The mRNA for alpha 1(XIX) collagen chain, a new member of FACITs, contains a long unusual 3' untranslated region and displays many unique splicing variants.

abstract：:The amino acid sequence of the glycophorin from porcine erythrocyte membrane has been determined by Edman degradation. Porcine glycophorin is a polypeptide chain of 133 amino acid residues and contains 12 oligosaccharide units attached to the amino-terminal side of the molecule. Ten oligosaccharides are linked O-glyco...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Honma K,Tomita M,Hamada A

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The isolation and characterization of rabbit and human cDNAs revealed a new low density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR)-related protein (LRP) designated as LRP5. Human LRP5 cDNA encodes a 1, 616-amino acid type I membrane-like protein with three ligand binding repeats in its extracellular region. LDLR-deficient cells tran...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kim DH,Inagaki Y,Suzuki T,Ioka RX,Yoshioka SZ,Magoori K,Kang MJ,Cho Y,Nakano AZ,Liu Q,Fujino T,Suzuki H,Sasano H,Yamamoto TT

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The phosphomannomutase/phosphoglucomutase (PMM/PGM) enzyme catalyzes reversibly the intra-molecular phosphoryl interconverting reaction of mannose-6-phosphate and mannose-1-phosphate or glucose-6-phosphate and glucose-1-phosphate. Glucose-6-phosphate and glucose-1-phosphate are known to be utilized for energy metaboli...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Akutsu J,Zhang Z,Tsujimura M,Sasaki M,Yohda M,Kawarabayasi Y

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyperthermophilic bacteria Thermotoga maritima and Thermotoga hypogea produce ethanol as a metabolic end product, which is resulted from acetaldehyde reduction catalysed by an alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH). However, the enzyme that is involved in the production of acetaldehyde from pyruvate is not well characterized. An...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Eram MS,Wong A,Oduaran E,Ma K

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The amount of S-II, a protein specifically stimulating RNA polymerase II, was measured in various mouse organs by a micro complement fixation assay. The amount was almost the same in brain, liver, kidney, spleen, and Ehrlich ascites tumor cells on the basis of DNA, being about 3.8 micrograms/mg DNA, which corresponds ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Tamura H,Sekimizu K,Obinata M,Natori S

更新日期：1980-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The catalytic properties of a new type of dihydropteridine reductase, NADPH-specific dihydropteridine reductase [EC 1.6.99.10], from bovine liver, were studied and compared with those of the previously characterized enzyme, NADH-specific dihydropteridine reductase [EC 1.6.99.7]. With quinonoid-dihydro-6-methylpterin, ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nakanishi N,Hasegawa H,Akino M,Yamada S

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While many reports have shown that Ca2+ alone causes ryanodine binding to the heavy fraction of the sarcoplasmic reticulum (HFSR), our results demonstrate that caffeine or beta,gamma-methylene adenosine triphosphate (AMPOPCP) in addition to Ca2+ is necessary for ryanodine binding, although Ca2+ is indispensable for it...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ogawa Y,Harafuji H

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three forms of cathepsin H-like cysteine proteinase were purified from rat spleen by a method involving acid treatment and chromatography on pepstatin-Sepharose, Sephadex G-75, DEAE-Sephacel, CM-Toyopearl, and concanavalin A-Sepharose. The final preparations of these forms all migrated as single protein bands on polya...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yamamoto K,Kamata O,Kato Y

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Specific antibodies were prepared against cytochromes P450 PB-1, PB-2, PB-4, and PB-5 purified from hepatic microsomes of male rats treated with phenobarbital. With these antibodies, the levels of these four cytochrome P450s in hepatic, renal, and pulmonary microsomes of male rats that were untreated, treated with phe...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Imaoka S,Terano Y,Funae Y

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new protein with a chain weight of approximately 220,000 was isolated from 0.6 M KI extracts of I-Z-I brushes of rabbit and chicken skeletal muscles, using (NH4)2SO4 precipitation and three column chromatographic procedures in succession. It was only possible to separate the high molecular weight protein from actin ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Muguruma M,Kobayashi K,Fukazawa T,Ohashi K,Maruyama K

更新日期：1981-06-01 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：: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：:In vitro activation of human reovirus transcriptase by alpha-chymotrypsin digestion of viral outer shell proteins was completely dependent on the ionic size of the monovalent cation in the medium. Cations with nonhydrated ionic radii larger than 1.3 A showed full potency of activation of chymotrypsin digestion, and pr...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nagai J,Tanaka M,Nakashima K

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The interaction between lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and an LPS-sensitive serine protease zymogen, factor C, purified from horseshoe crab (Tachypleus tridentatus) hemocytes, was investigated to elucidate the LPS-mediated activation of factor C. The rate of activation of the zymogen factor C was highly dependent on the con...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nakamura T,Tokunaga F,Morita T,Iwanaga S

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The FLI-1 transcription factor is a member of the ETS gene family, most closely related to ERG. In this study, the FLI-1 protein products were characterized using a specific monoclonal antibody previously developed against bacterially expressed protein. In the human T-cell line Jurkat, both isoforms of FLI-1, p51 and ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Zhang XK,Watson DK

