Ciliary protein trafficking mediated by IFT and BBSome complexes with the aid of kinesin-2 and dynein-2 motors.

abstract：:alpha and beta chains from adult hemoglobin of the slender loris (Loris tardigradus) were isolated by Amberlite CG-50 column chromatography. After S-aminoethylation, both chains were digested with trypsin and the amino acid sequences of the tryptic peptides obtained were analyzed. Further, the order of these tryptic p...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Maita T,Goodman M,Matsuda G

更新日期：1978-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:8-Azido GTP (8-N3 GTP) was demonstrated to be polymerized into RNA by influenza virus-associated RNA polymerase at about one tenth the rate of GTP incorporation. The Km value for the azido analogue of GTP in primer-dependent RNA synthesis was 94 microM whereas Km for the natural substrate, GTP, was 6.7 microM. Upon ex...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Asano Y,Mizumoto K,Maruyama T,Ishihama A

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To examine whether serine proteases of rat liver chromatin are also involved in the degradation of newly synthesized and unbound ribosomal proteins and histones, like the nuclear thiol protease which we reported previously (Tsurugi, K. & Ogata, K. (1979) Eur. J. Biochem. 101, 205-213), in vivo experiments were carried...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Tsurugi K,Oyanagi M,Ogata K

更新日期：1983-05-01 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 physicochemical nature of an active fragment (T2A) of colicin E3 was examined together with those of its specific inhibitor, B, and the T2A-B complex under various conditions by means of CD and fluorescence spectroscopy. 1. T2A was mainly composed of unordered structure, although the molecule was folded into a rat...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Suzuki K,Ohno S,Imahori K

更新日期：1980-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The bacterial opsins can be refolded to regenerate the chromophore by transfer from SDS to DMPC/CHAPS/SDS mixed micelles in the presence of retinal. A sequential refolding model has been proposed for bacterioopsin [Booth et al. (1995) Nature Struct. Biol. 2, 139-143]. However, the roles of DMPC and CHAPS in the refold...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Sugiyama Y,Mukohata Y

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apoprotein of electron-transferring flavoprotein (ETF) reacts with FAD as follows: A*<-->A, A+FAD<-->holoETF. Two different forms of apoETF (A* and A) convert into each other and only one of them, A, can associate with FAD [Sato, K. et al. (1991) J. Biochem. 109, 734-740]. In the present study, the reactions between a...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Sato K,Nishina Y,Shiga K

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) serve as key regulators in human disorders. Previous research reported that miR-211-5p is down-regulated in osteoarthritis (OA) and that Fibulin-4 inhibits chondrocyte differentiation. However, the role of miR-211-5p in the development of OA has not been clarified, and its downstream target has not ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Liu H,Luo J

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to obtain information on the nature of the amino acid residues involved in the activity of ribonuclease U1 [EC 3.1.4.8], various chemical modifications of the enzyme were carried out. RNase U1 was inactivated by reaction with iodoacetate at pH 5.5 with concomitant incorporation of 1 carboxymethyl group per mo...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hashimoto J,Takahashi K

更新日期：1977-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Tropomyosin, one of the regulatory proteins in muscle contraction, was prepared from chickens, rabbits, frogs, shrimps, and shellfish, and conserved characteristics were studied using an enzymological technique. 2. All tropomyosins tested, irrespective of their sources, were found to have the ability to mediate the...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hayashi J,Hirabayashi T

更新日期：1978-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method for immobilizing oligosaccharides on a TLC plate for immunostaining has been developed. N-Glycolylneuraminic acid (NeuGc)-containing oligosaccharides derived from II3NeuGc-LacCer, IV3NeuGc-nLcOse4Cer, II3NeuGc-GgOse3Cer, and II3(NeuGc)2-LacCer by digestion with our newly isolated endoglycoceramidase (Ito, M. ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Higashi H,Hirabayashi Y,Ito M,Yamagata T,Matsumoto M,Ueda S,Kato S

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recombinant horse L-apoferritin and its mutants were used to compare the reactivities of two different cysteinyl residues with 7-fluoro-4-sulfamoyl-2,1,3-benzoxadiazole (ABD-F), p-chloromercuribenzoic acid (PCMB), N-(9-acridinyl)maleimide (NAM), and 4-maleimido-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-N-oxyl (NEM-TEMPO). ABD-F s...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Takeda S,Yamaki M,Ebina S,Nagayama K

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sialoglycoprotein which exhibits inhibitory activity for hemagglutination by Hemagglutinating Virus of Japan (HVJ, Sendai virus) was isolated from the membrane of bovine erythrocytes. Purification steps for this sialoglycoprotein included extraction with lithium diiodosalicylate, phenol partition, precipitation with e...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Suzuki Y,Suzuki T,Matsumoto M

更新日期：1983-06-01 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：:The complete amino acid sequences of the Ulex europeus anti-H(O) lectins I and II were determined by using a protein sequencer. After digestion with endoproteinases Lys-C and Asp-N of the lectins reduced with 2-mercaptoethanol and modified with iodoacetamide, the resulting peptides were purified by reversed-phase high...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Konami Y,Yamamoto K,Osawa T

