A new hemoglobin variant, Hb Mito [beta 144(HC 1) Lys----Glu], with increased oxygen affinity.

abstract：:Turnip yellow mosaic virus (TYMV) is a positive-strand RNA virus able to infect Arabidopsis thaliana. To establish a TYMV infection system in Arabidopsis cell culture, TYMV replicons with the capsid protein gene replaced by a reporter gene expressing the Sh ble protein conferring zeocin resistance were used to transfe...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Camborde L,Tournier V,Noizet M,Jupin I

更新日期：2007-01-23 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：:Human ECE-1 is expressed in four isoforms with different tissue distribution and its mRNA and protein levels are altered under certain pathophysiological conditions. To investigate the transcriptional regulation of ECE-1, we studied the regulatory region of ECE-1c, the major ECE-1 isoform. A genomic clone comprising t...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Funke-Kaiser H,Bolbrinker J,Theis S,Lemmer J,Richter CM,Paul M,Orzechowski HD

更新日期：2000-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:We have shown that OSCP, a subunit of yeast mitochondrial ATP synthase, can be incorporated into the intact enzyme as a fusion protein representing OSCP fused at its C-terminus to the green fluorescent protein (GFP) of Aequorea victoria. The relevant fusion OSCP-GFP-h6 additionally contains a hexahistidine tag at the ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Prescott M,Lourbakos A,Bateson M,Boyle G,Nagley P,Devenish RJ

更新日期：1997-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Several lines of evidence led to the conclusion that mammalian ribosomal protein synthesis is a highly organized biological process in vivo. A wealth of data support the concept according to which tRNA aminoacylation, formation of the ternary complex on EF1A and delivery of aminoacyl-tRNA to the ribosome is a processi...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Mirande M

更新日期：2010-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:(-)-Epigallocatechin-3-O-gallate (EGCG), a polyphenol in green tea, induces apoptosis in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cells without affecting normal cells. In this study, we observed that cGMP acts as a cell death mediator of the EGCG-induced anti-AML effect through acid sphingomyelinase activation. EGCG activated the...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kumazoe M,Kim Y,Bae J,Takai M,Murata M,Suemasu Y,Sugihara K,Yamashita S,Tsukamoto S,Huang Y,Nakahara K,Yamada K,Tachibana H

更新日期：2013-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasingly available genomic sequencing data are exploited to identify genes and variants contributing to diseases, particularly cancer. Traditionally, methods to find such variants have relied heavily on allele frequency and/or familial history, often neglecting to consider any mechanistic understanding of their fu...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： González-Sánchez JC,Raimondi F,Russell RB

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ferric reductase B (FerB) is a flavin mononucleotide (FMN)-containing NAD(P)H:acceptor oxidoreductase structurally close to the Gluconacetobacter hansenii chromate reductase (ChrR). The crystal structure of ChrR was previously determined with a chloride bound proximal to FMN in the vicinity of Arg101, and the authors ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Sedláček V,Kučera I

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reconstituted Na+,K+-ATPase from either pig kidney or shark rectal glands was phosphorylated by cAMP dependent protein kinase, PKA. The stoichiometry was approximately 0.9 mol P(i)/mol alpha-subunit in the pig kidney enzyme and approximately 0.2 mol P(i)/mol alpha-subunit in the shark enzyme. In shark, Na+,K+-ATPase P...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Cornelius F,Logvinenko N

更新日期：1996-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcription of Drosophila U1 or U6 snRNAs by RNA polymerases II and III respectively requires a unique approximately 21 base-pair promoter element termed the proximal sequence element A (PSEA) recognized by the snRNA activating protein complex (DmSNAPc). A five-nucleotide substitution that changed the U1 PSEA to a U...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Barakat NH,Stumph WE

更新日期：2008-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of additives during X-irradiation of malate synthase led to radioprotective effects against primary and post-irradiation inactivation. Pronounced effects were provided by typical scavengers, sulfhydryl reagents and specific ligands (substrates, products, analogues). The results show that scavenging and sp...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Durchschlag H,Zipper P

