Incorporation of a ganglioside and spin-labeled ganglioside analogue into cell and liposomal membranes.

abstract：:CXCL14 is a member of the CXC chemokine family. CXCL14 possesses chemoattractive activity for activated macrophages, immature dendritic cells and natural killer cells. CXCL14-deficient mice do not exhibit clear immune system abnormalities, suggesting that the function of CXCL14 can be compensated for by other chemokin...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hara T,Tanegashima K

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A continuous cell-free protein synthesis system [Spirin et al. (1988) Science 242, 1162-1164] was modified so as to be suitable for coupled transcription-translation, a process useful for obtaining products of cloned genes or cDNAs. A reaction chamber equipped with an ultrafiltration membrane was newly designed and an...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kigawa T,Yokoyama S

更新日期：1991-08-01 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：:Dupuytren's disease is a palmar fibromatosis associated with changes in fibroblast activity that also affect the metabolism of extracellular matrix components. In contrast to disease connected alterations in collagen and non-collagenous glycoproteins (mainly fibronectin), the metabolism of proteoglycans, being glycosa...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Koźma EM,Olczyk K,Wisowski G,Głowacki A,Bobiński R

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gene of an extreme thermophile, Thermus thermophilus HB8, which codes for a leucine biosynthetic enzyme, 3-isopropylmalate (3-IPM) dehydrogenase [EC 1.1.1.85], was cloned in Escherichia coli using pBR322 as a vector. E. coli cells carrying this recombinant plasmid, pHB2, produced the thermophilic enzyme 7-fold mor...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Tanaka T,Kawano N,Oshima T

更新日期：1981-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stem cells divide and undergo self-renewal depending on the signals received from the stem cell niche. This phenomenon is indispensable to maintain tissues and organs in individuals. However, not all the molecular factors and mechanisms of self-renewal are known. In our previous study, we reported that glycosylphospha...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Rikitake M,Matsuda A,Murata D,Dejima K,Nomura KH,Abbott KL,Mitani S,Nomura K

更新日期：2020-12-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Transient and steady state kinetics were studied in the interactions of ATP with acto-H-meromyosin reconstituted from bovine arterial heavy-meromyosin (HMM) and rabbit skeletal muscle F-actin. The results showed that the rate of dissociation of the hybrid acto-HMM induced by ATP was slower than the rate of the fluores...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Takeuchi K,Tonomura Y

更新日期：1978-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of pyocin R1 on the glucose metabolism of sensitive Pseudomonas cells was investigated. Upon treatment with pyocin R1, although the rate of O2 uptake of the sensitive cells for glucose or gluconate was not very much affected at first, the final level of O2 uptake was greatly reduced. When 2-oxogluconate was...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kageyama M

更新日期：1978-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polynucleotide phosphorylase from Thermus thermophilus catalyzed the addition of short guanylyl blocks from GDP to the 3'-hydroxyl termini of oligonucleotide primers at low temperature in a simple reaction mixture. Polyguanylic acid formation was inhibited at 37 degrees C, but the addition of one or two guanylyl resid...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kikuchi Y,Hirai K,Sakaguchi K

更新日期：1979-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The peptide bond syntheses catalyzed by subtilisin BPN', papain [EC 3.4.22.2], and pepsin [EC 3.4.23.1] were studied comparatively at the optimum pH of the enzymes with the coupling system Cbz-(AA)n-OH + Leu-X leads to Cbz-(AA)n-Leu-X, in which AA = various amino acid residues, n = 1-3 and X = -NH2, -OEt, -OBut, -ODPM...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Morihara K,Oka T

更新日期：1981-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A GTP-binding protein with an Mr of 24,000 was purified from a cholate extract of bovine brain membranes in addition to the previously reported alpha beta gamma-trimeric GTP-binding proteins (G proteins). Partial amino acid sequence analysis of the purified 24-kDa protein revealed that it was not identical to any of t...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ohoka Y,Imai S,Kozasa T,Maehama T,Takahashi K,Kaziro Y,Ui M,Katada T

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:8-Azido GTP (8-N3 GTP) was demonstrated to be polymerized into RNA by influenza virus-associated RNA polymerase at about one tenth the rate of GTP incorporation. The Km value for the azido analogue of GTP in primer-dependent RNA synthesis was 94 microM whereas Km for the natural substrate, GTP, was 6.7 microM. Upon ex...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Asano Y,Mizumoto K,Maruyama T,Ishihama A

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The epitopes of about 100 monoclonal antibodies against human type II DNA topoisomerase were mapped along the enzyme molecules. Although they were randomly and independently established, epitope sites were unevenly distributed the toward N-terminal or C-terminal region. We suggest that the central catalytic domain is ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Sakaguchi A,Miyaike M,Kuroda K,Nozaki N,Tanaka M,Hibino M,Fujii Y,Kato S,Kikuchi A

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of NADH-cytochrome b5 reductase [EC 1.6.2.2] in microsomes from anaerobically grown yeast was confirmed by its isolation and purification. The purified preparation of the reductase showed an apparent molecular weight of 27,000 daltons. The reductase appeared to contain loosely-bound FAD as a prosthetic gr...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kubota S,Yoshida Y,Kumaoka H

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human malaria parasite (Plasmodium falciparum) possesses a plastid-derived organelle called the apicoplast, which is believed to employ metabolisms crucial for the parasite's survival. We cloned and studied the biochemical properties of plant-type ferredoxin (Fd) and Fd-NADP+ reductase (FNR), a redox system that p...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kimata-Ariga Y,Kurisu G,Kusunoki M,Aoki S,Sato D,Kobayashi T,Kita K,Horii T,Hase T

