Chemical modifications of histidyl and tyrosyl residues of inorganic pyrophosphatase from Escherichia coli.

abstract：:We investigated whether transforming growth factor (TGF)-β1 promoted epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and migration of human oral squamous cell carcinoma (hOSCC) cells. Among 6 hOSCC cell lines investigated, Smad2 phosphorylation and TGF-β target genes expression were most clearly upregulated following TGF-β1 s...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Saito D,Kyakumoto S,Chosa N,Ibi M,Takahashi N,Okubo N,Sawada S,Ishisaki A,Kamo M

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The denaturation of recombinant horse L-chain apoferritin (rLF), which is composed of 24 L-chain subunits, in acidic solution was studied. Using two rLF mutants, lacking four (Fer4) or eight (Fer8) N-terminal amino acid residues, the effect of N-terminal residues on the protein's stability was investigated. Of the two...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yoshizawa K,Mishima Y,Park SY,Heddle JG,Tame JR,Iwahori K,Kobayashi M,Yamashita I

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We cloned and sequenced the Serratia marcescens prolyl aminopeptidase (SPAP) gene. Nucleotide sequence analysis revealed an open reading frame of 951 bp, encoding a protein of 317 amino acids with a predicted molecular weight of 36,083. The expressed enzyme was purified about 90-fold on columns of Toyopearl HW65C and ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kabashima T,Kitazono A,Kitano A,Ito K,Yoshimoto T

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cDNA of a novel protein, which contains the association domain of alpha isoform of calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaM-kinase II alpha), was cloned from rat skeletal muscle. This protein, called alpha KAP, consisted of 200 amino acid residues with a molecular weight of 22,583. alpha KAP has a highly hydrop...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Sugai R,Takeuchi M,Okuno S,Fujisawa H

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bovine renal brush-border membranes were solubilized by 1.6% sodium cholate. Na+/H(+)-antiporter was recovered in the supernatant after centrifugation at 160,000 x g for 1 h and was successfully reconstituted into proteoliposomes by a cholate-dialysis procedure. The reconstituted Na+/H(+)-antiporter showed a pH-gradie...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yamashita T,Kawakita M

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytokine-induced neutrophil chemoattractant (CINC/Gro) is a chemotactic factor for neutrophils in the rat and a member of the CXC chemokine family. The refined three-dimensional structure of CINC/Gro was derived with the aid of heteronuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and a hybrid method of distance geometry and ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hanzawa H,Haruyama H,Konishi K,Watanabe K,Tsurufuji S

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Long interspersed nuclear element (LINE) is known to be transposed by reverse transcription using its RNA transcript. Recognition of the 3' stem-loop of LINE RNA by its reverse transcriptase (RT) is an important step of the retrotransposition. Our previous study revealed that the second G residue (G8) in the GGAUA loo...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Otsu M,Kajikawa M,Okada N,Kawai G

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heat-stable fructose 1,6-bisphosphate-dependent L-lactate dehydrogenase [EC 1.1.1.27] was purified from an extremely thermophilic bacterium, Thermus aquaticus YT-1. The amino acid composition and NH2-terminal 34 amino acid sequence of the enzyme were determined. Its NH2-terminal sequence shows high homology with those...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Machida M,Matsuzawa H,Ohta T

更新日期：1985-03-01 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：: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 gene of an extreme thermophile, Thermus thermophilus HB8, which codes for a leucine biosynthetic enzyme, 3-isopropylmalate (3-IPM) dehydrogenase [EC 1.1.1.85], was cloned in Escherichia coli using pBR322 as a vector. E. coli cells carrying this recombinant plasmid, pHB2, produced the thermophilic enzyme 7-fold mor...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Tanaka T,Kawano N,Oshima T

更新日期：1981-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Class B scavenger receptor type I (SR-BI) is a phosphatidylserine (PS)-recognizing receptor of testicular Sertoli cells responsible for the phagocytosis of spermatogenic cells undergoing apoptosis. Here, we determined signal mediators that compose a signalling pathway for SR-BI-induced phagocytosis. Results of a yeast...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Osada Y,Sunatani T,Kim IS,Nakanishi Y,Shiratsuchi A

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activity of rat liver asparagine synthetase [EC 6.3.1.1]increased when animals maintained on 25% protein diet were placed on 15% or 6% protein diet. The enzyme activity level rose within one day, reached a maximum in 7 or 10 days after switching the diet and thereafter dropped gradually. During the purification of...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hongo S,Matsumoto T,Suzuki I,Sato T

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present investigation was undertaken to see to what extent the alpha-amino group of the amino acid, the side chain of the amino acid of aminoacyl-tRNA, and the tRNA structure are involved in determining the affinity of aminoacyl-tRNA for bacterial elongation factor Tu-GTP complex. Various aminoacyl-tRNAs, mis-amin...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Tanada S,Kawakami M,Nishio K,Takemura S

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of muscarinic acetylcholine receptors (mAChRs) causes the rapid release of Ca2+ from intracellular stores and a sustained influx of external Ca2+ in PC12D cells, a subline of the widely studied cell line PC12. Release of Ca2+ from intracellular stores and a sustained influx of Ca2+ are also observed followi...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ebihara T,Guo F,Zhang L,Kim JY,Saffen D

