Sequential expansion of antibody heterogeneity during the response to bacterial alpha-amylase.

abstract：:The rate of slow Li+ influx and the fraction of active form of acetylcholine receptor (AChR) of Electrophorus electricus membrane vesicles at equilibrium between the active and desensitized forms of the receptor were measured in the presence of various concentrations of phenyltrimethylammonium (PTA) and nereistoxin (N...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Aoshima H,Hori K,Yamamoto A

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) membranes of rabbit skeletal muscle were allowed to react with N-(3-pyrene)maleimide (PMI) at pH 7 at 30 degrees C. The Ca(2+)-transporting activity of the SR membranes was reduced to 20% when PMI was bound to the extent of 1 mol/mol of Ca(2+)-transporting ATPase. The ATPase and the E-P...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Suzuki T,Kawakita M

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The amino acid sequences of human histones have been investigated for studies of histone evolution. The whole histone was prepared from human spleen and was separated into 3 fractions, H4+H3+H2A, H2B, and H1, by our technique of CM-cellulose chromatography. The H2B fraction was further purified by Bio-Gel P-60 chromat...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ohe Y,Hayashi H,Iwai K

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A spectrofluorometric method for sensitive determination of metalloendopeptidase activity has been developed by using a bimane-peptide containing a tryptophan residue, i.e. 1,7-dioxo-2,5,6-trimethyl-1H,7H-pyrazolo[1,2-alpha]pyrazol-3-yl-methyl- thiomethylcarbonyl-phenylalanyl-tryptophanyl-leucine (Bim-SCH2CO-Phe-Trp-L...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kajiwara K,Kumazaki T,Sato E,Kanaoka Y,Ishii S

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudomonas sp. 101 carboxyl proteinase (PCP) and Xanthomonas sp. T-22 carboxyl proteinase (XCP), the first and second unique carboxyl proteinases from prokaryotes to be isolated and characterized, are not inhibited by the classical carboxyl proteinase inhibitor pepstatin. In this study, we elucidated their subsite pr...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Narutaki S,Dunn BM,Oda K

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The internal structure of the recombinant yeast-derived human hepatitis B virus surface antigen vaccine particle was investigated by small-angle neutron scattering using the contrast variation method. Data were collected in aqueous buffer solutions containing 0, 40, 60, and 100% D2O in the q range of 0.005 to 0.2 A-1 ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Sato M,Sato-Miyamoto Y,Kameyama K,Ishikawa N,Imai M,Ito Y,Takagi T

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new method for the acid hydrolysis of protein is presented. Peptide bonds are cleaved by the action of an HCl/trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) vapor mixture. Contamination for the hydrolysis mixture is reduced to low levels (1-3 pmol). Recovery of hydrophobic amino acid is improved. Short reaction times are achieved and r...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Tsugita A,Uchida T,Mewes HW,Ataka T

更新日期：1987-12-01 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：: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：:Dynamic functionality of mitochondria is maintained by continual fusion and fission events. A mitochondrial outer membrane protein Fzo1 plays a pivotal role upon mitochondrial fusion by homo-oligomerization to tether fusing mitochondria. Fzo1 is tightly regulated by ubiquitylations and the ubiquitin-responsible AAA pr...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nahar S,Chowdhury A,Ogura T,Esaki M

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When the body temperature of rats was brought to 42 degrees C, four heat-shock proteins, with molecular weights of 70,000, 71,000, 85,000, and 100,000 (hsp 70, hsp 71, hsp 85, and hsp 100, respectively), were induced in various tissues of the rats. The hsp 70 was strongly induced by hyperthermia, and its accumulation ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Fujio N,Hatayama T,Kinoshita H,Yukioka M

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:TreP [trehalose-permease (phosphotransferase system (PTS) trehalose-specific enzyme IIBC component)] is one of the target proteins of tmRNA-mediated trans-translation in Bacillus subtilis [Fujihara et al. (2002) Detection of tmRNA-mediated trans-translation products in Bacillus subtilis. Genes Cells, 7, 343-350]. The ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ujiie H,Matsutani T,Tomatsu H,Fujihara A,Ushida C,Miwa Y,Fujita Y,Himeno H,Muto A

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three forms of cathepsin H-like cysteine proteinase were purified from rat spleen by a method involving acid treatment and chromatography on pepstatin-Sepharose, Sephadex G-75, DEAE-Sephacel, CM-Toyopearl, and concanavalin A-Sepharose. The final preparations of these forms all migrated as single protein bands on polya...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yamamoto K,Kamata O,Kato Y

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A DNA polymerase which was active with unprimed poly(dC) as a template was detected in the DNA polymerase alpha fraction from rat thymoma tissue. The activity was dependent on rGTP and associated with ribonucleotide polymerizing activity. The activity was partially sensitive to aphidicolin and dideoxy GTP and resistan...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nishizawa M,Tanabe K,Matsukage A,Nakamura H,Yagura T

