The circadian change of gluconeogenesis in the liver in vivo in fed rats.

abstract：:The crystal structure of an adenylate kinase from an extremophilic archaeon Aeropyrum pernix was determined in complex with full ligands, ATP-Mg2+ and AMP, at a resolution of 2.0 Å. The protein forms a trimer as found for other adenylate kinases from archaea. Interestingly, the reacting three atoms, two phosphorus and...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Shibanuma Y,Nemoto N,Yamamoto N,Sampei GI,Kawai G

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to determine the mode of action of cytostatic 9-beta-D-xylofuranosyladenine (xylo-A), the inhibitory effects of 9-beta-D-xylofuranosyladenine 5'-triphosphate (xylo-ATP) on DNA-dependent RNA polymerases I and II purified from cherry salmon (Oncorhynchus masou) liver nuclei were studied. This nucleotide showed ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nakayama C,Saneyoshi M

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The P2X4 purinergic receptor is a key molecule in neuropathic pain, particularly in the allodynia after peripheral nerve injury. We therefore sought to establish an anti-P2X4 receptor monoclonal antibody that would be useful for detection and characterization of the P2X4 receptor. We first prepared the refolded extrac...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Igawa T,Higashi S,Abe Y,Ohkuri T,Tanaka H,Morimoto S,Yamashita T,Tsuda M,Inoue K,Ueda T

更新日期：2013-03-01 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：:To better understand the regulation of ryudocan (syndecan-4) expression, we have determined the structural organization of the human ryudocan gene. The human ryudocan gene extends approximately 24 kilobases and is divided into five exons, which appear to be conserved in syndecan family members. Exon I encodes the sign...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Takagi A,Kojima T,Tsuzuki S,Katsumi A,Yamazaki T,Sugiura I,Hamaguchi M,Saito H

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclohexadextrin and maltose bound to soybean beta-amylase and affected the environments of tryptophan and tyrosine residues, producing characteristic difference spectra in the ultraviolet region. The difference spectrum produced by cyclohexadextrin, a competitive inhibitor, had peaks at 285, 292, and 299 nm, while th...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Mikami B,Nomura K,Morita Y

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ascorbate oxidase obtained from a microorganism, Acremonium sp. HI-25 (molecular weight, 80 kDa; monomeric protein), was studied with respect to atomic absorption, EPR, absorption spectra, circular dichroism (CD) spectra, and steady-state kinetics. The enzyme was found to be a multicopper protein, containing four ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hirose J,Sakurai T,Imamura K,Watanabe H,Iwamoto H,Hiromi K,Itoh H,Shin T,Murao S

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two transferrin (Tf) glycan-isoforms were previously found in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF); one appears to be derived from serum (Tf-2) and the other from choroid plexus, a CSF-producing tissue (Tf-1). To analyse metabolic differences associated with the two isoforms, their ratio (Tf-2/Tf-1) was defined as the Tf index. ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yoshihara A,Fukatsu M,Hoshi K,Ito H,Nollet K,Yamaguchi Y,Ishii R,Tokuda T,Miyajima M,Arai H,Kato T,Furukawa K,Arai H,Kikuchi A,Takeda A,Ugawa Y,Hashimoto Y

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activity of biological molecules is often affected by their phosphorylation state. Regulatory phosphorylation operates as a binary switch and is usually controlled by counteracting kinases and phosphatases. However, phosphatidylinositol (PtdIns) has three phosphorylation sites on its inositol ring. The phosphoryla...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Miyazawa K

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The TATA box-binding factor TFIID mediates transcriptional regulation through interactions with various regulatory factors and putative participation in reconfiguration of nucleosomes, utilizing its components, which include TATA box-binding protein (TBP) and TBP-associated factors (TAFs). Our and other previous studi...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Bando M,Ijuin S,Hasegawa S,Horikoshi M

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:N-beta-Alanyl-5-S-glutathionyl-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (5-S-GAD) exhibits selective cytotoxicity toward certain human tumor cell lines. 5-S-GAD has been shown to release hydrogen peroxide autonomously. Hydrogen peroxide is converted to water and oxygen by catalase. The purpose of this study is to determine whether ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nishikawa T,Nishikawa S,Akiyama N,Natori S

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To improve our understanding of the physiological roles of parvalbumins, PA-1 (pI 4.78) and PA-2 (pI 4.97) parvalbumins were prepared from bullfrog skeletal muscle and their calcium binding properties were examined in a medium of constant ionic strength (I = 0.106, pH 6.80, at 20 degrees C) containing various concentr...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ogawa Y,Tanokura M

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From the homogenate of rat submaxillary gland, two kinds of serine proteinases, named tentatively proteinases A and B, were isolated and their chemical properties and activities toward rat kininogens were examined, in comparison with those of submaxillary kallikrein. Proteinase A with Mr of 28,200 rapidly cleaved high...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kato H,Nakanishi E,Enjyoji K,Hayashi I,Oh-ishi S,Iwanaga S

更新日期：1987-12-01 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：:The heavy enzyme of gramicidin S synthetase was purified to an almost homogeneous state by a combination of ammonium sulfate fractionation, ornithine-Sepharose 4B chromatography, DEAE-cellulose chromatography, and Ultrogel AcA 22 chromatography. The enzyme was proved to be essentially homogeneous by ultracentrifugatio...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hori K,Kurotsu T,Kanda M,Miura S,Nozoe A,Saito Y

