Gap junctions: structure and function (Review).

abstract：:The cyanelles of the glaucocystophyte alga Cyanophora paradoxa resemble endosymbiotic cyanobacteria in morphology, pigmentation and, especially, in the presence of a peptidoglycan wall situated between the inner and outer envelope membranes. However, it is now clear that cyanelles in fact are primitive plastids. Phylo...

journal_title：Molecular membrane biology

authors： Steiner JM,Löffelhardt W

更新日期：2005-01-01 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：: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：:Eleven sequenced anion exchanger (AE; band 3) proteins, including five AE1, four AE2 and two AE3 proteins, comprise the anion exchanger family (AEF) of homologous proteins. Eliminating the rat and rabbit proteins that are nearly identical to the corresponding mouse proteins, seven dissimilar members of this family wer...

journal_title：Molecular membrane biology

authors： Espanol MJ,Saier MH Jr

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Site-directed mutagenesis and site-directed fluorescence spectroscopy demonstrate that Cys148 interacts hydrophobically with the galactosyl moiety of substrates of the lactose permease of Escherichia coli. By taking advantage of the finding that labelling of single-Cys148 permease with the thiol-specific fluorophore 2...

journal_title：Molecular membrane biology

authors： He MM,Kaback HR

更新日期：1998-01-01 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 molecular events and the protein components that are involved in signalling by the T cell receptor (TCR) for antigen have been extensively studied. Activation of signalling cascades following TCR stimulation depends on the phosphorylation of the receptor by the tyrosine kinase Lck, which localizes to the cytoplasm...

journal_title：Molecular membrane biology

authors： Kabouridis PS

更新日期：2006-01-01 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：:The present review introduces the concept of 'non-permanent membrane proteins', to encompass the wide variety of proteins that are not found in a stable membrane-bound form under physiological conditions, yet they interact with the membrane at some stage of their specific course of action. Non-permanent membrane prote...

journal_title：Molecular membrane biology

authors： Goñi FM

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CitS of Klebsiella pneumoniae and GltS of Escherichia coli are Na+-dependent secondary transporters from different families that are believed to share the same fold and quaternary structure. A 10 kDa protein tag (Biotin Acceptor Domain [BAD]) was fused to the N-terminus of both proteins (CitS-BAD1 and GltS-BAD1, respe...

journal_title：Molecular membrane biology

authors： Krupnik T,Dobrowolski A,Lolkema JS

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nanoparticles present a new collection of contrast agents for the field of in vivo molecular imaging. This review focuses on promising molecular imaging probes for optical and magnetic resonance imaging based on four representative nanomaterial(s) platforms: quantum dots, upconversion phosphors, superparamagnetic iron...

journal_title：Molecular membrane biology

authors： Rosenblum LT,Kosaka N,Mitsunaga M,Choyke PL,Kobayashi H

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dengue fever is one of the most widespread tropical diseases in the world. The disease is caused by a virus member of the Flaviviridae family, a group of enveloped positive sense single-stranded RNA viruses. Dengue virus infection is mediated by virus glycoprotein E, which binds to the cell surface. After uptake by en...

journal_title：Molecular membrane biology

authors： Stauffer F,Melo MN,Carneiro FA,Sousa FJ,Juliano MA,Juliano L,Mohana-Borges R,Da Poian AT,Castanho MA

更新日期：2008-02-01 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：:The Signal Recognition Particle (SRP) plays a critical role in the sorting of nascent secretory and membrane proteins. Remarkably, this function has been conserved from bacteria, where SRP delivers proteins to the inner membrane, through to eukaryotes, where SRP is required for targeting of proteins to the endoplasmic...

journal_title：Molecular membrane biology

authors： Pool MR

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Caveolae are approximately 50-100 nm membrane micro-invaginations associated with the plasma membrane of a wide variety of cells. Although they were first identified in transmission electron micrographs approximately 40 years ago, their exact function(s) has remained controversial. Two well-established functions inclu...

