Mechanisms of stimulation of collagen synthesis during chick embryonic skin development.

abstract：:We found phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C (PtdIns-PLC) activity in nuclei isolated from rat liver. The enzyme hydrolyzed phosphatidylinositol, phosphatidylinositol 4-monophosphate (PIP) and phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate in a Ca(2+)-dependent manner, and produced inositol mono-, bis-, and triphosphate,...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kuriki H,Tamiya-Koizumi K,Asano M,Yoshida S,Kojima K,Nimura Y

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between structure, activity, and stability of the thermostable Bacillus stearothermophilus alpha-amylase was studied by site-directed mutagenesis of the three most conserved residues. Mutation of His-238 to Asp involved in Ca2+ and substrate binding reduced the specific activity and thermal stability,...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Vihinen M,Ollikka P,Niskanen J,Meyer P,Suominen I,Karp M,Holm L,Knowles J,Mäntsälä P

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:FOXP2 is a member of the P subfamily of FOX transcription factors, the DNA-binding domain of which is the winged helix forkhead domain (FHD). In this work we show that the FOXP2 FHD is able to bind to various DNA sequences, including a novel sequence identified in this work, with different affinities and rates as dete...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Webb H,Steeb O,Blane A,Rotherham L,Aron S,Machanick P,Dirr H,Fanucchi S

更新日期：2017-07-01 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：:Upon CS2SO4 density-gradient equilibrium centrifugation, 60S subunits of rat liver ribosomes were dissociated to form three bands at the densities of 1.55, 1.40, and 1.30 g/ml. The bands at 1.55 and 1.30 g/ml were shown to contain exclusively RNA or proteins, respectively, whereas the band at 1.40 g/ml contained both ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Isoda N,Tanaka T,Ishikawa K

更新日期：1981-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have recently shown that furin, a mammalian homologue of the yeast precursor-processing endoprotease Kex2, is involved in precursor cleavage at sites marked by the Arg-X-Lys/Arg-Arg motif within the constitutive secretory pathway. In this study, we analyzed molecular and enzymatic properties of furin expressed in C...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hatsuzawa K,Murakami K,Nakayama K

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To analyze the processing of extracellular enzymes of Bacillus subtilis, an NH2-terminally extended hybrid alpha-amylase [pTUBE638-alpha-amylase (E24)] was purified from the periplasm of E. coli(pTUBE638) as the substrate for the in vitro processing reaction, in which a 21-amino-acid extra-peptide was added at the NH2...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Itoh Y,Sumi M,Nakamura K,Yamane K

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The juvenile visceral steatosis (JVS) mouse is a novel mutant animal for studying systemic carnitine deficiency. The importance of the model has been pointed out in carnitine-deficient cardiac hypertrophy, since cardiomyopathy has been often improved after oral carnitine therapy in human systemic carnitine deficiency....

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Uenaka R,Kuwajima M,Ono A,Matsuzawa Y,Hayakawa J,Inohara N,Kagawa Y,Ohta S

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Beta-N-Acetylgalactosaminidase [EC 3.2.1.53] was purified to homogeneity from the culture media of Bacillus sp. AT173-1. The enzyme has a molecular weight of 48,000 as estimated by SDS-PAGE under reducing conditions and an isoelectric point of 4.3. The enzyme requires dithiothreitol as an activator and is most active ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Tanaka A,Ozaki S

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new peroxide compound (ML-X) was isolated from an autoxidation product of methyl linoleate and was determined as methyl 9-hydroperoxy-12, 13-epoxy-10-octadecenoate. This compound inhibited state 3 respiration of rat heart- and liver mitochondria when glutamate and malate were used as substrates, but not when the sub...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Imagawa T,Kasai S,Matsui K,Nakamura T

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the effect of plasminogen on cartilage catabolism, we assessed collagen degradation in rabbit articular cartilage explants treated with or without plasminogen and interleukin-1alpha (IL-1alpha). The combination of IL-1 alpha and plasminogen induced rapid collagen degradation, amounting to more than 60% ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Saito S,Katoh M,Masumoto M,Matsumoto S,Masuho Y

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the structure-activity relationships, various biological activities, including pyrogenicity, lethal toxicity, elicitation of Shwartzman reaction, mitogenicity and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-inducing activity, were compared among natural and synthetic lipid A's differing in fatty acid composition. In al...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kanegasaki S,Tanamoto K,Yasuda T,Homma JY,Matsuura M,Nakatsuka M,Kumazawa Y,Yamamoto A,Shiba T,Kusumoto S

更新日期：1986-04-01 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：:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) core protein has been suggested to play crucial roles in the pathogeneses of liver steatosis and hepatocellular carcinomas due to HCV infection. Intracellular HCV core protein is localized mainly in lipid droplets, in which the core protein should exert its significant biological/pathological f...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Sato S,Fukasawa M,Yamakawa Y,Natsume T,Suzuki T,Shoji I,Aizaki H,Miyamura T,Nishijima M

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two kinds of myosin phosphatases were purified from fresh chicken gizzard smooth muscle. Alkaline phosphatase (CGP-a), which requires Mg2+, was most active at pH 8.6 with 2 to 4 mM Mg2+, and was essentially the same as the phosphatase we reported previously (J. Biochem. 99, 1027-1036 (1986]. On the other hand, neutral...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yoshida M,Yagi K

