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    Adaptor protein-2 sigma subunit mutations causing familial hypocalciuric hypercalcaemia type 3 (FHH3) demonstrate genotype-phenotype correlations, codon bias and dominant-negative effects (2015)
    Oxford University Press
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    Publication Date: 2015-08-27
    Description: The adaptor protein-2 sigma subunit (AP22) is pivotal for clathrin-mediated endocytosis of plasma membrane constituents such as the calcium-sensing receptor (CaSR). Mutations of the AP22 Arg15 residue result in familial hypocalciuric hypercalcaemia type 3 (FHH3), a disorder of extracellular calcium (Ca 2+ o ) homeostasis. To elucidate the role of AP22 in Ca 2+ o regulation, we investigated 65 FHH probands, without other FHH-associated mutations, for AP22 mutations, characterized their functional consequences and investigated the genetic mechanisms leading to FHH3. AP22 mutations were identified in 17 probands, comprising 5 Arg15Cys, 4 Arg15His and 8 Arg15Leu mutations. A genotype–phenotype correlation was observed with the Arg15Leu mutation leading to marked hypercalcaemia. FHH3 probands harboured additional phenotypes such as cognitive dysfunction. All three FHH3-causing AP22 mutations impaired CaSR signal transduction in a dominant-negative manner. Mutational bias was observed at the AP22 Arg15 residue as other predicted missense substitutions (Arg15Gly, Arg15Pro and Arg15Ser), which also caused CaSR loss-of-function, were not detected in FHH probands, and these mutations were found to reduce the numbers of CaSR-expressing cells. FHH3 probands had significantly greater serum calcium (sCa) and magnesium (sMg) concentrations with reduced urinary calcium to creatinine clearance ratios (CCCR) in comparison with FHH1 probands with CaSR mutations, and a calculated index of sCa x sMg/100 x CCCR, which was ≥ 5.0, had a diagnostic sensitivity and specificity of 83 and 86%, respectively, for FHH3. Thus, our studies demonstrate AP22 mutations to result in a more severe FHH phenotype with genotype–phenotype correlations, and a dominant-negative mechanism of action with mutational bias at the Arg15 residue.
    Print ISSN: 0964-6906
    Electronic ISSN: 1460-2083
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Published by Oxford University Press
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    Changes in Allometric Attributes and Biomass of Forests and Woodlands across an Altitudinal and Rainfall Gradient: What Are the Implications of Increasing Seasonality due to Anthropogenic Climate Change? (2015)
    Hindawi
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    Publication Date: 2015-04-29
    Description: Canonical correspondence analysis and linear regressions were used to relate height, diameter, and dispersion measurements of 36,380 stems from 197 species recorded in 2,341 plots against both climatic and landscape variables. Above ground biomass increased in wetter and cooler locations that ameliorate the seasonal rainfall deficits. Taller and greater diameter trees with lower wood densities occur at higher altitudes. Differences between locations are based on a change in the composition of species rather than a change in the allometric properties within a species. The results support the hydraulic limitation and species packing hypotheses. These interrelationships may be affected by the interactions of fire frequency and drought which are a common feature of much of the study area. Under current climate change scenarios it is likely that there will be a reduction in above ground biomass, the number of stems per hectare, average height, average diameter, and basal area due to increasing seasonality of rainfall, temperatures, and the intensity and frequency of fires. The largest of trees are likely to be removed early due to their inability to cope with increased drought stress. The results suggest a marked reduction in carbon storage will occur across the study region in eastern Australia.
    Electronic ISSN: 1687-9716
    Topics: Biology , Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
    Published by Hindawi
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    Impacts of extreme 2013–2014 winter conditions on Lake Michigan's fall heat content, surface temperature, and evaporation (2015)
    Wiley
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    Publication Date: 2015-04-08
    Description: Since the late 1990s, the Laurentian Great Lakes have experienced persistent low water levels and above-average over-lake evaporation rates. During the winter of 2013–2014, the lakes endured the most persistent, coldest temperatures and highest ice cover in recent history, fostering speculation that over-lake evaporation rates might decrease and that water levels might rise. To address this speculation, we examined inter-seasonal relationships in Lake Michigan's thermal regime. We find pronounced relationships between winter conditions and subsequent fall heat content, modest relationships with fall surface temperature, but essentially no correlation with fall evaporation rates. Our findings suggest that the extreme winter conditions of 2013–2014 may have induced a shift in Lake Michigan's thermal regime, and that this shift coincides with a recent (and ongoing) rise in Great Lakes water levels. If the shift persists, it could (assuming precipitation rates remain relatively constant) represent a return to thermal and hydrologic conditions not observed on Lake Michigan in over 15 years.
