Structural organization of the bovine cathelicidin gene family and identification of a novel member.

abstract：:Gap junctions (GJs) traverse apposing membranes of neighboring cells to mediate intercellular communication by passive diffusion of signaling molecules. We have shown previously that cells endocytose GJs utilizing the clathrin machinery. Endocytosis generates cytoplasmic double-membrane vesicles termed annular gap jun...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Fong JT,Nimlamool W,Falk MM

更新日期：2014-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：:SigT is an ECF sigma factor in Streptomyces coelicolor. sigT and its putative anti-sigma factor gene rstA are located in one putative operon, and SigT could physically interact with RstA. Deletion of sigT or rstA caused accelerated morphological development and enhanced production of antibiotics, concomitant with over...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Mao XM,Zhou Z,Cheng LY,Hou XP,Guan WJ,Li YQ

更新日期：2009-10-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Superoxide reacts with nitric oxide to form peroxynitrite, a potent oxidising agent which may contribute to tissue damage in pathological situations such as inflammation and ischaemia/reperfusion. One mechanism by which oxidative stress damages tissues is the induction of a specific Cyclosporin A-sensitive mitochondri...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Packer MA,Murphy MP

更新日期：1994-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The oxysterol binding proteins (OSBPs) are believed to control cholesterol homeostasis but their precise mechanism of action is not well understood. The Dictyostelium osbA gene encodes a predicted OSBP, OSBPa, which lacks the PH domain that in most other OSBPs directs targetting to the Golgi. OSBPa instead localises s...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Fukuzawa M,Williams JG

更新日期：2002-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Human seminal fluid contains a number of tripeptide amides with similar structures to thyrotropin releasing hormone (TRH), two of which have been identified as pGlu-Glu-Pro amide and pGlu-Phe-Pro amide. To determine whether these peptides originate in the same tissues and have the same molecular origin, TRH-immunoreac...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Linden H,del Rio Garcia J,Huber A,Kreil G,Smyth D

更新日期：1996-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The cDNAs of several snake venom zinc endopeptidases code for a putative propeptide, which includes the conserved cysteine-containing sequence PKMCGVT. It has been suggested that binding of the cysteine thiol function to the active-site zinc, resulting in inactivation of the catalytic domain, occurs in a mode similar ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Grams F,Huber R,Kress LF,Moroder L,Bode W

更新日期：1993-11-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Disruption of the gene pgil of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, which codes for phosphoglucose isomerase, results in a dramatic increase in the amount of intracellular glycogen in early exponential cultures. The level of glucose 6-phosphate was much higher in mutant than in wild-type cells. Phosphorylase a activity and the s...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Corominas J,Clotet J,Fernández-Bañares I,Boles E,Zimmermann FK,Guinovart JJ,Ariño J

更新日期：1992-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Growth of E. coli in the presence of the protonophorous uncoupler pentachlorophenol is shown to strongly enhance levels of cytochrome d, a putative Na(+)-motive oxidase. This effect was found to be arrested by chloramphenicol and stimulated by high Na+ concentration in the growth medium. The induction of cytochrome d ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Bogachev AV,Murtazina RA,Skulachev VP

更新日期：1993-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Tropine (tropan-3 alpha-ol) is an intermediate in the formation of hyoscyamine. An acyltransferase activity that can acetylate tropine using acetylcoenzyme A as cosubstrate has been found in transformed root cultures of Datura stramonium. A further acyltransferase activity that acetylates pseudotropine (tropan-3 beta-...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Robins RJ,Bachmann P,Robinson T,Rhodes MJ,Yamada Y

更新日期：1991-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The efflux of [3H]purines from cultured sympathetic neurons prelabelled with [3H]adenine is accelerated 2-3-fold within hours of nerve growth factor (NGF) withdrawal and is reduced by readdition of NGF. Addition of 8-(4-chlorphenyl-thio) cAMP, which delays neurite degeneration, reduced the enhanced efflux of purines, ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Tolkovsky AM,Buckmaster EA

