Recognition of functional regions in primary structures using a set of property patterns.

abstract：:Stability of green fluorescent protein (GFP) is sometimes important for a proper practical application of this protein. Random mutagenesis and targeted mutagenesis have been used to create better-folded variants of GFP, including recently reported extra-superfolder GFP. Our aim was to determine the crystal structure o...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Choi JY,Jang TH,Park HH

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of all possible codons corresponding to the second and third amino acid (isoleucine and threonine) on the expression level of hirudin in E. coli has been analysed. These levels could not be correlated with changes in primary and secondary mRNA structure. A decrease in the rate of synthesis and of product ac...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Degryse E

更新日期：1990-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Researchers still have great difficulty in isolating individual ribosomal proteins from the ribosome in quantities high enough for structural research. To this end, when studying protein S7, we created an E. coli overproducer of the recombinant protein S7 of Thermus thermophilus. The vector for expression was pQE-32 h...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Karginov AV,Karginova OA,Spiridonova VA,Kopylov AM

更新日期：1995-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) and its canonical receptor Ret can signal together or independently to fulfill many important functions in the midbrain dopaminergic (DA) system. While Ret signaling clearly impacts on the development, maintenance and regeneration of the mesostriatal DA system, the ph...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kramer ER,Liss B

更新日期：2015-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytosolic phospholipase A(2)alpha (cPLA(2)alpha) plays an important role in arachidonate pathway. To investigate the contribution of cPLA(2)alpha to autoimmune diabetes, we established non-obese diabetic (NOD) mouse, an excellent model for human type 1 diabetes, deficient in cPLA(2)alpha. These mice showed severe insu...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Oikawa Y,Yamato E,Tashiro F,Yamamoto M,Uozumi N,Shimada A,Shimizu T,Miyazaki J

更新日期：2005-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The cyclic, imido acid containing pentapeptides cyclo(Asp-Trp-(NMe)Nle-Asp-Phe) (cpp[NMeNle(3)]) and cyclo(Asp-Trp-Pro-Asp-Phe) (cpp[Pro(3)]) have been investigated by 1H-NMR spectroscopy in DMSO and by restrained molecular dynamics methods. The spectra indicate the existence of at least four cis/trans isomers for cpp...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Weisshoff H,Wieprecht T,Henklein P,Frömmel C,Antz C,Mügge C

更新日期：1996-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The minimal functional enzyme unit of Na,K-ATPase consists of an alpha-beta complex. The alpha-subunit bears all functional domains of the enzyme and so far a regulatory role for the beta-subunit in the catalytic cycle has not been established. On the other hand, increasing experimental evidence suggests that the beta...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Geering K

更新日期：1991-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The substrate activation behaviour of pyruvate decarboxylase from germinating seeds of Pisum sativum is characterised kinetically via stopped-flow measurements and discussed with respect to other species. The involvement of SH-groups in this process is demonstrated by reference experiments with chemically modified enz...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Dietrich A,König S

更新日期：1997-01-02 00:00:00

abstract：:It is now widely recognized that the packaging of genomic DNA, together with core histones, linker histones, and other functional proteins into chromatin profoundly influences nuclear processes such as transcription, replication, DNA repair, and recombination. Whereas earlier structural studies portrayed nucleosomes (...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Chakravarthy S,Park YJ,Chodaparambil J,Edayathumangalam RS,Luger K

更新日期：2005-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：:A human vesicular monoamine transporter cDNA has been identified by screening a human brainstem library using sequences from the rat brain synaptic vesicle monoamine transporter (SVMT) [(1992) Cell 70, 539-551; (1992) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 89, 10993-10997]. The hSVMT shares 92% amino acid identity with the rat se...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Surratt CK,Persico AM,Yang XD,Edgar SR,Bird GS,Hawkins AL,Griffin CA,Li X,Jabs EW,Uhl GR

