Inhibitors of arachidonic acid lipoxygenase impair the stimulation of inositol phospholipid hydrolysis by the T lymphocyte mitogen phytohaemagglutinin.

abstract：:Calpastatin molecule contains four repeated inhibition domains, each having highly conserved internal regions A, B and C. The synthetic oligopeptides of regions A and C had no calpain inhibition activity while region B oligopeptide showed weak inhibition activity. Real-time biomolecular interaction analysis using a BI...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Takano E,Ma H,Yang HQ,Maki M,Hatanaka M

更新日期：1995-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:A cytochrome c (cyt. c) was solubilized with Triton-X-100 and co-purified with cytochrome c oxidase from membranes of chemotrophically grown cells of Rhodopseudomonas capsulata. Cyt. c and cytochrome oxidase were separated on Sephadex G-50 columns. Antibodies against cytochrome c2 from the same bacterium did not cross...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Hüdig H,Drews G

更新日期：1983-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Signal recognition particle (SRP) interacts with the signal sequence in nascent secretory and membrane proteins and directs them to the membrane of the endoplasmic reticulum. Membrane targeting is mediated by the 68 and the 72 kDa proteins of SRP. We have cloned and sequenced cDNA encoding the 68 kDa protein of canine...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Herz J,Flint N,Stanley K,Frank R,Dobberstein B

更新日期：1990-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：:In the lysosomal storage disorder Gaucher disease (GD), glucosylceramide (GlcCer) accumulates due to the defective activity of glucocerebrosidase. A subset of GD patients develops neuropathology. We now show mislocalization of Limp2-positive puncta and a large reduction in the number of Lamp1-positive puncta, which ar...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Zigdon H,Meshcheriakova A,Farfel-Becker T,Volpert G,Sabanay H,Futerman AH

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a cationic lipid bilayer, we show that DNA can be reliably adsorbed to the bilayer surface for atomic force microscopy (AFM) in aqueous buffers at high resolution. The measured width of the dsDNA is close to 2 nm, and a periodic modulation on dsDNA is reproducibly detected by the AFM. The measured period is 3.4 ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Mou J,Czajkowsky DM,Zhang Y,Shao Z

更新日期：1995-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed the expression of aquaporins (AQPs) in the small intestine to elucidate their functions, and found that AQP9, which had not previously been detected there, is present in duodenum, jejunum, and ileum. AQP9 is expressed in colon as well, but not in stomach. Also, its expression in these intestinal sections i...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Okada S,Misaka T,Matsumoto I,Watanabe H,Abe K

更新日期：2003-04-10 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：:Increases in choline containing metabolites have been associated with a number of disorders, including malignant cell growth. In this study, high resolution magic angle spinning (1)H nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy was employed to monitor metabolite changes during cell transfection, and an increase in phosphoc...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Griffin JL,Mann CJ,Scott J,Shoulders CC,Nicholson JK

更新日期：2001-12-07 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：:The bacteriophytochrome Agp1 was reconstituted with a locked 5Zs-biliverdin in which the C(4)=C(5) and C(5)-C(6) bonds of the methine bridge between rings A and B are fixed in the Z and syn configuration/conformation, respectively. In Agp1-5Zs the photoconversion proceeds via the Lumi-R intermediate to Meta-R(A), but ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Seibeck S,Borucki B,Otto H,Inomata K,Khawn H,Kinoshita H,Michael N,Lamparter T,Heyn MP

更新日期：2007-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a new member of the von Willebrand factor A-domain protein superfamily, WARP (for von Willebrand factor A-domain-related protein). The full-length mouse WARP cDNA is 2.3 kb in size and predicts a protein of 415 amino acids which contains a signal sequence, a VA-like domain, two fibronectin type III-like repe...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Fitzgerald J,Tay Ting S,Bateman JF

更新日期：2002-04-24 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：:Structures and regulations of vertebrate channels responsible for sustained calcium elevations after hormone stimulation are largely unknown. Therefore, the Drosophila photoreceptor channels, trp and trpl, which are assumed to be involved in calcium influx, serve as model system, trpl expressed in Sf9 cells showed spo...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Harteneck C,Obukhov AG,Zobel A,Kalkbrenner F,Schultz G

更新日期：1995-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Partially reduced metabolites of molecular oxygen, superoxide (O2-) and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), are detected in respiratory tract lining fluid, and it is assumed that these are key components of innate immunity. Whether these reactive oxygen species (ROS) are produced specifically by the respiratory epithelium in re...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Harper RW,Xu C,Eiserich JP,Chen Y,Kao CY,Thai P,Setiadi H,Wu R

更新日期：2005-08-29 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：:We transfected the COS-7 cells with cDNAs encoding different human somatostatin receptor (hSSTR) subtypes, and found that hSSTR subtypes mediate not only the inhibition of forskolin-induced cAMP accumulation but also the stimulation of phospholipase C (PLC) and Ca2+ mobilization. Activation of PLC by 1 microM somatost...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Akbar M,Okajima F,Tomura H,Majid MA,Yamada Y,Seino S,Kondo Y

更新日期：1994-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Xanthine oxidase was decreased 2- to 10-fold in all examined rat hepatomas irrespective of the malignancy; growth rate and degrees of histological differentiation of the neoplasms. The affinity to substrate (KM=6-8 muM) and the pH optimum (8.0) of the liver and hepatoma enzymes were the same. The reprogramming of gene...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Prajda N,Weber G

