BACKGROUND The total protein content of urine is a good index of renal function, but its determination is unreliable. Protein dye-binding assays are simple, but they characteristically lack a uniform response to different proteins. METHODS We investigated a differential response of the Sigma Microprotein Coomassie Brilliant Blue (CBB) and Pyrogallol Red-molybdate (PRM) protein dye-binding ass...

Changes in renal function have been reported in chronic obstructive lung disease' but not proteinuria. We describe a heterogeneous group of patients with chronic obstructive lung disease who were found to have microalbuminuria. Patients, methods, and results Twenty two inpatients with chronic obstructive lung disease provided a clean catch midstream specimen of urine. Twenty normal healthy volu...

Salicylate hydroxylase (salicylate 1-monooxygenase, EC 1.14.13.1) was purified from the soil yeast Trichosporon cutaneum. The enzyme contained flavin adenine dinucleotide and was monomeric, with a molecular weight of 45,300. In addition to salicylate, the four isomeric dihydroxybenzoates having one hydroxyl adjacent to carboxyl in the benzene nucleus were oxidatively decarboxylated without form...