The structure and function of acid proteases. V. Comparative studies on the specific inhibition of acid proteases by diazoacetyl-DL-norleucine methyl ester, 1,2-epoxy-3-(p-nitrophenoxy) propane and pepstatin.

abstract：:A DNA polymerase beta (pol. beta) inhibitor has been isolated independently from two organisms; a red perilla, Perilla frutescens, and a mugwort, Artemisia vulgaris. These molecules were determined by spectroscopic analyses to be the cyanogenic glucoside, D-mandelonitrile-beta-D-glucoside, prunasin. The compound inhib...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Mizushina Y,Takahashi N,Ogawa A,Tsurugaya K,Koshino H,Takemura M,Yoshida S,Matsukage A,Sugawara F,Sakaguchi K

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Administration of an excessive dose of Bacillus subtilis alpha-amylase [EC 3.2.1.1, alpha-1,4-glucan 4-glucanohydrolase] (BalphaA) induced the production of non-precipitating (non-ppt) IgG2 antibody in guinea pigs, whereas immunization with a normal dose produced precipitating (ppt) IgG1 and IgG2 antibodies. The non-p...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Mori N,Nakamura T,Koyama J

更新日期：1977-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Frontal gel chromatography is a convenient and accurate method to obtain the free ligand concentration of a protein-ligand mixture. Because a large amount of sample (more than 6 ml) is required for the method, it has been rarely used for binding experiments. We have developed a system to carry out frontal gel chromato...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Honjo M,Ishida T,Horiike K

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carboxypeptidase Y (CPY) inhibitor, I(C), a cytoplasmic inhibitor of vacuolar proteinases in yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, was purified by means of a high-level expression system using a proteinase-deficient strain, BJ2168, and an expression vector with the promoter GAL1. The purified I(C) exists as a monomeric bet...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Mima J,Suzuki H,Takahashi M,Hayashi R

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhibitory effects of various amino acid esters on the phagocytic activity of guinea pig peritoneal macrophages were studied with sensitized 51Cr-sheep erythrocytes (51Cr-EAb) as well as 125I-alpha-amylase complexed with homologous IgG2 antibody (Ag-Ab complex). The intracellular uptake of 51Cr-EAb was markedly inhibi...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nihira S,Koyama J

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The endogenous phosphorylation of mouse brain microsomes was studied using the technique of acrylamide gel electrophoresis in the presence of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS). 2. It was found that specific proteins and lipids in brain microsomes were phosphorylated by the terminal phosphate of ATP under appropriate con...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Satomi D

更新日期：1977-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rat liver glucocorticoid receptor was partially purified and characterized for its hormone binding using selenite. Selenite at very low concentrations irreversibly inhibited the hormone binding. The concentration for half maximal inhibition was approximately 2.8 microM. The inhibition was restored by dithiothreitol. T...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Tashima Y,Terui M,Itoh H,Mizunuma H,Kobayashi R,Marumo F

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microbacterium sp. M874 produced a glyceroglycolipid, di-O-12-methyl-tetradecanoyl-3-O-beta-D-galactopyranosyl-sn-glycerol, at about the 50 microM level. Though the strain was highly resistant to tertiary-butyl hydroperoxide (tBHP) in a glycolipid-productive medium, the resistance was reduced in a nonproductive medium...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nakata K

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The characteristics of the androgen receptor in the cytoplasmic fraction of Shionogi carcinoma 115 were studied in vitro by means of charcoal adsorption assay, sucrose density gradient centrifugation, and polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The equilibrium dissociation constant for [3H]dihydrotestosterone (Kd = (2-5) ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nohno T

更新日期：1981-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The three-dimensional structure of rat-liver acyl-CoA oxidase-II (ACO-II) in a complex with a C12-fatty acid was solved by the molecular replacement method based on the uncomplexed ACO-II structure. The crystalline form of the complex was obtained by cocrystallization of ACO-II with dodecanoyl-CoA. The crystalline com...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Tokuoka K,Nakajima Y,Hirotsu K,Miyahara I,Nishina Y,Shiga K,Tamaoki H,Setoyama C,Tojo H,Miura R

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The conformation of the chondroitin-4-sulfate calcium salt was investigated by X-ray analysis. The following results were obtained. 1, The repeat length per disaccharide was 0.913 nm: 2, The molecular chain had three-fold screw symmetry: 3, The shape of the unit cell was a trigonal prism with dimensions a=b=1.28 nm, c...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Tanaka K

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies on the solution structure dynamics of RNA/DNA are becoming crucially important. The phenomena of SSCP (single-strand conformation polymorphism), small RNA dynamics in a cell, and others can be related to the conformational changes of single-stranded (ss) RNAs/DNAs in solution. However, little is known about th...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Biyani M,Nishigaki K

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human HsRad51 protein assembles on a DNA molecule through cooperative binding and forms a long filament for homologous recombination. We have characterized the self-assembly of HsRad51 by measuring the fluorescence resonance energy transfer from the fluorescein-labeled protein to the rhodamine-labeled protein. Self-as...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yoshioka K,Yumoto-Yoshioka Y,Fleury F,Takahashi M

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many eukaryotic genes are interrupted by introns, which are removed from mRNA precursors by the RNA splicing mechanism. Although nucleotide sequences around splice sites have considerable homology among various genes, exact splice-site signals are unknown. Previously, applying the computer searching method to primary ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Iida Y

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At the initiation of chromosomal DNA replication, DNA primases synthesize short RNA primers, which are subsequently elongated by DNA polymerases. To understand the structural basis for the primer synthesis by archaeal/eukaryotic-type primases, the gene of the DNA primase from hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus hori...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ito N,Nureki O,Shirouzu M,Yokoyama S,Hanaoka F

