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COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY B-BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
卷 161, 期 3, 页码 255-260出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2011.11.014
关键词
Haemonchus contortus; Teladorsagia (Ostertagia) circumcincta; Glutamate dehydrogenase (EC 1.4.1.3); Allosteric regulation; Nucleotides
资金
- Meat and Wool New Zealand
- E. and C. Thoms Bequest
The expression of glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH; EC 1.4.1.3) in L3 of the nematode Haemonchus contortus was confirmed by detecting GDH mRNA, contrary to earlier reports. The enzyme was active in both U and adult H. contortus homogenates either with NAD(+)/H or NADP(+)/H as co-factor. Although it was a dual cofactor GDH, activity was greater with NAD(+)/H than with NADP(+)/H. The rate of the aminating reaction (glutamate formation) was approximately three times higher than for the deaminating reaction (glutamate utilisation). GDH provides a pathway for ammonia assimilation, although the affinity for ammonia was low. Allosteric regulation by GTP, ATP and ADP of L3 and adult H. contortus and Teladorsagia circumcincta (Nematoda) GDH depended on the concentration of the regulators and the direction of the reaction. The effects of each nucleotide were qualitatively similar on the mammalian and parasite GDH, although the nematode enzymes were more responsive to activation by ADP and ATP and less inhibited by GTP under optimum assay condition. GTP inhibited deamination and low concentrations of ADP and ATP stimulated weakly. In the reverse direction. GTP was strongly inhibitory and ADP and ATP activated the enzyme. (C) 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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