Expression and secretion of N-acylethanolamine-hydrolysing acid amidase in human prostate cancer cells.

abstract：:Alginate, which is an anionic polysaccharide, is widely distributed in the cell wall of brown algae. Alginate and the products of its degradation (oligosaccharides) are used in stabilizers, thickeners and gelling agents, especially in the food industry. The degradation of alginate generally involves a combination of s...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yagi H,Fujise A,Itabashi N,Ohshiro T

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:SpoIIGA is a novel type of membrane-associated aspartic protease that responds to a signal from the forespore by cleaving Pro-σ(E) in the mother cell during sporulation of Bacillus subtilis. Very little is known about how SpoIIGA recognizes Pro-σ(E). By co-expressing proteins in Escherichia coli, it was shown that cha...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Imamura D,Kuwana R,Kroos L,Feig M,Takamatsu H,Watabe K

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have recently demonstrated the localization of associated m-calpain and calpastatin in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) of bovine pulmonary artery smooth muscle. Herein, we sought to determine the role of m-calpain on calcium-dependent proteolytic cleavage of Na(+)/Ca(2+) exchanger (NCX) in the ER. Treatment of the E...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Samanta K,Kar P,Chakraborti T,Chakraborti S

更新日期：2010-02-01 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：:In the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the expression of phospholipid biosynthetic genes, including the INO1 gene (encoding inositol-1-phosphate synthase), is coordinately regulated by a cis-acting transcriptional element, UAS(INO) (inositol-sensitive upstream activating sequence). For this paper we studied the effect...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kagiwada S,Zen R

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When the body temperature of rats was brought to 42 degrees C, four heat-shock proteins, with molecular weights of 70,000, 71,000, 85,000, and 100,000 (hsp 70, hsp 71, hsp 85, and hsp 100, respectively), were induced in various tissues of the rats. The hsp 70 was strongly induced by hyperthermia, and its accumulation ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Fujio N,Hatayama T,Kinoshita H,Yukioka M

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MF-18, one of the monoclonal antibodies generated to chicken myosin, cross-reacted with rabbit skeletal myosin subfragment-1 (S1). Utilizing an improved procedure of immuno-blotting, a decrease in reactivity of MF-18 to S1 by trinitrophenylation was observed. This indicates that the reactive lysyl residue is very clos...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Katayama E,Wakabayashi T,Reinach F,Masaki T,Fischman DA

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autotaxin (ATX) is an ecto-enzyme responsible for lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) production in blood. ATX is present in various biological fluids such as cerebrospinal and seminal fluids and accounts for bulk LPA production in these fluids. ATX is a member of the nucleotide pyrophosphatase/phosphodiesterase (NPP) family ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nakanaga K,Hama K,Aoki J

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Midkine (MK) is a 13-kDa heparin-binding growth/differentiation factor, and its interaction with heparan sulfate proteoglycan is important in promotion of neurite outgrowth. This study was performed to reveal the species of syndecans that interact with MK during embryogenesis of the central nervous system in the rat. ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nakanishi T,Kadomatsu K,Okamoto T,Ichihara-Tanaka K,Kojima T,Saito H,Tomoda Y,Muramatsu T

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The beta peptide (113-125), derived from a conserved sequence of the beta subunit of integrins, was synthesized to investigate its adhesive properties to matrix proteins and the effects on cell adhesion to immobilized fibronectin. In this study, we observed that the biotinylated beta peptide was able to bind efficient...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Liu YK,Nemoto A,Feng Y,Uemura T

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ATP synthases convert an electrochemical proton gradient into rotational movement to produce the ubiquitous energy currency adenosine triphosphate. Tension generated by the rotational torque is compensated by the stator. For this task, a peripheral stalk flexibly fixes the hydrophilic catalytic part F1 to the membrane...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Poetsch A,Berzborn RJ,Heberle J,Link TA,Dencher NA,Seelert H

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The virion-associated RNA-dependent RNA polymerase of influenza virus PR8 was activated by treatment with specific non-ionic detergents, and was remarkably stimulated by exogenously added oligonucleotide primers. Among synthetic oligonucleotides of various chain lengths, the dinucleotide ApG and the trinucleotide ApGp...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kawakami K,Ishihama A,Ohtsuka E,Tanaka T,Takashima H,Ikehara M

更新日期：1981-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methioninase of Pseudomonas putida was purified to homogeneity, as judged by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, with a specific activity 270-fold higher than that of the crude extract. 1. The purified enzyme had an S20,w of 8.37, a molecular weight of 160,000, and an isoelectric point of 5.6. 2. A break in the Arrhen...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ito S,Nakamura T,Eguchi Y

更新日期：1976-06-01 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：:The denaturation of recombinant horse L-chain apoferritin (rLF), which is composed of 24 L-chain subunits, in acidic solution was studied. Using two rLF mutants, lacking four (Fer4) or eight (Fer8) N-terminal amino acid residues, the effect of N-terminal residues on the protein's stability was investigated. Of the two...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yoshizawa K,Mishima Y,Park SY,Heddle JG,Tame JR,Iwahori K,Kobayashi M,Yamashita I

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the substrate specificity of two mutated geranylgeranyl diphosphate synthases, I-9 and I-11, with respect to several artificial substrates. These mutated enzymes have replacements in the amino acid sequences from positions 170 to 173, which are thought to be a part of the putative substrate binding region....

