Electrochemical characteristics of platinum electrodes coated with cytochrome b5-phospholipid monolayers.

abstract：:To study the fluctuations of cGMP in living cells through changes of energy transfer of dissociable fluorescence labeled subunits, we constructed a cGMP-sensitive probe by combining the N-terminus of the type I regulatory subunit of cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA) with the cGMP binding sites of cGMP-dependent prot...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Wild N,Herberg FW,Hofmann F,Dostmann WR

更新日期：1995-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Lysine-rich phosphorylated cystatin alpha (P-cystatin alpha) from newborn rat epidermis is a good substrate for epidermal transglutaminase (TGase) and also one of the component proteins of cornified envelope in the stratum corneum. Since the filaggrin linker segment peptide was efficiently conjugated with P-cystatin a...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Takahashi M,Tezuka T,Kakegawa H,Katunuma N

更新日期：1994-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Gabapentin (GBP) is a gamma-aminobutyric acid analog effective in the treatment of seizures. A high-affinity interaction between GBP and the alpha(2)delta subunit of the voltage-gated Ca(2+) channels has been documented. In this report, we examined the effects of the chronic treatment with GBP on neuronal recombinant ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kang MG,Felix R,Campbell KP

更新日期：2002-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The interactions between the polyanionic ligands phosphate and sulphate and the type II dehydroquinases from Streptomyces coelicolor and Mycobacterium tuberculosis have been characterised using a combination of structural and kinetic methods. From both approaches, it is clear that interactions are more complex in the ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Evans LD,Roszak AW,Noble LJ,Robinson DA,Chalk PA,Matthews JL,Coggins JR,Price NC,Lapthorn AJ

更新日期：2002-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Glutamate uptake by rat hepatocytes in primary monolayer culture was found to be mediated by a Na+-independent and by two Na+-dependent transport systems of high and low affinity. Inhibition studies with cysteate and other model amino acids rules out the participation of the neutral amino acid transport systems A, ASC...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Gebhardt R,Mecke D

更新日期：1983-09-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The number of muscarinic acetylcholine receptors (MAChRs), as detected by binding of [3H]quinuclidinyl benzilate (QNB), was investigated under conditions which promote protein phosphorylation. Incubation of a crude heart membrane preparation in the presence of ATP/Mg2+ reduced MAChR number by 50%. Incubation with poly...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Creazzo TL,Wrenn RW

更新日期：1988-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:To clarify the function of osteopontin in osteoblast differentiation, we have examined the signal transduction pathway in an osteoblastic cell line (UMR106-6) bound to osteopontin, fibronectin, vitronectin and collagen type I surfaces. This was done by investigating the production and autophosphorylation of focal adhe...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Liu YK,Uemura T,Nemoto A,Yabe T,Fujii N,Ushida T,Tateishi T

更新日期：1997-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Specific activity was compared between wild-type (WT) neutral protease from Bacillus stearothermophilus and mutant protease (M1; Gly144 replaced by Ala144) with enhanced thermostability. When casein was used as a substrate, M1 showed 1.5-times higher specific activity than that of WT. In contrast, the specific activit...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Takagi M,Imanaka T

更新日期：1989-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Rats were infused intravenously with a bolus of mevalonolactone or cholesterol-rich chylomicron and microsomes prepared from the livers at times up to 2 h after the infusion. Acyl-CoA cholesterol acyltransferase (ACAT) activity was measured in the microsomes under conditions that define the activity state of the enzym...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Suckling KE,Stange EF,Dietschy JM

更新日期：1983-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：:ADP-forming acetyl-CoA synthetase (ACD) catalyzes the interconversion of acetyl-CoA and acetate. The related succinyl-CoA synthetase follows a three-step mechanism involving a single phosphoenzyme, but a novel four-step mechanism with two phosphoenzyme intermediates was proposed for Pyrococcus ACD. Characterization of...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Jones CP,Khan K,Ingram-Smith C

