... signal mediates endocytosisof ZIP1 mediating ZIP1 endocytosisand protein degradation We further demonstrate that this internalization signal of ZIP1 is sufficient for theendocytosisofthe ... domains ofthe proteins [34] Therefore, we hypothesized that a sorting signal(s) in the cytosolic domains of ZIP1 may serve as a signal for the internalization of ZIP1 The potential sorting signal(s) ... to replace the key amino acids in these potential ZIP1 endocytic signals to analyze their roles in theendocytosisof ZIP1 Expression plasmids containing cDNAs that encoded for either the wt or...
... [12,31] Kinetic experi- ể FEBS 2004 Mapping of ATP and pNPP binding sites oftheNa pump (Eur J Biochem 271) 3933 Table Comparison ofthe primary structures of isoforms of Na+ /K+ ATPaseand H+ /K+ ATPase ... surface ofthe N-domain is due the formation of an hydrogen bond ofthe NO2-group of pNPP with the amino group of N398 The hydrophobicity ofthe binding pocket is achieved by W411 and L414 The phosphate ... experiments to the H4-H5 loop Table Eect of FITC-labeling on the phosphatase activities of Na+ / K+ ATPaseand a H4-H5 loopGST fusion protein Labeling of pig kidney Na+ /K+ ATPase as well as the puried...
... Src) that lies at the end ofthe C-terminal is essential for auto-regulation in SFKs (Brown and Cooper, 1996) For Src, the SH3 and SH2 domains are at the back ofthe kinase domain The SH2 domain ... 1999, Kranenburg et al., 1999, Wang et al., 2002) These data imply that the internalization of EGFR can regulate both the nature and magnitude ofsignaling events andthe biological response of ... linker; catalytic domain and R: Regulatory domains (Adapted from Martin GS, 2001) Src is a non-receptor tyrosine kinases of SFKs Src family kinases consist of Fyn, Yes Lck, Hck, Blk, Fgr and...
... brain, heart and testis [4,5] JNK is phosphorylated and activated by the MAPK kinases MKK4 and MKK7 [6,7], with MKK7 primarily responding to cytokines, whereas MKK4 is preferentially activated ... dephosphorylate the Tyr and Thr residues in the activation loop of MAPKs and thereby attenuate signaling [17,19] In addition, there is a group of low molecular mass DSPs that lack the regulatory N-terminal ... phosphorylation of both the p46 and p55 isoforms To confirm functional activation ofthe JNK signaling pathway, we performed a solid-phase kinase assay using the downstream transcription factor c-JUN as the...
... (residues K4 57, K4 85R486, D50 2K5 03, K5 12D513, D59 4K5 95, E692, and K7 40) Because of an earlier study that highlighted the role of bulky hydrophobic residues in interaction of mammalian WASP and WIP ... Function of Vrp1p C-terminal module T Thanabalu et al organism for functional analysis of actin cytoskeleton components The basic elements ofthe yeast actin cytoskeleton are cortical actin patches and ... Function of Vrp1p C-terminal module fragments comprising residues 1–70 (KLK4 5K4 6AET – the original WH2 domain), 270–364 (residues not yet mapped), and 465–533 (KK485R486DDR) We have named the novel...
... groove ofthe kinase and thus acts as a selective inhibitor of insulin signaling Consistent with this observation, overexpression of Grb14 in CHO-IR cells impairs Akt and ERK insulin signaling ... PDK-1 [14], IRS-1 [13], and tankyrase [15] The binding of ZIP to Grb14, by recruiting protein kinase Cf, enhances the serine phosphorylation of Grb14 and its inhibitory effect on IR kinase and ... andthe EGF receptor at high levels, we performed a comparative analysis, in time studies, ofthe in vivo effects of insulin and EGF on the contents of Grb7 and Grb14 in the plasma membrane and...
