Gene/Protein Disease Symptom Drug Enzyme Compound
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Query: EC:1.6.5.2 (NQO1)
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Extracts from Phellinus linteus, Phellinus igniarius, and Agrocybe cylindracea have been tested for their antimutagenic properties against direct-acting mutagens [4-nitro-o-phenylenediamine (NPD) and sodium azide (NaN(3))] and indirect-acting mutagens [2-aminofluorene (2-AF) and benzo[a]pyrene (B[a]P)], using the Salmonella typhimurium tester strains TA 98 and TA 100. In addition, the chemopreventive potentials of these extracts to induce NAD(P)H:quinone oxidoreductase (QR) and glutathione S-transferase (GST) activities and glutathione (GSH) level extracts from the filtrate of the cultured broth of P. linteus, polysaccharide extracts from the cultured broth (PI I) and mycelia (PI II) and water extract of fruiting bodies (PI II) of P. igniarius, and polysaccharide extracts from the cultured broth (AC I) and mycelia (AC II) of A. cylindracea showed inhibitory effects on the mutagenic activities induced by the direct-acting mutagens, NPD and NaN(3), and the indirect-acting mutagens, 2-AF and B[a]P. QR was induced with PI I, PI II, AC I, and AC II, and GST activity was induced with PL I, PL II, PI I, PI II, PI III and AC I in murine Hepa1c1c7 cell culture. In addition, PL I, PL II, PI I, PI II, PI III and AC II increased glutathione level. These results suggest that P. linteus, P. igniarius, and A. cylindracea have antimutagenic activities and may play a role in the prevention of cancer by inducing QR and GST activities and increasing GSH level.
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PMID:Antimutagenicity and induction of anticarcinogenic phase II enzymes by basidiomycetes. 1148 85

Intracellular NADH:quinone reductase involved in degradation of aromatic compounds including lignin was purified and characterized from white rot fungus Trametes versicolor. The activity of quinone reductase was maximal after 3 days of incubation in fungal culture, and the enzyme was purified to homogeneity using ion-exchange, hydrophobic interaction, and gel filtration chromatographies. The purified enzyme has a molecular mass of 41 kDa as determined by SDS-PAGE, and exhibits a broad temperature optimum between 20-40 degrees C , with a pH optimum of 6.0. The enzyme preferred FAD as a cofactor and NADH rather than NADPH as an electron donor. Among quinone compounds tested as substrate, menadione showed the highest enzyme activity followed by 1,4-benzoquinone. The enzyme activity was inhibited by CuSO(4), HgCl(2), MgSO(4), MnSO(4), AgNO(3), dicumarol, KCN, NaN(3), and EDTA. Its Km and Vmax with NADH as an electron donor were 23 microM and 101 mM/mg per min, respectively, and showed a high substrate affinity. Purified quinone reductase could reduce 1,4-benzoquinone to hydroquinone, and induction of this enzyme was higher by 1,4-benzoquinone than those of other quinone compounds.
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PMID:Purification and characterization of an intracellular NADH: quinone reductase from Trametes versicolor. 1784 87