Direct visualization of glutamate transporter elevator mechanism by high-speed AFM.

abstract：:Faster aging is predicted in more active tissues and animals because of greater reactive oxygen species generation. Yet age-related cell loss is greater in less active cell types, such as type II muscle fibers. Mitochondrial uncoupling has been proposed as a mechanism that reduces reactive oxygen species production an...

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

authors： Amara CE,Shankland EG,Jubrias SA,Marcinek DJ,Kushmerick MJ,Conley KE

更新日期：2007-01-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Lithium is the most commonly used drug for the treatment of manic depressive illness. The precise mechanisms underlying its clinical efficacy remain unknown. We found that long-term exposure to lithium chloride dramatically protects cultured rat cerebellar, cerebral cortical, and hippocampal neurons against glutamate-...

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

authors： Nonaka S,Hough CJ,Chuang DM

更新日期：1998-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：:cGMP is a key regulatory molecule in visual transduction, integration of neuronal response to excitatory neurotransmitters, relaxation of smooth muscle, intestinal secretion of water and salt, and reabsorption of sodium and water in the distal tubules of the nephron. Some of these cellular functions are associated wit...

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

authors： Ruth P,Wang GX,Boekhoff I,May B,Pfeifer A,Penner R,Korth M,Breer H,Hofmann F

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most studies on the ability of insect populations to transmit pathogens consider only constant temperatures and do not account for realistic daily temperature fluctuations that can impact vector-pathogen interactions. Here, we show that diurnal temperature range (DTR) affects two important parameters underlying dengue...

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

authors： Lambrechts L,Paaijmans KP,Fansiri T,Carrington LB,Kramer LD,Thomas MB,Scott TW

更新日期：2011-05-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Copper homeostasis is essential for bacterial pathogen fitness and infection, and has been the focus of a number of recent studies. In Salmonella, envelope protection against copper overload and macrophage survival depends on CueP, a major copper-binding protein in the periplasm. This protein is also required to deliv...

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

authors： Pezza A,Pontel LB,López C,Soncini FC

更新日期：2016-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied a naturally occurring small-molecule antimitotic called diazonamide A. Diazonamide A is highly effective at blocking spindle assembly in mammalian cell culture and does so through a unique mechanism. A biotinylated form of diazonamide A affinity purifies ornithine delta-amino transferase (OAT), a mitoc...

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

authors： Wang G,Shang L,Burgett AW,Harran PG,Wang X

更新日期：2007-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein-protein interactions are essential for life. Yet, our understanding of the general principles governing binding is not complete. In the present study, we show that the interface between proteins is built in a modular fashion; each module is comprised of a number of closely interacting residues, with few intera...

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

authors： Reichmann D,Rahat O,Albeck S,Meged R,Dym O,Schreiber G

更新日期：2005-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:We report measurements of the geometrical structure and temporal evolution of metastable helical intermediates in the pathway for cholesterol crystallization in native and model biles. We find that the lecithin component in the bile can dramatically affect the kinetics along this pathway. We also present a theoretical...

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

authors： Chung DS,Benedek GB,Konikoff FM,Donovan JM

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:2-Acetylpyridine 5-[(dimethylamino)thiocarbonyl]thiocarbonohydrazone (A1110U) was found to be a potent inactivator of the ribonucleotide reductases (EC 1.17.4.1) encoded by herpes simplex virus types 1 and 2 and by varicella-zoster virus and to be a weaker inactivator of human ribonucleotide reductase. It also markedl...

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

authors： Spector T,Harrington JA,Morrison RW Jr,Lambe CU,Nelson DJ,Averett DR,Biron K,Furman PA

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:dAn.dTn sequences, otherwise known as A tracts, are hotspots for cis-syn thymine dimer formation and deletion mutations induced by UV light. Such A tracts are also known to bend DNA, suggesting that some biological effects of UV light might be related to the distinctive structure and properties of cis-syn dimer-contai...

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

authors： Wang CI,Taylor JS

更新日期：1991-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Phytosulfokine-alpha [PSK-alpha, Tyr(SO(3)H)-Ile-Tyr(SO(3)H)-Thr-Gln], a sulfated mitogenic peptide found in plants, strongly promotes proliferation of plant cells in culture at very low concentrations. Oryza sativa PSK (OsPSK) cDNA encoding a PSK-alpha precursor has been isolated. The cDNA is 725 base pairs long, and...

