Solution structure of CINC/Gro investigated by heteronuclear NMR.

abstract：:Cytokinin binding protein was isolated and purified from tobacco leaves by bioaffinity chromatography on a Sepharose column on which benzyladenine (BA), synthetic cytokinin, had been introduced as an affinity ligand by the cyanogen bromide method. The purified protein bound specifically to cytokinins; its binding was ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yoshida K,Takegami T

更新日期：1977-03-01 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：:A new method was developed for extracting natural actomyosin with full length connectin (titin) and nebulin from rabbit skeletal muscle. To determine the protein components of native thin filaments, thin filaments were isolated from natural actomyosin by sedimentation in a H2O/D2O/sucrose density gradient. Both alpha-...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Meng Y,Yasunaga T,Wakabayashi T

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The relation between intrinsic viscosity in 0.2 M NaCl and molecular weight for samples of chondroitin sulfate isolated from shark cartilage could be expressed by [eeta] = 6.5 X 10(-6) Mr114. 2. Their sedimentation coefficients were linear with respect to the square root of molecular weight, and the intercept was n...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Tanaka K

更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The kinetic specificities of BPN' and Carlsberg subtilisins [EC 3.4.21.14] were examined with various nucleus-substituted derivatives of Nalpha-acetylated aromatic amino acid methyl esters for mapping their hydrophobic binding sites in comparison with that of alpha-chymotrypsin. The Carlsberg enzyme was generally much...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Karasaki Y,Ohno M

更新日期：1978-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fructose-1,6-bisphosphate aldolase gene from the thermophilic bacterium, Anoxybacillus gonensis G2, was cloned and sequenced. Nucleotide sequence analysis revealed an open reading frame coding for a 30.9 kDa protein of 286 amino acids. The amino acid sequence shared approximately 80-90% similarity to the Bacillus ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ertunga NS,Colak A,Belduz AO,Canakci S,Karaoglu H,Sandalli C

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diacylglycerol lipase (DGL) was solubilized from human platelet microsomes with heptyl-beta-D-thioglucoside, and purified to homogeneity on SDS-PAGE using a combination of chromatographic and electrophoretic methods. The molecular mass of the purified DGL was estimated to be 33 kDa. Its apparent pI was pH 6.0, as dete...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Moriyama T,Urade R,Kito M

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human serum sulfotransferase activities were measured in normal controls and patients with macular corneal dystrophy (MCD), an inherited disorder characterized by the decreased sulfation of keratan sulfate in the corneal stroma and serum, using two kinds of acceptor: partially desulfated keratan sulfate and a trisacch...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hasegawa N,Torii T,Nagaoka I,Nakayasu K,Miyajima H,Habuchi O

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have established three kinds of monoclonal antibodies against gangliosides containing N-glycolylneuraminic acid (NeuGc) by immunization of BALB/c mice with the purified gangliosides inserted into liposomes comprising Salmonella minnesota R595 lipopolysaccharides, and fusion of spleen cells with a mouse myeloma cell...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Watarai S,Kushi Y,Shigeto R,Misawa N,Eishi Y,Handa S,Yasuda T

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of Na+ and ATP on the K+ binding to Na+, K+-ATPase were investigated by the centrifugation method with radioactive K+ in the absence of Mg2+. In the presence of 10 microM 43KCl, 0.6 and 10 mM Na+ decreased the amount of bound K+ to one-half and zero, respectively. On the other hand, 10 microM and 10 mM ATP...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Homareda H,Nozaki T,Matsui H

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The three-dimensional structure of rat-liver acyl-CoA oxidase-II (ACO-II) in a complex with a C12-fatty acid was solved by the molecular replacement method based on the uncomplexed ACO-II structure. The crystalline form of the complex was obtained by cocrystallization of ACO-II with dodecanoyl-CoA. The crystalline com...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Tokuoka K,Nakajima Y,Hirotsu K,Miyahara I,Nishina Y,Shiga K,Tamaoki H,Setoyama C,Tojo H,Miura R

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several trypsin inhibitors with different mobilities on polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis occur in the tubers of taro (Colocasia antiquorum), and they each have a dimeric molecular weight of 40,000. Of all the constituent subunits, molecular weight 20,000, of the taro trypsin inhibitor (TTI), three major subunit comp...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ogata F,Makisumi S

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immunological properties of gamma-glutamyltransferases (gamma-GTs) from human serum, liver and tonsil were studied by using a monospecific antibody to human kidney gamma-GT for the purpose of elucidating their isozymic relationships. gamma-GTs partially purified from liver and tonsil were indistinguishable in this...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Tsuchida S,Imai F,Sato K

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The properties of phospholipase A1 (PLA1) obtained from the white muscle of bonito, Euthynnus pelamis (Linnaeus), were examined. The PLA1 activity had a pH optimum from 6.5 to 7.0 for phosphatidylcholine (PC), and calcium ion was not required. The optimum temperature was from 20 to 30 degrees C. When a fatty alcohol w...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hirano K,Tanaka A,Yoshizumi K,Tanaka T,Satouchi K

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed a novel method for the preparation of 'recombinant proteoliposomes'. Membrane proteins were expressed on budded virus (BV) envelopes using baculovirus gene expression systems, and proteoliposomes were prepared by fusion of these viruses with liposomes. First, plasmid DNA containing the gene for the t...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Fukushima H,Mizutani M,Imamura K,Morino K,Kobayashi J,Okumura K,Tsumoto K,Yoshimura T

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are well-known recalcitrant environmental pollutants. Although the metabolism of the PCBs has been intensively studied, very little is known about their mechanism of toxicity in living organisms or how they are degraded. We have examined the effects of PCBs on two different yeast strai...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ryu JH,Lee Y,Han SK,Kim HY

