title: Synthesis of ascorbyl-2-phosphate by liver enzyme of rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss.
abstract: 1. Ascorbyl-2-monophosphate was enzymatically formed in the reaction mixture of L-ascorbic acid, pyrophosphate and the homogenate of rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss liver. 2. The liver had the highest activity among the liver, spleen, kidney, stomach, pyloric caeca and intestine. 3. Pyrophosphate, triphosphate, ADP and ATP were good substrates as phosphoryl donors, but phosphoric acid and AMP were poor. 4. The optimum pH and temperature of AP-forming activity in the liver were around 5.0 and 30 degrees C, respectively. 5. The Km values for ascorbic acid and pyrophosphate were 370 and 83 mM, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Miyasaki
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yoshinaka
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sakaguchi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001205:Ascorbic Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000096:biosynthesis; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D002855:Chromatography, Thin Layer; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007700:Kinetics; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D010744:Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases / Q000378:metabolism; D012474:Salmon; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: C011669:ascorbate-2-phosphate; D010744:Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases; D001205:Ascorbic Acid