abstract：:The Salmonellae PhoQ sensor kinase senses the mammalian phagosome environment to activate a transcriptional program essential for virulence. The PhoQ periplasmic domain binds divalent cations, forming bridges with inner membrane phospholipids to maintain PhoQ repression. PhoQ also binds and is activated by cationic an...

journal_title：Molecular cell

authors： Prost LR,Daley ME,Le Sage V,Bader MW,Le Moual H,Klevit RE,Miller SI

更新日期：2007-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Proliferating metazoan cells respond to damage that has the potential to cause genomic instability by restricting the cell division cycle or by initiating apoptosis. The molecular mechanisms determining the balance between these responses are not well understood. Here, we show that the apoptotic initiator protease cas...

journal_title：Molecular cell

authors： Allan LA,Clarke PR

更新日期：2007-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Epigenetic indexing of chromatin domains by histone lysine methylation requires the balanced coordination of methyltransferase and demethylase activities. Here, we show that SU(VAR)3-3, the Drosophila homolog of the human LSD1 amine oxidase, demethylates H3K4me2 and H3K4me1 and facilitates subsequent H3K9 methylation ...

journal_title：Molecular cell

authors： Rudolph T,Yonezawa M,Lein S,Heidrich K,Kubicek S,Schäfer C,Phalke S,Walther M,Schmidt A,Jenuwein T,Reuter G

更新日期：2007-04-13 00:00:00

abstract：:We have analyzed two residues in the helicase domain of the E1 initiator protein. These residues are part of a highly conserved structural motif, the beta-hairpin, which is present in the helicase domain of all papovavirus initiator proteins. These proteins are unique in their ability to transition from local template...

journal_title：Molecular cell

authors： Liu X,Schuck S,Stenlund A

更新日期：2007-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Elongation factor G (EF-G) catalyzes tRNA translocation on the ribosome. Here a cryo-EM reconstruction of the 70S*EF-G ribosomal complex at 7.3 A resolution and the crystal structure of EF-G-2*GTP, an EF-G homolog, at 2.2 A resolution are presented. EF-G-2*GTP is structurally distinct from previous EF-G structures, an...

journal_title：Molecular cell

authors： Connell SR,Takemoto C,Wilson DN,Wang H,Murayama K,Terada T,Shirouzu M,Rost M,Schüler M,Giesebrecht J,Dabrowski M,Mielke T,Fucini P,Yokoyama S,Spahn CM

更新日期：2007-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：:In a recent issue of Molecular Cell, use NMR to identify peptidyl-prolyl cis-trans isomerization as an autoinhibitory switch in the adaptor protein Crk, suggesting a new mechanism for controlling the rate of formation of signaling complexes. ...

journal_title：Molecular cell

authors： Nicholson LK,Lu KP

更新日期：2007-02-23 00:00:00

abstract：:In the Neurospora circadian system, the transcription factors White Collar-1 (WC-1) and White Collar-2 (WC-2) activate expression of frq, whose gene product inhibits its own expression. The WC proteins are thought to form an obligate complex; however, chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) indicates that WC-2 binds to t...

journal_title：Molecular cell

authors： Belden WJ,Loros JJ,Dunlap JC

更新日期：2007-02-23 00:00:00

abstract：:In a recent issue of Molecular Cell, Büttner et al. (2007) described dual roles for the conserved mitochondrial protein endonuclease G in budding yeast apoptosis and proliferation that illuminate some of the contradictory and confusing findings regarding this protein in mammalian cells. ...

journal_title：Molecular cell

authors： Burhans WC,Weinberger M

更新日期：2007-02-09 00:00:00

abstract：:FGF and other Ras/MAPK pathway activators counterbalance BMP action during neurogenesis, bone formation, and other aspects of vertebrate development and homeostasis. BMP receptors signal through C-terminal phosphorylation and nuclear translocation of the transcription factor Smad1, whereas MAPKs catalyze inhibitory ph...

journal_title：Molecular cell

authors： Sapkota G,Alarcón C,Spagnoli FM,Brivanlou AH,Massagué J

更新日期：2007-02-09 00:00:00

abstract：:c-Jun, a major transcription factor in the activating protein 1 (AP-1) family of regulatory proteins, is activated by many physiologic and pathologic stimuli. However, whether c-jun is regulated by epigenetic modification of chromatin structure is not clear. We showed here that c-jun was transcriptionally repressed in...