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the mechanism of formation of oxygen radicals during ferrous ion-induced decomposition of linoleic acid hydroperoxide using the spin trapping and chemiluminescence methods. The formation of the superoxide anion (O2*-) was verified in the present study. The hydroxyl radical is also generated through Fenton t...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kambayashi Y,Tero-Kubota S,Yamamoto Y,Kato M,Nakano M,Yagi K,Ogino K

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The DNA chain elongation mechanisms of mouse DNA polymerases alpha and beta have been analyzed by using denatured DNA with a (dT)n block at the 3'-end as a template in combination with RNA ((rA)12-20)primer. The (rA)12-20-primed DNA product synthesized by DNA polymerase alpha was 3-5 s in size even after prolonged rea...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Matsukage A,Nishizawa M,Takahashi T,Hozumi T

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have recently developed an in vitro yeast reconstituted translation system, which is capable of synthesizing long polypeptides. Utilizing the system, we examined the role of eIF5A and its hypusine modification in translating polyproline sequence within long open reading frames. We found that polyproline motif inser...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Abe T,Nagai R,Shimazaki S,Kondo S,Nishimura S,Sakaguchi Y,Suzuki T,Imataka H,Tomita K,Takeuchi-Tomita N

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe cross-linking conditions for myosin subfragment-1 and actin with 1-ethyl-3-[3-(dimethylamino)propyl]carbodiimide, with which the compositions of cross-linked species can be altered. The specific Mg-ATPase activity of cross-linked subfragment-1 in these preparations was almost the same in spite of the diffe...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yamamoto K

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Steroid monooxygenase of Rhodococcus rhodochrous is a Baeyer-Villigerase catalyzing the insertion of an oxygen atom between the C(17)- and C(20)-carbons of progesterone to produce testosterone acetate. The 5.1-kbp-long BamHI DNA fragment containing the steroid monooxygenase gene, smo, was cloned from the chromosomal D...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Morii S,Sawamoto S,Yamauchi Y,Miyamoto M,Iwami M,Itagaki E

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present data describe the mechanism of the inhibitory effects of human plasma apolipoproteins A-I and A-II on hydrolysis of triglyceride catalyzed by hepatic triglyceride lipase using a substrate of triolein particles stabilized with gum arabic in vitro. The experimental data could well be described by a model in ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kubo M,Matsuzawa Y,Yokoyama S,Tajima S,Ishikawa K,Yamamoto A,Tarui S

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A glutathione S-transferase isozyme which is absent in normal rat liver has been isolated from the hereditary hyperbilirubinuria rat liver cytosol. The enzyme was purified to apparent homogeneity by GSH-affinity chromatography and HPLC on CM-Sepharose CL-6B. It is a heterodimer of two non-identical subunits, i.e., sub...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Igarashi T,Tsuchiya T,Satoh T

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apoprotein of electron-transferring flavoprotein (ETF) reacts with FAD as follows: A*<-->A, A+FAD<-->holoETF. Two different forms of apoETF (A* and A) convert into each other and only one of them, A, can associate with FAD [Sato, K. et al. (1991) J. Biochem. 109, 734-740]. In the present study, the reactions between a...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Sato K,Nishina Y,Shiga K

更新日期：1992-12-01 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：:We have recently demonstrated the localization of associated m-calpain and calpastatin in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) of bovine pulmonary artery smooth muscle. Herein, we sought to determine the role of m-calpain on calcium-dependent proteolytic cleavage of Na(+)/Ca(2+) exchanger (NCX) in the ER. Treatment of the E...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Samanta K,Kar P,Chakraborti T,Chakraborti S

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recombinant human granulocyte-colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) was purified from Chinese hamster ovary cells transfected with human G-CSF cDNA. The recombinant human G-CSF was treated with alkaline borohydride and the oligosaccharide-alditols liberated were fractioned by gel filtration on a Bio-Gel P-4 column, follow...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Oheda M,Hase S,Ono M,Ikenaka T

更新日期：1988-03-01 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：:Murine interleukin-2 (MIL-2) cDNA deleted of 11 repeats of a CAG sequence, and that encoded from 33Met to 149Gln were inserted into an expression vector carrying an Escherichia coli tryptophan promoter and were expressed in E. coli, respectively. Recombinant MIL-2 deleted of 11 glutamine repeats (MIL-2(-Gln] supported...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kashima N,Matsui H,Yamasaki S,Kondo N,Hamuro J

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously reported that calpastatin, an endogenous inhibitory protein of calpain, is cleaved by a caspase-3-like protease during apoptosis in human Jurkat T cells [Kato, M. et al. (2000) J. Biochem. 127, 297-305]. In this study, we found that nonmuscle myosin heavy chain-A (NMHC-A) is cleaved during apoptosis...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kato M,Fukuda H,Nonaka T,Imajoh-Ohmi S

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the role of carboxyl groups of glucoamylases [EC 3.2.1.3] from a Rhizopus sp. (Gluc1 and Gluc2), the modification of Gluc1 and Gluc2 with a water-soluble carbodiimide, 1-cyclohexyl-3-(2-morpholinyl-(4)-ethyl)carbodiimide metho-p-toluenesulfonate (CMC), was studied. The inactivation of Gluc1 proceeded wi...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Iwama M,Ohtsuki R,Takahashi T,Irie M

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00