Pneumococcal lipoproteins involved in bacterial fitness, virulence, and immune evasion.

abstract：:The 40 N-terminal amino acids of the 20 kDa antigen A2 from Brucella melitensis were sequenced and showed important similarities with 4 bacterioferrins. A monoclonal antibody raised against this antigen cross-reacted with Escherichia coli bacterioferritin. Hybridization of two sets of degenerate primers with B. melite...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Denoel PA,Zygmunt MS,Weynants V,Tibor A,Lichtfouse B,Briffeuil P,Limet JN,Letesson JJ

更新日期：1995-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The glycogen-binding (G) subunit of protein phosphatase-1 is phosphorylated in vivo. In rabbits injected with propranolol the serine residue termed site-1 was phosphorylated in 56% of the molecules isolated, and phosphorylation increased to 82% after administration of adrenalin. It is concluded that the G-subunit is a...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： MacKintosh C,Campbell DG,Hiraga A,Cohen P

更新日期：1988-07-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucose-fructose oxidoreductase (GFOR), a periplasmic protein of Zymomonas mobilis, is synthesized as a precursor polypeptide with a twin-R signal peptide for Sec-independent protein export in bacteria. In higher plant chloroplasts, twin-R signal peptides are specific targeting signals for the Sec-independent delta pH...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Halbig D,Hou B,Freudl R,Sprenger GA,Klösgen RB

更新日期：1999-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the main objectives in the analysis of microarray experiments is the identification of genes that are differentially expressed under two experimental conditions. This task is complicated by the noisiness of the data and the large number of genes that are examined simultaneously. Here, we present a novel techniq...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Breitling R,Armengaud P,Amtmann A,Herzyk P

更新日期：2004-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondria consume nitric oxide (NO) mainly through reaction with superoxide anion (O(2)(-)). Here, we analyzed the O(2)(-) sources for NO degradation by isolated rat liver mitochondria. Electron leakage from complex III and reverse electron transport to complex I accounted for O(2)(-)-dependent NO degradation by mi...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Oliveira HC,Saviani EE,Salgado I

更新日期：2009-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuronal activity is often associated with changes in gene expression. By a two-dimensional cDNA-display system, restriction landmark cDNA scanning, we identified a novel gene whose expression in the hippocampus was up-regulated by kainate stimulation. The mRNA expression was detected only in brain and up-regulated by...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Nakayama T,Yaoi T,Yasui M,Kuwajima G

更新日期：1998-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinases mediate cellular responses to a wide variety of stimuli. Activation of a MAP kinase occurs after phosphorylation by an upstream dual-specificity protein kinase, known as a MAP kinase kinase or MEK. The Arabidopsis thaliana genome encodes 10 MEKs but few of these have been shown ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Melikant B,Giuliani C,Halbmayer-Watzina S,Limmongkon A,Heberle-Bors E,Wilson C

更新日期：2004-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of G-proteins in the eyespot fraction of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii is shown. This fraction is capable of binding (GTP gamma[35S], possesses the GTPase activity and interacts with antibodies raised against a highly conserved peptide of most G-proteins' alpha-subunit. Cross-reaction with a 24-kDa protein is...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Korolkov SN,Garnovskaya MN,Basov AS,Chunaev AS,Dumler IL

更新日期：1990-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The homeodomain protein, Cdx2, has been implicated in the transcriptional regulation of genes expressed in the small intestine. In vitro studies of the carbonic anhydrase 1 (CA1) colon promoter implied that Cdx2 may also play a role in the regulation of colon-specific gene expression. The current work follows up this ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Drummond FJ,Sowden J,Morrison K,Edwards YH

更新日期：1998-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:We identified a gene encoding a novel secreted protein in mice, humans, and zebrafish. As the protein of 222 amino acids is similar to Brorin, a secreted BMP antagonist, which is a member of the Chordin family, we named it Brorin-like. Recombinant Brorin-like protein weakly but significantly inhibited the activity of ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Miwa H,Miyake A,Kouta Y,Shimada A,Yamashita Y,Nakayama Y,Yamauchi H,Konishi M,Itoh N

更新日期：2009-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The rise of antibiotic resistance combined with the lack of new products entering the market has led to bacterial infections becoming one of the biggest threats to global health. Therefore, there is an urgent need to identify novel antibiotic targets, such as dihydrodipicolinate synthase (DHDPS), an enzyme involved in...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Impey RE,Lee M,Hawkins DA,Sutton JM,Panjikar S,Perugini MA,Soares da Costa TP

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Differentiation of glia (astrocytes and oligodendrocytes) in Drosophila requires the gene glial cells missing (gcm), which controls lineage determination. In the absence of gcm, neuroglia progenitors exclusively differentiate into neurons, instead of into both neurons and glia. In contrast, ectopic overexpression of g...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Altshuller Y,Copeland NG,Gilbert DJ,Jenkins NA,Frohman MA

更新日期：1996-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The tropomyosin-related kinase A (TrkA) receptor and its ligand, nerve growth factor (NGF), play crucial roles in the development and function of the nervous system. NGF is believed to activate TrkA by bridging two TrkA monomers, leading to TrkA transphosphorylation. However, here we show that the majority of TrkA rec...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Shen J,Maruyama IN

更新日期：2011-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Transfer RNAs (tRNAs) are ancient macromolecules that have evolved under various environmental pressures as adaptors in translation in all forms of life but also towards alternative structures and functions. The present knowledge on both "canonical" and "deviating" signature motifs retrieved from vertical and horizont...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Pütz J,Giegé R,Florentz C

