A sweet code for glycoprotein folding.

abstract：:Friedreich ataxia is a recessively inherited neurodegenerative disease caused by deficiency of a highly conserved mitochondrial protein, frataxin. Frataxin deficiency results in mitochondrial iron accumulation and oxidative stress. Frataxin shows homology with the CyaY proteins of gamma-purple bacteria, whose function...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Li DS,Ohshima K,Jiralerspong S,Bojanowski MW,Pandolfo M

更新日期：1999-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：:A stabilization of both the precursor and the mature beta 1 integrin subunit was observed in metabolically labeled human skin fibroblasts and Molt-4 T lymphocytes upon addition of protein synthesis inhibitors or by ATP depletion. Differential effects of protein synthesis inhibitors are reported since the slow degradat...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Vekeman S,Jaspers M,Cassiman JJ

更新日期：1993-07-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The Golgi apparatus is known to modify and sort newly synthesized secretory proteins. However, fundamental mysteries remain about the structure, operation, and dynamics of this organelle. Important insights have emerged from studying the Golgi in yeasts. For example, yeasts have provided direct evidence for Golgi cist...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Papanikou E,Glick BS

更新日期：2009-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：:It was determined that flavan-3-ols and procyanidins have an inhibitory effect on angiotensin I converting enzyme (ACE) activity, and the effect was dependent on the number of epicatechin units forming the procyanidin. The inhibition by flavan-3-ols and procyanidins was competitive with the two substrates assayed: N-h...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Actis-Goretta L,Ottaviani JI,Keen CL,Fraga CG

更新日期：2003-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Piriprost and nordihydroguiaretic acid (NDGA), specific inhibitors of arachidonate lipoxygenase, inhibited phytohaemagglutinin (PHA)-stimulated breakdown of inositol lipids in human T lymphocytes. The dual inhibitors eicosatetraynoic acid (ETYA) and BW 755C, which inhibit both lipoxygenase and cyclooxygenase, also had...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Mire-Sluis AR,Cox CA,Hoffbrand AV,Wickremasinghe RG

更新日期：1989-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study we analyzed the interaction of prion protein PrP(C) with components of glycosphingolipid-enriched microdomains in lymphoblastoid T cells. PrP(C) was distributed in small clusters on the plasma membrane, as revealed by immunoelectron microscopy. PrP(C) is present in microdomains, since it coimmunoprecipit...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Mattei V,Garofalo T,Misasi R,Circella A,Manganelli V,Lucania G,Pavan A,Sorice M

更新日期：2004-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:In fission yeast, the only known essential function of Ned8p is the modification of the cullin, Pcu1p, and subsequent Cullin-RING-Ligase (CRL) activation and substrate ubiquitination. We show here that a functional Pcu1p mutant, deleted for its C-terminal autoinhibitory domain, which negates the requirement of neddyla...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Girdwood D,Robertson M,Gordon C

更新日期：2012-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Adiponectin and resistin, two recently identified adipocyte-specific secretory factors, are able to modulate insulin actions in target tissues. To investigate their expression and hormonal regulation in brown adipocytes, we used the brown adipocyte cell line T37i, which, beside uncoupling protein expression, secretes ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Viengchareun S,Zennaro MC,Pascual-Le Tallec L,Lombes M

更新日期：2002-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The single cysteinyl residue 26 of spinach calmodulin was labelled with the thiol-specific bimane fluorescence probe. Following application of stoichiometric quantities of Ca2+ or aluminum ions to the protein, temperature-dependent fluorescence changes (anisotropy, lifetime) could be monitored via the label. From thes...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Yuan SX,Haug A

更新日期：1988-07-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor suppressor WW domain-containing oxidoreductase (WWOX) is depleted in various cancer types. Here we report that WWOX is modified by small ubiquitin-like modifier (SUMO) proteins and represses DU145 prostate cancer tumorigenesis in a SUMOylation-dependent manner. Ectopic WWOX was shown to associate with SUMO2/3 or...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Choi HJ,Park JH,Park JH,Lee KB,Oh SM

