The specificities of the soluble and membrane aspartate-binding activities were compared with each other and with the specificity of aspartate chemotaxis and were found to be distinct. The soluble aspartate-binding protein was purified to homogeneity and had a molecular weight of 30,000. The dissociation constant was 10(-6) M for aspartate, and the protein bound glutamate, cysteic acid, and 2-a...

Experimental methods and equations are given for calculating the concentration and dissociation constant of each acid or base in a mixture by use of its complex pH titration curve. The principle is illustrated by means of experimental data for malonic acid. This problem is important as an aid in determining the nature of the acids and bases in p~ant and animal fibers, fruits, culture media , pu...

calix(6)arene hydroxamic acids (iii) are synthesised for the first time by reactingcalix(6)arene acid chloride(ii) with substituted hydroxylamines at low temperature in the presence ofsodium bicarbonate. the p-carboxycalix(6)arene(i) is obtained by an acid catalysed condensationreaction of p-hydroxybenzoic acid and formaldehyde. these calixarenes are characterised by meltingpoint, uv, ir, 1h nm...

6 Dodge originally used "A" and "a" to designate the two sex types in Neurospora crassa. Lindegren later substituted the symbols "+" and "-" for these. Because of the desirability of using the symbol + for the normal allele of a gene and also to designate a positive experimental result, we prefer Dodge's original designations. 4 Neither conversion of pimelic acid to p-aminobenzoic acid by the n...

Tetrodotoxin (TTX) is a highly specific blocker of voltage-gated sodium channels. The dissociation constant of block varies with different channel isoforms. Until recently, channel resistance was thought to be primarily imparted by amino acid substitutions at a single position in domain I. Recent work reveals a novel site for tetrodotoxin resistance in the P-region of domain IV.

Pediocin PA-1 bound to anionic lipid vesicles with saturated or unsaturated fatty acid chains in a lipid concentration-dependent fashion. Little change in binding parameters was observed for zwitterionic lipid vesicles. Decreasing the anionic lipid content of the vesicles gave a higher relative dissociation constant for the peptide-lipid interactions and further supports the electrostatic inter...