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  • 1
    Publication Date: 2002-05-23
    Description: Mechanical and thermal cues stimulate a specialized group of sensory neurons that terminate in the skin. Three members of the transient receptor potential (TRP) family of channels are expressed in subsets of these neurons and are activated at distinct physiological temperatures. Here, we describe the cloning and characterization of a novel thermosensitive TRP channel. TRPV3 has a unique threshold: It is activated at innocuous (warm) temperatures and shows an increased response at noxious temperatures. TRPV3 is specifically expressed in keratinocytes; hence, skin cells are capable of detecting heat via molecules similar to those in heat-sensing neurons.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Peier, Andrea M -- Reeve, Alison J -- Andersson, David A -- Moqrich, Aziz -- Earley, Taryn J -- Hergarden, Anne C -- Story, Gina M -- Colley, Sian -- Hogenesch, John B -- McIntyre, Peter -- Bevan, Stuart -- Patapoutian, Ardem -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2002 Jun 14;296(5575):2046-9. Epub 2002 May 16.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation, San Diego, CA 92121, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12016205" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Animals, Newborn ; Blotting, Northern ; CHO Cells ; Capsaicin/*analogs & derivatives/pharmacology ; *Cation Transport Proteins ; Cell Line ; Cells, Cultured ; Cloning, Molecular ; Cricetinae ; Epidermis/cytology/innervation/metabolism ; Ganglia, Spinal/metabolism ; *Hot Temperature ; Humans ; In Situ Hybridization ; Ion Channels/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism ; Keratinocytes/*metabolism ; Membrane Potentials ; Mice ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Nerve Endings/physiology ; Neurons/physiology ; Patch-Clamp Techniques ; RNA, Messenger/genetics/metabolism ; Ruthenium Red/pharmacology ; Signal Transduction ; Spinal Cord/metabolism ; TRPV Cation Channels ; Temperature
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    Publication Date: 1999-07-20
    Description: A vertebrate securin (vSecurin) was identified on the basis of its biochemical analogy to the Pds1p protein of budding yeast and the Cut2p protein of fission yeast. The vSecurin protein bound to a vertebrate homolog of yeast separins Esp1p and Cut1p and was degraded by proteolysis mediated by an anaphase-promoting complex in a manner dependent on a destruction motif. Furthermore, expression of a stable Xenopus securin mutant protein blocked sister-chromatid separation but did not block the embryonic cell cycle. The vSecurin proteins share extensive sequence similarity with each other but show no sequence similarity to either of their yeast counterparts. Human securin is identical to the product of the gene called pituitary tumor-transforming gene (PTTG), which is overexpressed in some tumors and exhibits transforming activity in NIH 3T3 cells. The oncogenic nature of increased expression of vSecurin may result from chromosome gain or loss, produced by errors in chromatid separation.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Zou, H -- McGarry, T J -- Bernal, T -- Kirschner, M W -- GM26875/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1999 Jul 16;285(5426):418-22.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, 240 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10411507" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: 3T3 Cells ; Amino Acid Sequence ; *Anaphase ; Anaphase-Promoting Complex-Cyclosome ; Animals ; CDC2 Protein Kinase/metabolism ; Cell Cycle Proteins/chemistry/metabolism ; *Cell Transformation, Neoplastic ; Chromatids/*physiology ; Conserved Sequence ; Cyclin B/metabolism ; Cyclin B1 ; *Endopeptidases ; Fungal Proteins/chemistry/metabolism ; HeLa Cells ; Humans ; Ligases/metabolism ; Mice ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Mutagenesis, Site-Directed ; Neoplasm Proteins/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism ; Neoplasms/etiology ; Nuclear Proteins/chemistry/metabolism ; Oncogene Proteins/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism ; Oncogenes ; *Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins ; *Schizosaccharomyces pombe Proteins ; Securin ; Separase ; Spindle Apparatus/metabolism ; *Ubiquitin-Protein Ligase Complexes ; Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases ; Xenopus
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    Publication Date: 2002-04-20
    Description: Cadherins are transmembrane proteins that mediate adhesion between cells in the solid tissues of animals. Here we present the 3.1 angstrom resolution crystal structure of the whole, functional extracellular domain from C-cadherin, a representative "classical" cadherin. The structure suggests a molecular mechanism for adhesion between cells by classical cadherins, and it provides a new framework for understanding both cis (same cell) and trans (juxtaposed cell) cadherin interactions. The trans adhesive interface is a twofold symmetric interaction defined by a conserved tryptophan side chain at the membrane-distal end of a cadherin molecule from one cell, which inserts into a hydrophobic pocket at the membrane-distal end of a cadherin molecule from the opposing cell.