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Aikat TK, Das M. A modified statistical method for analysis of periodicity of microfilaria. Indian J Med Res 1977; 65:58-64. [PMID: 324907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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A method has been developed for quantitating anticatalytic activity in antibody preparations made in goats against pure solubilized angiotensin-converting enzyme from rabbit pulmonary membranes. Anticatalytic activity was purified about 90-fold from a single batch of serum by a procedure including diethylaminoethylcellulose chromatography and elution from Sepharose columns containing covalently bound pure enzyme. Antiholoenzyme antibody was fractionated with respect to charge and binding affinity; however, these different populations each inhibited enzymatic hydrolysis of hippurylhistidylleucine, angiotensin I, and bradykinin. The inhibition dose-response curves were similar for hydrolysis of hippurylhistidylleucine and angiotensin I despite the difference in molecular weight of these substrates. Evidence is presented suggesting that a single molecule of antibody can bind two molecules of enzyme and that at least 18% of the total antiholoenzyme antibody population is directed against determinants which influence catalytic activity. A competitive immunoassay was developed with radioiodinated pulmonary enzyme as displaceable antigen. The anticatalytic and radioimmune assays were used to examine immunological properties of converting enzymes in various rabbit organs and fluids. Kidney, brain, and serum were found to contain converting enzymes which were immunologically identified with that in rabbit lung. Converting enzyme in seminal plasma was similar to the lung enzyme in the anticatalytic assay, but showed lower immunoreactivity in the radioimmune assay.
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Soffer RL, Das M, Caldwell PR, Seegal BC, Hsu KC. Biological and biochemical properties of angiotensin-converting enzyme. AGENTS AND ACTIONS 1976; 6:534-7. [PMID: 183488 DOI: 10.1007/bf01973275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Caldwell PR, Seegal BC, Hsu KC, Das M, Soffer RL. Angiotensin-converting enzyme: vascular endothelial localization. Science 1976; 191:1050-1. [PMID: 175444 DOI: 10.1126/science.175444] [Citation(s) in RCA: 468] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Fluorescein-labeled antibody to rabbit pulmonary angiotensin-converting enzyme localized in the vascular endothelium of rabbit lung, liver, adrenal cortex, pancreas, kidney, and spleen. Epithelial cells of the renal proximal tubules were the only parenchymal cells among the organs studied that demonstrated immunoreactivity.
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Shukla RC, Das M. Morphological, histochemical, autoradiographic and topographical evidences of the origin of the Langerhans' cell from the melanocyte in the skin of the guinea pig. ACTA ANATOMICA 1976; 96:610-29. [PMID: 1012948 DOI: 10.1159/000144708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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The microscopic anatomy of the nucleus, Golgi substance, mitochondria, etc. of type 1, 2, 3 and 4 albino melanocytes, type 01 and 011 albino intermediate cells of Billingham and Medawar and type I, II, III and IV albino Langerhans' cells of the albino guinea pig, is presented in detail. The study has demonstrated that the albino melanocytes degenerate through sequential stages of intermediate cells of Billingham and Medawar, type I, II and III Langerhans' cells to ultimately from type IV Langerhans' cells. It has been shown that all the dendritic cells of the epidermis belonged to one class of cells. Autoradiographic techniques have shown that type 3 and type 4 melanocytes, respectively, bearing 6 and 5 round-tipped dendritic processes, divide by mitosis to form two daughter cells. One of these two daughter forms the intermediate cell of Billingham and Medawar. This cell, while transforming sequentially into type I, II, III and IV Langerhans' cells, moves up through the Malpighian and granular layers of cells, to the stratum corneum. This type IV Langerhans' cell is ultimately extruded out of the stratum corneum by exfoliation. The other daughter melanocyte remains at its place in the sub-basal zone to function as a mature melanocyte. The time for the passage of the daughter melanocyte to travel from the sub-basal zone to the stratum corneum layer was found to be 15 days.
