{"title":"Characterization of ATPase Activity in Brush Border Membrane Vesicles from the Silkworm, Bombyx mori","authors":"M. Minami, L. S. Indrasith, H. Hori","doi":"10.1271/BBB1961.55.2693","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1271/BBB1961.55.2693","url":null,"abstract":"Brush border membrane vesicles (BBMV) from the midgut epithelial cells of silkworm larvae were prepared. ATP hydrolyzing activity (ATPase activity) was associated with the BBMV. ATPase activity without Mg2 + was not observed at pH 7 but substantial ATP hydrolyzing activity was observed at pH 7 with Mg2 +. The enzyme required Mn2 +, Mg2 +, or Ca2+ ions. The enzyme also hydrolyzed ITP and GTP but not p-NPP, ADP, or AMP. KNO3 and NEM strongly inhibited the ATPase activity. Behaviours of the ATPase against inhibitors suggested that it resembled vacuolar type ATPase.","PeriodicalId":7729,"journal":{"name":"Agricultural and biological chemistry","volume":"24 1","pages":"2693-2700"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-11-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85974327","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
H. Okamoto, S. Kato, T. Kobutani, M. Ogasawara, M. Konnai, T. Takematsu
{"title":"Herbicidally Active N-(1-Arylethenyl)-2-chloroacetamides Bearing an Alkyloxyalkyl Moiety","authors":"H. Okamoto, S. Kato, T. Kobutani, M. Ogasawara, M. Konnai, T. Takematsu","doi":"10.1271/BBB1961.55.2737","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1271/BBB1961.55.2737","url":null,"abstract":"N-(1-Arylethenyl)-2-chloroacetamides were synthesized and their herbicidal activities were tested. Among them, both 2-chloro-N-(2-methoxyethyl)-N-(2-methyl-1-phenylpropen-1-yl)acetamide and 2-chloro-N(2-ethoxyethyl)-N-(2-methyl-1-phenylpropen-1-yl)acetamide were found to be highly active against upland weeds.","PeriodicalId":7729,"journal":{"name":"Agricultural and biological chemistry","volume":"1 1","pages":"2737-2743"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-11-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73484510","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Calyculin E and F, Novel Insecticidal Metabolites, from the Marine Sponge, Discodermia sp.","authors":"A. Okada, Keisuke Watanabe, K. Umeda, M. Miyakado","doi":"10.1271/BBB1961.55.2765","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1271/BBB1961.55.2765","url":null,"abstract":"Two novel insecticidal metabolites, calyculin E (1) and F (2), which had insecticial activity against the German cockroach and mosquito larvae, were isolated from a Japanese marine sponge, Discodermia sp. By an extensive examination of the NMR spectra, the isolates were elucidated to be stereoisomers of calyculin A (3) and B (4), respectively. The molecular shape of calyculin E in solution was deduced to be in a folded conformation by using NMR parameters such as NOE values and coupling constants in conjunction with NOE-restricted energy minimization and computer-assisted molecular modeling.","PeriodicalId":7729,"journal":{"name":"Agricultural and biological chemistry","volume":"88 1","pages":"2765-2771"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-11-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90360522","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Studies on phenoloxidase from Mytilus edulis associated with adhesion","authors":"Naohiro Maruyama, H. Etoh, K. Sakata, K. Ina","doi":"10.1271/BBB1961.55.2887","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1271/BBB1961.55.2887","url":null,"abstract":"Assay for tyrosinase activity using L-dopa as the substrate. The enzyme activity was measured spectrophotometrically by the method of Pomerantz12) with a slight modification. The enzyme solution (0.2ml) was incubated at 25°C with 1.5ml of4mM D,L-dopa in 0.1m sodium phosphate buffer, pH 6.5, containing 0.9% (w/v) NaCl. The conversion of L-dopa to dopachrome was followed by monitoring the increase of absorbance at","PeriodicalId":7729,"journal":{"name":"Agricultural and biological chemistry","volume":"9 5 1","pages":"2887-2889"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-11-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76824562","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effect of strain difference on lipid metabolism in rats after an acute ethanol administration","authors":"S. Mochizuki, A. Yoshida","doi":"10.1271/BBB1961.55.2895","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1271/BBB1961.55.2895","url":null,"abstract":"effect of some dietary components on fatty liver by using a model of the fatty liver induced by acute ethanol administration. We often observed no or only a slight lipid accumulation in the liver, even when we administered ethanol by the method reported in the previous paper.1} Wesupposed that one of the reasons might be due to the breeder and/or strain differences in the rats. Male Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats at 5 weeks of age were obtained from Charles River Japan (Kanagawa), Nihon Clea (Tokyo), Nihon SLC (Shizuoka), and Seiwa","PeriodicalId":7729,"journal":{"name":"Agricultural and biological chemistry","volume":"61 