Latest Immediate Publications in BJ Central

as at 4 July 2009

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2 July 2009

Molecular recognition of physiological substrate noradrenaline by the adrenaline synthesising enzyme PNMT and factors influencing its methyltransferase activity

Nyssa Drinkwater, Christine L Gee, Munish Puri, Kevin R Criscione, Michael J McLeish, Gary L Grunewald and Jennifer L Martin

Interaction of mitochondrial thioredoxin with glucocorticoid receptor and NF-κΒ modulates glucocorticoid receptor and NF-κB signaling in HEK 293 cells

Anna-Maria G Psarra, Stefan Hermann, George Panayotou and Giannis Spyrou

Prostaglandin EP2 and EP4 receptors modulate CCL2 (MCP-1) expression in response to LPS-induced renal glomerular inflammation

Gunther Zahner, Melanie Schaper, Ulf Panzer, Malte Andreas Kluger, Rolf A.K. Stahl, Friedrich Thaiss and André Schneider

GDI-1 preferably interacts with Rab10 in insulin-stimulated GLUT4 translocation

Yu Chen, Yongqiang Deng, Jinzhong Zhang, Lu Yang, Xiangyang Xie and Tao Xu

26 June 2009

DNA damage signalling recruits RREB-1 to the p53 tumor suppressor promoter

Hanshao Liu, Hoi Chin Hew, Zheng-Guang Lu, Tomoko Yamaguchi, Yoshio Miki and Kiyotsugu Yoshida

Human Ccr4-Not complexes contain variable deadenylase subunits

Nga-Chi Lau, Annemieke Kolkman, Frederick M.A. van Schaik, Klaas W. Mulder, W.W.M. Pim Pijnappel, Albert J.R. Heck and H.Th. Marc Timmers

Origin of pyrimidine deoxyribonucleotide pools in perfused rat heart

Gerald W. Morris, Tyler A. Iams, Kira G. Slepchenko and Edward E. McKee

25 June 2009

Sodium nitrite therapy attenuates hypertensive effects of HBOC-201 via nitrite reduction

Cilina Rodriguez, Dario A. Vitturi, Jin He, Marianne Vandromme, Angela Brandon, Anne Hutchings, Loring W. Rue III, Jeffrey D. Kerby and Rakesh P. Patel

Functional conservation of tRNase Z^L among Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Schizosaccharomyces pombe and humans

Zhen Zhao, Wenchen Su, Sheng Yuan and Ying Huang

The transcriptional activity of Pygopus is enhanced by its interaction with CREB binding protein

Phillip G.P. Andrews, Zhijian He, Catherine Popadiuk and Kenneth R. Kao

24 June 2009

Ephrin-independent regulation of cell substrate adhesion by the EphB4 receptor

Nicole K. Noren, Nai-Ying Yang, Morgan Silldorff, Ravichandra Mutyala and Elena B. Pasquale

Chemokine degradation by the Group A streptococcal serine proteinase ScpC can be reconstituted in vitro and requires two separate domains

Andrea Fritzer, Birgit Noiges, Daniela Schweiger, Angelika Rek, Andreas J. Kungl, Alexander von Gabain, Eszter Nagy and Andreas L. Meinke

23 June 2009

Two novel phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate, 5-kinase type I gamma splice variants expressed in human cells display distinctive cellular targeting

Nicholas J Schill and Richard A Anderson

Recruitment of NAADP-sensitive acidic Ca²⁺ stores by glutamate

Vinita Pandey, Chia-Chen Chuang, Alexander M Lewis, Parvinder Aley, Eugen Brailoiu, Nae Dun, Grant C Churchill and Sandip Patel

Inhibitory effects of kynurenic acid, a tryptophan metabolite, and its derivatives on cytosolic sulfotransferases

Laddawan Senggunprai, Kouichi Yoshinari and Yasushi Yamazoe

Recombinant production of eight human cytosolic aminotransferases and assessment of their potential involvement in glyoxylate metabolism

Stefano Donini, Manuela Ferrari, Chiara Fedeli, Marco Faini, Ilaria Lamberto, Ada Serena Marletta, Lara Mellini, Michela Panini, Riccardo Percudani, Loredano Pollegioni, Laura Caldinelli, Stefania Petrucco and Alessio Peracchi

22 June 2009

The NRAMP6 metal transporter contributes to cadmium toxicity

Rémy Cailliatte, Bruno Lapeyre, Jean-François Briat, Stéphane Mari and Catherine Curie

19 June 2009

Crystal structure of Glycine max glutathione transferase in complex with glutathione: investigation of the mechanism operating by the tau class glutathione transferases

