The N-terminal portion of autoinhibitory element modulates human endothelial nitric-oxide synthase activity through coordinated controls of phosphorylation at Thr495and Ser1177

Bioscience Reports

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 443-455

  Wu, Pei Rung ^a,b   Chen, Bo Rui ^a,c   Hsieh, Chi Chun ^a,d   Lin, Wei Chung ^a,e   Wu, Kenneth K ^a,f   Hwu, Yeukuang ^b   Chen, Pei Feng ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Taiwan)

^c GENOMICS RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

^d Adimmune Corporation   (Taiwan)

^e AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION   (Taiwan)

^f CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Autoinhibitory element; Calcium calmodulin; CaM binding domain; Endothelial nitric oxide synthase; Mobility shift gel; Phosphorylation dephosphorylation

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE;

CELL CULTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENETICS; HEK293 CELL LINE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHOSPHORYLATION;

CALCIUM; CELLS, CULTURED; CULTURE MEDIA; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; MUTATION; NITRATES; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; NITRITES; PHOSPHORYLATION;

EID: 84906841950     PISSN: 01448463     EISSN: 15734935     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BSR20140079     Document Type: Article

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