Gangliosides stimulate dome formation in cultured canine kidney epithelial cell line (MDCK).

abstract：:Apart from the 8 kDa subunit, which is of chloroplast origin, most of the small polypeptides of the PS I reaction center from higher plants are encoded in nuclear genes. We describe here the first nucleotide sequence of a nuclear component of this photosystem, the precursor of the 20 kDa protein. The deduced sequence ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Lagoutte B

更新日期：1988-05-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Covalent, mechanism-based inhibitors of glycosidases are valuable probe molecules for visualizing enzyme activities in complex systems. We, here, describe the chemoenzymatic synthesis of 6-phospho-cyclophellitol and evaluate its behaviour as a mechanism-based inactivator of the Streptococcus pyogenes 6-phospho-β-gluco...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kwan DH,Jin Y,Jiang J,Chen HM,Kötzler MP,Overkleeft HS,Davies GJ,Withers SG

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Side chain-hydroxylated derivatives of cholesterol (OH sterol) inhibiting lymphoblastic transformation bind with high affinity and specificity to a hydroxysterol binding protein (OHSBP) in the cytosol of human lymphocytes. These binding properties of OHSBP suggested some analogies with that of steroid hormone receptor...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Defay R,Astruc M,Beseme F,Descomps B,Crastes de Paulet A

更新日期：1984-08-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study describes a significant amino acid sequence homology between neuronal Cdk5 activator (nck5a) and an open reading frame of an unknown gene on the yeast S. cerevisiae chromosome III. A cDNA encoding a 25 kDa fragment of this yeast protein, the region containing homologous sequence to nck5a was cloned a...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Huang QQ,Lee KY,Wang JH

更新日期：1996-01-02 00:00:00

abstract：:We have shown by electrophoretic mobility shift assays that the nucleotide sequence CE-LPH1, centred at position -49 with respect to the transcription start site of the rat gene encoding intestinal lactase-phlorizin hydrolase, interacts in vitro with nuclear proteins present in the jejunum of suckling animals. Protein...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Boukamel R,Freund JN

更新日期：1994-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Higher basal 2-deoxy-D-glucose uptake in rheumatoid synovial cells than in non-rheumatoid synovial cells, was found to be associated with an increased interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta) secretion (respectively 850 +/- 238 vs. 8.3 +/- 2.4 pg/24 h/10(5) cells, mean +/- S.E.M.). When exogenous human recombinant IL-1 beta was...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Hernvann A,Aussel C,Cynober L,Moatti N,Ekindjian OG

更新日期：1992-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：:A high-throughput cell-free protein synthesis method has been described. The methodology is based on a bilayer diffusion system that enables the continuous supply of substrates, together with the continuous removal of small byproducts, through a phase between the translation mixture and substrate mixture. With the use...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Sawasaki T,Hasegawa Y,Tsuchimochi M,Kamura N,Ogasawara T,Kuroita T,Endo Y

更新日期：2002-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:A synthetic peptide, KKKKRFSFKKSFKLSGFSFKK, containing the phosphorylation sites of the acidic 80-87 kDa protein kinase C substrate was used to identify phosphopeptides in enzyme digests of this protein from mouse fibroblast C3H/10T1/2 cells. Stimulation of phosphorylation occurred, in vivo, with TPA at Ser7, Ser11 an...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Amess B,Manjarrez-Hernandez HA,Howell SA,Learmonth M,Aitken A

更新日期：1992-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Activated stellate cells are myofibroblast-like cells associated with the generation of fibrotic scaring in chronically damaged liver. Gene chip analysis was performed on cultured fibrotic stellate cells. Of the 51 human CYP genes known, 13 CYP and 5 CYP reduction-related genes were detected with 4 CYPs (CYP1A1, CYP2E...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Marek CJ,Tucker SJ,Koruth M,Wallace K,Wright MC

