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Purification and properties of the glutathione S-transferases from the anoxia-tolerant turtle, Trachemys scripta elegans.
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FEBS Journal . Jul2005, Vol. 272 Issue 14, p3602-3614. 13p. - Publication Year :
- 2005
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Abstract
- Glutathione S-transferases (GSTs) play critical roles in detoxification, response to oxidative stress, regeneration of S-thiolated proteins, and catalysis of reactions in nondetoxification metabolic pathways. Liver GSTs were purified from the anoxia-tolerant turtle, Trachemys scripta elegans. Purification separated a homodimeric (subunit relative molecular mass =34 kDa) and a heterodimeric (subunit relative molecular mass = 32.6 and 36.8 kDa) form of GST. The enzymes were purified 23–69-fold and 156–174-fold for homodimeric and heterodimeric GSTs, respectively. Kinetic data gathered using a variety of substrates and inhibitors suggested that both homodimeric and heterodimeric GSTs were of the α class although they showed significant differences in substrate affinities and responses to inhibitors. For example, homodimeric GST showed activity with known α class substrates, cumene hydroperoxide and p-nitrobenzylchloride, whereas heterodimeric GST showed no activity with cumene hydroperoxide. The specific activity of liver GSTs with chlorodinitrobenzene (CDNB) as the substrate was reduced by 2.6- and 8.7-fold for homodimeric and heterodimeric GSTs isolated from liver of anoxic turtles as compared with aerobic controls, suggesting an anoxia-responsive stable modification of the protein that may alter its function during natural anaerobiosis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1742464X
- Volume :
- 272
- Issue :
- 14
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- FEBS Journal
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 17518937
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1742-4658.2005.04783.x