更新日期：1975-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence is presented here that cupric ions play a part in the natural spinning of Bombyx mori silk. Proton induced X-ray emission studies revealed that the copper content increased from the posterior part to the anterior part of silk gland, and then further increased in the silk fiber. Spectrophotometric analysis dem...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Zhou L,Chen X,Shao Z,Zhou P,Knight DP,Vollrath F

更新日期：2003-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The accumulation of amyloid-beta (Aβ) and tau aggregates is a pathological hallmark of Alzheimer's disease. Both polypeptides form fibrillar deposits, but several lines of evidence indicate that Aβ and tau form toxic oligomeric aggregation intermediates. Depleting such structures could thus be a powerful therapeutic s...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Wobst HJ,Sharma A,Diamond MI,Wanker EE,Bieschke J

更新日期：2015-01-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The scorpion toxin peptide BeKm-1 was synthesised by fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl solid phase chemistry and folded by air oxidation. The peptide's effects on heterologous human ether-a-go-go-related gene potassium current (I(HERG)) in HEK293 cells were assessed using 'whole-cell' patch clamp. Blockade of I(HERG) by BeKm-1...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Milnes JT,Dempsey CE,Ridley JM,Crociani O,Arcangeli A,Hancox JC,Witchel HJ

更新日期：2003-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The COP9 signalosome (CSN) is a platform for protein communication in eukaryotic cells. It has an intrinsic metalloprotease that removes the ubiquitin (Ub)-like protein Nedd8 from cullins. CSN-mediated deneddylation regulates culling-RING Ub ligases (CRLs) and controls ubiquitination of proteins involved in DNA damage...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Hannss R,Dubiel W

更新日期：2011-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Dinucleotide polyphosphates (ApnA) have emerged as signaling molecules in rapidly dividing cells. The presence and role of Ap5A in the heart remain unknown. Here, we report that the myocardium contains abundant amounts of diadenosine 5',5"-P1,P5-pentaphosphate (Ap5A), a member of the ApnA family. Ischemia induced 10-f...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Jovanovic A,Jovanovic S,Mays DC,Lipsky JJ,Terzic A

更新日期：1998-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNA (miRNA) play a pivotal role in the development of liver fibrosis. However, the functions of miRNA in hepatitis C virus (HCV)-related liver fibrosis remain unclear. In this study, we systematically analyzed the microarray data of the serum miRNA in patients with HCV-induced hepatic fibrosis. Among 41 dysregula...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Niu X,Fu N,Du J,Wang R,Wang Y,Zhao S,Du H,Wang B,Zhang Y,Sun D,Nan Y

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Homologues of the catalase-peroxidase gene katG and the gene for the non-specific DNA binding protein dpsA were identified downstream of oxyR in Burkholderia pseudomallei. Northern experiments revealed that both katG and dpsA are co-transcribed during oxidative stress. Under conditions where the katG promoter is not h...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Loprasert S,Whangsuk W,Sallabhan R,Mongkolsuk S

更新日期：2003-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The orphan G protein-coupled receptor APJ has been shown to be a coreceptor for human and simian immunodeficiency virus (HIV and SIV) strains. We have determined that some HIV and SIV strains use APJ as a coreceptor to infect the brain-derived NP-2/CD4 cells. Because apelin is an endogenous ligand for the APJ receptor...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Zou MX,Liu HY,Haraguchi Y,Soda Y,Tatemoto K,Hoshino H

更新日期：2000-05-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Combining mutation and chemical modification, we have introduced Asp, Gln, Cys, S-carboxymethylcysteine (Cax) and S-carbamoylmethylcysteine (Cam) into the positions of Glu190 and Glu201 of the beta subunit of F1-ATPase from the thermophilic Bacillus PS3. The steady-state ATPase activities of alpha 3 beta 3 gamma compl...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Amano T,Tozawa K,Yoshida M,Murakami H

更新日期：1994-07-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Several lines of evidence led to the conclusion that mammalian ribosomal protein synthesis is a highly organized biological process in vivo. A wealth of data support the concept according to which tRNA aminoacylation, formation of the ternary complex on EF1A and delivery of aminoacyl-tRNA to the ribosome is a processi...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Mirande M

更新日期：2010-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Effects of sulfatide and its precursor galactosylceramide (gal-cer) on the kinetics of production of cytokines were studied. In human mononuclear leucocytes, gal-cer but not sulfatide induced significantly increased amounts of interleukin (IL)-1beta, IL-6 and tumor necrosis factor (TNF) mRNA. In phytohemagglutinin-sti...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Bovin LF,Fredman P,Månsson JE,Buschard K,Bendtzen K

更新日期：1999-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The rate of whole cell H2O2 metabolism in several salivarian and stercorarian trypanosomes and Leishmania species was measured. These cells metabolized H2O2 at rates between 2.3 and 48.2 nmol/10(8) cells per min depending upon the species employed. H2O2 metabolism was largely insensitive to NaN3, implying that typical...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Penketh PG,Kennedy WP,Patton CL,Sartorelli AC

更新日期：1987-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Herein, we report that dihydrolipoic acid and lipoic acid (LA) plus lipoamide dehydrogenase and NADH denitrosate S-nitrosocaspase 3 (CASP-SNO). In HepG2 cells, S-nitroso-L-cysteine ethyl ester (SNCEE) impeded the activity of caspase 3 (CASP-SH), while a subsequent incubation of the cells in SNCEE-free medium resulted ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Sengupta R,Billiar TR,Atkins JL,Kagan VE,Stoyanovsky DA

更新日期：2009-11-03 00:00:00