Cloning of the RNA polymerase alpha subunit gene from Thermus thermophilus HB8 and characterization of the protein.

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：:Hyperthermophilic bacteria Thermotoga maritima and Thermotoga hypogea produce ethanol as a metabolic end product, which is resulted from acetaldehyde reduction catalysed by an alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH). However, the enzyme that is involved in the production of acetaldehyde from pyruvate is not well characterized. An...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Eram MS,Wong A,Oduaran E,Ma K

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human malaria parasite (Plasmodium falciparum) possesses a plastid-derived organelle called the apicoplast, which is believed to employ metabolisms crucial for the parasite's survival. We cloned and studied the biochemical properties of plant-type ferredoxin (Fd) and Fd-NADP+ reductase (FNR), a redox system that p...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kimata-Ariga Y,Kurisu G,Kusunoki M,Aoki S,Sato D,Kobayashi T,Kita K,Horii T,Hase T

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently found that budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae sigma1278b, but not genome project strain S288C, has a gene conferring resistance to L-azetidine-2-carboxylic acid (AZC), a toxic four-membered ring analogue of L-proline. Also, the gene, designated as MPR1, encodes a novel acetyltransferase that detoxifies...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nomura M,Nakamori S,Takagi H

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ATP synthases convert an electrochemical proton gradient into rotational movement to produce the ubiquitous energy currency adenosine triphosphate. Tension generated by the rotational torque is compensated by the stator. For this task, a peripheral stalk flexibly fixes the hydrophilic catalytic part F1 to the membrane...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Poetsch A,Berzborn RJ,Heberle J,Link TA,Dencher NA,Seelert H

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Tetrahymena group I intron ribozyme folds into a complex three dimensional structure for performing the self-splicing reaction. Catalysis depends on its core structure comprising two helical domains, P4-P6 and P3-P7. The two domains are joined by three sets of conserved base-triple(s) and other tertiary interactio...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ohki Y,Ikawa Y,Shiraishi H,Inoue T

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The most abundant glycoprotein in the coelomic fluid of sea urchin Anthocidaris crassispina was purified and its subunit structure, molecular form in the native state, amino acid composition, and electron micrographic image were studied. The results showed that the protein in its native state was basically a tetramer ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Giga Y,Ikai A

更新日期：1985-07-01 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：:Rhodopsin from the bovine rod outer segment contains a covalently linked carbohydrate moiety (Heller, J. & Lawrence, M.A. (1973) Biochemistry 9, 864--868). We studied the location of this carbohydrate moiety on the disk membrane by using ferritin-conjugated concanavalin A and concanavalin A labelled with fluorescein i...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nakano T,Ikai A,Nishigai M,Noda H

更新日期：1979-05-01 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：:We previously demonstrated that the gene for a member of the humoral C-type lectin family is transiently expressed in the regenerating legs of the American cockroach [Arai et al., Insect Biochem. Mol. Biol. 28, 987-994 (1998)]. To identify candidate lectin(s) involved in tail regeneration in the Xenopus laevis tadpole...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ishino T,Kunieda T,Natori S,Sekimizu K,Kubo T

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The plant hormone ethylene is generated from a unique precursor, 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate (ACC). In previous studies, ACC deaminase, which degrades ACC to alpha-ketobutyrate and ammonia, was found in four strains of Pseudomonas, characterized, and sequenced. To verify the wider distribution of ACC deaminase i...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Minami R,Uchiyama K,Murakami T,Kawai J,Mikami K,Yamada T,Yokoi D,Ito H,Matsui H,Honma M

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied enzymatic activities in sea urchin egg extracts that phosphorylate myosin regulatory light chain (MRLC) from chicken gizzard smooth muscle. The activity in the presence of EGTA showed cell cycle-dependent changes similar to that of histone H1 kinase, namely, it peaked shortly before cleavage, while that in ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Mishima M,Mabuchi I

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyaluronan (HA), a high-molecular-weight glycosaminoglycan ubiquitously present in the extracellular matrices (ECMs) of animals, plays important roles in ECM organization and cell behavior through binding to hyaluronan-binding proteins (HABPs). We previously reported that HA has anti-inflammatory effects on guinea pig...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nochi H,Shinomiya T,Tamoto K

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sialoglycoprotein which exhibits inhibitory activity for hemagglutination by Hemagglutinating Virus of Japan (HVJ, Sendai virus) was isolated from the membrane of bovine erythrocytes. Purification steps for this sialoglycoprotein included extraction with lithium diiodosalicylate, phenol partition, precipitation with e...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Suzuki Y,Suzuki T,Matsumoto M

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three alkaline DNases, A, B, and C, with preference for the digestion of double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) were partially purified from microplasmodia of Physarum polycephalum. They were very similar but differed in their isoelectric points. These were pH 5.8 for DNase A, 7.1 for DNase B, and 9.1 for DNase C. All three enzy...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Waterborg JH,Kuyper CM

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Yeast mitochondrial ATP synthase has three regulatory proteins, ATPase inhibitor, 9K protein, and 15K protein. The 9K protein binds directly to purified F1-ATPase, as does the ATPase inhibitor, but the 15K protein does not [Hashimoto, T. et al. (1987) J. Biochem. 102, 685-692]. In the present study, we found that 15K ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hashimoto T,Yoshida Y,Tagawa K

