L protein, encoded by psbL, restores normal functioning of the primary quinone acceptor, QA, in isolated D1/D2/CP47/Cytb-559/I photosystem II reaction center core complex.

abstract：:Prochlorococcus marinus SS120 is an ecologically important and biochemically intriguing marine cyanobacterium. In addition to divinyl chlorophylls (DV-Chls) a and b it possesses a particular form of phycoerythrin (PE), but no other phycobilins and therefore no complete phycobilisomes. Here, a spectroscopic characteris...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Steglich C,Mullineaux CW,Teuchner K,Hess WR,Lokstein H

更新日期：2003-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:For almost 30 years, Wnt proteins have been known as key regulators of many developmental decisions, including the formation of the embryonic axes, patterning of the CNS, limb bud outgrowth and segment polarity. However, live cell imaging of active Wnt proteins was rarely reported. Here, we have generated a Wnt2b-EGFP...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Holzer T,Liffers K,Rahm K,Trageser B,Ozbek S,Gradl D

更新日期：2012-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Preillumination of intact cells of the eukaryotic, halotolerant, cell-wall-less green alga Dunaliella salina induces a dark ATPase activity the magnitude of which is about 3-5-fold higher than the ATPase activity observed in dark-adapted cells. The light-induced activity arises from the activation and stabilization in...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Selman-Reimer S,Selman BR

更新日期：1988-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The inhibitory effects of various nitrogen-containing sugars on porcine kidney trehalase were studied. Validamycin A, validoxylamine A and MDL 25,637 were found to be potent, time-dependent inhibitors of the enzyme in vitro. The validoxylamine A-inhibited enzyme showed slow but reversible reactivation over time (t1/2 ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Salleh HM,Honek JF

更新日期：1990-03-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Polysulfide is a bound sulfur species derived from endogenous H2S. When mouse neuroblastoma, Neuro2A cells were exposed to tert-butyl hydroperoxide after treatment with polysulfide, a significant decline in cell toxicity was observed. Rapid uptake of polysulfides induced translocation of Nrf2 into the nucleus, resulti...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Koike S,Ogasawara Y,Shibuya N,Kimura H,Ishii K

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The uncoupling protein-3 (UCP3) is a mitochondrial protein expressed mainly in skeletal muscle. Among several hypotheses for its physiological function, UCP3 has been proposed to prevent excessive production of reactive oxygen species. In the present study, we evaluated the effect of an oxidative stress induced by hyp...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Flandin P,Donati Y,Barazzone-Argiroffo C,Muzzin P

更新日期：2005-06-20 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

abstract：:The internalisation of metabotropic glutamate receptor (mGluR1alpha) and its splice variant (mGluR1beta), in response to agonist and phorbol esters (PMA), has been studied. Both mGluR1alpha and mGluR1beta exhibit a similar rate of internalisation following PMA treatment, with a shift in their distribution from plasma ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Ciruela F,McIlhinney RA

更新日期：1997-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：:A peptide reproducing the G-H loop amino acid sequence of foot-and-mouth disease virus VP1 protein was fused to the solvent-exposed C-terminus of the bacteriophage P22 tailspike protein [Carbonell and Villaverde (1996) Gene, in press], a homotrimeric polypeptide with a strong beta-helical structure. This fusion does n...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Carbonell X,Benito A,Villaverde A

更新日期：1996-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：:We have demonstrated over a decade ago that hepoxilins cause the release of insulin from isolated pancreatic islets of Langerhans in vitro. However, no studies are available so far to indicate whether these compounds are active in vivo. The present study is the first to our knowledge which demonstrates that hepoxilins...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Pace-Asciak CR,Demin PM,Estrada M,Liu G

更新日期：1999-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：:2-Deoxyglucose and 5-thioglucose, in the same fashion as glucose, cause the inactivation of the rat hepatocyte glycogen phosphorylase and the activation of glycogen synthase. However, 6-deoxyglucose and 1,5-anhydroglucitol inactivate phosphorylase without increasing the activation state of glycogen synthase. With 3-O-...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Carabaza A,Ciudad CJ,Baqué S,Guinovart JJ

