Immunoblotting analysis of plasma protein processing in the secretory pathway of rat liver: identification of proteolytic conversion sites of complement pro-C3 and prohaptoglobin.

abstract：:Upon rehydration of lyophilized Escherichia coli cells with phosphate buffer containing [14C]isopentenyl pyrophosphate (IPP), 14C was incorporated into the cells. Radioactivity was found in ubiquinone-8, an unidentified precursor of ubiquinone-8, demethylmenaquinone-8 and phosphate esters of all-trans-octaprenol and c...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Fujisaki S,Nishino T,Katsuki H

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) membranes of rabbit skeletal muscle were allowed to react with N-(3-pyrene)maleimide (PMI) at pH 7 at 30 degrees C. The Ca(2+)-transporting activity of the SR membranes was reduced to 20% when PMI was bound to the extent of 1 mol/mol of Ca(2+)-transporting ATPase. The ATPase and the E-P...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Suzuki T,Kawakita M

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gizzard tropomyosin molecule is composed of two subunits at 1:1 molar ratio. Possible composites of the tropomyosin molecule are two kinds of homodimer (one for each subunit), a heterodimer of two subunits, or a mixture of heterodimer and homodimer(s). We tried to evaluate the native subunit composition of gizzard...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nakamura S,Sakurai T,Nonomura Y

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lambda dv plasmids having an amber mutation in an initiator gene, O or P, were constructed from mutant lambda phages by recombinant DNA techniques and several properties of such derivatives were investigated. These plasmids are perpetuated in suppressor-plus (amber-permissive) cells, but not in non-suppressor cells. T...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Miwa T,Akaboshi E,Matsubara K

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A crude preparation of membrane-bound phospholipase A (detergent-resistant) in Escherichia coli K-12 cells was found to be quite stable or even apparently activated on incubation at 100 degrees C, but became strikingly thermolabile when it was highly purified and Triton X-100 was removed from the purified enzyme prepa...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Tamori Y,Nishijima M,Nojima S

更新日期：1979-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The crystal structures of the GTP- and GDP-bound alpha subunits of heterotrimeric GTP-binding proteins were recently determined, and a conserved Thr residue in the G2 (linker 2) region of the alpha subunits, which corresponds to Thr182 in Gi2 alpha, was deduced to interact with the gamma-phosphate of GTP and Mg2+. To ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nishina H,Nimota K,Kukimoto I,Maehama T,Takahashi K,Hoshino S,Kanaho Y,Katada T

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:N-acylethanolamines (NAEs) are a class of bioactive lipid molecules in animal tissues, including the endocannabinoid anandamide and the anti-inflammatory substance N-palmitoylethanolamine. Enzymatic hydrolysis of NAEs is considered to be an important step to regulate their endogenous levels. Lysosomal NAE-hydrolysing ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Wang J,Zhao LY,Uyama T,Tsuboi K,Wu XX,Kakehi Y,Ueda N

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) core protein has been suggested to play crucial roles in the pathogeneses of liver steatosis and hepatocellular carcinomas due to HCV infection. Intracellular HCV core protein is localized mainly in lipid droplets, in which the core protein should exert its significant biological/pathological f...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Sato S,Fukasawa M,Yamakawa Y,Natsume T,Suzuki T,Shoji I,Aizaki H,Miyamura T,Nishijima M

更新日期：2006-05-01 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：:The relationship between structure, activity, and stability of the thermostable Bacillus stearothermophilus alpha-amylase was studied by site-directed mutagenesis of the three most conserved residues. Mutation of His-238 to Asp involved in Ca2+ and substrate binding reduced the specific activity and thermal stability,...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Vihinen M,Ollikka P,Niskanen J,Meyer P,Suominen I,Karp M,Holm L,Knowles J,Mäntsälä P

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chalcone synthase was purified to homogeneity by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis from cell suspension cultures of carrot in which anthocyanin synthesis was induced by transferring the cells from a medium containing 2,4-dichlorophenoxy-acetic acid (2,4-D) to one lacking it. A molecular weight of 80,000-85,000 for th...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ozeki Y,Sakano K,Komamine A,Tanaka Y,Noguchi H,Sankawa U,Suzuki T

