Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 
J. Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia

List of publications in 2005
in alphabetical order of the first authors (underlined are members of our department):

Gregor Anderluh, Ion Gutierrez-Aguirre, Sabina Rabzelj, Slavko Čeru, Nataša Kopitar-Jerala, Peter Maček, Vito Turk, Eva Žerovnik (2005) Interaction of human stefin B in the prefibrilar oligomeric form with membranes. Correlation with cellular toxicity. FEBS J. 272, 3042-3051 [S-804]

Vesna Cerkvenik Flajs, Iztok Grabnar, Nevenka Kožuh Eržen, Irena Marc, Urška Požgan, Mitja Gombač, Lucija Kolar, Milan Pogačnik (2005) Pharmacokinetics of doramectin in lactating dairy sheep and suckling lambs. Anal. Chim. Acta 529, 353-359 [S-811]

Slavko Čeru, Sabina Rabzelj, Nataša Kopitar-Jerala, Vito Turk, Eva Žerovnik (2005) Protein aggregation as a possible cause for pathology in a subset of familial Unverricht-Lundberg disease. Med. Hypoth. 64, 955-959 [S-797]

Galia Blum, Stefanie R. Mullins, Kinneret Keren, Marko Fonovič, Schristopher Jedeszko, Mark J. Rice, Bonnie F. Sloane, Matthew Bogyo (2005) Dynamic imaging of protease activity with fluorescently quenched activity-based probes. Nature Chem. Biol. 1, 203-209 [S-817]

Tomaž Bratkovič, Mojca Lunder, Tatjana Popovič, Samo Kreft, Boris Turk, Borut Štrukelj, Uroš Urleb (2005) Affinity selection to papain yields potent peptide inhibitors of cathepsins L, B, H, and K. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Comm. 332, 897-903 [S-822]

Benjamin Gorinšek, Franc Gubenšek, Dušan Kordiš (2005) Phylogenomic analysis of chromoviruses. Cytogenet. Genome Res. 110, 543-552 [S-808]

Helena Gradišar, Jožica Friedrich, Igor Križaj, Roman Jerala (2005) Similarities and specificities of fungal keratinolytic proteases: Comparison of keratinases of Paecilomyces marquandii and Doratomyces microsporus to some known proteases. Appl. Environm. Microbiol. 71 (7) 3420-3426 [S-807]

Uroš Gregorc, Andreja Doberšek, Guy S. Salvesen, Vito Turk, Boris Turk, Nataša Kopitar-Jerala (2005) A novel caspase-7 specific monoclonal antibody. Immunol. Lett. 98, 167-169. [S-801]

Uroš Gregorc, Saška Ivanova, Miranda Thomas, Vito Turk, Lawrence Banks, Boris Turk (2005) hDLG/CAP97, a member of the MAGUK protein family, is a novel caspase target during cell-cell detachment in apoptosis. Biol. Chem. 386, 705-710 [S-810]

Mirjana Grujić, Tina Zavašnik-Bergant, Gunnar Pejler, Metka Renko (2005) Actinonin induces apoptosis in U937 leukemia cells. Cancer Lett. 223, 211-218 [S-805]

Martin Horn, Lucie Dolečkova-Marešova, Lubomir Rulišek, Martin Maša, Olga Vasiljeva, Boris Turk, Tudeviin Gan-Erdene, Miroslav Baudyš, Michael Mareš (2005) Activation processing of cathepsin H impairs recognition by its propeptide. Biol. Chem. 386, 941-947 [S-815]

Shin-Rong Hwang, Veronika Stoka, Vito Turk, Vivian Y. H. Hook (2005) The novel bovine serpin endopin 2C demonstrates selective inhibition of the cysteine protease cathepsin L compared to serine protease elastase, in cross-class inhibition. Biochemistry 44, 7757-7767 [S-820]

Saša Jenko Kokalj, Veronika Stoka, Manca Kenig, Gregor Gunčar, Dušan Turk, Eva Žerovnik (2005) A central role for  protein aggregation in neurodegenerative disease; Mechanistic and structural studies of human stefins. Acta Chim. Slov. 52, 27-33 [S-800]

Nataša Kopitar-Jerala, Ana Schweiger, Richard M. Myers, Vito Turk, Boris Turk (2005) Sensitization of stefin B-deficient thymocytes towards staurosporin-induced apoptosis is independent of cysteine cathepsins. FEBS Lett. 579, 2149-2155 [S-803]

