scholarly journals Purification and Kinetic Properties of Serine Acetyltransferase Free of O-Acetylserine(thiol)lyase from Spinach Chloroplasts

1994 ◽  
Vol 104 (2) ◽  
pp. 597-604 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. L. Ruffet ◽  
M. Droux ◽  
R. Douce
1992 ◽  
Vol 19 (6) ◽  
pp. 653 ◽  
Author(s):  
JW Yu ◽  
KC Woo

The stable double-layer silicone centrifugation system was used to determine the kinetic properties of the 2-oxoglutarate (2-OG) translocator in isolated oat and spinach chloroplasts. The uptake of [14C]2-OG and [14C]malate via the 2-OG translocator were measured in the presence of 20 mM glutamate in chloroplasts preloaded with unlabelled 2-OG. The characteristics of the general dicarboxylate (Dct) translocator were also determined using chloroplasts preloaded with glutamate. The Vmax values obtained for transport activity via the 2-OG translocator in oat and spinach chloroplasts exceeded 150 μmol mg-1 Chl h-1 and for the Dct translocator less than 100 μmol mg-1 Chl h-1. The K� (malate) values of the 2-OG and Dct translocators also showed large differences in the two species. In spinach chloroplasts they were 2.7 and 0.6 mM for the 2-OG and Dct translocators respectively whereas, in oat chloroplasts the corresponding values were 2.7 and 1.4 mM. This suggests that, in spinach, malate would be transported into the chloroplasts preferentially via the Dct translocator, thus providing a kinetic basis for the 'push and pull' mechanism proposed for dicarboxylate transport during photorespiratory NH3 recycling in the 2-translocator model.


1968 ◽  
Vol 20 (03/04) ◽  
pp. 301-313 ◽  
Author(s):  
W Schneider ◽  
K Schumacher ◽  
B Thiede ◽  
R Gross

SummaryThe LDH-isoenzymes of human blood platelets show a distinct predominance of the isoenzymes 2 and 3 upon chromatography on DEAE-cellulose. Small amounts of LDH-1 are also present, while only traces of LDH-4 and -5 can be detected.Enzyme kinetic investigations of the principal isoenzymes LDH-1, -2 and -3 clearly show that the differences in inhibition constants with pyruvate as substrate which are demonstrable at 25° largely disappear at 37°. On the other hand, the differences among the isoenzymes in their affinity for pyruvate and lactate as substrate as well as in with respect to the optimal substrate concentrations of pyruvate are more marked at 37° than at 25°. Also, the type of inhibition found with lactate as substrate is increasingly the expression of a higher order reaction in going from LDH-1 to LDH-3. A dependence of the LDH distribution pattern upon the metabolism of the cell is discussed. A comparison of our results with thrombocytes with those of other workers with erythrocytes and leucocytes makes it unlikely that the LDH pattern is directly dependent upon the existence of an oxidative metabolism. Rather, the redox potential of the cell could be of importance for the nature of the pattern of isoenzymes and for their differing kinetic properties.


2014 ◽  
Vol 29 (12) ◽  
pp. 1241
Author(s):  
ZHANG Guo-Fang ◽  
ZHANG Yang-Huan ◽  
LIU Zhuo-Cheng ◽  
XU Jian-Yi ◽  
ZHANG Yin

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 325-328 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bemgba Nyakuma ◽  
◽  
Arshad Ahmad ◽  
Anwar Johari ◽  
Tuan Abdullah ◽  
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The study is aimed at investigating the thermal behavior and decomposition kinetics of torrefied oil palm empty fruit bunches (OPEFB) briquettes using a thermogravimetric (TG) analysis and the Coats-Redfern model. The results revealed that thermal decomposition kinetics of OPEFB and torrefied OPEFB briquettes is significantly influenced by the severity of torrefaction temperature. Furthermore, the temperature profile characteristics; Tonset, Tpeak, and Tend increased consistently due to the thermal lag observed during TG analysis. In addition, the torrefied OPEFB briquettes were observed to possess superior thermal and kinetic properties over the untorrefied OPEFB briquettes. It can be inferred that torrefaction improves the fuel properties of pelletized OPEFB for potential utilization in bioenergy conversion systems.


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