The nucleotide sequence of 5S ribosomal RNA from Schizosaccharomyces pombe.

abstract：:Ornithine transcarbamylase [EC 2.1.3.3] has been purified from chick kidney to homogeneity. The molecular weight is 110,000 as determined by gel filtration. Sodium dodecylsulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of the enzyme showed that the enzyme exists as a trimer of identical subunits of 36,000 daltons like othe...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Tsuji S

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heat shock protein 70 (Hsp70) chaperone systems consist of Hsp70, Hsp40 and a nucleotide-exchange factor and function to help unfolded proteins achieve their native conformations. Typical Hsp40s assume a homodimeric structure and have both chaperone and cochaperone activity. The dimeric structure is critical for chape...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Uchida T,Kanemori M

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sporulation of Bacillus subtilis, growing exponentially in the presence of rapidly metabolizable nutrients, was induced by addition of decoyinine (an antibiotic inhibitor of GMP synthesis), and intracellular amounts of ppGpp were determined after 2 M formic acid extraction by polyethyleneimine (PEI)-cellulose thin-lay...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ikehara K,Okamoto M,Sugae K

更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Homogeneous indanol dehydrogenase from monkey liver catalyzed the reversible conversion of 3 alpha- or 20 alpha-hydroxy groups of several bile acids and 5 beta-pregnanes to the corresponding 3- or 20-ketosteroids. The kcat values for the steroids determined at pH 7.4 were low, but the kcat/Km values for the 3-ketoster...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hara A,Nakagawa M,Taniguchi H,Sawada H

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A synchronous enzyme-reaction system using water-soluble formazan and a non-enzymatic electron mediator was developed and applied to an enzyme immunoassay (EIA). The reaction system consists of four steps: (I) dephosphorylation of NADP(+) to produce NAD(+) by alkaline phosphatase (ALP), (II) reduction of NAD(+) to pro...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Inouye K,Ueno I,Yokoyama S,Sakaki T

更新日期：2002-01-01 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：:Dimeric T. flavoviridis phospholipase A2 has been studied in terms of the interaction with essential Ca2+ by equilibrium gel filtration, ultraviolet difference spectroscopy, fluorescence measurements, and chemical modifications with p-bromophenacyl bromide. The subunit bound to Ca2+ with a 1:1 molar ratio and no coope...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ohno M,Honda A,Tanaka S,Mohri N,Shieh TC,Kihara H

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sigmaH of Bacillus subtilis directs transcription of a large number of early sporulation genes, whereas the principal sigma factor, sigmaA, is essential for the transcription of the genes for vegetative growth and early sporulation. We have purified sigmaA and sigmaH proteins, and characterized their properties. T...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Fujita M,Sadaie Y

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When mice were exposed to 100% oxygen at a pressure of 6 atm. absolute, the animals suffered from severe convulsions. The content of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) in synaptosomes was lower in the exposed animals than in unexposed ones. The exposure to high pressure oxygen produced a considerable reduction in GABA for...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hori S

更新日期：1982-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The melanocortin receptor type 4 (MC4-R) is involved in food intake and represents a potential target for the treatment of some forms of obesity. The fluorescent protein EGFP was fused to the wild-type or mutated coding sequence of the human MC4-R. After transfection in HEK 293, clones stably expressing hMC4-R-EGFP we...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Blondet A,Doghman M,Rached M,Durand P,Bégeot M,Naville D

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The readthrough of premature termination codon (PTC) by ribosome sometimes produces full-length proteins. We previously reported a readthrough of PTC of glycosyltransferase gene B4GALNT1 with hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP). Here we featured the readthrough of B4GALNT1 of two mutants, M4 and M2 with PTC by immunob...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yesmin F,Bhuiyan RH,Ohmi Y,Ohkawa Y,Tajima O,Okajima T,Furukawa K,Furukawa K

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HPC-1/syntaxin 1A (HPC-1), which plays an important role in vesicular transport to the plasma membrane, possesses a hydrophobic sequence at its C terminus. When expressed from cDNA in COS cells, wild-type HPC-1 was localized in the Golgi complex and the plasma membrane. Truncation of the hydrophobic domain resulted in...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Masaki R,Yamamoto A,Akagawa K,Tashiro Y

更新日期：1998-08-01 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：:The 5'-AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) functions as a cellular energy sensor. 5-Aminoimidazole-4-carboxyamide-1-β-D-ribofranoside (AICAR) is a chemical activator of AMPK. In the liver, AICAR suppresses expression of thephosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase(PEPCK) gene. The rat enhancer of split- and hairy-related prot...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Komatsu Y,Yanagisawa Y,Moriizumi M,Tsuchiya Y,Yokouchi H,Otsuka H,Aoyagi M,Tsukada A,Kanai Y,Haneishi A,Takagi K,Asano K,Ono M,Tanaka T,Tomita K,Yamada K

更新日期：2016-04-01 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：:The effects of increases in perfusion pressure and direction of perfusion flow (anterograde and retrograde) on hepatic carbohydrate metabolism were examined in the isolated perfused rat liver. Changing the direction of flow from anterograde (portal to caval vein) to retrograde (caval to portal vein) increased the rate...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Shiota M,Chinzei F,Moriyama M,Kimura K,Sugano T

