Parkinsonism-inducing neurotoxin, N-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6 -tetrahydropyridine: uptake of the metabolite N-methyl-4-phenylpyridine by dopamine neurons explains selective toxicity.

abstract：:In biological processes, such as fission, fusion and trafficking, it has been shown that lipids of different shapes are sorted into regions with different membrane curvatures. This lipid sorting has been hypothesized to be due to the coupling between the membrane curvature and the lipid's spontaneous curvature, which ...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Kamal MM,Mills D,Grzybek M,Howard J

更新日期：2009-12-29 00:00:00

abstract：:In spite of the diversity of possible biological forms observed in nature, a limited range of morphospace is frequently occupied for a given trait. Several mechanisms have been proposed to explain this bias in the distribution of phenotypes including selection, drift, and developmental constraints. Despite extensive w...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Malagón JN,Ahuja A,Sivapatham G,Hung J,Lee J,Muñoz-Gómez SA,Atallah J,Singh RS,Larsen E

更新日期：2014-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Histidine biosynthesis is an essential process in plants and microorganisms, making it an attractive target for the development of herbicides and antibacterial agents. Imidazoleglycerol-phosphate dehydratase (IGPD), a key enzyme within this pathway, has been biochemically characterized in both Saccharomyces cerevisiae...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Rawson S,Bisson C,Hurdiss DL,Fazal A,McPhillie MJ,Sedelnikova SE,Baker PJ,Rice DW,Muench SP

更新日期：2018-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Polymorphonuclear leukocytes isolated from chicken peritoneal exudates have been found to catalyze cyanide-insensitive stimulation of respiration and the hexose monophosphate shunt upon exposure to heat-inactivated Staphylococcus aureus. However, there was no demonstrable formate oxidation concomitant with phagocytosi...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Penniall R,Spitznagel JK

更新日期：1975-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Landscape-scale reconstructions of ancient environments within the cradle of humanity may reveal insights into the relationship between early hominins and the changing resources around them. Many studies of Olduvai Gorge during Pliocene-Pleistocene times have revealed the presence of precession-driven wet-dry cycles a...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Sistiaga A,Husain F,Uribelarrea D,Martín-Perea DM,Ferland T,Freeman KH,Diez-Martín F,Baquedano E,Mabulla A,Domínguez-Rodrigo M,Summons RE

更新日期：2020-10-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The recognition of carrier proteins by multiple catalytic partners occurs in every cycle of chain elongation in the biosynthesis of fatty acids and of the pharmacologically important polyketide and nonribosomal peptide natural products. To dissect the features of carrier proteins that determine specific recognition at...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Zhou Z,Lai JR,Walsh CT

更新日期：2007-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The single-pass transmembrane domains (TMDs) of the syndecan family of cell surface adhesion molecules have been implicated in functional protein-protein interactions. Although each paralog contains a conserved GxxxG dimerization motif, we show here that the syndecan-1 TMD dimerizes weakly, the syndecan-3 and syndecan...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Dews IC,Mackenzie KR

更新日期：2007-12-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Converging TGF-beta and insulin-like neuroendocrine signaling pathways regulate whether Caenorhabditis elegans develops reproductively or arrests at the dauer larval stage. We examined whether neurotransmitters act in the dauer entry or recovery pathways. Muscarinic agonists promote recovery from dauer arrest induced ...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Tissenbaum HA,Hawdon J,Perregaux M,Hotez P,Guarente L,Ruvkun G

更新日期：2000-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Parathyroid hormone (PTH), the major calcium-regulating hormone, and norepinephrine (NE), the principal neurotransmitter of sympathetic nerves, regulate bone remodeling by activating distinct cell-surface G protein-coupled receptors in osteoblasts: the parathyroid hormone type 1 receptor (PTHR) and the β(2)-adrenergic...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Hanyu R,Wehbi VL,Hayata T,Moriya S,Feinstein TN,Ezura Y,Nagao M,Saita Y,Hemmi H,Notomi T,Nakamoto T,Schipani E,Takeda S,Kaneko K,Kurosawa H,Karsenty G,Kronenberg HM,Vilardaga JP,Noda M

