Measuring Intracellular Enzyme Concentrations: Assessing the Effect of Oxidative Stress on the Amount of Glyoxalase I
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| Title: | Measuring Intracellular Enzyme Concentrations: Assessing the Effect of Oxidative Stress on the Amount of Glyoxalase I |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Miranda, Hugo Vicente, Ferreira, Antonio E. N., Quintas, Alexandre |
| Source: | Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education. Mar-Apr 2008 36(2):135-138. |
| Availability: | John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Subscription Department, 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030-5774. Tel: 800-825-7550; Tel: 201-748-6645; Fax: 201-748-6021; e-mail: subinfo@wiley.com; Web site: https://secure.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/jhome/112782101 |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
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| Page Count: | 4 |
| Publication Date: | 2008 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Evaluative |
| Descriptors: | Biochemistry, Science Instruction, Science Experiments, Cytology, Problem Based Learning, Molecular Biology |
| DOI: | 10.1002/bmb.20166 |
| ISSN: | 1470-8175 |
| Abstract: | Enzymology is one of the fundamental areas of biochemistry and involves the study of the structure, kinetics, and regulation of enzyme activity. Research in this area is often conducted with purified enzymes and extrapolated to "in vivo" conditions. The specificity constant, k[subscript S], is the ratio between k[subscript cat] (the catalytic constant) and K[subscript m] (Michaelis-Menten constant), and expresses the efficiency of an enzyme as a catalyst. This parameter is usually determined for purified enzymes, and in this work, we propose a classroom experiment for its determination "in situ," in permeabilized yeast cells, based on a method of external enzyme addition, which was previously reported. Under these conditions, which resemble the "in vivo" state, enzyme concentrations and protein interactions are preserved. The students are presented with a novel approach in enzymology, based on the titration methods that allow the measurement of the enzyme amount, and thus the k[subscript cat] and k[subscript S]. The method will also be used to investigate the effect of exposure to oxidative stress conditions on yeast glyoxalase I. (Contains 1 footnote, 2 figures and 1 table.) |
| Abstractor: | Author |
| Number of References: | 15 |
| Entry Date: | 2008 |
| Accession Number: | EJ789307 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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