Identification of additional homologues of subunits VII and VIII of the ubiquinol-cytochrome c oxidoreductase enables definition of consensus sequences.

abstract：:Several clinical studies have shown that cyclosporin A (CsA) is effective for treating a variety of chronic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. Because reactive oxygen species are believed to play a key role in the development of these diseases, causing cell apoptosis, we investigated whether CsA inhibits H2O2-induc...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Sugano N,Ito K,Murai S

更新日期：1999-03-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Acceptor stem variants of tRNA(fMet) (Escherichia coli) have been characterized by nuclear magnetic resonance. The wild type contains a C1-A72 mismatch pair which is crucial for its biological function. For comparison, the mismatch was replaced by regular pairs U1-A72 and C1-G72. Further variants contain an altered di...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Zuleeg T,Vogtherr M,Schübel H,Limmer S

更新日期：2000-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression of rat brain voltage-sensitive Na+ channel mRNAs in Schwann cells was examined using in situ hybridization cytochemistry and RT-PCR. The mRNAs of rat brain Na+ channel subtype II and III, but not subtype I, were detected in cultured Schwann cells from sciatic nerve and in intact sciatic nerve, which con...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Oh Y,Black JA,Waxman SG

更新日期：1994-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The timely and reliable processing of auditory and vestibular information within the inner ear requires highly sophisticated sensory transduction pathways. On a cellular level, these demands are met by hair cells, which respond to sound waves - or alterations in body positioning - by releasing glutamate-filled synapti...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Pangrsic T,Vogl C

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of progesterone, dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate and 17beta-estradiol on the synthesis and degradation of hyaluronate were investigated using human uterine cervix fibroblasts. The cells were incubated with [3H]glucosamine in the presence of the hormones and then [3H]hyaluronate was isolated from the medium....

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Tanaka K,Nakamura T,Takagaki K,Funahashi M,Saito Y,Endo M

更新日期：1997-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Ghrelin is a novel gastrointestinal peptide that stimulates growth hormone secretion, food intake, and body weight gain. Increased ghrelin secretion has been reported in such negative energy states as starvation and low body weight. We investigated the dynamics of ghrelin in rats with streptozotocin-induced diabetes, ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Masaoka T,Suzuki H,Hosoda H,Ota T,Minegishi Y,Nagata H,Kangawa K,Ishii H

更新日期：2003-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The O-chain polysaccharide (O-PS) of Bordetella avium was isolated from the lipopolysaccharide by mild acid hydrolysis to remove the lipid A, followed by hydrofluorolysis to remove the lipopolysaccharide core oligosaccharide leaving a residual O-PS for structural analysis. High resolution (1)H and (13)C NMR and MALDI ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Larocque S,Brisson JR,Thérisod H,Perry MB,Caroff M

更新日期：2003-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied whether the cooperative insecticidal effect of certain scorpion toxin pairs, namely either a combination of excitatory and depressant, or alpha and depressant scorpion toxins, would improve the efficacy of Autographa californica nucleopolyhedrovirus (AcMNPV) over a virus expressing only a single toxin,...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Regev A,Rivkin H,Inceoglu B,Gershburg E,Hammock BD,Gurevitz M,Chejanovsky N

更新日期：2003-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes syndrome (MELAS) is a rare congenital disorder of mitochondrial DNA. Five single nucleotide substitutions within the human mitochondrial tRNALeu(UUR) gene have been reported to be associated with MELAS. Here, we provide in vitro evide...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Hao R,Yao YN,Zheng YG,Xu MG,Wang ED

更新日期：2004-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The substrate specificity of purified PKC-alpha, -beta and -gamma has been investigated. A series of synthetic peptides based upon the sequence surrounding serine-7 in glycogen synthase were generated and used to determine the basic residue requirements of these PKC isotypes. While PKC-alpha and -beta are indistinguis...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Marais RM,Nguyen O,Woodgett JR,Parker PJ

更新日期：1990-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：:In kidney cortex tubules isolated from fed rabbits L-alanine is not utilized as glucose precursor, when added as a sole substrate. However, this amino acid decreases gluconeogenesis from low (up to 1 mM) 2-oxoglutarate concentrations and stimulates this process at higher (2.5-10 mM) ketoacid contents in the suspension...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Zabłocki K,Bryła J

更新日期：1989-12-18 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：:Rats bearing the fast-growing AH-130 Yoshida ascites hepatoma showed a marked cachectic response which has been previously reported [Tessitore et al. (1987) Biochem. J. 241, 153-159]. Thus tumour-bearing animals showed significant decreases in body and muscle weight (soleus and gastrocnemius) as compared to both pair-...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Llovera M,García-Martínez C,Agell N,Marzábal M,López-Soriano FJ,Argilés JM

更新日期：1994-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：:We explored the interactive effects of endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) genotypes and cigarette smoking on protein levels and enzyme activity in 33 postpartum placentas. Whilst the eNOS protein levels were lower in the rare allele (0.48+/-0.11, n=9 vs. 1. 05+/-0.10, n=24, P<0.01), the eNOS enzyme activity was ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Wang XL,Sim AS,Wang MX,Murrell GA,Trudinger B,Wang J

更新日期：2000-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucosamine-6-phosphate (GlcN6P) N-acetyltransferase 1 (GNA1) is a key enzyme in the pathway toward biosynthesis of UDP-N-acetylglucosamine, an important donor substrate for N-linked glycosylation. GNA1 catalyzes the formation of N-acetylglucosamine-6-phosphate (GlcNAc6P) from acetyl-CoA (AcCoA) and the acceptor subst...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Wang J,Liu X,Liang YH,Li LF,Su XD

