Cloning and expression of the hydrogenase gene from Clostridium butyricum in Escherichia coli.

abstract：:We report a rapid and sensitive colorimetric approach to quantitate the amount of glucose transporters exposed at the surface of intact cells, using L6 muscle cells expressing GLUT4 containing an exofacial myc epitope. Unstimulated cells exposed to the surface 5 fmol GLUT4myc per mg protein. This value increased to 10...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Wang Q,Khayat Z,Kishi K,Ebina Y,Klip A

更新日期：1998-05-08 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：:The kinetic constants of internalization of asialoorosomucoid were determined for normal and jejuno-ileal by-passed rat hepatocytes. In by-passed rats the maximum velocity of asialoorosomucoid internalization is decreased 3-fold, without any modification of apparant constant of internalization. Moreover, the rate cons...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Serbource-Goguel N,Dodeur M,Borel B,Feger J,Agneray J,Durand G

更新日期：1985-04-22 00:00:00

abstract：:A major difference between porcine and bovine pancreatic phospholipase A2 (PA2) is the relatively low affinity of the bovine enzyme for lipid-water interfaces. We have investigated the binding of porcine, bovine, and equine PA2 to n-hexadecylphosphocholine (C16-PC) micelles using optically detected magnetic resonance ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Mao SY,Maki AH,de Haas GH

更新日期：1987-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The gene for titin, a 4MDa myofibrillar protein, was analysed in golden hamster DNAs from different sources, using human cDNA probes and PCR. In the DNA from the BHK-21-Bi subline of baby hamster kidney cells, extended sequences coding for Z-line associated domains were missing, indicating a deletion that renders titi...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Jäckel M,Witt C,Antonova O,Curdt I,Labeit S,Jockusch H

更新日期：1997-05-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Many proteins located in the intermembrane space (IMS) of mitochondria are characterized by a low molecular mass, contain highly conserved cysteine residues and coordinate metal ions. Studies on one of these proteins, Tim13, revealed that net translocation across the outer membrane is driven by metal-dependent folding...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Terziyska N,Lutz T,Kozany C,Mokranjac D,Mesecke N,Neupert W,Herrmann JM,Hell K

更新日期：2005-01-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein kinase C (PKC) from human promyelocytic leukemia HL-60 cells can be resolved into three fractions (peak, a, b and c) by hydroxyapatite column chromatography. Peak a and c enzymes are indistinguishable from the brain type II PKC having beta (beta I and beta II)-sequence and type III having alpha-sequence, respe...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Hashimoto K,Kishimoto A,Aihara H,Yasuda I,Mikawa K,Nishizuka Y

更新日期：1990-04-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently the identity of the peptidyl-prolyl cis-trans isomerase (PPIase), which accelerates the cis/trans isomerization of prolyl peptide bonds and cyclophilin, the binding protein for the immunosuppressive drug Cyclosporin A (CsA), was discovered. The PPIase catalysis toward the substrate Suc-Ala-Phe-Pro-Phe-pNA has...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Hübner D,Drakenberg T,Forsén S,Fischer G

更新日期：1991-06-17 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigates to what extent the expression of the slow myosin heavy chain (MyHCI) isoform and the slow type sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ ATPase (SERCA2a) isoform are co-regulated in fibers of regenerating skeletal soleus muscle. Both overexpression of cain, a calcineurin inhibitor, or partial tenotomy preven...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Zádor E,Fenyvesi R,Wuytack F

更新日期：2005-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Isoenzymes of creatine kinase (CK, EC 2.7.3.2) in guinea-pig smooth, cardiac and skeletal muscles as well as in brain were analyzed by cellulose acetate electrophoresis and FPLC gel permeation chromatography. In crude tissue extracts of smooth muscles brain type BB-CK and the hybrid form MB-CK were detected, but in en...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Ishida Y,Wyss M,Hemmer W,Wallimann T

