Chemoenzymatic synthesis of glucose fatty esters.

D-Glucose fatty esters at C-6 were obtained by chemoenzymatic synthesis involving 1,2-O-cyclohexylidene-alpha-D-glucofuranose (1) followed by hydrolysis of the cyclohexylidene protecting group. The enzymatic esterification of 1 was performed with fatty acids of variable chain lengths (C8:0 to C18:0). The kinetic of the reaction was studied for each fatty acid and the structure of the octanoyl ester was determined by 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy.

Purification of chick interferon by zinc chelate affinity chromatography and sodium dodecylsulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis.

An improved purification method for chick interferon from the allantoic fluid of embryonated chick eggs is described. Interferon prepurified by perchloric acid treatment, zinc acetate precipitation, and chromatography on SP-Sephadex C-25 was further enriched by column chromatography on zinc chelate. Analysis on sodium dodecylsulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of the interferon preparation with a specific activity of 8 X 10(5) units/mg protein shows that the major antiviral activity migrated in a broad band in the range of 20-29 kD molecular weight.