Characterization of the {alpha}-helix region in domain 3 of the haemolytic lectin CEL-III: implications for self-oligomerization and haemolytic processes.

abstract：:The present investigation was undertaken to see to what extent the alpha-amino group of the amino acid, the side chain of the amino acid of aminoacyl-tRNA, and the tRNA structure are involved in determining the affinity of aminoacyl-tRNA for bacterial elongation factor Tu-GTP complex. Various aminoacyl-tRNAs, mis-amin...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Tanada S,Kawakami M,Nishio K,Takemura S

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the role of the C-terminal region of barley beta-amylase, plasmid delta 54 was constructed with an expression vector (pBETA92) of barley beta-amylase by site-directed mutagenesis. Escherichia coli JM109 harboring plasmid delta 54 was expected to express delta 54 beta-amylase in which 54 amino acid resid...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yoshigi N,Sahara H,Koshino S

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The oxidation of equivalent concentrations of phospholipids in homogeneous solution, in multilamellar liposomal suspension, and in rat liver homogenate was carried out under aerobic conditions at 37 degrees C in order to examine the biochemical fate of oxidized phospholipids. Rat liver phospholipids were extracted wit...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kambayashi Y,Yamashita S,Niki E,Yamamoto Y

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aspartate aminotransferase (AspAT), responsible for a minor part of the total AspAT enzymic activity in alkalophilic Bacillus circulans, was purified, its N-terminal amino acid sequence was determined, and its gene was cloned as two separate fragments. DNA sequencing showed an open reading frame of 432 amino acids (M(...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Battchikova N,Koivulehto M,Denesyuk A,Ptitsyn L,Boretsky Y,Hellman J,Korpela T

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The interaction of Pi with sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) isolated from rabbit skeletal muscle was studied using bromocresol purple (BCP) as a probe and a dual-wavelength spectrophotometer. Two kinds of absorption-intensity changes controlled by a low concentration of Ca2+ (greater than 10(-6)M) were observed after addit...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nakamaru Y,Nomura K

更新日期：1977-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytochromes b(561) are a family of transmembrane proteins found in most eukaryotic cells and contain two haem b prosthetic groups per molecule being coordinated with four His residues from four different transmembrane alpha-helices. Although cytochromes b(561) residing in the chromaffin vesicles has long been known to...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nakanishi N,Takeuchi F,Tsubaki M

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A DNA polymerase which was active with unprimed poly(dC) as a template was detected in the DNA polymerase alpha fraction from rat thymoma tissue. The activity was dependent on rGTP and associated with ribonucleotide polymerizing activity. The activity was partially sensitive to aphidicolin and dideoxy GTP and resistan...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nishizawa M,Tanabe K,Matsukage A,Nakamura H,Yagura T

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs), or prion diseases, are fatal infectious neurodegenerative disorders. Their causative agents are prions, which are composed of disease-associated forms of prion protein (PrP(Sc)). Naturally occurring cases of TSEs are found in several mammalian species including humans,...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hagiwara K,Hara H,Hanada K

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Xanthine dehydrogenase has been purified to a homogeneous state from cell-free extracts of a strain of Streptomyces. The enzyme has a molecular weight of 125,000 and consists of two subunits with a molecular weight of 67,000. The isoelectric point is at pH 4.4. The enzyme exhibits absorption maxima at 273, 355, and 45...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ohe T,Watanabe Y

更新日期：1979-07-01 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：:We can detect phospholipase A activity in non-hemolyzed sheep erythrocytes, using dilauroylglycerophosphocholine as an exogenous substrate. Only substrates such as dilauroylglycerophosphocholine, which can be incorporated into membranes, could be hydrolyzed by the enzyme, egg phosphatidylcholine being only slightly se...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Tanaka Y,Eriomin VA,Kawamura Y,Inoue K,Nojima S

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heat-stable L-lactate dehydrogenase [EC 1.1.1.27] was purified from an extremely thermophilic bacterium belonging to the genus Thermus, and it showed an allosteric nature dependent on fructose 1,6-bisphosphate as an effector. The enzyme had a molecular weight of approximately 120,000 with a subunit molecular weight of...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Taguchi H,Yamashita M,Matsuzawa H,Ohta T

更新日期：1982-04-01 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

abstract：:Deoxyhypusine synthase catalyzes the NAD+-dependent formation of deoxyhypusine in the eIF-5A precursor protein by transferring the 4-aminobutyl moiety of spermidine. This enzyme has recently been shown to be essential for cell viability and growth of yeast [Sasaki, K., Abid, M.R., and Miyazaki, M. (1996) FEBS Lett. 38...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Abid MR,Sasaki K,Titani K,Miyazaki M

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Midkine (MK) is a product of a retinoic acid-responsive gene and a new heparin-binding growth/differentiation factor. The coding sequence of human MK was located on 1.5 kb DNA segment. The structure of the cloned human MK gene was determined and compared with that of the mouse gene. The coding sequence was divided int...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Uehara K,Matsubara S,Kadomatsu K,Tsutsui J,Muramatsu T

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Knockout mice lacking glycosyltransferases or sulfotransferases provide unequivocal evidence that the carbohydrate moieties of glycoproteins, glycolipids, and proteoglycans play essential roles in various biological phenomena such as development, the immune response, and tissue functions. Examples of abnormalities of ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Muramatsu T

