Purification and characterization of the Proteus vulgaris BlaA protein, the activator of the beta-lactamase gene.

abstract：:Two forms of urokinase [EC 3.4.99.26] with molecular weights of 51,600 and 34,500 were purified from human urine. The specific activities of the high molecular weight urokinase (HMW-UK) and low molecular weight urokinase (LMW-UK) were 157,400 and 246,700 International Units (IU/mg), respectively. Purified HMW-UK was 9...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nobuhara M,Sakamaki M,Ohnishi H,Suzuki Y

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paramyosin is a myosin-binding protein characteristic of invertebrate animals, while troponin is a Ca2+-dependent regulator of muscle contraction. Both proteins are widely distributed in protostomes, while in deuterostomes, their distribution is limited; namely, presence of paramyosin and absence of troponin are commo...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Sonobe H,Obinata T,Minokawa T,Haruta T,Kawamura Y,Wakatsuki S,Sato N

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heparin-binding epidermal growth factor-like growth factor (HB-EGF), a ligand of EGF receptor, is involved in the growth and malignant progression of cancers. Cross-reacting material 197, CRM197, a non-toxic mutant of diphtheria toxin (DT), specifically binds to the EGF-like domain of HB-EGF and inhibits its mitogenic...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Suzuki K,Mizushima H,Abe H,Iwamoto R,Nakamura H,Mekada E

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A newly isolated binding protein of peroxisomal targeting signal type 2 (PTS2) receptor Pex7, termed P7BP2, is transported into peroxisomes by binding to the longer isoform of Pex5p, Pex5pL, via Pex7p. The binding to Pex7p and peroxisomal localization of P7BP2 depends on the cleavable PTS2 in the N-terminal region, su...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Niwa H,Miyauchi-Nanri Y,Okumoto K,Mukai S,Noi K,Ogura T,Fujiki Y

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CXCL14 is a member of the CXC chemokine family. CXCL14 possesses chemoattractive activity for activated macrophages, immature dendritic cells and natural killer cells. CXCL14-deficient mice do not exhibit clear immune system abnormalities, suggesting that the function of CXCL14 can be compensated for by other chemokin...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hara T,Tanegashima K

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have been interested in partially folded proteins with marginal stability and activity, because they have a potential to be mature proteins by artificial evolution. A module is defined as a contiguous peptide chain forming a compact region in a globular protein. Modules may be used as building blocks to create part...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Tsuji T,Nagata T,Yanagawa H

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 26K fragment of troponin T, which was produced by endogenous proteases in rabbit skeletal muscle, was isolated by SE-Sephadex column chromatography. This fragment sensitized both superprecipitation and ATPase of actomyosin to calcium ions, to the same extent as troponin T. There was no difference in affinity for tro...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ohtsuki I,Shiraishi F,Suenaga N,Miyata T,Tanokura M

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chicken brain enolase was found to show multiple forms (I, II and III) separable by DEAE-cellulose column chromatography, whereas enolase from chicken skeletal muscle showed a single form. Brain enolase I, enolase III and muscle enolase were purified to electrophoretic homogeneity. These three isozymes were dimeric en...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Tanaka M,Sugisaki K,Nakashima K

更新日期：1985-12-01 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：:A method is described for the fractionation of reduced and alkylated proteins of fowl feather. Fowl feather extracts were chromatographed on a Sephadex G-75 column in 4 M urea containing 1 M NaCl and separated into four fractions, GF-1, 2, 3, and 4. The elution patterns were used to compare the components of different...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Akahane K,Murozono S,Murayama K

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vivo effects of convulsant drugs (hydrazine and penicillamine) on the metabolism of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) in subcellular fractions of mouse brain were studied. Both substances inhibited the activity of glutamic acid decarboxylase [EC 4.1.1.15] (GAD) in the synaptosomal fraction (nerve ending particles)...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Abe M,Matsuda M

更新日期：1977-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Newly recognized mammalian secretory proteins such as preprolactin are translocated across the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) in a signal recognition particle (SRP)-dependent manner. Recent studies revealed that there are two recognition steps for signal peptides during this translocation. The first step is recognition by...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hatsuzawa K,Tagaya M,Mizushima S

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A fluorescent fragment of Mr = 23,800 was obtained by the papain digestion of N-iodoacetyl-N'-(5-sulfo-1-naphthyl)ethylene diamine (abbreviated as IAEDANS)-modified chicken gizzard myosin. The fragment was isolated by gel filtration on a Sephadex G-100 column in the presence of 5 M guanidine-HCl followed by anion exch...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Onishi H,Maita T,Miyanishi T,Watanabe S,Matsuda G

更新日期：1986-12-01 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：:We obtained two kinds of vesicle preparations which were of different density from the same gastric mucosae of hogs stimulated with food before slaughter. Both kinds contained H+,K+-ATPase. The light vesicle preparation differed from the heavy vesicle preparation as follows: the KCl permeability across the membrane of...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Asano S,Iino T,Tabuchi Y,Takeguchi N

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) of rabbit skeletal muscle was irradiated with ultraviolet light (UV) in the presence of vanadate plus 2 mM EGTA, 10 mM MgCl2, 20% DMSO, and 50 mM PIPES (pH 6.5) at room temperature. In the presence of 100 microM vanadate, the Ca(2+)-uptake activity of SR rapidly decreased and was almost...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hirose T,Yamasaki K,Yamamoto T

