abstract：:The H3K9 protein lysine methyltransferase SUV39H2 was reported to methylate K134 of H2AX and stimulate H2AX phosphorylation during DNA damage response [Sone K et al. (2014) Nat Commun 5, 5691]. However, the sequence context of H2AX-K134 differs from the specificity of SUV39H2. We performed in vitro methylation reactio...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Schuhmacher MK,Kudithipudi S,Jeltsch A

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We identified the d-galacturonic acid (GA)-responsive transcriptional activator GaaR of the saprotrophic fungus, Aspergillus niger, which was found to be essential for growth on GA and polygalacturonic acid (PGA). Growth of the ΔgaaR strain was reduced on complex pectins. Genome-wide expression analysis showed that Ga...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Alazi E,Niu J,Kowalczyk JE,Peng M,Aguilar Pontes MV,van Kan JA,Visser J,de Vries RP,Ram AF

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene conservation, duplication and constitutive expression are intricately linked and strong predictors of essentiality. Here, we introduce metrics based on diversity indices to measure gene conservation, duplication and constitutive expression and validate them by measuring their performance in prediction of essentia...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Arun PV,Miryala SK,Chattopadhyay S,Thiyyagura K,Bawa P,Bhattacharjee M,Yellaboina S

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rho family small GTPases regulate lymphocyte migration induced by chemokines. However, how lymphocyte migration is regulated by Rho GTPases remains to be elucidated. Here, we identified FilGAP, a Rac-specific GAP, as a negative regulator of lymphocyte polarization and migration. Depletion of FilGAP in mouse pro-B BAF ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Iida T,Saito K,Katagiri K,Kinashi T,Ohta Y

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heme is degraded by heme oxygenase to form iron, carbon monoxide (CO), and biliverdin. However, information about the catabolism of heme in erythroid cells is limited. In this study, we showed the production and export of bilirubin in murine erythroleukemia (MEL) cells. The production of bilirubin by MEL cells was enh...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Mu A,Li M,Tanaka M,Adachi Y,Tai TT,Liem PH,Izawa S,Furuyama K,Taketani S

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As part of a search for selective, mechanism-based covalent inhibitors of human pancreatic α-amylase we describe the chemoenzymatic synthesis of the disaccharide analog α-glucosyl epi-cyclophellitol, demonstrate its stoichiometric reaction with human pancreatic α-amylase and evaluate the time dependence of its inhibit...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Caner S,Zhang X,Jiang J,Chen HM,Nguyen NT,Overkleeft H,Brayer GD,Withers SG

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:EcL-DER, the aspartate/glutamate racemase from the pathogen Escherichia coli O157, exhibits racemase activity for l-aspartate and l-glutamate. This study reports the crystal structures of apo-EcL-DER, the EcL-DER-l-aspartate and the EcL-DER-d-aspartate complexes. The EcL-DER structure contains two domains, forming pse...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Liu X,Gao F,Ma Y,Liu S,Cui Y,Yuan Z,Kang X

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cathepsin L is a ubiquitously expressed papain-like cysteine protease involved in the endosomal degradation of proteins and has numerous roles in physiological and pathological processes, such as arthritis, osteoporosis, and cancer. Insight into the specificity of cathepsin L is important for elucidating its physiolog...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Sosnowski P,Turk D

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Maintaining genomic integrity is vital for cell survival and homeostasis. Mutations in critical genes in germ-line and somatic cells are often implicated with the onset or progression of diseases. DNA repair enzymes thus take important roles as guardians of the genome in the cell. Besides the known function to repair ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Bunch H

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Ruminococcus albus, 4-O-β-D-mannosyl-D-glucose phosphorylase (RaMP1) and β-(1,4)-mannooligosaccharide phosphorylase (RaMP2) belong to two subfamilies of glycoside hydrolase family 130. The two enzymes phosphorolyze β-mannosidic linkages at the nonreducing ends of their substrates, and have substantially diverse sub...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Ye Y,Saburi W,Odaka R,Kato K,Sakurai N,Komoda K,Nishimoto M,Kitaoka M,Mori H,Yao M

