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Query: EC:1.6.5.2 (NQO1)
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The system involved in the reduction of 2-[4'-di(2''-bromopropyl) aminophenylazolbenzoic acid (CB10-252), an agent designed for treating primary liver cell cancer, has been demonstrated to be localised mainly in the 108 000 X g supernatant fraction of rat liver homogenate. It is also present in other organs particularly in the spleen. DAB-azoreductase as shown previously is present almost entirely in the microsomal fraction and is found in high concentration only in liver. The pH maximum for CB10-252-azoreductase implying the importance of the 2'-carboxyl group in determining substrate specificity. The use of enzyme inhibitors and other additives showed that CB10-252 WAS NOT AXANTHINE OXIDASE OR DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE. Its activity was not affected by carbon monoxide, phenobarbitone (PB), or 3-methylcholanthrene (MC) pretreatment. Enhancement of the activity by ferrous ions and FAD indicated that at least part of the reduction system could involve a flavoprotein with FAD as the prosthetic group. The activity of CB10-252-azoreductase and methylred-azoreductase was reduced by menadione (vitamin K3), cyanide and propylgallate. A diaphorase preparation from pig heart reduced both CB10-252 and methylred with both NADPH- and NADH-generating systems.
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PMID:Some characteristics of two azoreductase systems in rat liver. Relevance to the activity of 2-[4'-di(2"-bromopropyl)-aminophenylazo]benzoic acid (CB10-252), a compound possessing latent cytotoxic activity. 0 Jan 49

The purified respiratory chain NADH dehydrogenase of Escherichia coli oxidizes NADH with either dichlorophenolindophenol (DCIP). ferricyanide, or menadione as electron acceptors, with values for NADH are similar with the three electron acceptors (approximately 50 muM). The purified enzyme contains no flavin and has an absolute requirement for FAD, with Km values around 4 muM. The pH optimum of the enzyme appears to be between 6.5 and 7; the optimum is difficult to establish because of nonenzymatic reduction of DCIP at the lower pH values. Potassium cyanide stimulates the DCIP reductase activity about 2-fold, but has no effect on ferricyanide reductase. The enzyme exhibits hyperbolic kinetics with respect to NADH concentration in both the ferricyanide and DCIP reductase assays, but cooperatively is seen in the menadione reductase reaction. NAD+ is an effective competitive inhibitor of the reaction (Ki congruent to 20 muM); in the presence of NAD+, the NADH saturation curve becomes cooperative, even in the DCIP reductase assay. Many adenine containing nucleotides are competitive inhibitors of the enzyme. The apparent Ki values for these nucleotides as inhibitors of the purified enzyme, the membrane-bound NADH dehydrogenase, and the NADH oxidase are equivalent. An examination of inhibitory effects of a series of adenine nucleotides suggests that the inhibitors act as analogues of NAD+, which is the true physiological inhibitor. The results suggest that the enzyme in situ is always partially inhibited by the levels of NAD- in the E coli cell, and thus behaves in a cooperative fashion to changes in the NAD+/NADH ratio. An antibody has been elicited against the purified NADH dehydrogenase. Immunodiffusion and crossed immunoelectrophoresis show that the antibody is directed principally against the NADH dehydrogenase, with some activity against minor contaminants in the purified preparation. The antibody inhibits NADH dehydrogenase activity 50% at saturating levels. When this antibody preparation is used to examine solubilized membrane preparations, two major immunoprecipitates are found. A parallel inhibition of the membrane-bound NADH dehydrogenase and NADH oxidase activities is seen, supporting the hypothesis that the purified enzyme is indeed a component of the respiratory chain-dependent NADH oxidase pathway.
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PMID:The NADH dehydrogenase of the respiratory chain of Escherichia coli. II. Kinetics of the purified enzyme and the effects of antibodies elicited against it on membrane-bound and free enzyme. 0 8

Glutathione reductase (NAD(P)H: oxidized-glutathione oxidoreductase, EC 1.6.4.2) was purified to homogeneity from porcine erythrocytes by use of affinity chromatography on 2',5'-ADP-Sepharose 4-B. Analytical ultracentrifugation experiments were analysed to give the following physical parameters for the enzyme: s20,w = 5.7 S, D20,w = 50 microgram2/s, and Mw = 103 000 (protein concentration, 0.5 mg/ml). The frictional ratio was 1.37 and the Stokes radius was 4.3 nm. The enzyme molecule is a dimer composed of subunits of equal size each containing a FAD molecule. The amino acid compositions and circular dichroism spectra of the porcine and human enzymes indicated extensive structural similarities. The isoelectric point was at pH 6.85 (at 4 degrees C). The absorption spectrum of the oxidized enzyme had maxima at 377 and 462 nm. In vivo the enzyme appears to be partially reduced. At a physiological concentration of reduced glutathione the apparent Michaelis constants for glutathione disulfide and NADPH were higher than in the absence of reduced glutathione. At 0.15 M ionic strength the catalytic activity obtained with NADPH as reductant was optimal at pH 7 and more than 200 times higher than that obtained with NADH. S-sulfoglutathione and some mixed disulfides of glutathione were poor substrates with the exception of the mixed disulfide of coenzyme A and reduced glutathione. The purified enzyme displayed low transhydrogenase activity with oxidized pyridine nucleotide analogs and diaphorase activity with 2,6-dichlorophenolindophenol as acceptor substrates; both NADPH and NADH served as donors.
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PMID:Characterization of glutathione reductase from porcine erythrocytes. 3 12