journal_title：Molecular cell

authors： Xia Y,Wang J,Liu TJ,Yung WK,Hunter T,Lu Z

更新日期：2007-01-26 00:00:00

abstract：:In mammals, inactivation of one X chromosome in the female equalizes gene dosages between XX females and XY males. Two noncoding loci, Tsix and Xite, together regulate X chromosome fate by controlling homologous chromosome pairing, counting, and mutually exclusive choice. Following choice, the asymmetry of Xite and Ts...

journal_title：Molecular cell

authors： Donohoe ME,Zhang LF,Xu N,Shi Y,Lee JT

更新日期：2007-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:tRNAs reading four-codon families often have a modified uridine, cmo(5)U(34), at the wobble position of the anticodon. Here, we examine the effects on the decoding mechanism of a cmo(5)U modification in tRNA(1B)(Ala), anticodon C(36)G(35)cmo(5)U(34). tRNA(1B)(Ala) reads its cognate codons in a manner that is very simi...

journal_title：Molecular cell

authors： Kothe U,Rodnina MV

更新日期：2007-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Many DNA viruses that are latent in dividing cells are noncovalent passengers on mitotic chromosomes and require specific viral-encoded and cellular factors for this activity. The chromosomal protein Brd4 is implicated in the hitchhiking of bovine papillomavirus-1 (BPV-1), and the viral protein E2 binds to both plasmi...

journal_title：Molecular cell

authors： Abbate EA,Voitenleitner C,Botchan MR

更新日期：2006-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The Ca2+ -activated K+ channel KCa3.1 is required for Ca2+ influx and the subsequent activation of B and T cells. Inhibitors of KCa3.1 are in development to treat autoimmune diseases and transplant rejection, underscoring the importance in understanding how these channels are regulated. We show that nucleoside diphosp...

journal_title：Molecular cell

authors： Srivastava S,Li Z,Ko K,Choudhury P,Albaqumi M,Johnson AK,Yan Y,Backer JM,Unutmaz D,Coetzee WA,Skolnik EY

更新日期：2006-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Posttranslational histone modifications participate in modulating the structure and function of chromatin. Promoters of transcribed genes are enriched with K4 trimethylation and hyperacetylation on the N-terminal tail of histone H3. Recently, PHD finger proteins, like Yng1 in the NuA3 HAT complex, were shown to intera...

journal_title：Molecular cell

authors： Taverna SD,Ilin S,Rogers RS,Tanny JC,Lavender H,Li H,Baker L,Boyle J,Blair LP,Chait BT,Patel DJ,Aitchison JD,Tackett AJ,Allis CD

更新日期：2006-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The Y family of DNA polymerases plays crucial roles in carrying out translesion synthesis past damaged bases in DNA. Several recent papers suggest that they might have other roles as well in gene conversion, in nucleotide excision repair (NER), and in DNA replication under stressed conditions. ...

journal_title：Molecular cell

authors： Lehmann AR

更新日期：2006-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：:DnaA occupies only the three highest-affinity binding sites in E. coli oriC throughout most of the cell cycle. Immediately prior to initiation of chromosome replication, DnaA interacts with additional recognition sites, resulting in localized DNA-strand separation. These two DnaA-oriC complexes formed during the cell ...

journal_title：Molecular cell

authors： Nievera C,Torgue JJ,Grimwade JE,Leonard AC

更新日期：2006-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：:A kinase-anchoring proteins (AKAPs) target PKA to specific microdomains by using an amphipathic helix that docks to N-terminal dimerization and docking (D/D) domains of PKA regulatory (R) subunits. To understand specificity, we solved the crystal structure of the helical motif from D-AKAP2, a dual-specific AKAP, bound...

journal_title：Molecular cell

authors： Kinderman FS,Kim C,von Daake S,Ma Y,Pham BQ,Spraggon G,Xuong NH,Jennings PA,Taylor SS

更新日期：2006-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：:An important paper by David Allis and colleagues (Ahn et al., 2006 [this issue of Molecular Cell]) describes a specific deacetylation/phosphorylation crosstalk at the histone H2B tail required for apoptosis induction in yeast, thus giving first insights into the poorly understood epigenetic regulation of cell death. ...

journal_title：Molecular cell

authors： Carmona-Gutierrez D,Madeo F

更新日期：2006-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:In eukaryotes, pre-mRNA exons are interrupted by large noncoding introns. Alternative selection of exons and nucleotide-exact removal of introns are performed by the spliceosome, a highly dynamic macromolecular machine. U4/U6.U5 tri-snRNP is the largest and most conserved building block of the spliceosome. By 3D elect...

