Fluorometric investigation of the local conformation of 16S rRNA in the regions of the 3'- and 5'-ends.

abstract：:Steady-state kinetic analyses suggest that Pseudomonas ochraceae 4-carboxy-2-hydroxymuconate-6-semialdehyde dehydrogenase (4-carboxy-2-hydroxy-cis,cis-muconate-6-semialdehyde: NADP+ oxidoreductase [EC 1.2.1.45]) functions through an ordered BiBi mechanism. The enzyme binds one NADP+ molecule per subunit with a Kd of 4...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Maruyama K

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein carbonyls are reported to increase in aging and in pathologies such as Alzheimer's disease and ischemic injury. Detailed study of this important issue has, however, been hampered by lack of an appropriate method to identify individual carbonylated proteins. We describe here an immunoblot method to identify ind...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nakamura A,Goto S

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A spectrofluorometric method for sensitive determination of metalloendopeptidase activity has been developed by using a bimane-peptide containing a tryptophan residue, i.e. 1,7-dioxo-2,5,6-trimethyl-1H,7H-pyrazolo[1,2-alpha]pyrazol-3-yl-methyl- thiomethylcarbonyl-phenylalanyl-tryptophanyl-leucine (Bim-SCH2CO-Phe-Trp-L...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kajiwara K,Kumazaki T,Sato E,Kanaoka Y,Ishii S

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several synthetic peptides derived from the C-terminal domain sequence of a hemolytic lectin, CEL-III, were examined as to their action on bacteria and artificial lipid membranes. Peptide P332 (KGVIFAKASVSVKVTASLSK-NH(2)), corresponding to the sequence from residue 332, exhibited strong antibacterial activity toward G...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hatakeyama T,Suenaga T,Eto S,Niidome T,Aoyagi H

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The entire mitochondrial genome of Rana catesbeiana was cloned into a plasmid vector pBR322 at the unique BamHI site and the nucleotide sequences of the ND2 gene and of its flanking genes were determined. The ND2 gene was encoded by 1,033 base pairs and, as deduced from the nucleotide sequence, the ND2 product consist...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Fujii H,Shimada T,Goto Y,Okazaki T

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A highly sensitive method was developed for quantitative analysis of phospholipid molecular species. Diradylglycerols prepared from phospholipids with phospholipase C were converted to the anthroyl-diradylglycerol derivatives, which could be separated into molecular species and sensitively quantified by reverse-phase ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Takamura H,Kito M

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Murine interleukin-2 (MIL-2) cDNA deleted of 11 repeats of a CAG sequence, and that encoded from 33Met to 149Gln were inserted into an expression vector carrying an Escherichia coli tryptophan promoter and were expressed in E. coli, respectively. Recombinant MIL-2 deleted of 11 glutamine repeats (MIL-2(-Gln] supported...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kashima N,Matsui H,Yamasaki S,Kondo N,Hamuro J

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Droplet counter-current chromatography (DCC) a novel liquid-liquid partition technique, is a useful method for the separation of glycolipids. After a series of investigations on suitable experimental conditions for DDC, mouse brain chloroform-methanol-0.5% CaCl2-n-propanol (50:60:40:6) by the ascending method with 500...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Otsuka H,Yamakawa T

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We designed a simple procedure for the purification of peptidylarginine deiminase, which catalyzes the deimination of arginyl residues in protein, from rabbit skeletal muscle using substrate affinity chromatography. Of the immobilized substrate ligands tested, i.e. protamine and soybean trypsin inhibitor (Kunitz) (STI...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Takahara H,Okamoto H,Sugawara K

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cysteine protease inhibitor with an apparent Mr = 12,600, designated limulus (L)-cystatin, was isolated from hemocyte lysates of the Japanese horseshoe crab (Tachypleus tridentatus), using two steps of chromatography, including dextran sulfate-agarose, and carboxymethylated papain-agarose. L-cystatin inhibits amidol...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Agarwala KL,Kawabata S,Hirata M,Miyagi M,Tsunasawa S,Iwanaga S

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently found that budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae sigma1278b, but not genome project strain S288C, has a gene conferring resistance to L-azetidine-2-carboxylic acid (AZC), a toxic four-membered ring analogue of L-proline. Also, the gene, designated as MPR1, encodes a novel acetyltransferase that detoxifies...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nomura M,Nakamori S,Takagi H

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this work we have studied the equilibrium and kinetic stability of a hyperthermophilic protein, O(6)-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase (Tk-MGMT), and its mesophilic counterpart AdaC, in various chemical solutions. In an unfolding experiment using guanidine hydrochloride (GdnHCl), the unfolding free-energy change ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nishikori S,Shiraki K,Okanojo M,Imanaka T,Takagi M

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PKNalpha is a fatty acid- and Rho-activated serine/threonine protein kinase having a catalytic domain homologous to members of the protein kinase C family. Recently it was reported that PKNalpha is involved in the p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling pathway. To date, however, how PKNalpha regulates t...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Takahashi M,Gotoh Y,Isagawa T,Nishimura T,Goyama E,Kim HS,Mukai H,Ono Y

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sulfhydryl groups required for the catalytic activity of gramicidin S synthetase of Bacillus brevis and Escherichia coli isoleucyl tRNA synthetase were compared. In gramicidin S synthetase 2(GS 2), about four sulfhydryl groups react rapidly with 5,5'-dithiobis(2-nitrobenzoic acid) (DTNB) or N-ethylmaleimide (NEM),...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

