C‐Terminal Tail Elongation Adds a New Dimension to the Tubulin Code
Cytoskeleton, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Tubulin C‐terminal tails undergo diverse post‐translational modifications that regulate microtubule interactions with motors and severing enzymes. TTLL11, a member of the tubulin tyrosine ligase‐like (TTLL) family, uniquely catalyzes glutamate addition to the terminal α‐carboxyl group of both α‐ and β‐primary tubulin tails.
Jana Campbell, Cyril Barinka
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PLoS Genetics, 2014 The potent vasoconstrictor peptides, endothelin 1 (ET-1) and angiotensin II control adaptation of blood vessels to fluctuations of blood pressure. Previously we have shown that the circulating level of ET-1 is regulated through its proteolytic cleavage ...
Xuefang Pan +9 more
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Coupling of a Novel TIMP3 Peptide to Carboxypeptidase G2 for Pro-Drug Activation at the Tumour Site
Molecules, 2021 Broad-spectrum cytotoxic drugs have been used in cancer therapy for decades. However, their lack of specificity to cancer cells often results in serious side-effects, limiting efficacy.
Mohammed S. Aldughaim +2 more
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Mast cell carboxypeptidase A, a secretory granule component [PDF]
, 2005 Mast cells are highly granulated cells of the immune system that upon stimulation release a number of inflammatory mediators including heparin and/or chondroitin sulphate (CS) proteoglycan (PG) and various heparin-binding proteases such as tryptase ...
Henningsson, Frida
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Cytoskeleton, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Microtubules are noncovalent polymers assembled from α/β tubulin dimers. Their structure, dynamics and interaction with effectors are regulated through the expression of diverse tubulin isotypes and chemically diverse posttranslational modifications, also known as the “tubulin code.” Understanding the biophysical correlates between tubulin ...
Jiayi Chen +2 more
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The Nagging Question of the Function ofN-Acetylaspartylglutamate
Neurobiology of Disease, 1997 N-Acetylaspartylglutamate (NAAG) is a neuropeptide found in millimolar concentrations in brain that is localized to subpopulations of glutamatergic, cholinergic, GABAergic, and noradrenergic neuronal systems. NAAG is released upon depolarization by a Ca2+
Joseph T. Coyle
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Proteolytic processing and activation of Clostridium perfringens epsilon toxin by caprine small intestinal contents. [PDF]
, 2014 Epsilon toxin (ETX), a pore-forming toxin produced by type B and D strains of Clostridium perfringens, mediates severe enterotoxemia in livestock and possibly plays a role in human disease.
Freedman, John C +3 more
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A personal 360° view of applications of ‘biomimetic’ molecular recognition
Journal of Chemical Technology &Biotechnology, EarlyView.Abstract Molecular recognition between biological molecules has formed the basis for innumerable applications in biotechnology for the last seven decades or so. Techniques such as affinity chromatography, solid‐phase and aqueous two‐phase extraction, affinity precipitation, biomimetic catalytic systems, biosensors and molecular imprinting all exploit ...
Christopher R Lowe
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Structures and Activity of New Anabaenopeptins Produced by Baltic Sea Cyanobacteria
Marine Drugs, 2015 Anabaenopeptins, bioactive cyclic hexapeptides, were isolated by preparative reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatography from an extract of Baltic Sea cyanobacterial bloom material composed of Nodularia spumigena (50%), Aphanizomenon flos-aquae
Lisa Spoof +4 more
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Brush border digestion : development of a physiologically relevant in vitro model : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Physiology at Massey University, Manawatū, New Zealand [PDF]
, 2018 Chapter Two has, in part, been published in the Springer publication, Reviews of Physiology, Biochemistry and Pharmacology, but the Author retains the right to publish the material in any collection consisting of the Author's own works: Hooton, D ...
Hooton, Diane Frances
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