Biosynthesis of the internal thioester bond of the third component of complement.

abstract：:We developed a method to quantify galectin-7 extracted from adult mouse tissues by Western blot analysis. More than 0.5 ng of galectin-7 per mg of tissue was detectable by this method. The amounts of galectin-7 in tissues were determined as follows: skin, 62 +/- 3 ng/mg; esophagus, 23 +/- 8 ng/mg; stomach, 18 +/- 6 ng...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Sato M,Nishi N,Shoji H,Kumagai M,Imaizumi T,Hata Y,Hirashima M,Suzuki S,Nakamura T

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electron transport particles (ETP) prepared from beef heart mitochondria formed malondialdehyde by NADPH-dependent lipid peroixidation in the presence of ferric ions and ADP or ATP. The reaction was inhibited by MnCl2, EDTA, or radical scavengers, but was not inhibited by p-hydroxymercuribenzoate (PHMB) or respiratory...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Takeshige K,Minadami S

更新日期：1975-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method is described for the fractionation of reduced and alkylated proteins of fowl feather. Fowl feather extracts were chromatographed on a Sephadex G-75 column in 4 M urea containing 1 M NaCl and separated into four fractions, GF-1, 2, 3, and 4. The elution patterns were used to compare the components of different...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Akahane K,Murozono S,Murayama K

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the substrate specificity of two mutated geranylgeranyl diphosphate synthases, I-9 and I-11, with respect to several artificial substrates. These mutated enzymes have replacements in the amino acid sequences from positions 170 to 173, which are thought to be a part of the putative substrate binding region....

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ohnuma S,Hemmi H,Koyama T,Ogura K,Nishino T

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new multifunctional protein kinase, which normally exists as an inactive form in the soluble fraction in mammalian tissues, attaches to membranes to exhibit full enzymatic activity. A low concentration of Ca2+ is absolutely necessary for this activation. This process is reversible. cAMP shows no effect. The active f...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Takai Y,Kishimoto A,Iwasa Y,Kawahara Y,Mori T,Nishizuka Y,Tamura A,Fujii T

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aplyronine A is a macrolide isolated from Aplysia kurodai. By monitoring fluorescent intensity of pyrenyl-actin, it was found that aplyronine A inhibited both the velocity and the degree of actin polymerization. Aplyronine A also quickly depolymerized F-actin. The kinetics of depolymerization suggest that aplyronine A...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Saito S,Watabe S,Ozaki H,Kigoshi H,Yamada K,Fusetani N,Karaki H

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genes coding for the phospholipid degradation enzymes in E. coli, detergent-resistant (DR-) phospholipase A (pldA) and lysophospholipase L2 (pldB), were cloned together on the plasmid pKO1 (Homma, H., Kobayashi, T., Ito, Y., Kudo, I., Inoue, K., Ikeda, H., Sekiguchi, M., & Nojima, S. (1983) J. Biochem. 94, 2079-20...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kobayashi T,Kudo I,Homma H,Karasawa K,Inoue K,Ikeda H,Nojima S

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activity of rat liver asparagine synthetase [EC 6.3.1.1]increased when animals maintained on 25% protein diet were placed on 15% or 6% protein diet. The enzyme activity level rose within one day, reached a maximum in 7 or 10 days after switching the diet and thereafter dropped gradually. During the purification of...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hongo S,Matsumoto T,Suzuki I,Sato T

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was undertaken in an attempt to clarify the pathway by which hyperosmotic stress induces HB-EGF gene expression in rat aortic smooth muscle cells (RASMC). Hyperosmotic stress induced by a high concentration of glucose or mannitol resulted in an increase in HB-EGF mRNA level in a dose- and time-depend...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Koh YH,Che W,Higashiyama S,Takahashi M,Miyamoto Y,Suzuki K,Taniguchi N

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A large number of prokaryotic as well as eukaryotic proteins are produced with amino terminal propeptides. These amino-terminal extensions are essential for mediating proper folding of their corresponding proteins and are also termed as intramolecular chaperones. Though these propeptides are highly specific and unique...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Shinde U,Inouye M

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the rat, DNA carrying a cluster of the genes for tRNAAsp, tRNAGly, and tRNAGlu, aligned in that order, is repeated about 10 times. Seven DNA clones corresponding to the independent repeating units were isolated from a rat gene library. Nucleotide sequence analysis of these clones revealed the presence of a fourth t...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Shibuya K,Noguchi S,Yamaki M,Nishimura S,Sekiya T

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cDNA clones, pHPah1 and pHPah2, encoding polycyclic hydrocarbon-inducible forms of rabbit liver microsomal cytochrome P-450 were isolated and their nucleotide sequences were determined. The inserts of pHPah1 and pHPah2 contained open reading frames specifying the entire primary structures of cytochrome P-450s, con...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kagawa N,Mihara K,Sato R

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deleting the gene for small RNA GcvB in Esherichia coli was found to increase the sensitivity to several aminoglycoside antibiotics, such as neomycin, streptomycin, kanamycin, kasugamycin and spectinomycin, at low concentrations. GcvB, conserved in gram-negative enteric bacteria, is known to negatively control the exp...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Muto A,Goto S,Kurita D,Ushida C,Himeno H

更新日期：2020-11-10 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：:A cell-free protein-synthesizing system active in initiation of translation of both endogenous mRNA and exogenous mRNA has been obtained from postmitochondrial supernatant (S-12) of the liver of ethionine-treated rats by adding reticulocyte ribosomal extract as a source of initiation factor. Formation of polysomes in ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hase M,Endo Y,Natori Y

