beta-hydroxyisovalerylshikonin inhibits the cell growth of various cancer cell lines and induces apoptosis in leukemia HL-60 cells through a mechanism different from those of Fas and etoposide.

abstract：:When crude neurofilaments were dissolved in a solution containing 8 M urea and 1% beta-mercaptoethanol (beta-ME), the component proteins of the neurofilaments and other contaminating filaments were solubilized into monomeric forms. However, when reassembled filaments were solubilized again by the addition of urea to 8...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Tokutake S,Tanaka K

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Tropomyosin, one of the regulatory proteins in muscle contraction, was prepared from chickens, rabbits, frogs, shrimps, and shellfish, and conserved characteristics were studied using an enzymological technique. 2. All tropomyosins tested, irrespective of their sources, were found to have the ability to mediate the...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hayashi J,Hirabayashi T

更新日期：1978-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:L-selectin is a cell adhesion molecule mediating the initial capture and subsequent rolling of leukocytes along the endothelial cells expressing L-selectin ligands. In addition to its action in adhesion, an intracellular signaling role for L-selectin has been recognized. Its cytoplasmic domain is involved in signal tr...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Chen C,Ba X,Xu T,Cui L,Hao S,Zeng X

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HSP47 is a stress protein (heat shock protein) which resides in the endoplasmic reticulum, and is postulated to function as a collagen-specific molecular chaperone. To elucidate the role of HSP47 in procollagen biosynthesis, we have established human embryonic kidney 293 cell lines, which were stably transfected with ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hosokawa N,Hohenadl C,Satoh M,Kühn K,Nagata K

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cell-wall-associated proteinase from Lactobacillus helveticus CP790, grown in skim milk, was purified to homogeneity by DEAE ion exchange chromatography in the presence of EDTA. Its molecular weight was estimated to be 45,000 by SDS-PAGE and also by the recovery of proteinase activity only from this fraction of SDS-...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yamamoto N,Akino A,Takano T

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe cross-linking conditions for myosin subfragment-1 and actin with 1-ethyl-3-[3-(dimethylamino)propyl]carbodiimide, with which the compositions of cross-linked species can be altered. The specific Mg-ATPase activity of cross-linked subfragment-1 in these preparations was almost the same in spite of the diffe...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yamamoto K

更新日期：1993-12-01 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：:As a new strategy for drug discovery and development, I focus on drug re-profiling as a way to identify new treatments for diseases. In this strategy, the actions of existing medicines, whose safety and pharmacokinetic effects in humans have already been confirmed clinically and approved for use, are examined comprehe...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Mizushima T

更新日期：2011-05-01 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：: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：:The planar cell polarity (PCP) protein, Prickle (Pk), is conserved in invertebrates and vertebrates, and regulates cellular morphogenesis and movement. Vertebrate Pk consists of at least two family members, Pk1 and Pk2, both of which are expressed in the brain; however, their localization and function at synapses rema...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hida Y,Fukaya M,Hagiwara A,Deguchi-Tawarada M,Yoshioka T,Kitajima I,Inoue E,Watanabe M,Ohtsuka T

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously reported that sera from various kinds of animals contain a protein(s) capable of inhibiting the growth of the non-malignant epithelial cell line derived from Buffalo rat liver (BRL). In the present study, a similar epithelial cell-specific growth inhibitor (EGI) was purified to homogeneity from an acid-e...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Huang W,Kimura T,Mashima K,Miyazaki K,Masaki H,Yamashita J,Horio T

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proton translocating ATPase (F0F1) from bovine heart mitochondria was reconstituted into planar phospholipid bilayers, and its electrogenicity was directly demonstrated. The F0F1 ATPase was solubilized using 3-[(3-cholamidopropyl)-dimethylammonio]-1-propanesulfonic acid (CHAPS) as a detergent followed by sucrose densi...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Muneyuki E,Ohno K,Kagawa Y,Hirata H

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. As a part of studies on the mechanism by which catecholamines are released from the nerve terminals, the synaptic vesicle fraction was isolated from bovine caudatolenticular nuclei and thalamus by differential centrifugation essentially according to the method of Kadota and Kadota (17). 2. Further centrifugation on...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Tsudzuki T,Fujii T,Tanaka R

更新日期：1977-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Irradiation of isolated chloroplast thylakoids with TNP-ADP results in non-covalent binding and covalent incorporation of a reaction product of TNP-ADP formed by photosynthetic reduction into the so-called "tight" nucleotide binding site of CF1 [Ponse et al. (1992) Z. Naturforsch. 47c, 264-274]. CF1 extracted from thu...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hisabori T,Kothen G,Strotmann H