更新日期：2007-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Using ultrastructural analysis and labeling with polyclonal antibodies that recognize peptide sequences specific for phospholipid binding, we mapped the functional domain structure of intact platelet talin and its proteolytic fragments. The talin dimer, which is crucial for actin and lipid binding, is built of a backb...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Isenberg G,Goldmann WH

更新日期：1998-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously shown that Rap1 as well as its guanine nucleotide exchange factor Epac1 increases cell-cell junction formation. Here, we show that activation of Epac1 with the exchange protein directly activated by cAMP (Epac)-specific cAMP analog 8CPT-2'O-Me-cAMP (007) resulted in a tightening of the junctions and...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kooistra MR,Corada M,Dejana E,Bos JL

更新日期：2005-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The class A Ca2+ channel alpha 1 subunit (alpha 1A) was expressed in Xenopus oocytes alone or in combination with the beta 1b, beta 2a, beta 3, or beta 4 subunit. Analysis of voltage-dependent activation and inactivation in the presence of 1.8 mM external Ca2+ showed an hyperpolarising shift of both relations when com...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Cens T,Mangoni ME,Nargeot J,Charnet P

更新日期：1996-08-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypohalous acids are poor one-electron oxidizing agents, such that reactions with hydrogen peroxide to yield radical species are not feasible. However, the oxidation of superoxide by hypohalous acids can be a source of hydroxyl or haline radicals. The oxidation of nitrogen monoxide by hypochlorous acid is favourable, ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Koppenol WH

更新日期：1994-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of Na+/H+ exchange in protein kinase C-mediated effects in platelets was investigated by studying the effect of removal of extracellular Na+ ([Na+]e) on the different responses induced by phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) and 1,2-dioctanoylglycerol (diC8). None of the responses studied, namely, protein ph...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Krishnamurthi S,Patel Y,Morgan WA,Wheeler-Jones CP,Kakkar VV

更新日期：1989-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:On the basis of recent results, we propose a model for DNA polymerase translocation along DNA. Human immunodeficiency virus reverse transcriptase is taken as an example. According to the model, movement of the enzyme is the result of transition of the enzyme-bound DNA from the A- to B-form which is accompanied by leng...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Wlassoff WA,Dymshits GM,Lavrik OI

更新日期：1996-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Contrary to previously published data, we have found that in mammalian skeletal muscles, phosphoglycerate mutase (PGM) is organized in a regular, striated fashion within the sarcomere. In the absence of the enzyme effectors, PGM localizes mainly at the M-line, but under conditions typical for contracting muscle, the e...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kowalski W,Gizak A,Rakus D

更新日期：2009-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of the formyl peptide chemoattractant receptor (FPCR) of phagocytic cells mobilizes intracellular calcium stores and affects the plasma membrane potential. Affinity crosslinking of FPCR has demonstrated a 60-80 kDa glycoprotein, with core peptide of 32 kDa. It is not known whether functional FPCR is this si...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Murphy PM,Gallin EK,Tiffany HL,Malech HL

更新日期：1990-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibodies were made to a thirteen amino acid synthetic peptide corresponding to the C-terminal portion of the glutamate (glu) receptor, GluR-A. The immunoprecipitation of kainic acid (KA) and alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid (AMPA) binding sites by the anti-peptide antibodies was studied using...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Wenthold RJ,Hunter C,Wada K,Dechesne CJ

更新日期：1990-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycoprotein synthesis is initiated in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) lumen upon transfer of a glycan (Glc3Man9GlcNAc2) from a lipid derivative to Asn residues (N-glycosylation). N-Glycan-dependent quality control of glycoprotein folding in the ER prevents exit to Golgi of folding intermediates, irreparably misfolded ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Caramelo JJ,Parodi AJ

更新日期：2015-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The release of a GPI-linked oncofetal protein (PLAP) from HEp-2 cells has been studied as an indicator of endogenous PI-specific PLC activation. A non-hydrolysable GTP analogue, EGF and insulin all produced a dose-dependent release of PLAP from these cells. This indicates that an increase in PLC activity following eit...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Roberts JM,Kenton P,Johnson PM

