Molecular and enzymatic properties of furin, a Kex2-like endoprotease involved in precursor cleavage at Arg-X-Lys/Arg-Arg sites.

abstract：:Acyl-CoA oxidase, the initial enzyme of the peroxisomal beta-oxidation system, was purified from rat liver. The final preparation was judged to be nearly homogeneous from the results of sedimentation analysis. Ultrogel AcA-34 column chromatography, and phosphocellulose column chromatography. The molecular weight of th...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Osumi T,Hashimoto T,Ui N

更新日期：1980-06-01 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：: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：:Vertebrate skeletal muscle alpha-tropomyosin polymerizes in a head-to-tail manner and binds cooperatively to actin. It has been postulated that the cooperative actin binding is governed by the strength of the head-to-tail interaction. In order to know the relationship between the head-to-tail affinity and actin bindin...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Sano K,Maeda K,Oda T,Maéda Y

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatic peroxisomes and mitochondria from 20-day-old chick embryo were separated by sucrose density gradient centrifugation and the characteristics of carnitine acyltransferases in these organelles were studied. The carnitine acyltransferase activities in peroxisomes were increased markedly by the treatment of chick e...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ishii S,Ishii H,Suga T

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The beta peptide (113-125), derived from a conserved sequence of the beta subunit of integrins, was synthesized to investigate its adhesive properties to matrix proteins and the effects on cell adhesion to immobilized fibronectin. In this study, we observed that the biotinylated beta peptide was able to bind efficient...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Liu YK,Nemoto A,Feng Y,Uemura T

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The absorption and fluorometric changes of the reaction mixture of luciferase-FMNH2 complex with O2 were re-examined. Rapid formation (k2(app) = 2.0 s-1 at [O2] = 120 micrometer) of an intermediate with a single absorption maximum at 380 nm within the range of 350-550 nm, and a weak fluorescence at 520 nm (less than o...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ashizawa N,Nakamura T,Watanabe T

更新日期：1977-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The complete amino acid sequence of acylphosphatase from rabbit skeletal muscle has been elucidated by automatic Edman degradation of peptides obtained from staphylococcal protease and trypsin digestions. The enzyme consisted of a single polypeptide chain of 98 amino acid residues, lacking only histidine. Its amino (N...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kizaki T,Takasawa T,Mizuno Y,Shiokawa H

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thymosin β4 (Tβ4) is a major intracellular G-actin-sequestering peptide. There is increasing evidence to support important extracellular functions of Tβ4 related to angiogenesis, wound healing and cardiovascular regeneration. We investigated the expression of 'Tβ4' and 'thymosin β10', a closely related peptide, during...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Tokura Y,Nakayama Y,Fukada S,Nara N,Yamamoto H,Matsuda R,Hara T

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From the homogenate of rat submaxillary gland, two kinds of serine proteinases, named tentatively proteinases A and B, were isolated and their chemical properties and activities toward rat kininogens were examined, in comparison with those of submaxillary kallikrein. Proteinase A with Mr of 28,200 rapidly cleaved high...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kato H,Nakanishi E,Enjyoji K,Hayashi I,Oh-ishi S,Iwanaga S

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously, we showed that a polypeptide isolated from fetal bovine cartilage stimulates proteoglycan synthesis, RNA synthesis, and DNA synthesis in cultured rabbit costal chondrocytes. In the present study, the effects of the cartilage-derived factor (CDF) were compared with those of multiplication-stimulating activi...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kato Y,Nomura Y,Tsuji M,Ohmae H,Nakazawa T,Suzuki F

更新日期：1981-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A major lipid class in the Harderian glands of the Mongolian gerbil was investigated. The IR and 1H-NMR spectra suggested that it was a wax-like compound. Fatty acids present were capric, lauric, myristic, palmitic, stearic, arachidic, and behenic acids in ratios of 3.0%, 16.3%, 16.5%, 29.5%, 5.1%, 16.4%, and 9.8%, re...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Otsuru O,Otsuka H,Kasama T,Seyama Y,Sakai T,Yohro T

更新日期：1983-12-01 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：:Equilibrium gel permeation chromatography was employed to determine the ability of heparin to form complexes with thrombin and antithrombin III. In the eluate from a Sephacryl S-200 column, heparin caused a peak and then a trough in the fluorescence of 48 nM antithrombin III or 63 nM thrombin. The peak-heights with kn...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Oshima G,Uchiyama H,Nagasawa K

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Crystals as large as 0.5 X 0.3 X 0.2 mm of purified arginine-transfer RNA from Escherichia coli have been prepared by a vapour diffusion method. X-ray diffraction photographs showed that the crystals gave reflections up to 3.7 A spacing. They have a trigonal space group P31 2 1 (OR P32 2 1) and cell-dimensions a=97.2,...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Morikawa K,Sakamaki T,Nishimura Y,Mitsui Y,Aoki K,Iitaka Y,Tsuboi M,Nishimura S

