scholarly journals Kinetic analysis of duck ε-crystallin, a lens structural protein with lactate dehydrogenase activity

1990 ◽  
Vol 267 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
S H Chiou ◽  
H J Lee ◽  
G G Chang
Keyword(s):  
Lactate Dehydrogenase ◽  
Kinetic Analysis ◽  
Substrate Inhibition ◽  
Product Inhibition ◽  
Enzyme Mechanism ◽  
Kinetic Properties ◽  
Structural Protein ◽  
Lactate Dehydrogenase Activity ◽  
Chicken Heart ◽  
Inhibition Studies

Biochemical characterization and kinetic analysis of epsilon-crystallin from the lenses of common ducks were undertaken to elucidate the enzyme mechanism of this unique crystallin with lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) activity. Despite the structural similarities between epsilon-crystallin and chicken heart LDH, differences in charge and kinetic properties were revealed by isoenzyme electrophoresis and kinetic studies. Bi-substrate kinetic analysis examined by initial-velocity and product-inhibition studies suggested a compulsory ordered Bi Bi sequential mechanism with NADH as the leading substrate followed by pyruvate. The products were released in the order L-lactate and NAD+. The catalysed reaction is shown to have a higher rate in the formation of L-lactate and NAD+. Substrate inhibition was observed at high concentrations of pyruvate and L-lactate for the forward and reverse reactions respectively. The substrate inhibition was presumably due to the formation of epsilon-crystallin-NAD(+)-pyruvate or epsilon-crystallin-NADH-L-lactate abortive ternary complexes, as suggested by the product-inhibition studies. The significance and the interrelationship of duck epsilon-crystallin with other well-known LDHs are discussed with special regard to its role as a structural protein with some enzymic function in lens metabolism.

scholarly journals Purification and kinetic properties of ox brain histamine N-methyltransferase

1986 ◽  
Vol 233 (3) ◽  
pp. 669-676 ◽  
Author(s):  
W L Gitomer ◽  
K F Tipton
Keyword(s):  
Acetic Acid ◽  
Steady State ◽  
Mouse Brain ◽  
Initial Rate ◽  
Substrate Inhibition ◽  
Gel Filtration ◽  
Product Inhibition ◽  
Kinetic Properties ◽  
Brain Histamine ◽  
Inhibition Studies

Histamine N-methyltransferase (EC 2.1.1.8) was purified 1100-fold from ox brain. The native enzyme has an Mr of 34800 +/- 2400 as measured by gel filtration on Sephadex G-100. The enzyme is highly specific for histamine. It does not methylate noradrenaline, adrenaline, DL-3,4-dihydroxymandelic acid, 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid, 3-hydroxytyramine or imidazole-4-acetic acid. Unlike the enzyme from rat and mouse brain, ox brain histamine N-methyltransferase did not exhibit substrate inhibition by histamine. Initial rate and product inhibition studies were consistent with an ordered steady-state mechanism with S-adenosylmethionine being the first substrate to bind to the enzyme and N-methylhistamine being the first product to dissociate.

scholarly journals Kinetic properties of spermine synthase from bovine brain

1983 ◽  
Vol 215 (3) ◽  
pp. 669-676 ◽  
Author(s):  
R L Pajula
Keyword(s):  
Initial Velocity ◽  
Substrate Inhibition ◽  
Product Inhibition ◽  
Bovine Brain ◽  
Kinetic Properties ◽  
Methylthioadenosine Phosphorylase ◽  
Spermine Synthase ◽  
Michaelis Constants ◽  
Inhibition Studies ◽  
Competitive Product

A kinetic analysis including initial-velocity and product-inhibition studies were performed with spermine synthase purified from bovine brain. The enzyme activity was assayed in the presence of 5′-methylthioadenosine phosphorylase as an auxiliary enzyme to prevent the accumulation of the inhibitory product, 5′-methylthioadenosine, and thus to obtain linearity of the reaction with time. Initial-velocity studies gave intersecting or converging linear double-reciprocal plots. No substrate inhibition by decarboxylated S-adenosylmethionine was observed at concentrations up to 0.4 mM. Apparent Michaelis constants were 60 microM for spermidine and 0.1 microM for decarboxylated S-adenosylmethionine. Spermine was a competitive product inhibitor with respect to decarboxylated S-adenosylmethionine, but a mixed one with respect to the other substrate, spermidine. 5′-Methylthioadenosine showed a mixed inhibition with both substrates, predominantly competitive with respect to decarboxylated S-adenosylmethionine and predominantly uncompetitive with respect to spermidine. The observed kinetic and inhibition patterns are consistent with a compulsory-order mechanism, where both substrates add to the enzyme before products can be released.

