UNLABELLED Intracerebroventricular administration of angiotensins causes pronounced pressor and dipsogenic responses. The suggestion that angiotensin III rather than angiotensin II is the active peptide in the brain spawned what we call The Angiotensin III. HYPOTHESIS To test this hypothesis, 5 angiotensin II analogs containing zero or one position substitutions conferring resistance to amino...

The aminopeptidase specificity of 24 strains of bacteria was determined fluorometrically by use of a series of alpha-amino acid beta-naphthylamides as substrates. Provided that strict control over medium and growth time was adhered to, a reproducible profile of aminopeptidase activity was obtained which could be used for the identification of bacteria.

A simple, sensitive staining procedure for the localization of leucine aminopeptidase isoenzymes after electrophoretic separation on cellulose acetate membranes is described. Separation of leucine aminopeptidase isoenzymes, using cellulose acetate membranes, does not appear to be a rewarding diagnostic procedure in the investigation of hepatobiliary or pancreatic disorders.

Sixty-six lactic acid bacteria strains, isolated from traditional cheeses, were identified by MALDI-TOF technology, characterised through the evaluation of their enzymatic activities (acidifying and proteolytic capacities carboxypeptidase, aminopeptidase, dipeptidase esterase activities) selected a scoring system based on activity results in order to select wild strains technological interest f...

The structural gene for the Vibrio cholerae leucine aminopeptidase (lap) was cloned and sequenced. The cloned DNA fragment contained a 1,503-bp open reading frame potentially encoding a 501-amino-acid polypeptide with a calculated molecular mass of 54,442 Da. The deduced amino acid sequence of the entire protein showed high homology with the sequence of Vibrio proteolyticus leucine aminopeptida...

A high intake of monounsaturated fat has been proposed to be a dietary factor that can decrease the incidence of cardiovascular disease and hypertension. In addition, increasing dietary fat saturation has been shown to increase plasma total cholesterol and elevate systolic and diastolic blood pressures. We demonstrated previously that cholesterol selectively increases in vitro aminopeptidase A ...

While it is clear that the proteasome is the major player in degradative proteolysis in the nucleus and cytosol, there is a lack of complete agreement on whether there are alternative proteolytic pathways or activities responsible for a significant degradation of cytosolic/nuclear substrates. Particularly relevant is the case of the aminopeptidase TPPII (tripeptidyl peptidase II), which has bee...

We localized the methionine aminopeptidase (map) gene on the Escherichia coli chromosome next to the rpsB gene at min 4. Genetically modified strains with the chromosomal map gene under lac promoter control grew only in the presence of the lac operon inducer isopropyl-beta-thiogalactoside. Thus, methionine aminopeptidase is essential for cell growth.