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  • 1
    Publication Date: 2004-06-05
    Description: The mechanisms by which hydrophobic molecules, such as long-chain fatty acids, enter cells are poorly understood. In Gram-negative bacteria, the lipopolysaccharide layer in the outer membrane is an efficient barrier for fatty acids and aromatic hydrocarbons destined for biodegradation. We report crystal structures of the long-chain fatty acid transporter FadL from Escherichia coli at 2.6 and 2.8 angstrom resolution. FadL forms a 14-stranded beta barrel that is occluded by a central hatch domain. The structures suggest that hydrophobic compounds bind to multiple sites in FadL and use a transport mechanism that involves spontaneous conformational changes in the hatch.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉van den Berg, Bert -- Black, Paul N -- Clemons, William M Jr -- Rapoport, Tom A -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2004 Jun 4;304(5676):1506-9.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, 240 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA. lvandenberg@hms.harvard.edu〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15178802" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins/*chemistry/metabolism ; Binding Sites ; Biological Transport ; Crystallization ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Escherichia coli/chemistry/metabolism ; Escherichia coli Proteins/*chemistry/metabolism ; Fatty Acid Transport Proteins ; Fatty Acids/*metabolism ; Hydrogen Bonding ; Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions ; Models, Biological ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Protein Conformation ; Protein Structure, Secondary ; Protein Structure, Tertiary
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  • 2
    Publication Date: 2004-01-06
    Description: Pairing, synapsis, and recombination are prerequisites for accurate chromosome segregation in meiosis. The phs1 gene in maize is required for pairing to occur between homologous chromosomes. In the phs1 mutant, homologous chromosome synapsis is completely replaced by synapsis between nonhomologous partners. The phs1 gene is also required for installation of the meiotic recombination machinery on chromosomes, as the mutant almost completely lacks chromosomal foci of the recombination protein RAD51. Thus, in the phs1 mutant, synapsis is uncoupled from recombination and pairing. The protein encoded by the phs1 gene likely acts in a multistep process to coordinate pairing, recombination, and synapsis.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Pawlowski, Wojciech P -- Golubovskaya, Inna N -- Timofejeva, Ljudmilla -- Meeley, Robert B -- Sheridan, William F -- Cande, W Zacheus -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2004 Jan 2;303(5654):89-92.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA. wpawlows@nature.berkeley.edu〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14704428" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Cell Nucleus/metabolism ; *Chromosome Pairing ; Chromosomes, Plant/*physiology ; Cloning, Molecular ; Conserved Sequence ; DNA, Plant/metabolism ; DNA-Binding Proteins ; Genes, Plant ; In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence ; In Situ Nick-End Labeling/methods ; *Meiosis ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Mutation ; Phenotype ; Plant Proteins/chemistry/genetics/*physiology ; RNA, Ribosomal, 5S/genetics ; Rad51 Recombinase ; *Recombination, Genetic ; Sequence Alignment ; Synaptonemal Complex/metabolism/ultrastructure ; Telomere/physiology ; Zea mays/*genetics/physiology
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  • 3
    Publication Date: 2004-01-06
    Description: RNA interference (RNAi) is a widespread silencing mechanism that acts at both the posttranscriptional and transcriptional levels. Here, we describe the purification of an RNAi effector complex termed RITS (RNA-induced initiation of transcriptional gene silencing) that is required for heterochromatin assembly in fission yeast. The RITS complex contains Ago1 (the fission yeast Argonaute homolog), Chp1 (a heterochromatin-associated chromodomain protein), and Tas3 (a novel protein). In addition, the complex contains small RNAs that require the Dicer ribonuclease for their production. These small RNAs are homologous to centromeric repeats and are required for the localization of RITS to heterochromatic domains. The results suggest a mechanism for the role of the RNAi machinery and small RNAs in targeting of heterochromatin complexes and epigenetic gene silencing at specific chromosomal loci.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3244756/" 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/PMC3244756/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Verdel, Andre -- Jia, Songtao -- Gerber, Scott -- Sugiyama, Tomoyasu -- Gygi, Steven -- Grewal, Shiv I S -- Moazed, Danesh -- R01 GM072805/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM072805-01/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- Howard Hughes Medical Institute/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2004 Jan 30;303(5658):672-6. Epub 2004 Jan 2.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA02115, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14704433" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Argonaute Proteins ; Cell Cycle Proteins/chemistry/genetics/isolation & purification/*metabolism ; Centromere/metabolism ; Chromosomes, Fungal/metabolism ; Endoribonucleases/chemistry/genetics/isolation & purification/metabolism ; Genes, Reporter ; Heterochromatin/*metabolism ; Mass Spectrometry ; Models, Genetic ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Mutation ; Precipitin Tests ; Protein Binding ; *RNA Interference ; RNA, Fungal/metabolism ; RNA, Small Interfering/metabolism ; RNA-Binding Proteins ; Ribonuclease III/metabolism ; Schizosaccharomyces/*genetics/metabolism ; Schizosaccharomyces pombe Proteins/chemistry/genetics/isolation & ; purification/*metabolism
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  • 4
    Publication Date: 2004-02-21
    Description: We have engineered a pathway for the formation of disulfide bonds. By imposing evolutionary pressure, we isolated mutations that changed thioredoxin, which is a monomeric disulfide reductase, into a [2Fe-2S] bridged dimer capable of catalyzing O2-dependent sulfhydryl oxidation in vitro. Expression of the mutant protein in Escherichia coli with oxidizing cytoplasm and secretion via the Tat pathway restored disulfide bond formation in strains that lacked the complete periplasmic oxidative machinery (DsbA and DsbB). The evolution of [2Fe-2S] thioredoxin illustrates how mutations within an existing scaffold can add a cofactor and markedly change protein function.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Masip, Lluis -- Pan, Jonathan L -- Haldar, Suranjana -- Penner-Hahn, James E -- DeLisa, Matthew P -- Georgiou, George -- Bardwell, James C A -- Collet, Jean-Francois -- GM-38047/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- GM-55090/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- GM-57039/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- GM-64662/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- P41-RR01633/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2004 Feb 20;303(5661):1185-9.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Chemical Engineering and Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14976313" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Motifs ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Amino Acid Substitution ; Bacterial Proteins/genetics/metabolism ; Cell Membrane/metabolism ; Cysteine/analysis ; Cytoplasm/metabolism ; Dimerization ; Directed Molecular Evolution ; Disulfides/chemistry/*metabolism ; Escherichia coli/genetics/*metabolism/physiology ; Hirudins/chemistry/metabolism ; Iron/analysis ; Membrane Proteins/genetics/metabolism ; Movement ; Mutation ; Oxidation-Reduction ; Oxygen/metabolism ; Protein Disulfide-Isomerases/genetics/metabolism ; *Protein Engineering ; Protein Folding ; Proteins/chemistry/*metabolism ; Sulfides/analysis ; Thioredoxins/*chemistry/genetics/*metabolism
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  • 5
    Publication Date: 2004-02-07
    Description: The 1918 influenza pandemic resulted in about 20 million deaths. This enormous impact, coupled with renewed interest in emerging infections, makes characterization of the virus involved a priority. Receptor binding, the initial event in virus infection, is a major determinant of virus transmissibility that, for influenza viruses, is mediated by the hemagglutinin (HA) membrane glycoprotein. We have determined the crystal structures of the HA from the 1918 virus and two closely related HAs in complex with receptor analogs. They explain how the 1918 HA, while retaining receptor binding site amino acids characteristic of an avian precursor HA, is able to bind human receptors and how, as a consequence, the virus was able to spread in the human population.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Gamblin, S J -- Haire, L F -- Russell, R J -- Stevens, D J -- Xiao, B -- Ha, Y -- Vasisht, N -- Steinhauer, D A -- Daniels, R S -- Elliot, A -- Wiley, D C -- Skehel, J J -- AI-13654/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2004 Mar 19;303(5665):1838-42. Epub 2004 Feb 5.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Medical Research Council (MRC) National Institute for Medical Research, The Ridgeway, Mill Hill, London NW7 1AA, UK.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14764886" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Binding Sites ; Birds ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Hemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza Virus/*chemistry/*metabolism ; History, 20th Century ; Humans ; Hydrogen Bonding ; Influenza A virus/*immunology/metabolism/pathogenicity ; Influenza, Human/epidemiology/history/*virology ; Membrane Glycoproteins/chemistry/metabolism ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Protein Conformation ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; Receptors, Virus/*metabolism ; Sequence Alignment ; Sialic Acids/metabolism ; Species Specificity ; Swine
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  • 6
    Publication Date: 2004-04-24
    Description: The mechanisms controlling axon guidance are of fundamental importance in understanding brain development. Growing corticospinal and somatosensory axons cross the midline in the medulla to reach their targets and thus form the basis of contralateral motor control and sensory input. The motor and sensory projections appeared uncrossed in patients with horizontal gaze palsy with progressive scoliosis (HGPPS). In patients affected with HGPPS, we identified mutations in the ROBO3 gene, which shares homology with roundabout genes important in axon guidance in developing Drosophila, zebrafish, and mouse. Like its murine homolog Rig1/Robo3, but unlike other Robo proteins, ROBO3 is required for hindbrain axon midline crossing.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1618874/" 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/PMC1618874/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Jen, Joanna C -- Chan, Wai-Man -- Bosley, Thomas M -- Wan, Jijun -- Carr, Janai R -- Rub, Udo -- Shattuck, David -- Salamon, Georges -- Kudo, Lili C -- Ou, Jing -- Lin, Doris D M -- Salih, Mustafa A M -- Kansu, Tulay -- Al Dhalaan, Hesham -- Al Zayed, Zayed -- MacDonald, David B -- Stigsby, Bent -- Plaitakis, Andreas -- Dretakis, Emmanuel K -- Gottlob, Irene -- Pieh, Christina -- Traboulsi, Elias I -- Wang, Qing -- Wang, Lejin -- Andrews, Caroline -- Yamada, Koki -- Demer, Joseph L -- Karim, Shaheen -- Alger, Jeffry R -- Geschwind, Daniel H -- Deller, Thomas -- Sicotte, Nancy L -- Nelson, Stanley F -- Baloh, Robert W -- Engle, Elizabeth C -- DC00162/DC/NIDCD NIH HHS/ -- DC05524/DC/NIDCD NIH HHS/ -- EY12498/EY/NEI NIH HHS/ -- EY13583/EY/NEI NIH HHS/ -- EY15298/EY/NEI NIH HHS/ -- EY15311/EY/NEI NIH HHS/ -- MH60233/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/ -- P30 HD 18655/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/ -- R01 EY008313/EY/NEI NIH HHS/ -- R01 EY008313-14/EY/NEI NIH HHS/ -- R01 HL066251/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2004 Jun 4;304(5676):1509-13. Epub 2004 Apr 22.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Neurology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA. jjen@ucla.edu〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15105459" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Adult ; Alternative Splicing ; Amino Acid Motifs ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Axons/*physiology ; Evoked Potentials, Motor ; Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory ; Female ; Functional Laterality ; Genetic Linkage ; Humans ; In Situ Hybridization ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Male ; Medulla Oblongata/growth & development/pathology ; Microsatellite Repeats ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Morphogenesis ; Mutation ; Neural Pathways ; Ophthalmoplegia/*genetics/pathology/physiopathology ; Pedigree ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; Receptors, Immunologic/chemistry/*genetics/*metabolism ; Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction ; Rhombencephalon/*growth & development/pathology ; Scoliosis/*genetics/pathology/physiopathology ; Sequence Analysis, DNA ; Syndrome
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  • 7
    Publication Date: 2004-02-21
    Description: Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) induces a disease similar to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) in cats, yet in contrast to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), CD4 is not the viral receptor. We identified a primary receptor for FIV as CD134 (OX40), a T cell activation antigen and costimulatory molecule. CD134 expression promotes viral binding and renders cells permissive for viral entry, productive infection, and syncytium formation. Infection is CXCR4-dependent, analogous to infection with X4 strains of HIV. Thus, despite the evolutionary divergence of the feline and human lentiviruses, both viruses use receptors that target the virus to a subset of cells that are pivotal to the acquired immune response.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Shimojima, Masayuki -- Miyazawa, Takayuki -- Ikeda, Yasuhiro -- McMonagle, Elizabeth L -- Haining, Hayley -- Akashi, Hiroomi -- Takeuchi, Yasuhiro -- Hosie, Margaret J -- Willett, Brian J -- R01 AI49765-01A1/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2004 Feb 20;303(5661):1192-5.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14976315" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology/metabolism/virology ; Cats ; Cell Line ; Cell Line, Tumor ; DNA, Complementary ; Gene Library ; HIV/metabolism ; HeLa Cells ; Heterocyclic Compounds/pharmacology ; Humans ; Immunodeficiency Virus, Feline/*metabolism/pathogenicity ; Mice ; Molecular Sequence Data ; NIH 3T3 Cells ; Receptors, CXCR4/antagonists & inhibitors/metabolism ; Receptors, OX40 ; Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor/chemistry/genetics/immunology/*metabolism ; Receptors, Virus/chemistry/genetics/immunology/*metabolism ; Species Specificity ; Transduction, Genetic ; Transfection
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  • 8
    Publication Date: 2004-01-13
    Description: A family of unusual proteins is deposited in flat, structural platelets in reflective tissues of the squid Euprymna scolopes. These proteins, which we have named reflectins, are encoded by at least six genes in three subfamilies and have no reported homologs outside of squids. Reflectins possess five repeating domains, which are highly conserved among members of the family. The proteins have a very unusual composition, with four relatively rare residues (tyrosine, methionine, arginine, and tryptophan) comprising approximately 57% of a reflectin, and several common residues (alanine, isoleucine, leucine, and lysine) occurring in none of the family members. These protein-based reflectors in squids provide a marked example of nanofabrication in animal systems.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Crookes, Wendy J -- Ding, Lin-Lin -- Huang, Qing Ling -- Kimbell, Jennifer R -- Horwitz, Joseph -- McFall-Ngai, Margaret J -- NEI R01 EY3897/EY/NEI NIH HHS/ -- R01 A150661/PHS HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2004 Jan 9;303(5655):235-8.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Kewalo Marine Laboratory, Pacific Biomedical Research Center, University of Hawaii-Manoa, 41 Ahui Street, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14716016" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Amino Acids/analysis ; Animals ; DNA, Complementary ; Decapodiformes/anatomy & histology/*chemistry/genetics ; Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel ; Immunoblotting ; Immunohistochemistry ; *Light ; Microscopy, Immunoelectron ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Polymerase Chain Reaction ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; Proteins/*analysis/*chemistry/genetics/isolation & purification ; Sequence Alignment ; Solubility
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    Publication Date: 2004-11-30
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Michalakis, Yannis -- Roze, Denis -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2004 Nov 26;306(5701):1492-3.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Genetique et Evolution des Maladies Infectieuses, UMR CNRS IRD 2724, Montpellier Cedex 5, France. yannis.michalakis@mpl.ird.fr〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15567846" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; *Epistasis, Genetic ; *Evolution, Molecular ; Genes, Viral ; HIV Infections/drug therapy/virology ; HIV Protease/chemistry/genetics ; HIV Reverse Transcriptase/chemistry/genetics ; HIV-1/*genetics/physiology ; Humans ; Models, Genetic ; Mutation ; *Recombination, Genetic ; Reproduction ; Selection, Genetic ; Vesicular stomatitis Indiana virus/*genetics/physiology
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    Publication Date: 2004-11-30
    Description: Reproductive strategies such as sexual reproduction and recombination that involve the shuffling of parental genomes for the production of offspring are ubiquitous in nature. However, their evolutionary benefit remains unclear. Many theories have identified potential benefits, but progress is hampered by the scarcity of relevant data. One class of theories is based on the assumption that mutations affecting fitness exhibit negative epistasis. Retroviruses recombine frequently and thus provide a unique opportunity to test these theories. Using amino acid sequence data and fitness values from 9466 human immunodeficiency virus 1 (HIV-1) isolates, we find in contrast to these theories strong statistical evidence for a predominance of positive epistasis in HIV-1.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Bonhoeffer, Sebastian -- Chappey, Colombe -- Parkin, Neil T -- Whitcomb, Jeanette M -- Petropoulos, Christos J -- R43 AI050321/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- R43 AI057068/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2004 Nov 26;306(5701):1547-50.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Ecology and Evolution, ETH Zurich, ETH Zentrum NW, CH-8092 Zurich, Switzerland. seb@env.ethz.ch〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15567861" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Amino Acids ; Anti-HIV Agents/pharmacology ; Drug Resistance, Viral ; *Epistasis, Genetic ; *Evolution, Molecular ; Genotype ; HIV Infections/drug therapy/virology ; HIV Protease/chemistry/genetics/metabolism ; HIV Reverse Transcriptase/chemistry/genetics/metabolism ; HIV-1/drug effects/*genetics/physiology ; Humans ; Mutation ; *Recombination, Genetic ; Software ; Virus Replication
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    American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
    Publication Date: 2004-01-06
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Wickelgren, Ingrid -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2004 Jan 2;303(5654):28-9.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14704404" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Aplysia/physiology ; Memory/*physiology ; Neurons/*physiology ; Prions/chemistry/metabolism/*physiology ; Protein Biosynthesis ; Protein Conformation ; RNA, Messenger/genetics/metabolism ; Solubility ; Transcription Factors/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism ; Yeasts/genetics/metabolism ; mRNA Cleavage and Polyadenylation Factors/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism
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    Publication Date: 2004-08-03
    Description: Propionibacterium acnes is a major inhabitant of adult human skin, where it resides within sebaceous follicles, usually as a harmless commensal although it has been implicated in acne vulgaris formation. The entire genome sequence of this Gram-positive bacterium encodes 2333 putative genes and revealed numerous gene products involved in degrading host molecules, including sialidases, neuraminidases, endoglycoceramidases, lipases, and pore-forming factors. Surface-associated and other immunogenic factors have been identified, which might be involved in triggering acne inflammation and other P. acnes-associated diseases.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Bruggemann, Holger -- Henne, Anke -- Hoster, Frank -- Liesegang, Heiko -- Wiezer, Arnim -- Strittmatter, Axel -- Hujer, Sandra -- Durre, Peter -- Gottschalk, Gerhard -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2004 Jul 30;305(5684):671-3.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Gottingen Genomics Laboratory, Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, Georg-August-University Gottingen, Grisebachstrasse 8, 37077 Gottingen, Germany. hbruegg@pasteur.fr〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15286373" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Acne Vulgaris/immunology/microbiology ; Amino Acid Motifs ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Antigens, Bacterial/chemistry/genetics ; Bacterial Proteins/chemistry/genetics/immunology ; Base Sequence ; Chromosomes, Bacterial/genetics ; Computational Biology ; Energy Metabolism ; Esterases/genetics/metabolism ; Genes, Bacterial ; *Genome, Bacterial ; Heat-Shock Proteins/chemistry/genetics ; Humans ; Hydrolases/genetics/metabolism ; Lipase/genetics/metabolism ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Oxidative Phosphorylation ; Propionibacterium acnes/*genetics/immunology/physiology ; *Sequence Analysis, DNA ; Skin/*microbiology
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    Publication Date: 2004-03-27
    Description: Heterosexual transmission accounts for the majority of human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) infections worldwide, yet the viral properties that determine transmission fitness or outgrowth have not been elucidated. Here we show, for eight heterosexual transmission pairs, that recipient viruses were monophyletic, encoding compact, glycan-restricted envelope glycoproteins. These viruses were also uniquely sensitive to neutralization by antibody from the transmitting partner. Thus, the exposure of neutralizing epitopes, which are lost in chronic infection because of immune escape, appears to be favored in the newly infected host. This reveals characteristics of the envelope glycoprotein that influence HIV-1 transmission and may have implications for vaccine design.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Derdeyn, Cynthia A -- Decker, Julie M -- Bibollet-Ruche, Frederic -- Mokili, John L -- Muldoon, Mark -- Denham, Scott A -- Heil, Marintha L -- Kasolo, Francis -- Musonda, Rosemary -- Hahn, Beatrice H -- Shaw, George M -- Korber, Bette T -- Allen, Susan -- Hunter, Eric -- AI-40951/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- AI-51231/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- N01-85338/PHS HHS/ -- U01-AI-41530/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2004 Mar 26;303(5666):2019-22.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294 USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15044802" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: AIDS Vaccines ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Cohort Studies ; Epitopes/immunology ; Female ; Genes, env ; Glycosylation ; HIV Antibodies/*immunology ; HIV Envelope Protein gp120/chemistry/genetics/*immunology ; HIV Infections/*immunology/*transmission/virology ; HIV-1/genetics/*immunology/physiology ; Heterosexuality ; Humans ; Likelihood Functions ; Male ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Neutralization Tests ; Prospective Studies ; Viral Load ; Zambia
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    Publication Date: 2004-02-07
