Kinetics of Peptide Hydrolase Activity in Crude Wheat Leaf Extracts

1987 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 421
Author(s):  
R French ◽  
LG Paleg
Keyword(s):  
Protein Degradation ◽  
Kinetic Parameters ◽  
Leaf Extracts ◽  
Soluble Peptide ◽  
Endogenous Protein ◽  
Wheat Leaf ◽  
Intracellular Protein Degradation ◽  
Peptide Hydrolases ◽  
Kinetics Of

The protein present in crude wheat leaf extracts causes serious deviations from simple Michaelis-Menten kinetics for soluble peptide hydrolases. A theoretical analysis indicated that the usual approach, of adjusting activities observed at various substrate concentrations for the activity observed in the absence of added substrate, gave erroneous estimates of kinetic parameters. The size of the error depends on the concentration of endogenous protein and the Km for its degradation. A technique is suggested to allow an estimate to be made of the true values of the kinetic parameters. The method also allows estimation of the Km for the degradation of the endogenous protein. The Km for haemoglobin degradation by crude extracts of wheat primary leaves at pH 4.5 was 0.802 mg ml-1 and at pH 6.5 was 3.35 mg ml-1. The Km for endogenous protein degradation at pH 4.5 was 2.24 mg ml-1 and at pH 6.5 was 1.49 mg ml-1. The implications of these findings for the possible role of soluble peptide hydrolases in intracellular protein degradation is discussed.

scholarly journals The ubiquitin–proteasome system in regulation of the skeletal muscle homeostasis and atrophy: from basic science to disorders

2020 ◽  
Vol 70 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasuo Kitajima ◽  
Kiyoshi Yoshioka ◽  
Naoki Suzuki
Keyword(s):  
Skeletal Muscle ◽  
Protein Degradation ◽  
Ubiquitin Proteasome System ◽  
Intracellular Protein ◽  
Muscle Stem Cells ◽  
Muscle Diseases ◽  
Intracellular Protein Degradation ◽  
Ubiquitin Proteasome ◽  
Muscle Homeostasis

Abstract Skeletal muscle is one of the most abundant and highly plastic tissues. The ubiquitin–proteasome system (UPS) is recognised as a major intracellular protein degradation system, and its function is important for muscle homeostasis and health. Although UPS plays an essential role in protein degradation during muscle atrophy, leading to the loss of muscle mass and strength, its deficit negatively impacts muscle homeostasis and leads to the occurrence of several pathological phenotypes. A growing number of studies have linked UPS impairment not only to matured muscle fibre degeneration and weakness, but also to muscle stem cells and deficiency in regeneration. Emerging evidence suggests possible links between abnormal UPS regulation and several types of muscle diseases. Therefore, understanding of the role of UPS in skeletal muscle may provide novel therapeutic insights to counteract muscle wasting, and various muscle diseases. In this review, we focussed on the role of proteasomes in skeletal muscle and its regeneration, including a brief explanation of the structure of proteasomes. In addition, we summarised the recent findings on several diseases and elaborated on how the UPS is related to their pathological states.

Influence of medium on alkaline hydrolysis of succinic acid monomethyl and monopropyl esters

1980 ◽  
Vol 45 (11) ◽  
pp. 2873-2882
Author(s):  
Vladislav Holba ◽  
Ján Benko
Keyword(s):  
Succinic Acid ◽  
Kinetic Parameters ◽  
Alkaline Hydrolysis ◽  
Specific Interactions ◽  
Nonaqueous Media ◽  
The Media ◽  
Kinetics Of ◽  
Hydrolysis Of

The kinetics of alkaline hydrolysis of succinic acid monomethyl and monopropyl esters were studied in mixed aqueous-nonaqueous media at various temperatures and ionic strengths. The results of measurements are discussed in terms of electrostatic and specific interactions between the reactants and other components of the reaction mixture. The kinetic parameters in the media under study are related to the influence of the cosolvent on the solvation sphere of the reactants.

Kinetics of temperature-programmed reactivation of a hydrodesulphurization catalyst

1983 ◽  
Vol 48 (12) ◽  
pp. 3340-3355 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pavel Fott ◽  
Pavel Šebesta
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Thermal Analysis ◽  
Differential Thermal Analysis ◽  
Thin Layer ◽  
Kinetic Parameters ◽  
Diffusion Region ◽  
Reaction Heat ◽  
Gaseous Products ◽  
Temperature Programmed ◽  
Kinetics Of

The kinetic parameters of reactivation of a carbonized hydrodesulphurization (HDS) catalyst by air were evaluated from combined thermogravimetric (TG) and differential thermal analysis (DTA) data. In addition, the gaseous products leaving a temperature-programmed reactor with a thin layer of catalyst were analyzed chromatographically. Two exothermic processes were found to take part in the reactivation, and their kinetics were described by 1st order equations. In the first process (180-400 °C), sulphur in Co and Mo sulphides is oxidized to sulphur dioxide; in the second process (300-540 °C), in which the essential portion of heat is produced, the deposited carbon is oxidized to give predominantly carbon dioxide. If the reaction heat is not removed efficiently enough, ignition of the catalyst takes place, which is associated with a transition to the diffusion region. The application of the obtained kinetic parameters to modelling a temperature-programmed reactivation is illustrated on the case of a single particle.

