Trypanosomatid hydrogen peroxide [corrected] metabolism.

abstract：:A full-length cDNA clone encoding steroid 11 beta-hydroxylase (P-45011 beta) has been isolated from a cDNA library derived from human adrenal tumor. The insert of the clone contains an open reading frame encoding a protein of 503 amino acid residues together with a 4 bp 5'-untranslated region and a 576 bp 3'-untransla...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kawamoto T,Mitsuuchi Y,Toda K,Miyahara K,Yokoyama Y,Nakao K,Hosoda K,Yamamoto Y,Imura H,Shizuta Y

更新日期：1990-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously shown that the Mycoplasma mycoides glycine tRNA (anticodon UCC) effectively reads the codons GGU and GGC in violation of the classic codon reading rules. We have attempted to elucidate what structural elements in this tRNA molecule confer this translational property and in the course of this investi...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Claesson C,Samuelsson T,Lustig F,Borén T

更新日期：1990-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The domains of the pore-forming protein responsible for the gate and channel formations were separated and identified in the outer membrane of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The proteolytic cleavage of the 46K channel protein, protein D2, yielded two major domains with apparent M(r) of 27K and 19K. We identified the 27K poly...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Yoshihara E,Nakae T

更新日期：1992-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Although initially viewed as housekeeping enzymes, research over the last 15 years has revealed that the protein tyrosine phosphatases (PTPs) are critical regulators of tyrosine phosphorylation-dependent signaling events and may represent novel targets for therapeutic intervention in a variety of human diseases. In th...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Tonks NK

更新日期：2003-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:For almost 30 years, Wnt proteins have been known as key regulators of many developmental decisions, including the formation of the embryonic axes, patterning of the CNS, limb bud outgrowth and segment polarity. However, live cell imaging of active Wnt proteins was rarely reported. Here, we have generated a Wnt2b-EGFP...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Holzer T,Liffers K,Rahm K,Trageser B,Ozbek S,Gradl D

更新日期：2012-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：:To obtain information on the biological significance of yeast fructose-2,6-bisphosphate 6-phosphatase, kinetic data of the purified enzyme [(1987) Eur. J. Biochem. 164, 27-30] have been measured. Maximal activity was found between pH 6 and 7, the apparent Michaelis constant with fructose 2,6-bisphosphate was 7.2 micro...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Plankert U,Purwin C,Holzer H

更新日期：1988-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The human H19 gene is a paternally imprinted oncofetal gene, highly expressed in several fetal tissues, down-regulated in nearly all adult tissues but re-expressed in carcinomas of tissues which express the gene in fetal life. It has no known protein product and till today, no function could be designated to H19 RNA. ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Ohana P,Kopf E,Bibi O,Ayesh S,Schneider T,Laster M,Tykocinski M,de Groot N,Hochberg A

更新日期：1999-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Pasteurella multocida toxin is a potent mitogen for cultured Swiss 3T3 cells where it causes an accumulation of inositol phosphates and activation of protein kinase C. The gene sequence described here coded for a 146 kDa protein. The ORF was preceded by a ribosome binding site and followed by a stem loop. There was no...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Lax AJ,Chanter N,Pullinger GD,Higgins T,Staddon JM,Rozengurt E

更新日期：1990-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanism of store-operated Ca2+ inflow in hepatocytes was investigated using fluo-3 and fura-2 to monitor changes in the concentration of intracellular free Ca2+ in single cells, and 1-(alpha-glycerophosphoryl)-myo-inositol 4,5-diphosphate, P4(5)-1-(2-nitrophenyl)ethyl ester ('caged' GPIP2) and 'caged' guanosine ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Berven LA,Barritt GJ

更新日期：1994-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) Rev is a small RNA-binding protein which is essential for viral replication. To investigate the structure of Rev we have mapped the binding sites of a panel of monoclonal antibodies (mAb) by protein footprinting and identified a mAb protecting amino acids within both the N- ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Jensen TH,Jensen A,Szilvay AM,Kjems J

