Selective inhibition of the mitochondrial permeability transition pore at the oxidation-reduction sensitive dithiol by monobromobimane.

abstract：:Ca(2+)-dependent protein kinases (CDPKs) play an essential role in plant Ca(2+)-mediated signal transduction. Twenty-nine CDPK genes have been identified in the rice genome through a complete search of genome and full-length cDNA databases. Eight of them were reported previously to be inducible by different stress sti...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Wan B,Lin Y,Mou T

更新日期：2007-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The tailspike protein (TSP) of bacteriophage P22 is a homotrimeric multifunctional protein responsible for cell attachment and hydrolysis of the Salmonella typhimurium host cell receptor. Despite the folding of TSP involves the formation of thermolabile intermediates, the mature protein is extremely resistant to heat ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Carbonell X,Villaverde A

更新日期：1998-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent advances in our understanding of the structure of highly amplified DNA sequences in Streptomyces fradiae and lividans have enabled us to formulate a possible mechanism by which amplification may occur. An essential feature of the model is the generation of an amplification precursor, which comprises a circulari...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Young M,Cullum J

更新日期：1987-02-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The cDNA coding for a novel member of the cysteine-rich protein family was isolated from a rat brain cDNA library. It encodes a protein, denoted cysteine-rich protein 2 (CRP2), of 208 amino acid residues containing two tandem repeats of an unusual LIM/double zinc-finger-like motif. The ubiquitous tissue distribution a...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Okano I,Yamamoto T,Kaji A,Kimura T,Mizuno K,Nakamura T

更新日期：1993-10-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The covalently closed circular DNA (cccDNA) of hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a viral center molecule for HBV infection and persistence. However, the cellular restriction factors of HBV cccDNA are not well understood. Here, we show that TGF-β can induce nuclear viral cccDNA degradation and hypermutation via activation-ind...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Qiao Y,Han X,Guan G,Wu N,Sun J,Pak V,Liang G

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effective synthesis of the envelope antigen F1 of Y. pestis in E. coli HB101 is mediated by the expression of the caf1M gene. This gene was sequenced, and the protein encoded was found to have a significant homology with the chaperone protein PapD of uropathogenic E. coli. The data presented allow one to suppose C...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Galyov EE,Karlishev AV,Chernovskaya TV,Dolgikh DA,Smirnov OYu,Volkovoy KI,Abramov VM,Zav'yalov VP

更新日期：1991-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：:A cDNA clone (pUP-23) corresponding to a member of a protein family that includes inhibitors of trypsin and of heterologous alpha-amylases has been selected from a library derived from developing barley endosperm and its sequence has been determined. A stretch of 95 nucleotides that included the signal peptide and the...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Lázaro A,Rodriguez-Palenzuela P,Maraña C,Carbonero P,Garcia-Olmedo F

更新日期：1988-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:A full-length cDNA clone (RASC8) encoding glutaredoxin (thioltransferase) was isolated from a cDNA library of an aleurone layer prepared from a developing seed of rice (Oryza sativa L.). RASC8, 568bp in length, contained an ATG codon and two possible polyadenylation signals, and encoded 112 amino acid residues. Cys-Pr...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Minakuchi K,Yabushita T,Masumura T,Ichihara K,Tanaka K

更新日期：1994-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The human ether-a-go-go-related gene (herg) encodes a K+ current (I(HERG)) which plays a fundamental role in heart excitability and in neurons by contributing to action potential repolarization and to spike-frequency adaptation, respectively. In this paper we show that I(HERG), recorded in neuroblastoma cells and guin...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Rosati B,Rocchetti M,Zaza A,Wanke E

更新日期：1998-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The homeoprotein Engrailed (Engrailed-1/Engrailed-2, collectively En1/2) is not only a survival factor for mesencephalic dopaminergic (mDA) neurons during development, but continues to exert neuroprotective and physiological functions in adult mDA neurons. Loss of one En1 allele in the mouse leads to progressive demis...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Rekaik H,Blaudin de Thé FX,Prochiantz A,Fuchs J,Joshi RL

更新日期：2015-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The activity of the Ca-pumping ATPase of cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) is controlled by the phosphorylation of the intrinsic regulatory protein phospholamban (PLB), which affects both the apparent Km(Ca) and the Vmax of the transport process. We have investigated the correlation between phosphorylation of PLB an...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Chiesi M,Schwaller R

更新日期：1989-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The mutation of a single leucine residue (L38) to methionine (M) is known experimentally to significantly increase the affinity of the synthetic four-alpha-helix bundle (Aalpha(2))(2) for the anesthetic halothane. We present a molecular dynamics study of the mutant (Aalpha(2)-L38M)(2) peptide, which consists of a dime...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Davies LA,Zhong Q,Klein ML,Scharf D

更新日期：2000-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：:We characterized the promoter activity of a medaka fish intestinal guanylyl cyclase gene, OlGC6, by assay of enzyme activity in response to various promoter-luciferase fusion gene constructs introduced into CACO-2 cells and medaka fish embryos. A transient transfection assay of the various fusion gene constructs showe...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Nakauchi M,Suzuki N

更新日期：2003-02-11 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we investigated enzymatic deglycosylation of glucoamylase from Aspergillus awamori X 100/D27, a glycoprotein which has two N-linked and about forty short mannose-bearing O-linked sugars per molecule. O-Linked sugars were modified by treatment with alpha-mannosidase and N-linked sugars were removed using...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Neustroev KN,Golubev AM,Firsov LM,Ibatullin FM,Protasevich II,Makarov AA