journal_title：Molecular cell

authors： Sander B,Golas MM,Makarov EM,Brahms H,Kastner B,Lührmann R,Stark H

更新日期：2006-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The ring-shaped hetero-oligomeric chaperonin TRiC/CCT uses ATP to fold a diverse subset of eukaryotic proteins. To define the basis of TRiC/CCT substrate recognition, we mapped the chaperonin interactions with the VHL tumor suppressor. VHL has two well-defined TRiC binding determinants. Each determinant contacts a spe...

journal_title：Molecular cell

authors： Spiess C,Miller EJ,McClellan AJ,Frydman J

更新日期：2006-10-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Nine human neurodegenerative diseases are due to expansion of a CAG repeat- encoding glutamine within the open reading frame of the respective genes. Polyglutamine (polyQ) expansion confers dominant toxicity, resulting in neuronal degeneration. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) have been shown to modulate programmed cell death durin...

journal_title：Molecular cell

authors： Bilen J,Liu N,Burnett BG,Pittman RN,Bonini NM

更新日期：2006-10-06 00:00:00

abstract：:There are many regulated steps in the assembly of a transcription preinitiation complex (PIC). In this issue of Molecular Cell, Black et. al. (2006) reveal a catalytic switch mechanism in which autoacetylation of the HAT p300 triggers its dissociation from a promoter in a manner that is coupled to TFIID association. ...

journal_title：Molecular cell

authors： Pugh BF

更新日期：2006-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Aberrant folding and fibrillar aggregation by polyglutamine (polyQ) expansion proteins are associated with cytotoxicity in Huntington's disease and other neurodegenerative disorders. Hsp70 chaperones have an inhibitory effect on fibril formation and can alleviate polyQ cytotoxicity. Here we show that the cytosolic cha...

journal_title：Molecular cell

authors： Behrends C,Langer CA,Boteva R,Böttcher UM,Stemp MJ,Schaffar G,Rao BV,Giese A,Kretzschmar H,Siegers K,Hartl FU

更新日期：2006-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The PB1-domain-containing proteins p62, aPKC, MEKK2/MEKK3, MEK5, and Par-6 play roles in critical cell processes like osteoclastogenesis, angiogenesis, and early cardiovascular development or cell polarity. PB1 domains are scaffold modules that adopt the topology of ubiquitin-like beta-grasp folds that interact with e...

journal_title：Molecular cell

authors： Moscat J,Diaz-Meco MT,Albert A,Campuzano S

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myosin VI is the only myosin that moves toward the minus end of actin filaments, suggesting a unique biological function. Here, we show that myosin VI is present in the nucleus of mammalian cells where it colocalizes with newly transcribed mRNA and with RNA polymerase II (RNAPII) and is detected in the RNAPII complex....

journal_title：Molecular cell

authors： Vreugde S,Ferrai C,Miluzio A,Hauben E,Marchisio PC,Crippa MP,Bussi M,Biffo S

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The positive transcription elongation factor b (P-TEFb) is a cyclin-dependent kinase that controls the elongation phase of transcription by RNA polymerase II (RNAPII). This process is made possible by the reversal of effects of negative elongation factors that include NELF and DSIF. In complex organisms, elongation co...

journal_title：Molecular cell

authors： Peterlin BM,Price DH

更新日期：2006-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：:PTPA, an essential and specific activator of protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A), functions as a peptidyl prolyl isomerase (PPIase). We present here the crystal structures of human PTPA and of the two yeast orthologs (Ypa1 and Ypa2), revealing an all alpha-helical protein fold that is radically different from other PPIases....

journal_title：Molecular cell

authors： Leulliot N,Vicentini G,Jordens J,Quevillon-Cheruel S,Schiltz M,Barford D,van Tilbeurgh H,Goris J

更新日期：2006-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Caspase-7 is an obligate dimer of catalytic domains, with generation of activity requiring limited proteolysis within a region that separates the large and small chains of each domain. Using hybrid dimers we distinguish the relative contribution of each domain to catalysis by the whole molecule. We demonstrate that th...

journal_title：Molecular cell

authors： Denault JB,Békés M,Scott FL,Sexton KM,Bogyo M,Salvesen GS

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In addition to protein-coding information, mRNAs harbor regulatory sequences necessary for appropriate processing of their precursors. Goren et al. (2006) and Wang et al. (2006) explore the diversity of these signals and the rules by which they function. ...

