88MHz 113Cd-n.m.r. studies of native rat liver metallothioneins

NMR studies of crab and plaice metallothioneins.

Metallothioneins isolated from the hepatopancreas of the edible crab (Cancer paqurus) and the plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) after cadmium injection are predominantly cadmium proteins containing only small amounts of zinc and traces of copper. The removal of metal ions from the two metallothioneins by EDTA was studied using proton NMR spectroscopy. The rates of removal of cadmium and zinc were ...

University of Groningen NMR studies of the human donor liver

Purification and biochemical characterization of native ERp29 from rat liver.

ERp29 is a recently characterized resident of the ER (endoplasmic reticulum) lumen that has broad biological significance, being expressed ubiquitously and abundantly in animal cells. As an apparent housekeeper, ERp29 is thought to be a general folding assistant for secretory proteins and to probably function as a PDI (protein disulphide isomerase)-like molecular chaperone. In the present paper...

Groningen NMR studies of the human donor liver

Studies on Squalene Epoxidase of Rat Liver*

Rat liver microsomes previously heated to 50” for 5 mm accumulate 2,3-oxidosqualene on incubation with squalene. Squalene epoxidase activity can be assayed either with squalene and heated microsomes or with lO,ll-dihydrosqualene and intact microsomes. In common with other monooxygenases, the epoxidase requires TPNH and molecular oxygen. Both a soluble fraction of rat liver and microsomes are ne...