更新日期：1991-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Cholesterol is one of the major lipids of plasma membranes. Recently, we have shown that cholesterol depletion by methyl-beta-cyclodextrin (M beta CD) induces the activation of the Wnt/beta-catenin pathway and enhances myogenic differentiation. Here, we show that M beta CD-conditioned media accelerates myogenesis in a...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Portilho DM,Martins ER,Costa ML,Mermelstein CS

更新日期：2007-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Depending on experimental conditions we have found that photo-inhibitory treatment of photosystem II (PSII) core complexes, isolated from wheat, can generate two fragments of about 23-24 kDa that contain either the C-terminal or N-terminal regions of the D1-protein. A 24 kDa C-terminal fragment appears when the water ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： De Las Rivas J,Andersson B,Barber J

更新日期：1992-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Vav functions as a specific GDP/GTP nucleotide exchange factor which is regulated by tyrosine phosphorylation in the hematopoietic system. Loss of the amino-terminus sequences of Vav was sufficient to control its transforming potential and its function in T cells. We report here the identification of the hematopoietic...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Groysman M,Russek CS,Katzav S

更新日期：2000-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：:A sialidase resistant mono-charged N-glycan was isolated from glycosylation site I (Asn-24) of recombinant human erythropoietin expressed from baby hamster kidney (BHK-21) cells and constituted approximately 2-4% of the oligosaccharide material at this glycosylation site. Mass spectrometry and both 1- and 2-dimensiona...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Nimtz M,Wray V,Rüdiger A,Conradt HS

更新日期：1995-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The aspA gene, encoding the aspartyl-tRNA synthetase (AspRS) from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus sp. KOD1, was expressed in Escherichia coli. The KOD1 AspRS, which was purified to homogeneity and was shown to be functional in dimeric form, aminoacylated tRNA from KOD1. The optimum temperature for this activ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Fujiwara S,Lee SG,Haruki M,Kanaya S,Takagi M,Imanaka T

更新日期：1996-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：:A mutant of Escherichia coli has been described that produces an altered form of penicillin-binding protein 5 which still binds penicillin but is unable to catalyse the release of the bound penicilloyl moiety. We show that the mutation is caused by a single nucleotide transition that results in a change from glycine a...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Broome-Smith J,Spratt BG

更新日期：1984-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:To characterize energy metabolism in rat brown adipose tissue (BAT), we carried out differential screening of a cDNA library of BAT with a cDNA probe of white adipose tissue (WAT) and isolated one cDNA clone. It contained a single open reading frame of 2,316 bases which encodes a protein of 88.2 kDa. The predicted ami...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Yamazaki N,Shinohara Y,Shima A,Terada H

更新日期：1995-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1) is a transcription factor activated by hypoxia. The HIF-1 activation transduction pathway is poorly understood. In this report, we investigated the activation of extracellular regulated kinases (ERK) in hypoxia and their involvement in HIF-1 activation. We demonstrated that in human ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Minet E,Arnould T,Michel G,Roland I,Mottet D,Raes M,Remacle J,Michiels C

更新日期：2000-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanisms controlling fat depot-specific metabolism are poorly understood. During starvation of mice, downregulation of lipogenic genes, suppression of fatty acid synthesis, and increases in lipid oxidation were all more pronounced in epididymal than in subcutaneous fat. In epididymal fat, relatively strong upreg...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Sponarova J,Mustard KJ,Horakova O,Flachs P,Rossmeisl M,Brauner P,Bardova K,Thomason-Hughes M,Braunerova R,Janovska P,Hardie DG,Kopecky J

更新日期：2005-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Three clones were isolated from a lobster digestive gland cDNA library, using oligonucleotide probes based on the partial amino terminal sequence of a digestive cysteine proteinase. The cDNAs, LCP1, LCP2 and LCP3 encode preproenzymes of 322, 323 and 321 amino acid residues, and putative mature enzymes of 217, 216 and ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Laycock MV,MacKay RM,Di Fruscio M,Gallant JW

