On possibilities of intramolecular interaction in (2-hydroxyethyl)- and (2-chloroethyl)aryldimethylsilanes

1974 ◽  
Vol 39 (8) ◽  
pp. 2253-2257 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Šnobl ◽  
J. Vencl ◽  
J. Hetflejš ◽  
V. Chvalovský
2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (25) ◽  
pp. 2271-2282 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bo Lu ◽  
Xue-Hui Liu ◽  
Si-Ming Liao ◽  
Zhi-Long Lu ◽  
Dong Chen ◽  
...  

Polysialic acid (polySia) is a novel glycan that posttranslationally modifies neural cell adhesion molecules (NCAMs) in mammalian cells. Up-regulation of polySia-NCAM expression or NCAM polysialylation is associated with tumor cell migration and progression in many metastatic cancers and neurocognition. It has been known that two highly homologous mammalian polysialyltransferases (polySTs), ST8Sia II (STX) and ST8Sia IV (PST), can catalyze polysialylation of NCAM, and two polybasic domains, polybasic region (PBR) and polysialyltransferase domain (PSTD) in polySTs play key roles in affecting polyST activity or NCAM polysialylation. However, the molecular mechanisms of NCAM polysialylation and cell migration are still not entirely clear. In this minireview, the recent research results about the intermolecular interactions between the PBR and NCAM, the PSTD and cytidine monophosphate-sialic acid (CMP-Sia), the PSTD and polySia, and as well as the intramolecular interaction between the PBR and the PSTD within the polyST, are summarized. Based on these cooperative interactions, we have built a novel model of NCAM polysialylation and cell migration mechanisms, which may be helpful to design and develop new polysialyltransferase inhibitors.


2012 ◽  
Vol 23 (19) ◽  
pp. 3801-3813 ◽  
Author(s):  
Batbileg Bor ◽  
Christina L. Vizcarra ◽  
Martin L. Phillips ◽  
Margot E. Quinlan

Formins are a conserved family of proteins known to enhance actin polymerization. Most formins are regulated by an intramolecular interaction. The Drosophila formin, Cappuccino (Capu), was believed to be an exception. Capu does not contain conserved autoinhibitory domains and can be regulated by a second protein, Spire. We report here that Capu is, in fact, autoinhibited. The N-terminal half of Capu (Capu-NT) potently inhibits nucleation and binding to the barbed end of elongating filaments by the C-terminal half of Capu (Capu-CT). Hydrodynamic analysis indicates that Capu-NT is a dimer, similar to the N-termini of other formins. These data, combined with those from circular dichroism, suggest, however, that it is structurally distinct from previously described formin inhibitory domains. Finally, we find that Capu-NT binds to a site within Capu-CT that overlaps with the Spire-binding site, the Capu-tail. We propose models for the interaction between Spire and Capu in light of the fact that Capu can be regulated by autoinhibition.


1985 ◽  
Vol 26 (47) ◽  
pp. 5843-5844 ◽  
Author(s):  
Viktor N. Odinokov ◽  
Olga S. Kukovinets ◽  
Leonard M. Khalilov ◽  
Genrikh A. Tolstikov ◽  
Alexander Yu. Kosnikov ◽  
...  

2003 ◽  
Vol 107 (36) ◽  
pp. 6905-6912 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Sartori ◽  
A. Toffoletti ◽  
F. Rastrelli ◽  
C. Corvaja ◽  
A. Bettio ◽  
...  

1988 ◽  
Vol 110 (26) ◽  
pp. 8711-8713 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean. Guilhem ◽  
Claudine. Pascard ◽  
Jean Pierre. Sauvage ◽  
Jean. Weiss

2010 ◽  
Vol 21 (18) ◽  
pp. 3232-3246 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi Ting Zhou ◽  
Li Li Chew ◽  
Sheng-cai Lin ◽  
Boon Chuan Low

The BNIP-2 and Cdc42GAP homology (BCH) domain is a novel regulator for Rho GTPases, but its impact on p50-Rho GTPase-activating protein (p50RhoGAP or Cdc42GAP) in cells remains elusive. Here we show that deletion of the BCH domain from p50RhoGAP enhanced its GAP activity and caused drastic cell rounding. Introducing constitutively active RhoA or inactivating GAP domain blocked such effect, whereas replacing the BCH domain with endosome-targeting SNX3 excluded requirement of endosomal localization in regulating the GAP activity. Substitution with homologous BCH domain from Schizosaccharomyces pombe, which does not bind mammalian RhoA, also led to complete loss of suppression. Interestingly, the p50RhoGAP BCH domain only targeted RhoA, but not Cdc42 or Rac1, and it was unable to distinguish between GDP and the GTP-bound form of RhoA. Further mutagenesis revealed a RhoA-binding motif (residues 85-120), which when deleted, significantly reduced BCH inhibition on GAP-mediated cell rounding, whereas its full suppression also required an intramolecular interaction motif (residues 169-197). Therefore, BCH domain serves as a local modulator in cis to sequester RhoA from inactivation by the adjacent GAP domain, adding to a new paradigm for regulating p50RhoGAP signaling.


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