scholarly journals Characterization of alternative molecular forms of xanthine oxidase in the mouse

1973 ◽  
Vol 131 (2) ◽  
pp. 187-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. J. Duke ◽  
P. Joyce ◽  
J. P. Ryan
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Weight ◽  
Xanthine Oxidase ◽  
Density Gradient ◽  
Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Sucrose Density Gradient ◽  
Soya Bean ◽  
Molecular Forms ◽  
Precipitation Patterns ◽  
Bean Trypsin Inhibitor

1. Two major forms of xanthine oxidase are demonstrated for the mouse. On polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis the duodenal form migrates faster towards the anode than that of the liver. Both forms also differ in their (NH4)2SO4 precipitation patterns and sucrose-density-gradient molecular-weight determinations. 2. The liver form is fully converted into the duodenal form by incubation at 37°C with 2.5mg of crude trypsin/ml for 1½h, without loss of activity. The trypsin-treated liver form behaves like the normal duodenal form as characterized by electrophoresis, (NH4)2SO4 precipitation patterns, and sucrose-density-gradient molecular-weight determinations. 3. Partial conversion is also brought about by purified trypsin and chymotrypsin, but not with β-carboxypeptidase or lipase. The conversion is inhibited by soya-bean trypsin inhibitor. 4. In embryo mice the duodenal form is similar to the liver form on electrophoresis. 5. These studies indicate, as might be expected, that the duodenal form is a modified version of the liver enzyme, probably caused by proteolytic alteration.

Prothrombin Metz : Purification and Characterization of a Variant of Human Prothrombin

1979 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Ribieto ◽  
J Elion ◽  
D Labie ◽  
F Josso
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Weight ◽  
Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Factor Xa ◽  
Polyacrylamide Gel ◽  
Cleavage Pattern ◽  
Purification And Characterization ◽  
Double Immunodiffusion ◽  
The Family

For the purification of the abnormal prothrombin (Pt Metz), advantage has been taken of the existence in the family of three siblings who, being double heterozygotes for Pt Metz and a hypoprothrombinemia, have no normal Pt. Purification procedures included barium citrate adsorption and chromatography on DEAE Sephadex as for normal Pt. As opposed to some other variants (Pt Barcelona and Madrid), Pt Metz elutes as a single symetrical peak. By SDS polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, this material is homogeneous and appears to have the same molecular weight as normal Pt. Comigration of normal and abnormal Pt in the absence of SDS, shows a double band suggesting an abnormal charge for the variant. Pt Metz exhibits an identity reaction with the control by double immunodiffusion. Upon activation by factor Xa, Pt Metz can generate amydolytic activity on Bz-Phe-Val-Arg-pNa (S2160), but only a very low clotting activity. Clear abnormalities are observed in the cleavage pattern of Pt Metz when monitored by SDS gel electrophoresis. The main feature are the accumulation of prethrombin l (Pl) and the appearance of abnormal intermediates migrating faster than Pl.

scholarly journals Molecular heterogeneity of mouse duodenal alkaline phosphatase. Association of lipids and peptides

1974 ◽  
Vol 141 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. R. V. Nayudu ◽  
Fraser B. Hercus
Keyword(s):  
Alkaline Phosphatase ◽  
Gradient Centrifugation ◽  
Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Buoyant Density ◽  
Sucrose Density Gradient ◽  
Molar Ratio ◽  
Molecular Forms ◽  
Partial Specific Volume ◽  
Molecular Heterogeneity ◽  
Sucrose Density Gradient Centrifugation

Polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis and Bio-Gel P-300 molecular-sieve chromatography of mouse duodenal alkaline phosphatase demonstrates its molecular heterogeneity, which, in a kinetic sense, is manifest also in the differential relative velocities of the heterogeneous forms of the enzyme with two substrates, phenylphosphate and β-glycerophosphate. Different treatments that eliminate most of the electrophoretic and chromatographic variability of the enzyme also decrease the velocities with both substrates so that the molar ratio of hydrolysis of one substrate relative to the other is also altered to a low but stable value. Concomitant with these changes, lipids and peptides are dissociated from the enzyme. The lipids are tentatively identified as a sterol and phospholipids. The peptides have an average composition of four to six amino acids and appear to be strongly electropositive. The conditions of dissociation suggest that their binding to the enzyme is non-covalent and predominantly based on hydrophobic and ionic bonding. The concept of lipid and peptide association would suggest prima facie differential molecular weights as a factor in the observed electrophoretic and chromatographic heterogeneity. However, the molecular forms of the enzyme with differences in elution volume equivalent to more than one-half the void volume of the Bio-Gel P-300 column, or even enzyme fractions dissociated from the lipids and peptides compared with undissociated portions, do not show any differences in sedimentation on sucrose-density-gradient centrifugation. This may be because the alterations in molecular weight owing to binding of small molecules are too small to be detected by this method. Alternatively, since lipids are involved, the binding may alter the partial specific volume in such a way that the buoyant density is not significantly altered.