    Description: The 1918 "Spanish" influenza pandemic represents the largest recorded outbreak of any infectious disease. The crystal structure of the uncleaved precursor of the major surface antigen of the extinct 1918 virus was determined at 3.0 angstrom resolution after reassembly of the hemagglutinin gene from viral RNA fragments preserved in 1918 formalin-fixed lung tissues. A narrow avian-like receptor-binding site, two previously unobserved histidine patches, and a less exposed surface loop at the cleavage site that activates viral membrane fusion reveal structural features primarily found in avian viruses, which may have contributed to the extraordinarily high infectivity and mortality rates observed during 1918.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Stevens, James -- Corper, Adam L -- Basler, Christopher F -- Taubenberger, Jeffery K -- Palese, Peter -- Wilson, Ian A -- AI058113/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- AI42266/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- AI50619/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- CA55896/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- P50-GM 62411/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2004 Mar 19;303(5665):1866-70. Epub 2004 Feb 5.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Molecular Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14764887" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Binding Sites ; Carbohydrate Conformation ; Cloning, Molecular ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Glycosylation ; Hemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza Virus/*chemistry/metabolism ; Histidine/chemistry/metabolism ; History, 20th Century ; Humans ; Hydrogen Bonding ; Influenza A virus/classification/*immunology/pathogenicity ; Influenza, Human/epidemiology/history/virology ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Protein Conformation ; Protein Structure, Quaternary ; Protein Structure, Secondary ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; Receptors, Virus/metabolism ; Sialic Acids/metabolism
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    Publication Date: 2004-01-24
    Description: Jun N-terminal kinases (JNKs) are essential for neuronal microtubule assembly and apoptosis. Phosphorylation of the activating protein 1 (AP1) transcription factor c-Jun, at multiple sites within its transactivation domain, is required for JNK-induced neurotoxicity. We report that in neurons the stability of c-Jun is regulated by the E3 ligase SCF(Fbw7), which ubiquitinates phosphorylated c-Jun and facilitates c-Jun degradation. Fbw7 depletion resulted in accumulation of phosphorylated c-Jun, stimulation of AP1 activity, and neuronal apoptosis. SCF(Fbw7) therefore antagonizes the apoptotic c-Jun-dependent effector arm of JNK signaling, allowing neurons to tolerate potentially neurotoxic JNK activity.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Nateri, Abdolrahman S -- Riera-Sans, Lluis -- Da Costa, Clive -- Behrens, Axel -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2004 Feb 27;303(5662):1374-8. Epub 2004 Jan 22.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Mammalian Genetics Laboratory, Cancer Research UK, London Research Institute, Lincoln's Inn Fields Laboratories, 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PX, UK.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14739463" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; *Apoptosis ; Base Sequence ; Cell Cycle Proteins/genetics/*metabolism ; Cell Line ; F-Box Proteins/genetics/*metabolism ; Humans ; JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases ; MAP Kinase Signaling System ; Mice ; Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases/*metabolism ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Neurons/*physiology ; PC12 Cells ; Phosphorylation ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-jun/*metabolism ; RNA, Small Interfering/metabolism ; Rats ; Transcription Factor AP-1/metabolism ; Transfection ; Ubiquitin/metabolism ; Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases/genetics/*metabolism
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    Publication Date: 2004-01-31
    Description: The lantibiotic lacticin 481 is synthesized on ribosomes as a prepeptide (LctA) and posttranslationally modified to its mature form. These modifications include dehydration of serines and threonines, followed by intramolecular addition of cysteines to the unsaturated amino acids, which generates cyclic thioethers. This process breaks eight chemical bonds and forms six newbonds and is catalyzed by one enzyme, LctM. We have characterized the in vitro activity of LctM, which completely processed a series of LctA mutants, displaying a permissive substrate specificity that holds promise for antibiotic engineering.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Xie, Lili -- Miller, Leah M -- Chatterjee, Champak -- Averin, Olga -- Kelleher, Neil L -- van der Donk, Wilfred A -- GM 067725/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- GM58822/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2004 Jan 30;303(5658):679-81.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 600 S. Mathews Avenue, Urbana, IL61801, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14752162" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Bacterial Proteins/*biosynthesis/genetics ; *Bacteriocins ; Cloning, Molecular ; Cysteine/metabolism ; Enzymes/chemistry/genetics/isolation & purification/*metabolism ; Escherichia coli/genetics ; Lactococcus lactis/enzymology/genetics/*metabolism ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Mutation ; Protein Precursors/chemistry/metabolism ; Protein Processing, Post-Translational ; Serine/metabolism ; Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization ; Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization ; Substrate Specificity ; Threonine/metabolism
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    Publication Date: 2004-05-08
    Description: Prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) is a crucial mediator of inflammatory pain sensitization. Here, we demonstrate that inhibition of a specific glycine receptor subtype (GlyR alpha3) by PGE2-induced receptor phosphorylation underlies central inflammatory pain sensitization. We show that GlyR alpha3 is distinctly expressed in superficial layers of the spinal cord dorsal horn. Mice deficient in GlyR alpha3 not only lack the inhibition of glycinergic neurotransmission by PGE2 seen in wild-type mice but also show a reduction in pain sensitization induced by spinal PGE2 injection or peripheral inflammation. Thus, GlyR alpha3 may provide a previously unrecognized molecular target in pain therapy.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Harvey, Robert J -- Depner, Ulrike B -- Wassle, Heinz -- Ahmadi, Seifollah -- Heindl, Cornelia -- Reinold, Heiko -- Smart, Trevor G -- Harvey, Kirsten -- Schutz, Burkhard -- Abo-Salem, Osama M -- Zimmer, Andreas -- Poisbeau, Pierrick -- Welzl, Hans -- Wolfer, David P -- Betz, Heinrich -- Zeilhofer, Hanns Ulrich -- Muller, Ulrike -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2004 May 7;304(5672):884-7.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Pharmacology, The School of Pharmacy, London WC1N 1AX, UK.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15131310" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Cell Line ; Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases/metabolism ; Dinoprostone/administration & dosage/*metabolism/pharmacology ; Female ; Freund's Adjuvant ; Glycine/metabolism ; Humans ; Inflammation/metabolism/*physiopathology ; Male ; Mice ; Mice, Knockout ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Neurons/metabolism ; Pain/*physiopathology ; Patch-Clamp Techniques ; Phosphorylation ; Posterior Horn Cells/*metabolism ; Receptors, Glycine/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism ; Signal Transduction ; Spinal Cord/*metabolism ; Synaptic Transmission ; Transfection ; Zymosan
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    Publication Date: 2004-01-06
    Description: A previously unknown maltose transporter is essential for the conversion of starch to sucrose in Arabidopsis leaves at night. The transporter was identified by isolating two allelic mutants with high starch levels and very high maltose, an intermediate of starch breakdown. The mutations affect a gene of previously unknown function, MEX1. We show that MEX1is a maltose transporter that is unrelated to other sugar transporters. The severe mex1 phenotype demonstrates that MEX1is the predominant route of carbohydrate export from chloroplasts at night. Homologous genes in plants including rice and potato indicate that maltose export is of widespread significance.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Niittyla, Totte -- Messerli, Gaelle -- Trevisan, Martine -- Chen, Jychian -- Smith, Alison M -- Zeeman, Samuel C -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2004 Jan 2;303(5654):87-9.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Metabolic Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14704427" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Arabidopsis/genetics/*metabolism ; Arabidopsis Proteins/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism ; Biological Transport ; Chloroplasts/metabolism ; Cloning, Molecular ; Crosses, Genetic ; DNA, Complementary ; Genes, Plant ; Glucose/metabolism ; Maltose/*metabolism ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Monosaccharide Transport Proteins/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism ; Mutation ; Phenotype ; Plant Leaves/*metabolism ; Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism ; Sequence Alignment ; Starch/*metabolism
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    Publication Date: 2004-04-17
    Description: Mitochondrial dysfunction is a hallmark of beta-amyloid (Abeta)-induced neuronal toxicity in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Here, we demonstrate that Abeta-binding alcohol dehydrogenase (ABAD) is a direct molecular link from Abeta to mitochondrial toxicity. Abeta interacts with ABAD in the mitochondria of AD patients and transgenic mice. The crystal structure of Abeta-bound ABAD shows substantial deformation of the active site that prevents nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) binding. An ABAD peptide specifically inhibits ABAD-Abeta interaction and suppresses Abeta-induced apoptosis and free-radical generation in neurons. Transgenic mice overexpressing ABAD in an Abeta-rich environment manifest exaggerated neuronal oxidative stress and impaired memory. These data suggest that the ABAD-Abeta interaction may be a therapeutic target in AD.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Lustbader, Joyce W -- Cirilli, Maurizio -- Lin, Chang -- Xu, Hong Wei -- Takuma, Kazuhiro -- Wang, Ning -- Caspersen, Casper -- Chen, Xi -- Pollak, Susan -- Chaney, Michael -- Trinchese, Fabrizio -- Liu, Shumin -- Gunn-Moore, Frank -- Lue, Lih-Fen -- Walker, Douglas G -- Kuppusamy, Periannan -- Zewier, Zay L -- Arancio, Ottavio -- Stern, David -- Yan, Shirley ShiDu -- Wu, Hao -- 1K07AG00959/AG/NIA NIH HHS/ -- AG16736/AG/NIA NIH HHS/ -- AG17490/AG/NIA NIH HHS/ -- NS42855/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/ -- P50AG08702/AG/NIA NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2004 Apr 16;304(5669):448-52.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Center for Reproductive Sciences and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, 630 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15087549" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: 3-Hydroxyacyl CoA Dehydrogenases/chemistry/*metabolism ; Aged ; Aged, 80 and over ; Alzheimer Disease/*metabolism ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Amyloid beta-Peptides/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism ; Animals ; Binding Sites ; Brain/*metabolism ; Brain Chemistry ; Carrier Proteins/chemistry/*metabolism ; Cells, Cultured ; Cerebral Cortex/chemistry/metabolism ; Crystallization ; DNA Fragmentation ; Hippocampus/physiology ; Humans ; Learning ; Memory ; Mice ; Mice, Transgenic ; Microscopy, Confocal ; Microscopy, Immunoelectron ; Mitochondria/chemistry/*metabolism ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Mutation ; NAD/metabolism ; Neurons/metabolism ; Protein Binding ; Protein Conformation ; Reactive Oxygen Species/metabolism
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    Publication Date: 2004-10-09
    Description: Nitric oxide (NO) is extremely toxic to Clostridium botulinum, but its molecular targets are unknown. Here, we identify a heme protein sensor (SONO) that displays femtomolar affinity for NO. The crystal structure of the SONO heme domain reveals a previously undescribed fold and a strategically placed tyrosine residue that modulates heme-nitrosyl coordination. Furthermore, the domain architecture of a SONO ortholog cloned from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii indicates that NO signaling through cyclic guanosine monophosphate arose before the origin of multicellular eukaryotes. Our findings have broad implications for understanding bacterial responses to NO, as well as for the activation of mammalian NO-sensitive guanylyl cyclase.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Nioche, Pierre -- Berka, Vladimir -- Vipond, Julia -- Minton, Nigel -- Tsai, Ah-Lim -- Raman, C S -- AY343540/PHS HHS/ -- R01 AI054444/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- R01 AI054444-05/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2004 Nov 26;306(5701):1550-3. Epub 2004 Oct 7.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Structural Biology Research Center and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical School, Houston, TX 77030, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15472039" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Aerobiosis ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Amino Acid Substitution ; Animals ; Bacterial Proteins/chemistry/metabolism ; Biological Evolution ; Carrier Proteins/*chemistry/genetics/*metabolism ; Chemotaxis ; Chlamydomonas reinhardtii/chemistry/genetics/metabolism ; Cloning, Molecular ; Clostridium botulinum/*chemistry/genetics/*metabolism ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy ; Escherichia coli/genetics/growth & development ; Guanylate Cyclase ; Heme/chemistry/metabolism ; Hemeproteins/*chemistry/genetics/*metabolism ; Humans ; Hydrogen Bonding ; Ligands ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Nitric Oxide/*metabolism ; Protein Folding ; Protein Structure, Secondary ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; Protoporphyrins/analysis/metabolism ; Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear/chemistry/metabolism ; Sequence Alignment ; Signal Transduction ; Static Electricity ; Thermoanaerobacter/chemistry
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    Publication Date: 2004-12-18
    Description: The inositol pyrophosphates IP7 and IP8 contain highly energetic pyrophosphate bonds. Although implicated in various biologic functions, their molecular sites of action have not been clarified. Using radiolabeled IP7, we detected phosphorylation of multiple eukaryotic proteins. We also observed phosphorylation of endogenous proteins by endogenous IP7 in yeast. Phosphorylation by IP7 is nonenzymatic and may represent a novel intracellular signaling mechanism.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Saiardi, Adolfo -- Bhandari, Rashna -- Resnick, Adam C -- Snowman, Adele M -- Snyder, Solomon H -- DA00074/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/ -- MH068830-02/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/ -- MH18501/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2004 Dec 17;306(5704):2101-5.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, 725 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15604408" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Adenosine Triphosphate/metabolism ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Amino Acid Substitution ; Animals ; Drosophila Proteins/metabolism ; Drosophila melanogaster ; Escherichia coli Proteins/metabolism ; Humans ; Inositol Phosphates/*metabolism ; Kinetics ; Magnesium/metabolism ; Mice ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Mutation ; Nuclear Proteins/chemistry/*metabolism ; Phosphates/metabolism ; Phosphorylation ; Phosphotransferases (Phosphate Group Acceptor)/metabolism ; Protein Kinases/genetics/metabolism ; Proteins/*metabolism ; RNA-Binding Proteins/chemistry/*metabolism ; Saccharomyces cerevisiae/metabolism ; Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins/chemistry/*metabolism ; Serine/metabolism ; Signal Transduction ; Temperature
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    Publication Date: 2004-12-14
    Description: Malaria parasites secrete proteins across the vacuolar membrane into the erythrocyte, inducing modifications linked to disease and parasite survival. We identified an 11-amino acid signal required for the secretion of proteins from the Plasmodium falciparum vacuole to the human erythrocyte. Bioinformatics predicted a secretome of 〉320 proteins and conservation of the signal across parasite species. Functional studies indicated the predictive value of the signal and its role in targeting virulence proteins to the erythrocyte and implicated its recognition by a receptor/transporter. Erythrocyte modification by the parasite may involve plasmodial heat shock proteins and be vastly more complex than hitherto realized.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Hiller, N Luisa -- Bhattacharjee, Souvik -- van Ooij, Christiaan -- Liolios, Konstantinos -- Harrison, Travis -- Lopez-Estrano, Carlos -- Haldar, Kasturi -- AI39071/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- HL69630/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2004 Dec 10;306(5703):1934-7.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Departments of Pathology and Microbiology-Immunology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 303 East Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15591203" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: *Amino Acid Motifs ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Computational Biology ; Cytosol/metabolism ; Erythrocytes/*metabolism/parasitology ; Genes, Protozoan ; Humans ; Malaria, Falciparum/parasitology ; Membrane Proteins/chemistry/metabolism ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Plasmodium falciparum/genetics/growth & development/*metabolism/*pathogenicity ; *Protein Sorting Signals ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; Protein Transport ; Protozoan Proteins/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism ; Recombinant Fusion Proteins/chemistry/metabolism ; Transgenes ; Vacuoles/metabolism/parasitology ; Virulence Factors/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism
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    Publication Date: 2004-09-14
    Description: The first structure of an ammonia channel from the Amt/MEP/Rh protein superfamily, determined to 1.35 angstrom resolution, shows it to be a channel that spans the membrane 11 times. Two structurally similar halves span the membrane with opposite polarity. Structures with and without ammonia or methyl ammonia show a vestibule that recruits NH4+/NH3, a binding site for NH4+, and a 20 angstrom-long hydrophobic channel that lowers the NH4+ pKa to below 6 and conducts NH3. Favorable interactions for NH3 are seen within the channel and use conserved histidines. Reconstitution of AmtB into vesicles shows that AmtB conducts uncharged NH3.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Khademi, Shahram -- O'Connell, Joseph 3rd -- Remis, Jonathan -- Robles-Colmenares, Yaneth -- Miercke, Larry J W -- Stroud, Robert M -- GM24485/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2004 Sep 10;305(5690):1587-94.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, S412C Genentech Hall, University of California-San Francisco, 600 16th Street, San Francisco, CA 94143-2240, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15361618" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Ammonia/*metabolism ; Binding Sites ; Biological Transport ; Cation Transport Proteins/*chemistry/genetics/metabolism ; Cell Membrane/chemistry ; Crystallization ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Escherichia coli/*chemistry/metabolism ; Escherichia coli Proteins/*chemistry/genetics/metabolism ; Hydrogen Bonding ; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration ; Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions ; Liposomes ; Membrane Potentials ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Protein Conformation ; Protein Folding ; Protein Structure, Quaternary ; Protein Structure, Secondary ; Quaternary Ammonium Compounds/metabolism ; Rh-Hr Blood-Group System/chemistry/metabolism ; Sequence Alignment ; Water/chemistry/metabolism
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    Publication Date: 2004-11-20
    Description: Mobilization of fatty acids from triglyceride stores in adipose tissue requires lipolytic enzymes. Dysfunctional lipolysis affects energy homeostasis and may contribute to the pathogenesis of obesity and insulin resistance. Until now, hormone-sensitive lipase (HSL) was the only enzyme known to hydrolyze triglycerides in mammalian adipose tissue. Here, we report that a second enzyme, adipose triglyceride lipase (ATGL), catalyzes the initial step in triglyceride hydrolysis. It is interesting that ATGL contains a "patatin domain" common to plant acyl-hydrolases. ATGL is highly expressed in adipose tissue of mice and humans. It exhibits high substrate specificity for triacylglycerol and is associated with lipid droplets. Inhibition of ATGL markedly decreases total adipose acyl-hydrolase activity. Thus, ATGL and HSL coordinately catabolize stored triglycerides in adipose tissue of mammals.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Zimmermann, Robert -- Strauss, Juliane G -- Haemmerle, Guenter -- Schoiswohl, Gabriele -- Birner-Gruenberger, Ruth -- Riederer, Monika -- Lass, Achim -- Neuberger, Georg -- Eisenhaber, Frank -- Hermetter, Albin -- Zechner, Rudolf -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2004 Nov 19;306(5700):1383-6.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Institute of Molecular Biosciences, University of Graz, Graz, Austria.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15550674" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: 3T3-L1 Cells ; Adipocytes/enzymology/*metabolism ; Adipose Tissue/enzymology/*metabolism ; Adipose Tissue, Brown/enzymology/metabolism ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; COS Cells ; Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases/metabolism ; Cytoplasm/enzymology ; DNA, Complementary ; Diglycerides/metabolism ; Fatty Acids/metabolism ; Gene Silencing ; Glycerol/metabolism ; Humans ; Isoproterenol/pharmacology ; *Lipid Mobilization ; Lipolysis ; Lipoprotein Lipase/chemistry/genetics/immunology/*metabolism ; Mice ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Phosphorylation ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; RNA, Messenger/genetics/metabolism ; Sterol Esterase/genetics/*metabolism ; Substrate Specificity ; Transfection ; Triglycerides/metabolism
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    Publication Date: 2004-02-21
    Description: Cyclic nucleotides regulate axonal responses to a number of guidance cues through unknown molecular events. We report here that Drosophila nervy, a member of the myeloid translocation gene family of A kinase anchoring proteins (AKAPs), regulates repulsive axon guidance by linking the cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP)-dependent protein kinase (PKA) to the Semaphorin 1a (Sema-1a) receptor Plexin A (PlexA). Nervy and PKA antagonize Sema-1a-PlexA-mediated repulsion, and the AKAP binding region of Nervy is critical for this effect. Thus, Nervy couples cAMP-PKA signaling to PlexA to regulate Sema-1a-mediated axonal repulsion, revealing a simple molecular mechanism that allows growing axons to integrate inputs from multiple guidance cues.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Terman, Jonathan R -- Kolodkin, Alex L -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2004 Feb 20;303(5661):1204-7.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1001 PCTB/725 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14976319" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: *Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Amino Acid Substitution ; Animals ; Animals, Genetically Modified ; Axons/*physiology/ultrastructure ; Carrier Proteins/chemistry/*metabolism ; Central Nervous System/embryology ; Cues ; Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases/*metabolism ; Drosophila/cytology/*embryology/genetics/metabolism ; Drosophila Proteins/chemistry/*metabolism ; Embryo, Nonmammalian/cytology/metabolism/physiology ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Motor Neurons/metabolism/*physiology/ultrastructure ; Muscles/embryology/innervation/metabolism ; Mutation ; Nerve Tissue Proteins/*metabolism ; Neural Pathways ; Phenotype ; Receptors, Cell Surface/*metabolism ; Semaphorins/*metabolism ; Signal Transduction ; Transgenes
