title: Distribution of polyamine oxidase activity in rat tissues and subcellular fractions.
abstract: The activity of polyamine oxidase (PAO) in rat tissues, and its subcellular distribution, were assayed using a simple polarographic method. The highest PAO activity was measured in the liver and the lowest in the skeletal muscle. In liver, kidney and uterus the highest specific PAO activity was found in the light mitochondrial fraction. PAO was not found in the microsomal fraction except in the kidney.
authors.affiliation: Department of Human and Animal Physiology, Faculty of Biology, University of Sofia, Bulgaria.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Pavlov
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Nikolov
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Damjanov
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Dimitrov
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D007668:Kidney / Q000201:enzymology; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology; D000587:Oxidoreductases Acting on CH-NH Group Donors / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013347:Subcellular Fractions / Q000201:enzymology; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D014599:Uterus / Q000201:enzymology; D000097667:Polyamine Oxidase
chemical_list: D000587:Oxidoreductases Acting on CH-NH Group Donors; D000097667:Polyamine Oxidase