Does the HIV Nef protein mimic the MHC?

abstract：:A cDNA was cloned from a rabbit spleen cDNA library which encoded a G-protein alpha subunit peptide of 374 amino acids, that at the peptide level exhibited 86% and 79% identity with human Galpha16 and mouse G(alpha)15, respectively. The rabbit G(alpha)subunit cDNA was subcloned into a mammalian expression vector and t...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Feild JA,Foley JJ,Testa TT,Nuthulaganti P,Ellis C,Sarau HM,Ames RS

更新日期：1999-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The 500 MHz 1H NMR spectrum of a 68-residue peptide, encompassing the rat thyroid transcription factor 1 homeodomain (TTF-1 HD), was fully assigned using standard 2D NMR methodology. The secondary structure elements and their spatial organization were determined and led to a structure very similar to that previously d...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Viglino P,Fogolari F,Formisano S,Bortolotti N,Damante G,Di Lauro R,Esposito G

更新日期：1993-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Human prothymosin alpha mutants were generated with the aid of random mutagenesis and screened for their ability to inhibit yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae cell growth. Conversion of Lys-87 to Glu resulted in an inactivated prothymosin alpha mutant, which lost the ability of the wild-type protein to block yeast cell gr...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Rubtsov Y,Vartapetian A

更新日期：1996-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：:We used site-directed mutagenesis to modify the Bacillus thuringiensis cry3A gene in amino acid residues 350-354. Two mutant toxins, A1 (R(345)A,Y(350)F,Y(351)F) and A2 (R(345)A,DeltaY(350), DeltaY(351)), showed significantly improved toxicity against Tenebrio molitor (yellow mealworm). The mutant toxin A1 was also mo...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Wu SJ,Koller CN,Miller DL,Bauer LS,Dean DH

更新日期：2000-05-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Cells of Saccharomyces cerevisiae were loaded with indo-1, by incubation in a medium of pH 4.5, which contained penta-potassium indo-1. Cells were then washed and resuspended in a buffer of pH 4.0. The emission fluorescence spectra were recorded between 390 and 500 nm (excitation at 355 nm) and the autofluorescent spe...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Halachmi D,Eilam Y

更新日期：1989-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Two fatty acid ethyl ester (FAEE) synthase isoenzymes purified from human myocardium were reported to be glutathione S-transferases (GST) [(1989) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 86, 4470-4473; and (1989) J. Clin. Invest. 84, 1942-1946]. In the present study, the FAEE synthase activity of several purified and well character...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Suzuki T,Kovacs MS,Board PG

更新日期：1990-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondria continually fuse and divide to dynamically adapt to changes in metabolism and stress. Mitochondrial dynamics are also required for mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) integrity; however, the underlying reason is not known. In this study, we examined the link between mitochondrial fusion and mtDNA maintenance in Sch...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Delerue T,Khosrobakhsh F,Daloyau M,Emorine LJ,Dedieu A,Herbert CJ,Bonnefoy N,Arnauné-Pelloquin L,Belenguer P

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The vertebrate transcription factor CTCF is not only involved in transcriptional activation, insulation and genomic imprinting, but also in transcriptional repression. Sequence motifs mediating these activities have not been identified so far. We have mapped a short repression motif to residues 150-170 within the N-te...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Drueppel L,Pfleiderer K,Schmidt A,Hillen W,Berens C

更新日期：2004-08-13 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：:Oligonucleotide probes based on the known amino acid sequence of salmon calcitonin were used to screen a cDNA library obtained from ultimobranchial glands of salmon for clones encoding salmon calcitonin. From the cDNA sequence of strongly hybridizing clones the complete primary structure of the calcitonin precursor co...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Pöschl E,Lindley I,Hofer E,Seifert JM,Brunowsky W,Besemer J

