Curved or linear? Predicting the 3-dimensional structure of α-helical antimicrobial peptides in an amphipathic environment.

abstract：:The spatial relationship of polypeptides comprising the light-harvesting B800-850 complex of Chromatium minutissimum has been studied by means of chemical crosslinking of the isolated complex with cleavable, 1.2 nm-long dithiobis(succinimidyl propionate). The samples were analyzed by different types of electrophoresis...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Moskalenko AA,Toropygina OA

更新日期：1993-03-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Upon dimerization by oxidation, Hsp33 functions as a molecular chaperone in prokaryotes. Previously published structures of both the inactive and active species are of doubtful relevance to the solution conformations since the inactive (reduced) crystal structure was dimeric, while the active (oxidized) species was cr...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Lee YS,Ryu KS,Kim SJ,Ko HS,Sim DW,Jeon YH,Kim EH,Choi WS,Won HS

更新日期：2012-02-17 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：:Large conductance voltage-dependent and Ca(2+)-modulated K(+) channels play a crucial role in myometrium contractility. Western blots and immunocytochemistry of rat uterine sections or isolated cells show that MaxiK channel protein signals drastically decrease towards the end of pregnancy. Consistent with a transcript...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Song M,Zhu N,Olcese R,Barila B,Toro L,Stefani E

更新日期：1999-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The bacterial cell wall muramyl dipeptides MDP and glucosaminyl-MDP (GMDP) are powerful immunostimulators but their binding target remains controversial. We previously reported expression cloning of GMDP-binding polypeptides and identification of Y-box protein 1 (YB-1) as their sole target. Here we show specific bindi...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Laman AG,Lathe R,Savinov GV,Shepelyakovskaya AO,Boziev KhM,Baidakova LK,Chulin AN,Brovko FA,Svirshchevskaya EV,Kotelevtsev Y,Eliseeva IA,Guryanov SG,Lyabin DN,Ovchinnikov LP,Ivanov VT

更新日期：2015-07-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Activity of tonoplast slow vacuolar (SV, or TPC1) channels has to be under a tight control, to avoid undesirable leak of cations stored in the vacuole. This is particularly important for salt-grown plants, to ensure efficient vacuolar Na(+) sequestration. In this study we show that choline, a cationic precursor of gly...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Pottosin I,Bonales-Alatorre E,Shabala S

更新日期：2014-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Residues 370-383 (helix C) of the human nerve growth factor receptor (NGF-R) are highly similar to the sequence of the 14 residue wasp toxin, mastoparan. Both regions are predicted to form amphiphilic alpha-helices, as is the amino-terminal region of the third intracytoplasmic loop (i3) of the beta 2-adrenergic recept...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Feinstein DL,Larhammar D

更新日期：1990-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:cDNAs encoding rat adipose tissue hormone-sensitive lipase were expressed in COS cells, under the control of the SV40 promoter to half the level in rat adipocytes, the richest native source of the enzyme. A cDNA lacking most of the long 5'-untranslated region of the full-length rat hormone-sensitive lipase cDNA was, w...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Holm C,Davis RC,Fredrikson G,Belfrage P,Schotz MC

更新日期：1991-07-08 00:00:00

abstract：:We have recently cloned a cDNA encoding sucrose:fructan 6-fructosyltransferase (6-SFT), a key enzyme of fructan synthesis forming the beta-2,6 linkages typical of the grass fructans, graminans and phleins [Sprenger et al. (1995) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 92, 11652-11656]. Here we report functional expression of 6-SFT...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Sprenger N,Schellenbaum L,van Dun K,Boller T,Wiemken A

更新日期：1997-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA silencing as a robust host defense mechanism against plant viruses is generally countered by virus-encoded silencing suppressors. This strategy is now increasingly recognized to be used by animal viruses as well. We present here an overview of the common features shared by some of the better studied plant viral si...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Qu F,Morris TJ

