Importance of the first external loop for substrate recognition as revealed by chimeric Chlorella monosaccharide/H+ symporters.

abstract：:Free radicals, including dopamine (DA)-oxidized metabolites, have long been implicated in pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease (PD). However, the relationships between such oxidative stresses and alpha-synuclein (alpha-S), a major constituent of Lewy bodies, remain unknown. In this study, we established neuronal cells ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Hasegawa T,Matsuzaki-Kobayashi M,Takeda A,Sugeno N,Kikuchi A,Furukawa K,Perry G,Smith MA,Itoyama Y

更新日期：2006-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The steady-state oxidation of ferrocytochrome c by cytochrome oxidase monitored spectrophotometrically showed that: (1) the kinetics were strictly biphasic with purified enzyme, while mitochondrial membrane-bound enzyme exhibited multiphasic kinetics with extended low affinity phases; (2) the TNmax for the highest aff...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Speck SH,Neu CA,Swanson MS,Margoliash E

更新日期：1983-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Anthrax is a severe bacterial infection that occurs when Bacillus anthracis spores gain access into the body and germinate in macrophages, causing septicemia and toxemia. Anthrax toxin is a binary A-B toxin composed of protective antigen (PA), lethal factor (LF), and edema factor (EF). PA mediates the entry of either ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Ascenzi P,Visca P,Ippolito G,Spallarossa A,Bolognesi M,Montecucco C

更新日期：2002-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:All eukaryotic cells enclose their genome within a dedicated, membrane-bound organelle termed the nucleus, which functions to partition gene transcription from sites of protein translation in the cytoplasm. Despite a great deal of research effort, basic questions about chromosome structure and gene expression mechanis...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Trinkle-Mulcahy L,Lamond AI

更新日期：2008-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Induction of differentiation in HL-60 and U-937 leukemic cell lines, resulted in 1.5-10-fold increase in 45Ca2+ uptake. The increased 45Ca2+ uptake in the differentiating cells was inhibited by verapamil, cromolyn and amiloride. Elevation in Ca2+ uptake in differentiating cells was also demonstrated using the fluoresc...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Rephaeli A,Aviram A,Englender T,Shaklai M

更新日期：1988-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The cofactor of several flavoenzymes is autocatalytically bound to the polypeptide via a histidyl(N3)-(8alpha)-FAD linkage which makes the generation of apoenzyme difficult. We introduced an alternative covalent protein-FAD bond at the active site of 6-hydroxy-D-nicotine oxidase (6HDNO) by replacing the FAD-binding hi...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Stoltz M,Henninger HP,Brandsch R

更新日期：1996-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：:A rat urokinase receptor (uPAR) cDNA fragment was amplified by RT-PCR from RNA of the rat osteoblastic cell line CFK-1. Using this DNA species as a hybridization probe two rat uPAR cDNAs were isolated from a CFK-1 cDNA library. These two cDNAs encode an identical uPAR protein except for a single base mutation which re...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Rabbani SA,Rajwans N,Achbarou A,Murthy KK,Goltzman D

更新日期：1994-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphorylation of fibronectin was studied in quiescent vs growing cells from several species. Fibronectin secreted by actively growing cells exhibits a significantly higher level of phosphorylation than does the fibronectin secreted by quiescent cells of the same species. ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Ali IU

更新日期：1983-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF) and bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) 2 signal via different receptor systems. We have recently demonstrated that simultaneous stimulation of fetal mouse neuroepithelial cells with these distinct types of cytokines synergistically induces astrocyte differentiation in a 2-day culture. He...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Nakashima K,Yanagisawa M,Arakawa H,Taga T

更新日期：1999-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The enzymatic degradation of the closely related insoluble polysaccharides; cellulose (β(1-4)-linked glucose) by cellulases and chitin (β(1-4)-linked N-acetylglucosamine) by chitinases, is of large biological and economical importance. Processive enzymes with different inherent directionalities, i.e. attacking the pol...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Hamre AG,Schaupp D,Eijsink VG,Sørlie M

