As reported earlier 1, we tried to isolate keto acids of importance physiologically in the body fluid and the silk-glands of the silkworm larvæ and found that there were present glyoxylic, ...

Pyruvate formate-lyase (PFL) from Escherichia coli uses a radical mechanism to reversibly cleave the C1-C2 bond of pyruvate using the Gly 734 radical and two cysteine residues (Cys 418, Cys 419). We ...

From the Medical Service of the Psychiatric Division, Bellevue Hospital, and the Department of Psychiatry and the Department of Medicine, New York University College of Medicine. Aided by grants from ...

THE introduction of a satisfactory chemical method for the early débridement of burns would simplify a perplexing problem. For many years attempts have been made to find some agent that would ...