Ion channels of glutamate receptors: structural modeling.

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：:Constitutive secretion is used to deliver newly synthesized proteins to the cell surface and to the extracellular milieu. The trans-Golgi network is a key station along this route that mediates sorting of proteins into distinct transport pathways, aided in part by clathrin and adaptor proteins. Subsequent movement of ...

journal_title：Molecular membrane biology

authors： Ponnambalam S,Baldwin SA

更新日期：2003-04-01 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：:Trypsin activation of Cry4B, a 130-kDa Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) protein, produces a 65-kDa toxin active against mosquito larvae. The active toxin is made of two protease resistant-products of ca. 45 kDa and ca. 20 kDa. The cloned 21-kDa fragment consisting of the N-terminal region of the toxin was previously shown ...

journal_title：Molecular membrane biology

authors： Puntheeranurak T,Uawithya P,Potvin L,Angsuthanasombat C,Schwartz JL

更新日期：2004-01-01 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：: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：: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：:Glucosyltransferases (Gtrs) and O-acetyltransferase (Oac) are integral membrane proteins embedded within the cytoplasmic membrane of Shigella flexneri. Gtrs and Oac are responsible for unidirectional host serotype conversion by altering the epitopic properties of the bacterial surface lipopolysaccharide (LPS) O-antige...

journal_title：Molecular membrane biology

authors： Ramiscal RR,Tang SS,Korres H,Verma NK

更新日期：2010-04-01 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：:The serotonin1A (5-HT1A) receptors are members of a superfamily of seven transmembrane domain receptors that couple to G-proteins. They appear to be involved in various behavioural and cognitive functions. This paper reports an efficient strategy to solubilize 5-HT1A receptors from bovine hippocampal membranes using t...

journal_title：Molecular membrane biology

authors： Chattopadhyay A,Harikumar KG,Kalipatnapu S

更新日期：2002-07-01 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：:Gap junctions are plasma membrane spatial microdomains constructed of assemblies of channel proteins called connexins in vertebrates and innexins in invertebrates. The channels provide direct intercellular communication pathways allowing rapid exchange of ions and metabolites up to approximately 1 kD in size. Approxim...

journal_title：Molecular membrane biology

authors： Evans WH,Martin PE

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Numerous cell surface receptors propagate activation signals to the interior of the cell via tyrosine phosphorylation of transmembrane proteins. This leads to the phosphotyrosine (PiY)-mediated recruitment of cytoplasmic signalling protein complexes which catalyze crucial biochemical signalling reactions. Here we desc...

journal_title：Molecular membrane biology

authors： Sangani D,Venien-Bryan C,Harder T

更新日期：2009-04-01 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：:Cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) is a cAMP-regulated C1(-) channel. Malfunction of CFTR causes cystic fibrosis (CF). CFTR belongs to an ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter superfamily which includes P-glycoprotein (Pgp), the molecule that is responsible for multidrug resistance in cancer c...

journal_title：Molecular membrane biology

authors： Chen M,Zhang JT

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Membrane microdomains enriched in cholesterol, sphingolipids (rafts), and specific proteins are involved in important physiological functions. However their structure, size and stability are still controversial. Given that detergent-resistant membranes (DRMs) are in the liquid-ordered state and are rich in raft-like c...

journal_title：Molecular membrane biology

authors： Casadei BR,De Oliveira Carvalho P,Riske KA,Barbosa Rde M,De Paula E,Domingues CC

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment of BHK fibroblasts with V. cholerae sialidase for 20 min caused the breakdown of about 70% of total cellular ganglioside GM3 and the production of an approximately equivalent amount of lactosylceramide. On removal of the enzyme, a slow resynthesis of GM3 from lactosylceramide was observed, equivalent to abou...

journal_title：Molecular membrane biology

authors： Sillence DJ,Allan D

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular-targeted drug delivery systems could provide more efficient and effective pharmaceutical interventions for treating a variety of diseases including cardiovascular, pulmonary, inflammatory, and malignant disorders. However, several factors must be taken into account when designing these systems. The diverse bl...

journal_title：Molecular membrane biology

authors： Huang RB,Mocherla S,Heslinga MJ,Charoenphol P,Eniola-Adefeso O

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insolubility of membrane components in non-ionic detergents such as Triton X-100 at low temperature is a widely used biochemical criterion to identify, isolate and characterize membrane domains. In this work, we monitored the detergent insolubility of the serotonin(1A) receptor in CHO cell membranes and its modulation...

journal_title：Molecular membrane biology

authors： Sahu SK,Saxena R,Chattopadhyay A

更新日期：2012-11-01 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：:A structural characterization of a synthetic peptide corresponding to the fourth transmembrane domain (M4-TMD) of the gamma-subunit of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor from Torpedo californica has been undertaken. Solid-state NMR and CD spectroscopy studies indicate that upon reconstitution into lipid vesicles or ...

journal_title：Molecular membrane biology

authors： Williamson PT,Zandomeneghi G,Barrantes FJ,Watts A,Meier BH

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This investigation is aimed at defining the structural requirements for aliphatic polyamines to interact with mitochondrial binding sites, which are relevant for the regulation of the permeability transition and for mitochondrial polyamine uptake. The triamines N-aminoethyl-1,2-diaminoethane (dien) and N-aminopropyl-1...

journal_title：Molecular membrane biology

authors： Dalla Via L,Salvi M,Di Noto V,Stefanelli C,Toninello A

更新日期：2004-03-01 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 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：: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：:Significant progress has been made in membrane protein engineering over the last 5 years, based largely on the re-design of existing scaffolds. Engineering techniques that have been employed include direct genetic engineering, both covalent and non-covalent modification, unnatural amino acid mutagenesis and total synt...

journal_title：Molecular membrane biology

authors： Bayley H,Jayasinghe L

更新日期：2004-07-01 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：: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：:Spontaneous membrane adsorption, folding and insertion of the synthetic WALP16 and KALP16 peptides was studied by computer simulations starting from completely extended conformations. The peptides were simulated using an unmodified all-atom force field in combination with an efficient Monte Carlo sampling algorithm. T...

journal_title：Molecular membrane biology

authors： Ulmschneider MB,Ulmschneider JP

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00