Cloning of 3-isopropylmalate dehydrogenase gene of an extreme thermophile and partial purification of the gene product.

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：:Rous sarcoma virus-transformed rat liver cell line RSV-BRL secreted a neutral proteinase in a latent precursor form with a molecular weight (Mr) of 57,000 (57k) as a major secreted protein. This enzyme was a calcium-dependent metallo-proteinase. The proenzyme was purified from the serum-free conditioned medium of the ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Umenishi F,Yasumitsu H,Ashida Y,Yamauti J,Umeda M,Miyazaki K

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed a high-throughput Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for measuring α2,6-sialylated transferrin (Tf), based on inhibition of anti-Tf antibody binding to α2,6-sialylated Tf by a lectin, Sambucus sieboldiana Agglutinin (SSA). The inhibition was not observed with other glycoforms, such as periodate-tre...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hoshi K,Kariya Y,Nara K,Ito H,Matsumoto K,Nagae M,Yamaguchi Y,Nakajima M,Miyajima M,Arai H,Kuno A,Narimatsu H,Shirotani K,Hashimoto Y

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is not known whether the activity of the Escherichia coli protein export system changes during the division cycle. To address and answer this question, we took two approaches. First, we pulse-labeled a random culture and size-fractionated the labeled cells in the presence of inhibitors of secretion. Second, we puls...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Taura T,Ito K

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study how collagen synthesis is regulated in developing chick embryonic skin, hydroxyproline synthesis, incorporation of proline, and translational activity and content of collagen mRNA in 12-, 15-, and 18-day skins were determined and compared with each other. Hydroxyproline synthesis in the 18-day skins was marke...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ohyama K,Tokimitsu I,Tajima S

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment of Sendai virus with p-azidophenyl-6-chloro-6-deoxy-beta-D-glucopyranoside (APG) caused chemical modification of the viral envelope under UV irradiation, which did not affect the hemagglutinin activity of the virus but inhibited the hemolytic activity. Also, the transfer of phospholipid from the viral envelo...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Jizomoto H,Arita H,Sugita K,Kawanami J,Sato K,Kuriyama K

更新日期：1980-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tissue remodelling and regeneration in various pathophysiological conditions (e.g. the processes of development, pregnancy, inflammation, wound healing, tissue regeneration, tumor growth, etc.) require angiogenesis, a dynamically coordinated response to stimuli from the extracellular microenvironment. During angiogeni...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Sakaue T,Maekawa M,Nakayama H,Higashiyama S

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of 2'-substitutions of ATP on the substrate and inhibitor properties for RNA synthesis were studied in the poly(dAT)-dependent reaction of Escherichia coli RNA polymerase. In the presence of UTP, 2'-deoxy-2'-azidoadenosine 5'-triphosphate (AZTP) was incorporated into an acid-insoluble fraction at one-tenth...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ishihama A,Enami M,Nishijima Y,Fukui T,Ohtsuka E,Ikehara M

更新日期：1980-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cytoplasmic peptide elongation factor, EF-1 alpha, is anchored at the endoplasmic reticulum membrane by phosphatidylinositol via ethanolamine bridging presumably to Asp306 of the protein. ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hayashi Y,Urade R,Utsumi S,Kito M

更新日期：1989-10-01 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：:Silent information regulator type-1 (SIRT1) is crucial during the development of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). We aimed to explore whether SIRT1 activation could protect against ARDS. SIRT1 was activated by its agonist SRT1720. ARDS was induced by intraperitoneal injection of 5 mg/kg lipopolysaccharide (...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Zhan Y,Yang C,Zhang Q,Yao L

更新日期：2021-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:A chromosomal gene, mlr6793, in Mesorhizobium loti was identified as the gene encoding 5-formyl-3-hydroxy-2-methylpyridine 4-carboxylic acid (FHMPC) dehydrogenase (dismutase) involved in the degradation pathway for pyridoxine (vitamin B(6)). The homogenously purified recombinant enzyme has a molecular mass of 59.1 kDa...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yokochi N,Yoshikane Y,Matsumoto S,Fujisawa M,Ohnishi K,Yagi T

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunoblotting showed that a monoclonal antibody, 3A10, binds to a series of rat brain-specific antigens with molecular masses of 150-, 120-, 118-, 106-, 104-, 79-, and 77-kDa. The expression of 3A10 antigens is dependent on the developmental stage of the brain; only the 106-kDa antigen is detected during embryonic st...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Harada A,Takeuchi K,Dohmae N,Takio K,Uenaka T,Aoki J,Inoue K,Umeda M

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously identified a human cDNA encoding a novel receptor tyrosine kinase, termed Sky, which is predominantly expressed in the brain and has a unique extracellular domain consisting of two immunoglobulin (Ig)-like and two fibronectin type III (FN III) motifs. In attempts to define the functional role of the Sky ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ohashi K,Honda S,Ichinomiya N,Nakamura T,Mizuno K

