Identification of CGI-121, a novel PRPK (p53-related protein kinase)-binding protein.

abstract：:Kallikrein 7 (hK7), a chymostatin-like serine protease, is overexpressed in pancreatic adenocarcinomas as well as other human cancers. Although it has been demonstrated to participate in normal desquamation by facilitating cell shedding at the skin surface, its role in human malignancies remains unclear. To investigat...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ramani VC,Haun RS

更新日期：2008-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：:KCNQ1 plays important roles in the cardiac action potential and consists of an N-terminal domain, a voltage-sensor domain, a pore domain and a C-terminal domain. KCNQ1 is a voltage-gated potassium channel and its channel activity is regulated by membrane potentials. The linker between transmembrane helices 4 and 5 (S4...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Gayen S,Li Q,Kang C

更新日期：2015-01-02 00:00:00

abstract：:In the process of cardiac remodeling, connective tissue growth factor (CTGF/CCN2) is secreted from cardiac myocytes. Though CTGF is well known to promote fibroblast proliferation, its pathophysiological effects in cardiac myocytes remain to be elucidated. In this study, we examined the biological effects of CTGF in ra...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hayata N,Fujio Y,Yamamoto Y,Iwakura T,Obana M,Takai M,Mohri T,Nonen S,Maeda M,Azuma J

更新日期：2008-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Atriopeptin (AP) is expressed in several tissues with each tissue capable of specific differences in processing of the prohormone (pro-AP) to mature low molecular forms of the peptide. Since pro-AP has low biological activity, processing into mature AP is a critical activation event. This observation prompted us to st...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Shiono S,Suganuma N,Bo M,Boime I,Seibert K,Nakao K,Mukoyama M,Imura H,Needleman P

更新日期：1991-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Bcl10 is a signaling protein required for activation of the NF-kappaB transcription factor. NF-kappaB is an important mediator of genotoxic stress and regulates the expression of genes required for both cell proliferation and cell death. Bcl10 is phosphorylated in vivo, however, the protein kinase or kinases responsib...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Bodero AJ,Ye R,Lees-Miller SP

更新日期：2003-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The 3-deoxy-octulosonic acid-containing trisaccharide was isolated from the carbohydrate material obtained after the acid hydrolysis of lipopolysaccharides of Hafnia alvei strains 2 and 1211 using gel filtration. For purification the trisaccharide fraction was rechromatographed on a Bio-Gel P2 column. On the basis of ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Katzenellenbogen E,Gamian A,Romanowska E,Dabrowski U,Dabrowski J

更新日期：1993-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) is a serine protease that is known to reduce hepatic low-density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR) levels and increase plasma LDL cholesterol. It is not clear, however, whether secreted PCSK9 degrades extrahepatic LDLRs. We present evidence that recombinant PCSK9, either...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Schmidt RJ,Beyer TP,Bensch WR,Qian YW,Lin A,Kowala M,Alborn WE,Konrad RJ,Cao G

更新日期：2008-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The specific binding of vitronectin to Streptococcus pyogenes is believed to play an important role in the infection process by mediating adherence of the bacteria to host cells. The domain of vitronectin involved in the interaction with S. pyogenes is unknown. In the present study, we constructed a vitronectin random...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Liang OD,Preissner KT,Chhatwal GS

更新日期：1997-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Augmenter of liver regeneration (ALR) is known to support liver regeneration and to stimulate proliferation of hepatocytes. However, it is not known if ALR exerts anti-apoptotic effects in human hepatocytes and whether this protective effect is cell type specific. This is relevant, because compounds that protect the l...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ilowski M,Kleespies A,de Toni EN,Donabauer B,Jauch KW,Hengstler JG,Thasler WE

更新日期：2011-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Subcellular distribution of a novel annexin, annexin XI, was examined in rat tissues. As we have previously reported, annexin XI mainly localizes in nuclei of 3Y1, the rat embryonic fibroblast cell line; however, immunoperoxidase staining was not particularly nuclear in most of the tissues examined in adult rats. Nucl...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Mamiya N,Iino S,Mizutani A,Kobayashi S,Hidaka H