Thermodynamic and Kinetic Investigation of the Solvent Effect on the Oxidation of [Co(en)2SCH2COO]+ with S2O82- In Water-Methanol and Water-tert-Butyl Alcohol Mixtures

1993 ◽  
Vol 58 (5) ◽  
pp. 1001-1006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oľga Vollárová ◽  
Ján Benko
Keyword(s):  
Transfer Functions ◽  
Activation Parameters ◽  
Butyl Alcohol ◽  
Oxidation Of Co ◽  
Kinetics Of Oxidation ◽  
Tert Butyl ◽  
Tert Butyl Alcohol ◽  
Alcohol Mixtures ◽  
Kinetics Of

The kinetics of oxidation of [Co(en)2SCH2COO]+ with S2O82- was studied in water-methanol and water-tert-butyl alcohol mixtures. Changes in the reaction activation parameters ∆H≠ and ∆S≠ with varying concentration of the co-solvent depend on the kind of the latter, which points to a significant role of salvation effects. The solvation effect on the reaction is discussed based on a comparison of the transfer functions ∆Ht0, ∆St0 and ∆Gt0 for the initial and transition states with the changes in the activation parameters accompanying changes in the CO-solvent concentration. The transfer enthalpies of the reactant were obtained from calorimetric measurements.

scholarly journals Association between perinatal factors, genetic susceptibility to obesity and age at adiposity rebound in children of the EDEN mother–child cohort

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aminata Hallimat Cissé ◽  
Sandrine Lioret ◽  
Blandine de Lauzon-Guillain ◽  
Anne Forhan ◽  
Ken K. Ong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Weight Gain ◽  
Genetic Susceptibility ◽  
Gestational Weight Gain ◽  
Gestational Age ◽  
Obesity Risk ◽  
Perinatal Factors ◽  
Gestational Weight ◽  
Adiposity Rebound ◽  
Kinetics Of

Abstract Background Early adiposity rebound (AR) has been associated with increased risk of overweight or obesity in adulthood. However, little is known about early predictors of age at AR. We aimed to study the role of perinatal factors and genetic susceptibility to obesity in the kinetics of AR. Methods Body mass index (BMI) curves were modelled by using mixed-effects cubic models, and age at AR was estimated for 1415 children of the EDEN mother–child cohort study. A combined obesity risk-allele score was calculated from genotypes for 27 variants identified by genome-wide association studies of adult BMI. Perinatal factors of interest were maternal age at delivery, parental education, parental BMI, gestational weight gain, maternal smoking during pregnancy, and newborn characteristics (sex, prematurity, and birth weight). We used a hierarchical level approach with multivariable linear regression model to investigate the association between these factors, obesity risk-allele score, and age at AR. Results A higher genetic susceptibility to obesity score was associated with an earlier age at AR. At the most distal level of the hierarchical model, maternal and paternal educational levels were positively associated with age at AR. Children born to parents with higher BMI were more likely to exhibit earlier age at AR. In addition, higher gestational weight gain was related to earlier age at AR. For children born small for gestational age, the average age at AR was 88 [±39] days lower than for children born appropriate for gestational age and 91 [±56] days lower than for children born large for gestational age. Conclusion The timing of AR seems to be an early childhood manifestation of the genetic susceptibility to adult obesity. We further identified low birth weight and gestational weight gain as novel predictors of early AR, highlighting the role of the intrauterine environment in the kinetics of adiposity.

scholarly journals Phosphorylation of GAPVD1 Is Regulated by the PER Complex and Linked to GAPVD1 Degradation

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (7) ◽  
pp. 3787
Author(s):  
Hussam Ibrahim ◽  
Philipp Reus ◽  
Anna Katharina Mundorf ◽  
Anna-Lena Grothoff ◽  
Valerie Rudenko ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Circadian Clock ◽  
Transcriptional Repression ◽  
Small Gtpase ◽  
Main Role ◽  
Interacting Proteins ◽  
Casein Kinase 1 ◽  
Bona Fide ◽  
Kinetics Of

Repressor protein period (PER) complexes play a central role in the molecular oscillator mechanism of the mammalian circadian clock. While the main role of nuclear PER complexes is transcriptional repression, much less is known about the functions of cytoplasmic PER complexes. We found with a biochemical screen for PER2-interacting proteins that the small GTPase regulator GTPase-activating protein and VPS9 domain-containing protein 1 (GAPVD1), which has been identified previously as a component of cytoplasmic PER complexes in mice, is also a bona fide component of human PER complexes. We show that in situ GAPVD1 is closely associated with casein kinase 1 delta (CSNK1D), a kinase that regulates PER2 levels through a phosphoswitch mechanism, and that CSNK1D regulates the phosphorylation of GAPVD1. Moreover, phosphorylation determines the kinetics of GAPVD1 degradation and is controlled by PER2 and a C-terminal autoinhibitory domain in CSNK1D, indicating that the regulation of GAPVD1 phosphorylation is a novel function of cytoplasmic PER complexes and might be part of the oscillator mechanism or an output function of the circadian clock.

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