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are small particles that are naturally released from various types of cells. EVs contain a wide variety of cellular components, such as proteins, nucleic acids, lipids and metabolites, which facilitate intercellular communication in diverse biological processes. In the tumor microenvironme...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yamauchi T,Moroishi T

更新日期：2020-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：:To identify functionally essential sequences and residues of CTLA-2alpha, in vitro mutagenesis was carried out. The coefficient of inhibition (K(i)) was determined towards rabbit cathepsin L using Z-Phe-Arg-MCA as the substrate. Recombinant CTLA-2alpha inhibited the enzyme potently (K(i) = 15 nM). A truncated mutant, ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Deshapriya RM,Yuhashi S,Usui M,Kageyama T,Yamamoto Y

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanism by which GTP induces Ca2+ release from Ca2(+)-preloaded rat hepatic microsomes was studied. In the same concentration range as that for Ca2+ release, GTP inhibited the initial rate of ATP-driven Ca2+ uptake. It also inhibited the formation by ATP of the phosphorylated intermediate of Ca2(+)-ATPase, which...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kimura S,Higham S,Robison BC,Kraus-Friedmann N

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of crosslinking of F-actin with glutaraldehyde on the contractility of muscle ghost fiber containing reconstituted thin filament (i.e. F-actin-tropomyosin-troponin complex) and irrigated with myosin was investigated. The results show that: (i) crosslinking inhibited development of isometric tension and shor...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Próchniewicz-Nakayama E,Yanagida T

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The whole-genome sequencing of an extreme thermophile, Thermus thermophilus, is now in progress. Like other genome projects, major concern is shifting from the sequence itself to post-sequencing research such as functional or structural genomics. Under such circumstances, the demand for convenient genetic-engineering ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hoseki J,Yano T,Koyama Y,Kuramitsu S,Kagamiyama H

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The catalytic properties of a new type of dihydropteridine reductase, NADPH-specific dihydropteridine reductase [EC 1.6.99.10], from bovine liver, were studied and compared with those of the previously characterized enzyme, NADH-specific dihydropteridine reductase [EC 1.6.99.7]. With quinonoid-dihydro-6-methylpterin, ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nakanishi N,Hasegawa H,Akino M,Yamada S

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bispecific antibody targeting of two different antigens is promising, but when fragment-based antibodies are used, homogeneous production is difficult. To overcome this difficulty, we developed a method using the SpyTag/SpyCatcher system in which a covalent bond is formed between the two polypeptides. Using this metho...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yumura K,Akiba H,Nagatoishi S,Kusano-Arai O,Iwanari H,Hamakubo T,Tsumoto K

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Poly(8-oxyinosinic acid) (poly O8I), was synthesized by polymerizing 8-oxyinosine diphosphate using the enzyme polynucleotide phosphorylase (PNPase). The polymer formed a 1 : 1 hybrid with polycytidylic acid (poly C). The hybrid was found to induce the production of interferon in the brain of white albino mice and pro...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Folayan JO

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP), a neuropeptide coupled with adenylate cyclase, was found to induce neurite extension of PC12h cells. Neurites appeared within 1 h after addition of VIP and extended for at least 24 h. The half-maximal concentration for the effect of VIP was 50 nM. In addition to the morphological c...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Okumura N,Miyatake Y,Takao T,Tamaru T,Nagai K,Okada M,Nakagawa H

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neutral alpha-glucosidase was partially purified from granular fractions isolated from guinea pig polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNL). The native enzyme had a high molecular weight, about 417,000, with a subunit of 43,000. The purified enzyme hydrolysed 4-methylumbelliferyl alpha-glucoside and maltose, but not isomalt...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Imai K,Harada T,Takano Y,Morikawa S,Tanaka A

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new method for the acid hydrolysis of protein is presented. Peptide bonds are cleaved by the action of an HCl/trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) vapor mixture. Contamination for the hydrolysis mixture is reduced to low levels (1-3 pmol). Recovery of hydrophobic amino acid is improved. Short reaction times are achieved and r...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Tsugita A,Uchida T,Mewes HW,Ataka T

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To examine whether serine proteases of rat liver chromatin are also involved in the degradation of newly synthesized and unbound ribosomal proteins and histones, like the nuclear thiol protease which we reported previously (Tsurugi, K. & Ogata, K. (1979) Eur. J. Biochem. 101, 205-213), in vivo experiments were carried...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Tsurugi K,Oyanagi M,Ogata K

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The physicochemical nature of an active fragment (T2A) of colicin E3 was examined together with those of its specific inhibitor, B, and the T2A-B complex under various conditions by means of CD and fluorescence spectroscopy. 1. T2A was mainly composed of unordered structure, although the molecule was folded into a rat...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Suzuki K,Ohno S,Imahori K

更新日期：1980-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The oleate (delta 9-18:1)/cis-vaccenate (delta 11-18:1) ratios in phospholipids increased in the order of normal liver, host liver and hepatoma in rats. The amount of oleate increased in phospholipids and decreased in triacylglycerol in the same order, whereas the distributions of cis-vaccenate among the major lipid c...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hori T,Okuyama H

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in the fatty acid composition of choline glycerophospholipid (CGP) and ethanolamine glycerophospholipid (EGP) in the liver, heart, kidney, testis, spleen, and brain of rats were examined at various stages of streptozotocin-induced diabetes. Diabetes of prolonged duration (8 weeks) caused profound alterations i...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hu Q,Ishii E,Nakagawa Y

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00