Elastolytic strains of Prevotella intermedia were isolated from pus samples of adult periodontal lesions. Elastase was found to associate with envelope, and it could be solubilized with guanidine-HCl. The enzyme was purified to homogeneity by sequential procedures including ion-exchange chromatography, gel filtration, and hydrophobic interaction chromatography. This elastase was a serine protea...

Isopenicillin N synthase (IPNS) is a key enzyme responsible for the catalytic conversion of delta-(L-alpha-aminoadipoyl)-L-cysteinyl-D-valine (ACV) to isopenicillin N in the beta-lactam antibiotic biosynthetic pathway. The Aspergillus nidulans IPNS crystal structure implicated amino acid residues tyrosine-189, arginine-279, and serine-281 in the substrate-binding of the valine carboxylate porti...

The alpha-acetolactate decarboxylase gene aldB is clustered with the genes for the branched-chain amino acids (BCAA) in Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis. It can be transcribed with BCAA genes under isoleucine regulation or independently of BCAA synthesis under the control of its own promoter. The product of aldB is responsible for leucine sensibility under valine starvation. In the presence of ...

Esters of proteinogenic amino acids efficiently catalyse the formation of erythrose and threose under potentially prebiotic conditions in the highest yields and enantioselectivities yet reported. Remarkably while esters of (L)-proline yield (L)-tetroses, esters of (L)-leucine, (L)-alanine and (L)-valine generate (D)-tetroses, offering the potential to account for the link between natural (L)-am...

Okara (tofu dregs) is a soybean waste product from the tofu and soymilk processing industry. To create useful product, remaining protein content in okara must be used. The goal of this study was to determine enzyme-substrate (E/S) ratio capable producing highest antioxidant activity hydrolysate, as well amino acid composition such hydrolysate (especially potential antioxidants). produce concent...

L-Valacyclovir, a prodrug of acyclovir, is a substrate for the peptide transporter (PepT1) in the intestinal mucosa, which accounts for its higher than expected oral bioavailability. The substrate activity of L-valacyclovir for PepT1 is surprising, particularly when one considers that the molecule has the structural features of a nucleoside rather than a peptide. In an attempt to better underst...

UNLABELLED BACKGROUND Many efforts have been recently devoted to design, investigate and synthesize biocompatible, biodegradable polymers for applications in medicine for either the fabrication of biodegradable devices or as drug delivery systems. Many of them consist of condensation of polymers having incorporated peptide linkages susceptible to enzymatic cleavage. Polyamides (PAs) containi...

Amino acid ionic liquid-supported Schiff bases, derivatives of salicylaldehyde and various amino acids (L-threonine, L-valine, L-leucine, L-isoleucine and L-histidine) have been investigated by means of various spectroscopic techniques (NMR, UV-Vis, IR, MS) and deuterium isotope effects on ¹³C-NMR chemical shifts. The results have shown that in all studied amino acid ionic liquid-supported Schi...

An autoradiographic method for the measurement of the rate of valine incorporation into brain proteins is described. The transfer coefficients for valine into and out of the brain and the rate of valine incorporation into normal rat brain proteins are given. The valine incorporation and the transfer constants of valine between different biological compartments are provided for 14 gray matter an...

Glycine, Alanine and Valine are taken as amino acids with an equal polar head and with thedifference in the length of hydrocarbon chains. The structural optimizations show the results of theisolated Glycine, Alanine and Valine in the gases phase, at the Hartree-Fock level by means ofSTO-3G,3-21G, 6-31G and 6-31+G basis sets. The calculations were performed for the ten (1-10)solvents using PCM m...