Irene Axarli, Prathusha Dhavala, Anastassios C. Papageorgiou and Nikolaos E Labrou

18 June 2009

Gain of function mutations identify amino acids within transmembrane domains of the yeast vacuolar transporter Zrc1 that determine metal specificity

Huilan Lin, Damali Burton, Liangtao Li, David E Warner, John Phillips, Diane McVey Ward and Jerry Kaplan

Generation and functional characterization of a BCL10 inhibitory peptide that represses NF-κB activation

Daniela Marasco, Romania Stilo, Annamaria Sandomenico, Simona Maria Monti, Barbara Tizzano, Antonia De Capua, Ettore Varricchio, Domenico Liguoro, Tiziana Zotti, Silvestro Formisano, Menotti Ruvo and Pasquale Vito

Human heme oxygenase-1 induction by nitro-linoleic acid is mediated by cyclic AMP, AP-1, and E-box response element interactions

Marcienne M. Wright, Junghyun Kim, Thomas D Hock, Norbert Leitinger, Bruce A Freeman and Anupam Agarwal

17 June 2009

A novel p53 target gene, S100A9, induces p53-dependent cellular apoptosis and mediates p53 apoptosis pathway

Chunsun Li, Hongyan Chen, Fang Ding, Yu Zhang, Aiping Luo, Mingrong Wang and Zhihua Liu

The steady state mechanism of cytochrome c oxidase: redox interactions between metal centres

Maria G Mason, Peter Nicholls and Chris E Cooper

The insert region of the Rac GTPases is dispensable for activation of superoxide-producing NADPH oxidases

Kei Miyano, Hirofumi Koga, Reiko Minakami and Hideki Sumimoto

16 June 2009

Coupling oxidative signals to protein phosphorylation via methionine oxidation in Arabidopsis

Shane C. Hardin, Clayton T. Larue, Man-Ho Oh, Vanita Jain and Steven C Huber

Specific inhibition of tissue kallikrein 1 with a human monoclonal antibody reveals potential role in airway diseases

Daniel J Sexton, Ting Chen, Diana Martik, Petr Kuzmic, Guannan Kuang, Jie Chen, Andrew E Nixon, Bruce L Zuraw, Rosanna M Forteza, William M. Abraham and Clive R. Wood

12 June 2009

P/CAF rescues Stra13 mediated repression of MyoD transactivation

Sheng Pin Hsiao, Kai Min Huang, Hsin Yu Chang and Shen Liang Chen

Differential contributions of Glu96, Asp102 and Asp111 to coagulation factor V/Va metal ion binding and subunit stability

Jina Song, Kimberley Talbot, Jeffrey Hewitt, Ross T.A. MacGillivray and Edward L.G. Pryzdial

Divergent regulation of the key enzymes of polyamine metabolism by chiral α-methylated polyamine analogs

Mervi T Hyvönen, Michael T Howard, Christine B Anderson, Nikolay Grigorenko, Alex R Khomutov, Jouko Vepsäläinen, Leena Alhonen, Juhani Jänne and Tuomo A Keinänen

Modulation of the proteolytic activity of the complement protease C1s by polyanions: implications for polyanion-mediated acceleration of interaction between C1s and SERPING1

Thomas A. Murray-Rust, Felicity K. Kerr, Adele René Thomas, Tina Wu, Yongqing Tang, Poh Chee Ong, Noelene S Quinsey, James C Whisstock, Ineke G.A. Wagenaar-Bos, Craig Freeman and Robert Neil Pike

10 June 2009

Rescue of anemia and autoimmune responses in SOD1-deficient mice by transgenic expression of human SOD1 in erythrocytes

Yoshihito Iuchi, Futoshi Okada, Rina Takamiya, Noriko Kibe, Satoshi Tsunoda, Osamu Nakajima, Kazuyo Toyoda, Ritsuko Nagae, Makoto Suematsu, Tomoyoshi Soga, Koji Uchida and Junichi Fujii

The 5' terminal uracil of let-7a is critical for the recruitment of mRNA to Argonaute2

Kristin M Felice, David W Salzman, Jonathan Shubert-Coleman, Kevin P Jensen and Henry M Furneaux

9 June 2009

Exposure of HL-60 human leukemic cells to 4-hydroxynonenal promotes the formation of adduct(s) with α-enolase devoid of plasminogen binding activity

