Site-directed mutations in Alanine 223 and Glycine 255 in the acceptor site of gamma-Cyclodextrin glucanotransferase from Alkalophilic Bacillus clarkii 7364 affect cyclodextrin production.

abstract：:The interaction between riboflavin and riboflavin binding protein (RBP) was studied by 13C-NMR spectroscopy. The 13C-NMR spectra of riboflavin selectively enriched at the 2-, 4-, 4a-, and 10a-positions and of (3-[13C]methyl)riboflavin were measured both in the free and RBP-bound forms. The 13C signals of 13C-enriched ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Miura R,Tojo H,Fujii S,Yamano T,Miyake Y

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genomic clones of UDP-glucuronosyltransferase family 1 (UGT1) were isolated from wild-type Wistar rats. The UGT1 locus spans > 120 kb and forms a gene complex. In this locus nine unique first exons encoding NH2-terminal portions of each isoform were located at intervals of approximately 10 kb and followed by only one ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Emi Y,Ikushiro S,Iyanagi T

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endonuclease V (Endo V) is a DNA repair enzyme that recognizes deoxyinosine and cleaves the second phosphodiester bond on the 3' side of the deaminated base lesion. A database search revealed the presence of homologous genes for Endo V in most archaeal species, but the absence in some methanogenic species. We cloned a...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kiyonari S,Egashira Y,Ishino S,Ishino Y

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteoglycan biosynthesis in developing chicken corneas was studied. Corneas free of scleral rims were prepared from 5- to 18-day-old chick embryos and labeled in vitro with [3H]glucosamine and [35S]sulfate. Then, the labeled medium and corneal proteoglycans were analyzed. Day 5 corneas synthesized mainly chondroitin ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nakazawa K,Suzuki S,Wada K,Nakazawa K

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new arginine derivative, N-benzyloxycarbonyl-L-phenylalanyl-L-valyl-L-arginine-p-nitroanilide hydrochloride (ZPVAPA.HCl) was synthesized by the condensation of N-benzyloxy-carbonyl-L-phenylalanyl-L-valine and L-arginine-p-nitroanilide dihydrochloride using dicyclohexylcarbodiimide as a coupling reagent and 1-hydroxy...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Somorin O,Tokura S,Nishi N,Noguchi J

更新日期：1979-01-01 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：:The dopamine (DA)-translocating mechanism of synaptic vesicles isolated from rat brain has been studied in the presence of an artificially imposed delta pH on the vesicle membranes (acidic inside with respect to the external medium) without the aid of ATP-Mg2+. Under the experimental conditions, [3H]DA uptake by the s...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Tsudzuki T

更新日期：1984-06-01 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：:Human neutrophil elastase was purified to homogeneity as two isozymes named E1 and E2. The isozymes degraded Type IV collagen, laminin, fibronectin, and heparan sulfate proteoglycan similarly to each other. The degradation of such basement membrane components by elastase may assist the extravasation of neutrophils in ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Watanabe H,Hattori S,Katsuda S,Nakanishi I,Nagai Y

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The most abundant glycoprotein in the coelomic fluid of sea urchin Anthocidaris crassispina was purified and its subunit structure, molecular form in the native state, amino acid composition, and electron micrographic image were studied. The results showed that the protein in its native state was basically a tetramer ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Giga Y,Ikai A

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autoactivation of the proenzyme form of a subunit of the first component (C1r) was performed in the presence and absence of diisopropyl fluorophosphate (DFP). The time-course of autoactivation of zymogen C1r followed a sigmoidal curve and was accelerated by addition of the enzyme C1r and by increasing the concentratio...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kasahara Y,Odai H,Takahashi K,Nagasawa S,Koyama J

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activity of ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) in rabbit costal chondrocytes in culture markedly increased after addition of parathyroid hormone (PTH), reaching a maximum 4 to 5 h after PTH addition. The effect of PTH was dose-dependent both in the presence and absence of fetal calf serum. Addition of cycloheximide or ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Takigawa M,Watanabe R,Ishida H,Asada A,Suzuki F

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed a new DNA chip whose substrate has a unique minute columnar array structure made of plastic. The DNA chip exhibits ultrahigh sensitivity, up to 100-fold higher than that of reference DNA chips, which makes it possible to monitor gene expression profiles even with very small amounts of RNA (0.1-0.01 m...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nagino K,Nomura O,Takii Y,Myomoto A,Ichikawa M,Nakamura F,Higasa M,Akiyama H,Nobumasa H,Shiojima S,Tsujimoto G

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Had-1, which was isolated from mouse FM3A carcinoma cells, was a non-permissive mutant cell line to Newcastle disease virus infection. Comparative study of the asparagine-linked sugar chains of the surface glycoproteins of the mutant and its parental cells revealed that galactosylation of the complex-type sugar chains...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hara T,Endo T,Furukawa K,Kawakita M,Kobata A

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When an aqueous solution of a spin-labeled "two tail" gangliosidoid was incubated with liposomes or sheep erythrocytes, the broad single resonance line in the ESR spectrum disappeared and a signal showing an anisotropic motion appeared, indicating that the spin-labeled "two tail" gangliosidoid in the micellar state wa...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kanda S,Inoue K,Nojima S,Utsumi H,Wiegandt H

