Lysosomal enzymes of Paramecium caudatum and Paramecium tetraurelia.
Lysosomal enzymes of Paramecium caudatum and Paramecium tetraurelia.
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尾草履虫和四尿草履虫的溶酶体酶。
DOI:
10.1016/0014-4827(82)90329-9
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发表时间:
1982
影响因子:
3.7
通讯作者:
Paeste,RM
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文献类型:
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作者:
Fok,AK;Paeste,RM
Sixteen hydrolase activities were found to be present inParamecium caudatumandParamecium tetraureliagrowing in the crudely defined medium of Soldo et al. [15]. The ratios of cellular protein and most enzyme activities betweenP. caudatumandP. tetraureliawere 3–4. Acid phosphatase (using both β-glycerophosphate andp-nitrophenylphosphate as substrates), ribonuclease, β-glucosidase and cathepsin B were shown to have acidic pH optima and to be localized in the lysosomal fraction obtained by differential centrifugation. Predictable changes in hydrolase activities were observed as these ciliates passed through the culture cycle. Protein content and enzyme activities in both species reached a maximum during early log phase and declined to lower levels on days 5 and 6, the beginning of stationary phase forP. tetraureliaandP. caudatum, respectively. During stationary phase cathepsin C, β-glucosidase and DNase inP. caudatumremained relatively unchanged, whereas β-glycerophosphatase (βGPase) and RNase declined further, but inP. tetraureliaall four hydrolase activities showed moderate decreases. A similar trend in specific activity (SA) changes of the hydrolases was observed during log phase, but the changes in SA during stationary phase varied as SA reflects the relative changes between activity/ cell and protein/cell. DNase, cathepsin C and β-glucosidase inP. caudatum, and βGPase, cathepsin C and RNase inP. tetraureliashowed increases in SA, whereas the SA of βGPase and RNase inP. caudatumand of β-glucosidase inP. tetraureliadeclined. These results indicate that the previously reported proliferation of lysosomes observed during the stationary phase ofP. caudatum[11] is not correlated with any increase but a decrease in lysosomal enzyme activities.