Two J domains ensure high cochaperone activity of DnaJ, Escherichia coli heat shock protein 40.

abstract：:The inhibition of tau fibrillation is a potential therapeutic target for Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases. As a series of studies on inhibiting the transition of soluble monomeric tau into mature fibril, the effect of Tyr310 residue in the third repeat (R3) of the microtubule-binding domain (MBD) on th...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nishiura C,Takeuchi K,Minoura K,Sumida M,Taniguchi T,Tomoo K,Ishida T

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein carbonyls are reported to increase in aging and in pathologies such as Alzheimer's disease and ischemic injury. Detailed study of this important issue has, however, been hampered by lack of an appropriate method to identify individual carbonylated proteins. We describe here an immunoblot method to identify ind...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nakamura A,Goto S

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The plant NADPH oxidases, known as respiratory burst oxidase homologues (Rbohs), play an indispensable role in a wide array of cellular and developmental processes. Arabidopsis thaliana RbohF (AtRbohF)-mediated production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) is involved in biotic and abiotic stress responses. Because of t...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kimura S,Kawarazaki T,Nibori H,Michikawa M,Imai A,Kaya H,Kuchitsu K

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Certain proteins utilize the high reactivity of radicals for catalysing chemically challenging reactions. These proteins contain or form a radical and therefore named 'radical enzymes'. Radicals are introduced by enzymes themselves or by (re)activating proteins called (re)activases. The X-ray structures of radical enz...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Shibata N,Toraya T

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The binding of SopA to the promoter region of its own gene, in which four copies of SopA's recognition sequence, 5'-CTTTGC-3', are arrayed asymmetrically, was examined in vitro. Titration using electrophoretic mobility shift assay showed that the stoichiometry of SopA protomers to the promoter-region DNA is 4 and that...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Komai M,Umino M,Hanai R

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasmapheresis with a dextran sulfate column is a treatment for patients with hypercholesteremia. When proteins bound to the column during the treatment were fractionated to prepare some known proteins, we found a 57 kDa glycoprotein designated GP57 which showed a new N-terminal amino acid sequence. Western-blot analy...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Choi-Miura NH,Sano Y,Oda E,Nakano Y,Tobe T,Yanagishita T,Taniyama M,Katagiri T,Tomita M

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucuronolactone reductase [EC 1.1.1.20] from rat kidney was purified over 300-fold by ammonium sulfate fractionation, chromatography on DEAE-cellulose and hydroxylapatite columns, and preparative isoelectric focusing. The substrate specificity of the enzyme in the reduction reaction was broad, and hexuronic acid was ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hayashi S,Watanabe M,Kimura A

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The endogenous phosphorylation of mouse brain microsomes was studied using the technique of acrylamide gel electrophoresis in the presence of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS). 2. It was found that specific proteins and lipids in brain microsomes were phosphorylated by the terminal phosphate of ATP under appropriate con...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Satomi D

更新日期：1977-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies with crude preparations obtained from a cysteine auxotroph of Saccharomyces cerevisiae showed that O-acetylserine sulfhydrylase could be separated from O-acetylhomoserine sulfhydrylase by chromatography on a DEAE-cellulose column and centrifugation in a sucrose density gradient. On the basis of sedimentation d...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yamagata S

更新日期：1980-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The betagamma subunits of G proteins were coimmunoprecipitated with antibodies against various alpha subunits, and analyzed by silver stain and immunoblotting with conventional transfer procedure and membrane-blocking buffer containing 2% BSA. Multiple isoforms of gamma were coimmunoprecipitated with no significant di...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ueda H,Morishita R,Katoh-Semba R,Kato K,Asano T

更新日期：1998-11-01 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 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：:RING finger protein 8 (RNF8) is an E3 ligase that is pivotal for DNA repair. However, the role of RNF8 in ulcerative colitis (UC) remains unclear. The aim of this study is to investigate the effect and the mechanism of RNF8 on UC model induced by trinitrobenzene sulfonic acid (TNBS) in mice. Lentiviruses overexpressin...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Zhu Y,Shi Y,Ke X,Xuan L,Ma Z

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies were performed in the rat liver to examine whether or not insulin as well as glucagon causes the induction of mitochondrial serine:pyruvate aminotransferase (SPTm) [EC 2.6.1.51] and if so, whether the mechanisms of induction are similar or different for the two hormones. Not only glucagon but also insulin indu...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Miyajima H,Oda T,Ichiyama A

更新日期：1989-04-01 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：:Ester cerebrosides isolated from whale brain were demonstrated to be a mixture of 6-O-acyl, 2-O-acyl, 4-O-acyl, and 3-O-acyl galactosyl ceramides in that order of content (Yasugi, E., et al. (1982) J. Biochem. 91, 1121-1127). However, the existence of 2-O-acyl and 4-O-acyl galactosyl ceramides has not been reported fo...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yasugi E,Kasama T,Kojima H,Yamakawa T