更新日期：1987-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Expression of calcyclin in different cell lines and mouse tissues was determined with polyclonal antibodies raised against calcyclin from Ehrlich ascites tumour (EAT) cells. The protein was detected in mouse skeletal and cardiac muscle, in lung, kidney and spleen, and was especially enriched in mouse smooth muscle as ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kuźnicki J,Filipek A,Heimann P,Kaczmarek L,Kamińska B

更新日期：1989-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Vesicular monoamine transporters (VMAT) catalyze transport of serotonin, dopamine, epinephrine and norepinephrine into subcellular storage organelles in a variety of cells. Accumulation of the neurotransmitter depends on the proton electrochemical gradient across the organelle membrane and involves VMAT-mediated excha...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Shirvan A,Laskar O,Steiner-Mordoch S,Schuldiner S

更新日期：1994-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Fatty acid synthase (Fasn) is a key component of energy metabolism that is dynamically induced by food intake. Although extensive studies have revealed a number of transcription factors involved in the fasting/refeeding transition of Fasn expression in hepatocytes, much less evidence is available for adipocytes. Using...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Nishi-Tatsumi M,Yahagi N,Takeuchi Y,Toya N,Takarada A,Murayama Y,Aita Y,Sawada Y,Piao X,Oya Y,Shikama A,Masuda Y,Kubota M,Izumida Y,Matsuzaka T,Nakagawa Y,Sekiya M,Iizuka Y,Kawakami Y,Kadowaki T,Yamada N,Shimano

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The toxicity of the beta-amyloid (Abeta) peptide of Alzheimer's disease may relate to its polymerisation state (i.e. fibril content). We have shown previously that plasma lipoproteins, particularly when oxidised, greatly enhance Abeta polymerisation. In the present study the nature of the interactions between both nat...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Stanyer L,Betteridge DJ,Smith CC

更新日期：2002-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of ADP, ATP, citrate and EDTA on iron-dependent microsomal and liposomal lipid peroxidation, and on 59FeCl3 binding to the lipid membranes were measured. The aim was to test if initiation of lipid peroxidation is a site-specific mechanism requiring bound iron. In the absence of chelator, iron was bound to ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Vile GF,Winterbourn CC

更新日期：1987-05-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) is a prototypic virus commonly used in studies of endocytosis and membrane trafficking. One proposed mechanism for VSV entry involves initial fusion with internal vesicles of multivesicular endosomes followed by back-fusion of these vesicles into the cytoplasm. One feature of endosomal...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Roth SL,Whittaker GR

更新日期：2011-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of protein kinase C (PKC) in cellular regulation of L-type Ca2+ channels was investigated in human umbilical vein smooth muscle. Activation of PKC, by low concentrations (< 30 nM) of 12-O-tetradecanoyl-phorbol-13-acetate (TPA) caused inhibition of Ca2+ channels, while higher concentrations of TPA (> 100 nM) e...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Schuhmann K,Groschner K

更新日期：1994-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococci are a broad group of Gram-positive bacteria. This genus includes various human pathogens causing significant morbidity and mortality. Two of the most important human pathogens are Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus) and Streptococcus pyogenes (group A streptococcus or GAS). Streptococcal pathogens hav...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Syed S,Viazmina L,Mager R,Meri S,Haapasalo K

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Under heat shock conditions translation of Xenopus laevis normal mRNAs in a rabbit reticulocyte cell-free system is blocked whereas hsp70 mRNA is translated. mRNA for E. coli beta-galactosidase containing the last four sense codons of Drosophila hsp70 at its 3'-end was constructed. This mRNA is efficiently translated ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Denisenko ON,Yarchuk OB

更新日期：1989-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemokines play a key role in modulating leukocyte functions at sites of inflammation. To assess chondrocyte contribution to the chemotactic environment of inflamed joints the intracellular content of CC and CXC chemokines was investigated. IL-8, GROalpha, MCP-1, RANTES, MIP-1alpha and MIP-1beta expression was evaluat...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Borzi RM,Mazzetti I,Macor S,Silvestri T,Bassi A,Cattini L,Facchini A

