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Sasikala-Appukuttan A, Schingoethe D, Hippen A, Kalscheur K, Karges K, Gibson M. The Feeding Value of Corn Distillers Solubles for Lactating Dairy Cows. J Dairy Sci 2008; 91:279-87. [DOI: 10.3168/jds.2007-0250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Zendman AJW, Raijmakers R, Nijenhuis S, Vossenaar ER, Tillaart MVD, Chirivi RGS, Raats JMH, van Venrooij WJ, Drijfhout JW, Pruijn GJM. ABAP: Antibody-based assay for peptidylarginine deiminase activity. Anal Biochem 2007; 369:232-40. [PMID: 17716614 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2007.07.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2007] [Revised: 07/04/2007] [Accepted: 07/11/2007] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Members of the family of peptidylarginine deiminases (PADs, EC 3.5.3.15) catalyze the posttranslational modification of peptidylarginine into peptidylcitrulline. Citrulline-containing epitopes have been shown to be major and specific targets of autoantibodies produced by rheumatoid arthritis patients. Recently, the citrullination of histone proteins by PAD enzyme was reported to influence gene expression levels. These findings greatly increase the interest in the PAD enzymes and their activities. A few procedures to monitor PAD activity in biological samples have been described previously. However, these assays either have low sensitivity or are rather laborious. Here we describe a reliable and reproducible method for the determination of PAD activity in both purified and crude samples. The method is based on the quantification of PAD-dependent citrullination of peptides, immobilized in microtiter plates, using antibodies that are exclusively reactive with the reaction product(s). Our results demonstrate that this antibody-based assay for PAD activity, called ABAP, is very sensitive and can be applied to monitor PAD activity in biological samples.
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- Albert J W Zendman
- Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, Nijmegen Center for Molecular Life Sciences, Institute for Molecules and Materials, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen NL-6500 HB, The Netherlands
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Shannon IL, Prigmore JR. THE USE OF THE AUTOANALYZER IN STUDIES OF THE PHYSIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY OF THE PAROTID GLAND *. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2006. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1960.tb23232.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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DENBER HC, TELLER DN, KAUFFMAN D. STUDIES ON MESCALINE XIII: THE EFFECT OF PRIOR ADMINISTRATION OF VARIOUS PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS ON DIFFERENT BIOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS: A PRELIMINARY REPORT. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2006; 96:14-36. [PMID: 13885387 DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1962.tb50098.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Kaplan A. The determination of urea, ammonia, and urease. METHODS OF BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS 2006; 17:311-24. [PMID: 4893472 DOI: 10.1002/9780470110355.ch7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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- J H Bowes
- The British Leather Manufacturers' Research Association, London, S.E. 1
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Chibnall AC, Rees MW, Williams EF. The dicarboxylic and basic amino-acids of edestin, egg albumin and beta-lactoglobulin. Biochem J 2006; 37:372-88. [PMID: 16747654 PMCID: PMC1257919 DOI: 10.1042/bj0370372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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- A C Chibnall
- The Biochemical Department, Imperial College, London, S.W. 7
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- A G Gornall
- The Department of Pathological Chemistry, University of Toronto
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- A H Gordon
- The Wool Industries Research Association, Torridon, Headingley, Leeds
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György B, Tóth E, Tarcsa E, Falus A, Buzás EI. Citrullination: a posttranslational modification in health and disease. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 2006; 38:1662-77. [PMID: 16730216 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2006.03.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 338] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2005] [Revised: 03/13/2006] [Accepted: 03/14/2006] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Posttranslational modifications are chemical changes to proteins that take place after synthesis. One such modification, peptidylarginine to peptidylcitrulline conversion, catalysed by peptidylarginine deiminases, has recently received significant interest in biomedicine. Introduction of citrulline dramatically changes the structure and function of proteins. It has been implicated in several physiological and pathological processes. Physiological processes include epithelial terminal differentiation, gene expression regulation, and apoptosis. Rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, and Alzheimer's disease are examples of human diseases where protein citrullination involvement has been demonstrated. In this review, we discuss our current understanding on the importance of protein deimination in these processes. We describe the enzymes catalyzing the reaction, as well as their known protein substrates. We review the citrullinated peptide epitopes that are proposed as disease markers, specifically recognized in certain human autoimmune disorders. The potential autopathogenic role of citrullinated epitopes is also discussed.
