A new low density lipoprotein receptor related protein, LRP5, is expressed in hepatocytes and adrenal cortex, and recognizes apolipoprotein E.

abstract：:Monkey (Macaca fuscata) mononuclear leukocytes were stimulated to produce thromboplastin (tissue factor) upon exposure to lipopolysaccharide, LPS. The stimulation was dose-related in the concentration range of 10(-5) to 10(-1) micrograms/ml of LPS. Lipid A portion of the LPS molecule was essential to induce the leukoc...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nakamura S,Gotoh S,Takenaka O,Takahashi K

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the crude extract of matured eggs of the silkworm (Bombyx mori), proteolytic activity was detected only in the acidic pH region with maximal activity at pH 3.5, and this activity was maintained throughout the development. No appreciable activity was observed in the neutral to alkaline pH region either in matured eg...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kageyama T,Takahashi SY,Takahashi K

更新日期：1981-09-01 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：:Apoprotein of electron-transferring flavoprotein (ETF) reacts with FAD as follows: A*<-->A, A+FAD<-->holoETF. Two different forms of apoETF (A* and A) convert into each other and only one of them, A, can associate with FAD [Sato, K. et al. (1991) J. Biochem. 109, 734-740]. In the present study, the reactions between a...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Sato K,Nishina Y,Shiga K

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thymidine kinase [ATP: thymidine 5'-phosphotransferase, EC 2.7.1.21] has been purified more than 3,500 fold from microplasmodia of Physarum polycephalum. Properties of the enzyme were determined on preparations purified 1,400 fold. Thymidine was transformed to dTMP while a stoichiometric quantity of ATP was transforme...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Chraibi R,Wright M

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rat liver-specific antigen (RLSA) solubilized with the nonionic detergent non-anonyl-N-methylglucamide was purified through affinity column chromatography with a monoclonal antibody and by high-performance liquid chromatography with a hydroxylapatite column. The purified RLSA showed a single band on sodium dodecyl s...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Sato K,Ikeda T,Kawai F,Osada Y

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Upon rehydration of lyophilized Escherichia coli cells with phosphate buffer containing [14C]isopentenyl pyrophosphate (IPP), 14C was incorporated into the cells. Radioactivity was found in ubiquinone-8, an unidentified precursor of ubiquinone-8, demethylmenaquinone-8 and phosphate esters of all-trans-octaprenol and c...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Fujisaki S,Nishino T,Katsuki H

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antiserum against Z-protein, which is one of the components of myofibrillar Z-lines, strongly stained the epithelial cells of chicken small intestine at the apical tips of the microvilli and the junctional complexes. Immunoblot tests with anti-Z-protein antiserum showed that there is a peptide of the same antigenicity...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ohashi K,Maruyama K

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From the homogenate of rat submaxillary gland, two kinds of serine proteinases, named tentatively proteinases A and B, were isolated and their chemical properties and activities toward rat kininogens were examined, in comparison with those of submaxillary kallikrein. Proteinase A with Mr of 28,200 rapidly cleaved high...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kato H,Nakanishi E,Enjyoji K,Hayashi I,Oh-ishi S,Iwanaga S

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:I-protein was mixed with myosin before or after myosin filaments were reconstituted. In both cases, I-protein seemed to accelerate the myosin assembly. The binding of I-protein to myosin filaments was tested by sedimentation experiments and SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. In a low ionic strength solution at pH...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ohashi K,Ishikawa K,Maruyama K

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gizzard tropomyosin molecule is composed of two subunits at 1:1 molar ratio. Possible composites of the tropomyosin molecule are two kinds of homodimer (one for each subunit), a heterodimer of two subunits, or a mixture of heterodimer and homodimer(s). We tried to evaluate the native subunit composition of gizzard...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nakamura S,Sakurai T,Nonomura Y

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the depletion of reduced glutathione (GSH) has been observed in a variety of apoptotic systems, little is known about the mechanism of GSH depletion. In this study we used polarized MDCK cells to study the GSH flux during ricin-induced apoptosis. Here we report that the specific accumulation of GSH occurred i...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Oda T,Sadakata N,Komatsu N,Muramatsu T

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Class B scavenger receptor type I (SR-BI) is a phosphatidylserine (PS)-recognizing receptor of testicular Sertoli cells responsible for the phagocytosis of spermatogenic cells undergoing apoptosis. Here, we determined signal mediators that compose a signalling pathway for SR-BI-induced phagocytosis. Results of a yeast...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Osada Y,Sunatani T,Kim IS,Nakanishi Y,Shiratsuchi A

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Murine interleukin-2 (MIL-2) cDNA deleted of 11 repeats of a CAG sequence, and that encoded from 33Met to 149Gln were inserted into an expression vector carrying an Escherichia coli tryptophan promoter and were expressed in E. coli, respectively. Recombinant MIL-2 deleted of 11 glutamine repeats (MIL-2(-Gln] supported...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kashima N,Matsui H,Yamasaki S,Kondo N,Hamuro J

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Upregulation and nuclear retention of the human histone demethylase LSD1 are correlated with aggressiveness and poor outcome of several cancer types, but the molecular mechanism of LSD1 nuclear import remains unclear. Here, we found that the N-terminal flexible region of LSD1 contains a nuclear localization signal (NL...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Jin Y,Kim TY,Kim MS,Kim MA,Park SH,Jang YK

