Vasoactive intestinal peptide induces differentiation and MAP kinase activation in PC12h cells.

abstract：:The complete amino acid sequence of Fragment B obtained by the limited tryptic digestion of E. coli polypeptide chain elongation factor Tu (EF-Tu) was determined. Seven peptides formed from Fragment B by cleavage with cyanogen bromide (designated as CB1 to CB7 according to their order of alignment from N- to C-termini...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nakamura S,Nakayama N,Takahashi K,Kaziro Y

更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method was developed to obtain heavy meromyosin (HMM) from the tryptic digest of skipjack tuna dorsal myosin. The tuna HMM thus obtained was shown to be homogeneous on gel filtration-gel electrophoresis, and on ultracentrifugation. The sedimentation constant (S20,w) was estimated to be 6.1S for tuna HMM. The ATPase ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kimura I,Arai K,Watanabe S

更新日期：1979-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We tested the capsid targeted viral inactivation method as an anti-HBV strategy. HepG2 cells were cotransfected with HBV expression plasmid and the plasmid encoding fusion protein of either Core-A3C or Core-humanized renilla GFP (hrGFP). Core-A3C had substantial effect on HBV DNA levels. In the HepG2 cells expressing ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Li D,Liu J,Kang F,Guan W,Gao X,Wang Y,Sun D

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human platelet membrane glycoproteins IIb (GPIIb) and IIIa (GPIIIa), which have been proposed to be subunits of a receptor for fibrinogen, were purified from Triton X-100-solubilized platelet membranes by affinity chromatography on a concanavalin A (Con A)-Sepharose column followed by preparative sodium dodecyl sulfat...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Tsuji T,Osawa T

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To examine whether serine proteases of rat liver chromatin are also involved in the degradation of newly synthesized and unbound ribosomal proteins and histones, like the nuclear thiol protease which we reported previously (Tsurugi, K. & Ogata, K. (1979) Eur. J. Biochem. 101, 205-213), in vivo experiments were carried...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Tsurugi K,Oyanagi M,Ogata K

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spo0A is both a positive and a negative transcriptional regulator which plays a very important role in sporulation initiation in Bacillus subtilis. Its N-terminal amino acid sequence is homologous to that of regulator proteins of the two-component regulatory systems involved in signal transduction in bacteria. Phospho...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Asayama M,Kobayashi Y

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During a large-scale in vitro translation analysis of a human full-length cDNA bank, we found many clones producing in vitro translation products showing ladder bands on a fluorogram with the equidistance of about 9 kDa at the position larger than the molecular mass expected from the open reading frame. We have analyz...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Iwamuro S,Saeki M,Kato S

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The phospholipid mediator, platelet activating factor (PAF: 1-O-alkyl-2-O-acetyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine), was recently reported to activate macrophage-monocyte cells as well as neutrophils or platelets. PAF was incorporated into dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine-cholesterol liposomes, and their effect on guinea pig ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hayashi H,Kudo I,Inoue K,Nomura H,Nojima S

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The oleate (delta 9-18:1)/cis-vaccenate (delta 11-18:1) ratios in phospholipids increased in the order of normal liver, host liver and hepatoma in rats. The amount of oleate increased in phospholipids and decreased in triacylglycerol in the same order, whereas the distributions of cis-vaccenate among the major lipid c...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hori T,Okuyama H

更新日期：1987-05-01 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：:We have isolated cDNAs and completed for the first time the primary structure for a novel collagenous chain that was partially characterized earlier and named alpha 1(Y) chain [Yoshioka, H. et al. (1992) Genomics 13, 884-886]. The size of the coding region was unexpectedly small compared with the length of the mRNA (>...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Inoguchi K,Yoshioka H,Khaleduzzaman M,Ninomiya Y

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies were performed in the rat liver to examine whether or not insulin as well as glucagon causes the induction of mitochondrial serine:pyruvate aminotransferase (SPTm) [EC 2.6.1.51] and if so, whether the mechanisms of induction are similar or different for the two hormones. Not only glucagon but also insulin indu...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Miyajima H,Oda T,Ichiyama A

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A protease activity specific to spermatogenous histones was found in the egg extract of sea urchin. The enzyme responsible for this activity, named SPKK protease because of its substrate specificity, was purified as a monomeric 28 kDa protein. SPKK protease activity is inhibited by leupeptin and is specific to the rep...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Suzuki M,Sugiura M,Ebashi S

更新日期：1990-09-01 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：: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：:The scaffolding protein Salvador (Sav) plays a key role in the Hippo (Hpo) signalling pathway, which controls tissue growth by inhibiting cell proliferation and promoting apoptosis. Dysregulation of the Hippo pathway contributes to cancer development. Since the identification of the first Sav gene in 2002, very little...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Song J,Hong HR,Yamashita E,Park IY,Lee SJ