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    Publication Date: 2004-05-08
    Description: Over 99% of modern animals are members of the evolutionary lineage Bilateria. The evolutionary success of Bilateria is credited partly to the origin of bilateral symmetry. Although animals of the phylum Cnidaria are not within the Bilateria, some representatives, such as the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis, exhibit bilateral symmetry. We show that Nematostella uses homologous genes to achieve bilateral symmetry: Multiple Hox genes are expressed in a staggered fashion along its primary body axis, and the transforming growth factor-beta gene decapentaplegic (dpp) is expressed in an asymmetric fashion about its secondary body axis. These data suggest that bilateral symmetry arose before the evolutionary split of Cnidaria and Bilateria.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Finnerty, John R -- Pang, Kevin -- Burton, Pat -- Paulson, Dave -- Martindale, Mark Q -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2004 May 28;304(5675):1335-7. Epub 2004 May 6.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biology, Boston University, 5 Cummington Street, Boston, MA 02215, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15131263" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Body Patterning ; Endoderm/physiology ; Gene Duplication ; Gene Expression Profiling ; *Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental ; Genes ; *Genes, Homeobox ; In Situ Hybridization ; Larva/genetics/growth & development ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Phylogeny ; Sea Anemones/*anatomy & histology/embryology/*genetics/growth & development
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    Publication Date: 2004-04-17
    Description: Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by degeneration of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra. We previously mapped a locus for a rare familial form of PD to chromosome 1p36 (PARK6). Here we show that mutations in PINK1 (PTEN-induced kinase 1) are associated with PARK6. We have identified two homozygous mutations affecting the PINK1 kinase domain in three consanguineous PARK6 families: a truncating nonsense mutation and a missense mutation at a highly conserved amino acid. Cell culture studies suggest that PINK1 is mitochondrially located and may exert a protective effect on the cell that is abrogated by the mutations, resulting in increased susceptibility to cellular stress. These data provide a direct molecular link between mitochondria and the pathogenesis of PD.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Valente, Enza Maria -- Abou-Sleiman, Patrick M -- Caputo, Viviana -- Muqit, Miratul M K -- Harvey, Kirsten -- Gispert, Suzana -- Ali, Zeeshan -- Del Turco, Domenico -- Bentivoglio, Anna Rita -- Healy, Daniel G -- Albanese, Alberto -- Nussbaum, Robert -- Gonzalez-Maldonado, Rafael -- Deller, Thomas -- Salvi, Sergio -- Cortelli, Pietro -- Gilks, William P -- Latchman, David S -- Harvey, Robert J -- Dallapiccola, Bruno -- Auburger, Georg -- Wood, Nicholas W -- G-4029/Parkinson's UK/United Kingdom -- GGP02089/Telethon/Italy -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2004 May 21;304(5674):1158-60. Epub 2004 Apr 15.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉CSS IRCCS, Mendel Institute, viale Regina Margherita 261, 00198 Rome, Italy. e.valente@css-mendel.it〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15087508" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Apoptosis ; COS Cells ; Cell Line, Tumor ; Codon, Nonsense ; Exons ; Humans ; Leupeptins/pharmacology ; Membrane Potentials ; Mitochondria/enzymology/*metabolism ; Molecular Sequence Data ; *Mutation ; Mutation, Missense ; Neurons/metabolism/physiology ; Oxidative Stress ; Parkinson Disease/enzymology/*genetics/metabolism ; Protein Kinases/chemistry/*genetics/*metabolism ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; Transfection
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    Publication Date: 2004-08-07
    Description: Vesicle fusion involves vesicle tethering, docking, and membrane merger. We show that mitofusin, an integral mitochondrial membrane protein, is required on adjacent mitochondria to mediate fusion, which indicates that mitofusin complexes act in trans (that is, between adjacent mitochondria). A heptad repeat region (HR2) mediates mitofusin oligomerization by assembling a dimeric, antiparallel coiled coil. The transmembrane segments are located at opposite ends of the 95 angstrom coiled coil and provide a mechanism for organelle tethering. Consistent with this proposal, truncated mitofusin, in an HR2-dependent manner, causes mitochondria to become apposed with a uniform gap. Our results suggest that HR2 functions as a mitochondrial tether before fusion.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Koshiba, Takumi -- Detmer, Scott A -- Kaiser, Jens T -- Chen, Hsiuchen -- McCaffery, J Michael -- Chan, David C -- R01 GM62967/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- S10 RR019409-01/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2004 Aug 6;305(5685):858-62.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, 1200 East California Boulevard, MC114-96, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15297672" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Amino Acid Substitution ; Animals ; Cell Line ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Dimerization ; GTP Phosphohydrolases/*chemistry/*metabolism ; Humans ; Hybrid Cells ; Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions ; Intracellular Membranes/physiology/ultrastructure ; Membrane Fusion ; Mice ; Mitochondria/*metabolism/ultrastructure ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Mutation ; Protein Structure, Secondary ; Protein Structure, Tertiary
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    Publication Date: 2004-10-23
    Description: Relatively little is known about the importance of amino acid interactions in protein and phenotypic evolution. Here we examine whether mutations that are pathogenic in Drosophila melanogaster become fixed via epistasis in other Dipteran genomes. Overall divergence at pathogenic amino acid sites is reduced. However, approximately 10% of the substitutions at these sites carry the exact same pathogenic amino acid found in D. melanogaster mutants. Hence compensatory mutation(s) must have evolved. Surprisingly, the fraction 10% is not affected by phylogenetic distance. These results support a selection-driven process that allows compensated amino acid substitutions to become rapidly fixed in taxa with large populations.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Kulathinal, Rob J -- Bettencourt, Brian R -- Hartl, Daniel L -- GM068465/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- P41-HG00739/HG/NHGRI NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2004 Nov 26;306(5701):1553-4. Epub 2004 Oct 21.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15498973" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Amino Acid Substitution ; Animals ; Anopheles gambiae/*genetics ; Codon, Nonsense ; Drosophila/*genetics ; Drosophila melanogaster/*genetics ; Epistasis, Genetic ; *Evolution, Molecular ; Genes, Insect ; *Genome ; Insect Proteins/chemistry/*genetics ; Molecular Sequence Data ; *Mutation ; Mutation, Missense ; Phenotype ; Phylogeny ; Selection, Genetic ; Sequence Alignment
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    Publication Date: 2004-11-13
    Description: Plants under oxidative stress suffer from damages that have been interpreted as unavoidable consequences of injuries inflicted upon plants by toxic levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS). However, this paradigm needs to be modified. Inactivation of a single gene, EXECUTER1, is sufficient to abrogate stress responses of Arabidopsis thaliana caused by the release of singlet oxygen: External conditions under which these stress responses are observed and the amounts of ROS that accumulate in plants exposed to these environmental conditions do not directly cause damages. Instead, seedling lethality and growth inhibition of mature plants result from genetic programs that are activated after the release of singlet oxygen has been perceived by the plant.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Wagner, Daniela -- Przybyla, Dominika -- Op den Camp, Roel -- Kim, Chanhong -- Landgraf, Frank -- Lee, Keun Pyo -- Wursch, Marco -- Laloi, Christophe -- Nater, Mena -- Hideg, Eva -- Apel, Klaus -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2004 Nov 12;306(5699):1183-5.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Institute of Plant Sciences, Plant Genetics, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), CH-8092 Zurich, Switzerland.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15539603" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Arabidopsis/cytology/*genetics/growth & development/*physiology ; Arabidopsis Proteins/chemistry/*genetics/*physiology ; Cell Death/drug effects ; Chromosome Mapping ; Cloning, Molecular ; Cosmids ; Darkness ; Diuron/pharmacology ; Gene Expression Regulation, Plant ; Genes, Plant ; Genetic Complementation Test ; Light ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Mutation ; Open Reading Frames ; *Oxidative Stress ; Photosystem II Protein Complex/metabolism ; Plant Leaves/cytology/drug effects/metabolism ; Reactive Oxygen Species/metabolism ; Singlet Oxygen/*metabolism ; Transformation, Genetic
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    Publication Date: 2004-10-23
    Description: A waxy protective cuticle coats all primary aerial plant tissues. Its synthesis requires extensive export of lipids from epidermal cells to the plant surface. Arabidopsis cer5 mutants had reduced stem cuticular wax loads and accumulated sheetlike inclusions in the cytoplasm of wax-secreting cells. These inclusions represented abnormal deposits of cuticular wax and resembled inclusions found in a human disorder caused by a defective peroxisomal adenosine triphosphate binding cassette (ABC) transporter. We found that the CER5 gene encodes an ABC transporter localized in the plasma membrane of epidermal cells and conclude that it is required for wax export to the cuticle.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Pighin, Jamie A -- Zheng, Huanquan -- Balakshin, Laura J -- Goodman, Ian P -- Western, Tamara L -- Jetter, Reinhard -- Kunst, Ljerka -- Samuels, A Lacey -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2004 Oct 22;306(5696):702-4.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Botany, University of British Columbia (UBC), 6270 University Boulevard, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15499022" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism ; Amino Acid Motifs ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Arabidopsis/cytology/genetics/*metabolism ; Arabidopsis Proteins/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism ; Biological Transport, Active ; Cell Membrane/metabolism ; Cloning, Molecular ; Dimerization ; Genes, Plant ; Inclusion Bodies/ultrastructure ; *Lipid Metabolism ; Microscopy, Electron ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Mutagenesis, Insertional ; Mutation ; Plant Epidermis/cytology/*metabolism/ultrastructure ; Plant Stems/cytology/metabolism/ultrastructure ; Plants, Genetically Modified ; Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism ; Vacuoles/ultrastructure ; Waxes/*metabolism
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    Publication Date: 2004-09-04
    Description: Methylation of arginine (Arg) and lysine residues in histones has been correlated with epigenetic forms of gene regulation. Although histone methyltransferases are known, enzymes that demethylate histones have not been identified. Here, we demonstrate that human peptidylarginine deiminase 4 (PAD4) regulates histone Arg methylation by converting methyl-Arg to citrulline and releasing methylamine. PAD4 targets multiple sites in histones H3 and H4, including those sites methylated by coactivators CARM1 (H3 Arg17) and PRMT1 (H4 Arg3). A decrease of histone Arg methylation, with a concomitant increase of citrullination, requires PAD4 activity in human HL-60 granulocytes. Moreover, PAD4 activity is linked with the transcriptional regulation of estrogen-responsive genes in MCF-7 cells. These data suggest that PAD4 mediates gene expression by regulating Arg methylation and citrullination in histones.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Wang, Yanming -- Wysocka, Joanna -- Sayegh, Joyce -- Lee, Young-Ho -- Perlin, Julie R -- Leonelli, Lauriebeth -- Sonbuchner, Lakshmi S -- McDonald, Charles H -- Cook, Richard G -- Dou, Yali -- Roeder, Robert G -- Clarke, Steven -- Stallcup, Michael R -- Allis, C David -- Coonrod, Scott A -- DK55274/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/ -- GM R01 26020/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- GM R01 50659/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- HD R01 38353/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2004 Oct 8;306(5694):279-83. Epub 2004 Sep 2.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Genetic Medicine, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 1300 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15345777" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Arginine/*metabolism ; Blotting, Western ; Calcimycin/pharmacology ; Cell Line, Tumor ; Citrulline/metabolism ; Gene Expression Regulation ; Genes, Reporter ; HL-60 Cells ; Histones/*metabolism ; Humans ; Hydrolases/*metabolism ; Ionophores/pharmacology ; Membrane Proteins/genetics ; Methylamines/metabolism ; Methylation ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Presenilin-2 ; Promoter Regions, Genetic ; Protein-Arginine N-Methyltransferases/metabolism ; Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism ; Recombinant Proteins/metabolism
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    Publication Date: 2004-10-09
    Description: Very rare cases of human T cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL) harbor chromosomal translocations that involve NOTCH1, a gene encoding a transmembrane receptor that regulates normal T cell development. Here, we report that more than 50% of human T-ALLs, including tumors from all major molecular oncogenic subtypes, have activating mutations that involve the extracellular heterodimerization domain and/or the C-terminal PEST domain of NOTCH1. These findings greatly expand the role of activated NOTCH1 in the molecular pathogenesis of human T-ALL and provide a strong rationale for targeted therapies that interfere with NOTCH signaling.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Weng, Andrew P -- Ferrando, Adolfo A -- Lee, Woojoong -- Morris, John P 4th -- Silverman, Lewis B -- Sanchez-Irizarry, Cheryll -- Blacklow, Stephen C -- Look, A Thomas -- Aster, Jon C -- CA109901/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- CA21765/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- CA68484/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- CA82308/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- CA94233/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- CA98093/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- P01 CA109901/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2004 Oct 8;306(5694):269-71.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15472075" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Adolescent ; Alleles ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Amyloid Precursor Protein Secretases ; Aspartic Acid Endopeptidases ; Cell Cycle ; Cell Line, Tumor ; Child ; Dimerization ; Endopeptidases/metabolism ; Frameshift Mutation ; Humans ; Leukemia-Lymphoma, Adult T-Cell/*genetics/metabolism ; Molecular Sequence Data ; *Mutation ; Mutation, Missense ; Point Mutation ; Protease Inhibitors/pharmacology ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; Receptor, Notch1 ; Receptors, Cell Surface/chemistry/*genetics/metabolism ; Sequence Deletion ; Signal Transduction ; Transcription Factors/chemistry/*genetics/metabolism
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    Publication Date: 2004-02-14
    Description: Legumes can enter into symbiotic relationships with both nitrogen-fixing bacteria (rhizobia) and mycorrhizal fungi. Nodulation by rhizobia results from a signal transduction pathway induced in legume roots by rhizobial Nod factors. DMI3, a Medicago truncatula gene that acts immediately downstream of calcium spiking in this signaling pathway and is required for both nodulation and mycorrhizal infection, has high sequence similarity to genes encoding calcium and calmodulin-dependent protein kinases (CCaMKs). This indicates that calcium spiking is likely an essential component of the signaling cascade leading to nodule development and mycorrhizal infection, and sheds light on the biological role of plant CCaMKs.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Levy, Julien -- Bres, Cecile -- Geurts, Rene -- Chalhoub, Boulos -- Kulikova, Olga -- Duc, Gerard -- Journet, Etienne-Pascal -- Ane, Jean-Michel -- Lauber, Emmanuelle -- Bisseling, Ton -- Denarie, Jean -- Rosenberg, Charles -- Debelle, Frederic -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2004 Feb 27;303(5662):1361-4. Epub 2004 Feb 12.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes INRA-CNRS, BP27, 31326 Castanet-Tolosan Cedex, France.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14963335" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Calcium/metabolism ; Calcium Signaling ; Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism ; Calmodulin/metabolism ; Chromosomes, Artificial, Bacterial ; Cloning, Molecular ; EF Hand Motifs ; Expressed Sequence Tags ; Gene Expression Regulation, Plant ; Genes, Plant ; Lipopolysaccharides/metabolism ; Medicago/*enzymology/genetics/microbiology ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Mutation ; Mycorrhizae/*physiology ; Peas/*enzymology/genetics/microbiology ; Plant Roots/enzymology/microbiology ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; Rhizobium/genetics ; Sinorhizobium meliloti/*physiology ; *Symbiosis ; Transformation, Genetic
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    Publication Date: 2004-04-24
    Description: Acting as a signal, hydrogen peroxide circumvents antioxidant defense by overoxidizing peroxiredoxins (Prxs), the enzymes that metabolize peroxides. We show that sestrins, a family of proteins whose expression is modulated by p53, are required for regeneration of Prxs containing Cys-SO(2)H, thus reestablishing the antioxidant firewall. Sestrins contain a predicted redox-active domain homologous to AhpD, the enzyme catalyzing the reduction of a bacterial Prx, AhpC. Purified Hi95 (sestrin 2) protein supports adenosine triphosphate-dependent reduction of overoxidized PrxI in vitro, indicating that unlike AhpD, which is a disulfide reductase, sestrins are cysteine sulfinyl reductases. As modulators of peroxide signaling and antioxidant defense, sestrins constitute potential therapeutic targets.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Budanov, Andrei V -- Sablina, Anna A -- Feinstein, Elena -- Koonin, Eugene V -- Chumakov, Peter M -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2004 Apr 23;304(5670):596-600.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15105503" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Amino Acid Substitution ; Cell Division ; Cell Line, Tumor ; Cell Survival ; Cells, Cultured ; Heat-Shock Proteins/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism ; Humans ; Hydrogen Peroxide/metabolism ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Mutation ; Nuclear Proteins/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism ; Oxidation-Reduction ; Oxidoreductases/genetics/metabolism ; Peroxidases/*chemistry/*metabolism ; Peroxiredoxins ; RNA, Small Interfering ; Reactive Oxygen Species/metabolism ; Recombinant Proteins/metabolism ; Tumor Suppressor Protein p53/metabolism
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    Publication Date: 2004-12-18
    Description: Alfalfa mosaic virus genomic RNAs are infectious only when the viral coat protein binds to the RNA 3' termini. The crystal structure of an alfalfa mosaic virus RNA-peptide complex reveals that conserved AUGC repeats and Pro-Thr-x-Arg-Ser-x-x-Tyr coat protein amino acids cofold upon interacting. Alternating AUGC residues have opposite orientation, and they base pair in different adjacent duplexes. Localized RNA backbone reversals stabilized by arginine-guanine interactions place the adenosines and guanines in reverse order in the duplex. The results suggest that a uniform, organized 3' conformation, similar to that found on viral RNAs with transfer RNA-like ends, may be essential for replication.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1500904/" 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/PMC1500904/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Guogas, Laura M -- Filman, David J -- Hogle, James M -- Gehrke, Lee -- AI20566/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- GM42504/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01 AI020566/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM042504/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2004 Dec 17;306(5704):2108-11.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15604410" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: 3' Untranslated Regions ; Alfalfa mosaic virus/*chemistry/*physiology ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Base Pairing ; Base Sequence ; Binding Sites ; Capsid Proteins/*chemistry/metabolism ; Crystallization ; Hydrogen Bonding ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Nucleic Acid Conformation ; Protein Folding ; Protein Structure, Secondary ; RNA, Viral/*chemistry/metabolism ; Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid ; *Virus Replication
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    Publication Date: 2004-02-14
    Description: The structure of the general transcription factor IIB (TFIIB) in a complex with RNA polymerase II reveals three features crucial for transcription initiation: an N-terminal zinc ribbon domain of TFIIB that contacts the "dock" domain of the polymerase, near the path of RNA exit from a transcribing enzyme; a "finger" domain of TFIIB that is inserted into the polymerase active center; and a C-terminal domain, whose interaction with both the polymerase and with a TATA box-binding protein (TBP)-promoter DNA complex orients the DNA for unwinding and transcription. TFIIB stabilizes an early initiation complex, containing an incomplete RNA-DNA hybrid region. It may interact with the template strand, which sets the location of the transcription start site, and may interfere with RNA exit, which leads to abortive initiation or promoter escape. The trajectory of promoter DNA determined by the C-terminal domain of TFIIB traverses sites of interaction with TFIIE, TFIIF, and TFIIH, serving to define their roles in the transcription initiation process.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Bushnell, David A -- Westover, Kenneth D -- Davis, Ralph E -- Kornberg, Roger D -- AI21144/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- GM49985/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2004 Feb 13;303(5660):983-8.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Structural Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305-5126, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14963322" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Binding Sites ; Crystallization ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; DNA/chemistry/metabolism ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular ; Nucleic Acid Hybridization ; Promoter Regions, Genetic ; Protein Conformation ; Protein Structure, Secondary ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; RNA/chemistry/metabolism ; RNA Polymerase II/*chemistry/metabolism ; Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins/chemistry/metabolism ; TATA Box ; TATA-Box Binding Protein/chemistry/metabolism ; Templates, Genetic ; Transcription Factor TFIIB/*chemistry/metabolism ; Transcription Factors, TFII/chemistry/metabolism ; *Transcription, Genetic ; Zinc/chemistry
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    Publication Date: 2004-03-06
