Pleiotropic functions of the CXC-type chemokine CXCL14 in mammals.

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：:Electron transport particles (ETP) prepared from beef heart mitochondria formed malondialdehyde by NADPH-dependent lipid peroixidation in the presence of ferric ions and ADP or ATP. The reaction was inhibited by MnCl2, EDTA, or radical scavengers, but was not inhibited by p-hydroxymercuribenzoate (PHMB) or respiratory...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Takeshige K,Minadami S

更新日期：1975-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human HsRad51 protein assembles on a DNA molecule through cooperative binding and forms a long filament for homologous recombination. We have characterized the self-assembly of HsRad51 by measuring the fluorescence resonance energy transfer from the fluorescein-labeled protein to the rhodamine-labeled protein. Self-as...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yoshioka K,Yumoto-Yoshioka Y,Fleury F,Takahashi M

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed a screening system for artificial small RNAs (sRNAs) that inhibit the growth of Escherichia coli. In this system, we used a plasmid library to express artificial sRNAs (approximately 200 bases long) containing 60 bases of random nucleotide sequence. The induced expression of the known rydB sRNA in th...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Komasa M,Fujishima K,Hiraoka K,Shinhara A,Lee BS,Tomita M,Kanai A

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The planar cell polarity (PCP) protein, Prickle (Pk), is conserved in invertebrates and vertebrates, and regulates cellular morphogenesis and movement. Vertebrate Pk consists of at least two family members, Pk1 and Pk2, both of which are expressed in the brain; however, their localization and function at synapses rema...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hida Y,Fukaya M,Hagiwara A,Deguchi-Tawarada M,Yoshioka T,Kitajima I,Inoue E,Watanabe M,Ohtsuka T

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel glycosphingolipid (SEGLx) has been isolated from the plerocercoids of a tapeworm, Spirometra erinacei. From the results of compositional analysis, methylation analysis, exoglycosidase hydrolysis, acid hydrolysis, fast atom bombardment mass spectrometry, and proton nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) analysis, its...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kawakami Y,Nakamura K,Kojima H,Suzuki M,Inagaki F,Suzuki A,Sonoki S,Uchida A,Murata Y,Tamai Y

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently demonstrated, using synthetic peptides modeled on the extension peptide of malate dehydrogenase, that amino acid residues present at the proximal and distal positions relative to the cleavage site are critical determinants for the recognition of substrates by mitochondrial processing peptidase [Niidome et ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Moriwaki K,Ogishima T,Ito A

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chicken brain enolase was found to show multiple forms (I, II and III) separable by DEAE-cellulose column chromatography, whereas enolase from chicken skeletal muscle showed a single form. Brain enolase I, enolase III and muscle enolase were purified to electrophoretic homogeneity. These three isozymes were dimeric en...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Tanaka M,Sugisaki K,Nakashima K

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Papain [EC 3.4.22.2] polymerizes readily upon treatment with tetranitromethane (TNM) by forming intermolecular covalent linkages through its tyrosine residues (Tsukamoto, S. & Ohno, M. (1974) J. Biochem. 75, 1377-1380). Polymerization occurred optimally at pH 9.0 with S-sulfenylsulfonate papain. Circular dichroic spec...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Tsukamoto S,Ohno M

更新日期：1978-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spontaneous insertion of membrane proteins into liposomes formed from Escherichia coli polar phospholipids is blocked by diacylglycerol (DAG) at a physiological level. We found that cholesterol also blocks this spontaneous insertion, although a much larger amount is necessary for sufficient blockage. Reversely, sphing...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nakamura S,Suzuki S,Saito H,Nishiyama KI

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:RING finger protein 8 (RNF8) is an E3 ligase that is pivotal for DNA repair. However, the role of RNF8 in ulcerative colitis (UC) remains unclear. The aim of this study is to investigate the effect and the mechanism of RNF8 on UC model induced by trinitrobenzene sulfonic acid (TNBS) in mice. Lentiviruses overexpressin...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Zhu Y,Shi Y,Ke X,Xuan L,Ma Z

更新日期：2020-11-01 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：:The gene coding for a Trichosanthes trypsin inhibitor analog (Ala-6-TTI) in which methionine at position 6 was replaced by alanine was synthesized chemically. The synthetic gene was cloned into plasmid pWR590-1 and expressed in Escherichia coli as a fusion protein composed of beta-galactosidase fragment of 590 amino a...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Chen XM,Qian YW,Chi CW,Gan KD,Zhang MF,Chen CQ

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eukaryotic typical 2-Cys type peroxiredoxin (Prx) is inactivated by hyperoxidation of the peroxidatic cysteine to a sulphinic acid in a catalytic cycle-dependent manner. This inactivation process has been well documented for cytosolic isoforms of Prx. However, such a hyperoxidative inactivation has not fully been inve...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ikeda Y,Nakano M,Ihara H,Ito R,Taniguchi N,Fujii J

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemical modifications by photooxidation in the presence of rose bengal (RB) and with tetranitromethane (TNM) were carried out to elucidate the amino acid residues involved in the active site of inorganic pyrophosphatase (pyrophosphate phosphohydrolase) [EC 3.6.1.1] from Escherichia coli Q13. The photooxidation caused...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Samejima T,Tamagawa Y,Kondo Y,Hachimori A,Kaji H,Takeda A,Shiroya Y

