Heat shock protein 90 strongly stimulates the binding of purified estrogen receptor to its responsive element.

abstract：:A full-length cDNA, which encodes a human placental fructose-6-phosphate,2-kinase/ fructose-2,6-bisphosphatase, was constructed and expressed in Escherichia coli. The expressed protein, purified to homogeneity, showed a molecular weight of 58,000 by gel electrophoresis under denaturing conditions, compared to the dedu...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Sakakibara R,Kato M,Okamura N,Nakagawa T,Komada Y,Tominaga N,Shimojo M,Fukasawa M

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A DNA polymerase which was active with unprimed poly(dC) as a template was detected in the DNA polymerase alpha fraction from rat thymoma tissue. The activity was dependent on rGTP and associated with ribonucleotide polymerizing activity. The activity was partially sensitive to aphidicolin and dideoxy GTP and resistan...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nishizawa M,Tanabe K,Matsukage A,Nakamura H,Yagura T

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The degradation rates of type I, II, and III collagens by tadpole collagenase were studied by measuring the viscosity of the solution and the contents of alpha chains and alpha A chains of collagen, using SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis followed by densitometric analysis of the separated peptide bands. An empir...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hayashi T,Nakamura T,Hori H,Nagai Y

更新日期：1980-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Phospholipase D [EC 3.1.4.4] from Streptomyces hachijoensis was purified about 570-fold by column chromatography on DEAE-cellulose and Sephadex G-50 followed by isoelectric focusing. 2. The purified preparation was found to be homogeneous both by immunodiffusion and polyacrylamide disc gel electrophoresis. 3. The i...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Okawa Y,Yamaguchi T

更新日期：1975-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spontaneous insertion of membrane proteins into liposomes formed from Escherichia coli polar phospholipids is blocked by diacylglycerol (DAG) at a physiological level. We found that cholesterol also blocks this spontaneous insertion, although a much larger amount is necessary for sufficient blockage. Reversely, sphing...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nakamura S,Suzuki S,Saito H,Nishiyama KI

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH)/nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) oxidase and the xanthine oxidase (XOD) systems generate reactive oxygen species (ROS). In the present study, to characterize the difference between the two systems, the kinetics of ROS generated by both the NADH oxidase an...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Sato E,Mokudai T,Niwano Y,Kohno M

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A particulate enzyme preparation from Bacillus stearothermophilus synthesized 1,3-poly(glycerol phosphage) from CDPglycerol at an optimum pH of 8.0 and the reaction was stimulated by divalent cations. Km for CDPglycerol was 0.18 mM. The synthesis was inhibited by CMP, CDP, and CTP and by concentrations of CDP-glycerol...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Cheang OO K

更新日期：1975-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dimeric T. flavoviridis phospholipase A2 has been studied in terms of the interaction with essential Ca2+ by equilibrium gel filtration, ultraviolet difference spectroscopy, fluorescence measurements, and chemical modifications with p-bromophenacyl bromide. The subunit bound to Ca2+ with a 1:1 molar ratio and no coope...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ohno M,Honda A,Tanaka S,Mohri N,Shieh TC,Kihara H

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Chymotrypsin cleaved troponin-T of skeletal muscle into two subfragments, i.e., troponin-T1 and -T2, each of which could be isolated by the use of DEAE-Sephadex. Troponin-T1 was a single subfragment with a molecular weight of 26,000 (chicken) or 22,000 (rabbit) daltons. Troponin-T2 consisted of two subfragments wit...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ohtsuki I

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some alpha(1,3)fucosylated oligosaccharides serve as counter receptors to lectin-like adhesion proteins or are expressed with temporal precision during embryogenesis, and alpha(1, 3)fucosyltransferase is a key enzyme in the production of these oligosaccharides. Two alpha(1,3)-fucosyltransferase genes, designated zFT1 ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kageyama N,Natsuka S,Hase S

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Erucic acid was incorporated into cardiac phosphatidylserine and hepatic and cardiac sphingomyelin of male Sprague-Dawley rat. The fatty acid compositions of mitochondrial and microsomal phospholipids were similar in both liver and heart. The effect of a low fat diet and a diet containing erucic acid on the fatty acid...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ishinaga M,Sato J,Kitagawa Y,Sugimoto E,Kito M

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oligosaccharides of a non-oligomannoside type were released from porcine alpha-mannosidase by hydrazinolysis, and were fractionated into at least 15 homogeneous oligosaccharides. Most of them are oligosaccharides with galactose and N-acetylglucosamine residues attached to a common core, alpha Man2 beta Man beta GlcNAc...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kozutsumi Y,Kawasaki T,Yamashina I

更新日期：1986-08-01 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：:We previously identified a human cDNA encoding a novel receptor tyrosine kinase, termed Sky, which is predominantly expressed in the brain and has a unique extracellular domain consisting of two immunoglobulin (Ig)-like and two fibronectin type III (FN III) motifs. In attempts to define the functional role of the Sky ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ohashi K,Honda S,Ichinomiya N,Nakamura T,Mizuno K

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six major acidic glycosphingolipids were isolated from human amnion using DEAE Sephadex A-25 and silica beads column chromatography. The structures of these glycosphingolipids were determined by methylation analysis, TLC immunostaining and/or negative ion FAB-MS, and were concluded to be II3 alpha NeuAcLacCer(GM3), IV...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Asano K,Suzuki M,Handa S,Oshima M

更新日期：1991-01-01 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：:The crystal structures of the GTP- and GDP-bound alpha subunits of heterotrimeric GTP-binding proteins were recently determined, and a conserved Thr residue in the G2 (linker 2) region of the alpha subunits, which corresponds to Thr182 in Gi2 alpha, was deduced to interact with the gamma-phosphate of GTP and Mg2+. To ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nishina H,Nimota K,Kukimoto I,Maehama T,Takahashi K,Hoshino S,Kanaho Y,Katada T

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations of epsilon-sarcoglycan gene (SGCE) have been implicated in myoclonus-dystonia (M-D), a movement disorder. To determine the pathophysiology of M-D, we produced Sgce knockout mice and found that the knockout mice exhibited myoclonus, motor impairments, hyperactivity, anxiety, depression, significantly higher l...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yokoi F,Dang MT,Li J,Li Y

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An artificial gene coding for the human cap binding protein (hCBP: human IF-4E) was chemically synthesized and expressed in Escherichia coli under the control of a trp promoter. The DNA duplex of 662 bp was designed and constructed from 44 oligodeoxynucleotide fragments of typically 30 nucleotides in length. Although ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ueda H,Maruyama H,Doi M,Inoue M,Ishida T,Morioka H,Tanaka T,Nishikawa S,Uesugi S

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OsCnfU-1A is a chloroplast-type Nfu-like protein that consists of tandem repeats sharing high sequence homology. Domain I of this protein, but not domain II, has a C-X-X-C motif that is thought to assemble an iron-sulphur cluster. Herein we report the solution structure of OsCnfU-1A domain I (73-153). Although OsCnfU-...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Saio T,Kumeta H,Ogura K,Yokochi M,Asayama M,Katoh S,Katoh E,Teshima K,Inagaki F

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An in vitro system for accurate transcription initiation by RNA polymerase II was developed using Ehrlich ascites tumor cells. Truncated DNA containing adenovirus 2 major late promoter was faithfully transcribed in this lysate, although the efficiency of transcription was lower than that in a HeLa cell lysate. Creatin...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ohtsuki M,Sekimizu K,Natori S

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Affinity labeling with nucleoside polyphosphopyridoxals, especially those with 3 or 4 phosphate groups, was effective for identifying the lysyl residue(s) located at or near the binding site for ATP, GTP, UDP-Glc, or ADP-Glc in various proteins. Furthermore, kinetic analysis of the mutant enzymes, in which the labeled...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Fukui T

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The kinetic properties of the hydrolyses of 8-Br ATP and 8-SCH3 ATP by myosin [EC 3.6.1.3] and actomyosin were compared with those of ATP, and the following results were obtained. The Ca-NTPase activities of myosin using these two ATP analogs as substrates were smaller than that of ATPase, and the NTPase activities to...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Takenaka H,Ikehara M,Tonomura Y

更新日期：1976-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. New methods of preparing troponins from slow skeletal and cardiac muscle of the chicken have been developed. The electrophoretic mobilities of slow skeletal muscle troponin subunits were different from those of the corresponding fast skeletal muscle subunits. 2. A new method for determining the amount of divalent c...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kohama K

更新日期：1979-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 2-hydroxychromene-2-carboxylate isomerase was purified from a cell-free extract of naphthalenesulfonate-assimilating Pseudomonas sp. TA-2 to an electrophoretically homogeneous state by successive column chromatography on DEAE-cellulose, DEAE-Toyopearl 650M, Sephadex G-75, Hydroxyapatite, and Mono Q. The enzyme had a...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ohmoto T,Kinoshita T,Moriyoshi K,Sakai K,Hamada N,Ohe T

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Knockout mice lacking glycosyltransferases or sulfotransferases provide unequivocal evidence that the carbohydrate moieties of glycoproteins, glycolipids, and proteoglycans play essential roles in various biological phenomena such as development, the immune response, and tissue functions. Examples of abnormalities of ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Muramatsu T

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using mutant strain ABYS1 of Saccharomyces cerevisiae lacking four main vacuolar proteinases, proteinase A, proteinase B, carboxypeptidase Y, and carboxypeptidase S, we examined the identities of chromatin-associated proteinases, ruling out possible contamination of the chromatin fraction by them. The chromatin of str...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Motizuki M,Kohno H,Tsurugi K

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the role of the C-terminal region of barley beta-amylase, plasmid delta 54 was constructed with an expression vector (pBETA92) of barley beta-amylase by site-directed mutagenesis. Escherichia coli JM109 harboring plasmid delta 54 was expected to express delta 54 beta-amylase in which 54 amino acid resid...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yoshigi N,Sahara H,Koshino S

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genomic organization of the gene encoding the human adipocyte-derived leucine aminopeptidase (A-LAP) has been determined. The gene is composed of 20 exons and 19 introns and spans approximately 47 kilobases of chromosome 5q15. The gluzincin aminopeptidase motif, the HEXXH(X)(18)E zinc-binding motif essential for e...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hattori A,Matsumoto K,Mizutani S,Tsujimoto M

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycogen phosphorylase (GP) is biologically active as a dimer of identical subunits. Each subunit has two distinct maltooligosaccharide binding sites: a storage site and a catalytic site. Our characterization of the properties of these sites suggested that GP activity consists of two activities: (i) binding to the gly...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Makino Y,Fujii Y,Taniguchi M

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00