更新日期：1978-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli RNase HII is composed of 198 amino acid residues. The enzyme has been overproduced in an insoluble form, purified in a urea-denatured form, and refolded with poor yield [M. Itaya (1990) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 87, 8587-8591]. To facilitate the preparation of the enzyme in an amount sufficient for p...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ohtani N,Haruki M,Muroya A,Morikawa M,Kanaya S

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Tetrahymena group I intron ribozyme folds into a complex three dimensional structure for performing the self-splicing reaction. Catalysis depends on its core structure comprising two helical domains, P4-P6 and P3-P7. The two domains are joined by three sets of conserved base-triple(s) and other tertiary interactio...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ohki Y,Ikawa Y,Shiraishi H,Inoue T

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High mobility group box 1 (HMGB1) protein is the most abundant chromatin-associated non-histone protein expressed in all nucleated eukaryotic cells. We examined the phosphorylation of mammalian HMGB1 by testing the ability of the cyclin-dependent kinase 5 (Cdk5) to use as substrates native protein, either unmodified o...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ugrinova I,Pashev IG,Pasheva EA

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:cAMP and Ca2(+)-independent histone kinase was generated from rat liver plasma membrane in an ionic strength-dependent manner by the action of an endogenous trypsin-like protease (Hashimoto, E. et al. (1986) FEBS Lett. 200, 63-66). In addition to the effect of ionic strength, this proteolytic activation of protein kin...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hashimoto E,Yamamura H

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The process of mitochondrial dysfunction in ischemic rat liver was studied. A close correlation was found between decrease in the mitochondrial adenine nucleotide content and deterioration of oxidative phosphorylation capacity. The level of total adenine nucleotides, which was 15--20 nmol/mg protein in mitochondria is...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Watanabe F,Kamiike W,Nishimura T,Hashimoto T,Tagawa K

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two novel oligosaccharides with the sialyl-Le(a) structure were isolated from human milk using a monoclonal antibody, MSW 113. These oligosaccharides were purified by affinity chromatography on a column of the immobilized monoclonal antibody and by high-performance liquid chromatography, and structurally characterized...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kitagawa H,Nakada H,Fukui S,Funakoshi I,Kawasaki T,Yamashina I,Tate S,Inagaki F

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the effect of Ca2+ on the reactivities of two SH groups of DTNB light chain (Cys 128 and Cys 157) using a fluorogenic thiol reagent. It was found that a Ca2+-induced change in reactivity occurred only with Cys 128 when the light chain was in an isolated state, whereas it occurred with both Cys 128 and Cys 1...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yamamoto K,Honjo R,Sekine T

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diacylglycerol lipase (DGL) was solubilized from human platelet microsomes with heptyl-beta-D-thioglucoside, and purified to homogeneity on SDS-PAGE using a combination of chromatographic and electrophoretic methods. The molecular mass of the purified DGL was estimated to be 33 kDa. Its apparent pI was pH 6.0, as dete...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Moriyama T,Urade R,Kito M

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method is described for the preparation of a monomeric Fab'-beta-D-galactosidase conjugate, which is required for the development of a sensitive immunoenzymometric assay. Anti-human IgG F(ab')2 was labeled with 2,4-dinitrophenyl groups, split into Fab' by reduction and reacted with excess maleimide groups which had ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Imagawa M,Hashida S,Ishikawa E,Freytag JW

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acid ceramidase (ACDase) metabolizes ceramide to sphingosine, leading to sphingosine 1-phosphate production. Reportedly, ACDase has been upregulated in prostate cancer. However, its regulatory mechanism remains unclear. LNCaP (androgen-sensitive prostate cancer cell line) but not PC3 and DU-145, (androgen-unresponsive...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Mizutani N,Inoue M,Omori Y,Ito H,Tamiya-Koizumi K,Takagi A,Kojima T,Nakamura M,Iwaki S,Nakatochi M,Suzuki M,Nozawa Y,Murate T

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pH-activity curve of heavy meromyosin ATPase [EC 3.6.1.3] was measured at various temperatures. The pH-activity curve at higher temperatures showed a maximum at low pH and a minimum at pH 7 to 8 as has been already reported. At lower temperatures it was sigmoidal in shape, similar to a simple dissociation curve of...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ishigami F,Morita F

更新日期：1977-02-01 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：:Amyloid beta peptide (Abeta) is a physiological peptide that is constantly catabolized in the brain. We previously demonstrated that an endopeptidase sensitive to phosphoramidon and thiorphan conducts the initial rate-limiting proteolysis of Abeta in vivo, but the exact molecular identity of the peptidase(s) has remai...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Takaki Y,Iwata N,Tsubuki S,Taniguchi S,Toyoshima S,Lu B,Gerard NP,Gerard C,Lee HJ,Shirotani K,Saido TC

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The interactions of substoichiometric TNP-ATP and F1-ATPase from Escherichia coli (EF1) were examined and compared with those in the case of mitochondrial F1-ATPase (MF1) and F1-ATPase from thermophilic Bacillus PS3 (TF1). EF1 hydrolyzed substoichiometric TNP-ATP faster than TF1 or MF1, although some 20% of the TNP-AT...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Muneyuki E,Hisabori T,Sasayama T,Mochizuki K,Yoshida M

更新日期：1996-11-01 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