Structure-function relationships in the receptor for urokinase-type plasminogen activator. Comparison to other members of the Ly-6 family and snake venom alpha-neurotoxins.

abstract：:Hst1At (accession number AB018695) was identified from the Arabidopsis thaliana sequencing project on BAC T3F12, and the corresponding cDNA was isolated by reverse transcription-PCR. Southern blot analysis reveals a single copy of this gene. The cDNA encodes a root specific sulfate transporter of 649 amino acids. Hete...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Vidmar JJ,Tagmount A,Cathala N,Touraine B,Davidian JE

更新日期：2000-06-09 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the effects of anticancer drugs, inhibitors of microtubule organisation, on the mitochondrial permeability transition pore (PTP) in Ehrlich ascites tumour cells. Taxol (5-20 microM) and colchicine (100-500 microM) prevented closing of the cyclosporin A-sensitive PTP. No taxol or colchicine effects on oxidati...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Evtodienko YV,Teplova VV,Sidash SS,Ichas F,Mazat JP

更新日期：1996-09-09 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：:In this work, we investigated electron transport around the photosynthetic pigment-protein complex of Photosystem I (PS I) mediated by external high-potential electron carrier 2,3-dichloro-1,4-naphtoquinone (Cl2 NQ) and ascorbate. It has been demonstrated that the oxidized species of Cl2 NQ and ascorbate serve as inte...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Petrova AA,Trubitsin BV,Boskhomdzhieva BK,Semenov AY,Tikhonov AN

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bovine insulin can be split into several fractions by gel filtration on Sephadex G50. These are, in order of decreasing molecular weight, a new unidentified substance, proinsulin, and a large fraction containing several substances. Ultracentrifugal examination of the proinsulin in acetic acid solution (pH 2.3) gave a ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Zühlke H,Behlke J

更新日期：1968-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The induction of apoptosis by cell cycle regulator molecules under conditions optimal for exponential growth was examined in rat pheochromocytoma PC12 cells by overexpression of cyclins and cyclin-dependent kinases (cdks). By flow cytometry and by immunofluorescence, only cells overexpressing cdk4 or cyclin D1 underwe...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Katayama K,Dobashi Y,Kitagawa M,Kamekura S,Kawai M,Kadoya Y,Kameya T

更新日期：2001-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Amylin, a 37 amino acid product of pancreatic beta-cells, inhibits insulin-stimulated radioglucose incorporation into muscle glycogen. In the current study, we exercised rats and then prelabelled the glycogen pool by infusing [3-3H]glucose along with glucose and insulin. Subsequent amylin administration increased the ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Young AA,Carlo P,Smith P,Wolfe-Lopez D,Pittner R,Wang MW,Rink T

更新日期：1993-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The reversible folding/unfolding of a short peptide in solution is studied by molecular dynamics simulations. The effects of long-range electrostatic interactions are examined and found to be important both for the equilibrium between folded and unfolded states and the dynamics of the folding process. The neglect of l...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Aqvist J

更新日期：1999-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Classically, alpha-1,4-glucan synthases have been divided into two families, animal/fungal glycogen synthases (GS) and bacterial/plant starch synthases (G(S)S), according to differences in sequence, sugar donor specificity and regulatory mechanisms. Detailed sequence analysis, predicted secondary structure comparison ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Cid E,Geremia RA,Guinovart JJ,Ferrer JC

更新日期：2002-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Human seminal fluid contains a number of tripeptide amides with similar structures to thyrotropin releasing hormone (TRH), two of which have been identified as pGlu-Glu-Pro amide and pGlu-Phe-Pro amide. To determine whether these peptides originate in the same tissues and have the same molecular origin, TRH-immunoreac...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Linden H,del Rio Garcia J,Huber A,Kreil G,Smyth D

更新日期：1996-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The heterogeneity of computationally predicted reaction fluxes in metabolic networks within a single flux state can be exploited to detect their significant flux backbone. Here, we disclose the backbone of Escherichia coli, and compare it with the backbones of other bacteria. We find that, in general, the core of the ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Güell O,Sagués F,Serrano MÁ

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:EcL-DER, the aspartate/glutamate racemase from the pathogen Escherichia coli O157, exhibits racemase activity for l-aspartate and l-glutamate. This study reports the crystal structures of apo-EcL-DER, the EcL-DER-l-aspartate and the EcL-DER-d-aspartate complexes. The EcL-DER structure contains two domains, forming pse...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Liu X,Gao F,Ma Y,Liu S,Cui Y,Yuan Z,Kang X

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mild sonication of eukaryotic cells produces native plasma membrane sheets that retain their docked organelles, cytoskeleton structures and cytoplasmic complexes. While the delicate organization of membranous protein complexes remains undisturbed, their inner plasmalemmel leaflet can be rapidly exposed to bathing solu...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Bar-On D,Winter U,Nachliel E,Gutman M,Fasshauer D,Lang T,Ashery U

更新日期：2008-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been suggested that the C-terminal domain of Bcl-2 family members may contain a signal anchor sequence that targets these proteins to the mitochondrial outer membrane. We have investigated the consequence of deleting this domain upon cytochrome c release in yeast strains that coexpress truncated forms of Bax (i...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Priault M,Camougrand N,Chaudhuri B,Manon S