... amino acids of PPI1 may participate in the interaction with the H+ -ATPase and makes PPI1588His6 a suitable tool to study the mechanism of action of PPI1 The analysis ofthe pH dependence of PPI1induced ... XL10 andthe frame andthe identity ofthe cloned fragment verified by sequencing The construct with the N-terminal portion of PPI1 has been previously described [22] The DNA fragment coding for the ... activity ofthe enzyme whose C-terminus has been displaced by low pH or by FC-induced binding of 14-3-3s Results The C-terminus of isoform ofthe PM H+ -ATPase of A thaliana (AHA1) interacts with the...
... corresponding to the immunoreactivity of ERK1/2 and phospho ERK1/2 (A,B), and MEK1/2 and phospho MEK1/2 (C,D) The lower part of each panel reports the quantitative analysis of phospho ERK1/2 (A,B), and phospho ... Dhakephalkar, A., Weber, M.J., Ravichandran, K. S & Gonias, S.L (2000) Urokinase-type plasminogen activator stimulates the Ras/ Extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) signaling pathway and ... that PKC activation may both result from GPCR- and receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK)-mediated signalingand that the activation of ERK by GPCRs closely parallels that employed by RTK [33] On the whole,...
... functionally important One of these, the TRP sequence, includes the start ofthe C-terminal helix as well as the structured loop between the 1440 ATPase domain andthe C-terminal helix and in the ... contains the b domain (b strands and 8), the final helix ofthe AAA domain (a helix 10) andthe C-terminal helix (a helix 11) This C-terminal region of Vps4 has been defined in the PFAM database as the ... Role ofthe Vps4 C-terminal helix P R Vajjhala et al into internal vesicles that form by invagination ofthe limiting membrane ofthe endosome The internal vesicles give the endosome the appearance...
... hLf)4N and rhLfEGS inhibited the binding of HB-19-fluo to CHO 618 cells to an extent similar to that ofthe native hLf The noninvolvement of sequence 28RKVR31 of hLf was further confirmed by the lack ... glycoproteins, the gp120–gp41 complex, to attach cells and induce the fusion of virus and cell membranes The receptor complex for HIV entry consists ofthe CD4 molecule and at least one ofthe members ofthe ... implicated in the internalization of Lf should be different from that of midkine, although both of these ligands require the presence of accessible surface nucleolin Interestingly, both Lf and midkine...
... recently shown that the Na+ /H+ exchanger is regulated by MEK-dependent (mitogenactivated protein kinase/extracellular signal-regulated kinase kinase-dependent) specific signalingand that the cytoplasmic ... concentrations ofthe fractions, together with the relative amount of Na+ /H+ exchanger present in the supernatant andthe pellet [19], it was found that over 80% ofthe Na+ /H+ exchanger remained in the ... amount at the 105–110 kDa size The amount of 105–110 kDa protein was reduced and in many instances evidence of aggregation was evident at the top ofthe gels The amount of aggregate present at the...
... for the subunits A and B of V -ATPase The intracellular localization of these isoforms andthe combination ofthe isoforms is yet to be determined We are now trying to express fusion proteins of ... composed ofthe subunits A–H with molecular masses of 14 –70 kDa, andthe VO domain is a 260-kDa integral complex composed ofthe subunits a (100 kDa), c (17 kDa), c0 (17 kDa), c00 (23 kDa) and d ... Tacking the proteinase problem in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Methods Enzymol 194, 428 –453 Tanaka, K. , Nakafuku, M., Tamanoi, F., Kajiro, Y., Matsumoto, K & Toh-e, A (1990) IRA2, a second gene of...
... decrease ofthe Na+ affinity (at pH 8.2–8.3) and an eightfold increase ofthe Na+ concentration required for half maximal inhibition Upon further increasing the pH, the Na+ affinity ofthe mutant ... Na+ and H+ movements across the membrane to the decarboxylation of carboxybiotin The model shows the approximate location of important residues of helix IV, helix VIII andof region IIIa ofthe ... in the presence of 360 mM NaCl The most dramatic effect ofthe R389A mutant is a shift ofthe pH optimum by more than 2.5 pH units to the alkaline compared to the wild-type This shift in the...