    Description: Self-incompatibility (SI) response in Brassica is initiated by haplotype-specific interactions between the pollen-borne ligand S locus protein 11/SCR and its stigmatic S receptor kinase, SRK. This binding induces autophosphorylation of SRK, which is then thought to trigger a signaling cascade that leads to self-pollen rejection. A recessive mutation of the modifier (m) gene eliminates the SI response in stigma. Positional cloning of M has revealed that it encodes a membrane-anchored cytoplasmic serine/threonine protein kinase, designated M locus protein kinase (MLPK). Transient expression of MLPK restores the ability of mm papilla cells to reject self-pollen, suggesting that MLPK is a positive mediator of Brassica SI signaling.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Murase, Kohji -- Shiba, Hiroshi -- Iwano, Megumi -- Che, Fang-Sik -- Watanabe, Masao -- Isogai, Akira -- Takayama, Seiji -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2004 Mar 5;303(5663):1516-9.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, 8916-5 Takayama, Ikoma 630-0101, Japan.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15001779" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Amino Acid Substitution ; Brassica rapa/enzymology/genetics/*physiology ; Cell Membrane/*enzymology ; Cloning, Molecular ; Cytoplasm/enzymology ; Flowers/enzymology/*physiology ; Genes, Plant ; Haplotypes ; Membrane Proteins/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism ; Mutation ; Open Reading Frames ; Phosphorylation ; Physical Chromosome Mapping ; Plant Proteins ; Pollen/physiology ; Protein Kinases/*metabolism ; Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism ; Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism ; *Signal Transduction
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    Publication Date: 2004-07-31
    Description: Gene silencing through RNA interference (RNAi) is carried out by RISC, the RNA-induced silencing complex. RISC contains two signature components, small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) and Argonaute family proteins. Here, we show that the multiple Argonaute proteins present in mammals are both biologically and biochemically distinct, with a single mammalian family member, Argonaute2, being responsible for messenger RNA cleavage activity. This protein is essential for mouse development, and cells lacking Argonaute2 are unable to mount an experimental response to siRNAs. Mutations within a cryptic ribonuclease H domain within Argonaute2, as identified by comparison with the structure of an archeal Argonaute protein, inactivate RISC. Thus, our evidence supports a model in which Argonaute contributes "Slicer" activity to RISC, providing the catalytic engine for RNAi.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Liu, Jidong -- Carmell, Michelle A -- Rivas, Fabiola V -- Marsden, Carolyn G -- Thomson, J Michael -- Song, Ji-Joon -- Hammond, Scott M -- Joshua-Tor, Leemor -- Hannon, Gregory J -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2004 Sep 3;305(5689):1437-41. Epub 2004 Jul 29.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Watson School of Biological Sciences, 1 Bungtown Road, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15284456" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Argonaute Proteins ; Catalysis ; Cell Line ; Cells, Cultured ; Central Nervous System/embryology ; Embryonic and Fetal Development ; Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-2 ; Gene Expression Profiling ; Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental ; Humans ; In Situ Hybridization ; Mice ; MicroRNAs/metabolism ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Mutagenesis, Insertional ; Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis ; Peptide Initiation Factors/chemistry/*metabolism ; Point Mutation ; *RNA Interference ; RNA, Double-Stranded ; RNA, Messenger/*metabolism ; RNA, Small Interfering/metabolism ; RNA-Induced Silencing Complex/chemistry/*metabolism
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    Publication Date: 2004-01-13
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Wyrwicz, Lucjan S -- von Grotthuss, Marcin -- Pas, Jakub -- Rychlewski, Leszek -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2004 Jan 9;303(5655):168; author reply 168.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14715990" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Arabidopsis/genetics ; Computational Biology ; DNA, Complementary ; Databases, Nucleic Acid ; Databases, Protein ; *Genome, Plant ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Oryza/*genetics ; Plant Proteins/chemistry/*genetics ; Sequence Homology, Amino Acid ; *Transcription, Genetic
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    Publication Date: 2004-05-25
    Description: The herbicide glyphosate is effectively detoxified by N-acetylation. We screened a collection of microbial isolates and discovered enzymes exhibiting glyphosate N-acetyltransferase (GAT) activity. Kinetic properties of the discovered enzymes were insufficient to confer glyphosate tolerance to transgenic organisms. Eleven iterations of DNA shuffling improved enzyme efficiency by nearly four orders of magnitude from 0.87 mM-1 min-1 to 8320 mM-1 min-1. From the fifth iteration and beyond, GAT enzymes conferred increasing glyphosate tolerance to Escherichia coli, Arabidopsis, tobacco, and maize. Glyphosate acetylation provides an alternative strategy for supporting glyphosate use on crops.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Castle, Linda A -- Siehl, Daniel L -- Gorton, Rebecca -- Patten, Phillip A -- Chen, Yong Hong -- Bertain, Sean -- Cho, Hyeon-Je -- Duck, Nicholas -- Wong, James -- Liu, Donglong -- Lassner, Michael W -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2004 May 21;304(5674):1151-4.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Verdia, Inc. Redwood City, CA 94063, USA. linda.castle@verdiainc.com〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15155947" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Acetylation ; Acetyltransferases/chemistry/*genetics/metabolism ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Bacillus/enzymology ; Catalysis ; *DNA Shuffling ; *Directed Molecular Evolution ; Drug Resistance ; Escherichia coli/genetics ; Gene Library ; Genetic Variation ; Glycine/*analogs & derivatives/metabolism/*toxicity ; Herbicides/metabolism/*toxicity ; Kinetics ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Mutagenesis ; *Plants, Genetically Modified/drug effects/genetics ; Recombinant Proteins/metabolism ; Recombination, Genetic ; Tobacco/drug effects/genetics/growth & development ; Transformation, Genetic ; Zea mays/drug effects/genetics/growth & development
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    Publication Date: 2004-03-16
    Description: Plants with a winter growth habit flower earlier when exposed for several weeks to cold temperatures, a process called vernalization. We report here the positional cloning of the wheat vernalization gene VRN2, a dominant repressor of flowering that is down-regulated by vernalization. Loss of function of VRN2, whether by natural mutations or deletions, resulted in spring lines, which do not require vernalization to flower. Reduction of the RNA level of VRN2 by RNA interference accelerated the flowering time of transgenic winter-wheat plants by more than a month.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4737501/" 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/PMC4737501/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Yan, Liuling -- Loukoianov, Artem -- Blechl, Ann -- Tranquilli, Gabriela -- Ramakrishna, Wusirika -- SanMiguel, Phillip -- Bennetzen, Jeffrey L -- Echenique, Viviana -- Dubcovsky, Jorge -- Howard Hughes Medical Institute/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2004 Mar 12;303(5664):1640-4.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Agronomy and Range Science, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15016992" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Alleles ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Arabidopsis/genetics/growth & development ; Base Sequence ; Chromosome Mapping ; Cloning, Molecular ; *Cold Temperature ; Down-Regulation ; Epistasis, Genetic ; Evolution, Molecular ; Flowers/*growth & development ; Gene Deletion ; *Gene Expression Regulation, Plant ; Genes, Plant ; Genetic Variation ; Hordeum/genetics ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Mutation ; Plant Proteins/chemistry/genetics/physiology ; Plants, Genetically Modified ; Promoter Regions, Genetic ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; RNA Interference ; RNA, Messenger/genetics/metabolism ; RNA, Plant/genetics/metabolism ; Seasons ; Transcription, Genetic ; Triticum/*genetics/*growth & development
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    Publication Date: 2004-11-20
    Description: The observation of the regulation of fast protein dynamics in a cellular context requires the development of reliable technologies. Here, a signal regulation cascade reliant on the stimulus-dependent acceleration of the bidirectional flow of mitogen-activated protein kinase (extracellular signal-regulated kinase) across the nuclear envelope was visualized by reversible protein highlighting. Light-induced conversion between the bright and dark states of a monomeric fluorescent protein engineered from a novel coral protein was employed. Because of its photochromic properties, the protein could be highlighted, erased, and highlighted again in a nondestructive manner, allowing direct observation of regulated fast nucleocytoplasmic shuttling of key signaling molecules.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Ando, Ryoko -- Mizuno, Hideaki -- Miyawaki, Atsushi -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2004 Nov 19;306(5700):1370-3.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Laboratory for Cell Function and Dynamics, Advanced Technology Development Group, Brain Science Institute, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-city, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15550670" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Active Transport, Cell Nucleus ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Anthozoa ; COS Cells ; Cell Nucleus/*metabolism ; Cytoplasm/*metabolism ; Epidermal Growth Factor/pharmacology ; Fluorescence ; HeLa Cells ; Humans ; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration ; Light ; Luminescent Proteins/chemistry/*metabolism ; MAP Kinase Signaling System ; Microscopy, Confocal ; Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3/*metabolism ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Nuclear Envelope/*metabolism ; Phosphorylation ; Protein Transport ; Recombinant Proteins/chemistry/metabolism ; Transfection ; beta Karyopherins/metabolism
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    Publication Date: 2004-05-15
    Description: Dynamic changes in chromatin structure, induced by posttranslational modification of histones, play a fundamental role in regulating eukaryotic transcription. Here we report that histone H2B is phosphorylated at evolutionarily conserved Ser33 (H2B-S33) by the carboxyl-terminal kinase domain (CTK) of the Drosophila TFIID subunit TAF1. Phosphorylation of H2B-S33 at the promoter of the cell cycle regulatory gene string and the segmentation gene giant coincides with transcriptional activation. Elimination of TAF1 CTK activity in Drosophila cells and embryos reduces transcriptional activation and phosphorylation of H2B-S33. These data reveal that H2B-S33 is a physiological substrate for the TAF1 CTK and that H2B-S33 phosphorylation is essential for transcriptional activation events that promote cell cycle progression and development.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Maile, Tobias -- Kwoczynski, Simona -- Katzenberger, Rebeccah J -- Wassarman, David A -- Sauer, Frank -- GM066204-02/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2004 May 14;304(5673):1010-4.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biochemistry, University of California-Riverside, Riverside, CA 95121, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15143281" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Acetylation ; Amino Acid Motifs ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Amino Acid Substitution ; Animals ; Cell Cycle ; Cell Cycle Proteins ; DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics ; Drosophila/embryology/*genetics/metabolism ; Drosophila Proteins/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism ; Embryo, Nonmammalian/physiology ; Genes, Insect ; Histone Acetyltransferases ; Histones/chemistry/*metabolism ; Homeodomain Proteins/genetics ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Mutation ; Phosphorylation ; Phosphoserine/metabolism ; Promoter Regions, Genetic ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases/genetics ; RNA Interference ; Recombinant Proteins/chemistry/metabolism ; Repressor Proteins/genetics ; TATA-Binding Protein Associated Factors ; Transcription Factor TFIID/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism ; Transcription Factors ; *Transcription, Genetic ; *Transcriptional Activation
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    Publication Date: 2004-10-02
    Description: Nodal proteins, members of the transforming growth factor-beta (TGFbeta) superfamily, have been identified as key endogenous mesoderm inducers in vertebrates. Precise control of Nodal signaling is essential for normal development of embryos. Here, we report that zebrafish dapper2 (dpr2) is expressed in mesoderm precursors during early embryogenesis and is positively regulated by Nodal signals. In vivo functional studies in zebrafish suggest that Dpr2 suppresses mesoderm induction activities of Nodal signaling. Dpr2 is localized in late endosomes, binds to the TGFbeta receptors ALK5 and ALK4, and accelerates lysosomal degradation of these receptors.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Zhang, Lixia -- Zhou, Hu -- Su, Ying -- Sun, Zhihui -- Zhang, Haiwen -- Zhang, Long -- Zhang, Yu -- Ning, Yuanheng -- Chen, Ye-Guang -- Meng, Anming -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2004 Oct 1;306(5693):114-7.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Laboratory of Developmental Biology, Ministry of Education (MOE), Department of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15459392" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Activin Receptors, Type I/*metabolism ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Cell Line ; Embryo, Nonmammalian/embryology/*metabolism ; *Embryonic Induction ; Endosomes/metabolism ; Fluorescent Antibody Technique ; Gene Expression Profiling ; Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental ; Humans ; In Situ Hybridization ; Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins ; Lysosomes/metabolism ; Mesoderm/*physiology ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Mutation ; Nodal Signaling Ligands ; Oligonucleotides, Antisense ; Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases ; Proteins/metabolism ; Receptors, Transforming Growth Factor beta/*metabolism ; Signal Transduction ; Transforming Growth Factor beta/genetics/metabolism ; Zebrafish/*embryology/genetics/metabolism ; Zebrafish Proteins/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism
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    Publication Date: 2004-07-13
    Description: Ribonucleotide reductase (RNR) synthesizes the deoxyribonucleotides for DNA synthesis. The R2 protein of normal class I ribonucleotide reductases contains a diiron site that produces a stable tyrosyl free radical, essential for enzymatic activity. Structural and electron paramagnetic resonance studies of R2 from Chlamydia trachomatis reveal a protein lacking a tyrosyl radical site. Instead, the protein yields an iron-coupled radical upon reconstitution. The coordinating structure of the diiron site is similar to that of diiron oxidases/monoxygenases and supports a role for this radical in the RNR mechanism. The specific ligand pattern in the C. trachomatis R2 metal site characterizes a new group of R2 proteins that so far has been found in eight organisms, three of which are human pathogens.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Hogbom, Martin -- Stenmark, Pal -- Voevodskaya, Nina -- McClarty, Grant -- Graslund, Astrid -- Nordlund, Par -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2004 Jul 9;305(5681):245-8.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University, Roslagstullsbacken 15, Albanova University Center, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15247479" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Chlamydia trachomatis/*enzymology ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy ; Free Radicals ; Hydrogen Bonding ; Iron/analysis ; Ligands ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Oxidation-Reduction ; Oxygen/metabolism ; Protein Folding ; Protein Structure, Secondary ; Ribonucleotide Reductases/*chemistry/classification/metabolism ; Tyrosine/analysis
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    Publication Date: 2004-01-24
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Tanabe, K -- Sakihama, N -- Kaneko, A -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2004 Jan 23;303(5657):493.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Osaka Institute of Technology, Osaka 535-8585, Japan. kztanabe@ge.oit.ac.jp〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14739451" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Alleles ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Antigens, Protozoan/chemistry/*genetics ; Antimalarials/pharmacology ; Chloroquine/pharmacology ; Drug Resistance ; Epitopes/genetics ; Genes, Protozoan ; Geography ; Haplotypes ; Humans ; Malaria, Falciparum/parasitology ; Membrane Proteins/chemistry/genetics ; Membrane Transport Proteins ; Merozoite Surface Protein 1/chemistry/genetics ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Plasmodium falciparum/drug effects/*genetics/*immunology ; *Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide ; Protozoan Proteins/chemistry/genetics ; Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid ; Tandem Repeat Sequences ; Vanuatu
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    Publication Date: 2004-02-07
    Description: A genetic interaction network containing approximately 1000 genes and approximately 4000 interactions was mapped by crossing mutations in 132 different query genes into a set of approximately 4700 viable gene yeast deletion mutants and scoring the double mutant progeny for fitness defects. Network connectivity was predictive of function because interactions often occurred among functionally related genes, and similar patterns of interactions tended to identify components of the same pathway. The genetic network exhibited dense local neighborhoods; therefore, the position of a gene on a partially mapped network is predictive of other genetic interactions. Because digenic interactions are common in yeast, similar networks may underlie the complex genetics associated with inherited phenotypes in other organisms.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Tong, Amy Hin Yan -- Lesage, Guillaume -- Bader, Gary D -- Ding, Huiming -- Xu, Hong -- Xin, Xiaofeng -- Young, James -- Berriz, Gabriel F -- Brost, Renee L -- Chang, Michael -- Chen, YiQun -- Cheng, Xin -- Chua, Gordon -- Friesen, Helena -- Goldberg, Debra S -- Haynes, Jennifer -- Humphries, Christine -- He, Grace -- Hussein, Shamiza -- Ke, Lizhu -- Krogan, Nevan -- Li, Zhijian -- Levinson, Joshua N -- Lu, Hong -- Menard, Patrice -- Munyana, Christella -- Parsons, Ainslie B -- Ryan, Owen -- Tonikian, Raffi -- Roberts, Tania -- Sdicu, Anne-Marie -- Shapiro, Jesse -- Sheikh, Bilal -- Suter, Bernhard -- Wong, Sharyl L -- Zhang, Lan V -- Zhu, Hongwei -- Burd, Christopher G -- Munro, Sean -- Sander, Chris -- Rine, Jasper -- Greenblatt, Jack -- Peter, Matthias -- Bretscher, Anthony -- Bell, Graham -- Roth, Frederick P -- Brown, Grant W -- Andrews, Brenda -- Bussey, Howard -- Boone, Charles -- GM39066/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- GM61221/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2004 Feb 6;303(5659):808-13.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Banting and Best Department of Medical Research, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada M5G 1L6.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14764870" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Computational Biology ; Cystic Fibrosis/genetics ; Gene Deletion ; Genes, Essential ; *Genes, Fungal ; Genetic Diseases, Inborn/genetics ; Genotype ; Humans ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Multifactorial Inheritance ; Mutation ; Phenotype ; Polymorphism, Genetic ; Retinitis Pigmentosa/genetics ; Saccharomyces cerevisiae/*genetics/*metabolism ; Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism
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    Publication Date: 2004-02-21
    Description: Mycobacteria have low-permeability outer membranes that render them resistant to most antibiotics. Hydrophilic nutrients can enter by way of transmembrane-channel proteins called porins. An x-ray analysis of the main porin from Mycobacterium smegmatis, MspA, revealed a homooctameric goblet-like conformation with a single central channel. This is the first structure of a mycobacterial outer-membrane protein. No structure-related protein was found in the Protein Data Bank. MspA contains two consecutive beta barrels with nonpolar outer surfaces that form a ribbon around the porin, which is too narrow to fit the thickness of the mycobacterial outer membrane in contemporary models.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Faller, Michael -- Niederweis, Michael -- Schulz, Georg E -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2004 Feb 20;303(5661):1189-92.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Institut fur Organische Chemie und Biochemie, Albert-Ludwigs-Universitat, Albertstrasse 21, 79104 Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14976314" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Arginine/chemistry ; Cell Membrane Permeability ; Cloning, Molecular ; Crystallization ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Electric Conductivity ; Escherichia coli/genetics ; Hydrogen Bonding ; Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Mutation ; Mycobacterium smegmatis/*chemistry/metabolism ; Porins/*chemistry/genetics/metabolism ; Protein Conformation ; Protein Structure, Quaternary ; Protein Structure, Secondary ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; Recombinant Proteins/chemistry
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    Publication Date: 2004-05-01
    Description: Receptor tyrosine kinase genes were sequenced in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and matched normal tissue. Somatic mutations of the epidermal growth factor receptor gene EGFR were found in 15of 58 unselected tumors from Japan and 1 of 61 from the United States. Treatment with the EGFR kinase inhibitor gefitinib (Iressa) causes tumor regression in some patients with NSCLC, more frequently in Japan. EGFR mutations were found in additional lung cancer samples from U.S. patients who responded to gefitinib therapy and in a lung adenocarcinoma cell line that was hypersensitive to growth inhibition by gefitinib, but not in gefitinib-insensitive tumors or cell lines. These results suggest that EGFR mutations may predict sensitivity to gefitinib.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Paez, J Guillermo -- Janne, Pasi A -- Lee, Jeffrey C -- Tracy, Sean -- Greulich, Heidi -- Gabriel, Stacey -- Herman, Paula -- Kaye, Frederic J -- Lindeman, Neal -- Boggon, Titus J -- Naoki, Katsuhiko -- Sasaki, Hidefumi -- Fujii, Yoshitaka -- Eck, Michael J -- Sellers, William R -- Johnson, Bruce E -- Meyerson, Matthew -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2004 Jun 4;304(5676):1497-500. Epub 2004 Apr 29.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Departments of Medical Oncology and Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15118125" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Adenocarcinoma/drug therapy/genetics/metabolism ; Amino Acid Motifs ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Amino Acid Substitution ; Antineoplastic Agents/pharmacology/therapeutic use ; Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung/drug therapy/*genetics/metabolism ; Cell Line, Tumor ; Controlled Clinical Trials as Topic ; Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology/therapeutic use ; Female ; *Genes, erbB-1 ; Humans ; Japan ; Lung Neoplasms/drug therapy/*genetics/metabolism ; Male ; Molecular Sequence Data ; *Mutation ; Mutation, Missense ; Phosphorylation ; Protein Conformation ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; Quinazolines/pharmacology/*therapeutic use ; Receptor, Epidermal Growth Factor/*antagonists & ; inhibitors/chemistry/genetics/metabolism ; Sequence Deletion ; Treatment Outcome ; United States
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    Publication Date: 2004-12-14