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gene encoding subtilisin Amylosacchariticus from Bacillus subtilis var. amylosacchariticus was isolated and the entire nucleotide sequence of the coding sequence was determined. The deduced amino acid sequence revealed an N-terminal signal peptide and pro-peptide of 106 residues followed by the mature protein comp...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yoshimoto T,Oyama H,Honda T,Tone H,Takeshita T,Kamiyama T,Tsuru D

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calmodulin (CaM), a physiologically important Ca(2+)-binding protein, participates in numerous cellular regulatory processes. It is dumbbell shaped and contains two globular domains connected by a short alpha-helix. Each of the globular domains has two Ca(2+)-binding sites, the EF hands. CaM undergoes a conformational...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Shishido H,Yamada MD,Kondo K,Maruta S

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this report, we describe a laser-latex combination system that enables membrane-impermeable molecules to penetrate cell membranes. Laser light (Q-switched Nd:YAG laser, 532.5 nm) was used to irradiate a mixture of commercial latex particles (blue dyed, 1 micro m in diameter) and mouse fibrosarcoma (Meth-A) cells. A...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Umebayashi Y,Miyamoto Y,Wakita M,Kobayashi A,Nishisaka T

更新日期：2003-08-01 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：:Changes in the fatty acid composition of choline glycerophospholipid (CGP) and ethanolamine glycerophospholipid (EGP) in the liver, heart, kidney, testis, spleen, and brain of rats were examined at various stages of streptozotocin-induced diabetes. Diabetes of prolonged duration (8 weeks) caused profound alterations i...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hu Q,Ishii E,Nakagawa Y

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A newly isolated binding protein of peroxisomal targeting signal type 2 (PTS2) receptor Pex7, termed P7BP2, is transported into peroxisomes by binding to the longer isoform of Pex5p, Pex5pL, via Pex7p. The binding to Pex7p and peroxisomal localization of P7BP2 depends on the cleavable PTS2 in the N-terminal region, su...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Niwa H,Miyauchi-Nanri Y,Okumoto K,Mukai S,Noi K,Ogura T,Fujiki Y

更新日期：2018-12-01 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：:Molecular cloning of the gene and the crystal structure of the prolyl aminopeptidase [EC 3.4.11.5] from Serratia marcescens have been studied by us [J. Biochem. 122, 601-605 (1997); ibid. 126, 559-565 (1999)]. Through these studies, Phe139, Tyr149, Glu204, and Arg136 were estimated to be concerned with substrate recog...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ito K,Inoue T,Kabashima T,Kanada N,Huang HS,Ma X,Azmi N,Azab E,Yoshimoto T

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:L-Glutamate dehydrogenase (GLDH) independent of NAD(P) and oxygen was first obtained from the psychrotrophic bacterium Aeromonas sp. L101, originally isolated from the organs of salmon (Oncorhynchus keta). GLDH was purified by a series of chromatography steps on DEAE-Sepharose, Superdex 200pg, Q-Sepharose, CM-Sepharos...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yamamura A,Sakaguchi T,Murakami Y,Yokoyama K,Tamiya E

更新日期：1999-04-01 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：: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：:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of ∼22 nt non-coding RNAs that control diverse biological functions in animals, plants and unicellular eukaryotes by promoting degradation or inhibition of translation of target mRNAs. miRNA expression is often tissue specific and developmentally regulated. Aberrant expression of miRNAs ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Davis-Dusenbery BN,Hata A

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been demonstrated that the GM2 ganglioside cannot be cleaved by exo-beta-N-acetylhexosaminidases isolated from molds or bacterial sources. Here, a novel GM2 ganglioside-degrading enzyme was found in cells of Nocardia sp. This enzyme releases free fatty acids from the GM2 ganglioside. The chemical structure of t...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hirabayashi Y,Kimura M,Matsumoto M,Yamamoto K,Kadowaki S,Tochikura T

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:alphaB-Crystallin, a member of the small heat shock protein (sHSP) family, is expressed in various tissues including lens, heart, and skeletal muscle. Previously we identified the gene of HSPB2, another member of the sHSP family, located 1-kb upstream of the alphaB-crystallin gene in a head-to-head manner. In the pres...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ijichi N,Tsujimoto N,Iwaki T,Fukumaki Y,Iwaki A

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amino acid compositions of 356 proteins are expressed as points in an 18 dimensional space of 18 axes representing the contents of amino acids. The proteins are classified into four groups of intra- and extracellular enzymes and nonenzymes according to analysis of the distribution of the points. The groups have a sign...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nishikawa K,Ooi T

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The P1' Ser(50) at the second reactive site of soybean protease inhibitor C-II was replaced with arginine to confirm the contribution of this residue to the inhibition. The Arg derivative had less trypsin inhibitory activity (Ki = 1 X 10(-7) M) than the Ser derivative (Ki = 2 X 10(-8) M), in contrast to the results ob...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kurokawa T,Hara S,Teshima T,Ikenaka T

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00