Interaction of peptides derived from the Fas ligand with the Fyn-SH3 domain.

abstract：:We report the identification, gene expression and biological activity of two parathyroid hormones (PTH; PTHA and PTHB), two PTH-related peptides (PTHrP; PTHrPA and PTHrPB) and a PTH-like ligand (PTH-L) with hybrid characteristics in puffer fishes (Takifugu rubripes and Tetraodon fluviatilis). Experimental data are con...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Canario AV,Rotllant J,Fuentes J,Guerreiro PM,Rita Teodósio H,Power DM,Clark MS

更新日期：2006-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Ku, a heterodimer of 70- and 80-kDa subunits, plays a general role in the metabolism of DNA ends in eukaryotic cells, including double-strand DNA break repair, V(D)J recombination, and maintenance of telomeres. We have utilized the yeast two-hybrid system to identify Ku70-interacting proteins other than Ku80. Two reac...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Song K,Jung D,Jung Y,Lee SG,Lee I

更新日期：2000-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclin B is a central regulator of transition from the G(2) phase of the cell cycle to mitosis. In mammalian cells two B-type cyclins have been characterised, cyclin B1 and B2. Both are expressed with a maximum in G(2) and their synthesis is mainly regulated on the transcriptional level. We show that a single cell cyc...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Wasner M,Tschöp K,Spiesbach K,Haugwitz U,Johne C,Mössner J,Mantovani R,Engeland K

更新日期：2003-02-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The dynamics of chromatin structure are tightly regulated by multiple epigenetic mechanisms such as histone modifications and incorporation of histone variants. In the current work, differentiation of an embryonal carcinoma cell line, NT2, was induced by retinoic acid, and total histone proteins were compared througho...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Shahhoseini M,Favaedi R,Baharvand H,Sharma V,Stunnenberg HG

更新日期：2010-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural freeze tolerance depends on cellular adaptations that address the multiple stresses imposed on cells during freezing. These adaptations preserve viability by suppressing energy-expensive cell processes in the frozen state. In this study, we explore the freeze-responsive expression of microRNA in hatchling pain...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Biggar KK,Storey KB

更新日期：2015-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:A new phagemid cloning vector for positive selection of recombinants, pBa-7, was constructed which contains an active barnase gene encoding the cytotoxic ribonuclease from Bacillus amyloliquefaciens, under control of the lac promoter. PBa-7 is a derivative of the high-copy number pBluescript II KS+ phagemid in which t...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Yazynin S,Lange H,Mokros T,Deyev S,Lemke H

更新日期：1999-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：:A 3.3 kb cDNA encoding the complete amino acid sequence of a calcium/calmodulin regulated protein phosphatase has been isolated from a Drosophila eye disc cDNA library. The predicted protein of 560 amino acids (molecular mass 62 kDa) is 73-78% identical to human PP2B isoforms. The cDNA hybridised to the X-chromosome a...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Brown L,Chen MX,Cohen PT

更新日期：1994-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitogen activated protein kinase in extracts of U-937 macrophage-like cells was stimulated by LDL and oxLDL. A maximum value (161% of the basal phosphotransferase activity) was obtained after 6 min exposure to oxidized LDL (27 microgram/ml) using APRTPGGRR peptide substrate. The activatory effect was more pronounced (...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Deigner HP,Claus R

更新日期：1996-05-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitrogenase is a two-component metalloenzyme that catalyzes a MgATP hydrolysis driven reduction of substrates. Aluminum fluoride plus MgADP inhibits nitrogenase by stabilizing an intermediate of the on-enzyme MgATP hydrolysis reaction. We report here the redox properties and electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) signa...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Spee JH,Arendsen AF,Wassink H,Marritt SJ,Hagen WR,Haaker H

更新日期：1998-07-31 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：:In this study, we demonstrated that tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases (TIMP) produced by human bone marrow stromal cell line KM-102 had erythroid-potentiating activity (EPA) which stimulates the proliferation of erythroid progenitor cells. We, then, propose a scheme for the bifunctional role of TIMP/EPA in hemato...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Hayakawa T,Yamashita K,Kishi J,Harigaya K

更新日期：1990-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：:We have reconstituted thin filaments comprising pyrene-labelled actin (pyr-actin), tropomyosin (Tm) and cardiac troponin (cTn). cTn was isolated in two defined phosphorylation states; completely dephosphorylated on all subunits and with only the cTnI subunit bisphosphorylated. The thin filament was saturated with cTn ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Reiffert SU,Jaquet K,Heilmeyer LM Jr,Ritchie MD,Geeves MA

更新日期：1996-04-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Various vertebrates use ultraviolet (UV) vision for such basic behaviors as mating, foraging, and predation. We have successfully interchanged the color-sensitivities of the mouse UV pigment and the human blue pigment by introducing forward and reverse mutations at five sites. This unveils for the first time the gener...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Yokoyama S,Shi Y

更新日期：2000-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Using radiolysis with (32)P enriched phosphate as an internal source of ionizing radiation, the formation of hydroperoxo-ferric complex from oxy-ferrous precursor with a high yield was monitored at 77 K in heme oxygenase (HO) by means of optical absorption spectroscopy. Well-resolved absorption spectra (maxima at 421 ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Denisov IG,Ikeda-Saito M,Yoshida T,Sligar SG

更新日期：2002-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The crystal structure of metagenome-derived LC9-RNase H1 was determined. The structure-based mutational analyses indicated that the active site motif of LC9-RNase H1 is altered from DEDD to DEDN. In this motif, the location of the second glutamate residue is moved from αA-helix to β1-strand immediately next to the fir...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Nguyen TN,You DJ,Kanaya E,Koga Y,Kanaya S