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

authors： Yang H,Matsubayashi Y,Nakamura K,Sakagami Y

更新日期：1999-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：:A new type of self-assembling peptide (sapeptide) scaffolds that serve as substrates for neurite outgrowth and synapse formation is described. These peptide-based scaffolds are amenable to molecular design by using chemical or biotechnological syntheses. They can be tailored to a variety of applications. The sapeptide...

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

authors： Holmes TC,de Lacalle S,Su X,Liu G,Rich A,Zhang S

更新日期：2000-06-06 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes an unbiased method for systematically determining gene function in mammalian cells. A total of 20,704 predicted human full-length cDNAs were tested for induction of the IL-8 promoter. A number of genes, including those for cytokines, receptors, adapters, kinases, and transcription factors, were i...

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

authors： Iourgenko V,Zhang W,Mickanin C,Daly I,Jiang C,Hexham JM,Orth AP,Miraglia L,Meltzer J,Garza D,Chirn GW,McWhinnie E,Cohen D,Skelton J,Terry R,Yu Y,Bodian D,Buxton FP,Zhu J,Song C,Labow MA

更新日期：2003-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Basic neurophysiological research with monkeys has shown how neurons in the motor cortex have firing rates tuned to movement direction. This original finding would have been difficult to uncover without the use of a behaving primate paradigm in which subjects grasped a handle and moved purposefully to targets in diffe...

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

authors： Kennedy SD,Schwartz AB

更新日期：2019-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:αβ T-cell repertoire selection is mediated by peptide-MHC complexes presented by thymic epithelial or myeloid cells, and by lipid-CD1 complexes expressed by thymocytes. γδ T-cell repertoire selection, by contrast, is largely unresolved. Mice mutant for Skint-1, a unique Ig superfamily gene, do not develop canonical Vγ...

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

authors： Barbee SD,Woodward MJ,Turchinovich G,Mention JJ,Lewis JM,Boyden LM,Lifton RP,Tigelaar R,Hayday AC

更新日期：2011-02-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrophilic neurite outgrowth-promoting prostaglandin (NEPP) compounds protect neurons from oxidative insults. At least part of the neuroprotective action of NEPPs lies in induction of hemeoxygenase-1 (HO-1), which, along with other phase II enzymes, serve as a defense system against oxidative stress. Here, we found...

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

authors： Satoh T,Okamoto SI,Cui J,Watanabe Y,Furuta K,Suzuki M,Tohyama K,Lipton SA

更新日期：2006-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Cedar virus (CedV) is a bat-borne henipavirus related to Nipah virus (NiV) and Hendra virus (HeV), zoonotic agents of fatal human disease. CedV receptor-binding protein (G) shares only ∼30% sequence identity with those of NiV and HeV, although they can all use ephrin-B2 as an entry receptor. We demonstrate that CedV a...

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

authors： Laing ED,Navaratnarajah CK,Cheliout Da Silva S,Petzing SR,Xu Y,Sterling SL,Marsh GA,Wang LF,Amaya M,Nikolov DB,Cattaneo R,Broder CC,Xu K

更新日期：2019-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Controlled maturation of ovarian follicles is necessary for fertility. Follicles are restrained at an immature stage until stimulated by FSH secreted by pituitary gonadotropes. FSH acts on granulosa cells within the immature follicle to inhibit apoptosis, promote proliferation, stimulate production of steroid and prot...

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

authors： Hunzicker-Dunn ME,Lopez-Biladeau B,Law NC,Fiedler SE,Carr DW,Maizels ET

更新日期：2012-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Unit-resolution mass spectra have been obtained for peptides as large as 17 kDa, providing information on impurities and adduct ions, as well as accurate molecular weight values. Electrospray ionization produces many multiply-charged species of the same mass; isotopic peak resolution provides direct charge state assig...

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

authors： Loo JA,Quinn JP,Ryu SI,Henry KD,Senko MW,McLafferty FW

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycogen synthase kinase 3β (GSK3β) and cyclin-dependent kinase 5 (CDK5) are tau kinases and have been proposed to contribute to the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease. The 3D structures of these kinases are remarkably similar, which led us to hypothesize that both might be capable of binding cyclin proteins--the act...

