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Query: EC:3.1.3.1 (alkaline phosphatase)
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Soluble alkaline phosphatase from Thiobacillus thioparus cells was purified about 230-fold. The enzyme had a mol. wt. of 50 000 daltons, optimum pH at 10.5, and was heat-resistant in the presence of diethanolamine. Polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis demonstrated contamination of the preparation with inactive proteins and the presence of two active bands. The enzyme activity was distinctly stimulated by increasing concentrations of Tris or diethanolamine. In the presence of glycine, 1 mM-Zn2+ enhanced the enzyme activity; in Tris or diethanolamine buffers the activity was stimulated by 1 mM-Mg2+ whereas Zn2+ had a strong inhibitory effect. Glycine at concentrations exceeding 25 mM also inhibited the enzyme. Specificity of the enzyme is fairly broad.
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PMID:Alkaline phosphatase of Thiobacillus thioparus. Partial purification and properties of the enzyme. 0 90

A method using p-benzoquinone for coupling antigens and antibodies to enzymes and erythrocytes is described. The method involves the treatment of proteins (or polysaccharides) at pH 6 or 7 with an excess of p-benzoquinone. After removal of the unreacted reagent by gel filtration, the "activated" proteins were coupled at pH 8-9 with enzymes or erythrocytes. Biological activities of the proteins were not substantially modified by this treatment since 80-100% of the antigen binding capacity was found to be preserved in p-benzoquinone treated antibodies or Fab fragments. Anti-Ig antibodies (or Fab) were coupled by this procedure to peroxidase, alkaline phosphatase, lactoperoxidase, glucose oxidase and beta-galactosidase, and the conjugates obtained were found to be highly effective in detecting intracellular Ig by immunohistochemical techniques. Erythrocytes coated with sheep anti-mouse Ig antibody or Fab were used to titrate by passive hemagglutination serum Ig. The same erythrocytes were employed to detect by plaque assay mouse Ig secreting cells. Erythrocytes coated with peroxidase, alkaline phosphatase, bovine serum albumin, ribonuclease, Salmonella polysaccharide (B 27 +) and pneumoccocal polysaccharide SIII were employed to titrate serum antibody by passive hemagglutination and hemolysis and to detect mouse antibody secreting cells by plaque assay. All the antigens and antibodies coated erythrocytes prepared gave highly satisfactory and reproducible results.
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PMID:A new method using p-benzoquinone for coupling antigens and antibodies to marker substances. 0 79

The kinetic study of the C2+ ATPase activity of lymphocyte plasma memebranes allowed some properties of this enzyme to be evidenced. The Ca2+-activated hydrolysis of ATP is independent of a non-specific alkaline phosphatase. The substrate of the ATPase activity is the chelate Ca2+- ATP. Mg2+ may substitute for Ca2+ both as chelating ion and as activating ion. Several results suggest that we have only one ATPase, activated either by Ca2+-, or by Mg2+ with less efficiency; both chelates hve the same Km; pH values for maximum activity and transition temperatures are identical; the effects of free ions are also the same, activation at low concentration and inhibition at high concentration.
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PMID:[Kinetics of Ca 2+ or Mg 2+ activated ATPase from lymphocyte plasma membranes]. 0 56

It is known that the composition and character of human saliva alters during the menstrual cycle, presumably in response to changes in the level of ovarian hormones. A clinical study was undertaken to determine cyclic variations in salivary enzymes. Saliva from 4 healthy women aged 20-31 with a history of normal menstrual cycles were studied. The laboratory procedures performed on the saliva samples--from 6 menstrual cycles--are described and the results are graphed. Exfoliated cells from the oral mucosa were the main source of these enzymes. In all the cycles, alkaline phosphatase activity peaked sharply at mid-cycle, close to the expected time of ovulation; in 5 of the cycles, the peak occurred before the postovulation rise in body temperature. The levels of arylsulfatase and beta-glucuronidase, studied in 2 consecutive cycles of 1 woman, peaked in the periovulatory phase. All 3 enzymes were elevated during the luteal phase of the cycle as well. Increased cellular content of the saliva is attributed to the elevated circulating blood estrogen levels in the immediate preovulatory and midluteal phases of the cycles. There is great variability among subjects, however. Before a simple test for ovulation by home measurement of salivary enzymes can be developed, an ajustment of the test sensitivity would be necessary for adaptation to the individual woman.
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PMID:Alkaline phosphatase, arylsulfatase and beta-glucuronidase in saliva of cyclic women. 0 94

A stable deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) polymerase (EC 2.7.7.7) with a temperature optimum of 80 degrees C has been purified from the extreme thermophile Thermus aquaticus. The enzyme is free from phosphomonoesterase, phosphodiesterase and single-stranded exonuclease activities. Maximal activity of the enzyme requires all four deoxyribonucleotides and activated calf thymus DNA. An absolute requirement for divalent cation cofactor was satisfied by Mg2+ or to a lesser extent by Mn2+. Monovalent cations at concentrations as high as 0.1 M did not show a significant inhibitory effect. The pH optimum was 8.0 in tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane-hydrochloride buffer. The molecular weight of the enzyme was estimated by sucrose gradient centrifugation and gel filtrations on Sephadex G-100 to be approximately 63,000 to 68,000. The elevated temperature requirement, small size, and lack of nuclease activity distinguish this polymerase from the DNA polymerase of Escherichia coli.
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PMID:Deoxyribonucleic acid polymerase from the extreme thermophile Thermus aquaticus. 0 32

