Temporary inhibition of papain by hairpin loop mutants of chicken cystatin. Distorted binding of the loops results in cleavage of the Gly(9)-Ala10 bond.

abstract：:We previously isolated a Saccharomyces cerevisiae mutant (HsTnII), which displays 40% reduced chronological lifespan as compared to the wild type (WT). In this study, we found HsTnII cultures to be characterized by fragmented and dysfunctional mitochondria, and by increased initiation of apoptosis during chronological...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Aerts AM,Zabrocki P,Govaert G,Mathys J,Carmona-Gutierrez D,Madeo F,Winderickx J,Cammue BP,Thevissen K

更新日期：2009-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The lateral diffusion of BK(Ca) channels was previously shown to be highly 'confined' in the COS-7 cell membrane. Here we report that the diffusion coefficient and the confinement area of BK(Ca) channel were significantly increased by the treatment of latrunculin A, an actin-depolymerizing agent, but not by microtubul...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Won S,Lee BC,Park CS

更新日期：2011-07-21 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：:Three single-stranded RNA transcripts synthesized in vitro by a virion-associated RNA polymerase of bacteriophage phi 6 were sequenced at their 5'- and 3'-termini. The sequences agreed with those of the + strands of the 3 double-stranded RNA segments [FEBS Lett. (1982) 141,111-115]. The results show that the transcrip...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Emori Y,Iba H,Okada Y

更新日期：1982-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor suppressor WW domain-containing oxidoreductase (WWOX) is depleted in various cancer types. Here we report that WWOX is modified by small ubiquitin-like modifier (SUMO) proteins and represses DU145 prostate cancer tumorigenesis in a SUMOylation-dependent manner. Ectopic WWOX was shown to associate with SUMO2/3 or...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Choi HJ,Park JH,Park JH,Lee KB,Oh SM

更新日期：2015-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we have identified 876 polymorphism sites in 145 complete or partial genomes of SARS-CoV available in the NCBI GenBank. One hundred and seventy-four of these sites existed in two or more SARS-CoV genome sequences. According to the sequence polymorphism, all SARS-CoVs can be divided into three groups: (I...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Wang ZG,Zheng ZH,Shang L,Li LJ,Cong LM,Feng MG,Luo Y,Cheng SY,Zhang YJ,Ru MG,Wang ZX,Bao QY

更新日期：2005-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Peptide T, an octapeptide of sequence ASTTTNYT that binds to human T cells, was studied as a zwitterion in DMSOd6 solution by means of proton NMR spectroscopy at 500 MHz. The unusual dispersion of the resonances of residues of the same type (T) makes it possible to assign all resonances to specific residues by means o...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Picone D,Temussi PA,Marastoni M,Tomatis R,Motta A

更新日期：1988-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The colony-forming ability of catalase-deficient Escherichia coli mutant genetically modified to produce eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) showed less decrease than in a control strain producing no EPA, when treated with 0.3mM hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2)) under non-growth conditions. H(2)O(2)-induced protein carbonylation w...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Nishida T,Orikasa Y,Watanabe K,Okuyama H

更新日期：2006-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The determination of protein structure by NMR is restricted at molecular masses above 10 kDa by overlapping resonances. One way of overcoming this problem is to label the protein with 15N. The conventional way to record 15N spectra is to use heteronuclear multiple-quantum coherence. We present here an alternative appr...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Norwood TJ,Boyd J,Campbell ID

更新日期：1989-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The binding of protein HU from Escherichia coli to nucleic acids was investigated by affinity chromatography under various conditions, by a nitrocellulose retention assay and by isopycnic centrifugations in metrizamide gradients. The results indicate that HU has a preference for binding to RNA and single-stranded DNA ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Holck A,Kleppe K

更新日期：1985-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of ribosomal protein L5 on the conformation of 5 S rRNA in the 5 S rRNA-protein L5 complex extracted from rat liver ribosomes have been studied by laser Raman spectroscopy. A comparison of the spectra shows small protein-induced conformational changes in the 5 S rRNA, but most of the base-paired regions ap...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Fabian H,Böhm S,Carius W,Misselwitz R,Welfle H

更新日期：1983-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Caloric restriction (CR) is the most compelling example of lifespan extension by external manipulation. Although the molecular mechanisms remain unknown, the theory of hormesis has been invoked to explain the life promoting effects of CR. Hormesis is defined as the beneficial effects of low intensity stressor on a cel...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kharade SV,Mittal N,Das SP,Sinha P,Roy N

更新日期：2005-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Silent information regulator 2 (Sir2) is an NAD(+)-dependent histone deacetylase that establishes repressive chromatin status and extends the life span of both budding yeast and the nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans. There is growing evidence that its mammalian homologue Sir2alpha protects cells from stress-induced...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Ohsawa S,Miura M

更新日期：2006-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Calpain, a Ca2+-dependent biomodulator, alters the properties of substrate proteins by cleaving them at a limited number of specific sites. Recent studies of the structure-function relationship of calpain and X-ray analysis of its Ca2+-binding domain have revealed hitherto unknown features of the regulation of calpain...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Suzuki K,Sorimachi H

更新日期：1998-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:We report that sodium butyrate, a natural product of fiber degradation by colonic bacteria, markedly suppresses c-Myc-mediated apoptosis induced in murine plasmacytomas and human Burkitt lymphomas by growth factor deprivation, but not in cell lines devoid of c-myc translocations. Attenuation of cell death is associate...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Alexandrov I,Romanova L,Mushinski F,Nordan R

更新日期：1998-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The OxyR protein is a transcriptional activator for a subset of peroxide stress-inducible genes, most of which are involved in defense systems against oxidative stress. Recently, it was demonstrated that purified OxyR has one intramolecular disulfide bond, which led to the proposal that the reversible disulfide bond f...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Tao K

