A NOVEL NADPH NADH-DEPENDENT ALDEHYDE REDUCTION ENZYME ISOLATED FROM THE TAPEWORM MONIEZIA-EXPANSA

被引:5
作者
BROPHY, PM [1 ]
CROWLEY, P [1 ]
BARRETT, J [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV COLL ABERYSTWYTH,DEPT BIOL SCI,ABERYSTWYTH SY23 3DA,DYFED,WALES
基金
英国医学研究理事会;
关键词
(Moniezia expansa); Alcohol dehydrogenase; Aldehyde reductase; Lipid peroxidation;
D O I
10.1016/0014-5793(90)81400-I
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
An aldehyde reduction enzyme has been purified from the cytosol of the tapeworm, Moniezia expansa, by chromatofocusing and Reactive-Red chromatography. The enzyme is monomeric (subunit 34 kDa) and can utilise NADH and NADPH as co-factors. Substrates of the enzyme include alkanals, alka-2,4-dienals and alk-2-enals, established secondary products of lipid peroxidation. The enzyme reduced methylglyoxal, another possible natural substrate (M. expansa lacks glyoxalase I activity). The parasite enzyme may help form a final line of defence against cytotoxic aldehydes arising from host immune initiated lipid peroxidation. © 1990.
引用
收藏
页码:305 / 307
页数:3
相关论文
共 12 条
[1]   4-HYDROXYALK-2-ENALS ARE SUBSTRATES FOR GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE [J].
ALIN, P ;
DANIELSON, UH ;
MANNERVIK, B .
FEBS LETTERS, 1985, 179 (02) :267-270
[2]   ON THE ROLE OF MICROSOMAL ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE IN METABOLISM OF ALDEHYDIC PRODUCTS OF LIPID-PEROXIDATION [J].
ANTONENKOV, VD ;
PIROZHKOV, SV ;
PANCHENKO, LF .
FEBS LETTERS, 1987, 224 (02) :357-360
[3]   GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASES IN THE TAPEWORM MONIEZIA-EXPANSA [J].
BROPHY, PM ;
SOUTHAN, C ;
BARRETT, J .
BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL, 1989, 262 (03) :939-946
[4]  
BROPHY PM, 1990, IN PRESS INT J PARAS
[5]  
BROPHY PM, 1990, IN PRESS PARASITOLOG
[6]   HELMINTH ANTI-OXIDANT ENZYMES - A PROTECTIVE MECHANISM AGAINST HOST OXIDANTS [J].
CALLAHAN, HL ;
CROUCH, RK ;
JAMES, ER .
PARASITOLOGY TODAY, 1988, 4 (08) :218-225
[7]   SEPARATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF THE ALDEHYDIC PRODUCTS OF LIPID-PEROXIDATION STIMULATED BY ADP-FE2+ IN RAT-LIVER MICROSOMES [J].
ESTERBAUER, H ;
CHEESEMAN, KH ;
DIANZANI, MU ;
POLI, G ;
SLATER, TF .
BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL, 1982, 208 (01) :129-140
[8]   METABOLISM OF THE LIPID-PEROXIDATION PRODUCT 4-HYDROXYNONENAL BY ISOLATED HEPATOCYTES AND BY LIVER CYTOSOLIC FRACTIONS [J].
ESTERBAUER, H ;
ZOLLNER, H ;
LANG, J .
BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL, 1985, 228 (02) :363-373
[9]   METABOLISM OF 2-OXOALDEHYDE IN YEASTS - PURIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF NADPH-DEPENDENT METHYLGLYOXAL-REDUCING ENZYME FROM SACCHAROMYCES-CEREVISIAE [J].
MURATA, K ;
FUKUDA, Y ;
SIMOSAKA, M ;
WATANABE, K ;
SAIKUSA, T ;
KIMURA, A .
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY, 1985, 151 (03) :631-636
[10]  
Schauenstein E., 1977, ALDEHYDES BIOL SYSTE