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Boggon, Titus J -- Murray, John -- Chappuis-Flament, Sophie -- Wong, Ellen -- Gumbiner, Barry M -- Shapiro, Lawrence -- NCI-P30-CA-08784/CI/NCPDCID CDC HHS/ -- R01 GM062270/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM52717/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2002 May 17;296(5571):1308-13. Epub 2002 Apr 18.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biochemistry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, 630 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11964443" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Binding Sites ; CHO Cells ; Cadherins/*chemistry/genetics/metabolism ; *Cell Adhesion ; Cricetinae ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Dimerization ; Glycosylation ; Hydrogen Bonding ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; Recombinant Fusion Proteins/chemistry ; Tryptophan/chemistry ; Xenopus Proteins
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    Publication Date: 1999-12-11
    Description: Tubby-like proteins (TULPs) are found in a broad range of multicellular organisms. In mammals, genetic mutation of tubby or other TULPs can result in one or more of three disease phenotypes: obesity (from which the name "tubby" is derived), retinal degeneration, and hearing loss. These disease phenotypes indicate a vital role for tubby proteins; however, no biochemical function has yet been ascribed to any member of this protein family. A structure-directed approach was employed to investigate the biological function of these proteins. The crystal structure of the core domain from mouse tubby was determined at a resolution of 1.9 angstroms. From primarily structural clues, experiments were devised, the results of which suggest that TULPs are a unique family of bipartite transcription factors.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Boggon, T J -- Shan, W S -- Santagata, S -- Myers, S C -- Shapiro, L -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1999 Dec 10;286(5447):2119-25.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Structural Biology Program, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Ruttenberg Cancer Center, Mount Sinai School of Medicine of New York University, New York, NY 10029, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10591637" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing ; Alternative Splicing ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Cell Line ; Cell Nucleus/chemistry ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; DNA/metabolism ; Eye Proteins/*chemistry/genetics/*metabolism ; Humans ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Protein Conformation ; Protein Structure, Secondary ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; Proteins/*chemistry/genetics/*metabolism ; Recombinant Proteins/chemistry/metabolism ; Sequence Alignment ; Transcription Factors/*chemistry/genetics/*metabolism ; Transcriptional Activation
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    Publication Date: 2001-05-26
    Description: Dysfunction of the tubby protein results in maturity-onset obesity in mice. Tubby has been implicated as a transcription regulator, but details of the molecular mechanism underlying its function remain unclear. Here we show that tubby functions in signal transduction from heterotrimeric GTP-binding protein (G protein)-coupled receptors. Tubby localizes to the plasma membrane by binding phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate through its carboxyl terminal "tubby domain." X-ray crystallography reveals the atomic-level basis of this interaction and implicates tubby domains as phosphorylated-phosphatidyl- inositol binding factors. Receptor-mediated activation of G protein alphaq (Galphaq) releases tubby from the plasma membrane through the action of phospholipase C-beta, triggering translocation of tubby to the cell nucleus. The localization of tubby-like protein 3 (TULP3) is similarly regulated. These data suggest that tubby proteins function as membrane-bound transcription regulators that translocate to the nucleus in response to phosphoinositide hydrolysis, providing a direct link between G-protein signaling and the regulation of gene expression.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Santagata, S -- Boggon, T J -- Baird, C L -- Gomez, C A -- Zhao, J -- Shan, W S -- Myszka, D G -- Shapiro, L -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2001 Jun 15;292(5524):2041-50. Epub 2001 May 24.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Ruttenberg Cancer Center, Structural Biology Program, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine of New York University, 1425 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10029, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11375483" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Active Transport, Cell Nucleus ; Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Cell Membrane/metabolism ; Cell Nucleus/*metabolism ; Cells, Cultured ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; GTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits, Gq-G11 ; Gene Expression Regulation ; Heterotrimeric GTP-Binding Proteins/*metabolism ; Humans ; Isoenzymes/*metabolism ; Membrane Lipids/metabolism ; Mice ; Models, Biological ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Nuclear Localization Signals ; Obesity/genetics/metabolism ; Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-Diphosphate/*metabolism ; Phosphatidylinositol Phosphates/metabolism ; Phospholipase C beta ; Phosphorylation ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; Proteins/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism ; Receptor, Serotonin, 5-HT2C ; Receptors, Muscarinic/metabolism ; Receptors, Serotonin/metabolism ; Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism ; *Signal Transduction ; Transcription Factors/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism ; Type C Phospholipases/*metabolism
