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Query: EC:3.2.1.31 (beta-glucuronidase)
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Two siblings with infantile neuroaxonal dystrophy (INAD) exhibited highly increased activity of nonspecific esterase (resistant to physostigmine and sensitive to organophosphates) topically correlating with the morphological manifestations of the disease (spheroids), confined in those two particular cases to the central nervous system (CNS). This is demonstrated for the first time. NADH tetrazolium reductase was another enzyme noted with increased activity and similar topography. The lesions were devoid of any marked activity of typical mitochondrial (succinate and alpha-glycerolphosphate) dehydrogenases and lysosomal (acid phosphatase and beta-glucuronidase) enzymes. The diagnostic significance of monitoring non-specific esterase and NADH tetrazolium reductase activities in the diagnosis of INAD is discussed in particular.
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PMID:New enzymatic findings in infantile neuroaxonal dystrophy. 641 Jun 78

In porcine interareolar placental epithelia, the following enzymes were demonstrated by histochemical methods after 30, 58, 80, 100, and 110 d of pregnancy, respectively: beta-N-acetylhexosaminidase, beta-galactosidase, beta-glucuronidase, alpha-mannosidase, acid phosphatase, alkaline phosphatase, nonspecific esterases, cytochrome oxidase, 5-nucleotidase, leucine aminopeptidase, adenosine triphosphatase, diaphorases (NADH, NADPH), glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase, succinate dehydrogenase, isocitrate dehydrogenase (NAD, NADP), beta-hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenase, glycero-3-phosphate dehydrogenase, NAD-glycero-3-phosphate dehydrogenase, glutamate dehydrogenase (NAD, NADP), lactate dehydrogenase. The results show that most of the enzyme activities remained almost unchanged during the period of investigation. Only G-6-PDH and 6-PGDH activities increased within the uterine epithelium and nonspecific esterase activity within uterine as well as chorionic epithelia during the 2nd half of pregnancy. Within chorionic and uterine epithelia, hydrolases but not dehydrogenases demonstrated a higher activity at the bases of chorionic villi as compared to the apices and flanks of the latter. The action and influence of the demonstrated enzymes on metabolism, energy transfer, secretory, and resorptive activities of chorionic and uterine epithelia are discussed.
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PMID:[Enzyme histochemical studies of the swine placenta. Histoptics of enzymes in interareolar placental epithelia]. 643 35

The activities and subcellular distribution of the following enzymes: NADH oxidase, alkaline phosphatase, beta-glucuronidase and ATPase, were assayed in human mononuclear and polymorphonuclear leucocytes and in particular the contamination and integrity of the mitochondrial fractions were evaluated with this new separation procedure. Results show that maximal contamination was found to be that from lysosomal beta-glucuronidase especially in polymorphonuclear leucocyte mitochondria fractions. Furthermore oligomycin-sensitive ATPase data suggest that mitochondria do not decrease in number or lose their integrity to a great extent. Controversial p-nitrophenyl-phosphatase activity was also found to be present in polymorphonuclear and mononuclear leucocytes granular-soluble fractions.
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PMID:Subcellular distribution of some specific enzymatic activities in human leucocytes. 644 64

Polymorphonuclear leucocytes were isolated from pig blood relatively free from other cells and were characterised biochemically and morphologically and compared with human PMNLs. The activities of 16 enzymes of porcine and human PMNLs were measured and compared. Alkaline phosphatase, acid phosphatase, phosphodiesterase, gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase, NADH-cytochrome c oxidoreductase, malate dehydrogenase and acetylcholinesterase had higher specific activities in procine than in human cells. Alkaline phosphatase has an 87-fold higher specific activity in porcine than in human cells. beta-glucuronidase, lysozyme, beta-galactosidase, N-acetyl-glucosaminidase, beta-glucosidase, myeloperoxidase and catalase had higher specific activities in human than in porcine cells. beta-glucuronidase and myeloperoxidase showed over a 1000- and a 13-fold higher specific activity, respectively, in human than in porcine cells. Porcine PMNLs are readily available in large numbers and are recommended for studies of phagocytosis, chemotaxis and membrane biochemistry.
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PMID:Biochemical characterisation of porcine polymorphonuclear leucocytes: comparison with human polymorphonuclear leucocytes. 687 22

