Impact of different substrates on biomass protein composition during wastewater treatment investigated by two-dimensional electrophoresis

1998 ◽  
Vol 37 (4-5) ◽  
pp. 363-366 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sylvia Huber ◽  
Sabine Minnebusch ◽  
Stefan Wuertz ◽  
Peter A. Wilderer ◽  
Brigitte Helmreich
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Weight ◽  
Protein Pattern ◽  
Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Protein Composition ◽  
Milling Process ◽  
Batch Reactors ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Sequencing Batch Reactors ◽  
2D Page ◽  
Dimensional Electrophoresis

The influence of different influent substrates on biomass protein composition was examined by two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (2D-PAGE). Activated sludge from six sequencing batch reactors (SBRs) was investigated; four reactors were fed with model substrates and two received effluents from a wood milling process and a paper production process, respectively. Our investigations showed that in 2D-PAGE complex substrates caused a less diverse protein pattern than model wastewater composed of simple and low molecular weight compounds. This may be caused by complex formation by high molecular weight compounds of substrate with proteins. A more likely explanation is the presence of a more diversified microbial population resulting in a lower concentration of individual proteins, so that detection limits after staining were too high to observe discrete spots.

Variation in goat fibre protein

1989 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 675 ◽  
Author(s):  
DJ Tucker ◽  
AHF Hudson ◽  
A Laudani ◽  
RC Marshall ◽  
DE Rivett
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Weight ◽  
Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate ◽  
Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Sodium Dodecyl ◽  
Apparent Molecular Weight ◽  
Wool Fibre ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Protein Patterns ◽  
Cashmere Goats

The proteins from a range of cashmere, mohair, angoratcashmere crossbred and wool fibre samples were extracted at pH 8 with 8 M urea containing dithiothreitol, and were then radiolabelled by S-carboxymethylation using iodo(2-14C) acetate. The proteins from each sample were examined by two dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis in which the separation in the first dimension was according to charge at pH 8.9 and in the second dimension according to apparent molecular weight in the presence of sodium dodecyl sulfate. After electrophoresis the proteins were detected by fluorography. Protein differences in keratin samples from some individual goats existed, although the overall protein patterns were similar. None of the differences were consistent with any one goat fibre type. The protein patterns obtained for fibre samples from individual cashmere goats showed some differences when compared to those found for commercial blends from the same country of origin, indicating that blending can mask any animal-to-animal variation. While the electrophoretic technique does not unequivocally distinguish between cashmere, mohair and angora/cashmere crossbred fibres it does differentiate between wool and goat fibres.

scholarly journals Biochemical analysis of actin in crane-fly gonial cells: evidence for actin in spermatocytes and spermatids--but not sperm.

1980 ◽  
Vol 86 (1) ◽  
pp. 315-325 ◽  
Author(s):  
A R Strauch ◽  
E J Luna ◽  
J R LaFountain
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Weight ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Biochemical Analysis ◽  
Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Cell Types ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Peptide Analysis ◽  
General Applicability ◽  
Peptide Maps

A biochemical assay employing DNase-I affinity chromatography, two-dimensional peptide analysis and SDS polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis was used to isolate, identify, and assess the amount of actin from gonial cells of the crane fly, Nephrotoma suturalis. Based on the analysis of cell homogenates under conditions in which all cellular actin is converted to the monomeric DNase-binding form, actin comprises approximately 1% of the total protein in homogenates of spermatocytes and spermatids. SDS gel analysis of mature sperm reveals no polypeptides with a molecular weight similar to that of actin. Under conditions that preserve native supramolecular states of actin, approximately 80% of the spermatocyte actin is in a sedimentable form whereas only approximately 30% of the spermatid actin is sedimentable. These differences could be meaningful with regard to strutural changes that occur during spermiogenesis. A comparative analysis of two-dimensional peptide maps of several radioiodinated actins reveals similarities among spermatocyte, spermatid, and human erythrocyte actins. The results suggest the general applicability of this approach to other cell types that contain limited amounts of actin.

Two-dimensional electrophoretic analysis of erythrocyte membranes.

1982 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 925-931 ◽  
Author(s):  
B B Rosenblum ◽  
S M Hanash ◽  
N Yew ◽  
J V Neel
Keyword(s):  
Erythrocyte Membrane ◽  
Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Electrophoretic Analysis ◽  
High Molecular Mass ◽  
Erythrocyte Membranes ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Two Dimensional Electrophoresis ◽  
Protein Components ◽  
Erythrocyte Membrane Proteins ◽  
Dimensional Electrophoresis

Abstract In an effort to maximize the amount of genetic information that can be extracted from a blood sample, we investigated the use of two-dimensional polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis (PAGE) to resolve the protein constituents of the erythrocyte membrane. Lyophilized membranes were dissolved in various concentrations of urea, NP-40 detergent, and mercaptoethanol and subjected to two-dimensional PAGE by a modification of the O'Farrell procedure, with use of the ISO-DALT apparatus. More than 600 spots were visible in silver-stained gels under conditions that excluded specific cytoskeleton protein components, including spectrin and actin. The reproducibility of the pattern depended highly on the precise composition of the solubilization mixture. Poor resolution was observed in the presence of actin and other proteins of high molecular mass (spectrin bands 1 and 2) when we used high urea concentrations that solubilized the entire erythrocyte membrane. The large number of polypeptides observed could not be attributed to proteolysis, because addition of proteolytic inhibitors to the membrane wash solutions did not alter the pattern on the gel. The pattern also did not appear to include erythrocyte cytosol proteins because, except for globin, none of five purified erythrocyte lysate proteins was visible in the erythrocyte membrane gels. We conclude that two-dimensional electrophoresis provides a powerful tool for the study of non-cytoskeletal erythrocyte membrane proteins.