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Niemann-pick type C1 (NPC1) is an endo/lysosomal membrane protein involved in intracellular cholesterol trafficking, and its luminal domain C is an essential endosomal receptor for Ebola and Marburg viruses. We have determined the crystal structure of glycosylated NPC1 luminal domain C and find all seven possible site...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Zhao Y,Ren J,Harlos K,Stuart DI

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:miRNAs play a number of roles in bone, including mediating the pathological effects of inflammation. Here, we found that miR-33a-5p expression was significantly increased after TNF-α treatment during BMP-2-induced osteogenic differentiation of hBMSCs. Luciferase reporter assays and western blotting demonstrated that s...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Mi W,Shi Q,Chen X,Wu T,Huang H

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Covalent, mechanism-based inhibitors of glycosidases are valuable probe molecules for visualizing enzyme activities in complex systems. We, here, describe the chemoenzymatic synthesis of 6-phospho-cyclophellitol and evaluate its behaviour as a mechanism-based inactivator of the Streptococcus pyogenes 6-phospho-β-gluco...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kwan DH,Jin Y,Jiang J,Chen HM,Kötzler MP,Overkleeft HS,Davies GJ,Withers SG

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:F-box/LRR-repeat protein 2 (FBXL2), a component of Skp-Cullin-F box (SCF) ubiquitin E3 ligase, has been shown to inhibit tumorigenesis by targeting and ubiquitinating several oncoproteins. However, its role in gastric cancer remains poorly understood. Here, by tandem mass spectrometry, we show that FBXL2 interacts wit...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Li LQ,Pan D,Chen H,Zhang L,Xie WJ

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The covalently closed circular DNA (cccDNA) of hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a viral center molecule for HBV infection and persistence. However, the cellular restriction factors of HBV cccDNA are not well understood. Here, we show that TGF-β can induce nuclear viral cccDNA degradation and hypermutation via activation-ind...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Qiao Y,Han X,Guan G,Wu N,Sun J,Pak V,Liang G

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Syntenin has crucial roles in cell adhesion, cell migration and synaptic transmission. Its closely linked postsynaptic density-95, discs large 1, zonula occludens-1 (PDZ) domains typically interact with C-terminal ligands. We profile syntenin PDZ1-2 through proteomic peptide phage display (ProP-PD) using a library tha...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Garrido-Urbani S,Garg P,Ghossoub R,Arnold R,Lembo F,Sundell GN,Kim PM,Lopez M,Zimmermann P,Sidhu SS,Ivarsson Y

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tryptophan-rich antigens of malarial parasites interact with host molecules and play an important role in parasite survival. Merozoite expressed Plasmodium vivax tryptophan-rich antigen PvTRAg38 binds to human erythrocytes and facilitates parasite growth in a heterlologous Plasmodium falciparum culture system. Recentl...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Alam MS,Rathore S,Tyagi RK,Sharma YD

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mechanisms underlying the association between fibroblastic growth factor 23 (FGF-23) and inflammation are uncertain. We found that FGF-23 was markedly up-regulated in LPS/INF-γ-induced proinflammatory M1 macrophages and Hyp mouse-derived peritoneal macrophages, but not in IL-4-induced M2 anti-inflammatory macrophages....

