'The synthesis of cyclic ADP-carbocyclic-ribose (cADPcR, 4) designed as a stable mimic of cyclic ADP-ribose (cADPR, 1), a Ca2+-mobilizing second messenger, was achieved using as the key step a condensation reaction with the phenylthiophosphate-type substrate 14 to form an intramolecular pyrophosphate linkage. The N-1-carbocyclic-ribosyladenosine derivative 16 was prepared via the ... More
Interaction between the insulin receptor and its downstream effectors. Use of individually expressed receptor domains for structure/function analysis.
AuthorsPaz K, Voliovitch H, Hadari YR, Roberts CT Jr, LeRoith D, Zick Y
JournalJ Biol Chem
PubMed ID8636129
'A structural analysis has been carried out to determine which part of the intracellular domain of the insulin receptor (IR) beta subunit is involved in direct interaction with the receptor substrates IRS-1 and Shc. Toward this end, the juxtamembrane (JM) domain (amino acids 943- 984) and the carboxyl-terminal (CT) region ... More
A Calcium-Responsive Transcription Factor, CaRF, that Regulates Neuronal Activity-Dependent Expression of BDNF.
Authors Tao Xu; West Anne E; Chen Wen G; Corfas Gabriel; Greenberg Michael E;
JournalNeuron
PubMed ID11832226
'Transcription of the brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) gene is regulated in a calcium- and neuron-selective manner; however, the mechanisms that underlie this selectivity are not known. We have characterized a new calcium-response element, CaRE1, that is required for activity-dependent transcription of BDNF exon III and have cloned a transcription factor, ... More
Tryptophan fluorescence reports nucleotide-induced conformational changes in a domain of the ArsA ATPase.
AuthorsZhou T, Rosen BP
JournalJ Biol Chem
PubMed ID9242630
The ars operon of plasmid R773 encodes an ATP-dependent extrusion pump for arsenite and antimonite in Escherichia coli. The ArsA ATPase is the catalytic subunit of the pump protein, with two nucleotide binding consensus sequences, one in the NH2-terminal half and one in the COOH- terminal half of the protein. ... More
Structure and ligand of a histone acetyltransferase bromodomain.
AuthorsDhalluin C, Carlson JE, Zeng L, He C, Aggarwal AK, Zhou MM
JournalNature
PubMed ID10365964
Histone acetylation is important in chromatin remodelling and gene activation. Nearly all known histone-acetyltransferase (HAT)-associated transcriptional co-activators contain bromodomains, which are approximately 110-amino-acid modules found in many chromatin-associated proteins. Despite the wide occurrence of these bromodomains, their three-dimensional structure and binding partners remain unknown. Here we report the solution structure ... More