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  • 1
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    American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
    Publication Date: 1994-10-14
    Description: An activity that severs stable microtubules is thought to be involved in microtubule reorganization during the cell cycle. Here, a 48-kilodalton microtubule-severing protein was purified from Xenopus eggs and identified as translational elongation factor 1 alpha (EF-1 alpha). Bacterially expressed human EF-1 alpha also displayed microtubule-severing activity in vitro and, when microinjected into fibroblasts, induced rapid and transient fragmentation of cytoplasmic microtubule arrays. Thus, EF-1 alpha, an essential component of the eukaryotic translational apparatus, appears to have a second role as a regulator of cytoskeletal rearrangements.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Shiina, N -- Gotoh, Y -- Kubomura, N -- Iwamatsu, A -- Nishida, E -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Oct 14;266(5183):282-5.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Genetics and Molecular Biology, Kyoto University, Japan.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7939665" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Adenosine Triphosphate/pharmacology ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Base Sequence ; Cell Line ; Guanosine Triphosphate/analogs & derivatives/metabolism ; Humans ; Microtubules/drug effects/*metabolism ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Molecular Weight ; Oocytes ; Peptide Elongation Factor 1 ; Peptide Elongation Factors/chemistry/isolation & purification/*physiology ; Rats ; Recombinant Proteins/pharmacology ; Ribonucleoproteins/chemistry/isolation & purification/*physiology ; Sepharose/analogs & derivatives/metabolism ; Xenopus laevis
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  • 2
    Publication Date: 1994-05-13
    Description: In Drosophila, the misexpression or altered activity of genes from the bithorax complex results in homeotic transformations. One of these genes, abd-A, normally specifies the identity of the second through fourth abdominal segments (A2 to A4). In the dominant Hyperabdominal mutations (Hab), portions of the third thoracic segment (T3) are transformed toward A2 as the result of ectopic abd-A expression. Sequence analysis and deoxyribonuclease I footprinting demonstrate that the misexpression of abd-A in two independent Hab mutations results from the same single base change in a binding site for the gap gene Kruppel protein. These results establish that the spatial limits of the homeotic genes are directly regulated by gap gene products.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Shimell, M J -- Simon, J -- Bender, W -- O'Connor, M B -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 May 13;264(5161):968-71.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California, Irvine 92717.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7909957" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Base Sequence ; Binding Sites ; DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics/metabolism ; *Drosophila Proteins ; Drosophila melanogaster/embryology/*genetics ; Enhancer Elements, Genetic/*genetics ; Gene Expression Regulation ; *Genes, Homeobox ; Genes, Insect ; Kruppel-Like Transcription Factors ; Molecular Sequence Data ; *Nuclear Proteins ; *Point Mutation ; Proteins/*genetics ; Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid ; *Repressor Proteins ; Transcription Factors/genetics/metabolism
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    American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
    Publication Date: 1994-11-25
    Description: The splicing of group II introns occurs in two steps involving substrates with different chemical configurations. The question of whether these two steps are catalyzed by a single or two separate active sites is a matter of debate. Here, certain bases and phosphate oxygen atoms at conserved positions in domain V of a group II self-splicing intron are shown to be required for catalysis of both splicing steps. These results show that the active sites catalyzing the two steps must, at least, share common components, ruling out the existence of two completely distinct active sites in group II introns.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Chanfreau, G -- Jacquier, A -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Nov 25;266(5189):1383-7.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Unite de Genetique Moleculaire des Levures, URA 1149 du CNRS, Departement de Biologie Moleculaire, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7973729" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Base Sequence ; Binding Sites ; Catalysis ; Electron Transport Complex IV/genetics ; Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel ; Exons ; *Introns ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Nucleic Acid Conformation ; *RNA Splicing ; RNA, Fungal/chemistry/*genetics ; Saccharomyces cerevisiae/enzymology/genetics ; Thionucleotides/genetics
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  • 4
    Publication Date: 1994-10-14
    Description: The rate at which the TATA-binding protein (TBP) interacts with the TATA element and promotes transcription by RNA polymerase II was determined in yeast cells. A TBP derivative with altered TATA-element specificity was rapidly induced, and transcription from promoters with appropriately mutated TATA elements was measured. Without a functional activator protein, basal transcription was observed only after a lag of several hours. In contrast, GCN4-activated transcription occurred rapidly upon induction of the TBP derivative. These results suggest that accessibility of TBP to the chromatin template in vivo is rate limiting and that activation domains increase recruitment of TBP to the promoter.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Klein, C -- Struhl, K -- GM30186/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Oct 14;266(5183):280-2.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7939664" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Base Sequence ; Binding Sites ; Chromatin/metabolism ; Copper/pharmacology ; DNA-Binding Proteins/*metabolism ; Fungal Proteins/metabolism/pharmacology ; Hydro-Lyases/genetics ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Protein Kinases/metabolism/pharmacology ; *Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins ; *TATA Box ; TATA-Box Binding Protein ; Templates, Genetic ; Transcription Factors/*metabolism/pharmacology ; *Transcriptional Activation ; Yeasts/genetics
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    American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
    Publication Date: 1994-12-23
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Pelletier, H -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Dec 23;266(5193):2025-6.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7801132" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Binding Sites ; Biological Evolution ; Catalysis ; DNA Polymerase I/*chemistry/metabolism ; Protein Structure, Secondary
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  • 6
    Publication Date: 1994-06-24
    Description: Two ternary complexes of rat DNA polymerase beta (pol beta), a DNA template-primer, and dideoxycytidine triphosphate (ddCTP) have been determined at 2.9 A and 3.6 A resolution, respectively. ddCTP is the triphosphate of dideoxycytidine (ddC), a nucleoside analog that targets the reverse transcriptase of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and is at present used to treat AIDS. Although crystals of the two complexes belong to different space groups, the structures are similar, suggesting that the polymerase-DNA-ddCTP interactions are not affected by crystal packing forces. In the pol beta active site, the attacking 3'-OH of the elongating primer, the ddCTP phosphates, and two Mg2+ ions are all clustered around Asp190, Asp192, and Asp256. Two of these residues, Asp190 and Asp256, are present in the amino acid sequences of all polymerases so far studied and are also spatially similar in the four polymerases--the Klenow fragment of Escherichia coli DNA polymerase I, HIV-1 reverse transcriptase, T7 RNA polymerase, and rat DNA pol beta--whose crystal structures are now known. A two-metal ion mechanism is described for the nucleotidyl transfer reaction and may apply to all polymerases. In the ternary complex structures analyzed, pol beta binds to the DNA template-primer in a different manner from that recently proposed for other polymerase-DNA models.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Pelletier, H -- Sawaya, M R -- Kumar, A -- Wilson, S H -- Kraut, J -- CA17374/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- ES06839/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/ -- GM10928/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Jun 24;264(5167):1891-903.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Chemistry, University of California, San Diego 92093-0317.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7516580" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Base Sequence ; Binding Sites ; Crystallization ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; DNA/chemistry/metabolism ; DNA Polymerase I/*chemistry/metabolism ; DNA Primers/*chemistry/metabolism ; DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases/chemistry/metabolism ; Deoxycytosine Nucleotides/*chemistry/metabolism ; Dideoxynucleotides ; HIV Reverse Transcriptase ; Humans ; Hydrogen Bonding ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; RNA-Directed DNA Polymerase/chemistry/metabolism ; Rats ; Recombinant Proteins ; Templates, Genetic ; Thymine Nucleotides/chemistry/metabolism ; Viral Proteins ; Zidovudine/analogs & derivatives/chemistry/metabolism
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  • 7
    Publication Date: 1994-11-11
    Description: The venom of the funnel-web spider Agelenopsis aperta contains several peptides that paralyze prey by blocking voltage-sensitive calcium channels. Two peptides, omega-Aga-IVB (IVB) and omega-Aga-IVC (IVC), have identical amino acid sequences, yet have opposite absolute configurations at serine 46. These toxins had similar selectivities for blocking voltage-sensitive calcium channel subtypes but different potencies for blocking P-type voltage-sensitive calcium channels in rat cerebellar Purkinje cells as well as calcium-45 influx into rat brain synaptosomes. An enzyme purified from venom converts IVC to IVB by isomerizing serine 46, which is present in the carboxyl-terminal tail, from the L to the D configuration. Unlike the carboxyl terminus of IVC, that of IVB was resistant to the major venom protease. These results show enzymatic activities in A. aperta venom being used in an unprecedented strategy for coproduction of necessary neurotoxins that possess enhanced stability and potency.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Heck, S D -- Siok, C J -- Krapcho, K J -- Kelbaugh, P R -- Thadeio, P F -- Welch, M J -- Williams, R D -- Ganong, A H -- Kelly, M E -- Lanzetti, A J -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Nov 11;266(5187):1065-8.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉NPS Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, Salt Lake City, Utah 84108.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7973665" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Agatoxins ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Base Sequence ; Calcium/metabolism ; Calcium Channel Blockers/chemistry/*metabolism/toxicity ; Calcium Channels/*metabolism ; Isomerases/metabolism ; Molecular Sequence Data ; *Protein Processing, Post-Translational ; Purkinje Cells/metabolism ; Rats ; Serine/*metabolism ; Spider Venoms/chemistry/enzymology/*metabolism/toxicity ; Stereoisomerism ; Structure-Activity Relationship ; Synaptosomes/metabolism
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    American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
    Publication Date: 1994-09-16
    Description: The organization of the hippocampus is generally thought of as a series of cell groups that form a unidirectionally excited chain, regulated by localized inhibitory circuits. With the use of in vivo intracellular labeling, histochemical, and extracellular tracing methods, a longitudinally widespread, inhibitory feedback in rat brain from the CA1 area to the CA3 and hilar regions was observed. This long-range, cross-regional inhibition may allow precise synchronization of population activity by timing the occurrence of action potentials in the principal cells and may contribute to the coordinated induction of synaptic plasticity in distributed networks.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Sik, A -- Ylinen, A -- Penttonen, M -- Buzsaki, G -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Sep 16;265(5179):1722-4.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ 07102.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8085161" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Axons/ultrastructure ; Dendrites/ultrastructure ; Feedback ; Hippocampus/cytology/*physiology ; Interneurons/*physiology/ultrastructure ; Membrane Potentials ; *Neural Inhibition ; Neural Pathways ; Pyramidal Cells/*physiology/ultrastructure ; Rats ; Synapses/ultrastructure
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  • 9
    Publication Date: 1994-12-16
    Description: Calcium-calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII) is a necessary component of the cellular machinery underlying learning and memory. Here, a constitutively active form of this enzyme, CaMKII(1-290), was introduced into neurons of hippocampal slices with a recombinant vaccinia virus to test the hypothesis that increased postsynaptic activity of this enzyme is sufficient to produce long-term synaptic potentiation (LTP), a prominent cellular model of learning and memory. Postsynaptic expression of CaMKII(1-290) increased CaMKII activity, enhanced synaptic transmission, and prevented more potentiation by an LTP-inducing protocol. These results, together with previous studies, suggest that postsynaptic CaMKII activity is necessary and sufficient to generate LTP.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Pettit, D L -- Perlman, S -- Malinow, R -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Dec 16;266(5192):1881-5.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Neuroscience Program, University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7997883" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: 2-Amino-5-phosphonovalerate/pharmacology ; Animals ; Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 2 ; Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases/*metabolism ; Cell Line ; Genetic Vectors ; Hippocampus/cytology/enzymology/*physiology ; In Vitro Techniques ; Long-Term Potentiation/drug effects/*physiology ; Membrane Potentials ; Patch-Clamp Techniques ; Pyramidal Cells/enzymology/*physiology ; Rats ; Recombinant Proteins/metabolism ; Synaptic Transmission/drug effects/*physiology ; Transfection ; Vaccinia virus/genetics/physiology
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  • 10
    Publication Date: 1994-11-11
    Description: For survival, embryonic motoneurons in vertebrates depend on as yet undefined neurotrophic factors present in the limb bud. Members of the neurotrophin family are currently the best candidates for such neurotrophic factors, but inactivation of their receptor genes leads to only partial loss of motoneurons, which suggests that other factors are involved. Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF), originally identified as a trophic factor specific for dopaminergic neurons, was found to be 75-fold more potent than the neurotrophins in supporting the survival of purified embryonic rat motoneurons in culture. GDNF messenger RNA was found in the immediate vicinity of motoneurons during the period of cell death in development. In vivo, GDNF rescues and prevents the atrophy of facial motoneurons that have been deprived of target-derived survival factors by axotomy. GDNF may therefore be a physiological trophic factor for spinal motoneurons. Its potency and specificity in vitro and in vivo also make it a good candidate for treatment of motoneuron disease.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Henderson, C E -- Phillips, H S -- Pollock, R A -- Davies, A M -- Lemeulle, C -- Armanini, M -- Simmons, L -- Moffet, B -- Vandlen, R A -- Simpson LC corrected to Simmons, L -- Koliatsos, V E -- Rosenthal, A -- NS 10580/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Nov 11;266(5187):1062-4.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉INSERM U.382, IBDM, Marseille, France.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7973664" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor ; Cell Death ; Cell Survival/drug effects ; Cells, Cultured ; Ciliary Neurotrophic Factor ; Face/innervation ; Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor ; Growth Inhibitors/pharmacology ; *Interleukin-6 ; Leukemia Inhibitory Factor ; Lymphokines/pharmacology ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Motor Neurons/*cytology/drug effects ; Muscle Fibers, Skeletal/*metabolism ; Nerve Growth Factors/analysis/biosynthesis/genetics/*pharmacology ; Nerve Tissue Proteins/*analysis/biosynthesis/genetics/*pharmacology ; Neurons, Afferent/cytology/drug effects ; Peripheral Nerves/*metabolism ; RNA, Messenger/analysis/genetics ; Rats ; Schwann Cells/metabolism
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    Publication Date: 1994-09-09
    Description: Endogenous DNA adducts may contribute to the etiology of human genetic disease and cancer. One potential source of endogenous DNA adducts is lipid peroxidation, which generates mutagenic carbonyl compounds such as malondialdehyde. A sensitive mass spectrometric method permitted detection and quantitation of the major malondialdehyde-DNA adduct, a pyrimidopurinone derived from deoxyguanosine. DNA from disease-free human liver was found to contain 5400 adducts per cell, a frequency comparable to that of adducts formed by exogenous carcinogens.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Chaudhary, A K -- Nokubo, M -- Reddy, G R -- Yeola, S N -- Morrow, J D -- Blair, I A -- Marnett, L J -- CA47479/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- ES00267/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/ -- GM42056/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Sep 9;265(5178):1580-2.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉A. B. Hancock Jr. Memorial Laboratory for Cancer Research, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232-0146.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8079172" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Adolescent ; Adult ; Animals ; Carbon Tetrachloride/toxicity ; DNA/*chemistry ; DNA Damage ; Deoxyguanosine/*analogs & derivatives/analysis/*metabolism ; Female ; Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry ; Humans ; Lipid Peroxidation ; Liver/*chemistry ; Male ; Malondialdehyde/*metabolism ; Rats ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley
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    Publication Date: 1994-02-04