更新日期：2005-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：:1,2-sn-Dihexanoylglycerol (HHG) reduced the ATP content of HL-60 cells. This concentration-related (10-100 microM) effect reached a maximum of over 90%, was enantiomerically specific and not accompanied by release of lactate dehydrogenase. Oleoylacetylglycerols (3-100 microM) had no effect on ATP levels while phorbol ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Dawson J,Thompson NT,Bonser RW,Hodson HF,Garland LG

更新日期：1987-04-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The stomach form of alcohol dehydrogenase has been structurally evaluated by peptide analysis covering six separate regions of the rat enzyme. Overall, this new structure differs widely (32-40% residue differences) from the structures of three classes of alcohol dehydrogenase characterized before from the same species...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Parés X,Moreno A,Cederlund E,Höög JO,Jörnvall J

更新日期：1990-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：:A stable complex of the chaperonins, cpn60 and cpn10 (Escherichia coli GroEL and GroES homologues), from the extremely thermophilic bacterium Thermus thermophilus has been isolated and crystallized. The crystals have dimensions up to 30 x 200 x 200 microns. Ultra-thin sections of the crystals estimated by electron mic...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Lissin NM,Sedelnikova SE,Ryazantsev SN

更新日期：1992-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The selectively red excited emission spectrum, at room temperature, of the in vitro reconstituted Lhca4, has a pronounced non-equilibrium distribution, leading to enhanced emission from the directly excited low-energy pigments. Two different emitting forms (or states), with maximal emission at 713 and 735nm (F713 and ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Zucchelli G,Morosinotto T,Garlaschi FM,Bassi R,Jennings RC

更新日期：2005-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Fatty acid (FA) uniport via mitochondrial uncoupling protein (UcP) was detected fluorometrically with PBFI, potassium-binding benzofuran phthalate and SPQ, 6-methoxy-N-(3-sulfopropyl)-quinolinium, indicating K+ and H+, respectively. The FA structural patterns required for FA flip-flop, UcP-mediated FA uniport, activat...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Jezek P,Modrianský M,Garlid KD

更新日期：1997-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Several recombinant proteins in inclusion bodies expressed in Escherichia coli have been measured by Fourier transform infrared and solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance spectra to provide the secondary structural characteristics of the proteins from hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus horikoshii OT3 (hyperthermoph...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Umetsu M,Tsumoto K,Ashish K,Nitta S,Tanaka Y,Adschiri T,Kumagai I

更新日期：2004-01-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Caspase-11 plays a crucial role in both inflammation and apoptosis. Caspase-11 not only activates caspase-1, that is required for the maturation of proinflammatory cytokines such as interleukin (IL)-1 and IL-18, but also activates caspase-3, leading to cellular apoptosis under pathological conditions. Here, we cloned ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Hur J,Kim SY,Kim H,Cha S,Lee MS,Suk K

更新日期：2001-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The Xenopus laevis oocyte has endogenous sites that bind muscarinic agonists, which have been pharmacologically characterized as M3 and/or M1 receptor subtypes. In order to define the molecular identify of the receptor protein we have analyzed a Xenopus oocyte cDNA library and cloned a 2.9 kb cDNA fragment encoding a ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Herrera L,Carvallo P,Antonelli M,Olate J

更新日期：1994-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of synaptic proteins involved in excitation/secretion coupling was examined in ten small cell lung cancer lines. N-Type calcium channels (omega-conotoxin receptors), synaptotagmin (p65) and syntaxin (HPC-1) were detected in eight. Co-immunoprecipitation experiments indicated that syntaxin can form a compl...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： David P,el Far O,Martin-Mouto N,Poupon MF,Takahashi M,Seagar MJ

更新日期：1993-07-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Botulinum neurotoxins (BoNTs), the causative agent of human botulism, are the most potent naturally occurring toxins known. BoNT/A1, the most studied BoNT, is also used as an important biopharmaceutical. In this study, the biological activity of BoNT/A1 is compared to that of BoNT/A2 using neuronal cell models. The da...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Pier CL,Chen C,Tepp WH,Lin G,Janda KD,Barbieri JT,Pellett S,Johnson EA

