Insulin-like growth factor I supports differentiation of cultured osteoblast-like cells.

abstract：:Reliably pinpointing which specific amino acid residues form the interface(s) between a protein and its binding partner(s) is critical for understanding the structural and physicochemical determinants of protein recognition and binding affinity, and has wide applications in modeling and validating protein interactions...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Xue LC,Dobbs D,Bonvin AM,Honavar V

更新日期：2015-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycogen synthase from human and bovine polymorphonuclear leukocytes was purified to homogeneity. Rabbit antisera were raised against the two glycogen synthases and used for immunochemical analysis. Western blotting analysis showed that the subunit of glycogen synthase in crude homogenates of human and bovine leukocyt...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Rasmussen LH,Juhl H,Esmann V,Petersen HU

更新日期：1988-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein kinase C (PKC) may be involved in growth regulation. In the present study the relationship between body weight, and thereby age, and the activity of PKC in muscle as well as in rapidly growing overloaded muscle were investigated. PKC activity in music was linearly inversely correlated to rat weight in both sol...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Richter EA,Nielsen NB

更新日期：1991-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PtdIns-P2)-regulated actin-binding protein gelsolin and most phosphoinositide-specific phospholipases C (PLCs) comprise a basic amino acid motif ((K/R)xxxKxK(K/R); x denotes any amino acid) which was previously suggested to represent a PtdInsP2-binding site commonly present i...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Simões AP,Camps M,Schnabel P,Gierschik P

更新日期：1995-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Eukaryotic porins are a group of membrane proteins whose best known role is to form an aqueous pore channel in the mitochondrial outer membrane. As opposed to the bacterial porins (a large family of protein whose 3D structure has been determined by X-ray diffraction), the structure of eukaryotic porins (also termed VD...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Casadio R,Jacoboni I,Messina A,De Pinto V

更新日期：2002-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The Na+-induced release of accumulated Ca2+ from heart mitochondria is inhibited by amiloride, benzamil and several other amiloride analogues. These drugs do not affect uptake or release of Ca2+ mediated by the ruthenium red-sensitive uniporter and their effects, like those of diltiazem and other Ca2+-antagonists, app...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Jurkowitz MS,Altschuld RA,Brierley GP,Cragoe EJ Jr

更新日期：1983-10-17 00:00:00

abstract：:We have found that N-acetylneuraminic acid (NANA) consumes toxic hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2)) under physiological conditions. Close investigation of this finding revealed that NANA was oxidized by an equimolar amount of H(2)O(2) to provide its decarboxylated product, 4-(acetylamino)-2,4-dideoxy-D-glycero-D-galacto-oct...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Iijima R,Takahashi H,Namme R,Ikegami S,Yamazaki M

更新日期：2004-03-12 00:00:00

abstract：:VP64 is widely used as a transcriptional activator to investigate the biological function of genes, but its potential for application in genetic improvement of crops has not been fully investigated. Here, we characterized an OsMYB1R1-VP64 fusion protein that enhanced the grain yield of rice cultivar 'Kita-ake' by 35%....

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Wang J,Wu F,Zhu S,Xu Y,Cheng Z,Wang J,Li C,Sheng P,Zhang H,Cai M,Guo X,Zhang X,Wang C,Wan J

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amiloride, a specific inhibitor for the Na(+)-driven flagellar motors of alkalophilic Bacillus, is known to inhibit secondarily the growth of alkalophiles. The motility of a marine Vibrio, V. alginolyticus, was almost completely inhibited by 2 mM amiloride either at pH 7.0 or 8.5. We found that this concentration of a...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Atsumi T,Maekawa Y,Tokuda H,Imae Y

更新日期：1992-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Mesenchyme forkhead-1 (MFH-1), a winged helix/forkhead transcription factor, is expressed in developing cartilaginous tissues, kidney and arch arteries, and is essential for the normal development of the axial skeleton and aortic arch formation of mice. To investigate the possible role of MFH-1 in osteogenesis and ost...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Yang XL,Matsuura H,Fu Y,Sugiyama T,Miura N