更新日期：1993-03-08 00:00:00

abstract：:In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, four proteins, Shu1, Shu2, Psy3 and Csm2, form a stable SHU-complex both in vivo and in vitro. These proteins are involved in the early stages of the homologous recombination DNA damage repair process. In this paper, the crystal structure of the Psy3-Csm2 sub-complex is presented at 1.8Å r...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： She Z,Gao ZQ,Liu Y,Wang WJ,Liu GF,Shtykova EV,Xu JH,Dong YH

更新日期：2012-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Hematopoietic progenitor kinase 1 (HPK1) is a hematopoietic cell-restricted member of the Ste20 serine/threonine kinase super family. We recently reported that HPK1 is involved in c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase (JNK) signaling pathway by sequential activation of MLK3-MKK7-JNK3 after cerebral ischemia. Here, we used 4-amino...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Li T,Yu XJ,Zhang GY

更新日期：2008-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The bchM gene of Rhodobacter sphaeroides has been sequenced and then overexpressed in E. coli producing a protein of M(r) approximately. 27,500. Cell-free extracts of the transformed E. coli strain are able to methylate added Mg protoporphyrin, resulting in the formation of Mg protoporphyrin monomethyl ester. The iden...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Gibson LC,Hunter CN

更新日期：1994-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The precise interactions between the subunits of Gs (alpha s, beta, gamma) and the plasma membrane remain to be established. If alpha s is associated loosely with the inner membrane, is labile during activation, or is always present to some extent in the cytoplasm, then it should fractionate to the supernatant of a hi...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Roth DA,Urasawa K,Leiber D,Insel PA,Hammond HK

更新日期：1992-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The covalent structure and most of the stereochemistry of the pseudomycins, bioactive metabolites of a transposon-generated mutant of a Pseudomonas syringae wild-type strain proposed for the biological control of Dutch elm disease, have been determined. While two pseudomycins are identical to the known syringopeptins ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Ballio A,Bossa F,Di Giorgio D,Ferranti P,Paci M,Pucci P,Scaloni A,Segre A,Strobel GA

更新日期：1994-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Part of the cytoplasmic domain of a human desmoglein, Dsg1, a cadherin-like protein found in desmosomes of epithelial cells, has been visualised by electron microscopy. The cloned fragment contains five repeats of a 29 +/- 4 residue sequence unique to desmogleins, followed by a glycine-rich region. In rotary shadowed ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Rutman AJ,Buxton RS,Burdett ID

更新日期：1994-10-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Many receptors coupled to inhibitory Go/Gi-type G proteins often also produce stimulatory signals like Ca2+ mobilisation. When expressed in CHO cells the alpha2-adrenoceptor subtypes alpha2A, alpha2B and alpkha2C mobilised Ca2+. These responses were strongly reduced by the P2Y-purinoceptor antagonist suramin. A large ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Akerman KE,Näsman J,Lund PE,Shariatmadari R,Kukkonen JP

更新日期：1998-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Phospholipase A2 (PLA2) from human pancreas, designated hPLA2-I, functions as a digestive enzyme. Interestingly, the present study demonstrated that the mature form of hPLA2-I stimulated the growth of a human pancreatic cancer cell line MIAPaCa-2, whereas the pro-form was ineffective. PLA2s from Laticauda semifasciata...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Hanada K,Kinoshita E,Itoh M,Hirata M,Kajiyama G,Sugiyama M

更新日期：1995-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:G protein-coupled receptor kinase 2 (GRK2) plays a key role in determining the rate and extent of G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) desensitization and resensitization. Recent data indicate that GRK2 activity, subcellular distribution and expression are tightly regulated. The important physiological function of GRK2 a...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Aragay AM,Ruiz-Gómez A,Penela P,Sarnago S,Elorza A,Jiménez-Sainz MC,Mayor F Jr

更新日期：1998-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Olfactory cilia contain cyclic nucleotide-gated and Ca2+-dependent Cl- conductances that underlie excitatory chemotransduction, and a Ca2+-dependent K+ (KCa) conductance, apparently involved in inhibitory transduction. Previous single-channel patch-clamp studies on olfactory cilia revealed four different KCas, with di...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Castillo K,Bacigalupo J,Wolff D