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

authors： Chow HM,Guo D,Zhou JC,Zhang GY,Li HF,Herrup K,Zhang J

更新日期：2014-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Classical eyeblink conditioning is a well-characterized model paradigm that engages the septohippocampal cholinergic system. This form of associative learning is impaired in normal aging and severely disrupted in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Some nicotinic cholinergic receptor subtypes are lost in AD, making the use of n...

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

authors： Woodruff-Pak DS,Vogel RW 3rd,Wenk GL

更新日期：2001-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Resistance to cobalt, zinc, and cadmium specified by the czc determinant on plasmid pMOL30 in Alcaligenes eutrophus results from a cation efflux system. Five membrane-bound polypeptides that were expressed in Escherichia coli from this determinant under the control of a phage T7 promoter were assigned to four open rea...

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

authors： Nies DH,Nies A,Chu L,Silver S

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aromatic polyketides make up a large class of natural products with diverse bioactivity. During biosynthesis, linear poly-β-ketone intermediates are regiospecifically cyclized, yielding molecules with defined cyclization patterns that are crucial for polyketide bioactivity. The aromatase/cyclases (ARO/CYCs) are respon...

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

authors： Caldara-Festin G,Jackson DR,Barajas JF,Valentic TR,Patel AB,Aguilar S,Nguyen M,Vo M,Khanna A,Sasaki E,Liu HW,Tsai SC

更新日期：2015-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Excessive poly(ADP-ribose) (PAR) polymerase-1 (PARP-1) activation kills cells via a cell-death process designated "parthanatos" in which PAR induces the mitochondrial release and nuclear translocation of apoptosis-inducing factor to initiate chromatinolysis and cell death. Accompanying the formation of PAR are the red...

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

authors： Andrabi SA,Umanah GK,Chang C,Stevens DA,Karuppagounder SS,Gagné JP,Poirier GG,Dawson VL,Dawson TM

更新日期：2014-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Replication and transcription of viral RNA genomes rely on host-donated proteins. Qbeta virus infects Escherichia coli and replicates and transcribes its own genomic RNA by Qbeta replicase. Qbeta replicase requires the virus-encoded RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (beta-subunit), and the host-donated translational elonga...

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

authors： Takeshita D,Tomita K

更新日期：2010-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Heparin is the most widely prescribed biopharmaceutical in production globally. Its potent anticoagulant activity and safety makes it the drug of choice for preventing deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism. In 2008, adulterated material was introduced into the heparin supply chain, resulting in several hundred d...

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

authors： Weiss RJ,Spahn PN,Toledo AG,Chiang AWT,Kellman BP,Li J,Benner C,Glass CK,Gordts PLSM,Lewis NE,Esko JD

更新日期：2020-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The template for transcription and replication of negative-stranded RNA viruses is a ribonucleoprotein structure, the nucleocapsid. We have developed a system that supports assembly of the negative-stranded RNA genome of a defective interfering (DI) particle of vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) into a nucleocapsid in v...

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

authors： Mirakhur B,Peluso RW

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A readily accessible new class of near infrared (NIR) molecular probes has been synthesized and evaluated. Specific fluorophores in this unique xanthene based regioisomeric seminaphthofluorone dye series exhibit a combination of desirable characteristics including (i) low molecular weight (339 amu), (ii) aqueous solub...

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

authors： Yang Y,Lowry M,Xu X,Escobedo JO,Sibrian-Vazquez M,Wong L,Schowalter CM,Jensen TJ,Fronczek FR,Warner IM,Strongin RM

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Arabidopsis thaliana, biosynthesis of the essential thiol antioxidant, glutathione (GSH), is plastid-regulated, but many GSH functions, including heavy metal detoxification and plant defense activation, depend on cytosolic GSH. This finding suggests that plastid and cytosol thiol pools are closely integrated and we...

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

authors： Maughan SC,Pasternak M,Cairns N,Kiddle G,Brach T,Jarvis R,Haas F,Nieuwland J,Lim B,Müller C,Salcedo-Sora E,Kruse C,Orsel M,Hell R,Miller AJ,Bray P,Foyer CH,Murray JA,Meyer AJ,Cobbett CS

更新日期：2010-02-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Immediately after adsorption, phages T4 and T5 induce a partial depolarization of the host cytoplasmic membrane. Infected bacteria respond to this phage-induced effect by a repolarization that leads to a new steady state of reduced membrane potential. The rate and extent of repolarization are adjusted to the intensity...

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

authors： Labedan B,Letellier L

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00