Synaptobrevin/vesicle-associated membrane protein (VAMP) of Aplysia californica: structure and proteolysis by tetanus toxin and botulinal neurotoxins type D and F.

abstract：:CD45, a protein tyrosine phosphatase that regulates Src family kinases, is important for regulating T cell and B cell receptor signaling; however, little is known about how CD45 regulates immunoreceptor tyrosine-based activation motif (ITAM)-dependent natural killer (NK) cell receptor signaling and the resulting effec...

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

authors： Hesslein DG,Takaki R,Hermiston ML,Weiss A,Lanier LL

更新日期：2006-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Tentoxin, a natural cyclic tetrapeptide produced by phytopathogenic fungi from the Alternaria species affects the catalytic function of the chloroplast F(1)-ATPase in certain sensitive species of plants. In this study, we show that the uncompetitive inhibitor tentoxin binds to the alphabeta-interface of the chloroplas...

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

authors： Groth G

更新日期：2002-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a strategy to "revive" putatively pathogenic T cells from frozen specimens of human inflammatory target organs. To distinguish pathogenic from irrelevant bystander T cells, we focused on cells that were (i) clonally expanded and (ii) in direct morphological contact with a target cell. Using CDR3 spectratyp...

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

authors： Seitz S,Schneider CK,Malotka J,Nong X,Engel AG,Wekerle H,Hohlfeld R,Dornmair K

更新日期：2006-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytoplasmic membrane vesicles prepared from Escherichia coli containing multiple copies of the lac y gene were frozen in liquid nitrogen before or after generation of a proton electrochemical gradient (interior negative and alkaline) and irradiated with a high-energy electron beam at -135 degrees C. Subsequently, the ...

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

authors： Goldkorn T,Rimon G,Kempner ES,Kaback HR

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies of the accelerated aging disorder Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome (HGPS) can potentially reveal cellular defects associated with physiological aging. HGPS results from expression and abnormal nuclear envelope association of a farnesylated, truncated variant of prelamin A called "progerin." We surveyed the...

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

authors： Chang W,Wang Y,Luxton GWG,Östlund C,Worman HJ,Gundersen GG

更新日期：2019-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatocytes polarize by forming functionally distinct sinusoidal (basolateral) and canalicular (apical) plasma membrane domains. Two distinct routes are used for delivery of membrane proteins to the canaliculus. Proteins having glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchors or single transmembrane domains are targeted to the si...

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

authors： Wakabayashi Y,Dutt P,Lippincott-Schwartz J,Arias IM

更新日期：2005-10-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The motility of cilia and flagella is powered by dynein ATPases associated with outer doublet microtubules. However, a flagellar kinesin-like protein that may function as a motor associates with the central pair complex. We determined that Chlamydomonas reinhardtii central pair kinesin Klp1 is a phosphoprotein and, li...

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

authors： Yokoyama R,O'toole E,Ghosh S,Mitchell DR

更新日期：2004-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：:A 16-base-pair palindrome from the Agrobacterium tumefaciens octopine synthase gene functions as a constitutive enhancer in plant protoplasts. Degenerate oligonucleotide mutagenesis provided single base substitutions at every position in the element and a number of multiple base substitutions. The effects of these cha...

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

authors： Singh K,Tokuhisa JG,Dennis ES,Peacock WJ

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have cloned and characterized cDNAs coding for a receptor-class phosphotyrosine phosphatase gene from Drosophila melanogaster. The gene maps to the polytene chromosome bands 99A7-8. The cDNA clones code for a polypeptide of 1301 amino acids with a predicted molecular mass of 145 kDa. The extracellular domain includ...

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

authors： Hariharan IK,Chuang PT,Rubin GM

更新日期：1991-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II contains two subunits, alpha (Mr 50,000) and beta (Mr 60,000/58,000), both of which undergo Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent autophosphorylation. In the present study, we have studied the mechanism of this autophosphorylation reaction and its effect on the activity of the enzyme. B...

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

authors： Lai Y,Nairn AC,Greengard P

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In previous studies from this laboratory, the binding regions of alpha-neurotoxins on human and Torpedo acetylcholine (AcCho) receptors (AcChoRs) and the binding regions for the receptor on the toxin were characterized with synthetic peptides of the respective molecules. In the present work, peptides representing the ...