S-Adenosylhomocysteine Metabolism in Various Species

1975 ◽  
Vol 53 (3) ◽  
pp. 312-319 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. D. Walker ◽  
J. A. Duerre
Keyword(s):  
Rat Liver ◽  
Condensation Reaction ◽  
Substrate Inhibition ◽  
Product Inhibition ◽  
Kinetic Properties ◽  
Adenosylhomocysteine Hydrolase ◽  
In Vivo Experiments ◽  
Cleavage Enzyme

Eleven microorganisms, four plants, and major organs from the chicken, dog, rat, and rabbit were assayed for the presence of S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase, S-adenosyl-homocysteine nucleosidase, and S-ribosylhomocysteine-cleavage enzyme. All bacteria (procaryotes) were found to possess S-adenosylhomocysteine nucleosidase and S-ribosylhomocysteine-cleavage enzyme but not S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase. All eucaryotes tested, including yeasts, plants, birds, and mammals, possessed S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase but not S-adenosylhomocysteine nucleosidase or S-ribosylhomocysteine-cleavage enzyme. Of all the organs assayed in the vertebrates, the level of S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase was highest in liver, pancreas, and kidney, lower in spleen and testis, and very low in brain and heart. In all systems tested, equilibrium of the hydrolase reaction always favored synthesis over hydrolysis. We studied some of the kinetic properties of the hydrolase from rat liver. In the direction of synthesis, the Km value was 1.5 mM for adenosine and 4.5 mM for L-homocysteine, whereas marked substrate inhibition was observed with L-homocysteine. The condensation reaction is subject to product inhibition, and was inhibited by adenine. Results from in-vivo experiments revealed that the cells of the various organs of the dog are impermeable to the exogenously administered S-adenosylhomocysteine.

scholarly journals Kinetic mechanism of pulmonary carbonyl reductase

1988 ◽  
Vol 252 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
K Matsuura ◽  
T Nakayama ◽  
M Nakagawa ◽  
A Hara ◽  
H Sawada
Keyword(s):  
Kinetic Mechanism ◽  
Product Inhibition ◽  
Carbonyl Reductase ◽  
Ternary Complexes ◽  
Enzyme Mechanism ◽  
The Other ◽  
Binding Studies ◽  
Forward Reaction ◽  
Cibacron Blue ◽  
Inhibition Studies

The kinetic mechanism of guinea-pig lung carbonyl reductase was studied at pH 7 in the forward reaction with five carbonyl substrates and NAD(P)H and in the reverse reaction with propan-2-ol and NAD(P)+. In each case the enzyme mechanism was sequential, and product-inhibition studies were consistent with a di-iso ordered bi bi mechanism, in which NAD(P)H binds to the enzyme first and NAD(P)+ leaves last and the binding of cofactor induces isomerization. The kinetic and binding studies of the cofactors and several inhibitors such as pyrazole, benzoic acid, Cibacron Blue and benzamide indicate that the cofactor and Cibacron Blue bind to the free enzyme whereas the other inhibitors bind to the binary and/or ternary complexes.

Seasonal adaptation of crucian carp (Carassius carassius L.) heart: glycogen stores and lactate dehydrogenase activity

1994 ◽  
Vol 72 (3) ◽  
pp. 433-442 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matti Vornanen
Keyword(s):  
Lactate Dehydrogenase ◽  
Crucian Carp ◽  
Glycogen Content ◽  
Early Summer ◽  
Winter Period ◽  
Kinetic Properties ◽  
Seasonal Adaptation ◽  
Lactate Dehydrogenase Activity ◽  
Glycogen Stores ◽  
Α Particles

