Prickle2 is localized in the postsynaptic density and interacts with PSD-95 and NMDA receptors in the brain.

abstract：:It has been reported that neutral salts such as NaCl activate the thermolysin-catalyzed hydrolysis of substrates containing glycine at the P1 position (carboxylic side of the cleavage bond) [Holmquist, B. & Vallee, B.L. (1976) Biochemistry 15, 101-107]. In this paper, we demonstrate that high concentrations (1-4 M) of...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Inouye K

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genomic DNA libraries were screened for the human histidine-rich glycoprotein (HRG) gene and a sequence of 15,499 nucleotides was determined. The gene is composed of 7 exons and 6 introns, and all the exon-intron boundaries match the consensus GT/AG sequence for donor and acceptor splice sites. Each of cystatin-like d...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Wakabayashi S,Takahashi K,Koide T

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have recently shown that furin, a mammalian homologue of the yeast precursor-processing endoprotease Kex2, is involved in precursor cleavage at sites marked by the Arg-X-Lys/Arg-Arg motif within the constitutive secretory pathway. In this study, we analyzed molecular and enzymatic properties of furin expressed in C...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hatsuzawa K,Murakami K,Nakayama K

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:7 beta-Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (7 beta-HSD) was produced by Ruminococcus sp. PO1-3 obtained from among human intestinal bacteria. The enzyme was purified from a crude extract by ammonium sulfate fractionation, and Butyl-Toyopearl 650M, Sephadex G-150, Matrex Red A and Octyl-Sepharose chromatographies. The purifie...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Akao T,Akao T,Kobashi K

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The organization of troponin I (TnI) genes from the ascidian Halocynthia roretzi have been determined. Halocynthia possesses roughly two types of TnI isoforms. One type is a single-copied adult TnI (adTnI) gene, which contains eight exons and seven introns. adTnI expresses two isoforms, the shorter body wall muscle Tn...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yuasa HJ,Kawamura K,Yamamoto H,Takagi T

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new peroxide compound (ML-X) was isolated from an autoxidation product of methyl linoleate and was determined as methyl 9-hydroperoxy-12, 13-epoxy-10-octadecenoate. This compound inhibited state 3 respiration of rat heart- and liver mitochondria when glutamate and malate were used as substrates, but not when the sub...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Imagawa T,Kasai S,Matsui K,Nakamura T

更新日期：1982-10-01 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：: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：:1. The endogenous phosphorylation of mouse brain microsomes was studied using the technique of acrylamide gel electrophoresis in the presence of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS). 2. It was found that specific proteins and lipids in brain microsomes were phosphorylated by the terminal phosphate of ATP under appropriate con...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Satomi D

更新日期：1977-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Soybean Bowman-Birk inhibitor, a double-headed inhibitor of trypsin and alpha-chymotrypsin, was treated with cyanogen bromide and then pepsin to yield two inhibitory active fragments. Structural investigation showed that one of the fragments was derived from the trypsin inhibitory domain and the other from the chymotr...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Odani S,Ikenaka T

更新日期：1978-03-01 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：:Acridine orange was found to accumulate in pure lysosomal particles (tritosomes) in vitro, and the quenching of its fluorescence correlated well with the delta pH (inside acid) across the lysosomal membrane. Use of this dye showed that Mg-ATP caused lysosomal acidification. This acidification was sensitive to N,N'-dic...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Moriyama Y,Takano T,Ohkuma S

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Here we report the enzymatic and ligand-binding properties of a major secretory protein in the choroid plexus of cane toad, Bufo marinus, whose protein is homologous with lipocalin-type prostaglandin (PG) D synthase (L-PGDS) and is recombinantly expressed in Xenopus A6 cells and Escherichia coli. The toad protein boun...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Irikura D,Inui T,Beuckmann CT,Aritake K,Schreiber G,Miyano M,Inoue T,Urade Y

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aldehyde reductases from several mammalian and avian tissues transferred the pro-4R hydrogen of NADPH to the substrate, whereas the stereospecificity of carbonyl reductases was not uniform being correlated with the ability to catalyze the oxidoreduction of hydroxysteroids. ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nakayama T,Hara A,Kariya K,Sawada H

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lactosylceramide and paragloboside were synthesized from their precursor glycolipids and UDP-galactose by lactose synthase A protein [UDP-Gal : GlcNAc beta-4-galactosyltransferase, EC 2.4.1.22] purified to homogeneity from human plasma. The partially purified human liver enzyme and an extract from human lymphoblastoid...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yamato K,Yoshida A

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several trypsin inhibitors with different mobilities on polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis occur in the tubers of taro (Colocasia antiquorum), and they each have a dimeric molecular weight of 40,000. Of all the constituent subunits, molecular weight 20,000, of the taro trypsin inhibitor (TTI), three major subunit comp...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ogata F,Makisumi S

