Ca2+-induced alteration in the unfolding behavior of alpha-lactalbumin.

abstract：:The effect of synthetic polycations, polyallylamine, and polyethylenimine, on liposomes containing phosphatidylserine was investigated along with that of polylysine and divalent cations. The addition of polycations caused aggregation of sonicated vesicles composed of phosphatidylserine and phosphatidylcholine (molar r...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Oku N,Yamaguchi N,Yamaguchi N,Shibamoto S,Ito F,Nango M

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regulation of the enzymatic activity of heterotrimeric smooth muscle myosin phosphatase (SMMP) by MgATP was examined using phosphorylated myosin (P-myosin), heavy meromyosin (P-HMM), subfragment-1 (P-S1), and 20 kDa myosin light chain (P-MLC(20)) as substrates. The activity toward P-myosin and P-HMM was dose-dependent...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Sato O,Ogawa Y

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 20,000 dalton light chain (L2) was isolated from rabbit and chicken striated muscle myosins, and the Ca2+-induced conformational changes of these proteins were investigated. 1) The reaction of thiol groups of L2 with dithiobisnitrobenzoic acid (DTNB), 2) measurements of the UV difference absorption spectrum, 3) me...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Minowa O,Matsuda S,Yagi K

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:[3H]Methyl group incorporation and histamine secretion in rat mast cells induced by anti-IgE and con A were strongly inhibited by trans-4-guanidinomethylcyclohexanecarboxylic acid 4-tert-butylphenyl ester (GMCHA-OPhBut), a strong and specific inhibitor for pH 7 tryptase (Muramatsu et al. (1988) Biol. Chem. Hoppe-Seyle...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Takei M,Matumoto T,Endo K,Muramatu M

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report here the molecular cloning and characterization of the Drosophila neutral ceramidase (CDase). Using the BLAST program, a neutral CDase homologue (AE003774) was found in the Drosophila GenBank and cloned from a cDNA library of Drosophila imaginal discs. The open reading frame of 2,112 nucleotides encoded a po...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yoshimura Y,Okino N,Tani M,Ito M

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Telomerase is a unique reverse transcriptase involved in the maintenance of telomeric DNA, which is generally undetectable in normal human somatic cells. However, it has been found in organs of normal adult rodents including the liver. In order to elucidate relevant control mechanisms operating in normal somatic cells...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nozawa K,Kurumiya Y,Yamamoto A,Isobe Y,Suzuki M,Yoshida S

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the effect of Ca2+ on the reactivities of two SH groups of DTNB light chain (Cys 128 and Cys 157) using a fluorogenic thiol reagent. It was found that a Ca2+-induced change in reactivity occurred only with Cys 128 when the light chain was in an isolated state, whereas it occurred with both Cys 128 and Cys 1...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yamamoto K,Honjo R,Sekine T

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The molecular masses of two of the four DNA polymerase alpha-primase complex subunit peptides from various mammalian cells have been compared through the use of specific monoclonal antibodies. One monoclonal antibody (E4) binds to 77-kDa peptide from HeLa cells and cognate peptides from other mammalian cells (monkey, ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kozu T,Nikaido K,Yagura T

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The multienzyme complex for fatty acid oxidation was purified from Pseudomonas fragi, which was grown on oleic acid as the sole carbon source. This complex exhibited enoyl-CoA hydratase [EC 4.2.1.17], 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase [EC 1.1.1.35], 3-oxoacyl-CoA thiolase [EC 2.3.1.16], cis-3,trans-2-enoyl-CoA isomerase...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Imamura S,Ueda S,Mizugaki M,Kawaguchi A

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To clarify the relationship among ryanodine receptor isoforms from skeletal muscles of various vertebrates (alpha- and beta-isoforms with smaller and larger mobilities on SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, respectively), we examined the cross-reactivities of those receptors from 13 animal species by Western blot ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Murayama T,Ogawa Y

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myosin subfragment-1.pyrophosphate (S1.PPi) complex and S1.ADP complex were observed with 31P NMR at various temperatures between 0 and 25 degrees C. The signal of S1.PPi complex showed a small temperature dependence, indicating that a single conformation exists for the complex. It also showed that the electron densit...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Tanokura M,Ebashi S

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The receptor protein for the mitochondrial protein precursor synthesized in the cytosol was extensively purified from the mitochondrial membrane fraction by affinity column chromatography using a synthetic peptide containing the extrapeptide of ornithine aminotransferase as a ligand. The purified fraction contained tw...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ono H,Tuboi S

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The structure of polygalactosamine purified from the culture fluid of Aspergillus parasiticus AHU 7165 was studied. Partial acid hydrolysis of this polysaccharide, in which 55 to 65% of the monosaccharide residues were N-unsubstituted, gave a series of galactosamine oligosaccharides (dimer to hexamer) in a good yield....