    Description: The three-dimensional structure of a catalytic antibody (1F7) with chorismate mutase activity has been determined to 3.0 A resolution as a complex with a transition state analog. The structural data suggest that the antibody stabilizes the same conformationally restricted pericyclic transition state as occurs in the uncatalyzed reaction. Overall shape and charge complementarity between the combining site and the transition state analog dictate preferential binding of the correct substrate enantiomer in a conformation appropriate for reaction. Comparison with the structure of a chorismate mutase enzyme indicates an overall similarity between the catalytic mechanism employed by the two proteins. Differences in the number of specific interactions available for restricting the rotational degrees of freedom in the transition state, and the lack of multiple electrostatic interactions that might stabilize charge separation in this highly polarized metastable species, are likely to account for the observed 10(4) times lower activity of the antibody relative to that of the natural enzymes that catalyze this reaction. The structure of the 1F7 Fab'-hapten complex provides confirmation that the properties of an antibody catalyst faithfully reflect the design of the transition state analog.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Haynes, M R -- Stura, E A -- Hilvert, D -- Wilson, I A -- AI-23498/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- GM-38273/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Feb 4;263(5147):646-52.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Molecular Biology, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8303271" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Antibodies, Catalytic/*chemistry/metabolism ; Bacillus subtilis/enzymology ; Binding Sites ; Binding Sites, Antibody ; Catalysis ; Chorismate Mutase/*chemistry/metabolism ; Chorismic Acid/metabolism ; Crystallization ; Haptens ; Hydrogen Bonding ; Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments/metabolism ; Models, Molecular ; Thermodynamics
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    Publication Date: 1994-06-24
    Description: A 175-kilodalton erythrocyte binding protein, EBA-175, of the parasite Plasmodium falciparum mediates the invasion of erythrocytes. The erythrocyte receptor for EBA-175 is dependent on sialic acid. The domain of EBA-175 that binds erythrocytes was identified as region II with the use of truncated portions of EBA-175 expressed on COS cells. Region II, which contains a cysteine-rich motif, and native EBA-175 bind specifically to glycophorin A, but not to glycophorin B, on the erythrocyte membrane. Erythrocyte recognition of EBA-175 requires both sialic acid and the peptide backbone of glycophorin A. The identification of both the receptor and ligand domains may suggest rational designs for receptor blockade and vaccines.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Sim, B K -- Chitnis, C E -- Wasniowska, K -- Hadley, T J -- Miller, L H -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Jun 24;264(5167):1941-4.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Laboratory of Malaria Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8009226" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; *Antigens, Protozoan ; Base Sequence ; Binding Sites ; Carrier Proteins/genetics/*metabolism ; Cell Line ; Erythrocytes/metabolism/*parasitology ; Glycopeptides/chemistry/metabolism ; Glycophorin/chemistry/*metabolism ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Plasmodium falciparum/*metabolism ; Protozoan Proteins/genetics/*metabolism ; Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism ; Sialic Acids/*metabolism
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    Publication Date: 1994-10-21
    Description: The structure of the heterodimeric flavocytochrome c sulfide dehydrogenase from Chromatium vinosum was determined at a resolution of 2.53 angstroms. It contains a glutathione reductase-like flavin-binding subunit and a diheme cytochrome subunit. The diheme cytochrome folds as two domains, each resembling mitochondrial cytochrome c, and has an unusual interpropionic acid linkage joining the two heme groups in the interior of the subunit. The active site of the flavoprotein subunit contains a catalytically important disulfide bridge located above the pyrimidine portion of the flavin ring. A tryptophan, threonine, or tyrosine side chain may provide a partial conduit for electron transfer to one of the heme groups located 10 angstroms from the flavin.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Chen, Z W -- Koh, M -- Van Driessche, G -- Van Beeumen, J J -- Bartsch, R G -- Meyer, T E -- Cusanovich, M A -- Mathews, F S -- GM-20530/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- GM-21277/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Oct 21;266(5184):430-2.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7939681" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Binding Sites ; Chromatium/*enzymology ; Computer Graphics ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Cytochrome c Group/*chemistry ; Electron Transport ; Flavin-Adenine Dinucleotide/metabolism ; Hydrogen Bonding ; Models, Molecular ; Oxidoreductases/*chemistry ; Protein Conformation ; Protein Structure, Secondary
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    Publication Date: 1994-03-11
    Description: Ion transporters can be thought of as ion channels that open and close only at one end at a time. As in real channels, ions may cross through an electrical field as they diffuse into and bind within the transporter pore, thereby generating electrical current. Extracellular sodium binding by the sodium potassium (Na,K) pump is associated with ultrafast charge movements in giant cardiac membrane patches. The charge movements are complete within 4 microseconds. They occur only when binding sites are open to the extracellular side, and they are abolished by ouabain and by the removal of extracellular sodium. Fast extracellular ion binding may be the exclusive source of Na,K pump electrogenicity.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Hilgemann, D W -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Mar 11;263(5152):1429-32.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Physiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas 75235.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8128223" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Adenosine Triphosphate/metabolism ; Animals ; Binding Sites ; Guinea Pigs ; Membrane Potentials ; Models, Biological ; Myocardium/cytology/*metabolism ; Sodium/*metabolism ; Sodium Channels/*metabolism ; Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase/*metabolism
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    Publication Date: 1994-06-03
    Description: Multi-wavelength anomalous diffraction (MAD) has been used to determine the structure of the regulatory enzyme of de novo synthesis of purine nucleotides, glutamine 5-phosphoribosyl-1-pyrophosphate (PRPP) amidotransferase, from Bacillus subtilis. This allosteric enzyme, a 200-kilodalton tetramer, is subject to end product regulation by purine nucleotides. The metalloenzyme from B. subtilis is a paradigm for the higher eukaryotic enzymes, which have been refractory to isolation in stable form. The two folding domains of the polypeptide are correlated with functional domains for glutamine binding and for transfer of ammonia to the substrate PRPP. Eight molecules of the feedback inhibitor adenosine monophosphate (AMP) are bound to the tetrameric enzyme in two types of binding sites: the PRPP catalytic site of each subunit and an unusual regulatory site that is immediately adjacent to each active site but is between subunits. An oxygen-sensitive [4Fe-4S] cluster in each subunit is proposed to regulate protein turnover in vivo and is distant from the catalytic site. Oxygen sensitivity of the cluster is diminished by AMP, which blocks a channel through the protein to the cluster. The structure is representative of both glutamine amidotransferases and phosphoribosyltransferases.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Smith, J L -- Zaluzec, E J -- Wery, J P -- Niu, L -- Switzer, R L -- Zalkin, H -- Satow, Y -- DK-42303/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/ -- GM-24658/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R37 DK042303/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Jun 3;264(5164):1427-33.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8197456" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Adenosine Monophosphate/metabolism ; Allosteric Regulation ; Amidophosphoribosyltransferase/*chemistry/metabolism ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Bacillus subtilis/*enzymology ; Binding Sites ; Computer Graphics ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Humans ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Oxygen/pharmacology ; Protein Folding ; Protein Structure, Secondary ; Saccharomyces cerevisiae
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    Publication Date: 1994-10-07
    Description: Macrophage-stimulating protein (MSP) is a member of the hepatocyte growth factor-scatter factor (HGF-SF) family. Labeled MSP bound to Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK) cells transfected with complementary DNA encoding Ron, a cell membrane protein tyrosine kinase. Cross-linking of 125I-labeled MSP to transfected cells (MDCK-RE7 cells) and immunoprecipitation by antibodies to Ron revealed a 220-kilodalton complex, a size consistent with that of MSP (80 kilodaltons) cross-linked to the beta chain of Ron (150 kilodaltons). The binding of 125I-labeled MSP to MDCK-RE7 cells was inhibited by unlabeled MSP, but not by HGF-SF. MSP caused phosphorylation of the beta chain of Ron and induced migration of MDCK-RE7 cells. These results establish the ron gene product as a specific cell-surface receptor for MSP.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Wang, M H -- Ronsin, C -- Gesnel, M C -- Coupey, L -- Skeel, A -- Leonard, E J -- Breathnach, R -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Oct 7;266(5182):117-9.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Immunopathology Section, National Cancer Institute, Frederick Cancer Research and Development Center, MD 21702.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7939629" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Binding Sites ; Binding, Competitive ; Cell Line ; Cell Movement/drug effects ; Cross-Linking Reagents ; Dogs ; Growth Substances/*metabolism/pharmacology ; Hepatocyte Growth Factor/metabolism ; Humans ; Phosphorylation ; Plasminogen/metabolism ; *Proto-Oncogene Proteins ; Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/genetics/*metabolism ; Receptors, Cell Surface/genetics/*metabolism ; Transfection
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    Publication Date: 1994-06-10
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Messing, R B -- Gust, L D -- Petersen, D W -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Jun 10;264(5165):1518-9.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8202700" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; *Carcinogenicity Tests ; Chloroform/administration & dosage/*toxicity ; Female ; Humans ; Kidney Neoplasms/*chemically induced ; Rats ; Risk Factors ; *Water Supply
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    Publication Date: 1994-01-14
    Description: The vagus nerve exerts a profound influence on the heart, regulating the heart rate and rhythm. An extensive vagal innervation of the cardiac ventricles and the central origin and extent of this innervation was demonstrated by transynaptic transport of pseudorabies virus with a virulent and two attenuated pseudorabies viral strains. The neurons that innervate the ventricles are numerous, and their distribution within the nucleus ambiguus and dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus is similar to that of neurons innervating other cardiac targets, such as the sino-atrial node. These data provide a neuroanatomical correlate to the physiological influence of the vagus nerve on ventricular function.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Standish, A -- Enquist, L W -- Schwaber, J S -- MH-43787/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Jan 14;263(5144):232-4.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Neural Computation Group, E. I. DuPont de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, DE 19880-0323.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8284675" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Brain Mapping ; Heart Ventricles/*innervation/microbiology ; Herpesvirus 1, Suid/pathogenicity/*physiology ; Interneurons/cytology ; Medulla Oblongata/*anatomy & histology/microbiology ; Motor Neurons/cytology ; Neural Pathways ; Rats ; Rats, Wistar ; Vagus Nerve/*anatomy & histology/microbiology ; Virulence
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    Publication Date: 1994-12-02
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Barinaga, M -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Dec 2;266(5190):1475-6.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7985011" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Brain/*physiology ; Fear/physiology ; Humans ; Learning/physiology ; Motor Cortex/physiology ; Nerve Growth Factors/physiology ; Nerve Net/*physiology ; Neural Pathways/physiology ; Neuronal Plasticity/*physiology ; Pain/physiopathology ; Rats ; Synapses/physiology
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    Publication Date: 1994-04-01
    Description: Several types of calcium channels found in the central nervous system are possible participants in triggering neurotransmitter release. Synaptic transmission between hippocampal CA3 and CA1 neurons was mediated by N-type calcium channels, together with calcium channels whose pharmacology differs from that of L- and P-type channels but resembles that of the Q-type channel encoded by the alpha 1A subunit gene. Blockade of either population of channels strongly increased enhancement of synaptic transmission with repetitive stimuli. Even after complete blockade of N-type channels, transmission was strongly modulated by stimulation of neurotransmitter receptors or protein kinase C. These findings suggest a role for alpha 1A subunits in synaptic transmission and support the idea that neurotransmitter release may depend on multiple types of calcium channels under physiological conditions.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Wheeler, D B -- Randall, A -- Tsien, R W -- MH48108-02/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Apr 1;264(5155):107-11.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Beckman Center for Molecular and Genetic Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, CA 94305.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7832825" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Calcium Channel Blockers/pharmacology ; Calcium Channels/drug effects/*physiology ; Hippocampus/drug effects/*physiology ; In Vitro Techniques ; Peptides/pharmacology ; Phorbol 12,13-Dibutyrate/pharmacology ; Protein Kinase C/metabolism ; Rats ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley ; Receptors, Cholinergic/metabolism ; Receptors, GABA-B/metabolism ; Receptors, Glutamate/metabolism ; Receptors, Purinergic P1/metabolism ; Spider Venoms/pharmacology ; *Synaptic Transmission/drug effects ; omega-Agatoxin IVA ; omega-Conotoxin GVIA ; *omega-Conotoxins
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    Publication Date: 1994-03-11
    Description: Protein tyrosine phosphatases (PTPs) constitute a family of receptor-like and cytoplasmic signal transducing enzymes that catalyze the dephosphorylation of phosphotyrosine residues and are characterized by homologous catalytic domains. The crystal structure of a representative member of this family, the 37-kilodalton form (residues 1 to 321) of PTP1B, has been determined at 2.8 A resolution. The enzyme consists of a single domain with the catalytic site located at the base of a shallow cleft. The phosphate recognition site is created from a loop that is located at the amino-terminus of an alpha helix. This site is formed from an 11-residue sequence motif that is diagnostic of PTPs and the dual specificity phosphatases, and that contains the catalytically essential cysteine and arginine residues. The position of the invariant cysteine residue within the phosphate binding site is consistent with its role as a nucleophile in the catalytic reaction. The structure of PTP1B should serve as a model for other members of the PTP family and as a framework for understanding the mechanism of tyrosine dephosphorylation.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Barford, D -- Flint, A J -- Tonks, N K -- CA53840/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Mar 11;263(5152):1397-404.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉W.M. Keck Structural Biology Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY 11724.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8128219" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Binding Sites ; Computer Graphics ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Humans ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Phosphates/metabolism ; Protein Conformation ; Protein Folding ; Protein Structure, Secondary ; Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases/*chemistry/isolation & purification/metabolism ; Substrate Specificity ; Tungsten Compounds/metabolism
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    Publication Date: 1994-07-29
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Barinaga, M -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Jul 29;265(5172):603-4.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8036508" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Humans ; Learning/*physiology ; Memory/physiology ; Rats ; Sleep/*physiology ; Sleep, REM/physiology
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    Publication Date: 1994-05-06
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Barinaga, M -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 May 6;264(5160):772-4.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8171331" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Alzheimer Disease/drug therapy ; Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis/drug therapy ; Animals ; Clinical Trials as Topic ; Humans ; Insulin-Like Growth Factor I/therapeutic use ; Nerve Growth Factors/*therapeutic use ; Nerve Tissue Proteins/*therapeutic use ; Nervous System Diseases/*drug therapy ; Neurons/drug effects ; Parkinson Disease/drug therapy ; Peripheral Nervous System Diseases/drug therapy ; Rats
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    Publication Date: 1994-02-11
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Barinaga, M -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Feb 11;263(5148):754-6.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8303290" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; *Apoptosis ; Caenorhabditis elegans/genetics ; Caspase 1 ; Cells, Cultured ; Free Radicals/metabolism ; Metalloendopeptidases/*genetics/metabolism ; Mice ; Mice, Knockout ; Neurons/cytology ; Oxygen/metabolism ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins/genetics/physiology ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2 ; Rats ; bcl-2-Associated X Protein ; bcl-X Protein
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    Publication Date: 1994-10-07