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monoclonal antibodies for human thrombomodulin, a cofactor for thrombin-catalyzed activation of protein C, were prepared and their epitopes characterized. All six antibodies (MFTM-1-MFTM-6) bound to an elastase-digested active fragment of thrombomodulin, which contains six consecutive EGF domains. Binding of thrombomo...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hayashi T,Suzuki K

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the usefulness of the patch-clamp technique, its application to ion pumps and transporters in biomembranes is limited. We developed a novel method for determining the activity of a proton-pumping pyrophosphatase (H(+)-PPase) made of a single protein. We heterologously highly expressed the enzyme in Saccharomyc...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nakanishi Y,Yabe I,Maeshima M

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. As a part of studies on the mechanism by which catecholamines are released from the nerve terminals, the synaptic vesicle fraction was isolated from bovine caudatolenticular nuclei and thalamus by differential centrifugation essentially according to the method of Kadota and Kadota (17). 2. Further centrifugation on...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Tsudzuki T,Fujii T,Tanaka R

更新日期：1977-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Genome of Bacillus subtilis 168 was used for cloning and engineering of large-sized DNAs. A mouse genomic DNA of approximately 120 kb was cloned into a locus of the B. subtilis genome by ordered assembly of 20- to 50-kb mouse DNA segments. Cloned mouse DNA, maintained stably, was engineered through B. subtilis tra...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Itaya M,Nagata T,Shiroishi T,Fujita K,Tsuge K

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lanthanide ions Lu3+ (diamagnetic) and Gd3+ (paramagnetic broadening probe) were used to displace Ca2+ from the high-affinity cation binding site on G-actin. The effects of these higher-affinity ions on the proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectrum of actin were recorded. The aliphatic proton envelope in the Gd-a...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Barden JA,dos Remedios CG

更新日期：1984-09-01 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

abstract：:High mobility group (HMG) protein 1 contains two DNA binding motifs, called HMG1/2-boxes, linked with a linker region. The functional relationships between the two boxes and the mechanism of involvement of the linker region for effective binding of HMG1 were examined. The binding analyses of truncated HMG1 peptides wi...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Saito K,Kikuchi T,Shirakawa H,Yoshida M

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At the initiation of chromosomal DNA replication, DNA primases synthesize short RNA primers, which are subsequently elongated by DNA polymerases. To understand the structural basis for the primer synthesis by archaeal/eukaryotic-type primases, the gene of the DNA primase from hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus hori...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ito N,Nureki O,Shirouzu M,Yokoyama S,Hanaoka F

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A variant of human tear lipocalin was expressed in Escherichia coli, and the bound fatty acids were analysed by gas chromatography, mass spectroscopy and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Five major fatty acids were identified as hexadecanoic acid (palmitic acid, PA), cis-9-hexadecenoic acid (palmitoleic acid),...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Tsukamoto S,Fujiwara K,Ikeguchi M

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enterococcus hirae V-ATPase, in contrast to most V-type ATPases, is resistant to N-ethylmaleimide (NEM). Alignment of the amino acid sequences of NtpA suggests that the NEM-sensitive Cys of V-type ATPases is replaced by Ala in E. hirae V-ATPase. Consistent with this prediction, the V-ATPase became sensitive upon subst...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Murata T,Yoshikawa Y,Hosaka T,Takase K,Kakinuma Y,Yamato I,Kikuchi T

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Guinea pig alveolar macrophages (A-M0) were studied with respect ot the phagocytic metabolism: the respiratory burst and its KCN sensitivity, the ability to generate H2O2, and myeloperoxidase (MPO) activity. Only fifty percent of the O2 uptake by A-M0 samples during phagocytosis was inhibited by the addition of 1 mK K...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kaneda M,Kakinuma K,Yamaguchi T,Shimada K

更新日期：1980-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:[3H]Methyl group incorporation and histamine secretion in rat mast cells induced by anti-IgE and con A were strongly inhibited by trans-4-guanidinomethylcyclohexanecarboxylic acid 4-tert-butylphenyl ester (GMCHA-OPhBut), a strong and specific inhibitor for pH 7 tryptase (Muramatsu et al. (1988) Biol. Chem. Hoppe-Seyle...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Takei M,Matumoto T,Endo K,Muramatu M

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heat-stable malate dehydrogenase isolated from Thermus flavus AT62 was completely inactivated by treatment with diethylpyrocarbonate. The inactivation was accompanied by the loss of 1.2 histidine residues per subunit of the enzyme. The enzyme was protected from inactivation by NADH. The enzyme was also inactivated by ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Iijima S,Oh MJ,Saiki T,Beppu T

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new method was developed for extracting natural actomyosin with full length connectin (titin) and nebulin from rabbit skeletal muscle. To determine the protein components of native thin filaments, thin filaments were isolated from natural actomyosin by sedimentation in a H2O/D2O/sucrose density gradient. Both alpha-...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Meng Y,Yasunaga T,Wakabayashi T

更新日期：1995-08-01 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