Regulation of TGF-β family signalling by ubiquitination and deubiquitination.

abstract：:To investigate the structure-activity relationships, various biological activities, including pyrogenicity, lethal toxicity, elicitation of Shwartzman reaction, mitogenicity and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-inducing activity, were compared among natural and synthetic lipid A's differing in fatty acid composition. In al...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kanegasaki S,Tanamoto K,Yasuda T,Homma JY,Matsuura M,Nakatsuka M,Kumazawa Y,Yamamoto A,Shiba T,Kusumoto S

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The degradation rates of type I, II, and III collagens by tadpole collagenase were studied by measuring the viscosity of the solution and the contents of alpha chains and alpha A chains of collagen, using SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis followed by densitometric analysis of the separated peptide bands. An empir...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hayashi T,Nakamura T,Hori H,Nagai Y

更新日期：1980-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The complete amino acid sequence of an active fragment of potato proteinase inhibitor IIa has been established by the Edman degradation procedure and the carboxypeptidase technique. Sequence analyses were carried out on the reduced and carboxymethylated active fragment and its tryptic peptides. To aid in the alignment...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Iwasaki T,Kiyohara T,Yoshikawa M

更新日期：1976-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Laccase is an enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of phenolic compounds by coupling the reduction of oxygen to water. While many laccases have been identified in plant and fungal species, enzymes of prokaryotic origin are poorly known. Here we report the enzymological characterization of EpoA, a laccase-like extracyto...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Endo K,Hayashi Y,Hibi T,Hosono K,Beppu T,Ueda K

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activity-oligomeric assembly relationships using octaethylene glycol dodecyl ether (C12E8) solubilized pig gastric H/K-ATPase (unmodified H/K-ATPase) or H/K-ATPase modified with Fluorescein 5'-isothiocyanate (FITC-H/K-ATPase) were examined. The amount of oligomeric species in FITC-H/K-ATPase, which retained little H/K...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Abe K,Kaya S,Taniguchi K,Hayashi Y,Imagawa T,Kikumoto M,Oiwa K,Sakaguchi K

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Formate dehydrogenase (EC 1.2.1.2) prepared from peas (Pisum sativum) was a two-subunit enzyme. The enzyme accelerated the formation of an NAD+-cyanide compound having an adsorption band at 330 nm. The enzyme was able to bind one NAD+ molecule per each subunit but only 1 mole of NAD+-cyanide compound was formed per ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ohyama T,Yamazaki I

更新日期：1975-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:GM2 containing NeuGc was found to be a major ganglioside in the liver of most inbred strains of mouse we have examined so far. They were DBA/2, C3H/He, C57BL/6, BALB/c, and CBA mice. However, WHT/Ht mouse does not contain a detectable amount of GM2 (NeuGc) but has GM3 containing NeuGc as the major ganglioside in the l...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hashimoto Y,Otsuka H,Sudo K,Suzuki K,Suzuki A,Yamakawa T

更新日期：1983-03-01 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 mitochondrial regulatory region (mrr) located between the tRNAPhe and tRNAPro genes of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is essential for regulation of replication and transcription of the mitochondrial genome. Polyadenylated short RNAs complementary to the L-strand of the mrr in human cells and similar RNAs (polyadenylat...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nakamichi N,Rhoads DD,Hayashi JI,Kagawa Y,Matsumura T

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polysialoglycoprotein (PSGP) is a major cortical alveolus glycoprotein of rainbow trout eggs that is characterized by the attachment of a polysialic acid structure to its O-glycan chains. It has been demonstrated that the polysialic acid structure is synthesized by at least three sialyltransferases mostly localized in...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Asahina S,Sato C,Kitajima K

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A soluble enzyme preparation (20,000 X g supernatant fraction), prepared from the mycelia of wild-type Neurospora crassa, was capable of transferring [14C]glucose from UDP-[14C]glucose into both trichloroacetic acid (TCA)-soluble and TCA-insoluble macromolecule products in the absence of added primer. These reactions ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Takahara H,Matsuda K

更新日期：1977-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The DegS-DegU two-component regulatory system regulates many cellular events in Bacillus subtilis. Genes for DegSU constitutes an operon directed by the P1 promoter and downstream degU is autoregulated via the P3 promoter activated by phosphorylated DegU. In the Gram-positive bacteria, Spx plays a major role in the pr...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Shiwa Y,Yoshikawa H,Tanaka T,Ogura M

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To model gene transcription kinetics, empirical fitting with the Hill function or S-system is often used. In this study, we derived an analytical expression for gene transcription rates in a manner similar to that developed for enzyme kinetics to describe the kinetics of gene transcription mediated by dimeric transcri...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yang HT,Hsu CP,Hwang MJ

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ATP requirement for two steps of DNA replication, the synthesis and subsequent joining of Okazaki fragments, was investigated by using isolated HeLa cell nuclei. Among adenine nucleotides tested, high levels of dATP and ADP stimulated DNA synthesis. In the presence of high levels of ATP, the addition of high level...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Enomoto T,Tanuma S,Yamada MA

