Thermal denaturation of cytochromes c of horse cow, and Candida krusei in aqueous guanidine hydrochloride.

abstract：:The readthrough of premature termination codon (PTC) by ribosome sometimes produces full-length proteins. We previously reported a readthrough of PTC of glycosyltransferase gene B4GALNT1 with hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP). Here we featured the readthrough of B4GALNT1 of two mutants, M4 and M2 with PTC by immunob...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yesmin F,Bhuiyan RH,Ohmi Y,Ohkawa Y,Tajima O,Okajima T,Furukawa K,Furukawa K

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a combined pharmacological and genetic approach, we have identified aa 260-280 in the C2 region as a critical factor in the catalytic function of protein kinase Calpha (PKCalpha). Progressive truncations from the N-terminus as well as selected internal deletion mutants were expressed in Saccharomyces cerevisiae ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Rotenberg SA,Zhu J,Hansen H,Li XD,Sun XG,Michels CA,Riedel H

更新日期：1998-10-01 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：:Mitochondria have two independent protein-import machineries, one in the outer membrane (the Tom system) and the other in the inner membrane (the Tim system). Here, we have characterized the initial steps of precursor import into rat liver mitoplasts. The import reaction was separated into two stages, consisting of pr...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ishihara N,Komiya T,Sakaguchi M,Ito A,Mihara K

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein tyrosine phosphatase receptor type Z (PTPRZ, also known as PTPζ or RPTPβ) is preferentially expressed in the central nervous system (CNS). PTPRZ plays important roles during development and adulthood in CNS myelination, learning and memory. Three splicing isoforms for PTPRZ have been identified to date: two re...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Fujikawa A,Chow JPH,Matsumoto M,Suzuki R,Kuboyama K,Yamamoto N,Noda M

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ribose-modified fluorescent nucleotide analogs, 3'-O-anthraniloyl and 3'-O-(N-methylanthraniloyl) derivatives of AT(D)P, dAT(D)P, CT(D)P, UT(D)P, IT(D)P, and GT(D)P, were synthesized for use as substrates and affinity labels for the myosin ATPase [Hiratsuka, T. (1983) Biochim. Biophys. Acta 742, 496-508]. None of the ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hiratsuka T

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have cloned a chitinase cDNA (MpChi-1) from plantain (Musa paradisiacal L) using rapid amplification of cDNA ends (RACE) according to a sequence fragment which we had cloned using the suppression subtractive hybridization (SSH) technique. The MpChi-1 encodes a protein of 326 amino acids and belongs to acidic chitin...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Fan J,Wang H,Feng D,Liu B,Liu H,Wang J

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In our previous study, the sphingosine-like immunosuppressant ISP-1 was shown to induce apoptosis in the mouse cytotoxic T cell line CTLL-2. In this study, we characterized the ISP-1-induced apoptotic pathway. Although caspase-3-like protease activity increases concomitantly with ISP-1-induced apoptosis in CTLL-2 cell...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yamaji T,Nakamura S,Takematsu H,Kawasaki T,Kozutsumi Y

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The amino acid compositions, constituent polypeptides and bacteriochlorophyll (Bchl) contents of two kinds of Bchl-protein complexes isolated from Rhodopseudomonas palustris were examined. Spectrally dissimilar intracytoplasmic membranes obtained from cells cultured under different conditions were used as starting mat...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hayashi H,Nakano M,Morita S

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:2-Amino-4-methylphenol was converted to a brownish yellow material by the lysates of human erythrocytes or purified human hemoglobin. The reaction proceeded oxidatively, coupled with the oxidation of hemoglobin. The major component of the brownish yellow material produced by oxidative condensation of 2-amino-4-methylp...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Tomoda A,Arisawa M,Koshimura S

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An artificial gene coding for the human cap binding protein (hCBP: human IF-4E) was chemically synthesized and expressed in Escherichia coli under the control of a trp promoter. The DNA duplex of 662 bp was designed and constructed from 44 oligodeoxynucleotide fragments of typically 30 nucleotides in length. Although ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ueda H,Maruyama H,Doi M,Inoue M,Ishida T,Morioka H,Tanaka T,Nishikawa S,Uesugi S

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum at 5 to 10% is required for maintenance of functional adult rat hepatocytes in primary culture. One effect of the serum is to induce attachment and spreading of hepatocytes on plates as monolayers. Another role is to maintain cell viability for over 2 days. For the first effect, serum could be replaced completel...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Horiuti Y,Nakamura T,Ichihara A

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:N-beta-Alanyl-5-S-glutathionyl-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (5-S-GAD) exhibits selective cytotoxicity toward certain human tumor cell lines. 5-S-GAD has been shown to release hydrogen peroxide autonomously. Hydrogen peroxide is converted to water and oxygen by catalase. The purpose of this study is to determine whether ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nishikawa T,Nishikawa S,Akiyama N,Natori S

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The three-dimensional structure of cytochrome c-553 isolated from sulfate-reducing bacterium, Desulfovibrio vulgaris Miyazaki F strain, has been determined by the multi-wavelength anomalous dispersion technique with use of synchrotron radiation. The result shows that bacterial S-class cytochromes c have a variety of f...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nakagawa A,Higuchi Y,Yasuoka N,Katsube Y,Yagi T

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The traditional two-step EGTA/collagenase method is widely used in studying nitric oxide (NO) production in hepatocytes. The present study first revealed that hepatocytes isolated by this method spontaneously express an iNOS mRNA. Thereafter, based on this novel finding, we characterized the expression and regulation ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Wang H,Gao X,Fukumoto S,Tademoto S,Sato K,Hirai K

