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Elferink H, Bruekers JPJ, Veeneman GH, Boltje TJ. A comprehensive overview of substrate specificity of glycoside hydrolases and transporters in the small intestine : "A gut feeling". Cell Mol Life Sci 2020; 77:4799-4826. [PMID: 32506169 PMCID: PMC7658089 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-020-03564-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2020] [Revised: 05/21/2020] [Accepted: 05/25/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The human body is able to process and transport a complex variety of carbohydrates, unlocking their nutritional value as energy source or as important building block. The endogenous glycosyl hydrolases (glycosidases) and glycosyl transporter proteins located in the enterocytes of the small intestine play a crucial role in this process and digest and/or transport nutritional sugars based on their structural features. It is for these reasons that glycosidases and glycosyl transporters are interesting therapeutic targets to combat sugar related diseases (such as diabetes) or to improve drug delivery. In this review we provide a detailed overview focused on the molecular structure of the substrates involved as a solid base to start from and to fuel research in the area of therapeutics and diagnostics.
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- Hidde Elferink
- Institute for Molecules and Materials, Radboud University, Heyendaalseweg 135, 6525, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Institute for Molecules and Materials, Radboud University, Heyendaalseweg 135, 6525, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Institute for Molecules and Materials, Radboud University, Heyendaalseweg 135, 6525, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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Yu C, Ai D, Lin R, Cheng S. Effects of toxic β-glucosides on carbohydrate metabolism in cotton bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner). ARCHIVES OF INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY 2019; 100:e21526. [PMID: 30653757 DOI: 10.1002/arch.21526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2018] [Revised: 11/22/2018] [Accepted: 11/22/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of three toxic β-glucosides, phlorizin, santonin, and amygdalin, on carbohydrate metabolism in the cotton bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner), when diets mixed with β-glucosides were fed to third-instar larvae. The growth of the larvae was significantly inhibited by exposure to santonin after 96 hr but not obviously affected by phlorizin and amygdalin. The midgut trehalase activities were only 51.7%, 32%, and 42.5% of that of the control after treatment with phlorizin, santonin and amygdalin at 2 mg/ml, respectively. In the hemolymph and fat body, the amount of trehalose decreased in all cases. However, the effects of santonin on the alteration of the glycogen and glucose levels as well as the activities of glycogen phosphorylase, were different than those of the other two β-glucosides. It appears that the three β-glucosides have different influences on the carbohydrate metabolism of cotton bollworm.
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- Caihong Yu
- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Beijing, China
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- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Beijing, China
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- Institute for the Control of Agrochemicals, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing, China
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- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Beijing, China
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Ghadamyari M, Hosseininaveh V, Sharifi M. Partial biochemical characterization of α- and β-glucosidases of lesser mulberry pyralid, Glyphodes pyloalis Walker (Lep.: Pyralidae). C R Biol 2010; 333:197-204. [DOI: 10.1016/j.crvi.2009.12.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2009] [Revised: 12/08/2009] [Accepted: 12/17/2009] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Silva MCP, Terra WR, Ferreira C. Absorption of toxic β-glucosides produced by plants and their effect on tissue trehalases from insects. Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol 2006; 143:367-73. [PMID: 16458033 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2005.12.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2005] [Revised: 12/12/2005] [Accepted: 12/18/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Trehalases present in body wall, Malpighian tubules, fat body, midgut and haemolymph from Tenebrio molitor (Coleoptera), Musca domestica (Diptera), Spodoptera frugiperda and Diatraea saccharalis (Lepidoptera) were assayed in the presence and absence of toxic beta-glucosides produced by plants or their aglycones. The glucosides used were phlorizin, amygdalin, prunasin and the aglycone mandelonitrile. In addition, T. molitor and S. frugiperda trehalases were assayed with and without esculin. More than 60% of total trehalase activity was found in the midgut of these insects. As a rule, trehalases present in each insect were inhibited by at least two of the glucosides. Prunasin was the best inhibitor in tissues with highest trehalase activity. S. frugiperda beta-glucosidases were not able to hydrolyze esculin. Nevertheless, their larval midguts absorb the intact glucoside that is recovered from the fat body, Malpighian tubules and mainly from haemolymph. Mature larvae fed on a diet containing 3 mM (0.1%) esculin have 0.2 mM esculin in their haemolymph, and weigh 60% of control larvae. In vitro, haemolymph trehalase activity is abolished by 0.5 mM esculin. This inhibition may play a role in the decrease of body weight and in animal survival. S. frugiperda larvae reared in 0.1% amygdalin-containing diet present higher trehalase activity in tissues than the larvae reared in 0.1% esculin-containing diet. Higher trehalase activity should be the reason why the S. frugiperda development is not impaired by 1% dietary amygdalin, in contrast to what is observed when insects are reared in 0.1% esculin. The data suggest that many plant beta-glucosides are toxic because they inhibit trehalase, a key enzyme controlling glucose availability in insects.
