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Kılıç M, Ensing B. Redox Properties of Flavin in BLUF and LOV Photoreceptor Proteins from Hybrid QM/MM Molecular Dynamics Simulation. J Phys Chem B 2024; 128:3069-3080. [PMID: 38518376 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.3c06245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/24/2024]
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Flavins play an important role in many oxidation and reduction processes in biological systems. For example, flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD) and flavin mononucleotide (FMN) are common cofactors found in enzymatic proteins that use the special redox properties of these flavin molecules for their catalytic or photoactive functions. The redox potential of the flavin is strongly affected by its (protein) environment; however, the underlying molecular interactions of this effect are still unknown. Using hybrid quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics (QM/MM) simulation techniques, we have studied the redox properties of flavin in the gas phase, aqueous solution, and two different protein environments, in particular, a BLUF and a LOV photoreceptor domain. By mapping the changes in electrostatic potential and solvent structure, we gain insight into how specific polarization of the flavin by its environment tunes the reduction potential. We find also that accurate calculation of the reduction potentials of these systems by using the hybrid QM/MM approach is hampered by a too limited sampling of the counterion configurations and by artifacts at the QM/MM boundary. We make suggestions for how these issues can be overcome.
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- Murat Kılıç
- Van't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Park 904, Amsterdam 1098 XH, The Netherlands
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- Van't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Park 904, Amsterdam 1098 XH, The Netherlands
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Zhuo M, Quan X, Li N, Yin R. Mediating the performance of anaerobic granular sludge by exogenous flavin supplementation: Flavin binding capacity and behavior, interspecies electron transfer, and methane production. Environ Res 2024; 242:117712. [PMID: 37993045 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2023.117712] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2023] [Revised: 11/05/2023] [Accepted: 11/15/2023] [Indexed: 11/24/2023]
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Although flavins are known as effective electron mediators, the binding capacity of exogenous flavins by anaerobic granular sludge (AGS) and their role in interspecies electron transfer (IET) remains unknown. In this study, AGS was mediated by using three exogenous flavins of riboflavin (RF), flavin mononucleotide (FMN), and flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD). Results showed that the total amounts of flavins associated with extracellular polymeric substance (EPS) of AGS increased by 2.03-2.42 and 3.83-4.94 folds, after exposure to 50 and 200 μM of exogenous flavins, respectively. A large portion of FMN and FAD was transformed into RF by AGS. Exogenous flavin mediation also stimulated the production of EPS and cytochrome c (c-Cyts) as well as cytochrome-bound flavins. The increased abundance of these electron mediators led to a reduced electrochemical impedance of EPS and improved extracellular electron transfer capacity. The methane production of AGS after mediation with exogenous RF, FMN, and FAD increased by 19.03-31.71%, 22.86-26.04%, and 28.51-33.44%, respectively. This study sheds new light on the role of exogenous flavins in promoting the IET process of a complex microbial aggregate of AGS.
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- Meihui Zhuo
- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, PR China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, PR China.
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, PR China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, PR China
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Panter S, Ayekoi A, Tesche J, Chen J, Illarionov B, Bacher A, Fischer M, Weber S. Shining a Spotlight on Methyl Groups: Photochemically Induced Dynamic Nuclear Polarization Spectroscopy of 5-Deazariboflavin and Its Nor Analogs. Int J Mol Sci 2024; 25:848. [PMID: 38255921 PMCID: PMC10815406 DOI: 10.3390/ijms25020848] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2023] [Revised: 01/07/2024] [Accepted: 01/08/2024] [Indexed: 01/24/2024] Open
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5-Deazaflavins are analogs of naturally occurring flavin cofactors. They serve as substitutes for natural flavin cofactors to investigate and modify the reaction pathways of flavoproteins. Demethylated 5-deazaflavins are potential candidates for artificial cofactors, allowing us to fine-tune the reaction kinetics and absorption characteristics of flavoproteins. In this contribution, demethylated 5-deazariboflavin radicals are investigated (1) to assess the influence of the methyl groups on the electronic structure of the 5-deazaflavin radical and (2) to explore their photophysical properties with regard to their potential as artificial cofactors. We determined the proton hyperfine structure of demethylated 5-deazariboflavins using photochemically induced dynamic nuclear polarization (photo-CIDNP) spectroscopy, as well as density functional theory (DFT). To provide context, we compare our findings to a study of flavin mononucleotide (FMN) derivatives. We found a significant influence of the methylation pattern on the absorption properties, as well as on the proton hyperfine coupling ratios of the xylene moiety, which appears to be solvent-dependent. This effect is enhanced by the replacement of N5 by C5-H in 5-deazaflavin derivatives compared to their respective flavin counterparts.