journal_title：Molecular cell

authors： Guigó R,Valcárcel J

更新日期：2006-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Regulation of gene expression by stress-activated protein kinases (SAPKs) is essential for cell adaptation to extracellular stimuli. Exposure of yeast to high osmolarity results in activation of the SAPK Hog1, which associates with transcription factors bound at target promoters and stimulates transcriptional initiati...

journal_title：Molecular cell

authors： Proft M,Mas G,de Nadal E,Vendrell A,Noriega N,Struhl K,Posas F

更新日期：2006-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：:During transcription initiation by bacterial RNA polymerase, the sigma subunit recognizes the -35 and -10 promoter elements; free sigma, however, does not bind DNA. We selected ssDNA aptamers that strongly and specifically bound free sigma(A) from Thermus aquaticus. A consensus sequence, GTA(C/T)AATGGGA, was required ...

journal_title：Molecular cell

authors： Feklistov A,Barinova N,Sevostyanova A,Heyduk E,Bass I,Vvedenskaya I,Kuznedelov K,Merkiene E,Stavrovskaya E,Klimasauskas S,Nikiforov V,Heyduk T,Severinov K,Kulbachinskiy A

更新日期：2006-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The proteolytic activation of the membrane-associated transcription factor pro-sigma(K) is controlled by a signal transduction pathway during sporulation in the bacterium Bacillus subtilis. The pro-sigma(K) processing enzyme SpoIVFB, a membrane-embedded metalloprotease, is held inactive by two other integral-membrane ...

journal_title：Molecular cell

authors： Campo N,Rudner DZ

更新日期：2006-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Rho factor in bacteria terminates transcription by using energy from ATP hydrolysis to forcefully dissociate the transcripts from RNA polymerase. used data from presteady-state ATPase kinetics to support a rational mechanistic model for Rho's action on RNA. ...

journal_title：Molecular cell

authors： Richardson JP

更新日期：2006-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The G protein-coupled receptor Gpr1 and associated Galpha subunit Gpa2 govern dimorphic transitions in response to extracellular nutrients by signaling coordinately with Ras to activate adenylyl cyclase in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Gpa2 forms a protein complex with the kelch Gbeta mimic subunits Gpb1/2, and ...

journal_title：Molecular cell

authors： Harashima T,Anderson S,Yates JR 3rd,Heitman J

更新日期：2006-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The early detection by the host of invading microorganisms, including viruses, depends on a limited number of specific receptors that recognize pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs). A few of these PAMPs, including ssRNA and dsRNA, are recognized by Toll-like receptors (TLR)-7/8 and TLR3, respectively. Activa...

journal_title：Molecular cell

authors： Meylan E,Tschopp J

更新日期：2006-06-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Heterochromatin formation is generally thought to result in transcriptional repression of target loci. However, RNAi-mediated heterochromatin assembly requires RNA polymerase II (Pol II) transcription. The mechanism facilitating Pol II accessibility to heterochromatin is unknown. We show that the fission yeast Epe1, a...

journal_title：Molecular cell

authors： Zofall M,Grewal SI

更新日期：2006-06-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Heparan sulfate proteoglycans (HSPGs) influence the signaling of many growth factors, and recent work shows that they can promote VEGF signaling in trans from the surface of an adjacent cell. This mode of signaling also alters the activation state and internalization of VEGF receptors. ...

journal_title：Molecular cell

authors： Selleck SB

更新日期：2006-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：:S(N)1-type alkylating agents that produce cytotoxic O(6)-methyl-G (O(6)-meG) DNA adducts induce cell cycle arrest and apoptosis in a manner requiring the DNA mismatch repair (MMR) proteins MutSalpha and MutLalpha. Here, we show that checkpoint signaling in response to DNA methylation occurs during S phase and requires...

journal_title：Molecular cell

authors： Yoshioka K,Yoshioka Y,Hsieh P

更新日期：2006-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Posttranslational histone modifications play important roles in transcription and other chromatin-based processes. Compared to acetylation, methylation, and phosphorylation, very little is known about the function of histone ubiquitylation. Here, we report the purification and functional characterization of a histone ...

journal_title：Molecular cell

authors： Wang H,Zhai L,Xu J,Joo HY,Jackson S,Erdjument-Bromage H,Tempst P,Xiong Y,Zhang Y

更新日期：2006-05-05 00:00:00