Kinetic analysis of bovine alpha-crystallin reaggregation in the presence of calcium ions.

abstract：:In a search for adjuvants of non-bacterial origin for immunization with ganglioside, we investigated whether chemical coupling to immune stimulatory protein could increase the immunogenicity of sialoglycosphingolipid. A novel method for the linkage of glycosphingolipids, including gangliosides, to protein was establis...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Jennemann R,Gnewuch C,Bosslet S,Bauer BL,Wiegandt H

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Yeast mitochondrial ATP synthase has three regulatory proteins, ATPase inhibitor, 9K protein, and 15K protein. The 9K protein binds directly to purified F1-ATPase, as does the ATPase inhibitor, but the 15K protein does not [Hashimoto, T. et al. (1987) J. Biochem. 102, 685-692]. In the present study, we found that 15K ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hashimoto T,Yoshida Y,Tagawa K

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monoclonal antibodies for human thrombomodulin, a cofactor for thrombin-catalyzed activation of protein C, were prepared and their epitopes characterized. All six antibodies (MFTM-1-MFTM-6) bound to an elastase-digested active fragment of thrombomodulin, which contains six consecutive EGF domains. Binding of thrombomo...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hayashi T,Suzuki K

更新日期：1990-11-01 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 denaturation of recombinant horse L-chain apoferritin (rLF), which is composed of 24 L-chain subunits, in acidic solution was studied. Using two rLF mutants, lacking four (Fer4) or eight (Fer8) N-terminal amino acid residues, the effect of N-terminal residues on the protein's stability was investigated. Of the two...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yoshizawa K,Mishima Y,Park SY,Heddle JG,Tame JR,Iwahori K,Kobayashi M,Yamashita I

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:2-Amino-4-methylphenol was converted to a brownish yellow material by the lysates of human erythrocytes or purified human hemoglobin. The reaction proceeded oxidatively, coupled with the oxidation of hemoglobin. The major component of the brownish yellow material produced by oxidative condensation of 2-amino-4-methylp...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Tomoda A,Arisawa M,Koshimura S

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coenzyme A (CoASH) is an obligate cofactor for lipids undergoing beta-oxidation in peroxisomes. Although the peroxisomal membrane appears to be impermeable to CoASH, peroxisomes contain their own pool of CoASH. It is believed that CoASH enters peroxisomes as acyl-CoAs, but it is not known how this pool is regulated. T...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Reilly SJ,Tillander V,Ofman R,Alexson SE,Hunt MC

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies were carried out on the delta 5-desaturation reaction in ergosterol biosynthesis with a particulate fraction of cell-free extract of yeast. A reduced pyridine nucleotide coenzyme and molecular oxygen were required for the reaction. It was shown that the enzyme activity is located in a fraction corresponding to...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Osumi T,Nishino T,Katsuki H

更新日期：1979-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed three mouse monoclonal antibodies (mAb) of types IgG1 and IgG2b, i.e. anti-acetylspermine (Ac-Spm)-1 and 2 (ACSPM-1 and 2), and anti-acetylspermine (Ac-Spm)-3 (ACSPM-3), respectively, against Ac-Spm conjugated to bovine serum albumin via a heterobifunctional cross-linker, N-(gamma-maleimidobutyryloxy...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Fujiwara K,Kaminishi Y,Kitagawa T,Tsuru D,Yabuuchi M,Kanetake H,Nomata K

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of mannan chains in the formation and secretion of active acid phosphatase of yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae), a repressible cell surface mannoprotein, was studied in yeast protoplast systems by using tunicamycin at various temperatures. At 30 degrees C, tunicamycin-treated protoplasts did not produce active...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Mizunaga T,Izawa M,Ikeda K,Maruyama Y

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of two genomic DNA regions encoding malate synthase (MS) was shown by Southern blot analysis of the genomic DNA from an n-alkane-assimilating yeast, Candida tropicalis, using a partial MS cDNA probe, in accordance with the fact that two types of partial MS cDNAs have previously been isolated. This was als...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hikida M,Atomi H,Fukuda Y,Aoki A,Hishida T,Teranishi Y,Ueda M,Tanaka A

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhibitory effects of various amino acid esters on the phagocytic activity of guinea pig peritoneal macrophages were studied with sensitized 51Cr-sheep erythrocytes (51Cr-EAb) as well as 125I-alpha-amylase complexed with homologous IgG2 antibody (Ag-Ab complex). The intracellular uptake of 51Cr-EAb was markedly inhibi...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nihira S,Koyama J

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A heat-labile, non-dialyzable factor(s) in soluble fractions from Escherichia coli strains and Bacillus subtilis was found to incorporate the radioactivity of [14C]glutamic acid into 95 degrees C CCl3COOH-insoluble fraction. Incorporation catalyzed by a partially purified factor from E. coli B required ATP, Mg2+, tRNA...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hashizume S,Honjoh T,Shoji M

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptolysin S (SLS) is a serum-extractable and oxygen-stable hemolysin produced by Group A Streptococcus. A SLS-deficient mutant in which transposon Tn 916 was inserted in a locus distinct from the sag gene cluster [Nizet et al. (2000) Infect. Immun. 68, 4245-4254] was obtained by filter mating of the transposon-harb...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Karaya K,Shimizu T,Taketo A

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To examine whether serine proteases of rat liver chromatin are also involved in the degradation of newly synthesized and unbound ribosomal proteins and histones, like the nuclear thiol protease which we reported previously (Tsurugi, K. & Ogata, K. (1979) Eur. J. Biochem. 101, 205-213), in vivo experiments were carried...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Tsurugi K,Oyanagi M,Ogata K

