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Query: EC:1.6.99.3 (diaphorase)
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Xanthine dehydrogenase (XDH) from the unicellular green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii has been purified to electrophoretic homogeneity by a procedure which includes several conventional steps (gel filtration, anion exchange chromatography and preparative gel electrophoresis). The purified protein exhibited a specific activity of 5.7 units/mg protein (turnover number = 1.9 .10(3) min-1) and a remarkable instability at room temperature. Spectral properties were identical to those reported for other xanthine-oxidizing enzymes with absorption maxima in the 420-450 nm region and a shoulder at 556 nm characteristic of molybdoflavoproteins containing iron-sulfur centers. Chlamydomonas XDH was irreversibly inactivated upon incubation of enzyme with its physiological electron donors xanthine and hypoxanthine, in the absence of NAD+, its physiological electron acceptor. As deduced from spectral changes in the 400-500 nm region, xanthine addition provoked enzyme reduction which was followed by inactivation. This irreversible inactivation also took place either under anaerobic conditions or whenever oxygen or any of its derivatives were excluded. Adenine, 8-azaxanthine and acetaldehyde which could act as reducing substrates of XDH were also able to inactivate it upon incubation. The same inactivating effect was observed with NADH and NADPH, electron donors for the diaphorase activity associated with xanthine dehydrogenase. In addition, partial activities of XDH were differently affected by xanthine incubation. We conclude that xanthine dehydrogenase inactivation by substrate is due to an irreversible process affecting mainly molybdenum center and that sequential and uninterrupted electron flow from xanthine to NAD+ is essential to maintain the enzyme in its active form.
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PMID:Purification and substrate inactivation of xanthine dehydrogenase from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. 152 76

We have tested an ethanol reagent strip developed at the Addiction Research Foundation of Ontario. Alcohol dehydrogenase and nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, in the presence of pyrazole, react with ethanol to yield acetaldehyde plus reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide. The latter reduces iodonitrotetrazolium chloride in the presence of diaphorase, generating an intense red color. The rate of color development is proportional to the concentration of ethanol. Color is compared at a specific time against a calibrated color scale ranging from green (negative) to red, representing alcohol concentrations of 0, 25, 50, 100, 200, and 400 mg/dl (0-0.4%; 0-87 mmol/liter). We were able to interpolate the color observed between the calibrated blocks. When tested on urine, serum/plasma, and saliva, ethanol concentration determined by the reagent strip correlates well with ethanol concentration as determined by gas chromatography or by automated enzymatic analysis (r = 0.92-0.98, p less than 0.001; slope 0.83-1.16). The reagent strip was shown to be used appropriately by nonexperienced individuals following a 1-min explanation (reagent strip values, r = 0.92; p less than 0.001, slope = 0.97, versus gas chromatography). The reagent strip does not react with methanol (wood alcohol), isopropanol (rubbing alcohol), and ethylene glycol (antifreeze) often found in accidental poisonings. In 379 clinical samples obtained without exclusion criteria from 12 hospital emergency rooms and a liver clinic, the sensitivity of the reagent strip in detecting ethanol was 98%. Specificity was 99%. The reagent strip was found to have virtually unlimited stability under refrigeration (4 degrees C) and to be stable for 3 to 4 months at room temperature (22-23 degrees C).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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PMID:Characteristics of a new urine, serum, and saliva alcohol reagent strip. 159 May 43

