Showing papers by "University of Extremadura published in 1979"
TL;DR: It is proposed that auto-inactivation of glutathione reductase by NADPH and the protection as well as reactivation by GSSG play in vivo an important regulatory role.
Abstract: Glutathione reductase from the liver of DBA/2J mice was purified to homogeneity by means of ammonium sulfate fractionation and two subsequent affinity chromatography steps using 8-(6-aminohexyl)-amino-2'-phospho-adenosine diphosphoribose and N6-(6-aminohexyl)-adenosine 2',5'-biphosphate-Sephadex columns. A facile procedure for the synthesis of 8-(6-aminohexyl)-amino-2'-phospho-adenosine diphosphoribose is also presented. The purified enzyme exhibits a specific activity of 158 U/mg and an A280/A460 of 6.8. It was shown to be a dimer of Mr 105000 with a Stokes radius of 4.18 nm and an isoelectric point of 6.46. Amino acid composition revealed some similarity between the mouse and the human enzyme. Antibodies against mouse glutathione reductase were raised in rabbits and exhibited high specificity. The catalytic properties of mouse liver glutathione reductase have been studied under a variety of experimental conditions. As with the same enzyme from other sources, the kinetic data are consistent with a 'branched' mechanism. The enzyme was stabilized against thermal inactivation at 80 degrees C by GSSG and less markedly by NADP+ and GSH, but not by NADPH or FAD. Incubation of mouse glutathione reductase in the presence of NADPH or NADH, but not NADP+ or NAD+, produced an almost complete inactivation. The inactivation by NADPH was time, pH and concentration dependent. Oxidized glutathione protected the enzyme against inactivation, which could also be reversed by GSSG or other electron acceptors. The enzyme remained in the inactive state even after eliminating the excess NADPH. The inactive enzyme showed the same molecular weight as the active glutathione reductase. The spectral properties of the inactive enzyme have also been studied. It is proposed that auto-inactivation of glutathione reductase by NADPH and the protection as well as reactivation by GSSG play in vivo an important regulatory role.
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TL;DR: A new graphical method is proposed for differentiating mononuclear and polynuclear complexes as well as for determining the stability constant of any complex A(m)B(n) based on the effect of dilution on the degree of dissociation of the complex.
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TL;DR: Inverse gas chromatography is applied to determine the glass transition temperature Tg of poly-(cyclohexyl methacrylate), both good and bad solvents for the polymer are used as molecular probes as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: Inverse gas chromatography is applied to determine the glass transition temperature Tg of poly-(cyclohexyl methacrylate). Both good and bad solvents for the polymer are used as molecular probes. Although the transition is clearly detected by both types of probes, only the nonsolvents yield a Tg in quantitative agreement with the value determined by differential scanning calorimetry. The relative depth of penetration of the probe in the polymer phase is calculated from retention volume data. Also, the height equivalent to a theoretical plate is calculated from peak halfwidths. Both calculated magnitudes show a temperature dependence which significantly differs from good to bad solvents. Some kind of diffusion-limited penetration of the probe in the bulk of the glassy polymer may be responsible for the difference.
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