    Description: In this study, a protein that interacts with sequences encoded by the first exon of the protein kinase Bcr was cloned. The Bcr-associated protein 1 (Bap-1) is a member of the 14-3-3 family of proteins. Bap-1 interacts with full-length c-Bcr and with the chimeric Bcr-Abl tyrosine kinase of Philadelphia chromosome (Ph1)-positive human leukemias. Bap-1 is a substrate for the Bcr serine-threonine kinase and is also phosphorylated on tyrosine by Bcr-Abl but not by c-Abl. Bap-1 may function in the regulation of c-Bcr and may contribute to the transforming activity of Bcr-Abl in vivo. 14-3-3 proteins are essential for cell proliferation and have a role in determining the timing of mitosis in yeast. Through direct binding to sequences present in Bcr and in other proteins implicated in signaling, the mammalian 14-3-3 proteins may link specific signaling protein components to mitogenic and cell-cycle control pathways.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Reuther, G W -- Fu, H -- Cripe, L D -- Collier, R J -- Pendergast, A M -- CA61033/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- DK01965/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/ -- GM07184/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- etc. -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Oct 7;266(5182):129-33.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Pharmacology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7939633" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: 14-3-3 Proteins ; Animals ; Cell Division ; Cell Line ; Cell Transformation, Neoplastic ; Fusion Proteins, bcr-abl/*metabolism ; Humans ; Mice ; Phosphorylation ; Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerases/metabolism ; Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/*metabolism ; Proteins/isolation & purification/*metabolism ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins/*metabolism ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcr ; Rats ; Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism ; *Signal Transduction ; *Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase
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    Publication Date: 1994-05-20
    Description: The biological role of RNA is delimited by its possible reactions, which can be explored by selection. A comparison of selected RNAs that bind one ligand with those that bind two related ligands suggests that a single nucleotide substitution can expand binding specificity. An RNA site with dual (joint) specificity has adenine and cytosine bases whose pKa's appear shifted upward, thereby mimicking an efficient general acid-base catalyst. The joint site also contains two conserved, looped arginine-coding triplets implicated in arginine site formation. Two selected joint RNAs are identical in some regions and distinct in others. The distinct regions, like some peptides, seem to function similarly without being similar in primary structure.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Connell, G J -- Yarus, M -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 May 20;264(5162):1137-41.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder 80309-0347.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7513905" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Arginine/*metabolism ; Base Sequence ; Binding Sites ; Chromatography, Affinity ; Consensus Sequence ; Guanosine/*metabolism ; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Nucleic Acid Conformation ; RNA/chemistry/*metabolism ; RNA, Catalytic/chemistry/metabolism
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    Publication Date: 1994-11-18
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Monro, A M -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Nov 18;266(5188):1141.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7973684" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Carcinogenicity Tests/*statistics & numerical data ; Carcinogens/*administration & dosage/toxicity ; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Mice ; Mutagenicity Tests ; Neoplasms/*chemically induced ; Rats ; Risk Assessment
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    Publication Date: 1994-12-02
    Description: In many mammalian species, the placenta is the site of synthesis of proteins in the prolactin and growth hormone family. Analysis of two such proteins, proliferin (PLF) and proliferin-related protein (PRP), revealed that they are potent regulators of angiogenesis; PLF stimulated and PRP inhibited endothelial cell migration in cell culture and neovascularization in vivo. The mouse placenta secretes an angiogenic activity during the middle of pregnancy that corresponds primarily to PLF, but later in gestation releases a factor that inhibits angiogenesis, which was identified as PRP. Incubation of placental tissue with PLF led to the specific binding of this hormone to capillary endothelial cells. Thus PLF and PRP may regulate the initiation and then the cessation of placental neovascularization.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Jackson, D -- Volpert, O V -- Bouck, N -- Linzer, D I -- CA52750/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- HD24518/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/ -- HD29962/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/ -- etc. -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Dec 2;266(5190):1581-4.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Cell Biology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7527157" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Cattle ; Cell Movement/drug effects ; Cornea/blood supply ; Culture Techniques ; Endothelium, Vascular/*cytology/drug effects/metabolism ; Female ; Fibroblast Growth Factor 2/pharmacology ; Glycoproteins/metabolism/*pharmacology ; Growth Substances/metabolism/*pharmacology ; Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins ; *Neovascularization, Pathologic ; Placenta/*blood supply ; Pregnancy ; Pregnancy Proteins/*pharmacology ; Rats
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    Publication Date: 1994-10-14
    Description: An engineered variant of subtilisin BPN', termed subtiligase, which efficiently ligates esterified peptides in aqueous solution, was used for the complete synthesis of ribonuclease (RNase) A that contains unnatural catalytic residues. Fully active RNase A (124 residues long) was produced in milligram quantities by stepwise ligation of six esterified peptide fragments (each 12 to 30 residues long) at yields averaging 70 percent per ligation. Variants of RNase A were produced in which the catalytic histidines at positions 12 and 119 were substituted with the unnatural amino acid 4-fluorohistidine, which has a pKa of 3.5 compared to 6.8 for histidine. Large changes in the profile of the pH as it affects rate occurred for the single and double mutants with surprisingly little change in the kcat for either the RNA cleavage or hydrolysis steps. The data indicate that these imidazoles function as general acids and bases, but that the proton transfer steps are not rate-limiting when the imidazoles are present in their correct protonation states. These studies indicate the potential of subtiligase for the blockwise synthesis of large proteins.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Jackson, D Y -- Burnier, J -- Quan, C -- Stanley, M -- Tom, J -- Wells, J A -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Oct 14;266(5183):243-7.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Protein Engineering, Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, CA 94080.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7939659" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Binding Sites ; Esterification ; Histidine/analogs & derivatives/analysis ; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Mutation ; Nucleotides, Cyclic/metabolism ; Protein Engineering/*methods ; Ribonuclease, Pancreatic/*chemical synthesis/chemistry/isolation & purification ; Subtilisins/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism ; Uridine Monophosphate/metabolism
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    Publication Date: 1994-09-23
    Description: The functional consequences of single proton transfers occurring in the pore of a cyclic nucleotide-gated channel were observed with patch recording techniques. These results led to three conclusions about the chemical nature of ion binding sites in the conduction pathway: The channel contains two identical titratable sites, even though there are more than two (probably four) identical subunits; the sites are formed by glutamate residues that have a pKa (where K(a) is the acid constant) of 7.6; and protonation of one site does not perturb the pKa of the other. These properties point to an unusual arrangement of carboxyl side-chain residues in the pore of a cation channel.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Root, M J -- MacKinnon, R -- 5 T32 GM083113/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- GM47400/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Sep 23;265(5180):1852-6.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7522344" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Binding Sites ; Calcium Channels/metabolism ; Catfishes ; Electric Conductivity ; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration ; Ion Channel Gating ; Ion Channels/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism ; Kinetics ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Mutation ; *Protons ; Sodium/metabolism ; Xenopus
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    Publication Date: 1994-11-11
    Description: The decay of excitatory postsynaptic currents in central neurons mediated by alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole-propionate (AMPA) receptors is likely to be shaped either by receptor desensitization or by offset after removal of glutamate from the synaptic cleft. Native AMPA receptors show desensitization time constants of 1 to about 10 milliseconds, but the underlying molecular determinants of these large differences are unknown. Cloned AMPA receptors carrying the "flop" splice variants of glutamate receptor subtype C (GluR-C) and GluR-D are shown to have desensitization time constants of around 1 millisecond, whereas those with the "flip" variants are about four times slower. Cerebellar granule cells switch their expression of GluR-D splice variants from mostly flip forms in early stages to predominantly flop forms in the adult rat brain. These findings suggest that rapid desensitization of AMPA receptors can be regulated by the expression and alternative splicing of GluR-D gene transcripts.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Mosbacher, J -- Schoepfer, R -- Monyer, H -- Burnashev, N -- Seeburg, P H -- Ruppersberg, J P -- Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Nov 11;266(5187):1059-62.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Max-Planck-Institut fur medizinische Forschung, Heidelberg, Germany.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7973663" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Alternative Splicing ; Animals ; Cells, Cultured ; Cerebellum/cytology/metabolism ; Cloning, Molecular ; Glutamic Acid/*pharmacology ; In Situ Hybridization ; Oocytes ; Patch-Clamp Techniques ; Rats ; Receptors, AMPA/drug effects/genetics/*physiology ; Recombinant Proteins ; Synaptic Transmission ; Xenopus laevis
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    Publication Date: 1994-08-12
    Description: Dynamin I is a nerve terminal phosphoprotein with intrinsic guanosine triphosphatase (GTPase) activity that is required for endocytosis. Upon depolarization and synaptic vesicle recycling, dynamin I undergoes a rapid dephosphorylation. Dynamin I was found to be a specific high-affinity substrate for calcineurin in vitro. At low concentrations, calcineurin dephosphorylated dynamin I that had been phosphorylated by protein kinase C. The dephosphorylation inhibited dynamin I GTPase activity in vitro and after depolarization of nerve terminals. The effect in nerve terminals was prevented by the calcineurin inhibitor cyclosporin A. This suggests that in nerve terminals, calcineurin serves as a Ca(2+)-sensitive switch for depolarization-evoked synaptic vesicle recycling.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Liu, J P -- Sim, A T -- Robinson, P J -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Aug 12;265(5174):970-3.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Endocrine Unit, John Hunter Hospital, NSW, Australia.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8052858" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Calcineurin ; Calcium/metabolism ; Calmodulin-Binding Proteins/metabolism/*pharmacology ; Cyclosporine/pharmacology ; Dynamin I ; Dynamins ; Endocytosis ; GTP Phosphohydrolases/*antagonists & inhibitors/metabolism ; Nerve Endings/enzymology/*metabolism ; Phosphoprotein Phosphatases/metabolism/*pharmacology ; Phosphorylation ; Rats ; Synaptic Vesicles/*metabolism ; Synaptosomes/enzymology/*metabolism
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    Publication Date: 1994-02-04
    Description: Poly(adenosine 5'-diphosphoribose) synthetase (PARS) is a nuclear enzyme which, when activated by DNA strand breaks, adds up to 100 adenosine 5'-diphosphoribose (ADP-ribose) units to nuclear proteins such as histones and PARS itself. This activation can lead to cell death through depletion of beta-nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (the source of ADP-ribose) and adenosine triphosphate. Nitric oxide (NO) stimulated ADP-ribosylation of PARS in rat brain. Benzamide and other derivatives, which inhibit PARS, blocked N-methyl-D-aspartate- and NO-mediated neurotoxicity with relative potencies paralleling their ability to inhibit PARS. Thus, NO appeared to elicit neurotoxicity by activating PARS.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Zhang, J -- Dawson, V L -- Dawson, T M -- Snyder, S H -- DA-00074/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/ -- DA-00266/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/ -- DA-271-90-7408/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/ -- etc. -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Feb 4;263(5147):687-9.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8080500" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Benzamides/pharmacology ; Brain/cytology/drug effects/enzymology ; Cell Death/drug effects ; Cell Line ; Cells, Cultured ; Cerebral Cortex/cytology/drug effects/enzymology ; DNA Damage ; Enzyme Activation ; Humans ; N-Methylaspartate/*toxicity ; Neurons/cytology/*drug effects/enzymology ; Nitric Oxide/*toxicity ; Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase Inhibitors ; Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerases/*metabolism ; Rats ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley
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    Publication Date: 1994-01-28
    Description: As changes in synaptic strength are thought to be critical for learning and memory, it would be useful to monitor the activity of individual identified synapses on mammalian central neurons. Calcium imaging of cortical neurons grown in primary culture was used to visualize the activation of individual postsynaptic elements by miniature excitatory synaptic currents elicited by spontaneous quantal release. This approach revealed that the probability of spontaneous activity differed among synapses on the same dendrite. Furthermore, synapses that undergo changes in activity induced by glutamate or phorbol ester treatment were identified.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Murphy, T H -- Baraban, J M -- Wier, W G -- Blatter, L A -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Jan 28;263(5146):529-32.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7904774" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Calcium/*metabolism ; Cells, Cultured ; Cerebral Cortex ; Dendrites/*metabolism ; Glutamates/pharmacology ; Glutamic Acid ; Kinetics ; Microelectrodes ; Neuronal Plasticity ; Neurons/*physiology ; Phorbol Esters/pharmacology ; Rats ; Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate/physiology ; Synapses/*physiology ; *Synaptic Transmission ; Tetrodotoxin/pharmacology
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    Publication Date: 1994-04-29
    Description: Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) and lymphotoxin-alpha (LT-alpha) are members of a family of secreted and cell surface cytokines that participate in the regulation of immune and inflammatory responses. The cell surface form of LT-alpha is assembled during biosynthesis as a heteromeric complex with lymphotoxin-beta (LT-beta), a type II transmembrane protein that is another member of the TNF ligand family. Secreted LT-alpha is a homotrimer that binds to distinct TNF receptors of 60 and 80 kilodaltons; however, these receptors do not recognize the major cell surface LT-alpha-LT-beta complex. A receptor specific for human LT-beta was identified, which suggests that cell surface LT may have functions that are distinct from those of secreted LT-alpha.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Crowe, P D -- VanArsdale, T L -- Walter, B N -- Ware, C F -- Hession, C -- Ehrenfels, B -- Browning, J L -- Din, W S -- Goodwin, R G -- Smith, C A -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Apr 29;264(5159):707-10.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Division of Biomedical Sciences, University of California, Riverside 92521.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8171323" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Base Sequence ; Binding Sites ; Cysteine/chemistry ; Humans ; Hybridomas ; Ligands ; Lymphotoxin beta Receptor ; Lymphotoxin-alpha/*metabolism ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor/chemistry/*metabolism ; Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism ; T-Lymphocytes/immunology ; Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate/pharmacology ; Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/*metabolism
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    Publication Date: 1994-12-09
    Description: Cystic fibrosis (CF) is caused by mutations in the gene encoding the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR). A potential animal model of CF, the CFTR-/- mouse, has had limited utility because most mice die from intestinal obstruction during the first month of life. Human CFTR (hCFTR) was expressed in CFTR-/- mice under the control of the rat intestinal fatty acid-binding protein gene promoter. The mice survived and showed functional correction of ileal goblet cell and crypt cell hyperplasia and cyclic adenosine monophosphate-stimulated chloride secretion. These results support the concept that transfer of the hCFTR gene may be a useful strategy for correcting physiologic defects in patients with CF.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Zhou, L -- Dey, C R -- Wert, S E -- DuVall, M D -- Frizzell, R A -- Whitsett, J A -- DK38518/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/ -- HL49004/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/ -- HL51832/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Dec 9;266(5191):1705-8.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Children's Hospital Medical Center, Division of Pulmonary Biology, Cincinnati, OH 45229-3039.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7527588" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Base Sequence ; Carrier Proteins/genetics ; Chlorides/metabolism ; Colforsin/pharmacology ; Colon/chemistry/pathology ; Cystic Fibrosis/genetics/metabolism/pathology/*therapy ; Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator ; Disease Models, Animal ; Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins ; Gene Expression ; *Genetic Therapy ; Humans ; Intestinal Mucosa/chemistry/*pathology/secretion ; Intestine, Small/chemistry/pathology ; Membrane Proteins/analysis/*genetics/physiology ; Mice ; Mice, Transgenic ; Molecular Sequence Data ; *Neoplasm Proteins ; *Nerve Tissue Proteins ; Promoter Regions, Genetic ; RNA, Messenger/analysis/genetics ; Rats ; Recombinant Proteins/biosynthesis ; *Tumor Suppressor Proteins
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    Publication Date: 1994-12-09
