Lysine-87 is a functionally important residue in human prothymosin alpha.

abstract：:The yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae contains two acetyl-CoA synthetase genes, ACS1 and ACS2. While ACS1 transcription is glucose repressible, ACS2 shows coregulation with structural genes of fatty acid biosynthesis. The ACS2 upstream region contains an ICRE (inositol/choline-responsive element) as an activating sequenc...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Hiesinger M,Wagner C,Schüller HJ

更新日期：1997-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The kinetics of AMP-aminohydrolase, which under steady state conditions shows a typical sigmoid dependence of initial velocities versus substrate concentration, have been examined by rapid mixing methods. Using this technique it was observed that when substrate or substrate plus activator (K(+)) were mixed with enzyme...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Suelter CH,Kovacs AL,Antonini E

更新日期：1968-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polymerising proteins of the actin family are nearly ubiquitous. Crenactins, restricted to Crenarchaea, are more closely related to actin than bacterial MreB. Crenactins occur in gene clusters hinting at an unknown, but conserved function. We solved the crystal structure of crenactin at 3.2 Å resolution. The protein c...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Izoré T,Duman R,Kureisaite-Ciziene D,Löwe J

更新日期：2014-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is a slow, infectious, progressive neurological disorder which results in human dementia. Synaptic membranes from various brain regions of guinea pigs infected with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease show increased guanyl nucleotide- or 5-hydroxytryptamine-mediated activation of adenylate cyclase. Thi...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Rasenick MM,Valley S,Manuelidis EE,Manuelidis L

更新日期：1986-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Low density lipoproteins are highly sensitive to oxidation by copper salts, and such peroxidation is accompanied by macrophage scavenger receptor recognition. This study shows that fresh human atherosclerotic material (aneurysms and endarterectomies) can contain detectable amounts of redox active iron and copper that ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Swain J,Gutteridge JM

更新日期：1995-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Transglutaminase 2 (TG2) is a GTP-binding protein with transglutaminase activity. Despite advances in the characterization of TG2 functions and their impact on cellular processes, the role of TG2 in Human chronic myelogenous leukemia K562 cell line is still poorly understood. To understand the biological significance ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kang SK,Lee JY,Chung TW,Kim CH

更新日期：2004-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitogen activated protein kinase in extracts of U-937 macrophage-like cells was stimulated by LDL and oxLDL. A maximum value (161% of the basal phosphotransferase activity) was obtained after 6 min exposure to oxidized LDL (27 microgram/ml) using APRTPGGRR peptide substrate. The activatory effect was more pronounced (...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Deigner HP,Claus R

更新日期：1996-05-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The kinetics of complexing inactivation at identical enzyme and inhibitor concentrations were analyzed and the equations of product generation were derived when the free enzyme concentration is great, larger or smaller than the dissociation constant of inhibitor, K(I). The kinetic constants can be obtained by fitting ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Wang MH,Zhao KY

更新日期：1997-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：:A new insertion sequence, IS186, has been identified from Escherichia coli and sequenced. It contains 1336 base pairs with a terminal inverted repeat of 22 nucleotides. A long open reading frame, from an ATG codon at position 55 to a TAG termination codon at 1327, could code for a polypeptide of 424 amino acids. This ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Chong P,Hui I,Loo T,Gillam S

更新日期：1985-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：:We explored the interactive effects of endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) genotypes and cigarette smoking on protein levels and enzyme activity in 33 postpartum placentas. Whilst the eNOS protein levels were lower in the rare allele (0.48+/-0.11, n=9 vs. 1. 05+/-0.10, n=24, P<0.01), the eNOS enzyme activity was ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Wang XL,Sim AS,Wang MX,Murrell GA,Trudinger B,Wang J

更新日期：2000-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The fluorescent Ca2+ indicator Fura 2 was used to monitor Ca2+ release induced by the Ins(1,4,5)P3-mobilizing agonist angiotensin II (Ag II), caffeine and 2,5-di-(tert-butyl)-1,4-benzohydroquinone (tuBHQ), in intact bovine adrenal chromaffin cells. Under low external Ca2+ conditions, tuBHQ, Ag II and caffeine elicited...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Robinson IM,Burgoyne RD

更新日期：1991-09-09 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：:Phosphotyrosine-containing proteins in Dictyostelium discoideum were detected by immunoblot analysis and immunoprecipitation using a monoclonal anti-phosphotyrosine antibody. The iodinated antibody recognized on bots a cluster of 205-220 kDa polypeptides and bands of 107 and 60 kDa. The 107 and 60 kDa polypeptides and...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Schweiger A,Mihalache O,Muhr A,Adrian I

更新日期：1990-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Vacuolar membrane H(+)-translocating pyrophosphatase (H(+)-PPase) was purified from pumpkin seedlings. Its enzymatic properties including molecular size of constituting polypeptide (75 kDa) were very similar to those of mung bean H(+)-PPase [(1989) J. Biol. Chem. 264, 20068-20073]. The native, functional molecular siz...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Sato MH,Maeshima M,Ohsumi Y,Yoshida M

更新日期：1991-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of the formyl peptide chemoattractant receptor (FPCR) of phagocytic cells mobilizes intracellular calcium stores and affects the plasma membrane potential. Affinity crosslinking of FPCR has demonstrated a 60-80 kDa glycoprotein, with core peptide of 32 kDa. It is not known whether functional FPCR is this si...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Murphy PM,Gallin EK,Tiffany HL,Malech HL

