Role of serum in maintenance of functional hepatocytes in primary culture.

abstract：:Puromycin-mediated in vitro release of nascent peptides from rat liver ribosomes was significantly stimulated by the presence of low concentrations of a detergent, and the stimulation was much more marked with bound ribosomes than with free ribosomes. The release of nascent peptides from ribosomes could be carried out...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Oda T,Nabi N,Omura T

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methyl-coenzyme M reductase isoenzyme I from the methanogenic Archaeon, Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum (strain Marburg), was crystallized by vapor diffusion methods. Crystal form M obtained with 2-methyl-2,4-pentanediol as the precipitant displayed space group P2(1), with unit cell parameters of a=83.2 A, b=117....

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Shima S,Goubeaud M,Vinzenz D,Thauer RK,Ermler U

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Midkine (MK) is a 13-kDa heparin-binding growth/differentiation factor, and its interaction with heparan sulfate proteoglycan is important in promotion of neurite outgrowth. This study was performed to reveal the species of syndecans that interact with MK during embryogenesis of the central nervous system in the rat. ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nakanishi T,Kadomatsu K,Okamoto T,Ichihara-Tanaka K,Kojima T,Saito H,Tomoda Y,Muramatsu T

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human malaria parasite (Plasmodium falciparum) possesses a plastid-derived organelle called the apicoplast, which is believed to employ metabolisms crucial for the parasite's survival. We cloned and studied the biochemical properties of plant-type ferredoxin (Fd) and Fd-NADP+ reductase (FNR), a redox system that p...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kimata-Ariga Y,Kurisu G,Kusunoki M,Aoki S,Sato D,Kobayashi T,Kita K,Horii T,Hase T

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rapid and simple method was developed for the purification of serine hydroxymethyltransferases [EC 2.1.2.1]. The procedure involved ammonium sulfate precipitation, DEAE-cellulose column chromatography and affinity chromatography on an L-adsorbent. Through this procedure the cytosolic enzyme (s-SHMT) was purified 1,6...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Masuda T,Sakamoto M,Nishizaki I,Hayashi H,Yamamoto M,Wada H

更新日期：1987-03-01 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：:We cloned and sequenced the Serratia marcescens prolyl aminopeptidase (SPAP) gene. Nucleotide sequence analysis revealed an open reading frame of 951 bp, encoding a protein of 317 amino acids with a predicted molecular weight of 36,083. The expressed enzyme was purified about 90-fold on columns of Toyopearl HW65C and ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kabashima T,Kitazono A,Kitano A,Ito K,Yoshimoto T

更新日期：1997-09-01 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：: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：:We have so far suggested that the functions of Src family protein-tyrosine kinases are under the control of their regulator kinase, Csk. To evaluate the role of Csk-mediated regulation in neural tissues, we examined the correlation between the activities of Src family kinases and the expression level of Csk during dev...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Inomata M,Takayama Y,Kiyama H,Nada S,Okada M,Nakagawa H

更新日期：1994-08-01 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：:Rat gene for renin-binding protein (RnBP) was shown to be expressed in the kidney, adrenal gland, brain, lung, spleen, ovary, testis, and heart. On sodium depletion and captopril administration, the rat showed a marked increase in the adrenal RnBP mRNA level and a slight decrease in the kidney RnBP mRNA level. In two-...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Tada M,Takahashi S,Miyano M,Miyake Y

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bach2 is a member of the BTB-basic region leucine zipper factor family and represses transcription activity directed by the TPA response element, the Maf recognition element (MARE) and the antioxidant-responsive element. Recently, it was reported that upon oxidative stress Bach2 forms nuclear foci surrounding the prom...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hoshino H,Nishino TG,Tashiro S,Miyazaki M,Ohmiya Y,Igarashi K,Horinouchi S,Yoshida M

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:YfkN isolated from the culture supernatant of Bacillus subtilis in the exponential phase of growth is a protein of 143.5 kDa that derives from a putative large precursor of 159.6 kDa processed at both the N- and C-terminal ends. Pulse-chase experiments indicated that the release occurs slowly with a half-time longer t...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Chambert R,Pereira Y,Petit-Glatron MF

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myosin was isolated from leucocytes in horse arterial blood by the same procedures used for the isolation of myosin from skeletal muscle. The Ca2+-, EDTA-, and Mg2+-ATPase [EC 3.6.1.3] activities of the protein was 0.148, 0.147, and 0.001 mumoles/min/mg, respectively, in 0.5 M KCl at pH 7.0 and 25 degrees. The Ca2+-AT...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Takeuchi K,Shibata N,Senda N

更新日期：1975-07-01 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：:Connectin (titin) links the Z line to the myosin filament in sarcomeres of vertebrate skeletal muscle. An 800 kDa fragment of alpha-connectin runs from the Z line up to the N2 line region in the I band, and the following beta-connectin portion runs up to the edge of the M line on the myosin filament in chicken breast ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kawamura Y,Kume H,Itoh Y,Ohtsuka S,Kimura S,Maruyama K