更新日期：2012-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The nerve growth factor protein was purified over 100-fold from adult mouse salivary glands. The first step was a gel filtration on Sephadex G-100 at pH 7.5 of the aqueous gland extract. After gel filtration, most of the NGF activity was eluted in the 80,000-90,000-molecular-weight region (G-100 pool). The G-100 pool ...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Bocchini V,Angeletti PU

更新日期：1969-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The location of phosphate residues involved in specific centers for binding of metal ions in M1 RNA, the catalytic RNA subunit of RNase P from Escherichia coli, was determined by analysis of induction of cleavage of RNA by metal ions. At pH 9.5, Mg2+ catalyzes cleavage of M1 RNA at five principal sites. Under certain ...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Kazakov S,Altman S

更新日期：1991-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we demonstrate that fluid shear stress (FSS)-induced actin cytoskeletal reorganization and junctional formation in renal epithelial cells are nearly completely opposite the corresponding changes in vascular endothelial cells (ECs) [Thi MM et al. (2004) Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 101:16483-16488]. Mouse prox...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Duan Y,Gotoh N,Yan Q,Du Z,Weinstein AM,Wang T,Weinbaum S

更新日期：2008-08-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteins internalized into the endocytic pathway are usually degraded. Efficient proteolysis requires denaturation, induced by acidic conditions within lysosomes, and reduction of inter- and intrachain disulfide bonds. Cytosolic reduction is mediated enzymatically by thioredoxin, but the mechanism of lysosomal reducti...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Arunachalam B,Phan UT,Geuze HJ,Cresswell P

更新日期：2000-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Disordered systems like liquids, gels, glasses, or granular materials are not only ubiquitous in daily life and in industrial applications, but they are also crucial for the mechanical stability of cells or the transport of chemical and biological agents in living organisms. Despite the importance of these systems, th...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Zhang Z,Kob W

更新日期：2020-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Wild-type p53 protein is a growth modulator whose inactivation has been found to be a key event in malignant transformation. Reconstitution of wild-type p53 in the p53-nonproducer, Abelson murine leukemia virus-transformed pre-B-cell line L12 gave rise to stably growing clones. Wild-type p53-producer derived cell line...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Shaulsky G,Goldfinger N,Peled A,Rotter V

更新日期：1991-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural killer-22 (NK-22) cells are a human NK cell subset situated in mucosal-associated lymphoid tissues that specialize in IL-22 secretion in response to IL-23. Here we investigated the cytokine requirements for NK-22 cell expansion. IL-7 maintained the survival of NK-22 cells and IL-22 production in response to IL...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Cella M,Otero K,Colonna M

更新日期：2010-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Type IV pili of Neisseria gonorrhoeae, the Gram-negative etiologic agent of gonorrhea, facilitate colonization of the human host. Gonococcal PilT, a protein belonging to a large family of molecules sharing a highly conserved nucleotide binding domain motif, has been shown to be dispensable for organelle biogenesis but...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Wolfgang M,Park HS,Hayes SF,van Putten JP,Koomey M

更新日期：1998-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitroxyl anion (HNONO(-)), the one-electron reduced form of nitric oxide (NO), induces positive cardiac inotropy and selective venodilation in the normal in vivo circulation. Here we tested whether HNO/NO(-) augments systolic and diastolic function of failing hearts, and whether contrary to NO/nitrates such modulation...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Paolocci N,Katori T,Champion HC,St John ME,Miranda KM,Fukuto JM,Wink DA,Kass DA

更新日期：2003-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin resistance, obesity, diabetes, dyslipidemia, and nonalcoholic fatty liver are components of the metabolic syndrome, a disease complex that is increasing at epidemic rates in westernized countries. Although proinflammatory cytokines have been suggested to contribute to the development of these disorders, the mo...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Ueki K,Kondo T,Tseng YH,Kahn CR

更新日期：2004-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Caenorhabditis elegans sqv mutants are defective in vulval epithelial invagination and have a severe reduction in hermaphrodite fertility. The gene sqv-7 encodes a multitransmembrane hydrophobic protein resembling nucleotide sugar transporters of the Golgi membrane. A Golgi vesicle enriched fraction of Saccharomyces c...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Berninsone P,Hwang HY,Zemtseva I,Horvitz HR,Hirschberg CB

