A procedure is described for the preparation in homogeneous form of the neurotoxin found in cultures of Clostridium bofulinum type B. The toxin is a protein of molecular weight 167,000 and consists of at least two subunits. The molecular weights of the subunits are approximately 59,000 and 104,000. The toxin is irreversibly inactivated by p-chloromercuribenzoate, iodoacetic acid, and iodoacetam...

A 29 kDa cysteine protease of Taenia solium metacestodes was purified by Mono Q anion-exchanger and Superose 6 HR gel filtration chromatography. The enzyme was effectively inhibited by cysteine protease inhibitors, such as iodoacetic acid (IAA) and trans-epoxy-succinyl-L-leucyl-amido (4-guanidino) butane (E-64) while inhibitors acting on serine- or metallo-proteases did not affect the enzyme ac...

Sendai virus is able to induce the fusion of human erythrocytes. Bivalent cations or ATP are not essential for polyerythrocyte formation. High fusion indices were obtained when Sendai virus was added to cells incubated in the presence of both EDTA and iodoacetic acid. Human erythrocyte ghosts prepared by gradual hemolysis still retain the potential to undergo virus-induced fusion. Fusion of hum...

Glutathione peroxidase (EC 1.11.1.9) present in the liver of Japanese sea bass (Lateolabrax japonicus) was extracted and purified by phenyl-toyopearl 650M, butyl-toyopearl 650M and DEAE-toyopearl 650M column chromatography. The molecular weight of the enzyme was estimated to be about 70 kDa by gel filtration by toyopearl HW-55F. On SDS-PAGE, this enzyme was composed of two identical subunits wi...