[A comparative study of carboxylesterase in the white mouse and in the caterpillar of the cotton bollworm Heliothes armigera]

Autor: L I, Kugusheva, V P, Nesterov, V I, Rozengart, G M, Dorenskaia, A M, Kulieva
Rok vydání: 1994
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Zdroj: Zhurnal evoliutsionnoi biokhimii i fiziologii. 30(5)
ISSN: 0044-4529
Popis: Studies have been made on enzymic hydrolysis of p-nitrophenylacetate (p-NPhAc), n-nitrophenylbutyrate (p-NPhBu) and indophenylacetate (IPhAc) by carboxylesterase (CE) from mouse blood plasma and liver as well as from caterpillar of the cotton worm haemolymph, intestine and fat body. Different KM and V max values were obtained for CE from these sources. The highest specific activity of CE from mouse liver and caterpillar intestine and fat body was observed with p-NPhBu. p-NPhAc is the best substrate for CE from mouse blood serum and caterpillar haemolymph. Carboxylesterases from mouse and caterpillar differed in their sensitivity to armine and paraoxone by 1-2 orders depending on the substrate used. Species and tissue differences in the kinetics of CE-catalyzed reactions with different substrates and inhibitors were revealed.
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