更新日期：2008-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Boar semen contains a seminal plasma motility inhibitor (SPMI) that blocks the motility of demembranated-reactivated spermatozoa as well as of intact spermatozoa. In this paper, we describe the primary structure of SPMI, the coding of boar SPMI cDNA gene and its expression in various porcine tissues. Nucleotide sequen...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Iwamoto T,Hiroaki H,Furuichi Y,Wada K,Satoh M,Satoh M,Osada T,Gagnon C

更新日期：1995-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Coeliac disease is a chronic enteropathy caused by the ingestion of wheat gliadin and other cereal prolamines derived from rye and barley. In the present work, we investigated the mechanisms underlying altered barrier function properties exerted by gliadin-derived peptides in human Caco-2 intestinal epithelial cells. ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Sander GR,Cummins AG,Henshall T,Powell BC

更新日期：2005-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：:We have expressed green fluorescent protein (GFP) from A. victoria in the secretory pathway of HeLa cells by fusing it to the C-terminus of a secretory protein, chromogranin B. Under normal culture conditions at 37 degrees C maturation of GFP to the fluorescent form was not detectable. However, fluorescent GFP was obs...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kaether C,Gerdes HH

更新日期：1995-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：:ADP-ribosylation of HeLa nonhistone proteins was investigated by using [3H]adenosine as an in vivo radioactive label. The aim was to determine basic differences in the patterns of modification of interphase and metaphase nonhistones. Fluorography revealed a relatively small number of modified proteins for isolated met...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Adolph KW,Song MK

更新日期：1985-03-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The formation of fibrils by amyloid beta-protein (Abeta) is considered as a key step in the pathology of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Inhibiting the aggregation of Abeta is a promising approach for AD therapy. In this study, we used biocompatible nanogels composed of a polysaccharide pullulan backbone with hydrophobic ch...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Ikeda K,Okada T,Sawada S,Akiyoshi K,Matsuzaki K

更新日期：2006-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The WWE domain is often identified in proteins associated with ubiquitination or poly-ADP-ribosylation. Structural information about WWE domains has been obtained for the ubiquitination-related proteins, such as Deltex and RNF146, but not yet for the poly-ADP-ribose polymerases (PARPs). Here we determined the solution...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： He F,Tsuda K,Takahashi M,Kuwasako K,Terada T,Shirouzu M,Watanabe S,Kigawa T,Kobayashi N,Güntert P,Yokoyama S,Muto Y

更新日期：2012-11-02 00:00:00

abstract：:A large number of protein-protein interactions involved turn or loop regions. The excised linear peptides from these regions reveal complex conformational averaging. To circumvent this motional averaging and to stabilize the beta-turn conformation, extensive effort has been devoted to the design of constrained peptido...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Lee MS,Gardner B,Kahn M,Nakanishi H

更新日期：1995-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：:When bottromycin A2 was added to an in vitro protein synthesis system carried out by naturally occurring polysomes, it inhibited protein synthesis effectively. Examination of the 3 steps of peptide chain elongation revealed that the binding of aminoacyl-tRNA to the polyribosomes was inhibited by bottromycin A2. In con...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Otaka T,Kaji A

更新日期：1983-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated whether activation of integrin receptors could modulate the expression of monocyte chemotactic protein-1 (MCP-1) in human hepatic stellate cells (HSC), mesenchymal cells responsible for extracellular matrix synthesis within the liver. When compared to non-adherent cells, HSC plated on collagen types I ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Marra F,Pastacaldi S,Romanelli RG,Pinzani M,Ticali P,Carloni V,Laffi G,Gentilini P

更新日期：1997-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Re-analysis of the primary structure of the ribosomal RNA N-methyltransferase that confers self-resistance on the erythromycin-producing bacterium Saccharopolyspora erythraea has confirmed the presence of a C-terminal domain containing extensive repeat sequences. Nine tandem repeats can be discerned, with a decapeptid...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Dhillon N,Leadlay PF

更新日期：1990-03-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitric oxide (.NO) synthase (NOS) activity in subcellular fractions from cultured endothelial cells (EC) and lipopolysaccharide-activated J774.2 monocyte/macrophages was investigated by monitoring the .NO-mediated increase in intracellular cyclic GMP in LLC-PK1 pig kidney epithelial cells. The constitutive NOS in EC (...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Hecker M,Walsh DT,Vane JR

更新日期：1991-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Thioredoxin-interacting protein (Txnip) knockout (TKO) mice exhibit impaired response to fasting. Herein, we showed that activation of adenine monophosphate-activated protein kinase and cellular AMP levels were diminished in the heart and soleus muscle but not in gastrocnemius muscle of fasting TKO mice. Similarly, gl...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Andres AM,Ratliff EP,Sachithanantham S,Hui ST

更新日期：2011-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Apoptosis repressor with caspase recruitment domain is expressed at high levels in brain and myogenic tissues, consistent with a role to inhibit apoptosis in the terminally differentiated cells. Expression of ARC in cancers is not known. In this study, we reported that ARC was highly expressed in various non-myogenic ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Wang M,Qanungo S,Crow MT,Watanabe M,Nieminen AL

更新日期：2005-04-25 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：:The ACTH/MSH melanocortin core peptide sequence possesses neurotrophic properties in peripheral nerve. During functional neuroanatomical recovery after damage to peripheral nerves, Schwann cells play a significant role in facilitating regeneration. Here we employ a modified super-potent alpha-MSH analogue to solubilis...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Dyer JK,Ahmed AR,Oliver GW,Poulton CW,Haynes LW

更新日期：1993-12-20 00:00:00