Presence of two transcribed malate synthase genes in an n-alkane-utilizing yeast, Candida tropicalis.

abstract：:The nucleotide sequence of IStaqTZ2 are available in the DDBJ/EMBL/GenBank databases under the accession number AB063392. A novel insertion sequence (IStaqTZ2) was transposed from the genome of Thermus thermophilus TZ2 to that of the thermophilic bacteriophage IN93. The complete nucleotide sequence of IStaqTZ2 was det...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Matsushita I,Yanase H

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gram-positive thermophilic Bacillus species contain cytochrome caa3-type cytochrome c oxidase as their main terminal oxidase in the respiratory chain. To identify alternative oxidases, we isolated several mutants from B. stearothermophilus defective in the caa3-type oxidase activity [Sakamoto, J. et al (1996) FEMS Mic...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Sakamoto J,Handa Y,Sone N

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four distinctive DNA polymerases have been isolated from mature oocytes of the starfish, Asterina pectinifera, and characterized. The N-ethylmaleimide-resistant DNA polymerase activity was separated from the other three DNA polymerases by hydroxyapatite column chromatography. The enzyme, whose approximate sedimentatio...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Haraguchi T,Nagano H

更新日期：1983-03-01 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：:The protein level of the GTS1 gene product (Gts1p) fluctuated during the oscillation of energy metabolism in continuous culture of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Here, we found that the GTS1 mRNA level oscillated with the same periodicity as the metabolic oscillation, suggesting that the expression of GTS1 was re...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Tonozuka H,Wang J,Mitsui K,Saito T,Hamada Y,Tsurugi K

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cDNA clones, pHPah1 and pHPah2, encoding polycyclic hydrocarbon-inducible forms of rabbit liver microsomal cytochrome P-450 were isolated and their nucleotide sequences were determined. The inserts of pHPah1 and pHPah2 contained open reading frames specifying the entire primary structures of cytochrome P-450s, con...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kagawa N,Mihara K,Sato R

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:7 beta-Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (7 beta-HSD) was produced by Ruminococcus sp. PO1-3 obtained from among human intestinal bacteria. The enzyme was purified from a crude extract by ammonium sulfate fractionation, and Butyl-Toyopearl 650M, Sephadex G-150, Matrex Red A and Octyl-Sepharose chromatographies. The purifie...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Akao T,Akao T,Kobashi K

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes a method for imaging the endogenous release of glutamate from cerebral neurons. This method is based on the reactions of glutamate oxidase and peroxidase, and on the detection of hydrogen peroxide by a fluorescent substrate of peroxidase. Glutamate has been sensitively measured in vitro in the ran...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Akagi Y,Hashigasako A,Degenaar P,Iwabuchi S,Hasan Q,Morita Y,Tamiya E

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A spectrofluorometric method for sensitive determination of metalloendopeptidase activity has been developed by using a bimane-peptide containing a tryptophan residue, i.e. 1,7-dioxo-2,5,6-trimethyl-1H,7H-pyrazolo[1,2-alpha]pyrazol-3-yl-methyl- thiomethylcarbonyl-phenylalanyl-tryptophanyl-leucine (Bim-SCH2CO-Phe-Trp-L...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kajiwara K,Kumazaki T,Sato E,Kanaoka Y,Ishii S

更新日期：1991-09-01 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：:Guanosine 3',5'-monophosphate (cyclic GMP)-dependent protein kinase purified from silkworm pupae reacts with rat liver ribosomal proteins when a stimulatory modulator (Kuo, W.N. & Kuo, J.F. 1976) J. Biol. Chem. 251, 4283-4286) is added to the reaction mixture. Judging from autoradiogram of the radioactive proteins sep...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Chihara-Nakashima M,Hashimoto E,Nishizuka Y

更新日期：1977-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial flagellar motors exploit the electrochemical potential gradient of a coupling ion as energy source and are composed of stator and rotor proteins. Vibrio alginolyticus has a Na(+)-driven motor and its stator is composed of PomA and PomB. Recently, we isolated increased motility strains (sp1-sp4) from the PomA...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Terashima H,Terauchi T,Ihara K,Nishioka N,Kojima S,Homma M

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Do non-active-site residues participate in protein function in a more direct way than just by holding the static framework of the protein molecule? If so, how important are they? As a model to answer these questions, ATB17, which is a mutant of aspartate aminotransferase created by directed evolution, is an ideal syst...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Shimotohno A,Oue S,Yano T,Kuramitsu S,Kagamiyama H

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously, we showed that a polypeptide isolated from fetal bovine cartilage stimulates proteoglycan synthesis, RNA synthesis, and DNA synthesis in cultured rabbit costal chondrocytes. In the present study, the effects of the cartilage-derived factor (CDF) were compared with those of multiplication-stimulating activi...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kato Y,Nomura Y,Tsuji M,Ohmae H,Nakazawa T,Suzuki F

更新日期：1981-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rapid micro-assay method for gelatinolytic activitiy has been developed using 3H-labeled heat-denatured polymeric collagen (gelatin) as a substrate to investigate enzymes involved in the post-collagenase catabolism of collagen. The method is based on the incubation of gelatin with enzyme followed by determination of...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Sunada H,Nagai Y