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serine dehydrogenase from Escherichia coli is a homotetrameric enzyme belonging to the short-chain dehydrogenase/reductase (SDR) family. This enzyme catalyses the NADP(+)-dependent oxidation of serine to 2-aminomalonate semialdehyde. The enzyme shows a stereospecificity for β-(3S)-hydroxy acid as a substrate; however,...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yamazawa R,Nakajima Y,Mushiake K,Yoshimoto T,Ito K

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclic AMP receptor protein (CRP) plays a key role in the transcription regulation of many prokaryotic genes. Upon the binding of cyclic AMP, CRP is allosterically activated, binds to target DNA sites, and interacts with RNA polymerase. Although the protein-protein interaction between CRP and RNA polymerase is known t...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Lee TW,Won HS,Park SH,Kyogoku Y,Lee BJ

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein H, one of the major outer membrane proteins Pseudomonas aeruginosa, shows an interesting interaction with the peptidoglycan layer of the cell. It is retained by peptidoglycan after extraction of the cell envelope with SDS solution at 35 degrees C. A protein of the same molecular weight (21,000) as protein H wa...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Mizuno T

更新日期：1979-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Steroid monooxygenase of Rhodococcus rhodochrous is a Baeyer-Villigerase catalyzing the insertion of an oxygen atom between the C(17)- and C(20)-carbons of progesterone to produce testosterone acetate. The 5.1-kbp-long BamHI DNA fragment containing the steroid monooxygenase gene, smo, was cloned from the chromosomal D...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Morii S,Sawamoto S,Yamauchi Y,Miyamoto M,Iwami M,Itagaki E

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autoactivation of the proenzyme form of a subunit of the first component (C1r) was performed in the presence and absence of diisopropyl fluorophosphate (DFP). The time-course of autoactivation of zymogen C1r followed a sigmoidal curve and was accelerated by addition of the enzyme C1r and by increasing the concentratio...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kasahara Y,Odai H,Takahashi K,Nagasawa S,Koyama J

更新日期：1985-01-01 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：:The effects of Na+ and ATP on the K+ binding to Na+, K+-ATPase were investigated by the centrifugation method with radioactive K+ in the absence of Mg2+. In the presence of 10 microM 43KCl, 0.6 and 10 mM Na+ decreased the amount of bound K+ to one-half and zero, respectively. On the other hand, 10 microM and 10 mM ATP...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Homareda H,Nozaki T,Matsui H

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have analyzed the manner of incorporation of bile acid into lipid bilayers and resultant perturbation of the bilayer structure with lower bile acid/lipid ratios relevant to the physiological conditions (approximately 1 mM) by 2H and 31P NMR methods, as an aid to understanding the possible role as an endogenous tumo...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Saitŏ H,Sugimoto Y,Tabeta R,Suzuki S,Izumi G,Kodama M,Toyoshima S,Nagata C

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatic peroxisomes and mitochondria from 20-day-old chick embryo were separated by sucrose density gradient centrifugation and the characteristics of carnitine acyltransferases in these organelles were studied. The carnitine acyltransferase activities in peroxisomes were increased markedly by the treatment of chick e...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ishii S,Ishii H,Suga T

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aberrant DNA methylation is a common form of epigenetic alterations and it has been proved to be closely related to many cancers, while its role in epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-mutated non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is not clear. This study focuses on the role of DNA methyltransferase 1 (DNMT1) in EGFR-...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Wu XY,Chen HC,Li WW,Yan JD,Lv RY

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cation specificity and effects of pH and temperature on membrane aggregation of porcine intestinal brush borders were studied in terms of the turbidity change of the membrane suspensions due to the addition of polyvalent cations. Monovalent cations (K+ and Na+) did not induce the membrane aggregation at 5 mM or below....

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ohyashiki T,Takeuchi M,Mohri T

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:c-Abl non-receptor tyrosine kinase has been implicated in many cellular processes including cell differentiation, stress response and regulating gene transcription. The mechanism by which c-Abl is involved in the regulation of gene transcription remains to be elucidated. In this study, we investigated the functions of...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Jing Y,Wang M,Tang W,Qi T,Gu C,Hao S,Zeng X

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a previous study, we purified PAF-acetylhydrolase, which converts PAF to an inactive metabolite, lysoPAF, from peritoneal fluid of guinea pigs subjected to experimental endotoxin shock and found that this purified enzyme had similar biochemical properties to the plasma enzyme [Karasawa, K., Yato, M., Setaka, M., an...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Karasawa K,Kuge O,Kawasaki K,Nishijima M,Nakano Y,Tomita M,Yokoyama K,Setaka M,Nojima S

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An adenosinetriphosphatase (ATPase) [EC 3.6.1.3] copurified with the DNA-dependent RNA polymerase [EC 2.7.7.6] from Escherichia coli was isolated to apparent homogeneity and some of its functional as well as structural properties were examined. Although the novel ATPase exhibited metal requirements similar to those of...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ishihama A,Ikeuchi T,Matsumoto A,Yamamoto S

更新日期：1976-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tyr225 in the active site of Escherichia coli aspartate aminotransferase (AspAT) was replaced by phenylalanine or arginine by site-directed mutagenesis. X-ray crystallographic analysis of Y225F AspAT showed that the benzene ring of Phe225 was situated at the same position as the phenol ring of Tyr225 in wild-type AspA...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Inoue K,Kuramitsu S,Okamoto A,Hirotsu K,Higuchi T,Morino Y,Kagamiyama H

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00