Dušan Kordiš (2005) A genomic perspective on the chromodomain-containing retrotransposons: Chromoviruses. Gene 347, 161-173 [S-802]

Janko Kos, Andreja Sekirnik, Aleš Premzl, Valentina Zavašnik Bergant, Tomaž Langerholc, Boris Turk, Bernd Werle, Rastko Golouh, Urška Repnik, Matjaž Jeras, Vito Turk (2005) Carboxypeptidases cathepsins X and B display distinct protein profile in human cells and tissues. Experim. Cell Res. 306, 103-113 [S-821]

Tomaž Langerholc, Valentina Zavašnik-Bergant, Boris Turk, Vito Turk, Magnus Abrahamson, Janko Kos (2005) Inhibitory properties of cystatin F and its localization in U937 promonocyte cells. FEBS Journal 272, 1535-1545 [S-799]

Yoichi Matsunaga, Eva Zerovnik, Tatsuo Yamada, Vito Turk (2005) Conformational changes preseding amyloid-fibril formation of amyloid-beta, prion protein and stefin B; parallels in pH dependence. Med. Chem. Rev. Online 2, 359-367 [S-813]

Primož Meh, Miha Pavšič, Vito Turk, Antonio Baici, Brigita Lenarčič (2005) Dual concentration-dependent activity of thyroglobulin type-1 domain of testican: specific inhibitor and substrate of cathepsin L. Biol. Chem. 386, 75-83 [S-796]

Fabio D. Nascimento, Claudia C.A. Rizzi, Iseli L. Nantes, Ivica Stefe, Boris Turk, Adriana K. Carmona, Helena B. Nader, Luiz Juliano, Ivarne L.S. Tersariol (2005) Cathepsin X binds to cell surface heparan sulfate proteoglycans. Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 436, 323-322 [S-798]

Toni Petan, Igor Križaj, Michael H. Gelb, Jože Pungerčar (2005) Ammodytoxins, potent presynaptic neurotoxins, are also highly efficient phospholipase A2 enzymes. Biochemistry 44, 12535-12545 [S-812]

Luciano Puzer, Simone S. Cotrin, Maria H.S. Cezari, Izaura Y. Hirata, Maria A. Juliano, Ivica Stefe, Dusan Turk, Boris Turk, Luiz Juliano, Adriana K. Carmona (2005) Recombinant human cathepsin X is a carboxymonopeptidase only: a comparison with cathepsins B and L. Biol. Chem. 386, 1191-1195 [S-819]

Sabina Rabzelj, Vito Turk, Eva Žerovnik (2005) In vitro study of stability and amyloid-fibril formation of two mutants of human stefin B (cystatin B) occuring in patients with EPM1. Protein Science 14, 2713-2722 [S-816]

Veronika Stoka, Boris Turk, Vito Turk (2005) Lysosomal cysteine proteases: Structural features and their role in apoptosis. IUBMB Life 57, 347-353 [S-806]

Veronika Stoka, Sylvia F. Chen, Vito Turk, Dale E. Brdesen (2005) Developmental shift in the apostat: Comparison of neurones and astrocytes. FEBS Lett. 579, 6147-6150 [S-818]

Jernej Šribar, Gregor Anderluh, Jay W. Fox, Igor Križaj (2005) Protein disulphide isomerase binds ammodytoxin strongly: Possible implications for toxin trafficking. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Comm. 329, 733-737 [S-795]

Boris Turk, Dušan Turk, Guy S. Salvesen (2005) Regulating cysteine protease activity: Essential role of protease inhibitors as guardians and regulators. Medicinal Chem. Rev. - Online 2, 283-297 [S-809]

Olga Vasiljeva, Marko Dolinar, Jerica Rozman Pungerčar, Vito Turk, Boris Turk (2005) Recombinant human procathepsin S is capable of autocatalytic processing at neutral pH in the presence of glycosaminoglycans. FEBS Lett. 579, 1285-1290 [S-794]

Tina Zavašnik-Bergant, Urška Repnik, Ana Schweiger, Rok Romih, Matjaž Jeras, Vito Turk, Janko Kos (2005) Differentiation- and maturation-dependent content, localization, and secretion of cystatin C in human dendritic cells. J. Leukocyte Biol. 78, 122-134 [S-814]


List of publications in 2006
in alphabetical order of the first authors (underlined are members of our department):


Shin-Rong Hwang, Veronika Stoka, Vito Turk, Vivian Hook (2006) Resistance of cathepsin L compared to elastase to proteolysis when complexed with the serpin endopin 2C and recovery of cathepsin L activity. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Comm. 340, 1238-1243 [S-823]