更新日期：2001-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:We have assessed whether retinoic acid (RA) comes from local sources or is available widely to activate gene expression in embryos. We used an RA-responsive indicator cell line, L-C2A5, to localize RA sources. In these cells, an RA-sensitive promoter/lacZ reporter construct used previously by us to produce indicator t...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Colbert MC,Linney E,LaMantia AS

更新日期：1993-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The switch from fetal to adult hemoglobin expression is regulated in many mammalian species by a developmental clock-like mechanism and determined by the gestational age of the fetus. Prolonging fetal globin gene expression is of considerable interest for therapeutic potential in diseases caused by abnormal beta-globi...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Perrine SP,Rudolph A,Faller DV,Roman C,Cohen RA,Chen SJ,Kan YW

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biological invasions contribute to global environmental change, but the dynamics and consequences of most invasions are difficult to assess at regional scales. We deployed an airborne remote sensing system that mapped the location and impacts of five highly invasive plant species across 221,875 ha of Hawaiian ecosyste...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Asner GP,Hughes RF,Vitousek PM,Knapp DE,Kennedy-Bowdoin T,Boardman J,Martin RE,Eastwood M,Green RO

更新日期：2008-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Early conformational events during folding of acyl-CoA binding protein (ACBP), an 86-residue alpha-helical protein, were explored by using a continuous-flow mixing apparatus with a dead time of 70 micros to measure changes in intrinsic tryptophan fluorescence and tryptophan-dansyl fluorescence energy transfer. Althoug...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Teilum K,Maki K,Kragelund BB,Poulsen FM,Roder H

更新日期：2002-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Reports of structural differences between the brains of men and women, heterosexual and homosexual men, and male-to-female transsexuals and other men have been offered as evidence that the behavioral differences between these groups are likely caused by differences in the early development of the brain. However, a pos...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Cooke BM,Tabibnia G,Breedlove SM

更新日期：1999-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Partial amino acid sequence of the Ia molecule encoded by the I-E or I-C (I-EC) subregion of the major histocompatibility complex of the mouse are presented. The Ia molecule appears to be comprised of two noncovalently associated polypeptides. The larger subunit, alpha, has an approximate molecular weight of 35,000 an...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： McMillan M,Cecka JM,Murphy DB,McDevitt HO,Hood L

更新日期：1977-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Copper is an essential micronutrient that plays a central role for a broad range of biological processes. Although there is compelling evidence that the intracellular milieu does not contain any free copper ions, the rapid kinetics of copper uptake and release suggests the presence of a labile intracellular copper poo...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Yang L,McRae R,Henary MM,Patel R,Lai B,Vogt S,Fahrni CJ

更新日期：2005-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Replication of the single-stranded DNA genome of geminiviruses occurs via a double-stranded intermediate that is subsequently used as a template for rolling-circle replication of the viral strand. Only one of the proteins encoded by the virus, here referred to as replication initiator protein (Rep protein), is indispe...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Laufs J,Traut W,Heyraud F,Matzeit V,Rogers SG,Schell J,Gronenborn B

更新日期：1995-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The acid-sensing ion channel 1a (ASIC1a) is abundantly expressed in the amygdala complex and other brain regions associated with fear. Studies of mice with a disrupted ASIC1 gene suggested that ASIC1a may contribute to learned fear. To test this hypothesis, we generated mice overexpressing human ASIC1a by using the pa...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Wemmie JA,Coryell MW,Askwith CC,Lamani E,Leonard AS,Sigmund CD,Welsh MJ

更新日期：2004-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The importance of gene gain through duplication has long been appreciated. In contrast, the importance of gene loss has only recently attracted attention. Indeed, studies in organisms ranging from plants to worms and humans suggest that duplication of some genes might be better tolerated than that of others. Here we h...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： De Smet R,Adams KL,Vandepoele K,Van Montagu MC,Maere S,Van de Peer Y

更新日期：2013-02-19 00:00:00