Interplay of positive and negative effectors in function of the C-terminal repeat domain of RNA polymerase II.

abstract：:A descriptive medium for the presentation of protein structure has been developed and used to evaluate the structure of the active site of bovine trypsin (EC 3.4.21.4). This technique, involving advanced computer graphics technology, permits the facile display of a representation of the molecular surface of proteins o...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Feldmann RJ,Bing DH,Furie BC,Furie B

更新日期：1978-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proinflammatory macrophages are key mediators in several pathologies; thus, controlling their activation is necessary. The endocannabinoid system is implicated in various inflammatory processes. Here we show that in macrophages, the newly characterized enzyme α/β-hydrolase domain 6 (ABHD6) controls 2-arachidonoylglyce...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Alhouayek M,Masquelier J,Cani PD,Lambert DM,Muccioli GG

更新日期：2013-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Cysteine-bound hemes are key components of many enzymes and biological sensors. Protonation (deprotonation) of the Cys ligand often accompanies redox transformations of these centers. To characterize these phenomena, we have engineered a series of Thr78Cys/Lys79Gly/Met80X mutants of yeast cytochrome c (cyt c) in which...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Zhong F,Lisi GP,Collins DP,Dawson JH,Pletneva EV

更新日期：2014-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Meningococcal meningitis remains a substantial cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide. Until recently, countries in the African meningitis belt were susceptible to devastating outbreaks, largely attributed to serogroup A Neisseria meningitidis (MenA). Vaccination with glycoconjugates of MenA capsular polysaccharid...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Henriques P,Dello Iacono L,Gimeno A,Biolchi A,Romano MR,Arda A,Bernardes GJL,Jimenez-Barbero J,Berti F,Rappuoli R,Adamo R

更新日期：2020-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Monocytes originate from precursors made in the bone and remain in the circulation for nearly 24 h. Much effort has been done to identify the molecules regulating transendothelial migration of monocytes during inflammatory conditions. In contrast, considerably less is known about the process of constitutive monocyte e...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Thomas-Ecker S,Lindecke A,Hatzmann W,Kaltschmidt C,Zänker KS,Dittmar T

更新日期：2007-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent evidence indicates a specific role for vascular endothelial growth factor a (Vegfa) during artery development in both zebrafish and mouse embryos, whereas less is known about signals that govern vein formation. In zebrafish, loss of vegfa blocks segmental artery formation and reduces artery-specific gene expres...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Covassin LD,Villefranc JA,Kacergis MC,Weinstein BM,Lawson ND

更新日期：2006-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Cysteine dioxygenase (CDO) catalyzes the oxidation of l-cysteine to cysteine sulfinic acid. Deficiencies in this enzyme have been linked to autoimmune diseases and neurological disorders. The x-ray crystal structure of CDO from Mus musculus was solved to a nominal resolution of 1.75 Angstroms. The sequence is 91% iden...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： McCoy JG,Bailey LJ,Bitto E,Bingman CA,Aceti DJ,Fox BG,Phillips GN Jr

更新日期：2006-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Maintenance of genome stability is carried out by a suite of DNA repair pathways that ensure the repair of damaged DNA and faithful replication of the genome. Of particular importance are the repair pathways, which respond to DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs), and how the efficiency of repair is influenced by sequence h...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Meyer D,Fu BX,Heyer WD

更新日期：2015-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:H2O2, in concentrations achieved in the proximity of stimulated leukocytes, induces injury and lysis of target cells. This may be an important aspect of inflammatory injury of tissues. Cell lysis in two target cells, the murine macrophage-like tumor cell line P388D1 and human peripheral lymphocytes, was found to be as...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Schraufstatter IU,Hyslop PA,Hinshaw DB,Spragg RG,Sklar LA,Cochrane CG

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vertebrate retinal photoreceptors, photoisomerization of opsin-bound visual chromophore 11-cis-retinal to all-trans-retinal triggers phototransduction events. Regeneration of the chromophore is a critical step in restoring photoreceptors to their dark-adapted state. This regeneration process, called the retinoid cy...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Golczak M,Kuksa V,Maeda T,Moise AR,Palczewski K

