Epidermal growth factor as a new regulator of induction of tyrosine aminotransferase and tryptophan oxygenase by glucocorticoids.

abstract：:Heterotrimeric G proteins were purified from bovine brain by immunoaffinity chromatography on immobilized anti G protein monoclonal antibody 3C2. Release of betagamma subunits was effectuated by exposure of immobilized trimeric G proteins to MgAlF4. The resultant betagamma subunits were pure and biologically active. F...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Rehm A,Ploegh HL

更新日期：1997-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The oxidoreductase ERp57 is a component of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I peptide-loading complex. ERp57 can interact directly with MHC class I molecules, however, little is known about which of the cysteine residues within the MHC class I molecule are relevant to this interaction. MHC class I mole...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Antoniou AN,Santos SG,Campbell EC,Lynch S,Arosa FA,Powis SJ

更新日期：2007-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A 4.8 kb DNA-fragment was cloned and sequenced encompassing the structural gene of PFL-deactivase (2.7 kb) and 2 kb of the 5' flanking region that contains the elements for anaerobic induction. A mutant lacking deactivase was shown to require exogenous electron acceptors for anaerobic growth with glucose. This reveale...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kessler D,Leibrecht I,Knappe J

更新日期：1991-04-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Cellular ageing is characterized by the accumulation of oxidatively modified proteins which may be due to increased protein damage and/or decreased elimination of oxidized protein. Since the proteasome is in charge of protein turnover and removal of oxidized protein, its fate during ageing and upon oxidative stress ha...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Friguet B

更新日期：2006-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:pMNEI, a single chain sweet protein related to monellin, has been studied by means of 1H NMR at 500 MHz. A partial sequential assignment performed by means of the MCD method allowed the determination of the secondary structure of a large portion of the beta-sheet of pMNEI that contains a likely 'sweet finger': the loo...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Tancredi T,Iijima H,Saviano G,Amodeo P,Temussi PA

更新日期：1992-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Tropomodulin, the P-end (slow-growing end)-capping protein of the actin-tropomyosin filament, and its fragment (C20) of the C-terminal half were studied by synchrotron small-angle X-ray scattering, restoring low-resolution shapes using an ab initio shape-determining procedure. Tropomodulin is elongated (115 A long) an...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Fujisawa T,Kostyukova A,Maéda Y

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The less polar fluorescent analogue of ATP, 2'(3')-trinitrophenyl-5'-triphosphate bound to rat liver fatty acid-binding protein with high affinity (Kd 6.3 x 10(-6) M) and 1:1 molar stoichiometry. This probe bound to the fatty acid binding site of the protein and was displaced by oleic acid and oleoyl CoA. High concent...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Sheridan M,Wilton DC

更新日期：1992-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:tRNAs play a central role in protein translation, acting as the carrier of amino acids. By cloning microRNAs, we unexpectedly obtained some tRNA fragments generated by tRNA cleavage in the anticodon loop. These tRNA fragments are present in many cell lines and different mouse tissues. In addition, various stress condi...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Fu H,Feng J,Liu Q,Sun F,Tie Y,Zhu J,Xing R,Sun Z,Zheng X

更新日期：2009-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Four 12.2-12.6 kDa small heat-shock proteins (sHSPs) of Caenorhabditis elegans are the smallest known members of the sHSP family. They essentially comprise the characteristic C-terminal 'alpha-crystallin domain' of the sHSPs, having a very short N-terminal region, and lacking a C-terminal tail. Recombinant Hsp12.2 and...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kokke BP,Leroux MR,Candido EP,Boelens WC,de Jong WW

更新日期：1998-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Challenge of Rhodobacter capsulatus cells with the superoxide propagator methyl viologen resulted in the induction of a diaphorase activity identified as a member of the ferredoxin (flavodoxin)-(reduced) nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADP(H)) reductase (FPR) family by N-terminal sequencing. The gene cod...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Bittel C,Tabares LC,Armesto M,Carrillo N,Cortez N