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using the mRNA differential display technique and Western blot analysis, the present study demonstrates that induction of KAR2 occurs when misfolded membrane-bound cytochrome P450, mutated in its cytosolically exposed domain, is expressed in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Using various KAR2 promoter constructs in front of ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Zimmer T,Ogura A,Ohta A,Takagi M

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fructose 2,6-bisphosphate concentrations in unwashed, washed, and leukocyte-free erythrocytes were compared. The concentration in washed red cells was 31 +/- 15 pmol per ml of cells (mean +/- S.D., n = 6). The concentration in unwashed erythrocytes was at least twofold higher, but the value in washed red cells was...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Moriyasu M,Yamamoto M,Hamasaki N

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteriorhodopsin from Halobacterium halobium was stable and active in high concentrations of guanidine hydrochloride. However the decay of the intermediate with absorption maximum at 407 nm and the uptake of protons from the medium were remarkably delayed. At alkaline pH values, all the molecules of bacteriohodopsin ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yoshida M,Ohno K,Takeuchi Y

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carboxyl groups of native human fibrinogen were modified with glycine methyl ester and 1-ethyl-3(3-dimethylaminopropyl)carbodiimide. It seemed likely that the modification occurred stepwise. Approximately 26% of the carboxyl groups of fibrinogen was modified finally. The modified fibrinogen had no interaction with cat...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kurioka S,Inoue F,Matsuda M

更新日期：1975-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lambda dv plasmids having an amber mutation in an initiator gene, O or P, were constructed from mutant lambda phages by recombinant DNA techniques and several properties of such derivatives were investigated. These plasmids are perpetuated in suppressor-plus (amber-permissive) cells, but not in non-suppressor cells. T...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Miwa T,Akaboshi E,Matsubara K

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The structure and expression of the pentraxins, serum amyloid P component (SAP), and C-reactive protein (CRP), have been investigated in the guinea pig. Northern blot analysis of hepatic RNA from animals in which acute inflammation had been induced by intraperitoneal injection of thioglycollate established that neithe...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Rubio N,Sharp PM,Rits M,Zahedi K,Whitehead AS

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacillus licheniformis alpha-amylase (BLA) is widely used in various procedures of starch degradation in the food industry, and a BLA species with improved activity at higher temperature and under acidic conditions is desirable. Two BLA species, designated as PA and MA, have been isolated from the wild-type B. licheni...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Lee S,Oneda H,Minoda M,Tanaka A,Inouye K

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We determined the complete amino acid sequence of a novel subtilisin inhibitor, SIL15, which had been isolated from the culture supernatant of Streptomyces bikiniensis and shown to be a member of the Streptomyces subtilisin inhibitor (SSI)-like (SIL) protein family, and then identified its reactive site. SIL15 is comp...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Terabe M,Kojima S,Taguchi S,Momose H,Miura K

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The melanocortin receptor type 4 (MC4-R) is involved in food intake and represents a potential target for the treatment of some forms of obesity. The fluorescent protein EGFP was fused to the wild-type or mutated coding sequence of the human MC4-R. After transfection in HEK 293, clones stably expressing hMC4-R-EGFP we...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Blondet A,Doghman M,Rached M,Durand P,Bégeot M,Naville D

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The plant NADPH oxidases, known as respiratory burst oxidase homologues (Rbohs), play an indispensable role in a wide array of cellular and developmental processes. Arabidopsis thaliana RbohF (AtRbohF)-mediated production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) is involved in biotic and abiotic stress responses. Because of t...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kimura S,Kawarazaki T,Nibori H,Michikawa M,Imai A,Kaya H,Kuchitsu K

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The stimulatory effects of glucose and lactate on protein synthesis by round spermatids (steps 1-8) were further studied. When the cells were incubated with lactate, the response of protein synthesis in round spermatids was closely related to the intracellular level of ATP. The ATP level in spermatids increased to 3.1...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nakamura M,Hino A,Kato J

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have unexpectedly found that Streptomyces subtilisin inhibitor (SSI) and some other similar serine protease inhibitors produced by Streptomycetes strongly inhibit Streptomyces griseus metallo-endopeptidase II (SGMP II) [Kajiwara, K. et al. (1991) J. Biochem. 110, 350-354]. In order to elucidate the mode of their un...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kumazaki T,Kajiwara K,Kojima S,Miura K,Ishii S

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chloroquine myopathy is a drug poisoning disease involving rimmed vacuole formation. By Western blot analysis, we investigated posttranslational modification of LC3 in cultured cells with a high concentration of chloroquine, and found that the autophagosome membrane-bound form of LC3 increased dose-dependently. We als...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Suzuki T,Nakagawa M,Yoshikawa A,Sasagawa N,Yoshimori T,Ohsumi Y,Nishino I,Ishiura S,Nonaka I

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anti-angiotensin I IgG in serum was measured by immune complex transfer enzyme immunoassays using angiotensin I conjugates prepared by two different methods. In the first method, angiotensin I was conjugated to dinitrophenyl bovine serum albumin and beta-D-galactosidase through covalent links. Anti-angiotensin I IgG i...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kohno T,Yamaguchi K,Ishikawa E

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00