We present a method for preparing human liver lactate dehydrogenase (L-lactate:NAD+ oxidoreductase; EC 1.1.1.27) isoenzyme-5 by sequential ion-exchange chromatography, general-ligand (AMP analog) affinity chromatography, and preparative isoelectric focusing. The yield ws 40%, with a 493-fold purification. The final specific activity was 458 kU per gram of protein. The preparation contained less...

Plasma membranes of vertebrate lens fiber cells contain a major intrinsic polypeptide with an apparent molecular weight of 26,000 (MIP26). These plasma membranes are extremely rich in communicating junctions, and it has been suggested that MIP26 is a component of them. MIP26 was purified from cow lenses using preparative SDS gel electrophoresis followed by hydroxylapatite column chromatography....

Several proteins were extracted from the purified cell walls of suspension-cultured sugar beet cells with 0.5% EDTA (pH 6.8) after prior extraction of the walls with 0.5% deoxycholate and then with 2 molar NaCl. Two abundant proteins (P-I and P-II protein) were separately purified to homogeneity by procedures that included fractionation with ammonium sulfate, column chromatography on DEAE-cellu...

We have previously identified proteins in fractions of culture filtrate ofMycobacterium tuberculosis with the capacity to induce cytokine production in monocytes, by using a technique we defined as "monocyte Western blotting" (immunoblotting). In this series of experiments, we have extended this technique to two-dimensional gel electrophoresis and have identified a novel 58-kDa protein ofM. tub...