1. A method for the isolation from animal tissues of UDP-glucuronic acid by one-dimensional paper chromatography is described and its concentrations in some tissues of several species of vertebrates are reported; the incorporation of [(32)P]-phosphate into UDP-glucuronic acid in vivo was also investigated. 2. The concentration of UDP-glucuronic acid was higher in the liver of rats, rabbits and ...

1. A method was developed for synthesizing UDP-apiose [uridine 5'-(alpha-d-apio-d-furanosyl pyrophosphate)] from UDP-glucuronic acid [uridine 5'-(alpha-d-glucopyranosyluronic acid pyrophosphate)] in 62% yield with the enzyme UDP-glucuronic acid cyclase. 2. UDP-apiose had the same mobility as uridine 5'-(alpha-d-xylopyranosyl pyrophosphate) when chromatographed on paper and when subjected to pap...

In network steganography methods based on packet length, the length of the packets is used as a carrier for exchanging secret messages. Existing methods in this area are vulnerable against detections due to abnormal network traffic behaviors. The main goal of this paper is to propose a method which has great resistance to network traffic detections. In the first proposed method, the sender embe...

Abstract Introduction Interscalene block (ISB) is commonly used for efficient pain relief after arthroscopic shoulder surgery. But, it linked with a greater occurrence of unilateral diaphragmatic paralysis (UDP). This may add to patient dissatisfaction and also not be tolerated well by patients having respiratory diseases. We have compared the efficacy costoclavicular (CCB) ISB postoperative an...

Practical enzyme-based routes for the syntheses of uridine 5'-diphosphogalactose (UDP-Gal) and uridine 5'-diphospho-N-acetylgalactosamine (UDP-GalNAc) on millimole scales have been developed. The activity of galactokinase (EC 2.7.L.6) in crude enzyme extracts from galactose-adapted yeast, coupled to a regenerating system for ATP, provides convenient and economical access to galactose-a-1-phosph...

The flavoenzyme UDP-galactopyranose mutase (UGM) is a mediator of cell wall biosynthesis in many pathogenic microorganisms. UGM catalyzes a unique ring contraction reaction that results in the conversion of UDP-galactopyranose (UDP-Galp) to UDP-galactofuranose (UDP-Galf). UDP-Galf is an essential precursor to the galactofuranose residues found in many different cell wall glycoconjugates. Due to...