journal_title：Molecular membrane biology

authors： Lisanti MP,Tang Z,Scherer PE,Kübler E,Koleske AJ,Sargiacomo M

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ATP binding cassette (ABC) transporter Atm1p of the mitochondrial inner membrane performs crucial roles in both the biogenesis of cytosolic/nuclear iron-sulfur proteins and cellular iron homeostasis. Since the function of the mitochondrial iron-sulfur cluster (ISC) assembly machinery is also required for these two...

journal_title：Molecular membrane biology

authors： Kuhnke G,Neumann K,Mühlenhoff U,Lill R

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycosyl-phosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored proteins are enriched in cholesterol- and sphingolipid-rich lipid rafts within the membrane. Rafts are known to have roles in cellular organization and function, but little is understood about the factors controlling the distribution of proteins in rafts. We have used atomi...

journal_title：Molecular membrane biology

authors： Garner AE,Smith DA,Hooper NM

更新日期：2007-05-01 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：: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：:Palmitoylation is required for the activities of several cancer-associated proteins, making the palmitoyl acyltransferase (PAT) enzymes that catalyze these reactions potential targets for anticancer therapeutics. In this study, we sought to identify and characterize a human PAT with activity toward N-terminally myrist...

journal_title：Molecular membrane biology

authors： Draper JM,Smith CD

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elucidating the detailed mechanism of activation of membrane protein receptors and their ligand binding is essential for structure-based drug design. Membrane protein crystal structure analysis successfully aids in understanding these fundamental molecular interactions. However, protein crystal structure analysis of t...

journal_title：Molecular membrane biology

authors： Hirozane Y,Motoyaji T,Maru T,Okada K,Tarui N

更新日期：2014-08-01 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：:Notch receptor signalling plays a central role in development and its misfunction has been linked to a number of diseases. In the cannonical Notch signalling pathway, ligand binding to Notch activates a series of proteolytic cleavages that release the Notch intracellular domain for trafficking to the nucleus, where it...

journal_title：Molecular membrane biology

authors： Wilkin MB,Baron M

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Membrane proteins are intrinsically involved in both human and pathogen physiology, and are the target of 60% of all marketed drugs. During the past decade, advances in the studies of membrane proteins using X-ray crystallography, electron microscopy and NMR-based techniques led to the elucidation of over 250 unique m...

journal_title：Molecular membrane biology

authors： Simmons KJ,Gotfryd K,Billesbølle CB,Loland CJ,Gether U,Fishwick CW,Johnson AP

更新日期：2013-03-01 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：:In Saccharomyces cerevisiae Jen1p is a lactate/proton symporter belonging to the lactate/pyruvate:H(+) symporter subfamily (TC#2.A.1.12.2) of the Major Facilitator Superfamily. We investigated structure-function relationships of Jen1p using a rational mutational analysis based on the identification of conserved amino ...

journal_title：Molecular membrane biology

authors： Soares-Silva I,Paiva S,Diallinas G,Casal M

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

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：: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：:We have previously shown that a mixture of cerebrosides obtained from dried tubers of herb Typhonium giganteum Engl. plays a neuroprotective role in the ischemic brain through its effect on activation of BK(Ca) channels. It is very curious to know whether a single pure cerebroside compound could activate the BK(Ca) ch...

journal_title：Molecular membrane biology

authors： Xu H,Qi J,Wang G,Deng H,Qi Z

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The entry of substrates into, and the export of glururonides from, the lumen of hepatic endoplasmic reticulum (ER) in vitro (sealed microsomes) has been measured using radioactivity-labelled materials and a rapid filtration assay. Analysis of liver microsomes from a jaundiced patient showed the accumulation of bilirub...

journal_title：Molecular membrane biology

authors： Waddell ID,Robertson K,Burchell A,Hume R,Burchell B

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00