更新日期：2011-01-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Degradation of extracellular matrix proteins is performed by metalloproteinases which are inhibited by tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases (TIMP). We expressed the murine TIMP-1 protein in E. coli and prepared a polyclonal antiserum against the recombinant protein. Using this antiserum we studied the biosynthesis ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Roeb E,Graeve L,Müllberg J,Matern S,Rose-John S

更新日期：1994-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The purinergic receptor P2X(7) is part of a complex signaling mechanism participating in a variety of physiological and pathological processes. Depending on the activation scheme, P2X(7) receptors in vivo are non-selective cation channels or form large pores that can mediate apoptotic cell death. Expression of P2X(7)R...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Locovei S,Scemes E,Qiu F,Spray DC,Dahl G

更新日期：2007-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Retroviral proteinases (PRs) are essential for retrovirus infectivity but the mechanism of their activity regulation is poorly understood. We investigated possible involvement in this process of the C-terminal domain (CTD) of betaretroviral PRs. We found that the presence of CTD attenuates proteolytic activity of Maso...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Svec M,Bauerová H,Pichová I,Konvalinka J,Strísovský K

更新日期：2004-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：:A short conserved sequence equivalent to the fifth conserved sequence region of alpha-amylases (173_LPDLD, Aspergillus oryzae alpha-amylase) comprising the calcium-ligand aspartate, Asp-175, was identified in the amino acid sequences of several members of the family of (alpha/beta)8-barrel glycosyl hydrolases. Despite...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Janecek S

更新日期：1995-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The white-rot fungus Phanerochaete chrysosporium has two intracellular beta-glucosidases (BGL1A and BGL1B) belonging to glycoside hydrolase (GH) family 1. BGL1B effectively hydrolyzes cellobiose and cellobionolactone, but BGL1A does not. We have determined the crystal structure of BGL1A in substrate-free and gluconola...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Nijikken Y,Tsukada T,Igarashi K,Samejima M,Wakagi T,Shoun H,Fushinobu S

更新日期：2007-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Only one copy of the cell adhesion molecule L1 gene is present in the mouse genome, and only one mRNA of 6 kilobases (kb) is expressed in mouse brain [1987, Neurosci. Lett. 82, 89-94]. We have constructed 5 synthetic oligonucleotide probes covering different parts of the published mouse L1 cDNA sequence. Using these p...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Gaardsvoll H,Andersson AM,Bock E

更新日期：1991-12-02 00:00:00

abstract：:In endocrine cells the regulated secretion of hormones, peptides, enzymes and neurotransmitters into the external medium occurs when mature secretory granules fuse with the plasma membrane. Secretory granules form at the trans-Golgi network (TGN) by envelopment of the dense-core aggregate of regulated secretory protei...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Tooze SA

更新日期：1991-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Incubation of rhodanese with hche aperonins GroEL and GroES (1:2 GroEL14:GroES7 molar ratio) under functional and steady state conditions for ATP leads to the formation of a high proportion of rhodanese-bound symmetric complexes (GroEL14(GroES7)2), as revealed by native electrophoresis. Aliquots of such samples were o...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Llorca O,Marco S,Carrascosa JL,Valpuesta JM

更新日期：1997-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The addition of a poly-His C-terminal extension, designed to facilitate the purification of the protein, to the beta-lactamase of a thermophilic Bacillus licheniformis strain modified the site of action of the signal peptidase. This resulted in the secretion of a protein with a different N-terminus, showing that this ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Ledent P,Duez C,Vanhove M,Lejeune A,Fonzé E,Charlier P,Rhazi-Filali F,Thamm I,Guillaume G,Samyn B,Devreese B,Van Beeumen J,Lamotte-Brasseur J,Frère JM

更新日期：1997-08-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The NusB protein is involved in transcriptional regulation in bacteriophage lambda. NusB binds to the RNA form of the nut site and along with N, NusA, NusE and NusG, stabilizes the RNA polymerase transcription complex and allows stable, persistent antitermination. NusB contains a 10 residue Arg-rich RNA-binding motif ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Altieri AS,Mazzulla MJ,Zhou H,Costantino N,Court DL,Byrd RA

更新日期：1997-09-29 00:00:00