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- Sabrina Panter
- Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Albertstr. 21, 79104 Freiburg, Germany; (S.P.); (A.A.)
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- Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Albertstr. 21, 79104 Freiburg, Germany; (S.P.); (A.A.)
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- Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Albertstr. 21, 79104 Freiburg, Germany; (S.P.); (A.A.)
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- Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Albertstr. 21, 79104 Freiburg, Germany; (S.P.); (A.A.)
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- Institut für Lebensmittelchemie, Universität Hamburg, Grindelallee 117, 20146 Hamburg, Germany; (B.I.); (M.F.)
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- TUM School of Natural Sciences, Technische Universität München, Lichtenbergstr. 4, 85747 Garching, Germany;
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- Institut für Lebensmittelchemie, Universität Hamburg, Grindelallee 117, 20146 Hamburg, Germany; (B.I.); (M.F.)
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- Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Albertstr. 21, 79104 Freiburg, Germany; (S.P.); (A.A.)
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Bitzenhofer NL, Hilgers F, Bosio GN, Torra J, Casini G, Beinlich FRM, Knieps-Grünhagen E, Gordeliy V, Jaeger KE, Nonell S, Krauss U, Gensch T, Drepper T. Development and Characterization of Flavin-Binding Fluorescent Proteins, Part II: Advanced Characterization. Methods Mol Biol 2023; 2564:143-183. [PMID: 36107341 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2667-2_7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Flavin-based fluorescent proteins (FbFPs), a class of small fluorescent proteins derived from light-oxygen-voltage (LOV) domains, bind ubiquitous endogenous flavins as chromophores. Due to their unique properties, they can be used as versatile in vivo reporter proteins under aerobic and anaerobic conditions. This chapter presents methodologies for in-depth characterization of the biochemical, spectroscopic, photophysical, and photochemical properties of FbFPs.
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- Nora Lisa Bitzenhofer
- Institute of Molecular Enzyme Technology, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Enzyme Technology, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
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- Institute of Biological Information Processing IBI-1: Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany
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- Institut Químic de Sarrià, Universitat Ramon Llull, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institute of Biological Information Processing IBI-1: Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany
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- Institute of Biological Information Processing IBI-1: Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Enzyme Technology, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
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- Institute of Bio-and Geosciences IBG-1: Biotechnology, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
- Institut de Biologie Structurale J.-P. Ebel, Université Grenoble Alpes-CEA-CNRS, Grenoble, France
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- Institute of Molecular Enzyme Technology, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
- Institute of Biological Information Processing IBI-1: Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany
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- Institut Químic de Sarrià, Universitat Ramon Llull, Barcelona, Spain.
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- Institute of Molecular Enzyme Technology, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany.
- Institute of Bio- and Geosciences IBG-1: Biotechnology, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany.
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- Institute of Biological Information Processing IBI-1: Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany.
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- Institute of Molecular Enzyme Technology, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany.
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Remeeva A, Yudenko A, Nazarenko VV, Semenov O, Smolentseva A, Bogorodskiy A, Maslov I, Borshchevskiy V, Gushchin I. Development and Characterization of Flavin-Binding Fluorescent Proteins, Part I: Basic Characterization. Methods Mol Biol 2023; 2564:121-141. [PMID: 36107340 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2667-2_6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Flavin-based fluorescent proteins (FbFPs) are small fluorescent proteins derived from light-oxygen-voltage (LOV) domains. The proteins bind ubiquitous endogenous flavins as chromophores and can be used as versatile in vivo reporter proteins under aerobic and anaerobic conditions. This chapter presents the methodology to identify LOV domain sequences in genomic databases; design new FbFPs; characterize their biochemical, spectroscopic, photophysical, and photochemical properties; and conduct basic fluorescence microscopy experiments.