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    Publication Date: 1999-11-24
    Description: The human adenovirus serotype 5 (Ad5) is used widely for applications in human gene therapy. Cellular attachment of Ad5 is mediated by binding of the carboxyl-terminal knob of its fiber coat protein to the Coxsackie adenovirus receptor (CAR) protein. However, Ad5 binding to CAR hampers the development of adenovirus vectors capable of specifically targeting (diseased) tissues or organs. Through sequence analysis and mutagenesis, a conserved receptor-binding region was identified on the side of three divergent CAR-binding knobs. The feasibility of simultaneous CAR ablation and redirection of an adenovirus to a new receptor is demonstrated.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Roelvink, P W -- Mi Lee, G -- Einfeld, D A -- Kovesdi, I -- Wickham, T J -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1999 Nov 19;286(5444):1568-71.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Research and Development, GenVec Inc., 65 West Watkins Mill Road, Gaithersburg, MD 20879, USA. genecloner@genvec.com〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10567265" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Adenoviruses, Human/*chemistry/metabolism ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Binding Sites ; Capsid/*chemistry/genetics/*metabolism ; *Capsid Proteins ; Cell Line ; Conserved Sequence ; Coxsackie and Adenovirus Receptor-Like Membrane Protein ; Genetic Vectors ; Humans ; Models, Molecular ; Mutagenesis, Site-Directed ; Point Mutation ; Protein Conformation ; Protein Structure, Secondary ; Receptors, Virus/*metabolism ; Sequence Deletion ; Transfection ; Tumor Cells, Cultured
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    Publication Date: 2001-03-07
    Description: The ability of intestinal mucosa to absorb dietary ferric iron is attributed to the presence of a brush-border membrane reductase activity that displays adaptive responses to iron status. We have isolated a complementary DNA, Dcytb (for duodenal cytochrome b), which encoded a putative plasma membrane di-heme protein in mouse duodenal mucosa. Dcytb shared between 45 and 50% similarity to the cytochrome b561 family of plasma membrane reductases, was highly expressed in the brush-border membrane of duodenal enterocytes, and induced ferric reductase activity when expressed in Xenopus oocytes and cultured cells. Duodenal expression levels of Dcytb messenger RNA and protein were regulated by changes in physiological modulators of iron absorption. Thus, Dcytb provides an important element in the iron absorption pathway.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉McKie, A T -- Barrow, D -- Latunde-Dada, G O -- Rolfs, A -- Sager, G -- Mudaly, E -- Mudaly, M -- Richardson, C -- Barlow, D -- Bomford, A -- Peters, T J -- Raja, K B -- Shirali, S -- Hediger, M A -- Farzaneh, F -- Simpson, R J -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2001 Mar 2;291(5509):1755-9. Epub 2001 Feb 1.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Molecular Medicine, Guy's, King's and St. Thomas' School of Medicine, King's College London, Rayne Institute, Denmark Hill Campus, 123 Coldharbour Lane, London SE5 9NU, UK. andrew.t.mckie@kcl.ac.uk〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11230685" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Anemia/enzymology ; Animals ; Anoxia ; Cell Line ; Cloning, Molecular ; Cytochrome b Group/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism ; DNA, Complementary ; Duodenum/enzymology/*metabolism ; Enterocytes/enzymology/metabolism ; Enzyme Induction ; Ferric Compounds/*metabolism ; *Intestinal Absorption ; Intestinal Mucosa/enzymology/*metabolism ; Iron, Dietary/administration & dosage/*metabolism ; Male ; Mice ; Microvilli/enzymology/metabolism ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Nitroblue Tetrazolium/metabolism ; Oocytes ; Oxidation-Reduction ; Oxidoreductases/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism ; RNA, Messenger/genetics/metabolism ; Tetrazolium Salts/metabolism ; Thiazoles/metabolism ; *Transfection ; Up-Regulation ; Xenopus
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    Publication Date: 1997-07-04