    Print ISSN: 0094-8276
    Electronic ISSN: 1944-8007
    Topics: Geosciences , Physics
    Published by Wiley on behalf of American Geophysical Union (AGU).
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    Seasonality of Climate Drives the Number of Tree Hollows in Eastern Australia: Implications of a Changing Climate (2015)
    Hindawi
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    Publication Date: 2015-04-09
    Description: Tree hollow number is investigated across an altitudinal and climatic gradient in eastern Australia. The relationship between seasonal climate and local site factors to hollow number at a regional scale was investigated. Moisture retention, rainfall, and solar radiation during the summer period were the highest contributing factors to hollow number in the model presented. The relationship of hollow number with the significant variables was unimodal in nature with either extreme causing a decline within the region. The results indicate that increased seasonality of rainfall, solar radiation, and temperatures as predicted by anthropogenic climate change will cause a shift in the optimal location for hollow number. Change in tree hollows is reliant on taxonomic replacement through dispersal and establishment and subsequently time to allow individuals to mature. The reduction in this resource stimulated by changes in seasonality predicted within the ensuing decades is likely to cause a loss of hollows across the landscape with the resource not being replaced for hundreds of years. The number of hollows within a landscape may drastically reduce due to climate change alone irrespective of tree clearing rates.
    Electronic ISSN: 1687-9716
    Topics: Biology , Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
    Published by Hindawi
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    Fighting on two fronts: Elevated insect resistance in flooded maize (2019)
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    Publication Date: 2019
    Description: Abstract To grow and thrive plants must be able to adapt to both adverse environmental conditions and attack by a variety of pests. Elucidating the sophisticated mechanisms plants have developed to achieve this has been the focus of many studies. What is less well understood is how plants respond when faced with multiple stressors simultaneously. In this study, we assess the response of Zea mays (maize) to the combinatorial stress of flooding and infestation with the insect pest Spodoptera frugiperda (fall armyworm). This combined stress leads to elevated production of the defence hormone salicylic acid, which does not occur in the individual stresses, and the resultant salicylic acid‐dependent increase in S. frugiperda resistance. Remodelling of phenylpropanoid pathways also occurs in response to this combinatorial stress leading to increased production of the anti‐insect C‐glycosyl flavones (maysins) and the herbivore‐induced volatile phenolics, benzyl acetate, and phenethyl acetate. Furthermore, changes in cellular redox status also occur, as indicated by reductions in peroxidase and polyphenol oxidase activity. These data suggest that metabolite changes important for flooding tolerance and anti‐insect defence may act both additively and synergistically to provide extra protection to the plant.
    Print ISSN: 0140-7791
    Electronic ISSN: 1365-3040
    Topics: Biology
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    The tyrosine kinase negative regulator c-Cbl as a RING-type, E2-dependent ubiquitin-protein ligase (1999)
    American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
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    Publication Date: 1999-10-09
    Description: Ubiquitination of receptor protein-tyrosine kinases (RPTKs) terminates signaling by marking active receptors for degradation. c-Cbl, an adapter protein for RPTKs, positively regulates RPTK ubiquitination in a manner dependent on its variant SRC homology 2 (SH2) and RING finger domains. Ubiquitin-protein ligases (or E3s) are the components of ubiquitination pathways that recognize target substrates and promote their ligation to ubiquitin. The c-Cbl protein acted as an E3 that can recognize tyrosine-phosphorylated substrates, such as the activated platelet-derived growth factor receptor, through its SH2 domain and that recruits and allosterically activates an E2 ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme through its RING domain. These results reveal an SH2-containing protein that functions as a ubiquitin-protein ligase and thus provide a distinct mechanism for substrate targeting in the ubiquitin system.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Joazeiro, C A -- Wing, S S -- Huang, H -- Leverson, J D -- Hunter, T -- Liu, Y C -- CA39780/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- R01 DK56558/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/ -- T32CA09523/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- etc. -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1999 Oct 8;286(5438):309-12.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉The Salk Institute, Molecular Biology and Virology Laboratory, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10514377" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Cell Line ; Humans ; Ligases/chemistry/*metabolism ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Phosphotyrosine/metabolism ; Point Mutation ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-cbl ; Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/*metabolism ; Receptor, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor beta/metabolism ; Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism ; Sequence Alignment ; Signal Transduction ; *Ubiquitin-Conjugating Enzymes ; Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases ; Ubiquitins/*metabolism ; src Homology Domains