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In our recent study on monoclonal antibodies (mAbs AHA-1-5) against glutaraldehyde (GA)-conjugated histamine (HA), we identified one mAb (AHA-2) which can detect neuronal HA in the rat brain with an immunocytochemistry method (ICC) [Fujiwara et al. (1999) J. Biochem. 126, 503-509]. In the present study the specificity...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Fujiwara K,Murata I,Yagisawa S,Tanabe T,Yabuuchi M,Sakakibara R,Tsuru D

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rate of slow Li+ influx and the fraction of active form of acetylcholine receptor (AChR) of Electrophorus electricus membrane vesicles at equilibrium between the active and desensitized forms of the receptor were measured in the presence of various concentrations of phenyltrimethylammonium (PTA) and nereistoxin (N...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Aoshima H,Hori K,Yamamoto A

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:3-O-Methyl hexosamine was found for the first time and characterized as one of the sugar components of oyster glycolipid. The alditol acetate of this sugar was identified as 3-O-methyl-N-acetylgalactosaminitol acetate by comparing its retention time on gas chromatography and mass spectrum with those of the authentic s...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Matsubara T,Hayashi A

更新日期：1978-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By employing EPR spectrometry with the aid of a spin-trapping agent, 5,5-dimethyl-1-pyrroline-1-oxide (DMPO), the generation of superoxide anion and hydroxyl radical was reevaluated during the respiratory burst of porcine and human neutrophils. Properly prepared resting neutrophils did not generate any spin-trapped ra...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ueno I,Kohno M,Mitsuta K,Mizuta Y,Kanegasaki S

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have reported that high glucose conditions (27 mM for 4 days) induces activation of protein tyrosine phosphatases (PTPases) which are associated with impaired insulin signaling in Rat 1 fibroblasts expressing human insulin receptors [Maegawa, H. et al. (1995) J. Biol. Chem. 270, 7724-7730]. In this study, we found ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Obata T,Maegawa H,Kashiwagi A,Pillay TS,Kikkawa R

更新日期：1998-05-01 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：:A sensitive enzyme-immunochemical staining method was developed for detection of N-glycolylneuraminic acid (NeuGc)-containing glycosphingolipids (GSLs) on silica gel thin-layer chromatography. The procedure consists of immune reaction among NeuGc-containing GSLs, affinity-purified chicken anti-NeuGc-LacCer and horsera...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Higashi H,Fukui Y,Ueda S,Kato S,Hirabayashi Y,Matsumoto M,Naiki M

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a new cannulation method, which completely prevented interruption of circulation to brain tissue during surgical operations, we could prepare a functionally intact hemoglobin-free isolated perfused rat head in situ. The frequency distribution (8-25 Hz) and amplitude of a spontaneous electroencephalogram, EEG (50...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Inagaki M,Tamura M

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitrate reductase (NaR) linked to reduced methyl viologen from Clostridium perfringens was purified by ammonium sulfate precipitation. DEAE-cellulose chromatography, disc electrophoresis on polyacrylamide gel, and triple DEAE-Sephadex chromatography. The specific activity was increased 1,200-fold with a yield of 9%. T...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Seki-Chiba S,Ishimoto M

更新日期：1977-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied the regio- and stereoselectivity of ring-hydroxylation and N-desisopropylation of S(-)- and R(+)-propranolol, using dog liver microsomes and the expressed dog CYP2D15 in insect cells. In dog liver microsomes, 4-hydroxylation was the preferred pathway in S(-)-propranolol oxidation, while N-desisopropyla...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Tasaki T,Iwata H,Kazusaka A,Fujita S

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It was previously found that rabbit serum contains a growth-inhibitory substance for a tumorigenic rat liver cell line RSV-BRL. In the present study, the growth inhibitor was purified from normal rabbit serum to show a homogeneous protein band with a molecular weight (Mr) of 56 k on SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophore...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kimura T,Miyazaki K,Mashima K,Yamashita J,Horio T,Kakuno T

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The specificity of highly purified rat liver cathepsin D was investigated by analyzing the digests of denatured proteins. At the P1 site, cathepsin D prefers hydrophobic residues except Ile and Val, that are branched at the beta-carbon. Strong and weak hydrophobicities are required at P1' and P2 sites, respectively. A...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Imoto T,Okazaki K,Koga H,Yamada H

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The patterns of myosin isozymes in embryonic and adult chicken pectoralis muscle were examined by electrophoresis in a non-denaturing gel system (pyrophosphate acrylamide gel electrophoresis), and both light chains and heavy chains of embryonic and adult myosin isozymes were compared. In pyrophosphate acrylamide gel e...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Takano-Ohmuro H,Obinata T,Masaki T,Mikawa T

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our previous study showed that the amino acid sequence of Tetrahymena histone H2B has a blocked N-terminal residue followed by 119 amino acid residues, X-Pro-Lys.... [J. Biochem. (1982) 91, 897-904]. Now, X has been found to be N-trimethylalanine by 1H nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy of the isolated X-Pro-Lys ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nomoto M,Kyogoku Y,Iwai K

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00