Cryo-electron microscopy visualization of a large insertion in the 5S ribosomal RNA of the extremely halophilic archaeon Halococcus morrhuae.

abstract：:Shiga toxin (Stx) causes fatal systemic complications. Stx induces apoptosis, but the mechanism of which is unclear. We report that Stx induced rapid reduction of short-lived anti-apoptotic proteins followed by activation of caspase 9 and the progression of apoptosis. Proteasome inhibitors prevented the reduction of a...

journal_title：FEBS open bio

authors： Hattori T,Watanabe-Takahashi M,Ohoka N,Hamabata T,Furukawa K,Nishikawa K,Naito M

更新日期：2015-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Soft cheese with white rind lacks essential fatty acids (EFAs), and as a result its long-term consumption may lead to various kinds of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, such as hyperlipidemia, hypertension, and atherosclerosis. Geotrichum candidum is a dimorphic yeast that plays an important role in the rip...

journal_title：FEBS open bio

authors： Luo X,Shi H,Wu R,Wu J,Pi Y,Zheng Y,Yue X

更新日期：2018-12-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression of death receptor 6 (DR6) is abnormal in some cancer types, but the function and underlying molecular mechanisms of DR6 in tumor progression are not yet clear. In the present study, our analysis of ovarian cancer RNA sequencing data from The Cancer Genome Atlas revealed that DR6 is upregulated in human ...

journal_title：FEBS open bio

authors： Shi B,Bao J,Liu Y,Shi J

更新日期：2018-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased glucose consumption is a known hallmark of cancer cells. Increased glycolysis provides ATP, reducing agents and substrates for macromolecular synthesis in intensely dividing cells. Therefore, inhibition of glycolysis is one strategy in anticancer therapy as well as in improved efficacy of conventional antica...

journal_title：FEBS open bio

authors： Korga A,Ostrowska M,Iwan M,Herbet M,Dudka J

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gene encoding MG Orn has been identified from a metagenomic library created from the intertidal zone in Svalbard and encodes a protein of 184 amino acid residues. The mg orn gene has been cloned, recombinantly expressed in Escherichia coli, and purified to homogeneity. Biochemical characterization of the enzyme sh...

journal_title：FEBS open bio

authors： Piotrowski Y,Berg K,Klebl DP,Leiros I,Larsen AN

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tropomyosins, a family of actin-associated proteins, bestow actin filaments with distinct biochemical and physical properties which are important for determining cell shape and regulating many cellular processes in eukaryotic cells. Here, we used RNA-seq to investigate the effect of four tropomyosin isoforms on gene e...

journal_title：FEBS open bio

authors： Stefen H,Suchowerska AK,Chen BJ,Brettle M,Kuschelewski J,Gunning PW,Janitz M,Fath T

更新日期：2018-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Glutathione transferases (GSTs) are involved in many processes in plant biochemistry, with their best characterised role being the detoxification of xenobiotics through their conjugation with glutathione. GSTs have also been implicated in noncatalytic roles, including the binding and transport of small heterocyclic li...

journal_title：FEBS open bio

authors： Ahmad L,Rylott EL,Bruce NC,Edwards R,Grogan G

更新日期：2016-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Photodynamic therapy is an advanced method of treating cancer and various benign diseases, including infections. It uses light-activated molecules [photosensitizers (PSs)] to generate reactive oxygen species (ROS) when irradiated with light of a specific wavelength. This study examined the photophysical and photosensi...

journal_title：FEBS open bio

authors： Kostryukova LV,Prozorovskiy VN,Medvedeva NV,Ipatova OM

更新日期：2018-01-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Neointimal hyperplasia (NIH) is a complicated inflammatory process contributing to vascular restenosis. The present study aimed to explore whether chemokine-like factor 1 (CKLF1) aggravates NIH via the nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-κB)/vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1) pathway. We found the expression of CKLF1 a...

journal_title：FEBS open bio

authors： Liu X,Qu C,Zhang Y,Fang J,Teng L,Zhang R,Zhang X,Shen C

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hsp90 is essential for maintaining the activity of numerous signaling factors, and plays a key role in cellular signal transduction networks. 17-Allylamino-17-demethoxygeldanamycin (17-AAG) is an ansamycin antibiotic that binds to Hsp90 and inhibits its function. HaCaT human keratinocytes were used to investigate the ...