更新日期：1992-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The structure of the complex of Ras with the Ras-binding domain of its effector RalGDS (RGS-RBD), the first genuine Ras-effector complex, has been solved by X-ray crystallography. As with the Rap-RafRBD complex (Nasser et al., 1995), the interaction is via an inter-protein beta-sheet between the switch I region of Ras...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Vetter IR,Linnemann T,Wohlgemuth S,Geyer M,Kalbitzer HR,Herrmann C,Wittinghofer A

更新日期：1999-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the role of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in hepatocyte activation, we examined the expression of Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4), the putative receptor for LPS in human hepatocytes. TLR4 mRNA and protein expression was confirmed in human hepatocytes. Stimulation of human hepatocytes with LPS results in rapid de...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Migita K,Abiru S,Nakamura M,Komori A,Yoshida Y,Yokoyama T,Daikoku M,Ueki T,Takii Y,Yano K,Yastuhashi H,Eguchi K,Ishibashi H

更新日期：2004-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The major anthocyanin in A. thaliana is a cyanidin derivative modified by glycosylation as well as by the addition of three acyl moieties: malonyl, p-coumaroyl, and sinapoyl. We have isolated a member of the BAHD acyltransferase family which catalyzes this malonylation reaction by combining a reverse genetics approach...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： D'Auria JC,Reichelt M,Luck K,Svatos A,Gershenzon J

更新日期：2007-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNA (miRNA) play a pivotal role in the development of liver fibrosis. However, the functions of miRNA in hepatitis C virus (HCV)-related liver fibrosis remain unclear. In this study, we systematically analyzed the microarray data of the serum miRNA in patients with HCV-induced hepatic fibrosis. Among 41 dysregula...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Niu X,Fu N,Du J,Wang R,Wang Y,Zhao S,Du H,Wang B,Zhang Y,Sun D,Nan Y

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hordeum vulgare L. yellow stripe 1 (HvYS1) is a selective transporter for Fe(III)-phytosiderophores, involved in primary iron acquisition from soils in barley roots. In contrast, Zea mays yellow stripe 1 (ZmYS1) in maize possesses broad substrate specificity, despite a high homology with HvYS1. Here we revealed, by as...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Harada E,Sugase K,Namba K,Iwashita T,Murata Y

更新日期：2007-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Autophagy is an evolutionarily conserved stress response that promotes the lysosomal degradation of intracellular components. The bone marrow stromal cell-derived growth inhibitor (BDGI) functions as a stress sensor which is upregulated by oxidative stress and DNA damage. However, the role of BDGI in autophagic respon...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Zhang J,Wang L,Xu J,Tang Y,Huang B,Chen Z,Zhang T,Shen HM,Wu Y,Xia D

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A human placenta cDNA expression library was screened for genes inducing flat reversion when transfected into a v-K-ras-transformed NIH3T3 cell line, DT. One such gene was found to encode a Kunitz-type serine protease inhibitor, tissue factor pathway inhibitor-2 (TFPI-2). While the TFPI-2 mRNA can be detected in norma...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Izumi H,Takahashi C,Oh J,Noda M

更新日期：2000-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Botulinum neurotoxins (BoNTs), the causative agent of human botulism, are the most potent naturally occurring toxins known. BoNT/A1, the most studied BoNT, is also used as an important biopharmaceutical. In this study, the biological activity of BoNT/A1 is compared to that of BoNT/A2 using neuronal cell models. The da...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Pier CL,Chen C,Tepp WH,Lin G,Janda KD,Barbieri JT,Pellett S,Johnson EA

更新日期：2011-01-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Regulation of capacitative Ca(2+) entry was studied in two different multidrug resistance (MDR) protein (MRP1) overexpressing cell lines, HT29(col) and GLC4/ADR. MRP1 overexpression was accompanied by a decreased response to thapsigargin. Moreover, inhibition of capacitative Ca(2+) entry by D, L-threo-1-phenyl-2-decan...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Filipeanu CM,Nelemans A,Veldman RJ,de Zeeuw D,Kok JW

