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Portions of closed jejunal biopsies from the dog were homogenised and their organelles separated by isopycnic centrifugation on continuous sucrose density gradients. The distributions of marker enzymes for the principal organelles were determined using highly sensitive assay procedures. The following organelles, with assayed marker enzymes and modal densities between brackets were characterised: peroxisomes (catalase, 1.21); brush borders (zinc-resistant alpha-glucosidase, leucyl-beta-naphthyl-amidase, gamma-glutamyl transferase, alkaline phosphatase, 1.20); lysosomes (N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase, alpha-mannosidase, 1.19); mitochondria (malate dehydrogenase, 1.18); endoplasmic reticulum (Tris-resistant alpha-glucosidase, 1.16); basal-lateral membranes (5'-nucleotidase, 1.11) and cytosol (lactate dehydrogenase). Homogenisation in isotonic sucrose containing digitonin (0.12 mmol/litre) selectively disrupted lysosomes and increased the equilibrium density of brush border and basal-lateral membranes. This procedure will be used to study the subcellular pathology of naturally occurring intestinal disease in the dog.
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PMID:Subcellular fractionation studies on peroral jejunal biopsies from the dog. 3 Jan 25

Acyl-CoA: 6-APA acyltransferase (AT) from Penicillium chrysogenum Wis 54-1255 catalyzes the hydrolysis of different acyl-CoA derivatives generating, in the absence of 6-APA, free acid and CoA. The hydrolytic efficiency of AT is highest for acyl-CoA variants in which the acyl-moiety is higher than six carbon atoms. The maximal rate of catalysis was achieved in 50 mM Tris-HCl buffer, pH 8.5 at 35 degrees C. Unlike the AT activity, the acylase activity has a different optimum temperature and substrate specificity and dithiothreitol is not required for the reaction.
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PMID:Acyl-CoA: 6-APA acyltransferase from Penicillium chrysogenum studies on its hydrolytic activity. 184 14

Poly-L-lysine has been demonstrated to partially replace biological cofactors in the activation of prothrombin by factor Xa. The present study was initiated to determine if poly-L-lysine has an effect on the enzymatic activity of factor Xa in the absence of prothrombin. At low ionic strength (50 mM Tris-Cl, pH 8.0, ambient temperature), poly-L-lysine inhibits amidase activity (S-2222) of bovine factor Xa with high affinity (Ki = 7 nM). The inhibition was readily reversed by 100 mM NaCl. The inhibition was also markedly reduced by the addition of 1.0 mM CaCl2 but not by MnCl2 or MgCl2. All three metal ions enhance amidase activity in the absence of poly-L-lysine. Poly-L-lysine also inhibits the amidase activity of factor Xa from which the gamma-carboxyglutamic acid domain has been removed by limited proteolysis with chymotrypsin (factor Xa-GD) but with somewhat lower avidity (Ki = 35 nM). As with native factor Xa, calcium ions reduce the observed inhibition while either manganese or magnesium ions are much less effective. The amidase activity of factor Xa-GD is enhanced with any one of the three divalent cations. These results provide additional support for the existence of a functionally significant binding site for calcium ions outside of the gamma-carboxyglutamic domain of factor Xa.
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PMID:Interaction of polylysine with bovine factor Xa: effect of divalent cations. 348 86

