Permeability change of liposomal membrane induced by interleukin-1 alpha.

abstract：:The binding of SopA to the promoter region of its own gene, in which four copies of SopA's recognition sequence, 5'-CTTTGC-3', are arrayed asymmetrically, was examined in vitro. Titration using electrophoretic mobility shift assay showed that the stoichiometry of SopA protomers to the promoter-region DNA is 4 and that...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Komai M,Umino M,Hanai R

更新日期：2011-04-01 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：: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：:The sequence of the 5'-terminal 106 nucleotides of cucumber mosaic virus (strain Y) RNA 4, the mRNA coding for viral coat protein, has been determined. The first AUG was located at 77 nucleotides from the 5'-terminus and was confirmed to be an initiation codon by analysis of the N-terminal amino acid sequence of the p...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hidaka S,Tsunasawa S,Yoon J,Narita K,Takanami Y,Kubo S,Miura K

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The SoxR protein of Escherichia coli responds to redox signals by activating the transcription of soxS, which encodes another transcription activator that directly stimulates oxidative stress genes. In contrast, Pseudomonas aeruginosa has an open reading frame (ORF) encoding a putative protein homologous to E. coli So...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kobayashi K,Tagawa S

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have detected in rat liver cytosol three enzymes (termed C-1, C-2, and C-3) which cleaved the RNA moiety of RNA-DNA hybrid. These enzymes were separated from each other by DEAE-Sephadex and Sephadex G-200 chromatography. C-1 and C-2 specifically act on the RNA moiety of RNA-DNA hybrid, while C-3 degrades single-str...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Tashiro F,Ueno Y

更新日期：1978-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The conformation and stabilities of the CL fragment isolated from a type lambda Bence Jones protein and the fragment in which the intrachain disulfide bond had been reduced were studied by measuring CD, fluorescence, and ultraviolet absorption. The results indicated that no great conformational change occurs on reduct...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Goto Y,Hamaguchi K

更新日期：1979-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A chromosomal gene, mlr6793, in Mesorhizobium loti was identified as the gene encoding 5-formyl-3-hydroxy-2-methylpyridine 4-carboxylic acid (FHMPC) dehydrogenase (dismutase) involved in the degradation pathway for pyridoxine (vitamin B(6)). The homogenously purified recombinant enzyme has a molecular mass of 59.1 kDa...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yokochi N,Yoshikane Y,Matsumoto S,Fujisawa M,Ohnishi K,Yagi T

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been demonstrated that the GM2 ganglioside cannot be cleaved by exo-beta-N-acetylhexosaminidases isolated from molds or bacterial sources. Here, a novel GM2 ganglioside-degrading enzyme was found in cells of Nocardia sp. This enzyme releases free fatty acids from the GM2 ganglioside. The chemical structure of t...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hirabayashi Y,Kimura M,Matsumoto M,Yamamoto K,Kadowaki S,Tochikura T

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DL-[14C]Leucine or L-[3H]leucine was injected intraperitoneally into pyridoxine-deficient and control rats, and the subsequent incorporation of the radioactivities into aspartate aminotransferase (AspAT) isozymes and the total soluble protein in the liver was measured. AspAT in the cytosol (AspATc) was separated into ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Shibuya M,Okada M

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To gain insight into the mechanism by which the sequence at the rne-dependent site of substrate RNA affects the substrate specificity of Escherichia coli RNase E, we performed kinetic analysis of the cleavage of precursor M1 RNA molecules containing various sequences at the rne-dependent site by the N-terminal catalyt...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kim KS,Sim S,Ko JH,Cho B,Lee Y

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis using 0.5% agarose gel in the 1st dimension and 2-12% gradient polyacrylamide gel in the 2nd dimension succeeded in the isoelectrical focusing of connectin, a giant myofibrillar protein of approximately 3,000 kDa. Immunoblotting with an anti-connectin monoclonal antibody, SM1-36-2, ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Matsumura K,Hori S,Sugiura H,Shimizu T

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Beta-N-Acetylgalactosaminidase [EC 3.2.1.53] was purified to homogeneity from the culture media of Bacillus sp. AT173-1. The enzyme has a molecular weight of 48,000 as estimated by SDS-PAGE under reducing conditions and an isoelectric point of 4.3. The enzyme requires dithiothreitol as an activator and is most active ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Tanaka A,Ozaki S

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein phosphorylation is a key regulatory mechanism of the organization and dynamics of the actin cytoskeleton during cell motility, differentiation, and cytokinesis. The level of protein phosphorylation is dependent on the relative activities of both protein kinases and protein phosphatases. In this paper, we exami...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Usui T,Marriott G,Inagaki M,Swarup G,Osada H

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The degranulation reactions of human neutrophils induced by 1-oleoyl-2-acetylglycerol (OAG), phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA), and calcium ionophore A23187 or their combinations, were studied. OAG in the absence of the Ca2+-ionophore A23187 stimulated the releases of both lysozyme and lactoferrin, constituents of...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kang D,Tsuda H,Takeshige K,Shibata Y,Minakami S