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method is described for the fractionation of reduced and alkylated proteins of fowl feather. Fowl feather extracts were chromatographed on a Sephadex G-75 column in 4 M urea containing 1 M NaCl and separated into four fractions, GF-1, 2, 3, and 4. The elution patterns were used to compare the components of different...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Akahane K,Murozono S,Murayama K

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuronal synapse formation is regulated by pre- and postsynaptic cell adhesion molecules. Presynaptic neurexins (NRXNs) and receptor protein tyrosine phosphatases (RPTPs; PTPδ, PTPσ and LAR in mammals) can induce postsynaptic differentiation through the interaction with various postsynaptic cell adhesion molecules. He...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Uemura T,Shiroshima T,Maeda A,Yasumura M,Shimada T,Fukata Y,Fukata M,Yoshida T

更新日期：2017-10-01 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：:We have reported that Erbin expression was down-regulated in the Jurkat leukaemia T lymphocytes treated with the recombinant soluble tumour necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (rsTRAIL). Herein, we studied the expression and the regulation of Erbin and its binding partner, ErbB2, in the MCF-7 breast canc...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Liu N,Zhang J,Zhang J,Liu S,Liu Y,Zheng D

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously reported that sera from various kinds of animals contain a protein(s) capable of inhibiting the growth of the non-malignant epithelial cell line derived from Buffalo rat liver (BRL). In the present study, a similar epithelial cell-specific growth inhibitor (EGI) was purified to homogeneity from an acid-e...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Huang W,Kimura T,Mashima K,Miyazaki K,Masaki H,Yamashita J,Horio T

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The localization of GTP-binding protein (G-protein) subunits, Go alpha, Gi2 alpha and beta, in subcellular fractions of rat cerebral cortex was determined by means of immunoassays specific for the respective subunits. High concentrations of all three subunits were observed in both crude mitochondrial and microsomal fr...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Asano T,Nagahama M,Kato K

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Caenorhabditis elegans HMG-5, which is encoded by F45E4.9, contains two high mobility group (HMG) box domains and shows sequence similarity with mammalian mitochondrial transcription factor A (TFAM). In this study, using soaking RNA interference, we found that knockdown of HMG-5 reduced the amount of mtDNA in P0 herma...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Sumitani M,Kasashima K,Matsugi J,Endo H

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new method was developed for extracting natural actomyosin with full length connectin (titin) and nebulin from rabbit skeletal muscle. To determine the protein components of native thin filaments, thin filaments were isolated from natural actomyosin by sedimentation in a H2O/D2O/sucrose density gradient. Both alpha-...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Meng Y,Yasunaga T,Wakabayashi T

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In our recent study on monoclonal antibodies (mAbs AHA-1-5) against glutaraldehyde (GA)-conjugated histamine (HA), we identified one mAb (AHA-2) which can detect neuronal HA in the rat brain with an immunocytochemistry method (ICC) [Fujiwara et al. (1999) J. Biochem. 126, 503-509]. In the present study the specificity...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Fujiwara K,Murata I,Yagisawa S,Tanabe T,Yabuuchi M,Sakakibara R,Tsuru D

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new pathway of NAD+ synthesis from anthranilic acid was found in the livers of rats. Starting from [carboxyl-14C]anthranilic acid, radioactive NAD+ and NADP+ were produced as judged by Dowex-1 X 8-formate column chromatography followed by radiochromatography. Several intermediate compounds, such as quinolinic acid, ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ueda T,Otsuka H,Goda K,Ishiguro I,Naito J,Kotake Y

更新日期：1978-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the 2 main hemoglobins of the sea snake Pelamis platurus, (the Yellow-bellied sea snake) comprising about 70% of the total hemoglobin, was separated by DEAE-Sephadex column chromatography. From results of gel filtration and iron content determination, both intact sea snake hemoglobin, and the isolated major hem...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Liu CS

更新日期：1975-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 1H-NMR spectra of eight unsaturated disaccharides obtained by bacterial eliminase digestion of chondroitin sulfate and of heparan sulfate/heparin were recorded in order to construct an NMR data base of sulfated oligosaccharides and to investigate the effects of sulfation on the proton chemical shifts. These shifts...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yamada S,Yoshida K,Sugiura M,Sugahara K

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a morphogenetic process of cells that adopt an epithelial organization in their developmental ontogeny or homeostatic maintenance. Abnormalities in EMT regulation result in many malignant tumours in the human body. Tumours associated with the haematopoietic system, however, a...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hamidi S,Sheng G

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of L-amino acids and derivatives were tested as substrates for the purified Pseudomonas L-phenylalanine oxidase. The reaction products of these amino acids were analyzed by high performance liquid chromatography and the kinetic properties of the reactions were partially characterized. In addition to L-phenyla...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Koyama H

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The assembly of newly synthesized histones into chromatin during replication of MH-134SC cells was studied. Cells pulse-labeled with iododeoxyuridine and [3H]lysine were mixed with an equivalent number of normal cells labeled with [14C]lysine. Nuclease chromatin obtained from pooled cells was fractionated by buoyant-d...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Senshu T,Fukuda M,Ohashi M

更新日期：1978-10-01 00:00:00