Post-translational modification of nucleoid-associated proteins: an extra layer of functional modulation in bacteria?

abstract：:The expression of diacylglycerol acyltransferase (DGAT, EC 2.3.1.20) with predicted molecular mass of 56.9. kDa (BnDGAT1) was examined using microspore-derived cell suspension cultures of oilseed rape (Brassica napus L. cv Jet Neuf). As well, a recombinant histidine-tagged N-terminal fragment of BnDGAT1 [BnDGAT1((1-11...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Weselake RJ,Nykiforuk CL,Laroche A,Patterson NA,Wiehler WB,Szarka SJ,Moloney MM,Tari LW,Derekh U

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Numerous bacterial proteins involved in the nitrogen cycle, and other processes, require c-type haem as a cofactor. c-type cytochromes are formed by covalent attachment of haem to the conserved CXXCH motif. Here, we briefly review what is presently known about cytochrome c maturation in Bacillus subtilis with particul...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Crow A,Le Brun NE,Oubrie A

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracellular electron transfer has, in one decade, emerged from an environmental phenomenon to an industrial process driver. On the one hand, electron transfer towards anodes leads to production of power or chemicals such as hydrogen, caustic soda and hydrogen peroxide. On the other hand, electron transfer from catho...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Desloover J,Arends JB,Hennebel T,Rabaey K

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Functional cardiomyocytes can now be derived routinely from hPSCs (human pluripotent stem cells), which collectively include embryonic and induced pluripotent stem cells. This technology presents new opportunities to develop pharmacologically relevant in vitro screens to detect cardiotoxicity, with a view to improving...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Dick E,Rajamohan D,Ronksley J,Denning C

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein ubiquitination and protein phosphorylation are two fundamental regulatory post-translational modifications controlling intracellular signalling events. However, the ubiquitin system is vastly more complex compared with phosphorylation. This is due to the ability of ubiquitin to form polymers, i.e. ubiquitin ch...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Komander D

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:AMPK (AMP-activated protein kinase) is a cellular energy sensor that monitors the ratio of AMP/ATP, and possibly also ADP/ATP, inside cells. Once activated by falling cellular energy levels, it acts to restore energy homoeostasis by switching on catabolic pathways that generate ATP, while switching off anabolic pathwa...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Gowans GJ,Hardie DG

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The calcium-sensing receptor is a multimodal, multimetabolic sensor that mediates the feedback-dependent control of whole body calcium metabolism. Remarkably, in addition to its role in Ca(2+)(o) (extracellular Ca(2+)) sensing, the CaR (Ca(2+)-sensing receptor) also responds to L-amino acids. L-amino acids appear to a...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Conigrave AD,Mun HC,Brennan SC

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Actin polymerization is harnessed by cells to generate lamellipodia for movement and by a subclass of pathogens to facilitate invasion of their infected hosts. Using electron tomography (ET), we have shown that lamellipodia are formed via the generation of subsets of actin filaments joined by branch junctions. Image a...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Small JV

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:AD (Alzheimer's disease) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by a gradual loss of neurons and the accumulation of neurotoxic Aβ (amyloid β-peptide) and hyperphosphorylated tau. The discovery of mutations in three genes, PSEN1 (presenilin 1), PSEN2 (presenilin 2) and APP (amyloid precursor protein), in patient...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Coen K,Annaert W

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammation or inflammatory cytokines and oxidative stress have often been associated, and thiol antioxidants, particularly glutathione, have often been seen as possible anti-inflammatory mediators. However, whereas several cytokine inhibitors have been approved for drug use in chronic inflammatory diseases, this has...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Coppo L,Ghezzi P

更新日期：2011-10-01 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：:A range of mitochondria-targeted probe molecules that comprise a lipophilic cation covalently attached to an active moiety have been developed. The lipophilic cation causes the accumulation of these molecules into mitochondria, driven by the mitochondrial membrane potential. To date, we have targeted antioxidants, spi...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Murphy MP

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The EMLs are a conserved family of microtubule-associated proteins (MAPs). The founding member was discovered in sea urchins as a 77-kDa polypeptide that co-purified with microtubules. This protein, termed EMAP for echinoderm MAP, was the major non-tubulin component present in purified microtubule preparations made fr...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Fry AM,O'Regan L,Montgomery J,Adib R,Bayliss R

更新日期：2016-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:FcRn was originally identified as the receptor responsible for IgG binding to the intestinal epithelium of neonatal rats and mice. FcRn transports IgG from milk across the intestinal epithelial cells of the suckling animal. Subsequently, FcRn was detected in tissues involved in the transmission of IgG from mother to f...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Simister NE,Jacobowitz Israel E,Ahouse JC,Story CM

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibrotic disorders of the liver, kidney and lung are associated with excessive deposition of extracellular matrix proteins and ongoing coagulation-cascade activity. In addition to their critical roles in blood coagulation, thrombin and the immediate upstream coagulation proteases, Factors Xa and VIIa, influence numero...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Chambers RC,Laurent GJ

