background: focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (fsgs) is a type of nephrotic syndrome which is diagnosed by renal biopsy. degree of the proteinuria, renal dysfunction, histologic findings and the response to therapy are some factors used for evaluating the prognosis of fsgs. objectives: in the present study, we attempted to discover some protein candidates for disease prognosis related to glome...

Chromatography over columns of CM-cellulose and Amberlite IRC-50 was used to fractionate the ribonucleases present in the pancreatic secretion of sheep. The chromatographic behavior of these enzymes was similar to that of the enzymes found in bovine pancreatic secretion, as was also their relative distribution. The principal component, ribonuclease A, accounted for -85% of the ribonuclease in t...

Several parameters of ribonuclease activity have been determined in a series of transplantable rat tumors and liver from the host rats. These include ribonuclease inhibitor activity, pH activity curves, and the distribution and specific activity of acid and alkaline ribonuclease in subcellular fractions. For those hepatomas studied, compared with liver from the tumor-bearing animal, the followi...

Crystals of solid phase-derived semisynthetic ribonuclease-S' were prepared and compared with those for native ribonuclease-S' and -S. The semisynthetic species used was the noncovalent complex of synthetic fragment-(1-20), corresponding to residues 1 through 20 of bovine pancreatic ribonuclease-A (ribonucleate 3'-pyrimidino-oligonucleotidohydrolase, EC 3.1.4.22), and native ribonuclease-S-(21-...

The digestion of ribonuclease A by proteinase K yielded one major degradation product only, which could not be distinguished from ribonuclease S by electrophoretical and immunological methods. This component (ribonuclease K) possessing full catalytic activity was characterized to be (1--20/21--124) ribonuclease A. Combined action of proteinase K and trypsin on ribonuclease A leads to a signific...

As initial steps in studying the cell-free biosynthesis of guinea pig pancreas ribonuclease, we have developed an ion exchange procedure for its isolation and have analyzed the various subcellular fractions with this technique. This cytological approach was independently applied in studies on the ribonuclease of mouse pancreas (1). Earlier studies on the pancreas of several species have indicat...

All preparations of ribonuclease-S so far reported have employed limited digestion of ribonuclease-A with subtilisin,' a bacterial proteinase from B. subtilis described by Giintelberg and Ottesen.' The original supply of this latter enzyme is now exhausted. Another sample of a crystalline proteinase from B. subtilis (NOVO Enzyme) has been shown to differ from the original in several respects,' ...

The biosynthesis of bacteriophage T4 tRNAPro, tRNASer, and tRNAIle requires enzymatic removal of extra nucleotides from the 3' terminus of the respective precursor RNAs. A ribonuclease activity capable of catalyzing such reactions has been partially purified from uninfected Escherichia coli using an artificial precursor RNA as substrate. A number of ribonuclease activities were resolved during ...

A classification system is presented to distinguish 3 corn nucleases-Ribonuclease I, Ribonuclease II, and Nuclease I-which were described in the first paper of this series. The 2 ribonucleases are specific for RNA, are endonucleases, and liberate purine and pyrimidine cyclic nucleotides from dinucleotide monophosphates as well as from RNA. Ribonuclease I and II hydrolyze the purine cyclic nucle...