Acid phosphatase II (AP II) was isolated from the cell-free extract of Pichia guilliermondii Wickerham ATCC 9058 and partially purified. The enzyme is a non-specific phosphomonoesterase. It hydrolyzes p-nitrohenyl-phophate (NPP), beta-glycerophosphate, glucose-6-phosphate, guanosine-5'-monophosphate, adenosine-5'-monophosphate, cytidine-5'-monophosphate, uridine-5'-monophosphate, alpha-naphtylphosphate, FMN. The order of the substrates corresponds to the degree of their hydrolysis decrease. The Michaelis constant of the enzyme was 1.4-10-3 M for NPP as a substrate, pH optimum was 5.5 and temperature optimum-40C. AP II was strongly inhibited by MoO4-2, F-, inorganic phosphate, Cu2+ and Be2+. The activity of the enzyme in the yeast cells does not change noticeably during growth on media with low and high iron content.
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PMID:[Study of acid phosphatase II from Pichia guilliermondii yeasts]. 0 63

The histrochemistry of the adrenal glands was studied in four adult male marmosets (two Callithrix jacchus and two Callithrix penicillata). It was impossible to demonstrate any reactivity to UDPG-GT, ADH, alanyl aminopeptidase, leucine aminopeptidase, xilitol (NAD-dependent) dehydrogenase, beta-glucuronidase and aryl-sulfatase in these glands. Total phosphorylase was found in scattered cells of the glomerulosa and adjacent outer fasciculata of one C. penicillata. The dehydrogenases (LDH, G-6-PDH,6-PGDH, NADPH2-TR,ICDH,SDH,NADH2-TR, alpha-GPDH, beta-OHBDH) as well as the hydrolases (except alkaline phosphatase, ATPase, and acetylcholinesterase) showed a stonger reactivity in the cortical part. Some hydrolases (naphthol acetate esterase, acid phosphatase) and cytochrome oxidase were less reactive in the zona glomerulosa, where the dehydrogenases were more abundant. The outer fasciculata and the reticularis also showed a strong dehydrogenase reactivity.
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PMID:Histochemical studies on the adrenal glands of the marmosets (Callithrix jacchus and Callithrix penicillata). 0 44

Results from analyses of beta-glucosidase (EC 3.2.1.21) and phosphatase (EC 3.1.3.1;EC 3.1.3.2) activities indicated that presence of a Trichoderma isolate reduced development of Phytophthora cinnamomi. It was also observed that P. cinnamomi was more competitive in coinoculated cultures than in cultures where Trichoderma was added on day 3. Analysis of trehalase (EC 3.2.1.28) activity indicated that Trichoderma either utilized portions of the P. cinnamomi mycelium as substrate or the action of P. cinnamomi released additional nutrients not normally available to Trichoderma. Ther stronger Trichoderma isolate was T. harzianum.
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PMID:Competition between Phytophthora cinnamomi and Trichoderma spp. in autoclaved soil. 0 93

Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate phosphomonoesterase was isolated and partially purified from wheat (Triticum aestivum L. var. Selkirk) leaves. The enzyme had KNADP value of 1.4 X 10(-4) M and a pH optimum of 5.9. In vitro activity of this enzyme was unaffected by precursors of NAD (nicotinamide and nicotinic acid) or cytokinins (kinetin and benzimidazole). However, when detached wheat leaves were treated with solutions of these compounds, the precursors lowered the specific activity while the cytokinins enhanced the activity. It is suggested that spatial separation and compartmentation of the enzyme and its substrate NADP account for the similar effect of benzimidazole on both.
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PMID:Effect of benzimidazole on nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate phosphomonoesterase activity in wheat leaves. 0 13

gamma-Glutamyl transpeptidase (gamma-GT), an enzyme possibly involved in amino acid transport, was investigated in rat small intestine using the synthetic substrate L-gamma-glutamyl-p-nitroanilide. Enzyme localization and characteristics were correlated with features of amino acid uptake. gamma-GT activity copurified with sucrase and alkaline phosphatase. Activity was maximal at pH 8.2 and was stimulated by monovalent cations. The relative specificity of the gamma-GT reaction with diglycine and eight essential amino acids as substrates correlated well with the rate of intestinal absorption of this dipeptide and these amino acids as observed by others. gamma-GT activity was 12-fold greater in the jejunum than in the ileum, again in agreement with relative rates of amino acid absorption along the length of rat intestine. The specific activity of gamma-GT in villus tip cells was 10 times greater than in crypt cells, and amino acid uptake was 2 to 6 times greater with villus tip than with crypt cells. Bromosulfophthalein, a noncompetitive inhibitor of gamma-GT, inhibited amino acid uptake. These studies support the concept that membrane gamma-GT may be involved in amino acid and dipeptide uptake, and indicate that further investigation of such involvement may be conveniently pursued using mammalian small bowel.
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PMID:gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase of rat intestine: localization and possible role in amino acid transport. 0 32


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