Journal Highlights

Top Cited FEBS Journal Articles published in 2008

Poly(silicate)-metabolizing silicatein in siliceous spicules and silicasomes of demosponges comprises dual enzymatic activities (silica polymerase and silica esterase)
Muller WEG, Schlossacher U, Wang X, et al.

The Atlantic salmon Z-DNA binding protein kinase phosphorylates translation initiation factor 2 alpha and constitutes a unique orthologue to the mammalian dsRNA-activated protein kinase R
Bergan V, Jagus R, Lauksund S, et al.

PCSK9 is phosphorylated by a Golgi casein kinase-like kinase ex vivo and circulates as a phosphoprotein in humans
Dewpura T, Raymond A, Hamelin J, et al.

The antibacterial and antifungal properties of trappin-2 (pre-elafin) do not depend on its protease inhibitory function
Baranger K, Zani ML, Chandenier J, et al.

Active γ-secretase is localized to detergent-resistant membranes in human brain
Hur JY, Welander H, Behbahani H, et al.

The effect of small molecules in modulating the chaperone activity of αB-crystallin against ordered and disordered protein aggregation
Ecroyd H, Carver JA

L-Galactono-γ-lactone dehydrogenase from Arabidopsis thaliana, a flavoprotein involved in vitamin C biosynthesis
Leferink NGH, van den Berg WAM, van Berkel WJH

Pyrophosphate and tripolyphosphate affect firefly luciferase luminescence because they act as substrates and not as allosteric effectors
Fontes R, Fernandes D, Peralta F, et al.

Sulfide : quinone oxidoreductase (SQR) from the lugworm Arenicola marina shows cyanide- and thioredoxin-dependent activity
Theissen U, Martin W

Dual P2Y₁₂ receptor signaling in thrombin-stimulated platelets - involvement of phosphoinositide 3-kinase β but not γ isoform in Ca²⁺ mobilization and procoagulant activity
van der Meijden PEJ, Schoenwaelder SM, Feijge MAH, et al.

Redox regulation of the protein tyrosine phosphatase PTP1B in cancer cells
Lou YW, Chen Y, Hsu SF, et al.