The glycogen content of the crucian carp heart followed a clear annual cycle, while the size of the heart remained constant throughout the year. Glycogen stores were very abundant at the beginning of the winter (8% of heart mass) and were consumed during the winter and spring, so the stores were at their minimum in early summer (1.4% in May). New glycogen depositions accumulated in the heart during summer and autumn, the maximum glycogen content being attained at the end of October. Glycogen occurred in two distinct granular forms: small β particles about 25 nm in diameter and large α particles about 100 nm in diameter. In late autumn glycogen was mainly in the form of small β particles, which were gathered in vast "glycogen seas" up to 45 μm in length and 10 μm in width. In spring and especially in summer the larger α particles were more numerous than β particles. Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) activity of the crucian carp heart was relatively high and constant throughout the year. The kinetic properties of cardiac LDH were intermediate between pure cardiac and pure muscle type LDH with a low Km value (0.1 mM) for pyruvate, but only moderately (30%) inhibited by high pyruvate concentrations. The isoenzyme composition and kinetics of LDH did not change seasonally. Crucian carp showed an immediate and strong reduction in heart rate when exposed to hypoxic water. These findings suggest that the crucian carp heart tolerates a long hypoxic winter period by suppressing energy consumption with strong bradycardic reflex and utilizing the massive glycogen stores of the tissues through anaerobic metabolism.

Glutamate Dehydrogenase from Medicago sativa L., Purification and Comparative Kinetic Studies of the Organ-Specific Multiple Forms

1980 ◽  
Vol 35 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 406-415 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marianne Nagel ◽  
Hartmann
Keyword(s):  
Medicago Sativa ◽  
Glutamate Dehydrogenase ◽  
Kinetic Studies ◽  
Product Inhibition ◽  
Kinetic Properties ◽  
Enzyme Preparations ◽  
Organ Specific ◽  
Nad Oxidoreductase ◽  
Medicago Sativa L ◽  
Inhibition Studies

Abstract NAD-specific glutamate dehydrogenase [L-glutamate: NAD + oxidoreductase (deaminating) EC 1.4.1.2] from Medicago sativa constitutes organ-specific patterns of isoenzymes. The isoenzyme-pattems of seeds (GDH-I) and roots (GDH-II) were purified 1520-fold and 92-fold, respectively. All isoenzymes of both patterns remain stable throughout the purification procedures. Isoenzyme a7, the only isoenzyme common to both patterns was isolated from the GDH-I pattern. The three enzyme preparations were found to be identical in pH optima, substrate specificity and general kinetic properties. A comparative kinetic analysis revealed no pronounced differences between the various kinetic constants evaluated for the three enzyme preparations. Furthermore an identical order of substrate binding and product release could be established. Both initial rate measure­ ments and product inhibition studies are consistent with an ordered ternary-binary kinetic mecha­ nism. The results suggest that tissue-specific enzyme multiplicity of plant glutamate dehydrogenase is not related to differences in general or kinetic properties.

scholarly journals Kinetic mechanism of sheep liver NADPH-dependent aldehyde reductase

1987 ◽  
Vol 242 (1) ◽  
pp. 143-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
K S De Jongh ◽  
P J Schofield ◽  
M R Edwards
Keyword(s):  
Kinetic Mechanism ◽  
Product Inhibition ◽  
Enzyme Mechanism ◽  
Free Enzyme ◽  
Aldehyde Reductase ◽  
Binding Studies ◽  
Sheep Liver ◽  
Low Concentrations ◽  
High Concentrations ◽  
Inhibition Studies

The kinetic mechanism of the major sheep liver aldehyde reductase (ALR1) was studied with three aldehyde substrates: p-nitrobenzaldehyde, pyridine-3-aldehyde and D-glucuronate. In each case the enzyme mechanism was sequential and product-inhibition studies were consistent with an ordered Bi Bi mechanism, with the coenzymes binding to the free enzyme. Binding studies were used to investigate the interactions of substrates, products and inhibitors with the free enzyme. These provided evidence for the binding of D-glucuronate, L-gulonate and valproate, as well as NADP+ and NADPH. The enzyme was inhibited by high concentrations of D-glucuronate in a non-competitive manner, indicating that this substrate was able to bind to the free enzyme and to the E X NADP+ complex at elevated concentrations. Although the enzyme was inhibited by high pyridine-3-aldehyde concentrations, there was no evidence for the binding of this substrate to the free enzyme. Sheep liver ALR1 was inhibited by the ionized forms of alrestatin, sorbinil, valproate, 2-ethylhexanoate and phenobarbitone, indicating the presence of an anion-binding site similar to that described for the pig liver enzyme, which interacts with inhibitors and substrates containing a carboxy group. Sorbinil, valproate and 2-ethylhexanoate inhibited the enzyme uncompetitively at low concentrations and non-competitively at high concentrations, whereas phenobarbitone and alrestatin were non-competitive and uncompetitive inhibitors respectively. The significance of these results with respect to inhibitor and substrate binding is discussed.

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