abstract：:Caenorhabditis elegans HMG-5, which is encoded by F45E4.9, contains two high mobility group (HMG) box domains and shows sequence similarity with mammalian mitochondrial transcription factor A (TFAM). In this study, using soaking RNA interference, we found that knockdown of HMG-5 reduced the amount of mtDNA in P0 herma...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Sumitani M,Kasashima K,Matsugi J,Endo H

更新日期：2011-05-01 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：:Eukaryotic typical 2-Cys type peroxiredoxin (Prx) is inactivated by hyperoxidation of the peroxidatic cysteine to a sulphinic acid in a catalytic cycle-dependent manner. This inactivation process has been well documented for cytosolic isoforms of Prx. However, such a hyperoxidative inactivation has not fully been inve...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ikeda Y,Nakano M,Ihara H,Ito R,Taniguchi N,Fujii J

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The binding of SopA to the promoter region of its own gene, in which four copies of SopA's recognition sequence, 5'-CTTTGC-3', are arrayed asymmetrically, was examined in vitro. Titration using electrophoretic mobility shift assay showed that the stoichiometry of SopA protomers to the promoter-region DNA is 4 and that...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Komai M,Umino M,Hanai R

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The complement system is a classic central player in innate immunity. Most pathogens activate both complement and the toll-like receptor (TLR) pathway. Therefore, to provide a more comprehensive understanding of innate immunity, it is important to understand the crosstalk between these two systems. Mouse macrophages p...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Okazaki N,Hazeki K,Izumi T,Nigorikawa K,Hazeki O

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An escape mutant of human parainfluenza virus type 1 (hPIV1), which was selected by serial passage in the presence of a sialidase inhibitor, 4-O-thiocarbamoylmethyl-2-deoxy-2,3-didehydro-N-acetylneur-aminic acid (TCM-Neu5Ac2en), exhibited remarkable syncytium formation and virus-induced cell death in LLC-MK2 cells but...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Takaguchi M,Takahashi T,Hosokawa C,Ueyama H,Fukushima K,Hayakawa T,Itoh K,Ikeda K,Suzuki T

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thymosin β4 (Tβ4) is a major intracellular G-actin-sequestering peptide. There is increasing evidence to support important extracellular functions of Tβ4 related to angiogenesis, wound healing and cardiovascular regeneration. We investigated the expression of 'Tβ4' and 'thymosin β10', a closely related peptide, during...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Tokura Y,Nakayama Y,Fukada S,Nara N,Yamamoto H,Matsuda R,Hara T

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well established that promyelocytic leukaemia nuclear bodies (PML NBs) play important roles in DNA damage responses (DDR). After irradiation, PML NBs dynamically recruit or release important proteins involved in cell-cycle regulation, DNA repair and apoptosis. As PML protein is the key molecule of PML NBs' dynam...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Liu J,Song Y,Tian B,Qian J,Dong Y,Liu J,Liu B,Sun Z

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To enhance the heat stability of the CutA1 protein from Escherichia coli (EcCutA1) so that it has comparable stability to CutA1 from Pyrococcus horikoshii with a denaturation temperature (T(d)) of 150°C, we used the Stability Profile of Mutant Protein (SPMP) to examine the structure-sequence (3D-1D) compatibility betw...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Matsuura Y,Ota M,Tanaka T,Takehira M,Ogasahara K,Bagautdinov B,Kunishima N,Yutani K

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of ∼22 nt non-coding RNAs that control diverse biological functions in animals, plants and unicellular eukaryotes by promoting degradation or inhibition of translation of target mRNAs. miRNA expression is often tissue specific and developmentally regulated. Aberrant expression of miRNAs ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Davis-Dusenbery BN,Hata A

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The flagellar motor is composed of the stator and the rotor, and the interaction between the stator and the rotor at the cytoplasmic region is believed to produce mechanical force for the rotation of flagella. The periplasmic region of the stator has been proposed to play an important role in assembly around and incor...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hizukuri Y,Kojima S,Homma M

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The plasma membrane, the outermost surface of eukaryotic cells, contains various substructures, such as protrusions or invaginations, which are associated with diverse functions, including endocytosis and cell migration. These structures of the plasma membrane can be considered as tubules or inverted tubules (protrusi...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Suetsugu S

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autotaxin (ATX) is an ecto-enzyme responsible for lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) production in blood. ATX is present in various biological fluids such as cerebrospinal and seminal fluids and accounts for bulk LPA production in these fluids. ATX is a member of the nucleotide pyrophosphatase/phosphodiesterase (NPP) family ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nakanaga K,Hama K,Aoki J

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reported previously competitive panning elution with PBS (pH 7.0) that contains HM-1 killer toxin (HM-1) and Candida albicans membrane fraction (CaMF) to release phages bound with CaMF as an antigen. Here, as an alternative strategy, we isolated high-binding affinity recombinant single-chain fragment variables (scF...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Krishnaswamy S,Kabir ME,Miyamoto M,Furuichi Y,Komiyama T

