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as at 25 May 2013

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24 May 2013

Stabilization of the Angiotensin-(1-7) Receptor Mas through Interaction with PSD95
Weihua Bian, Licui Sun, Longyan Yang, Ji-Feng Li, Jia Hu, Shuai Zheng, Ruihan Guo, Duiping Feng, Qian Ma, Xiaocui Shi, Ying Xiong, Xiaomei Yang, Ran Song, Jianguo Xu, Songlin Wang and Junqi He


22 May 2013

p32 Protein Levels are Integral to Mitochondrial and Endoplasmic Reticulum Morphology, Cell Metabolism and Survival
MengJie Hu, Simon A Crawford, Darren C Henstridge, Ivan H Ng, Esther J Boey, Yuekang Xu, Mark A Febbraio, David A Jans and Marie A Bogoyevitch


21 May 2013

The poly-serine domain of the lysyl-5 hydroxylase Jmjd6 mediates subnuclear localization
Alexander Wolf, Monica Mantri, Astrid Heim, Udo Müller, Erika Fichter, Mukram M Mackeen, Lothar Schermelleh, Gregory Dadie, Heinrich Leonhardt, Catherine Vénien-Bryan, Benedikt M Kessler, Christopher J Schofield and Angelika Böttger


Analyzing the visible conformational substates of the FK506-binding protein FKBP12
Sourajit M Mustafi, Hui Chen, Hongmin Li, David M LeMaster and Griselda Hernandez


20 May 2013

PPIP5K1 Modulates Ligand Competition Between Diphosphoinositol Polyphosphates and PtdIns(3,4,5)P3 for Polyphosphoinositide-Binding Domains.
Nikhil A Gokhale, Angelika Zaremba, Agnes K Janoshazi, Jeremy D Weaver and Stephen B Shears


17 May 2013

Crystal Structures of Human Cholinesterases in Complex with Huprine W and Tacrine: Elements of Specificity for Anti-Alzheimer's Drugs Targeting Acetyl- and Butyrylcholinesterase
Florian Nachon, Eugénie Carletti, Cyril Ronco, Marie Trovaslet, Yvain Nicolet, Ludovic Jean and Pierre-Yves Renard


Convergent evolution of chromatin modification by structurally distinct enzymes: comparative enzymology of histone H3 Lys27 methylation by human polycomb repressive complex 2 and viral vSET
Brooke M Swalm, Kenneth K Hallenbeck, Christina R Majer, Lei Jin, Margaret P Scott, Mikel P Moyer, Robert A Copeland and Tim J Wigle


14 May 2013

Spermidine promotes adipogenesis of 3T3-L1 cells by preventing interaction of ANP32 with HuR and PP2A
Mervi T Hyvönen, Taina Koponen, Janne Weisell, Marko Pietilä, Alex R Khomutov, Jouko Vepsäläinen, Leena Alhonen and Tuomo A Keinänen


ATP-dependent regulation of actin monomer-filament equilibrium by cyclase-associated protein and ADF/cofilin
Kazumi Nomura and Shoichiro Ono


STIM1 negatively regulates Ca2+ release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum in skeletal myotubes
Keon Jin Lee, Jin Seok Woo, Ji-Hye Hwang, Changdo Hyun, Chung-Hyun Cho, Do Han Kim and Eun Hui Lee


13 May 2013

skNAC depletion stimulates myoblast migration and perturbs sarcomerogenesis by enhancing calpain 1 and 3 activity
Janine Berkholz, Andreas Zakrzewicz and Barbara Munz


8 May 2013

Pivotal role of P450-P450 interactions in CYP3A4 allostery: the case of α-Naphthoflavone
Dmitri R Davydov, Nadezhda Y Davydova, Elena V Sineva, Irina Kufareva and James R Halpert


7 May 2013

RACK1 (receptor for activated C-kinase 1) interacts with FBW2 (F-box and WD-repeat domain-containing 2) to up-regulate GCM1 (glial cell missing 1) stability and placental cell migration and invasion
Chang-Chun Wang, Hsiao-Fan Lo, Shu-Yu Lin and Hungwen Chen


Structural characterization of amorphous calcium carbonate‑binding protein: insight into the mechanism of amorphous calcium carbonate formation
Jingtan Su, Xiao Liang, Qiang Zhou, Guiyou Zhang, Hongzhong Wang, Liping Xie and Rongqing Zhang


Minimal functional domains of paralogues hnRNP L and hnRNP LL exhibit mechanistic differences in exonic splicing repression
Ganesh Shankarling and Kristen W Lynch


2 May 2013

Accelerated Publication
The N-terminal region of two-pore channel 1 regulates trafficking and activation by NAADP
Dev Churamani, Robert Hooper, Taufiq Rahman, Eugen Brailoiu and Sandip Patel