Asparagusate dehydrogenases I and II and lipoyl dehydrogenase have been obtained in homogeneous state from asparagus mitochondria. They are flavin enzymes with 1 mol of FAD/mol of protein. Asparagusate dehydrogenases I and II and lipoyl dehydrogenase have s20,w of 6.22 S, 6.39 S, and 5.91 S, respectively, and molecular weights of 111,000, 110,000, and 95,000 (sedimentation equilibrium) or 112,000, 112,000, and 92,000 (gel filtration). They are slightly acidic proteins with isoelectric points of 6.75, 5.75, and 6.80. Both asparagusate dehydrogenases catalyzed the reaction Asg(SH)2 + NAD+ equilibrium AsgS2 + NADH + H+ and exhibit lipoyl dehydrogenase and diaphorase activities. Lipoyl dehydrogenase is specific for lipoate and has no asparagusate dehydrogenase activity. NADP cannot replace NAD in any case. Optimum pH for substrate reduction of the three enzymes are near 5.9. Asparagusate dehydrogenases I and II have Km values of 21.5 mM and 20.0 mM for asparagusate and 3.0 mM and 3.3 mM for lipoate, respectively. Lipoyl dehydrogenase activity of asparagusate dehydrogenases is enhanced by NAD and surfactants such as lecithin and Tween 80, but asparagusate dehydrogenase activity is not enhanced. Asparagusate dehydrogenases are strongly inhibited by mercuric ion, p-chloromercuribenzoic acid, and N-ethylmaleimide. Amino acid composition of the three enzymes is presented and discussed.
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PMID:Asparagusate dehydrogenases and lipoyl dehydrogenase from asparagus mitochondria. Physical, chemical, and enzymatic properties. 18 3

The soluble hydrogenase (hydrogen: NAD+ oxidoreductase, EC 1.12.1.2) from Alcaligenes eutrophus H 16 was purified 68-fold with a yield of 20% and a final specific activity (NAD reduction) of about 54 mumol H2 oxidized/min per mg protein. The enzyme was shown to be homogenous by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Its molecular weight and isoelectric point were determined to be 205 000 and 4.85 respectively. The oxidized hydrogenase, as purified under aerobic conditions, was of high stability but not reactive. Reductive activation of the enzyme by H2, in the presence of catalytic amounts of NADH, or by reducing agents caused the hydrogenase to become unstable. The purified enzyme, in its active state, was able to reduce NAD, FMN, FAD, menaquinone, ubiquinone, cytochrome c, methylene blue, methyl viologen, benzyl viologen, phenazine methosulfate, janus green, 2,6-dichlorophenoloindophenol, ferricyanide and even oxygen. In addition to hydrogenase activitiy, the enzyme exhibited also diaphorase and NAD(P)H oxidase activity. The reversibility of hydrogenase function (i.e. H2 evolution from NADH, methyl viologen and benzyl viologen) was demonstrated. With respect to H2 as substrate, hydrogenase showed negative cooperativity; the Hill coefficient was n = 0.4. The apparent Km value for H2 was found to be 0.037 mM. The absorption spectrum of hydrogenase was typical for non-heme iron proteins, showing maxima (shoulders) at 380 and 420 nm. A flavin component could be extracted from native hydrogenase characterized by its absorption bands at 375 and 447 nm and a strong fluorescense at 526 nm.
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PMID:Purification and properties of soluble hydrogenase from Alcaligenes eutrophus H 16. 18 26

Spinach nitrate reductase complex previously inactivated by treatment with mercurials p-hydroxymercuribenzoate or p-hydroxymercuriphenyl sulphonate can be reactivated by incubation with dithioerythritol. The reactivation of NADH-diaphorase seems to be FAD-dependent, whereas that of FNH2-nitrate reductase is not. The requirement of FAD for NADH-inactivation of nitrate reductase treated with p-hydroxymercuribenzoate disappears after treatment with dithioerythritol.
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PMID:Nitrate reductase from Spinacea oleracea. FAD and the reactivation of the enzyme treated with p-Hydroxymercuribenzoate. 59 86