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cucumisin was isolated from prince melon sarcocarp by means of a simple purification procedure. Serine protease inhibitors such as soybean trypsin inhibitor, ovomucoid, and aprotinin had no effect on the enzyme activity. alpha 2-Macroglobulin showed 38% inhibition of the original caseinolytic activity of cucumisin. Th...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Uchikoba T,Yonezawa H,Kaneda M

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dynamic functionality of mitochondria is maintained by continual fusion and fission events. A mitochondrial outer membrane protein Fzo1 plays a pivotal role upon mitochondrial fusion by homo-oligomerization to tether fusing mitochondria. Fzo1 is tightly regulated by ubiquitylations and the ubiquitin-responsible AAA pr...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nahar S,Chowdhury A,Ogura T,Esaki M

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gp91(phox) is a key component of the phagocyte NADPH oxidase. Mutations of its promoter found in patients with chronic granulomatous disease cause deficient binding of PU.1 and HAF-1. Because the two factors bind to the same site (Pu box) of the promoter, we attempted to clarify their relative in vivo contributions to...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Islam MR,Fan C,Fujii Y,Hao LJ,Suzuki S,Kumatori A,Yang D,Rusvai E,Suzuki N,Kikuchi H,Nakamura M

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this report, we describe a laser-latex combination system that enables membrane-impermeable molecules to penetrate cell membranes. Laser light (Q-switched Nd:YAG laser, 532.5 nm) was used to irradiate a mixture of commercial latex particles (blue dyed, 1 micro m in diameter) and mouse fibrosarcoma (Meth-A) cells. A...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Umebayashi Y,Miyamoto Y,Wakita M,Kobayashi A,Nishisaka T

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The entire mitochondrial genome of Rana catesbeiana was cloned into a plasmid vector pBR322 at the unique BamHI site and the nucleotide sequences of the ND2 gene and of its flanking genes were determined. The ND2 gene was encoded by 1,033 base pairs and, as deduced from the nucleotide sequence, the ND2 product consist...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Fujii H,Shimada T,Goto Y,Okazaki T

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP), a neuropeptide coupled with adenylate cyclase, was found to induce neurite extension of PC12h cells. Neurites appeared within 1 h after addition of VIP and extended for at least 24 h. The half-maximal concentration for the effect of VIP was 50 nM. In addition to the morphological c...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Okumura N,Miyatake Y,Takao T,Tamaru T,Nagai K,Okada M,Nakagawa H

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) core protein has been suggested to play crucial roles in the pathogeneses of liver steatosis and hepatocellular carcinomas due to HCV infection. Intracellular HCV core protein is localized mainly in lipid droplets, in which the core protein should exert its significant biological/pathological f...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Sato S,Fukasawa M,Yamakawa Y,Natsume T,Suzuki T,Shoji I,Aizaki H,Miyamura T,Nishijima M

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An in vitro system for accurate transcription initiation by RNA polymerase II was developed using Ehrlich ascites tumor cells. Truncated DNA containing adenovirus 2 major late promoter was faithfully transcribed in this lysate, although the efficiency of transcription was lower than that in a HeLa cell lysate. Creatin...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ohtsuki M,Sekimizu K,Natori S

更新日期：1984-10-01 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：:The fluorescence characteristics of product (I), formed during the lipid peroxidation of rat liver phosphatidylcholine liposomes containing glycine, and fluorescent product (II), derived from the reaction of malonaldehyde with glycine, were examined to elucidate the mechanism of fluorescent chromophore formation. Fluo...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Shimasaki H,Hirai N,Ueta N

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sulfhydryl groups required for the catalytic activity of gramicidin S synthetase of Bacillus brevis and Escherichia coli isoleucyl tRNA synthetase were compared. In gramicidin S synthetase 2(GS 2), about four sulfhydryl groups react rapidly with 5,5'-dithiobis(2-nitrobenzoic acid) (DTNB) or N-ethylmaleimide (NEM),...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kanda M,Hori K,Kurotsu T,Miura S,Saito Y

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Incubation of Sarcophaga fat bodies in buffered insect saline resulted in simultaneous activation of multiple defense protein genes [Sugiyama, H. and Natori, S. (1991) Eur. J. Biochem. 200, 495-500]. In this study, we demonstrated that the addition of both adenosine and homocysteine thiolactone to this medium abolishe...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Sugiyama H,Natori S

更新日期：1996-02-01 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：:We characterized the taurine transport system in human intestinal Caco-2 cells and showed that it is subject to adaptive regulation. The activity of taurine transport in Caco-2 cells was evaluated by means of an Na+- and Cl(-)-dependent high-affinity transport system, the characteristics of which were similar to those...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Satsu H,Watanabe H,Arai S,Shimizu M

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tetrahymena F-actin-binding protein, which induces bundling of Tetrahymena F-actin, was localized to a division furrow during cytokinesis. We report here the cloning and characterization of the gene and cDNA of a Tetrahymena F-actin-binding protein. The cDNA encodes a protein comprising 579 deduced amino acids with a ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Watanabe A,Yonemura I,Gonda K,Numata O

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00