更新日期：1989-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Epichloë festucae Fl1 in association with Lolium perenne synthesizes a diverse range of indole-diterpene bioprotective metabolites, including lolitrem B, a potent tremorgen. The ltm genes responsible for the synthesis of these metabolites are organized in three clusters at a single sub-telomeric locus in the genome of...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Saikia S,Takemoto D,Tapper BA,Lane GA,Fraser K,Scott B

更新日期：2012-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The Fanconi anemia (FA) pathway, of which the FANCD2 protein is a key component, plays crucial roles in the maintenance of hematopoietic stem cells and suppression of carcinogenesis. However, the function of FANCD2 remains unclear. Here, we report that FANCD2 is a novel and specific substrate of caspase 3. Cleavage of...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Sakai W,Sugasawa K

更新日期：2014-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Scorpion toxins have been found lacking effect on Na(+) current of its own sodium channel, whereas the molecular mechanism remains mystery. In this study, the binding affinity of pharmacologically distinct scorpion toxins was found much weaker to scorpion (Buthus martensii) nerve synaptosomes than to spider (Ornithoct...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Zuo XP,He HQ,He M,Liu ZR,Xu Q,Ye JG,Ji YH

更新日期：2006-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Physiological amyloid aggregation occurs within the nuclei of stress-treated cells. These structures, termed Amyloid bodies (A-bodies), assemble through the rapid accumulation of proteins into dense membrane-less organelles, which possess the same biophysical properties as plaques observed in many amyloid-based diseas...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Marijan D,Tse R,Elliott K,Chandhok S,Luo M,Lacroix E,Audas TE

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Muscarinic acetylcholine receptors purified from porcine atrium were phosphorylated, depending on the presence of agonists, by a protein kinase partially purified from porcine brain, which had similar properties to the beta-adrenergic receptor kinase. GTP-binding regulatory proteins (Go) had dual effects on the phosph...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Haga K,Haga T

更新日期：1990-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Recombinant expression of the large alternansucrase (2057 amino acids) was hindered in E. coli due to poor enzyme solubility and protein degradation. The effects of deletions of the alternansucrase C-terminal CW-like and APY repeated motifs on enzyme solubility and specificity were investigated. A truncated variant de...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Joucla G,Pizzut S,Monsan P,Remaud-Simeon M

更新日期：2006-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：:A conformational transition between E2 and E1 forms of Na, K-ATPase induced by different nucleotides has been studied under steady state conditions using the enzyme labelled with 5-iodoacetamidofluorescein. In the presence of K+ the plot of fluorescence as a function of [ATP], [ADP] or [CTP] (in a range of 5 microM-12...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Lopina OD,Pindel EV,Boldyrev AA

更新日期：1990-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Aah VI was isolated from the venom of the North African scorpion, Androctonus australis hector. It is the first glycosylated neurotoxin from scorpion venom to be described. It was not toxic to mice, when injected intracerebroventricularly at a dose of 1.2 microg per animal. However, it had typical activity in Blatella...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Hassani O,Loew D,Van Dorsselaer A,Papandréou MJ,Sorokine O,Rochat H,Sampieri F,Mansuelle P

更新日期：1999-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The widely studied macrophage scavenger receptor system is known to bind both acetylated low density lipoprotein and oxidized low density lipoprotein. Although only the latter ligand has been shown to occur in vivo, acetylated low density lipoprotein is often used to evaluate the contribution of scavenger receptors to...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Volf I,Moeslinger T,Cooper J,Schmid W,Koller E

更新日期：1999-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Caloric restriction (CR) is the most compelling example of lifespan extension by external manipulation. Although the molecular mechanisms remain unknown, the theory of hormesis has been invoked to explain the life promoting effects of CR. Hormesis is defined as the beneficial effects of low intensity stressor on a cel...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kharade SV,Mittal N,Das SP,Sinha P,Roy N

