Enzyme-linked immunoassay. I. Novel method for synthesis of the insulin-beta-D-galactosidase conjugate and its applicability for insulin assay.

abstract：:Cytokinin binding protein was isolated and purified from tobacco leaves by bioaffinity chromatography on a Sepharose column on which benzyladenine (BA), synthetic cytokinin, had been introduced as an affinity ligand by the cyanogen bromide method. The purified protein bound specifically to cytokinins; its binding was ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yoshida K,Takegami T

更新日期：1977-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A lectin was purified from edible mushroom, Volvariella volvacea by extraction with 5% cold acetic acid in the presence of 0.1% 2-mercaptoethanol, followed by ammonium sulfate fractionation, and DEAE-C-52 and CM-C-52 column chromatographies. The molecular weight was measured to be 26,000, and the lectin consisted of t...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Lin JY,Chou TB

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The P1' Ser(50) at the second reactive site of soybean protease inhibitor C-II was replaced with arginine to confirm the contribution of this residue to the inhibition. The Arg derivative had less trypsin inhibitory activity (Ki = 1 X 10(-7) M) than the Ser derivative (Ki = 2 X 10(-8) M), in contrast to the results ob...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kurokawa T,Hara S,Teshima T,Ikenaka T

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Midkine (MK) and pleiotrophin (PTN) constitute a new family of heparin-binding growth factors. Extraembryonic membranes and the placenta of the mouse expressed MK mRNA at 11.5 days gestation. While the MK mRNA level in extraembryonic membranes decreased during embryogenesis, that in the placenta remained unchanged. Im...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Obama H,Tsutsui J,Ozawa M,Yoshida H,Yoshida Y,Osame M,Muramatsu T

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been reported that two kinds of Cd-binding peptide (Cd-BP1 and Cd-BP2) are induced in fission yeast upon exposure to Cd, and that they consist of the same unit peptide (cadystin), but Cd-BP1 binds 1.5 times more Cd atoms per cadystin than Cd-BP2 (Murasugi, A., Wada, C., & Hayashi, Y. (1981) J. Biochem. 90, 1561...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Murasugi A,Wada Nakagawa C,Hayashi Y

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pcd gene from Flavobacterium lutescens IFO3084 encoding Delta'-piperideine-6-carboxylate dehydrogenase (PCD) was cloned, sequenced, and expressed in Escherichia coli. The deduced amino acid sequence of PCD from F. lutescens IFO3084 showed strong similarity to that from Streptomyces clavuligerus. The molecular mass...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Fujii T,Narita T,Agematu H,Agata N,Isshiki K

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTHrP) has two different targeting signals: an N-terminal signal peptide for the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) targeting and an internal nuclear localization signal. The protein not only functions as a secretory protein, but is also found in the nucleus and/or nucleolus under certain ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Amaya Y,Nakai T,Miura S

更新日期：2016-04-01 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：:In the crude extract of matured eggs of the silkworm (Bombyx mori), proteolytic activity was detected only in the acidic pH region with maximal activity at pH 3.5, and this activity was maintained throughout the development. No appreciable activity was observed in the neutral to alkaline pH region either in matured eg...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kageyama T,Takahashi SY,Takahashi K

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A dinuclear La3+ complex hydrolyzes the phosphodiester bond in diribonucleotides efficiently under mild conditions. The rate of hydrolysis is remarkably accelerated on the complex formation between La3+ and TPHP (TPHP = N,N,N',N'-tetrakis [(2-pyridyl)methyl]-2-hydroxy-1,3-diaminopropane), and the highest activity is a...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yashiro M,Ishikubo A,Komiyama M

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We synthesized a series of non-ionic detergents, alkyl thiomaltosides, and investigated their properties and usefulness. We solubilized membrane proteins of Vibrio parahaemolyticus using the detergents. With octyl thiomaltoside, nonyl thiomaltoside, decyl thiomaltoside, or undecyl thiomaltoside, we observed satisfacto...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Izawa S,Sakai-Tomita Y,Kinomura K,Kitazawa S,Tsuda M,Tsuchiya T

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel phenylserine dehydratase [EC 4.2.1.-], which catalyzes the deamination of L-threo-3-phenylserine to yield phenylpyruvate and ammonia, was purified to homogeneity from a crude extract of Pseudomonas pickettii PS22 isolated from soil. The enzyme was a monomer having a molecular mass of about 38 kDa and contained...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Okuda H,Nagata S,Misono H

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A comparative study of vertebrate ventricle tropomyosin has been carried out from the viewpoint of molecular evolution. The ventricles containing one-component tropomyosin were generally known, and in this paper those containing two components were also found in 8 species among mammals, reptiles, amphibia, and fish, b...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yamane A,Hirabayashi T

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thrombomodulin (TM) is a thrombin receptor on the surface of endothelial cells that converts thrombin from a procoagulant to an anticoagulant. Thrombin promotes invasion by various tumor cells, and positive or negative correlations are found between the expression of TM and tumorigenesis in some patients. In this stud...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Niimi S,Harashima M,Takayama K,Hara M,Hyuga M,Seki T,Ariga T,Kawanishi T,Hayakawa T