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- Maria C P Silva
- Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo, C.P. 26077, 05513-970, São Paulo, Brazil
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García NAT, Iribarne C, López M, Herrera-Cervera JA, Lluch C. Physiological implications of trehalase from Phaseolus vulgaris root nodules: partial purification and characterization. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2005; 43:355-61. [PMID: 15907687 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2005.02.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2005] [Accepted: 02/24/2005] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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The purification and characterization of trehalase from common bean nodules as well as the role of this enzyme on growth, nodulation nitrogen fixation by examining the effects of the trehalase inhibitor validamycin A, was studied. Validamycin A did not affect plant and nodule mass, neither root trehalase and nitrogenase activity; however this treatment applied at the time of sowing increased nodule number about 16% and decreased nodule trehalase activity (16-fold) and the size of nodules. These results suggest that nodule trehalase activity of Phaseolus vulgaris could be involved in nodule formation and development. In addition, acid trehalase (EC 3.2.1.28) was purified from root nodules by fractionating ammonium sulfate, column chromatography on DEAE-sepharose and sephacryl S-300, and finally on native polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The purified homogeneous preparation of native acid trehalase exhibited a molecular mass of 42 and 45 kDa on SDS-PAGE. The enzyme has the optimum pH 3.9, Km of 0.109 mM, Vmax of 3630 nkat mg-1 protein and is relatively heat stable. Besides trehalose, it shows maximal activity with sucrose and maltose and, to a lesser degree melibiose, cellobiose and raffinose, and it does not hydrolyze on lactose and turanose. Acid trehalase was activated by Na+, Mn2+, Mg2+, Li+, Co2+, K+ and inhibited by Fe3+, Hg+ and EDTA.
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- Noel A Tejera García
- Departamento de Fisiología Vegetal, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Granada, Campus de Fuentenueva s/n, 18071 Granada, Spain.
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Dmitryjuk M, Zółtowska K. Purification and characterization of acid trehalase from muscle of Ascaris suum (Nematoda). Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol 2003; 136:61-9. [PMID: 12941639 DOI: 10.1016/s1096-4959(03)00170-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Acid trehalase (EC 3.2.1.28) was isolated from muscle of Ascaris suum by fractionating with ammonium sulfate, acetone and column chromatography on DEAE-cellulose and phenyl sepharose CL-4B. The purified homogeneous preparation of native acid trehalase exhibited a molecular mass of 76 kDa and of 38 kDa on SDS-PAGE. The enzyme has the optimum pH 4.9, pI 4.3, Km of 6.6 mM and Vmax=34.5 nM min(-1) x mg(-1). Besides trehalose, it hydrolyses sucrose, isomaltose and maltose and, to a lesser degree melezitose, and it does not act on cellobiose and lactose. Acid trehalase was activated by MgCl2, KNO3, NaCl, CaCl2, CH2ICOOH and p-chloromercuribenzoate and inhibited by EDTA, ZnSO4 and FeCl3.
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- Małgorzata Dmitryjuk
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biology, University of Warmia and Mazury, Oczapowskiego 1A, Olsztyn 10-957, Poland.
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Azevedo TR, Terra WR, Ferreira C. Purification and characterization of three beta-glycosidases from midgut of the sugar cane borer, Diatraea saccharalis. INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2003; 33:81-92. [PMID: 12459203 DOI: 10.1016/s0965-1748(02)00179-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Three beta-glycosidases, named betaGly1, betaGly2 and betaGly3, were isolated from midgut tissues of the sugar cane borer, Diatraea saccharalis Fabricius (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). The three enzymes have similar Mr (58,000; 61,000; 61,000), pI (7.5, 7.4, and 7.4) and optimum pH (6.7, 6.3, and 7.2) and were resolved by hydrophobic chromatography. The beta-glycosidases prefer beta-glucosides to beta-galactosides, have four subsites for glucose binding and hydrolyse glucose-glucose beta-1,3 linkages better than beta-1, 4- or beta-1,6 linkages. betaGly1 and 2 were completely purified, whereas betaGly3 was isolated with a contaminant peptide that has no activity upon beta-glycosides. By using competing substrates, it was shown that betaGly 1 and 3 have one active site, whereas betaGly2 has two, one hydrolyzing natural and the other synthetic substrates. betaGly2 is the only D. saccharalis beta-glycosidase that can efficiently hydrolyse prunasin, the glycoside remaining after glucose removal from the plant glycoside amygdalin and that liberates the cyanogenic mandelonitrile. As shown elsewhere, betaGly2 activity is reduced when D. saccharalis is reared in amygdalin containing diets. From the results, we propose that the physiological role of betaGly 1 and 3 is the digestion of oligo- and disaccharides derived from hemicelluloses and of betaGly2 is glycolipid hydrolysis. Free energy relationships showed that D. saccharalis betaGly3 and Tenebrio molitor (Coleoptera) betaGly1 have active sites that bind similarly the transition states formed with different substrates. The same is also true for the active sites of D. saccharalis betaGly1 and T. molitor betaGly2. This suggests that active sites of similar enzymes are probably homologous, displaying nearly identical bonds between active site amino acids and substrate moieties.