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- Bence György
- Department of Genetics, Cell- and Immunobiology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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Leuthardt F, Müller AF, Nielsen H. Biologische Citrullinsynthese, Glutamin und α-Ureidoglutarsäure. Helv Chim Acta 2004; 32:744-56. [DOI: 10.1002/hlca.19490320317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Vossenaar ER, Zendman AJW, van Venrooij WJ, Pruijn GJM. PAD, a growing family of citrullinating enzymes: genes, features and involvement in disease. Bioessays 2004; 25:1106-18. [PMID: 14579251 DOI: 10.1002/bies.10357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 705] [Impact Index Per Article: 35.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Peptidylarginine deiminase (PAD, EC 3.5.3.15) enzymes catalyze the conversion of protein-bound arginine to citrulline. This post-translational modification may have a big impact on the structure and function of the target protein. In this review, we will discuss the effects of citrullination and its involvement in several human diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis and multiple sclerosis. So far, four isotypes of PAD have been described in mammals. We describe the existence of PAD in non-mammalian vertebrates and the existence of a fifth mammalian PAD. In addition, tissue-specific expression, genomic organization and evolutionary conservation of the different PAD isotypes will be discussed in detail. This article contains supplementary material which may be viewed at the BioEssays website at http://www.interscience.wiley.com/jpages/0265-9247/suppmat/2003/25/v25.1106.html.
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- Erik R Vossenaar
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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Sugawara K, Yoshizawa Y, Tzeng S, Epstein WL, Fukuyama K. Colorimetric determination of citrulline residues in proteins. Anal Biochem 1998; 265:92-6. [PMID: 9866712 DOI: 10.1006/abio.1998.2925] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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A method is described for the direct colorimetric determination of citrulline residues in proteins based on the reaction with diacetylmonoxime in the presence of lower concentrations of sulfuric acid. The reduced sensitivity due to the lower acid concentration was overcome by the addition of ferric chloride which also contributed to the color stabilization. Insoluble proteins or proteins resulting in turbidity can be analyzed following partial hydrolysis of those with enzyme or acid. The molar absorption coefficient (epsilon) for citrulline at 464 nm was 2.8 x 10(4). The method enabled us to determine low levels of protein-bound citrulline which are beyond the limitations of conventional methods using an amino acid analyzer. We determined the citrulline contents in the cornified cells of the epidermis of newborn rats, as well as soybean trypsin inhibitor.
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- K Sugawara
- Department of Dermatology, University of California, San Francisco 94143, USA
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A method is described for the direct colorimetric determination of urea in biological fluids. The method depends on the reaction (first described by Wheatley, 1948) between urea, diacetylmonoxime, and phenylanthranilic acid in the presence of controlled amounts of oxidant; chloride ions are included to sensitize the reaction; manganous ions stabilize the resultant colour; and phosphate enables reasonable reproducibility to be achieved. The method is rapid and suitable for routine analytical purposes. Precision and accuracy are good; sensitivity is high for an activated acid reagent up to about one week old, and thereafter decreases.A hypothetical mechanism for colour formation is presented.
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Knorst MT, Neubert R, Wohlrab W. Analytical methods for measuring urea in pharmaceutical formulations. J Pharm Biomed Anal 1997; 15:1627-32. [PMID: 9260657 DOI: 10.1016/s0731-7085(96)01978-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Two new methods are described for the routine determination of urea that utilize HPTLC-densitometry and colorimetry. The methods involve derivatization of urea with p-dimethylaminobenzaldehyde to a yellow-coloured compound. Validation of the methods was accomplished with respect to linearity, accuracy, reproducibility and limit of detection/quantification. Both methods were compared with an enzymatic method previously described in the literature and were found to be in close agreement. The proposed methods have the advantages of being simple, rapid and involve a single step sample preparation. Under experimental conditions HPTLC was the most sensitive method.
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- M T Knorst
- College of Pharmacy, Martin-Luther-University, Halle, Germany
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We have developed a novel colorimetric assay for the HIV-1 protease that is suitable for high-throughput screening of inhibitors. This assay utilizes two nonenzymatic reaction steps, which are carried out in succession following enzymatic hydrolysis of a synthetic peptide. The first step involves a carbamylation reaction between cyanate and the nascent alpha amino group resulting from enzymatic hydrolysis. The second step involves a carbamidodiacetyl reaction between 2,3-butanedione monoxime (diacetylmonoxime) and the de novo carbamido compound. The entire assay can be performed in a microtiter plate and is amenable to automation. In addition, this peptidolysis assay is readily adaptable to other proteolytic enzymes and their substrates.