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new multifunctional protein kinase, which normally exists as an inactive form in the soluble fraction in mammalian tissues, attaches to membranes to exhibit full enzymatic activity. A low concentration of Ca2+ is absolutely necessary for this activation. This process is reversible. cAMP shows no effect. The active f...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Takai Y,Kishimoto A,Iwasa Y,Kawahara Y,Mori T,Nishizuka Y,Tamura A,Fujii T

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to examine the possibility of the use of a surface plasmon resonance (SPR) sensor for real-time monitoring of the process of refolding of immobilized proteins, the refolding of firefly luciferase immobilized on a carboxymethyldextran matrix layer was analyzed. The SPR signal of the immobilized luciferase decr...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Zako T,Harada K,Mannen T,Yamaguchi S,Kitayama A,Ueda H,Nagamune T

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We found functionally active thrombomodulin in human platelets (60 +/- 18 molecules per platelet). Protein C appeared not to be activated by thrombin with gel-filtered platelets. However, the activation of protein C by thrombin was accelerated by thrombin-stimulated and washed platelets. This cofactor activity of the ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Suzuki K,Nishioka J,Hayashi T,Kosaka Y

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To improve our understanding of the physiological roles of parvalbumins, PA-1 (pI 4.78) and PA-2 (pI 4.97) parvalbumins were prepared from bullfrog skeletal muscle and their calcium binding properties were examined in a medium of constant ionic strength (I = 0.106, pH 6.80, at 20 degrees C) containing various concentr...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ogawa Y,Tanokura M

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondrial porin is a major integral membrane protein of the outer membrane. To assess the stop-transfer sequence in the yeast porin molecule (P), we constructed the following chimeric proteins. (i) The signal sequence of interleukin 2, a secretory protein, was fused to the amino-terminus of porin (SP). (ii) The ma...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Sakaguchi M,Hachiya N,Mihara K,Omura T

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We isolated three genomic clones of rat P-450(11 beta) genes (CYP11B). Two of them corresponded to 11 beta-hydroxylase gene (CYP11B1) and aldosterone synthase gene (CYP11B2), respectively. The third one was a novel gene resembling both CYP11B1 and CYP11B2, and was named CYP11B3 gene (CYP11B3). CYP11B2 and CYP11B3 are ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nomura M,Morohashi K,Kirita S,Nonaka Y,Okamoto M,Nawata H,Omura T

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydrostatic pressure-induced morphological and physiochemical changes in monomeric myosin were investigated. The turbidity of a myosin solution increased after release of pressure, indicating aggregation of the molecules. Some molecules were single headed after exposure to 100-200 MPa, in contrast with an intact molec...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yamamoto K,Yoshida Y,Morita J,Yasui T

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microvesicles (MVs) serve as vectors of nucleic-acid dissemination and are important mediators of intercellular communication. However, the functionality of packaged nucleic acids on recipient cells following transfer of MV cargo has not been clearly elucidated. This limitation is attributed to a lack of methodology a...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Lu JF,Pokharel D,Padula MP,Bebawy M

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rat and mouse cDNAs for Zn-alpha 2-glycoprotein (Zn alpha 2gp) were isolated from liver libraries (lambda gt11) and compared with the human one. The lengths of cDNA inserts analyzed were 1,233 and 1,273 nucleotides for rat and mouse, respectively. The deduced amino acid sequences suggested that rat and mouse Zn alpha ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ueyama H,Naitoh H,Ohkubo I

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pure bovine rhodopsin pellets were prepared by removal of cholic acid from rhodopsin-cholic acid complex, and X-ray diffraction patterns from the internal structure of rhodopsin were obtained for the first time using wet and dry pellet samples. The peaks at around 10 and 4.3 A spacings observed for both samples can be...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kawaguchi T,Hamanaka T,Kito Y

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Complete drying of heparin with various concentrations of NaOH by lyophilization caused specific 2-O-desulfation to various degrees without detectable depolymerization or other chemical changes. In order to assess the importance of 2-O-sulfate groups in uronate residues to promote FGF-1 and FGF-2 activities, various 2...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ishihara M,Kariya Y,Kikuchi H,Minamisawa T,Yoshida K

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed three mouse monoclonal antibodies (mAb) of types IgG1 and IgG2b, i.e. anti-acetylspermine (Ac-Spm)-1 and 2 (ACSPM-1 and 2), and anti-acetylspermine (Ac-Spm)-3 (ACSPM-3), respectively, against Ac-Spm conjugated to bovine serum albumin via a heterobifunctional cross-linker, N-(gamma-maleimidobutyryloxy...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Fujiwara K,Kaminishi Y,Kitagawa T,Tsuru D,Yabuuchi M,Kanetake H,Nomata K

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to study the conformation of the side chain of lysine substrates bound to the active center of trypsin, two lysine analogs, cis- and trans-2,6-diamino-4-hexenoic acids (4,5-dehydrolysines) were synthesized and kinetic parameters for the hydrolysis of benzoyl methyl esters and phenylthiazolones of these analog...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Mizusaki K,Sugahara Y,Tsunematsu H,Makisumi S

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have reported that high glucose conditions (27 mM for 4 days) induces activation of protein tyrosine phosphatases (PTPases) which are associated with impaired insulin signaling in Rat 1 fibroblasts expressing human insulin receptors [Maegawa, H. et al. (1995) J. Biol. Chem. 270, 7724-7730]. In this study, we found ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Obata T,Maegawa H,Kashiwagi A,Pillay TS,Kikkawa R

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00