The potential of Fourier transform (FT)-Raman spectroscopy to quantify the total conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) content was evaluated to find a technique for the routine control of CLA synthesis by chemical procedures. The calibration and validation samples were obtained by photoisomerization of linoleic acid contained in soybean oil. The catalyst was iodine (I(2)), and the light source was the green line (514.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis experiment studied the effect of a modest difference in diet structure value (SV) on milk conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) contents of cows fed diets supplemented with extruded linseed, in situations where the diets provided enough SV and therefore did not induce milk fat depression. Six lactating Holstein cows were used in a crossover design with two treatments ('SV 1.50' and 'SV 1.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTo characterize the proteins P91Ap and P198p, of which mutants generate the tum- antigens P91A and P198, respectively, rabbit antisera were raised with ovalbumin-coupled synthetic peptides that correspond to their respective C terminus. In immunoadsorption tests using immobilized protein A the antisera recognized the translation products synthesized by rabbit reticulocyte lysates programmed with the SP6 polymerase transcripts of the P91A and P198 cDNA. The presence of the two proteins was demonstrated by SDS-PAGE and immunoblotting in all the mouse cells and organs examined.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe have investigated the distribution of methionyl-, leucyl-, and arginyl- tRNA synthetases in primary liver fractions obtained by differential centrifugation of homogenates in isotonic sucrose: 78-93% of synthetase activities are recovered in the cytosolic fraction. Microsomes contain only 4.8%, 19.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe describe a procedure for disassembling rat liver rough microsomes, which allows the purification of the rough endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane. Membrane-bound ribosomes and adsorbed proteins are first detached by washing rough microsomes with 5 mM Na-pyrophosphate. In a second step, the vesicle membrane is opened by digitonin, with concomitant release of the luminal content.
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