Mitochondria from Pisum sativum seedlings purified free of peroxisomal and chlorophyll contamination were examined for acetyl-coenzyme A (CoA) hydrolase activity. Acetyl-CoA hydrolase activity was latent when assayed in isotonic media. The majority of the enzyme activity was found in the soluble matrix of the mitochondria. The products, acetate and CoA, were quantified by two independent method...

A previous study postulated that acetate metabolism was a metabolic sensory mechanism that related information about E. coli's environment to the formation of biofilms (Prüβ et al., Arch. Microbiol. 2010). Considering that mutants in pta ackA (no acetyl phosphate) and ackA (high acetyl phosphate) exhibited similarly increased biofilm amounts and three dimensional structures, the hypothesis for ...

FABMS analysis of T-lb peptide before and after one cycle of Edman degradation indicated an unblocked N-terminal Thr residue for this tryptic peptide. In contrast , our data showed a molecular protonated ion, MH + for T- la peptide at 655 mass units (mu) which is 42 mu higher than the MH ion of T- 1b peptide. In addition, T- la peptide was not amenable to one cycle of manual Edman degrada...

β-N-acetylhexosaminidases have great potential in applied biocatalysis owing to their ability act on a wide range of natural and modified substrates. In this work, from four Penicillium crustosum strains (PcHex) were studied. The production showed the highest enzymatic activity culture medium after 11–14 days cultivation. specific isolated purified PcHex hydrolysis 4-nitrophenyl-N-acetyl-β-D-ga...

A simple, green synthesis of N-alkyl-3-acetyl-2-methylpyrrole derivatives using ZnO nanoparticles from the three component reaction of aliphatic amines, acetylacetone (as a 1,3-dicarbonyl compound) and α-haloketones under solvent-free condition is described.