Incubation of aldehyde dehydrogenase-free mitochondrial preparations with biogenic amines serotonin, tyramine, 2-phenylethylamine and 5-methoxytryptamine resulted in inhibition of enzymes activity of both outer (rotenone-insensitive NADH-cytochrome c reductase) and inner (succinate dehydrogenase, succinate cytochrome c reductase) mitochondrial membranes. Solubilization of mitochondria after the incubation did not influence the amine-induced alteration of succinate dehydrogenase activity. Pretreatment of the organelles with a mixture containing chlorgyline and deprenyl completely inhibited monoamine oxidase (MAO) activity and prevented the effects of all the amines studied on mitochondrial enzymes. MAO-dependent effects of 5-methoxytryptamine were fully reproduced by 5-methoxyindolyl-3-acetaldehyde (one of probable products of 5-methoxytryptamine deamination). The effect of the aldehyde was not prevented by chlorgyline and deprenyl. After selective inhibition of MAO-A by chlorgyline the order of MAO-B-dependent effects of biogenic amines on mitochondrial enzymes studied was as follows: tyramine greater than or equal to 2-phenylethylamine much greater than serotonin. In deprenyl pretreated mitochondria the potency of MAO-A-dependent effects of these amines was: serotonin greater than tyramine much greater than much greater than 2-phenylethylamine. The data obtained suggest that the product(s) of oxidative deamination of biogenic amines (probably the aldehydes) catalyzed by both types of MAO (MAO-A and MAO-B) are able to regulate the energy functions of mitochondria.
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PMID:[The role of monoamine oxidase in the regulation of mitochondrial energy functions]. 175 90

The stereochemical course of the reduction of acetaldehyde to ethanol was investigated by evaluating, with the enzymic system yeast alcohol dehydrogenase/diaphorase and g.c.-m.s., the configuration of [1-2H]ethanol obtained from [1-2H]acetaldehyde with different micro-organisms. Although only S-[1-2H]ethanol was formed, all the micro-organisms showed evidence of the existence of alcohol dehydrogenases with opposite stereospecificity.
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PMID:Reduction of acetaldehyde to ethanol by some micro-organisms and its stereospecificity. 339 Jan 47

A study was made of the effect of chronic administration of the hypolipidemic drug clofibrate on the activity and intracellular localization of rat liver aldehyde dehydrogenase. The enzyme was assayed using several aliphatic and aromatic aldehydes. Clofibrate treatment caused a 1.5 to 2.3-fold increase in the liver specific aldehyde dehydrogenase activity. The induced enzyme has a high Km for acetaldehyde and was found to be located in peroxisomes and microsomes. Clofibrate did not alter the enzyme activity in the cytoplasmic fraction. The total peroxisomal aldehyde dehydrogenase activity increased 3 to 4-fold under the action of clofibrate. Disruption of the purified peroxisomes by the hypotonic treatment or in the alkaline conditions resulted in the release of catalase from the broken organelles, while aldehyde dehydrogenase as well as nucleoid-bound urate oxidase and the peroxisomal membrane marker NADH:cytochrome c reductase remained in the peroxisomal 'ghosts'. At the same time, treatment by Triton X-100 led to solubilization of the membrane-bound NADH:cytochrome c reductase and aldehyde dehydrogenase from intact peroxisomes and their 'ghosts'. These results indicate that aldehyde dehydrogenase is located in the peroxisomal membrane. The peroxisomal aldehyde dehydrogenase is active with different aliphatic and aromatic aldehydes, except for formaldehyde and glyceraldehyde. The enzyme Km values lie in the millimolar range for acetaldehyde, propionaldehyde, benzaldehyde and phenylacetaldehyde and in the micromolar range for nonanal. Both NAD and NADP serve as coenzymes for the enzyme. Aldehyde dehydrogenase was inhibited by disulfiram, N-ethylmaleimide and 5,5'-dithiobis(2-nitrobenzoic)acid. According to its basic kinetic properties peroxisomal aldehyde dehydrogenase seems to be similar to a clofibrate-induced microsomal enzyme. The functional role of both enzymes in the liver cells is discussed.
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PMID:Intraparticulate localization and some properties of a clofibrate-induced peroxisomal aldehyde dehydrogenase from rat liver. 399 98