更新日期：1999-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Six chimeras of the skeletal muscle (RyR1) and cardiac muscle (RyR2) Ca(2+) release channels (ryanodine receptors) previously used to identify RyR1 dihydropyridine receptor interactions [Nakai et al. (1998) J. Biol. Chem. 273, 13403] were expressed in HEK293 cells to assess their Ca(2+) dependence in [(3)H]ryanodine b...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Nakai J,Gao L,Xu L,Xin C,Pasek DA,Meissner G

更新日期：1999-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The Ncx gene encodes a homeobox containing transcription factor that belongs to the Hox11 gene family. We determined specific Ncx protein binding consensus DNA sequences. Optimal Ncx binding sequences were 5'-CGGTAATTGG-3' (TAAT core) and 5'-CGGTAAGTGG-3' (TAAG core), which coincided with the Hox11 binding sequence. B...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Shimizu H,Kang M,Iitsuka Y,Ichinose M,Tokuhisa T,Hatano M

更新日期：2000-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Synaptotagmin I, the calcium sensor for neurotransmission, is palmitoylated. We have identified the palmitoylation sites as five cysteine residues located between the transmembrane and cytoplasmic regions. In contrast to wild-type synaptotagmin, the non-acylated mutant is not converted to the endoglycosidase-H-resista...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Heindel U,Schmidt MF,Veit M

更新日期：2003-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Various structural models for amyloid β fibrils have been derived from a variety of experimental techniques. However, these models cannot differentiate between the relative position of the two arms of the β hairpin called the stagger. Amyloid fibrils of various hierarchical levels form left-handed helices composed of ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： GhattyVenkataKrishna PK,Uberbacher EC,Cheng X

更新日期：2013-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The mixed lineage kinase (MLK) family is a recently described protein kinase family. The MLKs contain a kinase domain followed by a dual leucine zipper-like motif. We previously reported the molecular cloning of LZK (leucine zipper-bearing kinase), a novel MLK, and that LZK activated the c-Jun NH2 terminal kinase (JNK...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Ikeda A,Masaki M,Kozutsumi Y,Oka S,Kawasaki T

更新日期：2001-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Under conditions of molar excess of enzyme, isolated F1-ATPase from beef heart mitochondria catalyses ATP hydrolysis biphasically. The rate constants for product release are approximately 10(-1) and 10(-4)-10(-3) s-1, respectively. The slow phase of ATP hydrolysis is insensitive to EDTA. [gamma-32P]ATP splitting in th...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Milgrom YaM,Murataliev MB

更新日期：1987-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Eukaryotic nuclear RNA binding proteins share a common sequence motif thought to be implicated in RNA binding. One of the two domains present in A1 hnRNP protein, has been modelled by homology in order to make a prediction of the main features of the RNA binding site. Acylphosphatase (EC 3.6.1.7) was selected as templ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Ghetti A,Bolognesi M,Cobianchi F,Morandi C

更新日期：1990-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：:A large number of protein-protein interactions involved turn or loop regions. The excised linear peptides from these regions reveal complex conformational averaging. To circumvent this motional averaging and to stabilize the beta-turn conformation, extensive effort has been devoted to the design of constrained peptido...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Lee MS,Gardner B,Kahn M,Nakanishi H

更新日期：1995-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The induction of adipose conversion in 3T3-L1 cells by bezafibrate has been shown to be enhanced by dibutyryl-cAMP. We here report that the induction of adipose conversion in 3T3-L1 cells, by either bezafibrate and dibutyryl cAMP, or isobutylmethyxanthine alone, is associated with a very early phosphorylation of a 60-...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Brandes R,Arad R,Bar-Tana J

更新日期：1991-07-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Aquaporin-4, a predominant water channel in the central nervous system, has two isoforms, M1 and M23, whose transcripts are driven by distinct promoters. Using a reporter assay, we found that a fragment located between exons 0 and 1 of the mouse aquaporin-4 gene, which had been thought to be the promoter for M23, lack...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Abe Y,Goda W,Ikeshima-Kataoka H,Yasui M

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00