Does calmitine, a protein specific for the mitochondrial matrix of skeletal muscle, play a key role in mitochondrial function?

abstract：:Feeding insects introduce oral secretions (OS) into the wounded tissue of the attacked plant. Various OS-derived molecules must be involved in subsequent processes including the induction of plant defence reactions. Using the planar lipid bilayer membrane technique, isolated OS were analyzed with respect to their memb...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Maischak H,Grigoriev PA,Vogel H,Boland W,Mithöfer A

更新日期：2007-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a radioimmunoassay for the peptide sequence Arg-Phe-NH2 (RFamide), a novel peptide has been purified from acetic acid extracts of the sea anemone Anthopleura elegantissima. This peptide has the structure less than Glu-Gly-Leu-Arg-Trp-NH2, and was named Antho-RWamide II. Antho-RWamide II is a neuropeptide. Its st...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Graff D,Grimmelikhuijzen CJ

更新日期：1988-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The promoter of the cholecystokinin (CCK) gene possesses evolutionary conserved juxtaposed E-box and cAMP/TPA responsive elements (CRE/TRE). We have examined the functional interaction of these two sites. As previously noted, c-Jun/c-Fos heterodimers greatly increase promoter activity through association with the CRE/...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Rourke IJ,Hansen TV,Nerlov C,Rehfeld JF,Nielsen FC

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Addition of hydrocortisone to the rat mammary gland myoepithelial cell line, G4.2.3, induces the synthesis and secretion of alpha 2-macroglobulin. Interleukin-1 beta, interleukin-6 and transforming growth factor-beta synergize with hydrocortisone, increasing the synthesis of alpha 2-macroglobulin 2- to 4-fold, althoug...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Warburton MJ,Gusterson BA,O'Hare MJ

更新日期：1993-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Coagulation factor VII contains ten gamma-carboxyglutamic acid residues in the N-terminal region (Gla-domain) which are essential for the hemostatic function of FVII. The present study shows that granulocyte cathepsin G degrades the Gla-domain of FVIIa in vitro. Characterization of the truncated FVIIa by SDS-PAGE and ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Nicolaisen EM,Petersen LC,Thim L,Jacobsen JK,Christensen M,Hedner U

更新日期：1992-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：:NELL1 is an extracellular protein inducing osteogenic differentiation and bone formation of osteoblastic cells. To elucidate the intracellular signaling cascade evoked by NELL1, we have shown that NELL1 protein transiently activates the MAPK signaling cascade, induces the phosphorylation of Runx2, and promotes the rap...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Bokui N,Otani T,Igarashi K,Kaku J,Oda M,Nagaoka T,Seno M,Tatematsu K,Okajima T,Matsuzaki T,Ting K,Tanizawa K,Kuroda S

更新日期：2008-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:NADP-malic enzyme (NADP-ME) is a widely distributed enzyme that catalyzes the oxidative decarboxylation of L-malate. Photosynthetic NADP-MEs are found in C4 bundle sheath chloroplasts and in the cytosol of CAM plants, while non-photosynthetic NADP-MEs are either plastidic or cytosolic in various plants. We propose a c...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Drincovich MF,Casati P,Andreo CS

更新日期：2001-02-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Ca4.calmodulin (Ca4.CaM) inhibits the glycolytic enzyme phosphofructokinase, by preventing formation of its active tetramer. Fluorescence titrations show that the affinity of complex formation of Ca4.CaM with the key 21-residue target peptide increases 1000-fold from pH 9.0 to 4.8, suggesting the involvement of histid...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Martin SR,Biekofsky RR,Skinner MA,Guerrini R,Salvadori S,Feeney J,Bayley PM

更新日期：2004-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：:A reversible two-step (native state<-->denatured state) folding mechanism based on equilibrium and stopped flow experiments is proposed for urea denaturation of the lipoyl-bearing domain (hbLBD) of human mitochondrial branched chain alpha-ketoacid dehydrogenase (BCKD) complex. The results from this circular dichroism ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Naik MT,Chang YC,Huang TH