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- J Stebbins
- Department of Molecular Genetics, SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406, USA
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Tuchman M, Rajagopal BS, McCann MT, Malamy MH. Enhanced production of arginine and urea by genetically engineered Escherichia coli K-12 strains. Appl Environ Microbiol 1997; 63:33-8. [PMID: 8979336 PMCID: PMC168299 DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.1.33-38.1997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Escherichia coli strains capable of enhanced synthesis of arginine and urea were produced by derepression of the arginine regulon and simultaneous overexpression of the E. coli carAB and argI genes and the Bacillus subtilis rocF gene. Plasmids expressing carAB driven by their natural promoters were unstable. Therefore, E. coli carAB and argI genes with and without the B. subtilis rocF gene were constructed as a single operon under the regulation of the inducible promoter ptrc. Arginine operator sequences (Arg boxes) from argI were also cloned into the same plasmids for titration of the arginine repressor. Upon overexpression of these genes in E. coli strains, very high carbamyl phosphate synthetase, ornithine transcarbamylase, and arginase catalytic activities were achieved. The biosynthetic capacity of these engineered bacteria when overexpressing the arginine biosynthetic enzymes was 6- to 16-fold higher than that of controls but only if exogenous ornithine was present (ornithine was rate limiting). Overexpression of arginase in bacteria with a derepressed arginine biosynthetic pathway resulted in a 13- to 20-fold increase in urea production over that of controls with the parent vector alone; in this situation, the availability of carbamyl phosphate was rate limiting.
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- M Tuchman
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota Hospitals, Minneapolis 55455, USA
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MCLEAN P, NOVELLO F. INFLUENCE OF PANCREATIC HORMONES ON ENZYMES CONCERNED WITH UREA SYNTHESIS IN RAT LIVER. Biochem J 1996; 94:410-22. [PMID: 14348201 PMCID: PMC1206523 DOI: 10.1042/bj0940410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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1. The activities of enzymes of the urea cycle [carbamoyl phosphate synthetase, ornithine transcarbamoylase, argininosuccinate synthetase, argininosuccinase (these last two comprising the arginine-synthetase system) and arginase] have been measured in control, alloxan-diabetic and glucagon-treated rats. In addition, measurements were made on alloxan-diabetic rats treated with protamine-zinc-insulin. 2. Treatment of rats with glucagon for 3 days results in a marked increase in the activities of three enzymes of the urea cycle (carbamoyl phosphate synthetase, argininosuccinate synthetase and argininosuccinase). The pattern of change in the alloxan-diabetic group is very similar to that of the glucagon-treated group, although the magnitude of the change was much greater. 3. Comparison was made of the actual and potential rate of urea synthesis in normal and diabetic rats. In both groups the potential rate of urea production, as measured by the activity of the rate-limiting enzyme, argininosuccinate synthetase, slightly exceeds the actual rate of synthesis by liver slices in the presence of substrates. The relative activities of the actual and potential rates were similar in the two groups of animals, this ratio being 1:0.70. 4. In the alloxan-diabetic rats treated with protamine-zinc-insulin for 2.5 or 4 days there was a marked increase in liver weight. This was associated with a rise in the total hepatic activity of the urea-cycle enzymes located in the soluble fraction of the cell (the arginine-synthetase system and arginase) after 2.5 days of treatment. After 4 days of treatment the concentration of these enzymes/g. of liver decreased, and the total hepatic content then reverted to the untreated alloxan-diabetic value. 5. No effects of glucagon or of insulin in vitro could be found on the rate of urea production by liver slices. 6. The present results are discussed in relation to how far this pattern of change is typical of conditions resulting in a high urea output, and comparison has been made with other values in the literature.