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Das M, Livingstone SE, Mayfield JH, Moore DS, Saha N. Thio derivatives of b-diketones and their metal chelates. XXII. Dipole moments of some bivalent and trivalent metal complexes of fluorinated monothio-b-diketones. Aust J Chem 1976. [DOI: 10.1071/ch9760767] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
Abstract
Dipole moments have been
determined by static polarization measurements for some iron(111), ruthenium(111),
rhodium(111), nickel(11), palladium(11), platinum(11), copper(11) and zinc(11)
complexes of fluorinated monothio-β-diketones
RC(SH)=CHCOCF3. The moments indicate a facial-octahedral
configuration for the iron, ruthenium and rhodium complexes, a cis-square-planar configuration for the
nickel, palladium and platinum complexes, and a tetrahedral configuration for
the zinc complexes. The copper complexes have moments 0.5-1.0 D lower than the
mean value for the corresponding nickel, palladium and platinum complexes; this
lowering of the moment is attributed to significant distortion from the
square-planar towards the tetrahedral configuration. The dipole moments of the
square-planar and octahedral complexes decrease if the R groups are arranged in
the order: p-MeC6H4 ≥ 2-thienyl > β-naphthyl > m-MeC6H4
> Ph > Pr? > Bui > Me > m-ClC6H4 > m-BrC6H4 > p-FC6H4
> p-ClC6H4 > p-BrC6H4 > m,p-Cl2C6H3.
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Das M, Livingstone S. Metal chelates of dithiocarbazic acid and its derivatives. IX. Metal chelates of ten new schiff bases derived from S-methyldithiocarbazate. Inorganica Chim Acta 1976. [DOI: 10.1016/s0020-1693(00)91065-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 129] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Das M, Soffer RL. Pulmonary angiotensin-converting enzyme. Structural and catalytic properties. J Biol Chem 1975; 250:6762-8. [PMID: 169257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Angiotensin-converting enzyme has been solubilized from a particulate fraction of rabbit lung and purified to apparent homogeneity in 11% yield by a procedure including fractionation with DEAE-cellulose and calcium phosphate gel, elution from Sephadex G-200, and lectin affinity chromatography. The molecular weight estimated by equilibrium sedimentation was approximately 129,000, either in the absence or presence of 6 M guanidine hydrochloride. A slightly higher value of 140,000 determined for the reduced, denatured protein by gel electrophoresis in the presence of sodium dodecyl sulfate and a much higher figure derived from gel filtration are probably due to the glycoprotein nature of the enzyme. Its oligosaccharide content accounted for 26% of the weight calculated from its amino acid and carbohydrate composition. The estimated content of sugar residues per mole was: galactose, 57; N-acetylglucosamine, 53; mannose, 43; N-acetylneuraminic acid, 19; and fucose, 4. Threonine and alanine were identified, respectively, as NH2-terminal and COOH-terminal residues by the dansylation procedure and by digestion with carboxypeptidase A. The enzyme was found to contain approximately 1 g atom of zinc per mol. Km values for hydrolysis of hippurylhistidylleucine and angiotensin I were 2.3 and 0.07 mM, and the corresponding turnover numbers were 15,430 and 792 mol/min/mol at 37 degrees. Bradykinin was also a substrate, and release of its COOH-terminal dipeptide, Phe-Arg, was catalyzed at a comparable rate to that of His-Leu from the COOH terminus of angiotensin I. Enzyme activity required the presence of chloride ions and was inhibited by EDTA and by low concentrations of Bothrops bradykinin-potentiating peptides. In addition, hydrolysis of hippurylhistidylleucine was inhibited competitively by other defined peptides, including di- and tripeptides, which were not substrates.
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Das M, Soffer RL. Pulmonary angiotensin-converting enzyme. Structural and catalytic properties. J Biol Chem 1975. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)40997-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 136] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Das M, Radhakrishnan AN. Studies on a wide-spectrum intestinal dipeptide uptake system in the monkey and in the human. Biochem J 1975; 146:133-9. [PMID: 807199 PMCID: PMC1165283 DOI: 10.1042/bj1460133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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1. The intestinal transport of glycine and leucine residues of glycyl-L-leucine was studied in the monkey and in the human in vitro. Uptake of both [14C]glycyl-L-leuine and glycyl-L-[14C]leucine show similar Kt values, but there is a marked difference in the Vmax. values. Preliminary studies suggest that this anomalous difference in the Vmax. values may be due to the greater efflux rate of glycine from the tissue. 2. Arrhenius plots of both [14C]glycyl-L-leucine uptake and glycyl-L-[14C]leucine uptake in the monkey intestine show a discontinuity at about 20 degrees C. The activation energies above and below the discontinuity are similar for both [14C]glycyl-L-leucine uptake and glycyl-L-[14C]leucine uptake. These similarities in uptake characteristics suggest that the dipeptide glycyl-L-leucine is transported as one unit. 3. In the monkey intestine, glycyl-L-leucine uptake is inhibited by a wide variety of dipeptides, including those containing acidic and basic amino acids. The inhibition was shown to be competitive by using four representative dipeptides namely: L-alanyl-L-alanine, L-alanyl-L-leucine, L-glutamyl-L-glutamic acid and L-lysyl-L-lysine. The results strongly suggest that in the monkey intestine there may be a dipeptide-uptake system with an extremely broad specificity. These results were also confirmed in the human in a limited way.