更新日期：2015-07-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure of a human lung epithelial cancer cell-line to hypo-osmotic media led to a marked increase in the rate of efflux from the cells of taurine, a non-essential sulfonic amino acid. The osmotically-activated taurine efflux was inhibited by a range of known Cl- channel blockers, the most potent of which were NPPB a...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kirk K,Kirk J

更新日期：1993-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyglutamine tract-binding protein 1 (PQBP1) is an intrinsically disordered protein abundantly expressed in the brain. Mutations in the PQBP1 gene are causative for X-linked mental retardation disorders. Here, we investigated the structure of the C-terminal segment within the context of full-length PQBP1. We produced...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Nabeshima Y,Mizuguchi M,Kajiyama A,Okazawa H

更新日期：2014-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:As a member of the dynamin superfamily human guanylate-binding protein 1 (hGBP1) binds and hydrolyses GTP thereby undergoing structural changes which lead to self-assembly of the protein. Here, we employ the reactivity of hGBP1 with a cysteine reactive compound in order to monitor structural changes imposed by GTP bin...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Vöpel T,Kunzelmann S,Herrmann C

更新日期：2009-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:A collagenase cleaving native type I [14C]collagen but inactive against the synthetic substrate Pz-Pro-Leu-Gly-Pro-D-Arg was extracted from mineralized human dental tissue. The enzyme specifically degrades native collagen into characteristic products (3/4) and (1/4). Its apparent molecular mass of 68 kDa is relatively...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Dumas J,Hurion N,Weill R,Keil B

更新日期：1985-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Nocardia kirovani cell walls possess a lipidic fraction, a lipolysaccharidic fraction and a peptidoglycan. The lipidic part is composed of glycerides, C(16) and C(18) free fatty acids, nocardic acids and of a carotenoid pigment. The lipopolysaccharidic part is composed of an arabinogalactan esterified by nocardic acid...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Guinand M,Vacheron MJ,Michel G

更新日期：1970-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Plastidic type I signal peptidase 1 (Plsp1) is necessary for proper chloroplast development although its mode of action is not completely understood. Here, we demonstrate by immunoblotting and electron microscopy immunolocalization that Plsp1 is evenly distributed in the envelope and thylakoids of developing chloropla...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Shipman RL,Inoue K

更新日期：2009-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment of human neutrophils with triphenyltin chloride (TPTCl)-inhibited superoxide (O-2) production stimulated with phorbol myristate acetate (PMA). TPTCl was more potent as inhibitor of O-2 production than other phenyltin compounds. The O-2 production by the xanthine oxidase-acetaldehyde system was not inhibited ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Matsui H,Wada O,Ushijima Y,Akuzawa T

更新日期：1983-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Circular dichroism (CD) spectra have been obtained from several variants of green fluorescent protein: blue fluorescent protein (BFP), enhanced cyan fluorescent protein (CFP), enhanced green fluorescent protein (GFP), enhanced yellow fluorescent protein (YFP), all from Aequorea victoria, and the red fluorescent protei...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Visser NV,Hink MA,Borst JW,van der Krogt GN,Visser AJ

更新日期：2002-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated in vitro effects of recombinant human thrombopoietin (TPO), or c-Mpl ligand, on human platelets. TPO induced rapid dose-dependent tyrosine phosphorylation of several proteins. We identified Janus tyrosine kinases, Tyk2 and JAK2, and a member of STAT (signal transducers and activators of transcription) ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Ezumi Y,Takayama H,Okuma M

更新日期：1995-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Thimet oligopeptidase (EC 3.4.24.15; TOP) is a Zn(II) endopeptidase implicated in physiological regulation of processes involving neuropeptides. The present study clarifies the active site structure and mechanism of catalysis of TOP. The enzyme exhibited a bell-shaped pH dependence of activity having an acidic limb du...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Sigman JA,Edwards SR,Pabon A,Glucksman MJ,Wolfson AJ

