title: Multiple enzymatic pathways involved in the metabolism of glyceryl trinitrate in Phanerochaete chrysosporium.
abstract: A study of glyceryl trinitrate metabolism by a filamentous fungus, Phanerochaete chrysosporium, carried out with the 14C-labeled substrate, provides evidence for a multienzymatic system leading to di- and mononitrate derivatives. At least two independent enzymatic activities were detected in the cytosolic fraction: an aerobic glutathione S-transferase activity and an anaerobic NADPH-dependent soluble cytochrome P450-like activity. Other hemoproteins with enzymatic activities dependent upon the presence of NADPH or ferrous ions were also detected in the microsomal fraction. Electron paramagnetic resonance spectra characteristic of an interaction between a hemoprotein and nitric oxide appeared in these two subcellular fractions during the anaerobic metabolism of glyceryl trinitrate.
authors.affiliation: Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles, CNRS, F 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Servent
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ducrocq
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Henry
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Servy
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lenfant
mesh_terms: D000693:Anaerobiosis; D001487:Basidiomycota / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000378:metabolism; D004578:Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy; D005982:Glutathione Transferase / Q000378:metabolism; D006420:Hemeproteins / Q000378:metabolism; D009249:NADP / Q000378:metabolism; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000378:metabolism; D005996:Nitroglycerin / Q000378:metabolism*; D010088:Oxidoreductases / Q000378:metabolism; D013347:Subcellular Fractions / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D006420:Hemeproteins; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D009249:NADP; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; D010088:Oxidoreductases; C077366:glyceryl trinitrate reductase; D005982:Glutathione Transferase; D005996:Nitroglycerin