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Query: EC:1.1.1.1 (alcohol dehydrogenase)
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Coenzymic activities of the following NADP derivatives were investigated: 2'-O-(2-carboxyethyl)phosphono-NAD (I), N6-(2-carboxyethyl)-NADP (II), 2'-O-(2-carboxyethyl)phosphono-N6-(2-carboxyethyl)-NAD (III), 2'-O-[N-(2-aminoethyl)carbamoylethyl]phosphono-NAD (IV), N6-[N-(2-aminoethyl)carbamoylethyl]-NADP (Va), 2',3'-cyclic NADP, and 3'-NADP. Derivatives I and IV show the effects of modification at the 2'-phosphate group, and derivatives II and Va show those at the 6-amino group of NADP. As for enzymes, alcohol, isocitrate, 6-phosphogluconate, glucose, glucose-6-phosphate, and glutamate dehydrogenases were used. These enzymes were grouped on the basis of the ratio of the activities for NAD and NADP into NADP-specific enzymes (ratio less than 0.01), NAD(P)-specific enzymes (0.01 less than ratio less than 100), and NAD-specific enzymes (ratio greater than 100). For NADP-specific enzymes, modifications at the 2'-phosphate group of NADP caused great loss of cofactor activity. The relative cofactor activities (NADP = 100%) of derivatives I and IV for these enzymes were 0.5-20 and 0.01-0.5%, respectively. On the other hand, NAD(P)-specific enzymes showed several types of responses to the NADP derivatives. The relative cofactor activities of I and IV for Leuconostoc mesenteroides and Bacillus stearothermophilus glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenases and beef liver glutamate dehydrogenase were 60-200%; whereas, for B. megaterium glucose dehydrogenase and L. mesenteroides alcohol dehydrogenase, the values were 0.8-8%. For NAD-specific enzymes, these values were 20-50%. The relative cofactor activities of 2',3'-cyclic NADP and 3'-NADP were very low (less than 0.2%) except for beef liver glutamate dehydrogenase, B. stearothermophilus glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, and horse liver alcohol dehydrogenase. Kinetic studies showed that the losses of the cofactor activity of NADP by these modifications were mainly due to the increase of the Km value. The mechanisms of coenzyme specificity of dehydrogenases are discussed. Unlike the 2'-phosphate group, the 6-amino group is common to NAD and NADP, and the effects of modification at the 6-amino group were independent of the coenzyme specificity of enzymes used for the assay. Derivatives II and Va had high relative cofactor activities (65-130%) for most of the enzymes except for isocitrate and glucose dehydrogenases (less than 1%) and L. mesenteroides alcohol dehydrogenase (20-60%). The cofactor activity of derivative III was generally lower than those of I and II.
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PMID:Coenzymic activity of NADP derivatives alkylated at 2'-phosphate and 6-amino groups. 397 81

1. Enzymic evidence supporting the operation of the Entner-Doudoroff pathway in the anaerobic conversion of glucose into ethanol and carbon dioxide by Zymomonas mobilis is presented. 2. Cell extracts catalysed the formation of equimolar amounts of pyruvate and glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate from 6-phosphogluconate. Evidence that 3-deoxy-2-oxo-6-phosphogluconate is an intermediate in this conversion was obtained. 3. Cell extracts of the organism contained the following enzymes: glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase (active with NAD and NADP), ethanol dehydrogenase (active with NAD), glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase (active with NAD), hexokinase, gluconokinase, glucose dehydrogenase and pyruvate decarboxylase. Extracts also catalysed the overall conversion of glycerate 3-phosphate into pyruvate in the presence of ADP. 4. Gluconate dehydrogenase, fructose 1,6-diphosphate aldolase and NAD-NADP transhydrogenase were not detected. 5. It is suggested that NAD is the physiological electron carrier in the balanced oxidation-reduction involved in ethanol formation.
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PMID:The route of ethanol formation in Zymomonas mobilis. 428 42

Isotope effects represent perhaps one of the most versatile tools available to investigators interested in the determination of reaction mechanism, particularly in the case of the mechanistic enzymologist. Interpretation of isotope effect data is somewhat more difficult for enzyme reactions, since the chemical or isotope-dependent step(s) is(are) normally not solely rate-limiting as they are for non-enzyme-catalyzed reactions. One can, however, take advantage of rate-limitation by multiple steps in an enzyme-catalyzed reaction to obtain information on a number of aspects of mechanism. In this paper, simple theory for the application of isotope effects to reaction mechanism is developed, and applied to organic reactions and those catalyzed by enzymes. Techniques used to measure isotope effects depend somewhat on the isotope used, that is radioisotope vs. stable isotope, or hydrogen isotope vs. heavier atoms. Techniques to be discussed include competitive and noncompetitive (or internal discrimination) measurements. In enzyme-catalyzed reactions, information can be obtained on the order of addition of reactants and relase of products, and this will be illustrated using the 6-phosphogluconate and alcohol dehydrogenase reactions. The use of multiple isotope effects can be used to distinguish between stepwise and concerted reactions, and this will be illustrated with the formate and glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase and malic enzyme reactions.
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PMID:Mechanism from isotope effects. 985 42