1","pages":"2895-2896"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-11-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83971553","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Random point mutation analysis of the signal peptide cleavage area of Bacillus stearothermophilus alpha-amylase.","authors":"K Yamaguchi, M Ueda, G Kawanishi, S Udaka","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7729,"journal":{"name":"Agricultural and biological chemistry","volume":"55 11","pages":"2875-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12540516","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Antitumor activity of some polysaccharides isolated from a Chinese mushroom, \"huangmo\", the fruiting body of Hohenbuehelia serotina.","authors":"Y Ma, T Mizuno, H Ito","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Polysaccharides were extracted from a Chinese mushroom, \"Huangmo\" with hot water (FI), 1% ammonium oxalate solution (FII), and 5% sodium hydroxide (FIII) and 20 more polysaccharides were isolated by ethanol precipitation, ion-exchange chromatography, gel filtration, and affinity chromatography. Of the six polysaccharides obtained, FI0, FA-1, FA-2, FII-2, FIII-1-b, and FIII-2-b were selected on the basis of the results of the antitumor activity test (the Sarcoma 180/mice, i.p. method). Six fractions which showed relatively high activities were examined: FI0, a mixture of galactose-containing heteroglycan and beta-D-glucan; FA-1 and -2, beta-D-glucan with galactose-containing hetero-glycan and protein; FII-2, beta-D-glucan; and FIII-1-b and FIII-2-b, (1----6)-beta-D-glucosyl branched (1----3)-beta-D-glucan.</p>","PeriodicalId":7729,"journal":{"name":"Agricultural and biological chemistry","volume":"55 11","pages":"2701-10"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12542082","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
H. Okamoto, S. Kato, M. Ogasawara, M. Konnai, T. Takematsu
{"title":"Synthesis and Herbicidal Activity ofN(1-Arylethenyl)-2-chloroacetamides","authors":"H. Okamoto, S. Kato, M. Ogasawara, M. Konnai, T. Takematsu","doi":"10.1080/00021369.1991.10871034","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00021369.1991.10871034","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7729,"journal":{"name":"Agricultural and biological chemistry","volume":"109 1","pages":"2733-2736"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75476457","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
K. Murakami, Yutaka Ishida, A. Masaki, Hiroki Tatsumi, Seiji Murakami, E. Nakano, H. Motai, Haruhide Kawabe, Hirofumi Arimura
{"title":"Isolation and characterization of the alkaline protease gene of Aspergillus oryzae.","authors":"K. Murakami, Yutaka Ishida, A. Masaki, Hiroki Tatsumi, Seiji Murakami, E. Nakano, H. Motai, Haruhide Kawabe, Hirofumi Arimura","doi":"10.1080/00021369.1991.10871048","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00021369.1991.10871048","url":null,"abstract":"The genomic DNA for the alkaline protease (Alp) of the fungus Aspergillus oryzae was isolated using synthetic oligonucleotides as hydridization probes, and the complete nucleotide sequence was identified. The Alp gene is 1374 nucleotides long and contains three introns, one of which is in the pro region and two in the mature coding region. Sequences related to the TATA box (TATAAAT) and the CAAT box (CCAAAT) were found in the 5'-noncoding region. Primer extension analysis showed that three transcriptional start points are present.","PeriodicalId":7729,"journal":{"name":"Agricultural and biological chemistry","volume":"19 1","pages":"2807-11"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75061643","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Y. Konishi, K. Horikawa, Y. Oku, J. Azumaya, N. Nakatani
{"title":"Extraction of Two Albumin Fractions from Amaranth Grains: Comparison of Some Physicochemical Properties and the Putative Localization in the Grains","authors":"Y. Konishi, K. Horikawa, Y. Oku, J. Azumaya, N. Nakatani","doi":"10.1271/BBB1961.55.2745","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1271/BBB1961.55.2745","url":null,"abstract":"Two alfiumin fractions were extracted from defatted flours of seeds of Amaranthus hypochondriacus and A. cruentus. One fraction (Alb-1) was extracted with 0.5m NaCl or water when used as the first solvent. Another fraction (Alb-2) was extracted with water after removing Alb-1 and globulin. Apparent pIs of Alb-1 and Alb-2 were 4.5–7.5 and 5–6, respectively. Alb-2 was precipitated by various metal ions (1 mm), while Alb-1 was not. Alb-2 contained four major components (Mr = 56, 36, 26, 22 kD), although Alb-1 had no particular major proteins. Pronase treatment of amaranth flour before protein extraction decomposed Alb-1, but not Alb-2, as seen by SDS-PAGE analysis. The findings that Alb-2 was protected from the Pronase treatment and it could not be extracted until Alb-1 and globulin were removed suggests that Alb-2 might be associated with protein bodies [Irving et al., J. Food Sci., 46, 1170 (1981)].","PeriodicalId":7729,"journal":{"name":"Agricultural and biological chemistry","volume":"10 1","pages":"2745-2750"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72804507","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}