A simple one-step process for the nucleic acid reduction in Rhodotorula glutinis is described. The process consists of submitting the yeast cells to a heat treatment in an acidic (pH 2) spent medium. The optimal temperature for pH 2 medium is 90 C and the final nucleic acid content in treated yeasts was 1.2%. Heat treatment at acidic pH is preferred to that at alkaline pH because it offers a be...

An l-aminopeptidase of Pseudomonas putida, used in an industrial process for the hydrolysis of d,l-amino acid amide racemates, was purified to homogeneity. The highly l-enantioselective enzyme resembled thiol reagent-sensitive alkaline serine proteinases and was strongly activated by divalent cations. It possessed a high substrate specificity for dipeptides and alpha-H amino acid amides, e.g., ...

This study is focused on synthesis of nano-colloidal silica via alkaline water glass solution. Sodium ions of water glass were removed by cation exchanging in a resin column to obtain the silicic acid which was titrated to the solution of sodium silicate. Concentration of the colloidal silica and pH value of the solutions were controlled using different concentrations of alkaline sodium silicat...

In the course of the odontogenesis of bovine incisors several clearly distinguishable phosphohydrolase activities are observed in the pulp and in dental hard tissues. Using various substrates and inhibitors, unspecific alkaline phosphatase, two isoenzymes of acid phosphatase, Ca2(+)-activated ATPase and inorganic pyrophosphatase are characterized. The enzymatic activity of alkaline phosphatase ...

With dimethyl sulphoxide instead of butanol in the thiobarbituric acid assay for sialic acid, a non-fading chromophore with lambdamax. = 549 nm was produced in a homogeneous solution, allowing dilution of the test mixture in case of high colour yield. This test adapted well to studies on alkaline de-O-acetylation. Bovine and rat submaxillary mucins, and rabbit Tamm-Horsfall urinary sialoprotein...

known acid phosphatase and acid pyrophosphatase, a potent alkaline pyrophosphatase, active only in the presence ofadded Mg2+, was found to be present in all vegetable tissues tested. Fresh plant products showed more alkaline pyrophosphatase activity than the stored products. The richest sources are green leaves, which also contain large amounts of acid pyrophosphatase. However, some leaves like...

in this work, spherical pt nanometer-scale particles supported on the poly (m-toluidine)/triton x-100 film modified carbon nanotube paste electrode (pt/pmt (tx-100)/mcntpe) was used as a potent catalyst for electrooxidation of formaldehyde (hcho) in both 0.5 m h2so4 and 0.1 m naoh solutions. the obtained results showed that utilization of tx-100 as an additive during the electropolymerization p...