title: Characterization of rat hepatoma glucosamine 6-phosphate synthase and its relation to liver and fetal forms.
abstract: Glucosamine 6-phosphate synthase (EC 5.3.1.19) purified from various rat tissues by a procedure involving chromatography on diethylaminoethyl Sephadex and hydroxylapatite were characterized by means of isoelectric focusing. The non-hepatic isozyme, previously reported to be present in Yoshida sarcoma, has a pI of 4.1 and is distinguished from the hepatic isozyme, with a pI of 5.0. The pI 4.1 form is the major one in all of the fast-growing, transplantable hepatomas studied. Although not detectable in 19-day fetal liver or normal adult liver, the pI 4.1 form has been observed in the whole 12-day fetus and adult brain as almost the sole form of glucosamine 6-phosphate synthase.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000201:enzymology; D002238:Carbohydrate Epimerases / Q000378:metabolism*; D005333:Fetus; D005945:Glutamine-Fructose-6-Phosphate Transaminase (Isomerizing) / Q000378:metabolism*; D007525:Isoelectric Focusing; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology*; D008114:Liver Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000201:enzymology*; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D005945:Glutamine-Fructose-6-Phosphate Transaminase (Isomerizing); D002238:Carbohydrate Epimerases