scholarly journals Thermolability of 28S ribosomal ribonucleic acid from the liver of Crotalus durissus terrificus (Ophidia, Reptilia)

1973 ◽  
Vol 135 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. F. Giorgini ◽  
F. L. De Lucca
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Weight ◽  
Gradient Centrifugation ◽  
Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Sucrose Density Gradient ◽  
Dimethyl Sulphoxide ◽  
Low Molecular Weight ◽  
28S Rrna ◽  
Sucrose Density Gradient Centrifugation ◽  
Crotalus Durissus Terrificus ◽  
Crotalus Durissus

Instability of 28S rRNA of Crotalus durissus terrificus liver was observed during hotphenol extraction: purified 28S rRNA is converted into an 18S RNA component by heat treatment. It was also found that ‘6S’ and ‘8S’ low-molecular-weight RNA species were released during the thermal conversion. This conversion and the release of the low-molecular-weight species were also induced by 8m-urea and 80% (v/v) dimethyl sulphoxide at 0°C. Evidence is presented that this phenomenon is an irreversible process and results from the rupture of hydrogen bonds. The 18S RNA product was shown to be homogeneous by polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis and by sucrose-density-gradient centrifugation. The base composition of the 18S RNA products obtained by heat, urea or dimethyl sulphoxide treatments was similar. The C+G content of the 18S RNA product was different from that of the native 18S rRNA, but similar to that of 28S rRNA.

Purification and characterization of ferro- and cobalto-chelatases

1988 ◽  
Vol 66 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eduardo T. Cánepa ◽  
Elena B.C. Llambías
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Weight ◽  
Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Sodium Dodecyl ◽  
Purification And Characterization ◽  
Degree Of Unsaturation ◽  
Apparent Homogeneity ◽  
Optimum Ph ◽  
Single Protein ◽  
Metal Insertion

Pig liver ferrochelatase was purified 465-fold with about 30% yield, to apparent homogeneity, by a procedure involving solubilization from mitochondria, ammonium sulfate fractionation, and Sephacryl S-300 chromatography. The fraction of each purification step had cobaltochelatase as well as ferrochelatase activity. A purified protein of molecular weight 40 000 was found by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis in the presence of sodium dodecyl sulfate. A molecular weight of approximately 240 000 was obtained by Sephacryl S-300 chromatography. Both activities of the purified fraction increased linearly with time until 2 h. but nonlinear plots were obtained with increasing concentrations of protein. Their optimum pH values were similar. Km values were, for ferrochelatase activity, 23.3 μM for the metal and 30.3 μM for mesoporphyrin. and for cobaltochelatase activity. 27 and 45.5 μM, respectively. Fe2+ and Co2+ each protected against inactivation by heat. Pb2+, Zn2+, Cu2+, or Hg2+ inhibited both activities, while Mn2+ slightly activated; Mg2+ had no effect, at the concentrations tested. There appeared to be an involvement of sulfhydryl groups in metal insertion. Lipids, in correlation with their degree of unsaturation, activated both purified activities; phospholipids also had activation effects. We conclude that a single protein catalyzes the insertion of Fe2+ or Co2+ into mesoporphyrin.