更新日期：1999-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Cellular homeostasis is linked tightly to mitochondrial functions. Some damage to mitochondrial proteins and nucleic acids can lead to the depolarization of the inner mitochondrial membrane, thereby sensitizing impaired mitochondria for selective elimination by autophagy. Mitochondrial dysfunction is one of the key as...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Tanaka A

更新日期：2010-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic animals are vulnerable to cold stress. Uncoupling proteins (UCPs) play an important role in regulating thermogenesis. We investigated the gene expressions of UCPs in brown adipose tissue (BAT), white adipose tissue (WAT), liver and gastrocnemius muscle of STZ-diabetic rats using N...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kageyama H,Suga A,Kashiba M,Oka J,Osaka T,Kashiwa T,Hirano T,Nemoto K,Namba Y,Ricquier D,Giacobino JP,Inoue S

更新日期：1998-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The inhibitory glycine receptor (GlyR) is a ligand-gated chloride channel protein which displays developmental heterogeneity in the mammalian central nervous system. Here we describe 2 novel cDNA variants of the rat GlyR alpha 2 subunit and demonstrate that alternative splicing generates these 2 isoforms. The deduced ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kuhse J,Kuryatov A,Maulet Y,Malosio ML,Schmieden V,Betz H

更新日期：1991-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：:H/D isotope exchange effects on P680+. reduction by Yz and electron abstraction from the water oxidizing complex (WOC) in redox state S3 by YZOX were analyzed in PS II core complexes from spinach by measurements of laser flash induced absorption changes at 820 nm and 355 nm. The results obtained reveal: (1) the rate o...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Karge M,Irrgang KD,Sellin S,Feinäugle R,Liu B,Eckert HJ,Eichler HJ,Renger G

更新日期：1996-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：:By use of the patch clamp technique, we have compared the electrophysiological signature of OmpC porin channels at neutral and acidic pH. The perfusion of pH 5.4 buffer to the periplasmic side of excised patches promoted the closure or block of approximately 20% of the open porins present in the patch without changes ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Liu N,Delcour AH

更新日期：1998-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Regulatory protein kinases are involved in various cellular processes such as proliferation, differentiation, and apoptosis. Using cDNA differential display, we identified MOK, a member of the mitogen-activated protein kinase superfamily, as one of the genes induced by a caudal-related homeobox transcription factor, C...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Uesaka T,Kageyama N

更新日期：2004-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelial dysfunction plays a major role in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. Pro-inflammatory cytokines such as interleukin-1 beta and tumour necrosis factor alpha activate endothelial cells changing their resting phenotype to become pro-adhesive, pro-thrombotic and pro-atherogenic. Phage display in vivo biopann...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Houston P,Goodman J,Lewis A,Campbell CJ,Braddock M

更新日期：2001-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The contents of sterol derivatives (sterols + esters, glycosides and acylated glycosides) have been determined using thin layer chromatography in leaves and bulky and organs from carrots (Daucus carota L.) potato (Solanum tuberosum L.), onion (Allium cepa L.) two varieties of radish (Raphanus sativus L.) and Gentiana ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Eichenberger W,Grob EC

更新日期：1970-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Zinc metallopeptidases that contain the His-Glu-Xaa-Xaa-His (HEXXH) motif generally have a third ligand of the metal ion that may be either a Glu residue (in clan MA) or a His residue (in clan MB) (Rawlings and Barrett (1995) Methods Enzymol. 248, 183-228). Thimet oligopeptidase has not yet been assigned to either cla...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Chen JM,Stevens RA,Wray PW,Rawlings ND,Barrett AJ

更新日期：1998-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:It is increasingly clear that microRNAs play a crucial role in tumorigenesis. Recently, emerging evidence suggested that miR-26a is aberrantly expressed in tumor tissues. In our study, frequent down-regulation of miR-26a was observed in 10 human bladder cancer tissues. Forced expression of miR-26a in the bladder cance...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Lin Y,Chen H,Hu Z,Mao Y,Xu X,Zhu Y,Xu X,Wu J,Li S,Mao Q,Zheng X,Xie L

更新日期：2013-08-02 00:00:00

abstract：:There is considerable epidemiological evidence that tea drinking lowers the risk of heart disease. However, the mechanism by which tea can be protective is unknown. Hamsters were fed a normal or high cholesterol diet for 2 weeks and drank green or black tea ad libitum. The plasma lipid profile was significantly improv...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Vinson JA,Dabbagh YA

更新日期：1998-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of the present investigation relate the effects of the nutritional state and administration of clofibric acid (CLA), a hypolipidaemic drug and peroxisomal proliferator, on phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) synthesis in rat liver and fatty acid metabolism. Fasting and CLA treatment of animals causes an increase...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Lenart J,Komańska I,Pikuła S,Jasińska R

更新日期：1998-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of the RNA-binding protein human antigen R (HuR) in hepatocarcinogenesis is still elusive. By employing short hairpin (sh)RNA-dependent knockdown approach, we demonstrate that lymphotoxin α (LTα) is a target of posttranscriptional gene regulation by HuR in hepatocellular carcinoma (HepG2) cells. Consequently,...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Steinmeyer N,Doller A,Biyanee A,Brauss T,Schmid T,Pfeilschifter J,Eberhardt W

更新日期：2015-07-08 00:00:00

abstract：:We identified cDNAs coding for homologues to tetrapod prion proteins (PrPs) in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and Japanese pufferfish (Fugu rubripes), which were termed 'similar to PrPs' (stPrPs). Besides significant sequence homologies the fish stPrPs display characteristic structural features in common with tetrapod ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Oidtmann B,Simon D,Holtkamp N,Hoffmann R,Baier M

更新日期：2003-03-13 00:00:00