更新日期：1994-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The long-sought three-dimensional structure of the M2 proton channel of influenza A virus was successfully determined recently by the high-resolution NMR [J.R. Schnell, J.J. Chou, Structure and mechanism of the M2 proton channel of influenza A virus, Nature 451 (2008) 591-595]. Such a milestone work has provided a sol...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Huang RB,Du QS,Wang CH,Chou KC

更新日期：2008-12-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The human dopamine D4 receptor gene (DRD4) is an important candidate gene for schizophrenia. We identified a novel -521C>T polymorphism in the 5'-promoter region of DRD4. A transient expression method revealed that the T allele of this polymorphism reduces the transcriptional efficiency by 40% compared with the C alle...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Okuyama Y,Ishiguro H,Toru M,Arinami T

更新日期：1999-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Although caffeine alters sleep in many animals, whether or not it affects mammalian circadian clocks remains unknown. Here, we found that incubating cultured mammalian cell lines, human osteosarcoma U2OS cells and mouse fibroblast NIH3T3 cells, with caffeine lengthened the period of circadian rhythms. Adding caffeine ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Oike H,Kobori M,Suzuki T,Ishida N

更新日期：2011-07-08 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously reported synergistic induction of apoptosis by IFN-gamma plus either cyclosporin A (CsA) or tacrolimus (FK506) in gastric carcinoma cells. In this study, we aimed to elucidate the mechanism for this synergistic induction of apoptosis. IFN-gamma plus CsA synergistically induced caspase-3 mediated apoptosi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Beppu K,Morisaki T,Matsunaga H,Uchiyama A,Ihara E,Hirano K,Kanaide H,Tanaka M,Katano M

更新日期：2003-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：:A Ser48 phospholipase A2-homologue, ammodytin L, which is myotoxic in mammals and devoid of any phospholipase A2 activity, completely inhibits the specific binding of the neurotoxic phospholipase A2, ammodytoxin C, to fish presynaptic membranes from Torpedo marmorata electric organ. In cross-linking experiments, 125I-...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Pungercar J,Vucemilo N,Faure G,Bon C,Verheij HM,Gubensek F,Krizaj I

更新日期：1998-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The human ST2 gene has been known to encode three splice variants; namely, a soluble secreted form of ST2, a transmembrane form of ST2L, and ST2V of undetermined localization. Therefore, analysis of tissue distribution and subcellular localization of ST2V is important to elucidate functional relationships among the th...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Tago K,Noda T,Hayakawa M,Iwahana H,Yanagisawa K,Yashiro T,Tominaga S

更新日期：2001-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli sensitive to chloramphenicol incubated with this antibiotic suffered oxidative stress with increase of anion superoxide (O2-). This reactive species of oxygen was detected by chemiluminescence with lucigenin. S. aureus, E. coli, and Enterococcus faecalis sensitive to ciproflo...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Albesa I,Becerra MC,Battán PC,Páez PL

更新日期：2004-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Platelet aggregation plays a major role in thrombogenesis. This study was undertaken to examine the inhibition of platelet aggregation induced by adenosine diphosphate. It is known that cyclic AMP (adenosine monophosphate) and its dibutyryl derivative inhibit platelet aggregation. This study showed that prostagland...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Marquis NR,Vigdahl RL,Tavormina PA

更新日期：1969-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:NADPH oxidases (NOX) - derived reactive oxygen species (ROS) contribute to oxidative injury in hypoxia-induced pulmonary arterial hypertension. This study aims to evaluate the status of NOX in endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) under hypoxic condition and to determine whether NOX inhibitors could attenuate hypoxia-in...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Liu B,Ren KD,Peng JJ,Li T,Luo XJ,Fan C,Yang JF,Peng J

更新日期：2017-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Trp140 of E. coli aspartate aminotransferase has been converted to Phe or Gly by site-directed mutagenesis. As compared to the wild-type enzyme, either of the mutant enzymes showed 10- to 100-fold increase in Km's for natural dicarboxylic substrates, but did not show appreciable changes in Km's for aromatic substrates...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hayashi H,Inoue Y,Kuramitsu S,Morino Y,Kagamiyama H