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- Alina Remeeva
- Research Center for Molecular Mechanisms of Aging and Age-Related Diseases, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Dolgoprudny, Russia
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- Research Center for Molecular Mechanisms of Aging and Age-Related Diseases, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Dolgoprudny, Russia
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- Research Center for Molecular Mechanisms of Aging and Age-Related Diseases, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Dolgoprudny, Russia
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- Research Center for Molecular Mechanisms of Aging and Age-Related Diseases, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Dolgoprudny, Russia
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- Research Center for Molecular Mechanisms of Aging and Age-Related Diseases, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Dolgoprudny, Russia
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- Research Center for Molecular Mechanisms of Aging and Age-Related Diseases, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Dolgoprudny, Russia
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- Research Center for Molecular Mechanisms of Aging and Age-Related Diseases, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Dolgoprudny, Russia
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- Research Center for Molecular Mechanisms of Aging and Age-Related Diseases, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Dolgoprudny, Russia
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- Research Center for Molecular Mechanisms of Aging and Age-Related Diseases, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Dolgoprudny, Russia.
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Pi K, Markelova E, Zhang P, Van Cappellen P. Arsenic Oxidation by Flavin-Derived Reactive Species under Oxic and Anoxic Conditions: Oxidant Formation and pH Dependence. Environ Sci Technol 2019; 53:10897-10905. [PMID: 31419125 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.9b03188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Flavins are ubiquitous redox-active compounds capable of producing reactive oxygen (O2•-, •OH, and H2O2) and flavin radical species in natural environments, yet their roles in the redox transformations of environmental contaminants, such as arsenic (As), remain to be investigated. Here, we show that reduced flavins can be a source of effective oxidants for As(III) under both oxic and anoxic conditions. For instance, in the presence of 15 μM reduced riboflavin (RBFH2), 22% of 30 μM As(III) is oxidized in aerated solution at pH 7.0. The co-oxidation of As(III) with RBFH2 is pH-dependent, with a faster reaction rate under mildly acidic relative to alkaline conditions. Quencher tests with 2-propanol (for •OH) and catalase (for H2O2) indicate that As(III) oxidation under oxic conditions is likely controlled by flavin-derived •OH at pH 5.2 and 7.0, and by H2O2 at pH 9.0. Kinetic modeling further implies that flavin-derived reactive oxygen species are mainly responsible for As(III) oxidation under oxic conditions, whereas oxidation of As(III) under anoxic conditions at pH 9.0 is attributed to riboflavin radicals (RBFH•) generated from co-existing oxidized and reduced riboflavin. The demonstrated ability of flavins to catalyze As(III) oxidation has potential implications for As redox cycling in the environment.
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- Kunfu Pi
- Ecohydrology Research Group, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences & Water Institute , University of Waterloo , N2L 3G1 Waterloo , Canada
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- State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology , China University of Geosciences , 430074 Wuhan , China
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- Ecohydrology Research Group, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences & Water Institute , University of Waterloo , N2L 3G1 Waterloo , Canada
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Ashauer R, Hintermeister A, Potthoff E, Escher BI. Acute toxicity of organic chemicals to Gammarus pulex correlates with sensitivity of Daphnia magna across most modes of action. Aquat Toxicol 2011; 103:38-45. [PMID: 21392493 DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2011.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2010] [Revised: 02/01/2011] [Accepted: 02/08/2011] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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We investigated the sensitivity of the freshwater crustacean amphipod Gammarus pulex towards organic xenobiotic compounds in comparison to the sensitivity of the crustacean cladoceran Daphnia magna. In addition we studied the influence of the chemical's mode of action on the relationship between the sensitivity of G. pulex and that of D. magna. We tested the acute toxicity of twelve compounds (Malathion, Aldicarb, Carbofuran, 2,4-dichloroaniline, 2,4-dichlorophenol, 1,2,3-trichlorobenzene, 4,6-dinitro-o-cresol, 2,4,5-trichlorophenol, Ethylacrylate, 4-nitrobenzyl-chloride, Sea-nine, Imidacloprid) with different modes of action and physicochemical properties towards the freshwater amphipod G. pulex in laboratory experiments. Additional toxicity data was collected from the peer-reviewed literature and databases (data pairs for 44 chemicals in total). The chemicals were assigned to seven mode of action groups. The relationship between the sensitivity of G. pulex (48h-LC50s and 96h-LC50s) and that of D. magna (48h-EC50s) was investigated using regression analysis and correlation plots. G. pulex is two to three orders of magnitude more sensitive towards neonicotinoids than D. magna (P=0.0046, n=3). For organophosphates we found that D. magna is more sensitive than G. pulex by approximately a factor of six (P=0.0256, n=6). There was no significant difference between the sensitivity of D. magna and that of G. pulex in any of the other mode of action groups; however chemicals with the same mode of action grouped together in the same area of the correlation plot. Without the neonicotinoids 75% of all G. pulex toxicity data were within one order of magnitude of the D. magna data and 100% within two orders of magnitude. The regressions with all data and with all data minus neonicotinoids were both significant linear relationships with slopes around one and intercept around zero. Thus, G. pulex is generally equally sensitive towards organic xenobiotics as D. magna.