journal_title：FEBS open bio

authors： Miyoshi S,Yamazaki S,Uchiumi A,Katagata Y

更新日期：2012-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Human melanoma is a highly malignant tumor originating from cutaneous melanocytes. The noncoding RNA microRNA (miR)-21-5p has been reported to be expressed at high levels in malignant melanocytic skin tissues, but its potential functional role in melanoma remains poorly understood. Here, we explored the cellular effec...

journal_title：FEBS open bio

authors： Yang Z,Liao B,Xiang X,Ke S

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteosarcoma, one of the most common malignant bone tumors, is characterized by a high rate of metastasis, and the survival rate of patients with metastatic osteosarcoma is poor. Previous studies have reported that miRNAs often regulate the occurrence and development of various tumors. In this work, we identified miRN...

journal_title：FEBS open bio

authors： Zhu T,Fan D,Ye K,Liu B,Cui Z,Liu Z,Tian Y

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The identification of non-invasive biomarkers for the detection of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) in early-stage patients may help improve disease outcome. Certain long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been reported to be possible biomarkers for the diagnosis and prognosis of cancer. Here, we examined the suitability of the...

journal_title：FEBS open bio

authors： Xie J,Zhong Y,Chen R,Li G,Luo Y,Yang J,Sun Z,Liu Y,Liu P,Wang N,An J,Li C,Song Y

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The A/B domains of nuclear receptors such as thyroid receptor α (TRα) are considered to be conformationally flexible and can potentially adopt multiple structural conformations. We used intrinsic tryptophan fluorescence quenching and circular dichroism spectroscopy to characterize the unfolding of this A/B domain upon...

journal_title：FEBS open bio

authors： Fernandez EJ,Gahlot V,Rodriguez C,Amburn J

更新日期：2017-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Transformation of fungi by complementation of auxotrophs is generally much more reliable than usage of antibiotic resistance markers. In order to establish such a system for the model zygomycete Absidia glauca, a stable methionine auxotrophic mutant was isolated after X-ray mutagenesis of the minus mating type and cha...

journal_title：FEBS open bio

authors： Karimi S,Wetzel J,Wöstemeyer J,Burmester A

更新日期：2012-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Sorafenib, the first-line agent for treatment of advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), improves median overall survival by approximately 3 months. In the present study, we investigated whether sorafenib combined with cucurbitacin B (CuB), a natural tetracyclic triterpenoid isolated from Cucurbitaceae, exerts enhanc...

journal_title：FEBS open bio

authors： Wang X,Li H,Li D,Bai Y,Zhang Y,Yan X,Li J,Zhao R,Liu J,Liu W,Shi M,Xu C,Yang T,Zhang T

更新日期：2020-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Nisin is the most prominent and applied bacteriocin that serves as a model for class I lantibiotics. The nisin leader peptide importantly determines interactions between precursor nisin and its modification enzymes NisB and NisC that mature nisin posttranslationally. NisB dehydrates serines and threonines, while NisC ...

journal_title：FEBS open bio

authors： Khusainov R,Moll GN,Kuipers OP

更新日期：2013-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：:As a small fruit rich in anthocyanins, blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum × angustifolium) has become a focus of research in recent years for identifying genes related to anthocyanin transport and stress resistance mechanisms based on transcriptome sequencing. However, the lack of validated, stably expressed reference ge...

journal_title：FEBS open bio

authors： Deng Y,Li Y,Sun H

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The identification of biomarkers for early diagnosis of Parkinson's disease (PD) prior to the onset of symptoms may improve the effectiveness of therapy. To identify potential biomarkers, we downloaded microarray datasets of PD from the Gene Expression Omnibus database. Differentially expressed genes (DEGs) between PD...

journal_title：FEBS open bio

authors： Jiang F,Wu Q,Sun S,Bi G,Guo L

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma coactivator-1β (PGC-1β) is a transcriptional regulator whose increased expression activates energy expenditure-related genes in skeletal muscles. However, how PGC-1β is regulated remains largely unclear. Here, we show that PGC-1β gene expression is negatively correlated...

