Characterization of a major secretory protein in the cane toad (Bufo marinus) choroid plexus as an amphibian lipocalin-type prostaglandin D synthase.

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：:In order to obtain information on the nature of the amino acid residues involved in the activity of ribonuclease U1 [EC 3.1.4.8], various chemical modifications of the enzyme were carried out. RNase U1 was inactivated by reaction with iodoacetate at pH 5.5 with concomitant incorporation of 1 carboxymethyl group per mo...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hashimoto J,Takahashi K

更新日期：1977-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new pathway of NAD+ synthesis from anthranilic acid was found in the livers of rats. Starting from [carboxyl-14C]anthranilic acid, radioactive NAD+ and NADP+ were produced as judged by Dowex-1 X 8-formate column chromatography followed by radiochromatography. Several intermediate compounds, such as quinolinic acid, ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ueda T,Otsuka H,Goda K,Ishiguro I,Naito J,Kotake Y

更新日期：1978-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new assay method for hydrogenase [EC 1.12.2.1] based on the enzymic electrode reaction of H2-H+ equilibrium has been established. The method is based on the experimental fact that the short-circuit current of the electric cell composed of an electrode with hydrogenase and methylviologen as the mediator of H2-H+ equi...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yagi T,Goto M,Nakano K,Kimura K,Inokuchi H

更新日期：1975-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Induction of the enzymes involved in fatty acid beta-oxidation in Pseudomonas fragi B-0771 cells grown in a medium containing straight chain saturated fatty acids was studied. The acyl-CoA dehydrogenase (ACDH) activity was induced during the exponential phase in cells grown in palmitic acid-supplemented medium, reache...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Sato S,Imamura S,Ozeki Y,Kawaguchi A

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Chymotrypsin cleaved troponin-T of skeletal muscle into two subfragments, i.e., troponin-T1 and -T2, each of which could be isolated by the use of DEAE-Sephadex. Troponin-T1 was a single subfragment with a molecular weight of 26,000 (chicken) or 22,000 (rabbit) daltons. Troponin-T2 consisted of two subfragments wit...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ohtsuki I

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Escherichia coli cytochrome bo is a heme-copper terminal ubiquinol oxidase, and functions as a redox-driven proton pump. We applied pulse radiolysis technique for studying the one-electron reduction processes in the Cu(B)-deficient mutant, His333Ala. We found that the Cu(B) deficiency suppressed the heme b-to-heme...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kobayashi K,Tagawa S,Mogi T

更新日期：2009-05-01 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 amino acid sequence of glutathione S-transferase a from guinea pig liver was determined. Glutathione S-transferase a was composed of two identical subunits, each comprising 218 amino acid residues. The amino acid sequence of glutathione S-transferase a exhibited 73% homology with that of human glutathione S-transf...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kamei-Hayashi K,Oshino R,Hara S

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bovine dopamine beta-monooxygenase is a tetramer consisting of two disulfide-linked dimers. To examine the role(s) of the intersubunit disulfide bonds in the protein structure and activity, the enzyme was treated with DTT at pH 7.5 and 25 degrees C under nondenaturing conditions. A 15-min incubation with 0.5 mM DTT se...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ishida T,Narita M,Nozaki M,Horiike K

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CXCL14 is a member of the CXC chemokine family. CXCL14 possesses chemoattractive activity for activated macrophages, immature dendritic cells and natural killer cells. CXCL14-deficient mice do not exhibit clear immune system abnormalities, suggesting that the function of CXCL14 can be compensated for by other chemokin...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hara T,Tanegashima K

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method for preparation of pyridylamino (PA-) derivatives of O-linked sugar chains from glycoproteins was developed. A glycopeptide containing O-linked Gal beta 1-3GalNAc was prepared from fetuin and treated with anhydrous hydrazine followed by N-acetylation of free amino groups. Sugar chains released were pyridylami...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kuraya N,Hase S

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In porcine aortic smooth muscle cells, neuropeptide Y (NPY) stimulates mobilization of CA(2+) from intracellular store sites via Y1 receptors. However, it has been debated whether or not Ca(2+) mobilization by Y1 receptors depends on the generation of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate [Ins(1,4,5)P3] following activation of...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Shigeri Y,Nakajima S,Fujimoto M

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methylation and demethylation of the methyl-accepting chemotaxis protein (MCP) was studied in vitro. The in vitro MCP methylating system showed the following characteristics. 1. Multiple bands of methylated MCP were produced. 2. The reaction could be separated into two phases: the initial phase, in which the level of ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hayashi H,Minoshima S,Ohba M

