Structural and immunochemical studies on D-arabino-D-mannans and D-mannans of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and other Mycobacterium species.

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：:Mammalian/mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) is a highly conserved serine/threonine kinase that responds to environmental determinants such as growth factor concentration, nutrient availability, energy sufficiency and stress. mTOR forms two different complexes, called mTOR complex 1 (mTORC1) and mTORC2, and these ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hoshii T,Matsuda S,Hirao A

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two transferrin (Tf) glycan-isoforms were previously found in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF); one appears to be derived from serum (Tf-2) and the other from choroid plexus, a CSF-producing tissue (Tf-1). To analyse metabolic differences associated with the two isoforms, their ratio (Tf-2/Tf-1) was defined as the Tf index. ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yoshihara A,Fukatsu M,Hoshi K,Ito H,Nollet K,Yamaguchi Y,Ishii R,Tokuda T,Miyajima M,Arai H,Kato T,Furukawa K,Arai H,Kikuchi A,Takeda A,Ugawa Y,Hashimoto Y

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We sought to evaluate the mechanism(s) associated with pro matrix metalloprotease 2 (proMMP-2) activation in bovine pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells. Preincubation of cells with anti-TNFR1 antibody prevented tumour necrosis factor-α (TNF-α)-induced proMMP-2 activation and increase in membrane type 1 matrix metallo...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Roy S,Chakraborti T,Chowdhury A,Chakraborti S

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondrial DNA of an erythromycin-resistant petite mutant of yeast, E734, showed physical maps of inversion, which occurred between two cross-over sites in the fragments Hae A and Hae B. The pair of cross-over sites was inferred to be accommodated within a repeat unit of E734 mtDNA during petite mutation by joining...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Wakabayashi K,Furutani Y

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Binding of native connectin (2,100 kDa fragment of alpha-connectin) to myosin filaments was investigated using a sedimentation technique and densitometric estimations of the separated proteins. In the presence of 60 mM KCl and 5 mM phosphate buffer, pH 7.0, as much as 1.5 mol of connectin was bound to 1 mol of myosin,...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Murayama T,Nakauchi Y,Kimura S,Maruyama K

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to determine the epitope of metallothionein (MT) to a murine monoclonal antibody (MT 189-14-7) which had been produced by immunization with rat MT 2 (Kikuchi et al. (1988) Mol. Immunol. 25, 1033-1036), various lengths of synthetic oligopeptides were tested for their inhibitory activities in competitive radioi...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kikuchi Y,Irie M,Ikebuchi H,Sawada J,Terao T,Nakayama S,Iguchi S,Okada Y

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gene encoding a MutM from Desulfovibrio vulgaris (Miyazaki F) was cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli. A 5.9-kb DNA fragment, isolated from D. vulgaris (Miyazaki F) by XhoI and PvuII, contained a MutM gene and other open reading frames. The nucleotide sequence of the MutM gene indicated that the protein was c...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Sanada H,Nakanishi T,Inoue H,Kitamura M

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A fluorescent fragment of Mr = 23,800 was obtained by the papain digestion of N-iodoacetyl-N'-(5-sulfo-1-naphthyl)ethylene diamine (abbreviated as IAEDANS)-modified chicken gizzard myosin. The fragment was isolated by gel filtration on a Sephadex G-100 column in the presence of 5 M guanidine-HCl followed by anion exch...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Onishi H,Maita T,Miyanishi T,Watanabe S,Matsuda G

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The DNA-dependent protein kinase (DNA-PK) holoenzyme consists of a 470-kDa catalytic subunit (DNA-PKcs), a DNA-binding regulatory component known as Ku protein, and double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) with ends. We previously reported that the activity of DNA-PK in vitro is stimulated by non-histone chromosomal high mobility ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yumoto Y,Shirakawa H,Yoshida M,Suwa A,Watanabe F,Teraoka H

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activities of the digestive enzymes, maltase [EC 3.2.1.20], sucrase [EC 3.2.1.26], trehalase [EC 3.2.1.28], Leucine aminopeptidase [EC 3.4.11.1], and alkaline phosphatase [EC 3.1.3.1] were measured in various regions of the small intestine of rats. The activities of all these enzymes were much higher in the jejunu...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Saito M,Murakami E,Nishida T,Fujisawa Y,Suda M

更新日期：1975-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An enzyme which catalyzes the hydrolysis of acetamido groups of N-acetylglucosamine residues in cell wall peptidoglycan was found in the supernatant and 20,000 X g pellet fractions of Bacillus cereus. Autolysis of the latter fraction resulted in solubilization and activation of the deacetylase. Among various bacteria,...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Araki Y,Oba S,Araki S,Ito E

更新日期：1980-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Affinity labeling with nucleoside polyphosphopyridoxals, especially those with 3 or 4 phosphate groups, was effective for identifying the lysyl residue(s) located at or near the binding site for ATP, GTP, UDP-Glc, or ADP-Glc in various proteins. Furthermore, kinetic analysis of the mutant enzymes, in which the labeled...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Fukui T

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed a screening system for artificial small RNAs (sRNAs) that inhibit the growth of Escherichia coli. In this system, we used a plasmid library to express artificial sRNAs (approximately 200 bases long) containing 60 bases of random nucleotide sequence. The induced expression of the known rydB sRNA in th...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Komasa M,Fujishima K,Hiraoka K,Shinhara A,Lee BS,Tomita M,Kanai A

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methyl-coenzyme M reductase isoenzyme I from the methanogenic Archaeon, Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum (strain Marburg), was crystallized by vapor diffusion methods. Crystal form M obtained with 2-methyl-2,4-pentanediol as the precipitant displayed space group P2(1), with unit cell parameters of a=83.2 A, b=117....