1 May 2013

Multilevel functional and structural defects induced by two pathogenic mitochondrial tRNA mutations
Meng Wang, Xiao-Long Zhou, Ru-Juan Liu, Zhi-Peng Fang, Mi Zhou, Gilbert Eriani and En-Duo Wang


MondoA senses adenine nucleotides: transcriptional induction of thioredoxin-interacting protein
Kyoung-Sim Han and Donald E Ayer


30 April 2013

Lipin1 regulates PPARγ transcriptional activity
Hee Eun Kim, Eunju Bae, Deok-Yoon Jeong, Min-Ji Kim, Won-Ji Jin, Sahng Wook Park, Gil-Soo Han, George M. Carman, Eunjin Koh and Kyung-Sup Kim


29 April 2013

Identification of the SV2 protein receptor-binding site of botulinum neurotoxin type E
Stefan Mahrhold, Jasmin Strotmeier, Consuelo Garcia-Rodriguez, Jianlong Lou, James D Marks, Andreas Rummel and Thomas Binz


Mechanistic insights into small RNA recognition and modification by the HEN1 methyltransferase
Alexandra Plotnikova, Simona Baranauskė, Aleksandr Osipenko, Saulius Klimašauskas and Giedrius Vilkaitis


26 April 2013

The proteasome cap RPT5/Rpt5p subunit prevents aggregation of unfolded ricin A chain
Paola Pietroni, Nishi Vasisht, Jonathan P Cook, David M Roberts, J. Michael Lord, Rasmus Hartmann-Petersen, Lynne M Roberts and Robert A Spooner


23 April 2013

Tailoring GalNAcα1-3Galβ-specific lectins from a multi-specific fungal galectin: dramatic change of carbohydrate specificity by a single amino-acid substitution
Dan Hu, Hiroaki Tateno, Takashi Sato, Hisashi Narimatsu and Jun Hirabayashi


22 April 2013

βTrCP interacts with the ubiquitin-dependent endocytosis motif of the GH receptor in an unconventional manner
Ana C da Silva Almeida, Henry G Hocking, Rolf Boelens, Ger J Strous and Agnes G van Rossum


19 April 2013

Phosphorylation of the guanine-nucleotide exchange factor CalDAG-GEFI by protein kinase A regulates Ca2+-dependent activation of platelet Rap1b GTPase
Gianni F Guidetti, Daria Manganaro, Alessandra Consonni, Ilaria Canobbio, Cesare Balduini and Mauro Torti


16 April 2013

Decreased translation of Dio3 mRNA is associated with drug-induced hepatotoxicity
Kate M Dudek, Laura Suter, Veerle M Darras, Emma L Marczylo and Timothy W Gant


15 April 2013

Elevated SGK1 predicts resistance of breast cancer cells to Akt inhibitors
Eeva M Sommer, Hannah Dry, Darren Cross, Sylvie Guichard, Barry R Davies and Dario R Alessi


SUMOylation is a regulator of the translocation of Jak2 between nucleus and cytosol
Magdalena Sedek and Ger J Strous


12 April 2013

A covalent protein–DNA 5΄‑product adduct is generated following AP lyase activity of human ALKBH1 (AlkB homologue 1)
Tina A Müller, Megan M Andrzejak and Robert P Hausinger


10 April 2013

TMEM16A-TMEM16B chimaeras to investigate the structure–function relationship of calcium-activated chloride channels
Paolo Scudieri, Elvira Sondo, Emanuela Caci, Roberto Ravazzolo and Luis J Galietta


9 April 2013

New insight into the catalytic mechanism of histidine phosphatases revealed by a functionally essential arginine residue within the active site of the Sts phosphatases
Boris San Luis, Nicolas Nassar and Nick Carpino


8 April 2013

Conformational defects underlie proteasomal degradation of Dent's disease-causing mutants of ClC-5
Christina D'Antonio, Steven Molinski, Saumel Ahmadi, Ling-Jun Huan, Leigh Wellhauser and Christine E Bear


Ube2W conjugates ubiquitin to α-amino groups of protein N-termini
Michael H Tatham, Anna Plechanovová, Ellis G Jaffray, Helena Salmen and Ronald T Hay


5 April 2013

Comprehensive characterization and optimization of anti-LRRK2 (leucine-rich repeat kinase 2) monoclonal antibodies
Paul Davies, Kelly M Hinkle, Nour N Sukar, Bryan Sepulveda, Roxana Mesias, Geidy Serrano, Dario R Alessi, Thomas G Beach, Deanna L Benson, Charles L White III, Rita M Cowell, Sonal S Das, Andrew B West and Heather L Melrose


Zymogen activation of neurotrypsin and neurotrypsin-dependent agrin cleavage on the cell surface are enhanced by glycosaminoglycans
Claudio Gisler, Daniel Lüscher, Philipp Schätzle, Stephanie Dürr, Antonio Baici, Giovanna Galliciotti, Raymond Reif, Marc F Bolliger, Beat Kunz and Peter Sonderegger