更新日期：2005-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Inorganic elements, although required only in trace amounts, permit life and primary productivity because of their functions in catalysis. Every organism has a minimal requirement of each metal based on the intracellular abundance of proteins that use inorganic cofactors, but elemental sparing mechanisms can reduce th...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Kropat J,Gallaher SD,Urzica EI,Nakamoto SS,Strenkert D,Tottey S,Mason AZ,Merchant SS

更新日期：2015-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：:We used digital fluorescence microscopy to make real-time observations of anaphase chromosome movement and changes in microtubule organization in spindles assembled in Xenopus egg extracts. Anaphase chromosome movement in these extracts resembled that seen in living vertebrate cells. During anaphase chromosomes moved ...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Murray AW,Desai AB,Salmon ED

更新日期：1996-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:A type of chromosome-free cell called SimCells (simple cells) has been generated from Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas putida, and Ralstonia eutropha. The removal of the native chromosomes of these bacteria was achieved by double-stranded breaks made by heterologous I-CeuI endonuclease and the degradation activity of end...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Fan C,Davison PA,Habgood R,Zeng H,Decker CM,Gesell Salazar M,Lueangwattanapong K,Townley HE,Yang A,Thompson IP,Ye H,Cui Z,Schmidt F,Hunter CN,Huang WE

更新日期：2020-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Synthesis of the 31-amino acid, inner membrane protein MgtS (formerly denoted YneM) is induced by very low Mg2+ in a PhoPQ-dependent manner in Escherichia coli Here we report that MgtS acts to increase intracellular Mg2+ levels and maintain cell integrity upon Mg2+ depletion. Upon development of a functional tagged de...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Wang H,Yin X,Wu Orr M,Dambach M,Curtis R,Storz G

更新日期：2017-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in levels of the newly discovered cytidine 3':5'-cyclic monophosphate (cyclic CMP) phosphodiesterase in some representative tissues (cerebral cortex, kidney, intestine, liver, heart, and lung) of guinea pigs from various developmental stages (fetus, neonate, pup, and adult) were studied and compared with those...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Helfman DM,Brackett NL,Kuo JF

更新日期：1978-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phytochrome photoreceptors control plant growth, development, and the shade avoidance response that limits crop yield in high-density agricultural plantings. Cyanobacteriochromes (CBCRs) are distantly related photosensory proteins that control cyanobacterial metabolism and behavior in response to light. Photoreceptors...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Lim S,Yu Q,Gottlieb SM,Chang CW,Rockwell NC,Martin SS,Madsen D,Lagarias JC,Larsen DS,Ames JB

更新日期：2018-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:This work describes a multifunctional phage lambda expression vector system, lambda YES, designed to facilitate gene isolation from eukaryotes by complementation of Escherichia coli and Saccharomyces cerevisiae mutations. lambda YES vectors have a selection for cDNA inserts using an oligo adaptor strategy and are capa...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Elledge SJ,Mulligan JT,Ramer SW,Spottswood M,Davis RW

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Posttranslational modifications (PTMs) of α-synuclein (α-syn), e.g., phosphorylation, play an important role in modulating α-syn pathology in Parkinson's disease (PD) and α-synucleinopathies. Accumulation of phosphorylated α-syn fibrils in Lewy bodies and Lewy neurites is the histological hallmark of these diseases. H...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Zhao K,Lim YJ,Liu Z,Long H,Sun Y,Hu JJ,Zhao C,Tao Y,Zhang X,Li D,Li YM,Liu C

更新日期：2020-08-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The recently discovered potato tuber (Solanum tuberosum) alpha-glucan, water dikinase (GWD) (formerly known as R1) catalyzes the phosphorylation of starch by a dikinase-type reaction mechanism in which the beta-phosphate of ATP is transferred to either the C-6 or the C-3 position of the glucosyl residue of starch. In ...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Mikkelsen R,Mutenda KE,Mant A,Schürmann P,Blennow A