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The modes of actions of 1-farnesylpyridinium (FPy) on yeast cell growth were investigated on the basis of its effects on cell cycle progression, morphogenesis and the related events for construction of cell wall architecture in Schizosacchromyces pombe. FPy predominantly inhibited the growth of the yeast cells after v...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hamada M,Ohata I,Fujita K,Usuki Y,Ogita A,Ishiguro J,Tanaka T

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cilia and flagella of eukaryotic cells are evolutionarily conserved organelles with a microtubule-based axoneme as a scaffold. To fulfil their functions in cellular motility, sensory reception and developmental signalling, cilia contain unique proteins, such as receptors and ion channels. The assembly and maintenance ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nakayama K,Katoh Y

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 1H NMR study of a selectively deuterated mouse anti-dansyl monoclonal antibody is reported. Two-dimensional homonuclear Hartmann-Hahn (2D-HOHAHA) spectroscopy was found to be effective for establishing the connectivity between the C2-H and C4-H protons of His residues in the antibody molecule. It has been concluded ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kato K,Nishimura Y,Waelchli M,Arata Y

更新日期：1989-09-01 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：:1. The endogenous phosphorylation of mouse brain microsomes was studied using the technique of acrylamide gel electrophoresis in the presence of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS). 2. It was found that specific proteins and lipids in brain microsomes were phosphorylated by the terminal phosphate of ATP under appropriate con...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Satomi D

更新日期：1977-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The inhibition of tau fibrillation is a potential therapeutic target for Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases. As a series of studies on inhibiting the transition of soluble monomeric tau into mature fibril, the effect of Tyr310 residue in the third repeat (R3) of the microtubule-binding domain (MBD) on th...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nishiura C,Takeuchi K,Minoura K,Sumida M,Taniguchi T,Tomoo K,Ishida T

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously shown that caldesmon at low concentrations stimulates the interaction between actin, myosin, and ATP, while at high concentrations it inhibits the interaction [Ishikawa, R., Okagaki, T., Higashi-Fujime, S., & Kohama, K. (1991) J. Biol. Chem. 266, 21784-21790]. When the effect of caldesmon at low con...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Lin Y,Ishikawa R,Kohama K

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amino acids produced from formaldehyde and hydroxylamine in modified sea mediums with different concentrations of molybdate were analyzed. The modified sea mediums contained lower concentration of sodium chloride and higher concentrations of transition metal ions (Zn2+, Fe3+, Cu2+, Co2+, Mn2+ each 10(-4)m, and Mo O4(2...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hatanaka H,Egami F

更新日期：1977-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human liver cytosol contains multiple forms of 3 alpha-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase and dihydrodiol dehydrogenase with hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase activity, and multiple cDNAs for the enzymes have been cloned from human liver cDNA libraries. To understand the relationship of the multiple enzyme froms to the genes, a ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Deyashiki Y,Tamada Y,Miyabe Y,Nakanishi M,Matsuura K,Hara A

更新日期：1995-08-01 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：:Our previous study showed that the amino acid sequence of Tetrahymena histone H2B has a blocked N-terminal residue followed by 119 amino acid residues, X-Pro-Lys.... [J. Biochem. (1982) 91, 897-904]. Now, X has been found to be N-trimethylalanine by 1H nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy of the isolated X-Pro-Lys ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nomoto M,Kyogoku Y,Iwai K

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Chymotrypsin cleaved troponin-T of skeletal muscle into two subfragments, i.e., troponin-T1 and -T2, each of which could be isolated by the use of DEAE-Sephadex. Troponin-T1 was a single subfragment with a molecular weight of 26,000 (chicken) or 22,000 (rabbit) daltons. Troponin-T2 consisted of two subfragments wit...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ohtsuki I

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. When ribonuclease T1 [EC 3.1.4.8] (0.125% solution) was treated with a 760-fold molar excess of iodoacetamide at pH 8.0 and 37 degrees, about 90% of the original activity was lost in 24 hr. The half-life of the activity was about 8 hr. The binding ability for 3'-GMP was lost simultaneously. Changes were detected on...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Takahashi K

更新日期：1976-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyaluronan (HA), a high-molecular-weight glycosaminoglycan ubiquitously present in the extracellular matrices (ECMs) of animals, plays important roles in ECM organization and cell behavior through binding to hyaluronan-binding proteins (HABPs). We previously reported that HA has anti-inflammatory effects on guinea pig...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nochi H,Shinomiya T,Tamoto K

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A contractile protein closely resembling natural actomyosin (myosin B) of rabbit skeletal muscle was extracted from plasmodia of the slime mold, Physarum polycephalum, by protecting the SH-groups with beta-mercaptoethanol or dithiothreitol. Superprecipitation of the protein induced by Mg2+-ATP at low ionic strength wa...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kato T,Tonomura Y

更新日期：1975-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of sphingoid bases, sphingosine and dihydrosphingosine, which are protein kinase C (PKC) inhibitors, on NADPH oxidase were examined in a cell-free system. The bases inhibited cell-free activation of NADPH oxidase by arachidonic acid at lower concentration than N-acetylsphingosine. Thus, positive charge in ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Sasaki JI,Yamaguchi M,Saeki S,Yamane H,Okamura N,Ishibashi S

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00