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ataxin-3, which is encoded by a gene that has been associated with Machado-Joseph disease, contains a catalytic N-terminal Josephin domain with deubiquitinase activity. Here, we show that the Josephin domain of ataxin 3 catalyzes endo-type cleavage of Lys48-linked polyubiquitin. Furthermore, NMR data obtained followin...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Satoh T,Sumiyoshi A,Yagi-Utsumi M,Sakata E,Sasakawa H,Kurimoto E,Yamaguchi Y,Li W,Joazeiro CA,Hirokawa T,Kato K

更新日期：2014-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Tissue factor pathway inhibitor (TFPI) inhibits the activity of coagulation factors VIIa and Xa through Kunitz domains, thereby inhibiting the activity of tissue factor. However, it has been shown that the C-terminal of this inhibitor is essential for the maximal anticoagulant activity of TFPI. We have investigated th...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Ettelaie C,Adam JM,James NJ,Oke AO,Harrison JA,Bunce TD,Bruckdorfer KR

更新日期：1999-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Anti-cytokine autoantibodies in healthy individuals have been widely reported but the occurrence is variable and inconstant. We hypothesized that cytokine-binding in vivo may explain their variable and infrequent detection. Therefore, we focused on the detection of the cytokine-autoantibody complexes and found that an...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Watanabe M,Uchida K,Nakagaki K,Kanazawa H,Trapnell BC,Hoshino Y,Kagamu H,Yoshizawa H,Keicho N,Goto H,Nakata K

更新日期：2007-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Golgin45 plays important roles in Golgi stack assembly and is known to bind both the Golgi stacking protein GRASP55 and Rab2 in the medial-Golgi cisternae. In this study, we sought to further characterize the cisternal adhesion complex using a proteomics approach. We report here that Acyl-CoA binding domain containing...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Yue X,Bao M,Christiano R,Li S,Mei J,Zhu L,Mao F,Yue Q,Zhang P,Jing S,Rothman JE,Qian Y,Lee I

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Physiological amyloid aggregation occurs within the nuclei of stress-treated cells. These structures, termed Amyloid bodies (A-bodies), assemble through the rapid accumulation of proteins into dense membrane-less organelles, which possess the same biophysical properties as plaques observed in many amyloid-based diseas...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Marijan D,Tse R,Elliott K,Chandhok S,Luo M,Lacroix E,Audas TE

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Very long-chain fatty acids (VLCFAs) have a variety of physiological functions and are related to numerous disorders. The key step of VLCFA elongation is catalyzed by members of the elongase family, ELOVLs. Mammals have seven ELOVLs (ELOVL1-7), yet none of them has been purified and analyzed. In the presented study we...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Naganuma T,Sato Y,Sassa T,Ohno Y,Kihara A

更新日期：2011-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The Candida utilis QCR7 gene encoding subunit VII of the ubiquinol-cytochrome c oxidoreductase was isolated by functional complementation of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae subunit VII-null mutant. Several other subunit VII homologues as well as homologues for subunit VIII were identified by screening the GenBank databas...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Boumans H,Berden JA,Grivell LA

更新日期：1995-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Long-chain fatty acid amides are cell-signaling lipids identified in mammals and, recently, in invertebrates, as well. Many details regarding fatty acid amide metabolism remain unclear. Herein, we demonstrate that Drosophila melanogaster is an excellent model system for the study long-chain fatty acid amide metabolism...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Jeffries KA,Dempsey DR,Behari AL,Anderson RL,Merkler DJ

更新日期：2014-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The isolation and primary structure of intestinal neuropeptide Y (NPY) is described. The peptide was purified from porcine intestinal extracts using a chemical assay and radioimmunoassay for NPY. The amino acid sequence of this peptide is: Tyr-Pro-Ser-Lys-Pro-Asp-Asn-Pro-Gly-Glu-Asp-Ala-Pro-Ala-Glu-Asp-Leu-Ala- Arg-Ty...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Tatemoto K,Siimesmaa S,Jörnvall H,Allen JM,Polak JM,Bloom SR,Mutt V

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fructose 2,6-bisphosphate has been claimed to be both a substrate analogue and an allosteric inhibitor of fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase. The results reported here show that fructose 2,6-bisphosphate can be both an inhibitor and an activator of the enzyme, depending on the substrate concentration. This biphasic behaviour...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Corredor C,Boscá L,Sols A

