... integrin-binding ligandN-linked glycoprotein (SIBLING)Individual members of the SIBLING family are knownto bind strongly to both pro- and active forms ofspecific MMPs. Bone sialoprotein binds ... proMMP-binding partnersinvolved in activation.Allosteric activationGelatinase interactions with collagen and gelatinBinding of macromolecules or specific thiol-bindingreagents to an MMP with an intact ... activation by binding tothe 64 kDa intermediate form of MMP-2 [52]. Binding and activation of MMP-2 was abrogated in the pres-ence of avb3 integrin-binding macromolecules such asvitronectin and HKa...
... and mRNA binding to cytosolic and poly-some proteins inbrainand peripheral tissues. Brain Res. Mol. Brain Res. 58, 170–177.39. Lauger, P. (1991) Na,K-ATPase, in Electrogenic Ion Pumps, Sinauer, ... HOMEOSTASIS AND NEUROLOGICAL DISEASE Substantial progress has been made in the understanding of the pathophysiology and mechanisms involved in the attenuation of brain homeostasis. In many diseases ... metabolites and to remove waste products.The Neuronal Environment: Brain Homeostasis inHealthand Disease examines the function of all the components involved, including their perturbation dur-ing...
... mutation in the BTK PH domain; arginine 28 is in dark blue, encircled in red. Bottom left: SH2 domain. Right: kinasedomain. The mutated residues are indicated in yellow, a-helices are in cyan, ... T-cell kinase (ITK) could in uence the infectivity of HIV and also have anti -in ammatory activity. Since 2006, several patients carry-ing a fusion protein, originating from a translocation joining ... Holland J, DaviesA, Flinter F, Hammarstrom L, Kinnon C, LevinskyR, Bobrow M et al. (1993) The gene involved in X-linked agammaglobulinaemia is a member of the srcfamily of protein-tyrosine kinases....
... myofibrillar protein from tissues containing myosin and actin (muscle, smooth muscle such as gut, skin). In man, 3-methylhistidine is quantitatively excreted into urine; in rat, 3-methylhistidine is also ... of Free Amino Acids in the BodyIt is important to bear in mind the differences in the relative amounts of N contained in extracellular and intracellular amino acid pools andin protein itself. ... to measure arginine kinetics in pediatric burn patients and determined little net de novo arginine synthesis, suggesting that under conditions of burn injury, insufficient arginine is made to...
... modulated by lumican-evoked signaling,including vinculin and focal adhesion kinase [82].Lumican alters the relationship between actin filaments and b1 integrin, which in turn would affect focal adhe-sion ... with the EGF-binding domain [32]. Thestructural constraints of the EGFR binding regionsupport a stochiometry of 1 : 1 for the decorin pro-tein core and EGFR, suggesting that decorin is bio-logically ... leucine-rich proteoglycans (SLRPs) are involved in many aspectsof mammalian biology, both inhealthand disease. They are now being rec-ognized as key signaling molecules with an expanding...
... motif) that maintains them as inactivezymogens, and a catalytic domain with a z inc-binding site(Zn, HEXXHXXGXXH) and a conserved methionine(Met-turn) supporting the catalytic zinc. Interactionbetween ... (GAIP)-interacting C-terminus ⁄synectin and calc ium ⁄ calmodulin-associated serine kinase,since the C2 region contains a class II PSD-95 ⁄Discs-large ⁄ Zonula occludens protein-binding motifFXF, ... cysteine–zinc maintains proMMPs in an inac-tive state by preventing a water molecule from bindingto the zinc atom. All MMPs, with the exceptionof MMP-7, MMP-23 and MMP-26, also contain ahemopexin-like...
... Accumulating evidences indicate thatHSPGs act to inhibit cellular invasion by promotingtight cell–cell and cell–ECM interactions, and by main-taining the structural integrity and self-assembly ... signaling.Expression of HSulf-1 in cell lines derived from head and neck carcinoma inhibits cell growth, motility and invasion in vitro [17]. Similarly, overexpression ofHSulf-1 and HSulf-2 in ... theseemingly distinct protein domains observed in the 3Dmodel, namely the TIM-barrel and C-domain regions,mediate enzymatic and nonenzymatic functions of hep-aranase, respectively. Interestingly,...
... child, and induce a state of body deficient in vigour, and unfit for maintaining full health: scrofula and other diseases would be induced. At the same time let the mother guard againstpampering, ... quantity, and as a consequence of thisprocess being interrupted, the food passing on into the bowel undigested, will there ferment and become sour,will inevitably produce cholic and purging, andin ... effectually to prevent indigestion, and bowel complaints, and the irritable condition of the nervoussystem, so common in infancy, and secure to the infant healthy nutrition, and consequent strength...