Consequential alterations in haemoglobin structure upon glycation with fructose: prevention by acetylsalicylic acid.

abstract：:Using the mRNA differential display technique and Western blot analysis, the present study demonstrates that induction of KAR2 occurs when misfolded membrane-bound cytochrome P450, mutated in its cytosolically exposed domain, is expressed in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Using various KAR2 promoter constructs in front of ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Zimmer T,Ogura A,Ohta A,Takagi M

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three monoclonal antibodies (MAbs1A2, 3C5, and 4C2) for human aldolase A [EC 4.1.2.13] were established. MAbs1A2, 3C5, and 4C2 were shown to belong to subclasses IgM, IgG1, and IgG2a, respectively. None of the MAbs inhibits aldolase A activity. Their epitopes were mapped in detail on the molecule by examining the reac...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kitajima Y,Matsuhashi S,Nishida H,Takasaki Y,Takahashi I,Hisatsugu T,Hori K

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eph/ephrin signalling plays essential roles in various tissue developments, such as axon guidance, angiogenesis and tissue separation. Interaction between Ephs and ephrins upon cell-cell contact results in forward (towards Eph-expressing cells) and reverse (towards ephrin-expressing cells) signalling. Although the mol...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Takeuchi S,Katoh H,Negishi M

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A GTP-binding protein with an Mr of 24,000 was purified from a cholate extract of bovine brain membranes in addition to the previously reported alpha beta gamma-trimeric GTP-binding proteins (G proteins). Partial amino acid sequence analysis of the purified 24-kDa protein revealed that it was not identical to any of t...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ohoka Y,Imai S,Kozasa T,Maehama T,Takahashi K,Kaziro Y,Ui M,Katada T

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The location and state of an essential histidyl residue in a milk-clotting acid proteases, Mucor rennin, were investigated by NMR spectroscopy. Assignment of the C2H resonance peak of the essential histidyl residue was possible by comparison of the NMR spectrum of the native enzyme with that of the photo-oxidized enzy...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Etoh Y,Shoun H,Ogino T,Fujiwara S,Arima K,Beppu T

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mannan, a ligand for the mannose/N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc) receptor, induces suppression of oxygen consumption and increases glucose production in the perfused rat liver, and repeated infusion of mannan causes desensitization of the responses. In this study, we examined whether activation of Kupffer cells by endoto...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kimura K,Hamada M,Moriyama M,Kannan Y,Shiota M,Sakurada K,Musashi M,Sugano T

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:TreP [trehalose-permease (phosphotransferase system (PTS) trehalose-specific enzyme IIBC component)] is one of the target proteins of tmRNA-mediated trans-translation in Bacillus subtilis [Fujihara et al. (2002) Detection of tmRNA-mediated trans-translation products in Bacillus subtilis. Genes Cells, 7, 343-350]. The ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ujiie H,Matsutani T,Tomatsu H,Fujihara A,Ushida C,Miwa Y,Fujita Y,Himeno H,Muto A

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is known that ABO blood group substances in human erythrocyte membranes are sphingoglycolipids, but recently several authors have reported that the glycoproteins of the erythrocyte membranes also have ABO blood group activities in addition to MN blood group activities and virus hemagglutination inhibitor activity. ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yamato K,Handa S,Yamakawa T

更新日期：1975-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of polyamines on the breakdown of synthetic polynucleotides [poly(A), poly(C), and poly(U)] by E. coli ribonuclease I [ribonucleate 3'-oligonucleotidohydrolase, EC 3.1.4.23] and ribonuclease II [EC 3.1.4.1] have been studied. The degradation of poly(C) by RNase II was stimulated by spermine and spermidine,...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kumagai H,Igarashi K,Yoshikawa M,Hirose S

更新日期：1977-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A radioimmunoassay for chicken calcitonin in chicken ultimobranchial glands was established utilizing a rabbit antiserum against eel calcitonin. This assay method, which is about 100 times as sensitive as the usual bioassay for hypocalcemic activity, was used for monitoring chicken calcitonin during its purification. ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Homma T,Watanabe M,Hirose S,Kanai A,Kangawa K,Matsuo H

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cholesterol: oxygen oxidoreductase [EC 1.1.3.6] from Brevibacterium sterolicum (ATCC 21387) was found to catalyze the oxidation of steroids such as sterols, steroid hormones, and bile acids having a free C-3beta hydroxyl group. However, the enzyme was inactive towards estradiol and estriol and had a weak activity towa...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ikawa S,Takita M,Ogura M

更新日期：1979-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two proteinaceous factors, 15K and 9K proteins, which acted together to stabilize the inactivated yeast F1F0-ATPase-inhibitor complex [Hashimoto, T., et al. (1984) J. Biochem. 95, 131-136] were hardly distinguishable from the sigma and epsilon subunits, respectively, of yeast F1-ATPase by sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Okada Y,Hashimoto T,Yoshida Y,Tagawa K

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanism by which GTP induces Ca2+ release from Ca2(+)-preloaded rat hepatic microsomes was studied. In the same concentration range as that for Ca2+ release, GTP inhibited the initial rate of ATP-driven Ca2+ uptake. It also inhibited the formation by ATP of the phosphorylated intermediate of Ca2(+)-ATPase, which...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kimura S,Higham S,Robison BC,Kraus-Friedmann N

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A gene encoding an Na+/H+ antiporter was cloned from chromosomal DNA of the slightly halophilic marine bacterium Vibrio parahaemolyticus. The host was an Escherichia coli mutant that lacked both of the two major Na+/H+ antiporters, NhaA and NhaB. Untransformed mutant cells were unable to grow in the presence of 0.6 M ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kuroda T,Shimamoto T,Inaba K,Tsuda M,Tsuchiya T

