In the present work, bakers yeast catalyzed efficient synthesis of 2-amino-2-chromenes in methanol is presented. Here ultrasonication has dual role i.e. as a source energy for reaction and tool disruption cells. The cyclocondensation been essentially carried under neutral conditions, thus reducing possibility unwanted side reactions.

Since recent surveys of insect hemolymph (1, 2) have shown that trehalose is the major blood sugar, the hydrolytic enzyme trehalase has also awakened the interest of investigators. A purified preparation of the enzyme from Galleria mellonella (3) and from Phormia regina (4) was recently obtained and some of its properties described. The biosynthesis of trehalose with an enzyme preparation from ...

The activity of yeast invertase as a function of oxidation-reduction potential has been investigated using a large number of oxidants and reductants. The activity is constant over the range of E(h) from -270 to +600 mv., but above E(h) = +600 mv. there is a sharp decrease in activity reaching 0 at E(h) = +1,000 mv. The inhibiting action of strong oxidants is upon the enzyme rather than on the s...

Two DNA polymerases are present in extracts of commercial bakers' yeast and wild type Saccharomyces cerevisiae grown aerobically to late log phase. Yeast DNA polymerase I and yeast DNA polymerase II can be separated by DEAE-cellulose, hydroxylapatite, and denatured DNA-cellulose chromatography from the postmitochondrial supernatants of yeast lysates. The yeast polymerases are both of high molec...

In the course of studies of formaldehyde metabolism in yeast (I), an enzyme was found that catalyzed the oxidation of formaldehyde in the presence of glutathione and diphosphopyridine nucleotide. A similar enzyme was discovered independently by Strittmatter and Ball in liver (2). This paper describes the partial purification and some of the properties of yeast formaldehyde dehydrogenase. Some e...