更新日期：2015-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:On April 1898 Camillo Golgi communicated to the Medical-Surgical Society of Pavia, the discovery of the "internal reticular apparatus", a novel intracellular organelle which he observed in nerve cells with the silver impregnation he had introduced for the staining of the nervous system. Soon after the discovery it bec...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Mazzarello P,Garbarino C,Calligaro A

更新日期：2009-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：:hTrp3 is a human homologue of the Drosophila gene responsible for a transient receptor potential (trp) mutation. When stably expressed in HEK293 cells, hTrp3 formed ion channels that were active under resting conditions but could be further stimulated by carbachol or ATP via endogenous muscarinic or purinergic recepto...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Hurst RS,Zhu X,Boulay G,Birnbaumer L,Stefani E

更新日期：1998-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) proliferation plays a key role in neointimal hyperplasia and restenosis. Here we report the role of the microRNA miR-142-5p and its downstream target genes on the proliferation of cultured VSMCs. miR-142-5p promoted VSMC proliferation by down-regulating B cell translocation gene 3 (B...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kee HJ,Park S,Kwon JS,Choe N,Ahn Y,Kook H,Jeong MH

更新日期：2013-08-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Elongation factors EF-G and EF-Tu are structural homologues and share near-identical binding sites on the ribosome, which encompass the GTPase-associated centre (GAC) and the sarcin-ricin loop (SRL). The SRL is fixed structure in the ribosome and contacts elongation factors in the vicinity of their GTP-binding site. I...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Sergiev PV,Bogdanov AA,Dontsova OA

更新日期：2005-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Two synthetic photoactive azidoarylphosphatidylcholines were used to investigate the level of interaction between D-beta-hydroxybutyrate apodehydrogenase (apoBDH), an amphipathic membrane protein, with the hydrophobic domain of phospholipids. The two synthetic lecithins, PL I (1-myristoyl-2-12-N-(4-azido-2-nitrophenyl...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： el Kebbaj MS,Berrez JM,Lakhlifi T,Morpain C,Latruffe N

更新日期：1985-03-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebral deposits of beta/A4 amyloid protein is a pathologic sign of Alzheimer's disease. A synthetic partial-length (1-28) peptide of this protein contains one glutamine and two lysine residues. Here we show that this peptide can be a substrate of transglutaminase, which catalyzes cross-linking between glutamine and ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Ikura K,Takahata K,Sasaki R

更新日期：1993-07-12 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA silencing as a robust host defense mechanism against plant viruses is generally countered by virus-encoded silencing suppressors. This strategy is now increasingly recognized to be used by animal viruses as well. We present here an overview of the common features shared by some of the better studied plant viral si...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Qu F,Morris TJ

更新日期：2005-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Although initially viewed as housekeeping enzymes, research over the last 15 years has revealed that the protein tyrosine phosphatases (PTPs) are critical regulators of tyrosine phosphorylation-dependent signaling events and may represent novel targets for therapeutic intervention in a variety of human diseases. In th...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Tonks NK

更新日期：2003-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The complete amino acid sequence of prostaglandin endoperoxide synthase from sheep vesicular gland has been deduced by cloning and sequence analysis of DNA complementary to its messenger RNA. The results were confirmed by digestion of the enzyme with carboxypeptidase Y and by automated Edman degradation of the intact ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Yokoyama C,Takai T,Tanabe T

更新日期：1988-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Regulatory protein kinases are involved in various cellular processes such as proliferation, differentiation, and apoptosis. Using cDNA differential display, we identified MOK, a member of the mitogen-activated protein kinase superfamily, as one of the genes induced by a caudal-related homeobox transcription factor, C...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Uesaka T,Kageyama N