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- Roman Ashauer
- Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland.
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The Fenton degradation of 4,6-dinitro-o-cresol (DNOC) was studied under different experimental conditions using Amberlyst 15 ion-exchange resin containing ferrous ion. DNOC was found to be effectively degraded under most conditions, and it was observed that, with the addition of HCl, the desorption of ferrous ion from the resin into the solution played a major role in this degradation. The total iron concentration in the reaction solution was found to increase with the addition of HCl, and a pseudo-first-order kinetic model was applied to the desorption of ferrous ion from the resin on the basis of the assumption of a first-order ion-exchange process. The degradation rate of DNOC also increased as a function of HCl. A kinetic model was developed to simulate the degradation of DNOC under different operating conditions, assuming the first-order desorption of ferrous ion. Different cations were compared with H(+), and H(+) was found to be the most efficient at facilitating the degradation reaction at low concentrations, whereas Ca(2+) was found to be most efficient at high concentrations. pH was measured during the reaction, and its effect on degradation was explored. It was found that a lower pH could lead to faster degradation of the target compound. Degradation of DNOC under different delivery rates of H(2)O(2) was studied, and optimal conditions were determined. The results also showed that the delivery rate of H(2)O(2) did not affect the ion-exchange process of the resin.
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- Xia Zeng
- Graduate Field of Environmental Toxicology, FSAD, MVR Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853-4401, USA
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Nguyen-Ngoc H, Durrieu C, Tran-Minh C. Synchronous-scan fluorescence of algal cells for toxicity assessment of heavy metals and herbicides. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 2009; 72:316-320. [PMID: 18556067 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2008.04.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2007] [Revised: 04/08/2008] [Accepted: 04/27/2008] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Synchronous-scan spectrofluorometry was applied to Chlorella vulgaris cells to assess the toxicity of heavy metals and herbicides in water. Simultaneous scan of both the excitation and emission spectra was done at a constant wavelength difference Deltalambda (20-140 nm) between the emission and excitation wavelengths in the range of 420-700 nm emission, where a peak of fluorescence was observed. Its position depends on Deltalambda. Fluorescence measurements were conducted with algal cells in suspension in water and immobilized in a translucent silica matrix. The influence of toxic chemicals was tested with cadmium as a heavy metal and with atrazine, diuron, DNOC and paraquat as herbicides. The toxic effect of those chemicals mainly results in a quenching of algal cells fluorescence by reducing their photosynthetic activity.
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- Hanh Nguyen-Ngoc
- University of Technology HCM, 268 rue Ly Thuong Kiet, Ho Chi Minh, Viet Nam
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CRANE RK, KELTCH AK. Dinitrocresol and phosphate stimulation of the oxygen consumption of a cell-free oxidative system obtained from sea urchin eggs. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 32:503-9. [PMID: 18124799 PMCID: PMC2147180 DOI: 10.1085/jgp.32.4.503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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1. A cell-free system capable of using oxygen with oxalacetate as substrate has been prepared from both unfertilized and fertilized sea urchin eggs. The oxygen uptake by this system is about twice that of an equivalent quantity of intact unfertilized eggs and half that of an equivalent quantity of intact fertilized eggs. 2. The oxygen consumption of this cell-free oxidative system can be stimulated by addition of suitable concentrations of 4,6-dinitro-o-cresol or by inorganic phosphate. This confirms, with a cell-free system obtained from sea urchin eggs, the observations of Loomis and Lipmann regarding stimulation of oxygen consumption by a system obtained from rabbit kidney. 3. A preliminary but unsuccessful attempt has been made to determine the conditions under which cell-free, aerobic, phosphorylating systems may be obtained from either unfertilized or fertilized sea urchin eggs.
