scholarly journals Fungal Cellulases XI. The Nature of the Inductive Process for Aryl ?-Glucosidase in Stachybotrys Atra

1965 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 387 ◽  
Author(s):  
MAJ Ermyn

The properties of the inductive process for the aryl F/.glucosidase of S. atra are described. The induction appears to be independent of growth, respiration, and the uptake of measurable quantities of inducer into the cell. There is a lag period in the induction, the length of which depends on the physiological history of the mould and the temperature of induction; the temperature effect appears to be governed by a process with activation energy of 16 kcal/mole. The amount of inducible enzyme for a given sample of the mould appears to be equal to that which would have eventually been produced "constitutively" at the end of the growth period. The induction is inhibited competitively by monoses; this effect is reversed competitively by 3�0-methyl glucose. 3-0-Methyl glucose has a con-siderable inducer activity in its own right, and also stimulates the inductive effect due to thioglucoside. The only other inhibitors found are streptomycin and S-aminoethyl-L-cysteine. The effect of the latter is reversed by DL-lysine. No other substance known or expected to have an effect on cellular protein-synthesizing systems inhibited the induction.

1960 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 335-341
Author(s):  
Walter Scheele ◽  
Karl-Heinz Hillmer

Abstract As a complement to earlier investigations, and in order to examine more closely the connection between the chemical kinetics and the changes with vulcanization time of the physical properties in the case of vulcanization reactions, we used thiuram vulcanizations as an example, and concerned ourselves with the dependence of stress values (moduli) at different degrees of elongation and different vulcanization temperatures. We found: 1. Stress values attain a limiting value, dependent on the degree of elongation, but independent of the vulcanization temperature at constant elongation. 2. The rise in stress values with the vulcanization time is characterized by an initial delay, which, however, is practically nonexistent at higher temperatures. 3. The kinetics of the increase in stress values with vulcanization time are both qualitatively and quantitatively in accord with the dependence of the reciprocal equilibrium swelling on the vulcanization time; both processes, after a retardation, go according to the first order law and at the same rate. 4. From the temperature dependence of the rate constants of reciprocal equilibrium swelling, as well as of the increase in stress, an activation energy of 22 kcal/mole can be calculated, in good agreement with the activation energy of dithiocarbamate formation in thiuram vulcanizations.


Mixtures of methane and oxygen behave in a reproducible manner at temperatures of 440 to 520°C and initial pressures of 100 to 350 mm when reacting in Pyrex vessels freshly cleaned with hydrofluoric acid. The apparent order of the reaction ranged from 2∙3 to 2∙6 and the overall activation energy from 29 to 41 kcal/mole. Analyses of the products formed have been made, together with measurements of pressure change. Formaldehyde is formed from the commencement of the reaction including the induction period, but its concentra­tion reaches a maximum near the stage where the pressure rise is a maximum, and then falls off. Hydrogen peroxide is also formed, less rapidly in the earliest stage, but its rate of formation overtakes that of formaldehyde and it reaches an even higher concentration. No other peroxides were detected, nor was methanol found. Hydrogen was present in the gaseous products. These observations are not in full accord with some of the conclusions derived from earlier investigations.


1963 ◽  
Vol 41 (6) ◽  
pp. 1578-1587 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan A. Herman ◽  
Pierre M. Hupin

The polymerization of vinyl chloride in the gas phase by X rays gives a solid polymer of 1140 average molecular weight. The G value of monomer disappearance varies from 100 to 400 and depends on pressure and temperature. From the measure of the rate of polymerization it was possible to deduce the activation energy of the chain propagation steps: 2.5 kcal/mole, and that of the hindered termination process: 7.4 kcal/mole. The negative temperature co-efficient of the polymerization is explained by the importance of this hindered termination process.


1959 ◽  
Vol 37 (9) ◽  
pp. 1462-1468 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. R. Blake ◽  
K. O. Kutschke

The pyrolysis of di-t-butyl peroxide has been reinvestigated and used as a source of methyl radicals to study the abstraction reaction between methyl radicals and formaldehyde. At low [HCHO]/[peroxide] ratios the system was simple enough for kinetic analysis, and a value of 6.6 kcal/mole was obtained for the activation energy. At higher [HCHO]/[peroxide] ratios the system became very complicated, possibly due to the increased importance of addition reactions.


