Ostrich organs/tissue/fluids were screened for plasma kallikrein-like, tissue kallikrein-like and tonin-like activity in a continuous-fluorogenic-assay system using Pro-Phe-Arg-7-amino-4-methylcoumarine, Phe- Arg-7-amino-4-methylcoumarine and Val-Leu-Arg--7-amino-4-trifluoro-methylcoumarine as substrates. Ostrich liver and kidney showed the highest specific plasma kallikrein-like activity. Ostrich adrenal glands and kidney showed the highest specific tissue kallikrein-like and tonin-like activity. Ostrich high molecular weight kininogen was purified from plasma and low molecular weight kininogen was partially purified. The N-terminal amino acid sequences of both high- and low molecular weight kininogens from ostrich plasma were determined. Ostrich plasma high molecular weight kininogen was purified as a 118 kD protein. The purified high molecular weight kininogen inhibits the cysteine proteinase papain at a ratio of one molecule HKG to two molecules of papain. Ornitho kinin-like molecules were detected in ostrich urine using reverse phase HPLC.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:nmmu/vital:11067 |
| Date | January 2001 |
| Creators | Bothma, Leonard Frederick |
| Publisher | University of Port Elizabeth, Faculty of Science |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis, Masters, MSc |
| Format | ix, 122 leaves, pdf |
| Rights | Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University |
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