更新日期：1990-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The covalently closed circular DNA (cccDNA) of hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a viral center molecule for HBV infection and persistence. However, the cellular restriction factors of HBV cccDNA are not well understood. Here, we show that TGF-β can induce nuclear viral cccDNA degradation and hypermutation via activation-ind...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Qiao Y,Han X,Guan G,Wu N,Sun J,Pak V,Liang G

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rat gastric H+,K(+)-ATPase alpha subunit gene was cloned and the nucleotide sequence of its 5'-upstream region was determined. Sequence comparison with the corresponding part of the human gene indicated the presence of highly conserved regions which may be important for specific transcription of the alpha subunit ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Oshiman K,Motojima K,Mahmood S,Shimada A,Tamura S,Maeda M,Futai M

更新日期：1991-04-09 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：:Human high- and low-Mr kininogens were shown to be potent inhibitors of cysteine proteinases such as cathepsin L and papain (Ki = 17-48 pM). A strong immunological cross-reaction between the kininogens and low-Mr alpha-cysteine proteinase inhibitor from human plasma was found. Comparison of partial amino acid sequence...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Müller-Esterl W,Fritz H,Machleidt W,Ritonja A,Brzin J,Kotnik M,Turk V,Kellermann J,Lottspeich F

更新日期：1985-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine whether aging is associated with a pro-inflammatory shift in the lung, inflammation and inflammation-related gene expression in the lungs of 12-week-old and 24-month-old Balb/c mice were studied. cDNA microarray and quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction analyses showed that eight in...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Aoshiba K,Nagai A

更新日期：2007-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibroblast growth factor-2 (FGF-2) is mitogenic for the human breast cancer cell line MCF-7; here we investigate some of the signaling pathways subserving this activity. FGF-2 stimulation of MCF-7 cells resulted in a global increase of intracellular tyrosine phosphorylation of proteins, particularly FGF receptor subst...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Vercoutter-Edouart A,Lemoine J,Smart CE,Nurcombe V,Boilly B,Peyrat J,Hondermarck H

更新日期：2000-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Our previous study documented the expression of Mta1 during spermatogenesis. Here, we present evidence for a possible involvement of Mta1 in the regulation of testicular function, possibly by interacting with p53. A notable decrease of Mta1 expression was revealed at postsurgical day 6, consistent with the previously ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Li W,Bao W,Ma J,Liu X,Xu R,Wang RA,Zhang Y

更新日期：2008-03-19 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：:Stability of green fluorescent protein (GFP) is sometimes important for a proper practical application of this protein. Random mutagenesis and targeted mutagenesis have been used to create better-folded variants of GFP, including recently reported extra-superfolder GFP. Our aim was to determine the crystal structure o...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Choi JY,Jang TH,Park HH

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In addition to the selective amplification of cDNA from total RNA by the PCR method, the distinctive properties of ferredoxin-expressing colonies can be used for cloning a ferredoxin cDNA. This strategy for cloning and expressing cDNA in E. coli was applied to a sheep adreno-ferredoxin. The expressed sheep ferredoxin ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Matsuo Y,Tsujita M,Mizoguchi K,Ichikawa Y

更新日期：1992-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Hormone-sensitive lipase (HSL) is responsible for the neutral cholesterol ester hydrolase activity in macrophages. Incubation of intact WEHI macrophages or mouse peritoneal macrophages leads to phosphorylation of HSL, which is increased by incubation with either dibutyryl cyclic AMP and 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine or ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Small CA,Rogers MP,Goodacre JA,Yeaman SJ

更新日期：1991-02-25 00:00:00

abstract：:trans-3-Chloroacrylic acid dehalogenase (CaaD) catalyzes the hydrolytic dehalogenation of trans-3-haloacrylates to yield malonate semialdehyde by a mechanism utilizing βPro-1, αArg-8, αArg-11, and αGlu-52. These residues are implicated in a promiscuous hydratase activity where 2-oxo-3-pentynoate is processed to acetop...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Poelarends GJ,Serrano H,Huddleston JP,Johnson WH Jr,Whitman CP

更新日期：2013-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Both cisplatin and the estrogen receptor (ER) are known to bend DNA. The influence of the bending of sequences by the d(GpG)cisPt adduct binding of ER to estrogen response element (ERE)-like sequences was examined. Three ERE-like oligonucleotides with different affinities for ER and which include a GG in the linker se...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Massaad-Massade L,Massaad C,Legendre F,Bas V,Chottard J,Beaune P,Barouki R

更新日期：2000-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Parathyroid hormone (PTH) secretion is stimulated by low extracellular calcium (Ca2+) in association with a reduction in cyosolic Ca2+, indicating that this cell type does not conform to classical models of stimulus-secretion coupling. We used the phorbol ester TPA (12-O-tetradecanoyl phorbol 13-acetate), which direct...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Brown EM,Redgrave J,Thatcher J

更新日期：1984-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Leonor Michaelis spent the years of 1922-1926 as Professor of Biochemistry of the Aichi Medical College (now Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya University) in Nagoya, Japan. Michaelis succeeded in gathering many bright young biochemists from all over Japan into his laboratory, and made tremendous contributions to the...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Nagatsu TT

更新日期：2013-09-02 00:00:00