Evidence is presented for the existence in bacterium N.C.I.B. 8250 of two inducible NAD(+)-linked benzaldehyde dehydrogenases. They may be distinguished in crude extracts by their different thermal stabilities at high pH values, benzaldehyde dehydrogenase I being much more heat-stable than benzaldehyde dehydrogenase II. Only benzaldehyde dehydrogenase I is activated by K(+) and certain other un...

We utilized olfactory-mediated chemotaxis in Caenorhabditis elegans to examine the effect of aging on information processing and animal behavior. Wild-type (N2) young adults (day 4) initially approach and eventually avoid a point source of benzaldehyde. Aged adult animals (day 7) showed a stronger initial approach and a delayed avoidance to benzaldehyde compared with young adults. This delayed ...

The title compound, C(8)H(9)N(3)S, contains two mol-ecules in the asymmetric unit. One mol-ecule is close to being planar (r.m.s. deviation from the mean plane = 0.06 Å for the non-H atoms), while the other exhibits a dihedral angle of 21.7 (1)° between the benzene ring and the mean plane of the thio-semicarbazone unit. Inter-molecular N-H⋯S hydrogen bonds link the mol-ecules into layers parall...

meldrum's acid, 2'5-diphenyl-1'3-dioxane-4'6-dione, was produced by [2+2] cycloadditions of the (chlorocarbony1)phenylketene with benzaldehyde. acid hydrolysis of the meldrum's acid regenerated benzaldehyde and also yielded phenylacetic acid as the final product

A quick, reliable, purification procedure was developed for purifying both benzyl alcohol dehydrogenase and benzaldehyde dehydrogenase II from a single batch of Acinetobacter calcoaceticus N.C.I.B. 8250. The procedure involved disruption of the bacteria in the French pressure cell and preparation of a high-speed supernatant, followed by chromatography on DEAE-Sephacel, affinity chromatography o...

ALTHOUGH the action of aqueous solutions of aldehydes upon proteins has been extensively studied, the behaviour of aldehydes in the anhydrous state does not seem to have been investigated in detail, except for the single observation of Mathewson [1906] that gliadin appeared to be somewhat soluble in impure benzaldehyde. Apart from its chemical interest such an investigation might lead to improv...

The effects of benzaldehyde, which has been found in figs as a carcinostatic element, were studied on the uptake of nucleosides, 2-deoxy-D-glucose, and amino acids into simian virus 40-transformed rat fibroblast cells (SV40-transformed cells) and into the parent normal cells (normal cells). Benzaldehyde, at the concentrations of 25 to 100 microgram/ml at which the selective growth inhibition ag...

the abilities of silybum marianum cell culture to biotransform benzaldehyde to benzyl alcohol in three culture systems were compared. callus cultures of silybum marianum were established from seedlings, and healthy suspensions and immobilized cultures grown on the murashige and skoog medium. s. marianum cells were immobilized in both agar beads and fiber cotton matrixes. benzaldehyde was fed to...