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Takahashi KL, Takahashi N, Hojo H, Kuwahara M, Aoyama H, Teramoto S. Pathogenetic transition in the morphology of abnormal sperm in the testes and the caput, corpus, and cauda epididymides of male rats after treatment with 4,6-dinitro-o-cresol. Reprod Toxicol 2006; 22:501-7. [PMID: 16713173 DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2006.03.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2005] [Revised: 03/07/2006] [Accepted: 03/30/2006] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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In order to elucidate the pathogenesis of tailless sperm, 4,6-dinitro-o-cresol (DNOC) was administered to Jcl:SD male rats at daily oral doses of 0, 10 or 15mg/kg for 5 days. Sperm were collected from the caput, corpus, and cauda epididymides on days 1, 7 and 14 after the last dosing (D1, D7 and D14, respectively), counted and examined morphologically by phase-contrast and scanning electron microscopy. The incidence of abnormal sperm was significantly increased in the DNOC 15mg/kg group. On D1, peeled sperm (loss of mitochondrial sheath at the proximal end of the middle piece) was frequently observed in the caput epididymides, whereas sperm in the corpus and cauda epididymides had normal morphology. Distribution of the peeled sperm changed as time passed and the corpus epididymides showed a peak incidence on D7. On D14, the highest incidence of abnormal sperm was observed in the cauda epididymides, where the major abnormality was tailless. Similar effects were also found in the 10mg/kg group but were less potent. Transmission electron microscopy of testicular sperm on D1 revealed the presence of elongated spermatids that lacked the mitochondrial sheath at the proximal end of the middle piece, although the round and elongating spermatids looked normal. These results suggest that DNOC exposure of male rats primarily causes partial loss of the mitochondrial sheath in the testicular elongated spermatids, and that the affected sperm become tailless by D14 after reaching the cauda epididymides.
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- Ken L Takahashi
- Toxicology Division, Institute of Environmental Toxicology, Ibaraki, Japan.
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Takahashi KL, Hojo H, Aoyama H, Teramoto S. Comparative studies on the spermatotoxic effects of dinoseb and its structurally related chemicals. Reprod Toxicol 2004; 18:581-8. [PMID: 15135852 DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2004.02.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2003] [Revised: 01/12/2004] [Accepted: 02/11/2004] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Three dinitrophenolic compounds, dinoseb (DNBP; 7.5 mg/kg b.w.), 4,6-dinitro-o-cresol (DNOC; 4, 7.5, 15 mg/kg b.w.), and 2,4-dinitrophenol (DNP; 7.5, 15, 30 mg/kg b.w.) were administered orally to sexually matured Jcl:SD male rats for 5 consecutive days. Half of the males in each group were necropsied at 3 (D3) and 14 (D14) days after the last dosing, respectively, and examined for the effects of dinitrophenols on spermato-/spermiogenesis. DNBP (7.5 mg/kg), DNOC (15 mg/kg), and DNP (30 mg/kg) caused 1, 5, and 0 deaths, respectively, as well as a decreased body weights during the treatment. Although examinations on D3 revealed no treatment-related alterations, DNBP and DNOC resulted in reduced sperm motility and increased incidence of tailless sperm in the cauda epididymis on D14. DNP also caused slightly increased incidence of tailless sperm on D14. These results demonstrate that DNBP, DNOC, and DNP manifest similar spermatotoxic effects at or around a lethal dose in rats.
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- Ken L Takahashi
- Laboratory of Reproductive Toxicology, Toxicology Division I, Institute of Environmental Toxicology, 4321 Uchimoriya-machi, Mitsukaido-shi, Ibaraki, Japan.