更新日期：1988-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Alternative splicing of tau exon 10 generates tau isoforms with three or four microtubule-binding repeats, named 3R- or 4R-tau. Normal adult human brain expresses equal levels of them. Imbalance of 3R-tau and 4R-tau associates with several tauopathies. Splicing factor 9G8 suppresses tau exon 10 inclusion and its funct...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Gu J,Shi J,Wu S,Jin N,Qian W,Zhou J,Iqbal IG,Iqbal K,Gong CX,Liu F

更新日期：2012-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Gangliosides and neutral glycolipids of muscles from normal and dystrophic chickens were studied. Total glycolipid content of the degenerating muscles was higher than the normal muscles. In addition, the myopathic muscles contained a ganglioside which was absent in the unaffected muscles from normal and dystrophic chi...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kundu SK,Misra LK,Luthra MG

更新日期：1982-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The placenta comprises a highly specialized trophoblast layer, which arises from the embryo and differentiates during embryonic development to perform specialized functions, e.g., synthesis of pregnancy-associated hormones, growth factors and cytokines. As there is no evidence of maternal acute-phase protein transplac...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kovacevic A,Hammer A,Sundl M,Pfister B,Hrzenjak A,Ray A,Ray BK,Sattler W,Malle E

更新日期：2006-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The diffusion of fluorescein isothiocyanate-labelled dextran molecules in suspensions of centrifugally, tightly packed, erythrocyte ghosts was measured by fluorescence recovery after photobleaching. In comparison with diffusion in aqueous solution, the diffusion coefficients for probe molecules of varying size were ab...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Järnefelt J,Laurent T,Rigler R

更新日期：1988-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The function of the coenzyme Q (CoQ) pool in the inner mitochondrial membrane is reviewed in view of recent findings suggesting a supramolecular organization of the mitochondrial respiratory complexes. In spite of the structural evidence for preferential aggregations of the inner membrane components, most kinetic evid...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Lenaz G

更新日期：2001-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Zinc (Zn) deficiency is often associated with low plasma vitamin A (retinol) concentrations. It has been suggested that the reduction in plasma retinol is secondary to reduced liver retinol binding protein (RBP) synthesis. In the present study, RBP expression was determined in HepG2 cells cultured in either Zn adequat...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Satre MA,Jessen KA,Clegg MS,Keen CL

更新日期：2001-03-02 00:00:00

abstract：:On the basis of the intron/exon organization and the intramolecular homology of DNA sequences, I propose a novel model for genesis of the calmodulin gene. A primordial calmodulin gene consisting of 51 base pairs (17 amino acids) was subjected to three-fold duplication to create modern calmodulin with four calcium-bind...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Nojima H

更新日期：1987-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Highly active adenylylsulfate (APS) reductase was isolated under N(2)/H(2) from sulfate-reducing and sulfide-oxidizing bacteria and archaea. It was a 1:1 alphabeta-heterodimer of molecular mass approximately 95 kDa, and two subunits (alpha approximately 75, beta approximately 20 kDa). The specific activity was 11-14 m...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Fritz G,Büchert T,Huber H,Stetter KO,Kroneck PM

更新日期：2000-05-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The interactions of DNA duplexes with 3-amino-1,4-dimethyl-5H-pyrido[4,3-b]indole (Trp-P-1), a potent mutacarcinogen isolated from tryptophan pyrolysate, have been studied using CD spectroscopy. The results are that (a) the spectral change of B-form DNA caused by the interaction with Trp-P-1 is biphasic, i.e. the enla...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Inohara T,Tarui M,Doi M,Inoue M,Ishida T

更新日期：1993-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Jasmonic acid (JA) and its derivatives are well-characterized signaling molecules in plant defense and development, but the site of their localization within plant tissue is entirely unknown. To address the question whether applied JA accumulates extracellularly or intracellularly, leaves of tomato and barley were fed...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Bücking H,Förster H,Stenzel I,Miersch O,Hause B

