Identification of essential residues of CTLA-2alpha for inhibitory potency.

abstract：:Phospholipase A2 inhibitor (PLI) was purified from the blood plasma of Chinese Mamushi, Agkistrodon blomhoffii siniticus, by sequential chromatography on Sephadex G-200, Mono Q, and Blue-Sepharose CL-6B columns. The purified PLI was a glycoprotein with an apparent molecular mass of 75 kDa and was composed of a single ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ohkura N,Inoue S,Ikeda K,Hayashi K

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The vitamin A derivative, retinoic acid (RA) has various biological effects in mammalian cells and tissues. It is well known that RA induces differentiation of leukemia cells and inhibits cell growth. There are two pathways for RA action; one via RA nuclear receptors (RARs), and one via acylation of proteins by RA (re...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kubo Y,Ohba T,Takahashi N

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The P2X4 purinergic receptor is a key molecule in neuropathic pain, particularly in the allodynia after peripheral nerve injury. We therefore sought to establish an anti-P2X4 receptor monoclonal antibody that would be useful for detection and characterization of the P2X4 receptor. We first prepared the refolded extrac...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Igawa T,Higashi S,Abe Y,Ohkuri T,Tanaka H,Morimoto S,Yamashita T,Tsuda M,Inoue K,Ueda T

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteoglycan biosynthesis in developing chicken corneas was studied. Corneas free of scleral rims were prepared from 5- to 18-day-old chick embryos and labeled in vitro with [3H]glucosamine and [35S]sulfate. Then, the labeled medium and corneal proteoglycans were analyzed. Day 5 corneas synthesized mainly chondroitin ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nakazawa K,Suzuki S,Wada K,Nakazawa K

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytochrome c oxidase from Thiobacillus ferrooxidans was purified to homogeneity and some of its properties were studied. The oxidase was solubilized with n-octyl-beta-D-thioglucoside (OTG) under acidic conditions (pH 4.0) and purified by one step of ion-exchange chromatography with a CM-Toyopearl column. The absorptio...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kai M,Yano T,Tamegai H,Fukumori Y,Yamanaka T

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The actin-activated Mg2+-ATPase activity of gizzard HMM increased in proportion to the square of the extent of LC phosphorylation. This result indicates that the LCs of HMM are randomly phosphorylated, and the phosphorylation of both heads of HMM is required for the activation of HMM Mg2+-ATPase by F-actin. 2. In 7...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ikebe M,Ogihara S,Tonomura Y

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The binding of ADP to subfragment-1 was investigated by the gel filtration method. The amount of bound ADP was determined as a function of free ADP concentration. Linear Scatchard plots were obtained. The maximum binding number, 0.55 mole of ADP per 10(5) g of protein, and the dissociation constant, 1.6 x 10(-6) M, we...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yoshida M,Morita F

更新日期：1975-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three kinds of phospholipase C [EC 3.1.4.3] were used to selectively hydrolyze phospholipids in rat liver microsomes, and their effects on the acyl-CoA: glycerophosphate and acyl-CoA: lysophospholipids acyltransferase systems were examined. The glycerophosphate acyltransferase [EC 2.3.1.15] system was inactivated rapi...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Sonoki S,Ikezawa H

更新日期：1976-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The chromatin fraction of rat liver exhibited proteolytic activity caused by serine proteases, with maximal activity at pH 8 or 10. They were analyzed by affinity labeling with [3H]diisopropylfluorophosphate followed by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, and partially purified by gel filtration through Sepharose ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Tsurugi K,Ogata K

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The FLI-1 transcription factor is a member of the ETS gene family, most closely related to ERG. In this study, the FLI-1 protein products were characterized using a specific monoclonal antibody previously developed against bacterially expressed protein. In the human T-cell line Jurkat, both isoforms of FLI-1, p51 and ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Zhang XK,Watson DK

更新日期：2005-03-01 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 structure of polygalactosamine purified from the culture fluid of Aspergillus parasiticus AHU 7165 was studied. Partial acid hydrolysis of this polysaccharide, in which 55 to 65% of the monosaccharide residues were N-unsubstituted, gave a series of galactosamine oligosaccharides (dimer to hexamer) in a good yield....

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Takada H,Araki Y,Ito E

更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Site-specific recognition and DNA-binding activity of p53 are crucial for its tumour suppressor function. Previous reports have shown that metal ions can affect the specific recognition and DNA-binding activity of p53DBD. Here we firstly report that magnesium ion can bind to the protein and influence its DNA-binding a...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Xue Y,Wang S,Feng X

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To obtain direct evidence for the attachment of 5SrRNA-ribosomal L5 protein particles (5SRNP) and methionine-tRNA (tRNA(met)) to methionyl-tRNA synthetase (MetRS) in the macromolecular aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase (ARS) complex of rat liver, a MetRS-5SRNP-tRNA(met) complex was dissociated from the macromolecular ARS comp...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ogata K,Ohno R,Morioka S,Terao K

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacillus licheniformis alpha-amylase (BLA) is widely used in various procedures of starch degradation in the food industry, and a BLA species with improved activity at higher temperature and under acidic conditions is desirable. Two BLA species, designated as PA and MA, have been isolated from the wild-type B. licheni...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Lee S,Oneda H,Minoda M,Tanaka A,Inouye K