Fabrizio Gentile, Stefania Pizzimenti, Alessia Arcaro, Piergiorgio Pettazzoni, Rosalba Minelli, Daniela D'Angelo, Gianfranco Mamone, Pasquale Ferranti, Cristina Toaldo, Gianpaolo Cetrangolo, Silvestro Formisano, Mario Umberto Dianzani, Koji Uchida, Chiara Dianzani and Giuseppina Barrera

* Immunocytochemical techniques reveal multiple, distinct cellular pools of PtdIns4P and PtdIns(4,5)P₂

Gerald R V Hammond, Giampietro Schiavo and Robin Francis Irvine

8 June 2009

* Crystal structure of an inverting GH43 1,5-α-L-arabinanase from Geobacillus stearothermophilus complexed with its substrate

Anat Alhasid, Alon Ben-David, Orly Tabachnikov, Dima Libster, Einat Naveh, Gennady Zolotnitsky, Yuval Shoham and Gil Shoham

4 June 2009

Zinc transporter-2 (ZnT2) variants are localized to distinct sub-cellular compartments and functionally transport zinc

Veronica Lopez and Shannon L. Kelleher

Epidermal growth factor stimulates translocation of the class II phosphoinositide 3-kinase PI3K-C2β to the nucleus

Hrvoje Banfic, Dora Visnjic, Nikica Mise, Sanjeevi Balakrishnan, Simona Deplano, Yuri E. Korchev and Jan Domin

Caenorhabditis elegans utilizes dauer pheromone biosynthesis to dispose of toxic peroxisomal fatty acids for cellular homeostasis

Hyoe-Jin Joo, Yong-Hyeon Yim, Pan-Young Jeong, You-Xun Jin, Jeong-Eui Lee, Heekyeong Kim, Seul-Ki Jeong, David J. Chitwood and Young-Ki Paik

3 June 2009

Accelerated Publication

The RNAP subunits F/E (RPB4/7) are stably associated with archaeal RNA polymerase - using fluorescence anisotropy to monitor RNAP assembly in vitro

Dina Grohmann, Angela Hirtreiter and Finn Werner

Hypothiocyanous acid reactivity with low-molecular-mass and protein thiols: Absolute rate constants and assessment of biological relevance

Ojia Skaff, David I. Pattison and Michael J. Davies

8-Bromo-cyclic inosine diphosphoribose: towards a selective cyclic ADP-ribose agonist

Tanja Kirchberger, Christelle Moreau, Gerd K. Wagner, Ralf Fliegert, Cornelia C. Siebrands, Merle Nebel, Frederike Schmid, Angelika Harneit, Francesca Odoardi, Alexander Flügel, Barry V.L. Potter and Andreas H. Guse

2 June 2009

NCU-G1 is a highly glycosylated integral membrane protein of the lysosome

Oliver Schieweck, Markus Damme, Bernd Schröder, Andrej Hasilik, Bernhard Schmidt and Torben Lübke

Cul3-mediated Nrf2 ubiquitination and ARE activation are dependent on the partial molar volume at position 151 of Keap1

Aimee L. Eggler, Evan Small, Mark Hannink and Andrew D. Mesecar

1 June 2009

Isolation and characterization of a secreted, cell-surface glycoprotein SCUBE2 from humans

Ming-Tzu Tsai, Chien-Ju Cheng, Yuh-Charn Lin, Chun-Chuan Chen, Ann-Ru Wu, Min-Tzu Wu, Cheng-Chin Hsu and Ruey-Bing Yang

29 May 2009

Helicobacter pylori UreE, a urease accessory protein: specific Ni²⁺ and Zn²⁺ binding properties and interaction with its cognate UreG

Matteo Bellucci, Barbara Zambelli, Francesco Musiani, Paola Turano and Stefano Ciurli

Acetylated tubulin associates with the fifth cytoplasmic domain of Na⁺,K⁺-ATPase: possible anchorage site of microtubules to the plasma membrane

Guillermo Gastón Zampar, María Eugenia Chesta, Agustín Carbajal, Natalí Luján Chanaday, Nicolás Maximiliano Díaz, César H Casale and Carlos A Arce

27 May 2009

Elevated levels of IL-1β in Fanconi Anemia group A patients due to a constitutively active PI3K-AKT pathway are capable of promoting tumor cell proliferation

Ana Ibáñez, Paula Río, José Antonio Casado, Juan Antonio Bueren, José Luis Fernández-Luna and Carlos Pipaón

Spermine analogs regulated expression of spermidine/spermine N1-acetyltransferase and its effects on depletion of intracellular polyamine pools in mouse fetal fibroblasts

Anne Uimari, Tuomo A Keinänen, Anne Karppinen, Patrick Woster, Pekka Uimari, Juhani Jänne and Leena Alhonen

