Conformation of the fowl protamine, galline, and its binding properties to DNA.

abstract：:We evaluated the role of cytosolic phospholipase A2 (PLA2) in the exocytosis of amylase from parotid acinar cells. The exocytosis stimulated by isoproterenol was dose-dependently inhibited by bromoenol lactone (BEL), a potent suicide inhibitor of Ca2+-independent cytosolic PLA2. The IC50 value of BEL was approximately...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Takuma T,Ichida T

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vivo effects of convulsant drugs (hydrazine and penicillamine) on the metabolism of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) in subcellular fractions of mouse brain were studied. Both substances inhibited the activity of glutamic acid decarboxylase [EC 4.1.1.15] (GAD) in the synaptosomal fraction (nerve ending particles)...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Abe M,Matsuda M

更新日期：1977-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A transition-state analog, gluconolactone, was found to partially quench the protein fluorescence of glucoamylase [EC 3.2.1.3] from Rhizopus niveus. The interaction between gluconolactone and the enzyme was studied statically and kinetically at pH 4.5 in terms of fluorescence change. The dissociation constant Kd of th...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ohnishi M,Yamashita T,Hiromi K

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cellular Src (c-Src) tyrosine kinase is upregulated and believed to play a pivotal role in various human cancers. However, the molecular mechanism underlying c-Src-mediated tumour progression remains elusive. Recent studies have revealed that several microRNAs (miRNAs) function as tumour suppressors by regulating ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Oneyama C,Okada M

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Galactocerebrosidase was purified about 22,600-fold using several hydrophobic column and gel filtration steps with a 4.8% recovery, from human lymphocytes. Its specific activity was 1.54 x 10(5) nmol/h/mg with tritium-labeled galactocerebroside as the substrate in the taurocholate system. The optimal pH for galactocer...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Sakai N,Inui K,Midorikawa M,Okuno Y,Ueda S,Iwamatsu A,Okada S

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MscL is a mechanosensitive channel that undergoes a global conformational change upon application of membrane stretching. To elucidate how the structural stability and flexibility occur, we isolated temperature-sensitive (Ts) mutants of Escherichia coli MscL that allowed cell growth at 32°C but not at 42°C. Two Ts mut...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Owada N,Yoshida M,Morita K,Yoshimura K

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kidney catalase [EC 1.11.1.6] was doubly labeled by injecting a mixture of [14C]-leucine and delta-amino[3H]levulinic acid (ALA) into normal and allyliso-(2-isopropyl-4-pentenoyl)urea (Sedormid)-treated rats. Shortly after the injection of a tracer dose or the precursors, catalase in microsomes showed the highest spec...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Higashi T,Kawamata F,Dogen M

更新日期：1976-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From the homogenate of rat submaxillary gland, two kinds of serine proteinases, named tentatively proteinases A and B, were isolated and their chemical properties and activities toward rat kininogens were examined, in comparison with those of submaxillary kallikrein. Proteinase A with Mr of 28,200 rapidly cleaved high...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kato H,Nakanishi E,Enjyoji K,Hayashi I,Oh-ishi S,Iwanaga S

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Newly recognized mammalian secretory proteins such as preprolactin are translocated across the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) in a signal recognition particle (SRP)-dependent manner. Recent studies revealed that there are two recognition steps for signal peptides during this translocation. The first step is recognition by...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hatsuzawa K,Tagaya M,Mizushima S

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elafin was shown to be a new type of proteinase inhibitor which has an anchoring sequence. Human elafin, a potent inhibitor specific for elastase and proteinase 3, has a unique repeating sequence in its prosegment that is rich in Gln and Lys residues. The prosegment, termed "cementoin," exhibits high homology with the...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nara K,Ito S,Ito T,Suzuki Y,Ghoneim MA,Tachibana S,Hirose S

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vitro activation of human reovirus transcriptase by alpha-chymotrypsin digestion of viral outer shell proteins was completely dependent on the ionic size of the monovalent cation in the medium. Cations with nonhydrated ionic radii larger than 1.3 A showed full potency of activation of chymotrypsin digestion, and pr...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nagai J,Tanaka M,Nakashima K

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The substrate specificity of microbial transglutaminase (MTG) from Streptomyces mobaraensis (formerly categorized Streptoverticillium) was studied using a Streptomyces proteinaceous protease inhibitor, STI2, as a model amine-donor substrate. Chemical modification and mutational analysis to address the substrate requir...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Taguchi S,Nishihama KI,Igi K,Ito K,Taira H,Motoki M,Momose H

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A fluorescent fragment of Mr = 23,800 was obtained by the papain digestion of N-iodoacetyl-N'-(5-sulfo-1-naphthyl)ethylene diamine (abbreviated as IAEDANS)-modified chicken gizzard myosin. The fragment was isolated by gel filtration on a Sephadex G-100 column in the presence of 5 M guanidine-HCl followed by anion exch...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Onishi H,Maita T,Miyanishi T,Watanabe S,Matsuda G

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An NAD(P)H-dependent C-nitrosoreductase was purified 90 fold from porcine heart cytosol fraction by ammonium sulfate fractionation, gel filtration with Sephadex G-100, ion-exchange chromatography on DEAE-Sephadex A-50, and affinity chromatography on 5'-AMP-Sepharose. The enzyme had no aldehyde reductase activity and s...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Horie S,Ogura Y