ABCA8 stimulates sphingomyelin production in oligodendrocytes
Woojin S Kim, Jen-Hsiang T Hsiao, Surabhi Bhatia, Elias N Glaros, Anthony S Don, Shuichi Tsuruoka, Cynthia Shannon Weickert and Glenda M Halliday


Structural and functional interactions of the prostate cancer suppressor protein NKX3.1 with topoisomerase I
Liang-Nian Song, Cai Bowen and Edward P Gelmann


4 April 2013

An analysis of splicing, actin-binding properties, heterodimerization and molecular interactions of the non-muscle α-actinins
Kate S Foley and Paul W Young


3 April 2013

Formation of a tyrosine adduct involved in lignin degradation by Trametopsis cervina lignin peroxidase: A novel peroxidase activation mechanism
Yuta Miki, Rebecca Pogni, Sandra Acebes, Fátima Lucas, Elena Fernández-Fueyo, Maria Camilla Baratto, María I. Fernández, Vivian de los Ríos, Francisco J. Ruiz-Dueñas, Adalgisa Sinicropi, Riccardo Basosi, Kenneth E Hammel, Victor Guallar and Angel T Martínez


Inhibition of Plasmodium falciparum CDPK1 by conditional expression of its J-domain demonstrates a key role in schizont development
Mauro F Azevedo, Paul R Sanders, Efrosinia Krejany, Catherine Q Nie, Ping Fu, Leon A Bach, Gerhard Wunderlich, Brendan S Crabb and Paul R Gilson


2 April 2013

PFKFB3 activation in cancer cells by the p38/MK2 pathway in response to stress stimuli
Laura Novellasdemunt, Laurent Bultot, Anna Manzano, Francesc Ventura, Jose Luis Rosa, Didier Vertommen, Mark H Rider, Àurea Navarro-Sabate and Ramon Bartrons


Specific phosphorylation of the PfRh2b invasion ligand of Plasmodium falciparum
Klemens Engelberg, Aditya S Paul, Boris Prinz, Maya Kono, Wilhelm Ching, Dorothee Heincke, Thomas Dobner, Tobias Spielmann, Manoj Duraisingh and Tim W Gilberger


Role of the unstructured N‑terminal domain of the hAPE1 (human apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease 1) in the modulation of its interaction with nucleic acids and NPM1 (nucleophosmin)
Mattia Poletto, Carlo Vascotto, Pasqualina L Scognamiglio, Lisa Lirussi, Daniela Marasco and Gianluca Tell


28 March 2013

GlgS, described previously as a glycogen synthesis control protein, negatively regulates motility and biofilm formation in Escherichia coli
Mehdi Rahimpour, Manuel Montero, Goizeder Almagro, Alejandro M Viale, Angel Sevilla, Manuel Cánovas, Francisco J Muñoz, Edurne Baroja-Fernández, Abdellatif Bahaji, Gustavo Eydallin, Hitomi Dose, Rikiya Takeuchi, Hirotada Mori and Javier Pozueta-Romero


Structural model of a putrescine-cadaverine permease from Trypanosoma cruzi predicts residues vital for transport and ligand binding
Radika Soysa, Hanka Venselaar, Jacqueline Poston, Buddy Ullman and Marie-Pierre Hasne


26 March 2013

The Arf GAP AGAP2 interacts with β-arrestin2 and regulates β2-adrenergic receptor recycling and ERK activation
Yuanjun Wu, Yu Zhao, Xiaojie Ma, Yunjuan Zhu, Jaimin Patel and Zhongzhen Nie


22 March 2013

Evidence of a novel role for Pygopus in rRNA transcription
Phillip G Andrews, Zhijian He, Youlian R Tzenov, Catherine M Popadiuk and Kenneth R Kao


15 March 2013

Differential regulation of glucose transport activity in yeast by specific cAMP signatures
Clara Bermejo, Farzad Haerizadeh, Mayuri S Sadoine, Diane Chermak and Wolf B Frommer


7 March 2013

Sp sites contribute to basal and inducible expression of the human TNIP1 (TNFα-inducible protein 3-interacting protein 1) promoter
Priscilla C Encarnacao, Vincent P Ramirez, Carmen Zhang and Brian J Aneskievich


5 March 2013

Co-operative function and mutual stabilization of the half ATP-binding cassette transporters HAF-4 and HAF-9 in Caenorhabditis elegans
Takahiro Tanji, Kenji Nishikori, Hirohisa Shiraishi, Masatomo Maeda and Ayako Ohashi-Kobayashi


27 February 2013

Membrane topology of yeast alkaline ceramidase YPC1
Nagaraju Ramachandra and Andreas Conzelmann


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