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tardigrades, a phylum of meiofaunal organisms, exhibit extraordinary tolerance to various environmental conditions, including extreme temperatures (-272 to 151 °C) and exposure to ionizing radiation. Proteins from anhydrobiotic tardigrades with homology to known proteins from other organisms are new potential targets ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kobayashi K,Kim J,Fukuda Y,Kozawa T,Inoue T

更新日期：2021-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:We found phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C (PtdIns-PLC) activity in nuclei isolated from rat liver. The enzyme hydrolyzed phosphatidylinositol, phosphatidylinositol 4-monophosphate (PIP) and phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate in a Ca(2+)-dependent manner, and produced inositol mono-, bis-, and triphosphate,...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kuriki H,Tamiya-Koizumi K,Asano M,Yoshida S,Kojima K,Nimura Y

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thymosin β4 (Tβ4) is a major intracellular G-actin-sequestering peptide. There is increasing evidence to support important extracellular functions of Tβ4 related to angiogenesis, wound healing and cardiovascular regeneration. We investigated the expression of 'Tβ4' and 'thymosin β10', a closely related peptide, during...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Tokura Y,Nakayama Y,Fukada S,Nara N,Yamamoto H,Matsuda R,Hara T

更新日期：2011-01-01 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：:MutM protein, which removes the oxidatively damaged DNA base product, 8-oxoguanine (GO), has been crystallized by means of a hanging-drop vapor-diffusion procedure using polyethyleneglycol monomethylether 2000 as a precipitant in 2-(cyclohexylamino) ethanesulfonic acid (CHES) buffer, pH 9.8. The diffraction data deriv...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Sugahara M,Mikawa T,Kato R,Fukuyama K,Kumasaka T,Yamamoto M,Inoue Y,Kuramitsu S

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To examine whether serine proteases of rat liver chromatin are also involved in the degradation of newly synthesized and unbound ribosomal proteins and histones, like the nuclear thiol protease which we reported previously (Tsurugi, K. & Ogata, K. (1979) Eur. J. Biochem. 101, 205-213), in vivo experiments were carried...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Tsurugi K,Oyanagi M,Ogata K

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To reveal the molecular orientation of plastocyanin (PC) on spinach thylakoid membranes, the position of Lys residues modified by acetic anhydride was compared between thylakoid-bound PC and the isolated one. Digestion of the isolated PC by a trypsin yielded a peptide map with seven spots prior to the acetylation of t...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Takano M,Takahashi M,Oobatake M,Asada K

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of freezing on Alcaligenes sp. nitrite reductase [nitric-oxide: ferricytochrome c oxidoreductase, EC 1.7.2.1] dissolved in sodium phosphate (pH 7.2) were investigated. The nitrite reductase was gradually activated with time in the frozen state, resulting in an increase in its activity of 2.5-4.5 times. The...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Masuko M,Iwasaki H,Sakurai T,Suzuki S,Nakahara A

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aspartic proteases of human malarial parasites are thought to play key roles in essential pathways of merozoite release, invasion and host cell hemoglobin degradation during the intraerythrocytic stages of their life cycle. Therefore, we have purified and characterized Plasmodium vivax aspartic protease, to determine ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Sharma A,Eapen A,Subbarao SK

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhibitory effects of various amino acid esters on the phagocytic activity of guinea pig peritoneal macrophages were studied with sensitized 51Cr-sheep erythrocytes (51Cr-EAb) as well as 125I-alpha-amylase complexed with homologous IgG2 antibody (Ag-Ab complex). The intracellular uptake of 51Cr-EAb was markedly inhibi...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nihira S,Koyama J

更新日期：1983-08-01 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：:Genomic clones of UDP-glucuronosyltransferase family 1 (UGT1) were isolated from wild-type Wistar rats. The UGT1 locus spans > 120 kb and forms a gene complex. In this locus nine unique first exons encoding NH2-terminal portions of each isoform were located at intervals of approximately 10 kb and followed by only one ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Emi Y,Ikushiro S,Iyanagi T

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methyl-coenzyme M reductase isoenzyme I from the methanogenic Archaeon, Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum (strain Marburg), was crystallized by vapor diffusion methods. Crystal form M obtained with 2-methyl-2,4-pentanediol as the precipitant displayed space group P2(1), with unit cell parameters of a=83.2 A, b=117....

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Shima S,Goubeaud M,Vinzenz D,Thauer RK,Ermler U

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The complete amino acid sequence and disulfide bridge location of HR2a, one of the hemorrhagic proteins isolated from the snake venom of Trimeresurus flavoviridis, have been determined by analysis of peptides derived from digests with cyanogen bromide, lysyl endopeptidase, trypsin, and Staphylococcus aureus V8 proteas...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Miyata T,Takeya H,Ozeki Y,Arakawa M,Tokunaga F,Iwanaga S,Omori-Satoh T

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00