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KULHANEK V, MADEROVA V, SINDELAROVA K, VOJTISKOVA V. MODIFIED DETERMINATION OF ORNITHINE-CARBAMYL-TRANSFERASE ACTIVITY IN BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL. Clin Chim Acta 1996; 8:579-85. [PMID: 14063973 DOI: 10.1016/0009-8981(63)90108-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Isobe K, Matsuzawa T, Nagamura Y. A New Enzymatic Determination of Ornithine Carbamoyltransferase Activity. ANAL LETT 1993. [DOI: 10.1080/00032719308016812] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Senshu T, Sato T, Inoue T, Akiyama K, Asaga H. Detection of citrulline residues in deiminated proteins on polyvinylidene difluoride membrane. Anal Biochem 1992; 203:94-100. [PMID: 1524220 DOI: 10.1016/0003-2697(92)90047-b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 132] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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We have developed a new detection method of deiminated proteins on polyvinylidene difluoride membranes. Citrulline residues in enzymatically deiminated histones were modified by incubating with diacetyl monoxime and antipyrine in a strong acid mixture. The products were injected to rabbits, and the antibodies obtained were affinity-purified using a modified citrulline column. Sample proteins blotted to the membrane were modified in a similar manner and incubated successively with the purified antibody and an alkaline phosphatase-conjugated second antibody. Detection was performed using a chemiluminescent substrate. The method enabled detection of 3-10 fmol of citrulline residues dot blotted as deiminated model proteins. It visualized numerous rat pituitary soluble proteins that had been enzymatically deiminated and Western blotted to the membrane. The data suggest usefulness of the method for detecting deiminated proteins regardless of the backbone protein molecules. Search for deiminated proteins on the Western blots of various rat tissue homogenates detected a single band on that of spinal cord, another band on that of uterus, and multiple bands on those of skin and hair root. The bands in the former two tissue homogenates comigrated with glial fibrillary acidic protein and vimentin, respectively.
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- T Senshu
- Department of Cell Chemistry, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Japan
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Taylor AJ, Vadgama P. Analytical reviews in clinical biochemistry: the estimation of urea. Ann Clin Biochem 1992; 29 ( Pt 3):245-64. [PMID: 1610100 DOI: 10.1177/000456329202900301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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- A J Taylor
- Department of Medicine (Clinical Biochemistry), Hope Hospital, Salford, UK
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Galinski EA, Oren A. Isolation and structure determination of a novel compatible solute from the moderately halophilic purple sulfur bacterium Ectothiorhodospira marismortui. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1991; 198:593-8. [PMID: 2050139 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1991.tb16055.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The halophilic phototrophic bacterium Ectothiorhodospira marismortui produces three organic osmolytes to counterbalance the osmotic pressure of the surrounding medium: glycine betaine, sucrose, and a novel compound. This new compound, which accounts for approximately 30% of the cells' compatible solutes, was isolated and identified by mass spectrometry and nuclear magnetic resonance. It was characterized as N alpha-carbamoyl-L-glutamine 1-amide, an unusual amino acid derivative with no previous reference in the chemical literature. The relatively high cytoplasmic concentration of this compound (approximately 0.5 M) observed at all growth conditions suggests that it may serve a vital function as an osmoticum and/or protectant for Ectothiorhodospira marismortui in a saline environment.
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- E A Galinski
- Institut für Mikrobiologie und Biotechnologie, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Federal Republic of Germany
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Anton S, Gutierrez M, Gomez-Hens A, Perez-Bendito D. Kinetic determination of urea in serum by stopped-flow spectrophotometry. Anal Chim Acta 1990. [DOI: 10.1016/s0003-2670(00)82772-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [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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Schrell A, Alt-Moerbe J, Lanz T, Schroeder J. Arginase of Agrobacterium Ti plasmid C58. DNA sequence, properties, and comparison with eucaryotic enzymes. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1989; 184:635-41. [PMID: 2806247 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1989.tb15060.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Agrobacterium nopaline Ti plasmids code for three enzymes of nopaline [N2-(1,3-dicarboxypropyl)-L-arginine] degradation: nopaline oxidase, arginase, and ornithine cyclodeaminase. We describe the DNA sequence of the arginase gene, a comparison of the deduced protein sequence with eucaryotic arginases, and properties of the procaryotic enzyme. The results show that the agrobacterial arginase is related with arginases from yeast, rat liver, and human liver (28-33% identity). The Ti plasmid enzyme revealed several properties which appear common to all arginases, but it does not utilize L-canavanine as substrate, and its Mn2+ requirement is not satisfied by Fe2+, Co2+, or Ni2+. The properties of arginase and ornithine cyclodeaminase are discussed as part of the mechanisms which avoid depletion of L-arginine and L-ornithine pools for biosynthetic reactions during catabolic utilization of nopaline.
