Inhibition of the PLP-dependent enzyme serine palmitoyltransferase by cycloserine: evidence for a novel decarboxylative mechanism of inactivation.

abstract：:The major mechanical function of talin is to couple the β-integrin cytoplasmic tails to actin filaments. A variety of β-integrin tails contain conserved binding motifs for talin, and recent research shows that β-integrins differ both in affinity to talin and preferences for other cytoplasmic adaptor proteins. While ta...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Kukkurainen S,Määttä JA,Saeger J,Valjakka J,Vogel V,Hytönen VP

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Small molecule modulators are critical for dissecting and understanding signaling pathways at the molecular level. Interleukin 6 (IL-6) is a cytokine that signals via the JAK-STAT pathway and is implicated in cancer and inflammation. To identify modulators of this pathway, we screened a chemical collection against an ...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Johnson RL,Huang R,Jadhav A,Southall N,Wichterman J,MacArthur R,Xia M,Bi K,Printen J,Austin CP,Inglese J

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) are key regulators of gene expression. Some long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) affect gene expression by interacting with RBPs. However, whether this influences the biological characteristics of lncRNAs in diseases still remains unknown. Here, we classify lncRNAs into two categories, using the ...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Zhang Q,Wei Y,Yan Z,Wu C,Chang Z,Zhu Y,Li K,Xu Y

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcription factors (TFs) and microRNAs (miRNAs) can jointly regulate transcriptional networks in the form of recurrent circuits or motifs. A motif can be divided into a feedforward loop (FFL) and a feedback loop (FBL). Incoherent FFLs have been the recent focus due to their potential to dampen gene expression noise...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Li Y,Liang C,Easterbrook S,Luo J,Zhang Z

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteins are dynamic creatures. Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) function as multiplicity of structures and their activities can only be described by stochastic structure-function relationships. In their complex forms, however, IDPs were thought to lose their plasticity and behave similarly to globular protein...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Fuxreiter M

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently circular RNA (circularRNA) has been discovered as an increasingly important type of long non-coding RNA (lncRNA), playing an important role in gene regulation, such as functioning as miRNA sponges. So it is very promising to identify circularRNA transcripts from de novo assembled transcripts obtained by high-...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Pan X,Xiong K

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lovastatin and other statins inhibit HMG-CoA reductase, which carries out an early step in the sterol biosynthesis pathway. Statins lower cholesterol and are widely prescribed to prevent heart disease, but like many drugs, they can interact with nutritionally acquired metabolites. To probe these interactions, we explo...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Fowler DM,Cooper SJ,Stephany JJ,Hendon N,Nelson S,Fields S

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A genome-wide screen of a yeast non-essential gene-deletion library was used to identify sick phenotypes due to oxygen deprivation. The screen provided a manageable list of 384 potentially novel as well as known oxygen responding (anoxia-survival) genes. The gene-deletion mutants were further assayed for sensitivity t...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Samanfar B,Omidi K,Hooshyar M,Laliberte B,Alamgir M,Seal AJ,Ahmed-Muhsin E,Viteri DF,Said K,Chalabian F,Golshani A,Wainer G,Burnside D,Shostak K,Bugno M,Willmore WG,Smith ML,Golshani A

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cyclic dinucleotide riboswitch has been fused with a G-quadruplex motif to produce a conditional riboswitch-peroxidase-mimicking sensor that oxidizes both colorimetric and fluorogenic substrates in the presence of c-di-GMP. We find that signal-to-noise ratio could be improved by using a two-, not three-, floor split...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Tsuji G,Sintim HO

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conversion of the predominantly α-helical cellular prion protein (PrP(C)) to the misfolded β-sheet enriched Scrapie form (PrP(Sc)) is a critical event in prion pathogenesis. However, the conformational triggers that lead to the isoform conversion (PrP(C) to PrP(Sc)) remain obscure, and conjectures about the role of un...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Menon S,Sengupta N

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteomics is the study of proteins and their interactions within complex biological systems. While this field is often associated with mass spectrometry, it is more useful to consider proteomics in the context of an objective: to identify and understand the molecular basis of health and disease at the protein level i...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Bark SJ,Hook V

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:New approaches to improve the quality and efficiency of stem cell-derived neurons are important for both research and clinical arenas. Customized subsets of differentiated neurons can be used as model systems to understand the etiology of a variety of complex neurological diseases and disorders. These same neuronal ce...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Greco SJ,Rameshwar P

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial biosynthesis of lysine has come under increased scrutiny as a target for novel antibacterial agents as it provides lysine for protein synthesis and both lysine and meso-diaminopimelate for construction of the bacterial peptidoglycan cell wall. In this Highlight article we review recent advances in the valida...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Hutton CA,Perugini MA,Gerrard JA

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mannose-modified lectin-binding peptides were obtained from an α-helical-designed peptide phage library. Concanavalin A (ConA) was used as a representative target protein for the lectin family. The identified glycopeptides could selectively bind to ConA with micromolar affinity. With these results, the methodologies d...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Ven Chang I,Tsutsumi H,Mihara H

更新日期：2017-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein-protein interactions are important biological processes and essential for a global understanding of cell functions. To date, little is known about the protein interactions and roles of the protein interacting networks and protein complexes in bacterial resistance to antibiotics. In the present study, we invest...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Li H,Pan JY,Liu XJ,Gao JX,Wu HK,Wang C,Peng XX

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-ribosomal peptide synthetases (NRPSs) are enzymes that catalyze ribosome-independent production of small peptides, most of which are bioactive. NRPSs act as peptide assembly lines where individual, often interconnected modules each incorporate a specific amino acid into the nascent chain. The modules themselves co...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Beer R,Herbst K,Ignatiadis N,Kats I,Adlung L,Meyer H,Niopek D,Christiansen T,Georgi F,Kurzawa N,Meichsner J,Rabe S,Riedel A,Sachs J,Schessner J,Schmidt F,Walch P,Niopek K,Heinemann T,Eils R,Di Ventura B

