Translational fusion of heat labile enterotoxin chain B and beta-subunit of human chorionic gonadotropin: periplasmic expression in Escherichia coli and its immunogenicity.

abstract：:The present study discusses the efficacy of Aloe emodin-8-O-glycoside (AEG), a plant derived anthroquinone, on alleviating insulin resistance and augmenting glycogen synthesis in L6 myotubes and 3T3L1 adipocytes. Dose-dependent increase in glucose uptake activity (GUA) was observed in both cell lines. Immunoblot analy...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Anand S,Muthusamy VS,Sujatha S,Sangeetha KN,Bharathi Raja R,Sudhagar S,Poornima Devi N,Lakshmi BS

更新日期：2010-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：:CXCR4 (fusin) is a chemokine receptor which is involved as a coreceptor in gp120 binding to the cell surface. In this study we provide evidence that binding of gp120 triggers CXCR4 recruitment to glycosphingolipid-enriched microdomains. Scanning confocal microscopy showed a nearly complete localization of CXCR4 within...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Sorice M,Garofalo T,Misasi R,Longo A,Mattei V,Sale P,Dolo V,Gradini R,Pavan A

更新日期：2001-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：:A one-electron reductive metabolism of 1,2-dibromoethane (DBE) is described that gives rise to a free radical intermediate, which can be stabilized by a spin trapping agent and detected by electron spin resonance spectroscopy. Using rat liver microsomes or isolated hepatocytes from phenobarbitone pretreated animals, u...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Tomasi A,Albano E,Dianzani MU,Slater TF,Vannini V

更新日期：1983-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Tom1 (Target of Myb1) is suggested to be involved in the transport of ubiquitinated proteins, through the interaction of its GAT (GGA and Tom1) domain with ubiquitin. Here, we demonstrate that the three-helix bundle of Tom1-GAT has two ubiquitin-binding sites recognizing the hydrophobic Ile44 surface of ubiquitin. The...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Akutsu M,Kawasaki M,Katoh Y,Shiba T,Yamaguchi Y,Kato R,Kato K,Nakayama K,Wakatsuki S

更新日期：2005-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Degradation of extracellular matrix proteins is performed by metalloproteinases which are inhibited by tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases (TIMP). We expressed the murine TIMP-1 protein in E. coli and prepared a polyclonal antiserum against the recombinant protein. Using this antiserum we studied the biosynthesis ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Roeb E,Graeve L,Müllberg J,Matern S,Rose-John S

更新日期：1994-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The cloning and analysis of a cDNA clone encoding the soybean metalloproteinase obtained by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and the rapid amplification of cDNA ends (RACE) reaction are described. The cDNA was constructed from poly(A)+ RNA isolated from 15-17 day old leaves. The deduced amino acid sequence of the cDNA ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Pak JH,Liu CY,Huangpu J,Graham JS

更新日期：1997-03-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) and poly ADP-ribosylation on DNA synthesis supported by human replicative DNA polymerase (DNA pol) alpha, delta, and epsilon has been examined using the replication system containing poly(dA)4500-oligo(dT)12-18 as the template primer. PARP alone inhibited the pol ac...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Eki T

更新日期：1994-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The octapeptide Ala-Ser-Thr-Thr-Thr-Asn-Tyr-Thr (peptide T) and two structural analogs are potent agonists of human monocyte chemotaxis, evincing identical rank potency orders as was previously shown for their inhibition of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) envelope binding and T cell infectivity. Chemotactic activit...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Ruff MR,Martin BM,Ginns EI,Farrar WL,Pert CB

更新日期：1987-01-19 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：:In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, four proteins, Shu1, Shu2, Psy3 and Csm2, form a stable SHU-complex both in vivo and in vitro. These proteins are involved in the early stages of the homologous recombination DNA damage repair process. In this paper, the crystal structure of the Psy3-Csm2 sub-complex is presented at 1.8Å r...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： She Z,Gao ZQ,Liu Y,Wang WJ,Liu GF,Shtykova EV,Xu JH,Dong YH

