Identification of diphtheria toxin R domain mutants with enhanced inhibitory activity against HB-EGF.

abstract：:The effects of unsaturated fatty acids on the activities of peroxisomal enzymes of Tetrahymena pyriformis were investigated. When saturated fatty acids and the corresponding unsaturated fatty acids (C18) were added to the culture medium at 0.05%, the activities of peroxisomal enzymes [fatty acyl-CoA oxidase (FAO), car...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Gotoh K,Takei M,Watanabe T,Suga T

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the depletion of reduced glutathione (GSH) has been observed in a variety of apoptotic systems, little is known about the mechanism of GSH depletion. In this study we used polarized MDCK cells to study the GSH flux during ricin-induced apoptosis. Here we report that the specific accumulation of GSH occurred i...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Oda T,Sadakata N,Komatsu N,Muramatsu T

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tn-antigen (GalNAcα-Ser/Thr) is one of the most common aberrations associated with cancer progression and metastasis, and thus is an excellent target for development of cancer diagnostics and therapeutics. MLS128 monoclonal antibody (mAb), derived from a mouse immunized with human colon carcinoma cells, was reported t...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Fujita-Yamaguchi Y

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1-O-Alk-1'-enyl-2-O-acetyl-glycerophosphocholine (vinyl form of PAF) was found with PAF in perfused rat and guinea pig hearts. The main molecular species of the vinyl form of PAF, after separation by reverse phase HPLC, were identified as 1-O-hexadec-, -octadec-, and -octadecen-1'-enyl-2-O-acetyl-GPCs (16:0, 18:0, and...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nakayama R,Saito K

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An ultraviolet absorption difference spectrum characteristic of the ionization change of a tyrosyl residue was observed on the binding of subtilisin BPN' with Streptomyces subtilisin inhibitor (SSI) at alkaline pH. This difference spectrum was considered to be induced by a pKa shift (from 9.7 to > or = 11.5) of a tyro...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Masuda-Momma K,Shimakawa T,Inouye K,Hiromi K,Kojima S,Kumagai I,Miura K,Tonomura B

更新日期：1993-12-01 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：:Phospholipid composition of biological membranes differs between the cytoplasmic and exoplasmic leaflets. The type 4 P-type ATPases are phospholipid flippases that generate such membrane phospholipid asymmetry. Drs2p, a flippase in budding yeast, is involved in the endocytic recycling pathway. Drs2p is implicated in c...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hanamatsu H,Fujimura-Kamada K,Yamamoto T,Furuta N,Tanaka K

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Midkine (MK) is a product of a retinoic acid-responsive gene and a new heparin-binding growth/differentiation factor. The coding sequence of human MK was located on 1.5 kb DNA segment. The structure of the cloned human MK gene was determined and compared with that of the mouse gene. The coding sequence was divided int...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Uehara K,Matsubara S,Kadomatsu K,Tsutsui J,Muramatsu T

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effects of rice bran agglutinin (RBA) on human monoblastic leukemia U937 cells were examined in comparison with those of wheat germ agglutinin (WGA) and Viscum album agglutinin (VAA). These lectins inhibit cell growth, and several lines of evidence indicate that the growth inhibition is caused by the induction of apop...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Miyoshi N,Koyama Y,Katsuno Y,Hayakawa S,Mita T,Ohta T,Kaji K,Isemura M

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chondroitin sulphate proteoglycan 4 (CSPG4) is a cell surface proteoglycan highly expressed by tumour, perivascular and oligodendrocyte cells and known to be involved cell adhesion and migration. This study showed that CSPG4 was present as a proteoglycan on the cell surface of two melanoma cell lines, MM200 and Me1007...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Tang F,Lord MS,Stallcup WB,Whitelock JM

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The stress-related protein Stm1 interacts with ribosomes, and is implicated in repressing translation. Stm1 was previously studied both in vivo and in vitro by cell-free translation systems using crude yeast lysates, but its precise functional mechanism remains obscure. Using an in vitro reconstituted translation syst...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hayashi H,Nagai R,Abe T,Wada M,Ito K,Takeuchi-Tomita N

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Comparative studies have been made on the effects of diazoacetyl-DL-norleucine methyl ester (DAN), 1,2-epoxy-3-(p-nitrophenoxy)propane (EPNP) and pepstatin on acid proteases, including those from Acrocylindrium sp., Aspergillus niger, Aspergillus saitoi, Mucor pusillus, Paecilomyces varioti, Rhizopus chinensis, and Tr...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Takahashi K,Chang WJ

更新日期：1976-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The technique of saturation transfer electron spin resonance has been applied to study the rotational diffusion of spin-labeled Ca2+, Mg2+-dependent ATPase molecules in the membranes of sarcoplasmic reticulum vesicles. Comparison of the present data with those for spin-labeled hemoglobin undergoing isotropic rotation ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kirino Y,Ohkuma T,Shimizu H

更新日期：1978-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sugars such as glycolaldehyde, glyceraldehyde, erythrose, ribose, and glucose were heated with ammonia in a modified sea medium. Amino acids such as glycine, alanine, serine, threonine, aspartic acid, and glutamic acid were obtained from the reaction mixture. This provides the basis for a model of the genesis of amino...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yanagawa H,Kobayashi Y,Egami F

