Direct participation of potassium ion in the catalysis of coenzyme B(12)-dependent diol dehydratase.

abstract：:To investigate a possible function of plasma albumin in partitioning organic anions into bile and urine, phenolsulfonphthalein (PSP) was administered intravenously and its in vivo fate was studied in normal and analbuminemic mutant rats (NAR). No significant change in the rate of PSP disappearance was observed in bila...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Inoue M,Koyama H,Nagase S,Morino Y

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By the application of a ganglioside-mapping technique, the lipid composition of bovine thyroid was analyzed systematically. The contents of cholesterol, lipid-bound phosphorus and lipid-bound sialic acid in bovine thyroid were 5.10, 9.76, and 0.28 mumol/g of dry tissue, respectively, and the molar ratio of cholesterol...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Iwamori M,Sawada K,Hara Y,Nishio M,Fujisawa T,Imura H,Nagai Y

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Corynebacterium diphtheriae, a pathogenic Gram-positive bacterium, contains sialic acids on its cell surface, but no genes related to sialic acid decoration or metabolism have been reported in C. diphtheriae. In the present study, we have identified a putative sialidase gene, nanH, from C. diphtheriae KCTC3075 and cha...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kim S,Oh DB,Kwon O,Kang HA

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nearly full-length cDNA clones for muscle-type and non-muscle-type aldolase mRNAs were cloned from lambda gt10 cDNA libraries constructed from skeletal muscle and liver mRNAs of lamprey (Entosphenus japonicus). The cDNA-M8 has 2,240 bp carrying an open reading frame of 1,089 bp which encodes 362 amino acids without th...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Zhang R,Yatsuki H,Kusakabe T,Iwabe N,Miyata T,Imai T,Yoshida M,Hori K

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We cloned and sequenced the Serratia marcescens prolyl aminopeptidase (SPAP) gene. Nucleotide sequence analysis revealed an open reading frame of 951 bp, encoding a protein of 317 amino acids with a predicted molecular weight of 36,083. The expressed enzyme was purified about 90-fold on columns of Toyopearl HW65C and ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kabashima T,Kitazono A,Kitano A,Ito K,Yoshimoto T

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Troponin is the regulatory protein of striated muscle. Without Ca2+, the contraction of striated muscle is inhibited. Binding of Ca2+ to troponin activates contraction. The location of troponin on the thin filaments and its relation to the regulatory mechanism has been unknown, though the Ca2+-induced dislocation of t...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ishikawa T,Wakabayashi T

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the mechanism of formation of oxygen radicals during ferrous ion-induced decomposition of linoleic acid hydroperoxide using the spin trapping and chemiluminescence methods. The formation of the superoxide anion (O2*-) was verified in the present study. The hydroxyl radical is also generated through Fenton t...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kambayashi Y,Tero-Kubota S,Yamamoto Y,Kato M,Nakano M,Yagi K,Ogino K

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An NAD(P)H-dependent C-nitrosoreductase was purified 90 fold from porcine heart cytosol fraction by ammonium sulfate fractionation, gel filtration with Sephadex G-100, ion-exchange chromatography on DEAE-Sephadex A-50, and affinity chromatography on 5'-AMP-Sepharose. The enzyme had no aldehyde reductase activity and s...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Horie S,Ogura Y

更新日期：1980-10-01 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：:Phase transition was detected by a fluorescence polarization technique in the membrane of Thermus thermophilus HB8: it was found to be a function of cell growth temperature when the cell growth temperature was varied between 50-80 degrees C. A systematic relation between the phase transition temperature and the growth...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Wakayama N,Oshima T

更新日期：1978-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biosynthesis of elongation factor Tu (EF-Tu) has been studied in a cell-free system with DNA of the transducing phage lambdarifd18 as a template. It was found that the synthesis of EF-Tu in this system was inhibited by about 60% in the presence of 0.3 to 0.6 mM guanosine-5'-diphosphate-3'-diphosphate (ppGpp). The ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Shibuya M,Kaziro Y

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whether or not the thermotropic change at about 18 degrees C in the physical state of Ca2+-ATPase protein molecules of sarcoplasmic reticulum membranes could be transmitted to lipids through protein-lipid interactions was investigated using a spin-label technique. Fatty acid spin labels were used to probe the bulk mem...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kirino Y,Higashi K,Matsui M,Shimizu H

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endonuclease V (Endo V) is a DNA repair enzyme that recognizes deoxyinosine and cleaves the second phosphodiester bond on the 3' side of the deaminated base lesion. A database search revealed the presence of homologous genes for Endo V in most archaeal species, but the absence in some methanogenic species. We cloned a...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kiyonari S,Egashira Y,Ishino S,Ishino Y

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The oxidation of equivalent concentrations of phospholipids in homogeneous solution, in multilamellar liposomal suspension, and in rat liver homogenate was carried out under aerobic conditions at 37 degrees C in order to examine the biochemical fate of oxidized phospholipids. Rat liver phospholipids were extracted wit...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kambayashi Y,Yamashita S,Niki E,Yamamoto Y

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reaction center of chromatophores of Rhodospirillum rubrum consists of three kinds of protein, H-, M-, and L-subunit, and is bound with many other kinds of protein to form a larger protein complex (PRU; photoreaction unit), which contains all the bacteriochlorophyll. In the present study, purified PRU was dissociated ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Tanaka K,Kakuno T,Yamashita J,Horio T

