4,6-α-Glucanotransferase (4,6-α-GTase) enzymes, such as GTFB and GTFW of Lactobacillus reuteri strains, constitute a new reaction specificity in glycoside hydrolase family 70 (GH70) and are novel enzymes that convert starch or starch hydrolysates into isomalto/maltopolysaccharides (IMMPs). These IMMPs still have linear chains with some α1→4 linkages but mostly (relatively long) linear chains wi...

Microspores of Lilium longiflorum were isolated at various stages of development surrounding the mitotic interval and were analyzed for changes in the activities of D-glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase and aldolase. Fructose 1,6 diphosphate was used as substrate. Activities were measured by the increase in optical density due to the reduction of diphosphopyridine nucleotide. It was found ...

Soluble dietary fibers promote metabolic benefits on body weight and glucose control, but underlying mechanisms are poorly understood. Recent evidence indicates that intestinal gluconeogenesis (IGN) has beneficial effects on glucose and energy homeostasis. Here, we show that the short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) propionate and butyrate, which are generated by fermentation of soluble fiber by the ...

Growth rate, soluble-protein content, oxygen consumption, ammonia excretion, and digestive-enzyme activity were studied in Litopenaeus setiferus early postlarvae under four feeding regimens that included combinations of freshly hatched Artemia nauplii, microparticulate commercial diet, and algae. Growth and of postlarvae fed a mixed diet were significantly higher. Artificial diet used alone cau...

Incubation of kidney lysosomes at 37 degrees results in a graded release of lysosomal enzymes. The release of enzyme occurs in two stages. First the enzymes become available to the substrate but remain sedimentable. Later the amount of soluble enzyme increases and eventually is almost equal to that of the available enzyme. Morphological studies of lysosomes showed that during the process involv...

1. The synthesis of glycerides from l-3-glycerophosphate and palmitic acid by mitochondrial preparations from rat liver was shown to be stimulated markedly by a soluble factor from the supernatant fraction of the liver. 2. That the soluble factor was a protein was indicated by its inactivation after treatment with papain and after boiling for 3min. at 100 degrees , its precipitation by ammonium...

This research studies the incidence of type substrate, soluble or particulate, in emergence, development, and inhibition bulking activated sludge systems. It was evaluated using volume index (SVI), mixing liquor-suspended solids (MLSS), microscopic analysis biomass, effluent suspended (ESS). In first experiment, four sequencing batch reactors (SBRs) were fed with substrate at a fixed mass, whil...

Concentrations of biosynthate (microbial biomass plus extracellular proteins) and residual substrate were inferred using elemental analysis for batch cultures of Clostridium thermocellum. Inferring residual substrate based on elemental analysis for a cellulose (Avicel)-grown culture shows similar results to residual substrate determined by quantitative saccharification using acid hydrolysis. In...

Des2 (degenerative spermatocyte 2) is a bifunctional enzyme that produces phytoceramide and ceramide from dihydroceramide. The molecular mechanism involved in C-4-hydroxylation has not been studied in detail. In the present paper, we report that C-4-hydroxylation requires an electron-transfer system that includes cytochrome b5 and that the hydroxylase activity is reconstituted in an in vitro as...

The paper studies the effect of pretreatment highly concentrated wastewater from confectionery production in a vortex layer apparatus (VLA) on its physical and chemical properties, with aim further use as substrate for dark fermentation biohydrogen. Pretreatment VLA resulted 2.6-fold increase iron content 6.5% soluble oxygen demand after 3 minutes exposure. After VLA, an acetic acid decrease co...