Expression of the catalytic domain of cyclic GMP-dependent protein kinase in a baculovirus system.

abstract：:The role of retinoic acids (RA) on liver fatty acid-binding protein (L-FABP) expression was investigated in the well differentiated FAO rat hepatoma cell line. 9-cis-Retinoic acid (9-cis-RA) specifically enhanced L-FABP mRNA levels in a time- and dose-dependent manner. The higher induction was found 6 h after addition...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Poirier H,Braissant O,Niot I,Wahli W,Besnard P

更新日期：1997-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：:A recombinant antibody light chain (L chain) maintained under non-denaturing conditions displayed preferential cleavage of synthetic peptides conjugated to methylcoumarinamide (MCA) on the C-terminal side of Arg and Lys residues. The same L chain renatured from a denaturing solvent (guanidine hydrochloride) acquired t...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Sun M,Paul S

更新日期：1997-05-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Heparin Binding Hemagglutinin A (HBHA) is hitherto the sole virulence factor associated with tuberculosis dissemination from the lungs, the site of primary infection, to epithelial cells. We have previously reported the solution structure of HBHA, a dimeric and elongated molecule. Since oligomerisation of HBHA is asso...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Esposito C,Carullo P,Pedone E,Graziano G,Del Vecchio P,Berisio R

更新日期：2010-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Amyloid-beta peptide (Abeta), the major constituent of senile plaques in the Alzheimer's disease (AD) brain, is the main source of oxidative stress leading to neurodegeneration. The methionine residue in this peptide is reported to be responsible for neurotoxicity. Structurally similar substitution with methionine 35 ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Dai XL,Sun YX,Jiang ZF

更新日期：2007-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Peptic digestion of bovine hemoglobin yields a fragment with antibacterial activity. This peptide was purified to homogeneity by a two-step procedure including anion exchange chromatography and preparative reversed-phase HPLC. Mass determination and fragmentation indicated that this peptide corresponded to the 1-23 fr...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Froidevaux R,Krier F,Nedjar-Arroume N,Vercaigne-Marko D,Kosciarz E,Ruckebusch C,Dhulster P,Guillochon D

更新日期：2001-02-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The oleosin glycine-rich protein genes Atgrp-6, Atgrp-7, and Atgrp-8 occur in clusters in the Arabidopsis genome and are expressed specifically in the tapetum cells. The cis-regulatory regions involved in the tissue-specific gene expression were investigated by fusing different segments of the gene cluster to the uidA...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Franco LO,de O Manes CL,Hamdi S,Sachetto-Martins G,de Oliveira DE

更新日期：2002-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Several protein kinase C (PKC) isoforms are expressed in human platelets. We report that PKC-delta is tyrosine phosphorylated within 30 s of platelet activation by thrombin. This correlated with a 2-3-fold increase in the kinase activity of PKC-delta relative to unstimulated platelets. The tyrosine phosphorylated PKC-...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Moussazadeh M,Haimovich B

更新日期：1998-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Placentas of mice lacking p57(Kip2) expression have trophoblastic hyperplasia. To elucidate the mechanism underlying this phenomenon, we studied expression of two angiogenic factors, vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and placenta growth factor (PlGF). Immunohistochemical analysis with anti-VEGF antibodies indi...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Matsuura T,Takahashi K,Nakayama K,Kobayashi T,Choi-Miura NH,Tomita M,Kanayama N

更新日期：2002-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The functionality of the disintegrin-like/cysteine-rich domains of snake venom metalloproteinases (SVMPs) has been shown to reside in the cysteine-rich region, which can interact with VWA-containing proteins. Recently, the hyper-variable region (HVR) of the cysteine-rich domain was suggested to constitute a potential ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Menezes MC,Paes Leme AF,Melo RL,Silva CA,Della Casa M,Bruni FM,Lima C,Lopes-Ferreira M,Camargo AC,Fox JW,Serrano SM

