Histone H5 and H1 cross-reacting material is restricted to erythroid cells in chicken.

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：:Polyphosphates (polyP) are long chains of inorganic phosphates that can be attached to lysine residues of target proteins as a nonenzymatic post-translational modification. This modification, termed polyphosphorylation, may be particularly prevalent in bacterial and fungal species that synthesize large quantities of p...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： McCarthy L,Bentley-DeSousa A,Denoncourt A,Tseng YC,Gabriel M,Downey M

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unlike the human blood group Sd(a+) Tamm-Horsfall glycoprotein (THGP), the Sd(a-) one lacks terminal GalNAcbeta1--> residues at the nonreducing ends. The binding properties of this glycoprotein and its asialo product with lectins were characterized by quantitative precipitin (QPA) and precipitin inhibition assays. Amo...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Wu JH,Watkins WM,Chen CP,Song SC,Wu AM

更新日期：1996-04-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The neurogenic gene Drosophila big brain (bib) has a high sequence homology to aquaporin-4. However, its cellular functions in Drosophila neurogenesis have remained elusive. Here we investigated cell adhesion, and the ion and water permeability of Bib. The adhesive function was examined by a cell aggregation assay usi...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Tatsumi K,Tsuji S,Miwa H,Morisaku T,Nuriya M,Orihara M,Kaneko K,Okano H,Yasui M

更新日期：2009-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Enhancement by thrombin of Ca2+-dependent 5HT secretion in the absence of added GTP decreases as the time between electropermeabilisation and addition of thrombin is increased. No decrease occurs if thrombin is added with GTP. Observation of apparent GTP-independent receptor/phospholipase C coupling may result from th...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Knight DE,Scrutton MC

更新日期：1987-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Rat brain S-100 (S-100b) and ox brain S-100a0, S-100a and S-100b have been tested for their ability to control the assembly and disassembly of brain microtubule proteins in the presence of either Ca2+ or Zn2+, in vitro. In the presence of Ca2+, single S-100 isoforms have similar, if not identical, effects, i.e. they i...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Donato R,Isobe T,Okuyama T

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Circular dichroism (CD) spectra have been obtained from several variants of green fluorescent protein: blue fluorescent protein (BFP), enhanced cyan fluorescent protein (CFP), enhanced green fluorescent protein (GFP), enhanced yellow fluorescent protein (YFP), all from Aequorea victoria, and the red fluorescent protei...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Visser NV,Hink MA,Borst JW,van der Krogt GN,Visser AJ

更新日期：2002-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The reduction of methyl-coenzyme M (CH3SCoM) to methane in methanogenic bacteria is dependent on component B (N-7-mercaptoheptanoyl-O-phospho-L-threonine, HSHTP). We report here that S-methyl-component B (N-7-(methylthio)heptanoyl-O-phospho-L-threonine, CH3SHTP) can substitute for neither CH3SCoM nor HSHTP in the meth...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Ellermann J,Kobelt A,Pfaltz A,Thauer RK

更新日期：1987-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Germ-line mutations in BRCA1 are associated with an increased lifetime risk of developing breast and/or ovarian tumors. The BRCA1 gene product is a 220-kDa protein that contains a tandem of two BRCA1 C-terminal (BRCT) domains required for transcription. In an attempt to understand how BRCA1 exerts its function through...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Yan J,Zhu J,Zhong H,Lu Q,Huang C,Ye Q

更新日期：2003-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The 77 kDa subunit of the polyadenylation cleavage stimulation factor (CstF77) is important in messenger RNA 3' end processing. Previously, we demonstrated that AtCstF77 interacts with AtCPSF30, the Arabidopsis ortholog of the 30 kDa subunit of the Cleavage and Polyadenylation Specificity Factor. In further dissecting...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Bell SA,Hunt AG

更新日期：2010-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The alphavirus-like mRNA capping enzyme of Bamboo mosaic virus (BaMV) exhibits an AdoMet-dependent guanylyltransferase activity by which the methyl group of AdoMet is transferred to GTP, leading to the formation of m(7)GTP, and the m(7)GMP moiety is next transferred to the 5' end of ppRNA via a covalent enzyme-m(7)GMP...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Lin HY,Yu CY,Hsu YH,Meng M

更新日期：2012-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：:We have expressed the cloned rat kappa-opioid receptor in human embryonic kidney 293 cells and studied the ability of kappa-selective ligands to inhibit adenylyl cyclase. In transfected 293 cells, activation of the kappa-opioid receptor by U50,488 and the dynorphins resulted in the inhibition of cAMP accumulation. The...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Lai HW,Minami M,Satoh M,Wong YH

更新日期：1995-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:T cells express two different types of voltage-independent Ca(2+)-activated K(+) channels with small (SK) and intermediate (IK) conductance that serve important roles in the activation of T lymphocytes. In contrast to the IK channels from T lymphocytes which are upregulated upon mitogen stimulation, SK channels of Jur...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Jäger H,Adelman JP,Grissmer S

更新日期：2000-03-10 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：:Glucosamine-6-phosphate (GlcN6P) N-acetyltransferase 1 (GNA1) is a key enzyme in the pathway toward biosynthesis of UDP-N-acetylglucosamine, an important donor substrate for N-linked glycosylation. GNA1 catalyzes the formation of N-acetylglucosamine-6-phosphate (GlcNAc6P) from acetyl-CoA (AcCoA) and the acceptor subst...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Wang J,Liu X,Liang YH,Li LF,Su XD

更新日期：2008-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteins involved in protein translocation across the membrane of the endoplasmic reticulum assemble into different oligomeric complexes depending on their state of function. To analyse such membrane protein complexes we fractionated proteins of mammalian rough microsomes and analysed them using blue native PAGE and i...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Wang L,Dobberstein B

