Origin and early evolution of transition element enzymes.

abstract：:The plant NADPH oxidases, known as respiratory burst oxidase homologues (Rbohs), play an indispensable role in a wide array of cellular and developmental processes. Arabidopsis thaliana RbohF (AtRbohF)-mediated production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) is involved in biotic and abiotic stress responses. Because of t...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kimura S,Kawarazaki T,Nibori H,Michikawa M,Imai A,Kaya H,Kuchitsu K

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pig heart phosphoprotein phosphatase [phosphoprotein phosphophydrolase, EC 3.1.3.16] of Mr 224,000 was dissociated by gel-filtration on Sephacryl S-300, into an active subunit (alpha subunit) of Mr 31,000 and inactive subunits of higher molecular weight in the presence of 6 M urea. After the removal of urea, these sub...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Imazu M,Imaoka T,Usui H,Kinohara N,Takeda M

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four flavonoids (i.e., baicalein, quercetin, quercetagetin, and myricetin), known to be inhibitors of HIV-reverse transcriptase, have been shown to be more or less inhibitory to the activities of various cellular DNA and RNA polymerases. The degree of the inhibition varied depending on the combination of the flavonoid...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ono K,Nakane H

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel type of sulfotransferase was purified from Klebsiella K-36, an intestinal bacterium of rat. The enzyme (M(r) 160,000) is composed of two subunits (M(r) 73,000) with pI and optimal pH values of 5.3 and 10-10.5, respectively. The apparent Km for PNS (p-nitrophenyl sulfate) using phenol as an acceptor and that fo...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kim DH,Kim HS,Kobashi K

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human serum sulfotransferase activities were measured in normal controls and patients with macular corneal dystrophy (MCD), an inherited disorder characterized by the decreased sulfation of keratan sulfate in the corneal stroma and serum, using two kinds of acceptor: partially desulfated keratan sulfate and a trisacch...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hasegawa N,Torii T,Nagaoka I,Nakayasu K,Miyajima H,Habuchi O

更新日期：1999-02-01 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：:We found functionally active thrombomodulin in human platelets (60 +/- 18 molecules per platelet). Protein C appeared not to be activated by thrombin with gel-filtered platelets. However, the activation of protein C by thrombin was accelerated by thrombin-stimulated and washed platelets. This cofactor activity of the ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Suzuki K,Nishioka J,Hayashi T,Kosaka Y

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Physicochemical and biological properties of recombinant human erythropoietin (rhEPO) were compared with human urinary erythropoietin (uEPO). uEPO and rhEPO were purified to apparent homogeneity from the urine of patients with aplastic anemia and from the conditioned medium of Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells transfe...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Imai N,Kawamura A,Higuchi M,Oh-eda M,Orita T,Kawaguchi T,Ochi N

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A DNA polymerase beta (pol. beta) inhibitor has been isolated independently from two organisms; a red perilla, Perilla frutescens, and a mugwort, Artemisia vulgaris. These molecules were determined by spectroscopic analyses to be the cyanogenic glucoside, D-mandelonitrile-beta-D-glucoside, prunasin. The compound inhib...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Mizushina Y,Takahashi N,Ogawa A,Tsurugaya K,Koshino H,Takemura M,Yoshida S,Matsukage A,Sugawara F,Sakaguchi K

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microtubule-associated protein (MAP) 1 consisting of MAP 1A and 1B was purified from rat brain by the poly-L-aspartic acid (PLAA) method. We found that MAP 1 bound to F-actin in vitro up to a molar ratio of MAP 1 to actin monomers of 1:10. The apparent binding constant was about 2.7 x 10(7) M-1. In contrast to the bin...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Fujii T,Watanabe M,Ogoma Y,Kondo Y,Arai T

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Complete drying of heparin with various concentrations of NaOH by lyophilization caused specific 2-O-desulfation to various degrees without detectable depolymerization or other chemical changes. In order to assess the importance of 2-O-sulfate groups in uronate residues to promote FGF-1 and FGF-2 activities, various 2...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ishihara M,Kariya Y,Kikuchi H,Minamisawa T,Yoshida K

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe cross-linking conditions for myosin subfragment-1 and actin with 1-ethyl-3-[3-(dimethylamino)propyl]carbodiimide, with which the compositions of cross-linked species can be altered. The specific Mg-ATPase activity of cross-linked subfragment-1 in these preparations was almost the same in spite of the diffe...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yamamoto K

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thymidine kinase [ATP: thymidine 5'-phosphotransferase, EC 2.7.1.21] has been purified more than 3,500 fold from microplasmodia of Physarum polycephalum. Properties of the enzyme were determined on preparations purified 1,400 fold. Thymidine was transformed to dTMP while a stoichiometric quantity of ATP was transforme...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Chraibi R,Wright M

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disappearance of rabbit EgG and its Fc fragment from the injected sites in skin and also the relationship to reverse passive cutaneous anaphylaxis (RPCA) were studied using guinea pigs. Rabbit IgG and its Fc fragment, trace labelled with -125-I, disappeared from the injected sites with half-lives of 12--14 and 6--7 h...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Sakurama T,Nakamura T,Koyama J

更新日期：1975-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thioredoxin 1 (Trx1) is known to play an important role in protecting against cell death. However, the mechanism for control of Trx1 in cell death resulting from DNA damage has not been fully investigated. In this study, we used the DNA-damaging agent methyl methanesulfonate (MMS) to investigate the protective effects...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Gu L,Gao W,Yang HM,Wang BB,Wang XN,Xu J,Zhang H

