Characterization of paramyosin and thin filaments in the smooth muscle of acorn worm, a member of hemichordates.

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：:A high mobility group (HMG) nonhistone protein fraction HMG(1 + 2), composed of HMG1 and HMG2, was prepared from pig thymus chromatin. In order to examine a possibility that the HMG(1 + 2) participates in the unwinding of the DNA double-helix, DNA hydrolysis assay systems with the endonucleases specific for single-str...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yoshida M,Shimura K

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The conformational changes of ribonucleic acid induced by heat treatment were studied by measurements of fluorescence polarization, circular dichroism, and ultraviolet absorption. The fluorescence polarization of proflavine covalently bound to the 3'-end of 16S ribosomal RNA of Escherichia coli and that of ethenoadeno...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kumagai JI,Ohta T,Imahori K

更新日期：1976-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The position of a single N'-formylkynurenine residue in ozone-inactivated hen egg-white lysozyme [EC 3.2.1.17] was determined by two methods. One involved identification of an amino-terminus of the C-peptide obtained by selective cleavage with hydrazine of the kynurenyl peptide linkage in oxidized lysozyme. The other ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Sakiyama F,Natsuki R

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The entire mitochondrial genome of Rana catesbeiana was cloned into a plasmid vector pBR322 at the unique BamHI site and the nucleotide sequences of the ND2 gene and of its flanking genes were determined. The ND2 gene was encoded by 1,033 base pairs and, as deduced from the nucleotide sequence, the ND2 product consist...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Fujii H,Shimada T,Goto Y,Okazaki T

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. 3'-Guanylyl-ethanol, 3'-guanylyl-propanol, and 3'-guanylyl-alpha-glycerol were synthesized by ribonuclease N1 [EC 3.1.4.8] using guanosine 2',3'-cyclic phosphate as a phosphate donor and various alcohols as phosphate acceptors. The yields of these phosphodiesters were 15%, 13.5%, 38.2%, respectively, with respect t...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Tamanoi F,Uchida T,Egami F,Oshima T

更新日期：1976-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The complete amino acid sequence of coagulogen purified from the hemocytes of the horseshoe crab Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda was determined by characterization of the NH2-terminal sequence and the peptides generated after digestion of the protein with lysyl endopeptidase, Staphylococcal aureus protease V8 and trypsin...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Srimal S,Miyata T,Kawabata S,Miyata T,Iwanaga S

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied enzymatic activities in sea urchin egg extracts that phosphorylate myosin regulatory light chain (MRLC) from chicken gizzard smooth muscle. The activity in the presence of EGTA showed cell cycle-dependent changes similar to that of histone H1 kinase, namely, it peaked shortly before cleavage, while that in ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Mishima M,Mabuchi I

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously purified two D-3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydratase preparations from human liver. One preparation contained a 77-kDa polypeptide and smaller polypeptides, and the other was a homodimer of a 46-kDa polypeptide. Three different purified rat peroxisomal D-3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydratase preparations have been ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Jiang LL,Miyazawa S,Hashimoto T

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the substrate specificity of two mutated geranylgeranyl diphosphate synthases, I-9 and I-11, with respect to several artificial substrates. These mutated enzymes have replacements in the amino acid sequences from positions 170 to 173, which are thought to be a part of the putative substrate binding region....

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ohnuma S,Hemmi H,Koyama T,Ogura K,Nishino T

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resonance Raman spectra of the soluble-domain of a membrane-bound hydrogenase from Desulfovibrio vulgaris Miyazaki F were recorded in different oxidation states. In the oxidized state, the Raman band due to the totally symmetric stretching mode of the iron-sulfur cluster was observed at 341 cm-1, which was attributed ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Furuichi H,Ozaki Y,Niki K,Akutsu H

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Centromere protein B (CENP-B) is one of the centromere DNA binding proteins constituting centromeric heterochromatin of human chromosomes. This protein was originally identified as the target antigen in autoimmune disease patients (often with scleroderma). In this study, we cloned a human CENP-B cDNA which was longer ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Sugimoto K,Muro Y,Himeno M

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three-dimensional images of the actin-tropomyosin-myosin subfragment-1 (S1) complex were reconstituted from both minimal- and high-dose electron micrographs by using a conventional reconstruction technique. Higher resolution (1/15 A-1) than those of the previous reconstructions was attained. A multi-domain structure s...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Toyoshima C,Wakabayashi T

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 gene encoding NADH dehydrogenase from an alkalophile, Bacillus sp., was cloned and sequenced. The cloned DNA fragment contained an open reading frame of 1,557 nucleotides which encodes a polypeptide composed of 519 amino acid residues (Mr 55,830). The predicted amino acid sequence was consistent with the partial a...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Xu XM,Koyama N,Cui M,Yamagishi A,Nosoh Y,Oshima T

