Radioassay for oxidation of tyrosine by tyrosinase using L-(ring-3H)tyrosine and L-(carboxyl-14C)tyrosine.
作者:NORIKO MOTOHASHI、HARUMI EGUCHI、ITSUHIKO MORI
DOI:10.1248/cpb.30.2094
日期:——
Two intermediates involved in the synthesis of melanin from L-tyrosine by mushroom tyrosinase (EC 1.14.18.1) were assayed simultaneously by using L-[ring-3H] tyrosine and L-[carboxyl-14C] tyrosine. Tritium ions released from the 3-position of L-[3, 5-3H] tyrosine or the 6-position of L-[2, 6-3H] tyrosine were isolated as 3H2O and employed to determine the quantity of L-dopa or leucodopachrome, respectively (3H2O method). 5, 6-Dihydroxyindole formed at the decarboxylation step was estimated from the radioactivity remaining after the evolution of 14CO2 from L-[carboxyl-14C] tyrosine (14CO2-release method). The lower limits of determination in the 3H2O and the 14CO2-release methods were 0.1 pmol and nmol of the intermediates, respectively. The formations of L-dopa, leucodopachrome, and 0.1 5, 6-dihydroxyindole were measured at various concentrations of L-tyrosine by both methods, and dopachrome was determined colorimetrically by measuring the absorbance changes at 475nm. The maximum velocities were estimated from Lineweaver-Burk plots.
通过使用 L-[环-3H]酪氨酸和 L-[羧基-14C]酪氨酸,同时测定了蘑菇酪氨酸酶(EC 1.14.18.1)从 L-酪氨酸合成黑色素的两个中间产物。从 L-[3,5-3H]酪氨酸的 3 位或 L-[2,6-3H]酪氨酸的 6 位释放出的氚离子以 3H2O 的形式分离出来,并分别用于测定左旋多巴或亮氨酸的数量(3H2O 法)。根据 L-[羧基-14C]酪氨酸释放出 14CO2 后剩余的放射性来估算脱羧步骤中形成的 5,6-二羟基吲哚(14CO2 释放法)。3H2O 和 14CO2 释放法的测定下限分别为中间产物的 0.1 pmol 和 nmol。在不同浓度的 L-酪氨酸条件下,这两种方法都能测定 L-多巴、亮多巴醌和 0.1 5,6-二羟基吲哚的形成,多巴醌则通过测量 475nm 处的吸光度变化进行比色测定。最大速度由 Lineweaver-Burk 图估算得出。