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GOODWIN TW, SRISUKH S. Biochemistry of locusts. 6. The occurrence of a flavin in the eggs and of a pterin in the eyes of the African migratory locust (Locusta migratoria migratorioides R. & F.) and the desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria Forsk.). Biochem J 2004; 49:84-6. [PMID: 14848034 PMCID: PMC1197460 DOI: 10.1042/bj0490084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The effects of dinoseb (DNBP), a known testicular toxicant in the rat, on germ cells were investigated in Sertoli-germ cell co-cultures. Two DNBP-related dinitrophenolic compounds, 4,6-dinitro-o-cresol (DNOC) and 2,4-dinitrophenol (DNP), were also examined, as testicular toxicity of these compounds had not been elucidated. Cultures were exposed to each compound (10(-7)-10(-4)M) for 24h and examined for the number and viability of detached cells and morphologic alterations under a light microscope. DNBP significantly increased the number of detached cells (10(-5) and 10(-4)M) and suppressed their viability (10(-6)-10(-4)M). Morphologic observations revealed degenerative alterations in the germ cells and Sertoli cells. Similar effects as observed after DNBP exposure were evident at 10(-4)M DNOC and 10(-4)M DNP. These results demonstrate that DNBP, DNOC, and DNP have in vitro toxicity to these cell populations at high concentration, and suggest the possibility that DNOC and DNP also cause testicular damage in experimental animals and humans.
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- Ken L Takahashi
- Laboratory of Reproductive Toxicology, Toxicology Division I, Institute of Environmental Toxicology, Ibaraki, Japan.
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Johnston CT, de Oliveira MF, Teppen BJ, Sheng G, Boyd SA. Spectroscopic study of nitroaromatic-smectite sorption mechanisms. Environ Sci Technol 2001; 35:4767-4772. [PMID: 11775151 DOI: 10.1021/es010909x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Sorption mechanisms of 1,3- and 1,4-dinitrobenzene, 1,3,5-trinitrobenzene (TNB), dinitro-o-creasol, and 6-sec-butyl-2,4-dinitrophenol (DINOSEB) on smectite were investigated using FTIR spectroscopy and HPLC methods. A quantitative method was developed that established a direct link between the HPLC and the FTIR data. Freundlich sorption values ranged from 47 (L g(-1)) for 1,3,5-TNB to 3.7 for DINOSEB and showed that the extent of nitroaromatic compounds (NAC) sorption was strongly dependent on the number and position of the nitro substituents as well as other substituents and steric effects. The amount of 1,3,5-TNB sorbed to smectite was strongly influenced by the nature of the exchangeable cation. Furthermore, the exchangeable cation significantly influenced the positions and relative intensities of the vibrational modes of the -NO2 groups. The strongest perturbations were observed for cations with lower enthalpies of hydration (e.g., K+) and included a red shift of the v(asym)(NO) band, a concomitant blue shift of the v(sym)(NO) band. These changes were accompanied by a 2-fold increase in the relative intensity of the v(asym)(NO) band relative to the intensity of the v(sym) (NO) band. Molecular quantum mechanics calculations were used to rationalize frequency shifts in terms of nitroaromatic interactions with interlayer cations. Results indicate that the sorption of NACs to smectite surfaces is controlled largely by the hydration characteristics of the exchangeable cation, which regulates both cation-nitroaromatic complexation and swelling of the smectite.
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- C T Johnston
- Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-1150, USA.
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Galeano-Díaz T, Guiberteau-Cabanillas A, Mora-Díez N, Parrilla-Vázquez P, Salinas-López F. Rapid and sensitive determination of 4-nitrophenol, 3-methyl-4-nitrophenol, 4,6-dinitro-o-cresol, parathion-methyl, fenitrothion, and parathion-ethyl by liquid chromatography with electrochemical detection. J Agric Food Chem 2000; 48:4508-13. [PMID: 11052691 DOI: 10.1021/jf000118z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Liquid chromatography with electrochemical detection has been used to determine various nitropesticides, DNOC, fenitrothion, and parathion (methyl and ethyl), and some of their main metabolites, 4-nitrophenol for parathion (methyl and ethyl) and 3-methyl-4-nitrophenol for fenitrothion, by using indirect detection. Analysis of them in river water samples has been performed without a preconcentration step. The recovery efficiencies of the tested compounds yielded values between 96 and 112% at the fortification level of 0.5 ppb in a river water sample, and their relative standard deviations were between 1 and 15%. The detection limits of these compounds ranged between 0.05 and 0.14 ppb.
