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Purification and partial characterization of wheat alcohol dehydrogenase
dc.contributor.advisor | Hart, Gary E. | |
dc.contributor.advisor | Pace, Nick | |
dc.creator | Langston, Pat Jean | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-08-21T21:08:45Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-08-21T21:08:45Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1978 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/DISSERTATIONS-323436 | |
dc.description | Vita. | en |
dc.description.abstract | Alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) has been purified to homogeneity from embryo of tetraploid wheat (T. turgidum) and whole grain of diploid wheat (T. monococcum). The embryo ADH was purified 22 fold and the ADH from whole grain was purified 103 fold. Purification was achieved using streptomycin sulfate precipitation, gel filtration chromatography, DEAE-cellulose anion exchange chromatography, and preparative isoelectric focusing. This purification scheme effectively removes the wheat storage proteins, which were a particular problem, and produces a stable ADH. The development of a purification procedure for ADH from whole grain wheat allowed the diploid wheat, monococcum, which is of limited supply, to be effectively utilized to obtain a single isozyme ADH preparation. The three ADH isozymes of the tetraploid wheat T. turgidum were purified and then resolved by ion exchange chromatography. The isozymes were present in an approximate ratio of 1:2:1 which is the expected ratio for randomly dimerizing subunits. The molecular weight of the native enzyme was determined by gel filtration chromatography to be 116,000 and the subunit molecular weight was determined by SDS polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis to be 60,000. Wheat ADH was shown by atomic absorption analysis to contain zinc. ADH is stabilized by dithiotheritol and mercaptoethanol which suggests the presence of SH groups in the enzyme. ... | en |
dc.format.extent | ix, 80 leaves | en |
dc.format.medium | electronic | en |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.rights | This thesis was part of a retrospective digitization project authorized by the Texas A&M University Libraries. Copyright remains vested with the author(s). It is the user's responsibility to secure permission from the copyright holder(s) for re-use of the work beyond the provision of Fair Use. | en |
dc.rights.uri | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | |
dc.subject | Major biochemistry | en |
dc.subject.classification | 1978 Dissertation L285 | |
dc.subject.lcsh | Dehydrogenases | en |
dc.subject.lcsh | Wheat | en |
dc.subject.lcsh | Analysis | en |
dc.subject.lcsh | Wheat | en |
dc.subject.lcsh | Genetics | en |
dc.title | Purification and partial characterization of wheat alcohol dehydrogenase | en |
dc.type | Thesis | en |
thesis.degree.grantor | Texas A&M University | en |
thesis.degree.name | Doctor of Philosophy | en |
dc.contributor.committeeMember | Glover, George | |
dc.contributor.committeeMember | Harris, Ed | |
dc.type.genre | dissertations | en |
dc.type.material | text | en |
dc.format.digitalOrigin | reformatted digital | en |
dc.publisher.digital | Texas A&M University. Libraries | |
dc.identifier.oclc | 4678579 |
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