Bromphenol blue, which was reduced with dithionite, was found to support nitrate reduction catalyzed by squash NADH:nitrate reductase at a rate about 5 times greater than NADH with freshly prepared enzyme and 10 times or more with enzyme having been frozen and thawed. Kinetic analysis of bromphenol blue as a substrate for squash nitrate reductase yielded apparent K(m) values of 60 micromolar fo...

Gel chromatography experiments over a wide range of protein concentrations showed that Chlorella nitrate reductase is a nonassociating protein with a Stokes radius of 81 A. Sedimentation equilibrium of nitrate reductase in H2O-D2O solvents yielded a partial specific volume of 0.800 +/- 0.014 (n = 12) and a Mr = 360,000 +/- 25,000. No lipid was found associated with nitrate reductase. Cross-link...

The first step in the conversion of folate to the functional form of the vitamin is its reduction to a tetrahydro derivative (1). The enzyme, folate reductase (also called dihydrofolate reductase or tetrahydrofolate dehydrogenase), which catalyzes this reaction has been partially purified from a variety of tissues in different laboratories (2-8). Aminopterin and amethopterin are potent inhibito...

Winter climate change has great potential to affect the functioning of terrestrial ecosystems. In particular, increased soil frost associated with reduced insulating snow cover may impact nitrogen (N) dynamics in cold ecosystems, but little is known about variability these effects among aggregates. A manipulation experiment was conducted investigate absence on N cycling within aggregates a spru...

Trazpiroben (TAK-906), a peripherally selective dopamine D2/D3 receptor antagonist, is being developed for the treatment of patients with gastroparesis. The potential trazpiroben to act as perpetrator or victim cytochrome P450 (CYP)- transporter- mediated drug–drug interactions (DDIs) was evaluated following latest regulatory guidelines.In vitro studies revealed that metabolised mainly through ...

In the ovary of adult Blattella germanica, the enzyme 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA reductase (HMG-CoA reductase) is highly expressed in mid-late vitellogenesis, suggesting a functional link of the mevalonate pathway with choriogenesis. The inhibitor of HMG-CoA reductase, fluvastatin, applied in females in late vitellogenesis, inhibits the activity of the enzyme in the ovary and in the develop...

A metalloproteinase with M, 29,000 was purified to homogeneity as a latent proenzyme from the conditioned medium of a human rectal carci noma cell line CaR-1. This enzyme hydrolyzed casein more potently than gelatin embedded in polyacrylamide gels in zymography assay. Calcium ion was essential for the activity. It exerted the maximum activity at pH 7-9. Its activity was stimulated by organomerc...

The enzyme 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme agarose, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, and aldolA reductase from human liver was purified to homogeneity. ase were from Sigma Chemical co.; agarose-hexaneHMG-CoA was from P-L Biochemicals; bovine serum Electrophoresis of the purified human enzyme on non-denaturing gels revealed a single protein-staining band that co-migrated with reductase act...