更新日期：1990-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) proliferation plays a key role in neointimal hyperplasia and restenosis. Here we report the role of the microRNA miR-142-5p and its downstream target genes on the proliferation of cultured VSMCs. miR-142-5p promoted VSMC proliferation by down-regulating B cell translocation gene 3 (B...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kee HJ,Park S,Kwon JS,Choe N,Ahn Y,Kook H,Jeong MH

更新日期：2013-08-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The covalent structure and most of the stereochemistry of the pseudomycins, bioactive metabolites of a transposon-generated mutant of a Pseudomonas syringae wild-type strain proposed for the biological control of Dutch elm disease, have been determined. While two pseudomycins are identical to the known syringopeptins ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Ballio A,Bossa F,Di Giorgio D,Ferranti P,Paci M,Pucci P,Scaloni A,Segre A,Strobel GA

更新日期：1994-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The amino acid sequence of protein Z has been determined from sequence analysis performed on fragments obtained by chemical and enzymatic degradations. The polypeptide consists of a single chain containing 396 amino acid residues (Mr 43 677). Comparison with the vitamin K-dependent plasma proteins reveals an extensive...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Højrup P,Jensen MS,Petersen TE

更新日期：1985-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression by RNA-binding proteins and by small non-coding RNAs plays an important role in cell biology. Our previous results show that in murine skeletal myoblasts, the expression of Pinch-2, a focal adhesion remodeling factor that regulates cell motility, is repressed by an RN...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Boudoukha S,Rivera Vargas T,Dang I,Kropp J,Cuvellier S,Gautreau A,Polesskaya A

更新日期：2014-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：:alpha-Crystallin, the major protein of the ocular lens, is known to have extensive similarities to small heat shock proteins and to act as a molecular chaperone. The exposure of hydrophobic surfaces on alpha-crystallin was studied by fluorescence spectroscopy using the hydrophobic probe bis-ANS. Upon heating the prote...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Das KP,Surewicz WK

更新日期：1995-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：:In fibrous connective tissues, fibroblasts are organized into syncytia, cellular networks that enable matrix remodeling and that are interconnected by intercellular adherens junctions (AJs). The AJs of fibroblasts are mediated by N-cadherin, a broadly expressed classical cadherin that is critically involved in develop...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： El Sayegh TY,Kapus A,McCulloch CA

更新日期：2007-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Using antibodies recognizing the phosphorylation state of specific sites, phosphorylation states of tau were monitored in fetal rat primary cultured neurons. When cultured neurons were treated with okadaic acid (OA) or calyculin A (CalA) at concentrations sufficient to inhibit protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A), phosphoryl...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Saito T,Ishiguro K,Uchida T,Miyamoto E,Kishimoto T,Hisanaga S

更新日期：1995-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The peptidic siderophore pyoverdine is the primary iron uptake system of fluorescent pseudomonads, and a virulence factor in the opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Pyoverdine biogenesis is a co-ordinate process requiring several precursor-generating enzymes and large nonribosomal peptide synthetases (NRPSs...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Imperi F,Visca P

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The E-E* model for calcium pumping by the CaATPase of sarcoplasmic reticulum includes two distinct conformational states of the enzyme, E and E*. Exterior Ca2+ binds only to E and interior Ca2+ binds only to E*. Therefore, it is expected that there will be competition between the binding of calcium to the unphosphoryl...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Myung J,Jencks WP

更新日期：1991-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence is presented, by means of both fluorescence and action spectroscopy, that a small, spectroscopically heterogeneous population of both Chl a and Chl b molecules is present in isolated spinach thylakoids and is active in photoinhibition. The broadness of the action spectrum suggests that degraded or incompletel...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Santabarbara S,Neverov KV,Garlaschi FM,Zucchelli G,Jennings RC

更新日期：2001-02-23 00:00:00