DCCD-sensitive, Na+-dependent H+-influx process coupled to membrane potential formation in membrane vesicles of Halobacterium halobium.

abstract：:A post-proline cleaving enzyme [prolyl endopeptidase, EC 3.4.21.26] was purified about 3,700-fold from an extract of bovine brain by a series of column chromatographies on DEAE-Sephadex, hydroxyapatite and PCMB-T-Sepharose, and gel filtration on Sephadex G-200 using N-carbobenzoxy-Gly-Pro-beta-naphthylamide (Z-Gly-Pro...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yoshimoto T,Nishimura T,Kita T,Tsuru D

更新日期：1983-10-01 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：:The kinetic properties of the hydrolyses of 8-Br ATP and 8-SCH3 ATP by myosin [EC 3.6.1.3] and actomyosin were compared with those of ATP, and the following results were obtained. The Ca-NTPase activities of myosin using these two ATP analogs as substrates were smaller than that of ATPase, and the NTPase activities to...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Takenaka H,Ikehara M,Tonomura Y

更新日期：1976-12-01 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 crystal structures of the GTP- and GDP-bound alpha subunits of heterotrimeric GTP-binding proteins were recently determined, and a conserved Thr residue in the G2 (linker 2) region of the alpha subunits, which corresponds to Thr182 in Gi2 alpha, was deduced to interact with the gamma-phosphate of GTP and Mg2+. To ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nishina H,Nimota K,Kukimoto I,Maehama T,Takahashi K,Hoshino S,Kanaho Y,Katada T

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We characterized the taurine transport system in human intestinal Caco-2 cells and showed that it is subject to adaptive regulation. The activity of taurine transport in Caco-2 cells was evaluated by means of an Na+- and Cl(-)-dependent high-affinity transport system, the characteristics of which were similar to those...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Satsu H,Watanabe H,Arai S,Shimizu M

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sigmaH of Bacillus subtilis directs transcription of a large number of early sporulation genes, whereas the principal sigma factor, sigmaA, is essential for the transcription of the genes for vegetative growth and early sporulation. We have purified sigmaA and sigmaH proteins, and characterized their properties. T...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Fujita M,Sadaie Y

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple, sensitive, and accurate method for determination of cholestanol in plasma is described. In this method a fixed amount of cholestane is added to 1 ml of plasma as an internal standard and steroids are saponified and extracted with n-hexane. The amounts of cholestanol and cholesterol are determined by mass fra...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Seyama Y,Ichikawa K,Yamakawa T

更新日期：1976-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Comparative studies of the unfolding equilibria of two homologous proteins, bovine alpha-lactalbumin and hen lysozyme, induced by treatment with guanidine hydrochloride have been made by analysis of the peptide and the aromatic circular dichroism spectra. The effect of the specific binding of Ca2+ ion by the former pr...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ikeguchi M,Kuwajima K,Sugai S

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We detected a novel nuclear protein, MMBP-3, that bound to the c-Myc binding motif (CACGTG) in which deoxycytidine in the CpG sequence was methylated. MMBP-3 was partially purified by chromatography on heparin-agarose and hydroxyapatite, followed by affinity adsorption to a matrix coupled to the methylated binding mot...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Suetake I,Tajima S,Asano A

更新日期：1995-07-01 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 complete amino acid sequence of brevilysin H6 (H6), a zinc-protease isolated from Gloydius halys brevicaudus venom, was determined by a manual Edman degradation method. H6 has an amino-terminal pyroglutamic acid and consists of a total of 419 residues. An N-linked sugar chain is attached at Asn-181. The molecule i...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Fujimura S,Oshikawa K,Terada S,Kimoto E

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently described the cloning of putative human CMP-sialic acid transporter (hCST) cDNA [Ishida, N. et al. (1996) J. Biochem. 120, 1074-1078]. The hCST cDNA coded for a hydrophobic protein with an amino acid sequence showing a high degree of similarity (92% identity) to that of murine CMP-sialic acid transporter. ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ishida N,Ito M,Yoshioka S,Sun-Wada GH,Kawakita M

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) and lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) are blood-borne lysophospholipids with a wide spectrum of biological activities, which include stimulation of cell growth, prevention of apoptosis, regulation of actin cytoskeleton, and modulation of cell shape, cell migration, and invasion. Activated plate...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Takuwa Y,Takuwa N,Sugimoto N

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ten Drosophila thorax proteins (six myosin light chains and four proteins called a, b, c, d) were found to have high affinities with Ca2+. This was proved after subjecting the total Drosophila thorax proteins to two-dimensional (2D) transblot, followed by 45Ca2+ autoradiography. Three proteins (a, c, d) showed Ca2+ de...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Tanaka Y,Maruyama K,Mikawa T,Hotta Y