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

authors： Ruan KH,Spurlino J,Quiocho FA,Atassi MZ

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adoptive T cell therapy, involving the ex vivo selection and expansion of antigen-specific T cell clones, provides a means of augmenting antigen-specific immunity without the in vivo constraints that can accompany vaccine-based strategies. A phase I study was performed to evaluate the safety, in vivo persistence, and ...

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

authors： Yee C,Thompson JA,Byrd D,Riddell SR,Roche P,Celis E,Greenberg PD

更新日期：2002-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Individual diastereomeric phosphoramidites and mixtures of diastereomeric phosphoramidites were evaluated in the iridium-catalyzed amination of allylic carbonates. The original process was conducted with a phosphoramidite ligand containing a resolved 2,2-dihydroxy-1,1-binaphthyl (BINOL) group and a diastereomerically ...

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

authors： Leitner A,Shu C,Hartwig JF

更新日期：2004-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The structural and functional organization of the Cct complex was addressed by genetic analyses of subunit interactions and catalytic cooperativity among five of the eight different essential subunits, Cct1p-Cct8p, in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The cct1-1, cct2-3, and cct3-1 alleles, containing mutations at t...

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

authors： Lin P,Sherman F

更新日期：1997-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:H-2(q) mice (DBA/1) do not make an antibody response to a synthetic aminoacid polymer, (Glu, Ala,Tyr(10)), after an immunizing regimen that produces a good antibody response in mouse strains with other H-2 alleles. Their thymocytes, however, show evidence of recognizing this antigen since they synthesize DNA when they...

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

authors： Gershon RK,Maurer PH,Merryman CF

更新日期：1973-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The proteinase-activated receptor 2 (PAR-2) is a member of a family of G protein-coupled receptors for proteases. Proteases cleave PARs within the extracellular N-terminal domains to expose tethered ligands that bind to and activate the cleaved receptors. PAR-2 is highly expressed in colon in epithelial and neuronal e...

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

authors： Fiorucci S,Mencarelli A,Palazzetti B,Distrutti E,Vergnolle N,Hollenberg MD,Wallace JL,Morelli A,Cirino G

更新日期：2001-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Spontaneous reciprocal mitotic recombination in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, associated with heteroallelic recombination, occurs almost exclusively at the two-strand stage and involves recombination of unduplicated chromosomes (i.e., during G1) or the unduplicated regions of chromosomes during the S phase of mi...

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

authors： Esposito MS

更新日期：1978-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute myeloid leukemia subtype M4 with eosinophilia is associated with a chromosome 16 inversion that creates a fusion gene CBFB-MYH11. We have previously shown that CBFB-MYH11 is necessary but not sufficient for leukemogenesis. Here, we report the identification of genes that specifically cooperate with CBFB-MYH11 in...

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

authors： Castilla LH,Perrat P,Martinez NJ,Landrette SF,Keys R,Oikemus S,Flanegan J,Heilman S,Garrett L,Dutra A,Anderson S,Pihan GA,Wolff L,Liu PP

更新日期：2004-04-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The major auxin-binding protein in maize membranes is thought to function as a physiological receptor. From earlier information, including the use of site-directed irreversible inhibitors, several of the amino acids likely to form part of the active auxin-binding site were provisionally assigned. Inspection of the ami...

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

authors： Venis MA,Napier RM,Barbier-Brygoo H,Maurel C,Perrot-Rechenmann C,Guern J

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bovine testicular beta-galactosidase (beta-D-galactoside galactohydrolase, EC 3.2.1.23) is rapidly and selectively assimilated by human skin fibroblasts. The assimilation of the enzyme is strongly inhibited by mannose 6-phosphate and by a glycoprotein fraction isolated from bovine testes (glycoprotein inhibitors). The...

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

authors： Distler J,Hieber V,Sahagian G,Schmickel R,Jourdian GW

更新日期：1979-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clostridium perfringens iota-toxin (Ia) mono-ADP ribosylates Arg177 of actin, leading to cytoskeletal disorganization and cell death. To fully understand the reaction mechanism of arginine-specific mono-ADP ribosyl transferase, the structure of the toxin-substrate protein complex must be characterized. Recently, we so...