更新日期：2003-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidermal growth factor (EGF) induces transformed phenotypes in EGF receptor-overexpressing NIH3T3 (ER12) cells. Tyrosine kinase inhibitors such as erbstatin and its stable analogue methyl 2,5-dihydroxycinnamate inhibited the EGF-induced phenotypic changes in these cells; while 5'-O-methylerbstatin, an inactive analog...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Umezawa K,Sugata D,Yamashita K,Johtoh N,Shibuya M

更新日期：1992-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Dicarbonyl/L-xylulose reductase (DCXR) converts l-xylulose into xylitol, and reduces various α-dicarbonyl compounds, thus performing a dual role in carbohydrate metabolism and detoxification. In this study, we identified DHS-21 as the only DCXR ortholog in Caenorhabditis elegans. The dhs-21 gene is expressed in variou...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Son le T,Ko KM,Cho JH,Singaravelu G,Chatterjee I,Choi TW,Song HO,Yu JR,Park BJ,Lee SK,Ahnn J

更新日期：2011-05-06 00:00:00

abstract：:For almost 30 years, Wnt proteins have been known as key regulators of many developmental decisions, including the formation of the embryonic axes, patterning of the CNS, limb bud outgrowth and segment polarity. However, live cell imaging of active Wnt proteins was rarely reported. Here, we have generated a Wnt2b-EGFP...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Holzer T,Liffers K,Rahm K,Trageser B,Ozbek S,Gradl D

更新日期：2012-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Read-through or mutations of a stop codon resulting in translation of the 3'-UTR produce potentially toxic C-terminally extended proteins. However, quality control mechanisms for such proteins are poorly understood in mammalian cells. Here, a comprehensive analysis of the 3'-UTRs of genes associated with hereditary di...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Hashimoto S,Nobuta R,Izawa T,Inada T

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the role of p38 mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase in the tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha)- or interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta)-induced production of interleukin-6 (IL-6) and interleukin-8 (IL-8) in fresh rheumatoid synovial fibroblast (RSF) cultures concomitantly with the induction of p38 MAP kinas...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Suzuki M,Tetsuka T,Yoshida S,Watanabe N,Kobayashi M,Matsui N,Okamoto T

更新日期：2000-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Recombinant vaccinia virus vectors were used to coexpress each of the candidate prohormone convertases PC1, PC2, furin, PACE4 and PC5 with rat prosomatostatin (rProSOM) in the constitutive secreting cell line LoVo and in the endocrine corticotroph cell line AtT-20, which exhibits regulated secretion. Mammalian ProSOM ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Brakch N,Galanopoulou AS,Patel YC,Boileau G,Seidah NG

更新日期：1995-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Aah VI was isolated from the venom of the North African scorpion, Androctonus australis hector. It is the first glycosylated neurotoxin from scorpion venom to be described. It was not toxic to mice, when injected intracerebroventricularly at a dose of 1.2 microg per animal. However, it had typical activity in Blatella...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Hassani O,Loew D,Van Dorsselaer A,Papandréou MJ,Sorokine O,Rochat H,Sampieri F,Mansuelle P

更新日期：1999-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The Ras homology (Rho) guanine nucleotide exchange factor p115-RhoGEF couples the alpha(13) heterotrimeric guanine nucleotide binding protein (G protein) subunit to Rho GTPase. Alpha(13) binds to a regulator of G protein signaling (RGS) domain in p115-RhoGEF, but the mechanism of alpha(13) activation of p115-RhoGEF is...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Bhattacharyya R,Wedegaertner PB

更新日期：2003-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:An electrometric technique was used to investigate electron transfer between spinach plastocyanin (Pc) and photooxidized primary electron donor P700 in photosystem I (PS I) complexes from the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. In the presence of Pc, the fast unresolvable kinetic phase of membrane potential gen...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Mamedov MD,Mamedova AA,Chamorovsky SK,Semenov AY

更新日期：2001-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Rats bearing the fast-growing AH-130 Yoshida ascites hepatoma showed a marked cachectic response which has been previously reported [Tessitore et al. (1987) Biochem. J. 241, 153-159]. Thus tumour-bearing animals showed significant decreases in body and muscle weight (soleus and gastrocnemius) as compared to both pair-...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Llovera M,García-Martínez C,Agell N,Marzábal M,López-Soriano FJ,Argilés JM

