Ectopic synthesis of high-Mr calcitonin by the BEN lung carcinoma cell line reflects aberrant proteolytic processing.

abstract：:The interaction of the P-beta-Cat(19-44) peptide, a 26 amino acid peptide (K(19)AAVSHWQQQSYLDpSGIHpSGATTTAP(44)) that mimics the phosphorylated beta-Catenin antigen, has been studied with its monoclonal antibody BC-22, by transferred nuclear Overhauser effect NMR spectroscopy (TRNOESY) and saturation transfer differen...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Megy S,Bertho G,Gharbi-Benarous J,Baleux F,Benarous R,Girault JP

更新日期：2006-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:A human placenta cDNA expression library was screened for genes inducing flat reversion when transfected into a v-K-ras-transformed NIH3T3 cell line, DT. One such gene was found to encode a Kunitz-type serine protease inhibitor, tissue factor pathway inhibitor-2 (TFPI-2). While the TFPI-2 mRNA can be detected in norma...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Izumi H,Takahashi C,Oh J,Noda M

更新日期：2000-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Carboxylesterase (EII') from Arthrobacter sp. KI72 has 88% homology to 6-aminohexanoate-dimer hydrolase (EII) and possesses ca. 0.5% of the level of 6-aminohexanoate-linear dimer (Ald)-hydrolytic activity of EII. To study relationship between Ald-hydrolytic and esterolytic activities, random mutations were introduced ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Ohki T,Wakitani Y,Takeo M,Yasuhira K,Shibata N,Higuchi Y,Negoro S

更新日期：2006-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:LEA (late embryogenesis abundant) proteins are intrinsically disordered proteins that contribute to stress tolerance in plants and invertebrates. Here we show that, when both plant and animal LEA proteins are co-expressed in mammalian cells with self-aggregating polyglutamine (polyQ) proteins, they reduce aggregation ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Liu Y,Chakrabortee S,Li R,Zheng Y,Tunnacliffe A

更新日期：2011-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein deglutathionylation is mainly catalyzed by glutaredoxins (GRXs). We have analyzed the biochemical properties of four of the six different GRXs of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Kinetic parameters were determined for disulfide and dehydroascorbate reduction but also for deglutathionylation of artificial and protein...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Gao XH,Zaffagnini M,Bedhomme M,Michelet L,Cassier-Chauvat C,Decottignies P,Lemaire SD

更新日期：2010-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Revised assignments for the bilayer helices of the beta-, gamma- and delta-subunits of the acetylcholine receptor are presented. A new feature of the model is extensive charge matching between the polar groups of the ion channel elements of different subunits. ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kosower EM

更新日期：1984-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:We identified cDNAs coding for homologues to tetrapod prion proteins (PrPs) in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and Japanese pufferfish (Fugu rubripes), which were termed 'similar to PrPs' (stPrPs). Besides significant sequence homologies the fish stPrPs display characteristic structural features in common with tetrapod ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Oidtmann B,Simon D,Holtkamp N,Hoffmann R,Baier M

更新日期：2003-03-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of bisindolylmaleimide derivatives of staurosporine as selective inhibitors of protein kinase C (PKC) is in doubt following the report by Alessi [FEBS Lett. 402 (1997) 121-123] that Ro31-8220 and GF109203X are potent in vitro inhibitors of p70 S6 kinase and mitogen-activated protein kinase-activated protein ki...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Morreale A,Mallon B,Beale G,Watson J,Rumsby M

更新日期：1997-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The up-regulation of HER2/neu is associated with human malignancies and is a useful target for developing anticancer drugs. Overexpression of human manganese superoxide dismutase (MnSOD) has been demonstrated to effectively suppress various carcinoma cells, including breast carcinomas, in vitro and in vivo. This study...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Chuang TC,Liu JY,Lin CT,Tang YT,Yeh MH,Chang SC,Li JW,Kao MC

更新日期：2007-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:SUPERMAN was identified as a putative regulator of transcription that acts in floral development, but its function remains to be clarified. We demonstrate here that SUPERMAN is an active repressor whose repression domain is located in the carboxy-terminal region. Ectopic expression of SUPERMAN that lacked the repressi...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Hiratsu K,Ohta M,Matsui K,Ohme-Takagi M

更新日期：2002-03-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Novel peptides containing the sequence -Pro-Leu-Ama(NHOH)- were synthesized and characterized by spectroscopic techniques. Their inhibitory properties towards the activated form of native human gelatinase B (MMP-9) and the catalytic domain of neutrophil collagenase (cdMMP-8) were determined. The most effective inhibit...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Krumme D,Wenzel H,Tschesche H

更新日期：1998-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The transcription factor Pdr1p recognizes Pdr1p/Pdr3p-response element (PDRE) to activate genes involved in multidrug resistance of the budding yeast. To identify novel targets of Pdr1p, we compared transcriptomes among the yeast cells bearing wild, disrupted and gain-of-function alleles of PDR1 using a high-throughpu...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Miura F,Yada T,Nakai K,Sakaki Y,Ito T

更新日期：2001-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteoblasts and adipocytes are believed to share a common progenitor. Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARgamma) plays a key role in the switching of these two cell lineages. Here, we demonstrated the differentiation of ES cells into an osteoblastic lineage using siRNA against PPARgamma without the a...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Yamashita A,Takada T,Nemoto K,Yamamoto G,Torii R

更新日期：2006-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin-degrading enzyme (IDE) is implicated in the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2) and Alzheimer's disease (AD). Here we provide genetic evidence that Drosophila Ide (dIde) antagonizes the insulin signaling pathway and human Abeta-induced neurotoxicity in Drosophila. In this study, we also generated a ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Tsuda M,Kobayashi T,Matsuo T,Aigaki T