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study shows a direct impairing action of a cytotoxin-producing Helicobacter pylori strain on the Na+,K(+)-ATPase (evaluated as K(+)-dependent phosphatase activity) of human gastric epithelial cells in culture. The toxin itself is likely involved in this action which may also account for the cell edema foun...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Ricci V,Sommi P,Cova E,Fiocca R,Romano M,Ivey KJ,Solcia E,Ventura U

更新日期：1993-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The toxicity of the beta-amyloid (Abeta) peptide of Alzheimer's disease may relate to its polymerisation state (i.e. fibril content). We have shown previously that plasma lipoproteins, particularly when oxidised, greatly enhance Abeta polymerisation. In the present study the nature of the interactions between both nat...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Stanyer L,Betteridge DJ,Smith CC

更新日期：2002-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vivo toxicity of vanadium(V) has been found to correlate with the depletion of cellular glutathione and related non-protein thiols. With a view to understanding the mechanism for this observation, we have investigated the oxidation of glutathione, cysteine N-acetylcysteine and penicillamine by vanadium(V), usin...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Shi XL,Sun XY,Dalal NS

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method was developed to study amino acids as possible precursors of PQQ biosynthesis. Cultures of Hyphomicrobium X, growing on [13C]methanol, were supplemented with unlabelled amino acids. Uptake and participation in metabolism were determined via gas chromatography/mass spectrometry of derivatized amino acids, obta...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： van Kleef MA,Duine JA

更新日期：1988-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Thrombin is a potent activator of human glomerular epithelial cells (HGEC). Here we compare short-term and long-term effects of thrombin and thrombin receptor agonist peptide (TRAP) which selectively activates the functional thrombin receptor. TRAP, as thrombin, increases intracellular free Ca2+ concentration and acts...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Zacharias U,He CJ,Nguyen G,Sraer JD,Rondeau E

更新日期：1993-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Structural gene expression of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) requires a viral regulatory protein, Rev transactivator. We investigated Rev-dependency of HIV-1 gene expression by various reporter systems. Expression of unspliced and single-spliced viral mRNAs was demonstrated to be differentially dependent ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Sakai H,Furuta RA,Tokunaga K,Kawamura M,Hatanaka M,Adachi A

更新日期：1995-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：:It is known that a high incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma in rat liver can be induced by such azo dye carcinogens as 3'-methyl-4-dimethylaminoazobenzene (3'-MeDAB). Mammalian S-adenosylmethionine (AdoMet) synthetase exists as two isozymes, non-hepatic-type and liver-type enzymes, which are the products of two diff...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Horikawa S,Kobayashi Y,Sugiyama T,Terashima H,Wada K,Tsukada K,Hirokawa S corrected to Horikawa S

更新日期：1993-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel gene named fad104 (factor for adipocyte differentiation-104), whose expression level quickly increased in the early stage of adipogenesis, was isolated and characterized. The deduced amino acid sequence of fad104 revealed the possible presence of a fibronectin type III domain and transmembrane domain. The expr...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Tominaga K,Kondo C,Johmura Y,Nishizuka M,Imagawa M

更新日期：2004-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Association of protein inclusions or aggregates within brain tissues of patients with neurodegenerative disorders has been widely reported. These inclusions are commonly characterised both by the presence of ubiquitylated proteins and the sequestration of components of the ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS). Such obser...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Ardley HC,Hung CC,Robinson PA

更新日期：2005-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Nerve growth factor (NGF), basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF), dibutyryl cAMP and forskolin, known differentiating agents for pheochromocytoma PC12 cells, induced sustained activation of sphingosine kinase, the enzyme responsible for the formation of the sphingolipid second messenger, sphingosine-1-phosphate, which...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Rius RA,Edsall LC,Spiegel S