更新日期：1999-01-25 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：:Normal transcription and postranslational processing of the preprotachykinin (PPT)-I gene and regulated release of substance P and neurokinin A by the rat pancreatic endocrine cell-line, RINm5F, has been demonstrated, using radioimmunoassays (RIAs), reversed-phase (rp)HPLC and Northern blot analysis. This is the first...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： McGregor GP,Hartel R,Fehmann HC,Lankat-Buttgereit B,Göke B,Göke R,Voigt K

更新日期：1992-11-09 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：:SUPERMAN was identified as a putative regulator of transcription that acts in floral development, but its function remains to be clarified. We demonstrate here that SUPERMAN is an active repressor whose repression domain is located in the carboxy-terminal region. Ectopic expression of SUPERMAN that lacked the repressi...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Hiratsu K,Ohta M,Matsui K,Ohme-Takagi M

更新日期：2002-03-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Following exposure to 9-(2-phosphonylmethoxyethyl)adenine (an inhibitor of the cellular DNA polymerases alpha, delta and epsilon), human erythroleukemia K562, human T-lymphoid CEM and murine leukemia L1210 cells markedly accumulated in the S phase of the cell cycle. In contrast to DNA replication, RNA synthesis (trans...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Hatse S,De Clercq E,Balzarini J

更新日期：1999-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Mature dermal glands of Xenopus laevis contain storage granules with a characteristic ellipsoid shape. A few major proteins are present in these granules, including two with the same amino-terminal sequence and apparent molecular masses of 26 and 28 kDa. Using antibodies against these proteins, positive clones were is...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Berger H,Kreil G

更新日期：1989-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:(-)-Epigallocatechin-3-O-gallate (EGCG) exhibits anti-tumor activity mediated via the 67-kDa laminin receptor (67LR). In this study, we found that 67LR protein levels are reduced by exposure to low O(2) levels (5%), without affecting the expression of HIF-1α. We also found that EGCG-induced anti-cancer activity is abr...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Tsukamoto S,Yamashita S,Kim YH,Kumazoe M,Huang Y,Yamada K,Tachibana H

更新日期：2012-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Advanced glycation end products (AGE) are known to serve as ligands for the scavenger receptors such as SR-A, CD36 and SR-BI. In the current study, we examined whether AGE is recognized by lectin-like oxidized low density lipoprotein receptor-1 (LOX-1). Cellular binding experiments revealed that AGE-bovine serum album...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Jono T,Miyazaki A,Nagai R,Sawamura T,Kitamura T,Horiuchi S

更新日期：2002-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is a slow, infectious, progressive neurological disorder which results in human dementia. Synaptic membranes from various brain regions of guinea pigs infected with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease show increased guanyl nucleotide- or 5-hydroxytryptamine-mediated activation of adenylate cyclase. Thi...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Rasenick MM,Valley S,Manuelidis EE,Manuelidis L

更新日期：1986-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：:A lowered efficiency of oxidative phosphorylation was recently found in a Leber hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) proband carrying a mutation in the mtDNA gene for subunit 6 of the membrane-bound F0 segment of the F1F0-ATP synthase [9]. This phenotype was transferred to cytoplasmic hybrid cells together with the muta...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Majander A,Lamminen T,Juvonen V,Aula P,Nikoskelainen E,Savontaus ML,Wikström M

更新日期：1997-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：:In this work, we examined the antioxidant role of mucin, a typical sialic acid containing high-molecular weight glycoprotein. The function of mucin as a hydroxyl radical (.OH) scavenger was characterized using bovine submaxillary gland mucin (BSM). Non-treated BSM effectively protected DNA from the attack of .OH; howe...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Ogasawara Y,Namai T,Yoshino F,Lee MC,Ishii K

更新日期：2007-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：:After initial purification of ovine placental lactogen (oPL) using the procedures described previously [(1976) Endocrinology 98, 65-75], the oPL preparation was further purified by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) using an anionic exchange column (Bio-Sil TSK DEAE-2-SW). Two forms of oPL with different re...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Chan JS,Nie ZR,Seidah NG,Chrétien M

更新日期：1986-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：:In prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms, proteins are efficiently sorted to reach their final destinations in a whole range of subcellular compartments. Targeting is mediated by hydrophobic signal sequences or hydrophilic targeting sequences depending upon the compartment, these sequences being often processed. Protei...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Lazdunski CJ,Benedetti H

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cell-free system derived from carrot cell cytosol extract has been developed for reassembling nuclear structure around the added demembranated sperm chromatin of Xenopus. Morphological evidence suggests that reassembled nuclei display the typical characteristics of normal eukaryotic nuclei, such as double-layered nu...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Zhao Y,Liu X,Wu M,Tao W,Zhai Z

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:African horse sickness virus (AHSV), a member of the orbivirus genus of the family Reoviridae, is an insect-vectored pathogen of horses of concern to the equine industry. Studies on AHSV replication and pathogenesis have been hampered by the lack of reverse genetics allowing targeted mutation of viral genomes. We demo...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Matsuo E,Celma CC,Roy P

更新日期：2010-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Arabidopsis thaliana L. produces flavonoid pigments, i.e. flavonols, anthocyanidins and proanthocyanidins, from dihydroflavonol substrates. A small family of putative flavonol synthase (FLS) genes had been recognized in Arabidopsis, and functional activity was attributed only to FLS1. Nevertheless, other FLS activitie...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Preuss A,Stracke R,Weisshaar B,Hillebrecht A,Matern U,Martens S

更新日期：2009-06-18 00:00:00