Uridine Diphosphate Glucose Dehydrogenase from Cornea
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1. UDP-glucose dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.22) was extracted from epiphysial-plate cartilage of newborn pigs and from whole bovine corneas. 2. Formation of UDPglucuronic acid was demonstrated by radioautography after separation of the sugar nucleotides by paper chromatography or t.l.c.: in these conditions a radioactive glucuronic acid spot also appears. 3. UDP-xylose prevented the formation in the incubation mixture of both UDP-glucuronic acid and free glucuronic acid. 4. In both tissues the dependence of the enzyme activity on pH and the Km values for UDP-glucose and NAD+ were determined. 5. Inhibition by UDP-xylose with respect to UDP-glucose was investigated. The plots of l/v versus 1/[UDP-glucose], and of percentage inhibition versus UDP-xylose concentration and the Hill coefficient showed that a co-operative effect existed between UDP-xylose-binding sites. 6. The physiological meaning of the different affinities of cartilage and cornea enzymes for UDP-xylose is discussed and related to the different glycosaminoglycan contents of the two connective tissues studied.
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