Multiple levels of Notch signal regulation (review).

abstract：:The number of structures of integral membrane proteins from higher eukaryotes is steadily increasing due to a number of innovative protein engineering and crystallization strategies devised over the last few years. However, it is sobering to reflect that these structures represent only a tiny proportion of the total n...

journal_title：Molecular membrane biology

authors： Andréll J,Tate CG

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracellular pH was measured with the pH-sensitive fluorescent probe BCECF in spinal cord neurones cultured from rat embryos. At an external pH of 7.3, the average steady-state pHi was 7.18 +/- 0.03 (SEM, n = 97) and 7.02 +/- 0.01 (n = 221) in HEPES-buffered and in bicarbonate-buffered medium, respectively. In both e...

journal_title：Molecular membrane biology

authors： Brechenmacher C,Rodeau JL

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence was recently reported that the cysteine proteinase inhibitor, cystatin C, is highly expressed by cultured human retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells. As a step towards understanding possible functions of this protein associated with the RPE, the localization, targetting and trafficking of cystatin C were in...

journal_title：Molecular membrane biology

authors： Paraoan L,White MR,Spiller DG,Grierson I,Maden BE

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Time and distance scales in membranes are discussed in relation to the inference of domain structure from spectroscopic measurements. Each type of spectroscopy has a natural time scale set by the magnitude of the interactions that determine the spectral width. For fluid membranes, the lateral diffusion of the lipid mo...

journal_title：Molecular membrane biology

authors： Bloom M,Thewalt JL

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Solid-state NMR combined with sample deuteration was used to probe the proximity of the low-affinity substrate D-glucose to its binding site within the Escherichia coli sugar transport protein GalP. Samples of E. coli inner membranes with amplified expression of GalP were incubated in D(2)O with D-[(13)C(6)]glucose an...

journal_title：Molecular membrane biology

authors： Patching SG,Henderson PJ,Sharples DJ,Middleton DA

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Amt/Mep/Rh family of integral membrane proteins comprises ammonium transporters of bacteria, archaea and eukarya, as well as the Rhesus proteins found in animals. They play a central role in the uptake of reduced nitrogen for biosynthetic purposes, in energy metabolism, or in renal excretion. Recent structural inf...

journal_title：Molecular membrane biology

authors： Andrade SL,Einsle O

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:4-Hydroxy-2-nonenal (4-HNE) is a reactive aldehyde and a lipid peroxidation product formed in biological tissues under physiological and pathological conditions. Its concentration increases with oxidative stress and induces deleterious modifications of proteins and membranes. Mitochondrial and cytosolic isoforms of cr...

journal_title：Molecular membrane biology

authors： Maniti O,François-Moutal L,Lecompte MF,Vial C,Lagarde M,Guichardant M,Marcillat O,Granjon T

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A group of prenyltransferases produce linear lipids by catalyzing consecutive condensation reactions of farnesyl diphosphate (FPP) with specific numbers of isopentenyl diphosphate (IPP), a common building block of isoprenoid compounds. Depending on the stereochemistry of the double bonds formed during IPP condensation...

journal_title：Molecular membrane biology

authors： Teng KH,Liang PH

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Absorption of dietary fat in the small intestine involves epithelial exposure to potentially harmful molecules such as bile salts and free fatty acids. We used organ culture of porcine jejunal explants incubated with a pre-digested mixture of fat (plant oil), bile and pancreatin to mimick the physiological process of ...

journal_title：Molecular membrane biology

authors： Danielsen EM,Hansen GH,Rasmussen K,Niels-Christiansen LL

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:That some membranes restrict certain lipid species to one side of the bilayer and others to the opposite side has been known for two decades. However, how this asymmetric transbilayer distribution is generated and controlled, how many and what type of membranes are so structured, and even the reason for its existence ...

journal_title：Molecular membrane biology

authors： Williamson P,Schlegel RA

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipid rafts are specialized plasma membrane microdomains in which glycosphingolipids and cholesterol are major structural components. Their relative insolubility to nonionic detergents is the most widely used method to purify these structures. Several signalling proteins are associated with these microdomains in T lym...

journal_title：Molecular membrane biology

authors： Salgado FJ,Piñeiro A,Canda-Sánchez A,Lojo J,Nogueira M

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurotransmitter transporters are regulated through a variety of signal transduction mechanisms which appear to operate in order to maintain appropriate levels of transmitter in the synaptic cleft. One such mechanism is the trafficking of the transporter in association with synaptic vesicle release machinery. This rep...

journal_title：Molecular membrane biology

authors： Horton N,Quick MW

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Membrane proteins are ubiquitous in biology and are key targets for therapeutic development. Despite this, our structural understanding has lagged behind that of their soluble counterparts. This review provides an overview of this important field, focusing in particular on the recent resurgence of electron microscopy ...

journal_title：Molecular membrane biology

authors： Rawson S,Davies S,Lippiat JD,Muench SP

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:TGN38 is a heavily glycosylated, type I integral membrane protein which is predominantly localized to the trans Golgi network (TGN), but which constitutively traffics between the TGN and the cell surface. The trafficking of TGN38 has been extensively studied in non-polarized cells, and a short, tyrosine-based, peptide...

journal_title：Molecular membrane biology

authors： Reaves BJ,Roquemore EP,Luzio JP,Banting G

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous work from our laboratory has established bovine hippocampal membranes as a convenient natural source for studying neuronal receptors such as the G-protein coupled serotonin1A receptor. In this paper, we have explored the organization and dynamics of bovine hippocampal membranes using environment-sensitive and...

