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：:The active site of thermolysin is composed of one zinc ion and five polypeptide regions [N-terminal sheet (Asn112-Trp115), alpha-helix 1 (Val139-Thr149), C-terminal loop 1 (Asp150-Gly162), alpha-helix 2 (Ala163-Val176) and C-terminal loop 2 (Gln225-Ser234)]. To explore their catalytic roles, we introduced single amino...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kusano M,Yasukawa K,Inouye K

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:TreP [trehalose-permease (phosphotransferase system (PTS) trehalose-specific enzyme IIBC component)] is one of the target proteins of tmRNA-mediated trans-translation in Bacillus subtilis [Fujihara et al. (2002) Detection of tmRNA-mediated trans-translation products in Bacillus subtilis. Genes Cells, 7, 343-350]. The ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ujiie H,Matsutani T,Tomatsu H,Fujihara A,Ushida C,Miwa Y,Fujita Y,Himeno H,Muto A

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed a novel method for the preparation of 'recombinant proteoliposomes'. Membrane proteins were expressed on budded virus (BV) envelopes using baculovirus gene expression systems, and proteoliposomes were prepared by fusion of these viruses with liposomes. First, plasmid DNA containing the gene for the t...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Fukushima H,Mizutani M,Imamura K,Morino K,Kobayashi J,Okumura K,Tsumoto K,Yoshimura T

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acetoxy Drug: Protein Transacetylase (TAase) mediating the transfer of acetyl group(s) from polyphenolic acetates (PA) to certain functional proteins in mammalian cells was identified by our earlier investigations. TAase activity was characterized in the cell lysates of Mycobacterium smegmatis and the purified protein...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Gupta G,Baghel AS,Bansal S,Tyagi TK,Kumari R,Saini NK,Ponnan P,Kumar A,Bose M,Saluja D,Patkar SA,Parmar VS,Raj HG

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The stalk protein L12 is the only multiple component in 50S ribosomal subunit. In Escherichia coli, two L12 dimers bind to the C-terminal domain of L10 to form a pentameric complex, L10[(L12)(2)](2), while the recent X-ray crystallographic study and tandem MS analyses revealed the presence of a heptameric complex, L10...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nomura T,Nakatsuchi M,Sugita D,Nomura M,Kaminishi T,Takemoto C,Shirouzu M,Miyoshi T,Yokoyama S,Hachimori A,Uchiumi T

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coenzyme A (CoASH) is an obligate cofactor for lipids undergoing beta-oxidation in peroxisomes. Although the peroxisomal membrane appears to be impermeable to CoASH, peroxisomes contain their own pool of CoASH. It is believed that CoASH enters peroxisomes as acyl-CoAs, but it is not known how this pool is regulated. T...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Reilly SJ,Tillander V,Ofman R,Alexson SE,Hunt MC

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:N-acylethanolamines (NAEs) are a class of bioactive lipid molecules in animal tissues, including the endocannabinoid anandamide and the anti-inflammatory substance N-palmitoylethanolamine. Enzymatic hydrolysis of NAEs is considered to be an important step to regulate their endogenous levels. Lysosomal NAE-hydrolysing ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Wang J,Zhao LY,Uyama T,Tsuboi K,Wu XX,Kakehi Y,Ueda N

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The reactions of diol dehydratase with 3-unsaturated 1,2-diols and thioglycerol were investigated. Holodiol dehydratase underwent rapid and irreversible inactivation by either 3-butene-1,2-diol, 3-butyne-1,2-diol or thioglycerol without catalytic turnovers. In the inactivation, the Co-C bond of adenosylcobalamin under...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Toraya T,Tamura N,Watanabe T,Yamanishi M,Hieda N,Mori K

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The enzymes phosphoglucomutase (PGM) and phosphomannomutase (PMM) play an important role in the synthesis of extracellular polysaccharide. By colony hybridization of the fosmid library of Sphingomonas chungbukensis DJ77, an open reading frame (ORF-1) of 1,626 nucleotides, whose predicted product is highly homologous w...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yoon SS,Park SH,Kim YC,Shin M,Chong CK,Choi JD

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have been interested in partially folded proteins with marginal stability and activity, because they have a potential to be mature proteins by artificial evolution. A module is defined as a contiguous peptide chain forming a compact region in a globular protein. Modules may be used as building blocks to create part...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Tsuji T,Nagata T,Yanagawa H

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The vitamin A derivative, retinoic acid (RA) has various biological effects in mammalian cells and tissues. It is well known that RA induces differentiation of leukemia cells and inhibits cell growth. There are two pathways for RA action; one via RA nuclear receptors (RARs), and one via acylation of proteins by RA (re...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kubo Y,Ohba T,Takahashi N