Purification and Characterization of a High-Molecular-Weight Insecticidal Protein Complex Produced by the Entomopathogenic BacteriumPhotorhabdus luminescens

1998 ◽  
Vol 64 (8) ◽  
pp. 3029-3035 ◽  
Author(s):  
David J. Bowen ◽  
Jerald C. Ensign
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Weight ◽  
Insecticidal Activity ◽  
Protein Complex ◽  
Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Sodium Dodecyl ◽  
Protein Toxin ◽  
The Family ◽  
Toxin Complex

ABSTRACT Photorhabdus luminescens is a gram-negative enteric bacterium that is found in association with entomopathogenic nematodes of the family Heterorhabditidae. The nematodes infect a variety of soil-dwelling insects. Upon entering an insect host, the nematode releases P. luminescens cells from its intestinal tract, and the bacteria quickly establish a lethal septicemia. When grown in peptone broth, in the absence of the nematodes, the bacteria produce a protein toxin complex that is lethal when fed to, or injected into the hemolymph of, Manduca sexta larvae and several other insect species. The toxin purified as a protein complex which has an estimated molecular weight of 1,000,000 and contains no protease, phospholipase, or hemolytic activity and only a trace of lipase activity. The purified toxin possesses insecticidal activity whether injected or given orally. Analyses of the denatured complex by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis showed it to be composed of several protein subunits ranging in size from 30 to 200 kDa. The complex was further separated by native gel electrophoresis into three components, two of which retained insecticidal activity. The purified native toxin complex was found to be active in nanogram concentrations against insects representing four orders of the classInsecta.

Localization of carbonic anhydrase in the cytoplasmic membrane of Neisseria sicca (strain 19)

1981 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. N. MacLeod ◽  
I. W. DeVoe
Keyword(s):  
Carbonic Anhydrase ◽  
Density Gradient ◽  
Specific Activity ◽  
Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Sucrose Density Gradient ◽  
Carbonic Anhydrase Activity ◽  
Protein Patterns ◽  
Inner Membrane ◽  
Outer Membranes ◽  
Neisseria Sicca

The carbonic anhydrase activity and the growth of Neisseria sicca 19 were inhibited by the sulfonamide acetazolamide (10−5 M). Such inhibition was completely overcome by the addition of exogenous bicarbonate. Some carbonic anhydrase activity associated with the membranous envelope fraction of the cell was released when cells were broken by sonic treatment but not during cell breakage by high-pressure extrusion. After the selective solubilization (4 °C) of the inner membrane of envelopes by treatment with 1% sodium lauroyl sarcosinate, all detectable carbonic anhydrase activity was found in the soluble (inner membrane) fraction. After fractionation of the cell envelope into inner and outer membranes by treatment with ethylenediaminetetraacetate (EDTA) followed by sucrose density gradient centrifugation, the total and specific activity of carbonic anhydrase paralleled that of succinate dehydrogenase, an inner membrane enzyme marker. The Coomassie blue stained protein patterns after polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of the bands from the sucrose density gradient provided confirmation that the inner and outer membranes had indeed been separated.

scholarly journals Production optimization using Plackett-Burman and Box-Behnken designs with partial characterization of amylase from marine actinomycetes

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah I Bukhari ◽  
Mohamed H Al-Agamy ◽  
Mahmoud S Kelany ◽  
Mohammad R Al Hazani ◽  
Moaz M Hamed
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Weight ◽  
Specific Activity ◽  
Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Sodium Dodecyl ◽  
Fold Increase ◽  
Fermentation Medium ◽  
Culture Conditions ◽  
Production Optimization ◽  
Activity Measurement

Abstract Amylase is an industrial enzyme that is used in the food and biofuel industries. We screened four actinomycetes strains for amylase biosynthesis. The Streptomyces rochei strain had a larger hydrolytic zone (24 mm) on starch agar plates, than the other isolates. Plackett-Burman’s experimental design was implemented to optimize the conditions for amylase production by the selected strains. Growth under optimized culture conditions led to 1.7, 9.8, 7.7, and 3.12 -fold increases for the isolates S. griseorubens, S. rochei, S. parvus, and Streptomyces sp., respectively, in the specific activity measurement in comparison with growth under primary conditions. When applying the Box-Behnken design on S. rochei using the most significant parameters starch, K2HPO4, pH, and temperature, there was a 12.22-fold increase in the specific activity measurement: 7.37 U/mg. The optimal fermentation medium formula was kept at 30.6°C for seven days. The amylase from S. rochei was partially purified, and its molecular weight was determined using Sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The molecular weight was found to be 45, 43, and 53 kDa. Amylase was particularly active at pH 6 and 65°C. The purified enzyme was most active at 65°C and a pH of 6, thermal stability of 70°C for 40 min and salt concentration of 1 M with a Km and Vmax of 6.58 mg/ml and 21.93 mg/ml/min, respectively. The amylase improved by adding Cu + 2, Zn + 2, and Fe + 2 (152.21%, 207.24%, and 111.89%). Increased production of amylase enzyme by Streptomyces rochei KR108310 attracts the production of industrially significant products.

