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| Content Provider | World Health Organization (WHO)-Global Index Medicus |
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| Author | Campos, K. L. Kaufman, S. Giovanelli, J. |
| Description | Author Affiliation: Giovanelli J ( Laboratory of Neurochemistry, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD 20892.); |
| Abstract | Studies with purified nitric oxide synthase from rat cerebellum have confirmed previous reports that product formation is enhanced by tetrahydrobiopterin [H4B; 6-(L-erythro-1,2-dihydroxypropyl)-5,6,7,8-tetrahydropterin]. The effect of the natural isomer, (6R)-H4B, is observed at extremely low (less than 0.1 microM) concentrations and is remarkably selective. At these concentrations, only the diastereoisomer (6S)-H4B, the structural isomer 7-(L-erythro-1,2-dihydroxypropyl)-5,6,7,8-tetrahydropterin, and 7,8-dihydrobiopterin showed detectable effects. Our observations are inconsistent with a stoichiometric role for H4B in the oxygenation of arginine [e.g., Stuehr, D. J., Kwon, N. S., Nathan, C. F., Griffith, O. W., Feldman, P. L. & Wiseman, J. (1991) J. Biol. Chem. 266, 6259-6263]. Activity is initially independent of added H4B; enhanced product formation with H4B is observed only as incubation progresses. The effect of H4B is catalytic, with each mole of added H4B supporting the formation of greater than 15 mol of product. Recycling of H4B was excluded by direct measurement during nitric oxide synthesis and by the demonstration that nitric oxide synthase is not inhibited by methotrexate. These combined results exclude H4B as a stoichiometric reactant and suggest that H4B enhances product formation by protecting enzyme activity against progressive loss. Preliminary studies indicate that the decreased activity in the absence of added H4B does not depend on catalytic turnover of the enzyme. The role of H4B may be allosteric or it may function to maintain some group(s) on the enzyme in a reduced state required for activity. |
| ISSN | 00278424 |
| e-ISSN | 10916490 |
| Journal | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |
| Issue Number | 16 |
| Volume Number | 88 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | National Academy of Sciences |
| Publisher Date | 1991-09-01 |
| Publisher Place | United States |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Amino Acid Oxidoreductases Metabolism Arginine Biopterin Analogs & Derivatives Cerebellum Enzymology Isolation & Purification Animals Pharmacology Chromatography, Affinity Chromatography, Ion Exchange Kinetics Methotrexate Nitric Oxide Synthase Protein Binding Rats, Inbred Strains Multidisciplinary |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Multidisciplinary |
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