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this work was to investigate the putative modulation of glucose uptake in trophoblast cells by several dietary compounds and by drugs of abuse. For this, the acute (26 min) and chronic (48 h) effect of these substances on the apical uptake of 3H-2-deoxy-D-glucose (3H-DG) by a human choriocarcinoma cell line...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Araújo JR,Gonçalves P,Martel F

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The modification of proteins by SUMO (small ubiquitin-like modifier) regulates various cellular processes. Sumoylation often occurs on a specific lysine residue within the consensus motif psiKxE/D. However, little is known about the specificity and selectivity of SUMO target sites. We describe here a SUMO assay with p...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Schwamborn K,Knipscheer P,van Dijk E,van Dijk WJ,Sixma TK,Meloen RH,Langedijk JP

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have reported that Erbin expression was down-regulated in the Jurkat leukaemia T lymphocytes treated with the recombinant soluble tumour necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (rsTRAIL). Herein, we studied the expression and the regulation of Erbin and its binding partner, ErbB2, in the MCF-7 breast canc...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Liu N,Zhang J,Zhang J,Liu S,Liu Y,Zheng D

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondria are dynamic organelles that frequently divide and fuse together, resulting in the formation of intracellular tubular networks. In yeast and mammals, several factors including Drp1/Dnm1 and Mfn/Fzo1 are known to regulate mitochondrial morphology by controlling membrane fission or fusion. Here, we report th...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ichishita R,Tanaka K,Sugiura Y,Sayano T,Mihara K,Oka T

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:beta1,4-galactosyltransferase II (beta1,4GalT II) is one of the enzymes transferring galactose to the terminal N-acetylglucosamine of complex-type N-glycans. Previously, we have reported that beta1,4GalT II overexpression increased cisplatin-induced HeLa cell apoptosis. However, the mechanisms of its expression regula...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Zhou J,Wei Y,Liu D,Ge X,Zhou F,Jiang XY,Gu J

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxygen-binding to haemocyanin (Hc) is generally an exothermic process, with overall enthalphy of oxygenation varying from species to species. A number of crustacean Hcs showed a null or reduced enthalphy of oxygenation, among others, the anomuran Pagurus bernhardus and Paralithodes camtscaticae possess a completely te...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Podda G,Manconi B,Olianas A,Pellegrini M,Messana I,Mura M,Castagnola M,Giardina B,Sanna MT

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CEL-III is a haemolytic lectin, which has two beta-trefoil domains (domains 1 and 2) and a beta-sheet-rich domain (domain 3). In domain 3 (residues 284-432), there is a hydrophobic region containing two alpha-helices (H8 and H9, residues 317-357) and a loop between them, in which alternate hydrophobic residues, especi...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hisamatsu K,Tsuda N,Goda S,Hatakeyama T

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The denaturation of recombinant horse L-chain apoferritin (rLF), which is composed of 24 L-chain subunits, in acidic solution was studied. Using two rLF mutants, lacking four (Fer4) or eight (Fer8) N-terminal amino acid residues, the effect of N-terminal residues on the protein's stability was investigated. Of the two...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yoshizawa K,Mishima Y,Park SY,Heddle JG,Tame JR,Iwahori K,Kobayashi M,Yamashita I

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have cloned a chitinase cDNA (MpChi-1) from plantain (Musa paradisiacal L) using rapid amplification of cDNA ends (RACE) according to a sequence fragment which we had cloned using the suppression subtractive hybridization (SSH) technique. The MpChi-1 encodes a protein of 326 amino acids and belongs to acidic chitin...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Fan J,Wang H,Feng D,Liu B,Liu H,Wang J

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytochromes b(561) are a family of transmembrane proteins found in most eukaryotic cells and contain two haem b prosthetic groups per molecule being coordinated with four His residues from four different transmembrane alpha-helices. Although cytochromes b(561) residing in the chromaffin vesicles has long been known to...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Nakanishi N,Takeuchi F,Tsubaki M

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptomyces caespitosus neutral protease (ScNP) is one of the smallest metalloproteinase with a molecular mass of 14 kDa. Effects of solvent composition on ScNP activity were examined using a peptide substrate. The k(cat)/K(m) values of ScNP exhibited bell-shaped pH-dependence with the optimal pH of 6.4-7.0 and the p...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Inouye K,Shimada T,Yasukawa K