更新日期：1991-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Residues 370-383 (helix C) of the human nerve growth factor receptor (NGF-R) are highly similar to the sequence of the 14 residue wasp toxin, mastoparan. Both regions are predicted to form amphiphilic alpha-helices, as is the amino-terminal region of the third intracytoplasmic loop (i3) of the beta 2-adrenergic recept...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Feinstein DL,Larhammar D

更新日期：1990-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Canine aortic strip studies revealed insensitivity of angiotensin II (AII)-induced aortic contraction to inhibition by the non-peptide antagonist DuP753 (pKB = 6.7 +/- 0.1). In order to determine the origin of this phenomenon we cloned the canine homologue of the AT1 AII receptor. Expression of this cDNA in COS-7 cell...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Burns L,Clark KL,Bradley J,Robertson MJ,Clark AJ

更新日期：1994-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:125I-labelled angiotensin II (A II) specifically binds to solubilized receptors extracted from rat isolated glomeruli using CHAPS (3-[3-( cholamidopropyl ) dimethylammonio ]-1-propanesulfonate). The yield of solubilization of the binding sites was 3.3%. Equilibrium was reached after 15-20 min and specific binding repr...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Chansel D,Ardaillou N,Ardaillou R

更新日期：1984-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a nonenzymatic reaction which results in the radiolabeling of proteins by 32P-containing nucleoside triphosphates. The labeling reaction does not require any cofactors, but is greatly enhanced by the presence of alcohols. Even under optimal conditions, less than 1% of the protein molecules undergo modificati...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Schmidt MC,Hanna MM

更新日期：1986-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the cDNA-deduced primary structure of the chicken counterpart of the murine dilute gene product, a member of the myosin I family. Comparison of the chicken and mouse sequences reveals a distinct pattern of domains of high and low sequence conservation. An internal deletion of 25 amino acids probably reflects...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Sanders G,Lichte B,Meyer HE,Kilimann MW

更新日期：1992-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel rapid polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based technique for N-terminal attachment of green fluorescent protein (GFP) to a yeast protein is described. Genomic integration of a PCR-generated loxPkanMX4loxP-yEGFP fusion cassette immediately upstream of the open reading frame (ORF) allows for selection of G418 resis...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Prein B,Natter K,Kohlwein SD

更新日期：2000-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The nucleocapsid (N) protein of SARS coronavirus (SARS_CoV) is a major structural component of virions, which appears to be a multifunctional protein involved in viral RNA replication and translation. Heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein A1 (hnRNP A1) is related to the pre-mRNA splicing in the nucleus and translati...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Luo H,Chen Q,Chen J,Chen K,Shen X,Jiang H

更新日期：2005-05-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Titin is a giant protein which extends from Z-line to M-line in striated muscles. We report here the purification of a 150-kDa titin fragment, obtained after V8 protease treatment of myofibrils. This polypeptide was located at the N1-line level, in a titin part known to exhibit stiff properties correlated to an associ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Astier C,Raynaud F,Lebart MC,Roustan C,Benyamin Y

更新日期：1998-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The isolation and primary structure of a novel gastrointestinal peptide, designated valosin, is described. The peptide was purified from porcine upper gut extracts using an HPLC and N-terminal sequence screening strategy which depends on chromatographic and structural characteristics as isolation criterion. The amino ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Schmidt WE,Mutt V,Carlquist M,Kratzin H,Conlon JM,Creutzfeldt W

更新日期：1985-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Branched-chain 2-oxoacid dehydrogenase complex has been purified to near homogeneity by a simple, rapid procedure. The final product contains endogenous kinase activity capable of phosphorylating and inactivating the complex. Phosphorylation continues after complete inactivation, indicating the possibility of several ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Lawson R,Cook KG,Yeaman SJ

更新日期：1983-06-27 00:00:00