Redox regulation of tyrosine kinase signalling: more than meets the eye.

abstract：:The dephosphorylation of phospho-amino acids with alkaline phosphatase (AlPase) from calf intestine or Escherichia coli and the phosphorylation of bovine serum albumin (BSA) with epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor kinase from human A431 epidermoid carcinoma cells were investigated by 31P NMR spectroscopy. The init...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Takahashi K,Shimidzu M,Shindo H,Kawamoto T,Nishi M,Matsumoto U,Taniguchi S

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In porcine aortic smooth muscle cells, neuropeptide Y (NPY) stimulates mobilization of CA(2+) from intracellular store sites via Y1 receptors. However, it has been debated whether or not Ca(2+) mobilization by Y1 receptors depends on the generation of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate [Ins(1,4,5)P3] following activation of...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Shigeri Y,Nakajima S,Fujimoto M

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Specific antibodies were prepared against cytochromes P450 PB-1, PB-2, PB-4, and PB-5 purified from hepatic microsomes of male rats treated with phenobarbital. With these antibodies, the levels of these four cytochrome P450s in hepatic, renal, and pulmonary microsomes of male rats that were untreated, treated with phe...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Imaoka S,Terano Y,Funae Y

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Expression of structural proteins of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 requires the direct interaction of the viral Rev trans-activator with its cis-acting RNA target sequence, the Rev response element (RRE). The originally defined 234-residue RRE, however, failed to show the full HIV-1 regulator of virion expressio...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kimura T,Ohyama A

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:NADP+-specific isocitrate dehydrogenase was found in several tissues of the pupa of the silkworm, Bombyx mori. This enzyme was highly purified from the whole bodies of pupae. This is the first isolation of the enzyme from insect materials. The purified enzyme gave a single protein band on polyacrylamide gel electropho...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Miake F,Torikata T,Koga K,Hayashi K

更新日期：1977-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel glycosphingolipid (SEGLx) has been isolated from the plerocercoids of a tapeworm, Spirometra erinacei. From the results of compositional analysis, methylation analysis, exoglycosidase hydrolysis, acid hydrolysis, fast atom bombardment mass spectrometry, and proton nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) analysis, its...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kawakami Y,Nakamura K,Kojima H,Suzuki M,Inagaki F,Suzuki A,Sonoki S,Uchida A,Murata Y,Tamai Y

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously, we purified the cathepsin B mRNA 3'-untranslated-region-binding protein (CBBP) from Sarcophaga and suggested its participation in the translational regulation of cathepsin B mRNA in this insect. In this study, we isolated a full length cDNA for CBBP. CBBP was an RNA-binding protein that contained four RGG ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nishikawa T,Kobayashi A,Natori S

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peroxiredoxin from Pyrococcus horikoshii (PhPrx) is a decameric protein formed by ring-type assembly of five dimers. To engineer the quaternary structure of PhPrx, we created a mutant PhPrx (PhPrx6m) by introducing six point mutations designed to dissociate PhPrx into dimers. Although PhPrx6m was a dimer in solution, ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nakamura T,Oshima M,Yasuda M,Shimamura A,Morita J,Uegaki K

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We detected a novel nuclear protein, MMBP-3, that bound to the c-Myc binding motif (CACGTG) in which deoxycytidine in the CpG sequence was methylated. MMBP-3 was partially purified by chromatography on heparin-agarose and hydroxyapatite, followed by affinity adsorption to a matrix coupled to the methylated binding mot...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Suetake I,Tajima S,Asano A

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Picolinate binds to a reduced form of D-amino acid oxidase, and the complex formed has a broad absorption band around 600 nm as in the case of the purple intermediate of the enzyme with a substrate. The dissociation constant at 25 degrees C was 35 microns at pH 7.0. The pH dependence (pH 8.3-pH 6.4) of the dissociatio...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nishina Y,Tojo H,Shiga K

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stem cells divide and undergo self-renewal depending on the signals received from the stem cell niche. This phenomenon is indispensable to maintain tissues and organs in individuals. However, not all the molecular factors and mechanisms of self-renewal are known. In our previous study, we reported that glycosylphospha...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Rikitake M,Matsuda A,Murata D,Dejima K,Nomura KH,Abbott KL,Mitani S,Nomura K

更新日期：2020-12-26 00:00:00

abstract：:1. When ribonuclease T1 [EC 3.1.4.8] (0.125% solution) was treated with a 760-fold molar excess of iodoacetamide at pH 8.0 and 37 degrees, about 90% of the original activity was lost in 24 hr. The half-life of the activity was about 8 hr. The binding ability for 3'-GMP was lost simultaneously. Changes were detected on...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Takahashi K

更新日期：1976-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An in vitro system for accurate transcription initiation by RNA polymerase II was developed using Ehrlich ascites tumor cells. Truncated DNA containing adenovirus 2 major late promoter was faithfully transcribed in this lysate, although the efficiency of transcription was lower than that in a HeLa cell lysate. Creatin...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ohtsuki M,Sekimizu K,Natori S

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was undertaken in an attempt to clarify the pathway by which hyperosmotic stress induces HB-EGF gene expression in rat aortic smooth muscle cells (RASMC). Hyperosmotic stress induced by a high concentration of glucose or mannitol resulted in an increase in HB-EGF mRNA level in a dose- and time-depend...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Koh YH,Che W,Higashiyama S,Takahashi M,Miyamoto Y,Suzuki K,Taniguchi N