更新日期：2002-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The chloroplast inner envelope translocon subunit Tic110 is imported via a soluble stromal translocation intermediate. In this study an in-organellar import system is established which allows for an accumulation of this intermediate in order to analyze its requirements for reexport. All results demonstrate that the re...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Vojta L,Soll J,Bölter B

更新日期：2007-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:When a high density of alpha1-subunit glycine receptor (GlyR) is expressed in Xenopus oocytes, two populations of channels can be distinguished according to their apparent affinity for glycine which differs 5- to 6-fold. To compare the open pore diameter of these channels, the relative permeability of formate with res...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Maammar M,Rodeau JL,Taleb O

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:α-Glucosidase hydrolyzes α-glucosides and transfers α-glucosyl residues to an acceptor through transglucosylation. In this study, GH13_31 α-glucosidase BspAG13_31A with high transglucosylation activity is reported in Bacillus sp. AHU2216 and biochemically and structurally characterized. This enzyme is specific to α-(1...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Auiewiriyanukul W,Saburi W,Kato K,Yao M,Mori H

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Shaker K(+) channels, formation of an electrostatic interaction between two charged residues, D316 and K374 in transmembrane segments S3 and S4, respectively, is a key step in voltage sensor biogenesis. Mutations D316K and K374E disrupt formation of the voltage sensor and lead to endoplasmic reticulum retention. We...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Myers MP,Khanna R,Lee EJ,Papazian DM

更新日期：2004-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Two major embryonic myosin heavy chains are expressed in embryonic chick breast muscle until the first week after hatching. Of these, one is already detected in the 8-day-old embryo. The other appears on day 12. Two putative slow embryonic isoforms represent minor components transiently expressed between days 8 and 12...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Hofmann S,Düsterhöft S,Pette D

更新日期：1988-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The tetraspanins associate with various surface molecules and with each other to build a network of molecular interactions, the tetraspanin web. The interaction of tetraspanins with each other seems to be central for the assembly of the tetraspanin web. All tetraspanins studied, CD9, CD37, CD53, CD63, CD81, CD82 and C...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Charrin S,Manié S,Oualid M,Billard M,Boucheix C,Rubinstein E

更新日期：2002-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Nucleoside analogues previously found to be inactive against the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) may be activated by simple chemical derivatisation. As part of our effort to deliver masked phosphates inside living cells we have discovered that certain phosphate triester derivatives of inactive nucleoside analogues ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： McGuigan C,Kinchington D,Wang MF,Nicholls SR,Nickson C,Galpin S,Jeffries DJ,O'Connor TJ

更新日期：1993-05-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Chloride intracellular channel proteins (CLICs) are distinct from most ion channels in that they have both soluble and integral membrane forms. CLICs are highly conserved in chordates, with six vertebrate paralogues. CLIC-like proteins are found in other metazoans. CLICs form channels in artificial bilayers in a proce...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Littler DR,Harrop SJ,Goodchild SC,Phang JM,Mynott AV,Jiang L,Valenzuela SM,Mazzanti M,Brown LJ,Breit SN,Curmi PM

更新日期：2010-05-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Incubation of isolated hepatocytes containing normal Ca2+ levels with angiotensin II, vasopressin or A23187 caused significant inhibition of the cAMP response to glucagon. Angiotensin II also inhibited cAMP accumulation induced by either glucagon or epinephrine in Ca2+-depleted hepatocytes. When submaximal doses of ho...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Morgan NG,Exton JH,Blackmore PF

更新日期：1983-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel protein that binds specifically to the intracellular domain of the p55 tumor necrosis factor (TNF) receptor was cloned by two-hybrid screening of a HeLa cell cDNA library. Data bank searches revealed high sequence similarity of the protein (55.11) to yeast, nematode and plant proteins, whose functions are yet ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Boldin MP,Mett IL,Wallach D