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1-O-Alk-1'-enyl-2-O-acetyl-glycerophosphocholine (vinyl form of PAF) was found with PAF in perfused rat and guinea pig hearts. The main molecular species of the vinyl form of PAF, after separation by reverse phase HPLC, were identified as 1-O-hexadec-, -octadec-, and -octadecen-1'-enyl-2-O-acetyl-GPCs (16:0, 18:0, and...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nakayama R,Saito K

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Incubation of quiescent cultures of Swiss 3T3 cells with epidermal growth factor (EGF) caused an increase in c-myc mRNA. Under these conditions, EGF did not induce phosphoinositide turnover, formation of diacylglycerol, formation of inositol tris-, bis-, and monophosphates, protein kinase C activation, or Ca2+ mobiliz...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Tsuda T,Hamamori Y,Fukumoto Y,Kaibuchi K,Takai Y

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aorta smooth muscle myosin contains two kinds of 17-kDa essential light chain, LC17nm (nonmuscle-type) and LC17gi (gizzard-type) [Hasegawa, Y., Ueda, Y., Watanabe, M., & Morita, F. (1992) J. Biochem. 111, 798-803]. The LC17 isoforms were released from porcine aorta myosin by incubation at 46 degrees C. The rate of rel...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hasegawa Y,Morita F

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heat-stable malate dehydrogenase isolated from Thermus flavus AT62 was completely inactivated by treatment with diethylpyrocarbonate. The inactivation was accompanied by the loss of 1.2 histidine residues per subunit of the enzyme. The enzyme was protected from inactivation by NADH. The enzyme was also inactivated by ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Iijima S,Oh MJ,Saiki T,Beppu T

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spo0A is both a positive and a negative transcriptional regulator which plays a very important role in sporulation initiation in Bacillus subtilis. Its N-terminal amino acid sequence is homologous to that of regulator proteins of the two-component regulatory systems involved in signal transduction in bacteria. Phospho...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Asayama M,Kobayashi Y

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies were conducted to induce urinary excretion of retinol-binding protein (RBP) in the rabbit by long-term administration of cadmium, and to isolate and characterize rabbit RBP. Two rabbits were exposed to Cd at a dose of 0.8 and/or 1.5mg/kg of body weight by means of subcutaneous injections five times per week. O...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Muto Y,Nakanishi M,Shidoji Y

更新日期：1976-04-01 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：:A beta-galactosidase was extracted from the internal organs of a sea squirt, Styela plicata, and purified 959-fold, with an 18% yield, by successive gel chromatography, anion-exchange chromatography, chromatofocusing, and affinity chromatography on a Con A-Sepharose column. The purified enzyme was fairly homogeneous, ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Shigeta S,Ono K,Oka S

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:p-Nitrophenyl O-6-deoxy-6-[(2-pyridyl)amino]-alpha-D-glucopyranosyl-(1----4)-O-alpha- D-glucopyranosyl-(1----4)-O-alpha-D-glucopyranosyl-(1----4)-O-alpha-D- glucopyranosyl-(1----4)-alpha-D-glucopyranoside (FG5P) is hydrolyzed by human pancreatic a-amylase (HPA) or salivary alpha-amylase (HSA) to O-6-deoxy-6-[(2-pyridy...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Omichi K,Ikenaka T

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monkey (Macaca fuscata) mononuclear leukocytes were stimulated to produce thromboplastin (tissue factor) upon exposure to lipopolysaccharide, LPS. The stimulation was dose-related in the concentration range of 10(-5) to 10(-1) micrograms/ml of LPS. Lipid A portion of the LPS molecule was essential to induce the leukoc...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nakamura S,Gotoh S,Takenaka O,Takahashi K

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A real time biomolecular interaction assay system involving an optical sensor was applied to the quantitative analysis of the binding of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) to Vero cells, and the neutralization antibody titer against this virus with a commercially available sulfonated human immunoglobulin preparation....

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Inoue K,Arai T,Aoyagi M

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1) Two forms of acid beta-galactosidase [EC 3.1.23] with different molecular weights catalyzing the hydrolysis of GM1-ganglioside and p-nitrophenyl-beta-D-galactoside were separated and purified from porcine spleen. 2) The apparent molecular weights were 400,000-600,000 and 70,000-74,000 for the high (termed Am form) ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yamamoto Y,Fujie M,Nishimura K

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A DNA polymerase beta (pol. beta) inhibitor has been isolated independently from two organisms; a red perilla, Perilla frutescens, and a mugwort, Artemisia vulgaris. These molecules were determined by spectroscopic analyses to be the cyanogenic glucoside, D-mandelonitrile-beta-D-glucoside, prunasin. The compound inhib...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Mizushina Y,Takahashi N,Ogawa A,Tsurugaya K,Koshino H,Takemura M,Yoshida S,Matsukage A,Sugawara F,Sakaguchi K

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the fine substrate specificities of four highly purified exo-type cellulases (Exo-A from Aspergillus niger, CBHI and CBHII from Trichoderma reesei, and Ex-1 from Irpex lacteus), water-soluble substrates such as barley glucan, xyloglucan from tamarind (Tamarindus indica L.), and their oligosaccharides we...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Amano Y,Shiroishi M,Nisizawa K,Hoshino E,Kanda T

更新日期：1996-12-01 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