    Print ISSN: 0036-8075
    Electronic ISSN: 1095-9203
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Computer Science , Medicine , Natural Sciences in General , Physics
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    Biochemistry. Ubiquitination--more than two to tango (2000)
    American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
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    Publication Date: 2000-10-14
    Description: The ubiquitin pathway in the cell is an elegant system for targeting unwanted proteins for degradation. Three enzymes, E1, E2, and E3, are responsible for attaching the ubiquitin tag to proteins destined to be chopped up. In their Perspective, Joazeiro and Hunter discuss new structural findings that reveal the part played by an E3 called c-Cbl in this ubiquitinating process.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Joazeiro, C A -- Hunter, T -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2000 Sep 22;289(5487):2061-2.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Molecular Biology and Virology Laboratory, Salk Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA. cjoazeiro@aim.salk.edu〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11032556" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Motifs ; Binding Sites ; Ligases/chemistry/*metabolism ; Models, Molecular ; Phosphorylation ; Phosphotyrosine/metabolism ; Protein Conformation ; Protein Folding ; Protein Structure, Secondary ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; Proteins/*metabolism ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins/*chemistry/*metabolism ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-cbl ; Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/metabolism ; Substrate Specificity ; *Ubiquitin-Conjugating Enzymes ; Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases ; Ubiquitins/*metabolism ; src Homology Domains
    Print ISSN: 0036-8075
    Electronic ISSN: 1095-9203
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Computer Science , Medicine , Natural Sciences in General , Physics
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    Dimerization-induced inhibition of receptor protein tyrosine phosphatase function through an inhibitory wedge (1998)
    American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
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    Publication Date: 1998-01-24
    Description: The function and regulation of the receptorlike transmembrane protein tyrosine phosphatases (RPTPs) are not well understood. Ligand-induced dimerization inhibited the function of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-RPTP CD45 chimera (EGFR-CD45) in T cell signal transduction. Properties of mutated EGFR-CD45 chimeras supported a general model for the regulation of RPTPs, derived from the crystal structure of the RPTPalpha membrane-proximal phosphatase domain. The phosphatase domain apparently forms a symmetrical dimer in which the catalytic site of one molecule is blocked by specific contacts with a wedge from the other.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Majeti, R -- Bilwes, A M -- Noel, J P -- Hunter, T -- Weiss, A -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 Jan 2;279(5347):88-91.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Microbiology, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9417031" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Antigens, CD45/chemistry/*metabolism ; Binding Sites ; Calcium/metabolism ; Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases/metabolism ; Dimerization ; Epidermal Growth Factor/metabolism/pharmacology ; Humans ; Ligands ; Lymphocyte Activation ; Mutation ; Phosphorylation ; Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases/*antagonists & inhibitors/chemistry/metabolism ; Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/metabolism ; Receptor, Epidermal Growth Factor/chemistry/metabolism ; Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/metabolism ; Recombinant Fusion Proteins/antagonists & inhibitors/chemistry/metabolism ; Signal Transduction ; T-Lymphocytes/immunology/*metabolism ; Tumor Cells, Cultured ; ZAP-70 Protein-Tyrosine Kinase
    Print ISSN: 0036-8075
    Electronic ISSN: 1095-9203
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Computer Science , Medicine , Natural Sciences in General , Physics
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    Nuclear fusion of signaling pathways (1999)
    American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
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    Publication Date: 1999-05-08
