Extramitochondrial ATP/ADP-ratios regulate cytochrome c oxidase activity via binding to the cytosolic domain of subunit IV.

abstract：:MHC encoded DM heterodimers and classical MHC class II complexes meet in an endosomal/lysosomal compartment where DM heterodimers support peptide loading of MHC class II. Studies on peptide loading of rat class II and on peptide persistence in cells of the dendritic lineage prompted us to establish full length cDNA cl...

journal_title：Biological chemistry

authors： Kurth D,Neumann J,Demleitner K,Hildmann J,Mehlig M,Scheicher C,Wendling U,Sun D,Reske K

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) plays an important role in blood pressure control. ACE also has effects on renal function, reproduction, hematopoiesis, and several aspects of the immune response. ACE 10/10 mice overexpress ACE in monocytic cells; macrophages from ACE 10/10 mice demonstrate increased polarization t...

journal_title：Biological chemistry

authors： Bernstein KE,Gonzalez-Villalobos RA,Giani JF,Shah K,Bernstein E,Janjulia T,Koronyo Y,Shi PD,Koronyo-Hamaoui M,Fuchs S,Shen XZ

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuritic plaques of Alzheimer patients are composed of multiple protein components. Among them, the amyloid beta-peptides (Abeta) 1-40/42 and further N- and C-terminally modified fragments of Abeta are highly abundant. Most prominent are the isoaspartate (isoAsp)-Abeta peptides and pyroglutamyl (pGlu)-Abeta. While pGl...

journal_title：Biological chemistry

authors： Böhme L,Hoffmann T,Manhart S,Wolf R,Demuth HU

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The surface of spherical, nonporous silica nanoparticles (SiO2-NPs) was modified with gadolinium (Gd) complexes, fluorophores, and cell-penetrating peptides to achieve multifunctionality on a single particle. The Gd surface concentrations were 9-16 μmol/g resulting in nanomaterials with high local longitudinal and tra...

journal_title：Biological chemistry

authors： Joshi R,Feldmann V,Koestner W,Detje C,Gottschalk S,Mayer HA,Sauer MG,Engelmann J

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The N-terminal propeptide domains of several cathepsin L-like cysteine proteases have been shown to possess potent inhibitory activity. Here we report the first kinetic characterisation of the inhibition properties of the cathepsin V propeptide (CatV PP). Using a facile recombinant approach we demonstrate expression, ...

journal_title：Biological chemistry

authors： Burden RE,Snoddy P,Jefferies CA,Walker B,Scott CJ

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS) was used in monitoring human parvovirus B19 virus-like particle (VLP) antibody complexes from acute phase and past-immunity serum samples. The Oregon Green 488-labeled VLPs gave an average diffusion coefficient of 1.7 x 10(-7) cm2 s(-1) with an apparent hydrodynamic radius o...

journal_title：Biological chemistry

authors： Toivola J,Michel PO,Gilbert L,Lahtinen T,Marjomäki V,Hedman K,Vuento M,Oker-Blom C

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:92 kDa and 72 kDa gelatinases, two neutral proteinases exhibiting elastinolytic activity and secreted as zymogens by aortic smooth muscle cells, were shown to bind to insoluble elastin. The active form of each enzyme interacted with substrate more avidly than latent form. Once bound to insoluble elastin, 92 kDa progel...

journal_title：Biological chemistry

authors： Emonard H,Hornebeck W

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Major vault protein (MVP) is the predominant member of a large cytosolic ribonucleoprotein particle, termed vault. We have previously shown that MVP derived from electric ray electric organ becomes phosphorylated by protein kinase C in vitro and by tyrosine kinase in vivo. Here we show that MVP from two mammalian cell...

journal_title：Biological chemistry

authors： Ehrnsperger C,Volknandt W

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acid ceramidase (N-acylsphingosine deacylase, EC 3.5.1.23; AC) is the lipid hydrolase responsible for the degradation of ceramide into sphingosine and free fatty acids within lysosomes. The enzymatic activity was first identified over four decades ago and is deficient in two rare inherited disorders, Farber lipogranul...

