{"title":"Nicotinic acid metabolism. Dimethylmaleate hydratase.","authors":"A Kollmann-Koch, H Eggerer","doi":"10.1515/bchm2.1984.365.2.847","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/bchm2.1984.365.2.847","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The partial enrichment of a new enzyme, dimethylmaleate hydratase from Clostridium barkeri and some of its characteristics are described. The unstable and oxygen-sensitive hydratase depends on ferrous ions and is induced during growth of C. barkeri on nicotinic acid. The enzyme uses both dimethylmaleate and the hydration product, 2,3-dimethylmalate, as substrates to establish an equilibrium that is 70% in favour of the latter acid; dimethylfumarate is not attacked. A 2,3-dimethyl[3-3H]malate specimen was prepared from dimethylmaleate with the hydratase in tritiated water. Based on proton attack at the re-face of the double bond, experimental results indicate the (2R,3S)-configuration for this malate. The hydration reaction takes an anti-course. The tritium label was lost in the sequence (2R,3S)-2,3-dimethyl[3-3H]malate----(R)-[2-3H1]-propionate----(2R) - [2-3H1]propionyl-CoA----(2S)-methylmalonyl-CoA. This result confirms the stereochemical course of the 2,3-dimethylmalate lyase reaction, inversion of configuration, by an independent approach. The hydratase reaction completes the degradation scheme of nicotinic acid by C. barkeri. The pathway is briefly reviewed.</p>","PeriodicalId":13015,"journal":{"name":"Hoppe-Seyler's Zeitschrift fur physiologische Chemie","volume":"365 8","pages":"847-57"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1515/bchm2.1984.365.2.847","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"17547206","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
H Lutz, D Fuchs, L Fuith, A Hausen, G Reibnegger, H Wachter
{"title":"Measurement of urinary 7,8-dihydro-6-hydroxylumazine in healthy and in Ehrlich ascites tumour-bearing mice.","authors":"H Lutz, D Fuchs, L Fuith, A Hausen, G Reibnegger, H Wachter","doi":"10.1515/bchm2.1984.365.2.895","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/bchm2.1984.365.2.895","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>An estimation of 7,8-dihydro-6-hydroxylumazine in urinary samples of mice by high performance liquid chromatography on reversed phase material is presented. Urinary samples are diluted with water and oxidized by iodine. Chromatographic elution is done isocratically using aqueous buffer containing methanol. Effluent 6-hydroxylumazine is monitored by its fluorescence (382 nm excitation, 449 nm emission). The described method can be performed rapidly with satisfactory accuracy and precision. The electrochemical detection of 7,8-dihydro-6-hydroxylumazine was studied additionally. Total values of daily excreted 7,8-dihydro-6-hydroxylumazine of healthy and of Ehrlich ascites tumour-bearing mice were measured.</p>","PeriodicalId":13015,"journal":{"name":"Hoppe-Seyler's Zeitschrift fur physiologische Chemie","volume":"365 8","pages":"895-900"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1515/bchm2.1984.365.2.895","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"17547210","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Processing and transport of lysosomal enzymes in human monocyte line U937.","authors":"D K Gupta, A Schmidt, K von Figura, A Hasilik","doi":"10.1515/bchm2.1984.365.2.867","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/bchm2.1984.365.2.867","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Precursors of cathepsin D and beta-hexosaminidase synthesized in the U937 monocyte line are processed to mature forms with similar kinetics as in fibroblasts. In U937 cells the processing of the precursor of the beta-chain of beta-hexosaminidase, however, results in a larger fragment that resembles a processing intermediate in fibroblasts. This difference is explained by differences in the equipment of the cells with proteinases, since cross-feeding of the precursors to the cells results in a processing characteristic for the recipient cell type. In sucrose gradients the precursors are found partly in a low- and partly in a high-density region. Mature polypeptides and activity of lysosomal enzymes fractionate mainly in the higher density region. In U937 cells the transport and maturation of endogenous lysosomal enzymes are less sensitive to bases (NH4Cl, chloroquine, tilorone) and to antibody against the mannose 6-phosphate specific receptors than in fibroblasts. A small portion of enzymes released from U937 cells contains the markers recognized by the mannose-6-phosphate specific receptors. U937 cells express these receptors and utilize them for transport of endogenous and exogenous lysosomal enzymes. It appears, however, that a fraction of lysosomal enzymes is transported in U937 cells independent of the mannose-6-phosphate-specific receptors.