Gamma heavy chain disease studied by two-dimensional electrophoresis and immuno-blotting techniques.

1984 ◽  
Vol 30 (12) ◽  
pp. 2021-2025 ◽  
Author(s):  
P Blangarin ◽  
P Deviller ◽  
K Kindbeiter ◽  
J J Madjar
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Chain ◽  
Monoclonal Gammopathy ◽  
Serum Proteins ◽  
Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Two Dimensional Electrophoresis ◽  
Disease Protein ◽  
Dimensional Mapping ◽  
Dimensional Electrophoresis ◽  
Heavy Chain Disease

Abstract We used two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and immunoblotting techniques to study serum proteins from a patient with a monoclonal gammopathy. Two-dimensional electrophoresis was optimized for serum proteins with two main goals: (a) to allow the resolution of many serum proteins in both directions, with penetration of the maximum number of proteins in the first dimension; and (b) to obtain the best reproducibility from one experiment to another, within the limits of the current technique. These analyses, combined with immunoblotting, permitted us to characterize a gamma heavy chain disease protein of 34 000-Da molecular mass. Moreover, two-dimensional mapping of the patient's serum proteins allowed demonstration of the microheterogeneity of this monoclonal component.

Structure of the O-chain of the lipopolysaccharide of Haemophilus pleuropneumoniae serotype 1

1986 ◽  
Vol 64 (12) ◽  
pp. 1317-1325 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eleonora Altman ◽  
Jean-Robert Brisson ◽  
Malcolm B. Perry
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Weight ◽  
Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Lipid A ◽  
Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Sodium Dodecyl ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Magnetic Resonance Studies ◽  
Serotype 1 ◽  
Structure Formula ◽  
Phenol Water

By phenol-water extraction an aqueous-phase soluble cellular lipopolysaccharide was isolated from Haemophilus pleuropneumoniae serotype 1. It was shown by sodium dodecyl sulfate – polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, hydrolysis, methylation, and both one- and two-dimensional 1H and 13C nuclear magnetic resonance studies to be an S-type lipopolysaccharide, which could be cleaved to yield a lipid A and an O-chain polysaccharide identified as a high molecular weight branched polymer of a tetrasaccharide repeating unit having the structure:[Formula: see text]

scholarly journals PROTEINS OF THE POSTSYNAPTIC DENSITY

1974 ◽  
Vol 63 (2) ◽  
pp. 456-465 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Banker ◽  
L. Churchill ◽  
C. W. Cotman
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Weight ◽  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Sodium Dodecyl ◽  
Protein Composition ◽  
Synaptic Plasma Membrane ◽  
Brain Protein ◽  
Single Polypeptide ◽  
Structural Matrix ◽  
Polypeptide Band

An analysis was made of the protein composition of a fraction of postsynaptic densities (PSDs) prepared from rat brain. Protein makes up 90% of the material in the PSD fraction. Two major polypeptide fractions are present, based on sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The major polypeptide fraction has a molecular weight of 53,000, makes up about 45% of the PSD protein, and comigrates on gels with a major polypeptide of the synaptic plasma membrane. The other polypeptide band has a molecular weight of 97,000, accounts for 17% of the PSD protein, and is not a prominent constituent of other fractions. Six other polypeptides of higher molecular weight (100,000–180,000) are consistently present in small amounts (3–9% each). The PSD fraction contains slightly greater amounts of polar amino acids and proline than the synaptic plasma membrane fraction, but no amino acid is usually prominent. The PSD apparently consists of a structural matrix formed primarily by a single polypeptide or class of polypeptides of 53,000 molecular weight. Small amounts of other specialized proteins are contained within this matrix.

scholarly journals Variations in the Methionine-rich Protein Composition of the Genus Arachis1

1984 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sheikh M. Basha ◽  
Sunil K. Pancholy
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Weight ◽  
Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Protein Composition ◽  
Electrophoretic Analysis ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Weight Group ◽  
Two Dimensional Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
Molecular Weights ◽  
Isoelectric Points

Abstract Methionine-rich proteins (MRP) from seeds of different species of the Genus Arachis were isolated and analyzed by gel electrophoresis to detect possible compositional differences. One-dimensional gel electrophoretic analysis showed presence of quantitative and qualitative variations among the MRP-fractions. Following two-dimensional gel electrophoresis, the MRP-fractions were found to contain three groups of polypeptides with apparent molecular weights of approximately 21,000; 19,000 and 16,000, and isoelectric points between 5.1 and 5.8. Within each molecular weight group the number of polypeptides varied between 1 and 3.

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