Chemical nature of protein complex of photoreaction unit including reaction center in chromatophores of photosynthetic bacterium, Rhodospirillum rubrum, as detected by successive dissociation method.

abstract：:An improved procedure for the purification of a lipid-containing acidophilic thermophilic bacteriophage, phiNS11, is described. The procedure involves Cs2SO4 discontinuous density gradient, Cs2SO4 equilibrium density gradient and sucrose gradient centrifugations. The phage has an icosahedral shape, 75 nm in diameter, ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Sakaki Y,Yamada K,Oshima M,Oshima T

更新日期：1977-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Papain [EC 3.4.22.2] polymerizes readily upon treatment with tetranitromethane (TNM) by forming intermolecular covalent linkages through its tyrosine residues (Tsukamoto, S. & Ohno, M. (1974) J. Biochem. 75, 1377-1380). Polymerization occurred optimally at pH 9.0 with S-sulfenylsulfonate papain. Circular dichroic spec...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Tsukamoto S,Ohno M

更新日期：1978-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycosphingolipids (GSLs), cell type-specific markers which change dramatically during ontogenesis and oncogenesis, have been implicated as playing major roles in cellular interactions and control of cell proliferation in multicellular organisms. These functional roles have been partially clarified through two types o...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hakomori S,Igarashi Y

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The kinetic properties of the hydrolyses of 8-Br ATP and 8-SCH3 ATP by myosin [EC 3.6.1.3] and actomyosin were compared with those of ATP, and the following results were obtained. The Ca-NTPase activities of myosin using these two ATP analogs as substrates were smaller than that of ATPase, and the NTPase activities to...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Takenaka H,Ikehara M,Tonomura Y

更新日期：1976-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The amino acid sequences of ferredoxins I and II from a blue-green alga, Nostoc strain MAC were determined. This alga is able to grow autotrophically in the light or heterotrophically in the dark. Analyses of tryptic peptides of Cm-proteins by conventional methods including solid-phase Edman degradation gave the compl...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hase T,Matsubara H,Hutber GN,Rogers LJ

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dithiothreitol or glutathione, essential for amino acid incorporation into polypeptides in cell-free systems, inhibited glucosamine incorporation into ovalbumin, a glycoprotein containing about three residues of N-acetylucosamine and about five residues of mannose. However, the thiol was necessary for mannose incorpor...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nakayama T,Narita K,Ogata K

更新日期：1976-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously purified two D-3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydratase preparations from human liver. One preparation contained a 77-kDa polypeptide and smaller polypeptides, and the other was a homodimer of a 46-kDa polypeptide. Three different purified rat peroxisomal D-3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydratase preparations have been ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Jiang LL,Miyazawa S,Hashimoto T

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, we revealed that microtubule-associated protein (MAP) 4 isoforms, which differ in the number of repeat sequences, alter the microtubule surface properties, and we proposed a hypothesis stating that the change in the surface properties may regulate the movements of microtubule motors [Tokuraku et al. (2003) J...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Tokuraku K,Noguchi TQ,Nishie M,Matsushima K,Kotani S

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We synthesized a series of non-ionic detergents, alkyl thiomaltosides, and investigated their properties and usefulness. We solubilized membrane proteins of Vibrio parahaemolyticus using the detergents. With octyl thiomaltoside, nonyl thiomaltoside, decyl thiomaltoside, or undecyl thiomaltoside, we observed satisfacto...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Izawa S,Sakai-Tomita Y,Kinomura K,Kitazawa S,Tsuda M,Tsuchiya T

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The circular dichroism (CD) and magnetic circular dichroism (MCD) spectra of horse heart metmyoglobin and the following derivatives were measured in the Soret and near ultraviolet regions: metmyoglobin and its peroxide compound, and hydroxide, cyanide, azide, and fluoride derivatives. The heme-related CD bands in the ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kajiyoshi M,Anan FK

更新日期：1975-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new arginine derivative, N-benzyloxycarbonyl-L-phenylalanyl-L-valyl-L-arginine-p-nitroanilide hydrochloride (ZPVAPA.HCl) was synthesized by the condensation of N-benzyloxy-carbonyl-L-phenylalanyl-L-valine and L-arginine-p-nitroanilide dihydrochloride using dicyclohexylcarbodiimide as a coupling reagent and 1-hydroxy...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Somorin O,Tokura S,Nishi N,Noguchi J

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mammalian ATP/ADP translocator isoform-2 (ANT2) gene is growth-activated. Regulation of the gene appears to involve Sp1, as an essential activator, and a suppressor through an Sp1 core element next to the transcription start. We show here that the proximal promoter also binds AP-2 strongly and specifically to two ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Li R,Hodny Z,Zaid A,Barath P,Nelson BD

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Saccharomyces cerevisiae has three distinct citrate synthases, two located in mitochondria (mature Cit1p and Cit3p) and one in peroxisomes (mature Cit2p). While the precursor of the major mitochondrial enzyme, Cit1p, has a signal for mitochondrial targeting at its N-terminus (MTS), Cit2p has one for peroxisomal target...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Lee JG,Cho SP,Lee HS,Lee CH,Bae KS,Maeng PJ

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP) carboxylase [EC 4.1.1.31] of E. coli was inactivated by 2,4,6-trinitrobenzene sulfonate (TNBS), a reagent known to attack amino groups in polypeptides. When the modified enzyme was hydrolyzed with acid, epsilon-trinitrophenyl lysine (TNP-lysine) was identified as a product. Close similarity o...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Naide A,Izui K,Yoshinaga T,Katsuki H