Prothrombin Metz: Purification and Characterization of a Variant of Human Prothrombin

1979 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.J. Rabiet ◽  
J. Elion ◽  
D. Labie ◽  
F. Josso
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Weight ◽  
Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Factor Xa ◽  
Polyacrylamide Gel ◽  
Cleavage Pattern ◽  
Purification And Characterization ◽  
Double Immunodiffusion ◽  
The Family

For the purification of the abnormal prothrombin (Pt Metz), advantage has been taken of the existence in the family of three siblings who, being double heterozygotes for Pt Metz and a hypoprothrombinemia, have no normal Pt. Purification procedures included barium citrate adsorption and chromatography on DEAE Sephadex as for normal Pt. As opposed to some other variants (Pt Barcelona and Madrid), Pt Metz elutes as a single symetrical peak. By SDS Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, this material is homogeneous and appears to have the same molecular weight as normal Pt. Comigration of normal and abnormal Pt in the absence of SDS, shows a double band suggesting an abnormal charge for the variant. Pt Metz exhibits an identity reaction with the control by double immunodiffusion.Upon activation by factor Xa, Pt Metz can generate amydolytic activity on Bz-Phe-Va1-Arg-pNa (S2160), but only a very low clotting activity. Clear abnormalities are observed in the cleavage pattern of Pt Metz when monitored by SDS gel electrophoresis. The main feature are the accumulation of prethrombin 1 (P1) and the appearance of abnormal intermediates migra-ti ng faster than P1.

Cloning, Expression and Characterization of β-Glucosidase from L. Delbrueckii Subsp. Delbrueckii in Escherichia coli

2011 ◽  
Vol 301-303 ◽  
pp. 347-351
Author(s):  
Xiu Hong Zhao ◽  
Jie Zeng ◽  
Hai Yan Gao ◽  
Chang Biao Li ◽  
Chang Jiang Liu
Keyword(s):  
Escherichia Coli ◽  
Molecular Weight ◽  
Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Prokaryotic Expression ◽  
Expression Vector ◽  
Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Gene Encoding ◽  
Prokaryotic Expression Vector ◽  
Strain Bl21

Gene encoding β-glucosidase was amplified through PCR by using the genome DNA extracted from L .delbrueckii subsp. delbrueckii as a template. The gene encoding β-glucosidase was inserted into a prokaryotic expression vector pET-28a(+) and expressed in E.coli strain BL21(DE3). The gene encoding β-glucosidase was of 1380bp. The nucleotide sequence of the gene encoding β-glucosidase from L. delbrueckii subsp. delbrueckii showed as high as 97.9% homology comparing with that from L. delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus indicating that the gene encoding β-glucosidase is highly conservative. The enzyme activity was about 34U/mg and the molecular weight of β-glucosidase is about 51 kDa analyzed by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis.

Isolation, purification, and partial characterization of type V-A hemagglutinin from Escherichia coli GV-12, O1:H-

1982 ◽  
Vol 152 (2) ◽  
pp. 757-761
Author(s):  
V L Sheladia ◽  
J P Chambers ◽  
J Guevara ◽  
D J Evans
Keyword(s):  
Escherichia Coli ◽  
Molecular Weight ◽  
Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Sodium Dodecyl ◽  
Sedimentation Coefficient ◽  
Amino Terminus ◽  
N Terminus ◽  
Type V

A hemagglutinin which specifically agglutinates human type A erythrocytes (mannose resistant) was isolated from the growth medium of cultures of Escherichia coli GV-12, serotype O1:H-, and purified by chromatography on Bio-Gel A-1.5 and DEAE-Sephadex A-25. The purity of the hemagglutinin was established by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and immunoelectrophoresis. N-terminus analysis indicated that only asparagine resides on the amino terminus. The native hemagglutinin is an aggregate exhibiting a sedimentation coefficient of 9.25, which corresponds to a molecular weight of approximately 200,000. The monomeric molecular weight was found to be approximately 16,300. Amino acid analysis indicated that the hemagglutinin consists of 131 residues, corresponding to a molecular weight of 13,400.

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