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Das M, Livingstone S. Dipole moments of copper(II) chelates of some fluorinated β-diketones. Inorganica Chim Acta 1975. [DOI: 10.1016/s0020-1693(00)85753-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Das M, Livingstone SE. Thio derivatives of β-diketones and their metal chelates. XVIII. Mass spectra of some metal chelates of the monothio derivatives of benzoylacetone anddibenzoylmethane. Aust J Chem 1975. [DOI: 10.1071/ch9750513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
Abstract
The mass spectra of the
iron(III), cobalt(III), nickel(II) and zinc(II) complexes of the
monothio-β-diketones RC(SH)=CHCOPh (R = Me, Ph)
have been obtained. The iron and cobalt complexes of 3-mercapto-1-phenylbut- 2-en-1-one
(R = Me) do not give a peak for the molecular ion due to thermal degradation to
the bivalent metal complex Met(MeCS=CHCOPh)2 (Met = Fe, Co), which then undergoes
reactions similar to those undergone by the nickel and zinc complexes. The most
interesting feature of the spectra is the loss of hydrogen sulphide which does
not occur with the free ligand or with metal complexes of fluorinated monothio-8-diketones
RC(SH)=CHCOCF3. ��� The zinc complex of
3-mercapto-1,3-diphenylprop-2-en-1-one (R = Ph) undergoes fragmentation in the
mass spectrometer to produce inter alia [ZnC6H5]+.
However, the iron(III), cobalt(III), nickel(II) and palladium(II) complexes
undergo thermal degradation in the mass spectrometer but the mass spectra of
these four complexes give metal-free ions with m/e greater than m/e for L, due
to fragmentation of the ion 2L.
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Das M, Livingstone SE. Mass spectral studies of lanthanide chelates. I. Samarium, europium, gadolinium and terbium chelates of thenoyltrifluoroacetone. Aust J Chem 1975. [DOI: 10.1071/ch9751513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
Abstract
The mass spectra of the
lanthanide chelates of thenoyltrifluoroacetone, viz. Met{CF3COCH=C(O-)-C4H3S}3
(Met = Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb), have been obtained. All four spectra display similar
fragmentation patterns. Fluorine migration to the metal with the concomitant
loss of :CF2 occurs with all four lanthanide chelates. Peaks were
observed for the ions [MetF2]+ (Met = Sm, Gd, Tb) and
[MetF]+ (Met = Sm, Eu). The occurrence of [MetF]+ in the
spectra of the samarium and europium chelates is in keeping with the tendency of
these two lanthanides to be reduced to the bivalent state. On the other hand,
oxidation of terbium(III) to terbium(IV) was not observed in the mass spectra.
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Das M, Radhakrishnan AN. A comparative study of the distribution of soluble and particulate glycyl-L-leucine hydrolase in the small intestine. CLINICAL SCIENCE AND MOLECULAR MEDICINE 1974; 46:501-10. [PMID: 4208403 DOI: 10.1042/cs0460501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
Abstract
1. A comparative study has been made of glycyl-l-leucine hydrolase activity in the soluble and particulate fractions of intestinal mucosa from monkey, guinea-pig, rabbit and rat. The specific activity of the soluble enzyme is very high in monkey and guinea-pig, and lower in rabbit and rat. The particulate enzymes from all the four species show low specific activities and form 1–10% of the total activity.
2. The pH optima in all cases lie in the range 7·6–7·8. The Km values of the substrate were similar for both soluble and particulate enzyme from monkey and guinea-pig, but in the rabbit and rat the Km value with the particulate enzyme was higher than with the soluble enzyme.
3. The particulate enzyme activity in all cases was the highest in the distal regions of the intestine, whereas the soluble enzyme showed maximal activity in the proximal and middle regions.