Isolation of a self-selected population of motile spermatozoa is possible by using a gradient of bovine serum albumin (BSA). We determined if exposure to BSA altered the sperm or if isolated sperm differed from nonisolated cells in terms of motility or activity of sperm-bound amidase, either before or after subsequent cryopreservation. Exposure of sperm to 6% BSA in egg yolk Tris extender induced changes in the plasma and acrosomal membranes of sperm that resulted in exposure and activation of sperm-bound amidase (P less than .01). In experiment 2, semen extended in egg yolk Tris was cooled to 5 degrees C or layered onto a solution of 6% BSA in extender at 37 degrees C, from which the sperm that had swum into the BSA solution were recovered 2 h later and cooled to 5 degrees C. Sperm in both treatments were cryopreserved. The percentage of progressively motile sperm was determined visually and by track motility. Activity of sperm-bound amidase exposed to substrate was evaluated. After recovery of sperm from the 6% BSA solution, 81% were progressively motile as compared to 59% in the starting samples (P less than .01). However, the amount of exposed sperm-bound amidase also was greater (P less than .05); this was a deleterious change. Immediately after thawing, more (P less than .01) sperm were motile in samples of isolated sperm than for nonisolated cells (43 vs 24%), but after incubating the thawed sperm for 1 h at 37 degrees C there was no difference.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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PMID:Effects of exposing bovine sperm to bovine serum albumin, or freeze-thawing, on sperm-bound amidase activity. 350 48

Quality and fertility of sperm extended in egg yolk-Tes-Tris were compared with those of sperm in egg yolk-citrate and homogenized milk extenders. Extended semen was frozen in .5-ml plastic straws at 11, 15, 17, or 22 X 10(6) sperm per insemination dose. Laboratory evaluations at 0, 1, 2, and 4 h after thawing semen utilized four tests of spermatozoal quality. Use of egg-yolk citrate extender resulted in a higher percentage of progressively motile sperm as determined visually at 0 h after thawing than use of egg yolk-Tes-Tris or homogenized milk extenders. Sperm extended in egg yolk-citrate had 18% lower activity of bound amidase at 0 h than sperm extended in egg yolk-Tes-Tris. The 75-d nonreturn rates were affected by insemination dose but not be extender or the interaction of extender and insemination dose. Fertility was lower after insemination of 11 X 10(6) sperm than for pooled data for the three higher insemination doses (64 vs. 68%). Based on all data, postthaw quality of sperm processed in the one-step egg yolk-Tes-Tris extender was similar to that for sperm extended in egg yolk-citrate or homogenized milk.
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PMID:Effects of extender and insemination dose on postthaw quality and fertility of bovine sperm. 362 98

This report documents attempts to mimic the rate enhancement effect of thrombomodulin on human alpha-thrombin-catalyzed activation of human protein C in the absence of exogenous calcium. Specifically the following tryptamine analogs at 1 mM concentration were shown to enhance the protein C activation rate relative to a control with no added effector at pH 8.3 (50 mM Tris-HCl, 0.1 M NaCl, 37 degrees C): serotonin, 1.2; tryptamine, 2.9; 5-fluorotryptamine, 4.4; 6-fluorotryptamine, 7.2. At much higher levels, e.g. 10 mM, all of the above effectors, as well as indole, showed a moderate inhibition of human protein C activation. ATP, a platelet release product, showed a sigmoidal inhibition pattern similar to that found previously for thrombin amidase, clotting, and esterase activity (Conery, B.G., and Berliner, L.J. (1983) Biochemistry 22, 369-375). Overall, the enhancement factors for human alpha-thrombin activation of protein C with the tryptamine analogs described above were remarkable when considering the effect of a simple ligand versus the natural activator, thrombomodulin.
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PMID:Ligands which effect human protein C activation by thrombin. 365 43

The enzyme N-acetylmuramyl-L-alanine amidase (mucopeptide amidohydrolase, EC 3.5.1.28) has been detected in human, mouse, rabbit, bovine and sheep sera. A method for detection of amidase activity using [14C]peptidoglycan monomer as the substrate has been developed. Partial purification of human and mouse amidase was achieved by gel chromatography on Bio-Gel A-1.5 m, DEAE-Sephadex A-50 and Sephadex G-100. Both amidase preparations exhibited maximal activity at pH 9.0 in Tris-HCl buffer and required Mg2+ for maximal activity. Following digestion of peptidoglycan monomer, GlcNAc-MurNAc-L-Ala-D-isoglutaminyl-meso-diaminopimelyl-D-Ala-D-Ala, the disaccharide GlcNAc-MurNAc and the corresponding pentapeptide L-Ala-D-isoglutaminyl-meso-diaminopimelyl-D-Ala-D-Ala were formed and subsequently isolated and chemically characterized. The enzyme therefore acts as an N-acetylmuramyl-L-alanine amidase by cleaving the bond between N-acetylmuramic acid and L-alanine. The glycan linked, peptide-not-cross-linked peptidoglycan dimer was also shown to be a substrate for human and mouse amidase.
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PMID:Partial purification and characterization of N-acetylmuramyl-L-alanine amidase from human and mouse serum. 612 7