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- A Schrell
- Institut für Biologie II, Universität Freiburg, FRG
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Zarabian B, Koushesh F, Vassef A. Modified methods for measuring citrulline and carbamoyl-beta-alanine with reduced light sensitivity and sucrose interference. Anal Biochem 1987; 166:113-9. [PMID: 3118740 DOI: 10.1016/0003-2697(87)90553-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Two modified procedures for the colorimetric quantitation of citrulline aimed primarily at the assay of ornithine transcarbamylase were developed. Both methods give highly reproducible results in a short period of time since color is developed in 25 min at 100 degrees C. One method is more sensitive than previous methods and the other is as sensitive but requires less than one-fifth as much acid for color development. The reduction in acid concentration results in the stability of the colored complex for at least 50 min under the laboratory lighting conditions and allows for the presence of 5 mumol sucrose and 0.03 mumol mercaptoethanol in the assay. A low-acid modification for quantitating carbamoyl-beta-alanine is described also and may be applicable to the assay of dihydropyrimidinase.
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- B Zarabian
- Department of Biochemistry, Shiraz University Medical School, Iran
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Johnson MS, Wegner TN, Ray DE. Effect of elevating serum lipids on luteinizing hormone response to gonadotrophin releasing hormone challenge in energy-deficient anestrous heifers. Theriogenology 1987; 27:421-9. [PMID: 16726247 DOI: 10.1016/0093-691x(87)90230-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/1986] [Accepted: 12/08/1986] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A study was conducted to evaluate the effect of feeding a bypass fat on luteinizing hormone (LH) response to gonadotrophin releasing hormone (GnRH) in noncyclic Holstein heifers. Twelve cyclic Holstein heifers were fed a complete diet at 40% net energy for maintenance (NE(m)) until cessation of ovarian activity. Based on weights and condition scores, heifers were assigned to either a control or treatment diet containing 0.45 kg bypass fat and fed at an energy level of 85% NE(m). Diet adjustments were made following weekly weighings. GnRH challenges were conducted at four periods: prior to initial energy deprivation, at termination of 40% NE(m) feeding, and twice more at 21-d intervals after 85% NE(m) feeding began. Blood was sampled via a jugular catheter every 15 min for 5 h, and GnRH was injected after the fourth sample. None of the heifers exhibited estrous activity after the initial energy deprivation. Heifers on the bypass fat diet continued to lose weight during the treatment period, while the control heifers gained a slight amount of weight. Baseline and peak concentrations of LH were not significantly affected by time or diet. Time to GnRH-induced LH peak was longer (53 vs 130 min, P < 0.01) after 40% NE(m) and remained greater at all times thereafter. Serum lipid levels increased 82.5% among heifers being fed the bypass fat. Energy restriction had no effect on the magnitude of LH response to GnRH but did delay response time.
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- M S Johnson
- Department of Animal Sciences The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA
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[22] Synthesis of urea with urease in water-organic solvent mixtures. Methods Enzymol 1987. [DOI: 10.1016/s0076-6879(87)36024-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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Richards JF, Smith RV, Wilcox RE. Comparison of two spectrophotometric assays for blood urea nitrogen: Influence of apomorphine. Microchem J 1984. [DOI: 10.1016/0026-265x(84)90086-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Rothnagel JA, Rogers GE. Citrulline in proteins from the enzymatic deimination of arginine residues. Methods Enzymol 1984; 107:624-31. [PMID: 6503728 DOI: 10.1016/0076-6879(84)07046-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Jaster EH, Bell DF, McPherron TA. Nicotinic acid and serum metabolite concentrations of lactating dairy cows fed supplemental niacin. J Dairy Sci 1983; 66:1039-45. [PMID: 6875056 DOI: 10.3168/jds.s0022-0302(83)81899-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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The effect of supplemental niacin on production and metabolite changes associated with early lactation were measured. Differences of milk production between treatments were not apparent, but serum nicotinic acid concentrations remained higher for those cows fed niacin (12 g/day). Changes of serum metabolites did occur when cows received a single oral dose of 12 or 120 g niacin. Significant alterations of nicotinic acid, free fatty acids, beta-hydroxybutyrate, blood urea nitrogen, serum glutamic-oxalacetic-transaminase, sodium, and chloride occurred within 24 h after initiation of treatment. These metabolites returned to basal concentrations within 60 h after administration.