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

authors： Tsurumura T,Tsumori Y,Qiu H,Oda M,Sakurai J,Nagahama M,Tsuge H

更新日期：2013-03-12 00:00:00

abstract：:T-helper 17 (Th17) cells have important functions in adaptor immunity and have also been implicated in inflammatory disorders. The bromodomain and extraterminal domain (BET) family proteins regulate gene transcription during lineage-specific differentiation of naïve CD4+ T cells to produce mature T-helper cells. Inhib...

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

authors： Cheung K,Lu G,Sharma R,Vincek A,Zhang R,Plotnikov AN,Zhang F,Zhang Q,Ju Y,Hu Y,Zhao L,Han X,Meslamani J,Xu F,Jaganathan A,Shen T,Zhu H,Rusinova E,Zeng L,Zhou J,Yang J,Peng L,Ohlmeyer M,Walsh MJ,Zhang DY,

更新日期：2017-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：:We image macroscopic transient pores in mechanically stretched giant vesicles. Holes open above a critical radius r(c1), grow up to a radius r(c2), and close. We interpret the upper limit r(c2) by a relaxation of the membrane tension as the holes expand. The closing of the holes is caused by a further relaxation of th...

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

authors： Sandre O,Moreaux L,Brochard-Wyart F

更新日期：1999-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The intracellular localization of phytochrome was seen in dark-grown oat (Avena sativa L., cv. Garry) and rice (Oryza sativa L., cv. unknown) shoots after various light treatments using an indirect peroxidase-antiperoxidase antibody labeling method. Phytochrome is generally distributed throughout the cytoplasm in cell...

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

authors： Mackenzie JM Jr,Coleman RA,Briggs WR,Pratt LH

更新日期：1975-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metallothioneins are small cysteine-rich proteins capable of binding heavy metal ions such as Zn2+ and Cd2+. They are ubiquitous tissue components in higher organisms, which tentatively have been attributed both unspecific protective functions against toxic metal ions and highly specific roles in fundamental zinc-regu...

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

authors： Braun W,Vasák M,Robbins AH,Stout CD,Wagner G,Kägi JH,Wüthrich K

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Caenorhabditis elegans sqv mutants are defective in vulval epithelial invagination and have a severe reduction in hermaphrodite fertility. The gene sqv-7 encodes a multitransmembrane hydrophobic protein resembling nucleotide sugar transporters of the Golgi membrane. A Golgi vesicle enriched fraction of Saccharomyces c...

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

authors： Berninsone P,Hwang HY,Zemtseva I,Horvitz HR,Hirschberg CB

更新日期：2001-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Parinaric acid (9,11,13,15-octadecatetraenoic acid), a conjugated tetraene fatty acid, undergoes a second-order photochemical reaction in phospholipid bilayers. The reaction results in the loss of the characteristic absorption of this chromophore and the development of new absorption demonstrating the presence of a tr...

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

authors： Morgan CG,Hudson B,Wolber PK

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two-electron oxidation of cobaltous octaethylporphyrin [Co(II)(Et)(8)P] yields a stable pi-cation radical [Co(III)(Et)(8)P](2+.), the optical spectrum of which exhibits spectral changes dependent upon the nature of the counterion. Comparison of these spectra with those of Compounds I of horseradish peroxidase and cata...

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

authors： Dolphin D,Forman A,Borg DC,Fajer J,Felton RH

更新日期：1971-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Techniques of fluorescence and ion microscopies were combined to study the free [Ca2+] and total Ca in NIH 3T3 fibroblast and L6 rat myoblast cells. Free Ca2+ measurements with the Ca2+ indicator fura-2 and digital imaging reveal an inhomogeneous distribution of free cytoplasmic Ca2+ in both cell lines. Fura-2 also re...

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

authors： Chandra S,Gross D,Ling YC,Morrison GH

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sympathetic activation of β-adrenoreceptors (β-AR) represents a hallmark in the development of heart failure (HF). However, little is known about the underlying mechanisms of gene regulation. In human ventricular myocardium from patients with end-stage HF, we found high levels of phosphorylated histone 3 at serine-28 ...

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

authors： Saadatmand AR,Sramek V,Weber S,Finke D,Dewenter M,Sticht C,Gretz N,Wüstemann T,Hagenmueller M,Kuenzel SR,Meyer-Roxlau S,Kramer M,Sossalla S,Lehmann LH,Kämmerer S,Backs J,El-Armouche A

更新日期：2019-10-29 00:00:00