Structural analysis of cloned cDNAs for polycyclic hydrocarbon-inducible forms of rabbit liver microsomal cytochrome P-450.

abstract：:The contribution of the P1' residue at the first reactive site of peanut protease inhibitor B-III to the inhibition was analyzed by replacement of the P1' Arg(11) with other amino acids (Arg, Ser, Ala, Leu, Phe, Asp) after selective modification of the second reactive site. The Arg derivative had the same trypsin inhi...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kurokawa T,Hara S,Norioka S,Teshima T,Ikenaka T

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In eukaryotes, ribonuclease H1 (RNase H1) is involved in the processing and removal of RNA/DNA hybrids in both nuclear and mitochondrial DNA. The enzyme comprises a C-terminal catalytic domain and an N-terminal hybrid-binding domain (HBD), separated by a linker of variable length, 115 amino acids in Drosophila melanog...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： González de Cózar JM,Carretero-Junquera M,Ciesielski GL,Miettinen SM,Varjosalo M,Kaguni LS,Dufour E,Jacobs HT

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methylobacterium extorquens AM1 is an aerobic facultative methylotroph known to secrete pyrroloquinoline quinone (PQQ), a cofactor of a number of bacterial dehydrogenases, into the culture medium. To elucidate the molecular mechanism of PQQ biosynthesis, we are focusing on PqqE which is believed to be the enzyme catal...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Saichana N,Tanizawa K,Pechoušek J,Novák P,Yakushi T,Toyama H,Frébortová J

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have found that arachidonic (20 : 4) acid is indetectable in phosphatidylinositol and diacyglycerol extracted from Drosophila heads. After careful examinations of the lipid extraction processes and fatty acid detection system (gas-liquid chromatography), we excluded the possibility of the oxidation of polyunsaturat...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yoshioka T,Inoue H,Kasama T,Seyama Y,Nakashima S,Nozawa Y,Hotta Y

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ribosomal protein S19 (RP S19) oligomers have been discovered as the first chemoattractant of migrating monocytes/macrophages to apoptotic cells via the C5a receptor (C5aR). In contrast to C5a, a fusion of the C-terminus (I(134)-H(145)) of RP S19 to C5a, the C5a/RP S19 chimera, substitutes for the RP S19 oligomers and...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nishiura H,Zhao R,Yamamoto T

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Serratia marcescens serine protease gene encoding a 1,045-amino-acid precursor protein of 112 kDa directs excretion of the mature protease of ca. 58 kDa through the outer membrane of Escherichia coli. A typical signal peptide of 27 amino acids and a large COOH-terminal domain of the precursor are both functionally...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Shikata S,Shimada K,Kataoka H,Horinouchi S,Beppu T

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An acidic protein of human saliva, which we named SAP-1 previously, is now shown to be an inhibitor of several cysteine proteinases. The protein inhibited papain and ficin strongly, and stem bromelain and bovine cathepsin C partially. However, it did not inhibit either porcine cathepsin B or clostripain. The mode of t...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Isemura S,Saitoh E,Ito S,Isemura M,Sanada K

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Under conditions where nM level of calmodulin was able to show full activation of myosin light chain kinase and cyclic-nucleotide phosphodiesterase, the fragments of calmodulin at concentrations as high as 20 microM failed to activate these enzymes in the presence of Ca2+. The fragments tested were Ala1-Lys75 (F12), A...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Minowa O,Yazawa M,Sobue K,Ito K,Yagi K

更新日期：1988-03-01 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：:The lanthanide ions Lu3+ (diamagnetic) and Gd3+ (paramagnetic broadening probe) were used to displace Ca2+ from the high-affinity cation binding site on G-actin. The effects of these higher-affinity ions on the proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectrum of actin were recorded. The aliphatic proton envelope in the Gd-a...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Barden JA,dos Remedios CG

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The beta peptide (113-125), derived from a conserved sequence of the beta subunit of integrins, was synthesized to investigate its adhesive properties to matrix proteins and the effects on cell adhesion to immobilized fibronectin. In this study, we observed that the biotinylated beta peptide was able to bind efficient...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Liu YK,Nemoto A,Feng Y,Uemura T

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The DNA chain elongation mechanisms of mouse DNA polymerases alpha and beta have been analyzed by using denatured DNA with a (dT)n block at the 3'-end as a template in combination with RNA ((rA)12-20)primer. The (rA)12-20-primed DNA product synthesized by DNA polymerase alpha was 3-5 s in size even after prolonged rea...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Matsukage A,Nishizawa M,Takahashi T,Hozumi T

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A continuous cell-free protein synthesis system [Spirin et al. (1988) Science 242, 1162-1164] was modified so as to be suitable for coupled transcription-translation, a process useful for obtaining products of cloned genes or cDNAs. A reaction chamber equipped with an ultrafiltration membrane was newly designed and an...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kigawa T,Yokoyama S

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neutral alpha-glucosidase was partially purified from granular fractions isolated from guinea pig polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNL). The native enzyme had a high molecular weight, about 417,000, with a subunit of 43,000. The purified enzyme hydrolysed 4-methylumbelliferyl alpha-glucoside and maltose, but not isomalt...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Imai K,Harada T,Takano Y,Morikawa S,Tanaka A

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As a new strategy for drug discovery and development, I focus on drug re-profiling as a way to identify new treatments for diseases. In this strategy, the actions of existing medicines, whose safety and pharmacokinetic effects in humans have already been confirmed clinically and approved for use, are examined comprehe...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Mizushima T

