The tricarboxylate transporter was solubilized from pea (Pisum sativum) mitochondria with Triton X-114, partially purified over a hydroxylapatite column, and reconstituted in phospholipid vesicles. The proteoliposomes exchanged external [(14)C]citrate for internal citrate or malate but not for preloaded d,l-isocitrate. Similarly, although external malate, succinate, and citrate competed with [(...

Neste trabalho, é proposto um novo método para a determinação de cobre, utilizando extração em ponto-nuvem. O reagente 2-[2 ́-(6-metil-benzotiazolilazo)]-4-bromofenol (Me-BTABr) foi usado como agente complexante e Triton X-114 foi adicionado como surfactante. Após a separação das fases, foi promovida a diluição da fase rica em surfactante com metanol acidificado, e o teor de cobre medido por Esp...

Mycoplasma Gallinarum is a commensal with a host range that includes most poultry. This property of M. gallinarum may reflect unique mechanisms for colonization and persistence in various hosts. In previous studies a leucine aminopeptidase (LAP) gene candidate was cloned from a M. gallinarum recombinant genomic library and characterized. Here we evaluate the LAP gene from M. gallinarum at the p...

Lung contains both Mg2+-dependent and Mg2+-independent phosphatidate phosphohydrolase activities. Addition of Triton X-100 (0.5%) or chlorpromazine (1 mM) leads to a marked increase in the total phosphatidate phosphohydrolase activity in rat lung microsomes (microsomal fractions), but a decrease in the Mg2+-dependent activity. These observations suggest that the Mg2+-independent activity is sti...

Investigamos o processo de extração no ponto-nuvem para bismuto, a partir de soluções aquosas, usando o surfactante não-iônico Triton X-114. O método consiste na reação de complexação do Bi(III) com vermelho de bromopirogalol e extração mediada pelo sistema micelar. As condições ótimas de extração e reação (pH, concentração de reagentes, efeito do tempo de incubação etc.) foram estudadas, e as ...

Foi investigado um processo de extração rápido, seletivo e sensível por ponto nuvem para extrair o indofenol, formado na reação de Berthelot com amônia, a partir de soluções aquosas. Utilizou-se a mistura do surfactante não iônico, Triton X-114, e do catiônico, brometo de cetiltrimetilamônio (CTAB). O método foi baseado na cor do corante indofenol produzido pela reação da amônia com fenol em me...

A new micell-mediated phase separation method for preconcentration of ultra-trace quantities of cadmium as a prior step to its determination by flame atomic absorption spectrometry has been developed. The method is based on the cloud point extraction (CPE) of cadmium in iodide media with Triton X-114 in the absence of any chelating agent. The optimal extraction and reaction conditions (e.g., ac...

Purified budded virions of Autographa californica nuclear polyhedrosis virus (AcNPV) contain abundant amounts of free ubiquitin, which has an altered electrophoretic mobility on SDS gels as compared with standard ubiquitin. Phase extraction of virion proteins with Triton X-114 indicated that the modified form of ubiquitin behaved as an integral membrane protein. The membrane-bound form of ubiqu...

Endoplasmic reticulum membranes stripped of attached ribosomes were isolated from homogenates of germinating castor bean (Ricinus communis L.) endosperm by sucrose density gradient centrifugation. The isolated endoplasmic reticulum fraction was further separated into two major membrane subfractions by centrifugation on a flotation gradient. Both subfractions appeared to be derived from the endo...

A sensitive solvent-free extraction protocol for the quantification of arsenic at trace level has been described. It is based on the reaction of arsenic (V) with molybdate in acidic medium in presence of antimony (III) and ascorbic acid as a reducing agent to form a blue-colored arsenomolybdenum blue complex. The complex has been extracted into surfactant phase using Triton X-114, and its absor...