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A large number of prokaryotic as well as eukaryotic proteins are produced with amino terminal propeptides. These amino-terminal extensions are essential for mediating proper folding of their corresponding proteins and are also termed as intramolecular chaperones. Though these propeptides are highly specific and unique...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Shinde U,Inouye M

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Roxadustat (FG-4592, Rox) is a stabilizer for hypoxia-inducible transcription factors (HIFs), which induce production of the erythroid growth factor erythropoietin, and has been listed by the World Anti-Doping Agency as a prohibited substance for athletes since 2011. Although the detection technologies for Rox and its...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Saigusa D,Suzuki N,Matsumoto Y,Umeda K,Tomioka Y,Koshiba S,Yamamoto M

更新日期：2018-02-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Pyridylamino sugar chains were converted to the corresponding reducing sugar chains by first converting them to 1-amino-1-deoxy derivatives using the method previously reported [S. Hase, J. Biochem. 112, 266-268 (1992)] and then converting the products to the corresponding reducing sugar chains using the Sommlet react...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Takahashi C,Nakakita S,Hase S

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:p40(phox) of the phagocyte NADPH oxidase forms a complex with p67(phox) in cytosol, and coincidentally decreases in patients who lack p67(phox). Here we investigated the mode of translocation of p40(phox) to the membrane, its cytoskeletal localization on activation of the NADPH oxidase, and the dependency of its expre...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Tsunawaki S,Yoshikawa K

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The phospholipid mediator, platelet activating factor (PAF: 1-O-alkyl-2-O-acetyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine), was recently reported to activate macrophage-monocyte cells as well as neutrophils or platelets. PAF was incorporated into dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine-cholesterol liposomes, and their effect on guinea pig ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hayashi H,Kudo I,Inoue K,Nomura H,Nojima S

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A variant of human tear lipocalin was expressed in Escherichia coli, and the bound fatty acids were analysed by gas chromatography, mass spectroscopy and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Five major fatty acids were identified as hexadecanoic acid (palmitic acid, PA), cis-9-hexadecenoic acid (palmitoleic acid),...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Tsukamoto S,Fujiwara K,Ikeguchi M

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:cAMP and Ca2(+)-independent histone kinase was generated from rat liver plasma membrane in an ionic strength-dependent manner by the action of an endogenous trypsin-like protease (Hashimoto, E. et al. (1986) FEBS Lett. 200, 63-66). In addition to the effect of ionic strength, this proteolytic activation of protein kin...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hashimoto E,Yamamura H

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The complete amino acid sequences of the Ulex europeus anti-H(O) lectins I and II were determined by using a protein sequencer. After digestion with endoproteinases Lys-C and Asp-N of the lectins reduced with 2-mercaptoethanol and modified with iodoacetamide, the resulting peptides were purified by reversed-phase high...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Konami Y,Yamamoto K,Osawa T

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The epitopes of about 100 monoclonal antibodies against human type II DNA topoisomerase were mapped along the enzyme molecules. Although they were randomly and independently established, epitope sites were unevenly distributed the toward N-terminal or C-terminal region. We suggest that the central catalytic domain is ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Sakaguchi A,Miyaike M,Kuroda K,Nozaki N,Tanaka M,Hibino M,Fujii Y,Kato S,Kikuchi A

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Photoaffinity labeling with [3H]cytochalasin B detects two D-glucose-sensitive proteins in the chicken embryo fibroblast (CEF) plasma membrane, which accumulate under conditions of glucose starvation and are probably involved in the glucose transport system (Pessin, J.E., et al. (1982) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S. 79, ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ishii T,Tillotson LG,Isselbacher KJ

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple and rapid purification method for human serum C-reactive protein (CRP) was developed. CRP was strongly adsorbed on a DEAE-cellulose column and was easily separated from other serum proteins. CRP was purified approximately 1,000-fold with a high yield (50%). The final preparation showed a single band as judged...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Tsujimoto M,Inoue K,Nojima S

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apoprotein of electron-transferring flavoprotein (ETF) reacts with FAD as follows: A*<-->A, A+FAD<-->holoETF. Two different forms of apoETF (A* and A) convert into each other and only one of them, A, can associate with FAD [Sato, K. et al. (1991) J. Biochem. 109, 734-740]. In the present study, the reactions between a...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Sato K,Nishina Y,Shiga K

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Saccharomyces cerevisiae has three distinct citrate synthases, two located in mitochondria (mature Cit1p and Cit3p) and one in peroxisomes (mature Cit2p). While the precursor of the major mitochondrial enzyme, Cit1p, has a signal for mitochondrial targeting at its N-terminus (MTS), Cit2p has one for peroxisomal target...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Lee JG,Cho SP,Lee HS,Lee CH,Bae KS,Maeng PJ

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The plant hormone ethylene is generated from a unique precursor, 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate (ACC). In previous studies, ACC deaminase, which degrades ACC to alpha-ketobutyrate and ammonia, was found in four strains of Pseudomonas, characterized, and sequenced. To verify the wider distribution of ACC deaminase i...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Minami R,Uchiyama K,Murakami T,Kawai J,Mikami K,Yamada T,Yokoi D,Ito H,Matsui H,Honma M

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated whether transforming growth factor (TGF)-β1 promoted epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and migration of human oral squamous cell carcinoma (hOSCC) cells. Among 6 hOSCC cell lines investigated, Smad2 phosphorylation and TGF-β target genes expression were most clearly upregulated following TGF-β1 s...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Saito D,Kyakumoto S,Chosa N,Ibi M,Takahashi N,Okubo N,Sawada S,Ishisaki A,Kamo M

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00