Manca Kenig, Saša Jenko-Kokalj, Magda Tušek-Žnidarič, Maruša Pompe-Novak, Gregor Gunčar, Dušan Turk, Jonathan P. Waltho, Rosemarie A. Staniforth, Franc Avbelj, Eva Žerovnik (2006) Folding and amyloid-fibril formation for a series of human stefins' chimeras: Any correlation? Proteins 62, 918-927 [S-825]

Nataša Kopitar-Jerala (2006) The role of cystatins in cells of the immune system. FEBS Lett. 580, 6295-6301 [S-837]

Gregor Kosec, Vanina E. Alvarez, Fernan Agüero, Daniel Sanchez, Marko Dolinar, Boris Turk, Vito Turk, Juan J. Cazzulo (2006) Metacaspases of Trypanosoma cruzi: Possible candidates for programmed cell death mediators. Mol. Biochem. Parasitol. 145, 18-28 [S-824]

Marko Mihelič, Cory Teuscher, Vito Turk, Dušan Turk (2006) Mouse stefins A1 and A2 (Stfa1 and Stfa2) differentiate between papain-like endo- and exopeptidases. FEBS Lett. 580, 4195-4199 [S-839]

Marko Novinec, Dušan Kordiš, Vito Turk, Brigita Lenarčič (2006) Diversity and evolution of the thyroglobulin type-1 domain superfamily. Mol. Biol. Evol. 23, 744-755 [S-827]

Nataša Obermajer, Aleš Premzl, Tina Zavašnik Bergant, Boris Turk, Janko Kos (2006) Carboxypeptidase cathepsin X mediates [beta]2-integrin-dependent adhesion of differentiated U-937 cells. Experim. Cell Res. 312, 2515-2527 [S-838]

Aleš Premzl, Vito Turk, Janko Kos (2006) Intracellular proteolytic activity of cathepsin B is associated with capillary-like tube formation by endothelial cells in vitro. J. Cell. Biochem. 97, 1230-1240. [S-828]

Petra Prijatelj, Marlene Charnay, Gabriela Ivanovski, Zala Jenko, Jože Pungerčar, Igor Križaj, Grazyna Faure (2006) The C-terminal and [beta]-wing regions of ammodytoxin A, a neurotoxic phospholipase A2 from Vipera ammodytes ammodytes, are critical for binding to factor Xa and for anticoagulat effect. Biochimie 88, 69-76. [S-829]

Veronika Stoka, Vito Turk, Dale E. Bredesen (2006) Differential regulation of the intrinsic pathway of apoptosis in brain and liver during ageing. FEBS Lett. 580, 3739-3745 [S-831]

Veronika Stoka, Vito Turk, Boris Turk (2006) Do lysosomes induce cell death? IUBMB Life 58, 493-494 [S-834]

Boris Turk (2006) Targeting proteases: successes, failures and future prospects. Nature Reviews Drug Discovery 5, 785-799 [S-832]

Olga Vasiljeva, Anna Papazoglou, Achim Krüger, Harald Brodoefel, Matvey Korovin, Jan Deussing, Nicole Augustin, Boye S. Nielsen, Kasper Almholt, Matthew Bogyo, Christoph Peters, Thomas Reinheckel (2006) Tumor-cell derived and macrophage-derived cathepsin B promotes progression and lung metastasis of mammary cancer. Cancer Res. 66, 5242-5250 [S-835]

Ljubinka Vitale, Bojana Vukelić, Igor Križaj (2006) Extracellular metalloendopeptidase of Streptomyces rimosus. Arch. Microbiol. 185, 183-191 [S-826]

Tanja Vranac, Katarina Pretnar Hartman, Mara Popović, Anja Venturini, Eva Žerovnik, Vladka Čurin Šerbec (2006) A single prion protein peptide can elicit a panel of isoform specific monoclonal antibodies. Peptides 27, 2695-2705 [S-836]

Tina Zavašnik-Bergant, Boris Turk (2006) Cysteine cathepsins in the immune response. Tissue Antigens 67, 349-355 [S-830]

Eva Žerovnik, Katja Škerget, Magda Tušek-Žnidarič, Corina Loeschner, Marcus W. Brazier, David R. Brown (2006) High affinity copper binding by stefin B (cystatin B) and its role in the inhibition of amyloid fibrillation. FEBS J. 273, 4250-4263 [S-833]

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