journal_title：Biological chemistry

authors： Frohbergh M,He X,Schuchman EH

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early diagnostics at the preclinical stage of Alzheimer's disease is of utmost importance for drug development in clinical trials and prognostic guidance. Since soluble Aβ oligomers are considered to play a crucial role in the disease pathogenesis, several methods aim to quantify Aβ oligomers in body fluids such as ce...

journal_title：Biological chemistry

authors： Kravchenko K,Kulawik A,Hülsemann M,Kühbach K,Zafiu C,Herrmann Y,Linnartz C,Peters L,Bujnicki T,Willbold J,Bannach O,Willbold D

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many neurodegenerative disorders and syndromes are associated with an excessive generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and oxidative stress. The pathways to nerve cell death induced by diverse potential neurotoxins such as peptides, excitatory amino acids, cytokines or synthetic drugs commonly share oxidative dow...

journal_title：Biological chemistry

authors： Behl C,Moosmann B

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently reported that human melanoma cells, but not benign melanocytes, aberrantly express kallikrein-related peptidase 7 (KLK7). Here, we show a KLK7 overexpression-mediated decrease of cell adhesion to extracellular matrix binding proteins, associated with downregulation of α5/β1/αv/β3 integrin expression. We al...

journal_title：Biological chemistry

authors： Haddada M,Draoui H,Deschamps L,Walker F,Delaunay T,Brattsand M,Magdolen V,Darmoul D

更新日期：2018-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we tested the biological activity of a novel acylated form of (Pro3)glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypetide [(Pro3)GIP] prepared by conjugating palmitic acid to Lys16 to enhance its efficacy in vivo by promoting binding to albumin and extending its biological actions. Like the parent molecule (Pro3)...

journal_title：Biological chemistry

authors： Gault VA,Hunter K,Irwin N,Greer B,Green BD,Harriott P,O'Harte FP,Flatt PR

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:LFM-A13, or alpha-cyano-beta-hydroxy-beta-methyl-N-(2,5-dibromophenyl)propenamide, was shown to inhibit Bruton's tyrosine kinase (Btk). Here we show that LFM-A13 efficiently inhibits erythropoietin (Epo)-induced phosphorylation of the erythropoietin receptor, Janus kinase 2 (Jak2) and downstream signalling molecules. ...

journal_title：Biological chemistry

authors： van den Akker E,van Dijk TB,Schmidt U,Felida L,Beug H,Löwenberg B,von Lindern M

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kallikrein-related peptidases (KLKs) are a family of serine proteases that were shown to be useful cancer biomarkers. KLKs have been shown to be dysregulated in prostate cancer (PCa). microRNAs (miRNAs) are short RNA nucleotides that negatively regulate gene expression and have been reportedly dysregulated in PCa. We ...

journal_title：Biological chemistry

authors： White NM,Youssef YM,Fendler A,Stephan C,Jung K,Yousef GM

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The molecular architectures of the catalytic core of protein phosphatase 1 (PP1) and protein phosphatase 2B (PP2B) are similar, and both contain a beta12-beta13 loop that consists of non-conserved residues. A truncation mutant containing the PP2B catalytic domain has previously been constructed in our laboratory, and ...

journal_title：Biological chemistry

authors： Xie XJ,Xue CZ,Huang W,Yu DY,Wei Q

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The physiological roles of the intracellular iron and redox regulatory systems are intimately linked. Iron is an essential trace element for most organisms, yet elevated cellular iron levels are a potent generator and amplifier of reactive oxygen species and redox stress. Proteins binding iron or iron-sulfur (Fe/S) cl...

journal_title：Biological chemistry

authors： Mühlenhoff U,Braymer JJ,Christ S,Rietzschel N,Uzarska MA,Weiler BD,Lill R

更新日期：2020-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin-1 signaling is initiated by recruitment of adapter proteins and kinases to the type I interleukin-1 receptor (IL-1RI). It is modulated by accompanying redox processes at various levels, such as (auto-) phosphorylation of the IL-1RI-associated kinase IRAK, the phosphorylation of IkappaB and translocation an...

journal_title：Biological chemistry

authors： Böl GF,Jurrmann N,Brigelius-Flohé R

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The flagellate Euglena gracilis contains as photoreceptor complex a heterotetrameric light-sensitive adenylyl cyclase (AC), consisting of the flavoproteins PACalpha and PACbeta. Previously, we demonstrated the functional expression of PACalpha and PACbeta in oocytes from Xenopus laevis and of PACalpha in different ani...