A simple and specific method for the estimation of trypsin in human duodenal juice was described. The procedures are as follows: add 10 ul of undiluted sample, measure 2.0 ml of substrate solution of benzoylarginine p-nitroanilide (BAPNA) 0.5 mg/ml in a Tris buffer, incubate at 37 degrees C for 10 minutes, then terminate tryptic activity with 2.0 ml of 30% v/v acetic acid, and read absorbance at 410 nm by a spectrophotometer. Coexistence of bile pigments, chymotrypsin or elastase did not interfere the estimation of tryptic activity in duodenal juice. Reproducibility (both within- and between-assay variances less than 8%), recovery (mean of 100%) and stability of the enzyme activity after 3 weeks at -20 degrees C with glycerol (96% of the initial activity) were sufficient for clinical use. The amidase activity of trypsin estimated with BAPNA as substrate correlated well both to the esterase activity measured with p-toluenesulfonyl-L-arginine methyl ester (TAME) as substrate and to the immunoreactivity determined by radioimmunoassay in human duodenal juice. Good correlation between total outputs of amylase and trypsin were observed in 29 patients undergoing pancreozymin secretin test. The present assay technique will provide simple and reliable means of measuring trypsin in duodenal fluid and of mutual checks of the secretory capacity of pancreatic enzymes and will increase diagnostic accuracy of pancreozymin secretin test.
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PMID:A simple and specific determination of trypsin in human duodenal juice. 615 4

Muscle actin is, in most cases, prepared from an acetone-dried powder of the myosin-removed myofibrils under low-salt conditions in the presence of ATP. In this paper, it is shown that G-actin can be directly extracted from the myosin-removed myofibrils without acetone treatment. The extraction conditions are the same as those used for the extraction of G-actin from the dried powder: extraction of the myosin-removed myofibrils for 1 h with 2 mM Tris-HCl, pH 8.0, in the presence of 0.5 mM ATP. However, the crude G-actin directly extracted from the myosin-removed myofibrils loses its polymerizability after prolonged extraction. Measurements of inorganic phosphate and thin layer chromatography of the adenine nucleotides of the crude G-actin solution show that free ATP added to the extraction buffer is sequentially hydrolyzed to ADP and AMP, and then finally converted to IMP. The instability of the G-(ADP)-actin, depolymerized from the ends of actin filaments, explains the loss in polymerizability of G-actin during the extraction. Residual ATPase, adenylate kinase, and deaminase contained in the myofibrils may account for the decomposition of ATP.
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PMID:Direct extraction of G-actin from the myosin-removed myofibrils under the conditions of low ionic strength. 716 Dec 61

New experimental conditions showing the phenomena of "antibiotic tolerance" are described. In Streptococcus pneumoniae, a strong protection against the loss of viability induced by penicillin was obtained when TRIS (hydroxymethyl aminomethane), instead of potassium phosphate, was used as buffer of the growth medium. The main pneumococcal autolysin (N-acetyl-muramil amidase) present in S. pneumoniae was found to be, at least partially, responsible for the loss of viability induced by beta-lactamic molecules.
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PMID:[Influence of the autolytic system on the bactericidal effect induced by beta-lactamic antibiotics (author's transl)]. 740 42


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