abstract：:Catalytic properties of Escherichia coli polyphosphate kinase (EC 2.7.4.1), a promising enzyme for use in ATP regeneration (Hoffman, et al., 1988, Biotechnol. Appl. Biochem. 10, 107-117), are reported here. E. coli polyphosphate kinase (PPK) is broadly active in the pH range 5.5 to 8.5, having an optimal Vmax at pH 7....

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Haeusler PA,Dieter L,Rittle KJ,Shepler LS,Paszkowski AL,Moe OA

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The main metabolic properties of human red blood cells (RBC) overloaded with glucose catabolizing enzymes such as hexokinase and glucose oxidase were evaluated. Human erythrocytes loaded with human hexokinase metabolized 3.1 +/- 0.2 mumol/h/ml RBC of glucose, an amount double that consumed by normal and unloaded cells...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Rossi L,Bianchi M,Magnani M

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As a model of cell-cell recognition processes, the association processes of a polysaccharide (mannan)-carrying liposome with a lectin (Concanavalin A, Con A)-carrying polymerized liposome were followed by turbidimetry. The association process was strongly inhibited by the addition of a low molecular weight sugar, meth...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Hasegawa M,Kaku T,Kuroda M,Ise N,Kitano H

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A pathway for the synthesis of the repeating tetrasaccharide units in gellan gum from Pseudomonas elodea is proposed. The enzymes presumed to be involved in the synthesis of the activated precursors UDP-glucose, TDP-rhamnose, and UDP-glucuronic acid were detected and assayed in crude cell extracts of the gellan-produc...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Martins LO,Sá-Correia I

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The application of the sulfhydryl protease ficin as biocatalyst is proposed as a novel method for enzyme-catalyzed synthesis of dipeptides. The negligible peptidase but considerable esterase activity at alkaline pH facilitated the kinetically controlled formation of peptide bonds by coupling the ester substrates Z-Ala...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Monter B,Herzog B,Stehle P,Fürst P

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Yeast cytochrome c peroxidase (CcP) was purified from baker's yeast and immobilised onto a nylon membrane. The kinetics of the soluble and immobilised forms of the enzyme were investigated for the catalysed oxidation of potassium ferrocyanide in the presence of H2O2 and m-chloroperoxybenzoic acid. The pH dependence of...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Cooper JM,McNeil CJ,Bannister JV

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We tested a variety of liposomes for parameters such as DNA binding capacity and DNase I protection of incorporated and attached DNA to elucidate their use as vehicles for DNA transfer into cells and animals. The results were compared to other potential DNA vehicles, empty viral capsids, and nanoparticles. Maximal bin...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Bertling WM,Gareis M,Paspaleeva V,Zimmer A,Kreuter J,Nürnberg E,Harrer P

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recombinant plasmid pNCO937 (8.1 kbp) containing a Streptomyces sp. cholesterol oxidase gene was introduced into Streptococcus thermophilus by electrotransformation. Transformation frequency was 7.2 x 10(5) colony forming units/micrograms of DNA. The presence of the cholesterol oxidase gene in S. thermophilus was ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Somkuti GA,Solaiman DK,Johnson TL,Steinberg DH

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Synthetic membranes containing 10% acrylamide units were subjected to activation with formaldehyde at pH 7.5 and 45 degrees C. Trypsin, invertase, and urease were bound to this activated membrane and the kinetic properties of immobilized enzymes were studied. The permeability of the membrane for distilled water manife...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Krysteva MA,Shopova BI,Yotova LY,Karasavova MI

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the erythrocyte membrane, the mobility of band 3 protein, the receptor for concanavalin A (Con A), is drastically reduced by the membrane skeleton. Yet, the vesicles free of membrane skeletal proteins, isolated from the highly agglutinable proteinase-treated cells, are found to be devoid of Con A agglutinability. T...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Pestonjamasp KN,Gokhale SM,Mehta NG

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) is a hematologic malignancy characterized by excessive growth of myeloid cells and their progenitors. The proportion of spectrin dimers compared to tetramers extracted from membranes at 4 degrees C, under low ionic strength conditions, increased in CML erythrocytes. These also displa...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Basu J,Kundu M,Rakshit MM,Chakrabarti P

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Solid-supported bilayer lipid membranes (s-BLMs) that possess some properties similar to those of conventional BLMs can be self-assembled on a freshly cleaved metal wire by a two-step procedure: (i) The tip of a Teflon-coated platinum wire, while immersed in a lipid solution, is cut off with a scalpel; (ii) the new ti...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Tien HT,Salamon Z

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A protein with a molecular mass of 66 kDa was isolated by a simple, rapid, and inexpensive method, using 3-N-morpholinopropanesulfonic acid, potassium thiocyanate, and dithiothreitol, from a mixture of spores, parasporal crystals, and cell debris of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki. The protein was active agains...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Venkateswerlu G,Stotzky G

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of anion-exchange polymeric matrices on endotoxin removal from albumin and gamma-globulin solutions are evaluated. The positively charged cellulose acrylic media carrying DEAE or QAE functional groups remove significant amounts of endotoxin from tap water, but are less effective in protein solutions. With ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Hou KC,Zaniewski R

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diadenosine 5',5'''-P1,P4-tetraphosphate (Ap4A) phosphorylase has been isolated previously using classical protein isolation techniques [A. Guranowski and S. Blanquet (1985) J. Biol. Chem. 260, 3542-3547]. A protein A-Sepharose immunoaffinity column was prepared to simplify the purification procedure. The immunoaffini...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Avila DM,Kaushal V,Barnes LD

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hybridization of the native and chemically inactivated aspartase from Escherichia coli was studied. Preparations of the tetrameric enzyme obtained by mixing the native and N-ethylmaleimide (NEM)-inactivated aspartase in 4 M guanidine-HCl followed by 51-fold dilution at room temperature retained catalytic activity....