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- Tamara R Azevedo
- Departmento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Química, Universidade de Sāo Paulo, CP 26077, 05513-970, São Paulo, Brazil
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Ishihara R, Taketani S, Sasai-Takedatsu M, Kino M, Tokunaga R, Kobayashi Y. Molecular cloning, sequencing and expression of cDNA encoding human trehalase. Gene X 1997; 202:69-74. [PMID: 9427547 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-1119(97)00455-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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A complete cDNA clone encoding human trehalase, a glycoprotein of brush-border membranes, has been isolated from a human kidney library. The cDNA encodes a protein of 583 amino acids with a calculated molecular weight of 66,595. Human enzyme contains a typical cleavable signal peptide at amino terminus, five potential glycosylation sites, and a hydrophobic region at carboxyl terminus where the protein is anchored to plasma membranes via glycosylphosphatidylinositol. The deduced amino acid sequence of the human enzyme showed similarity to sequences of the enzyme from rabbit, silk worm, Tenebrio molitor, Escherichia coli and yeast. Northern blots revealed that human trehalase mRNA of approx. 2.0 kb was found mainly in the kidney, liver and small intestine. Expression of the recombinant trehalase in E. coli provided a high level of the enzyme activity. The isolation and expression of cDNA for human trehalase should facilitate studies of the structure of the gene, as well as a basis for a better understanding of the catalytic mechanism.
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- R Ishihara
- Department of Pediatrics, Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan
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Asano N, Kato A, Matsui K. Two subsites on the active center of pig kidney trehalase. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1996; 240:692-8. [PMID: 8856072 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.0692h.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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A kinetic analysis of the active site of pig kidney trehalase was made by examining two types of inhibitors that are monosaccharide analogs and cause a competitive inhibition of the trehalase. Trehalase hydrolyzes trehalose (alpha-D-glycopyranosyl alpha-D-glucopyranoside) to give an equimolar mixture of alpha-D-glucose and, by inversion of configuration, beta-D-glucose. 1,4-Dideoxyl-1,4-imino-D-arabinitol is considered to be a transition state (glucosyl cation) analog, while methyl beta-D-glucoside, 1,5-dideoxy-1,5-imino-D-glucitol (1-deoxynojirimycin), fagomine, and 1-epivalidamine are considered to be analogs of the beta-D-glucose that is derived by hydrolysis of trehalose. These glucosyl cation inhibitor and beta-D-glucose analog inhibitors competed with each other at the same site on the active center of pig kidney trehalase and were therefore put together in one group (group A). Methyl alpha-D-mannoside and 1-deoxymannojirimycin were also competitive inhibitors of trehalase and competed with each other for the same site. However, an inhibitor in group A did not compete with the methyl alpha-D-mannoside or 1,5-dideoxy-1,5-imino-D-mannitol (1-deoxymannojirimycin). Thus these latter two inhibitors were placed in group B. These results support the hypothesis that the active center of trehalase may comprise two subsites, one for catalysis and one for recognition, that act separately on each of the glucose of the trehalose. The catalysis site requires the correct D-glucose configuration at carbons 2, 3, 4, and 5 or a good superimposition onto the glucosyl cation intermediate. The C2 equatorial OH group of a glucopyranosyl residue appears to be important for binding at the catalytic site since 1-deoxynojirimycin is more tightly bound by two orders of magnitude over its 2-deoxy derivative, fagomine. The beta-D-glucose and glucosyl cation analogs best fit this site. The recognition site is compatible with D-glucose and its analogs bearing the alpha configuration at the anomeric position. alpha-D-Mannose analogs are much more tightly bound than the corresponding D-gluco compound at this site. The extremely high affinity (Ki = 0.52 nM) of validoxylamine A, a mimic of the substrate in the transition state, derives from the synergistic interactions of two cyclitol units with two subsites. The value obtained by multiplying the Ki (1.2 microM) for 1-epivalidamine times that for 1-deoxymannojirimycin (Ki = 0.39 mM) is very close to that for validoxylamine A. The results described here may be applicable to other trehalase molecules.