更新日期：1980-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pig heart phosphoprotein phosphatase [phosphoprotein phosphophydrolase, EC 3.1.3.16] of Mr 224,000 was dissociated by gel-filtration on Sephacryl S-300, into an active subunit (alpha subunit) of Mr 31,000 and inactive subunits of higher molecular weight in the presence of 6 M urea. After the removal of urea, these sub...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Imazu M,Imaoka T,Usui H,Kinohara N,Takeda M

更新日期：1981-09-01 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 activity and stability of mushroom tyrosinase were studied in ionic liquid (IL)-containing aqueous systems. The effect of three ILs ([BMIm][PF(6)], [BMIm][BF(4)]), and [BMIm][MeSO(4)], where [BMIm] = 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium) and their inorganic salts (KMeSO(4), KPF(6), and NaBF(4)) on the enzyme performance wa...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yang Z,Yue YJ,Huang WC,Zhuang XM,Chen ZT,Xing M

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The calnexin homologue (Cne1p) of Saccharomyces cerevisiae was expressed in Escherichia coli to evaluate its chaperone function. The chaperone function was examined as to the effects on the suppression of thermal denaturation and the enhancement of refolding, using citrate synthase (CS) as a nonspecific chaperone subs...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Xu X,Kanbara K,Azakami H,Kato A

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Undecaprenyl diphosphate synthase catalyzes the sequential condensation of eight molecules of isopentenyl diphosphate (IPP) in the cis-configuration into farnesyl diphosphate (FPP) to produce undecaprenyl diphosphate (UPP), which is indispensable for the biosynthesis of the bacterial cell wall. This cis-type prenyltra...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kharel Y,Zhang YW,Fujihashi M,Miki K,Koyama T

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of the five HSV1 immediate-early proteins, infected-cell protein 22 (ICP22), the product of the Us1 gene, is a member whose function is less understood. In order to promote better understanding of the role of ICP22 in viral replication, mutation and fluorescence techniques were used to investigate the biochemical rela...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Cun W,Hong M,Liu LD,Dong CH,Luo J,Li QH

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The DNA-dependent protein kinase (DNA-PK) holoenzyme consists of a 470-kDa catalytic subunit (DNA-PKcs), a DNA-binding regulatory component known as Ku protein, and double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) with ends. We previously reported that the activity of DNA-PK in vitro is stimulated by non-histone chromosomal high mobility ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yumoto Y,Shirakawa H,Yoshida M,Suwa A,Watanabe F,Teraoka H

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus pyogenes nuclease A (SpnA) and streptococcal 5' nucleosidase A (S5nA) are two recently described virulence factors from the human pathogen S. pyogenes. In vitro studies have shown that SpnA is a nuclease that cleaves ssDNA and dsDNA, including the DNA backbone of neutrophil extracellular traps. S5nA was ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Soh KY,Loh JMS,Proft T

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3) on Ca2+ release from microsomes of corn coleoptiles was investigated. Addition of micromolar concentrations of IP3 to Ca2+ loaded microsomes resulted in rapid release of 20-30% of sequestered Ca2+. Maximal and half maximal Ca2+ release occurred at 20 and 8 microM of IP3...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Reddy AS,Poovaiah BW

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To clarify the relationship among ryanodine receptor isoforms from skeletal muscles of various vertebrates (alpha- and beta-isoforms with smaller and larger mobilities on SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, respectively), we examined the cross-reactivities of those receptors from 13 animal species by Western blot ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Murayama T,Ogawa Y

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dynamic functionality of mitochondria is maintained by continual fusion and fission events. A mitochondrial outer membrane protein Fzo1 plays a pivotal role upon mitochondrial fusion by homo-oligomerization to tether fusing mitochondria. Fzo1 is tightly regulated by ubiquitylations and the ubiquitin-responsible AAA pr...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nahar S,Chowdhury A,Ogura T,Esaki M

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed a screening system for artificial small RNAs (sRNAs) that inhibit the growth of Escherichia coli. In this system, we used a plasmid library to express artificial sRNAs (approximately 200 bases long) containing 60 bases of random nucleotide sequence. The induced expression of the known rydB sRNA in th...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Komasa M,Fujishima K,Hiraoka K,Shinhara A,Lee BS,Tomita M,Kanai A

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemoglobin-vesicles (HbV) have been developed for use as artificial O(2) carriers in which a purified Hb solution is encapsulated within a phospholipid bilayer membrane. In this study, bovine Hb (BHb) was tested as a source of HbV instead of human Hb (HHb). We compared the preparation process and characteristics of BH...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Sakai H,Masada Y,Takeoka S,Tsuchida E

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diacylglycerol acyltransferase (DGAT) was examined as a key enzyme for triacylglycerol (TG) accumulation of an oleaginous fungus, Mortierella ramanniana var. angulispora. Subcellular fractionation of the fungus showed that DGAT activity was highest in the lipid body fraction, which occupied 77% of the recovered DGAT a...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kamisaka Y,Nakahara T

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Separation of 13-hydroperoxylinoleic acid or 13-hydroperoxylinolenic acid from linoleic acid or linolenic acid, respectively, was carried out easily and quickly by high performance liquid chromatography on porous polymer gel (TSK-Gel LS-140) using n-hexane/ethanol as an eluent. An eluent containing a large amount of n...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Aoshima H

更新日期：1977-08-01 00:00:00