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peptide:N-glycanase (PNGase) is the enzyme responsible for de-N-glycosylation of misfolded glycoproteins in the cytosol. Here, we report the molecular identification and characterization of PNGase (png-1, F56G4.5) from Caenorhabditis elegans. This enzyme released both high mannose- and complex-type N-glycans from glyc...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Kato T,Kawahara A,Ashida H,Yamamoto K

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To model gene transcription kinetics, empirical fitting with the Hill function or S-system is often used. In this study, we derived an analytical expression for gene transcription rates in a manner similar to that developed for enzyme kinetics to describe the kinetics of gene transcription mediated by dimeric transcri...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Yang HT,Hsu CP,Hwang MJ

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thrombopoietin (TPO) is an important haematopoietic factor in megakaryocytic activities as well as in platelet production. Interleukin 6 (IL-6) can co-stimulate TPO-dependent formation of colony forming unit of megakaryocyte (CFU-Meg) growth which could be responsible for residual platelet formation in TPO-deficient o...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Zhiyi H,Wenshan L,Wenze Z,Ning D,Chi Z,Kenan Y,Ping W,Qianqian W,Qing Z

更新日期：2007-07-01 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：:Thiol proteases are industrially significant proteins with catalytic efficiency. The effect of low, medium and high molecular-weight poly (ethylene glycol) (PEG- 400, 6000 and 20000) on the stability of thiol proteases (papain, bromelain and chymopapain) has been studied by activity measurements using synthetic substr...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Fatima S,Khan RH

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OsCnfU-1A is a chloroplast-type Nfu-like protein that consists of tandem repeats sharing high sequence homology. Domain I of this protein, but not domain II, has a C-X-X-C motif that is thought to assemble an iron-sulphur cluster. Herein we report the solution structure of OsCnfU-1A domain I (73-153). Although OsCnfU-...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Saio T,Kumeta H,Ogura K,Yokochi M,Asayama M,Katoh S,Katoh E,Teshima K,Inagaki F

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study demonstrates that the functional counter-receptors for E-selectin at the cell surface of Colo201 human colon cancer cells are localized in detergent-insoluble membrane microdomains (DIM). Following isolation of counter-receptors from whole cell lysates using E-selectin-coupled magnetic beads followed...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Suzuki C,Kojima N

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fructose-1,6-bisphosphate aldolase gene from the thermophilic bacterium, Anoxybacillus gonensis G2, was cloned and sequenced. Nucleotide sequence analysis revealed an open reading frame coding for a 30.9 kDa protein of 286 amino acids. The amino acid sequence shared approximately 80-90% similarity to the Bacillus ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ertunga NS,Colak A,Belduz AO,Canakci S,Karaoglu H,Sandalli C

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased fructose concentration in erythrocytes of diabetic patients subject haemoglobin (Hb) to be glycated by fructose. Haemoglobin glycation results in early and advanced glycation end products which are known as HbA(1c) and Hb-AGE, respectively. In diabetics the Hb-AGE content raises and the mean parameter multip...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Bakhti M,Habibi-Rezaei M,Moosavi-Movahedi AA,Khazaei MR

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:3-Isopropylmalate dehydrogenase (IPMDH) is a dimeric enzyme with a strongly hydrophobic core that is composed of residues from four alpha-helices. We replaced Glu253, which is found in the hydrophobic core and is part of the subunit interface of the Bacillus subtilis (Bs) IPMDH, with several other amino acids to probe...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Ohkuri T,Yamagishi A

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bach2 is a member of the BTB-basic region leucine zipper factor family and represses transcription activity directed by the TPA response element, the Maf recognition element (MARE) and the antioxidant-responsive element. Recently, it was reported that upon oxidative stress Bach2 forms nuclear foci surrounding the prom...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Hoshino H,Nishino TG,Tashiro S,Miyazaki M,Ohmiya Y,Igarashi K,Horinouchi S,Yoshida M

更新日期：2007-05-01 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：:c-Abl non-receptor tyrosine kinase has been implicated in many cellular processes including cell differentiation, stress response and regulating gene transcription. The mechanism by which c-Abl is involved in the regulation of gene transcription remains to be elucidated. In this study, we investigated the functions of...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Jing Y,Wang M,Tang W,Qi T,Gu C,Hao S,Zeng X

更新日期：2007-05-01 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：:Recently, we revealed that microtubule-associated protein (MAP) 4 isoforms, which differ in the number of repeat sequences, alter the microtubule surface properties, and we proposed a hypothesis stating that the change in the surface properties may regulate the movements of microtubule motors [Tokuraku et al. (2003) J...

journal_title：Journal of biochemistry

authors： Tokuraku K,Noguchi TQ,Nishie M,Matsushima K,Kotani S

更新日期：2007-04-01 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 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