The interrelation between high- and low-molecular-weight forms of GM1-beta-galactosidase purified from porcine spleen.

abstract：:We isolated and characterized an anti-idiotype monoclonal antibody (AR42.1) which is capable of mimicking a distinct and specific epitope of MUC-1 antigen. The cDNA sequences coding for the AR42.1 variable regions were determined. We found significant amino acid homology between complementary determining regions 3 (CD...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Luo D,Qi W,Ma J,Wang YJ,Wishart D

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of muscarinic acetylcholine receptors (mAChRs) causes the rapid release of Ca2+ from intracellular stores and a sustained influx of external Ca2+ in PC12D cells, a subline of the widely studied cell line PC12. Release of Ca2+ from intracellular stores and a sustained influx of Ca2+ are also observed followi...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ebihara T,Guo F,Zhang L,Kim JY,Saffen D

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The reactions of diol dehydratase with 3-unsaturated 1,2-diols and thioglycerol were investigated. Holodiol dehydratase underwent rapid and irreversible inactivation by either 3-butene-1,2-diol, 3-butyne-1,2-diol or thioglycerol without catalytic turnovers. In the inactivation, the Co-C bond of adenosylcobalamin under...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Toraya T,Tamura N,Watanabe T,Yamanishi M,Hieda N,Mori K

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycerol-treated muscle fiber bundles were fixed at their rest length in 50 mM KC1, 2 mM MgC1(2), and 10 micron CaC1(2) at pH 7.8 and 0 degrees C in the presence of sufficient amounts of ATP, creatine kinase, and creatine phosphate. The fiber bundles were stretched linearly with time for 0.3 s at a constant amplitude,...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Arata T,Mukohata Y,Tonomura Y

更新日期：1978-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myosin forms stable ternary complexes with ADP and phosphate analogues of fluorometals that mimic different ATPase reaction intermediates corresponding to each step of the cross-bridge cycle. In the present study, we monitored the formation of ternary complexes of myosin.ADP.fluorometal using the fluorescence probe pr...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Maruta S,Uyehara Y,Aihara T,Katayama E

更新日期：2004-07-01 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：:Formate dehydrogenase (EC 1.2.1.2) prepared from peas (Pisum sativum) was a two-subunit enzyme. The enzyme accelerated the formation of an NAD+-cyanide compound having an adsorption band at 330 nm. The enzyme was able to bind one NAD+ molecule per each subunit but only 1 mole of NAD+-cyanide compound was formed per ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ohyama T,Yamazaki I

更新日期：1975-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fluorescence characteristics of product (I), formed during the lipid peroxidation of rat liver phosphatidylcholine liposomes containing glycine, and fluorescent product (II), derived from the reaction of malonaldehyde with glycine, were examined to elucidate the mechanism of fluorescent chromophore formation. Fluo...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Shimasaki H,Hirai N,Ueta N

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An enzyme which catalyzes the hydrolysis of acetamido groups of N-acetylglucosamine residues in cell wall peptidoglycan was found in the supernatant and 20,000 X g pellet fractions of Bacillus cereus. Autolysis of the latter fraction resulted in solubilization and activation of the deacetylase. Among various bacteria,...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Araki Y,Oba S,Araki S,Ito E

更新日期：1980-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gelatinase was extracted at 60 degrees C from the collagen fiber-rich fraction of granulation tissue induced by carrageenin in rats. A large part of the extracted gelatinase was unbound to Zn-chelating Sepharose. The unbound gelatinase gave a single band corresponding to a molecular mass of 57 kDa on SDS-substrate PAG...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nakagawa H,Hirata M,Hoshino K,Sakata K,Hatakeyama S

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The crystal structure of a ternary complex of meso-2,3-butanediol dehydrogenase with NAD+ and a competitive inhibitor, mercaptoethanol, has been determined at 1.7 A resolution by means of molecular replacement and refined to a final R-factor of 0.194. The overall structure is similar to those of the other short chain ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Otagiri M,Kurisu G,Ui S,Takusagawa Y,Ohkuma M,Kudo T,Kusunoki M

更新日期：2001-02-01 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：: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：:Urate oxidases (UOs) catalyze the cofactor-independent oxidation of uric acid, and an extensive water network in the active site has been suggested to play an essential role in the catalysis. For our present analysis of the structure and function of the water network, the crystal qualities of Bacillus sp. TB-90 urate ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hibi T,Itoh T

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. From the standpoint of monomer-dimer equilibrium of hog kidney D-amino acid oxidase [EC 1.4.3.3] and the interaction between the enzyme and small molecules, the effect of pH on the binding of p-aminobenzoate to the monomer and dimer of the enzyme was studied by kinetic methods and spectrophotometric titration. 2. T...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Horiike K,Shiga K,Isomoto A,Yamano T

更新日期：1976-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The multienzyme complex for fatty acid oxidation was purified from Pseudomonas fragi, which was grown on oleic acid as the sole carbon source. This complex exhibited enoyl-CoA hydratase [EC 4.2.1.17], 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase [EC 1.1.1.35], 3-oxoacyl-CoA thiolase [EC 2.3.1.16], cis-3,trans-2-enoyl-CoA isomerase...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Imamura S,Ueda S,Mizugaki M,Kawaguchi A