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When the competitive inhibitor benzeneboronic acid (BBA) forms a complex with alpha-chymotrypsin [EC 3.4.21.1] protons are released in the acidic pH region. The proton release can be measured by a difference potentiometric technique. The proton release is also observed in chymotrypsinogen A but not in TRCK-, DIP-, and...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hanai K

更新日期：1976-01-01 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：:Mitochondrial DNA of an erythromycin-resistant petite mutant of yeast, E734, showed physical maps of inversion, which occurred between two cross-over sites in the fragments Hae A and Hae B. The pair of cross-over sites was inferred to be accommodated within a repeat unit of E734 mtDNA during petite mutation by joining...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Wakabayashi K,Furutani Y

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Ca2+-ATPase of sarcoplasmic reticulum from rabbit skeletal muscle was incorporated into vesicles made from dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine or dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine. The Ca2+-ATPase activity of these reconstituted membranes became appreciable above 20 degrees C and 30 degrees C, respectively, in accord with...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Higashi K,Kirino Y

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Tropomyosin, one of the regulatory proteins in muscle contraction, was prepared from chickens, rabbits, frogs, shrimps, and shellfish, and conserved characteristics were studied using an enzymological technique. 2. All tropomyosins tested, irrespective of their sources, were found to have the ability to mediate the...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hayashi J,Hirabayashi T

更新日期：1978-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interaction between protein and phospholipid molecules in sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) was studied by measurement of the conformational fluctuation of the protein using the kinetics of the hydrogen-deuterium exchange reaction. It was revealed that the state of SR ATPase undergoes a phase transition at about 18 degrees ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kirino Y,Anzai K,Shimizu H,Ohta S,Nakanishi M,Tsuboi M

更新日期：1977-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three isozymic forms, alpha, beta, and gamma, of Drosophila melanogaster aldolase are produced from a single gene by alternative usage of the triple exons 4 (4 alpha, 4 beta, and 4 gamma) [Shaw-Lee et al. (1992) J. Biol. Chem. 267, 3959-3967; Kim et al. (1992) Mol. Cell. Biol. 12, 773-783; Kai et al. (1992) J. Biochem...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Zhang R,Kai T,Sugimoto Y,Kusakabe T,Takasaki Y,Koga K,Hori K

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The functions of the helix E (W97-F105), an amphiphilic lumenal 310 helix of the major antenna of photosystem II (LHCII), are still unidentified. To elucidate the roles of individual amino acid residue of the helix E, alanine scanning mutagenesis has been performed to mutate every residue of this domain to alanine. Th...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Liu C,Rao Y,Zhang L,Yang C

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 1H-NMR spectra of eight unsaturated disaccharides obtained by bacterial eliminase digestion of chondroitin sulfate and of heparan sulfate/heparin were recorded in order to construct an NMR data base of sulfated oligosaccharides and to investigate the effects of sulfation on the proton chemical shifts. These shifts...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yamada S,Yoshida K,Sugiura M,Sugahara K

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA synthesis in the Bacillus subtilis cells has become possible using extra-cellular DNA. Generally, purified DNAs in a test tube have been required to introduce into the host cells for molecular cloning technology in the laboratory. We have developed a cell lysis technique for natural transformation using stable ext...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kaneko S,Fukushima H,Nakahama M,Asano S,Miyazaki Y,Aizawa Y,Itaya M

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The plasma membrane, the outermost surface of eukaryotic cells, contains various substructures, such as protrusions or invaginations, which are associated with diverse functions, including endocytosis and cell migration. These structures of the plasma membrane can be considered as tubules or inverted tubules (protrusi...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Suetsugu S

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently found that budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae sigma1278b, but not genome project strain S288C, has a gene conferring resistance to L-azetidine-2-carboxylic acid (AZC), a toxic four-membered ring analogue of L-proline. Also, the gene, designated as MPR1, encodes a novel acetyltransferase that detoxifies...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nomura M,Nakamori S,Takagi H

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bovine renal brush-border membranes were solubilized by 1.6% sodium cholate. Na+/H(+)-antiporter was recovered in the supernatant after centrifugation at 160,000 x g for 1 h and was successfully reconstituted into proteoliposomes by a cholate-dialysis procedure. The reconstituted Na+/H(+)-antiporter showed a pH-gradie...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yamashita T,Kawakita M

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Class B scavenger receptor type I (SR-BI) is a phosphatidylserine (PS)-recognizing receptor of testicular Sertoli cells responsible for the phagocytosis of spermatogenic cells undergoing apoptosis. Here, we determined signal mediators that compose a signalling pathway for SR-BI-induced phagocytosis. Results of a yeast...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Osada Y,Sunatani T,Kim IS,Nakanishi Y,Shiratsuchi A

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously reported that calpastatin, an endogenous inhibitory protein of calpain, is cleaved by a caspase-3-like protease during apoptosis in human Jurkat T cells [Kato, M. et al. (2000) J. Biochem. 127, 297-305]. In this study, we found that nonmuscle myosin heavy chain-A (NMHC-A) is cleaved during apoptosis...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

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

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been reported that two kinds of Cd-binding peptide (Cd-BP1 and Cd-BP2) are induced in fission yeast upon exposure to Cd, and that they consist of the same unit peptide (cadystin), but Cd-BP1 binds 1.5 times more Cd atoms per cadystin than Cd-BP2 (Murasugi, A., Wada, C., & Hayashi, Y. (1981) J. Biochem. 90, 1561...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Murasugi A,Wada Nakagawa C,Hayashi Y

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00