更新日期：1995-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The multidrug resistance protein (MRP) is an ATP-dependent transport protein for organic anions, as well as neutral or positively charged anticancer agents. In this study we report that dinitrophenyl-S-glutathione increases ATPase activity in plasma membrane vesicles prepared from the MRP-overexpressing cell line GLC4...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Hooijberg JH,Broxterman HJ,Heijn M,Fles DL,Lankelma J,Pinedo HM

更新日期：1997-08-18 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：:Antithrombin Glasgow is a hereditary abnormal antithrombin that has lost thrombin inhibitory activity. It was isolated from the plasma of a 41-year-old male with a history of thrombotic events. Antithrombin Glasgow was purified from plasma using heparin-Sepharose chromatography at pH 7.4 eluting with increasing concen...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Owen MC,Beresford CH,Carrell RW

更新日期：1988-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin receptors (IRs) that are truncated at the end of the ectodomain form dimers that bind insulin with different characteristics to wild type receptors. These soluble IRs have lowered affinity for insulin compared with full-length IR, and exhibit linear Scatchard plots in contrast to the curvilinear plots obtained...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Hoyne PA,Cosgrove LJ,McKern NM,Bentley JD,Ivancic N,Elleman TC,Ward CW

更新日期：2000-08-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Acylaminoacyl peptidase is a member of the prolyl oligopeptidase family. Amino acid sequence alignment suggests that the stabilization of the tetrahedral intermediate should be mediated by His507 rather than by a tyrosine residue found in the other family members of this serine peptidase group. The pH dependence of k(...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kiss AL,Szeltner Z,Fülöp V,Polgár L

更新日期：2004-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：:A new insertion sequence, IS186, has been identified from Escherichia coli and sequenced. It contains 1336 base pairs with a terminal inverted repeat of 22 nucleotides. A long open reading frame, from an ATG codon at position 55 to a TAG termination codon at 1327, could code for a polypeptide of 424 amino acids. This ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Chong P,Hui I,Loo T,Gillam S

更新日期：1985-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Ischemic preconditioning (IPrec) improves post-ischemic dysfunctions of the myocardium along with activation of protein kinase C isozymes including PKCdelta. Moreover, expression of cardio-protective determinants can reduce ischemic damages. Because IPrec is limited in aged hearts, we assessed in an experimental model...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Bartling B,Hilgefort C,Friedrich I,Silber RE,Simm A

更新日期：2003-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcium release from internal stores of Entamoeba histolytica, a parasitic protozoan, was observed by measuring fluorescence of Fura-2. Emptying of inositol(1,4,5)trisphosphate (Ins(1,4,5)P3)-sensitive calcium pools in permeabilized E. histolytica did not significantly affect subsequent calcium release by inositol(1,3...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Raha S,Giri B,Bhattacharyya B,Biswas BB

更新日期：1995-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Analysis of glutamic acid decarboxylase (GDC) (EC 4.1.1.15) from Escherichia coli ATCC 11246 revealed the presence of six pyridoxal phosphates (PLPs) as well as six covalently bound pyrroloquinoline quinones (PQQs) per hexameric enzyme molecule. This is the second example of a pyridoxo-quinoprotein, suggesting that ot...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： van der Meer RA,Groen BW,Duine JA

更新日期：1989-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently purified two closely related 33 kDa proteins from rat hepatic cytosol, designated bile acid binder I and II, which selectively bind bile acids with comparable affinity as glutathione S-transferase B. This work has now been extended to human liver in which we have identified a similar cytosolic binding acti...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Stolz A,Sugiyama Y,Kuhlenkamp J,Kaplowitz N

更新日期：1984-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular dynamics analyses were performed to examine conformational changes in the C-domain of calmodulin and the N-domain of troponin C induced by binding of Ca(2+) ions. Analyses of conformational changes in calmodulin and troponin C indicated that the shortening of the distance between Ca(2+) ions and Ca(2+) bindi...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Goto K,Toyama A,Takeuchi H,Takayama K,Saito T,Iwamoto M,Yeh JZ,Narahashi T

更新日期：2004-03-12 00:00:00