Thrombopoietin, c-Mpl ligand, induces tyrosine phosphorylation of Tyk2, JAK2, and STAT3, and enhances agonists-induced aggregation in platelets in vitro.

abstract：:Protein kinase D (PKD)/protein kinase Cmicro (PKCmicro, a serine/threonine protein kinase with distinct structural and enzymological properties, is rapidly activated in intact cells via PKC. The amino-terminal region of PKD contains a cysteine-rich domain (CRD) that directly binds phorbol esters with a high affinity. ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Matthews S,Iglesias T,Cantrell D,Rozengurt E

更新日期：1999-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Molybdenum is an essential micronutrient required by plants. The mechanism of molybdenum uptake in plants is poorly understood, however, evidence has suggested that sulfate transporters may be involved. The sulfate transporter from Stylosanthes hamata, SHST1, restored growth of the sulfate transport yeast mutant, YSD1...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Fitzpatrick KL,Tyerman SD,Kaiser BN

更新日期：2008-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:A yeast two-hybrid screen revealed that regulatory subunits (RII) of PKAII bind the Yotiao protein. Yotiao interacts with the NR1 subunit of the NMDA receptor. A purified C-terminal fragment of Yotiao binds PKAII, via an RII binding site constituted by amino acid residues 1452-1469, with a dissociation constant (K(d))...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Feliciello A,Cardone L,Garbi C,Ginsberg MD,Varrone S,Rubin CS,Avvedimento EV,Gottesman ME

更新日期：1999-12-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Six chimeras of the skeletal muscle (RyR1) and cardiac muscle (RyR2) Ca(2+) release channels (ryanodine receptors) previously used to identify RyR1 dihydropyridine receptor interactions [Nakai et al. (1998) J. Biol. Chem. 273, 13403] were expressed in HEK293 cells to assess their Ca(2+) dependence in [(3)H]ryanodine b...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Nakai J,Gao L,Xu L,Xin C,Pasek DA,Meissner G

更新日期：1999-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the amino acid residues required for the signal-transducing activity of the human c-Ha-Ras protein, we introduced point mutations at residues 45-54 near the 'effector region' (residues 32-40). We transfected PC12 cells with these mutant genes and also micro-injected the mutant proteins, bound with an unhy...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Fujita-Yoshigaki J,Shirouzu M,Koide H,Nishimura S,Yokoyama S

更新日期：1991-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Amino acid sequence alignment of the amino-terminal of thrombomodulin and pancreatic stone protein with the hepatic asialoglycoprotein receptor shows that these proteins are homologous. From the known disulfide bridge pattern of other proteins belonging to the same family two disulfide bonds can be predicted. The homo...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Petersen TE

更新日期：1988-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：:A selective PKC inhibitor, UCN-01, was shown to exhibit anti-tumor activity in vitro and in vivo. We investigated UCN-01 with respect to isozyme-specific PKC inhibition using purified recombinant or rabbit brain PKC isozymes, cPKC alpha, beta and gamma, nPKC delta, epsilon and eta, and a PKC zeta. Of the PKC isozymes ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Mizuno K,Noda K,Ueda Y,Hanaki H,Saido TC,Ikuta T,Kuroki T,Tamaoki T,Hirai S,Osada S

更新日期：1995-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied the pharmacological properties of genetically engineered human NK1 tachykinin receptors in which residues at the extracellular surface of the fourth transmembranal domain were substituted with the corresponding amino acids from the NK2 receptor. We show that substitution of G166C:Y167F in the human NK1...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Ciucci A,Palma C,Riitano D,Manzini S,Werge TM

更新日期：1997-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Cells of Saccharomyces cerevisiae were loaded with indo-1, by incubation in a medium of pH 4.5, which contained penta-potassium indo-1. Cells were then washed and resuspended in a buffer of pH 4.0. The emission fluorescence spectra were recorded between 390 and 500 nm (excitation at 355 nm) and the autofluorescent spe...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Halachmi D,Eilam Y