更新日期：1980-10-01 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：:The nucleotide sequence of 5S rRNA from the fission yeast, S. pombe, has been established by post labeling procedures combined with cataloging RNase T1- and A-oligonucleotides derived from unlabeled 5S rRNA. The sequence consists of 119 nucleotides without a modified base and shows more dissimilarities (at 38 position...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Komiya H,Miyazaki M,Takemura S

更新日期：1981-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kinetic studies of the two beta-glucosidase isozymes, GB-1 and GB-2, which were from the culture filtrate of a phytopathogenic fungus Pyricularia oryzae, revaled that the latter isozyme was an allosteric protein with two substrate binding sites. The homotropic effects of o- and m-nitrophenyl-beta-D-glucosides on GB-2 ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hirayama T,Nagayama H,Matsuda K

更新日期：1980-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 1H-NMR spectra of eight unsaturated disaccharides obtained by bacterial eliminase digestion of chondroitin sulfate and of heparan sulfate/heparin were recorded in order to construct an NMR data base of sulfated oligosaccharides and to investigate the effects of sulfation on the proton chemical shifts. These shifts...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yamada S,Yoshida K,Sugiura M,Sugahara K

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Poly(A) polymerase [EC 2.7.7.19] was highly purified from beef liver nuclei by the use of column chromatographies on heparin-Sepharose 4B and Blue Dextran-Sepharose 4B. The purified enzyme showed one major protein band of the molecular weight of 57,000 in SDS polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, which agreed with the m...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ohyama Y,Fukami H,Ohta T

更新日期：1980-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pcd gene from Flavobacterium lutescens IFO3084 encoding Delta'-piperideine-6-carboxylate dehydrogenase (PCD) was cloned, sequenced, and expressed in Escherichia coli. The deduced amino acid sequence of PCD from F. lutescens IFO3084 showed strong similarity to that from Streptomyces clavuligerus. The molecular mass...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Fujii T,Narita T,Agematu H,Agata N,Isshiki K

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The interaction between n-octyl-beta-D-glucopyranoside (octyl glucoside) and bovine liver glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH) was studied using techniques including equilibrium dialysis, UV-spectrophotometry, circular dichroism (CD), fluorescence energy transfer and extrinsic spectrofluorometry in 50 mM sodium phosphate buf...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ghobadi S,Safarian S,Moosavi-Movahedi AA,Ranjbar B

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two kinds of myosin phosphatases were purified from fresh chicken gizzard smooth muscle. Alkaline phosphatase (CGP-a), which requires Mg2+, was most active at pH 8.6 with 2 to 4 mM Mg2+, and was essentially the same as the phosphatase we reported previously (J. Biochem. 99, 1027-1036 (1986]. On the other hand, neutral...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yoshida M,Yagi K

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The location and state of an essential histidyl residue in a milk-clotting acid proteases, Mucor rennin, were investigated by NMR spectroscopy. Assignment of the C2H resonance peak of the essential histidyl residue was possible by comparison of the NMR spectrum of the native enzyme with that of the photo-oxidized enzy...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Etoh Y,Shoun H,Ogino T,Fujiwara S,Arima K,Beppu T

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein S, a vitamin K-dependent plasma protein having Gla-residues, increases the rate of inactivation of Factor Va by activated protein C by enhancing the binding of activated protein C to phospholipid [Walker, J.F. (1981) J. Biol. Chem. 256, 11128-11131]. The present study aimed at elucidating the effect of thrombi...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Suzuki K,Nishioka J,Hashimoto S

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the role of carboxyl groups of glucoamylases [EC 3.2.1.3] from a Rhizopus sp. (Gluc1 and Gluc2), the modification of Gluc1 and Gluc2 with a water-soluble carbodiimide, 1-cyclohexyl-3-(2-morpholinyl-(4)-ethyl)carbodiimide metho-p-toluenesulfonate (CMC), was studied. The inactivation of Gluc1 proceeded wi...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Iwama M,Ohtsuki R,Takahashi T,Irie M

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using the methods of methylation/GLC, MS, and 1H-NMR analyses, a disaccharide structure of GalNAc alpha 1----2Fuc1---- was identified as one of the major structural units at non-reducing terminals of a highly branched and N-glycosidically linked carbohydrate on an allergenically active glycopeptide, Gp-2 (Mr ca. 8,000...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Shigeta S,Ono K,Ohta M,Kobayashi Y,Oka S

更新日期：1989-05-01 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：:Protein tyrosine phosphatase receptor type Z (PTPRZ, also known as PTPζ or RPTPβ) is preferentially expressed in the central nervous system (CNS). PTPRZ plays important roles during development and adulthood in CNS myelination, learning and memory. Three splicing isoforms for PTPRZ have been identified to date: two re...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Fujikawa A,Chow JPH,Matsumoto M,Suzuki R,Kuboyama K,Yamamoto N,Noda M

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some alpha(1,3)fucosylated oligosaccharides serve as counter receptors to lectin-like adhesion proteins or are expressed with temporal precision during embryogenesis, and alpha(1, 3)fucosyltransferase is a key enzyme in the production of these oligosaccharides. Two alpha(1,3)-fucosyltransferase genes, designated zFT1 ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kageyama N,Natsuka S,Hase S

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carboxyl groups of native human fibrinogen were modified with glycine methyl ester and 1-ethyl-3(3-dimethylaminopropyl)carbodiimide. It seemed likely that the modification occurred stepwise. Approximately 26% of the carboxyl groups of fibrinogen was modified finally. The modified fibrinogen had no interaction with cat...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kurioka S,Inoue F,Matsuda M

更新日期：1975-11-01 00:00:00