更新日期：1980-01-01 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：:Homogeneous indanol dehydrogenase from monkey liver catalyzed the reversible conversion of 3 alpha- or 20 alpha-hydroxy groups of several bile acids and 5 beta-pregnanes to the corresponding 3- or 20-ketosteroids. The kcat values for the steroids determined at pH 7.4 were low, but the kcat/Km values for the 3-ketoster...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hara A,Nakagawa M,Taniguchi H,Sawada H

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An actin-depolymerizing marine natural product, mycalolide B, and a related compound, kabiramide D, were labeled with biocytin, a biotin derivative, and used to specify target molecules in cultured rat 3Y1 fibroblasts. Mycalolide B exhibited the ability to bind to various intracellular proteins, probably through the M...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Wada S,Matsunaga S,Saito S,Fusetani N,Watabe S

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analysis of the quantitative precipitin reaction of adenylate kinase from porcine skeletal muscle with goat anti-adenylate kinase antiserum indicated that there are at least four antigenic determinants on the enzyme molecule. Porcine adenylate kinase was cleaved with cyanogen bromide, and four peptides were fractionat...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Sato N,Koyama Y,Shiokawa H

更新日期：1982-05-01 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：:After a dose of 10 micrograms of 6-aminonicotinamide (6-AN) was administered to day-4- chick embryo in ovo, micromelia was obviously observed in the hind limbs of 7-day chick embryos. We examined the teratogenic mechanism of 6-AN by using the normal or micromelial hind limbs (buds) from day 5 to day 7, with special at...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Honda A,Iwama M,Umeda T,Mori Y

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The binding of actin filaments to connectin, a muscle elastic protein, was investigated by means of turbidity and sedimentation measurements and electron microscopy. In the presence of less than 0.12 M KCl at pH 7.0, actin filaments bound to connectin. Long actin filaments formed bundles. Short actin filaments also ag...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Maruyama K,Hu DH,Suzuki T,Kimura S

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The protein structure, kinin-releasing activity, and tissue distribution of four major proteinases of mouse submandibular gland (mK22, mK9, proteinase F, proteinase P) were studied. When compared with the deduced amino acid sequence of each member of the tissue (glandular) kallikrein gene family, the amino acid sequen...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hosoi K,Tsunasawa S,Kurihara K,Aoyama H,Ueha T,Murai T,Sakiyama F

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One mg protein/ml of sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) membranes isolated from rabbit skeletal muscle were solubilized with 50 mg/ml of octaethyleneglycol mono n-dodecyl ether (C12E8) in a solution containing 5 mM CaCl2, 0.1 M KCl, and 20% glycerol at pH 7.5. When 30 mg/ml of soybean lecithin was added to this mixture and t...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Andoh R,Yamamoto T

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the effects of aging and denervation on the gene expression of uncoupling proteins (UCPs) in slow-twitch soleus and fast-twitch gastrocnemius muscles. In a comparison between the control limbs of 6- and 24-month-old rats, the mRNA levels of UCP3, heart-type fatty acid binding protein (HFABP), and gluco...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kontani Y,Wang Z,Furuyama T,Sato Y,Mori N,Yamashita H

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

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：:We have examined critically whether or not new and old histones mix in the octameric units of nucleosomes during chromatin replication. MH-134SC cells were density-labeled by culturing with amino acid mixtures enriched with dense isotopes 2H, 13C, and 15N. Mononucleosomes obtained from labeled cells were fractionated ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yamasu K,Senshu T

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Porcine adrenocortical lysosomes were characterized by differential centrifugation, acid hydrolase contents, latency of cathepsin D, release of bound acid hydrolases in soluble form, and isopycnic density gradient centrifugation. Cathepsins D and B, beta-N-acetylglucosaminidase, beta-galactosidase and arylsulphatase w...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Taguchi S,Watabe S,Kouyama H,Tatsunami S,Yago N

更新日期：1981-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The properties of phospholipase A1 (PLA1) obtained from the white muscle of bonito, Euthynnus pelamis (Linnaeus), were examined. The PLA1 activity had a pH optimum from 6.5 to 7.0 for phosphatidylcholine (PC), and calcium ion was not required. The optimum temperature was from 20 to 30 degrees C. When a fatty alcohol w...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hirano K,Tanaka A,Yoshizumi K,Tanaka T,Satouchi K

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of a leucine zipper motif was recognized in the deduced amino acid sequences of human and rat renin-binding proteins (RnBPs) on cloning and sequence analysis of the RnBP cDNAs. The in vitro synthesized RnBPs, with the respective cDNAs, formed heterodimers with porcine renin and homodimers. On comparison o...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Inoue H,Takahashi S,Fukui K,Miyake Y

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are small particles that are naturally released from various types of cells. EVs contain a wide variety of cellular components, such as proteins, nucleic acids, lipids and metabolites, which facilitate intercellular communication in diverse biological processes. In the tumor microenvironme...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yamauchi T,Moroishi T

更新日期：2020-11-23 00:00:00