1. Lactogenesis was initiated in pregnant rats by ovariectomy, thereby causing progesterone withdrawal, after which the mammary tissue was analysed for contents of enzymes and metabolites concerned with the biosynthesis of lactose. 2. Lactose synthesis increased about 126-fold with little or no accompanying change in the contents of most metabolic intermediates or in the adenine nucleotide ener...

PURPOSE We have previously shown that lactose, but not mannose, promotes the assembly of nascent photoreceptor outer segments in the absence of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE). The purpose of the present study was to determine if, in addition to the improved outer segment assembly observed in the presence of lactose, biosynthetic changes in Muller cells could also be detected. METHODS Th...

The B protein, a subunit of lactose synthetase (EC 2.4.1. c), was crystallized from bovine skim milk and bovine mammary tissue. The B protein was identified as cu-lactalbumin, based on the following criteria: substitution in the enxymic rate assays, spectra, immunological titrations, amino acid composition, mobility on starch gel electrophoresis, molecular weight, and cochromatography on diethy...

1. A comparison was made of the composition of milk from front and rear tetas in four sows. There were small and not significant differences in fat, protein and lactose contents, and in the fatty-acid composition of the milk fat with the exception of the 18:3 acid where the difference was also small but significant. 2. The effects of intravenous infusions of glucose and insulin in lactating sow...

Abstract The mixture of glucose and β-disaccharide (MGD) synthesized by transglycosylation as a low-cost soluble carbon source can efficiently induce cellulase production in Trichoderma reesei , which holds potential for the biorefining lignocellulosic biomass. However, it is not yet fully understood how MGD induces T. cellulase. In this study, transcriptomic analyses were conducted to investig...

the aim of this study was to compare the effects of two levels of crude protein using poultry by-product meals (pbpm) fed during late gestation on the performance, blood metabolites, and colostrum composition of holstein dairy cows. sixteen multiparous cows 26±6 d before expected calving were assigned randomly to two treatments containing 1) 14% and 2) 16% crude protein. the cow’s bcs was 3.56 ...