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The interpretation of clinical laboratory tests is dependent on a host of physiological, environmental and pharmacological factors. At present, it is difficult to determine which of these broad groups is involved when one suspects interference with a clinical laboratory test. Detailed knowledge of the drugs that a patient is consuming is critical in understanding potential interferences. Drugs affect laboratory tests by 2 basic mechanisms: (a) physiological or pharmacological interference, and (b) chemical interference. The major interferences with routine clinical chemistry tests are described in the review which follows. The diversity of therapeutic agents that influence tests, points to the problem of monitoring drug interferences. Awareness of the problem and careful review of drug histories is at present the only realistic method of attempting to minimise the problem. Future use of computer data bases may allow potential drug interferences to be signalled automatically.
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Jaster E, Newman H, McCoy G, Staples C, Berger L, Fahey G. Dairy Waste Fiber as a Roughage Source for Dairy Heifers. J Dairy Sci 1982. [DOI: 10.3168/jds.s0022-0302(82)82335-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Beije B, Jenssen D. Investigation of styrene in the liver perfusion/cell culture system. No indication of styrene-7,8-oxide as the principal mutagenic metabolite produced by the intact rat liver. Chem Biol Interact 1982; 39:57-76. [PMID: 7060221 DOI: 10.1016/0009-2797(82)90006-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Mutagenic effect of styrene and styrene-7,8-oxide was studied with the isolated perfused rat liver as metabolizing system and Chinese hamster V79 cells as genetic target cells. Styrene-7,8-oxide which is mutagenic per se was rapidly metabolized by the perfused rat liver. Thus no mutagenic effect was detected neither in the perfusion medium nor in the bile. However when styrene was added to the perfusion system, an increase in V79 mutants was observed regardless of where in the circulating perfusion medium the V79 cells were placed: the same effect was obtained with V79 cells close to the liver as well as at a distance from the liver. No mutagenic effect was observed in the bile. Simultaneous analysis of the styrene-7,8-oxide concentration in the perfusion medium, suggest that this metabolite is not the cause of the mutagenic effect observed during perfusion with styrene. The effect of the two test compounds on some liver functions was also studied. Both styrene and styrene-7,8-oxide changed the bile flow without affecting bile acid secretion: styrene caused a reduction in bile flow as compared to control perfusions and styrene-7,8-oxide increased the bile flow. Styrene, but not styrene-7,8-oxide, reduced gluconeogenesis from lactate. Styrene had no effect on the liver's capacity to incorporate amino acids into plasma proteins, whereas styrene-7,8-oxide reduced the amino acid incorporation. The microsomal cytochrome P-450 content was not affected by the two test compounds. No alteration in microsomal N- and C-oxygenation of N,N-dimethylaniline (DMA) was observed with styrene-7,8-oxide or the lower styrene dose used (240 mumol), whereas the higher styrene concentration (480 mumol) reduced N-oxygenation and thus also the total DNA metabolism. It is suggested that the results on styrene and styrene-7,8-oxide found here using the liver perfusion/cell culture system mimic the metabolism expected to be found in the intact animal, thus indicating that styrene-7,8-oxide is not the principal mutagenic metabolite of styrene in vivo.
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Pastra-Landis SC, Foote J, Kantrowitz ER. An improved colorimetric assay for aspartate and ornithine transcarbamylases. Anal Biochem 1981; 118:358-63. [PMID: 7337232 DOI: 10.1016/0003-2697(81)90594-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Rahmatullah M, Boyde TR. Improvements in the determination of urea using diacetyl monoxime; methods with and without deproteinisation. Clin Chim Acta 1980; 107:3-9. [PMID: 7428175 DOI: 10.1016/0009-8981(80)90407-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 332] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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A rapid and reproducible method is described for measurement of urea in biological materials (after deproteinisation) and in serum (without deproteinisation). Urea is colorimetrically determined with diacetyl monoxime and thiosemicarbazide in the presence of sulphuric acid, phosphoric acid and ferric chloride. The sensitivity of the colorimetric reaction and stability of the colour are enhanced over existing related procedures and the serum blank diminished, enabling urea to be precisely measured in micro amounts (1--5 microliters) of serum.
