Identification and location on syndecan-1 core protein of the epitopes of B-B2 and B-B4 monoclonal antibodies.

abstract：:The enantiomers of U50,488, ligands highly selective for kappa-opioid receptors, have been prepared by a refined procedure and their optical purity demonstrated. The absolute configuration of (+)-trans-2-pyrrolidinyl-N-methylcyclohexylamine, a chemically versatile intermediate for synthesis of analogs of kappa-opioid ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： DeCosta B,George C,Rothman RB,Jacobson AE,Rice KC

更新日期：1987-11-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment of U937 cells with dolichyl phosphate led to an increase in the activity of the ICE family protease CPP32, accompanied with cleavage of pre-CPP32 to generate p17. Peptide inhibitors YVAD-cmk and Z-Asp-CH2-DCB (specific to ICE) and DEVD-CHO (specific to CPP32) blocked the dolichyl phosphate-induced apoptosis....

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Yokoyama Y,Okubo T,Ozawa S,Nagai F,Ushiyama K,Kano I,Shioda M,Kubo H,Takemura M,Namiki H,Yasugi E,Oshima M,Seyama Y,Kano K

更新日期：1997-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene conservation, duplication and constitutive expression are intricately linked and strong predictors of essentiality. Here, we introduce metrics based on diversity indices to measure gene conservation, duplication and constitutive expression and validate them by measuring their performance in prediction of essentia...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Arun PV,Miryala SK,Chattopadhyay S,Thiyyagura K,Bawa P,Bhattacharjee M,Yellaboina S

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have examined the activity of protein disulfide isomerase (PDI) and glutaredoxin (Grx) 1, 2 and 3 from Escherichia coli to catalyze the cleavage of glutathionylated ribonuclease A (RNase-SG) by 1 mM GSH to yield reduced RNase. Apparent Km values for RNase-SG were similar, 2-10 microM, for Grx 1, 3 and PDI but Grx I...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Lundström-Ljung J,Vlamis-Gardikas A,Aslund F,Holmgren A

更新日期：1999-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Retinal dehydrogenase (RALDH) catalyzes the oxidation of retinal to all-trans and 9-cis retinoic acid, which function as ligands controlling RAR and RXR nuclear receptor-signaling pathways. We have recently shown the expression of RALDH transcript in the stomach and small intestine by reverse transcription polymerase ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Bhat PV

更新日期：1998-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Apoptotic protease activating factor-1 (Apaf-1) is an adaptor molecule essential for caspase-9 activation. Subcellular analysis of Apaf-1 in NIH-3T3 fibroblasts and the immature murine B cell lymphoma WEHI-231 indicates that Apaf-1 is localized in the Golgi apparatus and cytoplasm. Bcl-2 overexpression in WEHI-231 cel...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Ruiz-Vela A,Albar JP,Martínez CA

更新日期：2001-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Southern blotting using a 5'-proximal probe of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae CYR1 gene has revealed heterogeneity in laboratory strains. It is demonstrated that strain AB320 contains a Ty1 element inserted in the promoter region of CYR1. The Ty1 orientation suggests that transcription of CYR1 is initiated downstream fr...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Lenzen G,Masson P,Jacquemin JM,Danchin A

更新日期：1987-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Recombinant porcine growth hormone (rPGH) was solubilised from inclusion bodies (IB's) using either 6 M guanidinium hydrochloride (GnHCl), 7.5 M urea or by a novel method using a cationic surfactant, cetyltrimethylammonium chloride (CTAC). Circular dichroism (CD) analysis of the secondary (2 degrees) structure of the ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Puri NK,Cardamone M

更新日期：1992-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of protein kinase C (PKC) and p42(MAP kinase) signaling in the regulation of proliferation and apoptosis was investigated in freshly isolated and primary cultured rat hepatocytes. Acute treatment of freshly isolated hepatocytes with phenylephrine and EGF caused rapid phasic activations of p42(MAP kinase) and ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Jarvis WD,Auer KL,Spector M,Kunos G,Grant S,Hylemon P,Mikkelsen R,Dent P

