Toward delineation of changes in total lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and in the distribution of LDH isoenzymes as assessed by polyacrylamide disc electrophoresis, we inbucated human and rat sera with various agents, notably sulfhydryl compounds. Although artefacts were apparent when these agents were used without preliminary adjustment of pH, we saw little alteration in total unitage when one or ...

Oil cakes have excellent nutritional value and offer considerable potential for use in biotechnological processes that employ solid-state fermentation (SSF) for the production of high value products. This work evaluates the feasibility of using canola cake as a substrate for protease production by a selected strain of Aspergillus oryzae cultivated under SSF. The influences of the following proc...

In the accompanying paper [Beylot, McKie, Voragen, Doeswijk-Voragen and Gilbert (2001) Biochem. J. 358, 607-614] the chromosome of Pseudomonas cellulosa was shown to contain two genes, abf51A and abf62A, that encode arabinofuranosidases belonging to glycoside hydrolase families 51 and 62, respectively. In this report we show that expression of Abf51A is induced by arabinose and arabinose-contai...

Distinct morphophysiological variations observed for over 2 years with-in short distances among four perennial plants indicated genetic diversity among the lines growing at three places. The isozyme and SDS polyacrylamide gel banding patterns as genetic markers were used to investigate four perennial species, namely Dalbergia sissoo Roxb., Delonix regia (Boj.) Refin., Cassia fistula L. and Calo...

INTRODUCTION Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have a decreased ability to clear cell remnants and multiple deficiencies in the ability to degrade cellular chromatin have been linked to the disease. Since the discovery of neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs), a renewed interest has been sparked in this field of research with multiple studies reporting a decreased ability of pati...

The effect of temperature on accumulation of starch was studied in grain slices of wheat (Triticum aestivum cv SUN9E), taken 15 days after anthesis. As compared with pretreatment of such slices at 25 degrees C, pretreatment at 30 or 35 degrees C reduced the subsequent conversion of sucrose to starch. In contrast to rice (Oryza sativa cv Calrose), pretreatment of wheat soluble starch synthase in...

Identification of spider mites based on morphological characteristics is difficult because morphological differences between species may be subtle and in some groups, including the Tetranychus Dufour species, detectable only in adult males, which usually correspond to a small proportion of a population. The utility of an alternative method, phosphoglucomutase (PGM) zymogram, is demonstrated in ...

An aspartic proteinase was isolated from American lobster gastric fluid. The purified cathepsin D runs as a single band on native-PAGE displaying proteolytic activity on a zymogram at pH 3.0, with an isoelectric point of 4.7. Appearance of the protein in SDS-PAGE, depended on the conditions of the gel electrophoresis. SDS treatment by itself was not able to fully unfold the protein. Thus, in SD...

Fibrinolytic enzyme produced by Bacillus spp. are known to possess an unique property to degrade fibrin blood clots. Fibrinolytic enzyme such as nattokinase has commercial applications as a therapeutic agents and functional food formulation. In this study, we report an interesting characteristic feature of Bacillus subtilis BR21, a native isolate for its ability to produce multiple proteases th...