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Han X,Li L,Yang J,King G,Xiao Z,Quarles LD

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracellular vesicles (EVs) contain microRNAs (miRNAs). However, the exact molecular mechanisms of the recruitment of miRNAs in EVs are not well characterized. Based on proteomic analysis, we identified that silencing of Annexin A2 (ANXA2) significantly decreased the amount of miRNAs in EVs. In addition, microarray a...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Hagiwara K,Katsuda T,Gailhouste L,Kosaka N,Ochiya T

更新日期：2015-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) and its canonical receptor Ret can signal together or independently to fulfill many important functions in the midbrain dopaminergic (DA) system. While Ret signaling clearly impacts on the development, maintenance and regeneration of the mesostriatal DA system, the ph...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kramer ER,Liss B

更新日期：2015-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Male germ cell Rac GTPase-activating protein (MgcRacGAP) is a core regulator of cytokinesis. Furthermore, it appears to be involved in human oncogenesis through cytokinesis-independent mechanisms and has been reported to be essential for nuclear translocation of signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT) ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： van Adrichem AJ,Wennerberg K

更新日期：2015-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The homeoprotein Engrailed (Engrailed-1/Engrailed-2, collectively En1/2) is not only a survival factor for mesencephalic dopaminergic (mDA) neurons during development, but continues to exert neuroprotective and physiological functions in adult mDA neurons. Loss of one En1 allele in the mouse leads to progressive demis...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Rekaik H,Blaudin de Thé FX,Prochiantz A,Fuchs J,Joshi RL

更新日期：2015-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:LIM-homeodomain (LIM-HD) proteins are evolutionary conserved developmental transcription factors. LIM-HD Lmx1a and Lmx1b orchestrate complex temporal and spatial gene expression of the dopaminergic pathway, and evidence shows they are also involved in adult neuronal homeostasis. In this review, the multiple roles play...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Doucet-Beaupré H,Ang SL,Lévesque M

更新日期：2015-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor suppressor WW domain-containing oxidoreductase (WWOX) is depleted in various cancer types. Here we report that WWOX is modified by small ubiquitin-like modifier (SUMO) proteins and represses DU145 prostate cancer tumorigenesis in a SUMOylation-dependent manner. Ectopic WWOX was shown to associate with SUMO2/3 or...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Choi HJ,Park JH,Park JH,Lee KB,Oh SM

更新日期：2015-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural freeze tolerance depends on cellular adaptations that address the multiple stresses imposed on cells during freezing. These adaptations preserve viability by suppressing energy-expensive cell processes in the frozen state. In this study, we explore the freeze-responsive expression of microRNA in hatchling pain...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Biggar KK,Storey KB

更新日期：2015-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The Alanine Serine Cysteine Transporter 2 (ASCT2) is involved in balancing the intracellular amino acid pool. This function is allowed by the antiport mechanism and the asymmetric specificity towards different neutral amino acids, distinctive of this transporter. In the present work, the interaction of the putative su...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Scalise M,Pochini L,Pingitore P,Hedfalk K,Indiveri C

更新日期：2015-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Reliably pinpointing which specific amino acid residues form the interface(s) between a protein and its binding partner(s) is critical for understanding the structural and physicochemical determinants of protein recognition and binding affinity, and has wide applications in modeling and validating protein interactions...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Xue LC,Dobbs D,Bonvin AM,Honavar V

更新日期：2015-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycoprotein synthesis is initiated in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) lumen upon transfer of a glycan (Glc3Man9GlcNAc2) from a lipid derivative to Asn residues (N-glycosylation). N-Glycan-dependent quality control of glycoprotein folding in the ER prevents exit to Golgi of folding intermediates, irreparably misfolded ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Caramelo JJ,Parodi AJ

更新日期：2015-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The main role of voltage-gated proton channels (Hv1) is to extrude protons from the intracellular milieu when, mediated by different cellular processes, the H(+) concentration increases. Hv1 are exquisitely selective for protons and their structure is homologous to the voltage sensing domain (VSD) of other voltage-gat...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Castillo K,Pupo A,Baez-Nieto D,Contreras GF,Morera FJ,Neely A,Latorre R,Gonzalez C

更新日期：2015-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Nuclear pore complexes (NPC) form nuclear pores that cross the nuclear envelope and allow molecules to transport between the nucleus and the cytoplasm. We solved the crystal structure of human Nup43 (hNUP43), an important component in the Nup107 subcomplex of NPC. hNup43 adopts a seven-bladed β-propeller fold. We conf...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Xu C,Li Z,He H,Wernimont A,Li Y,Loppnau P,Min J

