Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8979169 | International Dairy Journal | 2005 | 9 Pages |
Abstract
Xanthine oxidoreductase (XOR) was purified from caprine milk where more than 90% exists in demolybdo 'inactive' form. The dehydrogenase form of the enzyme, oxidises nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (reduced) (NADH), in the presence of oxygen, and generates superoxide anion radical (O2â) significantly faster than does the oxidase form. The corresponding forms of human and bovine milk enzymes behaved similarly. The steady-state kinetics of NADH oxidation and O2â production, in the absence and presence of NAD+, by the dehydrogenase form of XOR from the three species, are analysed. Allopurinol, oxypurinol and amflutizole blocked the reducing substrates that act at the molybdenum site, and all of which were ineffective in the case of NADH oxidase activity. However, and as expected, diphenyleneiodonium was a powerful inhibitor of NADH oxidation. The possible physiological and pathological significance of reactive oxygen species, especially O2â, arising from NADH oxidation by caprine XOR is discussed.
Keywords
XDHPMSFMFGMPFRNADH oxidaseXORDTTXanthine oxidaseNAD(H)ROSsuperoxide anionEDTAethylene diamine tetraacetic acidxanthine oxidoreductasedithiothreitolXanthine dehydrogenaseCaprine milkmilk fat globule membranephenylmethylsulphonyl fluorideMeSnicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (reduced)Reactive oxygen species (ROS)Reactive oxygen species
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Authors
Djebbar Atmani, Abderrahmene Baghiani, Roger Harrison, Mustapha Benboubetra,