更新日期：1984-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The final step in the biosynthesis of nicotinamide-adenine dinucleotide, a major coenzyme in cellular redox reactions and involved in intracellular signaling, is catalyzed by the enzyme nicotinamide mononucleotide adenylyltransferase (NMNAT). The X-ray structure of human NMNAT in complex with nicotinamide mononucleoti...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Werner E,Ziegler M,Lerner F,Schweiger M,Heinemann U

更新日期：2002-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:4-Picoloine-2,2':6',2"-terpyridine-platinum(II) is shown in a ligation assay to unwind and so intercalate into DNA. Circular dichroism is used to determine an equilibrium binding constant of approximately 2 x 10(7) M(-1) for the most stable binding mode of 4-picoline-2,2':6',2"-terpyridine-platinum(II) to poly[d(A-T)2...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： McCoubrey A,Latham HC,Cook PR,Rodger A,Lowe G

更新日期：1996-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the identification and characterization of the BMH1 gene from the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The gene encodes a putative protein of 292 amino acids which is more than 50% identical with the bovine brain 14-3-3 protein and proteins isolated from sheep brain which are strong inhibitors of protein kinase...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： van Heusden GP,Wenzel TJ,Lagendijk EL,de Steensma HY,van den Berg JA

更新日期：1992-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The trend of the electric field and the value of the electric field flux, sensed by the superoxide substrate in the proximity of the active site, were found to be constant in three highly homologous Cu,Zn superoxide dismutases from ox, pig and sheep, which display large differences in net protein charge and distributi...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Desideri A,Falconi M,Parisi V,Rotilio G

更新日期：1989-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The four chain agglutinins from Abrus precatorius, Viscum album and Ricinus communis promote depurination of the 28 S rRNA from rabbit reticulocyte ribosomes characteristic of the common ribosome-inactivating proteins (RIPs). These agglutinins inhibited mammalian protein synthesis at nanomolar concentrations but they ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Citores L,Ferreras JM,Iglesias R,Carbajales ML,Arias FJ,Jiménez P,Rojo MA,Girbés T

更新日期：1993-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA binding motif protein 5 (RBM5) is a candidate tumor suppressor gene. Recent studies showed that RBM5 functions as an alternative splicing regulator of apoptosis-related genes. Here, we identify DHX15 and PRP19, two spliceosome components, as novel RBM5-interacting partners. We then show that the G-patch domain of ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Niu Z,Jin W,Zhang L,Li X

更新日期：2012-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：:We analysed the effects of high cholesterol (HC) intake and reduced apolipoprotein E (apoE) activity on tau phosphorylation and on the activities of the major tau kinases and phosphatases in brains from wild-type and apoE-knockout (apoEKO) mice. We show that HC diet potently induced intraneuronal accumulation of hyper...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Rahman A,Akterin S,Flores-Morales A,Crisby M,Kivipelto M,Schultzberg M,Cedazo-Mínguez A

更新日期：2005-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Gap junctions (GJs) traverse apposing membranes of neighboring cells to mediate intercellular communication by passive diffusion of signaling molecules. We have shown previously that cells endocytose GJs utilizing the clathrin machinery. Endocytosis generates cytoplasmic double-membrane vesicles termed annular gap jun...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Fong JT,Nimlamool W,Falk MM

更新日期：2014-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Vasopressin elicited a dose-dependent inhibition of glucagon-induced cAMP accumulation in isolated hepatocytes. This response was not diminished by incubation of cells with the calmodulin antagonists trifluoperazine or chlorpromazine and was only slightly reduced in Ca2+-depleted hepatocytes. Half-maximal inhibition o...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Morgan NG,Shipp CC,Exton JH

更新日期：1983-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein-tyrosine phosphorylation and dephosphorylation are directly associated with cellular growth, signal transduction, and neoplastic transformation. Here we report the isolation of a complementary DNA (cDNA) clone encoding a novel protein-tyrosine phosphatase (PTP) from a human T cell PEER cDNA library. The predic...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Adachi M,Sekiya M,Miyachi T,Matsuno K,Hinoda Y,Imai K,Yachi A

更新日期：1992-12-21 00:00:00