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ion-exchange chromatography (IEC) is the most frequently used chromatographic technique for the separation of proteins and peptides. In this article, the effects of urea on IEC separation of kiwifruit actinidin, egg white and urinary proteins were examined. The purity and relative amount of each protein in different c...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Khademi F,Mostafaie A

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Association of sulphatide with influenza A virus (IAV) haemagglutinin (HA) delivered to the cell surface promotes progeny virus production. However, it is not known whether there is direct binding of HA to sulphatide. In this study, we found that recombinant HA, which was produced by a baculovirus protein expression s...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Takahashi T,Satoh H,Takaguchi M,Takafuji S,Yokoyama H,Fujii S,Suzuki T

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Corynebacterium diphtheriae, a pathogenic Gram-positive bacterium, contains sialic acids on its cell surface, but no genes related to sialic acid decoration or metabolism have been reported in C. diphtheriae. In the present study, we have identified a putative sialidase gene, nanH, from C. diphtheriae KCTC3075 and cha...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kim S,Oh DB,Kwon O,Kang HA

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To identify functionally essential sequences and residues of CTLA-2alpha, in vitro mutagenesis was carried out. The coefficient of inhibition (K(i)) was determined towards rabbit cathepsin L using Z-Phe-Arg-MCA as the substrate. Recombinant CTLA-2alpha inhibited the enzyme potently (K(i) = 15 nM). A truncated mutant, ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Deshapriya RM,Yuhashi S,Usui M,Kageyama T,Yamamoto Y

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The inhibition of tau fibrillation is a potential therapeutic target for Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases. As a series of studies on inhibiting the transition of soluble monomeric tau into mature fibril, the effect of Tyr310 residue in the third repeat (R3) of the microtubule-binding domain (MBD) on th...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nishiura C,Takeuchi K,Minoura K,Sumida M,Taniguchi T,Tomoo K,Ishida T

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycosynthases are engineered glycoside hydrolases (GHs) that catalyse the synthesis of glycoside from glycosyl-fluoride donors and suitable acceptors. We have determined five crystal structures of the glycosynthase mutants reducing-end xylose-releasing exo-oligoxylanase, an inverting GH, that exhibit various levels o...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hidaka M,Fushinobu S,Honda Y,Wakagi T,Shoun H,Kitaoka M

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have recently demonstrated the localization of associated m-calpain and calpastatin in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) of bovine pulmonary artery smooth muscle. Herein, we sought to determine the role of m-calpain on calcium-dependent proteolytic cleavage of Na(+)/Ca(2+) exchanger (NCX) in the ER. Treatment of the E...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Samanta K,Kar P,Chakraborti T,Chakraborti S

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurotrophins such as NGF promote neuronal survival and differentiation via the cell surface TrkA neurotrophin receptor. Compounds with neurotrophic actions that are low in molecular weight and can permeate the blood-brain barrier are promising therapeutic agents against neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kosaka K,Mimura J,Itoh K,Satoh T,Shimojo Y,Kitajima C,Maruyama A,Yamamoto M,Shirasawa T

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The unfolded protein response is an adaptive stress response that responds to the imbalance between the entry of newly synthesized unfolded proteins and the inherent folding capacity in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). Various environmental stresses and changes in physiological conditions can result in the accumulation...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kohno K

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nucleotide sequence of IStaqTZ2 are available in the DDBJ/EMBL/GenBank databases under the accession number AB063392. A novel insertion sequence (IStaqTZ2) was transposed from the genome of Thermus thermophilus TZ2 to that of the thermophilic bacteriophage IN93. The complete nucleotide sequence of IStaqTZ2 was det...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Matsushita I,Yanase H

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amyloid formation is the hallmark of many diseases. The propensity of a protein to aggregate depends on a number of biological factors like the presence of sulphated polysaccharides termed as glycosaminoglycans (GAGs). Here we assessed whether the polymeric nature of GAGs is responsible for their protein aggregation-p...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Motamedi-Shad N,Monsellier E,Chiti F

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The accumulation of unfolded proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) under ER stress conditions activates a series of homoeostatic responses collectively termed the unfolded protein response (UPR). The UPR is unique in which the molecular mechanisms it uses to transmit signals from the ER lumen to the nucleus are c...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Mori K

更新日期：2009-12-01 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：:Nestin is an intermediate filament protein mainly expressed in muscle and neural progenitors. Recently, we reported that nestin is expressed in rat vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs), disappears after serum-deprivation and then is re-expressed again following EGF stimulation. As the function of nestin in VSMCs remai...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Huang YL,Wu CM,Shi GY,Wu GC,Lee H,Jiang MJ,Wu HL,Yang HY