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:TDP-43 (TAR DNA-binding protein 43) is an hnRNP (heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein) protein whose role in cellular processes has come to the forefront of neurodegeneration research after the observation that it is the main component of brain inclusions in ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) and FTLD (frontotempo...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Baralle M,Buratti E,Baralle FE

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Other than signalling receptors sustaining leucocyte recruitment during inflammatory reactions, the chemokine system includes 'silent' receptors with distinct specificity and tissue distribution. The best-characterized molecule of this subgroup is the CC chemokine receptor D6, which binds most inflammatory CC chemokin...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Borroni EM,Buracchi C,de la Torre YM,Galliera E,Vecchi A,Bonecchi R,Mantovani A,Locati M

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mTOR (mammalian target of rapamycin) signalling pathway functions as a nutrient sensor, both in individual cells and, more globally, in organs such as the fat body in Drosophila and the hypothalamus in the rat. The activity of placental amino acid transporters is decreased in IUGR (intrauterine growth restriction)...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Roos S,Powell TL,Jansson T

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac excitation-contraction coupling is initiated with the influx of Ca2+ ions across the plasma membrane through voltage-gated L-type calcium channels. This process is tightly regulated by modulation of the channel open probability and channel localization. Protein kinase A (PKA) is found in close association with...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Pallien T,Klussmann E

更新日期：2020-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Biotin, which serves as a carboxyl group carrier in reactions catalyzed by biotin-dependent carboxylases, is essential for life in most organisms. To function in carboxylate transfer, the vitamin must be post-translationally linked to a specific lysine residue on the biotin carboxyl carrier (BCC) of a carboxylase in a...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Beckett D

更新日期：2018-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：:mRNA instability is an intrinsic property that permits timely changes in gene expression by limiting the lifetime of a transcript. The RNase e of Escherichia coli is a single-strand-specific endo-nuclease involved in the processing of rRNA and the degradation of mRNA. A nucleolytic multi-enzyme complex now known as th...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Carpousis AJ

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PTEN (phosphatase and tensin homologue deleted on chromosome 10) is an important tumour-suppressor gene that encodes a 3-phosphatase. The major substrate of PTEN is PIP(3) (phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-trisphosphate) generated by the action of PI3Ks (phosphoinositide 3-kinases). Hereditary mutation of PTEN causes tumour...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Suzuki A,Hamada K,Sasaki T,Mak TW,Nakano T

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mRNA coding for FGF-2 (fibroblast growth factor 2), a major angiogenic factor, is translated by an IRES (internal ribosome entry site)-dependent mechanism. We have studied the role of the IRES in the regulation of FGF-2 expression in vivo, under pathophysiological conditions, by creating transgenic mice lines expr...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Gonzalez-Herrera IG,Prado-Lourenco L,Teshima-Kondo S,Kondo K,Cabon F,Arnal JF,Bayard F,Prats AC

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer in developed countries such as the U.K., but incidence rates around the world vary approx. 20-fold. Diet is thought to be a key factor determining risk: red and processed meat, but not white meat or fish, are associated with an increased risk of colorectal cancer. The ...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Kuhnle GG,Bingham SA

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Smoking is the main risk factor for COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) but genetic factors are of importance, since only a subset of smokers develops the disease. Sex differences have been suggested both in disease prevalence and response to environmental exposures. Furthermore, it has been shown that acquis...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Svartengren M,Engström G,Anderson M,Hallberg J,Edula G,de Verdier MG,Dahlbäck M,Lindberg CM,Forsman-Semb K,Nihlén U,Fehniger TE

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein L is a multidomain cell-wall protein isolated from Peptostreptococcus magnus. It belongs to a group of proteins that contain repeated domains that are able to bind to Igs without stimulating an immune response, the most characterized of this group being Protein A ( Staphylococcus aureus ) and Protein G ( Strep...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Housden NG,Harrison S,Roberts SE,Beckingham JA,Graille M,Stura E,Gore MG

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alkalithermophiles are an exciting subset of extremophilic organisms and represent extremophiles that are adapted to two extreme conditions, i.e. to a combination of alkaline and thermobiotic growth conditions. Among the anaerobic alkalithermophiles are representatives of both Bacteria and Archaea within a wide variet...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Wiegel J,Kevbrin VV

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A general strategy is described for the amplified expression, purification and characterization in Escherichia coli of multidrug efflux proteins from Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus subtilis, Methanococcus janaschii and E. coli. They all catalyse drug/H(+) antiport of substrates such as quinolones and ethidium and exe...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Henderson PJ,Hoyle CK,Ward A

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in the leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) gene are the most common cause of familial Parkinson's disease (PD) with autosomal dominant inheritance. Accordingly, LRRK2 has emerged as a promising therapeutic target for disease modification in PD. Since the first discovery of LRRK2 mutations some 12 years ago,...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Islam MS,Moore DJ

更新日期：2017-02-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene-poor human chromosomes are reproducibly found at the nuclear periphery in proliferating cells. There are a number of inner nuclear envelope proteins that may have roles in chromosome location and anchorage, e.g. emerin and A-type lamins. In the last decade, a number of diseases associated with tissue degeneration...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Meaburn KJ,Levy N,Toniolo D,Bridger JM

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00