Difference sedimentation equilibrium technique for measuring small changes in molecular weight. I. Theory and computer simulation

Biochemistry ◽  
1974 ◽  
Vol 13 (18) ◽  
pp. 3718-3726 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. S. Springer ◽  
M. W. Kirschner ◽  
H. K. Schachman
1970 ◽  
Vol 24 (03/04) ◽  
pp. 325-333 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. H Tishkoff ◽  
L. C Williams ◽  
D. M Brown

SummaryAs a corollary to our previous studies with bovine prothrombin, we have initiated a study of human prothrombin complex. This product has been isolated in crystalline form as a barium glycoprotein interaction product. Product yields were reduced compared to bovine product due to the increased solubility of the barium glycoprotein interaction product. On occasion the crystalline complex exhibited good yields. The specific activity of the crystalline complex was 1851 Iowa u/mg. Further purification of human prothrombin complex was made by removal of barium and by chromatography on Sephadex G-100 gels. The final product evidenced multiple procoagulant activities (II, VII, IX and X). The monomeric molecular weight determined by sedimentation equilibrium in a solvent of 6 M guanidine-HCl and 0.5% mercaptoethanol was 70,191 ± 3,057 and was homogeneous with respect to molecular weight. This product was characterized in regard to physical constants and chemical composition. In general, the molecular properties of human prothrombin complex are very similar to the comparable bovine product. In some preparations a reversible proteolytic enzyme inhibitor (p-aminophenylarsonic acid) was employed in the ultrafiltration step of the purification scheme to inhibit protein degradation.


1970 ◽  
Vol 46 (4) ◽  
pp. 487-494
Author(s):  
ATM Kamrul Hasan

Multiplicity of active-site in heterogeneous Ziegler-Natta catalysts and its correlation with polymer microstructure was studied through the surface structure analysis of catalyst by computer simulation of X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS) data and microstructure investigation of polypropylene chains based on the deconvolution of the molecular weight distribution curves by multiple Flory most probable distributions using Gel Permeation Chromatography (GPC) method. The number and relative intensities of these peaks were found correlated to the distribution of multiple active sites. In this investigation, four individual categories of active sites were identified, each of which yields polypropylene with unique properties of molecular weight and chain structure different from other active sites. The reason of the multiplicity of active sites was determined by the presence of different locations of surface titanium species coordinated with other surface atoms or molecules. These different surface complexes of active species determine the multiple active site nature of catalyst which replicates the microtacticity, molecular weight and chain microstructure distribution of polymer. Keywords: Ziegler-Natta catalyst; Multiple active sites; Flory components; Computer simulation; Deconvolution; MWD. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjsir.v46i4.9596 BJSIR 2011; 46(4): 487-494


1969 ◽  
Vol 115 (4) ◽  
pp. 639-643 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. H. Villet ◽  
K. Dalziel

A method is described for the isolation of 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase from sheep liver. The product appears to be homogeneous in polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis and in sedimentation-velocity and sedimentation-equilibrium studies in the ultracentrifuge. The molecular weight is estimated as 129000 from equilibrium sedimentation.


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