The role of thiols in the apparent activation of rat brain nitric oxide synthase (NOS).

abstract：:We have reported that high glucose conditions (27 mM for 4 days) induces activation of protein tyrosine phosphatases (PTPases) which are associated with impaired insulin signaling in Rat 1 fibroblasts expressing human insulin receptors [Maegawa, H. et al. (1995) J. Biol. Chem. 270, 7724-7730]. In this study, we found ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Obata T,Maegawa H,Kashiwagi A,Pillay TS,Kikkawa R

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies on the solution structure dynamics of RNA/DNA are becoming crucially important. The phenomena of SSCP (single-strand conformation polymorphism), small RNA dynamics in a cell, and others can be related to the conformational changes of single-stranded (ss) RNAs/DNAs in solution. However, little is known about th...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Biyani M,Nishigaki K

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA synthesis in the Bacillus subtilis cells has become possible using extra-cellular DNA. Generally, purified DNAs in a test tube have been required to introduce into the host cells for molecular cloning technology in the laboratory. We have developed a cell lysis technique for natural transformation using stable ext...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kaneko S,Fukushima H,Nakahama M,Asano S,Miyazaki Y,Aizawa Y,Itaya M

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed a new DNA chip whose substrate has a unique minute columnar array structure made of plastic. The DNA chip exhibits ultrahigh sensitivity, up to 100-fold higher than that of reference DNA chips, which makes it possible to monitor gene expression profiles even with very small amounts of RNA (0.1-0.01 m...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nagino K,Nomura O,Takii Y,Myomoto A,Ichikawa M,Nakamura F,Higasa M,Akiyama H,Nobumasa H,Shiojima S,Tsujimoto G

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recombinant horse L-apoferritin and its mutants were used to compare the reactivities of two different cysteinyl residues with 7-fluoro-4-sulfamoyl-2,1,3-benzoxadiazole (ABD-F), p-chloromercuribenzoic acid (PCMB), N-(9-acridinyl)maleimide (NAM), and 4-maleimido-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-N-oxyl (NEM-TEMPO). ABD-F s...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Takeda S,Yamaki M,Ebina S,Nagayama K

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PTF/SNAPc is a multisubunit complex which specifically recognizes the PSEs of small nuclear RNA genes and activates transcription by RNA polymerase II or III. Here we describe the isolation and characterization of genomic clones encoding the human PTFgamma/SNAP43 gene. The gene spans approximately 29 kilobases, and is...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Maeng JH,Yoon JB

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activity-oligomeric assembly relationships using octaethylene glycol dodecyl ether (C12E8) solubilized pig gastric H/K-ATPase (unmodified H/K-ATPase) or H/K-ATPase modified with Fluorescein 5'-isothiocyanate (FITC-H/K-ATPase) were examined. The amount of oligomeric species in FITC-H/K-ATPase, which retained little H/K...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Abe K,Kaya S,Taniguchi K,Hayashi Y,Imagawa T,Kikumoto M,Oiwa K,Sakaguchi K

更新日期：2005-09-01 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：:As a new strategy for drug discovery and development, I focus on drug re-profiling as a way to identify new treatments for diseases. In this strategy, the actions of existing medicines, whose safety and pharmacokinetic effects in humans have already been confirmed clinically and approved for use, are examined comprehe...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Mizushima T

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The melanocortin receptor type 4 (MC4-R) is involved in food intake and represents a potential target for the treatment of some forms of obesity. The fluorescent protein EGFP was fused to the wild-type or mutated coding sequence of the human MC4-R. After transfection in HEK 293, clones stably expressing hMC4-R-EGFP we...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Blondet A,Doghman M,Rached M,Durand P,Bégeot M,Naville D

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peroxiredoxin from Pyrococcus horikoshii (PhPrx) is a decameric protein formed by ring-type assembly of five dimers. To engineer the quaternary structure of PhPrx, we created a mutant PhPrx (PhPrx6m) by introducing six point mutations designed to dissociate PhPrx into dimers. Although PhPrx6m was a dimer in solution, ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nakamura T,Oshima M,Yasuda M,Shimamura A,Morita J,Uegaki K

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ZFP36L1 is an RNA-binding protein responsible for mRNA decay in the cytoplasm. ZFP36L1 has also been suggested as a nuclear-cytoplasmic shuttling protein because it contains a potential nuclear localization signal and a nuclear export signal. However, it remains unclear how the nuclear localization of ZFP36L1 is contr...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Matsuura Y,Noguchi A,Sakai S,Yokota N,Kawahara H

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To model gene transcription kinetics, empirical fitting with the Hill function or S-system is often used. In this study, we derived an analytical expression for gene transcription rates in a manner similar to that developed for enzyme kinetics to describe the kinetics of gene transcription mediated by dimeric transcri...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yang HT,Hsu CP,Hwang MJ

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 20,000 dalton light chain (L2) was isolated from rabbit and chicken striated muscle myosins, and the Ca2+-induced conformational changes of these proteins were investigated. 1) The reaction of thiol groups of L2 with dithiobisnitrobenzoic acid (DTNB), 2) measurements of the UV difference absorption spectrum, 3) me...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Minowa O,Matsuda S,Yagi K

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A fifth and new DFP-sensitive alkaline proteinase E, with strong esterase activity toward Ac-(Ala)3-OMe was found in pronase, a protease mixture from St. griseus K-1. Proteinase E was shown to be different from the elastase [EC 3.4.21.11]-like enzyme or subtilisin [EC 3.4.21.14]like enzyme, and alkaline proteinase A, ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Narahashi Y,Yoda K