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After partial chromatographic purification of rat liver cell sap on DEAE-cellulose, including the removal of type M2 pyruvate kinase, different forms of type L pyruvate kinase were separated by chromatofocusing. Three fractions of pyruvate kinase activity were found, eluting at pH 5.0, 5.2, and 5.3, respectively. The ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ekdahl KN,Ekman P

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The three-dimensional structure of the purple intermediate of porcine kidney D-amino acid oxidase (DAO) was solved by cryo-X-ray crystallography; the purple intermediate is known to comprise a complex between the dehydrogenated product, an imino acid, and the reduced form of DAO. The crystalline purple intermediate wa...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Mizutani H,Miyahara I,Hirotsu K,Nishina Y,Shiga K,Setoyama C,Miura R

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sulfation of glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) secreted by baby hamster kidney (BHK) cells and the polyoma virus-transformants (PY-BHK) was investigated. It has been reported that chondroitin sulfate (CS) of cell membranes from PY-BHK cells is undersulfated compared to that from BHK cells (Cancer Res. 43, 2712-2717, 1983). In...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Sugahara K,Fukui S,Yamashina I

更新日期：1985-10-01 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：:Yeast mitochondrial ATP synthase has three regulatory proteins, ATPase inhibitor, 9K protein, and 15K protein. The 9K protein binds directly to purified F1-ATPase, as does the ATPase inhibitor, but the 15K protein does not [Hashimoto, T. et al. (1987) J. Biochem. 102, 685-692]. In the present study, we found that 15K ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hashimoto T,Yoshida Y,Tagawa K

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urate oxidases (UOs) catalyze the cofactor-independent oxidation of uric acid, and an extensive water network in the active site has been suggested to play an essential role in the catalysis. For our present analysis of the structure and function of the water network, the crystal qualities of Bacillus sp. TB-90 urate ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hibi T,Itoh T

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effects of anion transport inhibitors on hemolysis of human erythrocytes at 200 mPa were examined. The degree of hemolysis was decreased by treating intact cells with 4,4'-diisothiocyanostilbene-2,2'-disulfonate (DIDS), 4,4'-dinitrostilbene-2,2'-disulfonate and pyridoxal 5'-phosphate (PLP) had little effect on the hem...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yamaguchi T,Matsumoto M,Kimoto E

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Specific and high titer antisera against 4-O-methylglucuronic acid-containing glycosphingolipid (Lipid IV) from spermatozoa of the fresh-water bivalve, Hyriopsis schlegelii, were raised in rabbits. The antisera were found to agglutinate spermatozoa of three fresh-water bivalves, H. schlegelii, Anodonta woodiana, and C...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Sugita M,Inoue T,Itasaka O,Hori T

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A glutathione S-transferase isozyme which is absent in normal rat liver has been isolated from the hereditary hyperbilirubinuria rat liver cytosol. The enzyme was purified to apparent homogeneity by GSH-affinity chromatography and HPLC on CM-Sepharose CL-6B. It is a heterodimer of two non-identical subunits, i.e., sub...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Igarashi T,Tsuchiya T,Satoh T

更新日期：1991-01-01 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：:Amyloid beta peptide (Abeta) is a physiological peptide that is constantly catabolized in the brain. We previously demonstrated that an endopeptidase sensitive to phosphoramidon and thiorphan conducts the initial rate-limiting proteolysis of Abeta in vivo, but the exact molecular identity of the peptidase(s) has remai...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Takaki Y,Iwata N,Tsubuki S,Taniguchi S,Toyoshima S,Lu B,Gerard NP,Gerard C,Lee HJ,Shirotani K,Saido TC

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ascorbate oxidase obtained from a microorganism, Acremonium sp. HI-25 (molecular weight, 80 kDa; monomeric protein), was studied with respect to atomic absorption, EPR, absorption spectra, circular dichroism (CD) spectra, and steady-state kinetics. The enzyme was found to be a multicopper protein, containing four ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hirose J,Sakurai T,Imamura K,Watanabe H,Iwamoto H,Hiromi K,Itoh H,Shin T,Murao S

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The interactions of benzeneboronic acid (BBA) as a transition state analog with subtilisin (EC 3.4.21.4) and with alpha-chymotrypsin (EC 3.4.21.1) were investigated kinetically by the temperature-jump method using pH indicators. For both enzymes, the concentration dependence of the relaxation time was consistent with...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nakatani H,Hanai K,Uehara Y,Hiromi K

更新日期：1975-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The active site of thermolysin is composed of one zinc ion and five polypeptide regions [N-terminal sheet (Asn112-Trp115), alpha-helix 1 (Val139-Thr149), C-terminal loop 1 (Asp150-Gly162), alpha-helix 2 (Ala163-Val176) and C-terminal loop 2 (Gln225-Ser234)]. To explore their catalytic roles, we introduced single amino...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kusano M,Yasukawa K,Inouye K

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The flavoenzyme medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase (MCAD) eliminates the alpha-proton of the substrate analog, 3-thiaoctanoyl-CoA (3S-C8-CoA), to form a charge-transfer complex with deprotonated 3S-C8-CoA. This complex can simulate the metastable reaction intermediate immediately after the alpha-proton elimination of...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Satoh A,Nakajima Y,Miyahara I,Hirotsu K,Tanaka T,Nishina Y,Shiga K,Tamaoki H,Setoyama C,Miura R

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00