Evolution of dnaQ, the gene encoding the editing 3' to 5' exonuclease subunit of DNA polymerase III holoenzyme in Gram-negative bacteria.

abstract：:A simple technique for rapid isolation of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) from animal cells is described. The method is based on the selective alkaline denaturation procedure of Birnboim and Doly [(1979) Nucleic Acids Res. 7, 1513-1523] and avoids the use of CsCl gradient centrifugation. The yield of mtDNA is comparable to ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Palva TK,Palva ET

更新日期：1985-11-18 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：:The somatostatin upstream enhancer (SMS-UE) is a highly complex enhancer element. The distal A-element contains overlapping Pdx1 and Pbx binding sites. However, a point mutation in the A-element that abolishes both Pdxl and Pbx binding does not impair promoter activity. In contrast, a point mutation that selectively e...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Andersen FG,Jensen J,Heller RS,Petersen HV,Larsson LI,Madsen OD,Serup P

更新日期：1999-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The higher-order structure of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) in membranes may involve dimerization and formation of even larger oligomeric complexes. Here, we have investigated the organization of the prototypical GPCR rhodopsin in its native membrane by electron and atomic force microscopy (AFM). Disc membranes ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Fotiadis D,Liang Y,Filipek S,Saperstein DA,Engel A,Palczewski K

更新日期：2004-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:FACS analysis together with PIPLC treatment was applied to PI-anchoring antigens such as DAF (decay-accerelating factor, CD55), 1F5 antigen (CD59), CD14 and CD16 on the cell surfaces of blood cells from a normal adult and a male patient with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglubinuria (PNH). Through the extensive analysis, th...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Taguchi R,Funahashi Y,Ikezawa H,Nakashima I

更新日期：1990-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：:LipL and Cpr19 are nonheme, mononuclear Fe(II)-dependent, α-ketoglutarate (αKG):UMP oxygenases that catalyze the formation of CO2 , succinate, phosphate, and uridine-5'-aldehyde, the last of which is a biosynthetic precursor for several nucleoside antibiotics that inhibit bacterial translocase I (MraY). To better unde...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Goswami A,Liu X,Cai W,Wyche TP,Bugni TS,Meurillon M,Peyrottes S,Perigaud C,Nonaka K,Rohr J,Van Lanen SG

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tea-catechin derivatives are shown to inhibit activities of caspases-3, 2 and 7 in vitro, and prevented experimental apoptosis at the cell and animal levels. Epigallo-catechin-gallate showed the strongest inhibition at 1 x 10(-7)M to these caspases, but cysteine cathepsins and caspase-8 were not inhibited. Caspase-3 i...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Katunuma N,Ohashi A,Sano E,Ishimaru N,Hayashi Y,Murata E

更新日期：2006-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：:ent-Kaurene is the key intermediate in biosynthesis of gibberellins (GAs), plant hormones. In higher plants, ent-kaurene is synthesized successively by copalyl diphosphate synthase (CPS) and ent-kaurene synthase (KS) from geranylgeranyl diphosphate (GGDP). On the other hand, fungal ent-kaurene synthases are bifunction...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Hayashi K,Kawaide H,Notomi M,Sakigi Y,Matsuo A,Nozaki H

更新日期：2006-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Quantitative structure activity relationships (QSARs) for the conversion of nitrobenzimidazolones and nitrobenzimidazoles by rat liver DT-diaphorase (EC 1.6.99.2) are described. The parameter used for description of the QSARs is the energy of the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (E(LUMO)) of the nitroaromatic compo...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Anusevicius Z,Soffers AE,Cénas N,Sarlauskas J,Segura-Aguilar J,Rietjens IM

更新日期：1998-05-15 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：:Protein kinase C (PKC) from human promyelocytic leukemia HL-60 cells can be resolved into three fractions (peak, a, b and c) by hydroxyapatite column chromatography. Peak a and c enzymes are indistinguishable from the brain type II PKC having beta (beta I and beta II)-sequence and type III having alpha-sequence, respe...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Hashimoto K,Kishimoto A,Aihara H,Yasuda I,Mikawa K,Nishizuka Y