更新日期：1997-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of artificial model membranes on the complement system was investigated. Incubation of the model membranes with human serum resulted in consumption of complement haemolytic activity when phosphatidylserine-containing vesicles were used. The activation of the complement system appeared to proceed through the...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Comis A,Easterbrook-Smith SB

更新日期：1986-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Myeloperoxidase (MPO) is the most abundant protein in neutrophils and plays a central role in microbial killing and inflammatory tissue damage. Because most of the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and other drugs contain a thiol group, it is necessary to understand how these substrates are oxidized by MPO. We hav...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Burner U,Jantschko W,Obinger C

更新日期：1999-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the cis-acting DNA elements that are involved in the regulation of class I major histocompatibility complex genes by interferon, several promoter fragments of the H-2Kk gene were linked to the reporter chloramphenicol acetyl transferase (CAT) gene, and the CAT expression was analyzed in stable transfect...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Pascucci A,Pannuti A,La Mantia G,Lania L

更新日期：1988-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression by RNA-binding proteins and by small non-coding RNAs plays an important role in cell biology. Our previous results show that in murine skeletal myoblasts, the expression of Pinch-2, a focal adhesion remodeling factor that regulates cell motility, is repressed by an RN...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Boudoukha S,Rivera Vargas T,Dang I,Kropp J,Cuvellier S,Gautreau A,Polesskaya A

更新日期：2014-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Heme is essential and synthesized via highly regulated processes. For this reason, most organisms strive to recycle it or acquire it from their environment. When heme is bound to proteins noncovalently, degradation of the polypeptide is sufficient to release it. However, in some hemoproteins, such as c-type cytochrome...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Murphey AC,Mavridou DAI,Hodgkin J,Ferguson SJ

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study describes the comparative analysis of two insect recombinant aminotransferases, Aedes aegypti 3-hydroxykynurenine (3-HK) transaminase/alanine glyoxylate aminotransferase (Ae-HKT/AGT) and Drosophila melanogaster serine pyruvate aminotransferase (Dm-Spat), which share 52% identity in their amino acid sequence...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Han Q,Li J

更新日期：2002-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Histone H1(0) is found in tissues with little or no cellular proliferation and has been shown to accumulate during cellular terminal differentiation. Two subtypes of H1(0), H1 a and H1 b, are present in any tissue where the protein has been detected. We report here the first evidence of an age-dependent change in the ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Piña B,Suau P

更新日期：1987-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The serine peptidases, thrombocytin and PA-BJ, isolated from the venom of Bothrops atrox and Bothrops jararaca, respectively, induce platelet aggregation and granule secretion without clotting fibrinogen. The specific platelet aggregation activity of each enzyme was about 15 times lower than that of thrombin. This act...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Santos BF,Serrano SM,Kuliopulos A,Niewiarowski S

更新日期：2000-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The cytosolic NADP(+)-dependent methylenetetrahydrofolate dehydrogenase-methenyltetrahydrofolate cyclohydrolase-formyltetrahydrofolate synthetase is ubiquitously expressed in all mouse tissues and cell lines examined. Northern analyses of the RNA indicated that there is an extensive variation in the levels of mRNA in ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Peri KG,MacKenzie RE

更新日期：1991-12-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Amino acid residues 3-15 of mycobacterial HSP60 define a dominant T-cell epitope for HLA-DR3+ve humans and Mamu-DR3+ve rhesus monkeys. Our results show that Mamu-DR3 molecules on PBMC can be efficiently loaded in vivo with the above-mentioned peptides when they are intravenously injected encapsulated in liposomes, but...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： t Hart BA,Elferink DG,Drijfhout JW,Storm G,van Blooijs L,Bontrop RE,de Vries RR

更新日期：1997-06-02 00:00:00

abstract：:We have isolated a 1785-bp complementary DNA (cDNA) encoding the murine P2X7 receptor subunit from NTW8 mouse microglial cells. The encoded protein has 80%, and 85% homology to the human and rat P2X7 subunits, respectively. Functional properties of the heterologously expressed murine P2X7 homomeric receptor broadly re...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Chessell IP,Simon J,Hibell AD,Michel AD,Barnard EA,Humphrey PP