更新日期：2005-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of additives during X-irradiation of malate synthase led to radioprotective effects against primary and post-irradiation inactivation. Pronounced effects were provided by typical scavengers, sulfhydryl reagents and specific ligands (substrates, products, analogues). The results show that scavenging and sp...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Durchschlag H,Zipper P

更新日期：1988-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondria in primary living hepatocytes were visualized in cells transfected with a chimeric plasmid encoding for the green fluorescent protein (GFP) of Aequorea victoria engineered to be specifically targeted to mitochondria, as described recently (Rizutto et al. (1995) Curr. Biol. 5, 635-642). The identification ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Venerando R,Miotto G,Pizzo P,Rizzuto R,Siliprandi N

更新日期：1996-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：:This work describes the molecular cloning of a variant isoform of the low-affinity levocabastine-sensitive neurotensin receptor isolated from mouse brain. Although the corresponding mRNA encodes for a 282 amino acid protein unable to bind neurotensin after transient transfection in COS-7 cells, this non-functional neu...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Botto JM,Sarret P,Vincent JP,Mazella J

更新日期：1997-01-03 00:00:00

abstract：:When MCF-7 cells were treated with 17 beta-estradiol, dexamethasone, or promegestone at 37 degrees C, the KD of receptors for their cognate ligands was found to decrease as compared to that measured at 2 degrees C. Cell incubation with hormone at 37 degrees C did not affect the Bmax of glucocorticoid and progesterone ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Rossini GP,Malaguti C

更新日期：1995-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Several blood-feeding organisms, including the malaria parasite detoxify haem released from host haemoglobin by conversion to the insoluble crystalline ferriprotoporphyrin IX dimer known as haemozoin. To date the mechanism of haemozoin formation has remained unknown, although lipids or proteins have been suggested to ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Egan TJ,Chen JY,de Villiers KA,Mabotha TE,Naidoo KJ,Ncokazi KK,Langford SJ,McNaughton D,Pandiancherri S,Wood BR

更新日期：2006-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated transactivation by NANOG in regulating growth and differentiation factor 3 (GDF3) expression in NCCIT cells. GDF3 expression was affected by shRNA-mediated downregulation and by exogenous overexpression of NANOG specifically, as well as by retinoic acid-mediated differentiation. GDF3 transcription was ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Park SW,Lim HY,Do HJ,Sung B,Huh SH,Uhm SJ,Song H,Chung HJ,Kim JH,Kim NH,Kim JH

更新日期：2012-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Human legumain was characterized following overexpression in a murine cell line as the C-terminal Ig-fusion protein. Upon acid treatment, the prolegumain autoproteolyzed distal to two aspartic acid residues to yield a highly active form. The ability of mature legumain to cleave after aspartic acid residues was confirm...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Halfon S,Patel S,Vega F,Zurawski S,Zurawski G

更新日期：1998-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:A new epsilon-N-trimethyllysine metabolite has been isolated from the mycelium of Neurospora crassa. The labelled compound produced from incubations in vivo and in vitro from epsilon-N-trimethyl ([14-C]H3)L-lysine has been identified as 2-keto-epsilon-N-trimethyl-hexanoic acid by reducing its 2,4-dinitrophenyl hydrazo...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Villanueva VR,Lederer E

更新日期：1975-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A human teratoma cell line (Tera 2) was grown in serum-free medium, and the population multiplication was stimulated by the addition of 1-10 ng basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF)/ml. The bFGF-effect was abrogated by the addition of protamine sulphate. When high concentrations of bFGF were added, a preferential effe...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Schofield PN,Granerus M,Lee A,Ektröm TJ,Engström W

更新日期：1992-02-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytochrome c oxidase is a membrane-bound redox-driven proton pump that harbors two proton-transfer pathways, D and K, which are used at different stages of the reaction cycle. Here, we address the question if a D pathway with a modified energy landscape for proton transfer could take over the role of the K pathway whe...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Vilhjálmsdóttir J,Albertsson I,Blomberg MRA,Ädelroth P,Brzezinski P

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00