Phosphorylation of histone H2A by protein kinase C and identification of the phosphorylation site.

abstract：:The presence of two genomic DNA regions encoding malate synthase (MS) was shown by Southern blot analysis of the genomic DNA from an n-alkane-assimilating yeast, Candida tropicalis, using a partial MS cDNA probe, in accordance with the fact that two types of partial MS cDNAs have previously been isolated. This was als...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hikida M,Atomi H,Fukuda Y,Aoki A,Hishida T,Teranishi Y,Ueda M,Tanaka A

更新日期：1991-12-01 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：:Expression of inter-alpha-trypsin inhibitor light chain (ITI-LC, also known as bikunin or urinary trypsin inhibitor) was examined in various human tissues. By reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction, the mRNA was detected not only in the liver, a known site of ITI-LC production, but also in the kidney, heart, ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Itoh H,Tomita M,Kobayashi T,Uchino H,Maruyama H,Nawa Y

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We sought to evaluate the mechanism(s) associated with pro matrix metalloprotease 2 (proMMP-2) activation in bovine pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells. Preincubation of cells with anti-TNFR1 antibody prevented tumour necrosis factor-α (TNF-α)-induced proMMP-2 activation and increase in membrane type 1 matrix metallo...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Roy S,Chakraborti T,Chowdhury A,Chakraborti S

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Silent information regulator type-1 (SIRT1) is crucial during the development of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). We aimed to explore whether SIRT1 activation could protect against ARDS. SIRT1 was activated by its agonist SRT1720. ARDS was induced by intraperitoneal injection of 5 mg/kg lipopolysaccharide (...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Zhan Y,Yang C,Zhang Q,Yao L

更新日期：2021-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Homogeneous indanol dehydrogenase from monkey liver catalyzed the reversible conversion of 3 alpha- or 20 alpha-hydroxy groups of several bile acids and 5 beta-pregnanes to the corresponding 3- or 20-ketosteroids. The kcat values for the steroids determined at pH 7.4 were low, but the kcat/Km values for the 3-ketoster...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hara A,Nakagawa M,Taniguchi H,Sawada H

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autotaxin (ATX) is an ecto-enzyme responsible for lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) production in blood. ATX is present in various biological fluids such as cerebrospinal and seminal fluids and accounts for bulk LPA production in these fluids. ATX is a member of the nucleotide pyrophosphatase/phosphodiesterase (NPP) family ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nakanaga K,Hama K,Aoki J

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A fluorescent photoreactive ATP derivative, 2'(3')-O-(4-benzoylbenzoyl)-1,N(6)-etheno-ATP (Bz(2)-epsilonATP), was synthesized and reacted with the rice kinesin K16 motor domain (K16MD). In the presence of ADP or ATP, UV irradiation of the K16MD solution containing Bz(2)-epsilonATP resulted in a new 100 kDa band, which...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Umeki N,Mitsui T,Koike Y,Maruta S

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polynucleotide phosphorylase from Thermus thermophilus catalyzed the addition of short guanylyl blocks from GDP to the 3'-hydroxyl termini of oligonucleotide primers at low temperature in a simple reaction mixture. Polyguanylic acid formation was inhibited at 37 degrees C, but the addition of one or two guanylyl resid...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kikuchi Y,Hirai K,Sakaguchi K

更新日期：1979-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chalcone synthase was purified to homogeneity by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis from cell suspension cultures of carrot in which anthocyanin synthesis was induced by transferring the cells from a medium containing 2,4-dichlorophenoxy-acetic acid (2,4-D) to one lacking it. A molecular weight of 80,000-85,000 for th...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ozeki Y,Sakano K,Komamine A,Tanaka Y,Noguchi H,Sankawa U,Suzuki T

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Connectin (titin) links the Z line to the myosin filament in sarcomeres of vertebrate skeletal muscle. An 800 kDa fragment of alpha-connectin runs from the Z line up to the N2 line region in the I band, and the following beta-connectin portion runs up to the edge of the M line on the myosin filament in chicken breast ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kawamura Y,Kume H,Itoh Y,Ohtsuka S,Kimura S,Maruyama K

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We tried to confirm the antioxidative capability of lecithin:cholesterol acyltransferase (LCAT) reported by Vohl et al. [Biochemistry (1999) 38, 5976-5981]. The enzyme solution protected LDL against oxidation. However, this protection was not due to LCAT enzyme, but to some unknown low-molecular-weight substance(s) in...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Murakami Y,Kamiyama S,Howlader ZH,Yamato T,Komai M,Furukawa Y

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The P2X4 purinergic receptor is a key molecule in neuropathic pain, particularly in the allodynia after peripheral nerve injury. We therefore sought to establish an anti-P2X4 receptor monoclonal antibody that would be useful for detection and characterization of the P2X4 receptor. We first prepared the refolded extrac...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Igawa T,Higashi S,Abe Y,Ohkuri T,Tanaka H,Morimoto S,Yamashita T,Tsuda M,Inoue K,Ueda T

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone marrow lineage-negative (Lin(-)) c-Kit(+) Sca-1(+) hematopoietic cells from human GM-CSF receptor gene transgenic mice were cultured on established bone marrow stromal cell (TBR59) layers and on semisolid medium. In the semisolid assay, an increasing number of larger colonies were observed in the presence of hGM-...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Okubo T,Yanai N,Watanabe S,Arai Ki,Obinata M

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The allosteric properties of AMP deaminase [EC 3.5.4.6] from chicken erythrocytes have been qualitatively and quantitatively accounted for by the concerted transition theory of Monod et al., on the assumption that this enzyme has different numbers of binding sites for each ligand. Theoretical curves yield a satisfacto...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yoshino M,Kawamura Y,Ogasawara N