更新日期：2000-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：:We have reported previously on the ability of Lactobacillus reuteri to produce a compound with vitamin B(12) activity. Here we report on the chemical characterisation of this corrinoid-like molecule. High performance liquid chromatography coupled to an ultraviolet diode array detector, mass spectrometry and nuclear ma...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Santos F,Vera JL,Lamosa P,de Valdez GF,de Vos WM,Santos H,Sesma F,Hugenholtz J

更新日期：2007-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:In the current work, we report that specific inhibition of Janus tyrosine kinase (JAK3) via NC1153 induces apoptosis of certain leukemia/lymphoma cell lines. Affymetrix microarray profiling following NC1153 treatment unveiled JAK3 dependent survival modulating pathways (p53, TGF-beta, TNFR and ER stress) in Kit225 cel...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Nagy ZS,Ross JA,Rodriguez G,Bader J,Dimmock J,Kirken RA

更新日期：2010-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Regulatory protein kinases are involved in various cellular processes such as proliferation, differentiation, and apoptosis. Using cDNA differential display, we identified MOK, a member of the mitogen-activated protein kinase superfamily, as one of the genes induced by a caudal-related homeobox transcription factor, C...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Uesaka T,Kageyama N

更新日期：2004-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Tau proteins aggregate into different neuronal inclusions in several neurodegenerative disorders. In Alzheimer's disease (AD), hyperphosphorylated Tau from paired helical filaments (PHF) of neurofibrillary tangles, named PHF-Tau, have an electrophoretic profile with four main bands (Tau 55, 64, 69, 74 kDa). In Pick's ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Sergeant N,David JP,Lefranc D,Vermersch P,Wattez A,Delacourte A

更新日期：1997-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The predicted Exigobacterium sibiricum bacterirhodopsin gene was amplified from an ancient Siberian permafrost sample. The protein bacteriorhodopsin from Exiguobacterium sibiricum (ESR) encoded by this gene was expressed in Escherichia coli membrane. ESR bound all-trans-retinal and displayed an absorbance maximum at 5...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Petrovskaya LE,Lukashev EP,Chupin VV,Sychev SV,Lyukmanova EN,Kryukova EA,Ziganshin RH,Spirina EV,Rivkina EM,Khatypov RA,Erokhina LG,Gilichinsky DA,Shuvalov VA,Kirpichnikov MP

更新日期：2010-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：:It has long been known from fluorescence recovery after photobleaching experiments that the mobility of most cell surface receptors is much smaller than expected for free diffusion of proteins in a fluid lipid bilayer. Single-particle tracking experiments are currently revealing the complexity of the constraints to fr...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Cherry RJ,Smith PR,Morrison IE,Fernandez N

更新日期：1998-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The interaction of water oxidising photosystem II preparations with the aqueous environment has been investigated using electron spin echo envelope modulation spectroscopy in the presence of 2H(2)O. The spectra show interaction of 2H of 2H(2)O with the preparation in the S(2) state. The component interacting with wate...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Evans MC,Rich AM,Nugent JH

更新日期：2000-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:A pronounced transitory increase of histone acetyltransferase (EC 2.3.1.48) activity before the onset of DNA replication is shown to occur in regenerating rat liver. This effect is followed by an increase in the H1/H1(0) ratio at the start of DNA synthesis; H1(0) de is replaced by H1. Histone acetylation and H1/H1(0) ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Weiss G,Puschendorf B

更新日期：1988-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Statistically significant similarity was revealed between amino acid sequences of NTP-binding pattern-containing domains which are among the most conserved protein segments in dissimilar groups of ss and dsDNA viruses (papova-, parvo-, geminiviruses and P4 bacteriophage), and RNA viruses (picorna-, como- and nepovirus...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Gorbalenya AE,Koonin EV,Wolf YI

更新日期：1990-03-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Tea-catechin derivatives are shown to inhibit activities of caspases-3, 2 and 7 in vitro, and prevented experimental apoptosis at the cell and animal levels. Epigallo-catechin-gallate showed the strongest inhibition at 1 x 10(-7)M to these caspases, but cysteine cathepsins and caspase-8 were not inhibited. Caspase-3 i...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Katunuma N,Ohashi A,Sano E,Ishimaru N,Hayashi Y,Murata E

