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Query: EC:3.2.1.31 (beta-glucuronidase)
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The sub-cellular localisation of enzymes has been defined by latency analysis, and fractionation by differential centrifugation, in cell-free extracts prepared from the mycelium of Aspergillus nidulans by growth in the presence of 2-deoxyglucose followed by treatment with a mixture of beta-glucuronidase, sulphatase and beta-glucanase and exposure to N2 cavitation at 5.2 PMa. In such extracts pyruvate carboxylase and NAD-dependent and NADP-dependent glutamate dehydrogenases are exclusively localised in the cytosol whereas all the other enzymes studied have sub-cellular localisation patterns similar to those described for mammalian liver. Electrophoretic analysis has established the presence of unique mitochondrial and cytosolic isoenzymes for many of the enzymes, e.g. NAD--malate dehydrogenase, NADP--isocitrate dehydrogenase, glutamate/oxaloacetate transaminase, fumarase, which show a marked extent of incomplete latency and the presence of significant activity in the mitochondrial and cytosolic fractions prepared by differential centrifugation. A novel method is described for detection of citrate synthase activity following electrophoresis of the cell-free extract. Application of this method confirms the absence of a unique cytosolic isoenzyme of citrate synthase and hence shows that citrate synthase activity detected in the soluble fraction results from damage to the mitochondria during isolation. A scheme is proposed on the basis of these data to describe the organisation of lipid and amino acid synthesis from glucose in an organism which possesses a cytosolic pyruvate carboxylase.
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PMID:The sub-cellular localisation of pyruvate carboxylase and of some other enzymes in Aspergillus nidulans. 634 55

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 pregnant rats were treated with formaldehyde (0.5 mg/kg daily per os) during whole period of pregnancy. The activity of cytochrome-c-oxidase, malate dehydrogenase, nucleotidase, glucose-6-phosphatase, beta-glucuronidase, N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase, beta-galactosidase, H(+)-ATPase, glutamate dehydrogenase, NAD- and NADP-isocitrate dehydrogenase, fructose-bisphosphate aldolase, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase and content of protein in liver celts of offsprings (newborns, 2 weeks age and 2 months age) were studied. It was shown differences in development enzyme systems of control and experimental animals during ontogenesis.
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PMID:[Experimental study of the effect of formaldehyde during embryogenesis on the activity of rat liver enzyme systems in ontogenesis]. 913 53

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

Von Ebner's gland of ferret was examined by means of light microscopy, protein, mucosubstance and enzyme histochemistry, and neurohistology. Acinar cells were replete with granules containing neutral mucosubstances and disulphides, and showed strong diffuse acid phosphatase activity and weak granular staining for peroxidase. Staining for cytochrome oxidase, succinate dehydrogenase, and NADH and NAD(P)H dehydrogenases was also seen. Basolateral plasmalemma of acinar cells showed weak, ouabain-sensitive Na+,K+-ATPase activity. Ductal cells were of a simple appearance, contained thiols and showed variable staining for acid phosphatase, dehydrogenases and cytochrome oxidase. Variable amounts of beta-glucuronidase reaction product were localized in the glandular parenchyma, being marked in atrophic areas. Prominent stellate myoepithelial cells embracing acini and also basal ductal cells were demonstrated by alkaline phosphatase. Thiamine pyrophosphatase reaction product was concentrated in blood vessels around parenchyma, with little Golgi-like staining in acinar cells. Acetylcholinesterase activity was associated with an extensive network of nerve fibres embracing parenchyma, whereas catecholamine fluorescence was not seen. The results suggest that the acini of von Ebner's gland of ferret synthesise neutral secretory glycoproteins and peroxidase. Water mobilization is inconspicuous. Lysosomal activities feature in the parenchyma, possibly a consequence of processing secretory products in acini, absorption in ducts and/or adaptation atrophy. The gland receives a rich cholinergic-type innervation, and has extensive myoepithelial and microvascular networks.
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PMID:Histochemical phenotypes of von Ebner's gland of ferret and their functional implications. 1150 41

Escherichia coli uronate isomerase and mannonate dehydrogenase were overexpressed in E. coli BL21(DE3)pLysS cells and purified to near-homogeneity. The kinetic properties of the two enzymes were investigated. The isomerase was found to be inhibited by EDTA and to be stimulated by Zn(2+), Co(2+), and Mn(2+), but not by Mg(2+) or Ca(2+). Both enzymes were used to develop a sensitive spectrophotometric assay, in which D-glucuronate is converted to D-mannonate with concomitant oxidation of NADH to NAD(+). The sensitivity of this assay permits the detection of less than 1 nmol D-glucuronate. This assay can also be used to determine the concentration of beta-glucuronides and glucuronate 1-phosphate after enzymatic hydrolysis of these compounds with beta-glucuronidase or alkaline phosphatase.
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PMID:A spectrophotometric assay of D-glucuronate based on Escherichia coli uronate isomerase and mannonate dehydrogenase. 1535 57

Arabidopsis thaliana acyl-CoA-binding protein 2 (ACBP2) is a stress-responsive protein that is also important in embryogenesis. Here, we assign a role for ACBP2 in abscisic acid (ABA) signalling during seed germination, seedling development and the drought response. ACBP2 was induced by ABA and drought, and transgenic Arabidopsis overexpressing ACBP2 (ACBP2-OXs) showed increased sensitivity to ABA treatment during germination and seedling development. ACBP2-OXs also displayed improved drought tolerance and ABA-mediated reactive oxygen species (ROS) production in guard cells, thereby promoting stomatal closure, reducing water loss and enhancing drought tolerance. In contrast, acbp2 mutant plants showed decreased sensitivity to ABA in root development and were more sensitive to drought stress. RNA analyses revealed that ACBP2 overexpression up-regulated the expression of Respiratory Burst Oxidase Homolog D (AtrbohD) and AtrbohF, two NAD(P)H oxidases essential for ABA-mediated ROS production, whereas the expression of Hypersensitive to ABA1 (HAB1), an important negative regulator in ABA signalling, was down-regulated. In addition, transgenic plants expressing ACBP2pro:GUS showed beta-glucuronidase (GUS) staining in guard cells, confirming a role for ACBP2 at the stomata. These observations support a positive role for ACBP2 in promoting ABA signalling in germination, seedling development and the drought response.
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PMID:Overexpression of Arabidopsis acyl-CoA-binding protein ACBP2 enhances drought tolerance. 2278 84


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