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ARCHIVES OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS
Volume 477, Issue 2, Pages 372-378Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2008.07.008
Keywords
glutathione transferase (GST); cooperativity; sigmoidal-kinetics; CDNB binding; mebendazole; Taenia solium
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- CONACyT [43806-M, 186255]
- PAPIIT [IN210603-3]
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Glutathione transferases (GSTs) are essential enzymes in many organisms due their diverse functions and, in helminths they are the main detoxification system. For Taenia solium, two cytosolic GSTs with molecular masses of 25.5 and 26.5 kDa (Ts26GST) have been found. Ts26GST was cloned to be studied in its recombinant form (recTs26GST). Although the primary structure is related to the mu class, the kinetic parameters for CDNB (V-max = 51.5 mu mol min(-1) mg(-1); K-m = 1.06 mM; k(cat) = 22.2 s(-1)) are related with some alpha GSTs. The substrate and inhibitor class Markets reaffirmed these bimodal characteristics. Inhibition studies with anthelminthics indicate that recTs26GST is sensitive to mebendazole, displaying a non competitive inhibition pattern suggesting that at least two molecules are binding to recTs26GST. On the other hand, the kinetic curves for CDNB and GSH showed a positive cooperativity that was corroborated using fluorometric assays. Those assays indicate that CDNB binding is highly influenced by GSH, probably by modulation of the Ts26GST conformational ensamble. (C) 2008 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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