journal_title：FEBS open bio

authors： Nakai S,Oyabu M,Hatazawa Y,Akashi S,Kitamura T,Miura S,Kamei Y

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ovarian cancer is the most common cause of gynaecological cancer-associated death; thus, promising biomarkers and new therapeutic targets for ovarian cancer must be explored. Here, we report that eukaryotic translation initiation factor 3 subunit D (EIF3D), a member of the EIF3 family, was overexpressed in ovarian can...

journal_title：FEBS open bio

authors： Lin Y,Zhang R,Zhang P

更新日期：2016-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：:RAC3 is a coactivator of glucocorticoid receptor and nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) that is usually over-expressed in tumors and which also has important functions in the immune system. We investigated the role of the inflammatory response in the control of RAC3 expression levels in vivo and in vitro. We found that inflamm...

journal_title：FEBS open bio

authors： Alvarado CV,Rubio MF,Fernández Larrosa PN,Panelo LC,Azurmendi PJ,Ruiz Grecco M,Martínez-Nöel GA,Costas MA

更新日期：2014-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Tight regulation of the eukaryotic cell cycle is paramount to ensure genomic integrity throughout life. Cell cycle checkpoints are present in each phase of the cell cycle and prevent cell cycle progression when genomic integrity is compromised. The G2 checkpoint is an intricate signaling network that regulates the pro...

journal_title：FEBS open bio

authors： de Gooijer MC,van den Top A,Bockaj I,Beijnen JH,Würdinger T,van Tellingen O

更新日期：2017-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunoglobulin (Ig) A nephropathy (IgAN) is the most common glomerulonephritis, which is characterized by the deposition of IgA antibody in the glomerulus. Systematic dissection of immune composition may contribute to a better understanding of the alternations in the immune system in IgAN. To this end, here we applied...

journal_title：FEBS open bio

authors： Zhang X,Zeng J,Tong Y,Zhang L,Lu X,Zhu S,Li Z

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite progress in the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), 5-year survival rates remain low. Thus, a more comprehensive approach to explore the mechanism of HCC is needed to provide new leads for targeted therapy. We performed an integrated analysis to discover the relationship between DNA methylation and ge...

journal_title：FEBS open bio

authors： Sun XJ,Wang MC,Zhang FH,Kong X

更新日期：2018-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have proposed that the human papillomavirus (HPV) E6 oncoproteins modify the transcriptional activity of eIF4E through mechanisms dependent on p53 degradation. However, the effect of these oncoproteins on pathways regulating the activity of the eIF4E protein remains poorly understood. Hence, we invest...

journal_title：FEBS open bio

authors： Morales-Garcia V,Contreras-Paredes A,Martinez-Abundis E,Gomez-Crisostomo NP,Lizano M,Hernandez-Landero F,de la Cruz-Hernandez E

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluorine is a bone-seeking element ubiquitously present in the environment and widely used in many oral hygiene products. In humans, excessive intake of fluoride may cause dental and skeletal fluorosis. However, endemic fluorosis does not appear to develop in a proportion of individuals exposed to the same levels of f...

journal_title：FEBS open bio

authors： Ran S,Sun N,Liu Y,Zhang W,Li Y,Wei L,Wang J,Liu B

更新日期：2017-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Transglutaminases are a family of enzymes that catalyse the cross-linking of proteins by forming covalent bonds between lysine and glutamine residues in various polypeptides. Cross-linking reactions are involved in blood clots, skin formation, embryogenesis and apoptosis. Clinically, these enzymes appear to be implica...

journal_title：FEBS open bio

authors： Alvarez RG,Karki P,Langleite IE,Bakksjø RJ,Eichacker LA,Furnes C

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:l-Ornithine cyclodeaminase (OCD) is involved in l-proline biosynthesis and catalyzes the unique deaminating cyclization of l-ornithine to l-proline via a Δ(1)-pyrroline-2-carboxyrate (Pyr2C) intermediate. Although this pathway functions in only a few bacteria, many archaea possess OCD-like genes (proteins), among whic...

journal_title：FEBS open bio

authors： Watanabe S,Tozawa Y,Watanabe Y

更新日期：2014-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Identifying conserved binding motifs is an efficient way to study protein-ligand recognition. Most 3D binding motifs only contain information from the protein side, and so motifs that combine information from both protein and ligand sides are desired. Here, we propose an algorithm called LibME (Ligand-binding Motif Ex...

journal_title：FEBS open bio

authors： He W,Liang Z,Teng M,Niu L

更新日期：2016-11-30 00:00:00