更新日期：1990-04-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Mammalian color vision is mediated by light-sensitive pigments in retinal cone cells. Biochemical studies on native mammalian cone visual pigments are seriously hampered by their low levels and instability. We describe a novel approach for their functional expression, employing the baculovirus system in combination wi...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Vissers PM,DeGrip WJ

更新日期：1996-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) and C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP)-activated guanylate cyclases are single-chain transmembrane-spanning proteins, containing both ligand binding and catalytic activities. In both proteins, ligand binding to the extracellular receptor domain activates the cytosolic catalytic domain, ge...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Duda T,Goraczniak RM,Sharma RK

更新日期：1993-12-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The sequence of the 18 S rRNA of Tenebrio molitor is reported. A detailed secondary structure model for eukaryotic small subunit rRNAs is proposed. The model comprises 48 universal helices that eukaryotic and prokaryotic small subunit rRNAs have in common, plus a number of helices in areas of variable secondary struct...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Hendriks L,De Baere R,Van Broeckhoven C,De Wachter R

更新日期：1988-05-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The primary structure of a novel subunit of the mouse NMDA (N-methyl-D-aspartate) receptor channel, designated epsilon 4, has been revealed by cloning and sequencing the cDNA. The epsilon 4 subunit shares high amino acid sequence identity with the epsilon 1, epsilon 2 and epsilon 3 subunits of the mouse NMDA receptor ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Ikeda K,Nagasawa M,Mori H,Araki K,Sakimura K,Watanabe M,Inoue Y,Mishina M

更新日期：1992-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The usefulness of a gamma camera system for external imaging of the degradation sites of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) is demonstrated in rats. [131I]LDL was injected intravenously in normal rats and rats pretreated with 17 alpha-ethinyl estradiol for LDL receptor induction. Distribution of the radioligand was followe...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Friedrich E,Dresel HA,Sinn H,Schettler G

更新日期：1985-05-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Two RNA silencing-related phenomena, quelling and meiotic silencing by unpaired DNA (MSUD) have been identified in the fungus Neurospora crassa. Similar to the case with the siRNA and miRNA pathways in Drosophila, different sets of protein components including RNA-dependent RNA polymerase, argonaute and dicer, are use...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Nakayashiki H

更新日期：2005-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Synaptotagmins (Syts) are involved in Ca(2+)-dependent insulin release. However, which Syt isoform is functional in primary beta-cells remains unknown. We demonstrate by electron microscopy of pancreatic islets, the association of Syt 9 with insulin granules. Silencing of Syt 9 by RNA interference adenovirus in islet ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Iezzi M,Eliasson L,Fukuda M,Wollheim CB

更新日期：2005-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：:A photoactive reaction center complex was isolated from a thermophilic green sulfur bacterium, Chlorobium tepidum under anaerobic conditions. The electron transfer occurred from heme c to the photo-oxidized reaction center chlorophyll, P840+, with a half time (t1/2) of 110 or 340 microseconds at 24 or 12 degrees C, re...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Oh-oka H,Kamei S,Matsubara H,Iwaki M,Itoh S

更新日期：1995-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Friedreich ataxia is the most common recessive neurodegenerative disease and is caused by reduced expression of mitochondrial frataxin. Frataxin depletion causes impairment in iron-sulfur cluster and heme biosynthesis, disruption of iron homeostasis and hypersensitivity to oxidants. Currently no pharmacological treatm...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Lefevre S,Sliwa D,Auchère F,Brossas C,Ruckenstuhl C,Boggetto N,Lesuisse E,Madeo F,Camadro JM,Santos R

更新日期：2012-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:A spectroscopic study of the flavocytochrome b enzyme, cellobiose oxidase, employing optical, NMR, EPR and near infra-red MCD techniques, has identified the axial ligands of the b-type haem. These are a histidine and a methionine, and this ligation set is discussed in relation to the functional role of the haem group....