更新日期：2015-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteoblastic differentiation is regulated by various factors, including hormones and transcription factors. Runt-related transcription factor 2 (Runx2) is an essential player in osteoblastogenesis and transactivates its molecular target by creating a protein complex with its hetero-dimeric partner core binding factor ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Fukuda T,Ochi H,Sunamura S,Haiden A,Bando W,Inose H,Okawa A,Asou Y,Takeda S

更新日期：2015-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:LncRNAs have a critical role in the regulation of cellular processes such as cancer progression and metastasis. In the present study, we confirmed that TUG1 was overexpressed in bladder cancer tissues and established cell lines. Knockdown of TUG1 inhibited bladder cancer cell metastasis both in vitro and in vivo. Furt...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Tan J,Qiu K,Li M,Liang Y

更新日期：2015-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The study of the three-dimensional organization of chromatin has recently gained much focus in the context of novel techniques for detecting genome-wide contacts using next-generation sequencing. These chromosome conformation capture-based methods give a deep topological insight into the architecture of the genome ins...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Hofmann A,Heermann DW

更新日期：2015-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：:CXCR2 plays a key role in protecting the integrity of the endothelium. Emerging evidence has demonstrated that the long ncRNAs (lncRNA) Human metastasis associated lung adenocarcinoma transcript 1 (MALAT1) participates in the regulation of the pathophysiological processes. However, whether there is crosstalk between C...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Tang Y,Jin X,Xiang Y,Chen Y,Shen CX,Zhang YC,Li YG

更新日期：2015-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The β-xylosidase B from Bifidobacterium adolescentis ATCC15703 belongs to the newly characterized family 120 of glycoside hydrolases. In order to investigate its catalytic mechanism, an extensive kinetic study of the wild-type enzyme and mutants targeting the three highly conserved residues Asp(393), Glu(416) and Glu(...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Cecchini DA,Fauré R,Laville E,Potocki-Veronese G

更新日期：2015-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：:In the phylogeny of plant polyamine oxidases (PAOs), clade III members from angiosperms, such as Arabidopsis thaliana PAO5 and Oryza sativa PAO1, prefer spermine and thermospermine as substrates and back-convert both of these substrates to spermidine in vitro. A clade III representative of lycophytes, SelPAO5 from Sel...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Sagor GH,Inoue M,Kim DW,Kojima S,Niitsu M,Berberich T,Kusano T

更新日期：2015-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The retromer complex is a key element of the endosomal protein sorting machinery that is conserved through evolution and has been shown to play a role in diseases such as Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease. Through sorting various membrane proteins (cargo), the function of retromer complex has been linked to ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Mukadam AS,Seaman MN

更新日期：2015-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Intrinsically disordered proteins participate in many important cellular regulatory processes. The absence of a well-defined structure in the free state of a disordered domain, and even on occasion when it is bound to physiological partners, is fundamental to its function. Disordered domains are frequently the locatio...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Berlow RB,Dyson HJ,Wright PE

更新日期：2015-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:We provide first large scale analysis of the peculiarities of surface areas of 5658 dissimilar (below 50% sequence similarity) proteins with known 3D-structures that bind to proteins, DNA or RNAs. We show here that area of the protein surface is highly correlated with the protein length. The size of the interface surf...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Wu Z,Hu G,Yang J,Peng Z,Uversky VN,Kurgan L

更新日期：2015-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanisms involved in bidirectional transport along microtubules remain largely unknown. We explored the collective action of kinesin-2 and dynein motors during transport of melanosomes in Xenopus laevis melanophores. These motors are attached to organelles through accessory proteins establishing a complex molecu...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： De Rossi MC,De Rossi ME,Sued M,Rodríguez D,Bruno L,Levi V

更新日期：2015-09-14 00:00:00