Purification and characterization of membrane-bound phospholipase A2 from rat platelets.

abstract：:A gene encoding an Na+/H+ antiporter was cloned from chromosomal DNA of the slightly halophilic marine bacterium Vibrio parahaemolyticus. The host was an Escherichia coli mutant that lacked both of the two major Na+/H+ antiporters, NhaA and NhaB. Untransformed mutant cells were unable to grow in the presence of 0.6 M ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kuroda T,Shimamoto T,Inaba K,Tsuda M,Tsuchiya T

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In dystrophic hamsters, increases in the levels of cathepsin B plus L and thiol proteinase inhibitor were marked in skeletal muscle, but only slight in heart muscle. The lysosomal hydrolases did not increase in parallel in dystrophic muscle: cathepsin B plus L and beta-glucuronidase increased, but cathepsin C and acid...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kominami E,Bando Y,Ii K,Hizawa K,Katunuma N

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sulfate-reducing bacteria, Desulfovibrio vulgaris, strain Miyazaki, were grown on either sulfate, sulfite, or thiosulfate as the terminal electron acceptor. Better growth was observed on sulfite and less growth on thiosulfate than on sulfate. Enzyme levels of adenylylsulfate (APS) reductase [EC 1.8.99.2], reductant-ac...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kobayashi K,Morisawa Y,Ishituka T,Ishimoto M

更新日期：1975-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The amino acid sequence of the glycophorin from porcine erythrocyte membrane has been determined by Edman degradation. Porcine glycophorin is a polypeptide chain of 133 amino acid residues and contains 12 oligosaccharide units attached to the amino-terminal side of the molecule. Ten oligosaccharides are linked O-glyco...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Honma K,Tomita M,Hamada A

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four flavonoids (i.e., baicalein, quercetin, quercetagetin, and myricetin), known to be inhibitors of HIV-reverse transcriptase, have been shown to be more or less inhibitory to the activities of various cellular DNA and RNA polymerases. The degree of the inhibition varied depending on the combination of the flavonoid...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ono K,Nakane H

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The amino acid sequence of the mature protein of Euglena gracilis cytochrome c1 was determined by sequencing of its cDNA. A cDNA expression library was constructed from Euglena poly(A)+ RNA in phage lambda gt11 and screened with an antiserum raised against cytochrome c1 polypeptide isolated from purified E. gracilis c...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Mukai K,Wakabayashi S,Matsubara H

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Highly purified recombinant human tumor necrosis factor (TNF) (molecular mass determined as 17 kilodaltons (kDa) by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and as 36 kDa by Sephadex G-100 gel chromatography) was labeled with 125I to a specific activity of 5 microCi/micrograms without appreciable loss...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yoshie O,Tada K,Ishida N

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The enthalpies of transfer of several amino acids and diglycine from water to aqueous polyols (glycerol, xylitol, sorbitol, and inositol) have been calorimetrically determined in order to clarify the mechanism of polyol-induced stabilization of proteins. The obtained enthalpy data were combined with the data on free e...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Gekko K

更新日期：1981-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously developed a simple gene transfection procedure mediated by cationic lipid vesicles for animal cells, in which a commercially available cationic surfactant, dimethyldioctadecyl ammonium bromide (DDAB), was used for making lipid vesicles. In the present study, we examined enhancement of transfection e...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： You J,Kamihira M,Iijima S

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serine dehydrogenase from Escherichia coli is a homotetrameric enzyme belonging to the short-chain dehydrogenase/reductase (SDR) family. This enzyme catalyses the NADP(+)-dependent oxidation of serine to 2-aminomalonate semialdehyde. The enzyme shows a stereospecificity for β-(3S)-hydroxy acid as a substrate; however,...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yamazawa R,Nakajima Y,Mushiake K,Yoshimoto T,Ito K

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:3-Ketovalidoxylamine A C-N lyase was purified about 900-fold from the cell-free extract of Flavobacterium saccharophilum by ammonium sulfate fractionation, column chromatography on CM cellulose and gel filtration on Sephacryl S-200. The purified enzyme was homogeneous as judged by sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) polyacry...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Takeuchi M,Asano N,Kameda Y,Matsui K

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemoglobin-vesicles (HbV) have been developed for use as artificial O(2) carriers in which a purified Hb solution is encapsulated within a phospholipid bilayer membrane. In this study, bovine Hb (BHb) was tested as a source of HbV instead of human Hb (HHb). We compared the preparation process and characteristics of BH...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Sakai H,Masada Y,Takeoka S,Tsuchida E

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The interaction between riboflavin and riboflavin binding protein (RBP) was studied by 13C-NMR spectroscopy. The 13C-NMR spectra of riboflavin selectively enriched at the 2-, 4-, 4a-, and 10a-positions and of (3-[13C]methyl)riboflavin were measured both in the free and RBP-bound forms. The 13C signals of 13C-enriched ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Miura R,Tojo H,Fujii S,Yamano T,Miyake Y

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the role of the C-terminal region of barley beta-amylase, plasmid delta 54 was constructed with an expression vector (pBETA92) of barley beta-amylase by site-directed mutagenesis. Escherichia coli JM109 harboring plasmid delta 54 was expected to express delta 54 beta-amylase in which 54 amino acid resid...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yoshigi N,Sahara H,Koshino S

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The catalytic properties of a new type of dihydropteridine reductase, NADPH-specific dihydropteridine reductase [EC 1.6.99.10], from bovine liver, were studied and compared with those of the previously characterized enzyme, NADH-specific dihydropteridine reductase [EC 1.6.99.7]. With quinonoid-dihydro-6-methylpterin, ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nakanishi N,Hasegawa H,Akino M,Yamada S

