How the protonation state of a phosphorylated amino acid governs molecular recognition: insights from classical molecular dynamics simulations.

abstract：:The 5'-flanking sequences of the human macrophage inflammatory protein-3alpha/CCL20 gene were cloned and transfected into G-361 human melanoma cells in a luciferase reporter construct. Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) treatment stimulated luciferase expression, and promoter truncations demonstrated that TNF-alp...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Harant H,Eldershaw SA,Lindley IJ

更新日期：2001-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Canine aortic strip studies revealed insensitivity of angiotensin II (AII)-induced aortic contraction to inhibition by the non-peptide antagonist DuP753 (pKB = 6.7 +/- 0.1). In order to determine the origin of this phenomenon we cloned the canine homologue of the AT1 AII receptor. Expression of this cDNA in COS-7 cell...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Burns L,Clark KL,Bradley J,Robertson MJ,Clark AJ

更新日期：1994-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:SB203580 (4-(4-fluorophenyl)-2-(4-methylsulfinylphenyl)-5-(4-pyridyl)1H-imi dazole) is widely used as a specific inhibitor of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK). Here, we report that SB203580 activates the serine/threonine kinase Raf-1 in quiescent smooth muscle cells in a dose-dependent fashion. The concentr...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kalmes A,Deou J,Clowes AW,Daum G

更新日期：1999-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Acaryochloris marina is a prochlorophyte-like cyanobacterium containing both phycobilins and chlorophyll d as light harvesting pigments. We show that the chlorophyll d light harvesting system, composed of Pcb proteins, functionally associates with the photosystem II (PSII) reaction center (RC) core to form a giant sup...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Chen M,Bibby TS,Nield J,Larkum AW,Barber J

更新日期：2005-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The 77 kDa subunit of the polyadenylation cleavage stimulation factor (CstF77) is important in messenger RNA 3' end processing. Previously, we demonstrated that AtCstF77 interacts with AtCPSF30, the Arabidopsis ortholog of the 30 kDa subunit of the Cleavage and Polyadenylation Specificity Factor. In further dissecting...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Bell SA,Hunt AG

更新日期：2010-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelin (ET-1) has been shown to exert vasoconstrictor activity in vivo and mobilize Ca2+ in vascular smooth muscle cells in culture. In this paper we show that the human skin fibroblast exhibits specific receptors to ET-1 and that activation of these receptors results in increased intracellular Ca2+ (Ca2+i) and ac...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Gardner JP,Maher E,Aviv A

更新日期：1989-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclic AMP-mediated phosphorylation of calcium channel subunits was studied in vitro and in vivo in preparations from dog heart. Calcium channels in native cardiac membranes were phosphorylated by cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA) solubilized with digitonin and subsequently immunoprecipitated using a polyclonal anti...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Haase H,Karczewski P,Beckert R,Krause EG

更新日期：1993-12-06 00:00:00

abstract：:With the ultimate aim of developing an effective antiviral strategy against HIV-1, a mono-DNA enzyme possessing the 10-23 catalytic motif [Santoro and Joyce (1997) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 94, 4264-4266] was synthesized against the HIV-1 envelope gene. We tested the in vitro cleavage efficiency of the 178 bp long tr...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Dash BC,Harikrishnan TA,Goila R,Shahi S,Unwalla H,Husain S,Banerjea AC

更新日期：1998-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Structural and biochemical studies have begun to elucidate the pathway of RNA silencing that leads to the formation of the RISC complex. The outstanding feature of this pathway is the precise recognition and processing of double-stranded RNA. We present a review of recent structures that illustrate the molecular mecha...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Collins RE,Cheng X

更新日期：2005-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel gene for advanced red-shifted protein with an emission maximum at 593 nm was cloned from Discosoma coral. The protein, named dsFP593, is highly homologous to the recently described GFP-like protein drFP583 with an emission maximum at 583 nm. Using the remarkable similarity of the drFP583 and dsFP593 genes, we ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Fradkov AF,Chen Y,Ding L,Barsova EV,Matz MV,Lukyanov SA