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

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Site-specific recognition and DNA-binding activity of p53 are crucial for its tumour suppressor function. Previous reports have shown that metal ions can affect the specific recognition and DNA-binding activity of p53DBD. Here we firstly report that magnesium ion can bind to the protein and influence its DNA-binding a...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Xue Y,Wang S,Feng X

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A high molecular weight protease inhibitor was purified from the egg white of Cuban crocodile (Crocodylus rhombifer). It inhibited the casein hydrolyzing activity of trypsin, subtilisin and papain. Its native molecular weight was 730,000 and it consisted of four subunits of equal molecular weight, each pair of which w...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ikai A,Kitamoto T,Nishigai M

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interactions between phospholipid membranes and the acyl chain and specific amino acid residues of myristoylated proteins are necessary for membrane association. In the present study we tested the effects of mutations of calcineurin B subunit amino acid residues K(20)K(21), K(24)R(25), K(27)K(28) to Glu on the interac...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Martin BA,Oxhorn BC,Rossow CR,Perrino BA

更新日期：2001-05-01 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：:Lactosylceramide and paragloboside were synthesized from their precursor glycolipids and UDP-galactose by lactose synthase A protein [UDP-Gal : GlcNAc beta-4-galactosyltransferase, EC 2.4.1.22] purified to homogeneity from human plasma. The partially purified human liver enzyme and an extract from human lymphoblastoid...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yamato K,Yoshida A

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We demonstrate here that ribosomes from not only Escherichia coli and Thermus thermophilus [Nitta et al. (1994) J. Biochem. 115, 803-807; ibid., (1995) 118, 841-849] but also yeast and bovine mitochondria catalyze peptide synthesis promoted by a high concentration of pyridine in the absence of soluble protein factors ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nojima T,Nitta I,Ueda T,Watanabe K

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The planar cell polarity (PCP) protein, Prickle (Pk), is conserved in invertebrates and vertebrates, and regulates cellular morphogenesis and movement. Vertebrate Pk consists of at least two family members, Pk1 and Pk2, both of which are expressed in the brain; however, their localization and function at synapses rema...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hida Y,Fukaya M,Hagiwara A,Deguchi-Tawarada M,Yoshioka T,Kitajima I,Inoue E,Watanabe M,Ohtsuka T

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The vitamin A derivative, retinoic acid (RA) has various biological effects in mammalian cells and tissues. It is well known that RA induces differentiation of leukemia cells and inhibits cell growth. There are two pathways for RA action; one via RA nuclear receptors (RARs), and one via acylation of proteins by RA (re...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kubo Y,Ohba T,Takahashi N

更新日期：2008-09-01 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：:A completely sodium dodecyl sulfate-insoluble protein was obtained from plasmodia of Physarum polycephalum. The amino acid composition of this protein was very similar to that of connectin, an elastic protein of muscle. When the protein suspension was treated with 6 M guanidine-HCl in the presence of 0.1 M 2-mercaptoe...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ozaki K,Maruyama K

更新日期：1980-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of ∼22 nt non-coding RNAs that control diverse biological functions in animals, plants and unicellular eukaryotes by promoting degradation or inhibition of translation of target mRNAs. miRNA expression is often tissue specific and developmentally regulated. Aberrant expression of miRNAs ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Davis-Dusenbery BN,Hata A

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The internal ribosome entry site (IRES) is important for translation of hepatitis C virus (HCV) mRNA and has a unique RNA structure containing conserved domains I to IV. To investigate the function of domain II, we selected RNA aptamers that bind to domain II of HCV IRES by applying a simple and convenient selection m...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kikuchi K,Umehara T,Fukuda K,Hwang J,Kuno A,Hasegawa T,Nishikawa S

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nucleotide sequence of gene PBII encoding salivary proline-rich protein P-B was determined. PBII is 7.1 kb long and contains 3 exons. PBII exhibits considerable nucleotide sequence homology not only in exons but also in introns with PBI (accession number D89501), the gene whose nucleotide sequence was determined p...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Isemura S

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activity of cathepsin E (M(r) approximately 80K), a dimeric aspartic proteinase with two active sites per molecule, toward a protein substrate (reduced and carboxymethylated ribonuclease A) was shown to be completely inhibited by alpha 2-macroglobulin (alpha 2M) at pH 5.5. On the other hand, the activity toward a ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Athauda SB,Arakawa H,Nishigai M,Takahashi T,Ikai A,Takahashi K

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Laccase is an enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of phenolic compounds by coupling the reduction of oxygen to water. While many laccases have been identified in plant and fungal species, enzymes of prokaryotic origin are poorly known. Here we report the enzymological characterization of EpoA, a laccase-like extracyto...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Endo K,Hayashi Y,Hibi T,Hosono K,Beppu T,Ueda K

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role that interaction with laminin may play in Leishmania donovani infection was investigated. Binding of (125)I-radiolabeled laminin, in a liquid-phase assay, by the parasite was rapid, saturable, specific, reversible, and of high affinity. Using a Western blotting procedure, a 67 kDa laminin-binding protein (LBP...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Bandyopadhyay K,Karmakar S,Ghosh A,Das PK

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00