    Description: The incidence of tuberculosis has been increasing substantially on a worldwide basis over the past decade, but no tuberculosis-specific drugs have been discovered in 40 years. We identified a diarylquinoline, R207910, that potently inhibits both drug-sensitive and drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in vitro (minimum inhibitory concentration 0.06 mug/ml). In mice, R207910 exceeded the bactericidal activities of isoniazid and rifampin by at least 1 log unit. Substitution of drugs included in the World Health Organization's first-line tuberculosis treatment regimen (rifampin, isoniazid, and pyrazinamide) with R207910 accelerated bactericidal activity, leading to complete culture conversion after 2 months of treatment in some combinations. A single dose of R207910 inhibited mycobacterial growth for 1 week. Plasma levels associated with efficacy in mice were well tolerated in healthy human volunteers. Mutants selected in vitro suggest that the drug targets the proton pump of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) synthase.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Andries, Koen -- Verhasselt, Peter -- Guillemont, Jerome -- Gohlmann, Hinrich W H -- Neefs, Jean-Marc -- Winkler, Hans -- Van Gestel, Jef -- Timmerman, Philip -- Zhu, Min -- Lee, Ennis -- Williams, Peter -- de Chaffoy, Didier -- Huitric, Emma -- Hoffner, Sven -- Cambau, Emmanuelle -- Truffot-Pernot, Chantal -- Lounis, Nacer -- Jarlier, Vincent -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2005 Jan 14;307(5707):223-7. Epub 2004 Dec 9.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research and Development, Turnhoutseweg 30, 2340 Beerse, Belgium. kandries@prdbe.jnj.com〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15591164" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Antitubercular Agents/chemistry/pharmacokinetics/*pharmacology/therapeutic use ; Bacterial Proton-Translocating ATPases/*antagonists & ; inhibitors/chemistry/metabolism ; Diarylquinolines ; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug ; Drug Evaluation, Preclinical ; Drug Resistance, Bacterial ; Drug Therapy, Combination ; Enzyme Inhibitors/chemistry/pharmacology/therapeutic use ; Humans ; Male ; Mice ; Microbial Sensitivity Tests ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Mycobacterium smegmatis/drug effects/enzymology/growth & development ; Mycobacterium tuberculosis/*drug effects/enzymology/growth & development ; Point Mutation ; Protein Subunits/antagonists & inhibitors/chemistry ; Quinolines/chemistry/pharmacokinetics/*pharmacology/*therapeutic use ; Tuberculosis/*drug therapy/microbiology ; Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant/drug therapy/microbiology
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    Publication Date: 2004-12-25
    Description: The position-dependent specification of root epidermal cells in Arabidopsis provides an elegant paradigm for cell patterning during development. Here, we describe a new gene, SCRAMBLED (SCM), required for cells to appropriately interpret their location within the developing root epidermis. SCM encodes a receptor-like kinase protein with a predicted extracellular domain of six leucine-rich repeats and an intracellular serine-threonine kinase domain. SCM regulates the expression of the GLABRA2, CAPRICE, WEREWOLF, and ENHANCER OF GLABRA3 transcription factor genes that define the cell fates. Further, the SCM gene is expressed throughout the developing root. Therefore, SCM likely enables developing epidermal cells to detect positional cues and establish an appropriate cell-type pattern.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Kwak, Su-Hwan -- Shen, Ronglai -- Schiefelbein, John -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2005 Feb 18;307(5712):1111-3. Epub 2004 Dec 23.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1048, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15618487" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Arabidopsis/cytology/*enzymology/*genetics/growth & development ; Arabidopsis Proteins/chemistry/*genetics/*metabolism ; Cell Division ; Cloning, Molecular ; Gene Expression Regulation, Plant ; Genes, Plant ; Genes, Reporter ; Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions ; In Situ Hybridization ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Mutation ; Plant Epidermis/cytology/enzymology/growth & development ; Plant Roots/cytology/enzymology/growth & development ; Plants, Genetically Modified ; Protein Sorting Signals ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases/chemistry/*genetics/*metabolism ; RNA, Messenger/genetics/metabolism ; RNA, Plant/genetics/metabolism ; Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/chemistry/*genetics/*metabolism ; *Signal Transduction ; Transcription Factors/genetics/metabolism
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    Publication Date: 2004-05-25
    Description: Resistin, founding member of the resistin-like molecule (RELM) hormone family, is secreted selectively from adipocytes and induces liver-specific antagonism of insulin action, thus providing a potential molecular link between obesity and diabetes. Crystal structures of resistin and RELMbeta reveal an unusual multimeric structure. Each protomer comprises a carboxy-terminal disulfide-rich beta-sandwich "head" domain and an amino-terminal alpha-helical "tail" segment. The alpha-helical segments associate to form three-stranded coiled coils, and surface-exposed interchain disulfide linkages mediate the formation of tail-to-tail hexamers. Analysis of serum samples shows that resistin circulates in two distinct assembly states, likely corresponding to hexamers and trimers. Infusion of a resistin mutant, lacking the intertrimer disulfide bonds, in pancreatic-insulin clamp studies reveals substantially more potent effects on hepatic insulin sensitivity than those observed with wild-type resistin. This result suggests that processing of the intertrimer disulfide bonds may reflect an obligatory step toward activation.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Patel, Saurabh D -- Rajala, Michael W -- Rossetti, Luciano -- Scherer, Philipp E -- Shapiro, Lawrence -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2004 May 21;304(5674):1154-8.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15155948" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Adipocytes/metabolism ; Adiponectin ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Cell Line ; Crystallization ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Culture Media, Conditioned ; Disulfides/*chemistry ; Glucose/metabolism ; Hormones, Ectopic/*chemistry/genetics/*metabolism/pharmacology ; Humans ; Insulin/administration & dosage/blood ; Insulin Resistance ; *Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins ; Liver/metabolism ; Mice ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Molecular Weight ; Mutation ; Protein Folding ; Protein Structure, Quaternary ; Protein Structure, Secondary ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; Proteins/chemistry/metabolism ; Resistin
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    Publication Date: 2004-10-30
    Description: Excess cyclin E-Cdk2 accelerates entry into S phase of the cell cycle and promotes polyploidy, which may contribute to genomic instability in cancer cells. We identified 20 amino acids in cyclin E as a centrosomal localization signal (CLS) essential for both centrosomal targeting and promoting DNA synthesis. Expressed wild-type, but not mutant, CLS peptides localized on the centrosome, prevented endogenous cyclin E and cyclin A from localizing to the centrosome, and inhibited DNA synthesis. Ectopic cyclin E localized to the centrosome and accelerated S phase entry even with mutations that abolish Cdk2 binding, but not with a mutation in the CLS. These results suggest that cyclin E has a modular centrosomal-targeting domain essential for promoting S phase entry in a Cdk2-independent manner.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Matsumoto, Yutaka -- Maller, James L -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2004 Oct 29;306(5697):885-8.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) and Department of Pharmacology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO 80262, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15514162" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; CDC2-CDC28 Kinases/metabolism ; CHO Cells ; Centrosome/*metabolism ; Cricetinae ; Cyclin E/chemistry/*metabolism ; Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 2 ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Mutation ; Protein Binding ; Protein Kinases/metabolism ; *Protein Sorting Signals ; Rats ; *S Phase ; Transfection
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    Publication Date: 2004-09-18
    Description: To explore natural biodiversity we developed and examined introgression lines (ILs) containing chromosome segments of wild species (Solanum pennellii) in the background of the cultivated tomato (S. lycopersicum). We identified Brix9-2-5, which is a S. pennellii quantitative trait locus (QTL) that increases sugar yield of tomatoes and was mapped within a flower- and fruit-specific invertase (LIN5). QTL analysis representing five different tomato species delimited the functional polymorphism of Brix9-2-5 to an amino acid near the catalytic site of the invertase crystal, affecting enzyme kinetics and fruit sink strength. These results underline the power of diverse ILs for high-resolution perspectives on complex phenotypes.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Fridman, Eyal -- Carrari, Fernando -- Liu, Yong-Sheng -- Fernie, Alisdair R -- Zamir, Dani -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2004 Sep 17;305(5691):1786-9.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Robert H. Smith Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, Faculty of Agriculture, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Post Office Box 12, Rehovot 76100, Israel.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15375271" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Alleles ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Aspartic Acid ; Catalytic Domain ; Crosses, Genetic ; Flowers/enzymology/genetics ; Fruit/enzymology/genetics ; Gene Expression ; Gene Expression Regulation, Plant ; Genes, Plant ; Genetic Complementation Test ; Lycopersicon esculentum/enzymology/*genetics/growth & development ; Molecular Sequence Data ; *Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide ; *Quantitative Trait Loci ; Quantitative Trait, Heritable ; Solanum/enzymology/*genetics ; Sucrose/metabolism ; Transcription, Genetic ; Transformation, Genetic ; beta-Fructofuranosidase/chemistry/*genetics/*metabolism
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    Publication Date: 2004-05-29
    Description: Inherited defects in signaling pathways downstream of the insulin receptor have long been suggested to contribute to human type 2 diabetes mellitus. Here we describe a mutation in the gene encoding the protein kinase AKT2/PKBbeta in a family that shows autosomal dominant inheritance of severe insulin resistance and diabetes mellitus. Expression of the mutant kinase in cultured cells disrupted insulin signaling to metabolic end points and inhibited the function of coexpressed, wild-type AKT. These findings demonstrate the central importance of AKT signaling to insulin sensitivity in humans.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2258004/" 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/PMC2258004/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉George, Stella -- Rochford, Justin J -- Wolfrum, Christian -- Gray, Sarah L -- Schinner, Sven -- Wilson, Jenny C -- Soos, Maria A -- Murgatroyd, Peter R -- Williams, Rachel M -- Acerini, Carlo L -- Dunger, David B -- Barford, David -- Umpleby, A Margot -- Wareham, Nicholas J -- Davies, Huw Alban -- Schafer, Alan J -- Stoffel, Markus -- O'Rahilly, Stephen -- Barroso, Ines -- 078986/Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2004 May 28;304(5675):1325-8.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Clinical Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2QQ, UK.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15166380" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Active Transport, Cell Nucleus ; Adipocytes/cytology/metabolism ; Adult ; Aged ; Amino Acid Motifs ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Amino Acid Substitution ; Catalytic Domain ; Cell Differentiation ; Cell Line ; Cell Nucleus/metabolism ; Cytosol/metabolism ; DNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism ; Diabetes Mellitus/*genetics/metabolism ; Female ; Genes, Dominant ; Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 3-beta ; Humans ; Hyperinsulinism/genetics/metabolism ; Insulin/metabolism ; Insulin Resistance/*genetics ; Lipid Metabolism ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Molecular Sequence Data ; *Mutation, Missense ; Nuclear Proteins/metabolism ; Pedigree ; Phosphorylation ; Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases/chemistry/*genetics/metabolism ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins/chemistry/*genetics/metabolism ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt ; Signal Transduction ; *Transcription Factors
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    Publication Date: 2004-01-24
    Description: Arabidopsis thaliana De-etiolated-1 (AtDET1) is a highly conserved protein, with orthologs in vertebrate and invertebrate organisms. AtDET1 negatively regulates photomorphogenesis, but its biochemical mechanism and function in other species are unknown. We report that human DET1 (hDET1) promotes ubiquitination and degradation of the proto-oncogenic transcription factor c-Jun by assembling a multisubunit ubiquitin ligase containing DNA Damage Binding Protein-1 (DDB1), cullin 4A (CUL4A), Regulator of Cullins-1 (ROC1), and constitutively photomorphogenic-1. Ablation of any subunit by RNA interference stabilized c-Jun and increased c-Jun-activated transcription. These findings characterize a c-Jun ubiquitin ligase and define a specific function for hDET1 in mammalian cells.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Wertz, Ingrid E -- O'Rourke, Karen M -- Zhang, Zemin -- Dornan, David -- Arnott, David -- Deshaies, Raymond J -- Dixit, Vishva M -- GM065997/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2004 Feb 27;303(5662):1371-4. Epub 2004 Jan 22.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Molecular Oncology, Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14739464" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Motifs ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Carrier Proteins/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism ; Cell Line ; Cloning, Molecular ; Cullin Proteins/genetics/*metabolism ; DNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism ; Genes, jun ; Humans ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Nuclear Proteins/chemistry/genetics/metabolism ; Protein Binding ; Proteomics ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-jun/*metabolism ; RNA, Messenger/genetics/metabolism ; RNA, Small Interfering/metabolism ; Transfection ; Ubiquitin/metabolism ; Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases/chemistry/*metabolism
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    Publication Date: 2004-07-31
    Description: Argonaute proteins and small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) are the known signature components of the RNA interference effector complex RNA-induced silencing complex (RISC). However, the identity of "Slicer," the enzyme that cleaves the messenger RNA (mRNA) as directed by the siRNA, has not been resolved. Here, we report the crystal structure of the Argonaute protein from Pyrococcus furiosus at 2.25 angstrom resolution. The structure reveals a crescent-shaped base made up of the amino-terminal, middle, and PIWI domains. The Piwi Argonaute Zwille (PAZ) domain is held above the base by a "stalk"-like region. The PIWI domain (named for the protein piwi) is similar to ribonuclease H, with a conserved active site aspartate-aspartate-glutamate motif, strongly implicating Argonaute as "Slicer." The architecture of the molecule and the placement of the PAZ and PIWI domains define a groove for substrate binding and suggest a mechanism for siRNA-guided mRNA cleavage.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Song, Ji-Joon -- Smith, Stephanie K -- Hannon, Gregory J -- Joshua-Tor, Leemor -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2004 Sep 3;305(5689):1434-7. Epub 2004 Jul 29.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Watson School of Biological Sciences, 1 Bungtown Road, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15284453" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Archaeal Proteins/*chemistry/metabolism ; Binding Sites ; Catalytic Domain ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Protein Conformation ; Protein Folding ; Protein Structure, Secondary ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; Pyrococcus furiosus/*chemistry ; *RNA Interference ; RNA, Messenger/*metabolism ; RNA, Small Interfering/*metabolism ; RNA-Induced Silencing Complex/*metabolism ; Ribonuclease H/chemistry
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    Publication Date: 2004-01-17
    Description: Genes for the enzymes that make plant cell wall hemicellulosic polysaccharides remain to be identified. We report here the isolation of a complementary DNA (cDNA) clone encoding one such enzyme, mannan synthase (ManS), that makes the beta-1, 4-mannan backbone of galactomannan, a hemicellulosic storage polysaccharide in guar seed endosperm walls. The soybean somatic embryos expressing ManS cDNA contained high levels of ManS activities that localized to Golgi. Phylogenetically, ManS is closest to group A of the cellulose synthase-like (Csl) sequences from Arabidopsis and rice. Our results provide the biochemical proof for the involvement of the Csl genes in beta-glycan formation in plants.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Dhugga, Kanwarpal S -- Barreiro, Roberto -- Whitten, Brad -- Stecca, Kevin -- Hazebroek, Jan -- Randhawa, Gursharn S -- Dolan, Maureen -- Kinney, Anthony J -- Tomes, Dwight -- Nichols, Scott -- Anderson, Paul -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2004 Jan 16;303(5656):363-6.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Crop Genetics Research and Development, Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., A DuPont Company, 7300 NW 62nd Avenue, Johnston, IA 50131, USA. Kanwarpal.Dhugga@Pioneer.Com〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14726589" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Arabidopsis/enzymology/genetics ; Catalytic Domain ; Cellulose/biosynthesis ; Cyamopsis/*enzymology/genetics ; Databases, Nucleic Acid ; Expressed Sequence Tags ; Gene Expression ; Gene Library ; *Genes, Plant ; Glucosyltransferases/chemistry/*genetics/metabolism ; Golgi Apparatus/enzymology ; Mannans/*biosynthesis/metabolism ; Mannose/metabolism ; Mannosyltransferases/chemistry/*genetics/isolation & purification/*metabolism ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Multigene Family ; Oryza/enzymology/genetics ; Phylogeny ; Plants, Genetically Modified ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; Seeds/*enzymology ; Soybeans/genetics ; Transformation, Genetic
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    Publication Date: 2004-01-13
    Description: The lasting effects of neuronal activity on brain development involve calcium-dependent gene expression. Using a strategy called transactivator trap, we cloned a calcium-responsive transactivator called CREST (for calcium-responsive transactivator). CREST is a SYT-related nuclear protein that interacts with adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate (cAMP) response element-binding protein (CREB)-binding protein (CBP) and is expressed in the developing brain. Mice that have a targeted disruption of the crest gene are viable but display defects in cortical and hippocampal dendrite development. Cortical neurons from crest mutant mice are compromised in calcium-dependent dendritic growth. Thus, calcium activation of CREST-mediated transcription helps regulate neuronal morphogenesis.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Aizawa, Hiroyuki -- Hu, Shu-Ching -- Bobb, Kathryn -- Balakrishnan, Karthik -- Ince, Gulayse -- Gurevich, Inga -- Cowan, Mitra -- Ghosh, Anirvan -- MH60598/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/ -- NS39993/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2004 Jan 9;303(5655):197-202.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14716005" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Blotting, Northern ; Brain/cytology/embryology/growth & development/metabolism ; CREB-Binding Protein ; Calcium/*metabolism ; Calcium Channels/metabolism ; Cell Line ; Cells, Cultured ; Cerebral Cortex/cytology/embryology/metabolism ; Cloning, Molecular ; Dendrites/*physiology/ultrastructure ; Gene Expression Profiling ; Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental ; Gene Library ; Gene Targeting ; Humans ; In Situ Hybridization ; Mice ; Mice, Knockout ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Mutation ; Nervous System/embryology/growth & development/metabolism ; Neurons/*physiology/ultrastructure ; Nuclear Proteins/metabolism ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; Rats ; Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism ; Trans-Activators/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism ; *Transcription, Genetic ; *Transcriptional Activation ; Transfection
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    Publication Date: 2004-05-08
    Description: Neurotrophins are secreted growth factors critical for the development and maintenance of the vertebrate nervous system. Neurotrophins activate two types of cell surface receptors, the Trk receptor tyrosine kinases and the shared p75 neurotrophin receptor. We have determined the 2.4 A crystal structure of the prototypic neurotrophin, nerve growth factor (NGF), complexed with the extracellular domain of p75. Surprisingly, the complex is composed of an NGF homodimer asymmetrically bound to a single p75. p75 binds along the homodimeric interface of NGF, which disables NGF's symmetry-related second p75 binding site through an allosteric conformational change. Thus, neurotrophin signaling through p75 may occur by disassembly of p75 dimers and assembly of asymmetric 2:1 neurotrophin/p75 complexes, which could potentially engage a Trk receptor to form a trimolecular signaling complex.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉He, Xiao-Lin -- Garcia, K Christopher -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2004 May 7;304(5672):870-5.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Departments of Microbiology and Immunology, and Structural Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Fairchild D319, 299 Campus Drive, Stanford, CA 94305-5124, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15131306" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Allosteric Site ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Binding Sites ; Calorimetry ; Chromatography, Gel ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Cysteine/chemistry ; Dimerization ; Humans ; Hydrogen Bonding ; Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions ; Lasers ; Ligands ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Molecular Weight ; Nerve Growth Factor/*chemistry/*metabolism ; Protein Binding ; Protein Conformation ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; Rats ; Receptor, Nerve Growth Factor ; Receptor, trkA/chemistry/metabolism ; Receptors, Nerve Growth Factor/*chemistry/*metabolism ; Recombinant Proteins/chemistry/metabolism ; Scattering, Radiation ; Signal Transduction ; Thermodynamics
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    Publication Date: 2004-07-03
    Description: During axon guidance, the ventral guidance of the Caenorhabditis elegans anterior ventral microtubule axon is controlled by two cues, the UNC-6/netrin attractant recognized by the UNC-40/DCC receptor and the SLT-1/slit repellent recognized by the SAX-3/robo receptor. We show here that loss-of-function mutations in clr-1 enhance netrin-dependent attraction, suppressing ventral guidance defects in slt-1 mutants. clr-1 encodes a transmembrane receptor protein tyrosine phosphatase (RPTP) that functions in AVM to inhibit signaling through the DCC family receptor UNC-40 and its effector, UNC-34/enabled. The known effects of other RPTPs in axon guidance could result from modulation of guidance receptors like UNC-40/DCC.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Chang, Chieh -- Yu, Timothy W -- Bargmann, Cornelia I -- Tessier-Lavigne, Marc -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2004 Jul 2;305(5680):103-6.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biological Sciences, Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15232111" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Animals, Genetically Modified ; Axons/*physiology ; Caenorhabditis elegans/genetics/*physiology ; Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins/chemistry/*genetics/*metabolism ; Cell Adhesion Molecules/genetics/metabolism ; Cell Movement ; Cues ; Genes, Helminth ; Microtubules/physiology/ultrastructure ; Models, Biological ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Mutation ; Nerve Tissue Proteins/genetics/*metabolism ; Open Reading Frames ; Phenotype ; Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases/chemistry/*genetics/*metabolism ; Receptor-Like Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases ; Receptors, Immunologic/metabolism ; Signal Transduction
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    Publication Date: 2004-12-14
