported to express adenylyl cyclase activity that is inhibited by < microM [Ca2]. We have used reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) to determine that type V and VI ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Yu HJ,Unnerstall JR,Green RD

更新日期：1995-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Horse plasma gelsolin labelled with benzophenone-4-isothiocyanate can be photochemically cross-linked to rabbit cardiac tropomyosin. The cross-linking proceeds with greater efficiency in calcium-containing buffers. Further evidence for interaction between these proteins is provided by retention of fluorescently labell...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Koepf EK,Burtnick LD

更新日期：1992-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The kinetics of the tRNA cycle is in itself capable of keeping the translational error level almost unaffected by amino acid starvation. There is no need to assume any yet unknown mechanism or property. Kinetic analysis shows that the concentration of aminoacyl-tRNA can stay high even for large reductions in aminoacyl...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Liljenström H

更新日期：1987-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Tissue plasminogen activator was purified in high yield from pig heart by immunoaffinity chromatography and characterized by analysis of the glycosylation pattern and the N-terminal amino acid sequence. Comparisons with the human enzyme reveals residue exchanges in the A-chain at positions 3 (porcine Arg/human Gln) an...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Pohl G,Jörnvall H,Kok P,Wallén P

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Ca(2+)-activated photoprotein, aequorin, contains six tryptophan residues and has a bioluminescence emission maximum at 465 nm. On converting the six tryptophan residues to phenylalanine, the mutant aequorins exhibited varied luminescence activities and spectra, but one mutant, with tryptophan-86 replaced by pheny...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Ohmiya Y,Ohashi M,Tsuji FI

更新日期：1992-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Stresses that impair the function of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) lead to an accumulation of unfolded protein in the ER. Under these conditions, the expression of a variety of genes involved in preventing the accumulation of the unfolded proteins is induced. Yeast Hrd1p is an ER stress-inducible ER membrane protein ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kaneko M,Ishiguro M,Niinuma Y,Uesugi M,Nomura Y

更新日期：2002-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Zymosan, which is composed primarily of alpha-mannan and beta-glucan polymers, is a well recognized activator of macrophages. The type receptor by which unopsonized zymosan induces arachidonic acid release was investigated. It was found that particulate beta-glucan and zymosan stimulated an identical dose-dependent re...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Daum T,Rohrbach MS

更新日期：1992-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA chip technology was used in an attempt to identify target genes responsible for apoptosis induced by etoposide, a p53 activating topoisomerase II inhibitor used clinically as an antitumor agent. 62 Individual mRNAs whose mass changed significantly were identified after screening oligonucleotide arrays capable of d...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Wang Y,Rea T,Bian J,Gray S,Sun Y

更新日期：1999-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:In response to Ca(2+) signaling, cytosolic phospholipase A(2)alpha (cPLA(2)alpha) translocates from the cytosol to the perinuclear membrane, where downstream eicosanoid-synthetic enzymes, such as cyclooxygenase (COX), are localized. Although the spatiotemporal perinuclear colocalization of cPLA(2)alpha and COXs has be...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Murakami M,Das S,Kim YJ,Cho W,Kudo I

更新日期：2003-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Bovine globin has been incubated with mice peritoneal macrophages in order to study its hydrolysis by lysosomal enzymes, among which chiefly cathepsin D. Analysis of resulting peptides, by reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC), showed the release of a bioactive peptide, VV-hemorphin-7. When a...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Dagouassat N,Garreau I,Sannier F,Zhao Q,Piot JM

更新日期：1996-03-11 00:00:00

abstract：:An alpha beta heterodimer of the F1-ATPase of Rhodospirillum rubrum was isolated by extraction of chromatophores with LiCl. Each alpha beta heterodimer contains one tightly bound ADP, which is released upon removal of medium Mg2+. The dimer can be reversibly dissociated by removal of Mg(2+)-ions. The alpha beta hetero...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Andralojc PJ,Harris DA

更新日期：1992-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Caloric restriction (CR) is known to promote longevity in various species. Sirtuin-mediated deacetylation has been shown to be related to the promotion of longevity in some species. Here, we show that CR of rats led to an increase in the level of Werner syndrome protein (WRN), a recognized DNA repair protein. In addit...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kahyo T,Mostoslavsky R,Goto M,Setou M

更新日期：2008-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The mutation of a single leucine residue (L38) to methionine (M) is known experimentally to significantly increase the affinity of the synthetic four-alpha-helix bundle (Aalpha(2))(2) for the anesthetic halothane. We present a molecular dynamics study of the mutant (Aalpha(2)-L38M)(2) peptide, which consists of a dime...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Davies LA,Zhong Q,Klein ML,Scharf D

更新日期：2000-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the role of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in hepatocyte activation, we examined the expression of Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4), the putative receptor for LPS in human hepatocytes. TLR4 mRNA and protein expression was confirmed in human hepatocytes. Stimulation of human hepatocytes with LPS results in rapid de...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Migita K,Abiru S,Nakamura M,Komori A,Yoshida Y,Yokoyama T,Daikoku M,Ueki T,Takii Y,Yano K,Yastuhashi H,Eguchi K,Ishibashi H

更新日期：2004-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The labile iron pool of cells (LIP) constitutes the primary source of metabolic and catalytically reactive iron in the cytosol. We studied LIP homeostasis in K562 cells using the fluorescent metal-sensitive probe calcein. Following brief exposure to iron(II) salts or to oxidative or reductive stress, LIP rose by up to...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Breuer W,Epsztejn S,Cabantchik ZI

更新日期：1996-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Strigolactones are a new class of phytohormones synthesized from carotenoids via carlactone. The complex structure of carlactone is not easily deducible from its precursor, a cis-configured β-carotene cleavage product, and is thus formed via a poorly understood series of reactions and molecular rearrangements, all cat...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Bruno M,Vermathen M,Alder A,Wüst F,Schaub P,van der Steen R,Beyer P,Ghisla S,Al-Babili S

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The R2 protein component of mouse ribonucleotide reductase has been obtained from overproducing Escherichia coli bacteria. It has been crystallized using NaCl as precipitant. The crystals are orthorhombic, space group C222(1), with cell dimensions a = 76.9 A, b = 108.9 A, c = 92.7 A and diffract to at least 2.5 A. The...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Nielsen BB,Kauppi B,Thelander M,Thelander L,Larsen IK,Eklund H

更新日期：1995-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasmids for the high-level overproduction of wild-type, and C- and N-terminal His-tagged MurG N-acetylglucosaminyl transferase from Escherichia coli were constructed. In complementation tests the three forms were active in vivo. After IPTG induction, growth, spheroplast formation and lysis, overproduced MurG proteins...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Crouvoisier M,Mengin-Lecreulx D,van Heijenoort J

更新日期：1999-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Germ-line mutations in BRCA1 are associated with an increased lifetime risk of developing breast and/or ovarian tumors. The BRCA1 gene product is a 220-kDa protein that contains a tandem of two BRCA1 C-terminal (BRCT) domains required for transcription. In an attempt to understand how BRCA1 exerts its function through...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Yan J,Zhu J,Zhong H,Lu Q,Huang C,Ye Q

更新日期：2003-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Moloney murine leukemia virus reverse transcriptase (RT) selectively uses deoxyribonucleotides over ribonucleotides (rNTPs) as substrates. Substitution of F155 with valine (F155V) was previously found to increase the enzyme's affinity for rNTPs, though without affecting the V(max) for catalysis, and thereby conferred ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Liu S,Goff SP,Gao G

更新日期：2006-02-20 00:00:00