PURPOSE The purpose of the study was to determine whether the autodegradation of human βA3-crystallin is due to its intrinsic protease activity. METHODS Recombinant His-tagged human βA3-crystallin was expressed in E. coli and purified by a Ni+2-affinity column chromatographic method. To determine protease activity, the purified crystallin was incubated for 24 h with either sodium deoxycholate...

The retention behaviour of reference proteins on commercial siliceous size-exclusion supports was studied. Sorption was observed on both surface modified and unmodified supports. When sodium dodecylsulfate was added to the aqueous mobile phase, normal elution patterns were found. With this system, proteins, such as those isolated from different alfalfa genotypes, may be compared rapidly. Compar...

A procedure for separation/preconcentration of para-aminophenol (PAP) in pharmaceutical formulation, based on cloud point extraction (CPE) as a prior step to determination by UV-Vis spectrophotometry has been developed. The analyte reacted with 4-dimethylamino benzaldehyde (DAB) in acidic media to form a shift base, which were separated and preconcentrated in a mixed micelle of the anionic surf...

The purpose of this investigation was to study and compare the electrophoretic patterns of optic lensproteins of different species of domestic animals at pre- and post-natal ages. Optic lenses were removed from the embryo or adult sheep, cattle, goat, camel and chicken at the slaughter-house then homogenized and subjected to sodium dodecylsulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE). I...

Myosin was isolated from pig atrial and ventricular myocardium during postnatal development and Ca2+-ATPase was determined and myosin light chains were analysed by electrophoresis in sodium dodecylsulfate polyacrylamide gel. During ontogenesis ATPase activity of ventricular myosin remains virtually unchanged, whereas that of atrial myosin increases. The patterns of myosin light chains of atrial...