Experimental conditions affecting functional comparison of highly active glutathione transferases |
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| Authors: | Fedulova Natalia Mannervik Bengt |
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| Institution: | aDepartment of Biochemistry and Organic Chemistry, Uppsala University, SE-75123 Uppsala, Sweden;bDepartment of Neurochemistry, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden |
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| Abstract: | Glutathione transferases (GSTs, EC 2.5.1.18) possess multiple functions and have potential applications in biotechnology. Direct evidence of underestimation of activity of human GST A3-3 and porcine GST A2-2 measured at submicromolar enzyme concentrations is reported here for the first time. The combination of time-dependent and enzyme concentration-dependent loss of activity and the choice of the organic solvent for substrates were found to cause irreproducibility of activity measurements of GSTs. These effects contribute to high variability of activity values of porcine GST A2-2 and human Alpha-class GSTs reported in the literature. Adsorption of GSTs to surfaces was found to be the main explanation of the observed phenomena. Several approaches to improved functional comparison of highly active GSTs are proposed. |
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| Keywords: | Concentration-dependent instability Functional comparison Glutathione transferase Reproducibility Time-dependent instability |
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