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- N Asano
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokuriku University, Kanazawa, Japan
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Van Beers EH, Büller HA, Grand RJ, Einerhand AW, Dekker J. Intestinal brush border glycohydrolases: structure, function, and development. Crit Rev Biochem Mol Biol 1995; 30:197-262. [PMID: 7555019 DOI: 10.3109/10409239509085143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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The hydrolytic enzymes of the intestinal brush border membrane are essential for the degradation of nutrients to absorbable units. Particularly, the brush border glycohydrolases are responsible for the degradation of di- and oligosaccharides into monosaccharides, and are thus crucial for the energy-intake of humans and other mammals. This review will critically discuss all that is known in the literature about intestinal brush border glycohydrolases. First, we will assess the importance of these enzymes in degradation of dietary carbohydrates. Then, we will closely examine the relevant features of the intestinal epithelium which harbors these glycohydrolases. Each of the glycohydrolytic brush border enzymes will be reviewed with respect to structure, biosynthesis, substrate specificity, hydrolytic mechanism, gene regulation and developmental expression. Finally, intestinal disorders will be discussed that affect the expression of the brush border glycohydrolases. The clinical consequences of these enzyme deficiency disorders will be discussed. Concomitantly, these disorders may provide us with important details regarding the functions and gene expression of these enzymes under specific (pathogenic) circumstances.
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Sanker S, Sivakami S. Two forms of trehalase in rabbit enterocyte: Purification and chemical modification. J Biosci 1990. [DOI: 10.1007/bf02702679] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Spores of Streptomyces griseus contain trehalose and trehalase, but trehalose is not readily hydrolyzed until spore germination is initiated. Trehalase in crude extracts of spores, germinated spores, and mycelia of S. griseus had a pH optimum of approximately 6.2, had a Km value for trehalose of approximately 11 mM, and was most active in buffers having ionic strengths of 50 to 200 mM. Inhibitors or activators or trehalase activity were not detected in extracts of spores or mycelia. Several lines of evidence indicated that trehalose and trehalase are both located in the spore cytoplasm. Spores retained their trehalose and most of their trehalase activity following brief exposure to dilute acid. Protoplasts formed by enzymatic removal of the spore walls in buffer containing high concentrations of solutes also retained their trehalose and trehalase activity. Protoplasts formed in buffer containing lower levels of solutes contained low levels of trehalose. The mechanism by which trehalose metabolism is regulated in S. griseus spores is unresolved. A low level of hydration of the cytoplasm of the dormant spores and an increased level of hydration during germination may account for the apparent inactivity of trehalase in dormant spores and the rapid hydrolysis of trehalose upon initiation of germination.
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- M J McBride
- Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53706
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Vaandrager S, Haller T, Van Marrewijk W, Beenakkers A. Fractionation and kinetic properties of trehalase from flight muscles and haemolymph of the locust, Locusta migratoria. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1989. [DOI: 10.1016/0020-1790(89)90013-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Hauri HP. Biogenesis and intracellular transport of intestinal brush border membrane hydrolases. Use of antibody probes and tissue culture. Subcell Biochem 1988; 12:155-219. [PMID: 3043766 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4899-1681-5_5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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McBride MJ, Ensign JC. Metabolism of endogenous trehalose by Streptomyces griseus spores and by spores or cells of other actinomycetes. J Bacteriol 1987; 169:5002-7. [PMID: 3117770 PMCID: PMC213900 DOI: 10.1128/jb.169.11.5002-5007.1987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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The disaccharide trehalose is accumulated as a storage product by spores of Streptomyces griseus. Nongerminating spores used their trehalose reserves slowly when incubated in buffer for several months. In contrast, spores rapidly depleted their trehalose pools during the first hours of germination. Extracts of dormant spores contained a high specific activity of the enzyme trehalase. The level of trehalase remained relatively constant during germination or incubation in buffer. Nongerminating spores of Streptomyces viridochromogenes, Streptomyces antibioticus, and Micromonospora echinospora and nongrowing spherical cells of Arthrobacter crystallopoietes and Nocardia corallina also maintained large amounts of trehalose and active trehalase. These trehalose reserves were depleted during spore germination or outgrowth of spherical Arthrobacter and Nocardia cells into rods.
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- M J McBride
- Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin-Madison 53706
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Nakano M, Tauchi H. Difference in activation by Tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane of Ca,Mg-ATPase activity between young and old rat skeletal muscles. Mech Ageing Dev 1986; 36:287-94. [PMID: 2948083 DOI: 10.1016/0047-6374(86)90094-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Fresh weight of rat skeletal muscles (M. tibialis anterior) was decreased with age. Specific activity of myosin-ATPase in the homogenate was decreased significantly at later stages of age, but not Ca,Mg-ATPase activity. The activity of Ca,Mg-ATPase was activated by high concentration (more than 75 mM) of Tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane. The degree of the activation was observed to be an age-related change; the activation of Ca,Mg-ATPase activity in old rats was lower than that of young rats.
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