The enzyme activity levels of alcohol, malate, isocitrate, glucose-6-phosphate and 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenases were determined in mature maize scutella in a series of one to four doses of the long arm of chromosome 1, produced by the B-A translocation 1La. Although the Adh structural locus was varied, ADH levels did not exhibit a gene-dosage effect. The levels of G6PDH, 6PGDH and IDH were negatively correlated with the dosage of 1L. MDH was unresponsive. The esterase-8 enzyme, whose structural locus was demonstrated to be elsewhere in the genome, was also negatively correlated with 1L dosage. The portion of the B chromosome involved in the translocation was shown to have no effect on the enzyme levels. Measurements of cell size and hydrolysable DNA per mg dry weight revealed no change in the number of cells through the one, two and three dose series. The topic of enzyme alterations in aneuploids is reviewed.
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PMID:A study of enzyme activities in a dosage series of the long arm of chromosome one in maize. 1724 47

Seeds of pea (Pisum sativum L.) were germinated for 5d by soaking in distilled water or 5mM cadmium nitrate. The relationships among cadmium stress, germination rate, changes in respiratory enzyme activities and carbohydrates mobilization were studied. Two cell fractions were obtained from embryonic axis: (1) mitochondria, used to determine enzyme activities of citric acid cycle and electron transport chain, and (2) soluble, to measure some enzyme activities involved in fermentation and pentose phosphate pathway. Activities of malate- and succinate-dehydrogenases (MDH, SDH) and NADH- and succinate-cytochrome c reductases (NCCR, SCCR) were rapidly inhibited, while cytochrome c oxidase (CCO) was unaltered by cadmium treatment. However, this stimulated the NADPH-generating enzyme activities of the pentose phosphate pathway, glucose-6-phosphate- and 6-phosphogluconate-dehydrogenases (G6PDH, 6PGDH), as well as enzyme activity of fermentation, alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH), with concomitant inhibition in the capacity of enzyme inactivator (INADH). Moreover, Cd restricted carbohydrate mobilization in the embryonic axis. Almost no glucose and less than 7% of control fructose and total soluble sugars were available in the embryo tissues after 5d of exposure to cadmium. Cotyledonary invertase isoenzyme activity was also inhibited by Cd. The results indicate that cadmium induces disorder in the resumption of respiration in germinating pea seeds. The contribution of Cd-stimulated alternative metabolic pathways to compensate for the failure in mitochondrial respiration is discussed in relation to the delay in seed germination and embryonic axis growth.
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PMID:Respiratory metabolism in the embryonic axis of germinating pea seed exposed to cadmium. 1876 Apr 97

Pea seeds (Pisum sativum L.) were germinated by soaking in H2O or 5 mM CdCl2 during a 5-day period. Enzyme activities involved in respiratory metabolism were studied in cotyledons. Mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase and NADH- and succinate-cytochrome c reductase activities were inhibited by cadmium treatment. The effects of Cd were performed in vivo and in vitro allowing to distinguish between the direct inhibition of the enzyme activities and the influence on the same enzymes into the cell environment. However, Cd exposure stimulated an enzyme activity of fermentation and inhibited the capacity of the enzyme inactivator (alcohol dehydrogenase inactivator). Moreover, the enzyme activities of NAD(P)H-recycling dehydrogenases via secondary pentose phosphate pathway, glucose-6-phosphate- and 6-phosphogluconate-dehydrogenases, were enhanced in Cd-stressed seeds. These disturbances suggest that cadmium may inflict a serious injury on renewal of respiration. The findings will help clarify the overall mechanisms that underlie cadmium-mediated toxicity in germinating seeds.
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PMID:Effect of cadmium on resumption of respiration in cotyledons of germinating pea seeds. 2310 72

Abstract Isotope effects represent perhaps one of the most versatile tools available to investigators interested in the determination of reaction mechanism, particularly in the case of the mechanistic enzymologist. Interpretation of isotope effect data is somewhat more difficult for enzyme reactions, since the chemical or isotope-dependent step(s) is(are) normally not solely rate-limiting as they are for non-enzyme-catalyzed reactions. One can, however, take advantage of rate-limitation by multiple steps in an enzyme-catalyzed reaction to obtain information on a number of aspects of mechanism. In this paper, simple theory for the application of isotope effects to reaction mechanism is developed, and applied to organic reactions and those catalyzed by enzymes. Techniques used to measure isotope effects depend somewhat on the isotope used, that is radioisotope vs. stable isotope, or hydrogen isotope vs. heavier atoms. Techniques to be discussed include competitive and noncompetitive (or internal discrimination) measurements. In enzymecatalyzed reactions, information can be obtained on the order of addition of reactants and release of products, and this will be illustrated using the 6-phosphogluconate and alcohol dehydrogenase reactions. The use of multiple isotope effects can be used to distinguish between stepwise and concerted reactions, and this will be illustrated with the formate and glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase and malic enzyme reactions.
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PMID:Mechanism from isotope effects. 2208 77