The fusogenic effect of synthetic polycations on negatively charged lipid bilayers.

abstract：:Bispecific antibody targeting of two different antigens is promising, but when fragment-based antibodies are used, homogeneous production is difficult. To overcome this difficulty, we developed a method using the SpyTag/SpyCatcher system in which a covalent bond is formed between the two polypeptides. Using this metho...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yumura K,Akiba H,Nagatoishi S,Kusano-Arai O,Iwanari H,Hamakubo T,Tsumoto K

更新日期：2017-09-01 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 complete amino acid sequences of the Ulex europeus anti-H(O) lectins I and II were determined by using a protein sequencer. After digestion with endoproteinases Lys-C and Asp-N of the lectins reduced with 2-mercaptoethanol and modified with iodoacetamide, the resulting peptides were purified by reversed-phase high...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Konami Y,Yamamoto K,Osawa T

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Site-specific recognition and DNA-binding activity of p53 are crucial for its tumour suppressor function. Previous reports have shown that metal ions can affect the specific recognition and DNA-binding activity of p53DBD. Here we firstly report that magnesium ion can bind to the protein and influence its DNA-binding a...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Xue Y,Wang S,Feng X

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Palmitoyl CoA inhibited EDTA-ATPase of heavy meromyosin (HMM) prepared from rabbit skeletal muscle. The concentration for half maximum inhibition of EDTA-ATPase was about 18 microM. Myristoyl CoA, the other long chain fatty acyl CoA, also inhibited EDTA-HMM ATPase, but CoA and short chain CoA thioesters, such as butyr...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Fujiwara A,Fujisaki H,Asai H,Yasumasu I

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cysteine proteinase inhibitor (designated as cystatin SA) was isolated from human whole saliva by procedures including chromatography on DE 32 and DEAE-Sepharose CL-6B. The amino acid sequence determined by conventional methods showed sequence homology of 90 and 87% as compared with the sequences of cystatin S and c...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Isemura S,Saitoh E,Sanada K

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The inhibitory effects of galloyl pedunculagin (GP) and eugeniin on the phosphorylation of histone H2B by cAMP-dependent protein kinase (A-kinase) and autophosphorylation of its beta-regulatory subunit (A-kinase beta) were examined in vitro. It was found that (i) GP (ID(50) = approx. 50 nM) effectively inhibits the ac...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kosuge S,Maekawa T,Saito C,Tanaka T,Kouno I,Ohtsuki K

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OsGEN-L has a 5'-flap endonuclease activity and plays an essential role in rice microspore development. The Class 4 RAD2/XPG family nucleases, including OsGEN-L, were recently found to have resolving activity for the Holliday junction (HJ), the intermediate of DNA strand recombination. In this study, we performed a de...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yang Y,Ishino S,Yamagami T,Kumamaru T,Satoh H,Ishino Y

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three forms of cytochrome P-450 of liver microsomes of 3-methylcholanthrene-treated Golden hamsters were purified and characterized as regards their catalytic activity toward aflatoxin B1-related hepatocarcinogenic mycotoxins. These include two major forms, designated as cytochrome P-450-AFB (P-450-I) and P-450-II, an...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Fukuhara M,Nohmi T,Mizokami K,Sunouchi M,Ishidate M Jr,Takanaka A

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:pKY2289, a ColE1::Tn3 derivative, useful for direct selection of cells carrying a hybrid plasmid, was deleted of its mobility functions and parts of the transposon including the left inverted repeat. This deletion mutant, named pKY2700 expresses low levels of colicin E1 synthesis even in recA cells. A nitrosoguanidine...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ozaki LS,Kimura A,Shimada K,Takagi Y

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Loss of bone substance is a common manifestation of hyperparathyroidism. This suggests that parathyroid hormone (PTH) plays an important role as to bone mass. To investigate the mechanism underlying this change in bone mass, I studied the effects of PTH on collagen synthesis and mitogenesis of UMR-106 rat osteoblastic...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Pun KK

更新日期：1989-12-01 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：:Manganese ion, like Mg2+, has been found to produce high biosynthetic activity of the unadenylylated form of glutamine synthetase obtained from Mycobacterium smegmatis, and the activity with each of these cations was decreased by the adenylylation of the enzyme. Further, the gamma-glutamyltransferase reaction was cata...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Matsuoka K,Kimura K

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ascorbate oxidase obtained from a microorganism, Acremonium sp. HI-25 (molecular weight, 80 kDa; monomeric protein), was studied with respect to atomic absorption, EPR, absorption spectra, circular dichroism (CD) spectra, and steady-state kinetics. The enzyme was found to be a multicopper protein, containing four ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hirose J,Sakurai T,Imamura K,Watanabe H,Iwamoto H,Hiromi K,Itoh H,Shin T,Murao S

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the signaling mechanisms involved in the differentiation-inducing activity of lupeol toward B16 2F2 melanoma cells. alpha-Melanocyte stimulating hormone (alpha-MSH), forskolin and dibutyryl cAMP, which are believed to be cAMP-elevating agents and analogues, enhanced lupeol-induced B16 2F2 cell differentiat...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hata K,Hori K,Takahashi S