更新日期：2013-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：:A rapidly maturing variant of the red fluorescent protein DsRed was optimized for bacterial expression by random mutagenesis. The brightest variant contains six mutations, two of which (S4T and a silent mutation in codon 2) explain most of the fluorescence enhancement. The novel variants are expressed at 9-60-fold hig...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Sörensen M,Lippuner C,Kaiser T,Misslitz A,Aebischer T,Bumann D

更新日期：2003-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Plant G proteins of the ROP/RAC family regulate cellular processes including cytoskeletal rearrangement in polar growth. Activation of the ROP molecular switch is triggered by guanine nucleotide exchange factors. Plant-specific RopGEFs are exclusively active on ROPs despite their high homology to animal Rho proteins. ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Fricke I,Berken A

更新日期：2009-01-05 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：:Sphingolipids are implied in several regulatory processes, including cell death. Levels of the free sphingobase t18:0 (phytosphingosine) increase in Arabidopsis in response to the bacterial pathogen Pseudomonas syringae. To gain information on sphingobase-induced signaling, we determined kinetics of leaf reactive oxyg...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Peer M,Bach M,Mueller MJ,Waller F

更新日期：2011-10-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The trichothecene 3-O-acetyltransferase gene, Tri101, plays a pivotal role for the well-being of the type B trichothecene producer Fusarium graminearum. We have analyzed the cosmids containing Tri101 and found that this resistance gene is not in the biosynthetic gene cluster reported so far. It was located between the...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kimura M,Matsumoto G,Shingu Y,Yoneyama K,Yamaguchi I

更新日期：1998-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The ATP synthase capacity of rat heart myocytes can be measured in sonicates of cultured cardiomyocytes. In these cells, transitions in ATP synthase capacity occur on changing to the anoxic or uncoupled state (drop in ATP synthase capacity of over 40%) or on electrically stimulating the cells to contract (rise of 70%)...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Das AM,Harris DA

更新日期：1989-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Amyloid-beta peptide (Abeta), the major constituent of senile plaques in the Alzheimer's disease (AD) brain, is the main source of oxidative stress leading to neurodegeneration. The methionine residue in this peptide is reported to be responsible for neurotoxicity. Structurally similar substitution with methionine 35 ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Dai XL,Sun YX,Jiang ZF

更新日期：2007-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Initiation of translation in hepatitis C virus (HCV) is dependent on the presence of an internal ribosome entry site (IRES) contained in its 341-nt-long 5'-untranslated region (UTR). This region is very conserved among different isolates and has been used to classify HCV isolates in six different genotypes. These geno...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Buratti E,Gerotto M,Pontisso P,Alberti A,Tisminetzky SG,Baralle FE

更新日期：1997-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The off rate from the first calcium-binding site of the C2A domain of synaptotagmin I, a putative calcium receptor in neurotransmitter release, has been determined by 15N-nuclear magnetic resonance relaxation dispersion measurements. The exchange rate was obtained by fitting the dependence of the transverse relaxation...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Millet O,Bernadó P,Garcia J,Rizo J,Pons M

更新日期：2002-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The small GTPase Rho1 plays an essential role in controlling the organization of the actin cytoskeleton and synthesis of the cell wall in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Here we studied the role of Rho5 whose primary structure is very similar to that of Rho1. It was found that elevated expression of Rho5 ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Nakano K,Arai R,Mabuchi I

更新日期：2005-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunoblotting analysis was used to detect the microtubule-associated proteins present at different stages of rat brain development. Polyclonal antibodies were raised against the two main adult brain microtubule-associated proteins: MAP-2 (300 kDa) and TAU (60-70 kDa). Whatever the stage of development, anti-MAP-2 ser...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Couchie D,Nunez J

更新日期：1985-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate interactions between the polychlorinated biphenyl-binding protein uteroglobin and phospholipids, we used a liposome-pelletting assay. PCB-BP/uteroglobin bound to liposomes made from negatively charged phospholipids (PtdSer and PtdIns) in the presence of 5 mM calcium. No binding to liposomes made from ph...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Nord M,Gustafsson JA,Lund J

更新日期：1995-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Two genome sequences of Escherichia coli K-12 substrains, one partial W3110 and one complete MG1655, have been determined by Japanese and American genome projects, respectively. In order to estimate the rate of nucleotide changes, we directly compared 2 Mb of the nucleotide sequences from these closely-related E. coli...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Itoh T,Okayama T,Hashimoto H,Takeda J,Davis RW,Mori H,Gojobori T

更新日期：1999-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The cyclic AMP phosphodiesterases type 4 (PDE4s) are expressed in a cell specific manner, with intracellular targeting directed by unique N-terminal anchor domains. All long form PDE4s are phosphorylated and activated by PKA phosphorylation within their upstream conserved region 1 (UCR1). Here, we identify and charact...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Byrne AM,Elliott C,Hoffmann R,Baillie GS

更新日期：2015-03-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The functional characteristics of rat organic anion transporter OAT1 were investigated using Xenopus laevis oocytes. Uptake of p-aminohippurate (PAH) by the oocytes expressing OAT1 was markedly inhibited by glutarate, alpha-ketoglutarate and probenecid, moderately inhibited by folate and methotrexate, but not inhibite...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Uwai Y,Okuda M,Takami K,Hashimoto Y,Inui K

更新日期：1998-11-06 00:00:00