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Query: EC:1.1.1.27 (lactate dehydrogenase)
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A summary of a survey of three genera of mycoplasmatales (Mycoplasma, Acholeplasma, and Ureaplasma) for isozyme expression is presented. Isozyme analysis of mycoplasmas has been employed in at least three distinct areas: (1) as genetic markers for identification, individualization, and taxonomic classification; (2) as markers for cell culture contamination; and (3) as a qualitative measure of the operative metabolic pathways in the diverse species. We have found five ubiquitous enzymes: purine nucleoside phosphorylase, adenylate kinase, inorganic pyrophosphatase, dipeptidase, and esterase. Three enzymes, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, phosphogluconate dehydrogenase, and superoxide dismutase, were restricted to Acholeplasma species and were not detected in Mycoplasma or Ureaplasma. Four glycolytic enzymes, glucose phosphate isomerase, triose phosphate isomerase, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase, and lactate dehydrogenase, were restricted to those species of Mycoplasma and Acholeplasma capable of glucose fermentation. Two of these glycolytic enzymes, glucose phosphate isomerase and lactate dehydrogenase, were detected in serovars I and II of U. urealyticum, which is inconsistent with the non-glycolytic activity in this genus.
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PMID:On the distribution and characteristics of isozyme expression in Mycoplasma, Acholeplasma, and Ureaplasma species. 667 51

1. The authors report the results obtained after the action of certain optotoxic substances on several enzyme activities in the retina of the pig. 2. This in vitro study involved enzyme interferences of the following optotoxic agents : ethionamide, d-penicillamine, ethylene diaminotetra-acetic acid (EDTA), disodium and dicobalt salts. The enzyme activities studied involved glycolysis, the enzymes selected being as follows: glucose phosphate isomerase (GPI, E.C. 5.3.1.9), fructose-1,6-diphosphate aldolase (F1-6diPA, E.C. 4.1.2.13), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH, E.C. 1.1.1.27). 3. Following the action of the effectors studied, a marked decrease in the enzyme activities examined was found in the retina. This decrease, of varying rapidity and regularity, went as far in some cases as total inhibition; there was disturbance of glycolysis. 4. These results indicate the existence of interactions with a complex mechanism. It may be noted that all of the effectors studied were chelating agents of divalent metals and the changes which they induced in the enzyme activities examined may be explained by interference of the chelates formed with metal cations, such as Zn++, co-factors or effectors of these glycolysis enzymes (with the exception of GPI). These stable chelates are formed by virtue of the primary amine--NH2, thiol--SH, thionyl-[Formula: see text] groups, i.e. groups belonging to molecules essential to cell metabolism.
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PMID:[Effects of optotoxic substances on several glycolytic enzyme activities in the retina of the pig (author's transl)]. 679 28

Clones of 32 strains of Trichomonas vaginalis isolated from patients attending a venereal diseases clinic were compared among themselves and with authentic Pentatrichomonas hominis on the basis of their isoenzyme patterns for eight enzymes by thin-layer starch-gel electrophoresis. The enzymes examined were: glucose phosphate isomerase (GPI); phosphoglucomutase (PGM); malic enzyme (NADP+) (ME); hexokinase (HK); malate dehydrogenase (NAD+) (MDH); glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD); aldolase (ALD); and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH). From the isoenzyme patterns of four enzymes (LDH, MDH, HK, and GPI) the strains of T vaginalis could be divided clearly into five groups. PGM showed differences in only one strain, while two other enzyme patterns (ME and ALD) were the same for all the strains of T vaginalis tested. All isolates were clearly distinguishable from P hominis. Although G6PD patterns were not sharp some differences were evident among T vaginalis strains.
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PMID:Isoenzyme characterisation of Trichomonas vaginalis. 698 Jun 85

The purification of an enzyme is described, a protease, from human erythrocytes which degrades insulin with a high specificity at physiological hormone concentrations. Since the enzyme contains free sulfhydryl groups, affinity chromatography on organomercuri-Sepharose proved to be applicable as a valuable step in the isolation procedure. The purification factor amounted to approx. 6000, the yield to 8%. 1mg of purified enzyme was capable of degrading 50 pmol of insulin/min into trichloroacetic acid-soluble split products. The purified insulin-degrading enzyme was shown to be homogeneous, as demonstrated by gel chromatography, gel electrophoresis and isoelectric focusing. The isoelectric points was at pH 5.8. The molecular weight of nativ enzyme was estimated by gel chromatography and gel electrophoresis and found to be about 150 000-160 000, consisting of 4 subunits. Degradation products of insulin eluted from a Biogel P 30 column are smaller than the A-chain of the hormone, suggesting the activity of a protease. The enzyme appears to be specific for insulin in that it does not degrade other peptide hormones such as growth hormone, prolactin, or thyroid-stimulating hormone. Furthermore, the enzyme does not inactivate enzymes such as lactate dehydrogenase, aldolase, fructose 1,6-bisphosphatase, hexosephosphate isomerase or hexokinase.
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PMID:Purification to homogeneity of an insulin-degrading enzyme from human erythrocytes. 699 71