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A variant of human tear lipocalin was expressed in Escherichia coli, and the bound fatty acids were analysed by gas chromatography, mass spectroscopy and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Five major fatty acids were identified as hexadecanoic acid (palmitic acid, PA), cis-9-hexadecenoic acid (palmitoleic acid),...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Tsukamoto S,Fujiwara K,Ikeguchi M

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The STPR domain is a novel DNA-binding domain composed of repeats of 23 amino-acid-long peptide found in the fibroin-modulator-binding protein-1 (FMBP-1) of the silkworm Bombyx mori. Theoretical proteins having the STPR domain are highly conserved, particularly in vertebrates, but the functions are mostly unknown. In ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Takiya S,Saito S,Yokoyama T,Matsumoto D,Aizawa T,Kamiya M,Demura M,Kawano K

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tetrahydrobiopterin (BH(4)) acts as a cofactor of the aromatic amino-acid hydroxylases, and its deficiency may result in hyperphenylalaninemia (HPA) and decreased production of the neurotransmitters. BH(4) is synthesized by sepiapterin reductase (SPR) from 6-pyruvoyl-tetrahydropterin (PPH(4)). A patient with SPR defic...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hirakawa H,Sawada H,Yamahama Y,Takikawa S,Shintaku H,Hara A,Mase K,Kondo T,Iino T

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Site-specific recognition and DNA-binding activity of p53 are crucial for its tumour suppressor function. Previous reports have shown that metal ions can affect the specific recognition and DNA-binding activity of p53DBD. Here we firstly report that magnesium ion can bind to the protein and influence its DNA-binding a...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Xue Y,Wang S,Feng X

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Translesion DNA synthesis (TLS) involves PCNA mono-ubiquitination and TLS DNA polymerases (pols). Recent evidence has shown that the mono-ubiquitination is induced not only by DNA damage but also by other factors that induce stalling of the DNA replication fork. We studied the effect of spontaneous DNA replication err...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Suzuki M,Niimi A,Limsirichaikul S,Tomida S,Miao Huang Q,Izuta S,Usukura J,Itoh Y,Hishida T,Akashi T,Nakagawa Y,Kikuchi A,Pavlov Y,Murate T,Takahashi T

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By using commercially available anhydrous hydrazine in the gas-phase, mucin-type oligosaccharides were released from porcine gastric mucin (PGM) and bovine fetuin. The data indicated that a certain amount of the oligosaccharides from PGM were further degraded. Despite this, the HPLC elution profile of the anthranilic ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Goso Y,Tsubokawa D,Ishihara K

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Haematopoiesis and blood vessel formation are closely associated, with several molecules employed by both systems. Recently, vasohibin-1 (VASH1), an endothelium-derived negative feedback regulator of angiogenesis, has been isolated and characterized. VASH1 is induced by VEGF or bFGF in endothelial cells (ECs) and inhi...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Naito H,Kidoya H,Sato Y,Takakura N

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Escherichia coli cytochrome bo is a heme-copper terminal ubiquinol oxidase, and functions as a redox-driven proton pump. We applied pulse radiolysis technique for studying the one-electron reduction processes in the Cu(B)-deficient mutant, His333Ala. We found that the Cu(B) deficiency suppressed the heme b-to-heme...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kobayashi K,Tagawa S,Mogi T

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gene encoding a MutM from Desulfovibrio vulgaris (Miyazaki F) was cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli. A 5.9-kb DNA fragment, isolated from D. vulgaris (Miyazaki F) by XhoI and PvuII, contained a MutM gene and other open reading frames. The nucleotide sequence of the MutM gene indicated that the protein was c...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Sanada H,Nakanishi T,Inoue H,Kitamura M

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A chromosomal gene, mlr6793, in Mesorhizobium loti was identified as the gene encoding 5-formyl-3-hydroxy-2-methylpyridine 4-carboxylic acid (FHMPC) dehydrogenase (dismutase) involved in the degradation pathway for pyridoxine (vitamin B(6)). The homogenously purified recombinant enzyme has a molecular mass of 59.1 kDa...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yokochi N,Yoshikane Y,Matsumoto S,Fujisawa M,Ohnishi K,Yagi T

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activity and stability of mushroom tyrosinase were studied in ionic liquid (IL)-containing aqueous systems. The effect of three ILs ([BMIm][PF(6)], [BMIm][BF(4)]), and [BMIm][MeSO(4)], where [BMIm] = 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium) and their inorganic salts (KMeSO(4), KPF(6), and NaBF(4)) on the enzyme performance wa...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yang Z,Yue YJ,Huang WC,Zhuang XM,Chen ZT,Xing M

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reverse transcriptases (RTs) from Moloney murine leukaemia virus (MMLV) and avian myeloblastosis virus (AMV) contain all the fingers, palm, thumb, connection and RNase H domains. The fingers, palm and thumb domains are thought to be involved in the reverse transcription activity, and the RNase H domain is in the RNase...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yasukawa K,Mizuno M,Inouye K

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00