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ohnuma S,Hemmi H,Koyama T,Ogura K,Nishino T

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The amino acid sequence of the glycophorin from porcine erythrocyte membrane has been determined by Edman degradation. Porcine glycophorin is a polypeptide chain of 133 amino acid residues and contains 12 oligosaccharide units attached to the amino-terminal side of the molecule. Ten oligosaccharides are linked O-glyco...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Honma K,Tomita M,Hamada A

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone marrow lineage-negative (Lin(-)) c-Kit(+) Sca-1(+) hematopoietic cells from human GM-CSF receptor gene transgenic mice were cultured on established bone marrow stromal cell (TBR59) layers and on semisolid medium. In the semisolid assay, an increasing number of larger colonies were observed in the presence of hGM-...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Okubo T,Yanai N,Watanabe S,Arai Ki,Obinata M

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel type of sulfotransferase was purified from Klebsiella K-36, an intestinal bacterium of rat. The enzyme (M(r) 160,000) is composed of two subunits (M(r) 73,000) with pI and optimal pH values of 5.3 and 10-10.5, respectively. The apparent Km for PNS (p-nitrophenyl sulfate) using phenol as an acceptor and that fo...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kim DH,Kim HS,Kobashi K

更新日期：1992-10-01 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：:cAMP and Ca2(+)-independent histone kinase was generated from rat liver plasma membrane in an ionic strength-dependent manner by the action of an endogenous trypsin-like protease (Hashimoto, E. et al. (1986) FEBS Lett. 200, 63-66). In addition to the effect of ionic strength, this proteolytic activation of protein kin...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hashimoto E,Yamamura H

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To enhance the heat stability of the CutA1 protein from Escherichia coli (EcCutA1) so that it has comparable stability to CutA1 from Pyrococcus horikoshii with a denaturation temperature (T(d)) of 150°C, we used the Stability Profile of Mutant Protein (SPMP) to examine the structure-sequence (3D-1D) compatibility betw...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Matsuura Y,Ota M,Tanaka T,Takehira M,Ogasahara K,Bagautdinov B,Kunishima N,Yutani K

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ISG15 is a ubiquitin-like protein that is upregulated on treatment with interferon. ISG15 is considered to be covalently conjugated to cellular proteins through a sequential reaction similar to that of the ubiquitin conjugation system consisting of E1/E2/E3 enzymes: UBE1L and UbcH8 have been reported to function as E1...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Takeuchi T,Iwahara S,Saeki Y,Sasajima H,Yokosawa H

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The alpha-subunit of rod photoreceptor G protein transducin (G(t1)alpha) is heterogeneously modified at the N-terminus by a mixture of acyl groups, laurate (C12:0), myristate (C14:0), and two unsaturated fatty acids (C14:1 and C14:2). Although the N-fatty acylation of G(t1)alpha plays important roles in protein-protei...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hashimoto Y,Matsuda T,Matsuura Y,Haga T,Fukada Y

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:tRNA(guanosine-2'-)-methyltransferases (Gm-methylases) isolated from extreme thermophiles, Thermus thermophilus strains HB 27 and HB 8, methylate the 2'-OH of the G18 ribose of the GG sequence in the D loop of tRNA, by recognizing the D "loop-stem" structure as a minimal requirement. To examine the role of the consens...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hori H,Saneyoshi M,Kumagai I,Miura K,Watanabe K

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the significance of the plasma membrane lipid composition in exocytosis in an in vitro interaction system using an intact secretory granular fraction (SG) isolated from the rat parotid gland. When various liposomes (as a model of plasma membranes) were added to this assay system, rapid and transient am...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Mizuno-Kamiya M,Inokuchi H,Kameyama Y,Yashiro K,Shin SO,Fujita A

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The oleate (delta 9-18:1)/cis-vaccenate (delta 11-18:1) ratios in phospholipids increased in the order of normal liver, host liver and hepatoma in rats. The amount of oleate increased in phospholipids and decreased in triacylglycerol in the same order, whereas the distributions of cis-vaccenate among the major lipid c...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hori T,Okuyama H

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Single-site catalysis by F1-ATPase from a thermophilic bacterium PS3 (TF1) was examined by incubating the enzyme with a submolar amount of radioactive ATP. The profile of single-site catalysis by TF1 at 23 degrees C was different from that of beef heart mitochondrial F1-ATPase (MF1). ATP hydrolysis on the enzyme and r...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yohda M,Yoshida M

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heptic fibrosis/cirrhosis is a common hepatic disease characterized by the hyper-accumulation of connective tissue components, and hepatic necrosis. Chronic alcohol ingestion, viral infection, and metabolic disorders are contributing factors and there has been no effective treatment. Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF), or...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Matsuda Y,Matsumoto K,Ichida T,Nakamura T

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peptide:N-glycanase (PNGase) is the enzyme responsible for de-N-glycosylation of misfolded glycoproteins in the cytosol. Here, we report the molecular identification and characterization of PNGase (png-1, F56G4.5) from Caenorhabditis elegans. This enzyme released both high mannose- and complex-type N-glycans from glyc...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kato T,Kawahara A,Ashida H,Yamamoto K

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00