Lisinopril (N alpha-[(S)-1-carboxy-3-phenylpropyl]L-lysyl-L-proline), a potent angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor, is an exceptionally selective affinity chromatography ligand for this enzyme. Affinity chromatography furnishes electrophoretically homogeneous enzyme directly from crude homogenates of rabbit lung tissue, a 1,000-fold purification; also, it affords a 100,000-fold enrichment o...

An enzymatic assay is described for non-albuminbound bilirubin in the serum of newborn infants. Unbound bilirubin is oxidized to colorless compounds by ethyl hydroperoxide in the presence of horseradish peroxidase (EC 1.11.1.7), while albumin-bound bilirubin is protected from oxidation. Because the equilibrium between albumin and bilirubin occurs rapidly, the oxidation step is rate limiting, an...

Erythrocytes from growth hormone-deficient children (GHd-children) (n = 10) showed a statistically significant increase in insulin binding at low unlabeled insulin concentrations, together with a threefold decrease in apparent receptor affinity, as compared to control children (C) (n = 11). Scatchard analysis of the binding data using the two-site model revealed that both the receptor concentra...

Measurements in BC3H-1 clonal muscle cells allow the simultaneous estimation of agonist occupation and the coupled permeability response of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor in the intact cell. The present experiments combine binding and permeability measurements to examine the action of several noncompetitive inhibitors of the receptor. Several local anesthetics and histrionicotoxin (HTX) a...

The interaction between zinc ion and human serum albumin (HSA) was investigated by nano-Wattscale isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC). From the analysis of the ITC data, the binding characteristics and thermodynamic properties of the system were obtained and the binding mechanism was discussed. It was found that the experimental data fit well with the Langmuir’s binding theory and the system...

The Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ac delta-endotoxin was shown to bind in a biphasic manner to Manduca sexta aminopeptidase N (APN) present in a novel model membrane. Surface plasmon resonance analysis allowed the quantification of toxin binding to M. sexta APN in a supported lipid monolayer. The initial binding was rapid and reversible, with an affinity constant of 110 nM. The second phase was sl...

Pulmonate snails that experience extreme variations in gas tensions and temperatures possess extracellular, high-molecular mass (∼1.7 × 106 Da) hemoglobins (Hbs) that are little known as regards oxygenation and allosteric characteristics. Biomphalaria glabrata hemolymph exhibits a high O2 affinity (half-saturation O2 tension = 6.1 mmHg; pH 7.7, 25°C), pronounced Bohr effect (Bohr factor = -0.5)...