Gene/Protein Disease Symptom Drug Enzyme Compound
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Query: EC:2.6.1.2 (alanine aminotransferase)
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Hepatic infarction was observed post mortem in a 27-year-old man who died of aortic dissection. Blood had been sampled at admission and 12 and 19 hours later. Values for aspartate aminotransferase and alanine aminotransferase in serum were markedly above normal, whereas those for alkaline phosphatase and gamma-glutamyltransferase were only marginally increased. A threefold-increased creatine kinase was ascribable solely to isoenzyme CK-3, suggesting muscle breakdown. Moreover, total lactate dehydrogenase activity was increased threefold, accounted for by a ninefold increase in LD-5 isoenzyme. Those enzyme activities in serum that evidently are associated with acute hepatocellular necrosis increase quickly in hepatic infarction, and CK isoenzyme assay is a useful adjunct if LD-5 increases are significant.
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PMID:Hepatic infarction: biochemical study of a case. 613 94

The thermal stability at 37 degrees C of several clinically relevant enzymes and isoenzymes was assessed by measuring changes in enzyme activity as a function of time under incubation and reaction conditions. Selwyn plots were used in the reaction-condition assessments. Except for CK-1 (BB), all the enzymes investigated are stable enough at 37 degrees C to permit assay. These enzymes were LDH-1, LDH-5, s-AspAT, m-AspAT, apo-s-AspAT, apo-m-AspAT, ALP-liver, ALP-bone, ALP-intestine, ALT, apo-ALT, CK-2, and CK-3. CK-1 is stable at 37 degrees C under assay conditions but not under incubation conditions. We specifically avoided using Arrhenius plots to evaluate thermal stability and point out pitfalls inherent in their indiscriminate use.
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PMID:Evaluation of the thermal stability of clinically relevant enzymes at 37 degrees C. 647 18