更新日期：2012-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreatic islet amyloid is a characteristic feature of type 2 diabetes. The major protein component of islet amyloid is the polypeptide hormone known as islet amyloid polypeptide (IAPP, or amylin). IAPP is stored with insulin in the β-cell secretory granules and is released in response to the stimuli that lead to ins...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Cao P,Marek P,Noor H,Patsalo V,Tu LH,Wang H,Abedini A,Raleigh DP

更新日期：2013-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The pl6INK4a tumor suppressor negatively regulates progression through the G1 phase of the mammalian cell cycle. To mimic the downmodulation of p16INK4a commonly seen in cancer, we designed and characterized a hammerhead ribozyme against exon E1alpha of the murine pl6INK4a transcript. Stable expression of the ribozyme...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Nylandsted J,Rohde M,Bartek J,Strauss M

更新日期：1998-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The alternative nitrogenase of Rhodobacter capsulatus, isolated from a nifHDK deletion mutant, has been purified to near homogeneity and identified as an 'iron only' nitrogenase. The dithionite-reduced component 1 ('FeFe protein') of this enzyme showed an EPR spectrum consisting of two components: a minor S = 1/2 sign...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Müller A,Schneider K,Knüttel K,Hagen WR

更新日期：1992-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Sulfated glycoprotein 2 (SGP-2) mRNA progressively increased in the ventral prostate of the aging rat, reaching, at 24 months, 4-fold higher than at 3 months. Ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) mRNA peaked at 6 months (4-fold increase), and at 12 and 24 months was maintained at higher levels than at 3 months. ODC enzymatic...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Bettuzzi S,Strocchi P,Marinelli M,Astancolle S,Davalli P,Corti A

更新日期：1994-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：:A technique has been developed to probe directly RecA-DNA interactions by the use of the fluorescent chromophore, (+)anti-benzo(a)pyrene-7,8-dihydrodiol-9,10-epoxide (BPDE), covalently attached to DNA. The 24-mer oligonucleotide 5'-d(CTACTAAACATGTACAAATCATCC) was specifically modified on the exocyclic nitrogen of the ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Wittung P,Funk M,Jernström B,Nordén B,Takahashi M

更新日期：1995-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Two alpha-type CK2-activated PKAs (CK2-aPKAIalpha and CK2-aPKAIIalpha) were biochemically characterized in vitro using GST-HBV core fusion protein (GST-Hcore) and GST-Hcore157B as phosphate acceptors. It was found that (i), in the absence of cAMP, these two CK2-aPKAs phosphorylated both Ser-170 and Ser-178 on GST-Hcor...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Enomoto M,Sawano Y,Kosuge S,Yamano Y,Kuroki K,Ohtsuki K

更新日期：2006-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The complete sequence of a 94 amino acid human seminal plasma polypeptide exhibiting inhibin-like activity is presented. This molecule, called beta-inhibin, selectively and specifically suppresses the release of pituitary FSH in vivo as well as in vitro. It does not affect the secretion of LH. Such a novel acidic prot...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Seidah NG,Arbatti NJ,Rochemont J,Sheth AR,Chrétien M

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Incubation of human thrombocytes in the presence of [3H]palmitic acid leads to incorporation of this fatty acid into the alpha subunit of Gs as described [Linder et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 90 (1993) 3675-3679; Degtyarev et al., Biochemistry 32 (1993) 8057-8061] but also into the catalyst of adenylyl cyclase wh...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Mollner S,Beck K,Pfeuffer T

更新日期：1995-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclic ADP-ribose (cADPR), an endogenous NAD+ metabolite in many mammalian and invertebrate tissues, is a potent mediator of calcium mobilization in sea urchin eggs. Our results show that cADPR also stimulates calcium release from rat brain microsomes, marked release occurring over the concentration range 10-250 nM. T...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： White AM,Watson SP,Galione A

更新日期：1993-03-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Accumulation of unfolded proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) causes ER stress. The ER stress sensor inositol requiring enzyme-1beta (IRE1β), which is specifically expressed in intestinal epithelial cells, is thought to be involved in translational repression. However, its mechanism of action is not fully unders...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Nakamura D,Tsuru A,Ikegami K,Imagawa Y,Fujimoto N,Kohno K