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Takada H,Araki Y,Ito E

更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spo0A is both a positive and a negative transcriptional regulator which plays a very important role in sporulation initiation in Bacillus subtilis. Its N-terminal amino acid sequence is homologous to that of regulator proteins of the two-component regulatory systems involved in signal transduction in bacteria. Phospho...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Asayama M,Kobayashi Y

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using glycerol gradient centrifugation, the molecular sizes of porcine (2'-5')oligoadenylate synthetases (2-5A synthetases) were estimated. The 2-5A synthetase purified from pig spleen was about 150 kDa, while the enzyme extracted from nuclei of Newcastle disease virus-infected pig epithelial cells (SK-h) was about 20...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Shimizu N,Sokawa Y,Sokawa J

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reported previously competitive panning elution with PBS (pH 7.0) that contains HM-1 killer toxin (HM-1) and Candida albicans membrane fraction (CaMF) to release phages bound with CaMF as an antigen. Here, as an alternative strategy, we isolated high-binding affinity recombinant single-chain fragment variables (scF...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Krishnaswamy S,Kabir ME,Miyamoto M,Furuichi Y,Komiyama T

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cilia and flagella of eukaryotic cells are evolutionarily conserved organelles with a microtubule-based axoneme as a scaffold. To fulfil their functions in cellular motility, sensory reception and developmental signalling, cilia contain unique proteins, such as receptors and ion channels. The assembly and maintenance ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nakayama K,Katoh Y

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations of epsilon-sarcoglycan gene (SGCE) have been implicated in myoclonus-dystonia (M-D), a movement disorder. To determine the pathophysiology of M-D, we produced Sgce knockout mice and found that the knockout mice exhibited myoclonus, motor impairments, hyperactivity, anxiety, depression, significantly higher l...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yokoi F,Dang MT,Li J,Li Y

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enterococcus hirae V-ATPase, in contrast to most V-type ATPases, is resistant to N-ethylmaleimide (NEM). Alignment of the amino acid sequences of NtpA suggests that the NEM-sensitive Cys of V-type ATPases is replaced by Ala in E. hirae V-ATPase. Consistent with this prediction, the V-ATPase became sensitive upon subst...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Murata T,Yoshikawa Y,Hosaka T,Takase K,Kakinuma Y,Yamato I,Kikuchi T

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis using 0.5% agarose gel in the 1st dimension and 2-12% gradient polyacrylamide gel in the 2nd dimension succeeded in the isoelectrical focusing of connectin, a giant myofibrillar protein of approximately 3,000 kDa. Immunoblotting with an anti-connectin monoclonal antibody, SM1-36-2, ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Matsumura K,Hori S,Sugiura H,Shimizu T

更新日期：1990-10-01 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：:The DNA fragment containing the phoS gene, a regulatory gene for alkaline phosphatase, has been isolated from Escherichia coli K-12 chromosomal DNA by cutting off the DNA with Hind III restriction enzyme and by cloning the gene with plasmid vector pTP 4 which was constructed in this study. The isolated fragment was of...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Iwakura M,Shimura Y,Tsuda K

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pure bovine rhodopsin pellets were prepared by removal of cholic acid from rhodopsin-cholic acid complex, and X-ray diffraction patterns from the internal structure of rhodopsin were obtained for the first time using wet and dry pellet samples. The peaks at around 10 and 4.3 A spacings observed for both samples can be...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kawaguchi T,Hamanaka T,Kito Y

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spontaneous insertion of membrane proteins into liposomes formed from Escherichia coli polar phospholipids is blocked by diacylglycerol (DAG) at a physiological level. We found that cholesterol also blocks this spontaneous insertion, although a much larger amount is necessary for sufficient blockage. Reversely, sphing...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nakamura S,Suzuki S,Saito H,Nishiyama KI

更新日期：2018-04-01 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：:Two kinds of monoclonal antibodies (3B9 and SM1) against connectin, muscle elastic protein, reacted with both alpha- and beta-connectins. Immunofluorescence studies revealed that 3B9 stained both edges of the A band of chicken breast muscle myofibrils and remained as such upon stretching to a sarcomere length of 3.5 m...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Itoh Y,Suzuki T,Kimura S,Ohashi K,Higuchi H,Sawada H,Shimizu T,Shibata M,Maruyama K

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Expression of inter-alpha-trypsin inhibitor light chain (ITI-LC, also known as bikunin or urinary trypsin inhibitor) was examined in various human tissues. By reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction, the mRNA was detected not only in the liver, a known site of ITI-LC production, but also in the kidney, heart, ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Itoh H,Tomita M,Kobayashi T,Uchino H,Maruyama H,Nawa Y

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The modification of proteins by SUMO (small ubiquitin-like modifier) regulates various cellular processes. Sumoylation often occurs on a specific lysine residue within the consensus motif psiKxE/D. However, little is known about the specificity and selectivity of SUMO target sites. We describe here a SUMO assay with p...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Schwamborn K,Knipscheer P,van Dijk E,van Dijk WJ,Sixma TK,Meloen RH,Langedijk JP

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The stalk protein L12 is the only multiple component in 50S ribosomal subunit. In Escherichia coli, two L12 dimers bind to the C-terminal domain of L10 to form a pentameric complex, L10[(L12)(2)](2), while the recent X-ray crystallographic study and tandem MS analyses revealed the presence of a heptameric complex, L10...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nomura T,Nakatsuchi M,Sugita D,Nomura M,Kaminishi T,Takemoto C,Shirouzu M,Miyoshi T,Yokoyama S,Hachimori A,Uchiumi T

更新日期：2008-11-01 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