journal_title：Biological chemistry

authors： Looser J,Schröder-Lang S,Hegemann P,Nagel G

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent evidence suggests that epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-dependent signaling contributes to liver cell proliferation, as well as to apoptotic liver cell death, and represents an important regulator of hepatic regeneration. This article summarizes recent findings on the molecular mechanisms involved in EGF...

journal_title：Biological chemistry

authors： Reinehr R,Häussinger D

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review deals with current concepts on the regulation and function of phospholipid asymmetry in biological membranes. This ubiquitous phenomenon is characterized by a distinctly different lipid composition between the inner and outer leaflet of the membrane bilayer. Transbilayer asymmetry is controlled by differen...

journal_title：Biological chemistry

authors： Bevers EM,Comfurius P,Dekkers DW,Harmsma M,Zwaal RF

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As an important protein, UL31 has been demonstrated to play multiple roles in herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) replication. Previous studies showed that UL31 predominantly locates in the nucleus in chemical fixed cells and live cells, however, the determining mechanisms for its nuclear translocation is not clear. In the...

journal_title：Biological chemistry

authors： Cai M,Si J,Li X,Zeng Z,Li M

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coxsackievirus B3 (CVB-3) is a plus-strand RNA virus that is believed to be the most common causal agent of viral myocarditis. Since no specific treatment for CVB-3 infections is available to date, we and others have recently started to develop RNA interference (RNAi) approaches to prevent virus propagation. Here we d...

journal_title：Biological chemistry

authors： Werk D,Schubert S,Lindig V,Grunert HP,Zeichhardt H,Erdmann VA,Kurreck J

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lysosomal cysteine proteases cathepsin B and L play important roles in tumor cell invasion. An imbalance between these cathepsins and their endogenous inhibitors, the cystatins, has been associated with development of the metastatic phenotype. Accordingly, many studies have indicated potential use of cystatins in ...

journal_title：Biological chemistry

authors： Gianotti A,Sommer CA,Carmona AK,Henrique-Silva F

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have characterised a Drosophila P-element enhancer detector insertion F125, which is expressed in the embryonic head and CNS as well as in various third instar imaginal discs. In an attempt to identify the gene with the equivalent expression pattern, we have characterised an adjacent gene. It encodes two novel conc...

journal_title：Biological chemistry

authors： Zeidler MP,Mlodzik M

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PAR and C/EBP family proteins are liver-enriched basic leucine zipper (bZip) transcription factors that bind similar sites on the promoters of albumin and cholesterol 7 alpha hydroxylase genes. However, C/EBP proteins have a more relaxed binding specificity than PAR proteins, in that they recognize many sites within p...

journal_title：Biological chemistry

authors： Falvey E,Marcacci L,Schibler U

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DEAD-box helicases catalyze RNA duplex unwinding in an ATP-dependent reaction. Members of the DEAD-box helicase family consist of a common helicase core formed by two RecA-like domains. According to the current mechanistic model for DEAD-box mediated RNA unwinding, binding of RNA and ATP triggers a conformational chan...

journal_title：Biological chemistry

authors： Rudolph MG,Klostermeier D

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A major challenge in the research on membrane-anchored and integral membrane protein complexes is to obtain these in a functionally active, water-soluble, and monodisperse form. This requires the incorporation of the membrane proteins into a native-like membrane or detergent micelle that mimics the properties of the o...

journal_title：Biological chemistry

authors： Borch J,Hamann T

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of the cellular milieu, a complex and crowded solvent, is often neglected when biomolecular structure and function are studied in vitro. To mimic the cellular environment, crowding effects are commonly induced in vitro using artificial crowding agents like Ficoll or dextran. However, it is unclear if suc...

journal_title：Biological chemistry

authors： Gnutt D,Ebbinghaus S

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In preeclampsia and hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes and low platelet (HELLP) syndrome, impaired trophoblast invasion and excessive fibrin deposition in the placental intervillous space is associated with fetal compromise. However, little information is available whether modulation of placental protease expression--p...

journal_title：Biological chemistry

authors： von Steinburg SP,Krüger A,Fischer T,Mario Schneider KT,Schmitt M

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00