... integrin-binding ligand
N-linked glycoprotein (SIBLING)
Individual members of the SIBLING family are known
to bind strongly to both pro- and active forms of
specific MMPs. Bone sialoprotein binds ... proMMP-binding partners
involved in activation.
Allosteric activation
Gelatinase interactions with collagen and gelatin
Binding of macromolecules or specific thiol-binding
reagents to an MMP with an intact ... activation by binding to
the 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 as
vitronectin and HKa...
... mutation in the BTK PH domain; arginine 28 is in
dark blue, encircled in red. Bottom left: SH2 domain. Right: kinase
domain. 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, Davies
A, Flinter F, Hammarstrom L, Kinnon C, Levinsky
R, Bobrow M et al. (1993) The gene involved in
X-linked agammaglobulinaemia is a member of the src
family of protein-tyrosine kinases....
... proteins. Thus, the MEN1 ⁄ LEDGF-interacting
domain linked to DNA-binding domains (AT-hook and
MT domain) becomes disconnected from the PHD
domains, the FYRN domain, the transactivating
domain, ... 2010)
doi:10.1111/j.1742-4658.2010.07608.x
The increasing number of chromosomal rearrangements involving the
human MLL gene, in combination with differences in clinical behavior and
outcome for MLL-rearranged ... proteins. The common denominator in all
different MLL rearrangements is disruption of the MLL
protein in a region that prevents any subsequent pro-
tein–protein interaction between the resulting...
... 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 Body
It 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...
... erythrocytes,
and the difference between acetylcholinesterases of kid-
ney and erythrocytes in the extent of binding with the
lectins concanavalin A, Lens culinaris agglutinin
(LCA), and Ricinus communis ... of
Alzheimer’s diseasein the brain in vivo.
Neurobiol Aging doi:10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2010.04.
028.
26 Vidal CJ (2005) Expression of cholinesterases in brain
and non-brain tumours. Chem Biol Interact ... in oligomers [11]. Five 5¢-alternative acetyl-
cholinesterase mRNAs have been identified in mice and
three in humans [11,12], and acetylcholinesterase-H,
acetylcholinesterase-T and acetylcholinesterase-R
mRNAs...
... decreases in intracellular spermine pools
and increased spermidine levels in SMO1 and SMO5
cells. These changes in spermine and spermidine levels
in both SMO1 and SMO5 overexpressing cell lines
were ... (1991)
Correlations between polyamine analogue-induced
increases in spermidine ⁄ spermine N1-acetyltransferase
activity, polyamine pool depletion, and growth inhibi-
tion inhuman melanoma cell lines. Cancer Res ... the
oxidation of spermine to spermidine diminishes nuclear
spermine pools. Because spermine has essential roles in
the the protection of DNA, including free radical scav-
enging and DNA shielding, this reduction...
... and mRNA binding to cytosolic and poly-
some proteins in brain and 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...
... 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]. The
structural constraints of the EGFR binding region
support 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 aspects
of mammalian biology, both inhealthand disease. They are now being rec-
ognized as key signaling molecules with an expanding...
... motif) that maintains them as inactive
zymogens, and a catalytic domain with a z inc-binding site
(Zn, HEXXHXXGXXH) and a conserved methionine
(Met-turn) supporting the catalytic zinc. Interaction
between ... (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 motif
FXF, ... cysteine–zinc maintains proMMPs in an inac-
tive state by preventing a water molecule from binding
to the zinc atom. All MMPs, with the exception
of MMP-7, MMP-23 and MMP-26, also contain a
hemopexin-like...
... Accumulating evidences indicate that
HSPGs act to inhibit cellular invasion by promoting
tight 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 of
HSulf-1 and HSulf-2 in ... the
seemingly distinct protein domains observed in the 3D
model, namely the TIM-barrel and C-domain regions,
mediate enzymatic and nonenzymatic functions of hep-
aranase, respectively. Interestingly,...
... pivotal roles in
the poultry industry, through protecting both poultry andhuman
health (see Information Note on “Veterinary Roles inHealthand
Knowledge Transfer across a Poultry Industry”).
The ...
developing industry. The interfacing of industry and government
poultry health production activities can then help to drive both
(Bagust, 1999; Information Note on “Veterinary Roles inHealth
and ... healthanddisease control in developing countries
Information Note on “Site Biosecurity and Supporting Strategies
for Disease Control and Prevention”) work together to reduce
the risk of introduction...
... issues
related to maintaining adolescents’ healthand well-being’ – suggesting that
the school has a role to play in helping parents understand some of the key
health challenges facing young people.
Section ... Research in the Finnish ENHP Schools
Kerttu Tossavainen, Hannele Turunen and Harri Vertio
291 15 The Views of School Health Nurses on Promoting the Healthand
Well-Being of Young People in Finnish ... well being. There is little
doubt that teaching is a demanding profession, and if schools take seriously the
health promoting school philosophy, the healthand well being of teachers –
and other...
... 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 against
pampering, ... quantity, and as a consequence of this
process 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 nervous
system, so common in infancy, and secure to the infant healthy nutrition, and consequent strength...