Photocontrol of calmodulin interaction with target peptides using azobenzene derivative.

abstract：:The present study was undertaken in an attempt to clarify the pathway by which hyperosmotic stress induces HB-EGF gene expression in rat aortic smooth muscle cells (RASMC). Hyperosmotic stress induced by a high concentration of glucose or mannitol resulted in an increase in HB-EGF mRNA level in a dose- and time-depend...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Koh YH,Che W,Higashiyama S,Takahashi M,Miyamoto Y,Suzuki K,Taniguchi N

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously demonstrated that the gene for a member of the humoral C-type lectin family is transiently expressed in the regenerating legs of the American cockroach [Arai et al., Insect Biochem. Mol. Biol. 28, 987-994 (1998)]. To identify candidate lectin(s) involved in tail regeneration in the Xenopus laevis tadpole...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ishino T,Kunieda T,Natori S,Sekimizu K,Kubo T

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously reported that novel Mg(2+)-ATPases were induced in rat liver peroxisomes by clofibrate administration and that these activities consisted of at least two types of enzymes, N-ethylmaleimide (NEM)-sensitive and -resistant. Here we present evidence that neither of these major peroxisomal ATPases is associat...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Shimizu S,Imanaka T,Takano T,Ohkuma S

更新日期：1992-12-01 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

abstract：:Loss of bone substance is a common manifestation of hyperparathyroidism. This suggests that parathyroid hormone (PTH) plays an important role as to bone mass. To investigate the mechanism underlying this change in bone mass, I studied the effects of PTH on collagen synthesis and mitogenesis of UMR-106 rat osteoblastic...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Pun KK

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiogenesis, a formation of neovessels, is regulated by the local balance between angiogenesis stimulators and inhibitors. A number of such endogenous regulators of angiogenesis have been found in the body. Recently, vasohibin-1 (VASH1) was isolated as a negative feedback regulator of angiogenesis produced by endothe...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Sato Y

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycerol dehydrogenase [EC 1.1.1.6] (pI 5.9) from Geotrichum candidium is effectively adsorbed in the presence of 20 mM acute buffer (pH 6.0) on either octyl-Sepharose or 10-carboxydecyl-Sepharose, among ten different kinds of n-alkyl-Sepharose derivatives tested, some of which have an amino or a carboxyl group as a t...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Sasaki I,Itoh N,Goto H,Yamamoto R,Tanaka H,Yamashita K,Yamashita J,Horio T

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thrombomodulin (TM) is a thrombin receptor on the surface of endothelial cells that converts thrombin from a procoagulant to an anticoagulant. Thrombin promotes invasion by various tumor cells, and positive or negative correlations are found between the expression of TM and tumorigenesis in some patients. In this stud...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Niimi S,Harashima M,Takayama K,Hara M,Hyuga M,Seki T,Ariga T,Kawanishi T,Hayakawa T

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli spr (suppressor of prc) mutants and nlpI mutants show thermosensitive growth. The thermosensitivity of the spr mutants was suppressed by the nlpI mutations. Expression of the fusion genes encoding hexa-histidine-tagged NlpI (NlpI-His) and purification of the tagged NlpI showed that NlpI-His bound with...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Tadokoro A,Hayashi H,Kishimoto T,Makino Y,Fujisaki S,Nishimura Y

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) membranes of rabbit skeletal muscle were allowed to react with N-(3-pyrene)maleimide (PMI) at pH 7 at 30 degrees C. The Ca(2+)-transporting activity of the SR membranes was reduced to 20% when PMI was bound to the extent of 1 mol/mol of Ca(2+)-transporting ATPase. The ATPase and the E-P...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Suzuki T,Kawakita M

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cyclodextrin glucanotransferase (CGTase) from Bacillus clarkii 7364 converts starch into gamma-cyclodextrin (gamma-CD) with high specificity. Comparison of the deduced amino acid sequence of this CGTase with those of other typical CGTases revealed that several amino acids are deleted or substituted with others at se...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nakagawa Y,Takada M,Ogawa K,Hatada Y,Horikoshi K

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The binding of nuclear envelope precursor vesicles and chromatin was characterized by using an in vitro system constituted from a Xenopus egg extract and demembranated Xenopus sperm chromatin. The results of binding studies in the presence of salts, urea, and a chelator showed that the binding involves an ionic intera...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Imai N,Sasagawa S,Yamamoto A,Kikuchi F,Sekiya K,Ichimura T,Omata S,Horigome T

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rat liver glucocorticoid receptor was partially purified and characterized for its hormone binding using selenite. Selenite at very low concentrations irreversibly inhibited the hormone binding. The concentration for half maximal inhibition was approximately 2.8 microM. The inhibition was restored by dithiothreitol. T...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Tashima Y,Terui M,Itoh H,Mizunuma H,Kobayashi R,Marumo F

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The internal structure of the recombinant yeast-derived human hepatitis B virus surface antigen vaccine particle was investigated by small-angle neutron scattering using the contrast variation method. Data were collected in aqueous buffer solutions containing 0, 40, 60, and 100% D2O in the q range of 0.005 to 0.2 A-1 ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Sato M,Sato-Miyamoto Y,Kameyama K,Ishikawa N,Imai M,Ito Y,Takagi T

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sliding machines composed of F-actin and myosin or microtubules and kinesin or dynein convert the free energy of ATP hydrolysis into sliding movements and mechanical work. Development of optical microscopy with micromanipulation techniques has made possible direct observation of single events of sliding exhibited by s...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Oosawa F

