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A taurodeoxycholate-activated galactosylceramidase in the murine intestine.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  7451495     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Highly active enzymatic hydrolysis of galactosylceramide was detected in the murine intestine in confirmation of an earlier report in the rat intestine (Brady, R. O., Gal, A. E., Kanfer, J. N., and Bradley, R. M. (1965) J. Biol. Chem. 240, 3766-3770). Unlike the classical galactosylceramidase (EC 3.2.1.46), which is present in other organs, as well as also in the intestine, this intestinal enzyme was not activated by sodium taurocholate and was inhibited by oleic acid. It was effectively activated by sodium taurodeoxycholate and had a pH optimum of 5.2. This taurodeoxycholate-activated galactosylceramidase did not appear to be present in the brain, liver, kidney, and spleen. Its activity was not deficient in affected twitcher mice, a newly discovered mutant caused by a genetic deficiency of the taurocholate-activated galactosylceramidase. Although it showed a relatively neutral pH optimum, the taurodeoxycholate-activated galactosylceramidase is not a nonlysosomal "neutral" beta-galactosidase, because unlike the latter, it was adsorbed to Concanavalin A-Sepharose after solubilization with 0.5% sodium taurodeoxycholate and was eluted by alpha-methylmannoside or alpha-methylglucoside. The taurodeoxycholate-activated galactosylceramidase could be completely separated from the taurocholate-activated galactosylceramidase and GM1-ganglioside beta-galactosidase (EC 3.2.1.23) by octyl-Sepharose hydrophobic chromatography. Thus, the taurodeoxycholate-activated galactosylceramidase localized in the intestine is distinct from the two known glycosphingolipid beta-galactosidases and the neutral beta-galactosidase.
Authors:
T Kobayashi; K Suzuki
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The Journal of biological chemistry     Volume:  256     ISSN:  0021-9258     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Biol. Chem.     Publication Date:  1981 Feb 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1981-03-27     Completed Date:  1981-03-27     Revised Date:  2007-11-14    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  2985121R     Medline TA:  J Biol Chem     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1133-7     Citation Subset:  IM    
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Bile Acids and Salts / pharmacology
Brain / enzymology
Deoxycholic Acid / analogs & derivatives*
Enzyme Activation
Galactosidases / metabolism*
Galactosylceramidase / isolation & purification,  metabolism*
Intestine, Small / enzymology*
Kinetics
Mice
Mice, Inbred C57BL
Mice, Neurologic Mutants
Organ Specificity
Taurodeoxycholic Acid / pharmacology*
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
GM-19100/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS; NS-03356/NS/NINDS NIH HHS; NS-10885/NS/NINDS NIH HHS
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Bile Acids and Salts; 516-50-7/Taurodeoxycholic Acid; 83-44-3/Deoxycholic Acid; EC 3.2.1.-/Galactosidases; EC 3.2.1.46/Galactosylceramidase

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