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Single-chain antibodies (scFv), which can be produced in Escherichia coli cells, have been shown in numerous cases to be active in antigen binding. In the case of the two anti-lysozyme single-chain antibodies, scFvLH and scFvHL, which have the reversed arrangement of the variable domains of the heavy and light chains ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Merk H,Stiege W,Tsumoto K,Kumagai I,Erdmann VA

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Corynebacterium diphtheriae, a pathogenic Gram-positive bacterium, contains sialic acids on its cell surface, but no genes related to sialic acid decoration or metabolism have been reported in C. diphtheriae. In the present study, we have identified a putative sialidase gene, nanH, from C. diphtheriae KCTC3075 and cha...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kim S,Oh DB,Kwon O,Kang HA

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently found that budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae sigma1278b, but not genome project strain S288C, has a gene conferring resistance to L-azetidine-2-carboxylic acid (AZC), a toxic four-membered ring analogue of L-proline. Also, the gene, designated as MPR1, encodes a novel acetyltransferase that detoxifies...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nomura M,Nakamori S,Takagi H

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondria have two independent protein-import machineries, one in the outer membrane (the Tom system) and the other in the inner membrane (the Tim system). Here, we have characterized the initial steps of precursor import into rat liver mitoplasts. The import reaction was separated into two stages, consisting of pr...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ishihara N,Komiya T,Sakaguchi M,Ito A,Mihara K

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using the mRNA differential display technique and Western blot analysis, the present study demonstrates that induction of KAR2 occurs when misfolded membrane-bound cytochrome P450, mutated in its cytosolically exposed domain, is expressed in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Using various KAR2 promoter constructs in front of ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Zimmer T,Ogura A,Ohta A,Takagi M

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:beta-Hydroxyisovalerylshikonin (beta-HIVS), which was isolated from the plant, Lithospermium radix, inhibited the growth of various lines of cancer cells derived from human solid tumors at low concentrations between 10(-8) and 10(-6) M. When HL-60 cells were treated with 10(-6) M beta-HIVS for 3 h, characteristic feat...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hashimoto S,Xu M,Masuda Y,Aiuchi T,Nakajo S,Cao J,Miyakoshi M,Ida Y,Nakaya K

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using an immunoblotting technique, we have studied the processing of plasma proteins in subcellular fractions of rat liver including rough and smooth microsomes and the Golgi subfractions. Each subcellular fraction was directly subjected to SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and analyzed by immunoblotting with ant...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Oda K,Miki K,Hirose S,Takami N,Misumi Y,Ikehara Y

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new p-coumaric acid (4-hydroxycinnamic acid) hydroxylase was detected in mung bean seedlings treated with tentoxin, a fungal toxin, in which polyphenol oxidase that hydroxylates a wide variety of monophenols in vitro was completely eliminated. The enzyme required molecular oxygen and showed a pH optimum of 5.0. The ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kojima M,Takeuchi W

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Genome of Bacillus subtilis 168 was used for cloning and engineering of large-sized DNAs. A mouse genomic DNA of approximately 120 kb was cloned into a locus of the B. subtilis genome by ordered assembly of 20- to 50-kb mouse DNA segments. Cloned mouse DNA, maintained stably, was engineered through B. subtilis tra...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Itaya M,Nagata T,Shiroishi T,Fujita K,Tsuge K

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Maitotoxion, a putative Ca2+ channel agonist, was isolated from cultures of the marine dinoflagellate Gambierdiscus toxicus as a colorless amorphous solid. The toxin reacted positively to Dragendorff's reagent but not to ninhydrin reagent. The mouse lethality of maitotoxin determined by intraperitoneal injection was 0...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yokoyama A,Murata M,Oshima Y,Iwashita T,Yasumoto T

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new protein factor that regulates the state of actin polymerization was purified from porcine brain by DNase I-agarose chromatography. The purified protein factor consisted of a 1 : 1 complex of 88,000 dalton polypeptide and actin. When actin was polymerized by salt in the presence of the factor, the steady-state vi...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nishida E,Kuwaki T,Maekawa S,Sakai H

更新日期：1981-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two distinct ferredoxins were purified from Rhodobacter capsulatus SB1003. Their complete amino acid sequences were determined by a combination of protease digestion, BrCN cleavage and Edman degradation. Ferredoxins I and II were composed of 64 and 111 amino acids, respectively, with molecular weights of 6,728 and 12,...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Saeki K,Suetsugu Y,Yao Y,Horio T,Marrs BL,Matsubara H

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nestin is an intermediate filament protein mainly expressed in muscle and neural progenitors. Recently, we reported that nestin is expressed in rat vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs), disappears after serum-deprivation and then is re-expressed again following EGF stimulation. As the function of nestin in VSMCs remai...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Huang YL,Wu CM,Shi GY,Wu GC,Lee H,Jiang MJ,Wu HL,Yang HY

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The relation between intrinsic viscosity in 0.2 M NaCl and molecular weight for samples of chondroitin sulfate isolated from shark cartilage could be expressed by [eeta] = 6.5 X 10(-6) Mr114. 2. Their sedimentation coefficients were linear with respect to the square root of molecular weight, and the intercept was n...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Tanaka K

更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00