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The regulation of neutral cytosolic cholesterol ester hydrolase was studied in isolated rat liver cells. Addition of glucagon to cell suspensions caused a decrease in the enzyme activity which was significant at 1 nM concentration. The cyclic nucleotide analogue bibutyryl cyclic AMP (10 and 100 microM) also inhibited ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ruiz MB,Ochoa B,Lacort M

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spontaneous insertion of membrane proteins into liposomes formed from Escherichia coli polar phospholipids is blocked by diacylglycerol (DAG) at a physiological level. We found that cholesterol also blocks this spontaneous insertion, although a much larger amount is necessary for sufficient blockage. Reversely, sphing...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nakamura S,Suzuki S,Saito H,Nishiyama KI

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:alpha and beta chains from adult hemoglobin of the slender loris (Loris tardigradus) were isolated by Amberlite CG-50 column chromatography. After S-aminoethylation, both chains were digested with trypsin and the amino acid sequences of the tryptic peptides obtained were analyzed. Further, the order of these tryptic p...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Maita T,Goodman M,Matsuda G

更新日期：1978-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prp8 is a splicing factor of 220 kDa originally identified in yeast and is a component of the U5 small nuclear ribonucleoprotein particle. Mouse Prp8 cDNA was cloned and shown to share 62.6 and 68.2% sequence identity with the yeast homologue at the amino acid and nucleotide level, respectively, while it differs by on...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Takahashi A,Muramatsu H,Takagi S,Fujisawa H,Miyake Y,Muramatsu T

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have unexpectedly found that Streptomyces subtilisin inhibitor (SSI) and some other similar serine protease inhibitors produced by Streptomycetes strongly inhibit Streptomyces griseus metallo-endopeptidase II (SGMP II) [Kajiwara, K. et al. (1991) J. Biochem. 110, 350-354]. In order to elucidate the mode of their un...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kumazaki T,Kajiwara K,Kojima S,Miura K,Ishii S

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Archaeal geranylgeranyl diphosphate (GGPP) synthase catalyzes the consecutive condensation of isopentenyl diphosphate (IPP) with allylic diphosphates to produce GGPP with significant amounts of intermediates. To obtain information about the amino acids involved in the condensation and the release of intermediates, we ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ohnuma S,Hemmi H,Ohto C,Nakane H,Nishino T

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Silent information regulator type-1 (SIRT1) is crucial during the development of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). We aimed to explore whether SIRT1 activation could protect against ARDS. SIRT1 was activated by its agonist SRT1720. ARDS was induced by intraperitoneal injection of 5 mg/kg lipopolysaccharide (...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Zhan Y,Yang C,Zhang Q,Yao L

更新日期：2021-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:It was shown that a dipeptide, alanylhistidine, can act as a catalyst for the peptidyl transfer reaction in the absence of ribosomes between the amino acid moieties of phenylalanyl, lysyl, prolyl, and glycyl tRNAs depending on their model templates, poly U, poly A, poly C, and poly G, respectively. A template effect w...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Shimizu M

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Laccase is an enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of phenolic compounds by coupling the reduction of oxygen to water. While many laccases have been identified in plant and fungal species, enzymes of prokaryotic origin are poorly known. Here we report the enzymological characterization of EpoA, a laccase-like extracyto...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Endo K,Hayashi Y,Hibi T,Hosono K,Beppu T,Ueda K

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:His397 was replaced with alanine by site-directed mutagenesis of the cloned PRC1 gene in order to confirm the role of this residue in the proton-relay system of carboxypeptidase Y (CPY). The expressed and purified H397A showed a CD spectrum almost identical to that of the wild type enzyme, but its heat stability and c...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Jung G,Ueno H,Hayashi R

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the crude extract of matured eggs of the silkworm (Bombyx mori), proteolytic activity was detected only in the acidic pH region with maximal activity at pH 3.5, and this activity was maintained throughout the development. No appreciable activity was observed in the neutral to alkaline pH region either in matured eg...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kageyama T,Takahashi SY,Takahashi K

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Candida albicans is a commensal organism, but causes life-threatening infections in immunocompromised patients. Certain factors such as yeast-hyphae transition and hydrolytic enzymes are suggested as virulence attributes of C. albicans. Among them, 10 types of secreted aspartic protease (SAP) genes have received parti...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Aoki W,Kitahara N,Miura N,Morisaka H,Yamamoto Y,Kuroda K,Ueda M

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thioredoxin 1 (Trx1) is known to play an important role in protecting against cell death. However, the mechanism for control of Trx1 in cell death resulting from DNA damage has not been fully investigated. In this study, we used the DNA-damaging agent methyl methanesulfonate (MMS) to investigate the protective effects...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Gu L,Gao W,Yang HM,Wang BB,Wang XN,Xu J,Zhang H

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Palmitoyl CoA inhibited EDTA-ATPase of heavy meromyosin (HMM) prepared from rabbit skeletal muscle. The concentration for half maximum inhibition of EDTA-ATPase was about 18 microM. Myristoyl CoA, the other long chain fatty acyl CoA, also inhibited EDTA-HMM ATPase, but CoA and short chain CoA thioesters, such as butyr...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Fujiwara A,Fujisaki H,Asai H,Yasumasu I

更新日期：1981-09-01 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