更新日期：2010-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：:We screened active compounds from natural marine products able to increase PPARalpha/gamma transcriptional activity. Sargaquinoic acid (SQA) and sargahydroquinoic acid (SHQA) from Sargassum yezoense were identified as novel PPARalpha/gamma dual agonists. The binding affinity of SQA with PPARgamma was higher than that ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kim SN,Choi HY,Lee W,Park GM,Shin WS,Kim YK

更新日期：2008-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The accumulation of protoporphyrin IX (Proto IX) in light-sensitive mutants of Escherichia coli was detected by spectrofluorimetry. Fluorescence emission and excitation spectra were recorded from extracts of bacterial cells. Proto IX clearly accumulated in cells with mutations in the visA (hemH) gene but not in the wi...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Miyamoto K,Nishimura K,Masuda T,Tsuji H,Inokuchi H

更新日期：1992-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The impact of hexose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (H6PDH) on 11beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (11beta-HSD) type 1 activity was investigated upon coexpression in HEK-293 cells. Confocal microscopy analysis indicated colocalisation of both enzymes at the lumenal side of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane. Functiona...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Atanasov AG,Nashev LG,Schweizer RA,Frick C,Odermatt A

更新日期：2004-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The diffusion of fluorescein isothiocyanate-labelled dextran molecules in suspensions of centrifugally, tightly packed, erythrocyte ghosts was measured by fluorescence recovery after photobleaching. In comparison with diffusion in aqueous solution, the diffusion coefficients for probe molecules of varying size were ab...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Järnefelt J,Laurent T,Rigler R

更新日期：1988-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The unfolded protein response (UPR)--the endoplasmic reticulum stress response--is found in various pathologies including ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI). However, its role during IRI is still unclear. Here, by combining two different bioinformatical methods--a method based on ordinary differential equations (Time S...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Le Pape S,Dimitrova E,Hannaert P,Konovalov A,Volmer R,Ron D,Thuillier R,Hauet T

更新日期：2014-08-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Rat calvaria cells grown in culture for one week had properties of osteoblasts: a high content in alkaline phosphatase and a marked cyclic AMP response to parathyroid hormone (PTH). In short-term experiments, insulin-like growth factor I (IGF I) stimulated the incorporation of [14C] glucose into glycogen. When IGF I w...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Schmid C,Steiner T,Froesch ER

更新日期：1984-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：:2-thiouracil (TU), an established antithyroid drug and melanoma-seeker, was found to selectively inhibit neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) in a competitive manner (K(i)=20 microM), being inactive on the other NOS isoforms. The drug apparently interfered with the substrate- and tetrahydrobiopterin (BH(4))-binding t...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Palumbo A,d'Ischia M,Cioffi FA

更新日期：2000-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The urokinase receptor (uPAR) on the cell surface plays an important role in extracellular proteolysis, cell migration and adhesion. Soluble uPAR (suPAR) has been recently discovered in plasma, but its origin is unclear. Our results now demonstrate that both unstimulated blood mononuclear and endothelial cells can rel...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Mustjoki S,Sidenius N,Vaheri A

更新日期：2000-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined whether a proposed spatial proximity between Asp114(2.50) and Asn332(7.49) affected the functional properties of the mu opioid receptor. The D114(2.50)N mutant had reduced binding affinities for morphine, DAMGO and CTAP, but not for naloxone and [3H]diprenorphine; this mutation also abolished agonist-induc...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Xu W,Ozdener F,Li JG,Chen C,de Riel JK,Weinstein H,Liu-Chen LY

更新日期：1999-03-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibodies generated against synthetic peptides that correspond to highly conserved sequence motifs in the annexins reacted with a variety of annexins from different species. These include Xenopus laevis and Drosophila melanogaster, which contain cross-reacting polypeptides of apparent Mr 34,000 and 30,000. As expecte...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Gerke V

更新日期：1989-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Pi binding by the F(1)-ATPase of beef heart mitochondria and of the Escherichia coli plasma membrane (E. coli F(1)) was examined by two methods: the centrifuge column procedure [Penefsky, H.S. (1977) J. Biol. Chem. 252, 2891-2899] and the Paulus pressure dialysis cell [Paulus, H. (1969) Anal. Biochem. 32, 91-100]. The...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Penefsky HS

更新日期：2005-04-11 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：:Spectrin repeats are three-helix bundle structures which occur in a large number of diverse proteins, either as single copies or in tandem arrangements of multiple repeats. They can serve structural purposes, by coordination of cytoskeletal interactions with high spatial precision, as well as a 'switchboard' for inter...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Djinovic-Carugo K,Gautel M,Ylänne J,Young P

更新日期：2002-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:[3H]inositol-labelled products are released from adrenal medullary cells during exocytotic secretion. In 'leaky' cells in which small molecules readily enter and leave the cytoplasm, addition of micromolar calcium ions in the presence of ATP stimulates exocytosis and causes the release of inositol polyphosphates. Thes...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Whitaker M

更新日期：1985-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：:A single protein from human leukocytes possesses both 5-lipoxygenase and leukotriene A4 (LTA4) synthase activities. It has been reported that LTA4 production is more efficient when the enzyme utilizes arachidonic acid, than when 5-HPETE is exogenously supplied as substrate. In the present study, human leukocyte homoge...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Puustinen T,Scheffer MM,Samuelsson B

更新日期：1987-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Like glutathione or dithiothreitol, metallothionein effects the formation of pancreatic ribonuclease A from its S-sulfonated derivative catalyzed by protein disulfide isomerase. EDTA increases the yield of ribonuclease A activity recovery with metallothionein but does not affect the reaction with glutathione or dithio...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Zhang S,Li J,Wang CC,Tsou CL

更新日期：1999-12-03 00:00:00