Effect of orotic acid on liver glycogen of different animal species

Summary The effect of orotic acid on the liver glycogen content in the mice, frogs and catfish was studied. It was observed that the orotic acid significantly increases the glycogen content in the liver of mice and catfish as it does in rats. On the other hand it causes a fall of the glycogen level in frogs in experiments made both in autumn and spring. This effect was modified by amino acids administrated together with orotic acid.     

Über die Bindungsart der amidierten Reste derβ-Aminodicarbonsäuren in Eiweißstoffen

Summary Gliadin and chymotrypsinogen, respectively, were treated with alkaline sodium hypochlorite solution equivalent to the carbonamide groups present, and then hydrolysed by acid. The proteins treated with dilute alkaline solution have been assayed in control experiments for their content of N-terminal amino acids. The degradation products identified by paper chromatography seem to indicate that in chymotrypsinogen the amido groups of the amino dicarboxylic acids represent asparaginyl (Ia) and glutaminyl (Ib) residues. In gliadin, besides these residues, the presence of isoglutaminyl residues (IVb) also seems to be probable.     

Adjuvanticity and delayed-type hypersensitivity by Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG)

Résumé Le BCG, lavé à l'eau distillée, puis à l'etherethanol, puis au chloroforme, est traité par l'anhydride acétique. Le bacille ainsi traité par acétylation perd, à poids égal, par rapport au bacille vivant, de son pouvoir d'induire une hypersensibilité retardée spécifique, mais accroit son pouvoir de stimulation non spécifique des réactions immunitaires.

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Acknowledgments. The authors wish to thank ProfessorG. Mathé for his interest in this investigation and MrsF. Kosloff from Pasteur Institute, Paris, France, for her generous gift of BCG.