Isolation and Partial Chemical Characterization of an Antimicrobial Peptide Produced by a Strain ofBacillussubtilis†

1998 ◽  
Vol 46 (12) ◽  
pp. 5355-5361 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Bechard ◽  
K. C. Eastwell ◽  
Sholberg ◽  
G. Mazza ◽  
B. Skura
Keyword(s):  
Antimicrobial Peptide ◽  
Chemical Characterization ◽  
Partial Chemical

PURIFICATION AND PARTIAL CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF SHEEP NEUROPHYSIN

1973 ◽  
Vol 74 (2) ◽  
pp. 226-236 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michel Chrétien ◽  
Claude Gilardeau
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acid ◽  
Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Chemical Characterization ◽  
Terminal Amino Acid ◽  
Amino Acid Determination ◽  
Pituitary Glands ◽  
Terminal Amino ◽  
Partial Chemical ◽  
Acid Determination

ABSTRACT A protein isolated from ovine pituitary glands has been purified, and its homogeneity assessed by NH2- and COOH-terminal amino acid determination, ultracentrifugation studies, and polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis after carboxymethylation. Its chemical and immunochemical properties are closely similar to those of beef and pork neurophysins, less similar to those of human neurophysins. It contains no tryptophan (like other neurophysins) or histidine (like all except bovine neurophysin-I and human neurophysins). It has alanine at the NH2-terminus and valine at the COOH-terminus. Its amino acid composition is similar to, but not identical with those of porcine and bovine neurophysins.

scholarly journals Partial chemical characterization of antigenic preparations of chromoblastomycosis agents

1999 ◽  
Vol 41 (6) ◽  
pp. 343-350 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tania Fraga BARROS ◽  
Maria Aparecida de RESENDE
Keyword(s):  
Total Lipid ◽  
Uv Light ◽  
Chemical Characterization ◽  
Total Lipids ◽  
Lipid Contents ◽  
Carbohydrate Levels ◽  
Carbohydrate Contents ◽  
Partial Chemical

Antigenic preparations (saline, methylic, metabolic and exoantigens) of four agents of chromoblastomycosis, Fonsecaea pedrosoi, Phialophora verrucosa, Cladophialophora (Cladosporium) carrionii and Rhinocladiella aquaspersa were obtained. Partial chemical characterization of these antigenic preparations was obtained by determination of the levels of total lipids, protein, and carbohydrates, and identification of the main sterols and carbohydrates. Methylic antigens presented the highest lipid contents, whereas metabolic antigens showed the highest carbohydrate content. Total lipid, protein, and carbohydrate levels were in the range of 2.33 to 2.00mg/ml, 0.04 to 0.02 mg/ml and 0.10 to 0.02 mg/ml, respectively, in the methylic antigens and in the range of 0.53 to 0.18mg/ml, 0.44 to 0.26mg/ml, and 1.82 to 1.02 mg/ml, respectively, in saline antigens. Total lipid, protein, and carbohydrate contents were in the range of 0.55 to 0.20mg/ml, 0.69 to 0.57mg/ml and 10.73 to 5.93mg/ml, respectively, in the metabolic antigens, and in the range of 0.55 to 0.15mg/ml, 0.62 to 0.20mg/ml and 3.55 to 0.42mg/ml, respectively, in the exoantigens. Phospholipids were not detected in the preparations. Saline and metabolic antigens and exoantigens presented hexose and the methylic antigen revealed additional pentose units in their composition. The UV light absorption spectra of the sterols revealed squalene and an ergosterol fraction in the antigens. The characterization of these antigenic preparations may be useful for serological evaluation of patients of chromoblastomycosis.

Isolation and partial chemical characterization of a virus-like particle from a eukaryotic alga

Virology ◽  
1981 ◽  
Vol 114 (2) ◽  
pp. 357-369 ◽  
Author(s):  
Larry H. Stanker ◽  
Larry R. Hoffman ◽  
Roderick Mac Leod
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Characterization ◽  
Eukaryotic Alga ◽  
Virus Like Particle ◽  
Partial Chemical

scholarly journals Partial Chemical Characterization of Immunomodulatory Polysaccharides from Plantago palmata Hook. f. s. Leaves

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriel Biringanine ◽  
Moustapha Ouedraogo ◽  
Bernard Vray ◽  
Anne Berit Samuelsen ◽  
Pierre Duez
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Structure ◽  
Chemical Characterization ◽  
Biologically Active ◽  
Size Exclusion ◽  
Plantago Major ◽  
Activated Macrophages ◽  
Exclusion Chromatography ◽  
Very High ◽  
Partial Chemical

A previous work on Plantago palmata polysaccharides (PS) attributed immunomodulatory properties of leaves to a polysaccharide fraction (PS50) that stimulated NO and TNF-α production by interferon gamma- (IFN-γ-) activated macrophages. The present work aims to elucidate the chemical structure of these immunomodulatory polysaccharides. Size exclusion chromatography showed that the active polymers present an active fraction with a very high molecular weight (about 1200 kDa). These polysaccharides are pectic in nature, with a predominantly unbranched galacturonan domain and with a domain bearing side chains that consist of highly branched arabinan, galactan, and/or arabinogalactan. Comparatively to the well-known Plantago major biologically active PS, Plantago palmata PS50 contained less arabinogalactan-proteins (AGPs) and had a different composition in glucose, galactose, and galacturonic acid. DNA contamination of the polysaccharide was estimated at about 0.04%, a concentration much lower than those reported immunomodulatory in hyaluronic acid preparations (3 to 15%). Therefore, the eventuality of a contaminating DNA-mediated biological activity could be ruled out.

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