更新日期：2000-08-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Amyloid precursor protein (APP) gene expression was investigated in primary cultures of neurons, astrocytes, microglial cells and oligodendrocytes. Neurons from various rat brain regions, as well as oligodendrocytes, contained RNA encoding APP695, while astrocytes and microglial cells expressed high levels of RNAs for...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Gaul G,Dutly F,Frei K,Foguet M,Lübbert H

更新日期：1992-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyinosinic-polycytidylic acid, a potent inducer of inducer of interferon (IFN) production and activator of some IFN-induced enzymes, inhibits [3H]uridine incorporation into the RNA of vesicular stomatitis virus even in the absence of IFN synthesis, transiently triggers the breakdown of inositol phospholipids and act...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Premecz G,Markovits A,Bagi G,Farkas T,Földes I

更新日期：1987-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:A structure of residues 1-177 of the cyclophilin domain of a large divergent cyclophilin from the filarial nematode parasite Brugia malayi has been crystallised and solved in two different crystal forms. The active site has a similar structure to that of human cyclophilin A. Two of the 13 residues important in forming...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Taylor P,Page AP,Kontopidis G,Husi H,Walkinshaw MD

更新日期：1998-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein tyrosine kinase p72syk purified from rat spleen has been assayed for its ability to phosphorylate a number of peptide substrates derived from naturally occurring phospho-acceptor sites. The phosphorylation efficiency is extremely variable, depending on the peptide sequence, with Km values in the 3-1500 microM ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Brunati AM,Donella-Deana A,Ruzzene M,Marin O,Pinna LA

更新日期：1995-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The voltage-dependent calcium channel (VDCC) in skeletal muscle probably plays a key role in transducing membrane charge movement to the calcium release channel. We report here that the expression of VDCC alpha 1 and alpha 2 mRNAs is developmentally regulated in differentiating C2C12 myogenic cells. The alpha 1 mRNA i...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Varadi G,Orlowski J,Schwartz A

更新日期：1989-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Histone H1(0) is found in tissues with little or no cellular proliferation and has been shown to accumulate during cellular terminal differentiation. Two subtypes of H1(0), H1 a and H1 b, are present in any tissue where the protein has been detected. We report here the first evidence of an age-dependent change in the ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Piña B,Suau P

更新日期：1987-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Phlorizin, a potent inhibitor of the Na+/D-glucose cotransporter, was derivatised to 3-aminophlorizin and subsequently coupled to Affi-Gel 15. Affinity chromatography of pig kidney brush border membranes solubilised in Triton X-100 allowed the purification of a 60 kDa protein on this resin. We consider this protein to...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kitlar T,Morrison AI,Kinne R,Deutscher J

更新日期：1988-07-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Regulators of G protein signaling RGS4 and RGS7 accelerate the kinetics of K(+) channels (GIRKs) in the Xenopus oocyte system. Here, via quantitative analysis of RGS expression, we reveal biphasic effects of RGSs on GIRK regulation. At low concentrations, RGS4 inhibited basal GIRK activity, but stimulated it at high c...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Keren-Raifman T,Bera AK,Zveig D,Peleg S,Witherow DS,Slepak VZ,Dascal N

更新日期：2001-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) synthases catalyze the polymerization reaction of the acyl moiety of hydroxyacyl-coenzyme A into polyester. The catalytic subunit PhaC of PHA synthase has the PhaC box sequence at the active site that is typically described as G-X-C-X-G-G (X is an arbitrary amino acid), and cysteine is an ac...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Nambu Y,Ishii-Hyakutake M,Harada K,Mizuno S,Tsuge T

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heparin, an inhibitor of inositol trisphosphate (InsP3)-induced Ca2+ release in smooth muscle and non-muscle cells, was injected into intact frog skeletal muscle fibres. Ca2+ release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum was elicited by the normal action potential mechanism and monitored by both fura-2 fluorescence and an i...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Pape PC,Konishi M,Baylor SM,Somlyo AP

