Gene/Protein Disease Symptom Drug Enzyme Compound
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Query: EC:3.2.1.17 (lysozyme)
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A search for antibacterial activity in different organs/tissues of the horse mussel, Modiolus modiolus, was conducted. Dried samples were extracted with 60% (v/v) acetonitrile, containing 0.1% (v/v) trifluoroacetic acid. Due to high salt content, two liquid phases were obtained; an acetonitrile-rich phase (ACN extract) and an aqueous phase. The aqueous phase was further subjected to solid phase extraction (SPE). Eluates from SPE and ACN extracts were tested for antibacterial, lysozyme, and toxic activity. Antibacterial activity was demonstrated in extracts from several tissues, including plasma, haemocytes, labial palps, byssus, mantle, and gills. Some of the extracts were sensitive to proteinase K treatment, indicating antibacterial peptides and/or proteins. Lysozyme-like activity and toxic activity against Artemia salina nauplii was detected in fractions from the gills, mantle, muscle, and haemocytes. Results from this study indicate that M. modiolus is a promising source for identifying novel drug lead compounds.
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PMID:Antibacterial activities in various tissues of the horse mussel, Modiolus modiolus. 1505 Aug 41

MEKC of standard proteins was investigated on PDMS microfluidic devices. Standard proteins were labeled with AlexaFluor(R) 488 carboxylic acid tetrafluorophenyl ester and filtered through a size-exclusion column to remove any small peptides and unreacted label. High-efficiency MEKC separations of these standard proteins were performed using a buffer consisting of 10 mM sodium tetraborate, 25 mM SDS, and 20% v/v ACN. A separation of BSA using this buffer in a 3.0 cm long channel generated a peak with a plate height of 0.38 microm in <20 s. Additional fast separations of myoglobin, alpha-lactalbumin, lysozyme, and cytochrome c also yielded peaks with plate heights ranging from 0.54 to 0.72 microm. All proteins migrated with respect to their individual pIs. To improve the separations, we used a PDMS serpentine chip with tapered turns and a separation distance of 25 cm. The number of plates generated increased linearly with increasing separation distance on the extended separation channel chips; however, the resolution reached an asymptotic value after about 7 cm. This limited the peak capacity of the separation technique to 10-12.
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PMID:Micellar electrokinetic chromatography of fluorescently labeled proteins on poly(dimethylsiloxane)-based microchips. 1672 4

A neutral octadecyl monolithic (ODM) column for RP capillary electrochromatography (RP-CEC) has been developed. The ODM column was prepared by the in situ polymerization of octadecyl acrylate (ODA) as the monomer and trimethylolpropanetrimethacrylate (TRIM) as the crosslinker, in a ternary porogenic solvent containing cyclohexanol, ethylene glycol, and water. The ODM column exhibited cathodal EOF over a wide range of pH and ACN concentration in the mobile phase despite the fact that it was devoid of any fixed charges. It is believed that the EOF is due to the adsorption of ions from the mobile phase onto the surface of the monolith thus imparting to the neutral ODM column the zeta potential necessary to support the EOF required for mass transport across the monolithic column. Furthermore, the adsorption of mobile phase ions to the neutral monolith modulated solute retention and affected the separation selectivity. The wide applications of the neutral ODM column were demonstrated by its ability to separate a wide range of small and large solutes, both neutral and charged. While the separation of the neutral solutes was based on RP retention mechanism, the charged solutes were separated on the basis of their electrophoretic mobility and hydrophobic interaction with the C18 ligands of the stationary phase. As a typical result, the neutral monolithic column was able to separate peptides quite rapidly with a separation efficiency of nearly 200,000 plates/m, and this efficiency was exploited in tryptic peptide mapping of standard proteins, e. g., lysozyme and cytochrome C, by isocratic elution.
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PMID:Neutral octadecyl monolith for reversed phase capillary electrochromatography of a wide range of solutes. 1869 9

In this study, microchip free flow planar RP electrochromatography (microFF-PRPEC) was developed by in situ polymerization of monolithic materials in microchamber, and successfully applied for the separation of dyes and proteins. Poly(butyle methyacrylate-co-ethylene dimethacrylate) was prepared by UV-initiated polymerization in a glass microchamber (42 mm long, 23 mm wide, and 28 microm deep). A mixture of 1-propanol, 1,4-butanediol, and water was chosen as porogens, and 1.2% (wt%) 2-acrylamide-2-methyl-propanesulfonic acid (AMPS) was added into the polymerization solution to generate EOF. With 30% v/v ACN-15 mM Tris-HCl as the mobile phase, rhodamine B and methyl green were separated from each other with 400 V transverse voltage applied, and resolution as high as 4.6 was obtained, much higher than that obtained by microFFE under optimal conditions. Furthermore, microFF-PRPEC was also successfully applied into the separation of lysozyme and ribonuclease B, and resolution as high as 9.4 was obtained. All these results demonstrate that microFF-RPPEC might have great potential in the microscale continuous preparation of samples with improved resolution compared to microFFE.
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PMID:Microchip free flow planar reversed phase electrochromatography with monolithic stationary phase. 1958 31