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Homology-directed repair (HDR) is a critical pathway for the repair of DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) in mammalian cells. Efficient HDR is thought to be crucial for maintenance of genomic integrity during organismal development and tumor suppression. However, most mammalian HDR studies have focused on transformed and...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Kass EM,Helgadottir HR,Chen CC,Barbera M,Wang R,Westermark UK,Ludwig T,Moynahan ME,Jasin M

更新日期：2013-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Dominant mutations in the maize homeobox gene knotted1 (kn1) act nonautonomously during maize leaf development, indicating that Kn1 is involved in the generation or transmission of a developmental signal that passes from the inner layers of the leaf to epidermal cells. We previously found that this nonautonomous activ...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Kim JY,Yuan Z,Cilia M,Khalfan-Jagani Z,Jackson D

更新日期：2002-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：:We isolated mutant strains of the facultative anaerobe Salmonella typhimurium that grow either aerobically or anaerobically. Strict anaerobic mutants contained a defective DNA topoisomerase I gene (topI), while strict aerobic mutants contained a defective DNA gyrase subunit A gene (gyrA, also nalA). Topoisomerase I ac...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Yamamoto N,Droffner ML

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using tunicamycin, we have investigated the role of glycoproteins in membrane transport. Tunicamycin is a glucosamine-containing antibiotic that specifically inhibits dolichol pyrophosphate-mediated glycosylation of asparaginyl residues of glycoproteins. Inhibition of protein glycosylation in chick embryo fibroblasts ...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Olden K,Pratt RM,Jaworski C,Yamada KM

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2009 we reported that depletion of Dicer-1, the enzyme that catalyzes the final step of miRNA biosynthesis, prevents metamorphosis in Blattella germanica. However, the precise regulatory roles of miRNAs in the process have remained elusive. In the present work, we have observed that Dicer-1 depletion results in an ...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Lozano J,Montañez R,Belles X

更新日期：2015-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Human beings differ in their ability to master the sounds of their second language (L2). Phonetic training studies have proposed that differences in phonetic learning stem from differences in psychoacoustic abilities rather than speech-specific capabilities. We aimed at finding the origin of individual differences in ...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Díaz B,Baus C,Escera C,Costa A,Sebastián-Gallés N

更新日期：2008-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：:We posit that feasible reversal of the growth of atmospheric CH(4) and other trace gases would provide a vital contribution toward averting dangerous anthropogenic interference with global climate. Such trace gas reductions may allow stabilization of atmospheric CO(2) at an achievable level of anthropogenic CO(2) emis...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Hansen J,Sato M

更新日期：2004-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：:A Jurassic salamander, Beiyanerpeton jianpingensis (gen. et sp. nov.), from a recently found site in western Liaoning Province, China is the earliest known record of Salamandroidea. As a Late Jurassic record of the group, it extends the range of the clade by ~40 Ma. The Late Jurassic taxon is neotenic and represented ...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Gao KQ,Shubin NH

更新日期：2012-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:cDNA clones corresponding to the polypeptide that has been shown to be an endogenous diazepam binding inhibitor and may act as a physiological ligand for the benzodiazepine/beta-carboline receptor have been isolated from bacteriophage lambda recombinant libraries from rat hypothalamus, total brain, and liver. The clon...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Mocchetti I,Einstein R,Brosius J

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a simple theory that uses thermodynamic parameters to predict the probability that a protein retains the wild-type structure after one or more random amino acid substitutions. Our theory predicts that for large numbers of substitutions the probability that a protein retains its structure will decline expone...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Bloom JD,Silberg JJ,Wilke CO,Drummond DA,Adami C,Arnold FH

更新日期：2005-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the past 50 y, behavioral experiments have produced a large body of evidence for the existence of a magnetic sense in a wide range of animals. However, the underlying sensory physiology remains poorly understood due to the elusiveness of the magnetosensory structures. Here we present an effective method for isola...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Eder SH,Cadiou H,Muhamad A,McNaughton PA,Kirschvink JL,Winklhofer M

更新日期：2012-07-24 00:00:00