更新日期：2008-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The possible regulation of the expression of uncoupling protein-2 (UCP2) mRNA by thyroid hormones in different tissues was examined in rats. Triiodothyronine (T3) was found to produce an organ-specific enhancement of UCP2 expression in rat tissues. The effect of T3 was markedly observed in heart, whereas a moderate ef...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Lanni A,De Felice M,Lombardi A,Moreno M,Fleury C,Ricquier D,Goglia F

更新日期：1997-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Locus control regions (LCRs) are cis-acting elements that confer position-independent and copy-number-dependent expression upon associated genes in transgenic mice. Here we show the second example of the use of an LCR (the rat LAP LCR) in a stable expression vector system, used here in conjunction with the rat liver (...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Shelton PA,Dart C

更新日期：1996-08-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The astroglial growth factor (AGF), which induces a characteristic morphological change in cultured rat astroglial cells and stimulates their proliferation, was purified to homogeneity from bovine brain. Two different methods were used, the second one including heparin-Sepharose affinity chromatography. AGF is actuall...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Pettmann B,Weibel M,Sensenbrenner M,Labourdette G

更新日期：1985-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Most tumor cells attain their immortality by reactivating telomerase. We report here the telomerase inhibitory potential of chimeric oligonucleotides composed of a 13mer antisense sequence targeting the telomerase RNA template region and a (s4dU)n moiety at its 3' or 5'-end. The increase of the thiolated chain length ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Tarkanyi I,Horváth A,Szatmari I,Eizert H,Vámosi G,Damjanovich S,Ségal-Bendirdjian E,Aradi J

更新日期：2005-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was designed to investigate whether and how the purinergic stimulation of rat ventricular myocytes modulates the cAMP-dependent pathway. Stimulation of cardiomyocytes with ATPgammaS in the presence of the phosphodiesterase inhibitor IBMX increases by 3-fold intracellular cAMP content. In contrast to ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Pucéat M,Bony C,Jaconi M,Vassort G

更新日期：1998-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The Mohr-Tranebjaerg syndrome (MTS), a neurodegenerative syndrome characterized by progressive sensorineural hearing loss, dystonia, mental retardation and blindness, is a mitochondrial disease caused by mutations in the deafness/dystonia peptide 1 (DDP1) gene. DDP1 shows similarity to the yeast proteins Tim9, Tim10 a...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Bauer MF,Rothbauer U,Mühlenbein N,Smith RJ,Gerbitz K,Neupert W,Brunner M,Hofmann S

更新日期：1999-12-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytosolic phospholipase A(2)alpha (cPLA(2)alpha) plays an important role in arachidonate pathway. To investigate the contribution of cPLA(2)alpha to autoimmune diabetes, we established non-obese diabetic (NOD) mouse, an excellent model for human type 1 diabetes, deficient in cPLA(2)alpha. These mice showed severe insu...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Oikawa Y,Yamato E,Tashiro F,Yamamoto M,Uozumi N,Shimada A,Shimizu T,Miyazaki J

更新日期：2005-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this work was to provide an overview of the genetics of human ageing to gain novel insights about the mechanisms involved. By incorporating findings from model organisms to humans, such as mutations that either delay or accelerate ageing in mice, we constructed the gene networks previously related to ageing...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： de Magalhães JP,Toussaint O

更新日期：2004-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The antibacterial activity of many small, positively charged peptides and proteins is based on pore formation in lipid bilayers. It is here proposed to arise from an electroporation effect. This hypothesis is supported by calculations of the electrostatic potential of NK-lysin associated to a membrane. For a significa...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Miteva M,Andersson M,Karshikoff A,Otting G

更新日期：1999-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Retroviral proteinases (PRs) are essential for retrovirus infectivity but the mechanism of their activity regulation is poorly understood. We investigated possible involvement in this process of the C-terminal domain (CTD) of betaretroviral PRs. We found that the presence of CTD attenuates proteolytic activity of Maso...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Svec M,Bauerová H,Pichová I,Konvalinka J,Strísovský K