    Description: Angiogenesis is thought to depend on a precise balance of positive and negative regulation. Angiopoietin-1 (Ang1) is an angiogenic factor that signals through the endothelial cell-specific Tie2 receptor tyrosine kinase. Like vascular endothelial growth factor, Ang1 is essential for normal vascular development in the mouse. An Ang1 relative, termed angiopoietin-2 (Ang2), was identified by homology screening and shown to be a naturally occurring antagonist for Ang1 and Tie2. Transgenic overexpression of Ang2 disrupts blood vessel formation in the mouse embryo. In adult mice and humans, Ang2 is expressed only at sites of vascular remodeling. Natural antagonists for vertebrate receptor tyrosine kinases are atypical; thus, the discovery of a negative regulator acting on Tie2 emphasizes the need for exquisite regulation of this angiogenic receptor system.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Maisonpierre, P C -- Suri, C -- Jones, P F -- Bartunkova, S -- Wiegand, S J -- Radziejewski, C -- Compton, D -- McClain, J -- Aldrich, T H -- Papadopoulos, N -- Daly, T J -- Davis, S -- Sato, T N -- Yancopoulos, G D -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1997 Jul 4;277(5322):55-60.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc., 777 Old Saw Mill River Road, Tarrytown, NY 10591, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9204896" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Angiopoietin-1 ; Angiopoietin-2 ; Animals ; Blood Vessels/embryology/*metabolism ; Cells, Cultured ; Cloning, Molecular ; Embryo, Mammalian/metabolism ; Endothelial Growth Factors/genetics/metabolism ; Endothelium, Vascular/*cytology/metabolism ; Female ; Humans ; Ligands ; Lymphokines/genetics/metabolism ; Membrane Glycoproteins/antagonists & inhibitors/metabolism ; Mice ; Mice, Transgenic ; Molecular Sequence Data ; *Neovascularization, Physiologic ; Phosphorylation ; Proteins/chemistry/*metabolism ; Rats ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley ; Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/*antagonists & inhibitors/metabolism ; Receptor, TIE-2 ; Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism ; Signal Transduction ; Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A ; Vascular Endothelial Growth Factors
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    Publication Date: 1998-02-07
    Description: Benign familial neonatal convulsions (BFNC) is an autosomal dominant epilepsy of infancy, with loci mapped to human chromosomes 20q13.3 and 8q24. By positional cloning, a potassium channel gene (KCNQ2) located on 20q13.3 was isolated and found to be expressed in brain. Expression of KCNQ2 in frog (Xenopus laevis) oocytes led to potassium-selective currents that activated slowly with depolarization. In a large pedigree with BFNC, a five-base pair insertion would delete more than 300 amino acids from the KCNQ2 carboxyl terminus. Expression of the mutant channel did not yield measurable currents. Thus, impairment of potassium-dependent repolarization is likely to cause this age-specific epileptic syndrome.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Biervert, C -- Schroeder, B C -- Kubisch, C -- Berkovic, S F -- Propping, P -- Jentsch, T J -- Steinlein, O K -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 Jan 16;279(5349):403-6.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Institute for Human Genetics, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9430594" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Action Potentials ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Brain/metabolism ; Chromosome Mapping ; Chromosomes, Human, Pair 20 ; Cloning, Molecular ; Epilepsy/*genetics/metabolism ; Female ; Frameshift Mutation ; Humans ; Infant, Newborn ; KCNQ2 Potassium Channel ; Male ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Mutagenesis, Insertional ; Oocytes/metabolism ; Open Reading Frames ; Pedigree ; Potassium/metabolism ; Potassium Channels/chemistry/*genetics/metabolism ; *Potassium Channels, Voltage-Gated ; Xenopus laevis
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    Publication Date: 1990-07-20
    Description: The crystallographic structure of a recombinant hirudin-thrombin complex has been solved at 2.3 angstrom (A) resolution. Hirudin consists of an NH2-terminal globular domain and a long (39 A) COOH-terminal extended domain. Residues Ile1 to Tyr3 of hirudin form a parallel beta-strand with Ser214 to Glu217 of thrombin with the nitrogen atom of Ile1 making a hydrogen bond with Ser195 O gamma atom of the catalytic site, but the specificity pocket of thrombin is not involved in the interaction. The COOH-terminal segment makes numerous electrostatic interactions with an anion-binding exosite of thrombin, whereas the last five residues are in a helical loop that forms many hydrophobic contacts. In all, 27 of the 65 residues of hirudin have contacts less than 4.0 A with thrombin (10 ion pairs and 23 hydrogen bonds). Such abundant interactions may account for the high affinity and specificity of hirudin.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Rydel, T J -- Ravichandran, K G -- Tulinsky, A -- Bode, W -- Huber, R -- Roitsch, C -- Fenton, J W 2nd -- HL13160/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/ -- HL43229/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1990 Jul 20;249(4966):277-80.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48824.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2374926" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Binding Sites ; Hirudins/*metabolism ; Humans ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Protein Binding ; Protein Conformation ; Recombinant Proteins/metabolism ; Thrombin/*metabolism ; X-Ray Diffraction
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