Integrity of the C-terminal part of tyrosine aminotransferase revealed by an anti-peptide serum.

abstract：:Rat mast cell protease of type 1 (RMCP1) is a specific marker of connective tissue mast cells selectively occurring in some tissues, e.g., the tongue. Its amino acid sequence is known (Le Trong et al., Biochem. 1987, 26, 6988-6994) but not the corresponding nucleotide sequence. Amplification of mRNAs from rat tongue w...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Rouleau A,Garbarg M,Schwartz JC,Ruat M

更新日期：1994-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:LFA-1 (αLβ2) and Mac-1 (αMβ2) integrins regulate leukocyte trafficking in health and disease by binding primarily to IgSF ligand ICAM-1 and ICAM-2 on endothelial cells. Here we have shown that the anti-coagulant molecule thrombomodulin (TM), found on the surface of endothelial cells, functions as a potentially new lig...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kawamoto E,Okamoto T,Takagi Y,Honda G,Suzuki K,Imai H,Shimaoka M

更新日期：2016-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously shown that C-CAM1 cell adhesion molecule can suppress the growth of prostate cancer cells in vivo. In this study, we determined the minimal domain of C-CAM1 that is required for its tumor-suppressive activity. DU145 prostate cancer cells were infected with recombinant adenoviruses containing various...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Estrera VT,Luo W,Phan D,Earley K,Hixson DC,Lin SH

更新日期：1999-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Heart fatty acid binding protein (H-FABP) is a 15kDa protein that mediates the passage of fatty acids from the plasma membrane to sites of lipid synthesis. We report here, for the first time, that H-FABP is a potent inducer of cardiac myocyte hypertrophy, stimulating an increase in cell surface area, protein synthesis...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Burton PB,Hogben CE,Joannou CL,Clark AG,Hsuan JJ,Totty NF,Sorensen C,Evans RW,Tynan MJ

更新日期：1994-12-30 00:00:00

abstract：:When several DNAs are amplified by PCR in one PCR tube, biased amplification is known to occur because amplification efficiency differs from one DNA to another. Therefore, we conducted PCR in the water in oil-emulsion (W/O emulsion) to examine whether the procedure allows the uniform amplification of several DNAs. In ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hori M,Fukano H,Suzuki Y

更新日期：2007-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Alkaline elastase YaB, produced by alkalophilic Bacillus YaB, is an extracellular serine protease having 55% homology to subtilisin BPN' and thus could be called subtilisin YaB. It is synthesized as a 378-amino acid preproenzyme and secreted into the culture medium as a 265-amino acid mature protease. To examine if th...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Chang YC,Kadokura H,Yoda K,Yamasaki M

更新日期：1996-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the influence of pregnancy on the expression of insulin-regulated glucose transporter (GLUT4) mRNA and protein in skeletal muscle and adipose tissue. GLUT4 mRNA expression in quadriceps muscle from control and pregnant rats was similar in the fasted and fed states. When the level of expression was dete...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Okuno S,Maeda Y,Yamaguchi Y,Takao Y,Trocino RA,Takino H,Kawasaki E,Yokota A,Uotani S,Akazawa S

更新日期：1993-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetic cardiomyopathy is an essential complication of diabetes and characterized by persistent diastolic dysfunction, leading to myocardial fibrosis. Oxidative stress and inflammation lead to cell damage and are implicated in many disease states. In our study, we evaluated the effects of toll-like receptor 6 (TLR6) ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zhang Y,Zhang Y

更新日期：2016-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNAs play critical roles in skeletal muscle development as well as in regulation of muscle cell proliferation and differentiation. Previous study in our laboratory showed that the expression level of miR-2400, a novel and unique miRNA from bovine, had significantly changed in skeletal muscle-derived satellite cel...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zhang WW,Tong HL,Sun XF,Hu Q,Yang Y,Li SF,Yan YQ,Li GP

更新日期：2015-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously showed that cor15, a cold-regulated gene from Arabidopsis thaliana, encodes a 15 kDa polypeptide designated COR15. Here we report that COR15 has potent cryoprotective activity in an in vitro cryoprotection assay. Specifically, COR15 was very effective in protecting the cold-labile enzyme lactate dehydrog...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lin C,Thomashow MF

