Cytochemical localization of glycolate oxidase in microbodies (glyoxysomes and peroxisomes) of higher plant tissues with the CeCl3 technique

PROTOPLASMA ◽  
1981 ◽  
Vol 108 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 39-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Thomas ◽  
R. N. Trelease
1990 ◽  
Vol 45 (6) ◽  
pp. 607-613 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leszek A. Kleczkowski ◽  
Douglas D. Randall ◽  
Warren L. Zahler

Abstract Purified maize leaf adenylate kinase (AK) was shown to use one molecule each of free ADP and Mg-ADP as well as free AM P and Mg-ATP as substrates in the forward and reverse reaction, respectively. This was deduced from substrate kinetic studies which were carried out under conditions of strictly defined concentrations of free and Mg-complexed adenylate species and under controlled free magnesium levels. Apparent Km values of the substrates of AK were 3 and 6 μM for ADP and Mg-ADP, respectively (forward reaction), and 69 and 25 μM for free AMP and Mg-ATP, respectively (reverse reaction). The enzyme was competitively inhibited by P1,P5-di(adenosine-5′)pentaphosphate (Ap5A), a bisubstrate analog of AK reaction, with apparent Ki values in the range of 11 -80 nM , depending on variable substrate. Substrate kinetic studies and inhibition patterns with Ap5A suggested a sequential random kinetic mechanism in both directions of the reaction. These properties of a higher plant AK are similar or analogous to those previously established for the enzyme from yeast and non-plant tissues.


1965 ◽  
Vol 43 (4) ◽  
pp. 495-506 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. A. Cossins ◽  
S. K. Sinha

Extracts prepared from a variety of higher plant tissues have been examined for L-aminoacid:2-glyoxylate aminotransferase (glyoxylate transaminase) activity. This enzyme has been detected in extracts prepared from sunflower cotyledons, corn coleoptiles, mature pea leaves, and carrot storage tissues.Measurement of glyoxylate transaminase activity was based on ability of the extracts to convert glyoxylate- 1,2-C14 to glycine-1,2-C14 in the presence of a suitable amino group donor.Properties of this enzyme system, including amino donor requirements, inhibition, pH optima, and reversibility, have been studied using extracts prepared from mature pea leaves. In sunflower cotyledons, glyoxylate transaminase activity decreased during germination. Studies of the intracellular localization of this enzyme have shown that glyoxylate transamination occurs mainly in the cytoplasm.


1976 ◽  
Vol 71 (1) ◽  
pp. 308-312 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Singh ◽  
D. Siminovitch

1979 ◽  
Vol 196 (1) ◽  
pp. 301-303 ◽  
Author(s):  
Danièle Reichhart ◽  
Jean-Pierre Salaün ◽  
Irène Benveniste ◽  
Francis Durst

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