Viral serine palmitoyltransferase induces metabolic switch in sphingolipid biosynthesis and is required for infection of a marine alga.

abstract：:Characterization and functional annotation of the large number of proteins predicted from genome sequencing projects poses a major scientific challenge. Whereas several proteomics techniques have been developed to quantify the abundance of proteins, these methods provide little information regarding protein function. ...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Okerberg ES,Wu J,Zhang B,Samii B,Blackford K,Winn DT,Shreder KR,Burbaum JJ,Patricelli MP

更新日期：2005-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The ATR (ATM- and rad3-related)-mediated checkpoint pathway has a crucial role in regulating the cellular responses to DNA damage and DNA-replication stress. ATRIP (ATR-interacting protein), the regulatory partner of ATR, binds directly to replication protein A (RPA)-coated ssDNA and enables the ATR-ATRIP complex to r...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Namiki Y,Zou L

更新日期：2006-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Daily rhythmic processes are coordinated by circadian clocks, which are present in numerous central and peripheral tissues. In mammals, two circadian clocks, the food-entrainable oscillator (FEO) and methamphetamine-sensitive circadian oscillator (MASCO), are "black box" mysteries because their anatomical loci are unk...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Pendergast JS,Oda GA,Niswender KD,Yamazaki S

更新日期：2012-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Allostatic load (AL) is a measure of overall physiological wear-and-tear over the life course, which could partially be the consequence of early life exposures. AL could allow a better understanding of the potential biological pathways playing a role in the construction of the social gradient in adult health. To explo...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Barboza Solís C,Kelly-Irving M,Fantin R,Darnaudéry M,Torrisani J,Lang T,Delpierre C

更新日期：2015-02-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The interaction of carboxylate ions (acetate, butyrate) with nucleic aicd bases and nucleosides has been investigated by proton magnetic resonance in dimethyl sulfoxide (d6)/H2O mixtures. Carboxylate ions interacted only with guanine derivatives and led to a large downfield shift of the NH2 resonance. A 1:1 stoichiome...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Lancelot G,Hélène C

更新日期：1977-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Freshwater planarian flatworms are capable of regenerating complete organisms from tiny fragments of their bodies; the basis for this regenerative prowess is an experimentally accessible stem cell population that is present in the adult planarian. The study of these organisms, classic experimental models for investiga...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Newmark PA,Reddien PW,Cebrià F,Sánchez Alvarado A

更新日期：2003-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Nuclear factor kappaB (NF-kappaB) transcription factors regulate genes responsible for critical cellular processes. IkappaBalpha, -beta, and -epsilon bind to NF-kappaBs and inhibit their transcriptional activity. The NF-kappaB-binding domains of IkappaBs contain six ankyrin repeats (ARs), which adopt a beta-hairpin/al...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Truhlar SM,Torpey JW,Komives EA

更新日期：2006-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The Bam complex assembles β-barrel proteins into the outer membrane (OM) of Gram-negative bacteria. These proteins comprise cylindrical β-sheets with long extracellular loops and create pores to allow passage of nutrients and waste products across the membrane. Despite their functional importance, several questions re...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Wzorek JS,Lee J,Tomasek D,Hagan CL,Kahne DE

更新日期：2017-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Guanylin and uroguanylin are intestinal peptides that stimulate chloride secretion by activating a common set of receptor-guanylate cyclase signaling molecules located on the mucosal surface of enterocytes. High mucosal acidity, similar to the pH occurring within the fluid microclimate domain at the mucosal surface of...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Hamra FK,Eber SL,Chin DT,Currie MG,Forte LR

更新日期：1997-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The Ca(2+) channel alpha(1A)-subunit is a voltage-gated, pore-forming membrane protein positioned at the intersection of two important lines of research: one exploring the diversity of Ca(2+) channels and their physiological roles, and the other pursuing mechanisms of ataxia, dystonia, epilepsy, and migraine. alpha(1A...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Jun K,Piedras-Rentería ES,Smith SM,Wheeler DB,Lee SB,Lee TG,Chin H,Adams ME,Scheller RH,Tsien RW,Shin HS

