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Profiles of the catabolism of adenine nucleotides in cultured plant cells were investigated. Adenine nucleotides, prelabelled by incubation of suspension-cultured Catharantus roseus cells with [8-14C]adenosine, were catabolized rapidly and most of the radioactivity appeared in 14CO2. Allantoin and allantoic acid, intermediates of the oxidative catabolic pathway of purines, were temporarily labelled. When the cells, prelabelled with [8-14C]adenosine, were incubated with high concentrations of adenosine, the rate of catabolism of adenine nucleotides increased. The results suggest that the relative rate of catabolism of adenine nucleotides is strongly dependent on the concentration of adenine nucleotides in the cells. Studies using allopurinol, coformycin and tiazofurin, inhibitors of enzymes involved in purine metabolism, suggest that participation of AMP deaminase and xanthine oxidoreductase in the catabolism of adenine nucleotides in plant cells. AMP deaminase was found in extracts from C. roseus cells and its activity increased significantly in the presence of ATP. In contrast, no adenosine deaminase or adenine deaminase activity was detected. Qualitative differences in the catabolic activity of AMP were observed between suspension-cultured cells from different species of plants.
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PMID:Catabolism of adenine nucleotides in suspension-cultured plant cells. 201 71

The purine degradation pathway in humans ends with uric acid, which has low water solubility. When the production of uric acid is increased either by elevated purine intake or by impaired kidney function, uric acid will accumulate in the blood (hyperuricemia). This increases the risk of gout, a disease described in humans for at least 1000 years. Many lower organisms, such as the yeast Arxula adeninivorans, possess the enzyme, urate oxidase that converts uric acid to 5-hydroxyisourate, thus preventing uric acid accumulation. We have examined the complete purine degradation pathway in A. adeninivorans and analyzed enzymes involved. Recombinant adenine deaminase, guanine deaminase, urate oxidase and endogenous xanthine oxidoreductase have been investigated as potential additives to degrade purines in the food. Here, we review the current model of the purine degradation pathway of A. adeninivorans and present an overview of proposed enzyme system with perspectives for its further development.
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PMID:A novel enzymatic approach in the production of food with low purine content using Arxula adeninivorans endogenous and recombinant purine degradative enzymes. 2551 95