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rat serum carboxylesterase [carboxylic ester hydrolase, EC 3.1.1.1] was purified by ammonium sulfate precipitation, chromatography on DEAE-cellulose, QAE Sephadex A-50 and brushite, and gel filtration on Sephadex G-200. This purified enzyme was shown to be a single protein band on slab gel electrophoresis and its fina...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hashinotsume M,Higashino K,Hada T,Yamamura Y

更新日期：1978-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gene encoding subtilisin Amylosacchariticus from Bacillus subtilis var. amylosacchariticus was isolated and the entire nucleotide sequence of the coding sequence was determined. The deduced amino acid sequence revealed an N-terminal signal peptide and pro-peptide of 106 residues followed by the mature protein comp...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yoshimoto T,Oyama H,Honda T,Tone H,Takeshita T,Kamiyama T,Tsuru D

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pollen proteins from several grass species have been identified and characterized as causative allergens in grass pollinosis. In contrast, allergenic potential of pollen proteins from rice, which belongs to the same Poaceae family, has not well been investigated, despite that a few clinical cases have been reported on...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hirano K,Hino S,Oshima K,Okajima T,Nadano D,Urisu A,Takaiwa F,Matsuda T

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Native human hemoglobin A was digested with proteases after treatment with reduced or oxidized glutathione, cysteine, or cystine. 2. The treatment of hemoglobin with a 40-fold molar excess of reduced glutathione or cysteine at 37 degrees C for 4 enhanced its susceptibility to trypsin 4 or 6 times, respectively. How...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kimura H,Murata H,Uematsu H

更新日期：1980-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the signaling mechanisms involved in the differentiation-inducing activity of lupeol toward B16 2F2 melanoma cells. alpha-Melanocyte stimulating hormone (alpha-MSH), forskolin and dibutyryl cAMP, which are believed to be cAMP-elevating agents and analogues, enhanced lupeol-induced B16 2F2 cell differentiat...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hata K,Hori K,Takahashi S

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been found in the brush border membrane vesicles from porcine small intestine that valinomycin causes vesicle aggregation and that Ca2+-induced aggregation of the vesicles is saturably stimulated in the presence of valinomycin. The apparent half-maximal concentration of valinomycin required to enhance the Ca2+ ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ohyashiki T,Kodera M,Mohri T

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arginine methylation in RNA-binding proteins containing arginine- and glycine-rich RGG motifs is catalyzed by specific protein arginine N-methyltransferase in cells. We previously showed that lymphoblastoid cells grown in the presence of an indirect methyltransferase inhibitor, adenosine dialdehyde (AdOx), accumulated...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Lin CH,Hsieh M,Li YC,Li SY,Pearson DL,Pollard KM,Li C

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously isolated a Ca2+-binding protein from a ciliate, Tetrahymena, and designated it as TCBP (Tetrahymena Ca2+-binding protein). The present paper reports that TCBP, which has two high affinity Ca2+-binding sites (Kd=4.6 X 10(-6) M), could activate porcine brain cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase at a concent...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Suzuki Y,Nagao S,Abe K,Hirabayashi T,Watanabe Y

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mammalian ATP/ADP translocator isoform-2 (ANT2) gene is growth-activated. Regulation of the gene appears to involve Sp1, as an essential activator, and a suppressor through an Sp1 core element next to the transcription start. We show here that the proximal promoter also binds AP-2 strongly and specifically to two ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Li R,Hodny Z,Zaid A,Barath P,Nelson BD

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Binding of native connectin (2,100 kDa fragment of alpha-connectin) to myosin filaments was investigated using a sedimentation technique and densitometric estimations of the separated proteins. In the presence of 60 mM KCl and 5 mM phosphate buffer, pH 7.0, as much as 1.5 mol of connectin was bound to 1 mol of myosin,...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Murayama T,Nakauchi Y,Kimura S,Maruyama K

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amino acids produced from formaldehyde and hydroxylamine in modified sea mediums with different concentrations of molybdate were analyzed. The modified sea mediums contained lower concentration of sodium chloride and higher concentrations of transition metal ions (Zn2+, Fe3+, Cu2+, Co2+, Mn2+ each 10(-4)m, and Mo O4(2...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hatanaka H,Egami F

更新日期：1977-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Poly(8-oxyinosinic acid) (poly O8I), was synthesized by polymerizing 8-oxyinosine diphosphate using the enzyme polynucleotide phosphorylase (PNPase). The polymer formed a 1 : 1 hybrid with polycytidylic acid (poly C). The hybrid was found to induce the production of interferon in the brain of white albino mice and pro...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Folayan JO

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two novel oligosaccharides with the sialyl-Le(a) structure were isolated from human milk using a monoclonal antibody, MSW 113. These oligosaccharides were purified by affinity chromatography on a column of the immobilized monoclonal antibody and by high-performance liquid chromatography, and structurally characterized...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kitagawa H,Nakada H,Fukui S,Funakoshi I,Kawasaki T,Yamashina I,Tate S,Inagaki F

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously reported that calpastatin, an endogenous inhibitory protein of calpain, is cleaved by a caspase-3-like protease during apoptosis in human Jurkat T cells [Kato, M. et al. (2000) J. Biochem. 127, 297-305]. In this study, we found that nonmuscle myosin heavy chain-A (NMHC-A) is cleaved during apoptosis...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kato M,Fukuda H,Nonaka T,Imajoh-Ohmi S

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The localization of GTP-binding protein (G-protein) subunits, Go alpha, Gi2 alpha and beta, in subcellular fractions of rat cerebral cortex was determined by means of immunoassays specific for the respective subunits. High concentrations of all three subunits were observed in both crude mitochondrial and microsomal fr...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Asano T,Nagahama M,Kato K

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00