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activity and stability of mushroom tyrosinase were studied in ionic liquid (IL)-containing aqueous systems. The effect of three ILs ([BMIm][PF(6)], [BMIm][BF(4)]), and [BMIm][MeSO(4)], where [BMIm] = 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium) and their inorganic salts (KMeSO(4), KPF(6), and NaBF(4)) on the enzyme performance wa...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yang Z,Yue YJ,Huang WC,Zhuang XM,Chen ZT,Xing M

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The kinetic specificities of BPN' and Carlsberg subtilisins [EC 3.4.21.14] were examined with various nucleus-substituted derivatives of Nalpha-acetylated aromatic amino acid methyl esters for mapping their hydrophobic binding sites in comparison with that of alpha-chymotrypsin. The Carlsberg enzyme was generally much...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Karasaki Y,Ohno M

更新日期：1978-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The stimulatory effects of glucose and lactate on protein synthesis by round spermatids (steps 1-8) were further studied. When the cells were incubated with lactate, the response of protein synthesis in round spermatids was closely related to the intracellular level of ATP. The ATP level in spermatids increased to 3.1...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nakamura M,Hino A,Kato J

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein S, a vitamin K-dependent plasma protein having Gla-residues, increases the rate of inactivation of Factor Va by activated protein C by enhancing the binding of activated protein C to phospholipid [Walker, J.F. (1981) J. Biol. Chem. 256, 11128-11131]. The present study aimed at elucidating the effect of thrombi...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Suzuki K,Nishioka J,Hashimoto S

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Specific and high titer antisera against 4-O-methylglucuronic acid-containing glycosphingolipid (Lipid IV) from spermatozoa of the fresh-water bivalve, Hyriopsis schlegelii, were raised in rabbits. The antisera were found to agglutinate spermatozoa of three fresh-water bivalves, H. schlegelii, Anodonta woodiana, and C...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Sugita M,Inoue T,Itasaka O,Hori T

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coenzyme A (CoASH) is an obligate cofactor for lipids undergoing beta-oxidation in peroxisomes. Although the peroxisomal membrane appears to be impermeable to CoASH, peroxisomes contain their own pool of CoASH. It is believed that CoASH enters peroxisomes as acyl-CoAs, but it is not known how this pool is regulated. T...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Reilly SJ,Tillander V,Ofman R,Alexson SE,Hunt MC

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the regulation of lipid body biogenesis in the oleaginous fungus Mortierella ramanniana var. angulispora by investigating culture conditions to modulate lipid body size, which we found was affected by the carbon-to-nitrogen ratio (C/N ratio) in the culture medium. Increasing the nitrogen source or decreasin...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kamisaka Y,Noda N,Yamaoka M

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) of rabbit skeletal muscle was irradiated with ultraviolet light (UV) in the presence of vanadate plus 2 mM EGTA, 10 mM MgCl2, 20% DMSO, and 50 mM PIPES (pH 6.5) at room temperature. In the presence of 100 microM vanadate, the Ca(2+)-uptake activity of SR rapidly decreased and was almost...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hirose T,Yamasaki K,Yamamoto T

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The peptide bond syntheses catalyzed by subtilisin BPN', papain [EC 3.4.22.2], and pepsin [EC 3.4.23.1] were studied comparatively at the optimum pH of the enzymes with the coupling system Cbz-(AA)n-OH + Leu-X leads to Cbz-(AA)n-Leu-X, in which AA = various amino acid residues, n = 1-3 and X = -NH2, -OEt, -OBut, -ODPM...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Morihara K,Oka T

更新日期：1981-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tryptophan hydroxylase from mouse mastocytoma P-815 is activated by ethylenediaminetetraacetate (EDTA). The activation proceeds in a pH-, temperature-, and time-dependent manner and leads to a 30-fold higher activity at maximum. The optimal EDTA concentration is 10 microns. The activation requires solely EDTA with des...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yanagisawa M,Hasegawa H,Ichiyama A

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bach2 is a member of the BTB-basic region leucine zipper factor family and represses transcription activity directed by the TPA response element, the Maf recognition element (MARE) and the antioxidant-responsive element. Recently, it was reported that upon oxidative stress Bach2 forms nuclear foci surrounding the prom...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hoshino H,Nishino TG,Tashiro S,Miyazaki M,Ohmiya Y,Igarashi K,Horinouchi S,Yoshida M

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We prepared a streptavidin-based neoglycoprotein which carries more than 140 GT1b oligosaccharides. GT1b oligosaccharides were covalently coupled to streptavidin by reductive amination, yielding a monomer form of streptavidin carrying 13 oligosaccharides. The monomer form of glycosylated streptavidin was polymerized w...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hashimoto Y,Suzuki M,Crocker PR,Suzuki A

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:3-Isopropylmalate dehydrogenase (IPMDH) is a dimeric enzyme with a strongly hydrophobic core that is composed of residues from four alpha-helices. We replaced Glu253, which is found in the hydrophobic core and is part of the subunit interface of the Bacillus subtilis (Bs) IPMDH, with several other amino acids to probe...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ohkuri T,Yamagishi A

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human serum sulfotransferase activities were measured in normal controls and patients with macular corneal dystrophy (MCD), an inherited disorder characterized by the decreased sulfation of keratan sulfate in the corneal stroma and serum, using two kinds of acceptor: partially desulfated keratan sulfate and a trisacch...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hasegawa N,Torii T,Nagaoka I,Nakayasu K,Miyajima H,Habuchi O

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The allosteric properties of AMP deaminase [EC 3.5.4.6] from chicken erythrocytes have been qualitatively and quantitatively accounted for by the concerted transition theory of Monod et al., on the assumption that this enzyme has different numbers of binding sites for each ligand. Theoretical curves yield a satisfacto...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yoshino M,Kawamura Y,Ogasawara N

更新日期：1976-08-01 00:00:00