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Cox MC,Rogers MS,Cheesman M,Jones GD,Thomson AJ,Wilson MT,Moore GR

更新日期：1992-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Undifferentiated rat pheochromocytoma PC12 cells were voltage clamped using the whole cell technique. After blockade of outward currents, calcium currents were elicited from -40 and -100 mV. A subpopulation of cells displayed only one current component activated at -10 mV and slowly decaying. In other cells this curre...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Janigro D,Maccaferri G,Meldolesi J

更新日期：1989-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA-cytochrome c complexes adsorbed on carbon-coated mica surfaces were directly imaged by atomic force microscopy in air using commercially available cantilevers, with a routine resolution of 6 nm. Images of M13 phage DNA and M13-DNA polymerase complex are also shown. ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Yang J,Takeyasu K,Shao Z

更新日期：1992-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Astrocytes (AC) induce blood-brain barrier (BBB) properties in brain endothelial cells (EC). As antioxidative activity (AOA) is assumed to be a BBB characteristic, we tested whether AC improve AOA of EC. Monocultivated AC showed higher AOA [manganese superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (Cat), glutathione peroxidase (...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Schroeter ML,Mertsch K,Giese H,Müller S,Sporbert A,Hickel B,Blasig IE

更新日期：1999-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The complete amino acid sequence of a mammalian acetylcholinesterase from fetal bovine serum (FBS AChE) is presented. This enzyme has a high degree of sequence identity with other cholinesterases, liver carboxyesterases, esterase-6, lysophospholipase, and thyroglobulin. The locations of 191 amino acids in 10 regions o...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Doctor BP,Chapman TC,Christner CE,Deal CD,De La Hoz DM,Gentry MK,Ogert RA,Rush RS,Smyth KK,Wolfe AD

更新日期：1990-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:According to the leading theory, the agent responsible for prion diseases would be the conformational isomer PrP(Sc) of a cellular protein PrP(C), the pathogenic form PrP(Sc) multiplying by converting the normal protein into a likeness of itself. The pathogenic isoform could catalyze the conformational transition so t...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Laurent M

更新日期：1997-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The specific binding of [3H]retinoids to cellular retinoid-binding proteins was measured directly by the cold acetone filtration method. After incubation of purified cellular retinoid-binding proteins with [3H]retinoids with or without competitors for 2-4 h, bound ligands were separated from free by filtration using c...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Ninomiya M,Suganuma M,Paik NS,Muto Y,Fujiki H

更新日期：1988-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Leishmania major promastigotes are parasites endowed with a plasma membrane electrogenic H+ pump and anionic channels. These systems have been thought to contribute to pH homeostasis of parasites and environmental adaptation by mediating extrusion of protons which are either generated metabolically or result from exog...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Vieira L,Cabantchik ZI

更新日期：1995-03-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Ghrelin inhibits insulin secretion partly via induction of IA-2beta. However, the orexigenic effect of ghrelin is mediated by the AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK)-uncoupling protein 2 (UCP2) pathway. Here, we demonstrate that ghrelin's inhibitory effect on insulin secretion also occurs through the AMPK-UCP2 pathway...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Wang Y,Nishi M,Doi A,Shono T,Furukawa Y,Shimada T,Furuta H,Sasaki H,Nanjo K

更新日期：2010-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The DNA mismatch repair endonuclease MutL consists of N-terminal ATPase and C-terminal endonuclease domains. The endonuclease domain binds zinc ion, although the ion seems not to function as a catalytic metal ion. Here, we solved the crystal structures of the Aquifex aeolicus MutL (aqMutL) endonuclease domain complexe...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Fukui K,Baba S,Kumasaka T,Yano T

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00