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rho family GTPases act as transducers of signals from extracellular stimuli to the cytoskeleton and gene expression. Their actions are temporal and spatial determinants for cellular functions. The cellular functions of Rho family GTPases have been studied in fibroblasts and endothelial cells, and recent advances have ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Negishi M,Katoh H

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A Ca2+-sensitive electrode was used for determination of the binding strength of Ca2+ to bovine alpha-lactalbumin in 60 mM Tris buffer (pH 7.8-8.5) in the presence of various concentrations of NaCl. The dependence of the apparent binding constant on the concentration of NaCl was consistent with competitive binding of ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hamano M,Nitta K,Kuwajima K,Sugai S

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Homoserine O-acetyltransferase [EC 2.3.1.31] partially purified from Brevibacterium flavum was found to be specifically inhibited by the metabolic end products methionine and S-adenosylmethionine only when the enzymatic reaction was performed in the presence of cysteine or dithiothreitol, or after the preincubation of...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Shiio I,Ozaki H

更新日期：1981-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The modes of actions of 1-farnesylpyridinium (FPy) on yeast cell growth were investigated on the basis of its effects on cell cycle progression, morphogenesis and the related events for construction of cell wall architecture in Schizosacchromyces pombe. FPy predominantly inhibited the growth of the yeast cells after v...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hamada M,Ohata I,Fujita K,Usuki Y,Ogita A,Ishiguro J,Tanaka T

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:YfkN isolated from the culture supernatant of Bacillus subtilis in the exponential phase of growth is a protein of 143.5 kDa that derives from a putative large precursor of 159.6 kDa processed at both the N- and C-terminal ends. Pulse-chase experiments indicated that the release occurs slowly with a half-time longer t...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Chambert R,Pereira Y,Petit-Glatron MF

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Corynebacterium diphtheriae, a pathogenic Gram-positive bacterium, contains sialic acids on its cell surface, but no genes related to sialic acid decoration or metabolism have been reported in C. diphtheriae. In the present study, we have identified a putative sialidase gene, nanH, from C. diphtheriae KCTC3075 and cha...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kim S,Oh DB,Kwon O,Kang HA

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel hemorrhagic metalloprotease, halysase, isolated from the snake venom of Gloydius halys induces apoptosis in endothelial cells. The purified metalloprotease is a monomeric glycoprotein with an isoelectric point of 4.8. Analysis of the cDNA sequence encoding halysase revealed that the enzyme consists of multifun...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： You WK,Seo HJ,Chung KH,Kim DS

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are small particles that are naturally released from various types of cells. EVs contain a wide variety of cellular components, such as proteins, nucleic acids, lipids and metabolites, which facilitate intercellular communication in diverse biological processes. In the tumor microenvironme...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yamauchi T,Moroishi T

更新日期：2020-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The immunological properties of acid proteinases from rat spleen, two types of cathepsin D and a cathepsin E-like enzyme, were examined. The rabbit antiserum was prepared against the major form of cathepsin D (cathepsin D-I) from rat spleen. The antiserum quantitatively precipitated the enzyme activity from the purifi...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yamamoto K,Kamata O,Katsuda N,Kato K

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dupuytren's disease is a palmar fibromatosis associated with changes in fibroblast activity that also affect the metabolism of extracellular matrix components. In contrast to disease connected alterations in collagen and non-collagenous glycoproteins (mainly fibronectin), the metabolism of proteoglycans, being glycosa...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Koźma EM,Olczyk K,Wisowski G,Głowacki A,Bobiński R

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nucleotide sequence of IStaqTZ2 are available in the DDBJ/EMBL/GenBank databases under the accession number AB063392. A novel insertion sequence (IStaqTZ2) was transposed from the genome of Thermus thermophilus TZ2 to that of the thermophilic bacteriophage IN93. The complete nucleotide sequence of IStaqTZ2 was det...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Matsushita I,Yanase H

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Limited tryptic digestion of the heavy chain of chymotryptic myosin subfragment-1 gives three major fragments with approximate molecular weights of 50 K, 27 K, and 20 K daltons. We previously reported (Hozumi, T. & Muhlrad, A. (1981) Biochemistry 20, 2945-2950) that these fragments can be separated by gel filtration i...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hozumi T

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By analyzing antibody heterogeneity during the primary immune response to bacterial a-amylase (B alpha A) in high-responder F1 hybrid mice between C57BL/6 (B6) and C3H/He (C3) mice with the use of isoelectric focusing (IEF), it was shown that the maturation of the primary IgG antibody response consisted of at least tw...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nakashima S,Kamikawa H

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:2-Amino-4-methylphenol was converted to a brownish yellow material by the lysates of human erythrocytes or purified human hemoglobin. The reaction proceeded oxidatively, coupled with the oxidation of hemoglobin. The major component of the brownish yellow material produced by oxidative condensation of 2-amino-4-methylp...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Tomoda A,Arisawa M,Koshimura S

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The changes in the cellular concentrations of ATP, ADP, and AMP and in oxidative phosphorylation of mitochondria were investigated in the remaining liver of partially hepatectomized rabbits. The energy charge (defined as half of the average number of anhydride-bonded phosphate groups per adenosine moiety) of the liver...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kamiyama Y,Ozawa K,Honjo I

更新日期：1976-10-01 00:00:00