更新日期：1997-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) is synthesized in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and added onto proteins to form GPI-anchored proteins. Among the many proteins involved in this process, ACAT-related enzyme-2 required for viability 1 (Arv1) is a candidate, functioning as a flippase that translocates GPI intermediate...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Okai H,Ikema R,Nakamura H,Kato M,Araki M,Mizuno A,Ikeda A,Renbaum P,Segel R,Funato K

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activities of Escherichia coli DNA polymerase-I were examined in the presence of the anti-tumor drug cis-diaminedichloroplatinum(II) and its inactive geometric isomer trans-diaminedichloroplatinum(II). The trans-isomer did not inhibit the enzyme activity. The anti-tumor drug, on the other hand, retarded the enzyme in ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Duman RK,Heath RT,Bose RN

更新日期：1999-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：:A double-blinded, placebo-controlled cross-over trial was carried out with 27 hypercholesterolemic men with coronary heart disease. During the 6-week treatment period lovastatin (60 mg/day) decreased fasting serum LDL cholesterol by 45%, LDL phosphorus by 38% and apoB by 33%. Ubiquinol content diminished by 13% as mea...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Palomäki A,Malminiemi K,Metsä-Ketelä T

更新日期：1997-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:In this work, we have spectroscopically characterised CYP157C1 from Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) which has the motif E(297)QSLW(301) rather than the invariant EXXR motif in the P450 K-helix. Site-directed mutagenesis of native E(297)QSLW(301) in CYP157C1 to E(297)ESLR(301) or E(297)QSRW(301) both containing standard ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Rupasinghe S,Schuler MA,Kagawa N,Yuan H,Lei L,Zhao B,Kelly SL,Waterman MR,Lamb DC

更新日期：2006-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:We report here the isolation and sequence determination of a gene closely linked to the Astyanax red visual pigment gene. Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction assays show that this new gene (B23 Af) and the previously characterized red and green visual pigment genes of Astyanax are all expressed in the eye....

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Yokoyama R,Yokoyama S

更新日期：1993-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The primary structure of opsin of the crayfish Procambarus clarkii has been deduced from the cDNA sequence. The opsin is composed of 376 amino acid residues including all the conservative residues characteristic of other members of the rhodopsin family. Comparison of sequences of all known opsins reveals that the majo...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Hariyama T,Ozaki K,Tokunaga F,Tsukahara Y

更新日期：1993-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Gangliosides and neutral glycolipids of muscles from normal and dystrophic chickens were studied. Total glycolipid content of the degenerating muscles was higher than the normal muscles. In addition, the myopathic muscles contained a ganglioside which was absent in the unaffected muscles from normal and dystrophic chi...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kundu SK,Misra LK,Luthra MG

更新日期：1982-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The cloning and analysis of a cDNA clone encoding the soybean metalloproteinase obtained by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and the rapid amplification of cDNA ends (RACE) reaction are described. The cDNA was constructed from poly(A)+ RNA isolated from 15-17 day old leaves. The deduced amino acid sequence of the cDNA ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Pak JH,Liu CY,Huangpu J,Graham JS

更新日期：1997-03-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Structural integrity may be needed for the glutathione-linked peroxidase activity of human ceruloplasmin. Intact human ceruloplasmin has a potent peroxidase property to decompose H2O2 in the presence of reduced glutathione. However, the fragment of approximately 116000 Da produced by proteolytic degradation had less t...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kim IG,Park SY

更新日期：1998-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Siamycin I disrupts growth and quorum sensing in Enterococcus faecalis. Using purified intact protein, we demonstrate here that quorum membrane sensor kinase FsrC is a direct target of siamycin I, reducing pheromone-stimulated autophosphorylation activity by up to 91%. Inhibition was non-competitive with ATP as substr...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Ma P,Nishiguchi K,Yuille HM,Davis LM,Nakayama J,Phillips-Jones MK

更新日期：2011-09-02 00:00:00