    Description: AMPA (alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid) receptor channels mediate the fast component of excitatory postsynaptic currents in the central nervous system. Site-selective nuclear RNA editing controls the calcium permeability of these channels, and RNA editing at a second site is shown here to affect the kinetic aspects of these channels in rat brain. In three of the four AMPA receptor subunits (GluR-B, -C, and -D), intronic elements determine a codon switch (AGA, arginine, to GGA, glycine) in the primary transcripts in a position termed the R/G site, which immediately precedes the alternatively spliced modules "flip" and "flop." The extent of editing at this site progresses with brain development in a manner specific for subunit and splice form, and edited channels possess faster recovery rates from desensitization.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Lomeli, H -- Mosbacher, J -- Melcher, T -- Hoger, T -- Geiger, J R -- Kuner, T -- Monyer, H -- Higuchi, M -- Bach, A -- Seeburg, P H -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Dec 9;266(5191):1709-13.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Laboratory of Molecular Neuroendocrinology, University of Heidelberg, Germany.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7992055" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Alternative Splicing ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Base Sequence ; Brain/embryology/*metabolism ; Cell Nucleus/metabolism ; Exons ; Glutamic Acid/pharmacology ; Glycine/genetics ; Introns ; Kinetics ; Membrane Potentials ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Oocytes ; PC12 Cells ; Patch-Clamp Techniques ; *RNA Editing ; Rats ; Rats, Wistar ; Receptors, AMPA/*genetics/*metabolism ; Recombinant Proteins/metabolism ; Xenopus
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    Publication Date: 1994-03-25
    Description: Although astrocytes have been considered to be supportive, rather than transmissive, in the adult nervous system, recent studies have challenged this assumption by demonstrating that astrocytes possess functional neurotransmitter receptors. Astrocytes are now shown to directly modulate the free cytosolic calcium, and hence transmission characteristics, of neighboring neurons. When a focal electric field potential was applied to single astrocytes in mixed cultures of rat forebrain astrocytes and neurons, a prompt elevation of calcium occurred in the target cell. This in turn triggered a wave of calcium increase, which propagated from astrocyte to astrocyte. Neurons resting on these astrocytes responded with large increases in their concentration of cytosolic calcium. The gap junction blocker octanol attenuated the neuronal response, which suggests that the astrocytic-neuronal signaling is mediated through intercellular connections rather than synaptically. This neuronal response to local astrocytic stimulation may mediate local intercellular communication within the brain.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Nedergaard, M -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Mar 25;263(5154):1768-71.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Surgery, Cornell University Medical College, New York, NY 10021.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8134839" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Astrocytes/drug effects/*metabolism ; Calcium/*metabolism ; Cell Communication ; Cells, Cultured ; Electric Stimulation ; Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists ; Gap Junctions/physiology ; Kynurenic Acid/pharmacology ; Neurons/drug effects/*metabolism ; Nifedipine/pharmacology ; Octanols/pharmacology ; Prosencephalon/*cytology/embryology ; Rats ; *Signal Transduction ; Synapses/metabolism ; Tetrodotoxin/pharmacology
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    Publication Date: 1994-03-04
    Description: The enzyme acetylcholinesterase generates a strong electrostatic field that can attract the cationic substrate acetylcholine to the active site. However, the long and narrow active site gorge seems inconsistent with the enzyme's high catalytic rate. A molecular dynamics simulation of acetylcholinesterase in water reveals the transient opening of a short channel, large enough to pass a water molecule, through a thin wall of the active site near tryptophan-84. This simulation suggests that substrate, products, or solvent could move through this "back door," in addition to the entrance revealed by the crystallographic structure. Electrostatic calculations show a strong field at the back door, oriented to attract the substrate and the reaction product choline and to repel the other reaction product, acetate. Analysis of the open back door conformation suggests a mutation that could seal the back door and thus test the hypothesis that thermal motion of this enzyme may open multiple routes of access to its active site.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Gilson, M K -- Straatsma, T P -- McCammon, J A -- Ripoll, D R -- Faerman, C H -- Axelsen, P H -- Silman, I -- Sussman, J L -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Mar 4;263(5151):1276-8.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Chemistry, University of Houston, TX 77204-5641.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8122110" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Acetylcholine/metabolism ; Acetylcholinesterase/*chemistry/metabolism ; Binding Sites ; Catalysis ; Choline/metabolism ; Computer Simulation ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Electrochemistry ; Models, Molecular ; *Protein Conformation
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    Publication Date: 1994-08-19
    Description: Repeated high-frequency trains of stimuli induce long-term potentiation (LTP) in the CA1 region that persists for up to 8 hours in hippocampal slices and for days in intact animals. This long time course has made LTP an attractive model for certain forms of long-term memory in the mammalian brain. A hallmark of long-term memory in the intact animal is a requirement for transcription, and thus whether the late phase of LTP (L-LTP) requires transcription was investigated here. With the use of different inhibitors, it was found in rat hippocampal slices that the induction of L-LTP [produced either by tetanic stimulation or by application of the cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) analog Sp-cAMPS (Sp-cyclic adenosine 3',5'-monophosphorothioate)] was selectively prevented when transcription was blocked immediately after tetanization or during application of cAMP. As with behavioral memory, this requirement for transcription had a critical time window. Thus, the late phase of LTP in the CA1 region requires transcription during a critical period, perhaps because cAMP-inducible genes must be expressed during this period.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Nguyen, P V -- Abel, T -- Kandel, E R -- GM32099/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Aug 19;265(5175):1104-7.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Howard Hughes Medical Institute, New York, NY.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8066450" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Cyclic AMP/analogs & derivatives/metabolism/pharmacology ; Dactinomycin/pharmacology ; Dichlororibofuranosylbenzimidazole/pharmacology ; Electric Stimulation ; Evoked Potentials/drug effects ; Hippocampus/drug effects/*metabolism ; In Vitro Techniques ; *Long-Term Potentiation/drug effects ; Male ; Pyramidal Cells/metabolism ; Rats ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley ; Synaptic Transmission/drug effects ; Thionucleotides/pharmacology ; *Transcription, Genetic/drug effects
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    Publication Date: 1994-06-10
    Description: Specific protein-ligand interactions are critical for cellular function, and most proteins select their partners with sharp discrimination. However, the oligopeptide-binding protein of Salmonella typhimurium (OppA) binds peptides of two to five amino acid residues without regard to sequence. The crystal structure of OppA reveals a three-domain organization, unlike other periplasmic binding proteins. In OppA-peptide complexes, the ligands are completely enclosed in the protein interior, a mode of binding that normally imposes tight specificity. The protein fulfills the hydrogen bonding and electrostatic potential of the ligand main chain and accommodates the peptide side chains in voluminous hydrated cavities.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Tame, J R -- Murshudov, G N -- Dodson, E J -- Neil, T K -- Dodson, G G -- Higgins, C F -- Wilkinson, A J -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Jun 10;264(5165):1578-81.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Chemistry, University of York, UK.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8202710" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Bacterial Proteins/chemistry/*metabolism ; Binding Sites ; Carrier Proteins/chemistry/*metabolism ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Hydrogen Bonding ; Ligands ; Lipoproteins/chemistry/*metabolism ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Molecular Weight ; Oligopeptides/chemistry/*metabolism ; Protein Conformation ; Protein Structure, Secondary
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    Publication Date: 1994-06-24
    Description: Structures of the 31-kilodalton catalytic domain of rat DNA polymerase beta (pol beta) and the whole 39-kilodalton enzyme were determined at 2.3 and 3.6 angstrom resolution, respectively. The 31-kilodalton domain is composed of fingers, palm, and thumb subdomains arranged to form a DNA binding channel reminiscent of the polymerase domains of the Klenow fragment of Escherichia coli DNA polymerase I, HIV-1 reverse transcriptase, and bacteriophage T7 RNA polymerase. The amino-terminal 8-kilodalton domain is attached to the fingers subdomain by a flexible hinge. The two invariant aspartates found in all polymerase sequences and implicated in catalytic activity have the same geometric arrangement within structurally similar but topologically distinct palms, indicating that the polymerases have maintained, or possibly re-evolved, a common nucleotidyl transfer mechanism. The location of Mn2+ and deoxyadenosine triphosphate in pol beta confirms the role of the invariant aspartates in metal ion and deoxynucleoside triphosphate binding.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Sawaya, M R -- Pelletier, H -- Kumar, A -- Wilson, S H -- Kraut, J -- CA17374/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- ES06839/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/ -- GM10928/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Jun 24;264(5167):1930-5.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Chemistry, University of California, San Diego 92093-0317.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7516581" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Binding Sites ; Cloning, Molecular ; Crystallization ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; DNA/metabolism ; DNA Polymerase I/*chemistry/metabolism ; DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases/chemistry/metabolism ; Deoxyadenine Nucleotides/chemistry/metabolism ; Deoxycytosine Nucleotides/chemistry/metabolism ; Dideoxynucleotides ; HIV Reverse Transcriptase ; Protein Folding ; Protein Structure, Secondary ; RNA-Directed DNA Polymerase/chemistry/metabolism ; Rats ; Recombinant Proteins/chemistry ; Viral Proteins
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    Publication Date: 1994-10-21
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Taubes, G -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Oct 21;266(5184):364-5.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7939675" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Binding Sites ; Carbon Monoxide/chemistry ; Crystallization ; *Crystallography, X-Ray ; Motion Pictures as Topic ; Myoglobin/*chemistry ; Proteins/*chemistry ; Spectrophotometry/instrumentation/methods
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    Publication Date: 1994-02-18
    Description: Molecular chaperones of the Hsp70 type transiently sequester unfolded segments of proteins and promote their correct folding. Target peptides were labeled with an environmentally sensitive fluorophore so that their binding to the molecular chaperone DnaK of Escherichia coli could be followed in real time. The two-step process was characterized by relaxation times of 27 seconds and 200 seconds with 2 microM DnaK and 0.1 microM ligand at 25 degrees C. In the presence of adenosine triphosphate, the formation of the complex was greatly accelerated and appeared to be a single-exponential process with a relaxation time of 0.4 second. The binding-release cycle of DnaK thus occurs in the time range of polypeptide chain elongation and folding and is too fast to be stoichiometrically coupled to the adenosine triphosphatase activity of the chaperone (turnover number, 0.13 per minute at 30 degrees C).〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Schmid, D -- Baici, A -- Gehring, H -- Christen, P -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Feb 18;263(5149):971-3.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Biochemisches Institut, Universitat Zurich, Switzerland.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8310296" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: 2-Naphthylamine/analogs & derivatives ; Adenosine Triphosphatases/metabolism ; Adenosine Triphosphate/analogs & derivatives/pharmacology ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Aspartate Aminotransferases/metabolism ; Bacterial Proteins/*metabolism ; Binding Sites ; Enzyme Precursors/metabolism ; *Escherichia coli Proteins ; Fluorescent Dyes ; *HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins ; Heat-Shock Proteins/*metabolism ; Kinetics ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Peptide Fragments/*metabolism
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    Publication Date: 1994-12-09
    Description: Circadian rhythms of mammals are timed by an endogenous clock with a period of about 24 hours located in the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) of the hypothalamus. Light synchronizes this clock to the external environment by daily adjustments in the phase of the circadian oscillation. The mechanism has been thought to involve the release of excitatory amino acids from retinal afferents to the SCN. Brief treatment of rat SCN in vitro with glutamate (Glu), N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA), or nitric oxide (NO) generators produced lightlike phase shifts of circadian rhythms. The SCN exhibited calcium-dependent nitric oxide synthase (NOS) activity. Antagonists of NMDA or NOS pathways blocked Glu effects in vitro, and intracerebroventricular injection of a NOS inhibitor in vivo blocked the light-induced resetting of behavioral rhythms. Together, these data indicate that Glu release, NMDA receptor activation, NOS stimulation, and NO production link light activation of the retina to cellular changes within the SCN mediating the phase resetting of the biological clock.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Ding, J M -- Chen, D -- Weber, E T -- Faiman, L E -- Rea, M A -- Gillette, M U -- NS22155/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/ -- R01 NS022155/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Dec 9;266(5191):1713-7.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Cell and Structural Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana 61801.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7527589" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Oxidoreductases/metabolism ; Animals ; Arginine/analogs & derivatives/pharmacology ; Biological Clocks/drug effects/*physiology ; Circadian Rhythm/drug effects/*physiology ; Glutamic Acid/*metabolism/pharmacology ; In Vitro Techniques ; Light ; N-Methylaspartate/pharmacology ; NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester ; Neurons, Afferent/physiology ; Nitric Oxide/*metabolism ; Nitric Oxide Synthase ; Rats ; Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate/*metabolism ; Retina/physiology ; Signal Transduction ; Suprachiasmatic Nucleus/drug effects/metabolism/*physiology
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    Publication Date: 1994-11-18
    Description: Muscle enhancer factor-2A (MEF2A), a member of the MADS family, induced myogenic development when ectopically expressed in clones of nonmuscle cells of human clones, a function previously limited to the muscle basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) proteins. During myogenesis, MEF2A and bHLH proteins cooperatively activate skeletal muscle genes and physically interact through the MADS domain of MEF2A and the three myogenic amino acids of the muscle bHLH proteins. Thus, skeletal myogenesis is mediated by two distinct families of mutually inducible and interactive muscle transcription factors, either of which can initiate the developmental cascade.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Kaushal, S -- Schneider, J W -- Nadal-Ginard, B -- Mahdavi, V -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Nov 18;266(5188):1236-40.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Cardiology, Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7973707" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Base Sequence ; Binding Sites ; Cell Differentiation ; Cell Line ; DNA/metabolism ; DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics/*metabolism ; *Gene Expression Regulation ; Genes, Reporter ; Haplorhini ; Helix-Loop-Helix Motifs ; Humans ; MADS Domain Proteins ; MEF2 Transcription Factors ; Mice ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Muscle, Skeletal/*cytology/metabolism ; MyoD Protein/biosynthesis/*metabolism ; Myogenic Regulatory Factors ; Myogenin/biosynthesis/genetics/metabolism ; Transcription Factors/genetics/*metabolism ; Transfection
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    Publication Date: 1994-11-04
    Description: The three-dimensional structure of a ternary complex of the purine repressor, PurR, bound to both its corepressor, hypoxanthine, and the 16-base pair purF operator site has been solved at 2.7 A resolution by x-ray crystallography. The bipartite structure of PurR consists of an amino-terminal DNA-binding domain and a larger carboxyl-terminal corepressor binding and dimerization domain that is similar to that of the bacterial periplasmic binding proteins. The DNA-binding domain contains a helix-turn-helix motif that makes base-specific contacts in the major groove of the DNA. Base contacts are also made by residues of symmetry-related alpha helices, the "hinge" helices, which bind deeply in the minor groove. Critical to hinge helix-minor groove binding is the intercalation of the side chains of Leu54 and its symmetry-related mate, Leu54', into the central CpG-base pair step. These residues thereby act as "leucine levers" to pry open the minor groove and kink the purF operator by 45 degrees.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Schumacher, M A -- Choi, K Y -- Zalkin, H -- Brennan, R G -- GM 24658/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- GM 49244/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Nov 4;266(5186):763-70.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland 97201-3098.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7973627" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Bacterial Proteins/*chemistry/genetics/metabolism ; Base Sequence ; Binding Sites ; Computer Graphics ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; DNA/chemistry/*metabolism ; DNA-Binding Proteins/*chemistry/genetics/metabolism ; *Escherichia coli Proteins ; Hydrogen Bonding ; Hypoxanthine ; Hypoxanthines/metabolism ; Lac Repressors ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Nucleic Acid Conformation ; *Operator Regions, Genetic ; Protein Conformation ; Protein Structure, Secondary ; Repressor Proteins/*chemistry/genetics/metabolism
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    Publication Date: 1994-07-22