更新日期：1991-04-01 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：:A rat liver-specific antigen (RLSA) solubilized with the nonionic detergent non-anonyl-N-methylglucamide was purified through affinity column chromatography with a monoclonal antibody and by high-performance liquid chromatography with a hydroxylapatite column. The purified RLSA showed a single band on sodium dodecyl s...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Sato K,Ikeda T,Kawai F,Osada Y

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the preceding paper [Maita, T., Miyanishi, T., Matsuzono, K., Tanioka, Y., & Matsuda, G. (1991) J. Biochem. 110, 68-74], we reported the amino-terminal 837-residue sequence of the heavy chain of adult chicken pectoralis muscle myosin. This paper describes the carboxyl terminal 1,097-residue sequence and the linkage...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Maita T,Yajima E,Nagata S,Miyanishi T,Nakayama S,Matsuda G

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:β-lactoglobulin forms a non-native α-helix during an early stage of folding. To address the role of the non-native structure in the folding process, we designed several mutants of equine β-lactoglobulin with reduced helical propensity in the non-native helix region. One of them, A123T, showed a similar structure to th...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Okabe T,Miyajima T,Nakagawa K,Tsukamoto S,Fujiwara K,Ikeguchi M

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amino acids produced from formaldehyde and hydroxylamine in modified sea mediums with different concentrations of molybdate were analyzed. The modified sea mediums contained lower concentration of sodium chloride and higher concentrations of transition metal ions (Zn2+, Fe3+, Cu2+, Co2+, Mn2+ each 10(-4)m, and Mo O4(2...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hatanaka H,Egami F

更新日期：1977-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fluorescence characteristics of product (I), formed during the lipid peroxidation of rat liver phosphatidylcholine liposomes containing glycine, and fluorescent product (II), derived from the reaction of malonaldehyde with glycine, were examined to elucidate the mechanism of fluorescent chromophore formation. Fluo...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Shimasaki H,Hirai N,Ueta N

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reported previously competitive panning elution with PBS (pH 7.0) that contains HM-1 killer toxin (HM-1) and Candida albicans membrane fraction (CaMF) to release phages bound with CaMF as an antigen. Here, as an alternative strategy, we isolated high-binding affinity recombinant single-chain fragment variables (scF...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Krishnaswamy S,Kabir ME,Miyamoto M,Furuichi Y,Komiyama T

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:His397 was replaced with alanine by site-directed mutagenesis of the cloned PRC1 gene in order to confirm the role of this residue in the proton-relay system of carboxypeptidase Y (CPY). The expressed and purified H397A showed a CD spectrum almost identical to that of the wild type enzyme, but its heat stability and c...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Jung G,Ueno H,Hayashi R

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acetoxy Drug: Protein Transacetylase (TAase) mediating the transfer of acetyl group(s) from polyphenolic acetates (PA) to certain functional proteins in mammalian cells was identified by our earlier investigations. TAase activity was characterized in the cell lysates of Mycobacterium smegmatis and the purified protein...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Gupta G,Baghel AS,Bansal S,Tyagi TK,Kumari R,Saini NK,Ponnan P,Kumar A,Bose M,Saluja D,Patkar SA,Parmar VS,Raj HG

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Comparative substrate specificities of farnesyl pyrophosphate synthetases I and II purified from larvae of silkworm, Bombyx mori, were studied by use of the possible biosynthetic intermediates of juvenile hormones in the insect. In the presence of Mn2+ ions farnesyl pyrophosphate synthetase II showed higher activity t...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Koyama T,Matsubara M,Ogura K

更新日期：1985-08-01 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：:20S proteasomes from higher eukaryotes have immunological functions rather than those from archibacteria or yeast. To clarify the mechanism of the sorting and production of antigen-presenting peptides, it is important and worthwhile to determine the structure of mammalian proteasomes using a third generation synchrotr...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Tomisugi Y,Unno M,Mizushima T,Morimoto Y,Tanahashi N,Tanaka K,Tsukihara T,Yasuoka N

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four Bowman-Birk type double-headed inhibitors (B, C-II, D-II, and E-I) were isolated from soybeans. Inhibitor B was different from Bowman-Birk inhibitor only in chromatographic behavior. One mole of C-II inhibited one mole each of bovine trypsin and bovine alpha-chymotrypsin, probably at the same site, and porcine el...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Odani S,Ikenaka T

更新日期：1977-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed lipids extracted from human hepatoma HepG2 cells using a high performance liquid chromatograph equipped with a reversed phase column and found a compound with a mass spectrum showing certain diagnostic ion fragments of 1-methoxy-5-polyprenyl-phenol, a known intermediate of ubiquinone biosynthesis. Universa...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kang DC,Takeshige K,Minakami S

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We demonstrate here that ribosomes from not only Escherichia coli and Thermus thermophilus [Nitta et al. (1994) J. Biochem. 115, 803-807; ibid., (1995) 118, 841-849] but also yeast and bovine mitochondria catalyze peptide synthesis promoted by a high concentration of pyridine in the absence of soluble protein factors ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nojima T,Nitta I,Ueda T,Watanabe K

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00