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemoglobin-vesicles (HbV) have been developed for use as artificial O(2) carriers in which a purified Hb solution is encapsulated within a phospholipid bilayer membrane. In this study, bovine Hb (BHb) was tested as a source of HbV instead of human Hb (HHb). We compared the preparation process and characteristics of BH...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Sakai H,Masada Y,Takeoka S,Tsuchida E

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It was shown that a dipeptide, alanylhistidine, can act as a catalyst for the peptidyl transfer reaction in the absence of ribosomes between the amino acid moieties of phenylalanyl, lysyl, prolyl, and glycyl tRNAs depending on their model templates, poly U, poly A, poly C, and poly G, respectively. A template effect w...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Shimizu M

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Members of the transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) family, including TGF-βs, activin and bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs), are multifunctional proteins that regulate a wide variety of cellular responses, such as proliferation, differentiation, migration and apoptosis. TGF-β family signalling is mainly mediated by m...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Imamura T,Oshima Y,Hikita A

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Partition of merocyanine dyes, which have a negative charge, onto photosynthetic membranes of chloroplasts and bacteria was analyzed by measuring the fluorescence intensity change, absorbance change, and amount of dye in the supernatant after centrifugation. The partition depended on the surface potential, which is a ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Masamoto K,Matsuura K,Itoh S,Nishimura M

更新日期：1981-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed a high-throughput Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for measuring α2,6-sialylated transferrin (Tf), based on inhibition of anti-Tf antibody binding to α2,6-sialylated Tf by a lectin, Sambucus sieboldiana Agglutinin (SSA). The inhibition was not observed with other glycoforms, such as periodate-tre...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hoshi K,Kariya Y,Nara K,Ito H,Matsumoto K,Nagae M,Yamaguchi Y,Nakajima M,Miyajima M,Arai H,Kuno A,Narimatsu H,Shirotani K,Hashimoto Y

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Specific and high titer antisera against 4-O-methylglucuronic acid-containing glycosphingolipid (Lipid IV) from spermatozoa of the fresh-water bivalve, Hyriopsis schlegelii, were raised in rabbits. The antisera were found to agglutinate spermatozoa of three fresh-water bivalves, H. schlegelii, Anodonta woodiana, and C...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Sugita M,Inoue T,Itasaka O,Hori T

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The unfolded protein response is an adaptive stress response that responds to the imbalance between the entry of newly synthesized unfolded proteins and the inherent folding capacity in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). Various environmental stresses and changes in physiological conditions can result in the accumulation...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kohno K

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Guinea pig alveolar macrophages (A-M0) were studied with respect ot the phagocytic metabolism: the respiratory burst and its KCN sensitivity, the ability to generate H2O2, and myeloperoxidase (MPO) activity. Only fifty percent of the O2 uptake by A-M0 samples during phagocytosis was inhibited by the addition of 1 mK K...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kaneda M,Kakinuma K,Yamaguchi T,Shimada K

更新日期：1980-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to determine whether ATP-sensitive potassium channel (K(ATP) channel) activation generates oxygen free radicals in the rabbit heart. We assayed malondialdehyde (MDA) in rabbit heart slices in vitro as an indicator of oxygen free radical generation. The K(ATP) channel openers, pinacidil an...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Han J,Kim N,Park J,Seog DH,Joo H,Kim E

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently described the cloning of putative human CMP-sialic acid transporter (hCST) cDNA [Ishida, N. et al. (1996) J. Biochem. 120, 1074-1078]. The hCST cDNA coded for a hydrophobic protein with an amino acid sequence showing a high degree of similarity (92% identity) to that of murine CMP-sialic acid transporter. ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ishida N,Ito M,Yoshioka S,Sun-Wada GH,Kawakita M

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The amino acid compositions, constituent polypeptides and bacteriochlorophyll (Bchl) contents of two kinds of Bchl-protein complexes isolated from Rhodopseudomonas palustris were examined. Spectrally dissimilar intracytoplasmic membranes obtained from cells cultured under different conditions were used as starting mat...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hayashi H,Nakano M,Morita S

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the depletion of reduced glutathione (GSH) has been observed in a variety of apoptotic systems, little is known about the mechanism of GSH depletion. In this study we used polarized MDCK cells to study the GSH flux during ricin-induced apoptosis. Here we report that the specific accumulation of GSH occurred i...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Oda T,Sadakata N,Komatsu N,Muramatsu T

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recombinant human granulocyte-colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) was purified from Chinese hamster ovary cells transfected with human G-CSF cDNA. The recombinant human G-CSF was treated with alkaline borohydride and the oligosaccharide-alditols liberated were fractioned by gel filtration on a Bio-Gel P-4 column, follow...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Oheda M,Hase S,Ono M,Ikenaka T

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bdellin-KL is a trypsin-plasmin inhibitor from Hirudo nipponia, whose N-terminal sequence was identified as a non-classical Kazal-type. A cDNA clone encoding the inhibitor was isolated by reverse transcription-PCR and 5' rapid amplification of cDNA ends. The cDNA showed an open reading frame of 155 amino acids compris...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kim YH,Choi JG,Lee GM,Kang KW

更新日期：2001-09-01 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