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have examined critically whether or not new and old histones mix in the octameric units of nucleosomes during chromatin replication. MH-134SC cells were density-labeled by culturing with amino acid mixtures enriched with dense isotopes 2H, 13C, and 15N. Mononucleosomes obtained from labeled cells were fractionated ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yamasu K,Senshu T

更新日期：1987-04-01 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：:Rat platelets released phospholipase A2 and lysophospholipase upon activation with thrombin or ADP. The release of phospholipases was energy-dependent and was not in parallel with that of a known lysosomal marker enzyme, N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminidase. The phospholipases are derived from other granules (dense granule...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Horigome K,Hayakawa M,Inoue K,Nojima S

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Long non-coding RNA is an endogenous non-coding RNA that has currently been proved to be an important player in cancer cell biology. In the present study, we investigated the biological role of PHACTR2-AS1 in tongue squamous cell carcinoma (TSCC). PHACTR2-AS1 was preferentially localized in the cytoplasm, and was nota...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yuan F,Miao Z,Chen W,Wu F,Wei C,Yong J,Xiao C

更新日期：2020-12-26 00:00:00

abstract：:We found functionally active thrombomodulin in human platelets (60 +/- 18 molecules per platelet). Protein C appeared not to be activated by thrombin with gel-filtered platelets. However, the activation of protein C by thrombin was accelerated by thrombin-stimulated and washed platelets. This cofactor activity of the ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Suzuki K,Nishioka J,Hayashi T,Kosaka Y

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we demonstrated that glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) is a phosphatidylserine (PS)-binding protein and localized the putative PS-binding site involved in the membrane fusion induced by this enzyme. In an attempt to identify the PS-binding proteins, we raised polyclonal antibodies against...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kaneda M,Takeuchi K,Inoue K,Umeda M

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A membrane protein insoluble in water was isolated by gel chromatography in the presence of 0.1% sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) from chromatophores of a photosynthetic bacterium, Rhodospirillum rubrum. This is one of the major membrane proteins of the chromatophore. The protein was found to bind about four grams of SDS ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Miyake J,Ochiai-Yanagi S,Kasumi T,Takagi T

更新日期：1978-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The experimental conditions for release of the regulatory light chain (RLC) of scallop myosin at 30 degrees C were studied. Substantially all RLC was released from myosin by incubation for 5 min in medium containing buffer and KCl. This release of RLC was inhibited strongly by Ca2+, while the effect of Mg2+ was about ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Asakawa T,Azuma N

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli RNase HII is composed of 198 amino acid residues. The enzyme has been overproduced in an insoluble form, purified in a urea-denatured form, and refolded with poor yield [M. Itaya (1990) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 87, 8587-8591]. To facilitate the preparation of the enzyme in an amount sufficient for p...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ohtani N,Haruki M,Muroya A,Morikawa M,Kanaya S

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bindings of cobra venom phospholipases A2 to micelles of n-hexadecylphosphorylcholine were studied by the tryptophyl fluorescence method at 25 degrees C and ionic strength 0.1. The data were analyzed by assuming that the micellar surface has multiple binding sites for the enzyme and these sites are identical and mutua...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Teshima K,Ikeda K,Hamaguchi K,Hayashi K

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rho-kinase is a main player in the regulation of cytoskeletal events and a promising drug target in the treatment of both vascular and neurological disorders. Here we report the crystal structure of the Rho-kinase catalytic domain in complex with the specific inhibitor Y-27632. Comparison with the structure of PKA bou...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yamaguchi H,Miwa Y,Kasa M,Kitano K,Amano M,Kaibuchi K,Hakoshima T

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A gene for a methionine aminopeptidase (MAP; EC 3.4.11.18), which catalyzes the removal of amino-terminal methionine from the growing peptide chain on the ribosome, has been cloned from the hyperthermophilic Archaeon, Pyrococcus furiosus, by a novel method effectively using its cosmid protein library, sequenced and ex...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Tsunasawa S,Izu Y,Miyagi M,Kato I

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wild mice are divided into two groups with different ganglioside compositions in the liver. Most Japanese and a few Chinese wild mice have GM2(NeuGc) as a major ganglioside, whereas all wild mice caught at other places distributed all over the world other than Japan and China express GM1(NeuGc) and GD1a(NeuGc) in addi...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hashimoto Y,Suzuki A,Yamakawa T,Wang CH,Bonhomme F,Miyashita N,Moriwaki K

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To understand the mechanism of activation of a receptor by its agonist, the excitation and relaxation processes of the vibrational states of the receptor should be examined. As a first approach to this problem, we calculated the normal vibrational modes of agonists (glutamate and kainate) and an antagonist (6-cyano-7-...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kubo M,Odai K,Sugimoto T,Ito E

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The membrane protein syntaxin (originally named HPC-1) is involved in vesicle trafficking and required for neurotransmitter release at nerve terminals. The presence of syntaxin on target membranes is hypothesized to confer specificity to targeting and fusion via interactions with complementary vesicle-associated prote...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Watanabe T,Fujiwara T,Komazaki S,Yamaguchi K,Tajima O,Akagawa K

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00