更新日期：2005-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Human SRC encodes the non-receptor tyrosine kinase pp60(c-Src), which is activated in many human colon cancer cell lines (HCCLs) and tumors. We found that both c-Src protein and mRNA levels were elevated in a subset of HCCLs. Increased c-Src mRNA and protein levels correlated strongly with increased c-Src kinase activ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Dehm S,Senger MA,Bonham K

更新日期：2001-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:VacA is a major virulence factor of the widespread stomach-dwelling bacterium Helicobacter pylori. It causes cell vacuolation and tissue damage by forming anion-selective, urea-permeable channels in plasma and endosomal membranes. We report that several flavone derivatives and other polyphenols present in vegetables a...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Tombola F,Campello S,De Luca L,Ruggiero P,Del Giudice G,Papini E,Zoratti M

更新日期：2003-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Both HIV infection per se and antiretroviral drugs might contribute to oxidative stress and mitochondrial dysfunctions. In this study we assess zidovudine, stavudine and didanosine on U937 and CEM cell lines. All these drugs induced apoptosis and increased intracellular hydrogen peroxide but not superoxide anions. The...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Ferraresi R,Troiano L,Roat E,Nemes E,Lugli E,Nasi M,Pinti M,Calvani M,Iannuccelli M,Cossarizza A

更新日期：2006-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：:alpha-1-Antitrypsin is found in hepatocytes as a high-mannose glycoprotein (Mr 49 000), extracellularly as a complex-type glycoprotein (Mr 54 000). Deglycosylation of both forms with peptide: N-glycosidase led to proteins of identical app. Mr (41 000). The sequence of 26 N-terminal amino acids of rat alpha 1-antitryps...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Gross V,Kaiser C,Tran-Thi TA,Schmelzer E,Witt I,Plummer TH Jr,Heinrich PC

更新日期：1983-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Hordeum vulgare L. yellow stripe 1 (HvYS1) is a selective transporter for Fe(III)-phytosiderophores, involved in primary iron acquisition from soils in barley roots. In contrast, Zea mays yellow stripe 1 (ZmYS1) in maize possesses broad substrate specificity, despite a high homology with HvYS1. Here we revealed, by as...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Harada E,Sugase K,Namba K,Iwashita T,Murata Y

更新日期：2007-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of the novel, naturally occurring nucleotide cyclic diguanylic acid (c-di-GMP) on the lymphoblastoid CD4+ Jurkat cell line was studied. When exposed to 50 microM c-di-GMP, Jurkat cells exhibited a markedly elevated expression of the CD4 receptor of up to 6.3-fold over controls. C-di-GMP also causes blockage...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Steinberger O,Lapidot Z,Ben-Ishai Z,Amikam D

更新日期：1999-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:VP64 is widely used as a transcriptional activator to investigate the biological function of genes, but its potential for application in genetic improvement of crops has not been fully investigated. Here, we characterized an OsMYB1R1-VP64 fusion protein that enhanced the grain yield of rice cultivar 'Kita-ake' by 35%....

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Wang J,Wu F,Zhu S,Xu Y,Cheng Z,Wang J,Li C,Sheng P,Zhang H,Cai M,Guo X,Zhang X,Wang C,Wan J

更新日期：2016-10-01 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：:The pancreatic ATP-sensitive potassium channels comprise two subunits: SUR1 and Kir6.2. Two SUR1 mutations, A116P and V187D, reduce channel activity causing persistent hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia of infancy. We investigated whether these mutations cause temperature sensitive misfolding. We show that the processing d...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Yang K,Fang K,Fromondi L,Chan KW

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vasopressin elicited a dose-dependent inhibition of glucagon-induced cAMP accumulation in isolated hepatocytes. This response was not diminished by incubation of cells with the calmodulin antagonists trifluoperazine or chlorpromazine and was only slightly reduced in Ca2+-depleted hepatocytes. Half-maximal inhibition o...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Morgan NG,Shipp CC,Exton JH

更新日期：1983-11-14 00:00:00