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Boyde TR, Rahmatullah M. Optimization of conditions for the colorimetric determination of citrulline, using diacetyl monoxime. Anal Biochem 1980; 107:424-31. [PMID: 7435971 DOI: 10.1016/0003-2697(80)90404-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 229] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Shah SV, Kempson SA, Northrup TE, Dousa TP. Renal adaptation to a low phosphate diet in rats. J Clin Invest 1979; 64:955-66. [PMID: 479377 PMCID: PMC372204 DOI: 10.1172/jci109562] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The major renal adaptive changes in response to selective dietary phosphate restriction are a marked reduction in urinary excretion of phosphate and an increased urinary excretion of calcium; at the cellular level, there is selective increase in renal cortical brush border membrane phosphate uptake and increase in specific activity of alkaline phosphatase. In the present study we examined whether these functional and biochemical adaptive changes could be blocked by drugs known to inhibit protein synthesis. Administration of actinomycin D or cycloheximide to rats switched from a diet with normal phosphate content (0.7%) to a diet with low (0.07%) phosphate content either completely (actinomycin D) or partially (cycloheximide) prevented the expected decrease in urinary excretion of phosphate and increase in the urinary excretion of calcium. The specific activity of alkaline phosphatase measured in crude membrane fraction (washed 100,000 g pellet) from renal cortical homogenate in animals fed a low phosphate diet and treated with actinomycin D or with cycloheximide was significantly lower than in control animals also on a low phosphate diet receiving placebo; but there were no differences between treated and untreated animals in the activities of two other brush border enzymes, gamma-glutamyltransferase and leucine aminopeptidase. Actinomycin D administered to rats maintained on a normal phosphate diet throughout the course of the experiment caused an increase in the urinary excretion of phosphate on the last (6th) day of the experiment but did not change urinary excretion of calcium. In acute clearance experiments, infusion of actinomycin D to rats adapted to a low phosphate diet did not increase fractional excretion of phosphate. In separate experiments, using the same dietary protocol as above, brush border membrane fraction (vesicles) was prepared from renal cortex of rats sacrificed at the end of the experiment. In this preparation Na(+)-dependent (32)Pi and d-[(3)H]glucose uptake and activities of brush border enzymes membrane were determined. Brush border membrane vesicles prepared from rats fed a low phosphate diet showed significantly higher Na(+)-dependent (32)Pi uptake compared with rats fed a normal phosphate diet. This increase in (32)Pi uptake was completely prevented when rats on a low phosphate diet were simultaneously treated with actinomycin D. These differences were specific for (32)Pi transport as no differences were observed in d-[(3)H]glucose uptake among the three groups. There was a positive correlation (r = 0.82, P < 0.01) between (32)Pi uptake and specific activity of alkaline phosphatase measured in aliquots of the same brush border membranes, whereas no such correlation was observed with two other brush border membrane enzymes gamma-glutamyltransferase and leucine aminopeptidase. These observations show that actinomycin D prevents both the functional and cellular renal adaptive changes induced by a low phosphate diet. Taken together, these observations suggest that renal adaptation to a low phosphate diet could be prevented by inhibition of de novo protein synthesis.
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Beije B, Jenssen D, Arrhenius E, Zetterqvist MA. Isolated liver perfusion--a tool in mutagenicity testing for the evaluation of carcinogens. Chem Biol Interact 1979; 27:41-57. [PMID: 113109 DOI: 10.1016/0009-2797(79)90148-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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An isolated liver perfusion system suitable for the combination with Chinese hamster V79 cells is described. With this system, it is possible to study, with the V79 cells as genetic targets, the mutagenic effect of a chemical after metabolic activation in the intact organ. Those substances commonly used in mutagenicity testing as inducers of drug metabolising enzymes, i.e. Arochlor 1254. Phenobarbital(PB) and 3-Methylcholantrene(3-MC), were studied for their effect in the isolated perfused liver. PB increased the bile flow, which was not significantly affected by the other inducers. Only Arochlor caused a significant increase in the amino acid incorporation into plasma proteins and total liver proteins (expressed per mg liver protein). None of the inducers had an effect on gluconeogenesis from lactate or urea synthesis. All three inducers caused an increase in the level of microsomal P-450 enzymes, the biggest increase being seen after Arochlor-induction (170%), followed by PB(90%) and 3-MC(50%). Arochlor- and PB-induction had a dramatic effect on N- and C-oxygenation of N, N-dimethylaniline: N-oxygenation was decreased by 35% and 40% respectively and C-oxygenation increased by 130% and 140% respectively. The advantages of the isolated perfused liver as an intact metabolising unit is discussed in relation to other mutagenicity assays, in which subcellular fractions are used as the metabolising system.
