'Over the past two decades, the field of biosensors has been developing fast, portable, and convenient detection tools for various molecules of interest, both biological and environmental. Although much attention is paid to the transduction portion of the sensor, the actual bioreceptor that binds the ligand is equally critical. Tight, ... More
Mutations in Mlph, encoding a member of the Rab effector family, cause the melanosome transport defects observed in leaden mice.
Authors: Matesic L E; Yip R; Reuss A E; Swing D A; O'Sullivan T N; Fletcher C F; Copeland N G; Jenkins N A;
Journal:Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
PubMed ID:11504925
'The d, ash, and ln coat color mutations provide a unique model system for the study of vesicle transport in mammals. All three mutant loci encode genes that are required for the polarized transport of melanosomes, the specialized, pigment-containing organelles of melanocytes, to the neighboring keratinocytes and eventually into coat ... More
Association of syncoilin and desmin: linking intermediate filament proteins to the dystrophin-associated protein complex.
Authors: Poon Ellen; Howman Emily V; Newey Sarah E; Davies Kay E;
Journal:J Biol Chem
PubMed ID:11694502
'We recently identified a novel protein called syncoilin, a putative intermediate filament protein that interacts with alpha-dystrobrevin, a member of the dystrophin-associated protein complex. Syncoilin is found at the neuromuscular junction, sarcolemma, and Z-lines and is thought to be important for muscle fiber integrity. Based on the similar protein structure ... More
Identification of diverse nerve growth factor-regulated genes by serial analysis of gene expression (SAGE) profiling.
Authors:Angelastro JM, Klimaschewski L, Tang S, Vitolo OV, Weissman TA, Donlin LT, Shelanski ML, Greene LA
Journal:Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
PubMed ID:10984536
'Neurotrophic factors such as nerve growth factor (NGF) promote a wide variety of responses in neurons, including differentiation, survival, plasticity, and repair. Such actions often require changes in gene expression. To identify the regulated genes and thereby to more fully understand the NGF mechanism, we carried out serial analysis of ... More
Altering the substrate specificity of cephalosporin acylase by directed evolution of the Beta -subunit.
Authors: Otten Linda G; Sio Charles F; Vrielink Johanna; Cool Robbert H; Quax Wim J;
Journal:J Biol Chem
PubMed ID:12198140
'Using directed evolution, we have selected an adipyl acylase enzyme that can be used for a one-step bioconversion of adipyl-7-aminodesacetoxycephalosporanic acid (adipyl-7-ADCA) to 7-ADCA, an important compound for the synthesis of semisynthetic cephalosporins. The starting point for the directed evolution was the glutaryl acylase from Pseudomonas SY-77. The gene fragment ... More