更新日期：1999-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The enzymic activity of crystalline mitochondrial aspartate aminotransferase (L-aspartate:2-oxoglutarate aminotransferase, EC 2.6.1.1) was determined in suspensions of noncrosslinked microcrystals in 30% (wt/vol) polyethylene glycol. The crystals (average dimensions, 22 x 5 x 0.8 micron) were small enough to preclude ...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Kirsten H,Gehring H,Christen P

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in WNK1 and WNK4 lead to familial hyperkalemic hypertension (FHHt). Because FHHt associates net positive Na(+) balance together with K(+) and H(+) renal retention, the identification of WNK1 and WNK4 led to a new paradigm to explain how aldosterone can promote either Na(+) reabsorption or K(+) secretion in a...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Hadchouel J,Soukaseum C,Büsst C,Zhou XO,Baudrie V,Zürrer T,Cambillau M,Elghozi JL,Lifton RP,Loffing J,Jeunemaitre X

更新日期：2010-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Using GFP to mark recent thymic emigrants (RTEs) in mice carrying a GFP transgene driven by the recombination-activating gene 2 promoter, we demonstrate that RTEs are readily detectable even in 2-year-old mice, despite the fact that the proportion of the peripheral T cell pool comprised of RTEs declines with age. Alth...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Hale JS,Boursalian TE,Turk GL,Fink PJ

更新日期：2006-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：:UDP-xylose is a sugar donor required for the synthesis of diverse and important glycan structures in animals, plants, fungi, and bacteria. Xylose-containing glycans are particularly abundant in plants and in the polysaccharide capsule that is the major virulence factor of the pathogenic fungus Cryptococcus neoformans....

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Bar-Peled M,Griffith CL,Doering TL

更新日期：2001-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Certain cheU mutants of Salmonella show inverted chemotactic behavior, being repelled by attractants and attracted by repellents. Such a dramatic change in behavioral pattern would seem at first glance to require drastic and complex alterations in the sensory processing system. In fact, the behavior can be explained b...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Khan S,Macnab RM,DeFranco AL,Koshland DE Jr

更新日期：1978-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphorylation of inositol phospholipids plays a key role in cellular regulation via the generation of intracellular second messengers. In addition, it represents a mechanism to regulate interactions of the lipid bilayer with proteins and protein scaffolds involved in vesicle budding, cytoskeletal organization, and s...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Guo J,Wenk MR,Pellegrini L,Onofri F,Benfenati F,De Camilli P

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biological invasions contribute to global environmental change, but the dynamics and consequences of most invasions are difficult to assess at regional scales. We deployed an airborne remote sensing system that mapped the location and impacts of five highly invasive plant species across 221,875 ha of Hawaiian ecosyste...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Asner GP,Hughes RF,Vitousek PM,Knapp DE,Kennedy-Bowdoin T,Boardman J,Martin RE,Eastwood M,Green RO

更新日期：2008-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Deregulation of energy metabolism by external interventions or mutations in metabolic genes can extend lifespan in a wide range of species. We describe mutations in Drosophila melanogaster that confer resistance to oxidative stress and display a longevity phenotype. These phenotypes are associated with molecular lesio...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Mourikis P,Hurlbut GD,Artavanis-Tsakonas S

更新日期：2006-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Campylobacter jejuni has a general N-linked glycosylation pathway (encoded by the pgl gene cluster), which culminates in the transfer of a heptasaccharide: GalNAc-alpha1,4-GalNAc-alpha1,4-(Glcbeta1,3)-GalNAc-alpha1,4-GalNAc-alpha1,4-GalNAc-alpha1,3-Bac [where Bac is bacillosamine (2,4-diacetamido-2,4,6-trideoxyglucose...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Glover KJ,Weerapana E,Imperiali B