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immunological properties of gamma-glutamyltransferases (gamma-GTs) from human serum, liver and tonsil were studied by using a monospecific antibody to human kidney gamma-GT for the purpose of elucidating their isozymic relationships. gamma-GTs partially purified from liver and tonsil were indistinguishable in this...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Tsuchida S,Imai F,Sato K

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:beta-D-Galactosidase has been purified to apparent homogeneity from rabbit spleen. The purification steps involved ammonium sulphate precipitation, DEAE-cellulose, concanavalin A-Sepharose, Sephadex G-200, and Sepharose 4B-(epsilon-aminocaproyl)-2-deoxy-beta-D-glucosylamine affinity chromatographies. In the DEAE-cellu...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Rodríguez-Berrocal FJ,Páez de la Cadena M,Cabezas JA,Pérez-González N

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:N tau-Methylhistidine(3-methylhistidine) in urine of the rat is mainly derived from the degradation of actin and myosin in skeletal muscle, intestine and skin. The fractional degradation rates of the myosin-actin pools of these tissues were calculated from the time course of increase in the specific radioactivities of...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nagasawa T,Funabiki R

更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cathepsin E, an intracellular aspartic proteinase of the pepsin family, is composed of two homologous domains, each containing the catalytic Asp residue in a consensus DTG motif. Here we examine the significance of residues in the motifs of rat cathepsin E by substitution of Asp98, Asp283, and Thr284 with other residu...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Liu J,Tsukuba T,Okamoto K,Ohishi M,Yamamoto K

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A direct spectrophotometric suspension method for the estimation of immobilized ligands on a gel matrix was developed. The method uses 0.05% agarose solution to prepare a practically stable suspension of various agarose beads. The quantity of agarose beads in the suspension was estimated turbidometrically from the att...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Miyagawa A,Okuyama T

更新日期：1977-06-01 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 biosynthesis of elongation factor Tu (EF-Tu) has been studied in a cell-free system with DNA of the transducing phage lambdarifd18 as a template. It was found that the synthesis of EF-Tu in this system was inhibited by about 60% in the presence of 0.3 to 0.6 mM guanosine-5'-diphosphate-3'-diphosphate (ppGpp). The ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Shibuya M,Kaziro Y

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cDNAs encoding the precursors of cystatin SN, cystatin S, and two mutants of cystatin S (-18R-->W; 117R-->W) were expressed in Escherichia coli JM109 with isopropyl-beta-D-thio-galactoside (IPTG) induction. Premature cystatin S with the original signal [-20MARPLCTLLLLMATLAGALA] was processed and a large amount of ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Saitoh E,Isemura S

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously, we reported that proteasomes (large multi-protease complexes) are present in a latent state in a variety of eukaryotic cells, and can be activated by treatment with various compounds such as sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) or poly-lysine (Tanaka et al. (1988) J. Biol. Chem. 263, 16209-16217). In the present s...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Tanaka K,Yoshimura T,Ichihara A

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have reported that high glucose conditions (27 mM for 4 days) induces activation of protein tyrosine phosphatases (PTPases) which are associated with impaired insulin signaling in Rat 1 fibroblasts expressing human insulin receptors [Maegawa, H. et al. (1995) J. Biol. Chem. 270, 7724-7730]. In this study, we found ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Obata T,Maegawa H,Kashiwagi A,Pillay TS,Kikkawa R

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have recently developed an in vitro yeast reconstituted translation system, which is capable of synthesizing long polypeptides. Utilizing the system, we examined the role of eIF5A and its hypusine modification in translating polyproline sequence within long open reading frames. We found that polyproline motif inser...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Abe T,Nagai R,Shimazaki S,Kondo S,Nishimura S,Sakaguchi Y,Suzuki T,Imataka H,Tomita K,Takeuchi-Tomita N

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eph/ephrin signalling plays essential roles in various tissue developments, such as axon guidance, angiogenesis and tissue separation. Interaction between Ephs and ephrins upon cell-cell contact results in forward (towards Eph-expressing cells) and reverse (towards ephrin-expressing cells) signalling. Although the mol...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Takeuchi S,Katoh H,Negishi M

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carboxypeptidase Y (CPY) inhibitor, I(C), a cytoplasmic inhibitor of vacuolar proteinases in yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, was purified by means of a high-level expression system using a proteinase-deficient strain, BJ2168, and an expression vector with the promoter GAL1. The purified I(C) exists as a monomeric bet...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Mima J,Suzuki H,Takahashi M,Hayashi R

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycoengineering of therapeutic proteins has been applied to improve the clinical efficacy of several therapeutics. Here, we examined the effect of glycosylation on the properties of the Fab of the therapeutic antibody, adalimumab. An N-glycosylation site was introduced at position 178 of the H-chain constant region o...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nakamura H,Kiyoshi M,Anraku M,Hashii N,Oda-Ueda N,Ueda T,Ohkuri T

更新日期：2020-10-27 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