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  • Title: [Regulation of aldose reductase activity. Mechanism of action of an activated form of the enzyme].
    Author: Pavlov AR, Vartanov SS, Iaropolov AI.
    Journal: Biokhimiia; 1992 Mar; 57(3):378-88. PubMed ID: 1344193.
    Abstract:
    Activation of bovine eye lens aldose reductase during its incubation with NADPH and glucose was studied. The activated form of the enzyme was isolated, and the rate of glucose reduction measured within a broad range of substrate concentrations. Spectrophotometric titration and equilibrium gel-filtration were used to study the interaction of the enzyme active center with substrates. It was found that the reaction kinetics obeys the mechanism of a quasi-equilibrium binding of substrates with isomerization of the enzyme complexes with nicotinamide dinucleotide phosphates. This activation is accompanied by a transition from non-ordered to highly ordered binding of the substrates. The effect of ligands in the catalytic and inhibitory centers of the activated enzyme on the catalytic reaction was examined. It was found that the activated form of aldose reductase is characterized by a lower affinity of the inhibitory center for the flavonoid, morin. Morin binding not only inhibits the reaction but also prevents the activation of the enzyme.
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