更新日期：1981-03-01 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：:The reactions of diol dehydratase with 3-unsaturated 1,2-diols and thioglycerol were investigated. Holodiol dehydratase underwent rapid and irreversible inactivation by either 3-butene-1,2-diol, 3-butyne-1,2-diol or thioglycerol without catalytic turnovers. In the inactivation, the Co-C bond of adenosylcobalamin under...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Toraya T,Tamura N,Watanabe T,Yamanishi M,Hieda N,Mori K

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to characterize the mechanism for bilirubin transport in the liver, the uptake of bilirubin diglucuronide (BDG) into purified sinusoidal plasma membrane vesicles was investigated. BDG uptake was saturable, and was inhibited by sulfobromophthalein and unconjugated bilirubin, but was not affected by sodium taur...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Adachi Y,Roy-Chowdhury J,Roy-Chowdhury N,Kinne R,Tran T,Kobayashi H,Arias IM

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method was developed to obtain heavy meromyosin (HMM) from the tryptic digest of skipjack tuna dorsal myosin. The tuna HMM thus obtained was shown to be homogeneous on gel filtration-gel electrophoresis, and on ultracentrifugation. The sedimentation constant (S20,w) was estimated to be 6.1S for tuna HMM. The ATPase ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kimura I,Arai K,Watanabe S

更新日期：1979-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fructose 2,6-bisphosphate concentrations in unwashed, washed, and leukocyte-free erythrocytes were compared. The concentration in washed red cells was 31 +/- 15 pmol per ml of cells (mean +/- S.D., n = 6). The concentration in unwashed erythrocytes was at least twofold higher, but the value in washed red cells was...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Moriyasu M,Yamamoto M,Hamasaki N

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel phenylserine dehydratase [EC 4.2.1.-], which catalyzes the deamination of L-threo-3-phenylserine to yield phenylpyruvate and ammonia, was purified to homogeneity from a crude extract of Pseudomonas pickettii PS22 isolated from soil. The enzyme was a monomer having a molecular mass of about 38 kDa and contained...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Okuda H,Nagata S,Misono H

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The changes in the cellular concentrations of ATP, ADP, and AMP and in oxidative phosphorylation of mitochondria were investigated in the remaining liver of partially hepatectomized rabbits. The energy charge (defined as half of the average number of anhydride-bonded phosphate groups per adenosine moiety) of the liver...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kamiyama Y,Ozawa K,Honjo I

更新日期：1976-10-01 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：:The sequence of the 5'-terminal 106 nucleotides of cucumber mosaic virus (strain Y) RNA 4, the mRNA coding for viral coat protein, has been determined. The first AUG was located at 77 nucleotides from the 5'-terminus and was confirmed to be an initiation codon by analysis of the N-terminal amino acid sequence of the p...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hidaka S,Tsunasawa S,Yoon J,Narita K,Takanami Y,Kubo S,Miura K

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A radioimmunoassay for chicken calcitonin in chicken ultimobranchial glands was established utilizing a rabbit antiserum against eel calcitonin. This assay method, which is about 100 times as sensitive as the usual bioassay for hypocalcemic activity, was used for monitoring chicken calcitonin during its purification. ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Homma T,Watanabe M,Hirose S,Kanai A,Kangawa K,Matsuo H

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The phospholipid mediator, platelet activating factor (PAF: 1-O-alkyl-2-O-acetyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine), was recently reported to activate macrophage-monocyte cells as well as neutrophils or platelets. PAF was incorporated into dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine-cholesterol liposomes, and their effect on guinea pig ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hayashi H,Kudo I,Inoue K,Nomura H,Nojima S

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interaction between protein and phospholipid molecules in sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) was studied by measurement of the conformational fluctuation of the protein using the kinetics of the hydrogen-deuterium exchange reaction. It was revealed that the state of SR ATPase undergoes a phase transition at about 18 degrees ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kirino Y,Anzai K,Shimizu H,Ohta S,Nakanishi M,Tsuboi M

更新日期：1977-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The calnexin homologue (Cne1p) of Saccharomyces cerevisiae was expressed in Escherichia coli to evaluate its chaperone function. The chaperone function was examined as to the effects on the suppression of thermal denaturation and the enhancement of refolding, using citrate synthase (CS) as a nonspecific chaperone subs...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Xu X,Kanbara K,Azakami H,Kato A

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methylobacterium extorquens AM1 is an aerobic facultative methylotroph known to secrete pyrroloquinoline quinone (PQQ), a cofactor of a number of bacterial dehydrogenases, into the culture medium. To elucidate the molecular mechanism of PQQ biosynthesis, we are focusing on PqqE which is believed to be the enzyme catal...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Saichana N,Tanizawa K,Pechoušek J,Novák P,Yakushi T,Toyama H,Frébortová J

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aromatic region of the NMR spectrum of bovine pancreatic ribonuclease A was analyzed in order to clarify the nature of the microenvironments surrounding the individual histidine, tyrosine, and phenylalanine residues and the interactions with inhibitors. The NMR titration curves of ring protons of six tyrosine and ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Tanokura M

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purified nuclease TT1 from Thermus thermophilus HB8 has multimolecular weight forms, each of which is composed of three different subunits, alpha (10.8 x 10(4)), beta (7.8 x 10(4)), and gamma (4.1 x 10(4)). The molecular weights of this enzyme were estimated by gel filtration, polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and eq...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Takahashi M,Kobayashi M,Uchida T

更新日期：1981-11-01 00:00:00