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment of Sendai virus with p-azidophenyl-6-chloro-6-deoxy-beta-D-glucopyranoside (APG) caused chemical modification of the viral envelope under UV irradiation, which did not affect the hemagglutinin activity of the virus but inhibited the hemolytic activity. Also, the transfer of phospholipid from the viral envelo...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Jizomoto H,Arita H,Sugita K,Kawanami J,Sato K,Kuriyama K

更新日期：1980-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fructose-1,6-bisphosphate aldolase gene from the thermophilic bacterium, Anoxybacillus gonensis G2, was cloned and sequenced. Nucleotide sequence analysis revealed an open reading frame coding for a 30.9 kDa protein of 286 amino acids. The amino acid sequence shared approximately 80-90% similarity to the Bacillus ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ertunga NS,Colak A,Belduz AO,Canakci S,Karaoglu H,Sandalli C

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The catalytic properties of a new type of dihydropteridine reductase, NADPH-specific dihydropteridine reductase [EC 1.6.99.10], from bovine liver, were studied and compared with those of the previously characterized enzyme, NADH-specific dihydropteridine reductase [EC 1.6.99.7]. With quinonoid-dihydro-6-methylpterin, ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nakanishi N,Hasegawa H,Akino M,Yamada S

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The SoxR protein of Escherichia coli responds to redox signals by activating the transcription of soxS, which encodes another transcription activator that directly stimulates oxidative stress genes. In contrast, Pseudomonas aeruginosa has an open reading frame (ORF) encoding a putative protein homologous to E. coli So...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kobayashi K,Tagawa S

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myosin was isolated from leucocytes in horse arterial blood by the same procedures used for the isolation of myosin from skeletal muscle. The Ca2+-, EDTA-, and Mg2+-ATPase [EC 3.6.1.3] activities of the protein was 0.148, 0.147, and 0.001 mumoles/min/mg, respectively, in 0.5 M KCl at pH 7.0 and 25 degrees. The Ca2+-AT...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Takeuchi K,Shibata N,Senda N

更新日期：1975-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously, we reported that proteasomes (large multi-protease complexes) are present in a latent state in a variety of eukaryotic cells, and can be activated by treatment with various compounds such as sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) or poly-lysine (Tanaka et al. (1988) J. Biol. Chem. 263, 16209-16217). In the present s...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Tanaka K,Yoshimura T,Ichihara A

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rp-cAMPS, the Rp-diastereomer of adenosine 3',5'-phosphorothioate, is often referred to as a cAMP antagonist, since it binds to the regulatory subunit of cAMP-dependent protein kinase without dissociation of free catalytic subunits. To evaluate the role of cAMP-dependent protein kinase in amylase exocytosis, we examin...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Takuma T,Ichida T

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The amount of S-II, a protein specifically stimulating RNA polymerase II, was measured in various mouse organs by a micro complement fixation assay. The amount was almost the same in brain, liver, kidney, spleen, and Ehrlich ascites tumor cells on the basis of DNA, being about 3.8 micrograms/mg DNA, which corresponds ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Tamura H,Sekimizu K,Obinata M,Natori S

更新日期：1980-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously reported that sera from various kinds of animals contain a protein(s) capable of inhibiting the growth of the non-malignant epithelial cell line derived from Buffalo rat liver (BRL). In the present study, a similar epithelial cell-specific growth inhibitor (EGI) was purified to homogeneity from an acid-e...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Huang W,Kimura T,Mashima K,Miyazaki K,Masaki H,Yamashita J,Horio T

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nucleotide sequence at the intron-exon junction in the human beta-globin gene was analyzed by the quantification method (categorical discriminant analysis) proposed previously. Using the sample score of a 16-nucleotide sequence at a 3'-splice junction, we studied to what extent such a sequence contains the 3'-spli...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Iida Y

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 5'-AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) functions as a cellular energy sensor. 5-Aminoimidazole-4-carboxyamide-1-β-D-ribofranoside (AICAR) is a chemical activator of AMPK. In the liver, AICAR suppresses expression of thephosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase(PEPCK) gene. The rat enhancer of split- and hairy-related prot...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Komatsu Y,Yanagisawa Y,Moriizumi M,Tsuchiya Y,Yokouchi H,Otsuka H,Aoyagi M,Tsukada A,Kanai Y,Haneishi A,Takagi K,Asano K,Ono M,Tanaka T,Tomita K,Yamada K

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:G-actin freed from exogenous ATP was added to the pieces of isolated acrosomal actin bundles from horseshoe crab sperm to form filaments as reported earlier (Tilney, L.G., Bonder, E.M., & DeRosier, D.J. (1981) J. Cell Biol. 90, 485-494). The growth of a filament was far more rapid at one end (the preferred end) than t...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Mabuchi I

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple and rapid method to remove myosin light chain phosphatase from gizzard myosin using hydroxyapatite chromatography was developed. Stable phosphorylated myosin without light chain phosphatase and kinase was also prepared by the same procedure. A convenient method using the urea gel system to detect minor contam...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nakamura S,Nonomura Y

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study how collagen synthesis is regulated in developing chick embryonic skin, hydroxyproline synthesis, incorporation of proline, and translational activity and content of collagen mRNA in 12-, 15-, and 18-day skins were determined and compared with each other. Hydroxyproline synthesis in the 18-day skins was marke...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ohyama K,Tokimitsu I,Tajima S

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ornithine transcarbamylase [EC 2.1.3.3] has been purified from chick kidney to homogeneity. The molecular weight is 110,000 as determined by gel filtration. Sodium dodecylsulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of the enzyme showed that the enzyme exists as a trimer of identical subunits of 36,000 daltons like othe...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Tsuji S

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00