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four kinds of active sites of bacterial fatty acid synthetase were mapped on distinct regions within a subunit. Active sites were specifically labeled with radioactive substrates and active-site-directed inhibitors. Labeled enzymes were cleaved with proteases, and the fragments thus produced were identified with respe...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Morishima N,Ikai A

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the role of cytosolic phospholipase A2 (PLA2) in the exocytosis of amylase from parotid acinar cells. The exocytosis stimulated by isoproterenol was dose-dependently inhibited by bromoenol lactone (BEL), a potent suicide inhibitor of Ca2+-independent cytosolic PLA2. The IC50 value of BEL was approximately...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Takuma T,Ichida T

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The binding properties of dynein arms to the A- and B-tubules of outer doublets of cilia from Tetrahymena pyriformis were examined, with the following results: 1. When 30s dynein purified from Tetrahymena cilia was added to doublets deficient in dynein arms, it bound to both A- and B-tubules almost equally and formed ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Takahashi M,Tonomura Y

更新日期：1978-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased fructose concentration in erythrocytes of diabetic patients subject haemoglobin (Hb) to be glycated by fructose. Haemoglobin glycation results in early and advanced glycation end products which are known as HbA(1c) and Hb-AGE, respectively. In diabetics the Hb-AGE content raises and the mean parameter multip...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Bakhti M,Habibi-Rezaei M,Moosavi-Movahedi AA,Khazaei MR

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously, several workers reported that at very low ionic strength and in the presence of ATP, the extent of binding of S-1 with the F-actin-tropomyosin-troponin complex or regulated actin (FA-TM-TN) is unaffected by removal of Ca2+. However, in this study we found that during the ATPase reaction at physiological io...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Inoue A,Tonomura Y

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemoglobin-vesicles (HbV) have been developed for use as artificial O(2) carriers in which a purified Hb solution is encapsulated within a phospholipid bilayer membrane. In this study, bovine Hb (BHb) was tested as a source of HbV instead of human Hb (HHb). We compared the preparation process and characteristics of BH...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Sakai H,Masada Y,Takeoka S,Tsuchida E

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The minimal structural unit of cytochrome c oxidase purified from Thiobacillus novellus was composed of one molecule each of two subunits with molecular masses of 32 and 23 kDa, respectively, and the unit had one molecule of heme a and one atom of copper. In the presence of n-octyl-beta-D-thioglucoside, the oxidase ex...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Shoji K,Yamazaki T,Nagano T,Fukumori Y,Yamanaka T

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prothrombin-converting activity of Factor Xa was enhanced by thrombin-stimulated Factor V-deficient platelets and supplementary extraneous Factor Va, and also by thrombin-stimulated normal human platelets. Both extraneous Factor Va and intra-platelet Factor Va were equally inactivated by a gamma-carboxyglutamic ac...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Suzuki K,Nishioka J,Matsuda M,Murayama H,Hashimoto S

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tryptophan residues in ribonuclease from a Rhizopus sp. (RNase Rh) were modified by NBS, H2O2-dioxane, o-nitrophenylsulfenyl chloride (NPS-Cl) and the relation between the extent of modification and enzymatic activity was studied in each case. By extrapolation of the modified tryptophan residue-enzymatic activity curv...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Sanda A,Irie M

更新日期：1980-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The crystal structures of the GTP- and GDP-bound alpha subunits of heterotrimeric GTP-binding proteins were recently determined, and a conserved Thr residue in the G2 (linker 2) region of the alpha subunits, which corresponds to Thr182 in Gi2 alpha, was deduced to interact with the gamma-phosphate of GTP and Mg2+. To ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nishina H,Nimota K,Kukimoto I,Maehama T,Takahashi K,Hoshino S,Kanaho Y,Katada T

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucuronolactone reductase [EC 1.1.1.20] from rat kidney was purified over 300-fold by ammonium sulfate fractionation, chromatography on DEAE-cellulose and hydroxylapatite columns, and preparative isoelectric focusing. The substrate specificity of the enzyme in the reduction reaction was broad, and hexuronic acid was ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hayashi S,Watanabe M,Kimura A

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bovine dopamine beta-monooxygenase is a tetramer consisting of two disulfide-linked dimers. To examine the role(s) of the intersubunit disulfide bonds in the protein structure and activity, the enzyme was treated with DTT at pH 7.5 and 25 degrees C under nondenaturing conditions. A 15-min incubation with 0.5 mM DTT se...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ishida T,Narita M,Nozaki M,Horiike K

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rat serum carboxylesterase [carboxylic ester hydrolase, EC 3.1.1.1] was purified by ammonium sulfate precipitation, chromatography on DEAE-cellulose, QAE Sephadex A-50 and brushite, and gel filtration on Sephadex G-200. This purified enzyme was shown to be a single protein band on slab gel electrophoresis and its fina...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hashinotsume M,Higashino K,Hada T,Yamamura Y

更新日期：1978-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thymosin β4 (Tβ4) is a major intracellular G-actin-sequestering peptide. There is increasing evidence to support important extracellular functions of Tβ4 related to angiogenesis, wound healing and cardiovascular regeneration. We investigated the expression of 'Tβ4' and 'thymosin β10', a closely related peptide, during...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Tokura Y,Nakayama Y,Fukada S,Nara N,Yamamoto H,Matsuda R,Hara T

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00