ATP-induced conformational transition of denatured proteins.

abstract：:The effect of the ODC-factor, which was partially purified from ascites fluid of mice bearing Ehrlich ascites hepatoma, on DNA synthesis in the normal mouse liver and spleen was studied, and target cells for the factor in the liver were examined. DNA synthesis in the liver increased about 4-fold over the basal level 3...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Sasaki K,Imamura K,Tanaka T

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:3-Isopropylmalate dehydrogenase (IPMDH) is a dimeric enzyme with a strongly hydrophobic core that is composed of residues from four alpha-helices. We replaced Glu253, which is found in the hydrophobic core and is part of the subunit interface of the Bacillus subtilis (Bs) IPMDH, with several other amino acids to probe...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ohkuri T,Yamagishi A

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein-tyrosine kinase p72syk exists abundantly in various hematopoietic cells and is activated by physiological or non-physiological agents. In this study we used vanadate, which is well known as a protein-tyrosine phosphatase inhibitor, to investigate the activity of p72syk and a downstream substrate for p72syk. Tr...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nagai K,Inazu T,Yamamura H

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aggrecan, a large aggregating proteoglycan, is one of the major structural components of cartilage. Its core protein contains three glubular domains and two glycosaminoglycan-attachment domains. These domains play various roles to maintain cartilage structure and function. An N-terminal globular domain binds hyalurona...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Watanabe H,Yamada Y,Kimata K

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The differential assay conditions for protein phosphatases PP1, PP2A, and PP2C were extensively studied by using crude extracts from mouse lymphoid tissues as enzyme sources. Under these conditions, the protein phosphatase activities were measured in MRL/MpJ-lpr/lpr mice (MRL/lpr mice), autoimmune-prone mice, and MRL/...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Matsuzawa S,Tamura T,Mizuno Y,Kobayashi S,Okuyama H,Tsukitani Y,Uemura D,Kikuchi K

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:GM2 containing NeuGc was found to be a major ganglioside in the liver of most inbred strains of mouse we have examined so far. They were DBA/2, C3H/He, C57BL/6, BALB/c, and CBA mice. However, WHT/Ht mouse does not contain a detectable amount of GM2 (NeuGc) but has GM3 containing NeuGc as the major ganglioside in the l...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hashimoto Y,Otsuka H,Sudo K,Suzuki K,Suzuki A,Yamakawa T

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A very rapid hemolysis was found to be caused by active oxygen species produced by a hypoxanthine-xanthine oxidase system with very low concentrations of hypoxanthine. The addition of superoxide dismutase or catalase inhibited the hemolysis, indicating that O2- and H2O2 participate in this system. The extent of erythr...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Taniguchi M,Aikawa M,Sakagami T

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methioninase of Pseudomonas putida was purified to homogeneity, as judged by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, with a specific activity 270-fold higher than that of the crude extract. 1. The purified enzyme had an S20,w of 8.37, a molecular weight of 160,000, and an isoelectric point of 5.6. 2. A break in the Arrhen...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ito S,Nakamura T,Eguchi Y

更新日期：1976-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptomyces caespitosus neutral protease (ScNP) is one of the smallest metalloproteinase with a molecular mass of 14 kDa. Effects of solvent composition on ScNP activity were examined using a peptide substrate. The k(cat)/K(m) values of ScNP exhibited bell-shaped pH-dependence with the optimal pH of 6.4-7.0 and the p...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Inouye K,Shimada T,Yasukawa K

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human erytholeukemia K562 cells are induced to differentiate along the erythroid lineage by a variety of chemical compounds, including hemin, sodium butyrate and 1-β-d-arabinofuranosylcytosine. We have investigated the induction of erythroid differentiation of K562 cells by glutamine depletion. When K562 cells were cu...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Canh Hiep N,Kinohira S,Furuyama K,Taketani S

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ornithine transcarbamylase [EC 2.1.3.3] has been purified from chick kidney to homogeneity. The molecular weight is 110,000 as determined by gel filtration. Sodium dodecylsulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of the enzyme showed that the enzyme exists as a trimer of identical subunits of 36,000 daltons like othe...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Tsuji S

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study presents the structural, kinetic and thermodynamic characterizations of previously unknown submicellar concentrations of SDS-induced molten globule (MGSDS) state of a highly negatively charged base-denatured ferricytochrome c (UB-state) at pH ∼12.8 (±0.2). The far-UV CD, near-UV CD, ANS-fluorescence data of...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Jain R,Sharma D,Kumar R,Kumar R

更新日期：2019-02-01 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：:The immunological properties of acid proteinases from rat spleen, two types of cathepsin D and a cathepsin E-like enzyme, were examined. The rabbit antiserum was prepared against the major form of cathepsin D (cathepsin D-I) from rat spleen. The antiserum quantitatively precipitated the enzyme activity from the purifi...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yamamoto K,Kamata O,Katsuda N,Kato K

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Identification of single-stranded regions in Torulopsis utilis 5S RNA was attempted by the use of Nuclease S1, a single-strand specific endonuclease. When T. utilis 5S RNA was subjected to prolonged incubation with Nuclease S1, about 50% of the substrate 5S RNA remained as large oligonucleotide "cores." Such Nuclease...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nishikawa K,Takemura S

