Exploring the nucleotide-binding site in proteins by affinity labeling and site-directed mutagenesis.

abstract：:Genomic clones of UDP-glucuronosyltransferase family 1 (UGT1) were isolated from wild-type Wistar rats. The UGT1 locus spans > 120 kb and forms a gene complex. In this locus nine unique first exons encoding NH2-terminal portions of each isoform were located at intervals of approximately 10 kb and followed by only one ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Emi Y,Ikushiro S,Iyanagi T

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel fucose-containing neutral glycosphingolipid (GL-5) was purified from the eggs of the sea urchin, Hemicentrotus pulcherrimus. The chemical structure was determined to be Fuc alpha 1-3GalNAc beta 1-4(Fuc alpha 1-3)GlcNAc beta 1-4Glc beta 1-1Cer by methylation analysis, partial acid hydrolysis, fast atom bombardm...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kubo H,Jiang GJ,Irie A,Suzuki M,Inagaki F,Hoshi M

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple, sensitive and reliable method for the detection of cystine-containing peptides has been developed. A peptide bridged with a disulfide bond was reduced and cleaved with tributylphosphine, and then coupled with a thiol specific reagent, ammonium 7-fluorobenzo-2-oxa-1,3-diazole-4-sulfonate, under alkaline condi...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Sueyoshi T,Miyata T,Iwanaga S,Toyo'oka T,Imai K

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Highly purified recombinant human tumor necrosis factor (TNF) (molecular mass determined as 17 kilodaltons (kDa) by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and as 36 kDa by Sephadex G-100 gel chromatography) was labeled with 125I to a specific activity of 5 microCi/micrograms without appreciable loss...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yoshie O,Tada K,Ishida N

更新日期：1986-09-01 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：:The G72 gene is one of the most susceptible genes to schizophrenia and is contained exclusively in the genomes of primates. The product of the G72 gene modulates the activity of D-amino acid oxidase (DAO) and is a small protein prone to aggregate, which hampers its structural studies. In addition, lack of a known stru...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kato Y,Fukui K

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the mechanism of formation of oxygen radicals during ferrous ion-induced decomposition of linoleic acid hydroperoxide using the spin trapping and chemiluminescence methods. The formation of the superoxide anion (O2*-) was verified in the present study. The hydroxyl radical is also generated through Fenton t...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kambayashi Y,Tero-Kubota S,Yamamoto Y,Kato M,Nakano M,Yagi K,Ogino K

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The patterns of myosin isozymes in embryonic and adult chicken pectoralis muscle were examined by electrophoresis in a non-denaturing gel system (pyrophosphate acrylamide gel electrophoresis), and both light chains and heavy chains of embryonic and adult myosin isozymes were compared. In pyrophosphate acrylamide gel e...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Takano-Ohmuro H,Obinata T,Masaki T,Mikawa T

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The membrane protein syntaxin (originally named HPC-1) is involved in vesicle trafficking and required for neurotransmitter release at nerve terminals. The presence of syntaxin on target membranes is hypothesized to confer specificity to targeting and fusion via interactions with complementary vesicle-associated prote...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Watanabe T,Fujiwara T,Komazaki S,Yamaguchi K,Tajima O,Akagawa K

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sliding machines composed of F-actin and myosin or microtubules and kinesin or dynein convert the free energy of ATP hydrolysis into sliding movements and mechanical work. Development of optical microscopy with micromanipulation techniques has made possible direct observation of single events of sliding exhibited by s...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Oosawa F

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two forms of urokinase [EC 3.4.99.26] with molecular weights of 51,600 and 34,500 were purified from human urine. The specific activities of the high molecular weight urokinase (HMW-UK) and low molecular weight urokinase (LMW-UK) were 157,400 and 246,700 International Units (IU/mg), respectively. Purified HMW-UK was 9...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nobuhara M,Sakamaki M,Ohnishi H,Suzuki Y

更新日期：1981-07-01 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：:Fluorescence titration curves of 2-[4'-iodoacetamido)anilino)naphthalene-6-sulfonic acid-labeled troponin (IAANS-labeled Tn) and troponin-1-anilinonaphthalene-8-sulfonic acid (Tn-ANS) complex indicated that the fluorescent moiety, IAANS or ANS, detects conformational change of troponin I (TnI) or Tn due to the Ca2+ bi...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nishio T,Iio T

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudomonas putida PpGl, which carries the CAM plasmid encoding enzymes involved in the degradation pathway of D-camphor, can utilize D-camphor as a sole carbon source. Cytochrome P-450cam and related enzymes participate in the early oxidation steps of D-camphor degradation metabolism. We cloned from a HindIII DNA lib...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Koga H,Yamaguchi E,Matsunaga K,Aramaki H,Horiuchi T

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leukotriene B4 (LTB4) is a potent inflammatory mediator derived from arachidonic acid. Two G protein-coupled receptors for LTB4 have been identified: a high-affinity receptor, BLT1, and a low-affinity receptor, BLT2. Both receptors mainly couple to pertussis toxin-sensitive Gi-like G proteins and induce cell migration...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yokomizo T

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The complete amino acid sequences of the Ulex europeus anti-H(O) lectins I and II were determined by using a protein sequencer. After digestion with endoproteinases Lys-C and Asp-N of the lectins reduced with 2-mercaptoethanol and modified with iodoacetamide, the resulting peptides were purified by reversed-phase high...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Konami Y,Yamamoto K,Osawa T