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cDNA clone inducible by either a tumor promoter, 12-o-tetradecanoyl phorbol-13-acetate (TPA), or a T-cell mitogen, phytohemagglutinin (PHA), was isolated from a cDNA library constructed from the poly(A) + RNAs of TPA- and PHA-stimulated human tonsillar lymphocytes, and was named pLD78. Stimulation of the tonsillar l...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Obaru K,Fukuda M,Maeda S,Shimada K

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three forms of rat brain enolase (Fletcher, L., Rider, C.C., & Taylor, C.B. (1976) Biochim. Biophys. Acta 452, 245-252), which were separable by DEAE-cellulose chromatography (referred as enolase I, enolase II, and enolase III in order of the elution), were purified with a high yield by use of column chromatographies ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Suzuki F,Umeda Y,Kato K

更新日期：1980-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Actin-microtubule crosstalk is implicated in the formation of cellular protrusions, but the mechanism remains unclear. In this study, we examined the regulation of cell protrusion involving a ubiquitously expressed microtubule-associated protein (MAP) 4, and its superfamily proteins, neuronal MAP2 and tau. Fluorescenc...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Doki C,Nishida K,Saito S,Shiga M,Ogara H,Kuramoto A,Kuragano M,Nozumi M,Igarashi M,Nakagawa H,Kotani S,Tokuraku K

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli RNase HII is composed of 198 amino acid residues. The enzyme has been overproduced in an insoluble form, purified in a urea-denatured form, and refolded with poor yield [M. Itaya (1990) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 87, 8587-8591]. To facilitate the preparation of the enzyme in an amount sufficient for p...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ohtani N,Haruki M,Muroya A,Morikawa M,Kanaya S

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calmodulin (CaM), a physiologically important Ca(2+)-binding protein, participates in numerous cellular regulatory processes. It is dumbbell shaped and contains two globular domains connected by a short alpha-helix. Each of the globular domains has two Ca(2+)-binding sites, the EF hands. CaM undergoes a conformational...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Shishido H,Yamada MD,Kondo K,Maruta S

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Serratia marcescens serine protease gene encoding a 1,045-amino-acid precursor protein of 112 kDa directs excretion of the mature protease of ca. 58 kDa through the outer membrane of Escherichia coli. A typical signal peptide of 27 amino acids and a large COOH-terminal domain of the precursor are both functionally...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Shikata S,Shimada K,Kataoka H,Horinouchi S,Beppu T

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Basidiomycete ras gene possesses a pyrimidine-rich stretch (CT-motif) with a short (7 bases) mirror repeat in which its major transcription start point is contained. To analyze the tertiary structure induced by the CT/AG-biased sequence and its effect on gene expression in supercoiled plasmids in Escherichia coli,...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yamazaki T,Hasebe T,Shouguchi J,Amano H,Kajiwara S,Shishido K

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rat brain type II (beta) protein kinase C (PKC) was phosphorylated by rat lung casein kinase II (CK-II). Neither type I (gamma) nor type III (alpha) PKC was significantly phosphorylated by CK-II. CK-II incorporated 0.2-0.3 mol of phosphate into 1 mol of type II PKC. This phosphate was located at the single seryl resid...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Tominaga M,Kitagawa Y,Tanaka S,Kishimoto A

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dissociation of porcine erythrocyte catalase [EC 1.11.1.6] into subunits on denaturation with alkali, GuHCl and urea was investigated by following the changes in hydrodynamic properties, absorption and CD spectra in the Soret region and inactivation of the enzyme. It was found that dissociation proceeded in an "al...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Takeda A,Hirano K,Shiroya Y,Samejima T

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the signaling mechanisms involved in the differentiation-inducing activity of lupeol toward B16 2F2 melanoma cells. alpha-Melanocyte stimulating hormone (alpha-MSH), forskolin and dibutyryl cAMP, which are believed to be cAMP-elevating agents and analogues, enhanced lupeol-induced B16 2F2 cell differentiat...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hata K,Hori K,Takahashi S

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activity of rat liver asparagine synthetase [EC 6.3.1.1]increased when animals maintained on 25% protein diet were placed on 15% or 6% protein diet. The enzyme activity level rose within one day, reached a maximum in 7 or 10 days after switching the diet and thereafter dropped gradually. During the purification of...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hongo S,Matsumoto T,Suzuki I,Sato T

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel glycosphingolipid (SEGLx) has been isolated from the plerocercoids of a tapeworm, Spirometra erinacei. From the results of compositional analysis, methylation analysis, exoglycosidase hydrolysis, acid hydrolysis, fast atom bombardment mass spectrometry, and proton nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) analysis, its...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kawakami Y,Nakamura K,Kojima H,Suzuki M,Inagaki F,Suzuki A,Sonoki S,Uchida A,Murata Y,Tamai Y

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Knockout mice lacking glycosyltransferases or sulfotransferases provide unequivocal evidence that the carbohydrate moieties of glycoproteins, glycolipids, and proteoglycans play essential roles in various biological phenomena such as development, the immune response, and tissue functions. Examples of abnormalities of ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Muramatsu T

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00