更新日期：2010-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibodies generated against synthetic peptides that correspond to highly conserved sequence motifs in the annexins reacted with a variety of annexins from different species. These include Xenopus laevis and Drosophila melanogaster, which contain cross-reacting polypeptides of apparent Mr 34,000 and 30,000. As expecte...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Gerke V

更新日期：1989-12-04 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：:Thrombin is a multifunctional enzyme involved in coagulation, cell modulation and inflammation. We recently reported a novel membrane-associated prothrombin activator, abbreviated as MAPA, found in cultured fibroblasts and glial cell lines. In this study, we examined the physiological role of this enzyme. MAPA-like ac...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Shikamoto Y,Shibusawa S,Okuyama I,Morita T

更新日期：1997-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：:RT-PCR was undertaken on total RNA extracts from bone and scales of the rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss. The rainbow trout estrogen receptor (ER)-specific primers used amplified a single product of expected size from each tissue which, using Southern blotting, strongly hybridized with a 32P-labelled rtER probe unde...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Armour KJ,Lehane DB,Pakdel F,Valotaire Y,Graham R,Russell RG,Henderson IW

更新日期：1997-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：:C26, the C-terminal 26 residue peptide of serpin A1, significantly increased cell proliferation in cultures of hepatoma cells, but not in porcine kidney epithelial cells, human skin fibroblasts or keratinocytes. The mitogenic activity of C26 was preferentially inhibited with a protein kinase C (PKC) inhibitor, an anti...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Congote LF,Temmel N

更新日期：2004-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：:We have identified and characterized a genomic DNA fragment containing the coding sequences corresponding to the human gamma-glutamyltransferase type 1 mRNA. The coding part of the gene spans over 16 kb and comprises 12 exons and 11 introns exhibiting a similar organization as for the mouse and rat GGT genes. The exon...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Leh H,Chikhi N,Ichino K,Guellaën G,Wellman M,Siest G,Visvikis A

更新日期：1998-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The state of assembly of the pyruvate and 2-oxoglutarate dehydrogenase multienzyme complexes was examined after the dihydrolipoyl acyltransferase (E2) component of each enzyme system had been subjected to varying degrees of limited proteolysis. Dissociation of the dihydrolipoyl dehydrogenase (E3) component accompanied...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Packman LC,Perham RN

更新日期：1986-10-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Intrinsically unstructured proteins (IUPs) are common in various proteomes and occupy a unique structural and functional niche in which function is directly linked to structural disorder. The evidence that these proteins exist without a well-defined folded structure in vitro is compelling, and justifies considering th...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Tompa P

更新日期：2005-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Two different isoforms of subunit VIIa have been found in cytochrome c oxidase isolated from human skeletal muscle. The first 22 residues of the N-terminal amino acid sequences showed 5 differences. Our results provide the first conclusive evidence for the existence of cytochrome c oxidase isoenzymes in man. Since the...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Van Beeumen JJ,Van Kuilenburg AB,Van Bun S,Van den Bogert C,Tager JM,Muijsers AO

更新日期：1990-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondrial creatine kinase (MiCK) occurs primarily as an octameric form localized in the mitochondrial intermembrane compartment in vertebrate tissues and echinoderm spermatozoa (both deuterostome groups). The octameric quaternary structure is thought to play important functional and enzyme targeting roles. We have...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Ellington WR,Roux K,Pineda AO Jr

更新日期：1998-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine whether aging is associated with a pro-inflammatory shift in the lung, inflammation and inflammation-related gene expression in the lungs of 12-week-old and 24-month-old Balb/c mice were studied. cDNA microarray and quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction analyses showed that eight in...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Aoshiba K,Nagai A

更新日期：2007-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The entire structure of a 98 kb genomic region that abounds in genes related to magnetosome synthesis was first described in the Magnetospirillum sp. strain AMB-1. The deletion of this 98 kb genomic region and the circular form after excision from the chromosome was detected by PCR amplification. This strongly suggest...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Fukuda Y,Okamura Y,Takeyama H,Matsunaga T

更新日期：2006-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Functional analysis of heterologously expressed TaTIP2;2 by means of stopped-flow spectrometric studies provide evidence for water and ammonia conductivity. A series of experiments under increasing pH indicate that the gaseous NH(3), rather than the ammonium ion NH(4)(+) was transported. Results from inhibitor studies...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Bertl A,Kaldenhoff R

更新日期：2007-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasmid pGC20 containing the (dGC)9 insert in SmaI recognition site has been used to study the inhibition of cleavage by different restriction endonuclease due to Z-DNA formation in (dCG)10 sequence of the negatively supercoiled plasmid. Data obtained indicate the different sensitivity of restriction endonucleases to ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Lesnik EA,Bes'chetnikova ZhA,Maslova RN,Varshavsky JaM

更新日期：1991-03-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies show LDL receptor-related protein 1B, LRP1B as a transducer of extracellular signals. Here, we identify six interacting partners of the LRP1B cytoplasmic region by yeast two-hybrid screen and confirmed their in vivo binding by immunoprecipitation. One of the partners, PICK1 recognizes the C-terminus of ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Shiroshima T,Oka C,Kawaichi M

更新日期：2009-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:cGMP has been shown to either activate or inhibit Na,K-ATPase activity. Using mouse brain endothelial cells which express both ouabain-resistant alpha1 and ouabain-sensitive alpha2 and alpha3 isoforms, we show that cGMP reduces total Na,KATPase activity to about 58%. The inhibition is prevented by the protein kinase G...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Pontiggia L,Winterhalter K,Gloor SM

更新日期：1998-10-09 00:00:00