Studies on delta8-delta7 isomerization and methyl transfer of sterols in ergosterol biosynthesis of yeast.

abstract：:ENO1-'lacZ fusions with various lengths of the ENO1 5'-flanking region were constructed on various types of yeast plasmid vectors. The fully expressed level of beta Gal directed by ENO1-'lacZ fusions differed depending on the type of vector, but on any type of vector, beta Gal activity was not greatly influenced by th...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Uemura H,Shiba T,Machida M,Matsui I,Jigami Y,Tanaka H

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Synthesis and degradation of glycerophospholipids in HL-60 cells and retinoic acid (RA)-treated HL-60 cells were examined. The synthesis of each subclass of ethanolamine-containing glycerophospholipids was extremely suppressed in RA-treated HL-60 cells, while that of other glycerophospholipids was not seriously affect...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Naito M,Kudo I,Nakagawa Y,Waku K,Nojiri H,Saito M,Inoue K

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peptide:N-glycanase (PNGase) is the enzyme responsible for de-N-glycosylation of misfolded glycoproteins in the cytosol. Here, we report the molecular identification and characterization of PNGase (png-1, F56G4.5) from Caenorhabditis elegans. This enzyme released both high mannose- and complex-type N-glycans from glyc...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kato T,Kawahara A,Ashida H,Yamamoto K

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously reported that caldesmon (CaD), together with tropomyosin (TM), effectively protects actin filaments from gelsolin, an actin-severing protein. To elucidate the structure/function relationship of CaD, we dissected the functional domain of CaD required for the protection. The basic C-terminal half of rat no...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Takiguchi K,Matsumura F

更新日期：2005-12-01 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：:Calpastatin, an endogenous inhibitor protein specifically acting on calpain [EC 3.4.22.17; Ca2+-dependent cysteine proteinase], was purified to apparent homogeneity from the cytosol fraction of human erythrocytes. The yield was 0.38 mg from 400 ml of blood. The purification procedures included DEAE-cellulose and Ultro...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Takano E,Murachi T

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously, we isolated t-cinnamoyl-D-glucose as a possible intermediate in chlorogenic acid biosynthesis from sweet potato root. The enzyme which catalyzes the formation of t-cinnamoyl-D-glucose has been purified 539-fold from sweet potato root (Ipomoea batatas Lam.) and characterized. It required UDP-glucose as a gl...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Shimizu T,Kojima M

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of extracellular type-II phospholipase A2 (PLA2) on prostaglandin (PG) synthesis has been studied using rat liver-derived BRL-3A cells. The addition of type-II PLA2 to the medium of BRL-3A cells resulted in a marked decrease in the enzymatic activity in the medium. An immunochemical study involving an anti-...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Suga H,Murakami M,Kudo I,Inoue K

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The kinetics of the hydrogen-deuterium exchange reaction in sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) membranes isolated from rabbit skeletal muscle was followed by infrared absorption measurements. The exchange rate in SR was much lower than that in the soluble proteins reported so far. When adenylyl-imidophosphate (AMPPNP, an TP ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Anzai K,Kirino Y,Shimizu H

更新日期：1981-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When meso-tetrakis(3-N-methylpyridiniumyl)porphyrin (m-TMPyP) formed a complex with poly[d(A-T)(2)], an intense bisignate excitonic CD in the Soret absorption region was observed. The excitonic CD of the m-TMPyP-poly[d(A-T)(2)] complex is unique in that no other combination of the related porphyrin, namely, meso-tetra...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Lee YA,Lee S,Lee HM,Lee CS,Kim SK

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When compared with collagens isolated from animal sources, collagens and collagen-like (CL) proteins from non-animal sources are non-immunogenic and thus promising as biomedical materials. Recently, a CL protein, V-CL, was identified from a bacterial source, Streptococcus pyogenes. In this study, an acid-precipitation...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ma L,Chai Y,Wu T,Wang M

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A completely sodium dodecyl sulfate-insoluble protein was obtained from plasmodia of Physarum polycephalum. The amino acid composition of this protein was very similar to that of connectin, an elastic protein of muscle. When the protein suspension was treated with 6 M guanidine-HCl in the presence of 0.1 M 2-mercaptoe...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ozaki K,Maruyama K

更新日期：1980-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The existence of specific binding proteins for alpha-casein, a well-known potent chemoattractant, on guinea pig peritoneal macrophages was demonstrated. Binding of 3H-alpha-casein to macrophages was found to be specific and reversible. Its association constant and the number of binding sites were 5.0 X 10(-6) M and 7....

