Purification, molecular cloning, and immunohistochemical localization of dipeptidyl peptidase II from the rat kidney and its identity with quiescent cell proline dipeptidase.

abstract：:A completely sodium dodecyl sulfate-insoluble protein was obtained from plasmodia of Physarum polycephalum. The amino acid composition of this protein was very similar to that of connectin, an elastic protein of muscle. When the protein suspension was treated with 6 M guanidine-HCl in the presence of 0.1 M 2-mercaptoe...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ozaki K,Maruyama K

更新日期：1980-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytolethal distending toxin (CDT) is one of the exotoxins produced by Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans, an agent of localized aggressive periodontitis. We constructed N-terminal deletion mutants of CdtA using an Escherichia coli expression system and found that ADelta19-47, with a deletion from Asn-19 to Pro-47, s...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Saiki K,Gomi T,Konishi K

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously identified a human cDNA encoding a novel receptor tyrosine kinase, termed Sky, which is predominantly expressed in the brain and has a unique extracellular domain consisting of two immunoglobulin (Ig)-like and two fibronectin type III (FN III) motifs. In attempts to define the functional role of the Sky ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ohashi K,Honda S,Ichinomiya N,Nakamura T,Mizuno K

更新日期：1995-06-01 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：:Hydrostatic pressure-induced morphological and physiochemical changes in monomeric myosin were investigated. The turbidity of a myosin solution increased after release of pressure, indicating aggregation of the molecules. Some molecules were single headed after exposure to 100-200 MPa, in contrast with an intact molec...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yamamoto K,Yoshida Y,Morita J,Yasui T

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When a rat hepatoma cell (R-Y121B) homogenate was incubated at 37 degrees C, 30-70% of the total alkaline phosphatase was released into the supernatant fluid from the precipitate fractions. The release reached a plateau level after 10 h of incubation at 37 degrees C. The optimum pH value for the release was 7.4. Alkal...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Sorimachi K,Yasumura Y

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of HSDJ, a human homolog of bacterial DnaJ and yeast YDJ1p/MAS5, in mitochondrial protein import was examined. Recombinant HSDJ was purified and an antibody was prepared. HSDJ mRNA was heat-induced in cultured cells. In pulse-labeling and chase experiments using COS-7 cells, the endogenous HSDJ homolog was pr...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kanazawa M,Terada K,Kato S,Mori M

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To understand the mechanism of activation of a receptor by its agonist, the excitation and relaxation processes of the vibrational states of the receptor should be examined. As a first approach to this problem, we calculated the normal vibrational modes of agonists (glutamate and kainate) and an antagonist (6-cyano-7-...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kubo M,Odai K,Sugimoto T,Ito E

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heparin-binding epidermal growth factor-like growth factor (HB-EGF), a ligand of EGF receptor, is involved in the growth and malignant progression of cancers. Cross-reacting material 197, CRM197, a non-toxic mutant of diphtheria toxin (DT), specifically binds to the EGF-like domain of HB-EGF and inhibits its mitogenic...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Suzuki K,Mizushima H,Abe H,Iwamoto R,Nakamura H,Mekada E

更新日期：2015-05-01 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：:Ectoenzyme release from rat liver and kidney by phosphatidylinositol (PI)-specific phospholipase C of Bacillus thuringiensis was studied. Alkaline phosphatase and 5'-nucleotidase were released from rat kidney slices to extents of up to 60% and 30%, respectively. Release of alkaline phosphatase was observed at lower am...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Taguchi R,Asahi Y,Ikezawa H

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The addition of palmitic acid or myristic acid to a medium containing delipidated fetal bovine serum resulted in severe inhibition of V79-R cell growth. The degree of inhibition by palmitic acid was concentration dependent. Simultaneous addition of oleic acid protected the cells from the inhibition by palmitic acid...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Urade R,Kito M

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:d-Aspartate is found in the nervous and reproductive system and participates in various physiological roles. While several lines of evidence suggest that this amino acid has an endogenous origin, the enzyme responsible for mammalian d-Asp biosynthesis has not yet been identified. We show that mammalian serine racemase...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ito T,Hayashida M,Kobayashi S,Muto N,Hayashi A,Yoshimura T,Mori H

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The inhibitory effects of galloyl pedunculagin (GP) and eugeniin on the phosphorylation of histone H2B by cAMP-dependent protein kinase (A-kinase) and autophosphorylation of its beta-regulatory subunit (A-kinase beta) were examined in vitro. It was found that (i) GP (ID(50) = approx. 50 nM) effectively inhibits the ac...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kosuge S,Maekawa T,Saito C,Tanaka T,Kouno I,Ohtsuki K

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The complete amino acid sequence and disulfide bridge location of HR2a, one of the hemorrhagic proteins isolated from the snake venom of Trimeresurus flavoviridis, have been determined by analysis of peptides derived from digests with cyanogen bromide, lysyl endopeptidase, trypsin, and Staphylococcus aureus V8 proteas...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Miyata T,Takeya H,Ozeki Y,Arakawa M,Tokunaga F,Iwanaga S,Omori-Satoh T