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ca2+-binding of S-100 protein was studied using a Ca2+ electrode at pH 6.80. In the presence of 0.1 M KCl and 10 mM MgCl2 (ionic strength 0.13), Ca2+-binding to S-100 protein occurred in three steps with positive cooperativity. The numbers of bound Ca2+ ions in the three steps were 2, 2, and 4. The Ca2+-binding consta...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Matsuda S

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycoengineering of therapeutic proteins has been applied to improve the clinical efficacy of several therapeutics. Here, we examined the effect of glycosylation on the properties of the Fab of the therapeutic antibody, adalimumab. An N-glycosylation site was introduced at position 178 of the H-chain constant region o...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nakamura H,Kiyoshi M,Anraku M,Hashii N,Oda-Ueda N,Ueda T,Ohkuri T

更新日期：2020-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：:A high mobility group (HMG) nonhistone protein fraction HMG(1 + 2), composed of HMG1 and HMG2, was prepared from pig thymus chromatin. In order to examine a possibility that the HMG(1 + 2) participates in the unwinding of the DNA double-helix, DNA hydrolysis assay systems with the endonucleases specific for single-str...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yoshida M,Shimura K

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neutral ceramidase (NCDase) is considered to be a critical enzyme for controlling the turnover of ceramide, an important bioactive lipid, which determines cell's fate. All-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) has been reported to induce neuronal differentiation and cell-cycle arrest [Lopez-Carballo, Moreno, Masia, Perez, and Ba...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Tanaka K,Tamiya-Koizumi K,Hagiwara K,Ito H,Takagi A,Kojima T,Suzuki M,Iwaki S,Fujii S,Nakamura M,Banno Y,Kannagi R,Tsurumi T,Kyogashima M,Murate T

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The scaffolding protein Salvador (Sav) plays a key role in the Hippo (Hpo) signalling pathway, which controls tissue growth by inhibiting cell proliferation and promoting apoptosis. Dysregulation of the Hippo pathway contributes to cancer development. Since the identification of the first Sav gene in 2002, very little...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Song J,Hong HR,Yamashita E,Park IY,Lee SJ

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The reaction of D-amino acid oxidase [EC 1.4.3.3] (DAO) from porcine kidney with beta-cyano-D-alanine (D-BCNA) was studied. DAO was found to catalyze elimination of the cyano group as well as oxidation of D-BCNA. During the course of the reaction in the presence of excess oxygen, an intermediate was observed which exh...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Miura R,Shiga K,Miyake Y,Watari H,Yamano T

更新日期：1980-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new sulfated polysaccharide was isolated from the culture supernatant of a strain of Arthrobacter sp. The polysaccharide purified with quaternary ammonium salts consists of D-galactose, D-glucose, sulfate, phosphorus, glucosamine, muramic acid, alanine, glutamic acid, glycine, and LL-diaminopimelic acid in a molar r...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Inoue K,Korenaga H,Kadoya S

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Long interspersed nuclear element (LINE) is known to be transposed by reverse transcription using its RNA transcript. Recognition of the 3' stem-loop of LINE RNA by its reverse transcriptase (RT) is an important step of the retrotransposition. Our previous study revealed that the second G residue (G8) in the GGAUA loo...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Otsu M,Kajikawa M,Okada N,Kawai G

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The functions of the helix E (W97-F105), an amphiphilic lumenal 310 helix of the major antenna of photosystem II (LHCII), are still unidentified. To elucidate the roles of individual amino acid residue of the helix E, alanine scanning mutagenesis has been performed to mutate every residue of this domain to alanine. Th...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Liu C,Rao Y,Zhang L,Yang C

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peptide:N-glycanase (PNGase) is the enzyme responsible for de-N-glycosylation of misfolded glycoproteins in the cytosol. Here, we report the molecular identification and characterization of PNGase (png-1, F56G4.5) from Caenorhabditis elegans. This enzyme released both high mannose- and complex-type N-glycans from glyc...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kato T,Kawahara A,Ashida H,Yamamoto K

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human HsRad51 protein assembles on a DNA molecule through cooperative binding and forms a long filament for homologous recombination. We have characterized the self-assembly of HsRad51 by measuring the fluorescence resonance energy transfer from the fluorescein-labeled protein to the rhodamine-labeled protein. Self-as...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yoshioka K,Yumoto-Yoshioka Y,Fleury F,Takahashi M

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acetohydroxy acid synthetase [EC 4.1.3.18] of Neurospora crassa has been solubilized from a mitochondrial pellet fraction by sonic treatment in 1.0 M potassium phosphate buffer at pH 7.5 containing 10 mM MgSO4 and centrifugation at 180,000 X g for 20 min. The soluble enzyme thus obtained has a high specific activity a...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kuwana H,Date M

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ovomucoid-trypsin association complex was prepared by incubating chicken egg white ovomucoid with bovine trypsin. The reactivity of ovomucoid-trypsin complex was investigated by immunodiffusion, quantitative precipitation and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). It was demonstrated that the association of trypsi...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Matsuda T,Watanabe K,Nakamura R

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monoclonal antibody 5E5 recognized an intranuclear antigen of neurons in the rat. We isolated 5E5cDNA and determined its nucleotide and deduced amino acid sequences. The 5E5cDNA had an open reading frame of 825 amino acids and its amino acid sequence showed no significant homology to any protein or to any DNA binding ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Suzuki E,Kojima N,Yoshimura K,Uyemura K,Obata K,Akagawa K

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00