A simple three-step method was established for the purification of NAD(P)H dehydrogenase (quinone) ('DT-diaphorase', EC 1.6.99.2) from rat liver by affinity chromatography with a recovery of above 50%. The final enzyme preparation was purified about 750-fold and was electrophoretically homogeneous. Gel filtration showed that the enzyme had a mol.wt. of about 55 000, and one molecule of FAD was found per 55 000 mol.wt. Sodium dodecyl sulphate/polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis gave a mol.wt. of about 27 000. Two N-terminal amino acids, asparagine/aspartic acid and glutamine/glutamic acid, were found in about equal yield, suggesting the presence of two non-identical polypeptide chains in the enzyme. NAD(P)H dehydrogenase was selectively removed by this affinity-chromatographic method from a microsomal carboxylation system. The system, which was solubilized by detergent and is dependent on vitamin K (2-methyl-3-phytyl-1,4-naphthaquinone or analogues with other side chains), lost its activity on the removal of the enzyme. The activity can be completely restored to the system by adding purified cytoplasmic NAD(P)H dehydrogenase or by using the quinol form of vitamin K1 (2-methyl-3-phytyl-1,4-naphthaquinol).
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PMID:NAD(P)H dehydrogenase and its role in the vitamin K (2-methyl-3-phytyl-1,4-naphthaquinone)-dependent carboxylation reaction. 62 56

An isolation procedure of mitochondrial menadione reductase from rat liver using an ethanol-ether extraction for solubilization of the enzyme is described. The enzyme was purified 930-fold. The molecular weight of mitochondrial menadione reductase is 62,000. According to spectroscopic and enzymic analysis the prosthetic group of the enzyme was identified as FAD. Mitochondrial menadione reductase is inhibitied by dicumarol and p-chloromecuribenzoate. The enzyme is characterized by a group substrate specificity towards quinones. A high catalytic activity of menadione reductase towards 4-aniline-5-methoxy-1,2-benzoquinone (AMOBQ), and 4-N-(p-sulfoanilino)-5-methoxy-1,2-benzoquinone (AMOBQS) as acceptors was demonstrated. It was shown that the reduction of these orto-benzoquinones by NAD(P) H follows the "ping-pong" kinetics. The kinetic constants for NAD(P)H,AMOBQ and and AMOBQS were determined.
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PMID:[Properties and reaction mechanism of mitochondrial menadione reductase]. 102 99

NO synthase (NOS; EC 1.14.23) catalyzes the conversion of L-arginine into L-citrulline and a guanylyl cyclase-activating factor (GAF) that is chemically identical with nitric oxide or a nitric oxide-releasing compound (NO). Similar to the other isozymes of NOS that have been characterized to date, the soluble and Ca2+/calmodulin-regulated type I from rat cerebellum (homodimer of 160-kDa subunits) is dependent on NADPH for catalytic activity. The enzyme also possesses NADPH diaphorase activity in the presence of the electron acceptor nitroblue tetrazolium (NBT). We investigated the requirements of NOS and its content of the proposed additional cofactors tetrahydrobiopterin (H4biopterin) and flavins, further characterized the NADPH diaphorase activity, and quantified the NADPH binding site(s). Purified NOS type I Ca2+/calmodulin-independently bound the [32P]2',3'-dialdehyde analogue of NADPH (dNADPH), which, at near Km concentrations during 3-min incubations was utilized as a substrate and at higher concentrations or after prolonged incubations and cross-linking inhibited NOS activity. The NADPH diaphorase activity was Ca2+/calmodulin-independent, required higher NADPH concentrations than NOS activity, and was affected by dNADPH to a lesser degree. Divalent cations interfered with the diaphorase assay. Per dimer, native NOS contained about 1 mol each of H4biopterin, FAD, and FMN, classifying it as a biopteroflavoprotein, and incorporated 1 mol of dNADPH. No dihydrobiopterin (H2biopterin), biopterin, or riboflavin was detected. These findings suggest that NOS may share cofactors between two identical subunits via high-affinity binding sites.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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PMID:Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent NO synthase type I: a biopteroflavoprotein with Ca2+/calmodulin-independent diaphorase and reductase activities. 137 27

The respiratory chain of a marine Vibrio alginolyticus contains two types of NADH-quinone reductase (NQR): one is an Na(+)-dependent NQR functioning as an Na+ pump (NQR-1) and the other is an Na(+)-independent NQR (NQR-2). NQR-2 was purified about 55-fold from the membrane of mutant Nap-1 which is devoid of NQR-1, and its properties were compared with those of NQR-1. In contrast to NQR-1, the purified NQR-2 does not require any salts for activity and is not inhibited by up to 0.4 M salts. The optimum pH of NQR-2 is between 6.8 and 7.8, which is about 0.7 ph units lower than that of NQR-1. NQR-2 is insensitive to strong inhibitors of NQR-1 such as p-chloromercuribenzoate, Ag+ and 2-heptyl-4-hydroxyquinoline N-oxide. Using inverted membrane vesicles, it was confirmed that NQR-2 has no capacity to generate a membrane potential. NQR-2 reduces menadione and ubiquinone-1 by a two-electron reduction pathway. Since the NADH-reacting FAD-containing beta-subunit of NQR-1 reduces quinones by a one-electron reduction pathway, the mode of quinone reduction is closely related to energy coupling; the formation of semiquinone radicals as an intermediate is likely to be essential to functioning as an ion pump.
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PMID:Properties of respiratory chain-linked Na(+)-independent NADH-quinone reductase in a marine Vibrio alginolyticus. 154 99


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