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the depletion of reduced glutathione (GSH) has been observed in a variety of apoptotic systems, little is known about the mechanism of GSH depletion. In this study we used polarized MDCK cells to study the GSH flux during ricin-induced apoptosis. Here we report that the specific accumulation of GSH occurred i...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Oda T,Sadakata N,Komatsu N,Muramatsu T

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased fructose concentration in erythrocytes of diabetic patients subject haemoglobin (Hb) to be glycated by fructose. Haemoglobin glycation results in early and advanced glycation end products which are known as HbA(1c) and Hb-AGE, respectively. In diabetics the Hb-AGE content raises and the mean parameter multip...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Bakhti M,Habibi-Rezaei M,Moosavi-Movahedi AA,Khazaei MR

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Striped bonito protamine, sardaine, was isolated from the sperm of striped bonito (Sarda orientalis) by extraction with sulfuric acid followed by ion-exchange chromatography. The preparation gave a single band upon polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Sardaine consists of 34 amino acid residues, and its sequence is: Pr...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Okamoto Y,Kuno K,Motohiro T,Nishi N,Muta E,Ota S

更新日期：1992-02-01 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：:Sulfate-reducing bacteria, Desulfovibrio vulgaris, strain Miyazaki, were grown on either sulfate, sulfite, or thiosulfate as the terminal electron acceptor. Better growth was observed on sulfite and less growth on thiosulfate than on sulfate. Enzyme levels of adenylylsulfate (APS) reductase [EC 1.8.99.2], reductant-ac...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kobayashi K,Morisawa Y,Ishituka T,Ishimoto M

更新日期：1975-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The epitopes of about 100 monoclonal antibodies against human type II DNA topoisomerase were mapped along the enzyme molecules. Although they were randomly and independently established, epitope sites were unevenly distributed the toward N-terminal or C-terminal region. We suggest that the central catalytic domain is ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Sakaguchi A,Miyaike M,Kuroda K,Nozaki N,Tanaka M,Hibino M,Fujii Y,Kato S,Kikuchi A

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel esterase was found in Pseudomonas fluorescens cells and purified to homogeneity as determined by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The esterase was extracted from the cells by freeze-thawing and hypotonic treatment. Purification was achieved by ammonium sulfate precipitation, followed by successive chromatog...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nakagawa A,Tsujita T,Okuda H

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyaluronan (HA), a high-molecular-weight glycosaminoglycan ubiquitously present in the extracellular matrices (ECMs) of animals, plays important roles in ECM organization and cell behavior through binding to hyaluronan-binding proteins (HABPs). We previously reported that HA has anti-inflammatory effects on guinea pig...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nochi H,Shinomiya T,Tamoto K

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resonance Raman (RR) spectra were obtained in H2O or D2O solution for the purple intermediates of D-amino acid oxidase (DAO) with isotopically labeled substrates, i.e., [1-13C]-, [2-13C]-, [3-13C]-, [15N]-, and [3,3,3-D3]alanine; [carboxyl-13C]- and [15N]proline. RR spectra were also measured for the intermediates of ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nishina Y,Shiga K,Miura R,Tojo H,Ohta M,Miyake Y,Yamano T,Watari H

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mild trypsinization of human erythrocyte stroma solubilized CR1 (complement receptor type 1, C3b/C4b receptor) without significant loss of decay-accelerating activity to C5 convertases on hemolytic intermediate cells (EAC 1-3b, P). The solubilized CR1 was purified using DEAE-Sephacel, C3-Sepharose, and anti-CR1-Sephar...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Sugita Y,Nakano Y,Tomita M

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An H2O2-generating fraction was prepared from porcine thyroid homogenate by differential and Percoll-density gradient centrifugations. The fraction consisted of mainly fragmented plasma membranes as judged by marker enzyme analysis and electron microscopy. The fraction produced H2O2 by reaction with NADPH only in the ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nakamura Y,Ogihara S,Ohtaki S

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:GM2 containing NeuGc was found to be a major ganglioside in the liver of most inbred strains of mouse we have examined so far. They were DBA/2, C3H/He, C57BL/6, BALB/c, and CBA mice. However, WHT/Ht mouse does not contain a detectable amount of GM2 (NeuGc) but has GM3 containing NeuGc as the major ganglioside in the l...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hashimoto Y,Otsuka H,Sudo K,Suzuki K,Suzuki A,Yamakawa T

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Site-directed mutagenesis studies of recombinant Trimeresurus flavoviridis venom gland phospholipase A2 (PLA2) showed that the Asn residue at position 67 takes part in recognition of the substrate 2-arachidonoyl sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine in both monomeric and micellar states. The amount of arachidonate released from...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ogawa T,Shimohigashi Y,Ohno M

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eukaryotic typical 2-Cys type peroxiredoxin (Prx) is inactivated by hyperoxidation of the peroxidatic cysteine to a sulphinic acid in a catalytic cycle-dependent manner. This inactivation process has been well documented for cytosolic isoforms of Prx. However, such a hyperoxidative inactivation has not fully been inve...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ikeda Y,Nakano M,Ihara H,Ito R,Taniguchi N,Fujii J

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00