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MscL is a mechanosensitive channel that undergoes a global conformational change upon application of membrane stretching. To elucidate how the structural stability and flexibility occur, we isolated temperature-sensitive (Ts) mutants of Escherichia coli MscL that allowed cell growth at 32°C but not at 42°C. Two Ts mut...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Owada N,Yoshida M,Morita K,Yoshimura K

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondria exhibiting cyanide-resistant respiration were isolated from Hansenula anomala which had been incubated in the presence of antimycin A to induce cyanide-resistant respiration. The cyanide-resistant respiration in isolated mitochondria was not inhibited by antimycin A or myxothiazol, suggesting that the bra...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Sakajo S,Minagawa N,Komiyama T,Yoshimoto A

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:NADP+-specific isocitrate dehydrogenase was found in several tissues of the pupa of the silkworm, Bombyx mori. This enzyme was highly purified from the whole bodies of pupae. This is the first isolation of the enzyme from insect materials. The purified enzyme gave a single protein band on polyacrylamide gel electropho...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Miake F,Torikata T,Koga K,Hayashi K

更新日期：1977-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The most abundant glycoprotein in the coelomic fluid of sea urchin Anthocidaris crassispina was purified and its subunit structure, molecular form in the native state, amino acid composition, and electron micrographic image were studied. The results showed that the protein in its native state was basically a tetramer ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Giga Y,Ikai A

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed a method to quantify galectin-7 extracted from adult mouse tissues by Western blot analysis. More than 0.5 ng of galectin-7 per mg of tissue was detectable by this method. The amounts of galectin-7 in tissues were determined as follows: skin, 62 +/- 3 ng/mg; esophagus, 23 +/- 8 ng/mg; stomach, 18 +/- 6 ng...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Sato M,Nishi N,Shoji H,Kumagai M,Imaizumi T,Hata Y,Hirashima M,Suzuki S,Nakamura T

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased fructose concentration in erythrocytes of diabetic patients subject haemoglobin (Hb) to be glycated by fructose. Haemoglobin glycation results in early and advanced glycation end products which are known as HbA(1c) and Hb-AGE, respectively. In diabetics the Hb-AGE content raises and the mean parameter multip...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Bakhti M,Habibi-Rezaei M,Moosavi-Movahedi AA,Khazaei MR

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuronal migration is a crucial event in neuronal development for the construction of brain architecture and neuronal networks. Newborn neurons proliferate in the germinal zone and start migration toward their final destination. Migrating neurons adopt different routes, cell shapes and migratory modes depending on ext...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Horigane SI,Ozawa Y,Yamada H,Takemoto-Kimura S

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Synthesis of the acid-soluble proteins in the early cleavage stage of the sea urichin, Hemicentrotus pulcherrimus, was investigated. As detected by the incorporation of lysine, the acid-soluble proteins were synthesized periodically even before the first cleavage, differing from the pattern of incorporation of tryptop...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kano K,Mano Y

更新日期：1976-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:GM2 containing NeuGc was found to be a major ganglioside in the liver of most inbred strains of mouse we have examined so far. They were DBA/2, C3H/He, C57BL/6, BALB/c, and CBA mice. However, WHT/Ht mouse does not contain a detectable amount of GM2 (NeuGc) but has GM3 containing NeuGc as the major ganglioside in the l...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hashimoto Y,Otsuka H,Sudo K,Suzuki K,Suzuki A,Yamakawa T

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two kinds of myosin phosphatases were purified from fresh chicken gizzard smooth muscle. Alkaline phosphatase (CGP-a), which requires Mg2+, was most active at pH 8.6 with 2 to 4 mM Mg2+, and was essentially the same as the phosphatase we reported previously (J. Biochem. 99, 1027-1036 (1986]. On the other hand, neutral...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yoshida M,Yagi K

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC) consisting of two different subunits (alpha: Mr = 74,000, beta: Mr = 69,000) was purified more than 12,000-fold in terms of specific activity from the supernatant of bovine lung homogenates and characterized. The heme content determined with the pyridine hemochromogen method and Bradfor...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Tomita T,Tsuyama S,Imai Y,Kitagawa T

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling pathway, which is conserved from yeast to humans, is activated in response to a variety of extra- and intracellular stimuli, and plays key roles in multiple cellular processes, including proliferation, differentiation, and apoptosis. The MAPK pathway transmits its ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yoshioka K

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the rat, DNA carrying a cluster of the genes for tRNAAsp, tRNAGly, and tRNAGlu, aligned in that order, is repeated about 10 times. Seven DNA clones corresponding to the independent repeating units were isolated from a rat gene library. Nucleotide sequence analysis of these clones revealed the presence of a fourth t...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Shibuya K,Noguchi S,Yamaki M,Nishimura S,Sekiya T

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study presents the structural, kinetic and thermodynamic characterizations of previously unknown submicellar concentrations of SDS-induced molten globule (MGSDS) state of a highly negatively charged base-denatured ferricytochrome c (UB-state) at pH ∼12.8 (±0.2). The far-UV CD, near-UV CD, ANS-fluorescence data of...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Jain R,Sharma D,Kumar R,Kumar R

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00