</p>","PeriodicalId":13015,"journal":{"name":"Hoppe-Seyler's Zeitschrift fur physiologische Chemie","volume":"365 8","pages":"867-76"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1515/bchm2.1984.365.2.867","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"17301676","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The light-harvesting polypeptides of Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides R-26.1. II. Conformational analyses by attenuated total reflection infrared spectroscopy and the possible molecular structure of the hydrophobic domain of the B 850 complex.","authors":"R Theiler, H Zuber","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Attenuated total reflection infrared spectroscopy were used to study the conformation of the purified light-harvesting polypeptides from Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides R-26.1. B 870-alpha and B 850-beta are characterised by a high content of alpha-helix; B 850-alpha and B 870-beta, in contrast, contain extensive antiparallel chain-pleated sheet structure. The beta-structure is likely to be an artifact of the isolation because B 850-alpha assumes a predominantly alpha-helical conformation in the intact antenna complex. It is concluded that lipid-protein interactions play a crucial role in the stabilisation of the \"native\" alpha-helical fold of B 850-alpha and thus in the stabilisation of the entire antenna-pigment-protein complex. The results obtained concerning the \"in situ\" conformation of B 850-alpha and B 850-beta were used, together with the known primary structures and data available from the literature, to construct a rough molecular model of the hydrophobic domain of the elementary unit of the B 850 complex.</p>","PeriodicalId":13015,"journal":{"name":"Hoppe-Seyler's Zeitschrift fur physiologische Chemie","volume":"365 7","pages":"721-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"17443401","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Characterization of fibronectin on human spermatozoa.","authors":"M Vuento, P Kuusela, M Virkki, A Koskimies","doi":"10.1515/bchm2.1984.365.2.757","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/bchm2.1984.365.2.757","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Ejaculated human spermatozoa were shown to have fibronectin polypeptides on their surface. Immunofluorescence studies revealed fibronectin as a belt-like fluorescent band on the post-acrosomal area of sperm heads, whereas none was found in sperm tails. The location of the fluorescent band corresponded to the equatorial segment of the spermatozoon. Fibronectin polypeptides were heterogeneous with Mr ranging from 35000 to 210000, as revealed by immunoblotting and by immunoprecipitation of detergent extracts from surface-radioiodinated spermatozoa.</p>","PeriodicalId":13015,"journal":{"name":"Hoppe-Seyler's Zeitschrift fur physiologische Chemie","volume":"365 7","pages":"757-62"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1515/bchm2.1984.365.2.757","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"17444136","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"On the role of the pancreatic secretory trypsin inhibitor as an inactivator of trypsin-alpha 2-macroglobulin complexes in acute pancreatitis.","authors":"G Balldin, A Borgström, W H Marks, K Ohlsson","doi":"10.1515/bchm2.1984.365.2.751","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/bchm2.1984.365.2.751","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>High levels of immunoreactive pancreatic secretory trypsin inhibitor (PSTI) were demonstrated in the serum and peritoneal exudates of patients suffering from acute pancreatitis. Trypsin-like immunoreactivity in these fluids was found in complex with alpha 1-antitrypsin and in complex with alpha 2-macroglobulin and also as a free peak correlating to free trypsin(ogen). No trypsin-PSTI complexes or PSTI were demonstrated in the macroglobulin fraction of the peritoneal exudates. Saturated and partially saturated trypsin-alpha 2-macroglobulin complexes were prepared in vitro. PSTI was able to partially inhibit the BzArgNan-cleaving activity of both types of complexes in a slow dose-dependent non-linear reaction. Equilibrium was reached in each case within 1 h, but total inhibition was not reached even with large amounts of PSTI. Partially saturated trypsin-alpha 2-macroglobulin complexes were inhibited more readily than saturated complexes. The results support the concept of PSTI acting as a strictly local inhibitor of trypsin in compartments lacking plasma protease inhibitors.</p>","PeriodicalId":13015,"journal":{"name":"Hoppe-Seyler's Zeitschrift fur physiologische Chemie","volume":"365 7","pages":"751-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1515/bchm2.1984.365.2.751","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"17271572","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The light-harvesting polypeptides of Rhodospirillum rubrum. I. The amino-acid sequence of the second light-harvestng polypeptide B 880-beta (B 870-beta) of Rhodospirillum rubrum S 1 and the carotenoidless mutant G-9+. carotenoidless mutant G-9+.","authors":"R A Brunisholz, F Suter, H Zuber","doi":"10.1515/bchm2.1984.365.2.675","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/bchm2.1984.365.2.675","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The light-harvesting complex B 880 from Rhodospirillum rubrum S 1 (wild type) and B 870 from the carotenoidless mutant G-9+ was shown to consist mainly of an organic solvent-(chloroform/methanol-) soluble and an organic solvent-insoluble polypeptide. The isolation and separation of these two low-molecular-mass polypeptides (Mr 6101 and Mr 6079) were achieved by a two-step extraction procedure of chromatophores using in the first step chloroform/methanol containing 0.1M ammonium acetate. Following Sephadex LH-60 chromatography of this first extract a light-harvesting polypeptide (B 870-alpha) was isolated and its complete amino acid sequence was determined (R. Brunisholz et al. (1981) FEBS Lett. 129/1, 150-154, B 880-alpha: G. Gogel et al. (1983) Biochim. Biophys. Acta 746, 32-39). Upon reextraction of the chromatophore pellet with chloroform/methanol/ammonium acetate containing in addition acetic acid a second low-molecular-mass polypeptide (B 880-beta of B 870-beta) was generated. The complete amino acid sequences of the chloroform/methanol-insoluble