Baboons fed ethanol (50% of total calories) chronically develop ultrastructural alterations of hepatic mitochondria. To determine whether mitochondrial functions are also altered, mitochondria were isolated from nine baboons fed ethanol chronically and their pair-fed controls. At the fatty liver stage, ADP-stimulated respiration was depressed in ethanol-fed baboons by 59.4% with glutamate, 43.2% with acetaldehyde, 45.1% with succinate and 51.1% with ascorbate as substrates. A similar decrease was noted in the ADP/O ratio (14 to 28%) and respiratory control ratio (20 to 44%) with all substrates. Similar alterations of mitochondrial functions were observed in baboons with more advanced stages of liver disease, namely fibrosis. These changes after ethanol treatment were associated with decreases in the enzyme activities of mitochondrial respiratory chain: glutamate, NADH and succinate dehydrogenase (42, 24 and 28%, respectively), glutamate-, NADH- or succinate-cytochrome c reductase (42, 27 and 32%, respectively) and cytochrome oxidase (59.6%). The content of all cytochromes was also decreased in ethanol-fed baboons, especially aa3 (57%). Moreover, [14C]leucine incorporation into mitochondrial membranes was depressed by 21% after ethanol treatment. On the other hand, glutamate dehydrogenase activities of serum and cytosol in ethanol-fed baboons were significantly higher than those in pair-fed controls. Morphologically, mitochondria of ethanol-fed baboons were larger than those of pair-fed controls. However, the mitochondrial protein content per mitochondrial DNA was unchanged. From these results, we conclude that, morphologically and functionally, hepatic mitochondria in baboons are altered by chronic ethanol consumption; it is noteworthy that these changes are fully developed already at the fatty liver stage, and that morphological alteration appears to reflect the damage of mitochondrial membranes rather than an adaptive hypertrophy.
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PMID:Biochemical and morphological alterations of baboon hepatic mitochondria after chronic ethanol consumption. 653 46

In rapidly fermenting yeast, the rotenone insensitive mitochondrial NADH dehydrogenase was not completely repressed by high glucose. This activity appeared to enhance the glycolytic rate due to which acetaldehyde accumulated intracellularly. To overcome the toxicity of acetaldehyde, the strain produced stress proteins. During late stationary phase of growth, the accumulated acetaldehyde was converted to ethanol resulting in faster ethanol production.
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PMID:Mitochondrial NADH dehydrogenase activity and ability to tolerate acetaldehyde determine faster ethanol production in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. 888 80

NDI1 is the unique gene encoding the internal mitochondrial NADH dehydrogenase of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The enzyme catalyzes the transfer of electrons from intramitochondrial NADH to ubiquinone. Surprisingly, NDI1 is not essential for respiratory growth. Here we demonstrate that this is due to in vivo activity of an ethanol-acetaldehyde redox shuttle, which transfers the redox equivalents from the mitochondria to the cytosol. Cytosolic NADH can be oxidized by the external NADH dehydrogenases. Deletion of ADH3, encoding mitochondrial alcohol dehydrogenase, did not affect respiratory growth in aerobic, glucose-limited chemostat cultures. Also, an ndi1Delta mutant was capable of respiratory growth under these conditions. However, when both ADH3 and NDI1 were deleted, metabolism became respirofermentative, indicating that the ethanol-acetaldehyde shuttle is essential for respiratory growth of the ndi1 delta mutant. In anaerobic batch cultures, the maximum specific growth rate of the adh3 delta mutant (0.22 h(-1)) was substantially reduced compared to that of the wild-type strain (0.33 h(-1)). This is consistent with the hypothesis that the ethanol-acetaldehyde shuttle is also involved in maintenance of the mitochondrial redox balance under anaerobic conditions. Finally, it is shown that another mitochondrial alcohol dehydrogenase is active in the adh3 delta ndi1 delta mutant, contributing to residual redox-shuttle activity in this strain.
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PMID:The mitochondrial alcohol dehydrogenase Adh3p is involved in a redox shuttle in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. 1094 11