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The interactions of benzeneboronic acid (BBA) as a transition state analog with subtilisin (EC 3.4.21.4) and with alpha-chymotrypsin (EC 3.4.21.1) were investigated kinetically by the temperature-jump method using pH indicators. For both enzymes, the concentration dependence of the relaxation time was consistent with...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nakatani H,Hanai K,Uehara Y,Hiromi K

更新日期：1975-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to characterize low affinity ATP-binding sites of renal (Na+,K+) ATPase and sarcoplasmic reticulum (Ca2+)ATPase, the effects of ATP on the splitting of the K+-sensitive phosphoenzymes were compared. ATP inactivated the dephosphorylation in the case of (Na+,K+)ATPase at relatively high concentrations, while ac...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Fukushima Y,Yamada S,Nakao M

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondria play many critical roles in cells, not only by supplying energy, but also by supplying metabolites, buffering Ca2+ levels and regulating apoptosis. During oocyte maturation and subsequent embryo development, mitochondria change their morphology by membrane fusion and fission, and coordinately undergo mult...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Udagawa O,Ishihara N

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gene encoding a MutM from Desulfovibrio vulgaris (Miyazaki F) was cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli. A 5.9-kb DNA fragment, isolated from D. vulgaris (Miyazaki F) by XhoI and PvuII, contained a MutM gene and other open reading frames. The nucleotide sequence of the MutM gene indicated that the protein was c...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Sanada H,Nakanishi T,Inoue H,Kitamura M

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytochromes b(561) are a family of transmembrane proteins found in most eukaryotic cells and contain two haem b prosthetic groups per molecule being coordinated with four His residues from four different transmembrane alpha-helices. Although cytochromes b(561) residing in the chromaffin vesicles has long been known to...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nakanishi N,Takeuchi F,Tsubaki M

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calpastatin, an endogenous inhibitor protein specifically acting on calpain [EC 3.4.22.17; Ca2+-dependent cysteine proteinase], was purified to apparent homogeneity from the cytosol fraction of human erythrocytes. The yield was 0.38 mg from 400 ml of blood. The purification procedures included DEAE-cellulose and Ultro...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Takano E,Murachi T

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nucleotide sequence of gene PBII encoding salivary proline-rich protein P-B was determined. PBII is 7.1 kb long and contains 3 exons. PBII exhibits considerable nucleotide sequence homology not only in exons but also in introns with PBI (accession number D89501), the gene whose nucleotide sequence was determined p...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Isemura S

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study the structure/function relationship and enzymatic properties of human aldolase C, we have constructed an Escherichia coli expression plasmid, pHAC11, for the isozyme. E. coli cells carrying this plasmid produced enzymatically active human aldolase C. The kcat and Km values for fructose-1,6-bisphosphate (Fru-1...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kusakabe T,Motoki K,Hori K

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein phosphorylation is a key regulatory mechanism of the organization and dynamics of the actin cytoskeleton during cell motility, differentiation, and cytokinesis. The level of protein phosphorylation is dependent on the relative activities of both protein kinases and protein phosphatases. In this paper, we exami...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Usui T,Marriott G,Inagaki M,Swarup G,Osada H

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An inhibitor of neutral subtilopeptidase [EC 3.4.24.4] was purified from porcine serum by salting out with (NH4)2SO4, chromatography on anion exchange sephadex, gel filtration with Sepharose 6B, and isoelectric focusing. The preparation was homogeneous by electrophoretic and ultracentrifugal criteria, and was shown to...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Tsuru D,Tomimatsu M,Fujiwara K,Kawahara K

更新日期：1975-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We designed mutant lysozymes with N-glycosylation signal sequences (Asn48-Gly49-Thr-50 and Asn87-Ile88-Thr89) by substituting Asp to Asn at positions 48 and 87. When these mutant lysozymes were expressed by using yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) in Burkholder minimum medium, N-glycosylation occurred in both lysozymes....

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ueda T,Iwashita H,Hashimoto Y,Imoto T

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cell-free protein-synthesizing system active in initiation of translation of both endogenous mRNA and exogenous mRNA has been obtained from postmitochondrial supernatant (S-12) of the liver of ethionine-treated rats by adding reticulocyte ribosomal extract as a source of initiation factor. Formation of polysomes in ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hase M,Endo Y,Natori Y

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The structural glycoprotein E(rns) of classical swine fever virus (CSFV) is one of the major antibody targets upon infection of pigs with the virus. Molecular dissection of the structure of E(rns) would define the minimal immunodominant regions that induce antibody responses after infection and may thus help design an...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Lin M,Trottier E,Pasick J,Sabara M

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of Na+ and ATP on the K+ binding to Na+, K+-ATPase were investigated by the centrifugation method with radioactive K+ in the absence of Mg2+. In the presence of 10 microM 43KCl, 0.6 and 10 mM Na+ decreased the amount of bound K+ to one-half and zero, respectively. On the other hand, 10 microM and 10 mM ATP...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Homareda H,Nozaki T,Matsui H

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously reported that caldesmon (CaD), together with tropomyosin (TM), effectively protects actin filaments from gelsolin, an actin-severing protein. To elucidate the structure/function relationship of CaD, we dissected the functional domain of CaD required for the protection. The basic C-terminal half of rat no...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Takiguchi K,Matsumura F

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00