Cross-talk between LRRK2 and PKA: implication for Parkinson's disease?

abstract：:The intestinal epithelium represents one of our most important interfaces with the external environment. It must remain tightly balanced to allow nutrient absorption, but maintain barrier function and immune homoeostasis, a failure of which results in chronic infection or debilitating inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)....

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Worthington JJ

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular dynamics simulations may be used to probe the interactions of membrane proteins with lipids and with detergents at atomic resolution. Examples of such simulations for ion channels and for bacterial outer membrane proteins are described. Comparison of simulations of KcsA (an alpha-helical bundle) and OmpA (a ...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Sansom MS,Bond PJ,Deol SS,Grottesi A,Haider S,Sands ZA

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phagocytosis and phagosome maturation are crucial processes in biology. Phagocytosis and the subsequent digestion of phagocytosed particles occur across a huge diversity of eukaryotes and can be achieved by many different cells within one organism. In parallel, diverse groups of pathogens have evolved mechanisms to av...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Smith LM,May RC

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell-cell communication during development and reproduction in plants depends largely on a few phytohormones and many diverse classes of polymorphic secreted peptides. The peptide ligands are bound at the cell surface of target cells by their membranous interaction partners representing, in most cases, either receptor...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Uebler S,Dresselhaus T

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Zebrafish (Danio rerio) are becoming an increasingly powerful model organism to study the role of metabolism in disease. Since its inception, the zebrafish model has relied on unique attributes such as the transparency of embryos, high fecundity and conservation with higher vertebrates, to perform phenotype-driven che...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Salmi TM,Tan VWT,Cox AG

更新日期：2019-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the last 10 years, during the lifetime of the nitrogen cycle meetings, structural biology, coupled with spectroscopy, has had a major impact of our understanding enzymology of the nitrogen cycle. The three-dimensional structures for many of the key enzymes have now been resolved and have provided a wealth of info...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Butler CS,Richardson DJ

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sucrose non-fermenting 1 (Snf1) protein kinase, a yeast homologue of mammalian AMP-activated protein kinase, plays a main role in transcriptional activation and repression of gene expression. In addition, Snf1 kinase has a broad role in the cellular response to several forms of stress, such as nutrient limitation, sal...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Sanz P

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Modulation of traits beneficial for cultivation and yield is one of the main goals of crop improvement. One of the targets for enhancing productivity is changing the architecture of inflorescences since in many species it determines fruit and seed yield. Inflorescence shape and organization is genetically established ...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Caselli F,Zanarello F,Kater MM,Battaglia R,Gregis V

更新日期：2020-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The binding sites of the oestrogen receptors alpha and beta have a structural requirement for ligands with two oxygen atoms (one of which is phenolic) spaced 11-12 A apart. They are open to many non-steroidal compounds, such as those from plants and the chemical industry. The importance of this interaction is the subj...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Barnes S

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fission yeast septation initiation network, or SIN, is a signal transduction network that is required for septum formation in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Its activity is tightly regulated through the cell cycle, to ensure proper co-ordination of mitosis and cytokinesis. SIN signalling requires three protein kinases...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Krapp A,Simanis V

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most of the effects of the signalling molecule nitric oxide (NO) are mediated by the stimulation of the NO-sensitive GC (guanylate cyclase) and the subsequent increase in cGMP formation. The enzyme contains a prosthetic haem group, which mediates NO stimulation. In addition to the physiological activator NO, NO-sensit...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Koesling D,Mullershausen F,Lange A,Friebe A,Mergia E,Wagner C,Russwurm M

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The SERCA (sarcoplasmic/endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase) is probably the most extensively studied membrane protein transporter. There is a vast array of diverse inhibitors for the Ca2+ pump, and many have proved significant in helping to elucidate both the mechanism of transport and gaining conformational structures...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Michelangeli F,East JM

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metabolic and epidemiologic studies support the idea that the type of dietary fat is more important than the total amount of fat with respect to the development of atherosclerosis and the risk of cardiovascular heart disease. Dietary fat is carried in CMs (chylomicrons), which can be taken up by macrophages without ne...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Cabello-Moruno R,Perona JS,Ruiz-Gutierrez V

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We study how mechanical forces integrate spatially and temporally with regulatory signals at the leading edge of migrating cells. To probe the dynamics of this system, we developed quantitative fluorescent speckle microscopy, which maps out actin cytoskeleton transport, assembly and disassembly with high spatial resol...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Danuser G

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA degradation is a vital post-transcriptional process which ensures that transcripts are maintained at the correct level within the cell. DIS3L2 and XRN1 are conserved exoribonucleases that are critical for the degradation of cytoplasmic RNAs. Although the molecular mechanisms of RNA degradation by DIS3L2 and XRN1 h...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Pashler AL,Towler BP,Jones CI,Newbury SF

