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Query: EC:3.4.21.4 (trypsin)
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Norethisterone, specifically labeled with tritium, was incubated with hepatic microsomes of rats. About 2% of 3H radioactivity was irreversibly incorporated into the microsomal protein. This protein binding of norethisterone (about 0.7-1.6 nmol/mg of microsomal protein) was dependent on oxygen, NADPH, substrate concentration, and microsomal protein content and could be inhibited by carbon monoxide. Glutathione and other cysteine derivatives with free sulfhydryl groups diminished the microsomal protein binding diminished the microsomal protein binding as did the addition of bovine serum albumin. Norethisterone-derived radioactivity was also irreversibly bound to albumin. Solvent-extraction and charcoal-adsorption methods were employed to prove the irreversible nature of this binding. After trypsin digestion of albumin and microsomal protein loaded with norethisterone, peptides which were labeled with 3H could be isolated. To explain our results, a metabolic bioactivation of norethisterone to norethisterone-4,5-epoxide, catalyzed by the microsomal mixed-function oxidase cytochrome P-450, is proposed.
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PMID:Metabolic activation of norethisterone (norethindrone) to an irreversibly protein-bound derivative by rat liver microsomes. 24 14

Kinetic measurements indicate that the energy-independent transhydrogenation of 3-acetylpyridine-NAD+ by NADPH in membranes of Escherichia coli follows a rapid equilibrium random bireactant mechanism. Each substrate, although reacting preferentially with its own binding site, is able to interact with the binding site of the other substrate to cause inhibition of enzyme activity. 5'-AMP (and ADP) and 2'-AMP interact with the NAD+- and NADP+-binding sites, respectively. Phenylglyoxal and 2,3-butanedione in borate buffer inhibit transhydrogenase activity presumably by reacting with arginyl residues. Protection against inhibition by 2,3-butanedione is afforded by NADP+, NAD+, and high concentrations of NADPH and NADH. Low concentrations of NADPH and NADH increase the rate of inhibition by 2,3-butanedione. Similar effects are observed for the inactivation of the transhydrogenase by tryptic digestion in the presence of these coenzymes. It is concluded that there are at least two conformations of the active site of the transhydrogenase which differ in the extent to which arginyl residues are accessible to exogenous agents such as trypsin and 2,3-butanedione. One conformation is induced by low concentrations of NADH and NADPH. Under these conditions the coenzymes could be reacting at the active site or at an allosteric site. The stimulation of transhydrogenase activity by low concentrations of the NADH is consistent with the latter possibility.
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PMID:Steady-state kinetics and the inactivation by 2,3-butanedione of the energy-independent transhydrogenase of Escherichia coli cell membranes. 38 87

The physicochemical and catalytic properties of thioredoxin-T' are described. This complemented protein structure consists of a 1:1 complex between the inactive fragments thioredoxin-T-(1--73) and thioredoxin T-(74--108). These are generated by selective trypsin cleavage at Arg-73 in lysine-modified and denatured Escherichia coli thioredoxin. Thioredoxin-T' was a slowly formed but stable complex with an apparent KD below 10(-8) M. The tryptophan fluorescence spectrum and the CD spectrum were very similar to those of native thioredoxin; some conformational differences were detected by gel chromatography and radioimmunoassay. Thioredoxin-T'-S2 was a substrate for NADPH and thioredoxin reductase and had 1--2% of the activity of native thioredoxin. This low relative activity was the result of a major increase in the Km value. Thioredoxin-(SH)2 was a hydrogen donor for E. coli ribonucleotide reductase with about 3% relative activity. These results for thioredoxin-T' are correlated with the known three-dimensional structure of thioredoxin. The microenvironment around Arg-73 that is close to the active disulfide appears to be of critical importance for the interactions of thioredoxin with thioredoxin reductase and ribonucleotide reductase.
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PMID:Structure and enzymatic functions of thioredoxin refolded by complementation of two tryptic peptide fragments. 39 Dec 70

Microsomal squalene epoxidase has previously been solubilized with Triton X-100 and resolved into fractions, FA and FB, by DEAE-cellulose chromatography (Ono T. and Bloch K (1975) J biol. Chem. 250, 1571-1579). It has now been found that FB is identical with NADPH-cytochrome c reductase (denoted FPT, EC 1.6.2.3). Although both NADPH and NADH served as electron donors, the former was preferred for squalene epoxidase activity in the reconstituted system of FA and FB. FB is characterized by its ability to reduce cytochrome c by NADPH. In place of FB, partially purified FPT was tested for its ability to support squalene epoxidation in the presence of FA. A stepwise purification of the deoxycholate-solubilized FPT yielded an increase in specific FPT activity with a parallel increase in squalene epoxidase activity. Bromelain-solubilized FPT was less effective. Rabbit antisera preparations to the purified FPT solubilized with trypsin were shown to inhibit concomitantly FPT activity and squalene epoxidase activity. These observations support the concept that squalene epoxidation is primarily mediated via a flavoprotein, NADPH-cytochrome c reductase, and a terminal oxidase, squalene epoxidase, which is distinct from cytochrome P-450.
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PMID:Involvement of NADPH-cytochrome c reductase in the rat liver squalene epoxidase system. 40 52

