The influence of iodoacetate on the mechanism of nuclear glucose oxidation

Résumé Les expériences présentées montrent que dans les noyaux isolés du thymus de rat l'inhibition de glycéraldehyde-phosphate déhydrogénase stimule la production de¹⁴CO₂ de (6-¹⁴C) glucose. Un méchanisme capable d'expliquer cet effet est proposé et discuté.     

Antibacterial agents specifically inhibiting lipopolysaccharide synthesis

The spread of antibiotic resistance in Gram-negative bacteria has sustained a continuing search for new agents with antibacterial activity against this important class of bacterial pathogen. Because the biosynthesis of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is unique to Gram-negative bacteria and required by them for growth and virulence, attempts have been made to discover or design antibacterial agents acting at this site; however, no such agents have so far been developed. We now present definitive experimental data documenting design of the first member of the class of antibacterial compounds which specifically inhibit LPS synthesis. The target enzyme is 3-deoxy-D-manno-octulosonate cytidylytransferase (CMP-KDO synthetase), a cytoplasmic enzyme which activates 3-deoxy-D-manno-octulosonate (KDO) for incorporation into LPS. A specific inhibitor of CMP-KDO synthetase, alpha-C-(1,5-anhydro-7-amino-2,7-dideoxy-D-manno-heptopyranosyl)-carboxy late was designed using results of our studies of the purified enzyme. LPS synthesis ceased and lipid A precursor accumulated, causing growth stasis and perturbation of outer membrane structure and function, following delivery of the inhibitor to the intracellular target by a peptide carrier. Antibacterial action required an intact oligopeptide permease system and specific intracellular aminopeptidase activity to release inhibitor from the peptide prodrug.     

Amino acid excretion patterns in the offspring of a ‘doubly-heterozygous’ cystine stone former

Résumé L'analyse des acides aminés de la cystinurie du type I-III dans l'urine de deux enfants d'un hétérozygote double a révélé que les quantité d'acides aminés dibasiques excrétées en 24 h sont celles qui furent trouvées chez les hétérozygotes de la cystinurie du type III. Les données expérimentales s'accordent sur ce point que les types biochimiquement hétérogènes de la cystinurie sont règiés par des allèles.