更新日期：1998-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:A structure of residues 1-177 of the cyclophilin domain of a large divergent cyclophilin from the filarial nematode parasite Brugia malayi has been crystallised and solved in two different crystal forms. The active site has a similar structure to that of human cyclophilin A. Two of the 13 residues important in forming...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Taylor P,Page AP,Kontopidis G,Husi H,Walkinshaw MD

更新日期：1998-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The effort to understand the mechanism of uncoupling by UCP has devolved into two models - the fatty acid protonophore model and the proton buffering model. Evidence for each hypothesis is summarized and evaluated. We also evaluate the obligatory requirement for fatty acids in UCP1-mediated uncoupling and the question...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Garlid KD,Jabůrek M,Jezek P

更新日期：1998-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy has been used to study the solution structure and thermal stability of the extracellular fragment of human transferrin receptor (tfRt) at extracellular and endosomal pH. At extracellular pH tfRt is composed of 56% alpha-helix, 19% beta-sheet and 14% turns. Upon acidification to ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Hadden JM,Bloemendal M,Haris PI,van Stokkum IH,Chapman D,Srai SK

更新日期：1994-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphorylations catalyzed by cAMP-dependent protein kinase are essential for sperm motility, and type II cAMP-dependent protein kinase in mature sperm has been shown to be firmly bound to the flagellum via the regulatory subunit, RII. The present study documents high-levelled expression of a human, testis-specific RI...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Oyen O,Myklebust F,Scott JD,Hansson V,Jahnsen T

更新日期：1989-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Oligopeptides derived from the gag polyprotein (Pr55gag) of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) segment were used to evaluate the extension of the putative binding region for the complex of Pr55gag and the human cytosolic peptidyl prolyl cis/trans isomerase (PPIase) 18 kDa cyclophilin (Cyp18). Five N-terminall...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Schutkowski M,Drewello M,Wöllner S,Jakob M,Reimer U,Scherer G,Schierhorn A,Fischer G

更新日期：1996-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Chlorella virus-encoded membrane protein Kcv represents a new class of potassium channel. This 94-amino acids miniature K(+) channel consists of two trans-membrane alpha-helix domains intermediated by a pore domain that contains a highly conserved K(+) selectivity filter. Therefore, as an archetypal K(+) channel, the ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Shim JW,Yang M,Gu LQ

更新日期：2007-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR), we identified a gene family including more than 60 members which encoded similar G protein-coupled seven-transmembrane receptors. Sequence analyses of six representatives out of the 60 PCR clones showed that they had significant structural similarity to olfactory and optic re...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Abe K,Kusakabe Y,Tanemura K,Emori Y,Arai S

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In developing ideas of how protein structure modifies haem reactivity, the activity of Class I of the plant peroxidase superfamily (including cytochrome c peroxidase, ascorbate peroxidase and catalase-peroxidases (KatGs)) is an exciting field of research. Despite striking sequence homologies, there are dramatic differ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Zámocký M,Regelsberger G,Jakopitsch C,Obinger C

更新日期：2001-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The Arabidopsis thalina genome database was searched for homologues of the Candida cloacae fao1 gene which encodes a membrane bound, flavin-containing, hydrogen peroxide generating, long chain alcohol oxidase. This gene has not been isolated from plants or animals. Four putative candidates were found in the database b...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Cheng Q,Liu HT,Bombelli P,Smith A,Slabas AR

更新日期：2004-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The phosphoglucomutases (PGM) Pgm1, Pgm2, and Pgm3 of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae were tested for their ability to interconvert ribose-1-phosphate and ribose-5-phosphate. The purified proteins were studied in vitro with regard to their kinetic properties on glucose-1-phosphate and ribose-1-phosphate. All tested...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Walther T,Baylac A,Alkim C,Vax A,Cordier H,François JM

更新日期：2012-11-30 00:00:00