Aerobic and anaerobic bacteria isolated from human axillae were tested for their capacity to adhere to buccal epithelial cells, immortalized human epithelial (HEp-2) cells, and undifferentiated and differentiated human epithelial cells. In general, both aerobic and anaerobic diphtheroids adhered better to differentiated human epithelial cells than to HEp-2 and undifferentiated human epithelial ...

Porous membranes with glycopolymer brushes were prepared as biomaterials for affinity separation. Glycopolymer brushes contained acrylic acid and D-mannose or N-acetyl-D-glucosamine, and were formed on substrates by surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization. The presence of glycopolymer brush was confirmed by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, contact angle, and ellipsometry measure...

Zeleznick, L. D. (CIBA Pharmaceutical Co., Summit, N.J.), H. Hankin, J. J. Boltralik, H. Heymann, and S. S. Barkulis. Purification and properties of N-acetyl-d-glucosamine kinase from Streptococcus pyogenes. J. Bacteriol. 88:1288-1295. 1964.-A kinase from Streptococcus pyogenes which catalyzes adenosine triphosphate-dependent phosphorylation of d-glucose and N-acetyl-d-glucosamine has been puri...

In a previous study on heparin biosynthesis, incubation of a mouse mastocytoma microsomal fraction with UDP-N-acetyl-D-glucosamine and UDP-D-glucuronic acid resulted in the formation of two nonsulfated polysaccharides, one of which was fully N-acetylated whereas the other contained about equal amounts of Nacetylated and N-unsubstituted glucosamine residues. In the presence of 3’-phosphoadenylyl...

In a previous study on heparin biosynthesis, incubation of a mouse mastocytoma microsomal fraction with UDP-N-acetyl-D-glucosamine and UDP-D-glucuronic acid resulted in the formation of two nonsulfated polysaccharides, one of which was fully N-acetylated whereas the other contained about equal amounts of Nacetylated and N-unsubstituted glucosamine residues. In the presence of 3’-phosphoadenylyl...

BACKGROUND Two sequential enzymes in the production of sialic acids, N-acetyl-D-glucosamine 2-epimerase (GlcNAc 2-epimerase) and N-acetyl-D-neuraminic acid aldolase (Neu5Ac aldolase), were overexpressed as double-tagged gene fusions. Both were tagged with glutathione S-transferase (GST) at the N-terminus, but at the C-terminus, one was tagged with five contiguous aspartate residues (5D), and th...

Cell-free extracts of ikfucor rouxii contain enzymes which synthesize uridine diphosphate &lcetyl-D-glucosamine from IV-acetyl-n-glucosamine. Procedures are described to prepare radiolabeled UDP-GlcNAc using cell-free extracts or living cells of this fungus. This sugar nucleotide serves as the precursor for chitin synthesis. Free N-acetyl-n-glucosamine is a strong activator of chitin synthesis....

N-Acetyl-ß-D-hexosaminidases (EC 3.2.1.52) from Artemia nauplii were isolated and char­ acterized. Three different enzymes I, II, and II2 were separated according to their behaviour on anion exchange chromatography and gel filtration columns. Their apparent molecular masses were 83,000 ± 7000, 110,000 ± 10,000 and 56,000 ± 5000 Da with corresponding S-values o f 8.6, 11.9 and 7.9. All three enz...