    Description: Plants are constantly exposed to attack by an array of diverse pathogens but lack a somatically adaptive immune system. In spite of this, natural plant populations do not often suffer destructive disease epidemics. Elucidating how allelic diversity within plant genes that function to detect pathogens (resistance genes) counteracts changing structures of pathogen genes required for host invasion (pathogenicity effectors) is critical to our understanding of the dynamics of natural plant populations. The RPP13 resistance gene is the most polymorphic gene analyzed to date in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana. Here we report the cloning of the avirulence gene, ATR13, that triggers RPP13-mediated resistance, and we show that it too exhibits extreme levels of amino acid polymorphism. Evidence of diversifying selection visible in both components suggests that the host and pathogen may be locked in a coevolutionary conflict at these loci, where attempts to evade host resistance by the pathogen are matched by the development of new detection capabilities by the host.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Allen, Rebecca L -- Bittner-Eddy, Peter D -- Grenville-Briggs, Laura J -- Meitz, Julia C -- Rehmany, Anne P -- Rose, Laura E -- Beynon, Jim L -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2004 Dec 10;306(5703):1957-60.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Warwick, HRI University of Warwick, Wellesbourne, Warwick, CV35 9EF, UK.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15591208" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Arabidopsis/genetics/metabolism/*microbiology ; Arabidopsis Proteins/*genetics/metabolism ; Biolistics ; *Biological Evolution ; Cloning, Molecular ; Fungal Proteins/chemistry/*genetics/physiology ; *Genes, Fungal ; *Genes, Plant ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Oomycetes/*genetics/pathogenicity/physiology ; Plant Diseases/microbiology ; Polymorphism, Genetic ; Protein Sorting Signals ; Selection, Genetic
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    Publication Date: 2004-02-21
    Description: Dietary cholesterol consumption and intestinal cholesterol absorption contribute to plasma cholesterol levels, a risk factor for coronary heart disease. The molecular mechanism of sterol uptake from the lumen of the small intestine is poorly defined. We show that Niemann-Pick C1 Like 1(NPC1L1) protein plays a critical role in the absorption of intestinal cholesterol. NPC1L1 expression is enriched in the small intestine and is in the brush border membrane of enterocytes. Although otherwise phenotypically normal, NPC1L1-deficient mice exhibit a substantial reduction in absorbed cholesterol, which is unaffected by dietary supplementation of bile acids. Ezetimibe, a drug that inhibits cholesterol absorption, had no effect in NPC1L1 knockout mice, suggesting that NPC1L1 resides in an ezetimibe-sensitive pathway responsible for intestinal cholesterol absorption.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Altmann, Scott W -- Davis, Harry R Jr -- Zhu, Li-Ji -- Yao, Xiaorui -- Hoos, Lizbeth M -- Tetzloff, Glen -- Iyer, Sai Prasad N -- Maguire, Maureen -- Golovko, Andrei -- Zeng, Ming -- Wang, Luquan -- Murgolo, Nicholas -- Graziano, Michael P -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2004 Feb 20;303(5661):1201-4.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Cardiovascular/Endocrine Research, Schering-Plough Research Institute, 2015 Galloping Hill Road, Kenilworth, NJ, 07033-0539, USA. scott.altmann@spcorp.com〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14976318" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Anticholesteremic Agents/pharmacology ; Azetidines/pharmacology ; Cholesterol/*metabolism ; Cholesterol, Dietary/*metabolism ; Cholic Acid/administration & dosage/pharmacology ; Computational Biology ; Enterocytes/*metabolism ; Ezetimibe ; Female ; Gene Expression Profiling ; Humans ; *Intestinal Absorption/drug effects ; Intestine, Small/metabolism ; Jejunum/metabolism ; Liver/metabolism ; Male ; Membrane Proteins/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism ; Membrane Transport Proteins/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism ; Mice ; Mice, Inbred C57BL ; Mice, Knockout ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis ; Proteins/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism ; Rats ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley
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    Publication Date: 2004-10-30
    Description: For vision, insect and vertebrate eyes use rhabdomeric and ciliary photoreceptor cells, respectively. These cells show distinct architecture and transduce the light signal by different phototransductory cascades. In the marine rag-worm Platynereis, we find both cell types: rhabdomeric photoreceptor cells in the eyes and ciliary photoreceptor cells in the brain. The latter use a photopigment closely related to vertebrate rod and cone opsins. Comparative analysis indicates that both types of photoreceptors, with distinct opsins, coexisted in Urbilateria, the last common ancestor of insects and vertebrates, and sheds new light on vertebrate eye evolution.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Arendt, Detlev -- Tessmar-Raible, Kristin -- Snyman, Heidi -- Dorresteijn, Adriaan W -- Wittbrodt, Joachim -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2004 Oct 29;306(5697):869-71.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Developmental Biology Department, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69012 Heidelberg, Germany. detlev.arendt@embl.de〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15514158" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; *Biological Evolution ; Brain/cytology ; Cilia/ultrastructure ; Circadian Rhythm ; Cloning, Molecular ; Conserved Sequence ; Eye/cytology ; Gene Duplication ; Genes, Homeobox ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Photoreceptor Cells, Invertebrate/*chemistry/cytology ; Photoreceptor Cells, Vertebrate/chemistry/cytology ; Phylogeny ; Polychaeta/chemistry/*cytology/*genetics ; Retinal Ganglion Cells/cytology ; Rod Opsins/analysis/*chemistry/*genetics
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    Publication Date: 2004-03-06
    Description: Toll-like receptors (TLRs) recognize molecular patterns displayed by microorganisms, and their subsequent activation leads to the transcription of appropriate host-defense genes. Here we report the cloning and characterization of a member of the mammalian TLR family, TLR11, that displays a distinct pattern of expression in macrophages and liver, kidney, and bladder epithelial cells. Cells expressing TLR11 fail to respond to known TLR ligands but instead respond specifically to uropathogenic bacteria. Mice lacking TLR11 are highly susceptible to infection of the kidneys by uropathogenic bacteria, indicating a potentially important role for TLR11 in preventing infection of internal organs of the urogenital system.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Zhang, Dekai -- Zhang, Guolong -- Hayden, Matthew S -- Greenblatt, Matthew B -- Bussey, Crystal -- Flavell, Richard A -- Ghosh, Sankar -- GM07205/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01-AI59440/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- R37-AI33443/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2004 Mar 5;303(5663):1522-6.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Section of Immunobiology and Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15001781" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Cell Line ; Cloning, Molecular ; Codon, Terminator ; Colony Count, Microbial ; Disease Susceptibility ; Epithelial Cells/metabolism ; Escherichia coli/growth & development/immunology/*pathogenicity ; Escherichia coli Infections/*immunology/microbiology ; Gene Expression Profiling ; Humans ; Immunity, Innate ; Kidney/immunology/*metabolism/microbiology ; Ligands ; Liver/metabolism ; Macrophages/metabolism ; Mice ; Mice, Knockout ; Molecular Sequence Data ; NF-kappa B/metabolism ; Polymorphism, Genetic ; Receptors, Cell Surface/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism ; Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism ; Signal Transduction ; Toll-Like Receptors ; Transfection ; Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/metabolism ; Urinary Bladder/immunology/*metabolism/microbiology ; Urinary Tract Infections/*immunology/microbiology
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    Publication Date: 2004-08-31
    Description: The AML1-ETO fusion protein, generated by the t(8;21) chromosomal translocation, is causally involved in nearly 15% of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cases. This study shows that AML1-ETO, as well as ETO, inhibits transcriptional activation by E proteins through stable interactions that preclude recruitment of p300/CREB-binding protein (CBP) coactivators. These interactions are mediated by a conserved ETO TAF4 homology domain and a 17-amino acid p300/CBP and ETO target motif within AD1 activation domains of E proteins. In t(8;21) leukemic cells, very stable interactions between AML1-ETO and E proteins underlie a t(8;21) translocation-specific silencing of E protein function through an aberrant cofactor exchange mechanism. These studies identify E proteins as AML1-ETO targets whose dysregulation may be important for t(8;21) leukemogenesis, as well as an E protein silencing mechanism that is distinct from that associated with differentiation-inhibitory proteins.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Zhang, Jinsong -- Kalkum, Markus -- Yamamura, Soichiro -- Chait, Brian T -- Roeder, Robert G -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2004 Aug 27;305(5688):1286-9.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Rockefeller University, 1230 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15333839" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Acute Disease ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors ; CREB-Binding Protein ; Cell Line ; Cell Line, Tumor ; Conserved Sequence ; Core Binding Factor Alpha 2 Subunit ; DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics/*metabolism ; *Gene Silencing ; HeLa Cells ; Hematopoietic Stem Cells/physiology ; Humans ; Jurkat Cells ; Leukemia, Myeloid/genetics/*metabolism ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Nuclear Proteins/metabolism ; Oncogene Proteins, Fusion/genetics/*metabolism ; Protein Binding ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; TCF Transcription Factors ; Trans-Activators/metabolism ; Transcription Factor 7-Like 2 Protein ; Transcription Factors/genetics/*metabolism ; Transcriptional Activation ; Translocation, Genetic
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    Publication Date: 2004-02-14
    Description: Legumes form symbiotic associations with both mycorrhizal fungi and nitrogen-fixing soil bacteria called rhizobia. Several of the plant genes required for transduction of rhizobial signals, the Nod factors, are also necessary for mycorrhizal symbiosis. Here, we describe the cloning and characterization of one such gene from the legume Medicago truncatula. The DMI1 (does not make infections) gene encodes a novel protein with low global similarity to a ligand-gated cation channel domain of archaea. The protein is highly conserved in angiosperms and ancestral to land plants. We suggest that DMI1 represents an ancient plant-specific innovation, potentially enabling mycorrhizal associations.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Ane, Jean-Michel -- Kiss, Gyorgy B -- Riely, Brendan K -- Penmetsa, R Varma -- Oldroyd, Giles E D -- Ayax, Celine -- Levy, Julien -- Debelle, Frederic -- Baek, Jong-Min -- Kalo, Peter -- Rosenberg, Charles -- Roe, Bruce A -- Long, Sharon R -- Denarie, Jean -- Cook, Douglas R -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2004 Feb 27;303(5662):1364-7. Epub 2004 Feb 12.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14963334" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Motifs ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Arabidopsis/genetics ; Chromosomes, Artificial, Bacterial ; Cloning, Molecular ; Fabaceae/genetics/metabolism/microbiology ; Gene Expression Regulation, Plant ; *Genes, Plant ; Lipopolysaccharides/metabolism ; Medicago/*genetics/metabolism/*microbiology ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Mycorrhizae/*physiology ; Nitrogen Fixation ; Phylogeny ; Plant Proteins/chemistry/genetics/*physiology ; Plant Roots/metabolism ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; Recombination, Genetic ; Rhizobiaceae/*physiology ; Sequence Homology, Amino Acid ; Signal Transduction ; *Symbiosis ; Transgenes
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    Publication Date: 2004-07-13
    Description: Dysregulation of brain serotonin contributes to many psychiatric disorders. Tryptophan hydroxylase-2 (Tph2), rather than Tph1, is preferentially expressed in the brain. We report a functional (C1473G) single-nucleotide polymorphism in mouse Tph2 that results in the substitution of Pro447 with Arg447 and leads to decreased serotonin levels in PC12 cells. Moreover, in BALB/cJ and DBA/2 mice that are homozygous for the 1473G allele, brain serotonin tissue content and synthesis are reduced in comparison to C57Bl/6 and 129X1/SvJ mice that are homozygous for the 1473C allele. Our data provide direct evidence for a fundamental role of Tph2 in brain serotonin synthesis.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Zhang, Xiaodong -- Beaulieu, Jean-Martin -- Sotnikova, Tatyana D -- Gainetdinov, Raul R -- Caron, Marc G -- MH60451/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2004 Jul 9;305(5681):217.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Howard Hughes Medical Institute Laboratory, Department of Cell Biology, and Center for Models of Human Disease, Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy, Box 3287, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15247473" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Alleles ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Brain/*metabolism ; Brain Stem/metabolism ; Corpus Striatum/metabolism ; Frontal Lobe/metabolism ; Humans ; Mice ; Mice, Inbred Strains ; Molecular Sequence Data ; PC12 Cells ; Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide ; Rats ; Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction ; Serotonin/*biosynthesis ; Transfection ; Tryptophan Hydroxylase/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism
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    Publication Date: 2004-09-09
    Description: In proteins homologous to the green fluorescent protein (GFP), formation of red fluorescence requires three autocatalytic steps, whereas only two are needed for green fluorescence. Multiple red/green color diversification events in the GFP superfamily may reflect convergent evolution of the more complex three-step pathway. In the great star coral Montastraea cavernosa, a recreated common ancestor of green and red proteins turned out to be green, indicating that in this case red proteins evolved their color independently from most other homologous red proteins. Furthermore, red color appears to have evolved gradually by small incremental transitions.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Ugalde, Juan A -- Chang, Belinda S W -- Matz, Mikhail V -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2004 Sep 3;305(5689):1433.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Whitney Laboratory, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15353795" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Anthozoa/*genetics/metabolism ; Codon ; *Evolution, Molecular ; Fluorescence ; Green Fluorescent Proteins ; Luminescent Proteins/*genetics ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Phenotype ; Pigments, Biological/*genetics ; Spectrometry, Fluorescence
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    Publication Date: 2004-12-14
    Description: To establish infection in the host, malaria parasites export remodeling and virulence proteins into the erythrocyte. These proteins can traverse a series of membranes, including the parasite membrane, the parasitophorous vacuole membrane, and the erythrocyte membrane. We show that a conserved pentameric sequence plays a central role in protein export into the host cell and predict the exported proteome in Plasmodium falciparum. We identified 400 putative erythrocyte-targeted proteins corresponding to approximately 8% of all predicted genes, with 225 virulence proteins and a further 160 proteins likely to be involved in remodeling of the host erythrocyte. The conservation of this signal across Plasmodium species has implications for the development of new antimalarials.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Marti, Matthias -- Good, Robert T -- Rug, Melanie -- Knuepfer, Ellen -- Cowman, Alan F -- R01-A144008-04A1/PHS HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2004 Dec 10;306(5703):1930-3.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, Victoria 3050, Australia.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15591202" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: *Amino Acid Motifs ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Computational Biology ; Cytoplasm/metabolism ; Erythrocyte Membrane/metabolism ; Gene Expression Profiling ; Genes, Protozoan ; Humans ; Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions ; Malaria, Falciparum/parasitology ; Membrane Proteins/chemistry/metabolism ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis ; Plasmodium/chemistry/genetics/metabolism ; Plasmodium falciparum/genetics/growth & development/*metabolism/*pathogenicity ; *Protein Sorting Signals ; Protein Transport ; Protozoan Proteins/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism ; Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism ; Sequence Alignment ; Vacuoles/metabolism/parasitology ; Virulence ; Virulence Factors/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism
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    Publication Date: 2003-04-26
    Description: Tubular nanostructures are suggested to have a wide range of applications in nanotechnology. We report our observation of the self-assembly of a very short peptide, the Alzheimer's beta-amyloid diphenylalanine structural motif, into discrete and stiff nanotubes. Reduction of ionic silver within the nanotubes, followed by enzymatic degradation of the peptide backbone, resulted in the production of discrete nanowires with a long persistence length. The same dipeptide building block, made of D-phenylalanine, resulted in the production of enzymatically stable nanotubes.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Reches, Meital -- Gazit, Ehud -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2003 Apr 25;300(5619):625-7.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12714741" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Motifs ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Amyloid beta-Peptides/chemistry ; Biosensing Techniques ; Birefringence ; Dipeptides/*chemistry ; Microscopy, Electron ; Microscopy, Electron, Scanning ; Molecular Sequence Data ; *Nanotechnology ; Oxidation-Reduction ; Protein Conformation ; Silver ; Solubility ; Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared
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    Publication Date: 2003-02-04
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Calladine, C R -- Pratap, V -- Chandran, V -- Mizuguchi, K -- Luisi, B F -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2003 Jan 31;299(5607):661-2.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12561825" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Escherichia coli Proteins/*chemistry ; Glycine/chemistry ; Ion Channels/*chemistry ; *Models, Molecular ; Protein Conformation ; Protein Structure, Secondary
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    Publication Date: 2003-03-01
    Description: Although curvature of biological surfaces has been considered from mathematical and biophysical perspectives, its molecular and developmental basis is unclear. We have studied the cin mutant of Antirrhinum, which has crinkly rather than flat leaves. Leaves of cin display excess growth in marginal regions, resulting in a gradual introduction of negative curvature during development. This reflects a change in the shape and the progression of a cell-cycle arrest front moving from the leaf tip toward the base. CIN encodes a TCP protein and is expressed downstream of the arrest front. We propose that CIN promotes zero curvature (flatness) by making cells more sensitive to an arrest signal, particularly in marginal regions.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Nath, Utpal -- Crawford, Brian C W -- Carpenter, Rosemary -- Coen, Enrico -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2003 Feb 28;299(5611):1404-7.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, NR4 7UH, UK.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12610308" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Antirrhinum/cytology/*genetics/*growth & development/metabolism ; Base Sequence ; Cell Cycle ; Cell Differentiation ; Cell Division ; Cell Size ; Cyclin D3 ; Cyclins/genetics/metabolism ; Gene Deletion ; *Gene Expression Regulation, Plant ; *Genes, Plant ; Histones/genetics/metabolism ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Mutagenesis, Insertional ; Mutation ; Plant Leaves/anatomy & histology/cytology/*growth & development/metabolism ; Plant Proteins/chemistry/genetics/metabolism ; Surface Properties ; Transcription Factors/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism
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    Publication Date: 2003-06-14
    Description: In eukaryotes, the combinatorial association of sequence-specific DNA binding proteins is essential for transcription. We have used protein arrays to test 492 pairings of a nearly complete set of coiled-coil strands from human basic-region leucine zipper (bZIP) transcription factors. We find considerable partnering selectivity despite the bZIPs' homologous sequences. The interaction data are of high quality, as assessed by their reproducibility, reciprocity, and agreement with previous observations. Biophysical studies in solution support the relative binding strengths observed with the arrays. New associations provide insights into the circadian clock and the unfolded protein response.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Newman, John R S -- Keating, Amy E -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2003 Jun 27;300(5628):2097-101. Epub 2003 Jun 12.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12805554" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Basic-Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors ; Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid ; Circadian Rhythm ; Circular Dichroism ; Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein/chemistry/metabolism ; DNA-Binding Proteins/chemistry/isolation & purification/*metabolism ; Dimerization ; G-Box Binding Factors ; Humans ; *Leucine Zippers ; Peptides/chemistry/isolation & purification/metabolism ; *Protein Array Analysis ; Protein Binding ; Protein Folding ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; Signal Transduction ; Temperature ; Thermodynamics ; Transcription Factors/*chemistry/isolation & purification/*metabolism
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    Publication Date: 2003-07-19
    Description: We collected and completely sequenced 28,469 full-length complementary DNA clones from Oryza sativa L. ssp. japonica cv. Nipponbare. Through homology searches of publicly available sequence data, we assigned tentative protein functions to 21,596 clones (75.86%). Mapping of the cDNA clones to genomic DNA revealed that there are 19,000 to 20,500 transcription units in the rice genome. Protein informatics analysis against the InterPro database revealed the existence of proteins presented in rice but not in Arabidopsis. Sixty-four percent of our cDNAs are homologous to Arabidopsis proteins.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Rice Full-Length cDNA Consortium -- National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences Rice Full-Length cDNA Project Team -- Kikuchi, Shoshi -- Satoh, Kouji -- Nagata, Toshifumi -- Kawagashira, Nobuyuki -- Doi, Koji -- Kishimoto, Naoki -- Yazaki, Junshi -- Ishikawa, Masahiro -- Yamada, Hitomi -- Ooka, Hisako -- Hotta, Isamu -- Kojima, Keiichi -- Namiki, Takahiro -- Ohneda, Eisuke -- Yahagi, Wataru -- Suzuki, Kohji -- Li, Chao Jie -- Ohtsuki, Kenji -- Shishiki, Toru -- Foundation of Advancement of International Science Genome Sequencing & Analysis Group -- Otomo, Yasuhiro -- Murakami, Kazuo -- Iida, Yoshiharu -- Sugano, Sumio -- Fujimura, Tatsuto -- Suzuki, Yutaka -- Tsunoda, Yuki -- Kurosaki, Takashi -- Kodama, Takeko -- Masuda, Hiromi -- Kobayashi, Michie -- Xie, Quihong -- Lu, Min -- Narikawa, Ryuya -- Sugiyama, Akio -- Mizuno, Kouichi -- Yokomizo, Satoko -- Niikura, Junko -- Ikeda, Rieko -- Ishibiki, Junya -- Kawamata, Midori -- Yoshimura, Akemi -- Miura, Junichirou -- Kusumegi, Takahiro -- Oka, Mitsuru -- Ryu, Risa -- Ueda, Mariko -- Matsubara, Kenichi -- RIKEN -- Kawai, Jun -- Carninci, Piero -- Adachi, Jun -- Aizawa, Katsunori -- Arakawa, Takahiro -- Fukuda, Shiro -- Hara, Ayako -- Hashizume, Wataru -- Hayatsu, Norihito -- Imotani, Koichi -- Ishii, Yoshiyuki -- Itoh, Masayoshi -- Kagawa, Ikuko -- Kondo, Shinji -- Konno, Hideaki -- Miyazaki, Ai -- Osato, Naoki -- Ota, Yoshimi -- Saito, Rintaro -- Sasaki, Daisuke -- Sato, Kenjiro -- Shibata, Kazuhiro -- Shinagawa, Akira -- Shiraki, Toshiyuki -- Yoshino, Masayasu -- Hayashizaki, Yoshihide -- Yasunishi, Ayako -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2003 Jul 18;301(5631):376-9.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Molecular Biology, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, 2-1-2 Kannon-dai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8602, Japan. skikuchi@nias.affrc.go.jp〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12869764" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Alternative Splicing ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Cloning, Molecular ; Computational Biology ; DNA, Complementary ; Databases, Nucleic Acid ; Databases, Protein ; Genes, Plant ; *Genome, Plant ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Open Reading Frames ; Oryza/*genetics ; Plant Proteins/chemistry/genetics/physiology ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; RNA, Antisense/genetics ; *Sequence Analysis, DNA ; Sequence Homology, Amino Acid ; Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid ; Transcription Factors/chemistry/genetics ; Transcription, Genetic
