Synaptosomal plasma membranes were isolated from whole rat brain by a method derived from several existing ones. The procedure involves the sequential centrifugation of a crude mitochondrial fraction through a discontinuous sucrose gradient and a continuous cesium chloride gradient. The material is then subjected to osmotic lysis and centrifuged through an additional discontinuous sucrose gradi...

A phospholipase A1 bound tightly to the membranes of Mycobacterium phlei cells was purified approximately 500fold to near homogeneity by extraction with Triton X-100, delipidation with organic solvents, solubilization with sodium dodecyl sulfate, column chromatographies on Sephadex G-200 in the presence of sodium dodecyl sulfate and on DEAE-cellulose in the presence of BRIJ 58, and sodium dodec...

Smooth (S)-lipopolysaccharide (LPS) preparations from reference and field strains of several biovars of Brucella abortus, B. melitensis, and B. suis were prepared by (i) the hot phenol-water method, (ii) hot sodium dodecyl sulfate extraction and proteinase K digestion, or (iii) dimethyl sulfoxide extraction. These S-LPS-enriched fractions were further analyzed by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacry...

The binding of tetradecyltrimethylammonium chloride to bovine serum albumin and several other globular proteins was measured, and the resulting conformational changes were studied by optical and hydrodynamic techniques. Native serum albumin was found to have four discrete binding sites for the detergent, to which binding occurs without conformational change, and with a much lower binding consta...

Development of catalysts for the selective hydrolysis proteins is challenging, yet important many applications in biotechnology and proteomics. The hydrophobic particularly as due to their poor solubility, use surfactants often required. In this study, proteolytic potential catalyst systems based on Zr(IV)-substituted Keggin polyoxometalate (Et2NH2)10[Zr(PW11O39)2] (Zr-K 1:2) three different (i...

BACKGROUND The objective of this investigation was to develop a new type of solid dispersion in the form of core-sheath nanofibers using coaxial electrospinning for poorly water-soluble drugs. Different functional ingredients can be placed in various parts of core-sheath nanofibers to improve synergistically the dissolution and permeation properties of encapsulated drugs and to enable drugs to ...

Early pregnancy factor (EPF) is a pregnancy-associated protein detected in the maternal serum by using the rosette inhibition assay and by evaluating the suppression of adoptive transfer of contact sensitivity. Because of its inhibitory effect on the functional reactivity of immunocompetent cells, EPF is thought to be involved in immunoregulation of the maternal immune system during early pregn...

Human lymphoblastoid interferon was produced on an 800-liter scale (2.6 X 10(9) units) by induction of Namalva cells with Newcastle disease virus, strain B1. The interferon was partially purified by anti-leukocyte interferon affinity chromatography, sulfopropyl Sephadex ion exchange chromatography, isoelectric focusing, and sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Recovery of ...

A cytochrome P-450 from neonatal pig testicular microsomes was purified to homogeneity as judged by electrophoresis on sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gels and by double diffusion on agar against antiserum raised in rabbits against the protein. The enzyme shows both 17 alpha-hydroxylase (Vmax = 4.6 nmol of product/min/nmol of P-450, Km = 1.5 microM) and C17,20 lyase (Vmax = 2.6 nmol of pr...

The molecular masses of the UDP-glucuronyltransferases were determined by means of radiation-inactivation analysis of sodium dodecyl sulfate-treated lyophilized rat liver microsomal preparations using a calibrated 60Co source. Bilirubin glucuronidation with formation of bilirubin monoglucuronide is catalyzed by a 41,500-Da enzyme; conversion of bilirubin mono- to diglucuronide is catalyzed by a...