    Description: Cellulose is the major polysaccharide of plants where it plays a predominantly structural role. A variety of highly specialized microorganisms have evolved to produce enzymes that either synergistically or in complexes can carry out the complete hydrolysis of cellulose. The structure of the major cellobiohydrolase, CBHI, of the potent cellulolytic fungus Trichoderma reesei has been determined and refined to 1.8 angstrom resolution. The molecule contains a 40 angstrom long active site tunnel that may account for many of the previously poorly understood macroscopic properties of the enzyme and its interaction with solid cellulose. The active site residues were identified by solving the structure of the enzyme complexed with an oligosaccharide, o-iodobenzyl-1-thio-beta-cellobioside. The three-dimensional structure is very similar to a family of bacterial beta-glucanases with the main-chain topology of the plant legume lectins.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Divne, C -- Stahlberg, J -- Reinikainen, T -- Ruohonen, L -- Pettersson, G -- Knowles, J K -- Teeri, T T -- Jones, T A -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Jul 22;265(5171):524-8.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Molecular Biology, Uppsala University, Sweden.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8036495" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Binding Sites ; Catalysis ; Cellobiose/analogs & derivatives/chemistry/metabolism ; Cellulose/metabolism ; Cellulose 1,4-beta-Cellobiosidase ; Computer Graphics ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Glycoside Hydrolases/*chemistry/metabolism ; Hydrogen Bonding ; Iodobenzenes/chemistry/metabolism ; Models, Molecular ; Protein Structure, Secondary ; Trichoderma/*enzymology
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    Publication Date: 1994-09-09
    Description: The role of the low-affinity neurotrophin receptor (p75NTR) in signal transduction is undefined. Nerve growth factor can activate the sphingomyelin cycle, generating the putative-lipid second messenger ceramide. In T9 glioma cells, addition of a cell-permeable ceramide analog mimicked the effects of nerve growth factor on cell growth inhibition and process formation. This signaling pathway appears to be mediated by p75NTR in T9 cells and NIH 3T3 cells overexpressing p75NTR. Expression of an epidermal growth factor receptor-p75NTR chimera in T9 cells imparted to epidermal growth factor the ability to activate the sphingomyelin cycle. These data demonstrate that p75NTR is capable of signaling independently of the trk neurotrophin receptor (p140trk) and that ceramide may be a mediator in neurotrophin biology.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Dobrowsky, R T -- Werner, M H -- Castellino, A M -- Chao, M V -- Hannun, Y A -- AG05531/AG/NIA NIH HHS/ -- GM43825/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Sep 9;265(5178):1596-9.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Departments of Medicine and Cell Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8079174" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: 3T3 Cells ; Animals ; Astrocytes/cytology/*metabolism ; Ceramides/metabolism/pharmacology ; Epidermal Growth Factor/pharmacology ; Glioblastoma ; Mice ; Nerve Growth Factors/pharmacology ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins/metabolism ; Rats ; Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/metabolism ; Receptor, Epidermal Growth Factor/metabolism ; Receptor, trkA ; Receptors, Nerve Growth Factor/*metabolism ; Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism ; *Signal Transduction ; Sphingomyelins/*metabolism ; Tumor Cells, Cultured
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    Publication Date: 1994-07-29
    Description: The Escherichia coli chaperonins GroEL and GroES facilitate protein folding in an adenosine triphosphate (ATP)-dependent manner. After a single cycle of ATP hydrolysis by the adenosine triphosphatase (ATPase) activity of GroEL, the bi-toroidal GroEL formed a stable asymmetric ternary complex with GroES and nucleotide (bulletlike structures). With each subsequent turnover, ATP was hydrolyzed by one ring of GroEL in a quantized manner, completely releasing the adenosine diphosphate and GroES that were tightly bound to the other ring as a result of the previous turnover. The catalytic cycle involved formation of a symmetric complex (football-like structures) as an intermediate that accumulated before the rate-determining hydrolytic step. After one to two cycles, most of the substrate protein dissociated still in a nonnative state, which is consistent with intermolecular transfer of the substrate protein between toroids of high and low affinity. A unifying model for chaperonin-facilitated protein folding based on successive rounds of binding and release, and partitioning between committed and kinetically trapped intermediates, is proposed.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Todd, M J -- Viitanen, P V -- Lorimer, G H -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Jul 29;265(5172):659-66.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉E. I. DuPont de Nemours and Company, Central Research and Development Department, Wilmington, DE 19880.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7913555" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Adenosine Triphosphatases/*metabolism ; Bacterial Proteins/*metabolism ; Binding Sites ; Chaperonin 10 ; Chaperonin 60 ; Heat-Shock Proteins/*metabolism ; Kinetics ; Models, Chemical ; *Protein Folding ; Ribulose-Bisphosphate Carboxylase/metabolism
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    Publication Date: 1994-03-18
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Nowak, R -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Mar 18;263(5153):1555-6.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8128237" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Dopamine/metabolism ; Drug and Narcotic Control ; Humans ; Limbic System/drug effects/metabolism ; *Nicotine/pharmacology ; Rats ; Receptors, Cholinergic/drug effects/metabolism ; *Smoking ; *Substance-Related Disorders ; United States ; *United States Food and Drug Administration
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    Publication Date: 1994-06-10
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Seachrist, L -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Jun 10;264(5165):1525.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8202703" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Breast Neoplasms/chemically induced/prevention & control ; Endometrial Neoplasms/chemically induced ; Female ; Humans ; Liver Neoplasms, Experimental/chemically induced ; Rats ; Tamoxifen/therapeutic use/*toxicity
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    Publication Date: 1994-11-25
    Description: One therapeutic approach to treating Parkinson's disease is to convert endogenous striatal cells into levo-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (L-dopa)-producing cells. A defective herpes simplex virus type 1 vector expressing human tyrosine hydroxylase was delivered into the partially denervated striatum of 6-hydroxydopamine-lesioned rats, used as a model of Parkinson's disease. Efficient behavioral and biochemical recovery was maintained for 1 year after gene transfer. Biochemical recovery included increases in both striatal tyrosine hydroxylase enzyme activity and in extracellular dopamine concentrations. Persistence of human tyrosine hydroxylase was revealed by expression of RNA and immunoreactivity.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2638002/" 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/PMC2638002/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉During, M J -- Naegele, J R -- O'Malley, K L -- Geller, A I -- EY09749/EY/NEI NIH HHS/ -- NS06208/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/ -- NS28227/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/ -- R01 NS034025/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/ -- etc. -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Nov 25;266(5189):1399-403.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7669103" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Base Sequence ; Corpus Striatum/*enzymology/metabolism ; Denervation ; Disease Models, Animal ; Dopamine/metabolism ; Gene Transfer Techniques ; *Genetic Therapy ; Genetic Vectors ; Humans ; Levodopa/metabolism ; Male ; Molecular Sequence Data ; *Motor Activity ; Neurons/enzymology ; Parkinson Disease/metabolism/*therapy ; Rats ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley ; Simplexvirus/*genetics ; Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase/*genetics/metabolism
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    Publication Date: 1994-01-28
    Description: Fusion of BERH-2 rat hepatocellular carcinoma cells with activated B cells produced hybrid cells that lost their tumorigenicity and became immunogenic. Syngeneic rats injected with BERH-2-B hybrid cells became resistant to challenge with parental BERH-2 cells, and rats with established BERH-2 hepatomas were cured by subsequent injection of BERH-2-B cells. Both CD4+ and CD8+ cells were essential for the induction of protective immunity; however, only CD8+ cells were required for the eradication of BERH-2 tumors. The generation of hybrid tumor cells that elicit antitumor immune responses may be a useful strategy for cancer immunotherapy.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Guo, Y -- Wu, M -- Chen, H -- Wang, X -- Liu, G -- Li, G -- Ma, J -- Sy, M S -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Jan 28;263(5146):518-20.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Tumor Immunology and Biotherapy Center, Eastern Institute of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Shanghai, China.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7507262" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Antigens, CD80/analysis ; B-Lymphocytes/*immunology ; CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology ; Cell Fusion ; Female ; Histocompatibility Antigens Class II/analysis ; Hybrid Cells/*immunology ; Immunotherapy, Active ; Liver Neoplasms, Experimental/*immunology/prevention & control/therapy ; Lymphocyte Activation ; Neoplasm Transplantation ; Rats ; Rats, Wistar ; T-Lymphocyte Subsets/immunology ; Tumor Cells, Cultured ; Vaccination ; Vaccines/*immunology
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    Publication Date: 1994-07-29
    Description: In eukaryotic cells, a multitude of RNA-binding proteins play key roles in the posttranscriptional regulation of gene expression. Characterization of these proteins has led to the identification of several RNA-binding motifs, and recent experiments have begun to illustrate how several of them bind RNA. The significance of these interactions is reflected in the recent discoveries that several human and other vertebrate genetic disorders are caused by aberrant expression of RNA-binding proteins. The major RNA-binding motifs are described and examples of how they may function are given.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Burd, C G -- Dreyfuss, G -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Jul 29;265(5172):615-21.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia 19104-6148.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8036511" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Binding Sites ; Humans ; Molecular Sequence Data ; RNA-Binding Proteins/*chemistry/*physiology ; Ribonucleoproteins/chemistry ; Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
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    Publication Date: 1994-09-02
    Description: A beta 1-40, a major component of Alzheimer's disease cerebral amyloid, is present in the cerebrospinal fluid and remains relatively soluble at high concentrations (less than or equal to 3.7 mM). Thus, physiological factors which induce A beta amyloid formation could provide clues to the pathogenesis of the disease. It has been shown that human A beta specifically and saturably binds zinc. Here, concentrations of zinc above 300 nM rapidly destabilized human A beta 1-40 solutions, inducing tinctorial amyloid formation. However, rat A beta 1-40 binds zinc less avidly and is immune to these effects, perhaps explaining the scarcity with which these animals form cerebral A beta amyloid. These data suggest a role for cerebral zinc metabolism in the neuropathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Bush, A I -- Pettingell, W H -- Multhaup, G -- d Paradis, M -- Vonsattel, J P -- Gusella, J F -- Beyreuther, K -- Masters, C L -- Tanzi, R E -- R01 AG11899-01/AG/NIA NIH HHS/ -- R01 NS30428-03/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Sep 2;265(5177):1464-7.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Laboratory of Genetics and Aging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8073293" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Alzheimer Disease/etiology/*metabolism ; Amyloid beta-Peptides/chemistry/*metabolism ; Animals ; Brain/metabolism ; Edetic Acid/pharmacology ; Humans ; Kinetics ; Mice ; Peptide Fragments/chemistry/*metabolism ; Rats ; Solubility ; Zinc/*metabolism/pharmacology
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    Publication Date: 1994-06-10
    Description: When the sympathetic nerves that innervate rat sweat glands reach their targets, they are induced to switch from using norepinephrine as their neurotransmitter to acetylcholine. Catecholamines (such as norepinephrine) released by nerves growing to the sweat gland induce this phenotypic conversion by stimulating production of a cholinergic differentiation factor [sweat gland factor (SGF)] by gland cells. Here, culture of gland cells with sympathetic, but not sensory, neurons induced SGF production. Blockage of alpha 1- or beta-adrenergic receptors prevented acquisition of the cholinergic phenotype in sympathetic neurons co-cultured with sweat glands, and sweat glands from sympathectomized animals lacked SGF. Thus, reciprocal instructive interactions, mediated in part by small molecule neurotransmitters, direct the development of this synapse.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Habecker, B A -- Landis, S C -- NS-023678/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Jun 10;264(5165):1602-4.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Neurosciences, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH 44106-4975.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8202714" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Animals, Newborn ; Base Sequence ; Cell Differentiation ; Cells, Cultured ; Culture Media, Conditioned ; Glycoproteins/*biosynthesis ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Neuregulins ; Neurons/cytology/physiology ; Neurons, Afferent/cytology/physiology ; Parasympathetic Nervous System/cytology/*physiology ; Phenotype ; Rats ; Receptors, Adrenergic/*physiology ; Sweat Glands/cytology/*innervation/metabolism ; Sympathectomy ; Sympathetic Nervous System/cytology/*physiology
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    Publication Date: 1994-12-23
    Description: HIV integrase is the enzyme responsible for inserting the viral DNA into the host chromosome; it is essential for HIV replication. The crystal structure of the catalytically active core domain (residues 50 to 212) of HIV-1 integrase was determined at 2.5 A resolution. The central feature of the structure is a five-stranded beta sheet flanked by helical regions. The overall topology reveals that this domain of integrase belongs to a superfamily of polynucleotidyl transferases that includes ribonuclease H and the Holliday junction resolvase RuvC. The active site region is identified by the position of two of the conserved carboxylate residues essential for catalysis, which are located at similar positions in ribonuclease H. In the crystal, two molecules form a dimer with a extensive solvent-inaccessible interface of 1300 A2 per monomer.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Dyda, F -- Hickman, A B -- Jenkins, T M -- Engelman, A -- Craigie, R -- Davies, D R -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Dec 23;266(5193):1981-6.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Laboratory of Molecular Biology, NIDDK, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892-0560.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7801124" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Binding Sites ; Crystallization ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; DNA Nucleotidyltransferases/*chemistry ; HIV-1/*enzymology ; Hydrogen Bonding ; Integrases ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Protein Folding ; Protein Structure, Secondary ; Ribonuclease H/chemistry ; Solubility ; Virus Integration
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    Publication Date: 1994-11-04
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Maruyama, Y -- Fontanesi, J -- Porter, A T -- Wierzbicki, J G -- Gaspar, L -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Nov 4;266(5186):714-5.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7973620" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; *Boron Neutron Capture Therapy ; Brain Neoplasms/*radiotherapy ; Californium/*therapeutic use ; Humans ; Neutron Capture Therapy/*methods ; Rats
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    Publication Date: 1994-05-20
    Description: In spite of the large amount of sequence conservation among the DNA binding segments of basic region leucine zipper (bZIP) proteins, these proteins can discriminate differently between target sequences that differ in half-site spacing. Here it is shown that the half-site spacing preferences of bZIP proteins are the result of (i) the differential intrinsic curvature in target binding sites that differ by insertion or deletion of a single base pair and (ii) the ability of some bZIP proteins to overcome this intrinsic curvature through a mechanism dependent on basic segment residues.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Paolella, D N -- Palmer, C R -- Schepartz, A -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 May 20;264(5162):1130-3.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Chemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8178171" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Activating Transcription Factor 2 ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Base Sequence ; Basic-Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors ; Binding Sites ; Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein/chemistry/*metabolism ; DNA/chemistry/*metabolism ; DNA-Binding Proteins/chemistry/*metabolism ; Fungal Proteins/chemistry/*metabolism ; G-Box Binding Factors ; *Leucine Zippers ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Nucleic Acid Conformation ; Oligodeoxyribonucleotides/chemistry/metabolism ; Protein Kinases/chemistry/*metabolism ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-jun/chemistry/metabolism ; *Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins ; *Transcription Factors
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    Publication Date: 1994-07-01
    Description: The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) transactivator protein, termed Epstein-Barr virus nuclear antigen 2 (EBNA2), plays a critical role in the regulation of latent viral transcription and in the immortalization of EBV-infected B cells. Unlike most transcription factors, EBNA2 does not bind directly to its cis-responsive DNA element but requires a cellular factor, termed C-promoter binding factor 1 (CBF1). Here, CBF1 was purified and was found to directly interact with EBNA2. CBF1 is identical to a protein thought to be involved in immunoglobulin gene rearrangement, RBPJ kappa. Contrary to previous reports, CBF1-RBPJ kappa did not bind to the recombination signal sequences but instead bound to sites in the EBV C-promoter and in the CD23 promoter.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Henkel, T -- Ling, P D -- Hayward, S D -- Peterson, M G -- CA42245/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Jul 1;265(5168):92-5.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Tularik Inc, South San Francisco, CA 94080.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8016657" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Antigens, Viral/*genetics ; Base Sequence ; Binding Sites ; DNA-Binding Proteins/chemistry/*genetics/isolation & purification/*metabolism ; Epstein-Barr Virus Nuclear Antigens ; HeLa Cells ; Herpesvirus 4, Human/*genetics/immunology ; Humans ; Immunoglobulin J Recombination Signal Sequence-Binding Protein ; Molecular Sequence Data ; *Nuclear Proteins ; *Promoter Regions, Genetic ; Receptors, IgE/genetics ; Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid ; *Transcriptional Activation