更新日期：1994-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclic mononucleotides are messengers in plant stress responses. Here we show that hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) induces rapid net K(+)-efflux and Ca(2+)-influx in Arabidopsis roots. Pre-treatment with either 10μM cAMP or cGMP for 1 or 24h does significantly reduce net K(+)-leakage and Ca(2+)-influx, and in the case of the...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Ordoñez NM,Marondedze C,Thomas L,Pasqualini S,Shabala L,Shabala S,Gehring C

更新日期：2014-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Addition of cyanide to the CO complex of cytochrome oxidase reduces the apparent photosensitivity of the Fe-CO bond. This effect is not seen with azide, or when cyanide is added to ferromyoglobin-CO. It is proposed that cyanide binds to CuB, and restricts the passage of CO out of the protein. This restriction favors g...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Hill BC

更新日期：1994-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Autophagy in the yeast is similar to that in mammalian cells. A mutant designated as apg1 (autophagy) defective in accumulation of autophagic bodies in the vacuoles was isolated by selection using a light microscope from a mutagenized proteinase-deficient strain. In the apg1 strain, which has normal vacuolar proteinas...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Tsukada M,Ohsumi Y

更新日期：1993-10-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Holocytochrome c synthase (HCCS) attaches heme covalently to mitochondrial respiratory cytochromes c. Little is known about the reaction of heme attachment to apocytochromes c by HCCS, although recently it has been established that the CXXCH motif and the N-terminus of the apocytochrome polypeptide are important prote...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Zhang Y,Stevens JM,Ferguson SJ

更新日期：2014-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a phage display peptide library, we characterized the epitope of two monoclonal antibodies reacting with syndecan-1: B-B2 and B-B4. The identified epitopes QDIT, for B-B2, and LPEV, for B-B4, were found to align with residues 36-39 and 90-93 of the mature protein, respectively. In contrast to B-B4, the B-B2 epit...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Dore JM,Morard F,Vita N,Wijdenes J

更新日期：1998-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:A 26 kDa peptide has been cleaved from the C-terminus of the S1 heavy chain with formic acid. Cleavage occurs in the '50 kDa' domain probably at the Asp-600-Pro-601 bond. This fragment has been renatured in the presence of the A2 light chain and the 26 kDa(A2) complex shown to interact with actin in an ATP-sensitive m...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Griffiths AJ,Trayer IP

更新日期：1989-01-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Isolated mitotic chromosomes are able to form complexes with phosphatidylcholine liposomes in the presence and absence of Ca2+ ions, in the latter case in the presence of polyamines. Interactions with chromosomes stimulates liposome fusion. The fusion is promoted by condensed and EDTA-decondensed chromosomes. ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Balakireva LA,Belyaev ND,Budker VG,Kiseleva EV

更新日期：1991-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Sequence comparisons among methionyl-tRNA synthetases from different organisms reveal only one block of homology beyond the last beta strand of the mononucleotide fold. We have introduced a series of semi-conservative amino acid replacements in the conserved motif of yeast methionyl-tRNA synthetase. The results indica...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Despons L,Walter P,Senger B,Ebel JP,Fasiolo F

更新日期：1991-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The hemoregulatory peptide PyroGlu-Glu-Asp-Cys-Lys (HP5b), which inhibits myelopoietic colony formation in vitro, is shown to be a sequence motif which is also part of the effector domain of Gi alpha proteins. Out of 8 synthetic peptides with sequence variations of HP5b, those with the closest similarity to the Gi alp...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Laerum OD,Frostad S,Tøn HI,Kamp D

更新日期：1990-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:A gene encoding an antifreeze protein (AFP) was isolated from carrot (Daucus carota) using sequence information derived from the purified protein. The carrot AFP is highly similar to the polygalacturonase inhibitor protein (PGIP) family of apoplastic plant leucine-rich repeat (LRR) proteins. Expression of the AFP gene...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Meyer K,Keil M,Naldrett MJ

更新日期：1999-03-26 00:00:00