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methylation and demethylation of the methyl-accepting chemotaxis protein (MCP) was studied in vitro. The in vitro MCP methylating system showed the following characteristics. 1. Multiple bands of methylated MCP were produced. 2. The reaction could be separated into two phases: the initial phase, in which the level of ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hayashi H,Minoshima S,Ohba M

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have cloned a DNA from a human pancreatic cDNA library using a cloned rat pancreatic elastase 1 cDNA as a probe, and determined its nucleotide sequence. This cDNA contains a coding region of 810 nucleotides which encodes a 270-amino-acid protein. The deduced amino acid sequence shows less than 60% homologies with r...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Shirasu Y,Takemura K,Yoshida H,Sato Y,Iijima H,Shimada Y,Mikayama T,Ozawa T,Ikeda N,Ishida A

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two novel oligosaccharides with the sialyl-Le(a) structure were isolated from human milk using a monoclonal antibody, MSW 113. These oligosaccharides were purified by affinity chromatography on a column of the immobilized monoclonal antibody and by high-performance liquid chromatography, and structurally characterized...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kitagawa H,Nakada H,Fukui S,Funakoshi I,Kawasaki T,Yamashina I,Tate S,Inagaki F

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:7 beta-Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (7 beta-HSD) was produced by Ruminococcus sp. PO1-3 obtained from among human intestinal bacteria. The enzyme was purified from a crude extract by ammonium sulfate fractionation, and Butyl-Toyopearl 650M, Sephadex G-150, Matrex Red A and Octyl-Sepharose chromatographies. The purifie...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Akao T,Akao T,Kobashi K

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation-induced cell death (AICD) plays a critical role in the maintenance of homeostasis and peripheral tolerance in the immune system, and is mediated by Fas ligand (FasL) expression and the interaction between Fas and FasL. In the present study, we examined the role of the ubiquitin-proteasome system in AICD usi...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Tanimoto Y,Kizaki H

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial flagellar motors exploit the electrochemical potential gradient of a coupling ion as energy source and are composed of stator and rotor proteins. Vibrio alginolyticus has a Na(+)-driven motor and its stator is composed of PomA and PomB. Recently, we isolated increased motility strains (sp1-sp4) from the PomA...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Terashima H,Terauchi T,Ihara K,Nishioka N,Kojima S,Homma M

更新日期：2013-08-01 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：:This study presents the structural, kinetic and thermodynamic characterizations of previously unknown submicellar concentrations of SDS-induced molten globule (MGSDS) state of a highly negatively charged base-denatured ferricytochrome c (UB-state) at pH ∼12.8 (±0.2). The far-UV CD, near-UV CD, ANS-fluorescence data of...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Jain R,Sharma D,Kumar R,Kumar R

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A hybridoma cell line producing mouse monoclonal antibody against pig kidney Na,K-ATPase was established. The antibody, named 38 (mAb38, IgG1), was purified from mouse ascites fluid by chromatography on a protein A-Sepharose column. Antigens immobilized on microplate wells with p-benzoquinone were used for titer assay...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Urayama O,Nagamune H,Nakao M,Hara Y,Sugiyama H,Sato K,Nakao T

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new hetero-bifunctional photo crosslinking reagent, 2-(4-azidoanilyl)-4-(4-azabicyclo-[2,2, 2]hexylammonio)-6-morpholino-1,3,5-triazine chloride, was designed to detect and isolate heparin-binding protein(s) that may act as heparin-receptor(s) on the platelet surface. In a preliminary study using ethanol as a model ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Suda Y,Mori K,Bird K,Marques D,Ormsby J,Tanaka S,Koshida S,Nakamura M,Kusumoto S,Sobel M

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pH dependence of the binding constant of Ca2+ to a phospholipase A2 of Agkistrodon halys blomhoffii, in which the alpha-amino group had been selectively modified to an alpha-keto group, was studied at 25 degrees C and ionic strength 0.1 by the tryptophyl fluorescence method. The dependence was compared with the re...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Haruki H,Teshima K,Samejima Y,Kawauchi S,Ikeda K

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteolytic trimming of isoprenylated proteins, including Ras, at the C-terminal CAAX motifs is a key event in their activation. However, the protease responsible for the proteolysis has not been well characterized yet. In this study, we established a novel assay method for the enzyme using a fluorescent substrate, da...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nishii W,Muramatsu T,Kuchino Y,Yokoyama S,Takahashi K

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new sulfated polysaccharide was isolated from the culture supernatant of a strain of Arthrobacter sp. The polysaccharide purified with quaternary ammonium salts consists of D-galactose, D-glucose, sulfate, phosphorus, glucosamine, muramic acid, alanine, glutamic acid, glycine, and LL-diaminopimelic acid in a molar r...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Inoue K,Korenaga H,Kadoya S

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nascent peptides on free and bound ribosomes prepared from rat liver were labeled and released with [3H]puromycin, and the amounts of the nascent peptides of two secretory proteins, serum albumin and transferrin, were determined by immunoprecipitation with specific antibodies. An appreciable amount of serum albumin na...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Oda T,Ito A

更新日期：1981-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The absorption of bile alcohols by rat small intestine was studied using in vivo and in vitro preparations. In bile duct cannulated rats, intraduodenal administered bile alcohols were certainly absorbed and excreted in the bile, although the absorption was not so efficient as for bile acids. The absorption during a 24...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hoshita T,Harada N,Morita I,Kihira K

更新日期：1981-11-01 00:00:00