start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=71 cd-vols= no-issue=4 article-no= start-page=1111 end-page=1114 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2007 dt-pub=200704 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Evidence for new beta 1-3 galactosyltransferase activity involved in biosynthesis of unusual N-glycan harboring T-antigen in Apis mellifera en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=In a previous study (Y. Kimura et al., Biosci. Biotechnol Biochem., 70, 2583-2587, 2006), we found that new complex type N-glycans harboring Thomsen-Friedenreich antigen (Ga1 beta 1-3GalNAc) unit occur on royal jelly glycoproteins, suggesting the involvement of a new beta 1-3galactosyltransferase in the synthesis of the unusual complex type N-glycans. So far, such beta 1-3galactosyltransferase activity, which can transfer galactosyl residues with the beta 1-3 linkage to beta 1-4 GalNAc residues in N-glycan, has not been found among any eucaryotic cells. But using GalNAc(2)GlcNAc(2)Man(3)-GlcNAc(2)-PA as acceptor N-glycan, we detected the beta 1-3 galactosyltransferase activity in membrane fraction prepared from honeybee cephalic portions. This result indicates that honeybee expresses a unique beta 1-3 galactosyltransferase involved in biosynthesis of the unusual N-glycan containing a tumor related antigen in the hypopharyngeal gland. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=KimuraYoshinobu en-aut-sei=Kimura en-aut-mei=Yoshinobu kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=SakamuraSho en-aut-sei=Sakamura en-aut-mei=Sho kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=UshijimaTakayuki en-aut-sei=Ushijima en-aut-mei=Takayuki kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=HamaYoichiro en-aut-sei=Hama en-aut-mei=Yoichiro kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= en-aut-name=KajiuraHiroyuki en-aut-sei=Kajiura en-aut-mei=Hiroyuki kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=5 ORCID= en-aut-name=FujiyamaKazuhito en-aut-sei=Fujiyama en-aut-mei=Kazuhito kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=6 ORCID= en-aut-name=OkiharaKiyoshi en-aut-sei=Okihara en-aut-mei=Kiyoshi kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=7 ORCID= en-aut-name=HashimotoKen en-aut-sei=Hashimoto en-aut-mei=Ken kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=8 ORCID= en-aut-name=SugimotoHiroyuki en-aut-sei=Sugimoto en-aut-mei=Hiroyuki kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=9 ORCID= en-aut-name=YamadaHideo en-aut-sei=Yamada en-aut-mei=Hideo kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=10 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Biofunctional Chemistry, Division of Bioscience, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Biofunctional Chemistry, Division of Bioscience, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Biofunctional Chemistry, Division of Bioscience, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University affil-num=4 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Applied Biological Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Saga University affil-num=5 en-affil= kn-affil=The International Center for Biotechnology, Osaka University affil-num=6 en-affil= kn-affil=The International Center for Biotechnology, Osaka University affil-num=7 en-affil= kn-affil=Yamada Apiculture Center, Inc. affil-num=8 en-affil= kn-affil=Yamada Apiculture Center, Inc. affil-num=9 en-affil= kn-affil=Yamada Apiculture Center, Inc. affil-num=10 en-affil= kn-affil=Yamada Apiculture Center, Inc. en-keyword=royal jelly glycoprotein; N-glycan kn-keyword=royal jelly glycoprotein; N-glycan en-keyword=Thomsen-Friedenreich antigen (Gal beta 1-3GalNAc) kn-keyword=Thomsen-Friedenreich antigen (Gal beta 1-3GalNAc) en-keyword=beta 1-3 galactosyltransferase kn-keyword=beta 1-3 galactosyltransferase en-keyword=Apis mellifera kn-keyword=Apis mellifera END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=71 cd-vols= no-issue=4 article-no= start-page=1086 end-page=1089 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2007 dt-pub=200704 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Three antinematodal diterpenes from Euphorbia kansui en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=Three compounds, 20-O-acetyl-[3-O-(2'E,4'Z)-deca-dienoyl]-ingenol (1), 20-O-acetyl-[5-O-(2'E,4'Z)-decadienoyl]-ingenol (2) and 3-O-(2'E,4'Z)-decadienoylingenol (3), were isolated from Euphorbia kansui under the bioassay-guided method. Each compound showed the same antinematodal activity against the nematode, Bursaphelenchus xylophilus, at a minimum effective dose (MED) of 5 mu g/cotton ball. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=ShiJian-Xiao en-aut-sei=Shi en-aut-mei=Jian-Xiao kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=LiZhi-Xuan en-aut-sei=Li en-aut-mei=Zhi-Xuan kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=NitodaTeruhiko en-aut-sei=Nitoda en-aut-mei=Teruhiko kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=IzumiMinoru en-aut-sei=Izumi en-aut-mei=Minoru kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= en-aut-name=KanzakiHiroshi en-aut-sei=Kanzaki en-aut-mei=Hiroshi kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=5 ORCID= en-aut-name=BabaNaomichi en-aut-sei=Baba en-aut-mei=Naomichi kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=6 ORCID= en-aut-name=KawazuKazuyoshi en-aut-sei=Kawazu en-aut-mei=Kazuyoshi kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=7 ORCID= en-aut-name=NakajimaShuhei en-aut-sei=Nakajima en-aut-mei=Shuhei kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=8 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=College of Life Science, Northwest University affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=College of Life Science, Northwest University affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=The Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Department of Biofunctional Chemistry, Laboratory of Applied Natural Products Chemistry, Okayama University affil-num=4 en-affil= kn-affil=The Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Department of Biofunctional Chemistry, Laboratory of Applied Natural Products Chemistry, Okayama University affil-num=5 en-affil= kn-affil=The Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Department of Biofunctional Chemistry, Laboratory of Applied Natural Products Chemistry, Okayama University affil-num=6 