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    Publication Date: 1994-09-23
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Flam, F -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Sep 23;265(5180):1799.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8091207" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; *Boron Neutron Capture Therapy ; Brain Neoplasms/*radiotherapy ; Clinical Trials as Topic ; Ethics, Medical ; Female ; Glioblastoma/*radiotherapy ; Humans ; Investigational New Drug Application ; Rats ; United States ; United States Food and Drug Administration
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    Publication Date: 1994-06-03
    Description: The plant hormone abscisic acid (ABA) mediates various responses such as stomatal closure, the maintenance of seed dormancy, and the inhibition of plant growth. All three responses are affected in the ABA-insensitive mutant abi1 of Arabidopsis thaliana, suggesting that an early step in the signaling of ABA is controlled by the ABI1 locus. The ABI1 gene was cloned by chromosome walking, and a missense mutation was identified in the structural gene of the abi1 mutant. The ABI1 gene encodes a protein with high similarity to protein serine or threonine phosphatases of type 2C with the novel feature of a putative Ca2+ binding site. Thus, the control of the phosphorylation state of cell signaling components by the ABI1 product could mediate pleiotropic hormone responses.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Meyer, K -- Leube, M P -- Grill, E -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Jun 3;264(5164):1452-5.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Institute of Plant Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8197457" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Abscisic Acid/*pharmacology ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Arabidopsis/enzymology/genetics/*metabolism ; *Arabidopsis Proteins ; Binding Sites ; Calcium/metabolism ; Chromosome Walking ; Cloning, Molecular ; Genes, Plant ; Genetic Markers ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Mutation ; Phosphoprotein Phosphatases/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism ; Plants, Genetically Modified ; *Signal Transduction
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    Publication Date: 1994-02-11
    Description: Thermodynamic studies have demonstrated the central importance of a large negative heat capacity change (delta C degree assoc) in site-specific protein-DNA recognition. Dissection of the large negative delta C degree assoc and the entropy change of protein-ligand and protein-DNA complexation provide a thermodynamic signature identifying processes in which local folding is coupled to binding. Estimates of the number of residues that fold on binding obtained from this analysis agree with structural data. Structural comparisons indicate that these local folding transitions create key parts of the protein-DNA interface. The energetic implications of this "induced fit" model for DNA site recognition are considered.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Spolar, R S -- Record, M T Jr -- GM23467/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Feb 11;263(5148):777-84.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison 53706.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8303294" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Base Sequence ; Binding Sites ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; DNA/chemistry/*metabolism ; DNA-Binding Proteins/chemistry/*metabolism ; Models, Molecular ; Nucleic Acid Conformation ; Protein Conformation ; *Protein Folding ; Thermodynamics
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    Publication Date: 1994-09-02
    Description: Mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) are rapidly activated in response to stimulation of diverse receptor types. MAPKs are positively regulated by phosphorylation on threonine and tyrosine by MAP kinase or extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) kinases (MEKs). MEK kinase (MEKK) is part of a family of serine-threonine protein kinases that phosphorylate and activate MEKs independently of Raf. MEKK was rapidly and persistently activated in response to stimulation of resting PC12 cells with epidermal growth factor (EGF). Nerve growth factor (NGF) and 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) also activated MEKK, although to a lesser degree than did EGF. Activation of MEKK and B-Raf in response to EGF was inhibited by expression of dominant negative N17Ras. Expression of oncogenic Ras resulted in activation of MEKK. Stimulation of synthesis of cyclic adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate abolished activation of MEKK and B-Raf by EGF, NGF, and TPA. Thus, Ras simultaneously controls the activation of members of the Raf and MEKK families of protein kinases.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Lange-Carter, C A -- Johnson, G L -- CA58157/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- DK37871/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/ -- GM30324/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- etc. -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Sep 2;265(5177):1458-61.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Division of Basic Sciences, National Jewish Center for Immunology and Respiratory Medicine, Denver, CO 80206.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8073291" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Cyclic AMP/metabolism ; Enzyme Activation ; Epidermal Growth Factor/pharmacology ; *Genes, ras ; MAP Kinase Kinase 1 ; *Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinases ; Nerve Growth Factors/*pharmacology ; PC12 Cells ; Phosphorylation ; Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases/*metabolism ; Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/metabolism ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins/metabolism ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-raf ; Rats ; Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate/pharmacology
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    Publication Date: 1994-02-04
    Description: Increased discharge activity of mesopontine cholinergic neurons participates in the production of electroencephalographic (EEG) arousal; such arousal diminishes as a function of the duration of prior wakefulness or of brain hyperthermia. Whole-cell and extracellular recordings in a brainstem slice show that mesopontine cholinergic neurons are under the tonic inhibitory control of endogenous adenosine, a neuromodulator released during brain metabolism. This inhibitory tone is mediated postsynaptically by an inwardly rectifying potassium conductance and by an inhibition of the hyperpolarization-activated current. These data provide a coupling mechanism linking neuronal control of EEG arousal with the effects of prior wakefulness, brain hyperthermia, and the use of the adenosine receptor blockers caffeine and theophylline.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3612520/" 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/PMC3612520/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Rainnie, D G -- Grunze, H C -- McCarley, R W -- Greene, R W -- R01 MH039683/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Feb 4;263(5147):689-92.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Psychiatry, Harvard University, Brockton, MA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8303279" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Adenosine/*physiology ; Animals ; Arousal/*physiology ; Calcium/metabolism ; Electric Conductivity ; *Electroencephalography/drug effects ; Female ; Frontal Lobe/physiology ; In Vitro Techniques ; Male ; Membrane Potentials ; Neurons/*physiology ; Parasympathetic Nervous System/*physiology ; Potassium/metabolism ; Rats
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    Publication Date: 1994-09-23
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Barinaga, M -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Sep 23;265(5180):1800-1.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7522343" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Aging ; Animals ; Cell Line ; Central Nervous System/*cytology ; Ganglia, Spinal/cytology ; Myelin Proteins/pharmacology/*physiology ; Myelin-Associated Glycoprotein ; Nerve Regeneration/*physiology ; Neurites/physiology ; Neurons/*physiology ; Neurons, Afferent/physiology ; Rats
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    Publication Date: 1994-06-17
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Barinaga, M -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Jun 17;264(5166):1690-3.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8209247" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Aggression ; Alcoholism/genetics ; Animals ; *Behavior, Animal ; Crosses, Genetic ; Drosophila/genetics ; Drosophila Proteins ; Genes ; Genes, Insect ; Genetic Markers ; Genetic Techniques ; *Genetics, Behavioral/methods ; Humans ; Learning ; Mice ; Nuclear Proteins/genetics ; Period Circadian Proteins ; Rats
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    Publication Date: 1994-12-09
    Description: Growth factors activate mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs), including extracellular signal-regulated kinases (ERKs) and Jun kinases (JNKs). Although the signaling cascade from growth factor receptors to ERKs is relatively well understood, the pathway leading to JNK activation is more obscure. Activation of JNK by epidermal growth factor (EGF) or nerve growth factor (NGF) was dependent on H-Ras activation, whereas JNK activation by tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) was Ras-independent. Ras activates two protein kinases, Raf-1 and MEK (MAPK, or ERK, kinase) kinase (MEKK). Raf-1 contributes directly to ERK activation but not to JNK activation, whereas MEKK participated in JNK activation but caused ERK activation only after overexpression. These results demonstrate the existence of two distinct Ras-dependent MAPK cascades--one initiated by Raf-1 leading to ERK activation, and the other initiated by MEKK leading to JNK activation.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Minden, A -- Lin, A -- McMahon, M -- Lange-Carter, C -- Derijard, B -- Davis, R J -- Johnson, G L -- Karin, M -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Dec 9;266(5191):1719-23.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla 92093-0636.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7992057" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: 3T3 Cells ; Animals ; Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases/*metabolism ; Enzyme Activation/drug effects ; Epidermal Growth Factor/pharmacology ; Genes, ras ; HeLa Cells ; Humans ; JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases ; *MAP Kinase Kinase Kinase 1 ; Mice ; Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1 ; *Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases ; Nerve Growth Factors/pharmacology ; PC12 Cells ; Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases/*metabolism ; Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/*metabolism ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins/*metabolism ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-raf ; Rats ; Transfection ; Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/pharmacology ; ras Proteins/*pharmacology
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    Publication Date: 1994-07-29
    Description: Simultaneous recordings were made from large ensembles of hippocampal "place cells" in three rats during spatial behavioral tasks and in slow-wave sleep preceding and following these behaviors. Cells that fired together when the animal occupied particular locations in the environment exhibited an increased tendency to fire together during subsequent sleep, in comparison to sleep episodes preceding the behavioral tasks. Cells that were inactive during behavior, or that were active but had non-overlapping spatial firing, did not show this increase. This effect, which declined gradually during each post-behavior sleep session, may result from synaptic modification during waking experience. Information acquired during active behavior is thus re-expressed in hippocampal circuits during sleep, as postulated by some theories of memory consolidation.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Wilson, M A -- McNaughton, B L -- MH46823/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Jul 29;265(5172):676-9.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Division of Neural Systems, Memory, and Aging, University of Arizona, Tucson 85724.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8036517" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Action Potentials/physiology ; Animals ; Hippocampus/*physiology ; Male ; Memory/*physiology ; Models, Neurological ; Motor Activity/physiology ; Nerve Net/physiology ; Neurons/*physiology ; Pyramidal Cells/physiology ; Rats ; Rats, Inbred F344 ; Reaction Time/physiology ; Sleep/*physiology ; Spatial Behavior/physiology
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    Publication Date: 1994-05-20
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Wolffe, A P -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 May 20;264(5162):1100-1.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Laboratory of Molecular Embryology, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8178167" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Binding Sites ; DNA/chemistry/*metabolism ; DNA-Binding Proteins/chemistry/*metabolism ; High Mobility Group Proteins/chemistry ; Histones/chemistry/metabolism ; *Nucleic Acid Conformation ; Nucleosomes ; *Pol1 Transcription Initiation Complex Proteins ; Transcription Factors/chemistry/*metabolism ; *Transcription, Genetic
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    Publication Date: 1994-03-11
    Description: The repair of cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers (CPDs), DNA lesions induced by ultraviolet light, was studied at nucleotide resolution. Human fibroblasts were irradiated with ultraviolet light and allowed to repair. The DNA was enzymatically cleaved at the CPDs, and the induced breaks along the promoter and exon 1 of the PGK1 gene were mapped by ligation-mediated polymerase chain reaction. Repair rates within the nontranscribed strand varied as much as 15-fold, depending on nucleotide position. Preferential repair of the transcribed strand began just downstream of the transcription start site but was most pronounced beginning at nucleotide +140 in exon 1. The promoter contained two slowly repaired regions that coincided with two transcription factor binding sites.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Gao, S -- Drouin, R -- Holmquist, G P -- CA54773/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Mar 11;263(5152):1438-40.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope, Department of Biology, Duarte, CA 91010.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8128226" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Binding Sites ; Cells, Cultured ; *DNA Repair ; Exons ; *Genes ; HeLa Cells ; Humans ; Kinetics ; Phosphoglycerate Kinase/*genetics ; Promoter Regions, Genetic ; Pyrimidine Dimers/*metabolism ; Skin/metabolism/*radiation effects ; Transcription Factors/metabolism ; Transcription, Genetic ; Ultraviolet Rays
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    Publication Date: 1994-02-18
    Description: Clonidine, an antihypertensive drug, binds to alpha 2-adrenergic and imidazoline receptors. The endogenous ligand for imidazoline receptors may be a clonidine-displacing substance, a small molecule isolated from bovine brain. This clonidine-displacing substance was purified and determined by mass spectroscopy to be agmatine (decarboxylated arginine), heretofore not detected in brain. Agmatine binds to alpha 2-adrenergic and imidazoline receptors and stimulates release of catecholamines from adrenal chromaffin cells. Its biosynthetic enzyme, arginine decarboxylase, is present in brain. Agmatine, locally synthesized, is an endogenous agonist at imidazoline receptors, a noncatecholamine ligand at alpha 2-adrenergic receptors and may act as a neurotransmitter.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Li, G -- Regunathan, S -- Barrow, C J -- Eshraghi, J -- Cooper, R -- Reis, D J -- HL18974/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Feb 18;263(5149):966-9.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, Cornell University Medical College, New York, NY 10021.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7906055" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Adrenal Medulla/drug effects/metabolism ; Agmatine/chemistry/isolation & purification/*metabolism/pharmacology ; Animals ; Binding Sites ; Brain/enzymology/metabolism ; *Brain Chemistry ; Carboxy-Lyases/metabolism ; Cattle ; Cerebral Cortex/metabolism ; Clonidine/analogs & derivatives/metabolism ; Epinephrine/metabolism ; Imidazoline Receptors ; Neurotransmitter Agents/metabolism ; Norepinephrine/metabolism ; Rats ; Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha/metabolism ; Receptors, Drug/metabolism
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    Publication Date: 1994-05-20
    Description: Xenopus UBF (xUBF) interacts with DNA by way of multiple HMG-box domains. When xUBF binds to the ribosomal promoter, the carboxyl-terminal acidic tail and amino-terminal HMG-box interact. Binding also leads to negative DNA supercoiling and the formation of a disk-like structure, the enhancesome. Within the enhancesome, an xUBF dimer makes a low-density protein core around which DNA is looped into a single 180-base pair turn, probably by in-phase bending. The enhancesome structure suggests a mechanism for xUBF-dependent recruitment of the TATA box-binding protein complex without direct interaction between the two factors.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Bazett-Jones, D P -- Leblanc, B -- Herfort, M -- Moss, T -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 May 20;264(5162):1134-7.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Medical Biochemistry and Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Health Sciences Center, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8178172" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Binding Sites ; DNA/chemistry/*metabolism ; DNA, Superhelical/chemistry/metabolism ; Enhancer Elements, Genetic ; High Mobility Group Proteins/chemistry/*metabolism ; Models, Genetic ; Nucleic Acid Conformation ; Promoter Regions, Genetic ; Recombinant Fusion Proteins/chemistry/metabolism ; Transcription Factors/chemistry/*metabolism ; Xenopus Proteins ; Xenopus laevis
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    Publication Date: 1994-07-01
