Smooth muscle myosin light chain kinase was purified from turkey gizzards. The enzyme was extracted from washed myofibrils and the final step of purification was affinity chromatography using calmodulin coupled to Sepharose 4B. The purified enzyme was characterized with respect to its physical, chemical, and kinetic properties. It has a molecular weight of 130,000 by sodium dodecyl sulfate poly...

The 2-oxoglutarate dehydrogenase, one of the component enzymes of the 2-oxoglutarate dehydrogenase complex, has been highly purified. The enzyme has a sedimentation coefficient (s&~) of 10.3 S and diffusion coefficient (&o,~) of 3.92 X lo-’ cm2 s-l. The weight average molecular weight was estimated to be about 216,000 from the sedimentation equilibrium data. The content of right-handed LY helix...

BACKGROUND Salvage and return of unwashed shed blood (USB) after total knee replacement (TKR) is an established blood-saving technique, but some authors question its efficacy and safety and suggest that the shed blood be washed before returning. We evaluated a colloid-based sedimentation method for improving and standardizing the quality of USB collected after TKR without the need for washing. ...

Seasonal shifts in calcium carbonate solution equilibria in the limnetic zone of Lake Constance were documented between 1981 and 1983. Except during mixing times, lake water was supersaturated with respect to calcite; epilimnetic supersaturation maxima were closely related to changes in pH. Sedimentation of calcium from the lower boundary of the euphotic zone to the lake bottom was also assesse...

Official guidelines for the on-site treatment of domestic sewage have recently been published by the Danish Ministry of Environment as a consequence of new treatment requirements for single houses and dwellings in rural areas. This paper summarises the guidelines for vertical constructed wetland systems (planted filter beds) that will fulfil demands of 95% removal of BOD and 90% nitrification. ...

Corticosteroid-binding globulin was isolated from normal human plasma by successive anion exchange chromatography and gel filtration. Ammonium sulfate fractionation was employed as a preliminary step when large volumes were processed. The purification was about 4000-fold. Homogeneity was shown by free boundary, agar and paper electrophoresis, sedimentation velocity, and diffusion. Immunoelectro...

This investigation examines published results of traditional diffusion experiments on ovalbumin and bovine serum albumin to determine the extent to which assumed concentration independence of the translational diffusion coefficient is a reasonable approximation in the analysis of boundary spreading in sedimentation velocity experiments on proteins. Although significant positive concentration de...

[1] Understanding the processes controlling chemical sedimentation is an important step in deciphering paleoclimatic conditions from the rock records preserved on both Earth and Mars. Clear evidence for subaqueous sedimentation at Meridiani Planum, widespread saline mineral deposits in the Valles Marineris region, and the possible role of saline waters in forming recent geomorphologic features ...