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Das M, Radhakrishnan AN. Studies on the uptake of glycyl-L-leucine by strips of monkey small intestine. INDIAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY & BIOPHYSICS 1974; 11:12-6. [PMID: 4435801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Das M, Livingstone SE. Thio derivatives of β-Diketones and their metal chelates. XV. Mass spectra of cobalt(III) and rhodium(III) chelates of some fluorinated Monothio-β-diketones. Aust J Chem 1974. [DOI: 10.1071/ch9741177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
Abstract
The mass spectra of the
cobalt(111) and rhodium(111) chelates of the fluorinated monothio-β-diketones
RC(SH)=CHCOCF3 (R = Ph, p-MeC6H4,
p-BrC6H4, p-FC6H4, and 2-thienyl)
and of the cobalt(111) chelate of CH3C(SH)=CHCOCF3 have
been obtained. The cobalt chelates do not give a peak for the molecular ion
because of thermal degradation to the cobalt(11) complex CO(RCS=CHCOCF3)2,
which then undergoes reactions in the mass spectrometer. Fluorine migration
occurs with cobalt but not with rhodium. The cobalt complexes give rise to more
metal-containing fragments than their rhodium analogues. Mechanisms are
proposed for the reactions involving the metal-containing fragments. Cobalt
undergoes valency changes to give cobalt(11) and cobalt(1) complex ions,
whereas rhodium undergoes a valency change to the bivalent state only.
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Das M, Livingstone SE. Thio derivatives of β-diketones and their metal chelates. XIV. Mass spectra of palladium and platinum chelates of some fluorinated Monothio-β-diketones. Aust J Chem 1974. [DOI: 10.1071/ch9740749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
Abstract
The mass spectra of the
palladium(11) and platinum(11) chelates of the fluorinated monothio-β-
diketones, RC(SH)=CHCOCF3 (R = Ph, p-MeC6H4, p-BrC6H4,
p-NO2C6H4, 2-thienyl), and of the palladium
chelate of CH3C(SH)=CHCOCF3 have been obtained. The
platinum chelates give rise to more metal-containing peaks than the palladium
chelates. Mechanisms are proposed for the reactions involving the
metal-containing fragments. A comparison of the mass spectra of the zinc,
nickel, palladium and platinum chelates of these fluorinated monothio-β-diketones reveals that the fragmentation
pattern is determined by the metal.
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Leban M, Fresco J, Das M, Livingstone SE. Hydrolysis of Monothio-β-diketones. II. Hydrolysis of three fluorinated Monothio-β-diketones. Aust J Chem 1974. [DOI: 10.1071/ch9742357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
Abstract
The rapid decomposition of
the fluorinated monothio-β-diketones RC(SH)=CHCOCF3, 4-(3?-bromophenyl)-1,1,1-trifluoro-4-mercaptobut-3-en-2-
one (R = m-BrC6H4), 4-(4?-bromophenyl)-1,1,1-trifluoro-4-mercaptobut-3-
en-2-one (R = p-BrC6H4) and 1,1,1-trifluoro-4-mercaptopent-3-en-2-one(R
= Me), in acid solution has been shown to occur by hydrolytic cleavage to yield
the ketone RCOCH3, hydrogen sulphide and probably trifluoroacetic
acid. The pseudo first-order rate constants for these compounds are (8.0�0.3)x
10-3, min-1, (6.0 � 0.6) x 10-3 min-1
and 0.12�0.01 min-1, respectively. The greater vulnerability of
1,1,1- trifluoro-4-mercaptopent-3-en-2-one, compared to the other two
monothio-β-diketones, towards hydrolytic cleavage is related to the nature
of the R substituent in that conjugation involving the terminal aromatic ring
stabilizes the monothio-β-diketone.
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Das M, Livingstone SE. Thio derivatives of β-Diketones and their metal chelates. XVII. Mass spectra of iron(III) and ruthenium(III) chelates of some fluorinated Monothio-β-diketones. Aust J Chem 1974. [DOI: 10.1071/ch9742115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
Abstract
The mass spectra of the
iron(111) and rhodium(111) chelates of the fluorinated monothio-β-diketones
RC(SH)=CHCOCF3 (R = Ph,p-MeC6H4,
2-thienyl) have been obtained. Whereas the ruthenium(111) chelates give a peak
for the molecular ion, the iron(111) chelates do not, due to thermal
degradation to the iron(11) complex Fe(RCS=CHCOCF3)2
which then undergoes reactions in the mass spectrometer. Fluorine migration
occurs with two of the iron chelates but not with the ruthenium chelates.