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Shima S,Goubeaud M,Vinzenz D,Thauer RK,Ermler U

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the embryonic smooth muscle of chicken gizzards we found 4 high-Mr-type and 5 low-Mr-type tropomyosin isoforms in addition to alpha- and beta-isoforms reported already. The criteria by which they were identified as tropomyosin isoforms were as follows: 1) anomalous reduction of electrophoretic mobility in the prese...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hosoya M,Miyazaki J,Hirabayashi T

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fatty acid composition of cardiolipin from the Harderian gland of guinea pig was examined by gas chromatography and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. At least 33 kinds of fatty acids were detected. Oleic acid was the most prominent component, accounting for 18.2 mol% of the total fatty acids. About 70.2 mol% o...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Seyama Y,Ohashi K,Yasugi E,Otsuka H

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several kinds of hydrophilic proteins were examined to determine their interaction with artificial liposomes. Mitochondrial aspartate aminotransferase (m-GOT) [EC 2.6.1.1], as well as cytochrome c, was found to interact strongly with negatively charged liposomes. In each case, an appreciable amount of the protein boun...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Furuya E,Yoshida Y,Tagawa K

更新日期：1979-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A sugar autoanalyzer was used on a preparative scale to resolve a gluco-oligosaccharide mixture. In this way the components of the following mixtures were resolved: O-alpha-D-glucopyranosyl-(1-3)-O-[alpha-D-glucopyranosyl-(1-6)]-D-glucose (1), O-alpha-D-glucopyranosyl-(1-6)-O-alpha-D-glucopyranosyl-(1-3)-D-glucose (2)...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Torii M,Alberto BP,Tanaka S,Tsumuraya Y,Misaki A,Sawai T

更新日期：1979-03-01 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：:The heparin-induced self-aggregation behaviours of four repeat peptides (R1-R4) in an acidic solution (pH = 4.5) were investigated by fluorescence and circular dichroism (CD) measurements and compared with those in a neutral solution (pH = 7.5). In contrast with the self-aggregation-resistive behaviours of the R1 and ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Mizushima F,Minoura K,Tomoo K,Sumida M,Taniguchi T,Ishida T

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The electron transport system coupled to the oxidation of methylamine in Pseudomonas AM1 was investigated by reconstituting it from the highly purified components. A mixture of methylamine dehydrogenase, cytochrome cH and cytochrome c oxidase (= cytochrome aa3) actively oxidized methylamine (161 mol of O2 consumed/mol...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Fukumori Y,Yamanaka T

更新日期：1987-02-01 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：:Aberrant DNA methylation is a common form of epigenetic alterations and it has been proved to be closely related to many cancers, while its role in epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-mutated non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is not clear. This study focuses on the role of DNA methyltransferase 1 (DNMT1) in EGFR-...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Wu XY,Chen HC,Li WW,Yan JD,Lv RY

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OsCnfU-1A is a chloroplast-type Nfu-like protein that consists of tandem repeats sharing high sequence homology. Domain I of this protein, but not domain II, has a C-X-X-C motif that is thought to assemble an iron-sulphur cluster. Herein we report the solution structure of OsCnfU-1A domain I (73-153). Although OsCnfU-...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Saio T,Kumeta H,Ogura K,Yokochi M,Asayama M,Katoh S,Katoh E,Teshima K,Inagaki F

更新日期：2007-07-01 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：:In order to characterize the mechanism for bilirubin transport in the liver, the uptake of bilirubin diglucuronide (BDG) into purified sinusoidal plasma membrane vesicles was investigated. BDG uptake was saturable, and was inhibited by sulfobromophthalein and unconjugated bilirubin, but was not affected by sodium taur...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Adachi Y,Roy-Chowdhury J,Roy-Chowdhury N,Kinne R,Tran T,Kobayashi H,Arias IM

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple, sensitive, and accurate method for determination of cholestanol in plasma is described. In this method a fixed amount of cholestane is added to 1 ml of plasma as an internal standard and steroids are saponified and extracted with n-hexane. The amounts of cholestanol and cholesterol are determined by mass fra...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Seyama Y,Ichikawa K,Yamakawa T

更新日期：1976-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By use of purified RNA polymerase II, it was demonstrated that S-II, a stimulatory protein of RNA polymerase II, enhanced the frequency of initiation of transcription from discrete sites on the promoter region of the silk fibroin gene integrated in a supercoiled plasmid DNA in the presence of manganese. In the absence...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Sekimizu K,Horikoshi M,Natori S

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We expressed human myotonic dystrophy protein kinase (DMPK) in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe, in which the overexpression of human DMPK affects cell growth and cell shape. The human DMPK protein has a leucine-rich domain at the N-terminus, a serine/threonine kinase domain in the middle, and a hydrophobic...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Sasagawa N,Kino Y,Takeshita Y,Oma Y,Ishiura S

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00