Abstract:
Isolated monomelic aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase polypeptides and polynucleotides having non-canonical biological activities are provided, as well as compositions and methods related thereto.
Abstract:
Isolated monomelic aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase polypeptides and polynucleotides having non-canonical biological activities are provided, as well as compositions and methods related thereto.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a mouse (Mus musculus) in which expression and site-specific modification of a target protein is temporally and spatially controlled, and a method for producing the same and the use thereof, and more particularly to a transgenic mouse in which expression of a target protein having a modification attached to a specific position is temporally and spatially controlled as a result of incorporation of an unnatural amino acid. In the mouse according to the present invention, in which site-specific modification of a target protein is temporally and spatially controllable, expression of the target protein having the site-specific modification attached thereto is controllable depending on the timing and/or position of introduction of an unnatural amino acid. Thus, the mouse according to the present invention is useful for studies on the in vivo functions of cellular proteins, various human diseases including cancers and neurodegenerative disorders, new drug discovery, and the like.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a novel function of lysyl tRNA synthetase (KRS) which enhances tumor cell migration and affects cancer metastasis via KRS's interaction with laminin receptor (67LR) by its translocation to membrane. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method for modulating cancer metastasis or migration, which comprises regulating intracellular levels of KRS; a composition for preventing or treating cancer; use of expression vector for inhibiting the expression of KRS; a method for preventing or treating cancer; use of an agent for inhibiting an activity of KRS; a method for screening an agent which modulates cancer metastasis or migration; and a method for screening an agent which inhibits the interaction of KRS with 67LR, by said novel function. Thus, KRS can modulate cancer metastasis or migration and furthermore, can modulate intracellular metabolism related to 67LR. The interaction between KRS and 67LR can be used effectively in treating, preventing and/or diagnosing of various diseases or disorders related to the interaction.
Abstract:
Isolated monomeric aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase polypeptides and polynucleotides having non-canonical biological activities are provided, as well as compositions and methods related thereto.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a novel function of lysyl tRNA synthetase, that is, lysyl tRNA synthetase interacts with 67LR through translocation of KRS into plasma membrane, and so enhances tumor (or cancer) cell migration, thereby having an effect on cancer metastasis. More specifically, it relates to method for controlling cancer metastasis or cancer cell migration by modulating an cellular level of lysyl tRNA synthetase, an use of an expression vector comprising a construct inhibiting KRS expression for preventing or treating cancer, an use of an agent inhibiting KRS activity for preventing or treating cancer, a method for screening an agent which modulates cancer metastasis or cancer cell migration, a method for screening an agent inhibiting an interaction between KRS and 67LR. Accordingly, cancer metastasis and cancer cell migration may be controlled using the inventive KRS, further the cellular metabolism related to laminin receptor (67LR) of plasma membrane may be controlled. The relationship between KRS and laminin receptor disclosed in the present invention may be very useful for treatment, prevention and/or diagnosis of various disease related to thereof.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to: a lysyl tRNA synthetase (KRS) fragment which comprises an amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1 and is secreted from cancer cells; microvesicles comprising the KRS fragment; and a method for providing information necessary for cancer diagnosis and screening a cancer metastasis inhibiting agent using the same. The present invention can be favorably used in the development of a diagnostic kit for providing information necessary for cancer diagnosis or the development of a cancer metastasis inhibiting agent, and thus is highly industrially applicable.
Abstract translation:本发明涉及:赖氨酰tRNA合成酶(KRS)片段,其包含由SEQ ID NO:1表示的氨基酸序列,并由癌细胞分泌; 包含KRS片段的微泡; 以及提供癌症诊断和筛选癌症转移抑制剂所需的信息的方法。 本发明可以有利地用于开发用于提供癌症诊断或癌症转移抑制剂的开发所必需的信息的诊断试剂盒,因此在工业上是适用的。
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a novel function of lysyl tRNA synthetase (KRS) which enhances tumor cell migration and affects cancer metastasis via KRS's interaction with laminin receptor (67LR) by its translocation to membrane. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method for modulating cancer metastasis or migration, which comprises regulating intracellular levels of KRS; a composition for preventing or treating cancer; use of expression vector for inhibiting the expression of KRS; a method for preventing or treating cancer; use of an agent for inhibiting an activity of KRS; a method for screening an agent which modulates cancer metastasis or migration; and a method for screening an agent which inhibits the interaction of KRS with 67LR, by said novel function. Thus, KRS can modulate cancer metastasis or migration and furthermore, can modulate intra-cellular metabolism related to 67LR. The interaction between KRS and 67LR can be used effectively in treating, preventing and/or diagnosing of various diseases or disorders related to the interaction.
Abstract:
A protein with canonical lysyl-tRNA synthetase activity was purified from Methanococcus maripaludis, cloned, and sequenced. The predicted amino acid sequence of the enzyme indicated a novel class I polypeptide structurally unrelated to class II lysyl-tRNA synthetase reported in eubacteria, eukaryotes, and the Crenarchaeote Sulfobus solfataricus. A similar class I polypeptide was isolated from Borrelia burgdorferi, the causative agent of Lyme disease, and an open reading frame encoding a class I-type lysyl-tRNA synthetase was identified in the genome of Treponema pallidum, the causative agent of syphilis. The B. burdorferi gene encoding tRNALysl was cloned and used to make tRNA in vitro. The fundamental difference between pathogen and host in an essential enzyme suggests that class I-type lysyl-tRNA synthetase provides a target for the development of medical and veterinary therapeutics and diagnostics for Borrelia and other microorganism infections.