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- T Galeano-Díaz
- Department of Analytical Chemistry, University of Extremadura, Avenida Elvas s/n, 06071 Badajoz, Spain.
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PEEL JL. The separation of flavins by paper electrophoresis and its application to the examination of the flavin contents of micro-organisms. Biochem J 2000; 69:403-16. [PMID: 13560382 PMCID: PMC1196569 DOI: 10.1042/bj0690403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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KENKARE UW, BRAGANCA BM. Flavin requirement and partial separation of enzymes catalysing the reduction of folic acid to tetrahydrofolic acid in liver. Biochem J 1998; 86:160-6. [PMID: 14031925 PMCID: PMC1201728 DOI: 10.1042/bj0860160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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KATAGIRI H, YAMADA H, IMAI K. Biosynthesis of flavin coenzymes by microorganisms. II. Enzymic synthesis of flavin-adenine dinucleotide by Escherichia coli. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1998; 5:307-11. [PMID: 14404703 DOI: 10.5925/jnsv1954.5.307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Gisi D, Stucki G, Hanselmann KW. Biodegradation of the pesticide 4,6-dinitro-ortho-cresol by microorganisms in batch cultures and in fixed-bed column reactors. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 1997; 48:441-8. [PMID: 9390451 DOI: 10.1007/s002530051077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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A mixed culture of microorganisms able to utilize 4,6-dinitro-ortho-cresol (DNOC) as the sole source of carbon, nitrogen and energy was isolated from soil contaminated with pesticides and from activated sludge. DNOC was decomposed aerobically in batch cultures as well as in fixed-bed column reactors. Between 65% and 84% of the substrate nitrogen was released as nitrate into the medium, and 61% of the carbon from uniformly 14C-labelled DNOC was recovered as 14CO2. The mixed microbial culture also decomposed 4-nitrophenol and 2,4-dinitrophenol but not 2,3-dinitrophenol, 2,6-dinitrophenol, 2,4-dinitrotoluene, 2,4-dinitrobenzoic acid or 2-sec-butyl-4,6-dinitrophenol (Dinoseb). Maximal degradation rates for DNOC by the bacterial biofilm immobilized on glass beads in fixed-bed column reactors were 30 mmol day-1 (1 reactor volume)-1, leaving an effluent concentration of less than 5 micrograms l-1 DNOC in the outflowing medium. The apparent Ks value of the immobilized mixed culture for DNOC was 17 microM. Degradation was inhibited at DNOC concentrations above 30 microM and it ceased at 340 microM, possibly because of the uncoupling action of the nitroaromatic compound on the cellular energy-transducing mechanism.
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- University of Zürich, Institute of Plant Biology/Microbiology, Switzerland.