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While many reports have shown that Ca2+ alone causes ryanodine binding to the heavy fraction of the sarcoplasmic reticulum (HFSR), our results demonstrate that caffeine or beta,gamma-methylene adenosine triphosphate (AMPOPCP) in addition to Ca2+ is necessary for ryanodine binding, although Ca2+ is indispensable for it...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ogawa Y,Harafuji H

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The DNA chain elongation mechanisms of mouse DNA polymerases alpha and beta have been analyzed by using denatured DNA with a (dT)n block at the 3'-end as a template in combination with RNA ((rA)12-20)primer. The (rA)12-20-primed DNA product synthesized by DNA polymerase alpha was 3-5 s in size even after prolonged rea...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Matsukage A,Nishizawa M,Takahashi T,Hozumi T

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microvesicles (MVs) serve as vectors of nucleic-acid dissemination and are important mediators of intercellular communication. However, the functionality of packaged nucleic acids on recipient cells following transfer of MV cargo has not been clearly elucidated. This limitation is attributed to a lack of methodology a...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Lu JF,Pokharel D,Padula MP,Bebawy M

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The assembly of newly synthesized histones into chromatin during replication of MH-134SC cells was studied. Cells pulse-labeled with iododeoxyuridine and [3H]lysine were mixed with an equivalent number of normal cells labeled with [14C]lysine. Nuclease chromatin obtained from pooled cells was fractionated by buoyant-d...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Senshu T,Fukuda M,Ohashi M

更新日期：1978-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OsGEN-L has a 5'-flap endonuclease activity and plays an essential role in rice microspore development. The Class 4 RAD2/XPG family nucleases, including OsGEN-L, were recently found to have resolving activity for the Holliday junction (HJ), the intermediate of DNA strand recombination. In this study, we performed a de...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yang Y,Ishino S,Yamagami T,Kumamaru T,Satoh H,Ishino Y

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amino acid sequences of fibrinopeptides A and B from the macaque, Macaca fuscata (Japanese monkey) and the guenon, Erythrocebus patas (patas monkey) were established. Fibrinopeptides A of the monkeys had a sequence identical with those of baboons: Ala-Asp-Thr-Gly-Glu-Gly-Asp-Phe-Leu-Ala-Glu-Gly-Gly-Gly-Val-Arg. Fibrin...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nakamura S,Takenaka O,Takahashi K

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A glutathione S-transferase isozyme which is absent in normal rat liver has been isolated from the hereditary hyperbilirubinuria rat liver cytosol. The enzyme was purified to apparent homogeneity by GSH-affinity chromatography and HPLC on CM-Sepharose CL-6B. It is a heterodimer of two non-identical subunits, i.e., sub...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Igarashi T,Tsuchiya T,Satoh T

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prp8 is a splicing factor of 220 kDa originally identified in yeast and is a component of the U5 small nuclear ribonucleoprotein particle. Mouse Prp8 cDNA was cloned and shown to share 62.6 and 68.2% sequence identity with the yeast homologue at the amino acid and nucleotide level, respectively, while it differs by on...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Takahashi A,Muramatsu H,Takagi S,Fujisawa H,Miyake Y,Muramatsu T

更新日期：2001-04-01 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：:A cell-wall-associated proteinase from Lactobacillus helveticus CP790, grown in skim milk, was purified to homogeneity by DEAE ion exchange chromatography in the presence of EDTA. Its molecular weight was estimated to be 45,000 by SDS-PAGE and also by the recovery of proteinase activity only from this fraction of SDS-...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yamamoto N,Akino A,Takano T

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When the membrane fraction of Saccharomyces carlsbergensis was incubated with radiolabeled isopentenyl diphosphate in the presence of farnesyl diphosphate and Mg2+, phosphorylated and free long-chain polyprenols were formed. The reaction was inhibited by EDTA and heavy metal cations. A series of non-ionic detergents w...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Bukhtiyarov YE,Shabalin YA,Kulaev IS

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:RPE65 is a membrane-associated retinoid isomerase involved in the visual cycle responsible for sustaining vision. Many mutations in the human RPE65 gene are associated with distinct forms of retinal degenerative diseases. The pathogenic mechanisms for most of these mutations remain poorly understood. Here, we show tha...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Li S,Hu J,Jin RJ,Aiyar A,Jacobson SG,Bok D,Jin M

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the effects of aging and denervation on the gene expression of uncoupling proteins (UCPs) in slow-twitch soleus and fast-twitch gastrocnemius muscles. In a comparison between the control limbs of 6- and 24-month-old rats, the mRNA levels of UCP3, heart-type fatty acid binding protein (HFABP), and gluco...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kontani Y,Wang Z,Furuyama T,Sato Y,Mori N,Yamashita H

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00