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paramyosin is a myosin-binding protein characteristic of invertebrate animals, while troponin is a Ca2+-dependent regulator of muscle contraction. Both proteins are widely distributed in protostomes, while in deuterostomes, their distribution is limited; namely, presence of paramyosin and absence of troponin are commo...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Sonobe H,Obinata T,Minokawa T,Haruta T,Kawamura Y,Wakatsuki S,Sato N

更新日期：2016-12-01 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：:Chondroitin sulphate proteoglycan 4 (CSPG4) is a cell surface proteoglycan highly expressed by tumour, perivascular and oligodendrocyte cells and known to be involved cell adhesion and migration. This study showed that CSPG4 was present as a proteoglycan on the cell surface of two melanoma cell lines, MM200 and Me1007...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Tang F,Lord MS,Stallcup WB,Whitelock JM

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Steady-state kinetic analyses suggest that Pseudomonas ochraceae 4-carboxy-2-hydroxymuconate-6-semialdehyde dehydrogenase (4-carboxy-2-hydroxy-cis,cis-muconate-6-semialdehyde: NADP+ oxidoreductase [EC 1.2.1.45]) functions through an ordered BiBi mechanism. The enzyme binds one NADP+ molecule per subunit with a Kd of 4...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Maruyama K

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monkey (Macaca fuscata) mononuclear leukocytes were stimulated to produce thromboplastin (tissue factor) upon exposure to lipopolysaccharide, LPS. The stimulation was dose-related in the concentration range of 10(-5) to 10(-1) micrograms/ml of LPS. Lipid A portion of the LPS molecule was essential to induce the leukoc...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nakamura S,Gotoh S,Takenaka O,Takahashi K

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTHrP) has two different targeting signals: an N-terminal signal peptide for the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) targeting and an internal nuclear localization signal. The protein not only functions as a secretory protein, but is also found in the nucleus and/or nucleolus under certain ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Amaya Y,Nakai T,Miura S

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tryptophan residues in ribonuclease from a Rhizopus sp. (RNase Rh) were modified by NBS, H2O2-dioxane, o-nitrophenylsulfenyl chloride (NPS-Cl) and the relation between the extent of modification and enzymatic activity was studied in each case. By extrapolation of the modified tryptophan residue-enzymatic activity curv...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Sanda A,Irie M

更新日期：1980-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calf thymus DNA polymerases alpha and beta [EC 2.7.7.7] and terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase [EC 2.7.7.31] were analyzed on two-dimensional gel slabs. DNA polymerase beta appeared as a single spot on two-dimensional gel at the position of 40,000 daltons and pI 8.0 using non-equilibrium pH gradient gel electrophor...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Koiwai O,Masaki S,Kaneda T,Yoshida S

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Histidine and its derivatives increased rabbit muscle fructose 1,6-bisphosphatase activity at neutral pH with positive cooperativity. In the presence of histidine and carnosine the optimum pH shifted from pH 8.0 to 7.4. The cooperative response of the enzyme to AMP and fructose 1,6-bisphosphate was observed in the pre...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ikeda T,Kimura K,Hama T,Tamaki N

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The phi X174-DNA membrane complex was isolated from Escherichia coli infected with phi X174 am3 by isopycnic sucrose gradient centrifugation followed by zone electrophoresis. The phi X174 DNA-membrane complex banded at two positions, intermediate density membrane fraction and cytoplasmic membrane fraction, having bouy...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Azuma J,Morita J,Komano T

更新日期：1980-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An actin-depolymerizing marine natural product, mycalolide B, and a related compound, kabiramide D, were labeled with biocytin, a biotin derivative, and used to specify target molecules in cultured rat 3Y1 fibroblasts. Mycalolide B exhibited the ability to bind to various intracellular proteins, probably through the M...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Wada S,Matsunaga S,Saito S,Fusetani N,Watabe S

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We found phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C (PtdIns-PLC) activity in nuclei isolated from rat liver. The enzyme hydrolyzed phosphatidylinositol, phosphatidylinositol 4-monophosphate (PIP) and phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate in a Ca(2+)-dependent manner, and produced inositol mono-, bis-, and triphosphate,...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kuriki H,Tamiya-Koizumi K,Asano M,Yoshida S,Kojima K,Nimura Y

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondrial porin is a major integral membrane protein of the outer membrane. To assess the stop-transfer sequence in the yeast porin molecule (P), we constructed the following chimeric proteins. (i) The signal sequence of interleukin 2, a secretory protein, was fused to the amino-terminus of porin (SP). (ii) The ma...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Sakaguchi M,Hachiya N,Mihara K,Omura T

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When an aqueous solution of a spin-labeled "two tail" gangliosidoid was incubated with liposomes or sheep erythrocytes, the broad single resonance line in the ESR spectrum disappeared and a signal showing an anisotropic motion appeared, indicating that the spin-labeled "two tail" gangliosidoid in the micellar state wa...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kanda S,Inoue K,Nojima S,Utsumi H,Wiegandt H

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously reported that calpastatin, an endogenous inhibitory protein of calpain, is cleaved by a caspase-3-like protease during apoptosis in human Jurkat T cells [Kato, M. et al. (2000) J. Biochem. 127, 297-305]. In this study, we found that nonmuscle myosin heavy chain-A (NMHC-A) is cleaved during apoptosis...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kato M,Fukuda H,Nonaka T,Imajoh-Ohmi S

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00