更新日期：1978-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Mediator complex (Mediator) plays key roles in transcription and functions as the nexus for integration of various transcriptional signals. Previously, we screened for Mediator cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK)-interacting factors and identified three proteins related to chromatin regulation. One of them, SUZ12 is req...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Fukasawa R,Iida S,Tsutsui T,Hirose Y,Ohkuma Y

更新日期：2015-11-01 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：:We studied enzymatic activities in sea urchin egg extracts that phosphorylate myosin regulatory light chain (MRLC) from chicken gizzard smooth muscle. The activity in the presence of EGTA showed cell cycle-dependent changes similar to that of histone H1 kinase, namely, it peaked shortly before cleavage, while that in ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Mishima M,Mabuchi I

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The substrate specificity of microsomal nonspecific carboxyesterase [EC 3.1.1.1] from rabbit and rat livers was studied in vitro by using seven (A)-type and six (B)-type 12,13-epoxytrichothecene mycotoxins. The C-4 acetyl residues of diacetoxyscirpenol, T-2 toxin, monoacetylnivalenol (fusarenon-X), and diacetylnivalen...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ohta M,Matsumoto H,Ishii K,Ueno Y

更新日期：1978-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sensitivity and specificity of two influenza C virus assays, solid-phase and overlay assays, were investigated using naturally occurring 9-O-acetylated GD(3), rat serum glycoproteins containing 60% of N-acetyl-9-O-acetylneuraminic acid, and synthetically O-acetylated sialylated compounds. The sensitivity of the so...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hubl U,Ishida H,Kiso M,Hasegawa A,Schauer R

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The membrane protein syntaxin (originally named HPC-1) is involved in vesicle trafficking and required for neurotransmitter release at nerve terminals. The presence of syntaxin on target membranes is hypothesized to confer specificity to targeting and fusion via interactions with complementary vesicle-associated prote...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Watanabe T,Fujiwara T,Komazaki S,Yamaguchi K,Tajima O,Akagawa K

更新日期：1999-04-01 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：:Selected biochemical properties, including the charge heterodispersity profile and carbohydrate specificity, of bovine galectin-1 were determined in detail. The lectin was purified through an improved purification protocol that yielded 35-40 mg/kg of wet tissue with a specific activity of 1.7-2 x 10(4) mg-1.ml. The ga...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ahmed H,Fink NE,Pohl J,Vasta GR

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, we revealed that the cloverleaf structure of some eukaryotic tRNAs is not always stable in vitro, and the denatured structures of these tRNAs are sometimes detected in bacterial RNase P reactions. We have designated the unusual internal cleavage reaction of these tRNAs as hyperprocessing. We have developed t...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Tanaka T,Kondo Y,Hori Y,Kikuchi Y

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human platelet membrane glycoprotein IV (GPIV), one of the major glycoprotein components, was purified by successive affinity chromatographies on columns of Lens culinaris agglutinin-Sepharose and wheat germ agglutinin-Sepharose followed by preparative polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis in the presence of sodium dodec...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Tsuji T,Osawa T

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The kinetic specificities of BPN' and Carlsberg subtilisins [EC 3.4.21.14] were examined with various nucleus-substituted derivatives of Nalpha-acetylated aromatic amino acid methyl esters for mapping their hydrophobic binding sites in comparison with that of alpha-chymotrypsin. The Carlsberg enzyme was generally much...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Karasaki Y,Ohno M

更新日期：1978-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deoxyhypusine synthase catalyzes the NAD+-dependent formation of deoxyhypusine in the eIF-5A precursor protein by transferring the 4-aminobutyl moiety of spermidine. This enzyme has recently been shown to be essential for cell viability and growth of yeast [Sasaki, K., Abid, M.R., and Miyazaki, M. (1996) FEBS Lett. 38...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Abid MR,Sasaki K,Titani K,Miyazaki M

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tyr225 in the active site of Escherichia coli aspartate aminotransferase (AspAT) was replaced by phenylalanine or arginine by site-directed mutagenesis. X-ray crystallographic analysis of Y225F AspAT showed that the benzene ring of Phe225 was situated at the same position as the phenol ring of Tyr225 in wild-type AspA...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Inoue K,Kuramitsu S,Okamoto A,Hirotsu K,Higuchi T,Morino Y,Kagamiyama H

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cathepsin E, an intracellular aspartic proteinase of the pepsin family, is composed of two homologous domains, each containing the catalytic Asp residue in a consensus DTG motif. Here we examine the significance of residues in the motifs of rat cathepsin E by substitution of Asp98, Asp283, and Thr284 with other residu...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Liu J,Tsukuba T,Okamoto K,Ohishi M,Yamamoto K

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rat gene for renin-binding protein (RnBP) was shown to be expressed in the kidney, adrenal gland, brain, lung, spleen, ovary, testis, and heart. On sodium depletion and captopril administration, the rat showed a marked increase in the adrenal RnBP mRNA level and a slight decrease in the kidney RnBP mRNA level. In two-...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Tada M,Takahashi S,Miyano M,Miyake Y

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00