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of synthetic polycations, polyallylamine, and polyethylenimine, on liposomes containing phosphatidylserine was investigated along with that of polylysine and divalent cations. The addition of polycations caused aggregation of sonicated vesicles composed of phosphatidylserine and phosphatidylcholine (molar r...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Oku N,Yamaguchi N,Yamaguchi N,Shibamoto S,Ito F,Nango M

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antiserum against Z-protein, which is one of the components of myofibrillar Z-lines, strongly stained the epithelial cells of chicken small intestine at the apical tips of the microvilli and the junctional complexes. Immunoblot tests with anti-Z-protein antiserum showed that there is a peptide of the same antigenicity...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ohashi K,Maruyama K

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 5'-AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) functions as a cellular energy sensor. 5-Aminoimidazole-4-carboxyamide-1-β-D-ribofranoside (AICAR) is a chemical activator of AMPK. In the liver, AICAR suppresses expression of thephosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase(PEPCK) gene. The rat enhancer of split- and hairy-related prot...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Komatsu Y,Yanagisawa Y,Moriizumi M,Tsuchiya Y,Yokouchi H,Otsuka H,Aoyagi M,Tsukada A,Kanai Y,Haneishi A,Takagi K,Asano K,Ono M,Tanaka T,Tomita K,Yamada K

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously reported that the amount of Apg-2, an Hsp110 family protein, decreases during apoptosis in Jurkat T cells. Since we hypothesized that Apg-2 would be cleaved by caspase-3 during apoptosis, a cleavage-site-directed antibody was raised against the carboxyl-terminus of the Apg-2 fragment that appears af...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kato M,Nonaka T,Imajoh-Ohmi S

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chorismate mutase of Brevibacterium flavum, a common enzyme in phenylalanine and tyrosine biosynthesis, was separted into two different component, A and B, with molecular weights of 250,000 and 25,000, respectively, by ammonium sulfate fractionation or gel-filtration. Both components were essential for the enzymatic a...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Shiio I,Sugimoto S

更新日期：1979-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The reaction of D-amino acid oxidase [EC 1.4.3.3] (DAO) from porcine kidney with beta-cyano-D-alanine (D-BCNA) was studied. DAO was found to catalyze elimination of the cyano group as well as oxidation of D-BCNA. During the course of the reaction in the presence of excess oxygen, an intermediate was observed which exh...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Miura R,Shiga K,Miyake Y,Watari H,Yamano T

更新日期：1980-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ovomucoid-trypsin association complex was prepared by incubating chicken egg white ovomucoid with bovine trypsin. The reactivity of ovomucoid-trypsin complex was investigated by immunodiffusion, quantitative precipitation and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). It was demonstrated that the association of trypsi...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Matsuda T,Watanabe K,Nakamura R

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myosin was isolated from leucocytes in horse arterial blood by the same procedures used for the isolation of myosin from skeletal muscle. The Ca2+-, EDTA-, and Mg2+-ATPase [EC 3.6.1.3] activities of the protein was 0.148, 0.147, and 0.001 mumoles/min/mg, respectively, in 0.5 M KCl at pH 7.0 and 25 degrees. The Ca2+-AT...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Takeuchi K,Shibata N,Senda N

更新日期：1975-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:RING finger protein 8 (RNF8) is an E3 ligase that is pivotal for DNA repair. However, the role of RNF8 in ulcerative colitis (UC) remains unclear. The aim of this study is to investigate the effect and the mechanism of RNF8 on UC model induced by trinitrobenzene sulfonic acid (TNBS) in mice. Lentiviruses overexpressin...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Zhu Y,Shi Y,Ke X,Xuan L,Ma Z

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The distribution of ribosomal protein S1 in subcellular fractions of E. coli was determined by radioimmunoassay. It was found that about 70%, 20% and 10% of protein S1 were present in the high salt (1.0 M NH4Cl)-washed ribosomes, the ribosomal wash and the S100 fraction, respectively. 2. Protein S1 was purified fro...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yokota T,Arai K,Kaziro Y

更新日期：1979-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acetohydroxy acid synthetase [EC 4.1.3.18] of Neurospora crassa has been solubilized from a mitochondrial pellet fraction by sonic treatment in 1.0 M potassium phosphate buffer at pH 7.5 containing 10 mM MgSO4 and centrifugation at 180,000 X g for 20 min. The soluble enzyme thus obtained has a high specific activity a...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kuwana H,Date M

更新日期：1975-01-01 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：:The effects of N,N'-dicyclohexylcarbodiimide (DCCD) on light-induced H+-transport and transmembrane electric potential (delta phi) formation were studied in the membrane vesicles of Halobacterium halobium R1M1. In accordance with our previous finding of the existence of two DCCD-binding components in vesicle membrane ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Murakami N,Konishi T

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phospholipid composition of biological membranes differs between the cytoplasmic and exoplasmic leaflets. The type 4 P-type ATPases are phospholipid flippases that generate such membrane phospholipid asymmetry. Drs2p, a flippase in budding yeast, is involved in the endocytic recycling pathway. Drs2p is implicated in c...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hanamatsu H,Fujimura-Kamada K,Yamamoto T,Furuta N,Tanaka K

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A variant of human tear lipocalin was expressed in Escherichia coli, and the bound fatty acids were analysed by gas chromatography, mass spectroscopy and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Five major fatty acids were identified as hexadecanoic acid (palmitic acid, PA), cis-9-hexadecenoic acid (palmitoleic acid),...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Tsukamoto S,Fujiwara K,Ikeguchi M

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00