更新日期：2004-03-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Formylmethanofuran dehydrogenase, a key enzyme of methanogenesis, was purified 100-fold from methanol grown Methanosarcina barkeri to apparent homogeneity and a specific activity of 34 mumol.min-1.mg protein-1. Molybdenum was found to co-migrate with the enzyme activity. The molybdenum content of purified preparations...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Karrasch M,Börner G,Enssle M,Thauer RK

更新日期：1989-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously reported that tau protein kinase II (TPKII) from bovine brain was composed of 30 kDa and 23 kDa subunits. The 30 kDa subunit of TPKII can be regarded as a catalytic subunit because of its ATP-binding activity. Antibodies directed against TPKII-phosphorylated tau also reacted with tau phosphorylated by cd...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kobayashi S,Ishiguro K,Omori A,Takamatsu M,Arioka M,Imahori K,Uchida T

更新日期：1993-12-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The biochemical properties of the p51 subunit of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase (RT) were studied in order to understand its role in the heterodimeric form p66/p51 found in virions. A recombinant form of RT, p51/p51, expressed in yeast, was purified and characterized. The enzyme was affinity labeled using a 5' modified o...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： el Dirani-Diab R,Andreola ML,Nevinsky G,Tharaud D,Barr PJ,Litvak S,Tarrago-Litvak L

更新日期：1992-04-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The nuclear receptor CAR, a phenobarbital (PB)-responsive transcription factor, translocates into the nucleus of hepatocytes after PB induction. In non-induced mice, CAR forms a physical complex with heat shock protein 90 (HSP90) in the cytoplasm. In response to PB induction, protein phosphatase 2A is recruited to the...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Yoshinari K,Kobayashi K,Moore R,Kawamoto T,Negishi M

更新日期：2003-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Reticulocyte-type 15-lipoxygenase is known to dioxygenate phospholipids without preceding action of phospholipases A2 (PLA2). Therefore we studied the reaction of the secretory PLA2s (sPLA2) from pancreas and snake venom, and of the human cytosolic PLA2 (cPLA2) with 1-palmitoyl-2-arachidonoyl phosphatidylcholine (PAPC...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Chaitidis P,Schewe T,Sutherland M,Kühn H,Nigam S

更新日期：1998-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies of mutants of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae have led to the identification of genes required for high affinity iron uptake. Reduction of iron (III) outside the cell is accomplished by means of reductases encoded by FRE1 and FRE2, homologues of the gp91-phox component of the oxygen reductase of human granu...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Klausner RD,Dancis A

更新日期：1994-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：:We have found that N-acetylneuraminic acid (NANA) consumes toxic hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2)) under physiological conditions. Close investigation of this finding revealed that NANA was oxidized by an equimolar amount of H(2)O(2) to provide its decarboxylated product, 4-(acetylamino)-2,4-dideoxy-D-glycero-D-galacto-oct...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Iijima R,Takahashi H,Namme R,Ikegami S,Yamazaki M

更新日期：2004-03-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Alix and its homologs are involved in various phenomena such as endosomal protein-sorting and adaptation to stress conditions. In this study, we found that development of Dictyostelium discoideum Alix (DdAlix) deletion mutant (alx-) cells was impaired in alkaline pH environments. The fruiting body formation efficiency...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Ohkouchi S,Saito H,Aruga F,Maeda T,Shibata H,Maki M

更新日期：2005-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitogen activated protein kinase in extracts of U-937 macrophage-like cells was stimulated by LDL and oxLDL. A maximum value (161% of the basal phosphotransferase activity) was obtained after 6 min exposure to oxidized LDL (27 microgram/ml) using APRTPGGRR peptide substrate. The activatory effect was more pronounced (...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Deigner HP,Claus R

更新日期：1996-05-06 00:00:00