更新日期：1982-08-01 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：: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：:OsGEN-L has a 5'-flap endonuclease activity and plays an essential role in rice microspore development. The Class 4 RAD2/XPG family nucleases, including OsGEN-L, were recently found to have resolving activity for the Holliday junction (HJ), the intermediate of DNA strand recombination. In this study, we performed a de...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yang Y,Ishino S,Yamagami T,Kumamaru T,Satoh H,Ishino Y

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Expression of structural proteins of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 requires the direct interaction of the viral Rev trans-activator with its cis-acting RNA target sequence, the Rev response element (RRE). The originally defined 234-residue RRE, however, failed to show the full HIV-1 regulator of virion expressio...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kimura T,Ohyama A

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The physicochemical nature of an active fragment (T2A) of colicin E3 was examined together with those of its specific inhibitor, B, and the T2A-B complex under various conditions by means of CD and fluorescence spectroscopy. 1. T2A was mainly composed of unordered structure, although the molecule was folded into a rat...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Suzuki K,Ohno S,Imahori K

更新日期：1980-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic engineering strategies were applied to synthesize silk-like materials, [(GVPGV)(2)GG(GAGAGS)(3)AS](n). The primary structure of these materials represents the repetitive crystalline region of Bombyx mori silk fibroins incorporated with an elastic motif selected from animal elastin. The oligonucleotides were de...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yao J,Asakura T

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin-1 (IL-1) is produced and released by various cells, including activated macrophages, and plays important roles in inflammation as well as immune responses. Since the precursor of IL-1 has no signal peptide, the mechanism of IL-1 release has been an enigma. To investigate the possibility of direct interacti...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Oku N,Saito N,Okada S,Watanabe N,Kobayashi Y

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In dystrophic hamsters, increases in the levels of cathepsin B plus L and thiol proteinase inhibitor were marked in skeletal muscle, but only slight in heart muscle. The lysosomal hydrolases did not increase in parallel in dystrophic muscle: cathepsin B plus L and beta-glucuronidase increased, but cathepsin C and acid...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kominami E,Bando Y,Ii K,Hizawa K,Katunuma N

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anti-cobrotoxin antibodies can be separated into precipitin and non-precipitin antibodies. The precipitin antibody possesses the same binding affinity to cobrotoxin as non-precipitin antibody, but the neutralizing capability of the latter is superior to that of the former in blocking cobrotoxin binding to nicotinic ac...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kuo KW,Chang LS,Lin PM,Leaber RJ,Chang CC

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple and rapid method to remove myosin light chain phosphatase from gizzard myosin using hydroxyapatite chromatography was developed. Stable phosphorylated myosin without light chain phosphatase and kinase was also prepared by the same procedure. A convenient method using the urea gel system to detect minor contam...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nakamura S,Nonomura Y

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rhizopus delemar (ATCC 34612) lipase was modified by phospholipid (PL)-treatment so as to enhance its activity on lipoprotein. In order to detect change in lipase conformation in the modified state, a preliminary experiment was performed to remove PL from the PL-treated lipase solution which included PL nonessential t...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Iwai M,Shimada Y,Tsujisaka Y

更新日期：1980-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently described the cloning of putative human CMP-sialic acid transporter (hCST) cDNA [Ishida, N. et al. (1996) J. Biochem. 120, 1074-1078]. The hCST cDNA coded for a hydrophobic protein with an amino acid sequence showing a high degree of similarity (92% identity) to that of murine CMP-sialic acid transporter. ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ishida N,Ito M,Yoshioka S,Sun-Wada GH,Kawakita M

更新日期：1998-07-01 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：:A cDNA for mouse prolyl endopeptidase (PEP) was cloned and its nucleotide sequence determined. The overall amino acid sequence identity between mouse and other mammalian PEPs was about 96%. A specific inhibitor of PEP, N-benzyloxycarbonyl-thioprolyl-thioprolinal- dimethylacetal (ZTTA), inhibited DNA synthesis by Swiss...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ishino T,Ohtsuki S,Homma Ki,Natori S

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to determine the mode of action of cytostatic 9-beta-D-xylofuranosyladenine (xylo-A), the inhibitory effects of 9-beta-D-xylofuranosyladenine 5'-triphosphate (xylo-ATP) on DNA-dependent RNA polymerases I and II purified from cherry salmon (Oncorhynchus masou) liver nuclei were studied. This nucleotide showed ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nakayama C,Saneyoshi M

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A dinuclear La3+ complex hydrolyzes the phosphodiester bond in diribonucleotides efficiently under mild conditions. The rate of hydrolysis is remarkably accelerated on the complex formation between La3+ and TPHP (TPHP = N,N,N',N'-tetrakis [(2-pyridyl)methyl]-2-hydroxy-1,3-diaminopropane), and the highest activity is a...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yashiro M,Ishikubo A,Komiyama M

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00