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Comparative analysis of the complete genome sequences from a variety of poorly studied organisms aims at predicting ecological and behavioral properties of these organisms and helping in characterizing their habitats. This task requires finding appropriate descriptors that could be correlated with the core traits of e...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Galperin MY,Higdon R,Kolker E

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial resistance to β-lactam antibiotics poses a serious threat to human health. Penicillin binding proteins (PBPs) and β-lactamases are involved in both antibacterial activity and mediation of β-lactam antibiotic resistance. The two major reasons for resistance to β-lactams include: (i) pathogenic bacteria expres...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Kumar KM,Anbarasu A,Ramaiah S

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peptidylarginine deiminase (PAD) catalyzes the posttranslational citrullination of selected proteins in a calcium dependent manner. The PAD4 isoform has been implicated in multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, some types of cancer, and plays a role in gene regulation. However, the substrate selectivity of PAD4 is ...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Guo Q,Bedford MT,Fast W

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In actively proliferating cells, such as the cells of the developing embryo, DNA repair is crucial for preventing the accumulation of mutations and synchronizing cell division. Sea urchin embryo growth was analyzed and extracts were prepared. The relative activity of DNA polymerase, apurinic/apyrimidinic (AP) endonucl...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Torgasheva NA,Menzorova NI,Sibirtsev YT,Rasskazov VA,Zharkov DO,Nevinsky GA

更新日期：2016-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial biofilms are defined as a community of surface-attached bacteria that are protected by an extracellular matrix of biomolecules. We have recently reported the synthesis of a small molecule, denoted TAGE, based on the natural product bromoageliferin and demonstrated that TAGE has anti-biofilm activity against ...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Huigens RW 3rd,Ma L,Gambino C,Moeller PD,Basso A,Cavanagh J,Wozniak DJ,Melander C

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Within systems biology there is an increasing interest in the stochastic behavior of genetic and biochemical reaction networks. An appropriate stochastic description is provided by the chemical master equation, which represents a continuous time Markov chain (CTMC). In this paper we consider the stochastic properties ...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Giampieri E,Remondini D,de Oliveira L,Castellani G,Lió P

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to elucidate the effect of flexible linker length on the catalytic efficiency of fusion proteins, two short flexible peptide linkers of various lengths were fused between Arabidopsis thaliana 4-coumaroyl-CoA ligase (4CL) and Polygonum cuspidatum stilbene synthase (STS) to generate fusion proteins 4CL-(GSG)n-S...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Guo H,Yang Y,Xue F,Zhang H,Huang T,Liu W,Liu H,Zhang F,Yang M,Liu C,Lu H,Zhang Y,Ma L

更新日期：2017-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Many Gram-negative bacterial pathogens use type III secretion systems (TTSSs) for subverting the normal cellular functions of their target eukaryotic cells. The type III secretion apparatus (TTSA) functions like a syringe to inject proteins through an external needle and into a target cell's membrane and cytosol. The ...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Wang Y,Zhang L,Picking WL,Picking WD,De Guzman RN

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is one of the most commonly occurring metabolic and endocrinological disorders affecting women of reproductive age. Metabolomics is an emerging field that holds promise in understanding disease pathophysiology. Recently, a few metabolomics based studies have been attempted in PCOS pati...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： RoyChoudhury S,Mishra BP,Khan T,Chattopadhayay R,Lodh I,Datta Ray C,Bose G,Sarkar HS,Srivastava S,Joshi MV,Chakravarty B,Chaudhury K

更新日期：2016-10-18 00:00:00

abstract：:With the advent of new cancer therapies in the last few years, the goals of reducing disease burden and improving quality of life are frequently achieved. Yet despite the advances seen with numerous monotherapies, a multimodality approach that targets different aspects of tumor biology may yield the greatest clinical ...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Kamrava M,Bernstein MB,Camphausen K,Hodge JW

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The identification of a suitable non-fluorescent molecule that can be oxidized by G-quadruplexes into a fluorescent product will be important for several fields such as bioanalyte sensing and cancer therapeutic discovery. Herein, we demonstrate that 2',7'-dichlorodihydrofluorescein diacetate is a superior reducing sub...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Nakayama S,Sintim HO

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancers frequently develop resistance to paclitaxel but the underlying molecular mechanisms remain to be determined. We have investigated the proteins that are associated with the paclitaxel resistance in human breast cancer MCF-7 cells using proteomic analysis. Paclitaxel resistant human breast cancer MCF-7 cells (MC...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Chen S,Dong Q,Hu S,Cai J,Zhang W,Sun J,Wang T,Xie J,He H,Xing J,Lu J,Dong Y

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding the complexity of cancer biology requires extensive information about the cancer proteome over the course of the disease. The recent advances in mass spectrometry-based proteomics technologies have led to the accumulation of an incredible amount of such proteomic information. This information allows us t...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Miah S,Banks CA,Adams MK,Florens L,Lukong KE,Washburn MP

更新日期：2016-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Celastrol, isolated from the traditional Chinese medicinal herb Tripterygium wilfordii Hook. f. (Thunder God's Vine), has been used to treat cancer, chronic inflammatory, autoimmune and other human diseases. However, to date, the protein targets and the mechanism of action of celastrol have remained elusive. In this s...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Zhou Y,Li W,Wang M,Zhang X,Zhang H,Tong X,Xiao Y

更新日期：2016-12-20 00:00:00