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Janknecht, R -- Hunter, T -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1999 Apr 16;284(5413):443-4.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Deparment of Biochemistry, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA. janknecht.ralf@mayo.edu〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10232991" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Acetylation ; Astrocytes/*cytology/metabolism ; Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2 ; Bone Morphogenetic Protein Receptors ; Bone Morphogenetic Proteins/metabolism/pharmacology ; Cell Differentiation ; Cell Nucleus/metabolism ; Cytokines/metabolism/*pharmacology ; DNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism ; Dimerization ; Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein/genetics ; Growth Inhibitors/metabolism/pharmacology ; *Interleukin-6 ; Leukemia Inhibitory Factor ; Lymphokines/metabolism/pharmacology ; Models, Biological ; Nuclear Proteins/*metabolism ; Phosphorylation ; Promoter Regions, Genetic ; Receptors, Cell Surface/metabolism ; Receptors, Cytokine/metabolism ; *Receptors, Growth Factor ; Receptors, OSM-LIF ; STAT3 Transcription Factor ; *Signal Transduction ; Smad Proteins ; Trans-Activators/*metabolism ; *Transcriptional Activation ; *Transforming Growth Factor beta
    Print ISSN: 0036-8075
    Electronic ISSN: 1095-9203
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Computer Science , Medicine , Natural Sciences in General , Physics
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    A conserved ubiquitination pathway determines longevity in response to diet restriction (2009)
    Nature Publishing Group (NPG)
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    Publication Date: 2009-06-26
    Description: Dietary restriction extends longevity in diverse species, suggesting that there is a conserved mechanism for nutrient regulation and prosurvival responses. Here we show a role for the HECT (homologous to E6AP carboxy terminus) E3 ubiquitin ligase WWP-1 as a positive regulator of lifespan in Caenorhabditis elegans in response to dietary restriction. We find that overexpression of wwp-1 in worms extends lifespan by up to 20% under conditions of ad libitum feeding. This extension is dependent on the FOXA transcription factor pha-4, and independent of the FOXO transcription factor daf-16. Reduction of wwp-1 completely suppresses the extended longevity of diet-restricted animals. However, the loss of wwp-1 does not affect the long lifespan of animals with compromised mitochondrial function or reduced insulin/IGF-1 signalling. Overexpression of a mutant form of WWP-1 lacking catalytic activity suppresses the increased lifespan of diet-restricted animals, indicating that WWP-1 ubiquitin ligase activity is essential for longevity. Furthermore, we find that the E2 ubiquitin conjugating enzyme, UBC-18, is essential and specific for diet-restriction-induced longevity. UBC-18 interacts with WWP-1 and is required for the ubiquitin ligase activity of WWP-1 and the extended longevity of worms overexpressing wwp-1. Taken together, our results indicate that WWP-1 and UBC-18 function to ubiquitinate substrates that regulate diet-restriction-induced longevity.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2746748/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉   〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2746748/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Carrano, Andrea C -- Liu, Zheng -- Dillin, Andrew -- Hunter, Tony -- AG 027463/AG/NIA NIH HHS/ -- AG 032560/AG/NIA NIH HHS/ -- CA 14195/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- CA 54418/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- CA 82683/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- DK 070696/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/ -- P01 CA054418/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- P01 CA054418-110010/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- P30 CA014195/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- P30 CA014195-35/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- R01 AG027463/AG/NIA NIH HHS/ -- R01 AG027463-01A2/AG/NIA NIH HHS/ -- R01 CA082683/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- R01 CA082683-07/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- R01 CA082683-08/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- R01 DK070696/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/ -- R01 DK070696-04/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/ -- R21 AG032560/AG/NIA NIH HHS/ -- R21 AG032560-01/AG/NIA NIH HHS/ -- England -- Nature. 2009 Jul 16;460(7253):396-9. doi: 10.1038/nature08130. Epub 2009 Jun 24.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Molecular and Cell Biology Laboratory, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California 92037, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19553937" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Animals, Genetically Modified ; Caenorhabditis elegans/genetics/*physiology ; Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins/genetics/*metabolism ; *Caloric Restriction ; DNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism ; Heat-Shock Response ; Ligases/genetics/*metabolism ; Longevity/*physiology ; Protein Binding ; Receptors, Nicotinic/genetics/metabolism ; Trans-Activators/genetics/metabolism ; Transcription Factors/metabolism ; Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases/genetics/*metabolism ; Ubiquitination/*physiology
    Print ISSN: 0028-0836
    Electronic ISSN: 1476-4687
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine , Natural Sciences in General , Physics
    Published by Nature Publishing Group (NPG)
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