更新日期：2004-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteins involved in protein translocation across the membrane of the endoplasmic reticulum assemble into different oligomeric complexes depending on their state of function. To analyse such membrane protein complexes we fractionated proteins of mammalian rough microsomes and analysed them using blue native PAGE and i...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Wang L,Dobberstein B

更新日期：1999-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Tau is reversibly hyperphosphorylated in the mouse brain by starvation or cold water swimming. Here, we report tau phosphorylation in the hippocampus of normal mouse after ether anesthesia, known to trigger typical stress reactions. Robust phosphorylation of tau was observed immediately and 10min after ether vapor exp...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Ikeda Y,Ishiguro K,Fujita SC

更新日期：2007-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The specific binding of [3H]retinoids to cellular retinoid-binding proteins was measured directly by the cold acetone filtration method. After incubation of purified cellular retinoid-binding proteins with [3H]retinoids with or without competitors for 2-4 h, bound ligands were separated from free by filtration using c...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Ninomiya M,Suganuma M,Paik NS,Muto Y,Fujiki H

更新日期：1988-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Rat brain S-100 (S-100b) and ox brain S-100a0, S-100a and S-100b have been tested for their ability to control the assembly and disassembly of brain microtubule proteins in the presence of either Ca2+ or Zn2+, in vitro. In the presence of Ca2+, single S-100 isoforms have similar, if not identical, effects, i.e. they i...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Donato R,Isobe T,Okuyama T

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of neuropeptide Y (NPY) on cytosolic free Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) was studied in cultured smooth muscle cells from porcine aorta (PASMC) and compared with the effect of bradykinin (BK) and angiotensin II (ATII) on [Ca2+]i. All peptides induced dose-dependent and transient rises in [Ca2+]i which were no...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Mihara S,Shigeri Y,Fujimoto M

更新日期：1989-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:A cDNA coding for a new subunit of soluble guanylyl cyclase with a calculated molecular mass of 81.7 kDa was cloned and sequenced. On the basis of sequence homology, the new subunit appears to be an isoform of the alpha 1-subunit and was designated alpha 2 as the new subunit is very similar to the alpha 1-subunit in t...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Harteneck C,Wedel B,Koesling D,Malkewitz J,Böhme E,Schultz G

更新日期：1991-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：:While the majority of studies have focused on the biological roles of heparin-binding proteins, relatively little is known about their key residues and structural elements responsible for heparin interaction. In this study, we employed the IgG-binding domain B1 of Streptococcal protein G as a miniature scaffold to inv...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Cheng YY,Cheng CS,Lee TR,Chang WS,Lyu PC

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Different bioinformatics methods illuminate different aspects of protein function, from specific catalytic activities to broad functional categories. Here, a triple-pronged approach to predict function for a domain of unknown function, DUF2086, is applied. Distant homology to characterised enzymes and conservation of ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Mello LV,Rigden DJ

更新日期：2012-11-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Nuclear ionic channels (NICs) represent ubiquitous structures of living cells, although little is known about their functional properties and encoding genes. To characterize NICs, liver nuclear membrane vesicles were reconstituted into either planar lipid bilayers or proteoliposomes. Reconstitution of nuclear envelope...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Guihard G,Proteau S,Payet MD,Escande D,Rousseau E

更新日期：2000-07-07 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：:ASP is a serine protease secreted by Aeromonas sobria, a sepsis-causing bacterium, and induces sepsis-mimicking disorders through plasma protein cleavage. The pathogen also secretes nASP that has a nick in the carboxy-terminal region. Compared with single-chain ASP (sASP), nASP had near-equivalent activity for small p...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Murakami Y,Wada Y,Kobayashi H,Hasegawa M,Okamoto K,Eto M,Imamura T

更新日期：2012-10-19 00:00:00