NADPH-cytochrome P-450 reductase was isolated from liver microsomes of phenobarbital-induced rats. The enzyme exhibits an apparent minimal molecular weight of 76,000 as determined by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and contains 1 molecule each of FMN and FAD. Trypsin treatment of the reductase yields an enzyme with an apparent minimal molecular weight of 69,000 which retains the ability to reduce cytochrome c but has no activity toward cytochrome P-450. Various spectrophotometric titrations were performed to examine the electron-accepting properties of the purified NADPH-cytochrome P-450 reductase and, in particular, to determine the oxidation state of the stable semiquinone form produced by air oxidation of NADPH-reduced enzyme. Titration of the air-stable semiquinone form of the reductase with ferricyanide indicated that 1 mol/2 mol of flavin was required for complete oxidation. Furthermore, a spectrum corresponding to that of the air-stable semiquinone form was produced by the addition of approximately 0.5 mol of reductant/2 mol of flavin when the oxidized enzyme was titrate with NADPH or dithionite under anaerobic conditions. The spectral changes which accompanied the overall reduction of oxidized enzyme to the reduced form with dithionite produced four sets of isosbestic points, and the spectrophotometric titration curve consisted of four approximately equal phases. In the titration with NADPH, no significant further reduction was observed after the addition of approximately 1.5 mol/2 mol of flavin. However, the enzyme was fully reduced by NADPH when an NAPH-generating system was used to prevent the accumulation of NADP. Our results establish that the air-stable semiquinone form is a 1-electron-reduced form, rather than a half-reduced (2-electron-reduced) form as maintained by others and are in agreement with earlier studies (Iyanagi, T., Makino, N., and Mason, H.S. (1974) Biochemistry 13, 1701-1710) with the purified trypsin-solubilized reductase. Accordingly, the air-stable species represents a form of the NADPH-cytochrome P-450 reductase in which one of the two flavins exists in the semiquinone state and the other in the oxidized state.
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PMID:Purified liver microsomal NADPH-cytochrome P-450 reductase. Spectral characterization of oxidation-reduction states. 63 95

Male rats were fed a cholesterol-free diet for 5 weeks, followed by a 2% cholesterol diet for 4 weeks. Another group of rats was continuously fed a cholesterol-free diet. A third group was fed standard pelllets during the whole experiment. Hepatic microsomal protein and cholesterol contents and drug-metabolizing enzyme activities were measured. The cholesterol-rich diet increased microsomal protein content and this increase disappeared after trypsin digestion of microsomal membranes. Microsomal cholesterol content was enhanced three-fold by cholesterol feeding. Cytochrome P-450 concentration, NADPH cytochrome c reductase and aryl hydrocarbon hydroxylase activities showed only minor changes following cholesterol feeding. The p-nitroanisole O-demethylase and ethoxycoumarin deethylase activities were doubled by cholesterol in comparison to cholesterol-free diet. Trypsin digestion activated the UDP-glucuronosyltransferase enzyme eight- to ten-fold on a protein basis. Trypsin treatment increased the cholesterol activation of UDP-glucuronosyltransferase when compared to the activity in native microsomes. The data suggest that dietary cholesterol regulates the cholesterol content of microsomal membranes. The activities of drug-metabolizing enzymes are also altered, possibly due to the compositional changes of the membranes.
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PMID:Dietary cholesterol-induced enhancement of hepatic biotransformation rate in male rats. 70 59

A combined effect of cholesterol and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) on the microsomal drug hydroxylation and glucuronidation in the liver of the rat was studied. PCBs, Clophen A-50 and A-60, having an average chlorination degree of 50 and 60% affect the structure of microsomal membranes. It was found that Clophen A-60 increased the binding of trypsin- and digitonin-sensitive proteins to the membranes. Also it was found that PCBs enhanced the phsopholipid content of microsomes. PCBs increased the activity of hepatic NADPH cytochrome c reductase about 1.5-fold. Aryl hydrocarbon hydroxylase activity doubled with Clophen A-50 and quadrupled with Clophen A-60. Hepatic UDPglucuronosyltransferase activity was doubled with both PCBs. The enhancement in hepatic aryl hydrocarbon hydroxylase and in UDPglucuronosyltransferase was found to be lower in the presence of high cholesterol level in the diet when compared to earlier results. This is supposed to be due to the membraneous effects of cholesterol.
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PMID:Enhancement of hepatic drug biotransformation rate by polychlorinated biphenyls in rats fed cholesterol-rich diet. 81 Sep 23

