scholarly journals Regulatory effects of polyamines on membrane-bound acetylcholinesterase

1974 ◽  
Vol 144 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Kossorotow ◽  
H. U. Wolf ◽  
N. Seiler
Keyword(s):  
Steady State ◽  
Reaction Mechanism ◽  
Electric Organ ◽  
Enzyme Reaction ◽  
Photometric Method ◽  
Erythrocyte Ghosts ◽  
Electric Eel ◽  
Solubilized Enzyme ◽  
Membrane Bound ◽  
Regulatory Effects

The effects of putrescene, spermidine and spermine on membrane-bound acetylcholinesterase from human erythrocyte ‘ghosts’ and the solubilized enzyme of the electric organ of the electric eel were studied by kinetic methods. Measurements were made by using a photometric method which made it possible to record the enzyme reaction in the steady-state phase. Substrate-concentration-dependent activation and inhibition of acetylcholinesterase by polyamines is similar to that by Na+, K+, Ca2+, Mg2+ and certain quaternary and bisquaternary amines. The kinetics suggest an allosteric reaction mechanism. On the basis of the kinetic results a role for the polyamines as modulators of synaptic acetylcholinesterase is proposed.

scholarly journals The molecular form of acetylcholinesterase as determined by irradiation inactivation (Short Communication)

1974 ◽  
Vol 137 (1) ◽  
pp. 123-125 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. R. Levinson ◽  
J. C. Ellory
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Weight ◽  
Short Communication ◽  
Molecular Form ◽  
Electric Organ ◽  
Molecular Size ◽  
Erythrocyte Ghosts ◽  
Multiple Forms ◽  
Electrophorus Electricus ◽  
Membrane Bound

The molecular size of acetylcholinesterase (EC 3.1.1.7) from the electric organ of Electrophorus electricus and erythrocyte ‘ghosts’ was estimated in both membrane-bound and purified preparations by irradiation inactivation. Results suggest that the form of the enzyme in the membrane is a monomer of molecular weight approx. 75000 and that multiple forms of the enzyme observed in solubilized preparations are aggregates of this monomer.

scholarly journals The third form electric organ discharge of electric eels

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun Xu ◽  
Xiang Cui ◽  
Huiyuan Zhang
Keyword(s):  
High Voltage ◽  
Low Voltage ◽  
Electric Organ Discharge ◽  
Electric Organ ◽  
The Third ◽  
Electric Organs ◽  
Electric Eel ◽  
New Finding ◽  
Discharge Behavior ◽  
Unique Species

AbstractThe electric eel is a unique species that has evolved three electric organs. Since the 1950s, electric eels have generally been assumed to use these three organs to generate two forms of electric organ discharge (EOD): high-voltage EOD for predation and defense and low-voltage EOD for electrolocation and communication. However, why electric eels evolved three electric organs to generate two forms of EOD and how these three organs work together to generate these two forms of EOD have not been clear until now. Here, we present the third form of independent EOD of electric eels: middle-voltage EOD. We suggest that every form of EOD is generated by one electric organ independently and reveal the typical discharge order of the three electric organs. We also discuss hybrid EODs, which are combinations of these three independent EODs. This new finding indicates that the electric eel discharge behavior and physiology and the evolutionary purpose of the three electric organs are more complex than previously assumed. The purpose of the middle-voltage EOD still requires clarification.

scholarly journals Large-scale purification of presynaptic plasma membranes from Torpedo marmorata electric organ.

1985 ◽  
Vol 101 (5) ◽  
pp. 1757-1762 ◽  
Author(s):  
N Morel ◽  
J Marsal ◽  
R Manaranche ◽  
S Lazereg ◽  
J C Mazie ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Plasma Membranes ◽  
Electric Organ ◽  
Acetylcholinesterase Activity ◽  
Cholinergic Nerve Terminals ◽  
Membrane Bound ◽  
Torpedo Electric Organ ◽  
Presynaptic Plasma Membrane ◽  
Glycera Convoluta

The presynaptic plasma membrane (PSPM) of cholinergic nerve terminals was purified from Torpedo electric organ using a large-scale procedure. Up to 500 g of frozen electric organ were fractioned in a single run, leading to the isolation of greater than 100 mg of PSPM proteins. The purity of the fraction is similar to that of the synaptosomal plasma membrane obtained after subfractionation of Torpedo synaptosomes as judged by its membrane-bound acetylcholinesterase activity, the number of Glycera convoluta neurotoxin binding sites, and the binding of two monoclonal antibodies directed against PSPM. The specificity of these antibodies for the PSPM is demonstrated by immunofluorescence microscopy.

Reaction mechanism of rat-liver ADH with ethanol and NAD in the steady state

1977 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 171-177 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Feraudi ◽  
M. Kohlmeier ◽  
G. Schmolz
Keyword(s):  
Steady State ◽  
Reaction Mechanism ◽  
Rat Liver
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