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The DAPIN family: a novel domain links apoptotic and interferon response proteinsE Staub
metaGen Gesellschaft für Genomforschung mbH, 14195, Berlin, Germany
Trends Biochem Sci 26:83-5. 2001..Based on a secondary structure prediction, we suggest an all-alpha fold for DAPIN, which is also adopted by apoptotic protein domains of the CARD, death domain and death effector domain type...
The Spin/Ssty repeat: a new motif identified in proteins involved in vertebrate development from gamete to embryoEike Staub
metaGen Pharmaceuticals GmbH, Oudenarderstrasse 16, D 13347 Berlin, Germany
Genome Biol 3:RESEARCH0003. 2002..Thus, Spin/Ssty genes might be important in the transition from sperm cells and oocytes to the early embryo, as well as in mitosis...
The novel EPTP repeat defines a superfamily of proteins implicated in epileptic disordersEike Staub
metaGen Pharmaceuticals GmbH, Oudenarder Strasse 16, D 13347 Berlin, Germany
Trends Biochem Sci 27:441-4. 2002..Genes encoding proteins of this family are located in genomic regions associated with epilepsy and other neurological disorders...
A novel repeat in the melanoma-associated chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan defines a new protein familyEike Staub
metaGen Pharmaceuticals GmbH, Oudenarder Str 16, D 13347, Berlin, Germany
FEBS Lett 527:114-8. 2002..The phyletic distribution of CSPG repeats suggests that horizontal gene transfer contributed to their evolutionary history...
The SYSTERS Protein Family Database in 2005Thomas Meinel
Computational Molecular Biology Department, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Ihnestrasse 63-73, 14195 Berlin, Germany
Nucleic Acids Res 33:D226-9. 2005..A new access point, PhyloMatrix, allows the retrieval of phylogenetic profiles of SYSTERS families across organisms with completely sequenced genomes...
The death-domain fold of the ASC PYRIN domain, presenting a basis for PYRIN/PYRIN recognitionEdvards Liepinsh
Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institute, S 17177, Stockholm, Sweden
J Mol Biol 332:1155-63. 2003....
The highly conserved LepA is a ribosomal elongation factor that back-translocates the ribosomeYan Qin
Max Planck Institut fur Molekulare Genetik, D 14195 Berlin, Germany
Cell 127:721-33. 2006..We suggest renaming LepA as elongation factor 4 (EF4)...
Mutations in the LGI1/Epitempin gene on 10q24 cause autosomal dominant lateral temporal epilepsyJosé M Morante-Redolat
Unitat de Genetica Molecular, Institut de Biomedicina de València CSIC, Jaume Roig 11, E 46010 Valencia, Spain
Hum Mol Genet 11:1119-28. 2002..Moreover, we provide evidence for genetic heterogeneity within this disorder, since several other families with a phenotype consistent with this type of epilepsy lack mutations in the LGI1 gene...
Horizontal gene transfer in aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases including leucine-specific subtypesJuliane C Dohm
Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Department of Computational Molecular Biology, AG Protein Families and Cellular Evolution, Ihnestrasse 63-73, 14195, Berlin, Germany
J Mol Evol 63:437-47. 2006..We argue that the traditional division of life into Prokaryota (non-chimeric) and Eukaryota (chimeric) is favorable compared to Woese's trichotomy into Archaea/Bacteria/Eukaryota...
Nonribosomal peptide synthesis in Schizosaccharomyces pombe and the architectures of ferrichrome-type siderophore synthetases in fungiTorsten Schwecke
Institute of Chemistry, Technical University Berlin, Franklinstrasse 29, 10587 Berlin, Germany
Chembiochem 7:612-22. 2006..A phylogenetic analysis of both NRPSs and associated L-N5-ornithine monooxygenases revealed that ferrichrome-type siderophore biosynthesis has coevolved in fungi with varying in trans interactions of NRPS domains...
Activating and deactivating mutations in the receptor interaction site of GDF5 cause symphalangism or brachydactyly type A2Petra Seemann
Institut fur Medizinische Genetik, Charite, Universitatsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
J Clin Invest 115:2373-81. 2005..The presented experiments have identified some of the main determinants of GDF5 receptor-binding specificity in vivo and open new prospects for generating antagonists and superagonists of GDF5...
The human LAPTM4b transcript is upregulated in various types of solid tumours and seems to play a dual functional role during tumour progressionGrit Kasper
metaGen Pharmaceuticals GmbH i L, Oudenarderstr 16, 13347 Berlin, Germany
Cancer Lett 224:93-103. 2005....
Insights into the evolution of the nucleolus by an analysis of its protein domain repertoireEike Staub
metaGen Pharmaceuticals GmbH, Berlin, Germany
Bioessays 26:567-81. 2004..Supplementary material for this article can be found on the BioEssays website at http://www.interscience.wiley.com/jpages/0265-9247/suppmat/index.html...
ITIH5, a novel member of the inter-alpha-trypsin inhibitor heavy chain family is downregulated in breast cancerMarina Himmelfarb
metaGen Pharmaceuticals GmbH, Oudenarder Str 16, 13347 Berlin, Germany
Cancer Lett 204:69-77. 2004..ITIH5 mRNA was neither detectable in cancerous nor benign breast cell lines. We propose that loss of ITIH5 expression may be involved in breast cancer development...
Different structural organization of the encephalopsin gene in man and mouseGrit Kasper
metaGen Pharmaceuticals, Oudenarderstrasse 16, 13347 Berlin, Germany
Gene 295:27-32. 2002..e. the number of genes within a certain cluster may differ between man and mouse. OPN3 provides an exception to this rule, since it is positionally uncoupled from other genes of the opsin family...
About the interrelation of evolutionary rate and protein ageHannes Luz
Computational Molecular Biology Department, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Ihnestr 73, 14195 Berlin, Germany
Genome Inform 17:240-50. 2006..We estimate time points of duplication events that gave rise to novel protein functions and show that younger proteins were duplicated more recently than older ones...