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Screening of four malic enzymes--NAD-linked enzyme [EC 1.1.1.38], NAD, NADP-linked enzyme [EC 1.1.1.39], NADP-linked enzyme [EC 1.1.1.40], and D-malic enzyme--was carried out with cell-free extracts of the following 16 strains of bacteria by the aid of Sepharose 6B column chromatography: 9 strains of enteric bacteria,...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Iwakura M,Tokushige M,Katsuki H,Muramatsu S

更新日期：1978-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between DNA structure of replacement vectors and gene targeting efficiency was studied using positive-negative selection. The vectors contained pBR322 DNA, a bacterial neomycin-resistance gene (neo) for positive selection, a herpes simplex virus (HSV) thymidine kinase gene (tk) for negative selection,...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Horie K,Nishiguchi S,Maeda S,Shimada K

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular cloning of the gene and the crystal structure of the prolyl aminopeptidase [EC 3.4.11.5] from Serratia marcescens have been studied by us [J. Biochem. 122, 601-605 (1997); ibid. 126, 559-565 (1999)]. Through these studies, Phe139, Tyr149, Glu204, and Arg136 were estimated to be concerned with substrate recog...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ito K,Inoue T,Kabashima T,Kanada N,Huang HS,Ma X,Azmi N,Azab E,Yoshimoto T

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A heat-labile, non-dialyzable factor(s) in soluble fractions from Escherichia coli strains and Bacillus subtilis was found to incorporate the radioactivity of [14C]glutamic acid into 95 degrees C CCl3COOH-insoluble fraction. Incorporation catalyzed by a partially purified factor from E. coli B required ATP, Mg2+, tRNA...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hashizume S,Honjoh T,Shoji M

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Steroid monooxygenase of Rhodococcus rhodochrous is a Baeyer-Villigerase catalyzing the insertion of an oxygen atom between the C(17)- and C(20)-carbons of progesterone to produce testosterone acetate. The 5.1-kbp-long BamHI DNA fragment containing the steroid monooxygenase gene, smo, was cloned from the chromosomal D...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Morii S,Sawamoto S,Yamauchi Y,Miyamoto M,Iwami M,Itagaki E

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel fucose-containing neutral glycosphingolipid (GL-5) was purified from the eggs of the sea urchin, Hemicentrotus pulcherrimus. The chemical structure was determined to be Fuc alpha 1-3GalNAc beta 1-4(Fuc alpha 1-3)GlcNAc beta 1-4Glc beta 1-1Cer by methylation analysis, partial acid hydrolysis, fast atom bombardm...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kubo H,Jiang GJ,Irie A,Suzuki M,Inagaki F,Hoshi M

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Administration of an excessive dose of Bacillus subtilis alpha-amylase [EC 3.2.1.1, alpha-1,4-glucan 4-glucanohydrolase] (BalphaA) induced the production of non-precipitating (non-ppt) IgG2 antibody in guinea pigs, whereas immunization with a normal dose produced precipitating (ppt) IgG1 and IgG2 antibodies. The non-p...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Mori N,Nakamura T,Koyama J

更新日期：1977-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The localization of GTP-binding protein (G-protein) subunits, Go alpha, Gi2 alpha and beta, in subcellular fractions of rat cerebral cortex was determined by means of immunoassays specific for the respective subunits. High concentrations of all three subunits were observed in both crude mitochondrial and microsomal fr...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Asano T,Nagahama M,Kato K

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cell-free protein-synthesizing system active in initiation of translation of both endogenous mRNA and exogenous mRNA has been obtained from postmitochondrial supernatant (S-12) of the liver of ethionine-treated rats by adding reticulocyte ribosomal extract as a source of initiation factor. Formation of polysomes in ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hase M,Endo Y,Natori Y