更新日期：1992-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The control of HIV-1 gene expression depends upon interaction of Tat with the trans-activation responsive (TAR) element present at the 5' end of all HIV-1 transcripts. The TAR sequence forms a stable hair-pin structure that binds Tat and several cellular factors in vitro. In the absence of Tat, TAR acts as a transcrip...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kaczmarski W,Khan SA

更新日期：1993-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Enzyme activity in rat serum was examined utilizing the potent tumor promoter 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) and various glycerolipids as substrates. The serum activity was specific for hydrolysis of the long chain tetradecanoate moiety of TPA, hydrolyzed mono- and diacylglycerols, but was not effective ag...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Cabot MC

更新日期：1984-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The yeast two-hybrid system was used to screen for proteins that interact in vivo with Saccharomyces cerevisiae Rpg1p/Tif32p, the large subunit of the translation initiation factor 3 core complex (eIF3). Eight positive clones encoding portions of the SLA2/END4/MOP2 gene were isolated. They overlapped in the region of ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Palecek J,Hasek J,Ruis H

更新日期：2001-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Dihydroflavin mononucleotide (FMNH2) and tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4) serve as cofactors for indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase isolated from mouse epididymis. The optimal pH was between 7 and 8, and FMNH2-dependent activity was 4 to 5-fold higher than activity with methylene blue as the electron donor. Using FMNH2 with a FMN r...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ozaki Y,Reinhard JF Jr,Nichol CA

更新日期：1986-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the involvement of G(i/o) protein in NO production following the activation of proteinase-activated receptor-4 (PAR-4) in cultured bovine aortic endothelial cells. AYPGKF-NH(2) (PAR-4 activating peptide), thrombin, and ionomycin induced a concentration-dependent NO production, with the maximal producti...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Momota F,Hirano K,Hirano M,Nishimura J,Kanaide H

更新日期：2006-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are non-protein-coding RNAs that function as post-transcriptional gene regulators. Recent evidence has shown that miRNA plays a pivotal role in the development of many cancers including glioma, a lethal brain cancer. We have recently compared the miRNA expression profiles between normal brain and gl...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Xia H,Qi Y,Ng SS,Chen X,Chen S,Fang M,Li D,Zhao Y,Ge R,Li G,Chen Y,He ML,Kung HF,Lai L,Lin MC

更新日期：2009-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Tri-iodothyronine stimulates neurotensin secretion from rat hypothalami in vitro. Propylthiouracil treatment of rats is associated with a decrease in anterior pituitary neurotensin content, an increase in hypothalamic content and an impaired release of peptide from hypothalami in vitro. In addition neurotensin has a d...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sheppard MC,Askew RD,Shennan KI,Franks S,Ramsden DB

更新日期：1983-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The integrity and the surface charge distribution of native low density lipoprotein (LDL) are prerequisites of its binding to the LDL receptor. Oxidation is one of the most important physiological effects resulting in an altered structure and metabolism of LDL. To reveal forces responsible for maintaining the intact s...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lakatos S,Fürész J,Pállinger E,Rischák K,Schweitzer K,Szollár L

更新日期：1995-11-02 00:00:00

abstract：:A protein, with a novel N-terminal amino acid sequence and a molecular mass of 30 kDa, was purified from fresh Smilax glabra rhizomes by adsorption on DEAE-cellulose, CM-cellulose, Con A-Sepharose, and Mono S, and by fast protein liquid chromatography-gel filtration on Superdex 75. The protein, designated as smilaxin,...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Chu KT,Ng TB

更新日期：2006-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：:In this work, we show that glucose-induced activation of plasma membrane H(+)-ATPase from Saccharomyces cerevisiae is strongly dependent on calcium metabolism and that the glucose sensor Snf3p works in a parallel way with the G protein Gpa2p in the control of the pathway. The role of Snf3p is played by the Snf3p C-ter...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Trópia MJ,Cardoso AS,Tisi R,Fietto LG,Fietto JL,Martegani E,Castro IM,Brandão RL