更新日期：2005-05-01 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：:In the nucleus of eukaryotic cells, chromatin is tethered to the nuclear envelope (NE), wherein inner nuclear membrane proteins (INMPs) play major roles. However, in Xenopus blastula, chromatin tethering to the NE depends on nuclear filamentous actin that develops in a blastula-specific manner. To investigate whether ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Oda H,Kato S,Ohsumi K,Iwabuchi M

更新日期：2020-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Catalase from Aspergillus niger was purified to homogeneity as judged from the results of ultracentrifugation and polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The enzyme had a molecular weight of 385,000 as estimated from sedimentation measurements. Carbohydrate analyses showed that the catalase was a glycoprotein containing a...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kikuchi-Torii K,Hayashi S,Nakamoto H,Nakamura S

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Under conditions where nM level of calmodulin was able to show full activation of myosin light chain kinase and cyclic-nucleotide phosphodiesterase, the fragments of calmodulin at concentrations as high as 20 microM failed to activate these enzymes in the presence of Ca2+. The fragments tested were Ala1-Lys75 (F12), A...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Minowa O,Yazawa M,Sobue K,Ito K,Yagi K

更新日期：1988-03-01 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：:The complete amino acid sequence of ribonuclease N1 (RNase N1), a guanine-specific ribonuclease from a fungus, Neurospora crassa, was determined by conventional protein sequencing, using peptide fragments obtained by tryptic digestion of cyanogen bromide-treated RNase N1 and by Staphylococcus aureus V8 protease digest...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Takahashi K

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Class B scavenger receptor type I (SR-BI) is a phosphatidylserine (PS)-recognizing receptor of testicular Sertoli cells responsible for the phagocytosis of spermatogenic cells undergoing apoptosis. Here, we determined signal mediators that compose a signalling pathway for SR-BI-induced phagocytosis. Results of a yeast...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Osada Y,Sunatani T,Kim IS,Nakanishi Y,Shiratsuchi A

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human serum sulfotransferase activities were measured in normal controls and patients with macular corneal dystrophy (MCD), an inherited disorder characterized by the decreased sulfation of keratan sulfate in the corneal stroma and serum, using two kinds of acceptor: partially desulfated keratan sulfate and a trisacch...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hasegawa N,Torii T,Nagaoka I,Nakayasu K,Miyajima H,Habuchi O

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High-density lipoprotein (HDL) has been speculated to have an anti-atherogenic function. Many in vitro studies have demonstrated that HDL has the ability to remove cholesteryl ester (CE) from lipid-laden macrophages. However, the effect of alteration in chemical composition and particle diameter on the in vivo functio...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ishigami M,Yamashita S,Sakai N,Arai T,Hirano K,Hiraoka H,Kameda-Takemura K,Matsuzawa Y

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondria exhibiting cyanide-resistant respiration were isolated from Hansenula anomala which had been incubated in the presence of antimycin A to induce cyanide-resistant respiration. The cyanide-resistant respiration in isolated mitochondria was not inhibited by antimycin A or myxothiazol, suggesting that the bra...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Sakajo S,Minagawa N,Komiyama T,Yoshimoto A

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:LukF and Hlg2 of staphylococcal gamma-hemolysin assemble into hetero-oligomeric pores on human red blood cells (HRBC). Here, we demonstrate, using a single-molecule imaging technique, that a W177T/R198T mutant of LukF, which exhibits no binding activity toward phosphatidylcholine, could form intermediate oligomers wit...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Monma N,Nguyen VT,Kaneko J,Higuchi H,Kamio Y

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sequential in situ digestion of proteins immobilized on polyvinylidene difluoride (PVDF) has been systematically designed and optimized. The method consists of immobilization of the proteins on PVDF, S-carboxymethylation, and then successive in situ digestions using specific proteases. In order to obtain high yiel...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Iwamatsu A,Yoshida-Kubomura N

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microtubule-associated protein (MAP) 1 consisting of MAP 1A and 1B was purified from rat brain by the poly-L-aspartic acid (PLAA) method. We found that MAP 1 bound to F-actin in vitro up to a molar ratio of MAP 1 to actin monomers of 1:10. The apparent binding constant was about 2.7 x 10(7) M-1. In contrast to the bin...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Fujii T,Watanabe M,Ogoma Y,Kondo Y,Arai T

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently demonstrated, using synthetic peptides modeled on the extension peptide of malate dehydrogenase, that amino acid residues present at the proximal and distal positions relative to the cleavage site are critical determinants for the recognition of substrates by mitochondrial processing peptidase [Niidome et ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Moriwaki K,Ogishima T,Ito A

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs), or prion diseases, are fatal infectious neurodegenerative disorders. Their causative agents are prions, which are composed of disease-associated forms of prion protein (PrP(Sc)). Naturally occurring cases of TSEs are found in several mammalian species including humans,...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hagiwara K,Hara H,Hanada K

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rp-cAMPS, the Rp-diastereomer of adenosine 3',5'-phosphorothioate, is often referred to as a cAMP antagonist, since it binds to the regulatory subunit of cAMP-dependent protein kinase without dissociation of free catalytic subunits. To evaluate the role of cAMP-dependent protein kinase in amylase exocytosis, we examin...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Takuma T,Ichida T

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00