更新日期：1999-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：:RKIP was first identified as an inhibitor of the Raf-MEK-ERK signaling pathway. RKIP was also found to play an important role in the NF-kappaB pathway. Genetic and biochemical studies demonstrated that RKIP functioned as a scaffold protein facilitating the phosphorylation of IkappaB by upstream kinases. However, contr...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Tang H,Park S,Sun SC,Trumbly R,Ren G,Tsung E,Yeung KC

更新日期：2010-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Human hepatocellular carcinoma cells (Hep G2) were shown to secrete apo A-I as a proprotein . No apo A-I synthesis could be detected with endothelial cells from human umbilical cord veins. Conversion of proapo A-I into apo A-I is a slow (of the order of hours) process, mediated by a Ca2+/Mg2+-dependent enzyme which is...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kooistra T,van Hinsbergh V,Havekes L,Kempen HJ

更新日期：1984-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：:When a high density of alpha1-subunit glycine receptor (GlyR) is expressed in Xenopus oocytes, two populations of channels can be distinguished according to their apparent affinity for glycine which differs 5- to 6-fold. To compare the open pore diameter of these channels, the relative permeability of formate with res...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Maammar M,Rodeau JL,Taleb O

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tissue transglutaminase is a multifunctional enzyme which has been involved in the regulation of cell growth, differentiation, and apoptosis. Recently, nuclear localization of tTG has been reported indicating the potential of active nuclear transport. In this study we use the yeast two-hybrid assay and co-immunoprecip...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Peng X,Zhang Y,Zhang H,Graner S,Williams JF,Levitt ML,Lokshin A

更新日期：1999-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Nine analogs of fusion peptide of influenza virus hemagglutinin whose membrane perturbation activity has been thoroughly tested [Murata et al. (1992) Biochemistry 31, 1986-1992; Murata et al. (1993) Biophys. J. 64, 724-734] were characterized by molecular modeling techniques with the aim of delineating any specific st...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Efremov RG,Nolde DE,Volynsky PE,Chernyavsky AA,Dubovskii PV,Arseniev AS

更新日期：1999-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis C Virus core protein (HCVc) plays important roles in the development of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC). MicroRNAs (miRNAs) contribute to tumor progression by interacting with downstream target genes. However, the regulation and role of miRNAs in HCV-related intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (HCV-ICC) is...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Zeng B,Li Z,Chen R,Guo N,Zhou J,Zhou Q,Lin Q,Cheng D,Liao Q,Zheng L,Gong Y

更新日期：2012-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The high cGMP sensitivity of cAMP-dependent protein kinase A (type II) (PKAII) from invertebrates led to the hypothesis that cGMP directly activates PKAII under physiological conditions. We tested this idea using PKAII holoenzyme purified from the honeybee brain in an assay with short stimulation times. In the presenc...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Leboulle G,Müller U

更新日期：2004-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Chimeric antibodies composed of mouse-derived variable regions and human-derived constant regions have been developed for clinical use. However, construction of chimeric mouse/human genes in expression vectors is time-consuming work. In this study, we developed convenient vectors for construction of chimeric mouse/hum...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kameyama K,Imai K,Itoh T,Taniguchi M,Miura K,Kurosawa Y

更新日期：1989-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The unassigned open reading frame YDL142c was identified to code for cardiolipin synthase, Cls1p. A cls1 deletion strain is viable on glucose, galactose, ethanol, glycerol and lactate containing media, although the growth rate on non-fermentable carbon sources is decreased. Mitochondria of the cls1 mutant are devoid o...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Tuller G,Hrastnik C,Achleitner G,Schiefthaler U,Klein F,Daum G

更新日期：1998-01-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclic ADP-ribose (cADPR), an endogenous NAD+ metabolite in many mammalian and invertebrate tissues, is a potent mediator of calcium mobilization in sea urchin eggs. Our results show that cADPR also stimulates calcium release from rat brain microsomes, marked release occurring over the concentration range 10-250 nM. T...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： White AM,Watson SP,Galione A

更新日期：1993-03-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Two protein phosphatases of 103 and 29 kDa as determined by gel filtration, were purified from hen oviducts. The 103 -kDa phosphatase was purified 7300-fold to near homogeneity and dissociated into two polypeptides in the presence of SDS. Molecular masses of these polypeptides were estimated to be 60 and 38 kDa by SDS...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kanayama K,Wada K,Negami A,Yamamura H,Tanabe T

更新日期：1985-05-06 00:00:00

abstract：:A rat urokinase receptor (uPAR) cDNA fragment was amplified by RT-PCR from RNA of the rat osteoblastic cell line CFK-1. Using this DNA species as a hybridization probe two rat uPAR cDNAs were isolated from a CFK-1 cDNA library. These two cDNAs encode an identical uPAR protein except for a single base mutation which re...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Rabbani SA,Rajwans N,Achbarou A,Murthy KK,Goltzman D

更新日期：1994-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Under conditions of molar excess of enzyme, isolated F1-ATPase from beef heart mitochondria catalyses ATP hydrolysis biphasically. The rate constants for product release are approximately 10(-1) and 10(-4)-10(-3) s-1, respectively. The slow phase of ATP hydrolysis is insensitive to EDTA. [gamma-32P]ATP splitting in th...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Milgrom YaM,Murataliev MB

更新日期：1987-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Zinc cations at concentrations of 0.2 mM and greater catalyzed specific phosphorylation, by ATP, of two membrane-associated proteins from rat hippocampus. These proteins, corresponding to molecular weights of 60 and 49 kDa, were phosphorylated primarily at tyrosine residues. The 60-kDa protein was identified as p60c-s...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Vener AV,Loeb J

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00