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activity of protein phosphatase measured in the absence of divalent cations was decreased by 50% during all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA)-induced HL-60 cell differentiation into the granulocytic phenotype. Treatment of HL-60 cells with ATRA led to a dramatic decrease in the amount of protein phosphatase type 2A (PP2A) pr...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Tawara I,Nishikawa M,Morita K,Kobayashi K,Toyoda H,Omay SB,Shima H,Nagao M,Kuno T,Tanaka C

更新日期：1993-04-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The success of Cre-mediated conditional gene targeting in liver of mice has until now depended on the generation of Cre recombinase transgenic mice or on viral-mediated transduction. Here, we sought to establish the feasibility of using hydrodynamic gene delivery of Cre recombinase into liver, using a ROSA26 EGFP mous...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Zhu HZ,Wang W,Feng DM,Sai Y,Xue JL

更新日期：2006-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The hypothesis that specific protein kinase C (PKC) isoforms regulate dopamine transporter (DAT) function was tested in Xenopus laevis oocytes expressing human (h)DAT. Activation of conventional PKCs (cPKCs) and novel PKCs (nPKCs) using 10 nM phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) significantly inhibited DAT-associated...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Doolen S,Zahniser NR

更新日期：2002-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:A drastic inhibition of protein synthesis occurs in HeLa cells treated with human lymphoblastoid interferon and infected with poliovirus. At the time when this inhibition has been established no degradation of 32P-labelled ribosomal RNA can be detected. Isolation of the mRNAs from poliovirus-infected cells plus or min...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Muñoz A,Harvey R,Carrasco L

更新日期：1983-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Prohormone convertases (PCs) 1 and 2 are thought to mediate the proteolytic cleavage of many peptide precursors. Endogenous inhibitors of both PC1 and PC2 have now been identified; the 7B2 protein is a nanomolar inhibitor of PC2, while the novel protein proSAAS was recently reported to be a micromolar inhibitor of PC1...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Cameron A,Fortenberry Y,Lindberg I

更新日期：2000-05-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Excessive reactive oxygen species (ROS) play a key role in the pathogenesis of diabetic nephropathy. The thioredoxin (TRX) system, a major thiol antioxidant system, regulates the reduction of intracellular ROS. Here we show that high glucose (HG) inhibits TRX ROS-scavenging function through p38 mitogen-activated prote...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Ren Y,Shi Y,Wang Y,Li Y,Wu S,Li H,Zhang Y,Duan H

更新日期：2010-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：:We identified a gene encoding a novel secreted protein in mice, humans, and zebrafish. As the protein of 222 amino acids is similar to Brorin, a secreted BMP antagonist, which is a member of the Chordin family, we named it Brorin-like. Recombinant Brorin-like protein weakly but significantly inhibited the activity of ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Miwa H,Miyake A,Kouta Y,Shimada A,Yamashita Y,Nakayama Y,Yamauchi H,Konishi M,Itoh N

更新日期：2009-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously generated transgenic (Tg) mice expressing the human apolipoprotein (apo) A-I/C-III/A-IV gene cluster. This expression induced hyperlipidemia but reduced atherosclerotic lesions in genetically modified mice lacking apoE. Atherosclerosis is a multifactorial process and environmental factors such as di...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Baroukh N,Ostos MA,Vergnes L,Recalde D,Staels B,Fruchart J,Ochoa A,Castro G,Zakin MM

更新日期：2001-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Members of the connexin family differ most in their carboxy-termini, both with respect to sequence and length. In order to assess the contribution of this region to channel function, a series of carboxy-terminal deletion mutants were tested in the paired-oocyte expression system. Connexin-32 can be truncated by 64 ami...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Rabadan-Diehl C,Dahl G,Werner R

更新日期：1994-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Leaflets of Vicia faba with closed stomata or with opening stomata were freeze-dried. Excised guard-cell pairs were assayed individually under suboptimal conditions (pH 7.1 and subsaturating substrate) for phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPC; EC 4.1.1.31) using quantitative histochemical procedures. L-Malate, 400 mi...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Zhang SQ,Outlaw WH Jr,Chollet R

更新日期：1994-09-19 00:00:00