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The most reactive single thiol group of rabbit skeletal muscle phosphofructokinase per protomer was modified with the following thiol reagents: iodoacetamide, iodoacetate, 2-hydroxyethyl disulfide, 3,3'-dithiodipropionate, and glutathione disulfide. As a result of the modification, there was increase in not only the a...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nakajima Y,Nakamura K

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The isolation and characterization of rabbit and human cDNAs revealed a new low density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR)-related protein (LRP) designated as LRP5. Human LRP5 cDNA encodes a 1, 616-amino acid type I membrane-like protein with three ligand binding repeats in its extracellular region. LDLR-deficient cells tran...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kim DH,Inagaki Y,Suzuki T,Ioka RX,Yoshioka SZ,Magoori K,Kang MJ,Cho Y,Nakano AZ,Liu Q,Fujino T,Suzuki H,Sasano H,Yamamoto TT

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of ∼22 nt non-coding RNAs that control diverse biological functions in animals, plants and unicellular eukaryotes by promoting degradation or inhibition of translation of target mRNAs. miRNA expression is often tissue specific and developmentally regulated. Aberrant expression of miRNAs ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Davis-Dusenbery BN,Hata A

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to characterize low affinity ATP-binding sites of renal (Na+,K+) ATPase and sarcoplasmic reticulum (Ca2+)ATPase, the effects of ATP on the splitting of the K+-sensitive phosphoenzymes were compared. ATP inactivated the dephosphorylation in the case of (Na+,K+)ATPase at relatively high concentrations, while ac...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Fukushima Y,Yamada S,Nakao M

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The heavy enzyme of gramicidin S synthetase was purified to an almost homogeneous state by a combination of ammonium sulfate fractionation, ornithine-Sepharose 4B chromatography, DEAE-cellulose chromatography, and Ultrogel AcA 22 chromatography. The enzyme was proved to be essentially homogeneous by ultracentrifugatio...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hori K,Kurotsu T,Kanda M,Miura S,Nozoe A,Saito Y

更新日期：1978-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) and lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) are blood-borne lysophospholipids with a wide spectrum of biological activities, which include stimulation of cell growth, prevention of apoptosis, regulation of actin cytoskeleton, and modulation of cell shape, cell migration, and invasion. Activated plate...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Takuwa Y,Takuwa N,Sugimoto N

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ovomucoid-trypsin association complex was prepared by incubating chicken egg white ovomucoid with bovine trypsin. The reactivity of ovomucoid-trypsin complex was investigated by immunodiffusion, quantitative precipitation and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). It was demonstrated that the association of trypsi...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Matsuda T,Watanabe K,Nakamura R

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The kinetic properties of the hydrolyses of 8-Br ATP and 8-SCH3 ATP by myosin [EC 3.6.1.3] and actomyosin were compared with those of ATP, and the following results were obtained. The Ca-NTPase activities of myosin using these two ATP analogs as substrates were smaller than that of ATPase, and the NTPase activities to...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Takenaka H,Ikehara M,Tonomura Y

更新日期：1976-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rho family GTPases act as transducers of signals from extracellular stimuli to the cytoskeleton and gene expression. Their actions are temporal and spatial determinants for cellular functions. The cellular functions of Rho family GTPases have been studied in fibroblasts and endothelial cells, and recent advances have ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Negishi M,Katoh H

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a combined pharmacological and genetic approach, we have identified aa 260-280 in the C2 region as a critical factor in the catalytic function of protein kinase Calpha (PKCalpha). Progressive truncations from the N-terminus as well as selected internal deletion mutants were expressed in Saccharomyces cerevisiae ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Rotenberg SA,Zhu J,Hansen H,Li XD,Sun XG,Michels CA,Riedel H

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently demonstrated, using synthetic peptides modeled on the extension peptide of malate dehydrogenase, that amino acid residues present at the proximal and distal positions relative to the cleavage site are critical determinants for the recognition of substrates by mitochondrial processing peptidase [Niidome et ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Moriwaki K,Ogishima T,Ito A

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ribose-modified fluorescent nucleotide analogs, 3'-O-anthraniloyl and 3'-O-(N-methylanthraniloyl) derivatives of AT(D)P, dAT(D)P, CT(D)P, UT(D)P, IT(D)P, and GT(D)P, were synthesized for use as substrates and affinity labels for the myosin ATPase [Hiratsuka, T. (1983) Biochim. Biophys. Acta 742, 496-508]. None of the ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hiratsuka T

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bindings of cobra venom phospholipases A2 to micelles of n-hexadecylphosphorylcholine were studied by the tryptophyl fluorescence method at 25 degrees C and ionic strength 0.1. The data were analyzed by assuming that the micellar surface has multiple binding sites for the enzyme and these sites are identical and mutua...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Teshima K,Ikeda K,Hamaguchi K,Hayashi K

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A comparative study of vertebrate ventricle tropomyosin has been carried out from the viewpoint of molecular evolution. The ventricles containing one-component tropomyosin were generally known, and in this paper those containing two components were also found in 8 species among mammals, reptiles, amphibia, and fish, b...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yamane A,Hirabayashi T

更新日期：1985-05-01 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：:Thrombomodulin (TM) is a thrombin receptor on the surface of endothelial cells that converts thrombin from a procoagulant to an anticoagulant. Thrombin promotes invasion by various tumor cells, and positive or negative correlations are found between the expression of TM and tumorigenesis in some patients. In this stud...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Niimi S,Harashima M,Takayama K,Hara M,Hyuga M,Seki T,Ariga T,Kawanishi T,Hayakawa T

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00