Washing of bull and ram spermatozoa resulted in significant losses of lactic dehydrogenase (LDH) and glucose phosphate isomerase (GPI) from the cell suspensions. Re-suspension of washed bull spermatozoa caused an immediate release of enzymes from the cells. Preincubation of washed ram spermatozoa with 0.025% formaldehyde increased GPI levels but decreased LDH concentration in the extracellular fluid while hexokinase release was unaffected. Varying the incubation temperature between 20 and 37 degrees C affected extracellular LDH and GPI levels. It is suggested that enzyme release from spermatozoa may occur in the absence of any apparent cellular damage.
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PMID:Studies on leakage of enzymes from washed bull and ram spermatozoa. 701 29

1. Activities of 20 red cell enzymes were compared in 8 normal female Ovis Aries, in a serially bled ewe followed by 243 days, and in young and old red cell populations separated by density gradient centrifugation. 2. These comparisons indicate that the erythrocyte enzymes which show significant changes with cell age are glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase, hexokinase, phosphoglucose isomerase, lactate dehydrogenase, glutathione reductase, enolase and phosphoglycerate kinase. 3. The usefulness of these data in interpretation of enzyme activities from fetal Ovis Aries is discussed.
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PMID:Erythrocyte enzymes in Ovis aries. Effect of cell age. 706 Mar 50

Intracellular activities of total lactic dehydrogenase (LDH) and phosphohexose isomerase (PHI) were investigated in the leukaemic cells of 14 patients with acute myeloid leukaemia (AML), five with chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML), seven with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL), 19 with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL), 16 with leukaemic non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) and in the lymphocytes of 14 normal persons. Intracellular total LDH-activity of the blasts of AML and ALL was in the same range as the normal lymphocytes. Patients with CLL and NHL had significantly lower levels (P less than 0.01) of total intracellular LDH than the controls. Intracellular PHI activity was consistently lower in the lymphoid malignancies (ALL, CLL, NHL) than in normal lymphocytes (P less than 0.05), or in leukaemic myeloblasts (P less than 0.01). The intracellular LDH/PHI index of the leukaemic lymphoblasts was significantly elevated as compared to lymphocytes from normal subjects (P less than 0.0001) or to leukaemic cells from patients with AML (P less than 0.001), with CLL (P less than 0.0001) or with NHL (P less than 0.001). The patients with CLL and NHL, on the other hand, had significantly lower levels of LDH/PHI ratio than the normal subjects (P less than 0.0001 and P less than 0.025 respectively).
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PMID:Intracellular lactic dehydrogenase and phosphohexose isomerase activity in leukaemia and malignant lymphoma. 706 11

A recent isolate of Eimeria praecox, strain G, was obtained from Georgia and purified. Studies of the life history, pathogenicity, and cross-immunity of the isolate were conducted to verify its identity. In inoculated three-week-old chickens, the occurrence of merogony and gametogony was limited to the superficial epithelium of the upper intestine. Oocysts, 23 x 19.5 microns, with a shape index of 1.17 were first observed 83 h after inoculation. Mortality and morbidity were not observed in any of the experimental birds. However, there was a positive correlation between dose of oocysts, reduced weight gain, and the incidence of exudative diathesis. These studies showed that E. praecox depresses weight gains in chickens and may be of economic importance. Although complete immunity to avian coccidiosis is believed to be species specific, chickens immune to E. praecox (G) or E. acervulina had a degree of cross-immunity to a heterologous challenge. Electrophoretic analysis of glucose phosphate isomerase and lactate dehydrogenase prepared from the European strain of E. praecox and E. praecox (G) showed no differences, confirming the identity of the isolate as E. praecox.
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PMID:The biology and pathogenicity of a recent field isolate of Eimeria praecox Johnson, 1930. 708 14

A strain of Eimeria mivati (FS50) isolated in Georgia was purified and serially passaged in groups of developing chicken embryos. Starch gel electrophoresis using glucose phosphate isomerase and lactate dehydrogenase showed the parasite to be similar to another strain of E. mivati isolated in the U.S. The embryo-passaged line of E. mivati (FS50) was less pathogenic than the parent line but retained its immunogenicity. This strain may be suitable for inclusion in an improved coccidiosis vaccine. The status of E. mivati and E. mitis is discussed.
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PMID:Attenuation of a strain of Eimeria mivati of U.S. origin by serial embryo passage. 710 89

In extracts of adult Angiostrongylus cantonensis, the activities of enzymes including glucokinase, phosphoglucoisomerase, phosphofructokinase, aldolase, triosepho sphate isomerase, glyceraldehydephosphate dehydrogenase, phosphoglycerokinase, phosphoglyceromutase, enolase, pyruvate kinase, lactate dehydrogenase, pyruvate decarboxylase, alcohol dehydrogenase, glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase, glycerophosphate dehydrogenase and pyruvate dehydrogenase complex were demonstrated. The present of significant activity of glycerophosphate dehydrogenase and glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase may indicate the possibility of an operative of alpha-glycerophosphate and pentose phosphate pathway.
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PMID:Glycolytic enzymes in juvenile and adult Angiostrongylus cantonensis. 711 11


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