更新日期：1977-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human liver cytosol contains multiple forms of 3 alpha-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase and dihydrodiol dehydrogenase with hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase activity, and multiple cDNAs for the enzymes have been cloned from human liver cDNA libraries. To understand the relationship of the multiple enzyme froms to the genes, a ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Deyashiki Y,Tamada Y,Miyabe Y,Nakanishi M,Matsuura K,Hara A

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rho-kinase is a main player in the regulation of cytoskeletal events and a promising drug target in the treatment of both vascular and neurological disorders. Here we report the crystal structure of the Rho-kinase catalytic domain in complex with the specific inhibitor Y-27632. Comparison with the structure of PKA bou...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yamaguchi H,Miwa Y,Kasa M,Kitano K,Amano M,Kaibuchi K,Hakoshima T

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycoengineering of therapeutic proteins has been applied to improve the clinical efficacy of several therapeutics. Here, we examined the effect of glycosylation on the properties of the Fab of the therapeutic antibody, adalimumab. An N-glycosylation site was introduced at position 178 of the H-chain constant region o...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nakamura H,Kiyoshi M,Anraku M,Hashii N,Oda-Ueda N,Ueda T,Ohkuri T

更新日期：2020-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Arginine methylation in RNA-binding proteins containing arginine- and glycine-rich RGG motifs is catalyzed by specific protein arginine N-methyltransferase in cells. We previously showed that lymphoblastoid cells grown in the presence of an indirect methyltransferase inhibitor, adenosine dialdehyde (AdOx), accumulated...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Lin CH,Hsieh M,Li YC,Li SY,Pearson DL,Pollard KM,Li C

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An inhibitor of blood coagulation, a new protein with an apparent molecular weight of 34,000 and an isoelectric point of 4.9, was purified from human placental tissue by EDTA extraction. Five cDNA clones were isolated from the human placental lambda gt11 cDNA library using the mouse monoclonal antibody raised against ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Iwasaki A,Suda M,Nakao H,Nagoya T,Saino Y,Arai K,Mizoguchi T,Sato F,Yoshizaki H,Hirata M

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An enzyme activity specifically active on nitrous acid-treated DNA was found in an extract of Escherichia coli. The enzyme acts on both double- and single-stranded DNAs, treated with nitrous acid, in the presence of EDTA, although the former DNA is a better substrate. Evidence is presented that nitrous acid- and bisul...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Oeda K,Shimizu K,Sekiguchi M

更新日期：1978-11-01 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

abstract：:The structure and expression of the pentraxins, serum amyloid P component (SAP), and C-reactive protein (CRP), have been investigated in the guinea pig. Northern blot analysis of hepatic RNA from animals in which acute inflammation had been induced by intraperitoneal injection of thioglycollate established that neithe...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Rubio N,Sharp PM,Rits M,Zahedi K,Whitehead AS

更新日期：1993-03-01 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：:Microvesicles (MVs) serve as vectors of nucleic-acid dissemination and are important mediators of intercellular communication. However, the functionality of packaged nucleic acids on recipient cells following transfer of MV cargo has not been clearly elucidated. This limitation is attributed to a lack of methodology a...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Lu JF,Pokharel D,Padula MP,Bebawy M

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) and lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) are blood-borne lysophospholipids with a wide spectrum of biological activities, which include stimulation of cell growth, prevention of apoptosis, regulation of actin cytoskeleton, and modulation of cell shape, cell migration, and invasion. Activated plate...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Takuwa Y,Takuwa N,Sugimoto N

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The readthrough of premature termination codon (PTC) by ribosome sometimes produces full-length proteins. We previously reported a readthrough of PTC of glycosyltransferase gene B4GALNT1 with hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP). Here we featured the readthrough of B4GALNT1 of two mutants, M4 and M2 with PTC by immunob...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yesmin F,Bhuiyan RH,Ohmi Y,Ohkawa Y,Tajima O,Okajima T,Furukawa K,Furukawa K

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elafin was shown to be a new type of proteinase inhibitor which has an anchoring sequence. Human elafin, a potent inhibitor specific for elastase and proteinase 3, has a unique repeating sequence in its prosegment that is rich in Gln and Lys residues. The prosegment, termed "cementoin," exhibits high homology with the...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nara K,Ito S,Ito T,Suzuki Y,Ghoneim MA,Tachibana S,Hirose S

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of sphingoid bases, sphingosine and dihydrosphingosine, which are protein kinase C (PKC) inhibitors, on NADPH oxidase were examined in a cell-free system. The bases inhibited cell-free activation of NADPH oxidase by arachidonic acid at lower concentration than N-acetylsphingosine. Thus, positive charge in ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Sasaki JI,Yamaguchi M,Saeki S,Yamane H,Okamura N,Ishibashi S

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three kinds of phospholipase C [EC 3.1.4.3] were used to selectively hydrolyze phospholipids in rat liver microsomes, and their effects on the acyl-CoA: glycerophosphate and acyl-CoA: lysophospholipids acyltransferase systems were examined. The glycerophosphate acyltransferase [EC 2.3.1.15] system was inactivated rapi...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Sonoki S,Ikezawa H

更新日期：1976-12-01 00:00:00