Mechanisms are proposed for the reactions of the ruthenium chelates.
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Das M, Livingstone SE. Thio derivatives of b-diketones and their metal chelates. XIII. Mass spectra of zinc and nickel chelates of some fluorinated monothio-b-diketones. Aust J Chem 1974. [DOI: 10.1071/ch9740053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
Abstract
The mass spectra of the
zinc(11) and nickel(11) chelates of four fluorinated monothio-β-diketones,
RC(SH)=CHCOCF3 (R = Ph, p-MeC6H4,
2-thienyl, Me), have been obtained. The mass spectra of the nickel chelates
have considerably more peaks due to metal-containing species than the spectra
of the zinc chelates, while the reverse is true for the metal-free fragments.
All the zinc chelates give peaks for M (molecular ion), M ? CF3, M -
L (LH = monothio-β-diketone), M - L ? CF2,
LH, L, L - F, RCSCH and RCS. All the nickel chelates give peaks for M, M - F, M
? CF3, M - COCF3, M - L, M- 2L and L. In addition, some of the
metal chelates give other peaks. Mechanisms are proposed for the reactions
giving rise to some of these species. All the zinc and nickel chelates give a
strong peak due to L+ arising from a valence change of the metal ion
from the bivalent to the univalent state as follows: [Me11L2]+
→ L+ + Me1L (Me = Zn, Ni). It is suggested that the
ion L+ has a resonance-stabilized cyclic structure.
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Das M, Livingstone SE. Thio derivatives of β-diketones and their metal chelates. XVI. Nickel(II), palladium(II), platinum(II), zinc(II) and cobalt(III) chelates of some new fluorinated Monothio-β-diketones. Aust J Chem 1974. [DOI: 10.1071/ch9742109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
Abstract
The new fluorinated β-diketones
RCOCH2COCF3 (R = p-ClC6H4,
m-ClC6H4, m-BrC6H4, m-MeC6H4
and m,p-C1,C6H3)
have been prepared. The monothio-β-diketones
RC(SH)=CHCOCF3 derived from these β-diketones were also
prepared. Complexes of these monothio-β-diketones
and of p-FC6H4C(SH)=CHCOCF3
with nickel(11), palladium(11), platinum(11), zinc(11) and coba1t(111) have
been prepared and characterized. All the complexes are stable and display sharp
melting points.
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Das M, Radhakrishnan AN. Glycyl-L-leucine hydrolase, a versatile 'master' dipeptidase from monkey small intestine. Biochem J 1973; 135:609-15. [PMID: 4204951 PMCID: PMC1165875 DOI: 10.1042/bj1350609] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
Abstract
1. A highly active and electrophoretically homogeneous dipeptidase was purified from the soluble extracts of monkey small-intestinal mucosa. 2. By gel-filtration studies the molecular weight of the enzyme was found to be 107000. It is composed of two identical, subunits of molecular weight 54000. 3. A paper-chromatographic method of dipeptidase assay was developed to overcome some of the difficulties encountered in the generally used spectrophotometric procedure. By using this method, the K(m) and k(0) values of a few substrates were determined. 4. The substrate specificity of the enzyme was investigated in great detail with substrates of a wide range of possible structural types. The enzyme hydrolyses a very large proportion of the range of dipeptides tested. This enzyme, which exhibits such a wide range of action, has been termed the ;master' dipeptidase of the intestine. Glycylglycine, glycyl-l-proline, glycyl-l-histidine, l-prolylglycine and some of the arginine- and aspartic acid-containing dipeptides were not substrates and are possibly hydrolysed by other peptidases. These results therefore suggest that in the intestine the number of dipeptidases is rather limited. 5. In the light of these findings, the implications on the role of dipeptidases in intestinal peptide transport are discussed.
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Das M, Radhakrishnan AN. Substrate specificity of a highly active dipeptidase purified from monkey small intestine. Biochem J 1972; 128:463-5. [PMID: 4628531 PMCID: PMC1173784 DOI: 10.1042/bj1280463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Sineshchekov VA, Litvin FF, Das M. Chlorophyll and carotenoid aggregates and energy migration in monolayers and thin films. Photochem Photobiol 1972; 15:187-97. [PMID: 5060149 DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1972.tb06238.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Das M, Saha PK, Mishra Y. Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. JOURNAL OF THE INDIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION 1971; 57:428-30. [PMID: 5140542] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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