更新日期：2005-10-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Production of amyloid-beta protein (Abeta) is initiated by a beta-secretase that cleaves the Abeta precursor protein (APP) at the N terminus of Abeta (the beta site). A recently identified aspartyl protease, BACE, cleaves the beta site and at residue 11 within the Abeta region of APP. Here we show that BACE2, a BACE h...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Farzan M,Schnitzler CE,Vasilieva N,Leung D,Choe H

更新日期：2000-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:I measured the strength of interaction between a marine herbivore and its growing resource over a realistic range of absolute and relative abundances. The herbivores (hermit crabs: Pagurus spp.) have slow and/or weak functional and numerical responses to epiphytic diatoms (Isthmia nervosa), which show logistic growth ...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Ruesink JL

更新日期：1998-06-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite its popularity, chromatin immunoprecipitation followed by sequencing (ChIP-seq) remains a tedious (>2 d), manually intensive, low-sensitivity and low-throughput approach. Here, we combine principles of microengineering, surface chemistry, and molecular biology to address the major limitations of standard ChIP-...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Dainese R,Gardeux V,Llimos G,Alpern D,Jiang JY,Meireles-Filho ACA,Deplancke B

更新日期：2020-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：:We have found that the bacterial transposon Tn7 can recognize and preferentially insert adjacent to triple-helical nucleic acid structures. Both synthetic intermolecular triplexes, formed through the pairing of a short triplex-forming oligonucleotide on a plasmid DNA, and naturally occurring mirror repeat sequences kn...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Rao JE,Miller PS,Craig NL

更新日期：2000-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Soluble, glutathione-stimulated delta 5-3-ketosteroid isomerase (EC 5.3.3.A) activity of human and rat liver resides in very basic proteins with molecular weights of about 45,000 which are present in high concentrations in these tissues. Physiochemical and immunological evidence is presented for the identity of the pr...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Benson AM,Talalay P,Keen JH,Jakoby WB

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human foamy virus (HFV) genome possesses three open reading frames (bel 1, 2, and 3) located between env and the 3' long terminal repeat. By analogy to other human retroviruses this region was selected as the most likely candidate to encode the viral transactivator. Results presented here confirmed this and showed...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Rethwilm A,Erlwein O,Baunach G,Maurer B,ter Meulen V

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Uncoupling protein 1 (UCP1) catalyzes fatty acid-activated, purine nucleotide-sensitive proton leak across the mitochondrial inner membrane of brown adipose tissue to produce heat, and could help combat obesity and metabolic disease in humans. Studies over the last 30 years conclude that the protein is a dimer, bindin...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Lee Y,Willers C,Kunji ER,Crichton PG

更新日期：2015-06-02 00:00:00

abstract：:We show that endemic (eBL), sporadic (sBL), and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome-associated (AIDS-BL) forms of Burkitt lymphoma (BL) carrying t(8;14) chromosomal translocations display different breakpoints within the immunoglobulin heavy-chain locus (IGH) on chromosome 14. In sBL (7 out of 11) and AIDS-BL (5 out of...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Neri A,Barriga F,Knowles DM,Magrath IT,Dalla-Favera R

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:How does genome evolution affect the rate of diversification of biological lineages? Recent studies have suggested that the overall rate of genome evolution is correlated with the rate of diversification. If true, this claim has important consequences for understanding the process of diversification, and implications ...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Lanfear R,Ho SY,Love D,Bromham L

更新日期：2010-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of human papillomavirus (HPV) and activated oncogenes on the growth and morphology of primary baby mouse kidney (BMK) cells has been studied. Early region DNA from HPV types 16, 18, 31, and 33, but not type 6, under the transcriptional control of a heterologous, retroviral promoter cooperated with EJ-ras to...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Crook T,Storey A,Almond N,Osborn K,Crawford L

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The three-dimensional structures of the inactive protein precursors (zymogens) of the serine, cysteine, aspartic, and metalloprotease classes of proteolytic enzymes are known. Comparisons of these structures with those of the mature, active proteases reveal that, in general, the preformed, active conformations of the ...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Khan AR,Khazanovich-Bernstein N,Bergmann EM,James MN

更新日期：1999-09-28 00:00:00