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    Publication Date: 2003-09-13
    Description: Phototropins are light-activated kinases important for plant responses to blue light. Light initiates signaling in these proteins by generating a covalent protein-flavin mononucleotide (FMN) adduct within sensory Per-ARNT-Sim (PAS) domains. We characterized the light-dependent changes of a phototropin PAS domain by solution nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and found that an alpha helix located outside the canonical domain plays a key role in this activation process. Although this helix associates with the PAS core in the dark, photoinduced changes in the domain structure disrupt this interaction. We propose that this mechanism couples light-dependent bond formation to kinase activation and identifies a signaling pathway conserved among PAS domains.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Harper, Shannon M -- Neil, Lori C -- Gardner, Kevin H -- CA90601/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- GM08297/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2003 Sep 12;301(5639):1541-4.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Departments of Biochemistry and Pharmacology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, TX 75390-9038, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12970567" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Avena/*chemistry ; Cryptochromes ; Darkness ; *Drosophila Proteins ; *Eye Proteins ; Flavoproteins/*chemistry/metabolism ; *Light ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular ; *Photoreceptor Cells, Invertebrate ; *Protein Conformation ; Protein Structure, Secondary ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled ; Signal Transduction
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  • 78
    Publication Date: 2003-06-28
    Description: Human antibody 2G12 neutralizes a broad range of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) isolates by binding an unusually dense cluster of carbohydrate moieties on the "silent" face of the gp120 envelope glycoprotein. Crystal structures of Fab 2G12 and its complexes with the disaccharide Manalpha1-2Man and with the oligosaccharide Man9GlcNAc2 revealed that two Fabs assemble into an interlocked VH domain-swapped dimer. Further biochemical, biophysical, and mutagenesis data strongly support a Fab-dimerized antibody as the prevalent form that recognizes gp120. The extraordinary configuration of this antibody provides an extended surface, with newly described binding sites, for multivalent interaction with a conserved cluster of oligomannose type sugars on the surface of gp120. The unique interdigitation of Fab domains within an antibody uncovers a previously unappreciated mechanism for high-affinity recognition of carbohydrate or other repeating epitopes on cell or microbial surfaces.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Calarese, Daniel A -- Scanlan, Christopher N -- Zwick, Michael B -- Deechongkit, Songpon -- Mimura, Yusuke -- Kunert, Renate -- Zhu, Ping -- Wormald, Mark R -- Stanfield, Robyn L -- Roux, Kenneth H -- Kelly, Jeffery W -- Rudd, Pauline M -- Dwek, Raymond A -- Katinger, Hermann -- Burton, Dennis R -- Wilson, Ian A -- AI33292/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- GM46192/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2003 Jun 27;300(5628):2065-71.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Molecular Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12829775" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Antibodies, Monoclonal/chemistry/immunology/metabolism ; Antibody Affinity ; Antibody Specificity ; Binding Sites, Antibody ; Cell Adhesion Molecules/metabolism ; Centrifugation, Density Gradient ; Crystallization ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Dimerization ; Disaccharides/chemistry/metabolism ; Epitopes ; HIV Antibodies/*chemistry/genetics/*immunology/metabolism ; HIV Envelope Protein gp120/*immunology ; HIV-1/*immunology ; Humans ; Hydrogen Bonding ; Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments/*chemistry/genetics/*immunology/metabolism ; Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains/chemistry/immunology ; Immunoglobulin Light Chains/chemistry/immunology ; Immunoglobulin Variable Region/chemistry/immunology ; Lectins/chemistry/immunology/metabolism ; Lectins, C-Type/metabolism ; Ligands ; Mannans/chemistry/metabolism ; Mannosides/chemistry/metabolism ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Mutagenesis ; Oligosaccharides/chemistry/*immunology/metabolism ; Protein Conformation ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; Receptors, Cell Surface/metabolism
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  • 79
    Publication Date: 2003-11-01
    Description: The Arabidopsis autonomous floral-promotion pathway promotes flowering independently of the photoperiod and vernalization pathways by repressing FLOWERING LOCUS C (FLC), a MADS-box transcription factor that blocks the transition from vegetative to reproductive development. Here, we report that FLOWERING LOCUS D (FLD), one of six genes in the autonomous pathway, encodes a plant homolog of a protein found in histone deacetylase complexes in mammals. Lesions in FLD result in hyperacetylation of histones in FLC chromatin, up-regulation of FLC expression, and extremely delayed flowering. Thus, the autonomous pathway regulates flowering in part by histone deacetylation. However, not all autonomous-pathway mutants exhibit FLC hyperacetylation, indicating that multiple means exist by which this pathway represses FLC expression.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉He, Yuehui -- Michaels, Scott D -- Amasino, Richard M -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2003 Dec 5;302(5651):1751-4. Epub 2003 Oct 30.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14593187" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Acetylation ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Arabidopsis/genetics/*growth & development/metabolism ; Arabidopsis Proteins/chemistry/*genetics/*metabolism ; Chromatin/metabolism ; Flowers/*growth & development ; Gene Expression Regulation, Plant ; Genes, Plant ; Histone Deacetylases/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism ; Histones/*metabolism ; Humans ; Introns ; MADS Domain Proteins/chemistry/*genetics/*metabolism ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Mutation ; Phenotype ; Plants, Genetically Modified ; Precipitin Tests ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid ; Repressor Proteins/chemistry/metabolism ; Sequence Deletion ; Transcription, Genetic
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  • 80
    Publication Date: 2003-04-26
    Description: Eukaryotic 2-Cys peroxiredoxins (2-Cys Prxs) not only act as antioxidants, but also appear to regulate hydrogen peroxide-mediated signal transduction. We show that bacterial 2-Cys Prxs are much less sensitive to oxidative inactivation than are eukaryotic 2-Cys Prxs. By identifying two sequence motifs unique to the sensitive 2-Cys Prxs and comparing the crystal structure of a bacterial 2-Cys Prx at 2.2 angstrom resolution with other Prx structures, we define the structural origins of sensitivity. We suggest this adaptation allows 2-Cys Prxs to act as floodgates, keeping resting levels of hydrogen peroxide low, while permitting higher levels during signal transduction.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Wood, Zachary A -- Poole, Leslie B -- Karplus, P Andrew -- ES00210/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/ -- GM50389/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM050389/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM050389-10/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2003 Apr 25;300(5619):650-3.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97333, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12714747" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Motifs ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Bacteria/enzymology ; Binding Sites ; Catalysis ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Cysteine/metabolism ; Disulfides/chemistry/metabolism ; Evolution, Molecular ; Humans ; Hydrogen Peroxide/*metabolism ; Models, Chemical ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Oxidation-Reduction ; Peroxidases/*chemistry/*metabolism ; Peroxiredoxins ; Protein Conformation ; Protein Folding ; Protein Structure, Secondary ; Salmonella typhimurium/*enzymology ; Sequence Alignment ; *Signal Transduction ; Sulfenic Acids/metabolism ; Sulfinic Acids/metabolism ; Yeasts/enzymology
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  • 81
    Publication Date: 2003-11-15
    Description: Prefoldins (PFDs) are members of a recently identified, small-molecular weight protein family able to assemble into molecular chaperone complexes. Here we describe an unusually large member of this family, termed URI, that forms complexes with other small-molecular weight PFDs and with RPB5, a shared subunit of all three RNA polymerases. Functional analysis of the yeast and human orthologs of URI revealed that both are targets of nutrient signaling and participate in gene expression controlled by the TOR kinase. Thus, URI is a component of a signaling pathway that coordinates nutrient availability with gene expression.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Gstaiger, Matthias -- Luke, Brian -- Hess, Daniel -- Oakeley, Edward J -- Wirbelauer, Christiane -- Blondel, Marc -- Vigneron, Marc -- Peter, Matthias -- Krek, Wilhelm -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2003 Nov 14;302(5648):1208-12.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Friedrich Miescher Institut, Maulbeerstrasse 66, CH-4058 Basel, Switzerland.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14615539" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Amino Acids/*metabolism ; Carrier Proteins/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism ; Cell Line ; DNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism ; DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases/metabolism ; GATA Transcription Factors ; *Gene Expression Regulation/drug effects ; Humans ; *Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Phosphorylation ; Protein Kinases/metabolism ; Protein Subunits/metabolism ; RNA Interference ; Repressor Proteins/metabolism ; Saccharomyces cerevisiae/*genetics/metabolism ; Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins/metabolism ; *Signal Transduction ; Sirolimus/pharmacology ; TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases ; Trans-Activators/metabolism ; Transcription Factors/metabolism ; *Transcription, Genetic/drug effects ; Transfection
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  • 82
    Publication Date: 2003-05-06
    Description: In March 2003, a novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV) was discovered in association with cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). The sequence of the complete genome of SARS-CoV was determined, and the initial characterization of the viral genome is presented in this report. The genome of SARS-CoV is 29,727 nucleotides in length and has 11 open reading frames, and its genome organization is similar to that of other coronaviruses. Phylogenetic analyses and sequence comparisons showed that SARS-CoV is not closely related to any of the previously characterized coronaviruses.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Rota, Paul A -- Oberste, M Steven -- Monroe, Stephan S -- Nix, W Allan -- Campagnoli, Ray -- Icenogle, Joseph P -- Penaranda, Silvia -- Bankamp, Bettina -- Maher, Kaija -- Chen, Min-Hsin -- Tong, Suxiong -- Tamin, Azaibi -- Lowe, Luis -- Frace, Michael -- DeRisi, Joseph L -- Chen, Qi -- Wang, David -- Erdman, Dean D -- Peret, Teresa C T -- Burns, Cara -- Ksiazek, Thomas G -- Rollin, Pierre E -- Sanchez, Anthony -- Liffick, Stephanie -- Holloway, Brian -- Limor, Josef -- McCaustland, Karen -- Olsen-Rasmussen, Melissa -- Fouchier, Ron -- Gunther, Stephan -- Osterhaus, Albert D M E -- Drosten, Christian -- Pallansch, Mark A -- Anderson, Larry J -- Bellini, William J -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2003 May 30;300(5624):1394-9. Epub 2003 May 1.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA. prota@cdc.gov〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12730500" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Conserved Sequence ; Coronavirus/classification/genetics ; DNA, Complementary ; Endopeptidases/chemistry/genetics ; *Genome, Viral ; Humans ; Membrane Glycoproteins/chemistry/genetics ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Nucleocapsid Proteins/chemistry/genetics ; Open Reading Frames ; Phylogeny ; Polyproteins/chemistry/genetics ; RNA Replicase/chemistry/genetics ; RNA, Messenger/genetics/metabolism ; RNA, Viral/*genetics ; Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid ; SARS Virus/chemistry/classification/*genetics/isolation & purification ; Sequence Analysis, DNA ; Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome/virology ; Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus ; Transcription, Genetic ; Viral Envelope Proteins/chemistry/genetics ; Viral Matrix Proteins/chemistry/genetics ; Viral Proteins/chemistry/*genetics
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  • 83
    Publication Date: 2003-08-30
    Description: The rhizobial infection of legumes has the most stringent demand toward Nod factor structure of all host responses, and therefore a specific Nod factor entry receptor has been proposed. The SYM2 gene identified in certain ecotypes of pea (Pisum sativum) is a good candidate for such an entry receptor. We exploited the close phylogenetic relationship of pea and the model legume Medicago truncatula to identify genes specifically involved in rhizobial infection. The SYM2 orthologous region of M. truncatula contains 15 putative receptor-like genes, of which 7 are LysM domain-containing receptor-like kinases (LYKs). Using reverse genetics in M. truncatula, we show that two LYK genes are specifically involved in infection thread formation. This, as well as the properties of the LysM domains, strongly suggests that they are Nod factor entry receptors.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Limpens, Erik -- Franken, Carolien -- Smit, Patrick -- Willemse, Joost -- Bisseling, Ton -- Geurts, Rene -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2003 Oct 24;302(5645):630-3. Epub 2003 Aug 28.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Department of Plant Sciences, Wageningen University, Dreijenlaan 3, 6703HA, Wageningen, Netherlands.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12947035" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Base Sequence ; Gene Expression ; *Genes, Plant ; Ligands ; Lipopolysaccharides/*metabolism ; Medicago/genetics/microbiology/*physiology ; Models, Biological ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Mutation ; Nitrogen Fixation ; Peas ; Phenotype ; Plant Roots/*microbiology/physiology ; Protein Kinases/chemistry/*genetics/*metabolism ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; RNA Interference ; Signal Transduction ; Sinorhizobium meliloti/chemistry/genetics/growth & development/*physiology ; *Symbiosis
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  • 84
    Publication Date: 2003-09-06
    Description: The earliest of a series of copper efflux genes in Escherichia coli are controlled by CueR, a member of the MerR family of transcriptional activators. Thermodynamic calibration of CueR reveals a zeptomolar (10(-21) molar) sensitivity to free Cu+, which is far less than one atom per cell. Atomic details of this extraordinary sensitivity and selectivity for +1transition-metal ions are revealed by comparing the crystal structures of CueR and a Zn2+-sensing homolog, ZntR. An unusual buried metal-receptor site in CueR restricts the metal to a linear, two-coordinate geometry and uses helix-dipole and hydrogen-bonding interactions to enhance metal binding. This binding mode is rare among metalloproteins but well suited for an ultrasensitive genetic switch.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Changela, Anita -- Chen, Kui -- Xue, Yi -- Holschen, Jackie -- Outten, Caryn E -- O'Halloran, Thomas V -- Mondragon, Alfonso -- F32 DK61868/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/ -- GM08382/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- GM38784/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- GM51350/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2003 Sep 5;301(5638):1383-7.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Cell Biology, Northwestern University, 2205Tech Drive, Evanston, IL 60208, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12958362" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Bacterial Proteins/*chemistry/genetics/*metabolism ; Binding Sites ; Copper/*metabolism ; Crystallization ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; DNA-Binding Proteins/*chemistry/genetics/*metabolism ; Dimerization ; Escherichia coli/*chemistry/genetics/metabolism ; Escherichia coli Proteins/*chemistry/genetics/*metabolism ; Helix-Turn-Helix Motifs ; Hydrogen Bonding ; Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions ; Ligands ; Metals/*metabolism ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Oxidation-Reduction ; Promoter Regions, Genetic ; Protein Conformation ; Protein Structure, Secondary ; Sequence Alignment ; Thermodynamics ; Transcription Factors/chemistry/genetics/metabolism ; Transcriptional Activation ; Zinc/metabolism
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  • 85
    Publication Date: 2003-09-23
    Description: G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) at the cell surface activate heterotrimeric G proteins by inducing the G protein alpha (Galpha) subunit to exchange guanosine diphosphate for guanosine triphosphate. Regulators of G protein signaling (RGS) proteins accelerate the deactivation of Galpha subunits to reduce GPCR signaling. Here we identified an RGS protein (AtRGS1) in Arabidopsis that has a predicted structure similar to a GPCR as well as an RGS box with GTPase accelerating activity. Expression of AtRGS1 complemented the pheromone supersensitivity phenotype of a yeast RGS mutant, sst2Delta. Loss of AtRGS1 increased the activity of the Arabidopsis Galpha subunit, resulting in increased cell elongation in hypocotyls in darkness and increased cell production in roots grown in light. These findings suggest that AtRGS1 is a critical modulator of plant cell proliferation.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Chen, Jin-Gui -- Willard, Francis S -- Huang, Jirong -- Liang, Jiansheng -- Chasse, Scott A -- Jones, Alan M -- Siderovski, David P -- GM055316/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- GM62338/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- GM65533/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- GM65989/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM065989/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM065989-01/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM065989-02/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM065989-03/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM065989-04/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2003 Sep 19;301(5640):1728-31.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3280, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14500984" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Alleles ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Arabidopsis/*cytology/genetics/*metabolism ; Arabidopsis Proteins/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism ; Cell Differentiation ; *Cell Division ; Cell Membrane/metabolism ; *GTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits ; Heterotrimeric GTP-Binding Proteins/metabolism ; Meristem/metabolism ; Mitosis ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Mutation ; Open Reading Frames ; Phenotype ; Plant Roots/cytology/growth & development/metabolism ; Protein Precursors/metabolism ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; RGS Proteins/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism ; Recombinant Fusion Proteins/chemistry/metabolism ; Saccharomyces cerevisiae/genetics/metabolism ; Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins/metabolism ; Transgenes
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    Publication Date: 2003-05-31
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Holmes, Kathryn V -- Enjuanes, Luis -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2003 May 30;300(5624):1377-8.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Microbiology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO 80262, USA. kathryn.holmes@UCHSC.edu〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12775826" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Antigens, Viral/immunology ; Antiviral Agents ; Base Sequence ; Coronavirus/classification/genetics ; Drug Design ; Evolution, Molecular ; *Genome, Viral ; Humans ; Open Reading Frames ; Phylogeny ; RNA, Messenger/genetics ; RNA, Viral/*genetics ; Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid ; SARS Virus/classification/*genetics/physiology ; Sequence Analysis, DNA ; Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome/drug therapy/prevention & control/virology ; Transcription, Genetic ; Viral Proteins/chemistry/genetics/physiology ; Viral Vaccines
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  • 87
    Publication Date: 2003-08-02
    Description: Auxin is a plant hormone that regulates many aspects of plant growth and development. We used a chemical genetics approach to identify SIR1, a regulator of many auxin-inducible genes. The sir1 mutant was resistant to sirtinol, a small molecule that activates many auxin-inducible genes and promotes auxin-related developmental phenotypes. SIR1 is predicted to encode a protein composed of a ubiquitin-activating enzyme E1-like domain and a Rhodanese-like domain homologous to that of prolyl isomerase. We suggest a molecular context for how the auxin signal is propagated to exert its biological effects.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Zhao, Yunde -- Dai, Xinhua -- Blackwell, Helen E -- Schreiber, Stuart L -- Chory, Joanne -- 1R01GM68631-01/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- 2R01GM52413/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2003 Aug 22;301(5636):1107-10. Epub 2003 Jul 31.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Section of Cell and Developmental Biology, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California at San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0116, USA. yzhao@biomail.ucsd.edu〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12893885" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Adenosine Triphosphate/metabolism ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Arabidopsis/drug effects/genetics/growth & development/*metabolism ; Arabidopsis Proteins/*chemistry/genetics/*metabolism ; Benzamides/metabolism/pharmacology ; Binding Sites ; Gene Expression Profiling ; Gene Expression Regulation, Plant ; Genes, Plant ; Genes, Reporter ; Indoleacetic Acids/*metabolism/pharmacology ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Mutation ; Naphthols/metabolism/pharmacology ; Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis ; Phenotype ; Plant Leaves/drug effects/growth & development ; Plant Roots/drug effects/growth & development ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; *Signal Transduction ; Sirtuins/antagonists & inhibitors ; Transcription, Genetic
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  • 88
    Publication Date: 2003-08-16