en-affil= kn-affil=The Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Department of Biofunctional Chemistry, Laboratory of Applied Natural Products Chemistry, Okayama University affil-num=7 en-affil= kn-affil=The Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Department of Biofunctional Chemistry, Laboratory of Applied Natural Products Chemistry, Okayama University affil-num=8 en-affil= kn-affil=The Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Department of Biofunctional Chemistry, Laboratory of Applied Natural Products Chemistry, Okayama University en-keyword=antinematodal activity kn-keyword=antinematodal activity en-keyword=Bursaphelenchus xylophilus kn-keyword=Bursaphelenchus xylophilus en-keyword=diterpenoid kn-keyword=diterpenoid en-keyword=ingenane kn-keyword=ingenane en-keyword=Euphorbia kansui kn-keyword=Euphorbia kansui END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=71 cd-vols= no-issue=3 article-no= start-page=826 end-page=829 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2007 dt-pub=200703 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Glucosylation of Sucrose Laurate with Cyclodextrin Glucanotransferase en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=Sucrose monolauroyl esters were found to serve as substrates for cyclodextrin glucanotransferase (CGTase)-catalyzed transglucosidation reactions, affording new sucrose esters that have an additional 1-3 glucose residues on the pyranose ring of the sucrose moiety in the ester. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=OkadaKatsuhide en-aut-sei=Okada en-aut-mei=Katsuhide kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=ZhaoHaisuo en-aut-sei=Zhao en-aut-mei=Haisuo kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=IzumiMinoru en-aut-sei=Izumi en-aut-mei=Minoru kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=NakajimaShuhei en-aut-sei=Nakajima en-aut-mei=Shuhei kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= en-aut-name=BabaNaomichi en-aut-sei=Baba en-aut-mei=Naomichi kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=5 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Research & Development Center, Hayashibara Biochemical Laboratories, Inc. affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Division of Bioscience, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Division of Bioscience, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University affil-num=4 en-affil= kn-affil=Division of Bioscience, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University affil-num=5 en-affil= kn-affil=Division of Bioscience, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University en-keyword=cyclodextrin glucanotransferase kn-keyword=cyclodextrin glucanotransferase en-keyword=CGTase kn-keyword=CGTase en-keyword=sucrose monolaurate kn-keyword=sucrose monolaurate en-keyword=surfactant kn-keyword=surfactant END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=71 cd-vols= no-issue=4 article-no= start-page=1078 end-page=1082 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2007 dt-pub=200704 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Synthesis of lipid derivatives of pyrrole polyamide and their biological activity en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=Novel fatty acyl and phospholipid derivatives of pyrrole polyamide were synthesized. Their cytotoxicity against a cancer cell line of MT-4 cells and those infected by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) was examined. Although no anti-HIV activity was found, their cytotoxicitty against the cancer cells was significantly enhanced by introducing a lipophilic group into the pyrrole polyamide. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=YamamotoMasahiko en-aut-sei=Yamamoto en-aut-mei=Masahiko kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=ZhuChangjin en-aut-sei=Zhu en-aut-mei=Changjin kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=YiLui en-aut-sei=Yi en-aut-mei=Lui kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=RongZheng en-aut-sei=Rong en-aut-mei=Zheng kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= en-aut-name=MiuraYoshie en-aut-sei=Miura en-aut-mei=Yoshie kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=5 ORCID= en-aut-name=IzumiMinoru en-aut-sei=Izumi en-aut-mei=Minoru kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=6 ORCID= en-aut-name=NakajimaShuhei en-aut-sei=Nakajima en-aut-mei=Shuhei kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=7 ORCID= en-aut-name=TanamotoKen-ichi en-aut-sei=Tanamoto en-aut-mei=Ken-ichi kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=8 ORCID= en-aut-name=ShimizuSakayu en-aut-sei=Shimizu en-aut-mei=Sakayu kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=9 ORCID= en-aut-name=BabaNaomichi en-aut-sei=Baba en-aut-mei=Naomichi kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=10 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Biofunctional Chemistry, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=School of Chemical Engineering & Environment, Beijing Institute of Technology affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=School of Chemical Engineering & Environment, Beijing Institute of Technology affil-num=4 en-affil= kn-affil=School of Chemical Engineering & Environment, Beijing Institute of Technology affil-num=5 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Biofunctional Chemistry, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University affil-num=6 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Biofunctional Chemistry, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University affil-num=7 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Biofunctional Chemistry, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University affil-num=8 en-affil= kn-affil=National Institute of Health Sciences, Division of Food Additives affil-num=9 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Applied Bioscience, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University affil-num=10 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Biofunctional Chemistry, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University en-keyword=pyrrole polyamide kn-keyword=pyrrole polyamide en-keyword=lipid kn-keyword=lipid en-keyword=phospholipid kn-keyword=phospholipid en-keyword=cancer cell kn-keyword=cancer cell en-keyword=human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-II kn-keyword=human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-II END