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Reversal of UDP-galactose 4-epimerase deficiency of human leukocytes in culture.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Mitchell, B. Egan Steinmann, Beat Gitzelmann, Richard |
| Copyright Year | 1975 |
| Abstract | Stimulation with phytohemagglutinin of the leukocytes from six of the seven known individuals with UDP-galactose 4-epimerase (= UDP-glucose 4-epimerase; EC 5.1.3.2) deficiency consistently resulted in the appearance of epimerase activity in the cultured cells. A long-term lymphoblast culture derived from one proband also contained an active epimerase enzyme. A comparison of the properties of this enzyme with those of epimerase produced by control lymphoblast lines revealed comparable Km values for UDP-galactose and NAD and identical behavior on polyacrylamide electrophoresis. However, a difference in the NAD requirement for heat stability at 40 degree provided some evidence for a structural defect in this enzyme. Possible explanations for the appearance of UDP-galactose 4-epimerase activity in stimulated lymphocytes include an increased rate of synthesis of a mutant enzyme and a derepression of an epimerase locus during lymphocyte transformation. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.pnas.org/content/72/12/5026.full.pdf |
| PubMed reference number | 1748v1 |
| Volume Number | 72 |
| Issue Number | 12 |
| Journal | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Contain (action) Dysplastic Nevus Electrophoresis Epimerases Galactose Glucose Lymphocyte Activation Proband (finding) UDP-glucose 4-epimerase activity UDPglucose 4-epimerase deficiency disease Uridine Diphosphate explanation lymphoblast polyacrylamide |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |