p72syk is activated by vanadate plus H2O2 in porcine platelets and phosphorylates GTPase activating protein on tyrosine residue(s).

abstract：:We prepared human rheumatoid arthritic synovial fluid phospholipase A2 (PLA2) [EC 3.1.1.4] from insect cells infected with a recombinant baculovirus. The PLA2 DNA was designed, changing the original codons to those used frequently in the polyhedrin gene. Sixteen oligo-deoxynucleotides ranging from 40 to 70 nucleotides...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kawauchi Y,Takasaki J,Matsuura Y,Masuho Y

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myosin subfragment-1.pyrophosphate (S1.PPi) complex and S1.ADP complex were observed with 31P NMR at various temperatures between 0 and 25 degrees C. The signal of S1.PPi complex showed a small temperature dependence, indicating that a single conformation exists for the complex. It also showed that the electron densit...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Tanokura M,Ebashi S

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudomonas putida PpGl, which carries the CAM plasmid encoding enzymes involved in the degradation pathway of D-camphor, can utilize D-camphor as a sole carbon source. Cytochrome P-450cam and related enzymes participate in the early oxidation steps of D-camphor degradation metabolism. We cloned from a HindIII DNA lib...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Koga H,Yamaguchi E,Matsunaga K,Aramaki H,Horiuchi T

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By the application of a ganglioside-mapping technique, the lipid composition of bovine thyroid was analyzed systematically. The contents of cholesterol, lipid-bound phosphorus and lipid-bound sialic acid in bovine thyroid were 5.10, 9.76, and 0.28 mumol/g of dry tissue, respectively, and the molar ratio of cholesterol...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Iwamori M,Sawada K,Hara Y,Nishio M,Fujisawa T,Imura H,Nagai Y

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When crude neurofilaments were dissolved in a solution containing 8 M urea and 1% beta-mercaptoethanol (beta-ME), the component proteins of the neurofilaments and other contaminating filaments were solubilized into monomeric forms. However, when reassembled filaments were solubilized again by the addition of urea to 8...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Tokutake S,Tanaka K

更新日期：1989-01-01 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 gene encoding subtilisin Amylosacchariticus from Bacillus subtilis var. amylosacchariticus was isolated and the entire nucleotide sequence of the coding sequence was determined. The deduced amino acid sequence revealed an N-terminal signal peptide and pro-peptide of 106 residues followed by the mature protein comp...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yoshimoto T,Oyama H,Honda T,Tone H,Takeshita T,Kamiyama T,Tsuru D

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genomic clones of UDP-glucuronosyltransferase family 1 (UGT1) were isolated from wild-type Wistar rats. The UGT1 locus spans > 120 kb and forms a gene complex. In this locus nine unique first exons encoding NH2-terminal portions of each isoform were located at intervals of approximately 10 kb and followed by only one ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Emi Y,Ikushiro S,Iyanagi T

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated whether transforming growth factor (TGF)-β1 promoted epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and migration of human oral squamous cell carcinoma (hOSCC) cells. Among 6 hOSCC cell lines investigated, Smad2 phosphorylation and TGF-β target genes expression were most clearly upregulated following TGF-β1 s...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Saito D,Kyakumoto S,Chosa N,Ibi M,Takahashi N,Okubo N,Sawada S,Ishisaki A,Kamo M

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Comparative studies of the unfolding equilibria of two homologous proteins, bovine alpha-lactalbumin and hen lysozyme, induced by treatment with guanidine hydrochloride have been made by analysis of the peptide and the aromatic circular dichroism spectra. The effect of the specific binding of Ca2+ ion by the former pr...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ikeguchi M,Kuwajima K,Sugai S

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The circadian change of gluconeogenesis in the liver in vivo in fed rats was studied. Gluconeogenesis in the liver in vivo was determined by measuring the rate of synthesis of 14C-labeled blood glucose derived from a 14C-labeled substrate, such as lactate, pyruvate or an amino acid injected into nephrectomized rats. G...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kida K,Nishio T,Yokozawa T,Nagai K,Matsuda H,Nakagawa H

更新日期：1980-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cytochrome o-type oxidase from the thermophilic bacterium PS3 grown under air-limited conditions was purified by ion-exchange chromatography in the presence of a non-ionic detergent. The enzyme was composed of three subunits (60, 30, and 16 kDa) and seemed to contain two molecules of heme b as prosthetic groups. It ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Sone N,Kutoh E,Sato K

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A group B streptococcus, Streptococcus agalactiae type Ib, produces a high-molecular-weight polysaccharide consisting of the following pentasaccharide repeating unit: -->4)-[alpha-D-NeupNAc-(2-->3)-beta-D-Galp-(1-->3)-beta-D-GlcpNAc-(1-->3)]-beta-D-Galp-(1-->4)-beta-D-Glcp-(1-->. The type-specific capsular polysacchar...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Watanabe M,Miyake K,Yanae K,Kataoka Y,Koizumi S,Endo T,Ozaki A,Iijima S

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tissue remodelling and regeneration in various pathophysiological conditions (e.g. the processes of development, pregnancy, inflammation, wound healing, tissue regeneration, tumor growth, etc.) require angiogenesis, a dynamically coordinated response to stimuli from the extracellular microenvironment. During angiogeni...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Sakaue T,Maekawa M,Nakayama H,Higashiyama S

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

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：:The interaction between n-octyl-beta-D-glucopyranoside (octyl glucoside) and bovine liver glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH) was studied using techniques including equilibrium dialysis, UV-spectrophotometry, circular dichroism (CD), fluorescence energy transfer and extrinsic spectrofluorometry in 50 mM sodium phosphate buf...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ghobadi S,Safarian S,Moosavi-Movahedi AA,Ranjbar B

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanism of binding between thermolysin with its specific inhibitor, talopeptin (MKI), was studied kinetically with the stopped-flow method by monitoring the enhancement of tryptophan fluorescence caused by the complex formation. Only one relaxation obeying first-order kinetics was observed. The dependence of the...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kitagishi K,Hiromi K

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human HsRad51 protein assembles on a DNA molecule through cooperative binding and forms a long filament for homologous recombination. We have characterized the self-assembly of HsRad51 by measuring the fluorescence resonance energy transfer from the fluorescein-labeled protein to the rhodamine-labeled protein. Self-as...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yoshioka K,Yumoto-Yoshioka Y,Fleury F,Takahashi M

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Telomerase is a unique reverse transcriptase involved in the maintenance of telomeric DNA, which is generally undetectable in normal human somatic cells. However, it has been found in organs of normal adult rodents including the liver. In order to elucidate relevant control mechanisms operating in normal somatic cells...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nozawa K,Kurumiya Y,Yamamoto A,Isobe Y,Suzuki M,Yoshida S

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phospholipase A2 (PLA2) has been purified to homogeneity from human arthritic synovial fluid. The activity resolved into multiple peaks by preparative HPLC. The most abundant peak (A) was present in synovial fluid from patients with rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, and psoriatic arthritis. A second major peak (B)...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Seilhamer JJ,Plant S,Pruzanski W,Schilling J,Stefanski E,Vadas P,Johnson LK

更新日期：1989-07-01 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：:We have recently developed an in vitro yeast reconstituted translation system, which is capable of synthesizing long polypeptides. Utilizing the system, we examined the role of eIF5A and its hypusine modification in translating polyproline sequence within long open reading frames. We found that polyproline motif inser...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Abe T,Nagai R,Shimazaki S,Kondo S,Nishimura S,Sakaguchi Y,Suzuki T,Imataka H,Tomita K,Takeuchi-Tomita N

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An NAD(P)H-dependent C-nitrosoreductase was purified 90 fold from porcine heart cytosol fraction by ammonium sulfate fractionation, gel filtration with Sephadex G-100, ion-exchange chromatography on DEAE-Sephadex A-50, and affinity chromatography on 5'-AMP-Sepharose. The enzyme had no aldehyde reductase activity and s...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Horie S,Ogura Y

更新日期：1980-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sequential in situ digestion of proteins immobilized on polyvinylidene difluoride (PVDF) has been systematically designed and optimized. The method consists of immobilization of the proteins on PVDF, S-carboxymethylation, and then successive in situ digestions using specific proteases. In order to obtain high yiel...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Iwamatsu A,Yoshida-Kubomura N

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Temperature and solvent effects on reaction center structures were examined in two thermophilic photosynthetic bacteria, Chloroflexus aurantiacus and Chromatium tepidum, in order to gain insight into the interactions among the reaction center proteins and pigment systems. Thermal stability of the reaction centers was ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nozawa T,Madigan MT

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autotaxin (ATX) is an ecto-enzyme responsible for lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) production in blood. ATX is present in various biological fluids such as cerebrospinal and seminal fluids and accounts for bulk LPA production in these fluids. ATX is a member of the nucleotide pyrophosphatase/phosphodiesterase (NPP) family ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nakanaga K,Hama K,Aoki J

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Midkine (MK) and pleiotrophin (PTN) constitute a new family of heparin-binding growth factors. Extraembryonic membranes and the placenta of the mouse expressed MK mRNA at 11.5 days gestation. While the MK mRNA level in extraembryonic membranes decreased during embryogenesis, that in the placenta remained unchanged. Im...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Obama H,Tsutsui J,Ozawa M,Yoshida H,Yoshida Y,Osame M,Muramatsu T

更新日期：1995-07-01 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：:In the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the expression of phospholipid biosynthetic genes, including the INO1 gene (encoding inositol-1-phosphate synthase), is coordinately regulated by a cis-acting transcriptional element, UAS(INO) (inositol-sensitive upstream activating sequence). For this paper we studied the effect...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kagiwada S,Zen R

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between structure, activity, and stability of the thermostable Bacillus stearothermophilus alpha-amylase was studied by site-directed mutagenesis of the three most conserved residues. Mutation of His-238 to Asp involved in Ca2+ and substrate binding reduced the specific activity and thermal stability,...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Vihinen M,Ollikka P,Niskanen J,Meyer P,Suominen I,Karp M,Holm L,Knowles J,Mäntsälä P

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00