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Jansen, A S -- Loewy, A D -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Jul 1;265(5168):121-2.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8016646" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Heart Ventricles/*innervation/microbiology ; Herpesvirus 1, Suid/*physiology ; Medulla Oblongata/*anatomy & histology/microbiology ; Neural Pathways ; Neurons/*cytology/microbiology ; Rats ; Vagus Nerve/*anatomy & histology/microbiology
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  • 77
    Publication Date: 1994-10-28
    Description: PHAS-I is a heat-stable protein (relative molecular mass approximately 12,400) found in many tissues. It is rapidly phosphorylated in rat adipocytes incubated with insulin or growth factors. Nonphosphorylated PHAS-I bound to initiation factor 4E (eIF-4E) and inhibited protein synthesis. Serine-64 in PHAS-I was rapidly phosphorylated by mitogen-activated (MAP) kinase, the major insulin-stimulated PHAS-I kinase in adipocyte extracts. Results obtained with antibodies, immobilized PHAS-I, and a messenger RNA cap affinity resin indicated that PHAS-I did not bind eIF-4E when serine-64 was phosphorylated. Thus, PHAS-I may be a key mediator of the stimulation of protein synthesis by the diverse group of agents and stimuli that activate MAP kinase.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Lin, T A -- Kong, X -- Haystead, T A -- Pause, A -- Belsham, G -- Sonenberg, N -- Lawrence, J C Jr -- AR41180/AR/NIAMS NIH HHS/ -- DK28312/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Oct 28;266(5185):653-6.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Molecular Biology and Pharmacology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7939721" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: 3T3 Cells ; Adipocytes/metabolism ; Animals ; *Carrier Proteins ; Insulin/*pharmacology ; Mice ; Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1 ; Peptide Initiation Factors/isolation & purification/*metabolism ; Phosphoproteins/*metabolism ; Phosphorylation ; *Protein Biosynthesis ; Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases/*metabolism ; Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/*metabolism ; Rats ; Recombinant Proteins/metabolism ; Serine/metabolism
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    Publication Date: 1994-03-18
    Description: Cultured embryonic cortical neurons from rats were used to explore mechanisms of activity-dependent neuronal survival. Cell survival was increased by the activation of voltage-sensitive calcium channels (VSCCs) but not by activation of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors. These effects correlated with the expression of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) induced by these two classes of calcium channels. Antibodies to BDNF (which block intracellular signaling by BDNF, but not by nerve growth factor, NT3, or NT4/5) reduced the survival of cortical neurons and reversed the VSCC-mediated increase in survival. Thus, endogenous BDNF is a trophic factor for cortical neurons whose expression is VSCC-regulated and that functions in the VSCC-dependent survival of these neurons.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Ghosh, A -- Carnahan, J -- Greenberg, M E -- NS28829/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Mar 18;263(5153):1618-23.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7907431" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Antibodies ; Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor ; Calcium Channels/*physiology ; Cell Division/drug effects ; Cell Survival/drug effects ; Cells, Cultured ; Cerebral Cortex/*cytology ; Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein/metabolism ; Embryo, Mammalian ; Glutamates/pharmacology ; Glutamic Acid ; N-Methylaspartate/pharmacology ; Nerve Growth Factors/biosynthesis/genetics/immunology/*physiology ; Nerve Tissue Proteins/biosynthesis/genetics/immunology/*physiology ; Neurons/*cytology ; Phosphorylation ; Potassium Chloride/pharmacology ; Rats ; Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate/physiology ; Signal Transduction
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  • 79
    Publication Date: 1994-11-25
    Description: Although several ion channels have been reported to be directly modulated by calcium-calmodulin, they have not been conclusively shown to bind calmodulin, nor are the modulatory mechanisms understood. Study of the olfactory cyclic nucleotide-activated cation channel, which is modulated by calcium-calmodulin, indicates that calcium-calmodulin directly binds to a specific domain on the amino terminus of the channel. This binding reduces the effective affinity of the channel for cyclic nucleotides, apparently by acting on channel gating, which is tightly coupled to ligand binding. The data reveal a control mechanism that resembles those underlying the regulation of enzymes by calmodulin. The results also point to the amino-terminal part of the olfactory channel as an element for gating, which may have general significance in the operation of ion channels with similar overall structures.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Liu, M -- Chen, T Y -- Ahamed, B -- Li, J -- Yau, K W -- EY 06837/EY/NEI NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Nov 25;266(5189):1348-54.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Baltimore, MD.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7526466" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Binding Sites ; Calcium/*metabolism ; Calmodulin/*metabolism ; Cell Line ; Cyclic AMP/*metabolism ; Cyclic GMP/*metabolism ; Humans ; *Ion Channel Gating ; Ion Channels/chemistry/*metabolism ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Olfactory Receptor Neurons/metabolism ; Peptides/metabolism ; Protein Structure, Secondary ; Rats ; Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism
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    Publication Date: 1994-03-11
    Description: Species of RNA that bind with high affinity and specificity to the bronchodilator theophylline were identified by selection from an oligonucleotide library. One RNA molecule binds to theophylline with a dissociation constant Kd of 0.1 microM. This binding affinity is 10,000-fold greater than the RNA molecule's affinity for caffeine, which differs from theophylline only by a methyl group at nitrogen atom N-7. Analysis by nuclear magnetic resonance indicates that this RNA molecule undergoes a significant change in its conformation or dynamics upon theophylline binding. Binding studies of compounds chemically related to theophylline have revealed structural features required for the observed binding specificity. These results demonstrate the ability of RNA molecules to exhibit an extremely high degree of ligand recognition and discrimination.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Jenison, R D -- Gill, S C -- Pardi, A -- Polisky, B -- AI01051/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- AI33098/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- RR03283/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Mar 11;263(5152):1425-9.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉NeXagen, Inc., Boulder, CO 80301.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7510417" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Base Sequence ; Binding Sites ; Binding, Competitive ; DNA, Complementary/chemistry ; Hydrogen Bonding ; Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Molecular Structure ; Nucleic Acid Conformation ; RNA/chemistry/*metabolism ; Sequence Analysis, DNA ; Theophylline/chemistry/*metabolism ; Xanthines/chemistry/metabolism
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    Publication Date: 1994-12-09
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Stubbe, J -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Dec 9;266(5191):1663-4.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge 02139.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7992049" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: 5-Methyltetrahydrofolate-Homocysteine S-Methyltransferase/*chemistry/metabolism ; Binding Sites ; Escherichia coli/*enzymology ; Methylation ; Oxidation-Reduction ; S-Adenosylmethionine/metabolism ; Tetrahydrofolates/metabolism ; Vitamin B 12/*analogs & derivatives/metabolism
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  • 82
    Publication Date: 1994-08-19
    Description: The three-dimensional structure of an unusually active hydrolytic antibody with a phosphonate transition state analog (hapten) bound to the active site has been solved to 2.5 A resolution. The antibody (17E8) catalyzes the hydrolysis of norleucine and methionine phenyl esters and is selective for amino acid esters that have the natural alpha-carbon L configuration. A plot of the pH-dependence of the antibody-catalyzed reaction is bell-shaped with an activity maximum at pH 9.5; experiments on mechanism lend support to the formation of a covalent acyl-antibody intermediate. The structural and kinetic data are complementary and support a hydrolytic mechanism for the antibody that is remarkably similar to that of the serine proteases. The antibody active site contains a Ser-His dyad structure proximal to the phosphorous atom of the bound hapten that resembles two of the three components of the Ser-His-Asp catalytic triad of serine proteases. The antibody active site also contains a Lys residue to stabilize oxyanion formation, and a hydrophobic binding pocket for specific substrate recognition of norleucine and methionine side chains. The structure identifies active site residues that mediate catalysis and suggests specific mutations that may improve the catalytic efficiency of the antibody. This high resolution structure of a catalytic antibody-hapten complex shows that antibodies can converge on active site structures that have arisen through natural enzyme evolution.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Zhou, G W -- Guo, J -- Huang, W -- Fletterick, R J -- Scanlan, T S -- DK39304/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Aug 19;265(5175):1059-64.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco 94143-0448.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8066444" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Antibodies, Catalytic/*chemistry/immunology/metabolism ; Binding Sites ; Computer Graphics ; Crystallization ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Haptens/metabolism ; Hydrogen Bonding ; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration ; Hydrolysis ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Protein Conformation ; Serine Endopeptidases/*chemistry/metabolism
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  • 83
    Publication Date: 1994-01-21
    Description: Collagenase is a zinc-dependent endoproteinase and is a member of the matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) family of enzymes. The MMPs participate in connective tissue remodeling events and aberrant regulation has been associated with several pathologies. The 2.4 angstrom resolution structure of the inhibited enzyme revealed that, in addition to the catalytic zinc, there is a second zinc ion and a calcium ion which play a major role in stabilizing the tertiary structure of collagenase. Despite scant sequence homology, collagenase shares structural homology with two other endoproteinases, bacterial thermolysin and crayfish astacin. The detailed description of protein-inhibitor interactions present in the structure will aid in the design of compounds that selectively inhibit individual members of the MMP family. Such inhibitors will be useful in examining the function of MMPs in pathological processes.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Lovejoy, B -- Cleasby, A -- Hassell, A M -- Longley, K -- Luther, M A -- Weigl, D -- McGeehan, G -- McElroy, A B -- Drewry, D -- Lambert, M H -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Jan 21;263(5145):375-7.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Glaxo Research Institute, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8278810" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Binding Sites ; Calcium/metabolism ; Collagenases/*chemistry/metabolism ; Computer Graphics ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Humans ; Hydrogen Bonding ; Matrix Metalloproteinase 8 ; Matrix Metalloproteinase Inhibitors ; Metalloendopeptidases/chemistry ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Protein Structure, Secondary ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; Thermolysin/chemistry ; Zinc/metabolism
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    Publication Date: 1994-08-26
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Glanz, J -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Aug 26;265(5176):1174.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8066457" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Action Potentials ; Animals ; Epilepsy/physiopathology/*therapy ; Hippocampus/*physiopathology ; Humans ; *Nonlinear Dynamics ; Rats
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  • 85
    Publication Date: 1994-02-11
    Description: Tumor necrosis factor (TNF), but not lymphotoxin (LT), is directly trypanolytic for salivarian trypanosomes. This activity was not blocked by soluble 55-kilodalton and 75-kilodalton TNF receptors, but was potently inhibited by N,N'-diacetylchitobiose, an oligosaccharide that binds TNF. Comparative sequence analysis of TNF and LT localized the trypanocidal region, and synthetic peptides were trypanolytic. TNF molecules in which the trypanocidal region was mutated or deleted retained tumoricidal activity. Thus, trypanosome-TNF interactions occur via a TNF domain, probably with lectin-like affinity, which is functionally and spatially distinct from the mammalian TNF receptor binding sites.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Lucas, R -- Magez, S -- De Leys, R -- Fransen, L -- Scheerlinck, J P -- Rampelberg, M -- Sablon, E -- De Baetselier, P -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Feb 11;263(5148):814-7.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Laboratory of Cellular Immunology, University of Brussels, Sint-Genesius-Rode, Belgium.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8303299" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Base Sequence ; Binding Sites ; *Disaccharides ; Glucans/metabolism/pharmacology ; L Cells (Cell Line) ; Lectins/chemistry/metabolism/*pharmacology ; Lymphotoxin-alpha/pharmacology ; Mice ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Mutation ; Peptide Fragments/chemistry/pharmacology ; Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor/metabolism ; Trypanosoma brucei brucei/*drug effects ; Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/chemistry/genetics/metabolism/*pharmacology
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  • 86
    Publication Date: 1994-08-05
    Description: Neurons in the primary visual cortex of the cat are selectively activated by stimuli with particular orientations. This selectivity can be disrupted by the application of antagonists of the inhibitory neurotransmitter gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) to a local region of the cortex. In order to determine whether inhibitory inputs are necessary for a single cortical neuron to show orientation selectivity, GABA receptors were blocked intracellularly during whole cell recording. Although the membrane potential, spontaneous activity, subfield antagonism, and directional selectivity of neurons were altered after they were perfused internally with the blocking solution, 18 out of 18 neurons remained selective for stimulus orientation. These results indicate that excitatory inputs are sufficient to generate orientation selectivity.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Nelson, S -- Toth, L -- Sheth, B -- Sur, M -- EY06363/EY/NEI NIH HHS/ -- EY07023/EY/NEI NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Aug 5;265(5173):774-7.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge 02139.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8047882" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: 4,4'-Diisothiocyanostilbene-2,2'-Disulfonic Acid/pharmacology ; Animals ; Cats ; Cesium/pharmacology ; Electric Stimulation ; Evoked Potentials/drug effects/physiology ; Female ; Fluorides/pharmacology ; Form Perception/physiology ; In Vitro Techniques ; Muscimol/pharmacology ; Neural Inhibition/drug effects/*physiology ; Neurons/drug effects/*physiology ; Orientation/physiology ; Photic Stimulation ; Picrotoxin/pharmacology ; Rats ; Visual Cortex/*cytology/drug effects/physiology
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  • 87
    Publication Date: 1994-05-06
    Description: Inwardly rectifying potassium (K+) channels (IRKs) maintain the resting membrane potential of cells and permit prolonged depolarization, such as during the cardiac action potential. Inward rectification may result from block of the ion conduction pore by intracellular magnesium (Mgi2+). Two members of this family, IRK1 and ROMK1, which share 40 percent amino acid identity, differ markedly in single-channel K+ conductance and sensitivity to block by Mgi2+. The conserved H5 regions were hypothesized to determine these pore properties because they have this function in voltage-dependent K+ channels and in cyclic nucleotide-gated channels. However, exchange of the H5 region between IRK1 and ROMK1 had no effect on rectification and little or no effect on K+ conductance. By contrast, exchange of the amino- and carboxyl-terminal regions together transferred Mg2+ blockade and K+ conductance of IRK1 to ROMK1. Exchange of the carboxyl but not the amino terminus had a similar effect. Therefore, the carboxyl terminus appears to have a major role in specifying the pore properties of IRKs.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Taglialatela, M -- Wible, B A -- Caporaso, R -- Brown, A M -- HL36930/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/ -- HL37044/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/ -- NS23877/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 May 6;264(5160):844-7.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8171340" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Binding Sites ; Cloning, Molecular ; Electric Conductivity ; Ion Channel Gating ; Magnesium/*metabolism/pharmacology ; Membrane Potentials ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Oocytes ; Potassium/*metabolism ; Potassium Channels/chemistry/*metabolism/*physiology ; *Potassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying ; Recombinant Fusion Proteins/chemistry/metabolism ; Sequence Alignment ; Xenopus
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  • 88
    Publication Date: 1994-07-22
    Description: Rho and Rac, two members of the Ras superfamily of guanosine triphosphate (GTP)-binding proteins, regulate a variety of signal transduction pathways in eukaryotic cells. Upon stimulation of phagocytic cells, Rac enhances the activity of the enzyme nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (reduced) (NADPH) oxidase, resulting in the production of superoxide radicals. Activation of the NADPH oxidase requires the assembly of a multimolecular complex at the plasma membrane consisting of two integral membrane proteins, gp91phox and p21phox, and two cytosolic proteins, p67phox and p47phox. Rac1 interacted directly with p67phox in a GTP-dependent manner. Modified forms of Rac with mutations in the effector site did not stimulate oxidase activity or bind to p67phox. Thus, p67phox appears to be the Rac effector protein in the NADPH oxidase complex.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Diekmann, D -- Abo, A -- Johnston, C -- Segal, A W -- Hall, A -- Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Jul 22;265(5171):531-3.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Medical Research Council Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, University College London, UK.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8036496" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Binding Sites ; Enzyme Activation ; GTP-Binding Proteins/*metabolism ; Guanosine Triphosphate/metabolism ; Humans ; NADH, NADPH Oxidoreductases/*metabolism ; NADPH Dehydrogenase/metabolism ; NADPH Oxidase ; Phagocytes/*enzymology ; Phosphoproteins/*metabolism ; Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism ; Superoxides/metabolism ; rac GTP-Binding Proteins