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Rolley RT, Marchalonis JJ. Dynamics of receptor and antigen interaction at the lymphocyte. Transplant Proc 1973; 5:71-4. [PMID: 4572132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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KANIUGA Z, ZAGORSKI W, RAFALOWSKA U, GARDAS A. THE FLAVIN COMPOSITION IN SUBFRACTIONS OF PIG- AND BEEF-HEART-MUSCLE PREPARATIONS. Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 1965; 97:334-7. [PMID: 14292842 DOI: 10.1016/0304-4165(65)90098-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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KANIUGA Z, ZAGORSKI W, GARDAS A. STUDIES ON THE FLAVIN COMPOSITION OF HEART-MUSCLE PREPARATIONS. Bull Acad Pol Sci Biol 1965; 13:125-9. [PMID: 14332495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/26/2023]
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ARSENIS C, MCCORMICK DB. COENZYME SPECIFICITY OF NICOTINAMIDE-ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE CYTOCHROME C REDUCTASE FOR FLAVIN PHOSPHATES. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1964; 92:440-5. [PMID: 14269335 DOI: 10.1016/0926-6569(64)90003-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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ISHIZU H. PATHOLOGICAL STUDIES ON IRON METABOLISM--THE ACTIVITIES OF THE IRON-FLAVIN ENZYMES IN IRON AND RIBOFLAVIN DEFICIENCY. Fukuoka Igaku Zasshi 1964; 55:651-64. [PMID: 14220992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/25/2023]
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ARSENIS C, MCCORMICK DB. PURIFICATION OF LIVER FLAVOKINASE BY COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY ON FLAVIN-CELLULOSE COMPOUNDS. J Biol Chem 1964; 239:3093-7. [PMID: 14217901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/25/2023] Open
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WILSON DF, KING TE. THE DETERMINATION OF ACID-NONEXTRACTABLE FLAVIN IN MITOCHONDRIAL PREPARATIONS FROM HEART MUSCLE. J Biol Chem 1964; 239:2683-90. [PMID: 14235553] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/25/2023] Open
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GRABE B. QUANTUM MECHANICAL CALCULATIONS ON THE ISOALLOXAZINE PART OF FLAVIN. Biopolym Symp 1964; 13:283-91. [PMID: 14210453] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/25/2023]
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GIUDITTA A. [EFFECT OF BARBITURATES ON THE NON-ENZYMATIC OXIDATION OF NADH CATALYZED BY IRRADIATED FLAVIN]. Boll Soc Ital Biol Sper 1963; 39:1716-9. [PMID: 14150782] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/25/2023]
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SATO H. [POLAROGRAPHIC STUDIES OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS. (21) POLAROGRAPHY OF PCNB AND DNOC]. Eisei Shikenjo Hokoku 1963; 81:8-10. [PMID: 14162055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/25/2023]
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Photooxidation reactions, which were inhibited by high concentrations of oxygen, were affected by the addition of 3-(p-chlorophenyl)-1,1-dimethylurea (CMU), but the response varied with the substrate being oxidized. With ascorbic acid and 2,3-diketogulonic acid, CMU reversed the inhibition caused by high concentrations of oxygen. With ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA), tetraethylene tetramine, or Mn(++) as reductant, CMU itself inhibited the reactions. The photoreduction of flavins by EDTA and the bleaching of flavin mononucleotide under anaerobic conditions were also inhibited by CMU. Corresponding photoreactions sensitized by phthaleine dyes or methylene blue were completely insensitive to CMU. This compound therefore seems to change specifically the reactivity of excited flavin molecules.
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CARAFOLI E, MARGRETH A, BUFFA P. [EXPERIMENTS ON MITOCHONDRIA OF DENERVATED MUSCLE. EFFECT OF 4,6-DINITRO-O-CRESOL IN VIVO]. Ric Sci 2 Ser Pt 2 Rend B 1963; 3:255-60. [PMID: 14092018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/25/2023]
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VILLANUEVA JR. A NITRO REDUCTASE ENZYME APPARENTLY WITHOUT FLAVIN AS PROSTHETIC GROUP. Can J Biochem Physiol 1963; 41:1837-40. [PMID: 14072688] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/25/2023]
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KOVACS E, FAZEKAS A, MAZAREAN H, KOKAY K. [A method for the production of flavin-adenine-dinucleotid in the laboratory]. Kiserl Orvostud 1963; 15:108-9. [PMID: 14035156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/25/2023]
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MORTON RK, SHEPLEY K. THE FLAVIN AND HAEM PROSTHETIC GROUPS OF CYTOCHROME B2 (L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE OF YEAST). Biochem Z 1963; 338:122-39. [PMID: 14087285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/25/2023]
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MASSEY V, SWOBODA BE. THE FLAVIN COMPOSITION OF PIG HEART MUSCLE PREPARATIONS. Biochem Z 1963; 338:474-84. [PMID: 14087316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/25/2023]
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HEMMERICH P, DERVARTANIAN DV, VEEGER C. Evidence from electron-spin-resonance spectra for metal chelation shifting flavin-leucoflavin equilibria towards radical state. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1963; 77:504-6. [PMID: 14089429 DOI: 10.1016/0006-3002(63)90529-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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BUZARD JA, KOPKO F. The flavin requirement and some inhibition characteristics of rat tissue glutathione reductase. J Biol Chem 1963; 238:464-8. [PMID: 14017468] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/25/2023] Open
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