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Imaishi H,Yumoto N,Tokushige M

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to impart an ability for receptor-independent transmembrane transfer to water-soluble proteins, it has been suggested that they be hydrophobized by lipid groups (fatty acids, etc.). To this end, systems of reversed micelles of surfactants in organic solvents were used as reaction media for protein modificatio...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Alakhov VYu,Kabanov AV,Batrakova EV,Koromyslova IA,Levashov AV,Severin ES

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A deletion htpR mutant of Escherichia coli has been constructed on the basis of site-directed mutagenesis. To this end, the chromosomal allele of htpR gene was substituted by a mutant allele introduced into the cell with a recombinant plasmid. The htpR mutant is characterized by a reduced level of proteolysis and ther...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Kiselev VI

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human urokinase was immobilized on an ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer surface. Soluble urokinase showed its maximum activity at pH 8.5, while the immobilized enzyme was most active at pH 9.0. Apparently, the shift in optimal pH was due to the polyanionic nature of the carrier surface on which the enzyme was immobiliz...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Yabushita Y

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bovine serum albumin (BSA) microspheres with an average diameter of 12.5 micron were prepared by crosslinking of BSA molecules with glutaraldehyde in the presence of polymethylmethacrylate dissolved in chloroform-toluene. Trypsin and anti-human IgG antibody were immobilized onto their surfaces by the glutaraldehyde-ac...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Yan CH,Kitano H,Ise N

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The participation of Mg2+ or Mn2+ nucleoside diphosphates in the reverse reaction catalyzed by purified carbamate kinase (ATP:carbamate phosphotransferase, EC 2.7.2.2) of Lactobacillus buchneri NCDO110 was studied. The results of initial velocity studies have indicated that Mn2+ ADP is as effective as a substrate as M...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Manca de Nadra MC,Pesce de Ruiz Holgado AA,Oliver G

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monoclonal antibodies specific to human prolactin were generated by an improved hybridoma technique. Following immunization with hormone conjugated with hemocyanin and cell fusion, hybrid cells were first cultured in a semisolid medium containing methylcellulose and later transferred to liquid medium for subculture. O...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Lee CY,Chow SN,Coleman P,DeTuri MP

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two monoclonal antibodies against human myeloperoxidase, designated 3-2H3 and 4-2C11, were produced and characterized. Both bound to the native enzyme, but neither bound to the denatured enzyme or to its two denatured subunits. 4-2C11 bound to the three types of leukocyte myeloperoxidase, I, II, and III, as well as to...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Hur SJ,Yamada M

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiolipin, the primary lipid hapten in the antigen suspension used for the detection of antitreponemal antibodies in the sera of syphilitic patients, was successfully coupled to glucose oxidase, peroxidase, and some other enzymes using different crosslinking agents. These complexes were used to replace the pure unco...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Ngeh-Ngwainbi J,Kuan SS,Steinman F,Guilbault GG

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new system equipped with a computer-controlled multiple activity analyzer has been developed for the efficient purification of multiple enzymes. The system consists of the following units: conventional enzyme fractionation system with a peristaltic pump, liquid chromatographic column, fraction collector, and uv moni...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Tokushige M,Sasaki S

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ethylene glycol bis (beta-aminoethyl ether)-N,N'-tetraacetic acid (EGTA)-calcium buffer is widely used in various calcium-dependent reactions where free calcium concentrations of 1 microM or less are desirable. The free calcium concentration is calculated from the association constant of EGTA . Ca2- and serves as the ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Segal J

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aspergillus niger and Rhizopus sp. glucoamylases were purified on an affinity chromatography column from commercially available, impure enzyme preparations. Up to 2 mg of glucoamylase protein was bound without leakage to a 1-ml affinity gel column (0.7 X 2.5 cm) possessing a covalently linked acarbose ligand (1 mg aca...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Ono K,Smith EE

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The extensive literature on natural antimicrobial systems in animals, plants, and microorganisms is surveyed and particular systems are discussed, viz., the peroxidase systems in saliva and milk, singlet oxygen in the phagosome, cecropins and attacins in insects, complement, lysozyme and, to a limited extent, phytoale...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Banks JG,Board RG,Sparks NH

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glutaraldehyde crosslinked, immunoprecipitated gulonolactone oxidase, injected intraperitoneally, has significant catalytic activity and is capable of providing long-term therapeutic benefit for the enzyme deficiency disease scurvy. The enzyme is tolerated even in repetitive doses. In the present study, however, we ha...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Sato P,Lindemann D

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:[Glu34]-thymopoietin II fragment 32-45 and its three analogs were prepared by substitution of the amino acid residue at position 37. These peptides were synthesized by a conventional solution method, followed by deprotection with 1 M trifluoromethanesulfonic acid-thioanisole in trifluoroacetic acid in the presence of ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Abiko T,Shishido H,Sekino H

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Feeding a basal diet free of vitamins E and C to weanling male rats for 8 months resulted in biochemical changes characteristic of vitamin E deficiency. These included increased liver thiobarbituric acid values; decreased blood GSH levels, plasma vitamin E levels, and glutathione peroxidase activities; and increased a...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Chen LH,Thacker RR

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carbamate kinase has been prepared from Lactobacillus buchneri NCDO110. An approximately 91-fold increase in the specific activity of the enzyme was achieved. The purified extract exhibited a single band following polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The apparent molecular weight as determined by gel electrophoresis wa...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Manca de Nadra MC,Nadra Chaud CA,Pesce de Ruiz Holgado A,Oliver G

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00