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ca2+-Activated neutral protease (CANP), that consists of 80K and 30K subunits, is converted to a low-Ca2+-requiring form by autolysis in the presence of Ca2+. Phosphatidylinositol greatly reduces the Ca2+-requirement for the autolysis of native CANP. However, this effect was not observed for CANP with a trimmed 30K su...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Imajoh S,Kawasaki H,Suzuki K

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The stress-related protein Stm1 interacts with ribosomes, and is implicated in repressing translation. Stm1 was previously studied both in vivo and in vitro by cell-free translation systems using crude yeast lysates, but its precise functional mechanism remains obscure. Using an in vitro reconstituted translation syst...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hayashi H,Nagai R,Abe T,Wada M,Ito K,Takeuchi-Tomita N

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An inorganic pyrophosphatase [EC 3.6.1.1] was isolated from Thiobacillus thiooxidans and purified 975-fold to a state of apparent homogeneity. The enzyme catalyzed the hydrolysis of inorganic pyrophosphate and no activity was found with a variety of other phosphate esters. The cation Mg2+ was required for maximum acti...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Tominaga N,Mori T

更新日期：1977-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP), a neuropeptide coupled with adenylate cyclase, was found to induce neurite extension of PC12h cells. Neurites appeared within 1 h after addition of VIP and extended for at least 24 h. The half-maximal concentration for the effect of VIP was 50 nM. In addition to the morphological c...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Okumura N,Miyatake Y,Takao T,Tamaru T,Nagai K,Okada M,Nakagawa H

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monoclonal antibody 5E5 recognized an intranuclear antigen of neurons in the rat. We isolated 5E5cDNA and determined its nucleotide and deduced amino acid sequences. The 5E5cDNA had an open reading frame of 825 amino acids and its amino acid sequence showed no significant homology to any protein or to any DNA binding ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Suzuki E,Kojima N,Yoshimura K,Uyemura K,Obata K,Akagawa K

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To identify functionally essential sequences and residues of CTLA-2alpha, in vitro mutagenesis was carried out. The coefficient of inhibition (K(i)) was determined towards rabbit cathepsin L using Z-Phe-Arg-MCA as the substrate. Recombinant CTLA-2alpha inhibited the enzyme potently (K(i) = 15 nM). A truncated mutant, ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Deshapriya RM,Yuhashi S,Usui M,Kageyama T,Yamamoto Y

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Specific antibodies were prepared against cytochromes P450 PB-1, PB-2, PB-4, and PB-5 purified from hepatic microsomes of male rats treated with phenobarbital. With these antibodies, the levels of these four cytochrome P450s in hepatic, renal, and pulmonary microsomes of male rats that were untreated, treated with phe...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Imaoka S,Terano Y,Funae Y

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cDNAs encoding the precursors of cystatin SN, cystatin S, and two mutants of cystatin S (-18R-->W; 117R-->W) were expressed in Escherichia coli JM109 with isopropyl-beta-D-thio-galactoside (IPTG) induction. Premature cystatin S with the original signal [-20MARPLCTLLLLMATLAGALA] was processed and a large amount of ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Saitoh E,Isemura S

更新日期：1994-08-01 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：:We have studied the regio- and stereoselectivity of ring-hydroxylation and N-desisopropylation of S(-)- and R(+)-propranolol, using dog liver microsomes and the expressed dog CYP2D15 in insect cells. In dog liver microsomes, 4-hydroxylation was the preferred pathway in S(-)-propranolol oxidation, while N-desisopropyla...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Tasaki T,Iwata H,Kazusaka A,Fujita S

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed the cellular contents of not only major polyamines but also minor polyamines in slime molds Physarum polycephalum and Dictyostelium discoideum. The presence of putrescine and spermidine in either plasmodia or myxamoebae of these molds as major polyamines was confirmed. In addition to these polyamines, appr...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hamana K,Matsuzaki S

更新日期：1984-04-01 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：:The characteristics of the androgen receptor in the cytoplasmic fraction of Shionogi carcinoma 115 were studied in vitro by means of charcoal adsorption assay, sucrose density gradient centrifugation, and polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The equilibrium dissociation constant for [3H]dihydrotestosterone (Kd = (2-5) ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nohno T

更新日期：1981-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The heavy enzyme of gramicidin S synthetase was purified to an almost homogeneous state by a combination of ammonium sulfate fractionation, ornithine-Sepharose 4B chromatography, DEAE-cellulose chromatography, and Ultrogel AcA 22 chromatography. The enzyme was proved to be essentially homogeneous by ultracentrifugatio...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hori K,Kurotsu T,Kanda M,Miura S,Nozoe A,Saito Y

更新日期：1978-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 20,000 dalton light chain (L2) was isolated from rabbit and chicken striated muscle myosins, and the Ca2+-induced conformational changes of these proteins were investigated. 1) The reaction of thiol groups of L2 with dithiobisnitrobenzoic acid (DTNB), 2) measurements of the UV difference absorption spectrum, 3) me...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Minowa O,Matsuda S,Yagi K

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The complement system is a classic central player in innate immunity. Most pathogens activate both complement and the toll-like receptor (TLR) pathway. Therefore, to provide a more comprehensive understanding of innate immunity, it is important to understand the crosstalk between these two systems. Mouse macrophages p...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Okazaki N,Hazeki K,Izumi T,Nigorikawa K,Hazeki O

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00