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An acidic protein of human saliva, which we named SAP-1 previously, is now shown to be an inhibitor of several cysteine proteinases. The protein inhibited papain and ficin strongly, and stem bromelain and bovine cathepsin C partially. However, it did not inhibit either porcine cathepsin B or clostripain. The mode of t...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Isemura S,Saitoh E,Ito S,Isemura M,Sanada K

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chain elongation of fusaric acid and related compounds in the presence of rat liver preparations was investigated by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. The mitochondrial fraction catalyzed the elongation of the CoA esters of fusaric acid and 5-butyl-2-pyrimidinecarboxylic acid utilizing acetyl-CoA as a C2 donor. Th...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Mizugaki M,Sagi M,Yamanaka H,Takayama H,Ishibashi M,Miyazaki H

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wild mice are divided into two groups with different ganglioside compositions in the liver. Most Japanese and a few Chinese wild mice have GM2(NeuGc) as a major ganglioside, whereas all wild mice caught at other places distributed all over the world other than Japan and China express GM1(NeuGc) and GD1a(NeuGc) in addi...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hashimoto Y,Suzuki A,Yamakawa T,Wang CH,Bonhomme F,Miyashita N,Moriwaki K

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The direct ion-dipolar interactions between potassium ion (K(+)) and the two hydroxyl groups of the substrate are the most striking feature of the crystal structure of coenzyme B(12)-dependent diol dehydratase. We carried out density-functional-theory computations to determine whether K(+) can assist the 1,2-shift of ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Toraya T,Yoshizawa K,Eda M,Yamabe T

更新日期：1999-10-01 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：:By use of purified RNA polymerase II, it was demonstrated that S-II, a stimulatory protein of RNA polymerase II, enhanced the frequency of initiation of transcription from discrete sites on the promoter region of the silk fibroin gene integrated in a supercoiled plasmid DNA in the presence of manganese. In the absence...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Sekimizu K,Horikoshi M,Natori S

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ion-exchange column-purified I-protein was labeled by fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC) at an equimolar ratio. When FITC-labeled I-protein was reacted with glycerinated myofibrils of chicken breast muscle in a phosphate-buffered saline, fluorescence was observed at the A-band and/or the Z-line of the sarcomere. Howeve...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ohashi K,Ishikawa K,Maruyama K

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nucleotide sequence at the intron-exon junction in the human beta-globin gene was analyzed by the quantification method (categorical discriminant analysis) proposed previously. Using the sample score of a 16-nucleotide sequence at a 3'-splice junction, we studied to what extent such a sequence contains the 3'-spli...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Iida Y

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The heparin-induced self-aggregation behaviours of four repeat peptides (R1-R4) in an acidic solution (pH = 4.5) were investigated by fluorescence and circular dichroism (CD) measurements and compared with those in a neutral solution (pH = 7.5). In contrast with the self-aggregation-resistive behaviours of the R1 and ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Mizushima F,Minoura K,Tomoo K,Sumida M,Taniguchi T,Ishida T

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prothrombin-converting activity of Factor Xa was enhanced by thrombin-stimulated Factor V-deficient platelets and supplementary extraneous Factor Va, and also by thrombin-stimulated normal human platelets. Both extraneous Factor Va and intra-platelet Factor Va were equally inactivated by a gamma-carboxyglutamic ac...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Suzuki K,Nishioka J,Matsuda M,Murayama H,Hashimoto S

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analysis of the quantitative precipitin reaction of adenylate kinase from porcine skeletal muscle with goat anti-adenylate kinase antiserum indicated that there are at least four antigenic determinants on the enzyme molecule. Porcine adenylate kinase was cleaved with cyanogen bromide, and four peptides were fractionat...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Sato N,Koyama Y,Shiokawa H

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Telomerase is an enzyme that catalyzes addition of telomeric repeat sequences to the 3'-termini of eukaryotic chromosome DNA. The catalytic core of telomerase consists of a protein component, telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT), for the catalysis and an RNA component, telomerase RNA (TR), containing the template f...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Li X,Nishizuka H,Tsutsumi K,Imai Y,Kurihara Y,Uesugi S

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Native human hemoglobin A was digested with proteases after treatment with reduced or oxidized glutathione, cysteine, or cystine. 2. The treatment of hemoglobin with a 40-fold molar excess of reduced glutathione or cysteine at 37 degrees C for 4 enhanced its susceptibility to trypsin 4 or 6 times, respectively. How...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kimura H,Murata H,Uematsu H

更新日期：1980-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The binding of nuclear envelope precursor vesicles and chromatin was characterized by using an in vitro system constituted from a Xenopus egg extract and demembranated Xenopus sperm chromatin. The results of binding studies in the presence of salts, urea, and a chelator showed that the binding involves an ionic intera...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Imai N,Sasagawa S,Yamamoto A,Kikuchi F,Sekiya K,Ichimura T,Omata S,Horigome T

更新日期：1997-11-01 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