1. On the basis of its action on a number of conjugated hexuronic acids and other compounds, it is concluded that mouse-liver glucuronidase is specific for f-D-glucopyranuronides, including ,B-D-glucopyranuronic acid-1-phosphate. 2. Derivatives of klevomenthol caused slight activation of glucuronidase. 3. Mouse-liver preparations did not catalyse the condensation of o-aminophenol with aor ,Bglu...

A medium containing a chromogenic substrate was developed for the enumeration of Escherichia coli on the basis of beta-glucuronidase activity. In this medium there was an inverse linear relationship between the log initial E. coli concentration and the time taken for the color to reach a threshold optical density of 0.05. This relationship applied even when the E. coli population contained 5% b...

Group transfer reactions catalyzed by enzymes have assumed a position of intense interest in contemporary enzymology (1). Well known examples of radicals capable of being transferred in such reactions are methyl, glycosyl, aeetyl, phosphoryl, pept,idyl, nucleosidyl, and nucleotidyl, in addition to the transport of hydrogen as seen with the familiar nuoleot.ide coenzymes. In this paper we wish t...

The murine plasma cell line MOPC 315 efficiently targets newly synthesized acid hydrolases to lysosomes in spite of a marked deficiency in the level of the mannose 6-phosphate receptor (Gabel, C., D. Goldberg, and S. Kornfeld, 1983, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 80:775-779). To better understand the routing of lysosomal enzymes in this cell line, pulse-chase experiments were performed with [2-3H]...

M A M M A L I A N ,&glucuronidase has been relatively well characterized with regard to such parameters as substrate specificity, tissue levels, pH dependence, intracellular localization, and protein structure. For a recent review the reader may consult LEVVY and CONCHIE (1966). Although this information failed to elucidate the physiolcigical role of glucuronidase, it has provided a convenient ...