The superoxide-generating respiratory burst oxidase (NADPH oxidase) from human neutrophils can be activated in a cell-free system consisting of plasma membrane and cytosol by anionic amphiphiles such as sodium dodecyl sulfate and arachidonate (McPhail, L. C., Shirley, P. S., Clayton, C. C., and Snyderman, R. (1985) J. Clin. Invest. 75, 1735-1739; Curnutte, J. T. (1985) J. Clin. Invest. 75, 1740-1743; Bromberg, Y., and Pick, E. (1984) Cell. Immunol. 88, 213-221). Herein, the activity thus obtained is shown to be very labile at 37 degrees C. The rate of inactivation varied inversely with cytosol concentration. The stabilizing factor(s) was destroyed by heat and trypsin, indicating that it is protein in nature. Whereas cytosol from normal cells and from a chronic granulomatous disease patient lacking p67phox stabilized the oxidase activity, that from a chronic granulomatous disease patient lacking p47phox did not. Also, dialdehyde NADPH-treated cytosol showed no stabilizing effect, indicating that p47phox and a putative NADPH-binding component both participate in stabilization. The mechanism of inactivation was further explored by examining the stabilizing effect of agents that can act as chemical cross-linkers. Of several tested, 1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl) carbodiimide (EDC) was the most effective, but others that utilize different chemical mechanisms were also partially effective. EDC extended the half-life at 37 degrees C from 2 to 120 min, protected against the inactivating effects of Triton X-100 and high salt, and did not affect the Km for NADPH. Stabilization required prior activation in the presence of both cytosol and membrane; and EDC treatment of cytosol, membrane, or a mixture of the two prior to the addition of sodium dodecyl sulfate failed to induce stabilization. EDC eliminated the requirement for the continuous presence of cytosol and activator. Dialysis did not cause a loss in activity, whereas control activity was diminished with dialysis and was largely restored with added sodium dodecyl sulfate. In the absence of EDC, the separation of cytosol from the membrane fraction resulted in a significant loss of activity, which was largely restored by the addition of cytosol. However, EDC treatment allowed the isolation of a nearly fully active oxidase in the membrane fraction, the activity of which was not influenced by added cytosol. These results support a model in which the active NADPH oxidase consists of a dissociable complex among membrane and cytosolic components and indicate that the longevity of the activated state requires continuous association of these components.
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PMID:Stabilization of human neutrophil NADPH oxidase activated in a cell-free system by cytosolic proteins and by 1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl) carbodiimide. 131 6

Microsomes from rat liver were used to investigate the mechanisms by which thiol compounds protect cellular membranes against damage from oxidants. Glutathione (GSH), dihydrolipoate and dithioerythritol, but not cysteine, ameliorated the loss of thiol groups of microsomal proteins attacked by Fe/ADP/NADPH or Fe/ADP/ascorbate prooxidant systems. The protection by GSH, but not dihydrolipoate or dithioerythritol, appeared to be enzymic since it was lost after microsomes were heated or treated with trypsin. The blocking of microsomal protein thiols with N-ethylmaleimide also diminished the protective effect of GSH. Lipid peroxidation, as assessed by chemiluminescence and vitamin-E loss, was inhibited in parallel with the protection of protein thiols. In microsomes lacking vitamin E, the protection of protein thiols by exogenous thiols was diminished. However, the GSH-dependent protection of vitamin E showed no preference for alpha-tocopherol over other tocopherol homologs. It is suggested that a GSH-dependent enzyme maintains protein thiols in the face of oxidative damage during microsomal peroxidation. A maintenance of protein thiols might not only protect important metabolic functions, but may also afford an antioxidant capacity to membranes, and account for one facet of the GSH-dependent inhibition of lipid peroxidation.
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PMID:Protection by glutathione and other thiol compounds against the loss of protein thiols and tocopherol homologs during microsomal lipid peroxidation. 144 67

3-Oxoacyl-[ACP] reductase (E.C. 1.1.1.100, alternatively known as beta-ketoacyl-[ACP] reductase), a component of fatty acid synthetase has been purified from seeds of rape by ammonium sulphate fractionation, Procion Red H-E3B chromatography, FPLC gel filtration and high performance hydroxyapatite chromatography. The purified enzyme appears on SDS-PAGE as a number of 20-30 kDa components and has a strong tendency to exist in a dimeric form, particularly when dithiothreitol is not present to reduce disulphide bonds. Cleveland mapping and cross-reactivity with antiserum raised against avocado 3-oxoacyl-[ACP] reductase both indicate that the multiple components have similar primary structures. On gel filtration the enzyme appears to have a molecular mass of 120 kDa suggesting that the native structure is tetrameric. The enzyme has a strong preference for the acetoacetyl ester of acyl carrier protein (Km = 3 microM) over the corresponding esters of the model substrates N-acetyl cysteamine (Km = 35 mM) and CoA (Km = 261 microM). It is inactivated by dilution but this can be partly prevented by the inclusion of NADPH. Using an antiserum prepared against avocado 3-oxoacyl-[ACP] reductase, the enzyme has been visualised inside the plastids of rape embryo and leaf tissues by immunoelectron microscopy. Amino acid sequencing of two peptides prepared by digestion of the purified enzyme with trypsin showed strong similarities with 3-oxoacyl-[ACP] reductase from avocado pear and the Nod G gene product from Rhizobium meliloti.
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PMID:3-Oxoacyl-[ACP] reductase from oilseed rape (Brassica napus). 156 81


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