Isoelectric focusing and isoelectric points of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases

Isoelectric focusing.

Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases database

Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (AARSs) are at the center of the question of the origin of life. They constitute a family of enzymes integrating the two levels of cellular organization: nucleic acids and proteins. AARSs arose early in evolution and are believed to be a group of ancient proteins. They are responsible for attaching amino acid residues to their cognate tRNA molecules, which is the firs...

Capillary Isoelectric Focusing

Beale SC (1998) Capillary electrophoresis. Analytical Chemistry 70: 279. (This journal prints every two years a review on capillary electrophoresis. The article is written by an expert in the Reld and covers more or less all developments in CE including CGE of the preceding years.) Grossmann PD and Colburn JC (eds) (1996) Capillary Electrophoresis: Theory and Practice. San Diego: Academic Press...

Isoelectric points of viruses.

Viruses as well as other (bio-)colloids possess a pH-dependent surface charge in polar media such as water. This electrostatic charge determines the mobility of the soft particle in an electric field and thus governs its colloidal behaviour which plays a major role in virus sorption processes. The pH value at which the net surface charge switches its sign is referred to as the isoelectric point...

Isoelectric Focusing of Human Liver

1. Isoelectric focusing of human liver alkaline phosphatase in a sucrose density gradient with LKB Ampholine as carrier ampholytes is described. 2. Problems due to the chelating properties of the ampholytes and the pH gradient were examined. 3. A reactivation procedure to counter these effects was devised that can probably be used for other alkaline phosphatases. 4. The isoelectric point of hum...