更新日期：1993-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of tRNA in translating the genetic code has received considerable attention over the last 50 years, and we now know in great detail how particular amino acids are specifically selected and brought to the ribosome in response to the corresponding mRNA codon. Over the same period, it has also become increasingl...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Banerjee R,Chen S,Dare K,Gilreath M,Praetorius-Ibba M,Raina M,Reynolds NM,Rogers T,Roy H,Yadavalli SS,Ibba M

更新日期：2010-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The thermal blockage of QA-. oxidation was analysed in PS II membrane fragments by monitoring flash-induced changes of the relative fluorescence quantum yield as a function of temperature. The results obtained reveal: (a) in dark-adapted samples the fraction of QA-. that is not reoxidised within a time domain of 10 s ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Reifarth F,Renger G

更新日期：1998-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The final step in the biosynthesis of nicotinamide-adenine dinucleotide, a major coenzyme in cellular redox reactions and involved in intracellular signaling, is catalyzed by the enzyme nicotinamide mononucleotide adenylyltransferase (NMNAT). The X-ray structure of human NMNAT in complex with nicotinamide mononucleoti...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Werner E,Ziegler M,Lerner F,Schweiger M,Heinemann U

更新日期：2002-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Major myelin proteolipid (MMPL, also called PLP) and DM-20 are the two major intrinsic membrane proteins of CNS myelin. A specific immunological probe was obtained for MMPL by raising antibodies against the synthetic tridecapeptide 117-129 of MMPL. Antibodies against this peptide reacted with the MMPL but did not cros...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Trifilieff E,Luu B,Nussbaum JL,Roussel G,Espinosa de los Monteros A,Sabatier JM,Van Rietschoten J

更新日期：1986-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been suggested that the C-terminal domain of Bcl-2 family members may contain a signal anchor sequence that targets these proteins to the mitochondrial outer membrane. We have investigated the consequence of deleting this domain upon cytochrome c release in yeast strains that coexpress truncated forms of Bax (i...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Priault M,Camougrand N,Chaudhuri B,Manon S

更新日期：1999-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Okadaic acid is an inhibitor of the protein Ser/Thr phosphatases PP1 and PP2A, which blocks the activation of extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase 5 (ERK5), a member of the MAP kinase family activated by growth factors and several types of stressors. The blocking of ERK5 activation by okadaic acid was observe...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Garcia L,Garcia F,Llorens F,Unzeta M,Itarte E,Gómez N

更新日期：2002-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Sequence comparisons of 5 S and other ribosomal RNAs by segments can be useful in understanding anomalous primary and secondary structures and in assessing phylogenetic relationships. In a segmented analysis, the 5'-half of the Chlamydomonas reinhardii chloroplast 5 S ribosomal RNA is found to have a very close sequen...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Delihas N

更新日期：1987-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between glutathione deficiency, glycogen metabolism and ascorbate synthesis was investigated in isolated murine hepatocytes. Glutathione deficiency caused by various agents increased ascorbate synthesis with a stimulation of glycogen breakdown. Increased ascorbate synthesis from UDP-glucose or gulonol...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Braun L,Csala M,Poussu A,Garzó T,Mandl J,Bánhegyi G

更新日期：1996-06-17 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied the phosphorylation/dephosphorylation of several nuclear proteins in isolated nuclei from etiolated Avena seedlings as a function of red/far-red light. The effect of stimulatory (ADP-ribosylation by cholera toxin) or inhibitory (GDP beta S) conditions for GTP-binding proteins was also studied. Red or f...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Romero LC,Biswal B,Song PS

更新日期：1991-05-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Flavonoid 3'-hydroxylase (F3'H) and flavonoid 3',5'-hydroxylase (F3'5'H) are cytochrome P450 enzymes and determine the B-ring hydroxylation pattern of flavonoids by introducing hydroxyl groups at the 3'- or the 3'- and 5'-position, respectively. Sequence identity between F3'H and F3'5'H is generally low since their di...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Seitz C,Ameres S,Forkmann G

更新日期：2007-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The entire structure of a 98 kb genomic region that abounds in genes related to magnetosome synthesis was first described in the Magnetospirillum sp. strain AMB-1. The deletion of this 98 kb genomic region and the circular form after excision from the chromosome was detected by PCR amplification. This strongly suggest...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Fukuda Y,Okamura Y,Takeyama H,Matsunaga T

更新日期：2006-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Stable CHO cell clones which selectively express all three rat tachykinin receptors were established by transfection. The binding of radiolabled substance P and neurokinin A (substance K) to CHO clones expressing the NK1 and NK2 receptors, respectively, were saturatable and of high affinity (Kd = 0.17 nM (NK1); 3.4 nM...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Gether U,Marray T,Schwartz TW,Johansen TE

更新日期：1992-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：:We have compared the urea stability of the human aromatic amino acid hydroxylases (AAAHs), key enzymes involved in neurotransmitter biosynthesis and amino acid homeostasis. Tyrosine-, tryptophan- and phenylalanine hydroxylase (TH, TPH and PAH, respectively) were transiently activated at low urea concentrations and rap...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kleppe R,Haavik J

更新日期：2004-05-07 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：:Rhizobium sigma vegetative-dependent promoters are different from those of enteric bacteria and have never been characterized before. We report here the biochemical characterization of the ORF1-ntrBC promoter of Rhizobium etli. The minimal promoter region was located by means of a transcriptional fusion and further ch...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Martino M,Riccio A,Defez R,Iaccarino M,Patriarca EJ

更新日期：1996-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：:A metallothionein cDNA was generated from pea (Pisum sativum L.) roots, amplified by PCR and inserted into a plasmid for expression in E. coli. Purification of the resultant product generated 3 pools of cadmium-containing material after DEAE-cellulose chromatography. The amino acid composition of each was in excellent...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kille P,Winge DR,Harwood JL,Kay J

更新日期：1991-12-16 00:00:00