A particulate fraction from rat brain catalyzes the incorporation of [(14)C]choline, [(14)C]ethanolamine, and l-[(14)C]serine into phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylethanolamine, and phosphatidylserine, respectively. The reaction appears to be energy-independent since Mg(2+), CTP, ATP, and NaF have no stimulatory action. The incorporation is inhibited by EDTA and activated by Ca(2+). The pH opti...

Ligands of the aroylhydrazone class have shown much promise as potential chelators for treatment of iron overload disease and perhaps cancer (Johnson et al., 1982; Baker et al., 1992; Richardson et al., 1995; Richardson & Milnes, 1997). Our previous investigations have demonstrated that 2-hydroxy-1naphthaldehyde isonicotinoyl hydrazone, (II), and several other aroylhydrazone chelators possess a...

Three new biphenyls, berbekorin A (1), 2'-hydroxy-3,4,5-trimethoxybiphenyl (2), and 4,5-dihydroxy-3-methoxybiphenyl (3), together with 11 known biphenyls (4-14), were isolated from the n-hexane-soluble fraction of the MeOH extract of the trunk of Berberis koreana. The structures of 1-3 were determined by spectroscopic methods, including 1D and 2D NMR analysis. Compound 1 exhibited cytotoxic act...

A method is described for the detection of 2-keto-4-hydroxyglutarate aldolase activity after electrophoresis of the enzyme on polyacrylamide gels. When gels are incubated with substrate (2-keto-4-hydroxyglutarate), activity is seen as a yellow-colored band due to interaction’ of the product (glyoxylate) with ortho-aminobenzaldehyde and glycine. Positive results have been obtained using either c...