更新日期：2003-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Targeting gene therapy vectors to abundant receptors on airway epithelia may allow a significant enhancement of gene delivery and thereby be of particular importance for the gene therapy of cystic fibrosis. Alpha9beta1-integrins are highly expressed throughout the human airway epithelia in vivo, irrespective of any pa...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Schneider H,Harbottle RP,Yokosaki Y,Kunde J,Sheppard D,Coutelle C

更新日期：1998-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The characteristics of renal transport of L-alanine by luminal-membrane vesicles from proximal straight tubules (pars recta) of rabbit kidney were investigated. The following picture emerges from transport studies. Two electrogenic and Na+ requiring systems confined to this region of the nephron exist for the transpor...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Vorum H,Jessen H,Jørgensen KE,Sheikh MI

更新日期：1988-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The release of alanine and glutamine from perfused muscle of trained and control animals was investigated. Release rates did not differ between trained and control muscle at rest. During contractions in trained muscle, alanine release was higher than at rest, while glutamine release was transiently increased. Phenylal...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Hood DA,Terjung RL

更新日期：1994-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：:In response to growth factors, quiescent fibroblast mutants lacking Na+/H+ exchange activity fail to elevate their cytoplasmic pH (pHi) and to reinitiate DNA synthesis at neutral and acidic pHo. A pHi threshold of approximately 7.2 exists, below which growth factors cannot set in motion the Go to S phase transition. R...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Pouysségur J,Franchi A,L'Allemain G,Paris S

更新日期：1985-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) proliferation plays a key role in neointimal hyperplasia and restenosis. Here we report the role of the microRNA miR-142-5p and its downstream target genes on the proliferation of cultured VSMCs. miR-142-5p promoted VSMC proliferation by down-regulating B cell translocation gene 3 (B...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kee HJ,Park S,Kwon JS,Choe N,Ahn Y,Kook H,Jeong MH

更新日期：2013-08-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The substrate specificity of purified PKC-alpha, -beta and -gamma has been investigated. A series of synthetic peptides based upon the sequence surrounding serine-7 in glycogen synthase were generated and used to determine the basic residue requirements of these PKC isotypes. While PKC-alpha and -beta are indistinguis...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Marais RM,Nguyen O,Woodgett JR,Parker PJ

更新日期：1990-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Tert-butyl hydroperoxide (BHP), hydrogen peroxide and diamide caused a rapid and simultaneous release of glutathione disulfide (GSSG) and K+ in the isolated perfused rat liver. Both BHP-induced effluxes were suppressed by prior depletion of hepatic glutathione, but not by co-infusion of desferrioxamine which prevented...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Masuda Y,Ozaki M,Aoki S

更新日期：1993-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The first example of a new sub-family of toxins (alpha-KTx20.1) from the scorpion Tityus trivittatus was purified, sequenced and characterized physiologically. It has 29 amino acid residues, three disulfide bridges assumed to adopt the cysteine-stabilized alpha/beta scaffold with a pI value of 8.98. The sequence ident...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Abdel-Mottaleb Y,Coronas FV,de Roodt AR,Possani LD,Tytgat J

更新日期：2006-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Caveolin is a protein present in membrane specializations termed caveolae where it may play a structural role. Previous studies on the cDNA sequence of chicken caveolin demonstrated that it is an integral membrane protein without significant homology to any known protein. The cDNA sequence of human lung caveolin is pr...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Glenney JR Jr

更新日期：1992-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Human hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common tumors worldwide, in which the genetic mechanisms of oncogenesis are still unclear. To investigate whether the genomic DNA copy number alterations may contribute to primary HCC, the cDNA microarray-based comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) analysis was...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Huang J,Sheng HH,Shen T,Hu YJ,Xiao HS,Zhang Q,Zhang QH,Han ZG

更新日期：2006-06-26 00:00:00