26 May 2009

A novel function of Aft1 in regulating ferrioxamine B (FOB) uptake; Aft1 modulates Arn3 ubiquitination in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Mi-Young Jeong, Chang-Min Kang, Ji-Hyun Kim, Dong-Hyuk Heo, MiWha Chang, In-Joon Baek, Hyeon-Su Ro, Il-Dong Choi, Tae-Hyoung Kim and Cheol-Won Yun

22 May 2009

The respiratory complexes I from the mitochondria of two Pichia species

Hannah R Bridges, Ljuban Grgic, Michael E Harbour and Judy Hirst

19 May 2009

Overexpression of Drosophila mitoferrin in l(2)mbn cells results in dysregulation of Fer1HCH expression

Christoph Metzendorf, Wenlin Wu and Maria I. Lind

Artificial β-defensin based on a minimal defensin template

Nikolinka Antcheva, Francesca Morgera, Luisa Creatti, Lisa Vaccari, Ulrike Pag, Sabrina Pacor, Yechiel Shai, Hans-Georg Sahl and Alessandro Tossi

Copper(I)-mediated protein-protein interactions result from suboptimal interaction surfaces

Lucia Banci, Ivano Bertini, Vito Calderone, Nunzia Della-Malva, Isabella Caterina Felli, Sara Neri, Anna Pavelkova and Antonio Rosato

18 May 2009

Bactericidal and membrane disruption activities of the eosinophil cationic protein are largely retained in an N-terminal fragment

Marc Torrent, Beatriz G De la Torre, M. Victoria Nogués, David Andreu and Ester Boix

Sumoylation enhances DNA methyltransferase 1 activity

Bongyong Lee and Mark T Muller

Deletion of the mouse Slc30a8 gene encoding zinc transporter-8 results in impaired insulin secretion

Lynley D Pound, Suparna Sarkar, Richard KP Benninger, Yingda Wang, Adisak Suwanichkul, Melanie K Shadoan, Richard L Printz, James K Oeser, Catherine E Lee, David W Piston, Owen P McGuinness, John C Hutton, David R Powell and Richard Mark O'Brien

14 May 2009

Glycyrrhizin, the main active compound in licorice, attenuates pro-inflammatory responses by interfering with membrane-dependent receptor signaling

Bärbel Schröfelbauer, Johanna Raffetseder, Maria Hauner, Andrea Wolkerstorfer, Wolfgang Ernst and Oliver H. J. Szolar

Dual acylation is required for trafficking of growth-associated protein-43 to endosomal recycling compartment via an Arf6-associated endocytic vesicular pathway

Alejandra Trenchi, Guillermo A. Gomez and Jose L. Daniotti

Dynasore inhibits removal of wild-type and ΔF508 CFTR from the plasma membrane

Andrew Young, Martina Gentzsch, Cynthia Y. Abban, Ying Jia, Patricio I. Meneses, Robert J. Bridges and Neil A. Bradbury

13 May 2009

Interaction of anion exchanger 1 and glycophorin A in human erythroleukemic K562 cells

Allison J. Pang and Reinhart A. F. Reithmeier

Anti-parallel β-sheet - a signature structure of the oligomeric amyloid-beta peptide

Emilie Cerf, Rabia Sarroukh, Shiori Tamamizu-Kato, Leonid Breydo, Sylvie Derclaye, Yves Dufrêne, Vasanthy Narayanaswami, Erik Goormaghtigh, Jean-Marie Ruysschaert and Vincent Raussens

Variably modulated gating of the 26S proteasome by ATP and polyubiquitin

Xiaohua Li and George N. DeMartino

11 May 2009

PKC epsilon has an alcohol binding site in its second cysteine rich regulatory domain

Joydip Das, Satyabrata Pany, Ghazi M. Rahman and Simon J. Slater

Quinalizarin as a potent, selective and cell permeable inhibitor of protein kinase CK2

Giorgio Cozza, Marco Mazzorana, Elena Papinutto, Jenny Bain, Matthew Elliott, Giovanni Di Maira, Alessandra Gianoncelli, Mario A. Pagano, Stefania Sarno, Maria Ruzzene, Roberto Battistutta, Flavio Meggio, Stefano Moro, Giuseppe Zagotto and Lorenzo A. Pinna

29 September 2008

Curcumin, a dietary polyphenol, emerges as a novel inhibitor of DNA topoisomerase I of kinetoplastid parasite Leishmania donovani

Rakhee Das, Amit Roy, Agneyo Ganguly, Neeta Datta and Hemanta K Majumder