更新日期：1989-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) is a member of the beta chemokine family which acts through specific seven transmembrane receptors to recruit monocytes, basophils, and T lymphocytes to sites of inflammation. To identify regions of the human MCP-1 protein which are important for its biological activity, we h...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Steitz SA,Hasegawa K,Chiang SL,Cobb RR,Castro MA,Lobl TJ,Yamada M,Lazarides E,Cardarelli PM

更新日期：1998-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The guanine nucleotide exchange reaction catalyzed by elongation factor Ts is proposed to arise from the intrusion of the side chains of D80 and F81 near the Mg2+ binding site in EF-Tu. D80A and F81A mutants of E. coli EF-Ts were 2-3-fold less active in promoting GDP exchange with E. coli EF-Tu while the D80AF81A muta...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Zhang Y,Li X,Spremulli LL

更新日期：1996-08-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The secretion mechanisms of cathepsin L from osteoclasts in the process of bone resorption were investigated. The increases in bone pit numbers formed take place by PTH addition in parallel with the increases of cathepsin L and/or L-like proteinase activities in the culture medium of bone cells, and these were suppres...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Tagami K,Kakegawa H,Kamioka H,Sumitani K,Kawata T,Lenarcic B,Turk V,Katunuma N

更新日期：1994-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：:HBV particles with genome derived from spliced mRNAs accumulate in patients with virus-derived severe liver necrosis and fibrosis. We investigated the role of an intronic element (intronic splicing silencer-long, ISS(L)) on splicing of HBV minigene transcripts. Removal of the entire ISS(L) showed two-fold increase in ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Chowdhury JB,Roy D,Ghosh S

更新日期：2011-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The dynamics of changes in membrane potential, cytosolic free Ca2+, [Ca2+]i and immunoreactive insulin release were assessed in RINm5F cells. Membrane depolarization and a rise in [Ca2+]i preceded the stimulation of insulin release by D-glyceraldehyde. Forskolin, which raised the cellular cyclic AMP levels, stimulated...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Wollheim CB,Ullrich S,Pozzan T

更新日期：1984-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：:FT-IR analysis shows that treatment of F1ATPase with the inhibitors DCCD and Nbf-Cl, in the presence of saturating concentrations of ADP and AMP-PNP and in the absence of Mg2+, does not modify the secondary structure of the enzyme, but significantly modifies its compactness and thermal stability, although to different...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Lippe G,Tanfani F,Di Pancrazio F,Contessi S,Bertoli E,Dabbeni-Sala F

更新日期：1998-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：:LUSH is a soluble odorant-binding protein of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. Mutants not expressing this protein have been reported to lack the avoidance behaviour, exhibited by wild type flies, to high concentrations of ethanol. Very recently, the three-dimensional structure of LUSH complexed with short-chain ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Zhou JJ,Zhang GA,Huang W,Birkett MA,Field LM,Pickett JA,Pelosi P

更新日期：2004-01-30 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 binding of L-[35S]methionine in vivo labelled CryIC toxin to its receptor in brush border membrane vesicle (BBMV's) prepared from Spodoptera littoralis and Bombyx mori was studied. Both insect species were highly susceptible to the CryIC toxin in bioassays, B. mori being 7-fold more sensitive to CryIC than S. litt...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Sanchis V,Chaufaux J,Pauron D

更新日期：1994-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:In PC12 cells, cAMP stimulates the MAP kinase pathway by an unknown mechanism. Firstly, we examined the role of calcium ion mobilization and of protein kinase C in cAMP-stimulated MAP kinase activation. We show that cAMP stimulates p44mapk independently of these events. Secondly, we studied the role of B-Raf in this p...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Peraldi P,Frödin M,Barnier JV,Calleja V,Scimeca JC,Filloux C,Calothy G,Van Obberghen E

更新日期：1995-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously shown that Rap1 as well as its guanine nucleotide exchange factor Epac1 increases cell-cell junction formation. Here, we show that activation of Epac1 with the exchange protein directly activated by cAMP (Epac)-specific cAMP analog 8CPT-2'O-Me-cAMP (007) resulted in a tightening of the junctions and...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kooistra MR,Corada M,Dejana E,Bos JL