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Katagiri T,Adachi I,Terao T,Osawa T

更新日期：1980-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Beta-N-Acetylgalactosaminidase [EC 3.2.1.53] was purified to homogeneity from the culture media of Bacillus sp. AT173-1. The enzyme has a molecular weight of 48,000 as estimated by SDS-PAGE under reducing conditions and an isoelectric point of 4.3. The enzyme requires dithiothreitol as an activator and is most active ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Tanaka A,Ozaki S

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The state of association of bovine Band 3, which is a major intrinsic protein of erythrocyte membranes, was examined in nonaethyleneglycol dodecyl ether (C12E9) solution by ultracentrifugation, gel filtration, gel electrophoresis and cross-linking studies. The molecular weight of bovine Band 3 was 107,000 +/- 5% as de...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nakashima H,Makino S

更新日期：1980-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The asparagine-linked sugar chains of human follicle-stimulating hormone (hFSH) were liberated as radioactive oligosaccharides from the polypeptide moiety by hydrazinolysis followed by N-acetylation and NaB3H4 reduction. Ninety-five percent of the oligosaccharides were acidic and all were converted to a mixture of neu...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Renwick AG,Mizuochi T,Kochibe N,Kobata A

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (InsP3) releases Ca2+ from the non-mitochondrial Ca2+ store site of various types of cells. To study the mechanisms of the Ca2+ release from the store site, the effect of InsP3 on the passive Ca2+ release and influx, and the active Ca2+ uptake in the presence of oxalate, was examined using...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hirata M,Kukita M,Sasaguri T,Suematsu E,Hashimoto T,Koga T

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The amino acid compositions, constituent polypeptides and bacteriochlorophyll (Bchl) contents of two kinds of Bchl-protein complexes isolated from Rhodopseudomonas palustris were examined. Spectrally dissimilar intracytoplasmic membranes obtained from cells cultured under different conditions were used as starting mat...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hayashi H,Nakano M,Morita S

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The steric course of the enoyl reduction catalyzed by fatty acid synthetase was investigated with the enzymes from bakers' yeast, rat liver and Brevibacterium ammoniagenes. The non-enzymic hydrogen-deuterium exchange of the methylene group of malonyl-CoA was studied by NMR spectroscopy. The half-life period of the met...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Saito K,Kawaguchi A,Seyama Y,Yamakawa T,Okuda S

更新日期：1981-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The region containing the RNA polymerase alpha subunit (RNAPalpha) gene (rpoA) and the ribosomal protein genes of a thermophilic eubacterial strain, Thermus thermophilus (Tt) HB8, was cloned from a genomic DNA library by Southern hybridization. The gene order in this region is rpl36-rps13-rps11-rps4-rpoA-rpl17, which ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Wada T,Yamazaki T,Kuramitsu S,Kyogoku Y

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A lectin was purified from edible mushroom, Volvariella volvacea by extraction with 5% cold acetic acid in the presence of 0.1% 2-mercaptoethanol, followed by ammonium sulfate fractionation, and DEAE-C-52 and CM-C-52 column chromatographies. The molecular weight was measured to be 26,000, and the lectin consisted of t...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Lin JY,Chou TB

更新日期：1984-07-01 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：:Partition of merocyanine dyes, which have a negative charge, onto photosynthetic membranes of chloroplasts and bacteria was analyzed by measuring the fluorescence intensity change, absorbance change, and amount of dye in the supernatant after centrifugation. The partition depended on the surface potential, which is a ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Masamoto K,Matsuura K,Itoh S,Nishimura M

更新日期：1981-02-01 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：:In our previous study, the sphingosine-like immunosuppressant ISP-1 was shown to induce apoptosis in the mouse cytotoxic T cell line CTLL-2. In this study, we characterized the ISP-1-induced apoptotic pathway. Although caspase-3-like protease activity increases concomitantly with ISP-1-induced apoptosis in CTLL-2 cell...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yamaji T,Nakamura S,Takematsu H,Kawasaki T,Kozutsumi Y

更新日期：2001-04-01 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：:A new protein with a chain weight of approximately 220,000 was isolated from 0.6 M KI extracts of I-Z-I brushes of rabbit and chicken skeletal muscles, using (NH4)2SO4 precipitation and three column chromatographic procedures in succession. It was only possible to separate the high molecular weight protein from actin ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Muguruma M,Kobayashi K,Fukazawa T,Ohashi K,Maruyama K

更新日期：1981-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Caldesmon, calmodulin-, and actin-binding protein of chicken gizzard did not affect the process of polymerization of actin induced by 0.1 M KCl. Caldesmon binds to F-actin, thus inhibiting the gelation action of actin binding protein (ABP; filamin). Low shear viscosity and flow birefringence measurements revealed that...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Maruyama K,Morimoto K,Kijima Y,Sobue K,Kakiuchi S

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling pathway, which is conserved from yeast to humans, is activated in response to a variety of extra- and intracellular stimuli, and plays key roles in multiple cellular processes, including proliferation, differentiation, and apoptosis. The MAPK pathway transmits its ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yoshioka K

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the rat, DNA carrying a cluster of the genes for tRNAAsp, tRNAGly, and tRNAGlu, aligned in that order, is repeated about 10 times. Seven DNA clones corresponding to the independent repeating units were isolated from a rat gene library. Nucleotide sequence analysis of these clones revealed the presence of a fourth t...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Shibuya K,Noguchi S,Yamaki M,Nishimura S,Sekiya T

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00