    Description: The severity of many inherited disorders is influenced by genetic background. We describe a modifier interaction in C57BL/6Jmice that converts a chronic movement disorder into a lethal neurological disease. The primary mutation (medJ) changes a splice donor site of the sodium channel gene Scn8a (Nav1.6). The modifier mutation is characteristic of strain C57BL/6Jand introduces a nonsense codon into sodium channel modifier 1 (SCNM1), a zinc finger protein and a putative splice factor. An internally deleted SCNM1 protein is also predicted as a result of exon skipping associated with disruption of a consensus exonic splicing enhancer. The effect of the modifier mutation is to reduce the abundance of correctly spliced sodium channel transcripts below the threshold for survival. Our finding that genetic variation in a putative RNA splicing factor influences disease susceptibility in mice raises the possibility that a similar mechanism modifies the severity of human inherited disorders.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Buchner, David A -- Trudeau, Michelle -- Meisler, Miriam H -- GM24872/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- T32 DC00011/DC/NIDCD NIH HHS/ -- T32 GM07544/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- T32 HG00040/HG/NHGRI NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2003 Aug 15;301(5635):967-9.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Human Genetics, University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0618, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12920299" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Alleles ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Carrier Proteins/chemistry/*genetics/metabolism ; Chromosome Mapping ; Codon, Nonsense ; Codon, Terminator ; Genetic Predisposition to Disease ; Humans ; Mice ; Mice, Inbred C57BL ; Mice, Inbred Strains ; Mice, Neurologic Mutants ; Mice, Transgenic ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Movement Disorders/genetics/metabolism ; Mutation ; NAV1.6 Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel ; *Nerve Tissue Proteins ; Nervous System Diseases/*genetics/metabolism ; Phenotype ; Phylogeny ; *RNA Splicing ; RNA, Messenger/genetics/metabolism ; Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction ; Sodium Channels/*genetics/metabolism ; Zinc Fingers
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  • 89
    Publication Date: 2003-02-01
    Description: mahoganoid is a mouse coat-color mutation whose pigmentary phenotype and genetic interactions resemble those of Attractin (Atrn). Atrn mutations also cause spongiform neurodegeneration. Here, we show that a null mutation for mahoganoid causes a similar age-dependent neuropathology that includes many features of prion diseases but without accumulation of protease-resistant prion protein. The gene mutated in mahoganoid encodes a RING-containing protein with E3 ubiquitin ligase activity in vitro. Similarities in phenotype, expression, and genetic interactions suggest that mahoganoid and Atrn genes are part of a conserved pathway for regulated protein turnover whose function is essential for neuronal viability.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉He, Lin -- Lu, Xin-Yun -- Jolly, Aaron F -- Eldridge, Adam G -- Watson, Stanley J -- Jackson, Peter K -- Barsh, Gregory S -- Gunn, Teresa M -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2003 Jan 31;299(5607):710-2.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Pediatrics, Department of Genetics, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12560552" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Alleles ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Blotting, Northern ; Brain/metabolism/*pathology ; Carrier Proteins/chemistry/*genetics/*metabolism ; Crosses, Genetic ; Female ; Gene Expression ; Ligases/metabolism ; Male ; Membrane Proteins/genetics ; Mice ; Mice, Inbred C3H ; Mice, Mutant Strains ; Mice, Transgenic ; Models, Biological ; Molecular Sequence Data ; *Mutation ; Neurodegenerative Diseases/*genetics/metabolism/*pathology ; Neurons/metabolism/pathology ; Pigmentation ; Prions/metabolism ; RNA, Messenger/genetics/metabolism ; Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism ; Transgenes ; Ubiquitin/metabolism ; Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases ; Vacuoles/ultrastructure
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  • 90
    Publication Date: 2003-12-04
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Eickmann, Markus -- Becker, Stephan -- Klenk, Hans-Dieter -- Doerr, Hans Wilhelm -- Stadler, Konrad -- Censini, Stefano -- Guidotti, Silvia -- Masignani, Vega -- Scarselli, Maria -- Mora, Marirosa -- Donati, Claudio -- Han, Jang H -- Song, Hyun Chul -- Abrignani, Sergio -- Covacci, Antonello -- Rappuoli, Rino -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2003 Nov 28;302(5650):1504-5.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14645828" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Algorithms ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Consensus Sequence ; Coronavirus/chemistry/*classification ; Genome, Viral ; Membrane Glycoproteins/chemistry ; Nucleocapsid/chemistry ; *Phylogeny ; SARS Virus/chemistry/*classification/*genetics ; Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus ; Viral Envelope Proteins/chemistry ; Viral Matrix Proteins/chemistry ; Viral Proteins/chemistry
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  • 91
    Publication Date: 2003-10-11
    Description: The stone-like otoliths from the ears of teleost fishes are involved in balance and hearing and consist of calcium carbonate crystallites embedded in a protein framework. We report that a previously unknown gene, starmaker, is required in zebrafish for otolith morphogenesis. Reduction of starmaker activity by injection of modified antisense oligonucleotides causes a change in the crystal lattice structure and thus a change in otolith morphology. The expression pattern of starmaker, along with the presence of the protein on the growing otolith, suggest that the expression levels of starmaker control the shape of the otoliths.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Sollner, Christian -- Burghammer, Manfred -- Busch-Nentwich, Elisabeth -- Berger, Jurgen -- Schwarz, Heinz -- Riekel, Christian -- Nicolson, Teresa -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2003 Oct 10;302(5643):282-6.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Max Planck Institut fur Entwicklungsbiologie, Spemannstrasse 35, 72076 Tubingen, Germany.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14551434" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; *Calcification, Physiologic ; Calcium Carbonate/chemistry ; Computational Biology ; Crystallization ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Ear/embryology/physiology ; Gene Expression ; Hearing ; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration ; Microscopy, Electron, Scanning ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Morphogenesis ; Oligonucleotides, Antisense ; Otolithic Membrane/chemistry/growth & development/*physiology/ultrastructure ; Phenotype ; Postural Balance ; X-Ray Diffraction ; Zebrafish/anatomy & histology/genetics/growth & development/*physiology ; Zebrafish Proteins/chemistry/genetics/*physiology
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  • 92
    Publication Date: 2003-09-06
    Description: A novel coronavirus (SCoV) is the etiological agent of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). SCoV-like viruses were isolated from Himalayan palm civets found in a live-animal market in Guangdong, China. Evidence of virus infection was also detected in other animals (including a raccoon dog, Nyctereutes procyonoides) and in humans working at the same market. All the animal isolates retain a 29-nucleotide sequence that is not found in most human isolates. The detection of SCoV-like viruses in small, live wild mammals in a retail market indicates a route of interspecies transmission, although the natural reservoir is not known.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Guan, Y -- Zheng, B J -- He, Y Q -- Liu, X L -- Zhuang, Z X -- Cheung, C L -- Luo, S W -- Li, P H -- Zhang, L J -- Guan, Y J -- Butt, K M -- Wong, K L -- Chan, K W -- Lim, W -- Shortridge, K F -- Yuen, K Y -- Peiris, J S M -- Poon, L L M -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2003 Oct 10;302(5643):276-8. Epub 2003 Sep 4.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, University Pathology Building, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China. yguan@hkucc.hku.hk〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12958366" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Animals, Wild/*virology ; Antibodies, Viral/blood ; Blotting, Western ; Carnivora/*virology ; China ; Coronavirus/classification/genetics/immunology/*isolation & purification ; Coronavirus Infections/veterinary/virology ; Disease Reservoirs ; Feces/virology ; Genome, Viral ; Humans ; Membrane Glycoproteins/chemistry/genetics ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Neutralization Tests ; Nose/virology ; Open Reading Frames/genetics ; Phylogeny ; Polymorphism, Genetic ; Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction ; SARS Virus/classification/genetics/immunology/*isolation & purification ; Sequence Deletion ; Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid ; Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus ; Viral Envelope Proteins/chemistry/genetics ; Viral Proteins/chemistry/genetics
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  • 93
    Publication Date: 2003-03-29
    Description: Acetyl-coenzyme A carboxylases (ACCs) are required for the biosynthesis and oxidation of long-chain fatty acids. They are targets for therapeutics against obesity and diabetes, and several herbicides function by inhibiting their carboxyltransferase (CT) domain. We determined the crystal structure of the free enzyme and the coenzyme A complex of yeast CT at 2.7 angstrom resolution and found that it comprises two domains, both belonging to the crotonase/ClpP superfamily. The active site is at the interface of a dimer. Mutagenesis and kinetic studies reveal the functional roles of conserved residues here. The herbicides target the active site of CT, providing a lead for inhibitor development against human ACCs.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Zhang, Hailong -- Yang, Zhiru -- Shen, Yang -- Tong, Liang -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2003 Mar 28;299(5615):2064-7.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12663926" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase/antagonists & inhibitors/*chemistry/genetics/metabolism ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Binding Sites ; Biotin/chemistry/metabolism ; Catalysis ; Coenzyme A/chemistry/metabolism ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Dimerization ; Enzyme Inhibitors/metabolism/pharmacology ; Hydrogen Bonding ; Kinetics ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Mutagenesis ; Protein Conformation ; Protein Folding ; Protein Structure, Secondary ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; Pyridines/metabolism/pharmacology ; Saccharomyces cerevisiae/*enzymology
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  • 94
    Publication Date: 2003-10-04
    Description: Control of integrin affinity for ligands (integrin activation) is essential for normal cell adhesion, migration, and assembly of an extracellular matrix. Integrin activation is usually mediated through the integrin beta subunit cytoplasmic tail and can be regulated by many different biochemical signaling pathways. We report that specific binding of the cytoskeletal protein talin to integrin beta subunit cytoplasmic tails leads to the conformational rearrangements of integrin extracellular domains that increase their affinity. Thus, regulated binding of talin to integrin beta tails is a final common element of cellular signaling cascades that control integrin activation.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Tadokoro, Seiji -- Shattil, Sanford J -- Eto, Koji -- Tai, Vera -- Liddington, Robert C -- de Pereda, Jose M -- Ginsberg, Mark H -- Calderwood, David A -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2003 Oct 3;302(5642):103-6.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Cell Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, The Burnham Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14526080" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Amino Acid Substitution ; Animals ; Antibodies, Monoclonal/immunology ; Antigens, CD29/chemistry/metabolism ; Cell Line ; Fibronectins/metabolism ; Humans ; Integrin beta Chains/chemistry/*metabolism ; Integrin beta3/chemistry/metabolism ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Mutation ; Platelet Glycoprotein GPIIb-IIIa Complex/chemistry/immunology/metabolism ; Protein Binding ; Protein Conformation ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; RNA, Small Interfering ; Recombinant Proteins/metabolism ; *Signal Transduction ; Talin/*metabolism ; Transfection
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  • 95
    Publication Date: 2003-05-15
    Description: A novel coronavirus has been identified as the causative agent of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). The viral main proteinase (Mpro, also called 3CLpro), which controls the activities of the coronavirus replication complex, is an attractive target for therapy. We determined crystal structures for human coronavirus (strain 229E) Mpro and for an inhibitor complex of porcine coronavirus [transmissible gastroenteritis virus (TGEV)] Mpro, and we constructed a homology model for SARS coronavirus (SARS-CoV) Mpro. The structures reveal a remarkable degree of conservation of the substrate-binding sites, which is further supported by recombinant SARS-CoV Mpro-mediated cleavage of a TGEV Mpro substrate. Molecular modeling suggests that available rhinovirus 3Cpro inhibitors may be modified to make them useful for treating SARS.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Anand, Kanchan -- Ziebuhr, John -- Wadhwani, Parvesh -- Mesters, Jeroen R -- Hilgenfeld, Rolf -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2003 Jun 13;300(5626):1763-7. Epub 2003 May 13.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Institute of Biochemistry, University of Lubeck, D-23538 Lubeck, Germany.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12746549" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Chloromethyl Ketones/chemistry/metabolism ; Amino Acid Sequence ; *Antiviral Agents ; Binding Sites ; Catalytic Domain ; Coronavirus 229E, Human/*enzymology ; Crystallization ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Cysteine Endopeptidases/*chemistry/metabolism ; Cysteine Proteinase Inhibitors/chemistry/metabolism ; Dimerization ; *Drug Design ; Humans ; Isoxazoles/chemistry/metabolism/pharmacology ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Protein Conformation ; Protein Structure, Secondary ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; Pyrrolidinones/chemistry/metabolism/pharmacology ; Recombinant Proteins/chemistry/metabolism ; SARS Virus/*drug effects/*enzymology ; Sequence Alignment ; Sequence Homology, Amino Acid ; Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome/drug therapy ; Transmissible gastroenteritis virus/enzymology
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  • 96
    Publication Date: 2003-03-01
    Description: Molecular etiologies of heart failure, an emerging cardiovascular epidemic affecting 4.7 million Americans and costing 17.8 billion health-care dollars annually, remain poorly understood. Here we report that an inherited human dilated cardiomyopathy with refractory congestive heart failure is caused by a dominant Arg --〉 Cys missense mutation at residue 9 (R9C) in phospholamban (PLN), a transmembrane phosphoprotein that inhibits the cardiac sarcoplasmic reticular Ca2+-adenosine triphosphatase (SERCA2a) pump. Transgenic PLN(R9C) mice recapitulated human heart failure with premature death. Cellular and biochemical studies revealed that, unlike wild-type PLN, PLN(R9C) did not directly inhibit SERCA2a. Rather, PLN(R9C) trapped protein kinase A (PKA), which blocked PKA-mediated phosphorylation of wild-type PLN and in turn delayed decay of calcium transients in myocytes. These results indicate that myocellular calcium dysregulation can initiate human heart failure-a finding that may lead to therapeutic opportunities.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Schmitt, Joachim P -- Kamisago, Mitsuhiro -- Asahi, Michio -- Li, Guo Hua -- Ahmad, Ferhaan -- Mende, Ulrike -- Kranias, Evangelia G -- MacLennan, David H -- Seidman, J G -- Seidman, Christine E -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2003 Feb 28;299(5611):1410-3.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 200 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12610310" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Amino Acid Substitution ; Animals ; Calcium/metabolism ; Calcium Signaling ; Calcium-Binding Proteins/chemistry/*genetics/*physiology ; Calcium-Transporting ATPases/antagonists & inhibitors/metabolism ; Cardiomegaly ; Cardiomyopathy, Dilated/*genetics/pathology/physiopathology ; Cell Line ; Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases/metabolism ; Female ; Heart Failure/*genetics/pathology/physiopathology ; Heart Ventricles/metabolism/pathology ; Humans ; Lod Score ; Male ; Mice ; Mice, Transgenic ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Muscle Cells/metabolism/physiology ; *Mutation, Missense ; Myocardial Contraction ; Myocardium/pathology ; Pedigree ; Phosphorylation ; Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Calcium-Transporting ATPases
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  • 97
    Publication Date: 2003-10-11
    Description: The genomes of several nonphotosynthetic bacteria, such as Bacillus subtilis, and some Archaea include genes for proteins with sequence homology to the large subunit of ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (RuBisCO). We found that such a RuBisCO-like protein (RLP) from B. subtilis catalyzed the 2,3-diketo-5-methylthiopentyl-1-phosphate enolase reaction in the methionine salvage pathway. A growth-defective mutant, in which the gene for this RLP had been disrupted, was rescued by the gene for RuBisCOfrom the photosynthetic bacterium Rhodospirillum rubrum. Thus, the photosynthetic RuBisCO from R. rubrum retains the ability to function in the methionine salvage pathway in B. subtilis.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Ashida, Hiroki -- Saito, Yohtaro -- Kojima, Chojiro -- Kobayashi, Kazuo -- Ogasawara, Naotake -- Yokota, Akiho -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2003 Oct 10;302(5643):286-90.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST), 8916-5 Takayama, Ikoma, Nara 630-0101, Japan.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14551435" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Bacillus subtilis/*enzymology/genetics/growth & development ; Bacterial Proteins/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism ; Catalysis ; Genes, Bacterial ; Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy ; Methionine/metabolism ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Mutation ; Operon ; Phylogeny ; Recombinant Proteins/metabolism ; Rhodospirillum rubrum/*enzymology/genetics ; Ribulose-Bisphosphate Carboxylase/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism ; Sequence Alignment ; Thioglycosides/metabolism
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  • 98
    Publication Date: 2003-05-31
    Description: In the genetic code, UGA serves as a stop signal and a selenocysteine codon, but no computational methods for identifying its coding function are available. Consequently, most selenoprotein genes are misannotated. We identified selenoprotein genes in sequenced mammalian genomes by methods that rely on identification of selenocysteine insertion RNA structures, the coding potential of UGA codons, and the presence of cysteine-containing homologs. The human selenoproteome consists of 25 selenoproteins.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Kryukov, Gregory V -- Castellano, Sergi -- Novoselov, Sergey V -- Lobanov, Alexey V -- Zehtab, Omid -- Guigo, Roderic -- Gladyshev, Vadim N -- GM61603/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2003 May 30;300(5624):1439-43.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biochemistry, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68588-0664, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12775843" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Base Sequence ; Codon ; Codon, Terminator ; Computational Biology ; DNA Transposable Elements ; Gene Expression Profiling ; Genome, Human ; Humans ; Mice ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Open Reading Frames ; Proteins/*chemistry/*genetics ; *Proteome ; Rats ; *Selenium ; Selenocysteine/chemistry/*genetics ; Selenoproteins ; Sequence Alignment ; Sequence Analysis, DNA ; Sequence Homology, Amino Acid ; Software
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  • 99
    Publication Date: 2003-11-25
    Description: A major challenge of computational protein design is the creation of novel proteins with arbitrarily chosen three-dimensional structures. Here, we used a general computational strategy that iterates between sequence design and structure prediction to design a 93-residue alpha/beta protein called Top7 with a novel sequence and topology. Top7 was found experimentally to be folded and extremely stable, and the x-ray crystal structure of Top7 is similar (root mean square deviation equals 1.2 angstroms) to the design model. The ability to design a new protein fold makes possible the exploration of the large regions of the protein universe not yet observed in nature.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Kuhlman, Brian -- Dantas, Gautam -- Ireton, Gregory C -- Varani, Gabriele -- Stoddard, Barry L -- Baker, David -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2003 Nov 21;302(5649):1364-8.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14631033" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Algorithms ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Circular Dichroism ; Computational Biology ; Computer Graphics ; Computer Simulation ; Crystallization ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Databases, Protein ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Monte Carlo Method ; Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular ; *Protein Conformation ; Protein Denaturation ; *Protein Engineering ; *Protein Folding ; Protein Structure, Secondary ; Proteins/*chemistry ; *Software ; Solubility ; Temperature ; Thermodynamics
    Print ISSN: 0036-8075
    Electronic ISSN: 1095-9203
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Computer Science , Medicine , Natural Sciences in General , Physics
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  • 100
    Publication Date: 2003-08-30
    Description: In Drosophila, maternally supplied Nanos functions in the migration of primordial germ cells (PGCs) into the gonad; in mice, zygotic genes are involved instead. We report the cloning and the functional analyses of nanos2 and nanos3 in mice. These genes are differentially expressed in mouse PGCs. nanos2 is predominantly expressed in male germ cells, and the elimination of this gene results in a complete loss of spermatogonia. However, nanos3 is found in migrating PGCs, and the elimination of this factor results in the complete loss of germ cells in both sexes. Hence, although mice and flies differ in their mechanisms for germ cell specification, there seems to be conserved function for nanos proteins among invertebrates and vertebrates.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Tsuda, Masayuki -- Sasaoka, Yumiko -- Kiso, Makoto -- Abe, Kuniya -- Haraguchi, Seiki -- Kobayashi, Satoru -- Saga, Yumiko -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2003 Aug 29;301(5637):1239-41.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Division of Mammalian Development, National Institute of Genetics, SOKENDAI, Yata 1111, Mishima, Shizuoka 411-8540, Japan.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12947200" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Apoptosis ; Carrier Proteins/chemistry/genetics/*physiology ; Cell Count ; Cell Division ; Cell Movement ; Cloning, Molecular ; Female ; Gene Expression Profiling ; Gene Targeting ; Germ Cells/*growth & development/*metabolism ; Gonads/embryology/growth & development/*metabolism ; In Situ Nick-End Labeling ; Male ; Mice ; Mice, Knockout ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Organ Size ; Ovary/anatomy & histology/metabolism ; Ovum/physiology ; Phenotype ; *RNA-Binding Proteins ; Spermatogenesis ; Spermatozoa/physiology ; Testis/anatomy & histology/embryology/growth & development/metabolism
    Print ISSN: 0036-8075
    Electronic ISSN: 1095-9203
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Computer Science , Medicine , Natural Sciences in General , Physics
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