Glutamate synthase (GOGAT), a key enzyme in ammonia (NH+4) assimilation, occurs as two forms in plants: a ferredoxin-dependent form (Fd-GOGAT) and an NADH-dependent form (NADH-GOGAT). These enzymes are encoded by distinct genes as evidenced by their cDNA and deduced amino acid sequences. This paper reports the isolation and characterization of a NADH-GOGAT gene from alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.), the first GOGAT gene to be isolated from a eukaryote. RNase protection and primer extension experiments map the transcription start site of NADH-GOGAT to nearly identical positions. The transcribed region of this gene, 12,214 bp, is comprised of 22 exons separated by 21 introns. The 2.7 kbp region 5' from the translation initiation site confers nodule-specific reporter gene activity when used in a chimeric beta-glucuronidase (GUS) construct and transformed into Lotus corniculatus and Medicago sativa. Both infected and uninfected cells display GUS activity. The abundance of NADH-GOGAT transcripts increases substantially in developing nodules of plants infected with effective rhizobia. However, this increase is not observed when nodules are induced by a variety of ineffective rhizobial strains. Thus, unlike many other plant genes involved in root nodule NH+4 assimilation, high levels of NADH-GOGAT expression are strictly associated with effective nodules indicating that NADH-GOGAT plays a central role in the functioning of effective root nodules. An alfalfa Fd-GOGAT PCR product showing greater than 85% identity to maize Fd-GOGAT was isolated and used to investigate the contribution of this enzyme to NH+4 assimilation in nodules. Fd-GOGAT mRNA was abundant in leaves and cotyledons but was not detected in alfalfa root nodules. Fd-GOGAT in alfalfa does not appear to play a significant role in symbiotic N2 fixation.
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PMID:Alfalfa NADH-dependent glutamate synthase: structure of the gene and importance in symbiotic N2 fixation. 755 Mar 73

We have expressed a fusion protein formed between the avian infectious bronchitis virus M protein and the bacterial enzyme beta-glucuronidase in transgenic tobacco cells. Electron microscope images of such cells demonstrate that overexpression of this fusion protein gives rise to a type of endoplasmic reticulum membrane domain in which adjacent membranes become zippered together apparently as a consequence of the oligomerizing action of beta-glucuronidase. These zippered (Z-) membranes lack markers of the endoplasmic reticulum (NADH cytochrome c reductase and ribosomes) and accumulate in the cells in the form of multilayered scroll-like structures (up to 2 micrometers in diameter; 20-50 per cell) without affecting plant growth. The discovery of Z-membranes has broad implications for biology and biotechnology in that they provide a means for accumulating large quantities of recombinant membrane proteins within discrete domains of native membranes.
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PMID:Z-membranes: artificial organelles for overexpressing recombinant integral membrane proteins. 870 Sep 11

Mytilus galloprovincialis hemocytes contain phosphatases, esterases, proteases, and glucosidases as revealed by a semiquantitative colorimetric method. The activity levels of some enzymes changed throughout the months of the experiment without a seasonal pattern. No differences in the enzyme levels were found between the two groups of mussels of different age (cultivated 11 and 19 months on ropes hung from the same raft). Light microscopy study of hemocyte enzymes showed that hyalinocytes and granulocytes had reaction of acid phosphatase, beta-glucuronidase, alpha-naphthyl butyrate esterase, naphthol AS-D chloroacetate esterase, and alpha-naphthyl acetate esterase. Phenoloxidase and peroxidase activities were also detected in monolayers of hemocytes. Ultrastructural study revealed that the granules of hemocytes contained acid phosphatase, beta-glucuronidase, nonspecific esterases, peroxidase, and NADH oxidase. Products of beta-glucuronidase and peroxidase reaction were also localized in the plasma membrane. Lysozyme activity level was higher in hemocytes than in serum. Comparison between the two groups of different age showed a higher activity level of lysozyme in younger mussels.
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PMID:Enzymes Involved in Defense Functions of Hemocytes of Mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis 928 96