In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, reduction of NAD(+) to NADH occurs in dissimilatory as well as in assimilatory reactions. This review discusses mechanisms for reoxidation of NADH in this yeast, with special emphasis on the metabolic compartmentation that occurs as a consequence of the impermeability of the mitochondrial inner membrane for NADH and NAD(+). At least five mechanisms of NADH reoxidation exist in S. cerevisiae. These are: (1) alcoholic fermentation; (2) glycerol production; (3) respiration of cytosolic NADH via external mitochondrial NADH dehydrogenases; (4) respiration of cytosolic NADH via the glycerol-3-phosphate shuttle; and (5) oxidation of intramitochondrial NADH via a mitochondrial 'internal' NADH dehydrogenase. Furthermore, in vivo evidence indicates that NADH redox equivalents can be shuttled across the mitochondrial inner membrane by an ethanol-acetaldehyde shuttle. Several other redox-shuttle mechanisms might occur in S. cerevisiae, including a malate-oxaloacetate shuttle, a malate-aspartate shuttle and a malate-pyruvate shuttle. Although key enzymes and transporters for these shuttles are present, there is as yet no consistent evidence for their in vivo activity. Activity of several other shuttles, including the malate-citrate and fatty acid shuttles, can be ruled out based on the absence of key enzymes or transporters. Quantitative physiological analysis of defined mutants has been important in identifying several parallel pathways for reoxidation of cytosolic and intramitochondrial NADH. The major challenge that lies ahead is to elucidate the physiological function of parallel pathways for NADH oxidation in wild-type cells, both under steady-state and transient-state conditions. This requires the development of techniques for accurate measurement of intracellular metabolite concentrations in separate metabolic compartments.
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PMID:Stoichiometry and compartmentation of NADH metabolism in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. 1115 39

THE ALDEHYDES INTRODUCED IN THIS PAPER AND THE MORE APPROPRIATE CONCENTRATIONS FOR THEIR GENERAL USE AS FIXATIVES ARE: 4 to 6.5 per cent glutaraldehyde, 4 per cent glyoxal, 12.5 per cent hydroxyadipaldehyde, 10 per cent crotonaldehyde, 5 per cent pyruvic aldehyde, 10 per cent acetaldehyde, and 5 per cent methacrolein. These were prepared as cacodylate- or phosphate-buffered solutions (0.1 to 0.2 M, pH 6.5 to 7.6) that, with the exception of glutaraldehyde, contained sucrose (0.22 to 0.55 M). After fixation of from 0.5 hour to 24 hours, the blocks were stored in cold (4 degrees C) buffer (0.1 M) plus sucrose (0.22 M). This material was used for enzyme histochemistry, for electron microscopy (both with and without a second fixation with 1 or 2 per cent osmium tetroxide) after Epon embedding, and for the combination of the two techniques. After fixation in aldehyde, membranous differentiations of the cell were not apparent and the nuclear structure differed from that commonly observed with osmium tetroxide. A postfixation in osmium tetroxide, even after long periods of storage, developed an image that-notable in the case of glutaraldehyde-was largely indistinguishable from that of tissues fixed under optimal conditions with osmium tetroxide alone. Aliesterase, acetylcholinesterase, alkaline phosphatase, acid phosphatase, 5-nucleotidase, adenosine triphosphatase, and DPNH and TPNH diaphorase activities were demonstrable histochemically after most of the fixatives. Cytochrome oxidase, succinic dehydrogenase, and glucose-6-phosphatase were retained after hydroxyaldipaldehyde and, to a lesser extent, after glyoxal fixation. The final product of the activity of several of the above-mentioned enzymes was localized in relation to the fine structure. For this purpose the double fixation procedure was used, selecting in each case the appropriate aldehyde.
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PMID:Cytochemistry and electron microscopy. The preservation of cellular ultrastructure and enzymatic activity by aldehyde fixation. 1397 66


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