更新日期：2000-05-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondria process local and global Ca(2+) signals. Thereby the spatiotemporal patterns of mitochondrial Ca(2+) signals determine whether the metabolism of these organelles is adjusted or cell death is executed. Mitochondrial Ca(2+) channels of the inner mitochondrial membrane (IMM) actually implement mitochondrial ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Malli R,Graier WF

更新日期：2010-05-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Human uncoupling protein 3 (UCP3) has two RNA transcripts that arise from the differential processing of the same gene product. One encodes the full length protein (UCP3L) while the other encodes a truncated version (UCP3S) lacking the sixth membrane spanning domain. The roles of the two isoforms are not known, but a ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Renold A,Koehler CM,Murphy MP

更新日期：2000-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The long form of human uncoupling protein-3 (hUCP3L) is highly homologous to thermogenin (UCPI), the uncoupling protein of brown fat mitochondria, but is expressed predominantly in skeletal muscle. Its putative role is to regulate the coupling efficiency of oxidative phosphorylation and thus thermogenesis in skeletal ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Hinz W,Faller B,Grüninger S,Gazzotti P,Chiesi M

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this review, we summarize the currently available information on the membrane topology of some key members of the human ABC protein subfamilies, and present the predicted domain arrangements. In the lack of high-resolution structures for eukaryotic ABC transporters this topology is based only on prediction algorith...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Tusnády GE,Sarkadi B,Simon I,Váradi A

更新日期：2006-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Herein, we report that dihydrolipoic acid and lipoic acid (LA) plus lipoamide dehydrogenase and NADH denitrosate S-nitrosocaspase 3 (CASP-SNO). In HepG2 cells, S-nitroso-L-cysteine ethyl ester (SNCEE) impeded the activity of caspase 3 (CASP-SH), while a subsequent incubation of the cells in SNCEE-free medium resulted ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Sengupta R,Billiar TR,Atkins JL,Kagan VE,Stoyanovsky DA

更新日期：2009-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：:In Xanthomonas campestris, the causative agent of black rot in crucifers, the endoglucanase level is greatly decreased in the mutant deficient in Clp, a homologue of cyclic AMP receptor protein (CRP). It is established that Clp has the same DNA binding specificity as CRP at positions 5, 6, and 7 (GTG motif) of the DNA...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Hsiao YM,Liao HY,Lee MC,Yang TC,Tseng YH

更新日期：2005-07-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Meprin α and β, members of the astacin family of zinc metalloproteinases, are unique plasma membrane and secreted proteases known to cleave a wide range of biological substrates involved in inflammation, cancer and fibrosis. In this study, we identified proMMP-9 as a novel substrate and show that aminoterminal meprin-...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Geurts N,Becker-Pauly C,Martens E,Proost P,Van den Steen PE,Stöcker W,Opdenakker G

更新日期：2012-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Neopterin is synthesized by human monocyte-derived macrophages primarily upon stimulation with the cytokine interferon-gamma. We studied the influence of neopterin on the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in human peripheral blood neutrophils. Radical formation was measured using a biochemiluminometer. Neutr...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Razumovitch JA,Semenkova GN,Fuchs D,Cherenkevich SN

更新日期：2003-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, capsaicin (trans-8-methyl-N-vanillyl-6-nonenamide) induced an increase in the cell viability of the androgen-responsive prostate cancer LNCaP cells, which was reversed by the use of the TRPV1 antagonists capsazepine, I-RTX and SB 366791. In further studies we observed that capsaicin induced a decrease i...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Malagarie-Cazenave S,Olea-Herrero N,Vara D,Díaz-Laviada I

更新日期：2009-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:We have reported that histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors activate a member of the INK4 family, the p19INK4d gene, causing G1 phase arrest. We report here that HDAC inhibitor, Trichostatin A, activates another member of the INK4 family, the p18INK4c gene, through its promoter in Jurkat cells. Interestingly, the acti...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Yokota T,Matsuzaki Y,Sakai T

更新日期：2004-09-10 00:00:00