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondria have two independent protein-import machineries, one in the outer membrane (the Tom system) and the other in the inner membrane (the Tim system). Here, we have characterized the initial steps of precursor import into rat liver mitoplasts. The import reaction was separated into two stages, consisting of pr...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ishihara N,Komiya T,Sakaguchi M,Ito A,Mihara K

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A DNA polymerase beta (pol. beta) inhibitor has been isolated independently from two organisms; a red perilla, Perilla frutescens, and a mugwort, Artemisia vulgaris. These molecules were determined by spectroscopic analyses to be the cyanogenic glucoside, D-mandelonitrile-beta-D-glucoside, prunasin. The compound inhib...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Mizushina Y,Takahashi N,Ogawa A,Tsurugaya K,Koshino H,Takemura M,Yoshida S,Matsukage A,Sugawara F,Sakaguchi K

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies were carried out on the delta 5-desaturation reaction in ergosterol biosynthesis with a particulate fraction of cell-free extract of yeast. A reduced pyridine nucleotide coenzyme and molecular oxygen were required for the reaction. It was shown that the enzyme activity is located in a fraction corresponding to...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Osumi T,Nishino T,Katsuki H

更新日期：1979-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resonance Raman (RR) spectra were obtained in H2O or D2O solution for the purple intermediates of D-amino acid oxidase (DAO) with isotopically labeled substrates, i.e., [1-13C]-, [2-13C]-, [3-13C]-, [15N]-, and [3,3,3-D3]alanine; [carboxyl-13C]- and [15N]proline. RR spectra were also measured for the intermediates of ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nishina Y,Shiga K,Miura R,Tojo H,Ohta M,Miyake Y,Yamano T,Watari H

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We identified a protein with a molecular weight of about 44 kDa in an extract of rat regenerating liver. This protein was undetectable in normal, sham-operated, and completely regenerated liver. We also purified this 44-kDa protein from an extract of rat liver remnant after partial hepatectomy. The partial amino acid ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Tanahashi T,Suzuki M,Itoh N,Mitsui Y

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:RPE65 is a membrane-associated retinoid isomerase involved in the visual cycle responsible for sustaining vision. Many mutations in the human RPE65 gene are associated with distinct forms of retinal degenerative diseases. The pathogenic mechanisms for most of these mutations remain poorly understood. Here, we show tha...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Li S,Hu J,Jin RJ,Aiyar A,Jacobson SG,Bok D,Jin M

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Temperature and solvent effects on reaction center structures were examined in two thermophilic photosynthetic bacteria, Chloroflexus aurantiacus and Chromatium tepidum, in order to gain insight into the interactions among the reaction center proteins and pigment systems. Thermal stability of the reaction centers was ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nozawa T,Madigan MT

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a strategy for generating efficient signal transduction with unnatural heterologous receptor combinations. As previously described [Ueda, H., Kawahara, M. et al. (2000) J. Immunol. Methods 241, 159-170], chimeric receptors composed of the V(H)/V(L) domains of anti-hen egg lysozyme antibody HyHEL-10 and N-ter...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kawahara M,Ueda H,Tsumoto K,Kumagai I,Mahoney W,Nagamune T

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:d-Aspartate is found in the nervous and reproductive system and participates in various physiological roles. While several lines of evidence suggest that this amino acid has an endogenous origin, the enzyme responsible for mammalian d-Asp biosynthesis has not yet been identified. We show that mammalian serine racemase...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ito T,Hayashida M,Kobayashi S,Muto N,Hayashi A,Yoshimura T,Mori H

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The STPR domain is a novel DNA-binding domain composed of repeats of 23 amino-acid-long peptide found in the fibroin-modulator-binding protein-1 (FMBP-1) of the silkworm Bombyx mori. Theoretical proteins having the STPR domain are highly conserved, particularly in vertebrates, but the functions are mostly unknown. In ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Takiya S,Saito S,Yokoyama T,Matsumoto D,Aizawa T,Kamiya M,Demura M,Kawano K

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00