更新日期：1976-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies were conducted to induce urinary excretion of retinol-binding protein (RBP) in the rabbit by long-term administration of cadmium, and to isolate and characterize rabbit RBP. Two rabbits were exposed to Cd at a dose of 0.8 and/or 1.5mg/kg of body weight by means of subcutaneous injections five times per week. O...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Muto Y,Nakanishi M,Shidoji Y

更新日期：1976-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two kinds of monoclonal antibodies (3B9 and SM1) against connectin, muscle elastic protein, reacted with both alpha- and beta-connectins. Immunofluorescence studies revealed that 3B9 stained both edges of the A band of chicken breast muscle myofibrils and remained as such upon stretching to a sarcomere length of 3.5 m...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Itoh Y,Suzuki T,Kimura S,Ohashi K,Higuchi H,Sawada H,Shimizu T,Shibata M,Maruyama K

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Centromere protein B (CENP-B) is one of the centromere DNA binding proteins constituting centromeric heterochromatin of human chromosomes. This protein was originally identified as the target antigen in autoimmune disease patients (often with scleroderma). In this study, we cloned a human CENP-B cDNA which was longer ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Sugimoto K,Muro Y,Himeno M

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microbacterium sp. M874 produced a glyceroglycolipid, di-O-12-methyl-tetradecanoyl-3-O-beta-D-galactopyranosyl-sn-glycerol, at about the 50 microM level. Though the strain was highly resistant to tertiary-butyl hydroperoxide (tBHP) in a glycolipid-productive medium, the resistance was reduced in a nonproductive medium...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nakata K

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Striped bonito protamine, sardaine, was isolated from the sperm of striped bonito (Sarda orientalis) by extraction with sulfuric acid followed by ion-exchange chromatography. The preparation gave a single band upon polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Sardaine consists of 34 amino acid residues, and its sequence is: Pr...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Okamoto Y,Kuno K,Motohiro T,Nishi N,Muta E,Ota S

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We characterized the taurine transport system in human intestinal Caco-2 cells and showed that it is subject to adaptive regulation. The activity of taurine transport in Caco-2 cells was evaluated by means of an Na+- and Cl(-)-dependent high-affinity transport system, the characteristics of which were similar to those...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Satsu H,Watanabe H,Arai S,Shimizu M

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The inhibitory effects of galloyl pedunculagin (GP) and eugeniin on the phosphorylation of histone H2B by cAMP-dependent protein kinase (A-kinase) and autophosphorylation of its beta-regulatory subunit (A-kinase beta) were examined in vitro. It was found that (i) GP (ID(50) = approx. 50 nM) effectively inhibits the ac...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kosuge S,Maekawa T,Saito C,Tanaka T,Kouno I,Ohtsuki K

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We tested the capsid targeted viral inactivation method as an anti-HBV strategy. HepG2 cells were cotransfected with HBV expression plasmid and the plasmid encoding fusion protein of either Core-A3C or Core-humanized renilla GFP (hrGFP). Core-A3C had substantial effect on HBV DNA levels. In the HepG2 cells expressing ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Li D,Liu J,Kang F,Guan W,Gao X,Wang Y,Sun D

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disulfide bond interchange has been pointed out as a considerable problem in preparing recombinant proteins from Escherichia coli cells. This has been reported in the system of reducing denaturation followed by a refolding process, where incorrectly folded molecules are sometimes produced. As the possibility of disulf...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kimura S,Utsumi J,Yamazaki S,Shimizu H

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the roles of cofilin, an actin-binding phosphoprotein, in superoxide production of neutrophil-like HL-60 cells triggered by opsonized zymosan (OZ). OZ caused dephosphorylation of cofilin as well as a transient increase of F-actin. Both reactions were complete within 30 s. Okadaic acid (OA) magnified the OZ-...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nagaishi K,Adachi R,Kawanishi T,Yamaguchi T,Kasahara T,Hayakawa T,Suzuki K

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Maitotoxion, a putative Ca2+ channel agonist, was isolated from cultures of the marine dinoflagellate Gambierdiscus toxicus as a colorless amorphous solid. The toxin reacted positively to Dragendorff's reagent but not to ninhydrin reagent. The mouse lethality of maitotoxin determined by intraperitoneal injection was 0...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yokoyama A,Murata M,Oshima Y,Iwashita T,Yasumoto T

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Class B scavenger receptor type I (SR-BI) is a phosphatidylserine (PS)-recognizing receptor of testicular Sertoli cells responsible for the phagocytosis of spermatogenic cells undergoing apoptosis. Here, we determined signal mediators that compose a signalling pathway for SR-BI-induced phagocytosis. Results of a yeast...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Osada Y,Sunatani T,Kim IS,Nakanishi Y,Shiratsuchi A

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The interactions of porcine alpha2-macroglobulin (alpha2M) with native proteinases, their zymogens and the chemically-modified enzymes were compared. The alpha2M did not bind to chymotrypsinogen, or to most of the chemically modified derivatives of alpha-chymotrypsin, trypsinogen, DIP- and PMS-trypsins, but it could i...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Tsuru D,Kado K,Fujiwara K,Tmimatsu M,Ogita K

更新日期：1978-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Soybean Bowman-Birk inhibitor, a double-headed inhibitor of trypsin and alpha-chymotrypsin, was treated with cyanogen bromide and then pepsin to yield two inhibitory active fragments. Structural investigation showed that one of the fragments was derived from the trypsin inhibitory domain and the other from the chymotr...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Odani S,Ikenaka T

更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiogenesis, a formation of neovessels, is regulated by the local balance between angiogenesis stimulators and inhibitors. A number of such endogenous regulators of angiogenesis have been found in the body. Recently, vasohibin-1 (VASH1) was isolated as a negative feedback regulator of angiogenesis produced by endothe...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Sato Y

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00