1966 ◽  
Vol 44 (11) ◽  
pp. 1469-1475 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marjorie A. Brewster ◽  
Ezzat S. Younathan

Adenylate kinase from mitochondria of rat liver was made soluble by sonication. The enzyme had a pH optimum of 8.0, temperature optimum of 30°, and activation energy of 12.2 kcal/mole. It was activated by several divalent cations in the following order of efficiency: Mg++ > Co++ > Mn++ > Ca++, with an optimal Mg++: ADP ratio of 1. The apparent Km value (ADP as substrate) was found to be 1.3 mM at pH 7.4 and 30°. The activity was sensitive to phloretin and mildly activated by aurovertin. Oligomycin, 2,4-dinitrophenol, p-chloromercuribenzoate, alloxan, and phlorizin had no effect on the activity. The metabolic function and a comparison of the properties of this solubilized mitochondrial adenylate kinase with those of similar preparations from other sources are discussed in the light of these findings. During this study, a sensitive method adaptable for a large number of assays of adenylate kinase was developed, and is described in detail.


1954 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 71-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. J. Krauss ◽  
J. W. T. Spinks

Coefficients of self-diffusion have been measured for aqueous solutions of sodium dihydrogen phosphates from 1 molar to 10−4 molar and at temperatures of 15, 25, 35, and 45 °C. The activation energy of self-diffusion has been calculated for various concentrations. It decreases from 5.4 kcal./mole at 0.9 M to 4.3 kcal./mole. at infinite dilution.


1976 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 119-130
Author(s):  
M. V. Thomas

About 90% of the butanol uptake by the cockroach abdominal nerve cord washed out with half-times of a few seconds, in good agreement with an electrophysiological estimate, and the temperature sensitivity suggested an activation energy of 3 Kcal mole-1. The remaining activity washed out far more slowly, with a similar time course to that observed in a previous investigation which had not detected the fast fraction. Its size was similar to the non-volatile uptake, and was considerably affected by the butanol concentration and incubation period. It apparently consisted of butanol metabolites, which could be detected by chromatography.


1968 ◽  
Vol 46 (4) ◽  
pp. 317-327 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. T. Tyree

Transport coefficients LPP, LPE, LEP, and LEE for electrokinetic equations according to irreversible thermodynamics, the Onsager coefficients, were measured for isolated Nitella flexilis cell walls in KCl solutions ranging from 10−4 to 100 normal. LPP and LPE (= LEP) were found to be independent of KCl concentration and equal to 1.4 × 10−6 cm3 sec−1 cm−2 (joule cm−3)−1 cm and 6 × 10−5 cm3 sec−1 cm−2 volt−1 cm respectively. LEE was a function of the salt concentration, reaching a limiting value of about 1.2 × 10−3 mho cm−1 in 10−4 N KCl. The activation energy for movement of KCl in cell walls was found to be 4.33 Kcal mole−1; the diffusion coefficient for KCl in cell walls was calculated by two methods to be 8 × 10−6 cm2 sec−1; and the concentration of the fixed ions in Nitella cell walls from the above data was estimated at greater than 0.04 equivalent per liter of cell wall. Electroosmosis in Nitella membranes is re-examined in the light of the measured transport coefficients and it is concluded that under proper conditions the cell wall of Nitella can contribute significantly (~20% or more) to the observed electroosmosis of living Nitella cells.


1962 ◽  
Vol 40 (10) ◽  
pp. 1310-1318 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. H. G. Jellinek

The results of experiments on the plastic deformation of hollow snow-ice cylinders, closed at one end, as a function of circumferential stress and temperature are discussed. Data are graphed on deformation as a function of time for a snow-ice cylinder under 7.03 and 14.06 kg/cm2 hydrostatic pressure at −4.5 °C, deformation as a function of hydrostatic pressure from 2.11 to 7.03 kg/cm2, and deformation as a function of temperature at a constant pressure of 10.55 kg/cm2. The natural strain rate of closure at constant circumferential stress and temperature was a constant, which varied with circumferential stress as a sine function and was "exponentially dependent on temperature, with an activation energy of 14.1 kcal/mole at an average circumferential stress of 3.1 kg/cm2. The experiments agree well with an earlier interpretation of the plastic flow process representing flow between grain boundaries.


1969 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 387-392 ◽  
Author(s):  
Koichiro Sakota ◽  
Yoshio Kamiya ◽  
Nobuto Ohta

A detailed kinetic study of oxidation of toluene and its derivatives by cobaltic acetate in 95 vol% acetic acid is reported. The reaction was found to be profoundly affected by a steric factor and rather insensitive to the C—H bond energy. The order of reactivities of various alkylbenzenes is quite reversal to that of hydrogen abstraction reactions. The reaction was of first-order with respect to toluene, of second-order with respect to cobaltic ion and of inverse first-order with respect to cobaltous ion. The oxidation by cobaltic ion seems to proceed via an initial reversible electron transfer from toluene to cobaltic ion, yielding [Formula: see text] which is oxidized into benzyl acetate by another cobaltic ion. The apparent activation energy for toluene was found to be 25.3 kcal mole−1, and the same activation energy was found for ethylbenzene, cumene, diphenylmethane, and triphenylmethane.


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