更新日期：1976-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:2-Amino-4-methylphenol was converted to a brownish yellow material by the lysates of human erythrocytes or purified human hemoglobin. The reaction proceeded oxidatively, coupled with the oxidation of hemoglobin. The major component of the brownish yellow material produced by oxidative condensation of 2-amino-4-methylp...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Tomoda A,Arisawa M,Koshimura S

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bach2 is a member of the BTB-basic region leucine zipper factor family and represses transcription activity directed by the TPA response element, the Maf recognition element (MARE) and the antioxidant-responsive element. Recently, it was reported that upon oxidative stress Bach2 forms nuclear foci surrounding the prom...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hoshino H,Nishino TG,Tashiro S,Miyazaki M,Ohmiya Y,Igarashi K,Horinouchi S,Yoshida M

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two DFP-sensitive alkaline proteinases with strong esterase activity toward Ac-(Ala)3-OMe, designated as alkaline serine proteinases D and E, were purified pronase, a protease mixture from St. griseus K-1. Each was shown to be homogeneous by acrylamide disc gel electrophoresis. The molecular weights of these enzymes w...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Narahashi Y,Yoda K

更新日期：1977-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Complete drying of heparin with various concentrations of NaOH by lyophilization caused specific 2-O-desulfation to various degrees without detectable depolymerization or other chemical changes. In order to assess the importance of 2-O-sulfate groups in uronate residues to promote FGF-1 and FGF-2 activities, various 2...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ishihara M,Kariya Y,Kikuchi H,Minamisawa T,Yoshida K

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reverse transcriptases (RTs) from Moloney murine leukaemia virus (MMLV) and avian myeloblastosis virus (AMV) contain all the fingers, palm, thumb, connection and RNase H domains. The fingers, palm and thumb domains are thought to be involved in the reverse transcription activity, and the RNase H domain is in the RNase...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yasukawa K,Mizuno M,Inouye K

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An improved procedure for the purification of a lipid-containing acidophilic thermophilic bacteriophage, phiNS11, is described. The procedure involves Cs2SO4 discontinuous density gradient, Cs2SO4 equilibrium density gradient and sucrose gradient centrifugations. The phage has an icosahedral shape, 75 nm in diameter, ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Sakaki Y,Yamada K,Oshima M,Oshima T

更新日期：1977-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thymidine kinase [ATP: thymidine 5'-phosphotransferase, EC 2.7.1.21] has been purified more than 3,500 fold from microplasmodia of Physarum polycephalum. Properties of the enzyme were determined on preparations purified 1,400 fold. Thymidine was transformed to dTMP while a stoichiometric quantity of ATP was transforme...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Chraibi R,Wright M

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The inhibition of tau fibrillation is a potential therapeutic target for Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases. As a series of studies on inhibiting the transition of soluble monomeric tau into mature fibril, the effect of Tyr310 residue in the third repeat (R3) of the microtubule-binding domain (MBD) on th...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nishiura C,Takeuchi K,Minoura K,Sumida M,Taniguchi T,Tomoo K,Ishida T

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Capacitative Ca(2+) entry is essential for refilling intracellular Ca(2+) stores and is thought to be regulated primarily by inositol 1, 4,5-trisphosphate (IP(3))-sensitive stores in nonexcitable cells. In nonexcitable A549 cells, the application of caffeine or ryanodine induces Ca(2+) release in the absence of extrac...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Xue HH,Zhao DM,Suda T,Uchida C,Oda T,Chida K,Ichiyama A,Nakamura H

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPC) [EC 4.1.1.31] has a highly conserved and unique sequence, 578-FHGRGGSIGRGGAP-591 (on Escherichia coli, PEPC), in which a GRGG motif is repeated twice with two intervening residues. Since previous chemical modification studies suggested the functional importance of arginine residu...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yano M,Terada K,Umiji K,Izui K

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The interaction between pullulanase from Klebsiella pneumoniae and alpha-, beta-, and gamma-cyclodextrins and 6-O-alpha-glucosyl-alpha-cyclodextrin and 6-O-alpha-glucosyl-beta-cyclodextrin was examined by means of inhibition studies of the enzyme activity, UV difference spectroscopy, and flow calorimetry. All the abov...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Iwamoto H,Ohmori M,Ohno M,Hirose J,Hiromi K,Fukada H,Takahashi K,Hashimoto H,Sakai S

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The E2F transcription factors (TFs), which control the progression of the cell cycle in response to DNA-damage and various stresses, are known to interact with a tumor suppressor, Retinoblastoma 1 (RB1). We previously showed that the response of the human RB1 promoter to a 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) in...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hamada H,Goto Y,Arakawa J,Murayama E,Ogawa Y,Konno M,Oyama T,Asai M,Sato A,Tanuma SI,Uchiumi F

更新日期：2019-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Antizyme (AZ) interacts with ornithine decarboxylase, which catalyzes the first step of polyamine biosynthesis and recruits it to the proteasome for degradation. Synthesizing the functional AZ protein requires transition of the reading frame at the termination codon. This programmed +1 ribosomal frameshifting is induc...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Oguro A,Shigeta T,Machida K,Suzuki T,Iwamoto T,Matsufuji S,Imataka H

更新日期：2020-08-01 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：:The sulfhydryl groups required for the catalytic activity of gramicidin S synthetase of Bacillus brevis and Escherichia coli isoleucyl tRNA synthetase were compared. In gramicidin S synthetase 2(GS 2), about four sulfhydryl groups react rapidly with 5,5'-dithiobis(2-nitrobenzoic acid) (DTNB) or N-ethylmaleimide (NEM),...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kanda M,Hori K,Kurotsu T,Miura S,Saito Y

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00