Catechol-O-methyl transferase (COMT) is an enzyme involved in the degradation of dopamine. The most commonly examined polymorphism within the COMT gene is Val108/158Met polymorphism, which results in three to fourfold difference in COMT enzyme activity. It is particularely important in prefrontal cortex, since COMT activity is the most important regulator of the prefrontal dopamine function. Gi...

3-Methyl-4-nitrophenol is one of the major breakdown products of fenitrothion [O,O-dimethyl O-(3-methyl-4-nitrophenyl) thiophosphate], a recalcitrant organophosphate insecticide used in agriculture. Being the non-polar methylated aromatic compound, 3-methyl-4-nitrophenol is highly toxic and, therefore, a complete degradation of this compound is important for environmental decontamination/biorem...

Malvidin-3-glucoside has been labeled by enzymatic synthesis in a single-step experiment. Catechol-O-methyl transferase catalyzed the B-ring methylation of petunidin-3-glucoside, and S-Adenosyl-L-[methyl-(3)H] methionine was the methyl donor. Solid phase extraction and preparative high-performance liquid chromatography were necessary to separate [3'-O-methyl-(3)H]malvidin-3-glucoside from an is...

The major metabolites of epinephrine have been recently identified as the 0-methylated derivatives, 3-methoxy-4-hydroxymandelic acid (1)) metanephrine (2)) and 3-methoxy-4hydroxyphenylglycol (3). The corresponding catechols, 3,4dihydroxymandelic acid (4), 3,4-dihydroxyphenylglycol (5)) and epinephrine and its conjugates (6) were found to be minor excretion products. The present study was design...

A comparison of the oxidation rates of various compounds by whole cells of Pseudomonas putida 3, 5 indicated that m-cresol is metabolized by oxidation to 3-hydroxybenzoate followed by hydroxylation to gentisate, the ring-fission substrate, when grown with 3, 5-xylenol. However, when m-cresol was the growth substrate, similar experiments suggested a different pathway involving a methyl-substitut...

Modifying effects of the environmental contaminant catechol, and its isomers resorcinol and hydroquinone, on methyl-N-amylnitrosamine (MNAN)-induced carcinogenesis were studied in male F344 rats. Groups of 15 rats were given three i.p. injections of 25 mg/kg of body weight of MNAN within the initial 2-wk period, and commencing 1 wk thereafter they were administered 0.8% catechol, 0.8% resorcino...

An investigation 111 vitro of pulmonary O-methyl transferases rcvcaled the presence of microsomal phenol-O-methyl transferase and soluble and microsomal catechol-O-methyl transferases in guineapig lung tissue. Both phenol and catechol transferases also were detected in rat and rabbit lung tissue. Substrates of guinea-pig pulmonary phenol-0-mcth!l transfcrasc ~ncludcJ phenols. crcsols and xyleno...

Secondary organic aerosol (SOA) is well-known to have adverse effects on air quality and human health. However, the dynamic mechanisms occurring during SOA formation and evolution are poorly understood. The time-resolved SOA composition formed during the photo-oxidation of three aromatic compounds, methyl chavicol, toluene and 4-methyl catechol, were investigated at the European Photoreactor. S...

In the title compound, C(10)H(14)NO(4) (+)·Cl(-), the benzene ring makes a dihedral angle of 64.68 (4)° with the methyl-amino-propano-ate unit, which is bonded to the catechol ring via a methyl-ene C atom. A strong intra-molecular O-H⋯O hydrogen bond occurs. In the crystal, O-H⋯O, N-H⋯Cl and O-H⋯Cl hydrogen bonds and weak C-H⋯O inter-actions link the mol-ecules into a three-dimensional network.

Abbreviations: ALS: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis; ATP: Adenosine Triphosphate; CBS: Cystathionine β-Synthase; CNS: Central Nervous System; COMT: Catechol-O-Methyl-Transferase; CYP2E1: Cytochrome P450 2E1; eNOS: Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase; Hcy: Homocysteine; L-DOPA: Levodopa; mPT: Mitochondrial Permeability Transition; MPTP: 1-Methyl 4-Phenyl 1,2,3,6-Tetrahydropyridine; MTHFR: Methylene ...