light-harvesting polypeptide of Rs. rubrum S 1 (B 880-beta) and of Rs. rubrum G-9+ (B 870-beta) were determined. They are identical and consist of 54 amino acid residues. The conserved histidine residue within the hydrophobic stretch raises more evidence for ligand complexation of bacteriochlorophyll to this specific histidine residue which therefore possibly plays the key role in pigment-protein interactions. Both polypeptides (B 880-alpha and B 880-beta) are part of the light-harvesting complex B 880 in an apparent ratio of 1:1. Based on the primary structure data a possible arrangement of both light-harvesting polypeptides within the membrane will be discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":13015,"journal":{"name":"Hoppe-Seyler's Zeitschrift fur physiologische Chemie","volume":"365 7","pages":"675-88"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1515/bchm2.1984.365.2.675","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"17493452","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Demonstration of a new acrosin inhibitor in human seminal plasma.","authors":"M L Huhtala","doi":"10.1515/bchm2.1984.365.2.819","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/bchm2.1984.365.2.819","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We have recently described the purification and characterization of a tumor-associated trypsin inhibitor (TATI). Studies on its N-terminal sequence suggested identity with the pancreatic secretory trypsin inhibitor (PSTI) (Huhtala, M.-L., Pesonen, K., Kalkkinen, N. & Stenman, U.-H. (1982) J. Biol. Chem. 257, 13713-13716). I report here the occurrence of a TATI-like activity in human seminal plasma. Concentrations of this inhibitor in seminal plasma varied considerably (4-500 ng/ml, n = 50). In radioimmunoassay the dose-response curves of the new seminal plasma inhibitor and purified TATI were parallel. The similarity between these two inhibitors was demonstrated by gel filtration, reverse phase liquid chromatography and ion-exchange chromatography. By ion exchange chromatography the new inhibitor could be separated from the main seminal plasma trypsin inhibitors. Purified TATI was shown to inhibit human acrosin effectively.</p>","PeriodicalId":13015,"journal":{"name":"Hoppe-Seyler's Zeitschrift fur physiologische Chemie","volume":"365 7","pages":"819-25"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1515/bchm2.1984.365.2.819","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"17444137","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Direct effect of androgens on progesterone binding and metabolism in rat testis microsomes.","authors":"N Kühn-Velten, T Bunse, N Schürer, W Staib","doi":"10.1515/bchm2.1984.365.2.773","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/bchm2.1984.365.2.773","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A possible site of action at which androgens may control their own biosynthesis in rat testicular tissue in terms of an intratesticular feedback mechanism is investigated. It is shown that both progesterone (Ks = 0.45 microM) and testosterone (Ks = 14.7 microM) induce spectral changes at microsomal cytochrome P-450; these spectral effects are not additive and therefore both steroids may act on the same species of cytochrome P-450. This hypothesis is supported by the observation of competitive inhibition by testosterone of progesterone binding to solubilized microsomal proteins (Ki = 10.0 microM) and of progesterone conversion to androgens (Ki = 14.3 microM). It is concluded that rat testicular androgen biosynthesis is subject to feedback regulation not only via the pituitary-testicular axis but also by direct action of androgens on microsomal reactions dependent on progesterone-binding cytochrome P-450.</p>","PeriodicalId":13015,"journal":{"name":"Hoppe-Seyler's Zeitschrift fur physiologische Chemie","volume":"365 7","pages":"773-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1515/bchm2.1984.365.2.773","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"17157639","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
G Braunitzer, A Stangl, B Schrank, C Krombach, H Wiesner
{"title":"Phosphate-haemoglobin interaction. The primary structure of the haemoglobin of the African elephant (Loxodonta africana, Proboscidea): asparagine in position 2 of the beta-chain.","authors":"G Braunitzer, A Stangl, B Schrank, C Krombach, H Wiesner","doi":"10.1515/bchm2.1984.365.2.743","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/bchm2.1984.365.2.743","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The primary structure of the haemoglobin of the African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) is reported. The sequence was determined by means of a sequenator. The haemoglobin differs in 26 amino acids in the alpha-chains and in 27 in the beta-chains from that of adult human haemoglobin. The haemoglobin of the African Elephant, like that of the Indian Elephant and Ilama, has only 5 binding sites for polyphosphate. This finding explains the low p(O2)50 value in whole blood as a result of the lower 2,3-bisphosphoglycerate-haemoglobin interaction. This is discussed in relation to aspects of respiratory physiology; some points are also of interest with regard to the Second Punic War and Hannibal's crossing of the Alps.</p>","PeriodicalId":13015,"journal":{"name":"Hoppe-Seyler's Zeitschrift fur physiologische Chemie","volume":"365 7","pages":"743-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1515/bchm2.1984.365.2.743","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"17537130","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}