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Incubation of quiescent cultures of Swiss 3T3 cells with epidermal growth factor (EGF) caused an increase in c-myc mRNA. Under these conditions, EGF did not induce phosphoinositide turnover, formation of diacylglycerol, formation of inositol tris-, bis-, and monophosphates, protein kinase C activation, or Ca2+ mobiliz...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Tsuda T,Hamamori Y,Fukumoto Y,Kaibuchi K,Takai Y

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chloroquine myopathy is a drug poisoning disease involving rimmed vacuole formation. By Western blot analysis, we investigated posttranslational modification of LC3 in cultured cells with a high concentration of chloroquine, and found that the autophagosome membrane-bound form of LC3 increased dose-dependently. We als...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Suzuki T,Nakagawa M,Yoshikawa A,Sasagawa N,Yoshimori T,Ohsumi Y,Nishino I,Ishiura S,Nonaka I

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rat liver rhodanese [EC 2.8.1.1] purified by ammonium sulfate fractionation, CM-cellulose and Sephadex G-200 chromatography yielded two active fractions (I & II). Their molecular weights were estimated to be 1.75 X 10(4) (I) and 1.26 X 10(4) (II) by the gel filtration method. Kinetic studies revealed that Fraction I r...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Oi S

更新日期：1975-10-01 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：:The roles of adult worker honeybees change with age; young workers nurse brood by secreting bee milk (royal jelly), and older workers forage for nectar and pollen and process nectar into honey. The electrophoretic profile of worker hypopharyngeal-gland proteins changes with age and/or role. Immunoblotting analysis usi...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kubo T,Sasaki M,Nakamura J,Sasagawa H,Ohashi K,Takeuchi H,Natori S

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of gene mutations are detected in cells derived from human cancer tissues, but roles of these mutations in cancer cell development are largely unknown. We examined G364R mutation of MCM4 detected in human skin cancer cells. Formation of MCM4/6/7 complex is not affected by the mutation. Consistent with this no...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ishimi Y,Irie D

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondria are dynamic organelles that frequently divide and fuse together, resulting in the formation of intracellular tubular networks. In yeast and mammals, several factors including Drp1/Dnm1 and Mfn/Fzo1 are known to regulate mitochondrial morphology by controlling membrane fission or fusion. Here, we report th...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ichishita R,Tanaka K,Sugiura Y,Sayano T,Mihara K,Oka T

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Temperature and solvent effects on reaction center structures were examined in two thermophilic photosynthetic bacteria, Chloroflexus aurantiacus and Chromatium tepidum, in order to gain insight into the interactions among the reaction center proteins and pigment systems. Thermal stability of the reaction centers was ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nozawa T,Madigan MT

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously, we showed that a polypeptide isolated from fetal bovine cartilage stimulates proteoglycan synthesis, RNA synthesis, and DNA synthesis in cultured rabbit costal chondrocytes. In the present study, the effects of the cartilage-derived factor (CDF) were compared with those of multiplication-stimulating activi...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kato Y,Nomura Y,Tsuji M,Ohmae H,Nakazawa T,Suzuki F

更新日期：1981-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 1H NMR study of a selectively deuterated mouse anti-dansyl monoclonal antibody is reported. Two-dimensional homonuclear Hartmann-Hahn (2D-HOHAHA) spectroscopy was found to be effective for establishing the connectivity between the C2-H and C4-H protons of His residues in the antibody molecule. It has been concluded ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kato K,Nishimura Y,Waelchli M,Arata Y

更新日期：1989-09-01 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：:We determined the complete amino acid sequence of a novel subtilisin inhibitor, SIL15, which had been isolated from the culture supernatant of Streptomyces bikiniensis and shown to be a member of the Streptomyces subtilisin inhibitor (SSI)-like (SIL) protein family, and then identified its reactive site. SIL15 is comp...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Terabe M,Kojima S,Taguchi S,Momose H,Miura K

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously isolated a Ca2+-binding protein from a ciliate, Tetrahymena, and designated it as TCBP (Tetrahymena Ca2+-binding protein). The present paper reports that TCBP, which has two high affinity Ca2+-binding sites (Kd=4.6 X 10(-6) M), could activate porcine brain cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase at a concent...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Suzuki Y,Nagao S,Abe K,Hirabayashi T,Watanabe Y

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To clarify the properties and functions of a trypsin inhibitor from Japanese barley in comparison with the inhibitor from Pirkka barley, an inhibitor was isolated from the barley Hordeum distichum L var. emend Lamark by extraction with 1% NaCl, ammonium sulfate fractionation and repeated chromatography on DEAE-cellul...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ogiso T,Noda T,Sako Y,Kato Y,Aoyama M

更新日期：1975-07-01 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