更新日期：2006-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：:In this report, we describe the expression and function of human Sp5, a member of the Sp family of zinc finger transcription factors. Like other family members, the Sp5 protein contains a Cys2His2 zinc finger DNA binding domain at the C-terminus. Our experiments employing Gal4-Sp5 fusion proteins reveal multiple trans...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Chen Y,Guo Y,Ge X,Itoh H,Watanabe A,Fujiwara T,Kodama T,Aburatani H

更新日期：2006-02-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The human arylamine N-acetyltransferase NAT2 is responsible for the biotransformation of numerous arylamine drugs and carcinogens. A common polymorphism of the NAT2 gene has been associated with susceptibility to drug toxicity and various malignancies. In this study, we used the crystal structure of the Salmonella typ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Rodrigues-Lima F,Dupret JM

更新日期：2002-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell division cycle protein 45 (Cdc45) is crucial for the initiation as well as the elongation process of eukaryotic DNA replication. Our findings suggested that the Cdc45 protein is ubiquitylated and degraded by the proteasome pathway in human cells. Firstly, the fate of Cdc45 protein after induction of terminal diff...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Pollok S,Grosse F

更新日期：2007-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Sifuvirtide is a gp41 based peptide that inhibits HIV-1 fusion with the host cells and is currently under clinical trials. Previous studies showed that sifuvirtide partitions preferably to saturated phosphatidylcholine lipid membranes, instead of fluid-phase lipid vesicles. We extended the study to the interaction of ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Matos PM,Freitas T,Castanho MA,Santos NC

更新日期：2010-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of a synthetic protein kinase C (PKC) activator, (-)-indolactam V (ILV), were studied in SH-SY5Y human neuroblastoma cells. (-)-ILV induced a translocation of PKC from cytosol to plasma membrane and displaced 3H-phorbol dibutyrate binding in the micromolar range. In addition, (-)-ILV caused a decreased sen...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Heikkilä J,Akerman KE

更新日期：1989-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudouridine in yeast 5S RNA was modified with 4-bromomethyl-7-methoxy-coumarin(BMC). Temperature dependence of fluorescence intensity was measured at various concentrations of Mg2+ and K+ cations. Hyperchromicity was also measured. At 100mM KCl and 10mM Mg2+, fluorescence intensity decreased with temperature as free...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nagamatsu K,Miyazawa Y

更新日期：1983-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Formate dehydrogenase ( FDH ) from Clostridium thermoaceticum is a known tungsten enzyme. FDH was tested for the presence of nitrogenase-type cofactor and nitrate reductase-type cofactor by the Azotobacter vinelandii UW-45 and Neurospora crassa nit-1 reconstitution assays, respectively. Tungsten formate dehydrogenase ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Deaton JC,Solomon EI,Durfor CN,Wetherbee PJ,Burgess BK,Jacobs DB

更新日期：1984-06-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifteen pancreatic secretory proteins, including seven serine-endoproteinases (isoenzyme forms of trypsinogen, chymotrypsinogen and proelastase), four metallo-exoproteinases (isoenzymic forms of procarboxypeptidase A and procarboxypeptidase B), amylase, lipase, and two forms of carboxyl ester lipase were observed to a...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Freedman SD,Scheele GA

更新日期：1993-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Transmissible gastroenteritis virus (TGEV), an enteropathogenic coronavirus, causes severe lethal watery diarrhea and dehydration in piglets. Previous studies indicate that TGEV infection induces cell apoptosis in host cells. In this study, we investigated the roles and regulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in T...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ding L,Zhao X,Huang Y,Du Q,Dong F,Zhang H,Song X,Zhang W,Tong D

更新日期：2013-12-06 00:00:00

abstract：:miRNAs are approximately 21nt non-coding RNAs and play important roles in plant development and response to stress. Symbiotic nitrogen fixation (SNF) is agronomically important for reducing the need of nitrogen fertilizers. The soybean root nodule is the place where SNF takes place. To identify miRNAs that are possibl...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wang Y,Li P,Cao X,Wang X,Zhang A,Li X

更新日期：2009-01-23 00:00:00