journal_title：Molecular membrane biology

authors： Mukherjee S,Kalipatnapu S,Pucadyil TJ,Chattopadhyay A

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ionotropic glutamate receptors belong to the superfamily of P-loop channels as well as K(+), Na(+), and Ca(2+) channels. However, the structural similarity between ion channels of the glutamate receptors and K(+) channels is a matter of discussion. The aim of this study was to analyze differences between the structure...

journal_title：Molecular membrane biology

authors： Tikhonov DB

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The peptide specificity of both presequence-monolayer interactions and the ability of presequences to induce interbilayer contacts between large unilamellar vesicles was investigated. A range of different synthetic peptides that are documented for their mitochondrial protein import abilities were used for this purpose...

journal_title：Molecular membrane biology

authors： Leenhouts JM,Török Z,Demel RA,de Gier J,de Kruijff B

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurotransmitter receptor trafficking in and out synapses has emerged as a key process to regulate synaptic transmission during synaptic development and plasticity both at excitatory and inhibitory synapses. Lateral diffusion of surface neurotransmitter receptors has recently emerged as a key pathway to regulate recep...

journal_title：Molecular membrane biology

authors： Groc L,Choquet D

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ADP-ribosylation factor related protein 1 (ARFRP1) is a member of the ARF-family of GTPases which operate as molecular switches in the regulation of intracellular protein traffic. Deletion of the mouse Arfrp1 gene leads to embryonic lethality during early gastrulation, suggesting that ARFRP1 is required for cell adhes...

journal_title：Molecular membrane biology

authors： Zahn C,Hommel A,Lu L,Hong W,Walther DJ,Florian S,Joost HG,Schürmann A

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mitochondrial ADP/ATP carrier imports ADP from the cytosol into the mitochondrial matrix for its conversion to ATP by ATP synthase and exports ATP out of the mitochondrion to replenish the eukaryotic cell with chemical energy. Here the substrate specificity of the human mitochondrial ADP/ATP carrier AAC1 was deter...

journal_title：Molecular membrane biology

authors： Mifsud J,Ravaud S,Krammer EM,Chipot C,Kunji ER,Pebay-Peyroula E,Dehez F

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amiodarone (AMI) is a low water-solubility drug, which is very useful in the treatment of severe cardiac disease. Its adverse effects are associated with toxicity in different tissues. Several antioxidants have been shown to reduce, and prevent AMI toxicity. The aim of this work was to develop and characterize Dimyris...

journal_title：Molecular membrane biology

authors： Benedini L,Antollini S,Fanani ML,Palma S,Messina P,Schulz P

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hereditary spherocytosis (HS), a common human inherited haemolytic anaemia, is associated with partial deficiency of different erythrocyte membrane proteins. In a subset of dominant HS, a partial membrane expression deficiency of band 3, the erythrocyte anion exchanger (AE1), have previously been characterized, and se...

journal_title：Molecular membrane biology

authors： Dhermy D,Burnier O,Bourgeois M,Grandchamp B

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nedd4 family ubiquitin ligases regulate trafficking and degradation of numerous target substrates in different cellular compartments, including at the plasma membrane, in endosomes, in the secretory pathway and in the nucleus. WWP1 is a Nedd4 family protein closely related to mouse Itch and Drosophila Su(dx), both of ...

journal_title：Molecular membrane biology

authors： Flasza M,Nguyen Huu NS,Mazaleyrat S,Clémence S,Villemant C,Clarke R,Baron M

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Modification of proteins with the lipid palmitate, a process called palmitoylation, is important for the normal function of neuronal cells. However, most attention has focused on how palmitoylation regulates the targeting and trafficking of neurotransmitter receptors and non-enzymatic scaffold proteins. In this review...

journal_title：Molecular membrane biology

authors： Montersino A,Thomas GM

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review describes the numerous and innovative methods used to study the structure and function of viral fusion peptides. The systems studied include both intact fusion proteins and synthetic peptides interacting with model membranes. The strategies and methods include dissecting the fusion process into intermediat...

journal_title：Molecular membrane biology

authors： Durell SR,Martin I,Ruysschaert JM,Shai Y,Blumenthal R

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Small GTPase Rab36 is homologous to Rab34 with 56% amino acid sequence identity. Rab34 was characterized as a Golgi-associated Rab protein and regulates lysosomal positioning through interaction with RILP; however, the properties and functions of Rab36 have not been investigated. To investigate Rab36, we constructed E...

journal_title：Molecular membrane biology

authors： Chen L,Hu J,Yun Y,Wang T

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The eukaryotic endomembrane system (ES) is served by hundreds of dedicated proteins. Experimental characterization of the ES-associated molecular machinery in several model eukaryotes complemented by a recent progress in phylogenomics and comparative genomics have revealed a conserved complex core of the machinery tha...

journal_title：Molecular membrane biology

authors： Elias M

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Homotypic fusion between early endosomes can be reconstituted in vitro. By using wortmannin and LY294002, inhibitors of phosphatidylinositol (Pl) 3-kinase, a requirement for this activity has been established in order for fusion to proceed efficiently. It has been shown that Pl 3-kinase activity is required downstream...

journal_title：Molecular membrane biology

authors： Mills IG,Jones AT,Clague MJ

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At least four different types of interaction between protein transmembrane helices have been described to date. These include the use of charge-pair interactions that can play a positive or negative role in the assembly of multi-subunit complexes such as the T cell receptor, or recruit signal transducing accessory mol...

journal_title：Molecular membrane biology

authors： Harrison PT

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Loss of epithelial cell polarity, which can arise following disruption of tight junctions (TJs), is a precursor to the care-fully orchestrated removal of moribund cells from epithelia in apoptosis. Ordinarily, this cycle of events has minimally disruptive effects on the function of the epithelial barrier, but some age...

journal_title：Molecular membrane biology

authors： Baker SF,Yin Y,Runswick SK,Stewart GA,Thompson PJ,Garrod DR,Robinson C

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00