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Patel C, Thibert RJ, Zak B. Investigation of reaction intermediates of the urea-diacetylmonoxime reaction. Clin Biochem 1979; 12:126-9. [PMID: 487561 DOI: 10.1016/s0009-9120(79)80138-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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1. An investigation of the intermediates of the urea-diacetylmonoxime reaction and the isolation of the protochromogen has been described. A comparative spectral study of the protochromogen with that of the literature values suggested the structure of the protochromogen to be a diureide. 2. The diureides of 1-phenyl-1,2-propanedione-monoxime and 2,3-pentanedione were synthesized and their visible, U.V., I.R., NMR, and mass desorption spectrometry data were analyzed. The study suggests that the structure of each of these compound is that of a diureide. When these diureides were redissolved in acid media, they gave the color expected of the corresponding chromogens found from the respective diketones and urea. 3. The 3a-methyl-6a-phenyl-glycoluril was synthesized by a base-catalyzed reaction. When this glycoluril was dissolved in concentrated HCl, a pink color was obtained, similar to that of the corresponding diureide. These studies indicate that both the diureide and the glycoluril (if formed at all in acid-catalyzed reaction) are converted to the same chromogen, possibly via a rearrangement. 4. When 2,3-butanedionemonoximethiosemicarbazone was reacted with urea in acid medium, characteristic spectral data were obtained which were very similar to those of the urea-diacetylmonoximethiosemicarbazide reaction. This tends to indicate that the possible structures of the protochromogens are similar and of the open chain diureide type.
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Rannug U, Beije B. The mutagenic effect of 1,2-dichloroethane on Salmonella typhimurium. II. Activation by the isolated perfused rat liver. Chem Biol Interact 1979; 24:265-85. [PMID: 371841 DOI: 10.1016/0009-2797(79)90077-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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In this investigation Salmonella typhimurium strain TA 1530 and TA 1535 were combined with isolated perfused rat liver. Samples of perfusate and bile produced were tested for mutagenicity after treatment with 1,2-dichloroethane (DCE), 1,2-dibromoethane (DBE) or 2-chloroethanol. The results are in good agreement with our previous experiments which indicate that both DEC and DBE are activated through conjugation with glutathione (GSH). Most GSH conjugates are normally excreted in bile. Following liver perfusion the bile was highly mutagenic after DCE and DBE treatments, while 2-chloroethanol did not have this effect. The highest mutagenic effect was seen 15--30 min after the addition of DCE or DBE. The production of mutagenic bile also occurred in mice treated in vivo with DCE. One possible metabolic endproduct of a GSH conjugate is the corresponding mercapturic acid. Thus synthetic N-acetyl-S-(2-chloroethyl)-L-cysteine was tested on TA 1535 and found to be as mutagenic as S-(2-chloroethyl)-L-cysteine in the concentration range 0.2--0.6 mumol/plate. Differences and similarities in the metabolism of DCE and vinyl chloride are discussed on the basis of these results.
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Mirvish SS, Sams JP, Arnold SD. Spectrophotometric method for determining ureas applied to nitrosoureas, nitrosocyanamides and a cyanamide. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1979. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00482025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Voorhoeve RJ, Trimble LE, Freed DJ. Synthesis of Ammonium Cyanate and Urea by Reduction of Nitric Oxide on Platinum, Rhodium, and Ruthenium Catalysts. Science 1978; 200:759-61. [PMID: 17743237 DOI: 10.1126/science.200.4343.759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Nearly quantitative conversion of nitric oxide (NO) into N(2)H(4)CO has been obtained in the reduction of NO with carbon monoxide and hydrogen over platinum and rhodium catalysts. Depending on the temperature of collection, N(2)H(4)CO is isolated as ammonium cyanate or its isomer, urea. The process is an effective way of recovering fixed nitrogen from dilute industrial streams containing NO. Ammonium cyanate may play a role in the reduction of NO in automotive exhaust control.
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Karube I, Suzuki S, Kusano T, Sato T. Preparation, properties, andin vitro thrombogenic characterization of urokinase-collagen membrane. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1977. [DOI: 10.1007/bf02996748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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