更新日期：2006-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The yeast PMR2/ENA1 gene encodes an ATPase involved in sodium extrusion and induced by NaCl. At low salt concentrations (0.3 M) induction is mediated by the HOG-MAP kinase pathway, a system activated by non-specific osmotic stress. At high salt concentrations (0.8 M) induction is mediated by the protein phosphatase ca...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Márquez JA,Serrano R

更新日期：1996-03-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent evidence indicates that cell-cycle regulating proteins are involved in apoptotic process in post-mitotic neurons. In this study, we examined cell-cycle regulators for G1/S cell-cycle progression after a transient focal cerebral ischemia induced by middle cerebral artery (MCA) occlusion. In the cerebral frontopa...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Wen Y,Yang S,Liu R,Simpkins JW

更新日期：2005-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The intestinal epithelium is equipped with sensing receptor mechanisms that interact with luminal microorganisms and nutrients to regulate barrier function and gut immune responses, thereby maintaining intestinal homeostasis. Herein, we clarify the role of the extracellular calcium-sensing receptor (CaSR) using intest...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Cheng SX,Lightfoot YL,Yang T,Zadeh M,Tang L,Sahay B,Wang GP,Owen JL,Mohamadzadeh M

更新日期：2014-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：:ATP synthesis rate, measured as the variation in external Pi concentration, varied as a linear function of either delta mu H+ or delta Gpin, in such a manner that the delta Gpin/delta mu H+ ratio increased while VATP increased. We also observed a linear dependence of the flux control coefficient of the Pi carrier on...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Beauvoit B,Rigoulet M,Guerin B

更新日期：1989-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The solution structure of the catalytic domain of MMP-20, a member of the matrix metalloproteinases family not yet structurally characterized, complexed with N-Isobutyl-N-(4-methoxyphenylsulfonyl)glycyl hydroxamic acid (NNGH), is here reported and compared with other MMPs-NNGH adducts. The backbone dynamic has been ch...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Arendt Y,Banci L,Bertini I,Cantini F,Cozzi R,Del Conte R,Gonnelli L

更新日期：2007-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Signal recognition particle (SRP) interacts with the signal sequence in nascent secretory and membrane proteins and directs them to the membrane of the endoplasmic reticulum. Membrane targeting is mediated by the 68 and the 72 kDa proteins of SRP. We have cloned and sequenced cDNA encoding the 68 kDa protein of canine...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Herz J,Flint N,Stanley K,Frank R,Dobberstein B

更新日期：1990-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Cloning and nucleotide sequence analysis of the human calcitonin mRNA from the BEN lung carcinoma cell line, a cell line known to secrete high-Mr forms of calcitonin, showed no difference in the coding region at the nucleotide level compared with calcitonin mRNA isolated from medullary thyroid carcinoma which secretes...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Riley JH,Edbrooke MR,Craig RK

更新日期：1986-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Dun1p and Rad53p of the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae are members of a conserved family of cell cycle checkpoint protein kinases that contain forkhead-associated (FHA) domains. Here, we demonstrate that these FHA domains contain 130-140 residues, and are thus considerably larger than previously predicted by s...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Hammet A,Pike BL,Mitchelhill KI,Teh T,Kobe B,House CM,Kemp BE,Heierhorst J

更新日期：2000-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：:High-molecular-weight [14C]hyaluronate was incubated with cultured fibroblasts from human uterine cervix and skin, and then the depolymerization of the hyaluronate was investigated. [14C]Hyaluronate in the medium of skin fibroblasts was depolymerized into a constant molecular weight (M(r) about 40,000), whereas that o...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Tanaka K,Nakamura T,Ikeya H,Higuchi T,Tanaka A,Morikawa A,Saito Y,Takagaki K,Endo M

更新日期：1994-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:We searched for the previously defined uncoupling protein (UCP) signatures [Jezek, P. and Urbánková, E. (2000) IUBMB Life 49, 63-70] in genomes of Drosophila melanogaster, Caenorhabditis elegans, Dictyostelium discoideum, and Arabidopsis thaliana. We identified four UCPs in Drosophila and one in Caenorhabditis or Dict...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Hanák P,Jezek P

更新日期：2001-04-27 00:00:00