... explanation is that this inhibitor does not block the activity of another IKK isoform, IKK1 Consequently, IjBa may still be phosphorylated by the IKK1 isoform when the IKK1 isoform is present and ... most of which activate the IkappaB kinase (IKK) complex This crucial component in the NF-jB activation cascade typically consists of two catalytic subunits [24,25], IKKa (IKK1) and IKKb (IKK2) ... oscillation in the original model and in the updated model with newly measured kr1, ka1 and kd1 for IKKIjBa complex (D) In the original model kr1 (kcat) for IKKIjBa was 4.07 ã 10)3 s)1 In the updated...
... proteins: effect of cholesterol depletion by MbCD Cell Sample Donor/ epitope Acceptor/ epitope FRET efficiency E (% ± SEM) Kit22 5K6 Kit22 5K6 Kit22 5K6 Kit22 5K6 Kit22 5K6 Kit22 5K6 Kit22 5K6 Kit22 5K6 CD48 CD48 ... adjusted to 40% andthe homogenate was placed at the bottom of an SW41 tube (Beckman Instruments, Nyon, Switzerland) It was overlaid with mL of 36% and mL of 5% sucrose in TKM buffer and centrifuged ... ofthe intracellular domains of b and cc chains followed by association with Jak, Syk (or src family) kinases These, in turn, phosphorylate the receptor chains, forming docking sites for further...
... protein kinase cascade, and proteolysis leading to apoptosis Activation ofthe NF-jB pathway leads to recruitment and activation of IjB kinase kinase; the phosphorylation and activation of IjB kinase ... flow and effects from other neighboring cells and matrix The biophysical aspects ofthe endothelium through which the leukocytes transmigrate, in addition to the biophysical aspects ofthe leukocytes ... kinase by IjB kinase kinase; the phosphorylation of IjB; andthe degradation of IjB, which releases the NF-jB NF-jB then localizes to the nucleus, where it initiates transcription of many genes...
... classes ofsignaling molecules, including Lck, Jak3, and Emt The tyrosine located at position Y691 was also contributing to the phosphorylation ofthe wild-type siglec tail by Lck and Jak3 kinases ... results The kinase assays indicate that the cytoplasmic domain ofthe siglec protein can be phosphorylated by representatives of at least three of four major families of kinases: Jak3, Lck, Emt ... Kinase assays To determine possible signaling interactions ofthe siglec-10 cytoplasmic domain with major signaling molecules in the cell, kinase assays were performed using representatives of...
... development and function of iNKT and NKT-like cd T cells Itk and i NKT cell development NKT cells are a subset of innate T cells characterized by their expression ofthe NK1.1 marker along with the ab ... in the fractions in the periphery [20] In the absence of Itk, there are reduced numbers of iNKT cells in the thymus and periphery [21] More detailed analysis ofthe development of Itk-null i NKT ... (2011) 1970–1979 ª 2011 The Authors Journal compilation ª 2011 FEBS 1971 Itk and i NKT and cd T cells Q Qi et al Fig Involvement of Itk in the development of i NKT and NKT-like cd T cells During...
... the luminal membrane Taken together, these findings show that both NPRA and natriuretic peptides (ANP, BNP, CNP, and urodilatin) are present on the luminal side ofthe collecting duct, where the ... 4162–4169 Nakao K, Ogawa Y, Suga S & Imura H (1992) Molecular biology and biochemistry ofthe natriuretic peptide system I: natriuretic peptides J Hypertens 10, 907–912 10 Ogawa Y, Nakao K, Nakagawa ... by natriuretic peptide C and its receptor, natriuretic peptide receptorB J Biol Chem 269, 10729–10733 13 Kishimoto I, Tokudome T, Nakao K & Kangawa K (2011) The cardiovascular significance of the...
... confusing the length ofthe row with the numerosity ofthe row In other words, a typical child of this age regards the number of buttons as being the same thing as the length ofthe row they are ... intellectual (and other) abilities Nativism, by contrast, emphasizes the role of constitutional factors of native ability—over the role of learning in the acquisition of abilities and tendencies Nativists ... Berkeley, and Immanuel Kant These philosophers also debated the nature of mind and knowledge, with Locke, Hume, Berkeley, and Mill following Aristotle and a more empiricist position, and Descartes and...