更新日期：2016-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:UBDs [Ub (ubiquitin)-binding domains], which are typically small protein motifs of <50 residues, are used by receptor proteins to transduce post-translational Ub modifications in a wide range of biological processes, including NF-κB (nuclear factor κB) signalling and proteasomal degradation pathways. More than 20 fami...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Searle MS,Garner TP,Strachan J,Long J,Adlington J,Cavey JR,Shaw B,Layfield R

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Approximately 30-50% of individuals who are allergic to natural rubber latex (NRL) show an associated hypersensitivity to some plant-derived foods, especially freshly consumed fruits. This association of latex allergy and allergy to plant-derived foods is called latex-fruit syndrome. An increasing number of plant sour...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Wagner S,Breiteneder H

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For a disease such as cancer, where a number of alterations to normal cell function accumulate over time, there are several opportunities to inhibit, slow down or even reverse the process. Many of the changes which drive the disease process occur in cell-signalling pathways that regulate proliferation and apoptosis. A...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Manson MM,Holloway KA,Howells LM,Hudson EA,Plummer SM,Squires MS,Prigent SA

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colicins are protein antibiotics produced by Escherichia coli to kill closely related non-identical competing species. They have taken advantage of the promiscuity of several proteins in the cell envelope for entry into the bacterial cell. The Tol-Pal system comprises one such ensemble of periplasmic and membrane-asso...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Penfold CN,Li C,Zhang Y,Vankemmelbeke M,James R

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood vessel formation during vertebrate development relies on a process called angiogenesis and is essential for organ growth and tissue viability. In addition, angiogenesis leads to pathological blood vessel growth in diseases with tissue ischaemia, such as neovascular eye disease and cancer. Neuropilin 1 (NRP1) is ...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Lampropoulou A,Ruhrberg C

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colicins are proteins produced by some strains of Escherichia coli to kill competitors belonging to the same species. Among them, ColM (colicin M) is the only one that blocks the biosynthesis of peptidoglycan, a specific bacterial cell-wall polymer essential for cell integrity. ColM acts in the periplasm by hydrolysin...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Touzé T,Barreteau H,El Ghachi M,Bouhss A,Barnéoud-Arnoulet A,Patin D,Sacco E,Blanot D,Arthur M,Duché D,Lloubès R,Mengin-Lecreulx D

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The majority of mRNAs in eukaryotic cells are translated via a method that is dependent upon the recognition of, and binding to, the methylguanosine cap at the 5' end of the mRNA, by a set of protein factors termed eIFs (eukaryotic initiation factors). However, many of the eIFs involved in this process are modified an...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： King HA,Cobbold LC,Willis AE

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracellular cross-talk or synergism between receptors coupled negatively to adenylate cyclase via PTX-sensitive Gi-protein(s) and receptors coupled to phospholipase C via PTX-insensitive G-proteins is prevalent in a variety of cell types (see above) and may represent a universal mechanism for the modulation of phosp...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Dickenson JM,Hill SJ

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CT responds to properties of PC-depleted membranes: increased negative charge density, which concentrates the enzyme at the membrane surface, and lipid packing perturbations, which create holes in the membrane surface into which the hydrophobic side chains of the amphipathic helix of domain M can intercalate. The PC-d...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Cornell RB

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Single-molecule fluorescence methods, particularly single-molecule FRET (fluorescence resonance energy transfer), have provided novel insights into the structure, interactions and dynamics of biological systems. ALEX (alternating-laser excitation) spectroscopy is a new method that extends single-molecule FRET by provi...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Santoso Y,Hwang LC,Le Reste L,Kapanidis AN

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphorus is one of the most important macronutrients and is indispensable for all organisms as a critical structural component as well as participating in intracellular signalling and energy metabolism. Sensing and signalling of phosphate (Pi) has been extensively studied and is well understood in single-cellular or...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Qi W,Baldwin SA,Muench SP,Baker A

更新日期：2016-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The function of biomolecules is intrinsically linked to their structure and the complexes they form during function. Techniques for the determination of structures and dynamics of these nanometre assemblies are therefore important for an understanding on the molecular level. PELDOR (pulsed electron-electron double res...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Reginsson GW,Schiemann O

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The structural maintenance of chromosomes hinge domain containing protein 1 (SMCHD1) is a large multidomain protein involved in epigenetic gene silencing. Variations in the SMCHD1 gene are associated with two debilitating human disorders, facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) and Bosma arhinia microphthalmia s...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Gurzau AD,Blewitt ME,Czabotar PE,Murphy JM,Birkinshaw RW

更新日期：2020-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：:From a protein structural viewpoint, tryptophan is often considered an inert structural amino acid, playing a role as a hydrophobic anchor in membrane proteins or as part of the hydrophobic core of soluble proteins. However, tryptophan is the only polyaromatic amino acid and, from a chemical viewpoint, possesses uniqu...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Naismith JH

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As intracellular pathogens, enveloped viruses must usurp the host cell machinery for many stages of the viral life cycle in order to produce a new generation of infectious virions. In one of the less understood steps of viral assembly, viral components including the transmembrane glycoproteins, structural proteins and...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Bruce EA,Stuart A,McCaffrey MW,Digard P

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00