更新日期：1990-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Most of the ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylases from different sources are stable to a heat treatment. We found that in the potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) tuber enzyme, the intermolecular disulfide bridge located between Cys12 of the small subunits is responsible for the stability at 60 degrees C. When this unique disulfide...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ballicora MA,Fu Y,Frueauf JB,Preiss J

更新日期：1999-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Microsomal vesicles prepared from rat adipocytes were immuno-adsorbed to formaldehyde-fixed Staphylococcus aureus cells (Pansorbin) coated with anti-human-erythrocyte-glucose-transporter IgG. More than 75% of the glucose transporter detected was precipitated. The glucose transporter was about 10-fold enriched by the a...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ezaki O,Bono N,Itakura H,Kasahara M

更新日期：1989-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipid accumulation in pancreatic beta-cells during high-fat (HF) feeding may be involved in inducing a defective insulin secretion due to lipotoxicity. Hormone-sensitive lipase (HSL) is expressed and active in beta-cells, but its importance for islet dysfunction during the development of type 2 diabetes is not known. ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Winzell MS,Holm C,Ahrén B

更新日期：2003-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The interest in adiponutrin stems from adiponutrin variant I148M, which is strongly associated to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Adiponutrin has to date been considered to be solely an intracellular protein, with a role in lipid metabolism in liver and adipose tissue. However, a physiologically relevant role for a...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Winberg ME,Motlagh MK,Stenkula KG,Holm C,Jones HA

更新日期：2014-04-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Astrocytes play key roles in the central nervous system and regulate local blood flow and synaptic transmission via intracellular calcium (Ca2+) signaling. Astrocytic Ca2+ signals are generated by multiple pathways: Ca2+ release from the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) via the inositol 1, 4, 5-trisphosphate receptor (IP3R)...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sakuragi S,Niwa F,Oda Y,Mikoshiba K,Bannai H

更新日期：2017-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The aorta-gonad-mesonephros (AGM) region is involved in the generation and maintenance of the first definitive hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs). A mouse AGM-derived cell line, AGM-S3, was shown to support the development of HSCs. To elucidate the molecular mechanisms regulating early hematopoiesis, we obtained subclone...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nagao K,Ohta T,Hinohara A,Tahara T,Hagiwara T,Maeda Y,Yoneya T,Sohma Y,Heike T,Nakahata T,Inagaki Y,Nishikawa M

更新日期：2008-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Heat shock proteins 60 (hsp60) and 10 (hsp10) are essential for the formation and restoration of many supramolecular structures. For reconstitution of these structures, we isolated stable hsps of 61kDa and 12kDa, which are similar to hsp60 and hsp10, respectively, from the supernatant fraction of thermophilic bacteriu...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Tamada H,Ohta T,Hamamoto T,Otawara-Hamamoto Y,Yanagi M,Hiraiwa H,Hirata H,Kagawa Y

更新日期：1991-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Internal backbone dynamic motions are essential for different protein functions and occur on a wide range of time scales, from femtoseconds to seconds. Molecular dynamic (MD) simulations and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spin relaxation measurements are valuable tools to gain access to fast (nanosecond) internal mo...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Liu Q,Shi C,Yu L,Zhang L,Xiong Y,Tian C

更新日期：2015-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously reported that alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) inhibits infection of human monocyte-derived macrophages (MDM) by R5-HIV-1 strains and that a peptide mimicking the clade B HIV-1 gp120 consensus V3 domain (V3Cs) binds to CCR5. We demonstrate here that AFP binds high- and low-affinity binding sites of MDM, char...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Atemezem A,Mbemba E,Marfaing R,Vaysse J,Pontet M,Saffar L,Charnaux N,Gattegno L

更新日期：2002-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein synthesis and degradation balance have a crucial role in maintenance of cellular homeostasis and function. The ubiquitin-proteasome system is one of the major cellular proteolytic machineries responsible for the removal of normal, abnormal, denatured or in general damaged proteins. Proteasome is a multisubunit...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sakellari M,Chondrogianni N,Gonos ES

更新日期：2019-06-18 00:00:00