Polysomes prepared from cultured Chinese hamster lung cells direct the synthesis of procollagen alpha chains in an heterologous cell-free system containing the postribosomal supernatant fraction prepared from wheat germ. Total protein synthesis requires both subcellular components and an exogenous energy source, and is inhibited by the antibiotics puromycin and aurin tricarboxylic acid. The rat...

The receptor for somatostatin present in rat pancreatic plasma membranes was characterized by affinity labeling with [125I-Tyr11]somatostatin utilizing three different heterobifunctional cross-linking agents: N-5-azido-2-nitrobenzoyloxy-succinimide, N-succinimidyl 6-(4-azido 2'-nitrophenylamine)hexanoate, and N-hydroxysuccinimidyl 4-azido-benzoate. Analysis by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylam...

Rat liver albumin messenger RNA has been purified to apparent homogeneity by means of polysome immunoprecipitation and poly(U)-Sepharose affinity chromatography. Specific polysomes synthesizing albumin were separated from total liver polysomes through a double antibody technique which allowed isolation of a specific immunoprecipitate. The albumin-polysome immunoprecipitate was dissolved in dete...

Addition of the human placental RNase inhibitor at 10 mu/ml to a mixture of wheat germ extract and translation components, prior to the addition of mRNA from dog pancreas or influenza virus-infected cells, resulted in a significant increase in the yield of proteins synthesized. Analysis of the translation products by sodium dodecyl sulfate/polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis indicated that the i...

A cyclic AMP-independent protein kinase has been purified from wheat germ extracts. The enzyme catalyzes the phosphorylation of casein and phosvitin but not protamine, histone, or bovine serum albumin. However, the best substrate for the kinase appears to be that of an endogenous wheat germ protein. The kinase can utilize both ATP and GTP as phosphoryl donors. A molecular weight of 36,000-38,00...

A rapid and simple, large-scale method for the purification of DNA-dependent RNA polymerase III (EC 2.7.7.6) from wheat germ is presented. The method involves enzyme extraction at low ionic strength, polyethyleneimine fractionation, (NH(4))(2)SO(4) precipitation, and chromatography on DEAE-Sepharose CL-6B, DEAE-cellulose, and heparin agarose. Milligram quantities of highly purified enzyme can b...

Lines of KB cells resistant to Sendai virus-induced cytolysis have been isolated and characterized (Toyama, S., Toyama, Su., and Uetake, H. (1977) Virology 76, 503-515). This study is concerned with the nature of this mutation. Plasma membrane fractions from Sil cells were found to have decreased amount of sialic acid and the same amount of galactose as compared to the membranes from parental K...

The molecular weight of the major glycoprotein from the human erythrocyte membrane is 29,000, of which 55% is carbohydrate and 45% is protein. The binding of sodium dodecyl sulfate to this glycoprotein is anomalous when compared to water soluble proteins and leads to migration rates in sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gels that cannot be interpreted in terms of molecular weight. Anomalous ...

Variants of H2a and H2b histones from wheat embryos and pea shoots have been isolated and characterized by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis, amino acid content, and peptide mapping. In striking contrast to the animal H2a or H2b variants which co-migrate on sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gels, their plant counterparts have differential electrophoretic mobilities. The estimated molecula...

Human placental membranes were labeled with Na’”1 using lactoperoxidase, solubilized in 1% Triton X-100, and applied to a column of immobilized wheat germ lectin. After washing, 1 to 2% of the applied radioactivity could be eluted from the column with 0.3 M N-acetyh-glucosamine, of which 0.38 to 0.44% was immunoprecipitated by autoantibodies specific for the insulin receptor. Acrylamide-so...