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  • 89
    Publication Date: 1994-12-23
    Description: A synthetic combinatorial library containing 52,128,400 D-amino acid hexapeptides was used to identify a ligand for the mu opioid receptor. The peptide, Ac-rfwink-NH2, bears no resemblance to any known opioid peptide. Simulations using molecular dynamics, however, showed that three amino acid moieties have the same spatial orientation as the corresponding pharmacophoric groups of the opioid peptide PLO17. Ac-rfwink-NH2 was shown to be a potent agonist at the mu receptor and induced long-lasting analgesia in mice. Analgesia produced by intraperitoneally administered Ac-rfwink-NH2 was blocked by intracerebroventricular administration of naloxone, demonstrating that this peptide may cross the blood-brain barrier.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Dooley, C T -- Chung, N N -- Wilkes, B C -- Schiller, P W -- Bidlack, J M -- Pasternak, G W -- Houghten, R A -- DA-000138/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/ -- DA-02615/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/ -- DA-03742/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/ -- etc. -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Dec 23;266(5193):2019-22.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies, San Diego, CA 92121.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7801131" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Analgesics/chemistry/metabolism/*pharmacology ; Animals ; Brain/metabolism ; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug ; Endorphins/pharmacology ; Enkephalin, Ala(2)-MePhe(4)-Gly(5)- ; Enkephalin, D-Penicillamine (2,5)- ; Enkephalins/metabolism ; Guinea Pigs ; Injections, Intraventricular ; Male ; Mice ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Naloxone/administration & dosage/pharmacology ; Opioid Peptides/chemistry/metabolism/*pharmacology ; Pain Measurement ; Protein Conformation ; Rats ; Receptors, Opioid, mu/agonists/metabolism ; Stereoisomerism
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    American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
    Publication Date: 1994-05-06
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Nowak, R -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 May 6;264(5160):766-7.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8171330" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Acetaldehyde/pharmacology ; Animals ; Humans ; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/drug effects ; *Nicotine/analogs & derivatives/pharmacology ; Rats ; *Research ; *Smoking/adverse effects ; *Substance-Related Disorders ; United States
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    Publication Date: 1994-11-04
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Dunlap, K -- Luebke, J I -- Turner, T J -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Nov 4;266(5186):828-31.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7973643" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Calcium/metabolism ; Calcium Channel Blockers/*pharmacology ; Calcium Channels/drug effects/*physiology ; Hippocampus/drug effects/*physiology ; In Vitro Techniques ; *Neurosecretion/drug effects ; Peptides/pharmacology ; Rats ; Spider Venoms/pharmacology ; Synaptic Transmission/drug effects/*physiology ; omega-Agatoxin IVA ; *omega-Conotoxins
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    Publication Date: 1994-12-23
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉O'Brien, C -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Dec 23;266(5193):1946.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7801119" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Antiviral Agents/pharmacology ; Binding Sites ; Crystallization ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; DNA Nucleotidyltransferases/antagonists & inhibitors/*chemistry/metabolism ; DNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism ; Drug Design ; HIV-1/drug effects/*enzymology ; Integrases ; Models, Molecular ; Virus Integration
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  • 93
    Publication Date: 1994-12-02
    Description: Scanning force microscopy was used to resolve lambda Cro protein when bound as a single dimer or multiple dimers to its three operator (OR) sites. The bend angles induced by binding of Cro to specific and nonspecific sites were determined and are 69 degrees +/- 11 degrees for specific and 62 degrees +/- 23 degrees for nonspecific complexes. Bending of the nonspecific sites is advantageous for a protein such as Cro that bends its specific site, because it increases the binding specificity of the protein and it can be used by the protein to sample contacts required for the recognition of its target sequence. It is proposed here that bending of nonspecific DNA may be a general property among DNA binding proteins that bend their specific sites.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Erie, D A -- Yang, G -- Schultz, H C -- Bustamante, C -- GM-15792/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- GM-29158/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- GM-32543/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- etc. -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Dec 2;266(5190):1562-6.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Institute of Molecular Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene 97403.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7985026" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Base Sequence ; Binding Sites ; DNA/*chemistry/metabolism ; *DNA-Binding Proteins ; Microscopy, Atomic Force ; Molecular Sequence Data ; *Nucleic Acid Conformation ; Operator Regions, Genetic ; Repressor Proteins/*metabolism ; Transcription Factors/*metabolism ; Viral Proteins ; Viral Regulatory and Accessory Proteins
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  • 94
    Publication Date: 1994-05-13
    Description: Growth factor receptor-bound protein 2 (Grb2) links tyrosine-phosphorylated proteins to a guanine nucleotide releasing factor of the son of sevenless (Sos) class by attaching to the former by its Src homology 2 (SH2) moiety and to the latter by its SH3 domains. An isoform of grb2 complementary DNA (cDNA) was cloned that has a deletion in the SH2 domain. The protein encoded by this cDNA, Grb3-3, did not bind to phosphorylated epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) but retained functional SH3 domains and inhibited EGF-induced transactivation of a Ras-responsive element. The messenger RNA encoding Grb3-3 was expressed in high amounts in the thymus of rats at an age when massive negative selection of thymocytes occurs. Microinjection of Grb3-3 into Swiss 3T3 fibroblasts induced apoptosis. These findings indicate that Grb3-3, by acting as a dominant negative protein over Grb2 and by suppressing proliferative signals, may trigger active programmed cell death.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Fath, I -- Schweighoffer, F -- Rey, I -- Multon, M C -- Boiziau, J -- Duchesne, M -- Tocque, B -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 May 13;264(5161):971-4.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Rhone-Poulenc Rorer, Centre de Recherche de Vitry-Alfortville, Vitry sur Seine, France.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8178156" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: 3T3 Cells ; *Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; *Apoptosis ; Base Sequence ; Cloning, Molecular ; Epidermal Growth Factor/pharmacology ; GRB2 Adaptor Protein ; Humans ; Mice ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Proteins/*genetics/metabolism ; RNA, Messenger/genetics/metabolism ; Rats ; Receptor, Epidermal Growth Factor/*metabolism ; T-Lymphocytes/cytology ; Thymus Gland/metabolism ; Transcriptional Activation/drug effects ; Transfection
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  • 95
    Publication Date: 1994-10-21
    Description: The molecular structure of the D-alanine:D-alanine ligase of the ddlB gene of Escherichia coli, co-crystallized with an S,R-methylphosphinate and adenosine triphosphate, was determined by x-ray diffraction to a resolution of 2.3 angstroms. A catalytic mechanism for the ligation of two D-alanine substrates is proposed in which a helix dipole and a hydrogen-bonded triad of tyrosine, serine, and glutamic acid assist binding and deprotonation steps. From sequence comparison, it is proposed that a different triad exists in a recently discovered D-alanine:D-lactate ligase (VanA) present in vancomycin-resistant enterococci. A molecular mechanism for the altered specificity of VanA is suggested.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Fan, C -- Moews, P C -- Walsh, C T -- Knox, J R -- 1RO1-AI-34330/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- GM-49338/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Oct 21;266(5184):439-43.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs 06269-3125.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7939684" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Adenosine Diphosphate/chemistry/metabolism ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Bacterial Proteins/chemistry ; Binding Sites ; *Carbon-Oxygen Ligases ; Computer Graphics ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Dipeptides/biosynthesis ; Drug Resistance, Microbial ; Escherichia coli/drug effects/*enzymology ; Hydrogen Bonding ; Ligases/chemistry ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Molecular Structure ; Peptide Synthases/*chemistry/genetics/metabolism ; Protein Structure, Secondary ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; Substrate Specificity ; Vancomycin/*pharmacology
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  • 96
    Publication Date: 1994-01-21
    Description: The structure of the 52-amino acid DNA-binding domain of the prokaryotic Hin recombinase, complexed with a DNA recombination half-site, has been solved by x-ray crystallography at 2.3 angstrom resolution. The Hin domain consists of a three-alpha-helix bundle, with the carboxyl-terminal helix inserted into the major groove of DNA, and two flanking extended polypeptide chains that contact bases in the minor groove. The overall structure displays features resembling both a prototypical bacterial helix-turn-helix and the eukaryotic homeodomain, and in many respects is an intermediate between these two DNA-binding motifs. In addition, a new structural motif is seen: the six-amino acid carboxyl-terminal peptide of the Hin domain runs along the minor groove at the edge of the recombination site, with the peptide backbone facing the floor of the groove and side chains extending away toward the exterior. The x-ray structure provides an almost complete explanation for DNA mutant binding studies in the Hin system and for DNA specificity observed in the Hin-related family of DNA invertases.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Feng, J A -- Johnson, R C -- Dickerson, R E -- GM-31299/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- GM-38509/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Jan 21;263(5145):348-55.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Molecular Biology Institute, University of California, Los Angeles 90024.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8278807" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Base Composition ; Base Sequence ; Binding Sites ; Computer Graphics ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; DNA/chemistry/*metabolism ; DNA Nucleotidyltransferases/chemistry/*metabolism ; Helix-Loop-Helix Motifs ; Hydrogen Bonding ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Nucleic Acid Conformation ; Oligodeoxyribonucleotides/chemistry/metabolism ; Protein Conformation ; Protein Folding ; Protein Structure, Secondary ; *Recombination, Genetic
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  • 97
    Publication Date: 1994-12-16
    Description: The three-dimensional structure of a Staphylococcus aureus superantigen, toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 (TSST-1), complexed with a human class II major histocompatibility molecule (DR1), was determined by x-ray crystallography. The TSST-1 binding site on DR1 overlaps that of the superantigen S. aureus enterotoxin B (SEB), but the two binding modes differ. Whereas SEB binds primarily off one edge of the peptide binding site of DR1, TSST-1 extends over almost one-half of the binding site and contacts both the flanking alpha helices of the histocompatibility antigen and the bound peptide. This difference suggests that the T cell receptor (TCR) would bind to TSST-1:DR1 very differently than to DR1:peptide or SEB:DR1. It also suggests that TSST-1 binding may be dependent on the peptide, though less so than TCR binding, providing a possible explanation for the inability of TSST-1 to competitively block SEB binding to all DR1 molecules on cells (even though the binding sites of TSST-1 and SEB on DR1 overlap almost completely) and suggesting the possibility that T cell activation by superantigen could be directed by peptide antigen.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Kim, J -- Urban, R G -- Strominger, J L -- Wiley, D C -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Dec 16;266(5192):1870-4.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7997880" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: *Bacterial Toxins ; Binding Sites ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Enterotoxins/*chemistry/metabolism ; HLA-DR1 Antigen/*chemistry/metabolism ; Humans ; Hydrogen Bonding ; Models, Molecular ; Protein Conformation ; Protein Structure, Secondary ; Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/metabolism ; *Staphylococcus aureus ; Superantigens/*chemistry/metabolism
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  • 98
    Publication Date: 1994-07-15
    Description: Mutations in the p53 tumor suppressor are the most frequently observed genetic alterations in human cancer. The majority of the mutations occur in the core domain which contains the sequence-specific DNA binding activity of the p53 protein (residues 102-292), and they result in loss of DNA binding. The crystal structure of a complex containing the core domain of human p53 and a DNA binding site has been determined at 2.2 angstroms resolution and refined to a crystallographic R factor of 20.5 percent. The core domain structure consists of a beta sandwich that serves as a scaffold for two large loops and a loop-sheet-helix motif. The two loops, which are held together in part by a tetrahedrally coordinated zinc atom, and the loop-sheet-helix motif form the DNA binding surface of p53. Residues from the loop-sheet-helix motif interact in the major groove of the DNA, while an arginine from one of the two large loops interacts in the minor groove. The loops and the loop-sheet-helix motif consist of the conserved regions of the core domain and contain the majority of the p53 mutations identified in tumors. The structure supports the hypothesis that DNA binding is critical for the biological activity of p53, and provides a framework for understanding how mutations inactivate it.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Cho, Y -- Gorina, S -- Jeffrey, P D -- Pavletich, N P -- NCI CA08748-29/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Jul 15;265(5170):346-55.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Cellular Biochemistry and Biophysics Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8023157" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Base Sequence ; Binding Sites ; Computer Graphics ; Crystallization ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; DNA/*chemistry/metabolism ; Genes, p53 ; Hydrogen Bonding ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; *Mutation ; Nucleic Acid Conformation ; *Protein Conformation ; Protein Structure, Secondary ; Tumor Suppressor Protein p53/*chemistry/genetics/metabolism
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  • 99
    Publication Date: 1994-04-29
    Description: An elastomeric stamp, containing defined features on the micrometer scale, was used to imprint gold surfaces with specific patterns of self-assembled monolayers of alkanethiols and, thereby, to create islands of defined shape and size that support extracellular matrix protein adsorption and cell attachment. Through this technique, it was possible to place cells in predetermined locations and arrays, separated by defined distances, and to dictate their shape. Limiting the degree of cell extension provided control over cell growth and protein secretion. This method is experimentally simple and highly adaptable. It should be useful for applications in biotechnology that require analysis of individual cells cultured at high density or repeated access to cells placed in specified locations.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Singhvi, R -- Kumar, A -- Lopez, G P -- Stephanopoulos, G N -- Wang, D I -- Whitesides, G M -- Ingber, D E -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Apr 29;264(5159):696-8.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Biotechnology Processing Engineering Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge 02139.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8171320" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Albumins/secretion ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Cell Adhesion ; Cell Differentiation ; Cell Division ; *Cell Size ; Cells, Cultured/*cytology/metabolism ; Culture Media ; *Cytological Techniques ; Dimethylpolysiloxanes ; Gold ; Liver/*cytology ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Rats ; Silicones ; Sulfhydryl Compounds
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    Publication Date: 1994-06-24
    Description: Formation of a short (less than 2.5 angstroms), very strong, low-barrier hydrogen bond in the transition state, or in an enzyme-intermediate complex, can be an important contribution to enzymic catalysis. Formation of such a bond can supply 10 to 20 kilocalories per mole and thus facilitate difficult reactions such as enolization of carboxylate groups. Because low-barrier hydrogen bonds form only when the pKa's (negative logarithm of the acid constant) of the oxygens or nitrogens sharing the hydrogen are similar, a weak hydrogen bond in the enzyme-substrate complex in which the pKa's do not match can become a strong, low-barrier one if the pKa's become matched in the transition state or enzyme-intermediate complex. Several examples of enzymatic reactions that appear to use this principle are presented.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Cleland, W W -- Kreevoy, M M -- GM 18938/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Jun 24;264(5167):1887-90.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Institute for Enzyme Research, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53705.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8009219" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Aconitate Hydratase/chemistry/metabolism ; Binding Sites ; Carboxypeptidases/chemistry/metabolism ; *Catalysis ; Citrate (si)-Synthase/chemistry/metabolism ; Enzymes/*metabolism ; *Hydrogen Bonding ; Isomerases/chemistry/metabolism ; Kinetics ; Orotidine-5'-Phosphate Decarboxylase/chemistry/metabolism ; Racemases and Epimerases/chemistry/metabolism ; Thermolysin/chemistry/metabolism
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