更新日期：2011-01-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Tyrosine phosphorylation of Cbl and its association with signal-transducing molecules in response to macrophage colony-stimulating factor (M-CSF) were analyzed by using cell lines which express the wild-type and a mutant M-CSF receptor, Fms. We found that in a clone, F723 TF-1 cells expressing mutant Fms in which tyro...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Ota J,Sato K,Kimura F,Wakimoto N,Nakamura Y,Nagata N,Suzu S,Yamada M,Shimamura S,Motoyoshi K

更新日期：2000-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Heterotrimeric G proteins were purified from bovine brain by immunoaffinity chromatography on immobilized anti G protein monoclonal antibody 3C2. Release of betagamma subunits was effectuated by exposure of immobilized trimeric G proteins to MgAlF4. The resultant betagamma subunits were pure and biologically active. F...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Rehm A,Ploegh HL

更新日期：1997-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of guanine nucleotides on arachidonic acid (AA) release were studied in intact and saponin-permeabilized human platelets. While GTP[S] itself caused a stimulation of AA release in permeabilized cells, GTP[S], GDP[S], GTP, ATP and other nucleotides inhibited AA release in response to thrombin and other agon...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Rehm AG,Wu H,Halenda SP

更新日期：1988-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The modification of homeodomain-interacting protein kinase 2 (HIPK2) by small ubiquitin-like modifier 1 (SUMO-1) plays an important role in its targeting into the promyelocytic leukemia body, as well as in its differential interaction with binding partner, but the desumoylation of HIPK2 by SUMO-specific proteases is l...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kim YH,Sung KS,Lee SJ,Kim YO,Choi CY,Kim Y

更新日期：2005-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：:We used cDNA microarray to identify transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta) responsive target genes during osteoblast development and found that nephronectin (Npnt) is one such gene that is significantly down-regulated. Here we report the role of TGF-beta in regulating Npnt-mediated osteoblast differentiation. We f...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Fang L,Kahai S,Yang W,He C,Seth A,Peng C,Yang BB

更新日期：2010-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study describes a significant amino acid sequence homology between neuronal Cdk5 activator (nck5a) and an open reading frame of an unknown gene on the yeast S. cerevisiae chromosome III. A cDNA encoding a 25 kDa fragment of this yeast protein, the region containing homologous sequence to nck5a was cloned a...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Huang QQ,Lee KY,Wang JH

更新日期：1996-01-02 00:00:00

abstract：:We have characterized the cell surface of zebrafish stratified epithelium using a combined approach of light and atomic force microscopy under conditions which simulate wound healing. Microridges rise on average 100 nm above the surface of living epithelial cells, which correlate to bundles of cytochalasin B-insensiti...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Sharma A,Anderson KI,Müller DJ

更新日期：2005-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:On incubation of 7-day-old wheat seedlings in the presence of [3H]thymidine, the radioactivity incorporated into coleoptile DNA is found to be localized mainly (greater than 95%) in the fraction of heavy mitochondrial DNA (H-mt DNA; rho = 1.716 gm/cm3). Upon long (48-72 h) incubation of cut-off seedlings in water, the...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kirnos MD,Alexandrushkina NI,Zagorskaya GYa,Kireev II,Vanyushin BF

更新日期：1992-02-24 00:00:00

abstract：:We show that inverted membrane vesicles from Corynebacterium glutamicum, a Gram-positive bacterium, are able to generate and maintain an electrochemical gradient of protons in response to the addition of NADH. This result indicates that the respiratory chain is intact and that the vesicles are reasonably impermeable t...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Schrempp S,Bayan N,Shechter E

更新日期：1994-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Tau phosphorylation plays a crucial role in microtubule stabilization and in Alzheimer's disease. To characterize the molecular mechanisms of tau binding on microtubules, we synthesized the peptide R1 (QTAPVPMPDLKNVKSKIGSTENLKHQPGGGKVQI), reproducing the first tau microtubule binding motif. We thermodynamically charac...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Devred F,Douillard S,Briand C,Peyrot V

更新日期：2002-07-17 00:00:00