Regulatory promoter regions responsible for the enhanced expression in anthers and pollen are defined in detail for three nuclear encoded mitochondrial Complex I (nCl) genes from Arabidopsis thaliana. Specific regulatory elements were found conserved in the 5' upstream regions between three different genes encoding the 22 kDa (PSST), 55 kDa NADH binding (55 kDa) and 28 kDa (TYKY) subunits, respectively. Northern blot analysis and transgenic Arabidopsis plants carrying progressive deletions of the promoters fused to the beta-glucuronidase (GUS) reporter gene by histochemical and fluorimetric methods showed that all three promoters drive enhanced expression of GUS specifically in anther tissues and in pollen grains. In at least two of these promoters the -200/-100 regions actively convey the pollen/anther-specific expression in gain of function experiments using CaMV 35S as a minimal promoter. These nCl promoters thus contain a specific regulatory region responding to the physiological demands on mitochondrial function during pollen maturation. Pollen-specific motifs located in these regions appear to consist of as little as seven nucleotides in the respective promoter context.
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PMID:Promoters of nuclear-encoded respiratory chain complex I genes from Arabidopsis thaliana contain a region essential for anther/pollen-specific expression. 974 94

NADH-dependent glutamate synthase (NADH-GOGAT; EC 1.4.1.14) is a key enzyme in primary nitrogen assimilation in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) root nodules. Here we report that in alfalfa, a single gene, probably with multiple alleles, encodes for NADH-GOGAT. In situ hybridizations were performed to assess the location of NADH-GOGAT transcript in alfalfa root nodules. In wild-type cv Saranac nodules the NADH-GOGAT gene is predominantly expressed in infected cells. Nodules devoid of bacteroids (empty) induced by Sinorhizobium meliloti 7154 had no NADH-GOGAT transcript detectable by in situ hybridization, suggesting that the presence of the bacteroid may be important for NADH-GOGAT expression. The pattern of expression of NADH-GOGAT shifted during root nodule development. Until d 9 after planting, all infected cells appeared to express NADH-GOGAT. By d 19, a gradient of expression from high in the early symbiotic zone to low in the late symbiotic zone was observed. In 33-d-old nodules expression was seen in only a few cell layers in the early symbiotic zone. This pattern of expression was also observed for the nifH transcript but not for leghemoglobin. The promoter of NADH-GOGAT was evaluated in transgenic alfalfa plants carrying chimeric beta-glucuronidase promoter fusions. The results suggest that there are at least four regulatory elements. The region responsible for expression in the infected cell zone contains an 88-bp direct repeat.
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PMID:NADH-glutamate synthase in alfalfa root nodules. Genetic regulation and cellular expression. 1006 21

Submandibular glands obtained post-mortem from mature ferrets of both sexes were examined with the use of light microscopical histochemical methods for proteins, mucosubstances and enzymes associated with cell functions or organelles. Demilunar cells showed carboxylated mucosubstances that were mainly non-sulphated, and diffuse activity for peroxidase, E600-sensitive esterase and acid phosphatase. Thiol groups were also detected in these cells. Central acinar cells showed sulphated mucosubstances, disulphides and reticular staining for thiamine pyrophosphatase. Intercalary ducts showed diffuse activity for NADH and NAD(P)H dehydrogenases. Striated ducts contained protein, tryptophan, disulphides, neutral mucosubstances and E600-sensitive esterase periluminally. Basally, the striated ductal cells showed variable activity for peroxidase, cytochrome oxidase, succinate dehydrogenase and acid phosphatase. Basolateral plasma membranes of these cells exhibited ouabain-sensitive Na,K-ATPase activity. The collecting ducts were characterized by variable periluminal staining for acid phosphatase, beta-glucuronidase, acid beta-galactosidase and E600-resistant esterase. The results suggest that the histological appearances of the acini of the submandibular gland of the ferret are dependent on the synthesis of secretory acid glycoproteins, that the striated ducts are involved with the secretion of tryptophan-rich product comprising neutral glycoproteins and showing esterase activity and with marked transport of ions and that the collecting ducts are involved with absorption.
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PMID:Morphological phenotypes and functional capabilities of submandibular parenchymal cells of the ferret investigated by protein, mucosubstance and enzyme histochemistry. 1066 22


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