更新日期：2005-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Casein kinase-II (CK-II) belongs to the protein kinases recognizing serine/threonine in proximity to acidic residues in protein substrates. Crystallography and mutagenesis studies on the cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA) disclosed that glutamic acid-170 (E170), is important for interaction of substrates with the enz...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Dobrowolska G,Meggio F,Marin O,Lozeman FJ,Li D,Pinna LA,Krebs EG

更新日期：1994-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Turnip yellow mosaic virus (TYMV) is a positive-strand RNA virus able to infect Arabidopsis thaliana. To establish a TYMV infection system in Arabidopsis cell culture, TYMV replicons with the capsid protein gene replaced by a reporter gene expressing the Sh ble protein conferring zeocin resistance were used to transfe...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Camborde L,Tournier V,Noizet M,Jupin I

更新日期：2007-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The substrate activation behaviour of pyruvate decarboxylase from germinating seeds of Pisum sativum is characterised kinetically via stopped-flow measurements and discussed with respect to other species. The involvement of SH-groups in this process is demonstrated by reference experiments with chemically modified enz...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Dietrich A,König S

更新日期：1997-01-02 00:00:00

abstract：:In Graves' disease (GD) the presence of antibodies to the thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) receptor leads to stimulation of the thyroid gland. The thyroid stimulating activity of Graves' IgG is normally ascertained by bioassays measuring cAMP production. We have investigated the effect of Graves' IgG on the quantitat...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kung AW,Collison K,Banga JP,McGregor AM

更新日期：1988-05-09 00:00:00

abstract：:It is 40 years since cancer growth was correlated with neovascularisation. Anti-angiogenic drugs remain at the forefront of cancer investigations but progress has been disappointing and unexpected toxicities are emerging. Gap junction channels are implicated in lesion spread following injury, with channel blockers sho...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Zhang J,O'Carroll SJ,Henare K,Ching LM,Ormonde S,Nicholson LF,Danesh-Meyer HV,Green CR

更新日期：2014-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Vpu is an 81 amino acid protein encoded by HIV-1. Its role is to amplify viral release by two mechanisms: (i) docking to CD4 with the consequence of targeting CD4 for ubiquitine-mediated degradation, and (ii) formation of ion channels to enhance particle release. The intensive research on its in vivo function, combine...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Fischer WB

更新日期：2003-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Wilms tumor (WT) is a genetically heterogeneous childhood kidney tumor. Several genetic mutations have been identified in WT patients, including inactivation of WTX, somatic stabilizing CTNNB1, and p53 mutations. However, the molecular mechanisms in tumorigenesis remain largely unexplored. Stat3 is a transcription fac...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Cao X,Liu D,Yan X,Zhang Y,Yuan L,Zhang T,Fu M,Zhou Y,Wang J

更新日期：2013-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：:CXCR2 plays a key role in protecting the integrity of the endothelium. Emerging evidence has demonstrated that the long ncRNAs (lncRNA) Human metastasis associated lung adenocarcinoma transcript 1 (MALAT1) participates in the regulation of the pathophysiological processes. However, whether there is crosstalk between C...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Tang Y,Jin X,Xiang Y,Chen Y,Shen CX,Zhang YC,Li YG

更新日期：2015-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy is used to estimate the secondary structure of bacteriorhodopsin dissolved in chloroform-methanol (1:1 v/v), 0.1 M LiClO4. Curve-fitting of the deconvolved spectra in the amide I region shows that the total content of alpha-helices, reverse turns and beta-sheets are similar to t...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Torres J,Padrós E

更新日期：1993-02-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Monoamine oxidase B (MAO B) is an outer mitochondrial membrane protein that oxidizes arylalkylamine neurotransmitters and has been a valuable drug target for many neurological disorders. The 1.7 angstrom resolution structure of human MAO B shows the enzyme is dimeric with a C-terminal transmembrane helix protruding fr...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Binda C,Hubálek F,Li M,Edmondson DE,Mattevi A

更新日期：2004-04-30 00:00:00