更新日期：2004-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Di(1,N6-ethenoadenosine)5',5'''-P1,P4-tetraphosphate, epsilon-(Ap4A), a fluorescent analog of Ap4A has been synthesized by reaction of 2-chloroacetaldehyde with Ap4A. At neutral pH this Ap4A analog presents characteristics maxima at 265 and 274 nm, shoulders at ca 260 and 310 nm and moderate fluorescence (lambda exc 3...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Rotilán P,Ramos A,Pintor J,Torres M,Miras-Portugal MT

更新日期：1991-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Helicobacter pylori secretes a unique virulence factor, Tipalpha, that enters gastric cells and both stimulates the production of the TNF-alpha and activates the NF-kappaB pathway. The structures of a truncated version of Tipalpha (TipalphaN34) in two crystal forms are presented here. Tipalpha adopts a novel beta(1)al...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Tosi T,Cioci G,Jouravleva K,Dian C,Terradot L

更新日期：2009-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel member of the human UDP-N-acetyl-D-galactosamine:polypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase gene family, designated GalNAc-T7, was cloned and expressed. GalNAc-T7 exhibited different properties compared to other characterized members of this gene family, in showing apparent exclusive specificity for partial...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Bennett EP,Hassan H,Hollingsworth MA,Clausen H

更新日期：1999-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Contactin and TAG-1 are glycan phosphatidyl inositol (GPI)-anchored cell adhesion molecules that play a crucial role in the organization of axonal subdomains at the node of Ranvier of myelinating fibers. Contactin and TAG-1 mediate axo-glial selective interactions in association with Caspr-family molecules at paranode...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Labasque M,Faivre-Sarrailh C

更新日期：2010-05-03 00:00:00

abstract：:A trisialoganglioside not found before in human tissue was isolated from showed this to be II3(NeuAc)3-LacCer or GT3. The ganglioside constituted 40% of the trisialogangliosides of human lung or 0.2 nmol ganglioside per g tissue. ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Månsson JE,Mo HQ,Egge H,Svennerholm L

更新日期：1986-02-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Lewy bodies (LBs) are the pathologic hallmark of Parkinson's disease. Recent studies revealed that LBs exhibit several morphologic and molecular similarities to aggresomes. Aggresomes are perinuclear aggregates representing intracellular deposits of misfolded proteins. Recently, valosin-containing protein (VCP) was on...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kitami MI,Kitami T,Nagahama M,Tagaya M,Hori S,Kakizuka A,Mizuno Y,Hattori N

更新日期：2006-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Reaction of ubiquinone in the high-affinity quinone-binding site (QH) in bo-type ubiquinol oxidase from Escherichia coli was revealed by EPR and optical studies. In the QH site, ubiquinol was shown to be oxidized to ubisemiquinone and to ubiquinone, while no semiquinone signal was detected in the oxidase isolated from...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Sato-Watanabe M,Itoh S,Mogi T,Matsuura K,Miyoshi H,Anraku Y

更新日期：1995-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Decarboxylation of pyruvate by pyruvate decarboxylase (EC 4.1.1.1) was performed in a reaction mixture containing 50% deuterium. The isolated product, acetaldehyde, was investigated directly by 1H NMR and by mass spectrometry after conversion to the 2,4-dinitrophenyl hydrazone. The protium content of 56% at acetaldehy...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Ermer J,Schellenberger A,Hübner G

更新日期：1992-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein glycosylation, which is a key post-translational event, is catalysed by the glycosyltransferase family of enzymes. There is an increasing body of evidence to suggest that these enzymes may themselves be glycosylated, possibly as an autocatalytic event. Using a novel in vitro system, we have investigated the ro...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Breen KC

更新日期：2002-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Flavonoid 3'-hydroxylase (F3'H) and flavonoid 3',5'-hydroxylase (F3'5'H) are cytochrome P450 enzymes and determine the B-ring hydroxylation pattern of flavonoids by introducing hydroxyl groups at the 3'- or the 3'- and 5'-position, respectively. Sequence identity between F3'H and F3'5'H is generally low since their di...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Seitz C,Ameres S,Forkmann G

更新日期：2007-07-24 00:00:00